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LONDON (Aug. 8, 2012) – The U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Team, ranked fifth in the world and defending Olympic Games champion, had its dream of repeating history stopped on Wednesday afternoon with a 28-26, 25-20, 25-20 loss to Italy in the quarterfinal round at Earls Court in London.
Team USA finishes the 2012 Olympic Games with a 5-1 overall record and in a tie for fifth after finishing atop Pool B. Italy, the fourth seed in Pool A and ranked No. 6 in the world, advances to the semifinals to face top-ranked Brazil.
The U.S. was attempting to become the first country to win the Olympic Games men's volleyball competition for a fourth time.
The U.S. recovered from a 21-19 deficit in the first set to take three set points, only to have Italy save all three and serve its third ace of the set for the 28-26 victory. The Americans tallied eight blocks in the opening set. Italy used a 7-1 scoring run to come back from a 16-15 deficit in the second set and benefited from three aces and eight Team USA errors to win 25-20. Italy built a 10-6 advantage in the third set with a 6-0 scoring run on aggressive serving to recover from an early 6-4 hole en route finishing the match with a 25-20 set win.
"It was frustrating for us," U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Coach Alan Knipe said. "When we look back at this we will see we had lots of opportunities to win the first set. We came in with a really good game plan and when we were in our game plan and executing it, we were winning points."
Clay Stanley (Honolulu) led the U.S. with 16 points via 12 kills on 28 attacks, three blocks and an ace. Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) added eight points on five kills, two blocks and an ace. David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) totaled seven points on four kills and three blocks. Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) tacked on seven points, all on kills. Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) turned in seven points with five kills and two blocks. Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) rounded out the scoring with a kill in a reserve role.
"We weren't as crisp as we were throughout the pool," Stanley said. "We've got a lot of work to do. This is a growing experience. A lot of players have got experience. I look forward to playing some more."
Anderson, in his first Olympic Games, was credited with 17 excellent receptions on 27 attempts, but with three faults. Donald Suxho tallied 33 running sets and seven digs, while Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) provided six digs and nine excellent receptions.
"Italy played great and found their rhythm," Stanley said. "They turned it up a notch and we turned it down. We worked four years for this. It's kind of tough."
Knipe started Anderson and Priddy at outside hitter, Lee and Holmes at middle blocker, Stanley at opposite and Suxho at setter. Lambourne is the U.S. designated libero for the Olympic Games. David McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.) was a serving sub in all three sets, while David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) came on in the first and third sets. Rooney was a sub in the second and third sets.
The Americans had faced Italy four times in 2012 – all during the FIVB World League Intercontinental Round – and walked off the court winners the last three meetings.
"As much as we have played each other, there are no surprises," Knipe said. "It just came down to execution tonight."
But on this day in the Olympic Games quarterfinals, Italy's serve proved to a major difference in the match with a 9-2 ace advantage and consistently keeping the American offense out of system. Team USA converted 41.0 percent of its attacks into points, but 14 errors led to a .241 hitting efficiency. In contrast, Italy converted 42.4 percent of its attacks with a .253 hitting efficiency. The U.S. managed a 10-8 advantage in blocks for the match, but eight of those blocks came in the opening set.
"We had some chances tonight, including the first set, but we didn't capitalize on them," Lee said. "Italy served us tough, and I give them credit for that."
The U.S. defeated Italy in three of four matches during the 2012 FIVB World League Intercontinental Round.
Italian captain Cristian Savani produced a match-high 19 points including four aces, while Ivan Zaytsev totaled 16 points with 15 kills on 28 attacks. Italy's setter Dragan Travica's serve netted four of the team's nine aces.
Italy's results were mixed during Pool A with a four-set loss to Poland to open the Olympics. The Italians bounced back for a four-set win over Argentina a sweep of Great Britain. On the fourth day of competition, Italy was extended to a fifth set by Australia before winning. Italy entered the final day of pool play still with a chance to win the pool, but lost to Bulgaria in straight sets to fall all the way down to fourth place.
The U.S. opened the 2012 Olympic Games by defeating Serbia and Germany in straight sets. The Americans upset No. 1 Brazil in four sets and were poised to pull a second straight upset by leading No. 2 Russia 2-0 with a match-point in hand before losing in five sets. Despite the loss, the U.S. picked up an important point in the standings allowing it to clinch the pool after a victory over Tunisia on Aug. 6.
"It's kind of hard to put things into perspective straight after a loss," Rooney said. "We put together a great performance in pool play, and it was about putting ourselves in the best position to win gold."
Following the 2012 FIVB World League, the U.S. and Italy went in opposite directions in the world ranking. Team USA moved up one spot to fifth place after finishing with the silver medal in the premier annual international men's volleyball tournament. Italy ended the World League in 11th place and dropped three spots in the ranking to No. 6 after entering the year ranked No. 3 in the world.
During the 2011 FIVB World Cup, Italy won a marathon 41-39 opening set over the Americans on Nov. 25 and went on to win in four sets in the only meeting of the year. Italy maintains a 40-27 record over the U.S. since 1981.
In the first quarterfinal match, Brazil defeated Argentina 25-19, 25-17, 25-20 in an all-South American clash to advance to the semifinals. Murilo Endres totaled a team-high 14 points in the victory, followed by Sidney dos Santos with 12 points. Brazil converted 44 of 67 attacks into points.
Later today Pool A second-place Poland challenges Pool B third-place Russia at 7:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. PT) and Pool A winner Bulgaria plays Pool B fourth-place Germany at 9:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. PT).
Other quarterfinal matches include Pool A winner Bulgaria versus Germany at 9:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. PT), Pool B second-place finisher Brazil versus Pool A third-place finisher Argentina at 2 p.m. local time (6 a.m. PT) in an All-South American battle and Pool A second-place Poland versus Pool B third-place Russia at 7:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. PT).
Priddy and Holmes scored the first two points of the match with blocks. Stanley served an ace after a Priddy kill to push the American lead to 4-1. Italy immediately squared the set at 4-all and went in front 6-5 on an ace. Team USA regained the lead at 7-6 with a Stanley kill and Italy attack error. Lee and Stanley put up a monster blocks on back-to-back plays after an Anderson kill to extend the gap to 10-7 heading into an Italy timeout. Priddy scored back-to-back kills to inch the American lead to 12-8. Italy narrowed the deficit in half at 13-11 with consecutive points. Italy scored the first two points out of the second technical timeout to move to within one, 16-15. Lee put up a block after an Italian service error to put a three-point cushion in place at 18-15. Italy responded with three straight points with an ace at 18-all prompting a USA timeout. Italy scored a fourth straight point out of the break to take the lead at 19-18. Italy expanded its lead to 21-19 prompting a second USA timeout. Stanley put up a block after an Italy service error to tie the set at 21-all. Priddy served an ace after a Holmes block to reverse the lead and give the Americans set point at 24-23. After a minute of protesting the call, Italy called timeout. Italy saved three set points and gained its first set point at 27-26 and promptly served an ace at 28-26. Stanley tallied six points to lead the Americans in the opening set.
Italy reached the first two-point cushion of the second set at 6-4 following a USA attack error. Team USA squared the set at 6-all with an Anderson kill and Lee block. Italy answered by taking the next two points for an 8-6 margin at the first technical timeout. Zaytsev served an ace out of the break to increase Italy's advantage to 9-6. The U.S. closed to 12-11 on back-to-back Italy errors, then squared the set at 12-all with a Priddy kill off the block. Italy won a joust at the net to increase its margin to two at 15-13. Team USA answered with a Holmes kill and followed by consecutive Italy attack errors to provide the Americans a 16-15 advantage at the second technical timeout. Italy scored the first two points out of the break to reverse the lead to 17-16. After a USA timeout, Italy scored a third and fourth straight point at 19-16. Italy added a fifth point on a block after a second USA timeout to a 20-16 advantage. Team USA fell behind 22-17 on back-to-back Italy points. The U.S. trimmed the gap to 22-19 with a Stanley kill and Priddy block. Italy finished off the set at 25-20 on an ace.
The U.S. gained a 5-3 margin in the third set after consecutive Italy errors. Italy scored four unanswered points to take an 8-6 advantage at the first technical timeout. Out of the break Italy served back-to-back aces to increase the lead to 10-6. Italy continued its charge at 12-7 with back-to-back points. Stanley and Anderson slammed consecutive kills after an Italy service error to slice the deficit to 13-11. Savani served an ace to send Italy into the second technical timeout leading 16-12. The U.S. scored the first two points out of the break with Italy errors to close to 16-14. Italy reached a four-point cushion at 21-17 at a USA timeout, then completed the match at 25-20.
2012 U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Team
# - Player (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2 - Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4 - David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 - Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 - Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7 - Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8 - Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
11 - Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
12 - Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
13 - Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
16 - David McKienzie (Opp, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
20 - David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Manager: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Scout Coach: Andy Read (Garden Grove, Calif.)
Scout Coach: Mike Sealy (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Pool A:
Bulgaria (12 points, 4-1)
Poland (9 points, 3-2)
Argentina (9 points, 3-2)
Italy (8 points 3-2)
Australia (7 points, 2-3)
Great Britain (0 points, 0-5)
Pool B
USA (13 points, 4-1)
Brazil (11 points, 4-1)
Russia (11 points, 4-1)
Germany (5 points, 2-3)
Serbia (5 points, 1-4)
Tunisia (0 points, 0-5)
July 29: Bulgaria def. Great Britain 25-18, 25-20, 26-24
July 29: Russia def. Germany 31-29, 25-18, 25-17
July 29: Argentina def. Australia 25-21, 25-22, 25-20
July 29: USA def. Serbia 25-16, 25-22, 25-21
July 29: Poland def. Italy 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-14
July 29: Brazil def. Tunisia 25-17, 25-21, 25-18
July 31: Serbia def. Tunisia 25-15, 25-21, 20-25, 25-18
July 31: Bulgaria def. Poland 25-22, 29-27, 13-25, 25-23
July 31: Italy def. Argentina 25-17, 21-25, 25-17, 25-23
July 31: USA def. Germany 25-23, 25-16, 25-20
July 31: Australia def. Great Britain 25-15, 25-18, 25-20
July 31: Brazil def. Russia 25-21, 25-23, 25-21
Aug. 2: Germany def. Serbia 22-25, 27-29, 25-18, 25-20, 20-18
Aug. 2: Bulgaria def. Australia 25-23, 25-21, 25-22
Aug. 2: Russia def. Tunisia 25-21, 25-15, 25-23
Aug. 2: Poland def. Argentina 25-18, 25-20, 25-16
Aug. 2: USA def. Brazil 23-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-17
Aug. 2: Italy def. Great Britain 25-19, 25-16, 25-20
Aug. 4: Germany def. Tunisia 25-15, 25-16, 25-16
Aug. 4: Poland def. Great Britain 25-16, 25-19, 25-18
Aug. 4: Italy def. Australia 21-25, 18-25, 25-21, 25-14, 15-13
Aug. 4: Russia def. USA 27-29, 19-25, 26-24, 25-16, 15-8
Aug. 4: Argentina def. Bulgaria 25-18, 21-25, 25-19, 25-20
Aug. 4: Brazil def. Serbia 22-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-22, 15-9
Aug. 6: Australia def. Poland 25-21, 25-22, 18-25, 25-22
Aug. 6: Russia def. Serbia 25-15, 25-20, 25-17
Aug. 6: Bulgaria def. Italy 32-30, 25-20, 25-19
Aug. 6: Argentina def. Great Britain 25-18, 25-18, 25-15
Aug. 6: USA def. Tunisia 25-15, 25-19, 25-19
Aug. 6: Brazil def. Germany 25-21, 25-22, 25-19
Aug. 8: Brazil (2B) def. Argentina (3A) 25-19, 25-17, 25-20
Aug. 8: Italy (4A) def. USA (1B) vs. Italy (4A) 28-26, 25-20, 25-20
Aug. 8: Poland (2A) vs. Russia (3B), 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8: Bulgaria (1A) vs. Germany (4B), 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 10: Poland/Russia Winner vs. Bulgaria/Germany Winner, 3 p.m.
Aug. 10: Italy vs. Brazil, 7:30 p.m.
Medal Round
Aug. 12: Men's Bronze Medal Match, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Gold Medal Match, 1 p.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Gold Medal Ceremony, 2:50 p.m.


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PHOENIX -- In bronze, as in life, Barry Goldwater has a knack for finding himself in the middle of controversy.
A new 8-foot-tall, 1,700-pound statue of the late five-term U.S. senator and presidential candidate has two prominent Arizona artists at odds over whether the sculptor relied too heavily on a plaster life mask.
The Goldwater likeness by Deborah Copenhaver Fellows of Sonoita drew praise when it was unveiled March 31 at the Arizona Capitol, where it is on display until later this year, when it will be moved to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall.
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As a professional gesture and at the suggestion of Goldwater's son Michael, Sutz said he lent Copenhaver Fellows the "original master plaster positive" of the life mask for reference. Sutz believes she made her own mold of his artwork, damaging it in the process, and used it for her Goldwater piece without crediting him.
"Nothing on Earth could help a sculptor to get a good likeness more than to have reference to a life mask," said Sutz, who is known for an ongoing project in which he makes plaster life masks of Holocaust survivors.
In a written statement to The Arizona Republic, Copenhaver Fellows flatly denied basing her sculpture on Sutz's life mask. She said the life mask was damaged in the return shipment, but that Sutz received $1,100, FedEx's full insured amount for damaged artwork, on April 13, 2013.
Copenhaver Fellows said she hadn't heard from Sutz for a year.
"I did not make a mold of his mask, nor did I need to," Copenhaver Fellows said in a statement. "Making a mold of it would not have been beneficial to me, as it was life scale and my monument is life-and-one-third."
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Goldwater had been retired for years when he allowed Sutz to fit him with plaster bandages to make the life mask, which was later fitted with a pair of authentic Goldwater glasses given to him by the senator. When Copenhaver Fellows returned the mask, the Goldwater glasses had been cut off in a manner that Sutz says could not have been accidental and likely would have required a power tool.
It took more than two weeks to repair, for which Sutz said he was compensated $1,000, not $1,100.
The state paid Copenhaver Fellows $125,000 for the Goldwater statue, plus another $25,000 when the size was changed after she had begun work, according to Matt Roberts, spokesman for Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. The Architect of the Capitol, which oversees Statuary Hall, recommended the statue be made taller to match newer figures on display there, Roberts said.
The new Goldwater figure will replace a statue of World War I hero John Campbell Greenway as one of Arizona's two contributions to Statuary Hall. Father Eusebio Kino, the 17th century Jesuit missionary, is Arizona's other statue.
Michael Goldwater said "a friend of a friend" told him Sutz had done a life mask of his father, and he gave the two artists each other's phone numbers. Having seen the life mask, which preserves an elderly image of his father, Goldwater doubts Copenhaver Fellows relied on it.
"The life mask was the same size as dad's normal head," Michael Goldwater said. "The statue ... is 8 feet tall, not 6 feet tall. So, it's quite a bit larger. I am almost sure they didn't use it as a mold."
Copenhaver Fellows also provided The Republic with a photo of a Goldwater bust she sculpted to win the state's commission for the statue in January 2012. According to her website, she has done a number of sculptures and monuments, including a gorilla at the San Francisco Zoo.
"I had literally hundreds of reference materials from different sources to work from in order to complete the Goldwater sculpture," she said in her statement. "A portrait in art is more than the reproduction of a subject's facial features. Life comes to a work of art when the artist captures the essence of the individual, and that is the most difficult task that an artist can undertake."
Late last week, Sutz checked out Copenhaver Fellows' sculpture in person and maintains his suspicions were confirmed.
Sutz said he expected that Copenhaver Fellows would say she didn't borrow from his work, but that he wants to try to set the record straight, even if it is his word against hers.
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Rick Mercer Comes to FCV
Yesterday afternoon, the Forest City Velodrome had a packed house, with over 250 people showing up for a session which began at 1:00 pm and ran past 5:00. However, they weren't there for the racing...
"I'm here for Rick," exclaimed one mid-40s woman, sounding giddy as a schoolgirl.
Yes, the FCV went (north) Hollywood for a day, when CBC comedian Rick Mercer, star of the popular Mercer Report arrived with a television crew to tape a segment on the track. Mercer has a tradition of participating in various activities (including parachuting, driving a tank, steering a dog sled team, competing in a demolition derby and, most famously, skinning dipping with former Ontario Premier Bob Rae), and this time it is track racing.
View our video interview with Rick Mercer Here.
The visit came about because of an e-mail sent by 15 year old FCV member Kyle Rupay of Peterborough, who challenged Mercer to come down and ride the track with him.
"On the Mercer Report every week we go off somewhere on an adventure and do something interesting," explained Mercer. "The best ideas quite often come from our viewers and they send us suggestions. We've had about ten e-mails over the last couple of seasons, people suggesting that we come here ... but a young man Kyle, who I just interviewed [for the show], he sent me an e-mail challenging me to come down and check it out and for some reason we just though, yeah, let's go."
The entire event came together in just over a week, according to track director Rob Good, and will, hopefully, result in an upswing of popularity for the track. "This is huge," stated Good. "The stands are full ... who could have thought of 250 people out here at three o'clock on a Monday afternoon."
The segment will air next week (March 25th) in the season finale of The Mercer Report. Check local CBC listings for the time in your region.
Mercer went through an abbreviated Track 101 program, which involves gradually riding further and further up the banking on the straights. He also asked about the various coloured lines on the track, including the top yellow one (a metre from the top of the track). Once he heard that people (including Kyle Rupey) did ride above that line, you could see the determination in his eyes to do the same.
Rob Good, on the other hand, was extremely nervous about the idea (as well as other ones, such as when Mercer jumped over the railing on the high side of the track and slide down on his butt...), with visions of an injured TV star damping his enthusiasm.
However, Mercer was surprisingly quick to adapt to the track, and was limited only by his lack of fitness. He even took a turn around the track on the back of a tandem with Terry Detheridge of The Bicycle Shop in Brantford.
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I'll be getting up at 5 AM. I'd do the math but I don't think it is going to work out in my favor.
I had expected to do a lot more blogging this weekend that I ended up producing.
See…I spent a majority of Saturday swapping out our wired D-Link router with a spanking new D-Link wireless router.
Yeah, during the setup process I ended up blue-screening our Vista notebook, spent hours of extra time troubleshooting the other laptop's hardware, BIOS, and OEM software, and black-screen-reboot looped our XP desktop system.
Not bad for a day's work.
Yes I got all three of them working again. No, I didn't get the monster causing the havoc and pandemonium fully resolved. That's pending a tech-call to D-Link, per their request.
Yes the wireless is working awesome on both laptops, as are the wired connections.
All-in-all it was quite a learning experience. Still have some more lock-down overkill configurations to go through but I've done enough at the moment to feel pretty secure in my efforts.
And yes, there will be an eventual post about this experience.
That's my excuse at least.
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The Big Picture - Boston.com – Really awesome photographic essays from Boston's on-line newspaper presence. I really like the space and nature photography, although the photo-journalistic stories are captivating as well. While I haven't added this to my RSS feed list, I have bookmarked it in my "must view weekly" folder.
SDN Program News : weblog – Java SE 6u10 has been released to the public in final form. I'd say this needs a whole other post of its own. Suffice it to say, stop and go get it right now. download Java SE 6 Update 10. See also: Special Event: Java SE 6u10 Release : The Planetarium. BTW, The Planetarium seems to be a company blog hosting news about all things Java. Might be interesting enough as a source of leads of Java-related info.
Confessions of a freeware junkie: Export/Import your drivers [update]: DriverMax - great review showing some major changes to the freeware driver backup tool DriverMax. This one got a major update and has some new features to go on-line to search out the hardest to find system drivers. No guarantee it will get everything but definitely worth looking into if your drivers are hard to come-by. See this previous GSD post Backing up Windows System Drivers on why this might be a Good Thing to look into.
I finally dug up NirBlog. This is Nir Sofer's NirSoft blog. What makes this so valuable to me is that now I get to see some of the thought and consideration that goes into making these fabulous tools. For example NirBlog: New utilities are coming soon points out several new goodies just over the horizon. Most exciting to me is the UserProfilesView: "This utility displays the list of all user profiles that you currently have in your system. For each user profile, the following information is displayed: Domain\User Name, Profile Path, Last Load Time, Registry File Size, User SID, and more." Not sure how helpful this would be to hard-core forensic experts, but to the average sysadmin supporting a desktop in the field, this could be some golden info to have at hand. Also worth reading is NirBlog: Current AVG False Positives. I'm so frustrated at work that my system gets pegged on the top of the A/V list logs since the Symantec AV always squeals about the "hack-tools" utilities that involve key-finders, password finders, and asterisk revealers. All of these are legitimate tools I must use from time to time in my desktop and system support capacity. However due to the backlash the AV systems give, I have to keep them on a standalone USB stick, with write locked (to prevent A/V deletion) and only use them on demand. Grrrr. I feel Nir's pain and frustration. Other improved apps this week from NirSoft are PasswordFox and ShellExView. So go and add NirBlog to your RSS feeds. You will be glad you did!
PortableApps.com AppCompactor - I don't really ever use an app-compactor utility. Basically what they do is to re-pack executable files to make them smaller in size. With USB drives getting bigger by the season and prices falling faster than the price of oil of late, I don't really have a need to make them smaller. Some folks swear that it makes these programs perform faster on slower USB devices. I don't know. I do know that some A/V programs tend to have a higher false-positive alert rate on repacked legit apps as this is a somewhat common technique for some malware writers to use as well.
Frets on Fire Portable - PortableApps.com - I've never really gotten into the whole "Guitar Hero" thing, but Alvis is impressed by it and in the hands of a skilled gamer, it is a sight to behold. Naturally I had to take a look at this freeware version and it is impressive. It's fairly faithful to the concept and the delivery is spot on. In the words of the tutorial master, I do suck at this game, but it was fun trying! I might even come back to it. The game comes with just a handful of tunes, but if you pop over to Frets on Fire Wiki Songs and register (free) you can download what look likes a whole mass of awesome community crafted songs to add-in. For more info check out the official Frets on Fire Portable homepage. Rock-on!
Universal Extractor got a seriously major update this past week. This gem is my secret weapon to avoiding installing much of the software I use. It will have to rate a post of its own later. Suffice it to say, if you work with or deal with compressed files or installer packages, you must have this freeware gem on your system somewhere. It's more useful than a can-opener in a post-hurricane kitchen drawer. See this change log hosted over at FileHippo for a full breakdown of what you are looking at with your update.
muCommander: a cross-platform file manager - never heard of this one, and I have blogged about a few goodies in file managers before. This one is neat in that it is truly multi-platform in MacOS X, Linux, Windows, Debian, and even a Java application version. Take your pick. It was pretty nice and seemed to work well.
Stupid Chrome Tasks - clever little app written by a coder frustrated with a few but important missing elements in Chrome; namely the ability to clear the download history out of the browser and the second, and likely more important, the ability to export your Chrome bookmarks out of the browser and into an HTML file that other "modern" browsers can all import. I guess Chrome developers figured it was so great no one would think of going back, thus they wouldn't need to export their bookmarks any more. Reminds me of something a college history professor said once, "Hubris, it will get 'em every time!" Spotted over at Lifehacker.
RepairIE is a great program tweaking tool to help you muck up your Windows system and leave it a quivering mass of blue gelatin. No, wait. If you don't know what you are doing with this tool it will quickly leave your system a quivering mass of blue gelatin. That's more like it. Really it is just an GUI interface to a bunch of important and useful registry hacks. Good stuff! Spotted over at Download Squad. See also the related Nawras PC Supervisor application which also provides a GUI interface to a bunch of tweaks.
VisioCafe - If you use Visio, then you will want to bookmark and investigate the great free template files here. Lots of pc, network, and related objects.
GoToMyPC : Install Software - Only leaving this link here so I can find it easily. Been installing a ton of this software last week and never could remember where I direct-downloaded the setup file from. Now I've got it and bookmarked to boot!
Vector Magic | Precision Bitmap to Vector Conversion Online - Blogged this one before as well. Kinda related to the Visio work mentioned above. Vector images scale in Visio so much better than any other graphic format. However, it can be a challenge to reformat them to look nice. Vector Magic lets you upload your image files for free and then vectorizes them in a PNG format. Works very, very good. Highly recommended.
Then, when you have your PNG vector file, process it one more time with PNGGauntlet - PNG Compression Software This is a great (and tiny) little application that does some kind of magic mojo dance to get your PNG files shrunk down and optimized a bit more. All I can say is that it worked wonders with the ones that I got back from Vector Magic. The files processed with no issues and the size was much smaller when done than before. Good stuff.
Finally, I had the need to download and use the previously mentioned freeware tool Microsoft Research Image Composite Editor (ICE) which stitches several related digital images into a panoramic-style single image. It worked perfectly and did such a great job, the digital photo expert of our crew was so impressed with the tip, demonstration and results, I got a free lunch out of it. Not bad!


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In 1973, the Virgin Mary was said to have predicted a number of future events – including natural disasters even more serious than Friday's earthquake and tsunami – during three appearances to a Japanese religious sister, Sr. Agnes Sasagawa.
The purported appearances of the Virgin Mary in Japan were reviewed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1988. During his time as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prior to his election as Pope Benedict XVI, he let stand the local bishop's judgment that the apparitions and the messages were acceptable for the faithful.
The messages warned of chaos within the Church, and disasters which could afflict the world.
"If men do not repent and better themselves, God the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity," Mary reportedly told Sr. Agnes. "If will be a punishment greater than the (biblical) flood, such as never seen before."
"Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful," she said. "The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church, in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops."
"Churches and altars will be sacked. The Church will be full of those who accept compromises, and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord."
"Each day, recite the prayers of the Rosary," she told Sr. Agnes. "With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and priests."
Two years after the last message, the statue of the Virgin Mary in the chapel where the apparitions had occurred began to emit tears and drops of blood. The occurrence continued for more than six years.
Reports from Akita following Friday's earthquake indicate that the city received significantly less damage than other parts of northern Japan, despite its proximity to the epicenter. However, residents did report power outages, burst pipes, and fires.More HERE.
Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Niigata, whose territory includes the Akita apparition site, is also the president of Caritas Japan, which will be working to assist victims of the earthquake and tsunami. The relief organization is accepting contributions to its emergency fund at www.caritas.org.


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BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's varsity wrestling team's quest for a second straight state 4A-3A dual meet title ended last week with a 40-8 loss to eventual dual meet state champion Old Mill in the regional tournament.
The Seahawks entered the regional dual meet last Wednesday as the number-four seed, but faced a major obstacle in top-seeded Old Mill in the first round. Decatur won the state class 4A-3A dual meet for the first time ever last year and appeared to have momentum going into the regional dual meet this year, but Old Mill prevailed, 40-8, to end any hopes of a repeat.
Decatur wrestlers won just five of the individual matches in the meet against Old Mill in the first round of the regional tournament. At 119 pounds, Decatur's Devin Bataille beat Old Mill's Felipe Aleman. Corey Tobias topped Old Mill's Jason West for victory in the 130-pound class, while Josh Bargar took care of Caleb Marshall in the 145-pound class. At 152, Decatur's Danny Kominos beat Old Mill's Patrick Mahoney, while Seahawk stalwart Danny Miller took cruised to victory in the 215-pound class with a win over Old Mill's Sean Mahoney.
Old Mill went on to beat Bel Air in the region finals before winning the state championship with wins over Whitman and La Plata. The loss in the region semifinals did little to tarnish what has been another great season for the Seahawks and there is still a lot of wrestling to go. Decatur will compete in the Bayside Conference tournament this weekend at Cambridge-South Dorchester with a lot of bragging rights on the line. The season will culminate with the state championship meet during the first week of March.


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Joe Urso, Head Coach of the [U of Tampa] Spartan baseball team, said that the coaches saw Blanke progressing as a player and growing into his body. Urso said that Blanke was 5 feet 10 inches coming out of high school. On the roster for UT, Blanke was listed at 6 feet 4 inches tall. … "That was the big challenge, how he was going to develop as a catcher here," said Urso. "He did a great job and everything I'm hearing from the White Sox scouts and the people we talk to is they're just raving about this guy's ability, not only as a hitter but now as a catcher as well."
… Coach Urso said that Blanke is solid at blocking balls in the dirt and has good arm strength, but will have to work on his receiving ability and the speed of his release behind the plate.
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Teen Perspectives: RECESS: Second Saturday Teen Takeover
On April 8th, a team of twelve teens hosted RECESS, a takeover of the Pérez Art Museum Miami for the 3,000 visitors that came through the museum.
PTAC, planned for months to deliver a full day of art in its many forms: visual, audio, and kinetic. Throughout the whole day, the main purpose of the event, Recess, was to give people an experience of early 2000's kid culture. In a teenager's daydream, this event brought memories back to a more childlike world filled with hopscotch, dodgeball, and music.
Inspired by Lawrence Weiner: OUT OF SIGHT, participants were able to collaborate visually, explore a poetry bus led by O,Miami, chat with different youth community organizations, and enjoy special performances led by local high school artists. Alongside PTAC, the students of the Overtown Afterschool at PAMM and Brick x Brick programs exhibited artwork based on current and past exhibitions that wowed and engaged visitors. All in all, our Second Saturday Teen Takeover brought us back to the shortest yet sweetest time of our childhood: recess.
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Goldman Sachs, the banking industry's perpetual winner, was this quarter's loser.
The storied investment bank lost $428 million in the third quarter, driven by sharp drops in underwriting and trading revenue brought on by the wild swings in markets this summer. Goldman also had losses from souring investments in stocks, bonds and other holdings.
The loss announced Tuesday, which was worse than analysts expected, marked just the second time thatGoldman has posted a quarterly loss since going public in 1999. Other Wall Street banks also had trouble in their investment banking divisions, but Goldman fared worse.
It's too early to tell if the loss at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is a temporary blip driven by a wild period in the markets or a sign of cracks in the bank's long-held business strategies. Whatever the case, the results of the bellwether company suggest that big banks are still struggling to figure out how to navigate a new world of weaker economies and tighter government control.
"This is the best proof that the financial crisis is far from over," said Ken Thomas, a Miami-based banking consultant.
Analysts point out that Goldman is naturally more susceptible to swings in the stock market, which has been under pressure because of fears about weak European banks and the losses they could suffer if the Greek government goes through a messy default. Those banks have large holdings of Greek bonds.
Goldman relies heavily on market-driven investment banking services, such as trading bonds and underwriting companies' stock offerings, for its revenue. It doesn't have the same level of plain-vanilla borrowing and lending to fall back on when the investment banking operations falter.
Chief financial officer David Viniar said on a conference call with analysts that he's confident the economy and markets will improve, eventually.
"Last week, big market rally; yesterday, big market decline," Viniar said. "So I think there's still a lot of uncertainty and a lot based on who says what on what day."
Goldman Sachs is known for beating the pack of other Wall Street banks. That didn't happen this time. Bank of America's investment banking and trading business reported a loss of $302 million, on a 26 percent decline in revenue. Goldman's overall revenue fell 60 percent. Citigroup Inc. reported a 12 percent decline in its securities and banking division, excluding an accounting gain.
Goldman's losses in the third quarter included losses of $1.1 billion on its stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, $1 billion on other stock holdings and $907 million from bonds and loans.
Despite the latest quarterly losses, Viniar indicated Goldman wasn't planning to change its long-term strategy. The bank has "a strong track record" for making investment decisions, Viniar said.
Goldman also has a long history for standing when other banks fall. It safely weathered the financial crisis that crippled or killed many of its competitors, posting only one quarterly loss, at the end of 2008. Bank of America and Citigroup have each lost money in six quarters since the beginning of 2008.
Goldman has also churned out a number of senior government officials, including former Treasury Secretaries Hank Paulson and Robert Rubin and former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.
At the same time, Goldman has become a lightning rod for the wrath of regulators, lawmakers and protesters. Some have come to view the bank as the epitome of the greed and risky practices that led to the financial crisis. Goldman, which set aside $59 million in the third quarter for litigation and regulatory proceedings, has been subject to regulatory fines, probes and other headaches.
The bank has been retrenching in some areas. In July it said it would eliminate as many as 1,000 jobs to shore up cash. Tuesday it said had 34,200 employees, down 1,300 from the previous quarter.
The loss of $428 million was equivalent to 84 cents per share. The bank earned $1.7 billion, or $2.98 per share, in the same period a year ago.
Revenue slumped 60 percent to $3.6 billion, missing analysts' estimates. Year-over-year revenue has fallen for each of the past six quarters, and in the second quarter, Morgan Stanley took in more revenue thanGoldman.
Some observers have questioned whether Goldman will try to shed its status as a bank holding company, which could free it up to make more money in certain investment banking services. Goldman and Morgan Stanley both converted to bank holding companies in September 2008, which gave them easier access to capital but also placed them under stricter federal regulations.
"If they remain a bank holding company, the future for them is not as bright," said Mark Williams, a former Federal Reserve bank examiner. Bank spokesman Stephen Cohen said Goldman has "no plans" to change its status as a bank holding company.
Investors were unfazed by the quarterly loss, which had been widely expected due to the turmoil in financial markets this summer. Goldman's stock rose 5.5 percent to close at $102.25.
Analysts said the stock, which is down from more than $128 when second-quarter earnings were reported, had already priced in Tuesday's dismal earnings report.
Thomas, the banking consultant, acknowledged that Goldman might be unpopular on Main Street but said that wouldn't affect its long-term strength.
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A corpulent, monomaniacal bear of limited intellect has returned to the big screen to save you—if only for a day—from the exhausting bombast, schilling and aggression that dominates what passes for kids' films.
"Winnie the Pooh" finds our eponymous bear and the rest of his crew in the Hundred Acre Wood, on a desperate quest for Eeyore's lost "tael," a search that soon leads them to a hunt for the dreaded "Backson." And of course, amid all the fuss, Winnie, like a heat-seeking missile, never strays from his quest for honey. The story is an amalgam of three of A.A. Milne's "Pooh" stories, "In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One," "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump," and "In Which Rabbit Has a Busy Day and We Learn What Christopher Robin Does in the Mornings."
John Cleese serves as the narrator, and directors Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall cleverly incorporate the pages of the book being read into the action--at times characters bump into the words, get pulled along by them, crash through them... And on at least one occasion, Cleese and Pooh get into an argument. The humor throughout the film is funny enough to appeal to kids and smart enough to entertain their parents, including some great moments of "Who's On First"-style wordplay. And the animation is magnificent, a reminder of just how great hand-drawn cartoons can look.
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The songs by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, and by Robert Lopez (of "Avenue Q" and "Book of Mormon" fame) and his wife, Kristen, are great, perfectly reflecting the tone of the film, without interfering with the narrative.
The biggest knock against "Winnie the Pooh" is that it's short, very short, coming in at a brisk 68 minutes. But seeing as the film is geared at a younger audience, that quick run-time may be your best friend. The film is preceded by an amusing animated short entitled "The Ballad of Nessie," narrated by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, that tells an amusing story about how the famed monster fond her way home.
"Winnie the Pooh" may not be loud and frantic enough for older kids, but it's exactly what older fans of the bear are looking for, and its brevity makes it a perfect film for younger kids.


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Stevens Alumni Win Funding for Start-Up Venture Built Around Medical Device Invention
As a senior Biomedical Engineering major at Stevens, Samantha Music '12 set out to find a solution to the problem of radiation exposure to spinal surgery patients.
Little did she know, just a few months later she'd have invented a successful diagnostic device, secured funding for a start-up company, and be deep into an entrepreneurial venture with tons of promise in the market.
It all started with Music's capstone senior design project. With fellow Stevens alumni Kerri Killen '12 and Justyna Zielinska '12, she designed a battery-powered medical device made of a lightweight chest harness and belt that accurately measures the range of motion of the spine without an x-ray.
The device is more accurate, less invasive and less expensive than an x-ray. It takes less than two minutes to get a reading.
"People see the hazards and radiation and want an option for something else," said Music.
The value of such a device for surgeons, physical therapists and clinicians who need to evaluate patient recovery before and after spinal surgery was immediately evident, and the trio had soon won several contests, including first place in Stevens' 2012 Elevator Pitch competition and first place in the undergraduate division of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) 2012 New Jersey Regional Poster Competition.
Recognizing the opportunity before them, Music and Killen took their invention to the next level when they graduated from Stevens this May. Stevens, which owns the intellectual property on their original prototype, helped them file a provisional patent application on the device. While the application is pending, they have been working full-time on the project and have now incorporated and launched a start-up company around the product called Versor Inc.
"I have great expectations for us," Music said. "Our device provides more accurate and immediate results than an x-ray, and it is easy to use. It provides benefits for both the patient and the surgeon using it."
Expectations for Versor are sky-high from outside observers as well. Most recently, Music won $7,500 in backing for Versor in the Start Something Challenge, a statewide business pitch competition for entrepreneurs and small business owners held by the nonprofit Rising Tide Capital.
Music and Killen will use the winnings to buy parts to build at least six prototypes of the original device to test within the medical industry.
"Our goal is to get these prototypes out there to different sites to start testing, which will provide great headway into getting FDA approval," Music said.
Music is taking a long-term view of Versor's future, hoping hopes to introduce a product in the market in about two years.
For now, she's enjoying the journey.
"How many people can say they started up a company and got a patent right out of school?"
Stevens student Sean Coyle '12, now a master's degree student, was also a finalist in the Start Something Challenge.


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Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control stores are getting in on the Black Friday tradition with extended hours and discounted prices.
Officials say the state's nearly 340 stores will offer discounts up to 50 percent off, or more, on selected items. Shopper also will get 10 percent off any purchase totaling more than $50.
Discounts will apply to everything from miniature bottles to top-shelf specialty items. Stores also will stock gift packages for a variety of liquor brands.
Most of the ABC stores will open at 9 a.m. on Friday, while some others in Williamsburg, Richmond and northern Virginia are set to open at 7 a.m.
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Kanye West announced Kim Kardashian's pregnancy just before New Year's Eve in 2012, and the latter's baby bump made headlines until she gave birth prematurely on June 15. In the past year, the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star also finalized her divorce from Kris Humphries, dyed her hair blond and got engaged--yet none of that was enough to make the new mom Bing's most-searched celebrity of the year.
The 33-year-old E! star has been outranked by Beyonce, who edged Kardashian out of the top spot. In the past 12 months, the R&B diva caused controversy when she sang over a prerecorded track on Inauguration Day. She also headlined the Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show (where she briefly reunited with Destiny's Child) and starred in her own HBO documentary, Life Is But a Dream.
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Will be doing a couple of days this year, not sure which two, will decide when the lineup days get sorted
Sunday looks the quietest day to me; still some must-see bands though. Highlights for me;Thursday- Bad Religion, TV, Face To Face, Pears, In Evil Hour, Oi!cottFriday- Slaves, Cheetah Chrome, DOA, Hot Rods, TV, Moped, Zero Boys, Wonk Unit, Godfathers, Polyesters, Real Mckenzies.........2nd on the bill is Frank Carter!- who??Saturday- 999, Misty, Talisman, Rhythmites, Lurkers, Sham, Guitar Gangsters, Duncan ReidSunday- Richie Ramone, Vibrators, ATV, Ramonas
Hi there.Stage Times are online...with a mistake: TV - so Rebellion - will play Saturday night at the Acoustic Stage... but smae day he will play at the Wacken Festival in Germany...so I think there will be change...This year I will stay for several bands @ Opera House!
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From the beginning, the first Africans who began arriving in Virginia in 1619 faced a harder life than the white indentured servants whose labors they shared.
Singled out by religion and the color of their skin, they were seen very early on as servants for life. They also knew so little about their strange new environment that they were far more dependent on their masters for simple survival.
Few knew that within a very short time, however, their lives would become still harder and meaner as Virginia's richest landowners -- inspired by what they saw in the sugar plantations of the West Indies -- conspired to create a kind of bondage that was far more intense and systematic than anything ever endured by European servants.
So successful was this endeavor that -- within a few decades -- the fate of the Africans and their descendants would be sealed for more than 200 years.
"For a long time people had the idea that slavery evolved from earlier forms of servitude. But it was being very consciously developed," said noted former Colonial Williamsburg historian Lorena S. Walsh, who will talk about the early development of slavery at 2 p.m. Sunday in her lecture at Jamestown Settlement.
"There weren't a lot of Africans in Virginia prior to the 1670s. But by then most had been bought up by the very biggest planters because they had made a choice. They were through using indentured white servants as field workers. They wanted Africans that could serve as slaves for life."
Based on her ground-breaking 2010 book "Motives of Honor, Pleasure, and Profit: Plantation Management in the Colonial Chesapeake 1607-1765," Walsh's talk is part of a series of February programs at Jamestown Settlement exploring the experiences of the first Africans in English Virginia.
It draws upon years of work analyzing plantation account books, diaries, correspondence, wills, bills of sale and other period documents in search of why slavery sprang up so quickly in a place that had no tradition of such intense bonded labor.
Even during the ambiguous period before their condition was clearly defined, blacks never shared the status of white indentured servants, Walsh says.
"Most of those who survived in the original group that arrived in 1619 continued to be held as slaves rather than servants -- and so did their children," she said, "with only a very few exceptions."
Within two decades, blacks were being passed on by their masters in wills, defining them as slaves by custom if not by law. And when the colony's richest elites began copying the harsh labor practices pioneered on the sugar plantations of the English West Indies colonies of Jamaica and Barbados, their lives and legal status deteriorated in ways from which they couldn't recover.
Long before a shortage of European indentured servants made them more costly, planters in Virginia's richest tobacco-growing regions between the James and Rappahannock rivers began investing in Africans because they could be made to work harder and longer.
Soon they were being segregated from servants into outlying quarters where they could be fed less and disciplined more harshly, Walsh says.
Unlike European servants, whose bleak lives still included rights such as a defined term of servitude and the right to worship on Sundays, Africans could be driven to work day and night. Even the women were compelled to serve as field hands, usually for life.
"It was much more efficient. You can see tobacco production increase not from any technological change but from the longer and harder work demanded of each laborer," Walsh says.
"By the late 1690s, every large planter had chosen slavery irrevocably."
From the beginning, the first Africans who began arriving in Virginia in 1619 faced a harder life than the white indentured servants whose labors they shared.


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McDonald's has apologized after landing in the doghouse for a radio ad that said eating its line of Chicken McBites was less risky than petting a stray pit bull.
After the spot ran for a few days in the Kansas City area complaints began to pour in on social media sites, The Associated Press reported. A Facebook page called "Pit Bulls Against McDonald's" was liked more than 8,200 times.
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The ad also said its Chicken McBites were less risky than shaving your head, naming your son Sue or giving your Facebook password to a friend. But it was the dog line that touched a nerve.
"It was stupid marketing, playing into the media hysteria about pit bulls," Rachele Lizarraga of Sacramento told the AP.
McDonald's conceded in an official apology that its ad "was insensitive in its mention of pit bulls." The fast-food giant pledged to "do a better job next time."
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John Waters should direct s-CRY Baby.
It's the future. A cataclysm has split Japan in two. On one hand is Muraji Special Economic District, a futuristic paradise of gleaming white skyscrapers and high tech wonders. On the other hand is the Lost Ground, a post apocalyptic wasteland where daily life is a violent struggle for survival. Causing a stir on both sides of the fence are the Alter Users, young men and women born with the amazing power to transform the matter around them into a unique form, one specific to each user, giving them incredible superhuman abilities.
Kazuma is an Alter User living in the Lost Ground, who can turn his right arm into a power-punching, annihilation bullet-firing super arm. He barely gets by, using his powers for profit. He eventually runs afoul of HOLY, the government's group of elite Alter hunters from the Special Economic District. The thing is, HOLY members are also Alter Users, using their powers to track down others of their own kind.
This "Anime Legends" release contains the first two volumes of s-CRY-ed in an affordably-priced two-disc set, containing the series' first 10 episodes, in the hopes of attracting new anime fans without creating vacuums in their wallets. If you've already bought Bandai's previous two "Platinum Edition" releases, you've already got what's here.
That being said, let's talk about s-CRY-ed itself.
What I liked:
• The big selling point here is the action, and it's some pretty sweet action. The fight scenes, and there are many of them, are kept interesting throughout, rather than just repeating the same type of battle over and over. Expect a lot of big leaps through the air, magical shimmering colors, and generous amounts of destruction.
• Although the characters, especially the HOLY members, are written somewhat simplistically, there is some nice character development throughout. We learn more about them as the series progresses, making them more interesting as events proceed. The Alters of HOLY aren't just enemies for Kazuma to duke it out with. Instead, their battles come out of misunderstandings and differences in their philosophies.
When s-CRY-ed left me s-CRY-ing:
• The beginning throws viewers right in the middle of the action with very little context. I kept checking the packaging to make sure this was volume one, because it felt like I had started with volume 27.
• The characters have that anime/video game habit of announcing their fighting moves just before unleashing them. For example, just before taking someone out with an annihilating bullet, Kasuma just has to yell out "Annihilating Bullet!" I know this is supposed to make the characters look cool, but, really, who would actually do this?
• I don't know what the titular "s-CRY-ed" means, either.
Video quality here is great. There are a lot of bright colors on display, made especially vivid on these discs. The stereo sound is not as booming as it could be, but that might be a good thing when the peppy theme song starts. Extras include the usual textless openings and closing, as well as some trailers, character files and videos, and an interesting recreation of the s-CRY-ed manga, with the artwork on screen supplemented by new audio.
So, it's an action series with not a lot of depth, just enough to keep things interesting. It sometimes overwhelms viewers with a fast pace, crazed battles, and overpoweringly hyper music. This release is intended for the anime curious, and it could indeed be a good place to begin.


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WINDSOR, Ont. — Windsor-born Matt Nosanchuk is the new Jewish liaison for the Obama Administration in Washington D.C.
Working out of the White House, Nosanchuk is the point man for communications between America's myriad Jewish organizations and the federal government. He was appointed in July.
Nosanchuk is the son of retired Windsor Provincial Court Judge Saul Nosanchuk. When his parents divorced, he moved to Detroit, where he attended elementary and high schools, then obtained his undergraduate and law degrees at Stanford University.
Nosanchuk, 48, has a strong civil rights background, a prime reason he was chosen for the post.
He held a senior position in the U.S. Department of Justice prior to the appointment. His portfolio consisted of working on the administration's response to the Defence of Marriage Act, which successfully voided the act resulting in benefits being extended to same-sex couples.
He also was pivotal in expanding hate crime law under the Matthew Shepard Act of 2009 to include crimes related to gender and disability.
Nosanchuk attributed his interest in civil rights partly to his own background as well as his Jewish heritage.
"I think I identified with the outsider," he said.
He grew up in downtown Detroit in an integrated neighbourhood, but attended a private school in elite Grosse Pointe, where "I was Jewish and everybody else in my school wasn't." He also was a "child of divorced parents at a time when that wasn't very prevalent."
He said the "values of his parents" also played a role.
His father, Saul, is well known in Windsor for his humane treatment of offenders. A young offender rehabilitation and halfway house is named after him.
The values "imparted to me as a Jew" also determined Nosanchuk's desire to practice human rights law and "help others to ensure that injustices were addressed and rectified."
Accepting the White House appointment now means Nosanchuk can work directly for President Barack Obama, of whom he's long been a "strong supporter" and can "contribute to the success of his presidency in whatever way I can."
Said his father Saul: "I think he's had a remarkable career. I'm very proud and moved that he would be interested in public service. That has been his focus throughout his whole career."
Nosanchuk is still getting acquainted with the new role, but already has met with numerous Jewish organizations on a range of issues, including Syria, the restarted Middle East peace process, the Affordable Health Care act and comprehensive immigration reform.
"In issue after issue, things that are of significance to the administration also are a priority to the Jewish community," he said.
Nosanchuk said he's both a sounding board for various Jewish interests, as well as someone through whom to communicate White House policy.
He recently organized a Washington briefing for 70 Jewish federation leaders. He's also attended high-level meetings between Jewish leaders and top administration officials, such as National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Secretary of State John Kerry.
He said Middle East issues are obvious priorities, but so is a matter like immigration reform, which seemingly might not affect Jews.
But, he said, this is relevant to Jews' "historic experience." He said the Jewish community wants to ensure "that we don't pull up the ladder behind us" and deny opportunity to new immigrants.
"And so it very much ties into our own experience in this country and to our values as Jews in helping others," he said.
He said U.S. and Canadian Jews "have close ties and shared values and priorities."
He said many American Jews, "like me, have Canadian relatives, or were born in Canada."
As well, a number of Jewish organizations and religious denominations have an "institutional presence in both countries… in fact, I [recently] spoke at a salon here organized by two Washingtonians, both of whom grew up in Montreal."


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