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Budget Vote:
May 20, 2014 at BCHS, 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
If the proposed 2014-15 district budget is approved by voters, the plan will include a property tax levy increase of 2.99 percent. It is expected that the resulting tax rates will decrease by 3.57 percent. Rates are expected to be the same in both the Town of Bethlehem and the Town of New Scotland. To help residents ESTIMATE the budget's impact on their tax bill, use the calculator below. Final tax rates will not be available until August. Click here for calculator>>
Please join us and offer your input on BCSD budget issues. All meetings will be held in the BCHS Library & Media Center.
• May 6, 6:30 p.m.:Meet the Candidates Night (sponsored by the League of Women Voters)
• May 7, 7 p.m.:Budget Hearing
• May 20, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.:Budget Vote, BCHS
• May 21, 7 p.m.:Board of Education meeting
Did you know?
That 2% you've been hearing so much about
is only a small part of the so-called "Tax Cap
Law." In reality, it's just one part of an eight-step formula that determines the maximum allowable tax levy the school district can pass with a simple majority. Click here to read more about the "tax cap."
With revenues flat and 2.72% tax-levy increase, gap more than $4.4 million
Due to the increasing cost of employee benefits and declining state aid, the Bethlehem Central School District is facing a $4.4 million budget shortfall for the 2012-13 school year.
Preliminary numbers show the district's baseline expenditures stand at $91,500,000, with projected revenues totaling only $87,096,000, if voters approve a 2.72 percent tax levy increase. Under the new state "tax cap" law, the district would be able to propose a tax levy increase of approximately 2.72 percent and still need only a simple majority to approve the budget (see how the "cap" is determined here).
Based on last year's aid run, the district estimated state aid for this year to be $22,800,000. However, the New York State Education Department aid reports that reflect what we will ultimately receive this year, our totals are only about $22,236,000, falling short approximately $564,000, according to Chief Business and Financial Officer Judith Kehoe.
Although the Governor's aid run appears to maintain the same level of funding as last year, due to the shortfall experienced this year the district is not expecting the full amount of $22,746,000 and has budgeted to receive $22,290,000.
The lion's share of the increasing budget expenditures are salaries and benefits. Salaries for the 2012-13 school year are up more than $2 million, from $44,918,302 to $46,986,416. The cost of employee benefits is similarly up $2.3 million for the 2012-13 school year.
"Given the requirements imposed by mandates and collective bargaining agreements, our ability to respond effectively in order to preserve the quality programs at Bethlehem is constrained to say the least," said Kehoe.
Some of the district's other revenue streams have taken a hit as well, said Kehoe. Particularly, it has seen a reduction in interest income because the district has used its fund balance to decrease the tax burden of previous budgets.
"We are working to identify the best options to consider, noting that after two years of significant and painful reductions – after taking the actions the state feels are needed: consolidating operations and spending down fund balance – we don't have options remaining that are going to be considered 'best' by anyone," Kehoe said.
Click here to see the 2012-13 proposed revenues [PDF].
Click here to see the 2012-13 proposed expenditures [PDF].
The Bethlehem Central School District has reduced nearly 60 full-time positions over the past two years, losing through layoffs or attrition 26.8 FTE positions in the 2010-11 school budget and 31.9 in the 2011-12 budget.
The closure of Clarksville Elementary last year has saved the district $840,670. The $1.89 million that was held in a tax reduction reserve fund was used, with other monies from the district's fund balance, to decrease the tax burden in the 2011-12 budget.
"We are monitoring our expenses and are actively pursuing alternate revenue streams such as the sale of the Education Center at 90 Adams Place and the rental of the Clarksville Elementary," said Superintendent Thomas Douglas, "but absent any meaningful mandate relief, we'll have extensive reductions to consider in order to balance the 2012-13 budget. It is important to note that there was supposed to be a 4 percent increase in school funding this year and substantial mandate relief. There has been hardly any relief from the Governor's office on the most costly mandates, and our district has only seen an increase in state aid of about $57,000. This is far below the anticipated 4 percent widely discussed by our leaders."
The district will host a Budget Presentation and Forum at its Wednesday, Feb. 15, meeting, and also a Community Budget Forum on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m., at the BCMS library.
"We invite the public to be a part of this difficult budgeting process," said Douglas. "The challenges we'll face in crafting a budget for the 2012-13 school year will affect not only taxpayers, but students, parents, staff and other members of the BCSD community. In order to do what is right for our district, we need everyone to participate in the budget process."
Agendas, minutes and video of previous meetings can be found here. The 2012-13 budget planning calendar can be found here.
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The calls represent what was told to a sheriff's deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. No presumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the information provided.
At 12:33 p.m. Monday, deputies arrested a 43-year-old man near the Camino Capistrano and Del Obispo streets. The report stated the man had a previously existing warrant and was taken into custody with a bail amount of $15,000.
At 5:11 p.m. Sunday, a caller reported a fireworks violation in the 32700 block of Alipaz street. The report stated that several minors were lighting illegal fireworks along the creek bed. The minors were later seen taking off down a bike trail.
At 2:23 p.m. Sunday, a caller reportedly found some lost property in the 31800 block of Plaza Drive. The informant stated he had found numerous undergarments behind a location on Plaza Drive.
At 11:11 a.m. Sunday, a caller reported a disturbance in the 26500 block of Orangewood Road. The report stated that at least four minors were seen smoking illegal drugs. The minors were last seen heading westbound on Trabuco Creek Road.
At 12:19 a.m. Sunday, a caller reported a suspicious person in the 26400 block of Kimberly Way. The report stated that a woman in her mid-20s with blond hair was walking up and down the street yelling and screaming. The informant was upset because this has been a reoccurring problem.
At 5:05 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported a petty theft in the 31800 block of Del Obispo Street. The report stated that a woman was taken into custody for stealing from the Ralph's grocery store. There was no report of an arrest.
At 9:38 a.m. Saturday, a caller reported an indecent exposure in the 31800 block of Del Obispo Street.
At 8:58 p.m. Friday, a caller reported a firework violation in the 32600 block of Via Los Santos. The informant reportedly saw a group of minors shooting off illegal fireworks near the Paseo Toscana-Vivente De Marlita intersection.
At 6:54 p.m. Friday deputies arrested a 64-year-old man near the intersection of Camino Las Ramblas and Camino De Vista. The report stated the man was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He was taken into custody and has since been released on a bond.
At 7:37 p.m. Thursday, a caller reported a disturbance in the 32000 block of Via Tonada. The informant was reportedly disturbed by loud music that was coming from a Mexican restaurant.


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text: Margaret Thatcher Quotes Cheers to Margaret Thatcher's Best Words of Wisdom by Tara Block 4/08/13 3 Reactions 53 Shares Print 11 30 12 0 0 What better way to celebrate Women's History Month than to reminisce on the wise words of Margaret Thatcher? The former prime minister of the United Kingdom came to power in 1979 as an uncompromising conservative. Although she was dubbed the "Iron Lady" by naysayers, Margaret actually liked her nickname. After all, her ironclad will, motivation, and toughness helped her achieve her often-controversial accomplishments while in office. Whether it's been in speeches, books, or interviews, the chemist-turned-world-leader Margaret was never shy about her personal opinions and political beliefs. Here are some of her wisest words about life, love, and being a powerful woman. Source: Getty On Women in Politics What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done ask a woman." — 1965 Source: Getty 1 / 15 On Her Marriage What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd. But with Denis there I was never alone. What a man. What a husband. What a friend." — In her book The Downing Street Years Source: Getty 2 / 15 On Power What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." — Quoted in The Guardian Source: Getty 3 / 15 On Rumored Feud With Elizabeth II What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I always found the Queen's attitude towards the work of the Government absolutely correct . . . stories of clashes between 'two powerful women' were just too good not to make up." — In her book The Downing Street Years Source: Getty 4 / 15 On Her Husband, Denis What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I can trust my husband not to fall asleep on a public platform and he usually claps in the right places." — In a 1978 interview Source: Getty 6 / 15 On Holding Her Ground What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning." — At a Conservative Party Conference in 1980 Source: Getty 6 / 15 On Being the Center of Attention What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I love being at the centre of things." — In a 1984 interview Source: Getty 7 / 15 On the Future What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime. And I don't think it depends so much on whether it's a man Prime Minister or a woman Prime Minister as whether that person is the right person for the job at that time. And it's very difficult to foresee what may happen many, many years ahead." — In a 1973 TV interview, six years before becoming first female Prime Minister Source: Getty 8 / 15 On Achievements What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Oh, but you know, you do not achieve anything without trouble, ever." — In a 1984 TV interview Source: Getty 9 / 15 On Being Elected What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope." — During her first 10 Downing Street doorstep statement as Prime Minister in 1979 Source: Getty 11 / 15 On Being Dubbed the Iron Lady What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I stand before you tonight in my green chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved. The Iron Lady of the Western World? Me? A Cold War warrior? Well, yes — if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values and freedoms fundamental to our way of life." — In a speech in 1976 Source: Getty 11 / 15 On Not Giving Up What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it." — In a 1975 speech Source: Getty 12 / 15 On the Workplace What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I had applied for a job in 1948 and was called for a personal interview. However I failed to get selected. 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Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival
Date: June 15, 2009
by: June LeBell
The Sarasota Music Festival is getting old and it's time to call in Ponce de Leon for a trip to the Fountain of Youth. Dwindling audiences, old formats and faces, and small nips and tucks won't do the trick. Yet the answer is right in front of it: Use the youth!
Take Saturday night's concert at the Sarasota Opera House. It was a sandwich with a delicious filling between two pieces of stale bread.
The first slice came in the form of Stravinsky's wonderfully evocative work, "Dumbarton Oaks." A festival premiere — better late than never — conductor Joseph Silverstein, violist James Dunham, cellist Abe Feder, bassist Fred Bretschger and hornist Gregory Hustis made up the basis of the faculty chairs. (It was wonderful to see some youthful faculty members this year!) The rest of the ensemble was made up of current students. The playing was technically terrific but the interpretation missed Stravinsky's humor, playfulness, jauntiness and funb leading to a stodgy, humorless performance.
The other stale presentation came at the end of the evening when Silverstein (now with his violin) joined violist Barbara Westphal, cellist Desmond Hoebig and pianist John Perry for a bloodless reading of Brahms' magnificent A Major Piano Quartet. Wrong notes abounded and the anemic performance missed the Brahmsian passion that is the composer's hallmark. (It did, however, inspire one young couple toward the back of the house to spend the last two movements making out, something one doesn't see too often at the opera house … )
But the filling, the middle piece of the evening, was worth everything. One doesn't get to hear the Bloch "Concerto Grosso" in D Minor often, yet it should be a staple of the chamber repertoire. Performed without a conductor by staff members Martin Chalifour (violin), James Dunham (viola) Ronald Leonard (cello) bassist Bretschger and pianist Jean Schneider with a sizable student string orchestra, this was the highlight of the evening. Bloch takes us on a travelogue of folk songs and reels from the British Isles to the Middle East (perhaps the polyglot he encountered while in the United States) for a work that's a melodic song underscored by rich harmonies and polytonalities that always resolve into beautiful major chords that seem to welcome us home.
Chalifour, without making a big deal out of it, led the ensemble by subtle body language and, while the work could probably have benefited from an actual conductor, it was more of what this festival should be about than what we're getting.
Perhaps we should leave the faculty to teach and the students to play, bringing in — on occasion — a master musician as a soloist. Perhaps it's time to incorporate more talk into these performances, and the use of cameras and even — heavens! — chamber vocal ensembles or soloists in vocal chamber music.
Perhaps we should have more fun at these concerts. Take a page from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Spoleto festivals, Aspen and Tanglewood. These aren't gimmicks. They're fresh air.
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Last week, we reported on a scuffle between a black dog and a group of raccoons that occurred at dusk near Joan Durante Park.
Golfer scores her first hole in one
Liz Lang scored her first hole in one July 8, on the Resort at Longboat Key Club's Harbourside White Course, while celebrating her friend, Jane Hunter's birthday.
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By Sharna Johnson: Freedom New Mexico Showing onlookers a compartment barely the size of a walk-in closet, Bruce Mitchell explained how the small area becomes a functional medical unit while at the same time, flying patients to trauma centers. Mitchell, a registered nurse and AeroCare crew member, said Wednesday the opportunity to speak and show […]
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Oct. 19, 1979
The Portales News-Tribune reported that showing at the Twin Tower was "A Little Romance" with Laurence Oliver. Show times were 7:15 p.m. and 9:20 p.m.
May 13, 1979
Walt Disney's "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" was showing at the Tower Twin Theatre
March 20, 1982
Academy Award-nominated "Reds," starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton, and "Great White" were showing at the Tower Theater.
March 6, 1955
"Broken Lance," starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark and Katy Jurado was showing with the new "CinemaScope" at the Tower Theatre.
Showing resolve
Dec. 29, 1949
The Jazz Age reminiscent "You're My Everything," starring Dan Daily and Anne Boxter, and "White Heat" featuring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmund O'Brien was showing in the Tower Theatre.
Sept. 28, 1967
David Lead's film adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel, "Doctor Zhivago," was showing at the "Scientifically Cool" Tower Theatre, according to an advertisement in the Portales News-Tribune.
Aug. 28, 1975
White Line Fever, starring Jan-Michael Vincent, was showing at the Tower Theater.


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Vatican City
News about Vatican City, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
An Argentine and a German, but No Sign at the Vatican of a World Cup Rivalry
A spokesman doubted whether Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict would watch the World Cup final together — or even separately.
July 12, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON VATICAN CITY AND: Soccer , Argentina , Roman Catholic Church , World Cup 2014 (Soccer) , Germany , Francis , Benedict XVI , Vatican City
Pope Francis Names New Leadership for Vatican Bank
The pope continued his drive to revamp the Vatican's murky finances, a source of displeasure for many cardinals and a target of financial regulators.
July 10, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON VATICAN CITY AND: Vatican City , Francis , Vatican Bank , Roman Catholic Church , Benedict XVI
Pope Asks Forgiveness From Victims of Sex Abuse
In his first meeting with people abused by members of the clergy, Francis led a private Mass and pledged not to tolerate harm done to minors.
July 8, 2014, Tuesday
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In Our Pages: June 24
Highlights from the International Herald Tribune archives: France signs a defensive alliance with Turkey in 1939; The Roman Church reconsiders its stance on birth control in 1964.
June 23, 2014, Monday
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Cleaning Up the Vatican
The pope is adamant that one of the church's most secretive institutions will become open and accountable.
June 14, 2014, Saturday
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Hefty Global Goals from a Vatican Meeting: Stabilizing the Climate, Energy for All and an Inclusive Economy
A Vatican meeting of scientists, economists and theologians produces a joint statement charting a technical and moral path to a sustainable and just human future.
May 15, 2014, Thursday
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Vatican Tells of 848 Priests Ousted in Decade
The Vatican presented itself as a model of reform before a United Nations committee reviewing the Holy See's compliance with an international treaty prohibiting torture.
May 7, 2014, Wednesday
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Can a Pope Help Sustain Humanity and Ecology?
The two science academies under Pope Francis hold a rare joint meeting to chart paths to sustainable development.
May 6, 2014, Tuesday
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On Historic Day, John XXIII and John Paul II Become Saints
Before large, joyous crowds in Rome, Pope Francis performed a joint canonization on Sunday for his papal predecessors, whom he portrayed as "men of courage" with a shared place in history.
April 28, 2014, Monday
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Pope Takes Responsibility in Priests' Abuse Scandal
Victims' advocates complained that the unprecedented public statement of papal contrition over the scandal is still just "talk."
April 12, 2014, Saturday
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Pilgrims Gather in Vatican City
St. Peter's Square was packed with tourists and pilgrims on Friday ahead of the canonizations of John XXIII and John Paul II on Sunday.
An Argentine Pope
The Times's Laurie Goodstein reports from Vatican City, where Latin American Catholics in the square were elated to see a new church leader from the Americas.
Catholics Speak: Modernization
As Catholics await a new pope, some ask for more transparency, while others hope for a strong, traditional leader.
Faithful and Patient
The Times's Rachel Donadio talks to Catholics waiting in St. Peter's Square for news about a new pope.
An Elaborate Ritual to Elect a Pope
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The historic Walter Robinson American Legion Post 450 is on a new path to prosperity.
"We're not going anywhere," said Moon Township resident Keith Bullard, a businessman for 40 years who has taken the reins as the Sewickley post's new commander.
The Chadwick Street post was on the brink of being sold last month in sheriff's sale until Bullard stepped in and began working diligently to turn the legion's situation around. Despite some reports, the building was not up for sheriff's sale Monday.
Bullard said utilities are paid up, garbage is once again being collected and an agreement has been made with the legion's mortgage company giving the post 90 days to pay the rent for March and April.
Come May, he said the legion will have finished making structured payments and will be back on track with its normal financial agreement.
"We're moving in the right direction," Bullard said.
The post that once served as a gathering spot for black veterans during segregation has struggled in recent years, filing for bankruptcy twice and landing more than once on the Allegheny County sheriff's sale list.
Members of Post 450—a designated historic landmark by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation—asked Bullard to come in and help save the legion because of his business background. Bullard for years owned car dealerships in Moon.
"My goal is to bring the building back to its glory of what it used to be, to service the veterans in the community."
In order to do so, Bullard said the legion needed new vision and will need the continued support of the Sewickley community to preserve and sustain the historic site.
Bullard said several plans are in the works to restructure and revamp the post, including better security measures and classier entertainment. He said the former commander and officers who had been in charge of handling money are no longer with the legion and new officers have been named in their place.
Bullard met with the Sewickley Historical Society a couple weeks ago to explain the legion's strategic plan, and a mass mailer is being sent out to the community this month.
A 30-day membership drive is expected to kick off soon, and a fundraiser is in the works, he said. An account has been set up at First National Bank in Moon. Funds collected will be used for building and operating expenses, said Bullard, who is hoping for more community support.
"The legion is too valuable to the black history of Sewickley and to the region to let it go," Bullard said. "We're asking for support from everybody to help save the legion. We need support."
For more information contact Keith Bullard at 724-759-1153 or to make a tax exempt donation, visit any First National Bank branch.


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May 18, 2013
Katherine M. Fronczak
Katherine M. (nee Sidor) Fronczak, 87, passed peacefully at Brompton Heights Assisted Living Facility on Friday, May 17, 2013. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Alfred M. Fronczak; son, Joseph Fronczak; brothers, Stanley, Edward, Walter and her sister, Jean.
Katherine is survived by her children, Dianne (Paul) Santa Maria, Alan (Patricia) Fronczak, Alfred (Amanda) Fronczak, Jr., Karen (Kalvin) Brant, Paul (Jane Neuman) Fronczak and John (Sharon) Fronczak; her adoring grandchildren, Andrea (Michael Keglovits), Steven, Philip, Lindsay, Jennifer, Sara, Neal, Nathan (Stephanie), Jacob, Elizabeth and Rebecca; great-grandchildren, Skylar, Sierra, Violet and Cooper. Also survived by her sister, Helen Jazdzyk.
Katherine was a lifelong member of Our Lady Czestochowa Church where she was a tireless volunteer and member of the Altar Society. Katherine was a charter member of the Third Warders Club Ladies Axillary. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, crafting but most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her loving family. Katherine was a manager and waitress at the Town Club of the Tonawandas on Goundry Street, North Tonawanda for many years.
Family will be present to receive relatives and friends on Monday, May 20,2013 from 4-8 PM at Colucci Funeral Home, 652 Oliver St., North Tonawanda (692-4917). A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 9:30 AM at Our Lady of Czestochowa R.C. Church, 652 Oliver St.,North Tonawanda. Family and friends are invited to meet at 8:45 AM at the funeral home. Interment Services will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kenmore, NY. In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorial gifts can be made in Katherine's memory to Niagara Hospice Alliance, 4675 Sunset Drive Lockport, NY 14094-1231.
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2. What is ISBN-13?
Effective January 1, 2007 the ISBN will change from 10 digits to 13 digits. ISBN-13 will be the exclusive ISBN to be used on books and book-related products after this date. Note: The letters ISBN always precede the number.
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In the 13-digit ISBN, the EAN product code "978" precedes the 10-digit ISBN and the check digit (or final number) is recalculated. The new ISBN is the same number as the EAN/UCC barcode number which appears at the bottom of the barcode with hyphens.
3. Does the 13-digit ISBN require a longer barcode?
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Yes, this practice is called dual numbering. Between January, 2005 and December 31, 2006, publishers may use both numbers on their publications. However, after January 1, 2007, publications should ONLY carry the 13- digit ISBN and EAN/UCC-13.
During the transition:
International ISBN Agency's recommended format:
Example 3
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5. Will the EAN prefix always remain '978'?
No. The EAN prefix 978 will change in future. When that happens, ISBN will have the prefix EAN '979'. ISBN which begin with '979' cannot be produced by a converter ( i.e. by adding the prefix to a 10-digit ISBN and recalculating the check digit). These ISBN cannot be converted to a 10-digit ISBN.
This change will not affect you immediately. Please visit Library and Archives website in 2007 for '979' EAN updates.
6. Who is affected by this change?
Everyone in the book trade supply chain. While publishers, distributors, retailers, and libraries are the main groups affected by these changes, everyone in the book trade supply chain who currently uses an ISBN is affected by this change. Everyone who records, stores or exchanges ISBN data in an automated system or manual system will have to ensure that those systems can accommodate the 13-digit ISBN format.
7. What is affected?
Every system, manual and electronic, that accepts an ISBN. All organizations that use the ISBN, in any capacity, should review their existing systems - manual and electronic - as soon as possible to ensure that those systems can accommodate the new 13-digit ISBN.
The 13-digit will affect software applications such as automated ordering systems, inventory control systems, point-of-sale systems, and library databases. If you're using a turnkey system, you should contact the vendor to ensure they are prepared for the 13-digit ISBN. If you're using a system that was developed or customized in-house, you should inform your IT staff that the ISBN will be changing to a new 13-digit format and ask them to check and make changes to your automated system. Systems will need to accept two different EAN prefixes over time (978 beginning in 2007 and in the future, 979).
While the change primarily affects computer and other automated systems, it may also affect editorial processes, sales and marketing, design and production departments, royalty and accounting functions, and catalogue systems. Organizations making system changes to handle ISBN-13 are encouraged to anticipate the future need to accommodate (store, view, and exchange) any of the EAN-UCC product identifiers which can be up to 14 digits long.
Booksellers will need to review:
Libraries will need to review:
8. How can publishers prepare?
All publishers should review and undertake the steps listed above, as soon as possible.
Publishers should also review the following, among others:
9. Will new ISBN have to be assigned to products that have already been published?
No. Publishers should convert existing ISBN from the 10-digit format to the 13-digit format (prefixed by 978) by 1 January 2007. This applies to their records for any title for which commercial transactions may occur and should therefore include out of print titles as well as those currently in a publisher's catalogue.
The ISBN and bar code on books will not need to be changed until the book is reprinted as the bar code already represents the EAN13 which is identical to the new 13-digit ISBN.
10. Where do publishers obtain the new 13-digit ISBN?
Canadian publishers (excluding French language publishers located in Quebec or outside of Quebec) can obtain an ISBN from the Canadian ISBN Agency, Library and Archives Canada. French language publishers located in Quebec or outside of Quebec can obtain an ISBN from Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
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11. How has Library and Archives Canada prepared for
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"You can't have my heart and you don't own my mind but, do what you want, what you want with my body." –Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is a singer whose shock value tends to come more from her over the top ensembles than her lyrics; her latest song however, struck a chord with me.
Undertones of sexual assault aside, the lyrics aren't any more sexually provocative than others you hear on any pop radio station and Gaga has every right to decide what she wants to do with her body.
What upsets me is the fact that the song speaks to a larger cultural attitude towards the body; one in which the body is at best, a vehicle to further the needs of the "real" parts of us (the heart and mind) and one in which it is, at worst, treated with apathy and abuse.
Gaga is not the first or the only one to voice the belief that the body is "less than" the other aspects of the self; turn on the radio or the television or peruse social media and it is not hard to see that Gnosticism is alive and well in modern day America. As a culture, we are conflicted masters of our bodily selves, oscillating between stringent contempt and debilitating over-indulgence.
On the one hand, we judge our bodies for what they are not, restrict them, deny them the basics of what they need (food, sleep, rest, touch, nature, play), push them beyond healthy limits and then chastise them for not working "like they should." On the other, we abuse our bodies with over-indulgence and addiction. Even the arguments made for healthy living tend to come back to looking better and living longer, implying that the only two things that the body has to offer are attractiveness and longevity.
Religion and spirituality are often in on it too. Whether it is through the condemnation of sexuality, harsh ascetic practices or even just the subtle implication that "real" spirituality lies beyond our embodied selves, spirituality can proliferate the belief that the body need not be as valued as our hearts or minds.
What about a view of the body that cherishes it just as much as one would cherish a child? What about a view founded on acceptance, curiosity, appreciation and joy? One that celebrates the body not just as an essential part of the self, but as the true meeting place of self? What about a spirituality that understands that holiness or enlightenment is an embodied process? A view that tells us, in the words of the poet Mary Oliver:
"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert; you only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves."


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Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 380 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : July 2011
Author(s) : Snig Bhaumik
Topics and Technologies : Alfresco, All Books, CMS and eCommerce, Cookbooks, Open Source
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Creating and Organizing Contents
Chapter 3: Securing and Searching Contents
Chapter 4: Rules – the Smart Spaces
Chapter 5: Alfresco Administration Console
Chapter 6: Customizing Alfresco Web Client
Chapter 7: Alfresco Content Model
Chapter 8: Alfresco JavaScript API
Chapter 9: FreeMarker Templates
Chapter 10: Web Scripts
Chapter 11: Working with Workflows
Chapter 12: Integrating with MS Outlook and MS Office
Chapter 13: Configuring Alfresco E-Mail and File Servers
Chapter 14: Building Alfresco
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Introduction
- Setting up a database for Alfresco
- Installing Alfresco on Windows
- Installing Alfresco on Linux
- Running Alfresco for the first time
- Chapter 2: Creating and Organizing Contents
- Introduction
- Creating a space
- Creating content
- Uploading a document
- Viewing content details
- Tagging a document
- Categorizing content
- Making a document versionable
- Chapter 3: Securing and Searching Contents
- Introduction
- Creating users
- Creating groups
- Adding users into groups
- Securing your folders
- Securing your files
- Searching in Alfresco
- Performing normal search
- Performing advanced search
- Using saved search
- Chapter 4: Rules – the Smart Spaces
- Introduction
- Understanding the components of a rule
- Creating and applying rules
- Understanding possible actions of a rule
- Chapter 5: Alfresco Administration Console
- Introduction
- Managing system users
- Managing user groups
- Managing categories
- Exporting Alfresco content packages
- Using the Alfresco Node Browser
- Configuring the Alfresco Dashboard
- Chapter 6: Customizing Alfresco Web Client
- Introduction
- Changing the default view of Items in Space contents
- Changing languages in the Login page
- Changing textbox length and text area size
- Controlling the Date Picker
- Controlling the sidebar display
- Including custom Icons in your Spaces
- Changing the default font and color
- Chapter 7: Alfresco Content Model
- Introduction
- Creating new custom content type
- Displaying custom Content Type while content uploading
- Showing custom properties
- Creating custom aspects and associations
- Showing custom Aspects and Associations
- Displaying custom type in Type Specialization
- Customizing Advanced Search to include custom content types
- Chapter 8: Alfresco JavaScript API
- Introduction
- Writing and executing scripts
- Add/Change contents of a document
- Creating a backup copy of a document
- Adding a tag to a document
- Assigning permissions to a user
- Debugging Alfresco JavaScript
- Chapter 9: FreeMarker Templates
- Introduction
- Creating a FreeMarker template
- Displaying all documents in current space
- Displaying all versions of a particular document
- Displaying all assigned tasks of the current user
- Displaying all spaces and sub-spaces recursively
- Chapter 10: Web Scripts
- Introduction
- Writing and deploying Web Scripts
- Using the Alfresco Web Script browser
- Displaying details of documents
- Sending e-mails using a mail template
- Chapter 11: Working with Workflows
- Introduction
- Invoking a workflow
- Creating and deploying custom workflows
- Using the Alfresco Workflow Console
- Chapter 12: Integrating with MS Outlook and MS Office
- Introduction
- Integrating Alfresco with Microsoft Outlook
- Integrating Alfresco with MS Outlook
- Chapter 13: Configuring Alfresco E-Mail and File Servers
- Introduction
- Configuring Alfresco to send e-mails
- Sending e-mails via JavaScript API
- Configuring Alfresco to receive e-mails
- Configure and use Alfresco file servers
- Chapter 14: Building Alfresco
- Introduction
- Installing Subversion client - TortoiseSVN
- Downloading Alfresco's source code
- Compiling and building Alfresco
- Running Alfresco on your machine
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Alfresco is the renowned and multiple award winning open source Enterprise content management system which allows you to build, design, and implement your very own ECM solutions.
You have read a number of tutorials, blogs, and books on Alfresco. Now you're in the real world, trying to use Alfresco, but you're running into problems with it. This is the book you want. Packed full of solutions that can be instantly applied, this cookbook with its practical based recipes and minimal explanation meets that demand.
This Alfresco 3 cookbook boasts a comprehensive selection of recipes covering everything from the basics to the advanced. The book has recipes for quickly installing Alfresco in Windows and Linux and helping you use custom content model, rules, and search. There is also a collection of recipes focused on creating Scripts, Freemarker templates, Web Scripts, and new workflow definitions. Steps to integrate Alfresco with other systems like MS-Office are also included. You will be able to use Alfresco's File and Email servers. Finally, step-by-step recipes are presented to create an Alfresco build environment and compile the source code. This Alfresco 3 Cookbook is perfect for developers looking to start working on Alfresco quickly, gain complete understanding, write custom implementations, and achieve expertise very easily.
Written in a cookbook style, this book offers solutions using a recipe based approach. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by an analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information.
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Can you say "Battlestar Galactica" without sounding like the biggest nerd on the planet? Oh, well; there is so much stuff to chew on in this television series that the nerd label is worth it--and besides, nerdy is cool.
Among the many themes that run through Battlestar--biblical themes, Mormonism, mono/polytheism, democracy, marshal law, the military, racism, war--the question of what it means to be human is at center stage. The plot, which is not original, serves as the foundation: humans create human-like machines, which rebel, and create more of themselves, and look just like us. So what is distinctly human about humans? Layer by layer, the humans continue to discover troubling things about the machines that help to answer (or confuse) this question: they have skin, blood, language, religion, government. Can they fall in love? Do they have souls? Should they be considered as equals? All these points are "debated" (sometimes with violence), and worked out throughout each episode.
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Saints had enough good players on the pitch to beat Leeds according to Nigel Adkins.
The Saints boss handed his fringe stars, including the likes of Guly do Prado, Steve De Ridder and Emmanuel Mayuka, the chance to prove they deserve a Premier League place but was badly let down by some of them as they lost 3-0 to the Championship side at Elland Road.
A disappointed Adkins said: "We have come out to win a game of football and on paper, in theory, that was feasible but we haven't gone and produced it."
He continued: "I take full responsibility. I've always gone and done that.
"If we win the players take all that side of it but it's my responsibility. I'm manger of the football club.
"We want to win and I've put a team out and given players an opportunity to go and prove it and maybe some of them have not been in the team and had an opportunity to go and run and show a desire to play for this football club."
Adkins did though praise 19-year-old Lloyd Isgrove who shone after coming off the bench.
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6:15am Wed 31 Oct 12
olddellsaint says...
9:00am Wed 31 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT says...
9:02am Wed 31 Oct 12
kent141 says...
olddellsaint wrote:We dident score 2 goals ,we dident even get as single shot on target.
Once as so often happens this season the defence collapses and lets in 2 or 3 goals in as many minutes. we can't go on scoring 2 gaols a match and the defence letting in 3 or 4 each half. sorry rant over with, COYR;s
9:18am Wed 31 Oct 12
AndyAndrews says...
10:48am Wed 31 Oct 12
Dellgirl says...
Buy buy Nigel.
12:03pm Wed 31 Oct 12
Glenn(Leeds) says...
4:41pm Wed 31 Oct 12
CB FRY LIVES says...
In my mind the biggest blunder Adkins made last night was the bench he pickedNO.LAMBERT,ADA
CHEON OR MORGAN.At least 4 of those should have warmed the bench in case things went wrong..And yes things did go wrong big time.For what its worth heres my potted impressions of the teams performance
KELVIN-Probably our best player on the night.Should be reinstated against WBA.But he still had to pick the ball out of the net 3 times and he couldn't save the penalty.
BUTTERFIELD-One of our better defenders on the night but that isn't saying much.
JOS-Pretty useless on the night he is going backwards.i think that he struggles at the top level.even though no way are leeds top notch.No wonder Celtic got rid of him.
I can't see Jos displacing either Fonte or Yoshida on this showing.
SEABORNE was worse than useless.I am afraid to say that he is unlikely to reach the level of consistency that he showed before his hospitalisation..One to get rid of in January or as soon as Aaron Martin comes back.
BEN REEVES.Strange to see him at left back when Luke Shaw was on the bench.Would have started him in midfield but Ben did ok on the night. .CHAPLOW.-i am sorry to say that dear old Chappers did not really cut the mustard.He huffed and puffed and got forwars towards the end but he was totally outbattled by the likes of Brown and Tonge.On this showing he is not up to playing at the top level week in week out.
WARD-PROWSE like Reeves did ok but he has performed better for us this season with the likes of Adam and Punch around him.
GULY-Hard to make any sense about Guly.He has been below par for the best part of a year.Unlike some i don't blame him for everything that has gone wrong this season but i think he should be loaned out as soon as possible to either
1.pompey-lets get Brian Howard here instead of him
2.Brighton- and get Dean Hammond back.
3.Notts F-and get BILLY SHARP back
4.Sheff. Wed.-and get Antonio back.
5.do a swap with whoever PAPA WEGGO now plays for.
6.Blackfield and Langley-get KEV Gibbons back in exchange.He can still put a shift in.
7.Barcelona -a straight swap for Lionel Messi.
8.Tamla Motown-swap him for Lionel RITCHIE.good for a sing song in the back of the coach after one of those famous away victories.WHAT AWAY VICTORIES.Oh well we did beat stevenage away.
STEVE DE RIDDER -Oh dear what has happened to the player who was our saviour away against Reading last year.Another one to ship out in January.
TADANARI LEE-NEVER GOT GOING.OK HE NEVER GOT THE SERVICE but he looked inept.Still worth a place on the bench against WBA though
MAYUKA-Ploughed a lone furow up front all night.Never looked like shooting let alone scoring but still worth a start either at WBA or the next home match.
Luke Shaw -looked shaky when he came on but NA should have started with him
LLOYD ISGROVE-Not the best match to make your first team debut in but looked full of potential.reward him by a place on the bench soon.preferably at home.
All in all our poorest performance of the season.Agood cup run would have set us up nicely for the premiership battles ahead.I think most of the players given a start last night will not be getting many chances in the premiership this year.As roger mcguinn said A BAD NIGHT AT THE WHISKEY.
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UCLA will meet Duke in 2013, rounds out scheduleJune 18th, 2013, 12:50 pm by Ryan Kartje
UCLA and Duke will meet in a Dec. 19 prize fight at Madison Square Garden that boasts 15 total national titles between both basketball powerhouses.
The long-speculated matchup against last year's RPI-leading Blue Devils was announced Tuesday afternoon as a highlight of UCLA's impressive non-conference schedule in Coach Steve Alford's first season. UCLA will also take on Alabama, Missouri, and Weber State at home -- all of which ranked better than 80th in RPI in 2012-13.
The rest of the Bruins' conference schedule includes matchups with UC-Santa Barbara, Prairie View A&M, Sacramento State, Drexel, and Oakland, all at Pauley Pavilion.
With just one conference matchup against likely Pac-12 favorite Arizona, the Bruins were certainly given a break in the Pac-12 portion of the schedule, especially given that the game is at home.
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The Illinois Senate may take the first step down the aisle towards legalizing same-sex marriage on Valentine's Day according to Senate President John Cullerton at a meeting with the Sun-Times editorial board on Thursday, January 30. http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/02/same-sex-marriage-bill-to-be-voted-on-valentines-day-in-illinois-senate.html
The debate over same-sex "marriage" has unfolded across America for the past several years. It's now heating up here in Illinois. In the minds of many who ascribe to Judeo-Christian values, marriage is an institution created by God. Government cannot redefine it. Marriage exists not only for the benefit of couples but also for the care of the next generation. As such the issue of same-sex marriage must be given urgent attention here in Illinois, in spite of Illinois's recent credit downgrade and its horrendous pension problem which seems insurmountable given that Democrats control policy here in Illinois.
It was just a little over a year ago when the Illinois created civil unions for those in same-sex relationships by passing the "Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act", forcing Catholic Charities out of foster care and adoption services in Illinois.
Strong forces including the Governor, Senate President, Speaker of the House and Mayor of Chicago are at work to move a same-sex "marriage" bill through the Illinois General Assembly. President Obama has also gotten involved by asking legislators to pass a same-sex marriage bill. http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/12/29/report-president-obama-asks-il...
The counterfeit "marriage" bill currently being proposed in the Illinois General Assembly (HB 110 and SB 110) would change the legal definition of marriage to accommodate those of the same sex who wish to "marry" one another and would likewise affect our children and our religious freedom.
The bill is disingenuously titled the "Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act." Its chief sponsors, State Representative Gregg Harris (D-Chicago) and Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) vowed and did reintroduce the bill almost immediately upon the start of the new General Assembly and are on a fast track to introduce the bill in tandem. Time ran out for Harris and Steans to bring the bill up for a full vote during the 97th General Assembly's lame duck legislative session.
Senator Steans hopes Illinois will become the tenth state to approve the recognition of gay and lesbian marriages. Nine state and the District of Columbia recognize same-sex marriages. Washington, Maine and Maryland approved same-sex marriage ballot measures in the November elections. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/01/lawmakers-to-reintroduce-Illinoi...
Herein lies three very obvious reasons why same-sex marriage must be defeated:
1. Same-sex couples already enjoy all the same rights and benefits as married couples in Illinois under the civil unions law of 2011.
2. Children need both a mom and a dad. Marriage exists for the benefit of children. Social science research and thousands of years of history show that children do best when raised by their married mom and dad.
3. There will be significant consequences if marriage is redefined in Illinois. In other states that have redefined marriage, there have been profound consequences for those who express or act on their belief that marriage is the union between one man and one woman.
The following comes from a January 6th story written by Cardinal George in the Chicago archdiocese paper, "Catholic New World": http://cal-catholic.com/wordpress/2013/01/21/cardinal-george-illino...
"The nature of marriage is not a religious question. Marriage comes to us from nature." . . . "The State protects marriage because it is essential to family and to the common good of society. But neither church nor State invented marriage, and neither can change its nature. Nature and Nature's God, to use the expression in the Declaration of Independence of our country, gives the human species two mutually complementary sexes, able to transmit life through what the law has hitherto recognized as a marital union."
As with many bills, often what is hidden within the language of the bill does not become evident to the public (and legislators) until after the law is passed, i.e., Obamacare. Language in the proposed marriage bill would require that all churches make their property available for same-sex "marriages" even if it is in violation of a church's religious beliefs. Language states that if a church allows facility rentals or receives "a public benefit" it must make its facility available for a same-sex "marriage" or the celebration thereof or be open to a lawsuit. Understood is that every church has a tax exempt status and/or is allowed a "property tax exemption" under Illinois law, which is a "public benefit." http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=110&GAID=...
The Illinois Family Institute (IFI), executive director David E. Smith, is sponsoring a Defend Marriage Lobby Day on Wednesday, February 20th from 10:30 AM - 1:30 AM. when Illinois families from around the state will take a stand "for protecting marriage, religious freedom, parental rights, and the innocence of our children!" Suggested by David Smith is that churches organize to support this lobbying day to defend marriage. Check this website for more information about the IFI-sponsored Defend Marriage Lobby Day. A downloadable flyer is also available for distribution. http://illinoisfamily.org/politics/defend-marriage-lobby-day-feb-20th/
If you are unable to join the IFI in its Defend Marriage Lobby Day where legislators can be addressed in person, it is important to call your Illinois senate and house representatives to vote 'NO' to HB 110 and SB 110.


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That's how you wind up in Newcastle, where the Washington and Westmoore girls opened tournament play at 11 a.m. Thursday, followed by the Washington and Westmoore boys.
You know there's history at work. A year ago, the Washington boys beat Westmoore in the title game. Also a year ago, the Washington girls beat the Westmoore girls, not in the title game. The Warriors are a Class 3A program. The Jaguars are a Class 6A program.
Can history repeat?
You go, too, because what's cooler than eight games in the same gym on the same day? And because you might run into somebody you used to know. And you go for the same reason you've ever gone anywhere, hoping to see something great and cool.
It turns out, a Class 3A program topping a Class 6A program is so last season.
The Westmoore girls were too big and too much for coach Rocky Clarke's Warriors, winning 53-39. And the Westmoore boys, maybe finding their game at the right time, went from 6-0 down to 64-37 up at the buzzer.
So last year's great story isn't this year's great story. Still, there are good stories.
Clarke is starting two sophomores and three freshmen. The Warriors have won as many as they've lost this season. That may be terrific considering the squad's youth, but not so wonderful considering the Washington girls' history.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The people at Right Brain Brewery are loving being open again.
The popular brewery and gathering spot closed at its location in the Warehouse District Memorial Day weekend, expecting it would take about a month to make a move to a new spot at 225 E. 16th Street. A month stretched into four, or what Right Brain's Leif Kolt describes as "a 90-day nightmare of different code things and dealing with all the permits and construction teams."
That's all water under the bridge now. Right Brain reopened a little over a month ago and has been "firing on full gears" since, said Kolt.
To celebrate, the brewery is holding a grand opening event on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. Highlights include an indoor street fair and flea market-themed event with more than 50 artists, vendors, street performers and musicians.
There's room for it all, because their new place is really big.
"We moved because basically, right after we opened in 2007 at our other building, almost immediately we were not able to meet the demand in our pub space and also through our distributors as we started to expand our tap handles," Kolt said. "From day one, we were almost to the point that we couldn't brew quick enough. We had brewers working around the clock and they couldn't keep up."
The new building, at last use a custom cabinetry manufacturing operation, Kolt said, has more than 35,000 square feet — more than 10 times the size of the old one. Right Brain isn't using all of it to start.
"We're actively using about 50 percent of the space," he said. "Our pub space and brewery are two functioning areas."
Sometime next year, Right Brain hopes to add a venue that can accommodate large crowds for live music, special events and outside rentals.
And a new rack for its member mugs is on order. About 600 people have purchased mug memberships over the years, now running $225, which entitles them to their own personalized mug and other perks.
Right Brain will continue to serve light snacks — pretzels, chips, hummus, popcorn — as it did before. But at certain times of the week, patrons can step outside and place an order with a food truck. Several have signed on to be there Thursday through Saturday starting at 3 p.m., with possibilities for another to come on other days.
In the meantime, the beer distribution part of the business is going strong. Right Brain isn't selling its beers in cans or bottles yet, but is seeing expansion for its tap products locally and throughout Michigan.
And with its new facilities, there's more room to grow.
"Our numbers are all up, we've had tons of people approaching us for events — it's just been huge," Kolt said. "Right when we opened our doors, we knew we did the right thing."
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For the Tar Heels, is this a rivalry game?
"Ummm yeah," tight end Eric Ebron said, with plenty of hesitation. "I mean, Carolina and Duke is always a rivalry. Its a rivalry within the Triangle, always."
From UNC quarterback Marquise Williams:
"To be honest, our rivalry game used to be N.C. State because we never could beat them. Now you could say its Duke. Not to say that N.C. State is not, but I think its both of them. I dont know which one is most important."
And by far the player with the most affirmative answer, freshman wide receiver (and punt returner extraordinaire) Ryan Switzer.
"I think so, yeah," he said, with an upbeat tone. "Especially with whats happened recently. The coaches talked to us yesterday about how the bell was in Chapel Hill for 20-plus, I dont know, a lot of years, and with them coming last year and taking it from us and with everything thats on the line in this game on Saturday, its definitely got the feel of a rivalry game for me."
And finally one question for UNC head coach Larry Fedora: would you have thought at the beginning of the season that Duke would be playing for a spot in the ACC Championship game?
"From my experience," he said, "From last year, yes, because theyre a good football team, and the way the league has gone, its come down to the wire, at least it did last year and thats what its doing this year. I think anybody can beat anybody on any given Saturday."
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TORONTO, ON - Thirty of Canada's top women's hockey players will be attending a development camp for Canada's National Women's Team from January 9-12, 2003 at the Beatrice Ice Gardens on the campus of York University in Toronto, ON.
Head Coach Karen Hughes (Agincourt, ON/U. of Toronto) and assistant coaches Ken Dufton (Toronto, ON/Beatrice Aeros) and Mike Pelino (Welland, ON/CHA) will run daily practices and two intersquad games over the course of the development camp. The camp will assist Team Canada's coaching staff and the CHA's Women's Head Scout/Manager, Development Wally Kozak in assembling Canada's roster for the 2003 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship from April 2-8, 2003 in Beijing, China.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
2013 vintage shared with stillmatic2232 at the Old Toad in Rochester, NY.
Pours a clear brown, with some orange-ish tints. A quarter inch head, and unsurprisingly, no lacing.
Smells very boozy and whiskey-like- the beer obviously took on a lot of qualities from the barrel. Smells very woody, with some burnt brown sugar, molasses, and cinnamon.
The barrel aging has mellowed the hop attack on this beer way down. It's a 2013, but the hop level tastes like a regular Bigfoot aged circa '10 or '11. What's remaining is a decadent and boozy landscape- lots of sweet, and slightly spicy, whiskey, intense woodiness, vanilla, a little bit of chocolate, a ton of coconut, especially as it warms, brown sugar, and molasses.
Medium bodied, could be slightly fuller and plumper, but it's a mild complaint. This one is very strong, and very boozy, making it not the easiest beer to drink. It's worth it for the intense (but lush at the same time) flavor. Points are knocked for the body and alcohol presence, however.
This was an intense experience, one I'm glad I have. Bigfoot seems like a natural candidate for barrel-aging, and I'm glad I got a chance to try it.
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one of the better american barleywines around, if it even still is around at all. this is just awesome. deep mahogany, almost ruby red in color, the richest of ambers, hazy but not dirty looking, and hanging on to a short half inch of just off white bubbles. the nose is great, still hanging in there with bigfoots characteristic hop intensity, but its mellowed from the oak, and from the first whiff, an intense and wonderful barrel character is evident. i get a lot of vanilla and toasted marshmallow, a pronounced nuttiness, maybe almond, and a nice molasses sweetness among the charred oak. the flavor comes in waves, bigfoot first, which is huge for me in barreled beers, i get the hops in the middle with the grain before it. the grain doesnt provide as much sweetness as the whiskey does i dont think, but all the nuance is wonderful. vanilla for sure, maple syrup, brown sugar, and still the hops, which play well with the oak. the alcohol is invisible even at ambient temperature, and the carbonation is just enough to keep it alive and moving. i drank this way too fast, a sign of how elegant it is really, and a testament to how not thick it is. not syrupy or dense or even filling, a great texture in a style that is usually candy teeth. i dig this a lot, extremely impressed by its degree of refinement, and would love to sit on a bottle of this for awhile, although the hops presence makes this special and it may fade off in time. truly world class example of a barrel aged strong ale.
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A: Typical murky Bigfoot amber-brown with thin cap of beige bubbles and only a scrap here or there of any lacing.
S: Aroma was surprising short on vanilla but fairly heavy on the whiskey end of things - quite boozy and very oaky, tannic aroma. There was the usual beautiful caramel and earthy hop notes, but they were masked rather than enhanced by the barrel notes.
T: THe flavor was a major let-down -- I don't know if I waited way too long to sample this, but much of the vanilla and coconut and other notes were minimal to none and instead the tannic, oak-wood flavors came on extremely strong all through the beer. It really damped the base beer, which is usually at an awkward stage at the 1 year mark anyway. There were some nice toffee and burnt caramel notes along with fairly lively earthy and citrus hoppiness. THe whiskey barrel character is overbearingly oaky and tannic and really detracts from the base beer.
M: Still smooth with low carbonation and big body, but still drinkable.
O: Saved from my 1500th BA review, this was a let down as the wood character really supplants a lot of what makes Bigfoot great -- intense caramel and toffee maltiness and citrus and earthy hoppiness in one big bodied but drinkable package. The tannins and oakiness just clouded the beer for me.
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Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno had a productive rookie season, but he didn't perform up to the expectations some had for him and gained only 3.8 yards per carry. His fellow back, Correll Buckhalter, recently said Moreno hit a wall late in the year and will benefit from having a full offseason to prepare after holding out for most of training camp in 2009. We're told Moreno's struggles late didn't have anything to do with conditioning. Observers say he was in good shape. Playing more games than he did during a college season simply took its toll. That said, Moreno's workload could be heftier in 2010. While the Broncos still have the same primary backs that handled close to the entire workload last season, they're not as deep at the position after cutting LaMont Jordan, trading Peyton Hillis and signing J.J. Arrington, who missed all of 2009 to recover from knee surgery.
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Scarlett Johansson is an intriguing blank in Luc Besson's "Lucy," which is stranded somewhere between a stranger-in-a-strange-land action thriller and apocalyptic science fiction.
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In those books, unread by me, Joyce imagines a loosely knit Avengers-style federation of the guardians of childhood. Most of them are famous: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and so on. Jack Frost's reputation suffers sadly in comparison. Voiced in the film by Chris Pine, he finds himself literally invisible. When he visits Earth, people are able to walk right through him. Since he is a spritely boy, he finds this depressing, although many kids have probably felt the same way.
Why is this so? The Man in the Moon never explained it to him. The Man in the Moon functions in the story as sort of a symbolic nature god, who never does anything but shine enigmatically in the sky.
This is a hyperkinetic 3-D action comedy, with the characters forever racing on Santa's sleigh, hurtling down chutes and zooming through tunnels that rework the same 3-D illusions over and over again. The characters aren't all referred to by what we might call their Earth names, and we get such as North, a broad-shouldered Santa (voice of Alec Baldwin); Tooth, the fairy (Isla Fisher), and Bunny (Hugh Jackman).
There's also a villain, called Pitch by others and sometimes resentfully the Boogie Man by himself. This dastardly fiend (voice of Jude Law) is envisioned as all darkness, teeth and claws, determined to put the Guardians out of business. In this moment of crisis, the team calls on Jack Frost to lead their resistance, and in the process, he inevitably redeems himself, becomes visible and achieves a personal victory. Now we know what he looks like. I was reminded of Peter Pan, although he isn't green.
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Hudson returned from a season-ending injury ... Blocked two shots and grabbed five rebounds in first game back ... Had five rebounds and one steal against Ohio ... Fouled out at Marshall after grabbing four rebounds and scoring four points ... Was a perfect 2 for 2 from the free throw line ... Scored 10 points against Lamar after going 5 for 7 from the field ... Scored season high 13 points against Cumberland after going 6 for 8 from the field ... Also had four rebounds ... Scored 12 points against UAB, one of two Blue Raiders in double figures ... Second game back from injury pulls down four rebounds and blocks two shots ... After missing 12 games due to an injury, returned in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Championships against Denver ... In three minutes of action pulled down a rebound.
2008-09 (R-Junior)
Forced to take redshirt year after injuring ankle, following off-season foot surgery ... Saw first action of the season vs. Tennessee with five points in 13 minutes off the bench ... Next action was in seventh game, vs. Troy ... Slowed by off-season injuries, played total of 10 minutes in Basketball Travelers Tip-Off Tournament ... Earned 1st start of season vs. UT-Martin and played season-high 14 minutes with six rebounds ... Played 13 minutes vs. Troy with six rebounds and four points ... Career 60.5 field goal percentage is second all-time at Middle Tennessee ... Fourth all-time with 61 blocked shots ... Has improved numbers in every statistical category each season.
Career 60.5 field goal percentage is second all-time at Middle Tennessee ... First in Sun Belt with personal-best 64.7 percent (108-167) field goal percentage in 2007-08, which is fourth on the Middle Tennessee single-season list ... Shot 74 percent (45 of 61) from the field over last 12 games ... Was 7 of 8 for career-high 19 points and led team with eight rebounds in first-round SBC Championship win vs. ULM (03/05/08) ... Returned from foot injury to play vs. Louisiana-Lafayette after missing New Orleans, UL-Monroe, and North Texas games ... Recorded career-high four blocked shots vs. UALR (02/07/08) ... Recorded two blocks vs. South Alabama (02/14/08) to move past Tommy Gunn for fifth on the career blocks list (55) and passed Kyle Young for fourth on the list (60) with one vs. Troy (03/09/08) ... Lead team in scoring for fifth time of career with 14 vs. UALR ... Established then career high for points with 16 vs. Belmont (12/12) and led team in rebounding for 13th time tying then career high with nine caroms ... Equaled then career high with 16 points and led team with eight rebounds vs. Florida Interntional (12/18/07) ... Established career high with 13 rebounds, including seven offensive, at WKU (1/2/08) ... Career-best 5.4 rebounding average is 10th in the Sun Belt and 1.8 more per game than he averaged in 2006-07 ... Connected on career-high eight field goals vs. Belmont (12/12) ... Scored in 28 of 29 games played and had eight or more points in 21 of them ... Averaged career-best 25.5 minutes per game and played career-high 35 minutes vs. UALR (12/12) ... Experienced career-best numbers in every statistical category.
Earned starts in 17 games and played in all 32 during sophomore season ... Put together most complete game of career in upset win against top-seed and defending champion South Alabama in the quarterfinals of the SBC Championships with a career-high 13 points, and also established personal bests for field goals made (6) and blocks (3) ... Connected on 59.6 percent (81 of 136), which is 10th on the single-season list, and career 57.3 percentage is tied for fourth best all-time ... Scored double figures in three consecutive games (South Dakota State, Denver, and South Alabama) for the first time in career ... Recorded first career double-double with 10 points and career-high 10 rebounds against Denver (02/01/07) ... Scored nine straight points during one stretch of the second half against South Dakota State ... Netted seventh career double-figure scoring game with 10 points against South Alabama ... Was 7 of 10 from the field during back-to-back road wins at Florida Atlantic and New Orleans ... Established career highs for rebounds (8) and blocked shots (2) in the season opener at Tennessee.
Reached double figures for first time with 12 against Arkansas State (02/16/06), also establishing career highs for field goals made (5) and field goals attempted (8) ... Averaged 10 points in two-game road swing to Arkansas State and Arkansas-Little Rock ... Team was 7-3 in his starts ... Earned first career start against New Orleans and tied his career high with two blocks ... Followed the New Orleans performance with second career start against Louisiana-Lafayette and responded by tying career high for rebounds (5) ... Played a career-high 17 minutes against Memphis and responded with career highs for field goal attempts (6), rebounds (5), and blocked shots (2) ... Appeared in all 27 games in which he dressed during his freshman campaign and logged double figures for minutes played in 17 contests ... Combined to shoot 5 of 9 from the field and score 14 points to go with seven rebounds in two-game stretch against Chattanooga (11/29/05) and at Portland State (12/03/05).
Averaged 19.2 points, 10 rebounds and 3.2 blocked shots per game as a senior to help lead La Vergne to the District 9-AAA Tournament championship and into the Region 5-AAA semifinals ... Named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State team ... Named All-Region Tournament ... Earned All-District 9-AAA regular-season honors, as well as District 9-AAA Tournament honors ... Daily News Journal Basketball Player of the Year in 2005 ... Posted three triple-doubles for Head Coach Barry Wortman during the 2004-05 season ... Named to the Tennessee Athletic Association East-West All-Star game ... La Vergne posted a 47-15 overall record during his two seasons on the team .... The Wolverines also reached the Region 5-AAA Tournament semifinals both years, as well as winning the regular-season District 9-AAA championship in 2004 and winning the District 9-AAA Tournament both years.
Born: Jan. 13, 1987 ... Parents: Benjamin and Robin Hudson ... Major: University Studies.