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What a Deal: Cheesy Jane's free black-eyed peas
: December 28, 2012 : Updated: December 28, 2012 1:26pm
Photo By BAHRAM MARK SOBHANI/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSAn exterior view of the neon sign Thursday, August 15, 2002 at Cheesy Jane's. BAHRAM MARK SOBHANI/STAFF
Lucky deal
What: Black-eyed peas
Where: Cheesy Jane's, 4200 Broadway, 210-826-0800, and 215 W. Bandera Road in Boerne, 830-248-1000
Cost: Free
Why it's a deal: On New Year's Day, Cheesy Jane's will be open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. and will be offering customers complimentary black-eyed peas.
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It has been used has a natural fence that keeps in livestock and marks the boundaries of family lands. They are incredibly resilient and often grow back.They grow wild throughout the American southwest, down to South America and up to Canada.
It grows well in many areas of Africa and Australia and the mediterranean. It will grow at elevations ranging from sea level to 15,000 feet.
The prickly pear plant has two different edible sections: the pad or stem of the cactus (nopal), which is a vegetable, and the cactus pear, which is a fruit and considered a berry. Nopales have a flavor and slimy texture similar to okra.
In the early spring the smaller young pads are the most succculent, have the most flavor, and have the fewest spines.
Nopales can be found in many grocery stores, especially in areas with a large Hispanic culture. You can find them raw in the produce section, either sliced or diced in plastic bags.
In the late spring and early summer for a period of several weeks each pad produces several three-to-four-inch wide flowers that bloom in an array of colors, depending on the variety, from subtle to brilliant tones of yellows and oranges, pinks and reds. When the blooms fade, the edible fruits form.
The fruits ripen from early spring through late fall, depending of the variety. Those that are best for eating fresh ripen from September through November. Many of the fruits sold in California are imported from Mexico to extend the market
It is also called cactus pear and indian fig ("Figadindi" in italian).
In Israel, the cactus fig is called tzabar similar to and derived from the Arabic 'saber'.
This is also the origin of the term sabra used to describe for Jewish person born in Israel. The cactus is called 'saber' in Arabic, which also means 'tenacity'.


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Created: 10/12/2012 11:41 AM KSTP.com By: Jennie Olson
The Mayors of Lauderdale, Falcon Heights, and St. Anthony Village are teaming up with University of Minnesota students to host a workshop about sustainability.
The workshop will talk about ways residents and city leaders can make their communities more sustainable, focusing on the development of specific strategies. It's part of the coursework related to the U of M sustainability studies minor.
The workshop takes place from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Silverwood Park's Great Hall in St. Anthony Village. It's free and open to the public.


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KMPlayer is one of my favorite video players since it has the simple user interface as well as 3D capabilities. It supports almost all media formats. Most of us require subtitles while watching movies in other languages. However most media player support subtitles, I use VLC media player and KMPlayer for watching videos with subtitles. In either case, some subtitles that you've downloaded from internet may not be synchronized with the video file. This makes audio either lagging or leading the subtitle making it no use. to correct this issue we have options in re-syncing the subtitle texts to audio in both VLC and KMPlayer.
Here I'll show you how to sync subtitles in KMPlayer.
You have two options to sync your subtitles. one is to edit the subtitle file or to sync the subtitle using the subtitle resync option. We''ll consider the second one since its much easier to do.
1. Make sure that the subtitle file has the same file name as the video file and put them in the same folder. This is very basic thing.
2. Play the video file. Carefully watch how the subtitle is misaligned with the video sequence if it leads or lags.
3. Now right click on the video and select Subtitles > Subtitle resync > Resync Subtitle
In the small box, enter the time in milliseconds that should be adjusted to play the subtitle in correct sync. Try different values until you get the best one. Click OK. Now you should be getting your subtitles playing in synchronization with the video file.
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Building Great Software Companies
Joel Spolsky and Michael Pryor founded Fog Creek so that software developers would have a company they would want to work for. Over the years, we've learned through sometimes painful experience that writing software is only one part about running a software company. In the interest of giving back to the community, we're collecting guides, reports, videos, and presentations covering the nuts and bolts of running a software company. Stay tuned for more.
Engineers often treat marketing like it is black magic, but really, it comes down to making sure the people whose lives you are aiming to improve with your software actually hear about you. If they don't hear about you, they'll be stuck using whatever duct-taped together work-around they are forced to use in the absence of your software. That isn't good for them and it isn't good for your company. The solution: approaching marketing as if it is another challenging, rigorous, value-creating engineering discipline, just like software engineering is. We promise: these guides contain no unicorns and no touchy-feely nonsense, just tested, effective ways to make lives better.
- "Our Marketing Is Up Fog Creek" And What We Did About It: Lessons learned from six months of website optimization about page design, A/B testing, and the importance of continuous improvement. PDF version
- Video Tutorial For Google Website Optimizer: Ben Kamens walks you through using GWO to do A/B tests and early examples of using it at Fog Creek. We now extensively A/B test and get lots of value out of doing it.
We would like to believe that quality software sells itself. Sometimes it does, but sometimes you need to give it a little push. In any case, you are probably having conversations with your potential customers: every one of those conversations is an opportunity to influence their buying decision. Don't neglect this. Learn how to make sales without being sleazy. Learn to respect your customer's time. Learn how to be good at sales. Learn to take the fear out of selling.
Our software sales team is not a boiler room operation: they have the world's simplest brief. "Talk to the customer about the problems they are having. Listen attentively. Speak the truth."
How to price software is a complicated topic. Prior to the recent SaaS explosion, it was basically impossible to find software between $500 and $75,000, because the cost structure implicit in high-touch sales made it uneconomical to fly someone out for less than a $75,000 sale. These days, all the cool kids are selling SaaS for $9 a month or $0.99 a cow-flinging app. Those aren't the world's most sustainable models for real software businesses. We'll talk turkey about how you set prices which both capture value and make sense to your customers.
- Joel Spolsky on Software Pricing: Pricing to capture customer surplus in a monopoly market with arbitrary supply curves and other microeconomic miracles you probably didn't learn in college.
- Price as Signal: On how variable pricing communicates value of the underlying product.
Eventually, you won't be the best person to do day-to-day development of your products, because you'll have strategic priorities to worry about. When this
happy perhaps unwanted day arrives,
you'll have to hire developers to do the work for you. Your business might also need other professionals, from designers and marketers to office admins who keep things running smoothly. This is hard and
mistakes cannot be easily reverted using source control, so do it right the first time.
- The Guerilla Guide To Interviewing 3.0: Good (and bad) questions to ask at interviews, how to make a hire/no hire decision, and tips for finding great software developers.
- Joel also wrote the book on this topic, literally.
- Do Career Fairs Have To Suck? The short answer: "No".


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Lanier, Lynn shooting low on area tours
Former Lee County High golfer Carson Lanier played well and had a top finish Monday-Tuesday at a Carolina Players Tour tournament at Carolina Lakes Golf Club in Cornelius.
Lanier, who played at UNC Pembroke after his Yellow Jacket career, shot five-under par 67 followed by a 70 to finish tied for third with Charlotte's Bruce McDonald.
Lanier's opening round had him one shot behind leader Vaita Guillaume, and in a three-way tie for second heading into the second round. Guillaume shot 64 in the second round to finish at 14-under and with a six-shot victory.
Guillaume, a Campbell alum and native of Papeete, Tahiti, won his first professional tournament.
David Sanchez, of Huntersville, finished second with two rounds of 68.
The next Carolina Players Tour stop is set for Charlotte's Raintree Country Club July 22-23.
Chip Lynn, a Sanford native and Lillington resident, led the eGolf Professional Tour's Southern Open by two strokes at the tournament's midway point Friday afternoon in Kannapolis.
Lynn, an Overhills and Fayetteville State alum, has rounds of 66 and 65 at The Club at Irish Creek to be 11-under par. Lanto Griffin, a former Virginia Commonwealth standout who is from Blacksburg, Va., is nine-under par.
Rain pushed part of the second round to Friday. The third round was scheduled to start Friday afternoon. The fourth and final round is still expected to be played Saturday.
Lynn made an eagle on the par-five No. 14 in his first round, going along with four birdies and a bogey.
In the second round, Lynn put together two three-hole birdie streaks, one on each side, and made 12 pars.
Lynn has three top five finishes and no victories in 12 eGolf Professional Tour events this year.


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So "sources" and a "pal" are saying that Kerry Washington is four months pregnant with her first child with husband Nnamdi Asomugha, whom she married in secret earlier this year. Some say it's obvious she's been hiding a bump for the past month, but in reality, all we've seen are a few outfits with less obvious waistlines than usual for the slender Scandal star. Now the question is, will there be an Olivia Pope pregnancy plot? Let's discuss how the show would handle this…
- Kerry continues to hide her bump cleverly with clothing. She's in a different place emotionally now, what with all those daddy issues, so maybe this affects her wardrobe. She can also hold lots of props and have scenes that involve her sitting behind a desk (think Sarah Jessica Parker on Sex and the City). Olivia's got enough on her plate without this complication.
- Olivia is pregnant with Fitz's baby. That one night of passion last season would have been enough. And consider the irony, if Cyrus is planning on going after Lisa Kudrow's Josephine Marcus for giving up a baby for adoption when she was 15. This would certainly live up to the show's title.
- Olivia is pregnant with Jake's baby. Oh, man, consider the cheekbones that kid would have. This would have amazing consequences for Papa Pope, too. Maybe he'd become a softie! Also, I want a scene involving Harrison changing a diaper!
- Olivia is kidnapped by an old enemy of B613 and disappears for a few months. We'd really REALLY miss her, but we could finally see more of Harrison as he takes over OPA in her absence.
How do you think the show should deal with her (reported) pregnancy? And how much are you dying for her SNL episode this week?
While you wait, let's enjoy this clip of Kerry flat-out lying to us — she is SO good at secrets.


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At the start of the summer, Moravian had three Olympic hopefuls—not bad for a college whose student body is about one-thirteenth the total number of participants in the 2004 Summer Games.
Alas and alack, two were bumped before Athens, and the third had a decent but not outstanding day on the field.
Bicyclist Ashley Kimmet '04, who hoped to qualify at one of the World Cycling Federation preliminary races, didn't. She plans to continue racing on the international cycling circuit, but it's an open question as to whether she'll hang on for the 2008 games in Beijing.
Emily Shertzer '02, who's been training for the pentathlon at the USOC facility in San Antonio, Texas, since her graduation, placed
well in pentathlon preliminaries, but not well enough. She came in fifth in a decisive match, and only the top three contenders were chosen for the games. She has been invited to keep training for 2008; again, it's an open question.
Christina Scherwin '05, who threw the javelin for her native country, Denmark, was out part of the summer with an injury and qualified late. She came in 29th in a field of 44 aspirants and threw more than 3 meters short of her personal best.
Christina will return to finish her senior year this semester. The Morning Call ran a feature on her with the headline, "Dear Prof, please excuse Christina while she's in Athens."
To share Christina's
Olympic experience, you can read her journal at http://www.scherwin.dk/indexeng.htm and view her Olympic photo galleries at http://www.scherwin.dk/indexeng_files/page0003.htm.
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bumper crop of longevity, topped by Bettie Smolansky
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By: Elaine Houston
As the economy worsens, the number of homeless is also going up. And, some of those without a place to stay are young people. Their reasons have nothing to do with the economy. NewsChannel13 introduces a woman who's doing her part to make sure
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Good Morning All Of You Faithful PUAC'ers.
Happy Spring, and Happy Mother's Day. Almost.
Recently, I was moving furniture around in my bedroom, which lost the office stuff to the New Office, and I found that there was a lot more Space. Yay. So, cleaning, shifting, imagining. It's spring, after all. And, I found that the wall next to my side of the bed where a dresser (an antique piece that belonged my great-aunt Eva and was probably handed down to her) was suddenly open. The wall was now empty too, since the tall, beveled mirror moved with the dresser. All this space and a big white open wall. So, I wondered what I could do with it. Buy a painting, or a small bookshelf? And, there was more open space at the foot of the bed where the desk used to be. Same thing. What to do with that space? After a couple of days of wondering and imagining, I realized that I didn't have to do anything. I could just leave the open space open.
I'll tell you what, it's easier to navigate around the room in the dark of the middle of the night, if I happen to get up to…you know.
I realized that I have a need for space. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes. Ten years ago after I met my husband, he had gone to Florida on a business trip, Melbourne, near enough to visit NASA. He brought me a t-shirt that says I Need My Space. So, I guess he figured me out right quick.
I think we all need space. Some need more space than others. You're all probably aware of the actual physically comfortable space zone that we all have, our Personal Space. But did you know that people with Asperger's don't automatically experience that step back when someone invades their space? They don't. It's part of their social awkwardness.
I enjoy living in an area that's right next to the Angeles Forest. Being up on the hill, we have a great view of The Valley, with many acres of wash down below the Pacoima Dam. Last night when I was taking a walk, I stopped and just stared at the view. Just Big. Lots of space. I have a small yard, but just walking down to the end of the street, it's all Open. I like the feeling it brings me.
I remembered a song my daddy used to listen to. He was a big fan of the singing cowboys. Give Me Land. Roy Rogers sang it. Gene Autry and lots of others sang that song too. So, I looked it up on youtube and found the wonderful David Byrne version which is posted at the top. His use of all the different faces singing the same song was very effective, I thought. We are all in the same boat, but we have different faces. Yet by dividing the screen, employing the technology that we have, he showed that together, we are all one.
Cool Beans, as my sissy and I used to say.
Do you feel that you need more space now than you needed when you were younger, or is it something that you've carried all your life?
Are there times in your routine or circumstance when you feel you need or deserve more space than other times?
What do you think about the David Byrne's video? Does it move you to any new understanding?
And, then, there's always Space: The Final Frontier. *cue the french horns.* Without getting political in this Saturday Morning refuge, they did have a truthful prime non-interference directive. Seems to me we could learn something from that.
Let's live and let live. Let's acknowledge each others worth, integrity and give each other the space we all need.
Thanks for stopping by and pulling up a chair. But, Not Too Close. A couple of feet at least. Okay, some of you can sit right next to me.
Smile at a stranger today and Keep The Faith.
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Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Best Horse Ever
Emma's learns that Rooney, the old horse at the nearby stables, is being sold. Emma concocts a hilarious plan to keep her favorite horse from being sold.
Emma's learns that Rooney, the old horse at the nearby stables, is being sold. Emma concocts a hilarious plan to keep her favorite horse from being sold.
Einstein is a miniature miniature horse. When he was born Einstein was too small to run with the herd. He's had to look outside the world of horses to find his perfect playmate.
Abby Lovitt learns to train horses on her family's horse ranch in California.
Though she is fond of her people, a Native-American girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
Stories of horses and their owners throughout history.
A collection of fourteen stories with diverse horses and ponies in them to delight horse lovers.
The classic story of Sham and his friend, the stable boy Agba. Their adventures take them from the sands of the Sahara to the royal courts of France and finally to the green pastures and stately homes of England.
After accidentally falling into a stream, Little Horse fights the swift current that carries him farther and farther from the valley where he was born. What will happen to Little Horse? This tender, fast-moving tale is a true cliff-hanger.
Felicity falls in love with a beautiful horse named Penny. When she discovers that the owner is cruel, she is determined to find a way to save Penny


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From the greater Los Angeles area, Smoke in Sunshine originated as a jam band in the late 90's. They were accepted ino the Stoner rock genre immediately. Although in its infancy at the time, Smoke in Sunshine was already focused on growing the three piece. Keys were brought in adding a Hammond, Rhodes and Moog to the psychedelic and heavy music. S.I.S's distinctive sound of thick power-chords, screaming leads, and dirty, fuzz-driven amps shake loose your insides. Then, just when you need it, they will mellow you out with some sweet, crawling bass lines and psychedelic ambience.
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Orientation and DudleyFest for Incoming Students
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall
and Dudley House
Welcome to GSAS! We've planned a day of events to kick off your Harvard experience by connecting you with important services, resources, and people. Incoming students should plan to attend Orientation, where President Drew Faust and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Mike Smith will join GSAS Dean Xiao-Li Meng to greet you.
Following the ceremony, incoming students are invited to lunch on the Science Center Plaza in Harvard Yard, and later to an afternoon of fun, food, and drink at Dudley House, including an alumni-sponsored social hour! Returning GSAS students, you're also invited!
On Orientation morning, you'll receive a packet containing a new edition of the GSAS Bulletin (PDF), with stories aimed exclusively at incoming students and a listing of the events of the day. The packet will contain a variety of other information to help you acclimate to Harvard and GSAS — as well as a wristband that will get you the afternoon's food and drink. Pick up the packet at Sanders Theatre.
Orientation for New GSAS Students
9:30 a.m.
Sanders Theatre
Welcoming Speeches
Administrative Dean (moderator)
Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University
Michael Smith, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Xiao-Li Meng, Dean
James Hogle, Master of Dudley House
Edlyn Levine, Dudley Fellow
Darcy Frear, Graduate Student Council President
Garth McCavana, Dean for Student Affairs
10:30 a.m.
Sanders Theatre
Becoming a New Professional in Your Field
Staff from Title IX Office
Staff from Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
11:30 a.m.
Under tent on the Science Center Plaza
(see map in your Orientation folder)
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Dudley House and Boylston Hall
New and returning students, welcome! Come celebrate the beginning of a new year at Harvard — and learn more about the resources of the Graduate School.
- Pick up your stipend check (Dudley House, Graduate Student Lounge)
- Pick up your ID card (Common Room, 2nd Floor, Dudley House)
- Connect with student organizations, meet the Dudley House fellows and sign up for tickets to upcoming events on and off the Harvard campus (Red Sox, anyone?)!
- Enter a raffle to win prizes from great local restaurants and merchants!
... and attend a useful workshop on the topics below!
- Harvard Libraries
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall
1–2 p.m.and 2:30–3:30 p.m.
- Thriving in Graduate School
Getting to Know Harvard, Cambridge, and Beyond
Offered by the Graduate Student Leaders
Dudley House Fireside Room
1–2 p.m. and 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Social Hour
Dudley Courtyard
3:30–5 p.m.
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Bryan Adams' Hit-Heavy Fox Show
By Jeremy Essig
Lightning Bolt's Sharp New Sound
By Jason Robinson
Fleetwood Mac Back with Classic Lineup
By Hans Morgenstern
Here's Who's Making STL Noisy This Spring
By Joseph Hess
Beatles Sister Louise Harrison Departs the Midwest
By Peter Gilstrap
By Julia Burch
Working Class Dogs to Honor Rick Springfield
By Jeremy Essig
Torche Gets Back Into Its Heavy Groove With Restarter
By Nathan Smith
"Metal is not the first word that comes to my mind when describing our band," says the Gorge drummer Jerry Mazzuca. Those who simply skim the surface of the local quintet may disagree; the band's trademarks include menacing screams and complex bass drum/guitar patterns that sound like Morse code transmissions from Hell. Excavation of the band's debut full-length, Prehistoric Relapse, reveals that these elements do not define the Gorge. They are merely byproducts of the band's broad quest for the intangible, universal spirit of heaviness. The Gorge considers the term "heaviness" broadly; in our interview, guitarist Phil Ring refers to Sun Ship by John Coltrane as the "heaviest shit ever." He later uses the same three words to describe Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
Every band struggles with pigeonholes, but the Gorge is particularly vulnerable. Its core influences — Botch, Refused, Dillinger Escape Plan — explored the common ground between metal and hardcore at the turn of the millennium. The subsequent genre "metalcore" has devolved into overly processed pop metal exemplified by groups like Attack Attack! and the Devil Wears Prada. Even in the Gorge's most approachable moments, like the chorus of "Die Along the Way," in which the harmony veers into a major key and vocalist Greg Davis answers his own throaty chant with a melodic counterpoint, the band is a far cry from such Warped Tour schlock.
Another stigma derives from the group's background. Mazzuca, Ring and bassist Nick Jost are all Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduates with jazz-performance degrees. Prehistoric Relapse displays mind-melting musicianship but avoids the self-indulgent, wanky prog odysseys that often result when rock and jazz collide. "To learn jazz, you have to listen to such a high volume of music," says Mazzuca, who feels his bilingual musical education has helped focus the band's writing. "I think it helps us draw from a larger pool of knowledge about rhythm and harmony."
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"It's a really unique and fun challenge to filter the overall vibe of our influences into the context of our band," Ring says. "Maybe we'll take a chord we've learned through playing jazz and expand it into a riff, but we're not going to put a swing section with a walking bass line into one of our songs just because we listen to Charlie Parker. That would be way too literal."
Ring continues, "At the same time, Meshuggah is a big influence, but we'll try to draw inspiration from a song structure or arrangement instead of going out and buying eight-string guitars."
The Gorge officially formed in 2009, but Prehistoric Relapse is the manifestation of a decade-long musical relationship that began with Ring and guitarist Joe Bowers writing Metallica-informed rock songs before the pair could drive. The slow crawl was detoured by lineup changes, stylistic tweaks and a handful of different monikers — most notably Dead by Tuesday. No incarnation of the group released a recording that qualified as more than a demo, much less anything as concise and legitimate as Relapse.
Phil Ring calls the Gorge's proper debut a "pretty straightforward record" and an attempt to "get an accurate representation of the band live." This goal seems less than lofty, but the result is stunning in its effectiveness; Prehistoric Relapse boasts clarity while still managing to shake the bowels like a Marshall stack wedged into the large intestine.
Four of the tracks on Relapse previously appeared on the Gorge's 2010 EP, a self-titled, self-released and self-produced affair. Despite the originals' better-than-average fidelity, the band outsourced engineering duties on Relapse to Miles Vandiver and Dan Mehrmann of local avant-pop act Dropkick the Robot. "It's too stressful recording yourself," Mazzuca says. "If you're in control, there aren't any hard deadlines, and before you know it you've been mixing for two and a half months."
Prehistoric Relapse was tracked in seven days at Mehrmann's Jettison Studios and mixed in four days with Vandiver and Mark Burris at Music Creek Studios. This is a tight schedule for 48 minutes of highly structured, technically demanding music, but the pressure caused the band to act instinctively in the studio. "There were situations where we had to immediately make a decision one way or another," Ring says, "as opposed to letting things sit and deciding later after listening to it over and over in our cars."
The band's execution in the studio was the result of months of preparation. This process was particularly laborious for Mazzuca, who adopted a demanding practice regimen three months prior to the recording to increase his double-bass drumming capabilities. "Every day, I would start at one tempo marking on the metronome, do fifteen minutes straight and immediately bump it up ten beats per minute and do fifteen more minutes and so on," Mazzuca says. "It was completely transformative. I went from being a complete double-bass hack to just a half hack." Mazzuca is downplaying his performances; none of the drum takes on Relapse were quantized, or digitally edited to achieve rhythmic perfection — a practice that is all too common on modern metal releases.
Like the Gorge itself, Relapse is as remarkable for what it achieves as what pitfalls it avoids. Despite the artificial perfection possible with Pro Tools, it is honest. Despite its destruction and extremity, the record is not fatiguing. Half of the credit is due to the tasteful polish of mastering engineer Alan Douches, whose body of work includes everybody from Sufjan Stevens to Mastodon. The other anti-tinnitus measure comes courtesy of interludes like the free-improv breather "In the Mouth of the Guillotine" and space-fusion teaser "Deepest Ocean." Ring considers them "palate cleansers," but they also give a window to the band's wide scope of interests.
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No, there wasn't a warrant for him then. Let me attempt to clear this up a little bit. Prosecutors allege that Mr. Russell threatened witnesses April 2 outside of a courtroom. He was arrested that day on those allegations. He posted bond -- which I've commented in prior stories was a fair, typical bond for the charge he faces -- and then returned to the courthouse for arraignment. He returned again April 18 for a preliminary hearing on the witness intimidation charge. Judge Tarrant bound his co-defendant, Octavius Quinn, over for trial, but the witness who prosecutors said would identify Russell as one of the men making threats did not appear for the hearing. Tarrant delayed the remainder of the hearing until a later date. Mr. Russell was free on bond and thus left the courthouse. The 10-felony warrant mentioned above was issued after that date. When the warrant was issued, Judge Tarrant issued her own bench warrant in the witness intimidation case.
I hope that clears things up. Sorry for any confusion.
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I disagree. Mr. Russell has three prior felony cases. While there was plea agreements in all three, none of the charges that were dropped actually would have affected his sentence. In fact, Russell was sentenced in 2009 to two years in prison for gun possession. He was released some time around June 2011. His current case, the witness intimidation case, hasn't reached Circuit Court yet.
It's actually a tattoo. Only caught a quick glimpse of it when he was in court, but it appears to be something similar to a shamrock.
Yes, that's what he's charged with. It's mentioned in the text above and even linked to.
You're not being very specific there, but I'm assuming you're referring to the Sean Stennett case, in which testimony from a trial showed that Steven Rembish and Jonathon Jones conspired together to open fire at a four-apartment building on the city's West Side. Testimony showed they wanted to kill a man who allegedly molested Rembish's girlfriend some 20 years before. They didn't get the location of the alleged molester from the newspaper -- it came from the girlfriend. The alleged molestation wasn't even reported to the police and thus never was reported about. I have no idea how that's relevant.
And, again, if any individual whose legal troubles we're writing about comes to us and says they feel threatened by us using their address, we stop using it. It happened to me earlier this week, and I didn't use the address in my article, no questions asked.
There is one standard of privacy -- if somebody's at risk by publishing their address, it isn't published. I think it's pretty understandable to think that by publishing a police officer's address, they're at risk of retribution by the hundreds and sometimes thousands of individuals who the officer has arrested. You may not agree, and that's fine. But that's our policy.
First, publishing defendants' addresses but not publishing police officers' address has been a policy at the News for more than a decade, and I'm sure much longer. Second, publishing defendants' addresses also has been such a policy. I'm not sure what "recent" decisions you're referring to, but it sure can't be those two.
Additionally, you're right -- they are innocent until proven guilty. That doesn't necessarily mean we can't or shouldn't print their addresses. For as long as I've been covering courts, I've followed up to and including resolution of every case of any individual whose name and address I've published. If that means they're found innocent or the charges are dismissed, so be it. That's published, too. It's not as if I write about somebody's legal troubles and publish their address once and leave it at that.
We're not going to start publishing the home addresses of police officers when they are charged with a crime. There's an inherent safety risk in doing so, considering how many people each officer has arrested. It's the same reason we don't publish the addresses of police officers running for local office. If a private citizen who is charged with a crime expresses to us that they feel our publishing of their address has jeopardized their safety, we stop publishing the address.
Mr. Beemer's trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Whether it actually goes is one thing, but I'll be sure to speak with the prosecutor regarding this issue then.
My article from Mr. Beemer's preliminary hearing indicates that the OWI-second offense charge was dropped "because the statute of limitations from Beemer's previous conviction has expired." That's what the Genesee County assistant prosecutor said.
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My understanding was that Mr. Beemer's first conviction was from 2000 and that the statute of limitations is 10 years. It doesn't typically take eight months to process a blood test for BAC, but it does take multiple months. Either way, I think that statute of limitations already would have been up. Like I said, that's my understanding of the facts. If you know differently, I'm more than willing to listen.
No, he was charged and convicted for it. What that means is that it has been too long since that first conviction for it to apply for a "second offense" enhancement.
The guidelines themselves definitely are not arbitrary. They're scored by a state Department of Corrections worker and then reviewed by the prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge. How the judge utilizes the sentencing guidelines is another thing. I suppose that's why they're paid the big bucks, to use their discretion. In this case, and others when the judge wants to exceed the guidelines, he or she must state "substantial and compelling reasons" for doing so. The appellate judges clearly decided that Judge Boes did so in this case.
Mr. Beemer and his attorney clearly don't believe that Mr. Ray's injury was "serious." We'll see how much they argue the "Super Drunk" charge, considering a blood test showed his results to be high enough to meet the statute. But he's charged with a felony, and he has every right to fight that and make a prosecutor prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Ray's injury was "serious."
The story hasn't been "hiding" since August. The criminal justice process, especially in Saginaw County and especially for defendants not in jail, takes a while. I've written an article every time a new development in this case has come.
You're right, our articles weren't published until 6 months (almost to the day) after Mr. Chaffee's arrest. There's a couple of reasons for that. First, when Mr. Chaffee was arrested, we were more than aware of it. We knew about it immediately, too. But as we explained when we published our articles, we didn't feel it was appropriate to publish a story on the arrest because Mr. Chaffee was a private citizen. After the plea deal occurred, we thought about it a little more, but still didn't write a story. It wasn't until I started some digging and realized just how rare the plea deal was that we decided to do anything with it. At that point, the entire issue needed to be examined -- not just a simple story stating that Mr. Chaffee got a deal.
I'd also like to point out some inaccuracies in your comments. First, Mr. Chaffee's blood alcohol content was not twice the legal limit. Second, he was no longer the Editor or Publisher at The Saginaw News. I believe his official final date was in September 2009, but it definitely was not after his January 2010 arrest. Finally, a third party did not alert us to anything. We knew of the arrest when it happened, knew of the plea deal when it happened, and knew of his minor fine when it was assessed. We did our own research, which was very extensive, to establish just how rare the plea deal was and how oddly it was handled.
I hope this clears some issues up.
The plea bargain process is essential to the criminal justice system. It's important, though, that these defendants have all of their rights maintained and recognized before the process concludes. For every case like this, where the defendant changes his mind several times, there could be a case where an individual legally should not have entered a plea. It's not often that defendants are allowed the withdraw their pleas, but it happens. I understand the thinking of "well, he admitted to it, so he should be considered guilty from now on," but the only reason Mr. Harris and other defendants enter into a plea agreement is based on an understanding of what their sentence will be if they plead guilty. The prosecutor has to hold up his/her end of the bargain, too. Otherwise, the prosecutor has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crimes.
If Judge Borchard does change his mind and decide upon a higher sentence, Mr. Harris would be allowed to withdraw his plea.
Thanks for the comment. I'd just like to remind you, in case there is some confusion, that the allegations Mr. Moreland currently faces are in relation to one woman. Not multiple women.
I understand what you're saying, but it would be absurd for the police to simply leave and let him fend for himself. I'm not defending Mr. White's lack of cooperation, but I do think it is important to point out that there are several possible reasons why Mr. White won't cooperate. A possible dislike for police and/or "snitching" may be one, but there's also a fear of (more) retaliation for cooperating. I'm not saying this is what happened this time. I have no idea why Mr. White isn't cooperating. But the police can't just stop investigating shootings because some victims don't want to cooperate. That doesn't solve any problems.


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In the following trace you can see the time intervals (measured as seconds from previous frame):
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I have to say, I am somewhat surprised that some drum bag/case company has not capitalized on our lazy needs. How hard would it be to design a case that looks like half a pie with the two pedals angled outward like they would be when set up, and be able to keep the double pedal as one solid unit.
Sure it's is not a cute little rectangle or square, but given all the choices out there today, if I saw a more oddly shaped case that would allow me to open the top, pull the pedal out, attach it to the bass drum and be ready to play...
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And all the other bass pedal manufactures would have to come up with their own damn version pretty quickly. Why would anyone want to take beaters off, take off the connecting rod again, again, and again when they could leave it set up as a unit. Also you would be less likely to strip those tiny lug bolts and other moving parts by keeping it together instead of slowly grinding them over the years through set up and tear down.
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I created a thread a while back titled " gear I wish they woud bulid". This would fit in that perfectly. I have already contacted Gibraltar about making telescoping legs for their racks. They got back to me with some BS like " ya, that sounds like a good idea". I was like, YES I KNOW!, now go forth and build me one....:) It's only a matter of time until a company DOES build a decent pedal case. One that doesn't require a field stripping of your pedals....Maybe I'll call that dude from Gibraltar again.
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The money had been gathered from investors and was used to fund various activities, including the making of Hanung's "Asmaul Husna" film, South Kalimantan Police chief detective Comr. Machfud Arifin said.
"We will explore where the Rp 1.2 trillion flowed. Today we examined Hanung as a witness," Machfud said. Police believe Rp. 1.4 billion went toward the production of Hanung's film.
Arifin said that police had only been able to recover Rp 30 billion so far in the form of cash, cars and property.
But as Lihan, who was arrested in early December, was also known as a philanthropist, it not easy to trace where all the money went.
"He even sponsored Chris John's trip to Los Angeles," Arifin said, referring to one of the country's top boxers. "The suspect also used the money to build a restaurant and a printing press and buy Rp 15 billion in Merpati shares," he said, adding that so far police found there were 3,774 investors in Lihan's database.
"From his database we found that the biggest investor was a businessman from Jakarta who gave Rp 175 billion to Lihan," Arifin said.
Lihan's mode of operation was to promise his victims gains of between 10 percent and 40 percent a month. However, Lihan began to have difficulties paying investors in the middle of last year.
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(June 17, 2013) -- The Dallas Cowboys teamed up with the CenTex Pee Wee Football League on Monday to host a free one-day camp for youth players affected by the fertilizer plant explosion in West. The camp was held at Baylor's Allison Indoor Football practice facility.
Representing the Cowboys was former Baylor wide receiver and third round pick Terrance Williams. The former Bear signed autographs, took pictures with fans and ran drills with the West youth players. Also at the camp were Rowdy and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
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Gateway Village will house 176 juniors and seniors in 44 apartments within four buildings joined by a courtyard space. Each apartment has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen. Students can utilize a commons area, which provides a community living room, patio, and three study rooms. Each building has a porch on the second floor, and there are five covered pergolas throughout the courtyard space for students to enjoy.
Westhampton Hall will house 157 sophomores, juniors and seniors in 110 suite-style rooms. There are 16 different room types throughout the building ranging from single rooms with a hall bath to suites that share a bathroom. Each floor features a community space lounge. The first floor includes a multi-purpose room and study space and sitting areas at the end of the first three floors. The plants and flowers surrounding this new dorm are all native to Virginia. Westhampton Hall will also have a college fellow, a live-in faculty member who plans programs that connect the curricular and co-curricular experience.
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Why does it matter what color these people are? What's disgusting are the previous comments from small minded, ignorant ,judgemental people. Cher 66 what makes you think that taxpayers will be footing their medical bills? Why wouldnt they have their own medical insurance?I am so dissapointed as a Clevelander and American. How cowardly to use the internet blogs as a way to spew your prejudiced venom.
DAVEBT - If they go to jail, umm..hello these were shooting VICTIMS........
What do the addresses have to do with this situation, so what if they are not brain surgeons or "philedelphia lawyers" they are human beings from a poor area. Does that mean that they are bad people? And Cher thats right cheer on Davebt ignorant rants - we dont expect any better from you , with your" dont you dare mention race or your pulling the race card". You posters who wrote about taking responsibility are 100% right but before you go patting yourselves on the back or putting your nose even higher in the air know that you are part of the problem instead of the solution. What are you doing to help?!
Bye the way Cher - a lot of crime victims cant really descirbe there attackers- they are a little distracted by the gun being aimed at them.
Cher what are you talking about ? "The solution does'nt lie with whitey?" where did you pull that one from ? I never wrote one thing about white people having to come and save the day. Davebt when I said nose in the air I was not speaking about you personally. By the way Davebt sorry to burst your bubble but I am not am middle class w/f trying to save the world. I am a young black female who grew up on East 105 th St in Cleveland. It was a bad neighborhood then , it's a bad neighborhood now. By the grace of God I had good parents who protected me and I got my education and became a productive citizen.It saddens me that people are so unwilling to love one another and help each other -and that goes for all races......................
Thank GOD, another poster with sense!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well said my level headed friend!
Dave you try to chide drama on not knowing who he respondes to but you just did the same thing with me when you accused me of being and I quote "white and middle class". How pitiful was it for Cher to look up thier criminal historys just to prove the mute point that they are criminal drug dealers with no insurance who deserved to be shot and wont identify their attackers because they know them. She is so racist and ignorant that she cannot even begin to understand what we are saying.Notice that she will say something racist or stereotypical and then try to cover it with -not everyone- but the taxpayer comment said it all. Now back to Dave, he is just talking and talking about a bunch of nothing. Did you read the Philadelphia lawyer comment? As if it would make a difference what their address or profession is. Drama congrats on your Masters I know personally what it took to get where you are so kudos to you.
Hey lets forget all the drama, God bless the West family we are praying for you, black white and otherwise.
AARONTHA- Your family is in my prayers, sorry for your loss. Its not anyones job on here to be judge and jury.
Hey I just noticed a trend here -Cher only reads and posts on news stories that portray african american society negatively, she 's a bigot ,after reading previous blogs I noticed that a lot of posters say things on here just to start race arguements just so they can can a reason to voice thier racist views without the consequences they would encounter in "real" life. How cowardly of them .
What no Cher? No opinion on this one right? RIGHT.
Dave please explain how I am part of the problem ,and what have I done that you feel I am trying to justify? I agree that the breakdown of family is a root cause and the absence of fathers in the home. As for it being true in my case I am not sure what your referring to but if it is my father being in the home, yes he was in the home. My parents have been married for over 30 years. Mrsdionna- sorry about your brother and I'm praying for your family. I dont think a lot of these posters see this as reality .Its just a story to them they don't realize that these are real lives being shattered, they lack empathy.
Good morning everyone, not attacking, just commenting that's the whole point of these blogs right?
Good morning everyone, not attacking, just commenting that's the whole point of these blogs right?
I totally agree that this guy is a scumbag but antoneo 33 deport him back to africa? I think they should put him up with you. You both seem like a**holes
What a disturbing story , I hope they throw the book at her, if she does'nt value her own sons life I sure dont want her on the road with me and my children.
What a painful way to kill yourself , I feel for his ex-wife. I m glad he didnt try to take her with him.
I hope they catch this guy.
You got that right bad 150. Damon Wells had every right to protect his own life, if it went down the way we think it did.


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June 22, 2012
EUGENE, Ore. --- Bulldog senior Torrin Lawrence clocked a 45.82 in the opening round of the 400-meter dash to keep his Olympic hopes alive during the U.S. Trials at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field on Friday.
Lawrence finished second behind Manteo Mitchell (45.70) in the third heat and managed to edge Jeremy Wariner (45.84) for second place. Wariner won a silver medal in the 400 at the 2008 Games and has run on two different 4x400 gold medal relay teams.
Lawrence will now race in the 400 semifinals at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Lawrence's teammate, true freshman Morgann Leleux, will have to wait until Sunday to compete. The New Iberia, La., native and the rest of the women's pole vault field, including former Lady Bulldog Kat Majester, had their competition suspended until Sunday because of rainy conditions on Friday.
Former Bulldog All-American David Dickens ran in the fourth heat of the 400 and finished in 46.56. Dickens has a full-time job with John Hancock in Atlanta and managed to qualify for the Trials by training in the evenings with no coach.
After the first five events of the decathlon, Georgia senior Michael Ayers is in 17th place after scoring 2,861 points.
Competing for the Bulldogs during the 2000 season, Kibwe Johnson won the hammer throw at the Trials in Beaverton, Ore., on Thursday. He already had an "A" standard mark and will now be competing at his first Olympics.
On Saturday, sophomore Caleb Whitener and two-time Olympian Reese Hoffa are set to compete in the shot put. Hoffa finished seventh at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Live results and a recap from the Olympic Trials will be posted at georgiadogs.com.


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6 latest Smartphones that will make you throw your old one
by AJ on April 25, 2014
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The second a new phone gets released, people start picking it apart and wishing for features it doesn't have. Whatever the reason, we're never happy with the phone that we have. With that in mind, we've compiled a list of upcoming phones to look forward to. Here are a few smartphones that are worth getting excited about, but you'll have to wait just a little while longer to own one.
Samsung Galaxy S5
The Galaxy S5 is perhaps the most anticipated android cell phone of all time. The S4 offered many unique features, including the dual shot, adding sounds to shots, air gestures, and more. The S5 will offer all of that and more, offering an unbelievable battery life (2800mAh), a 16MP rear camera, 2GB of Ram, and a 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor.
As always, it comes in 16GB or 32GB versions, and you can upgrade all the way up to 128GB with a microSD card. For those of you who are looking forward to the Galaxy S5, you won't have to wait very long: It's expected to be available at most carriers on April 11th.
iPhone 6
Like clockwork, a new iPhone will be released either late this year or early next year. People are already getting excited about it, despite the lack of details. Rumors are suggesting that the screen size will be increased once again, and it'll possibly implement NFC or wireless charging. Whatever Apple adds, it'll have to be huge, because it's really lacking in the features department when compared to Samsung. Features from the 5s, like the fingerprint scanner, are likely to return.
Sony Xperia Z2
Sony recently launched the Xperia Z1, and it's not wasting any time working on an upgraded version. The Xperia Z2 will have a 5.2-inch screen and a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, along with 3GB of ram. It'll have front-facing speakers, perfect for those nights when you want to lie in bed and watch Netflix. It'll also display 4K video, which is probably more than your television can do. It also launches very soon — April 10th, to be exact.
Nokia Lumia 930
Nokia's back in the smartphone arena with the latest addition to its smartphone lineup — the Lumia 930. It has a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of ram, putting it almost as fas as the Samsung S5. The rear camera is a staggering 20-megapixel camera, so you'll never have a blurry shot again. It runs Windows 8.1 out of the box. The Nokia Lumia 930 will land in stores in June.
The LG G3 will launch its smartphone with an amazing 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution display. There are no concrete details released about the processor, but rumors are suggesting that it has an octa-core Odin chipset that will power the G3. Rumors are also suggesting that the device will be waterproof, similar to the SGS5 and the Xperia Z2. There's also no concrete data for the LG G3, only a rough estimate for May.
Nexus 6
Though the Nexus 5 just released a few months ago, everyone's looking forward to the Nexus 6. Though nothing is confirmed yet, it's expected to have a 5.2-inch curved LCD display guarded with Corning Gorilla Glass, so it won't shatter if you drop it. It's expected to be powered by a 64-bit version the Snapdragon 800-series chipset and sport 3GB of ram. As per the usual, it'll come in the standard 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB varieties, upgradable via microSD cards, featuring Bluetooth and NFC. It's expected to launch late in 2014.
As the year progresses, it's entirely possible that even more phones will be announced and launched, but as of right now, these are the six worth looking forward to. Which one catches your eye, and which operating system do you prefer? Leave a comment below.
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Emily Green is a freelance writer with more than six years of experience and has over one thousand articles published online. When she's not writing, Emily likes to go for a jog with her dog.
Man walked more than 4500 kms. He let his hair and beard grow.
by AJ on March 31, 2014
Beauty of randomness
by AJ on March 27, 2014
I used to take pictures of anything when I was just starting digital photography. Now I don't even want to take a photo of something without thought process.
Thought process I think is a big obstacle in my photography. I used to see beauty in almost anything.
I must bring randomness back.
Above photo was shot using a Canon T3 (1100D) and a 50mm 1.8 (nifty fifty).
Beauty is everywhere. I must capture it. Make it timeless.
You will never see a hockey fight that ends like this in a long time
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What this father did to his son will make you cry
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Six teams of scientists led by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will monitor the annual Leonids meteor shower this month when the phenomenon is brightest over the North American continent.
Part of the monitoring activities will include the launch of a weather balloon carrying video and audio equipment which will allow scientists and the public to actually hear what a meteor sounds like as it crashes into Earth's atmosphere.
The public, particularly along the East Coast, also will be able to look up and, depending on weather conditions, see perhaps 700 or more shooting stars per hour.
Three peak times for the showers are forecast for the East Coast - Nov. 17 at about 3 a.m. EST and again at 11 p.m. EST, and Nov. 18 at about 3 a.m. EST - according to Bill Cooke, senior computer scientist at the Marshall Center.
A Leonids shower happens every year when Earth passes close to the orbit of the comet Tempel-Tuttle and the debris left in the comet's path. As Earth travels through the comet dust, the debris burns up in the Earth's atmosphere resulting in shooting stars or meteors. Some of these dust streams actually broke away from the comet long ago. Meteors visible this year date to 1932, 1866 and 1733.
"This year, the Moon will be in the constellation Leo - practically on top of the Leonids radiant," said Mitzi Adams, a Marshall Center astronomer. "Moonlight will make fainter meteors hard to spot, but if there's a strong outburst, stargazers could see plenty of Leonids in spite of the bright Moon."
Because this year's peak meteor activity is not projected to reach storm level - at least 1,000 meteors per hour - Marshall scientists will use the opportunity to test their accuracy at predicting Leonids intensity.
In 1999, a true "storm" occurred when up to 3,700 meteors per hour were recorded over Israel.
"We can predict within minutes the time the meteors will peak," said Marshall Space Environment Team researcher Dr. Rob Suggs. "What we have trouble with is predicting the intensity."
If the intensity of a Leonids shower can be accurately predicted, scientists will know which way orbiting satellites should be turned to keep them operating smoothly during meteor activity.
"Satellites are an integral part of our lives now, so anything that affects these satellites directly affects our lives," Suggs said, citing as examples communications and television satellites.
To help protect these satellites from the fast-travelling meteors, Marshall scientists will analyze information from the various monitoring teams and pass it along to satellite operators.
Although a typical meteor is smaller than a grain of sand, it travels 12 miles (20 kilometers) per second. Leonids are the fastest of all meteors - traveling at about 44 miles (71 kilometers) per second. At that speed, a Leonids meteor could travel from New York to Los Angeles in about one minute.
Heavy Leonids meteor storms are predicted for 2001 and 2002.
"We are getting predictions from models for next year in excess of 10,000 meteors per hour over East Asia and Mongolia," Suggs said. "In 2002, predictions are in excess of 25,000 meteors per hour over the East Coast of the United States."
The Marshall Center is NASA's lead center for monitoring and forecasting meteor showers. Huntsville scientists will begin monitoring Nov. 16, using two image-intensified camera systems and recording the meteors onto videotape.
"This year we also have a forward-scatter radar that will allow us to 'hear' the meteors," Suggs said, explaining that the noises are caused by the meteors interacting with ionized gas or plasma in the Earth's atmosphere.
Besides monitoring the Leonids from Huntsville, Marshall scientists also will coordinate monitoring teams at the following locations:
The balloon also will carry a very low frequency radio receiver that will allow visitors to the Web site to hear the "whistlers" and other bizarre noises that meteors might make as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. On-board transmitters will allow local amateur radio operators, or "hams," to track and retrieve the balloon.
Note to Editors/News Directors: Media are invited to schedule a visit with the Marshall Center's Leonids monitoring team during operations, including the balloon launch on Nov. 18. To attend the balloon launch or talk with the Leonids monitoring team, news media representatives should contact Steve Roy of the Marshall Media Relations Department at (256) 544-0034, or beeper 1-800-821-9641. A cellular phone number will be made available to interested media for 24-hour, up-to-date, information during the Leonids monitoring. Interviews, photos and video supporting this release are available to news media representatives by contacting Roy. For an electronic version of this release, digital images or more information, visit Marshall's News Center on the Web at:
Print quality photos of the balloon launch preparations will be available for downloading from the Marshall Center Web site at a future date.
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It's been about a year now since our little unassuming homeschooling coop group fractured and disbanded amid sharp and angry words and controversy. One might've thought we had a formula for success: we had no rigid structure, no overt leadership, only participants who had homeschooling in common. We were what is commonly called in the homeschooling community an "inclusive" group, because we accepted any homeschooling family who wanted to join and participate at any level they desired and we had no particular religious focus. I naively assumed that a non-structured or loosely structured inclusive support group would be free of the problems I'd heard about that plagued the more rigid, hierarchical, exclusionary groups. I was wrong.
Ironically, the conflict that brought all the underlying tension to a head and ultimately caused the division centered on the use of the word "inclusive" in our group's self-definition. We had a serious problem between people who wanted to promote decidedly Christian homeschooling organizations on our group's web page and those who felt that to be inappropriate given our group's non-affiliation with any religion. One side took the position that if we were an "inclusive" support group, then we shouldn't "exclude" any homeschool organization from our web page and if we did we could no longer, in honesty, call ourselves an "inclusive" group; they said continuing to do so would be deceptive. Many argued that the open membership policy was all that was needed for the inclusive label. It seemed that despite the founding members' intentions to remove religion from the possible things that might cause division in a homeschooling group, religion was, ultimately, the dividing factor.
The original group was small and the split decimated it. Wearily, the facilitators shut down the support group; temporarily they said, but it has been a year now. For most of that year, I've been quietly going about the business of homeschooling my kids, but this issue has nagged at me regularly. Why did this happen? How did a group which tried to be "inclusive" end up being charged with "exclusivity" where it concerns religion? As I began to hear similar stories from other homeschoolers across the country, about similar conflicts in their own inclusive groups, I saw that this dynamic was not peculiar to my own little group. So how did the homeschool community get into this pickle?
Most interested parties assume that the homeschooling community is pretty much divided into two camps: conservative Christian and non-Christian, with no love lost between them. Well, that isn't really accurate. In fact, it's far from accurate, but it's a common notion and the one by which most people operate. However, as we begin to more closely examine this dichotomy between conservative Christian homeschoolers and non-Christian homeschoolers, it proves itself to be illegitimate. Christian homeschoolers and the rest of the homeschooling community are not really contradictory to each other. Also, as the homeschooling community becomes more and more mainstream, it is also becoming more diverse. More and different groups of homeschoolers are trying to find a place to fit into the community - and they are finding they don't. Even old timers find the two categories restrictive. For example, many Christian homeschoolers are de facto assigned the "non-Christian" label if they choose to participate in inclusive groups instead of exclusive Christian ones. I'm concerned that if we don't address this issue, many homeschoolers will not be getting the support they need from our community because more and more viable support groups will dissolve in conflicts such as the one my own group succumbed to.
The current rather tense situation is due to the history and politics of the national homeschooling community. Conservative Christian homeschoolers separated themselves from the rest of the mainstream homeschool community in the 1980's at the prompting of certain conservative Christian homeschooling leaders, who urged Christian homeschoolers to "not be yoked with unbelievers" and so differentiated themselves from the larger body of homeschoolers by virtue of their religion. Other groups soon followed suit by differentiating themselves from the conservative Christians by labeling themselves according to religion or even the lack of religion. As a result we now have many groups touting titles that proclaim themselves to be non-exclusive, non-Christian, non-discriminatory, non-religious, and all manner of non-things. Only, if you think about it, those distinctions aren't really necessary, or shouldn't have been necessary, since the conservative Christian homeschoolers were already differentiating themselves from the mainstream of homeschooling. Describing a group on the basis of what it is not, such as non-sectarian, non-exclusive, etc., presupposes that the standard of homeschooling groups is sectarian and discriminatory on the basis of religion. Is this accurate? How is it that we have to assume that a homeschooling group is based on religion and discriminates on the basis of this? This assumption is now so ingrained in our community that we are identifying our groups by that standard.
Whereas before I thought the word "inclusive" was a positive, descriptive word to use to describe generic homeschooling support groups, I now question the use of the term in the names of those coops and networks, because by using that term they are defining themselves by reacting against another subset of homeschoolers - exclusive homeschoolers. While I completely understand the reaction in light of homeschooling's history, I don't think it's a reaction homeschoolers should be taking. I think that defining ourselves in reaction to a subset of homeschoolers is an adversarial response and an unnecessary distinction.
Part of the justification for the "non-naming" we find in so many descriptions of homeschooling groups has been that many conservative Christian organizations were being less than direct in the names and descriptions of their groups. People who weren't interested in religiously focused homeschooling joined these groups unaware of a religious focus, and didn't find out until a hurtful experience or two later that the group was Christian-focused and/or required a Statement of Faith to be a fully participating member. In many cases, these refugees started their own groups, and because of their experiences, wanting to spare others the same mistake, went to great lengths to be very clear about the type of homeschool organization they were founding. But a new homeschooler should be able to assume that unless the group specifically calls itself Christian (or Pagan or Muslim or whatever), it isn't religious in focus. All other homeschooling groups should not be breaking their collective necks trying to make sure everyone understands that they are not Christian separatist homeschoolers, but that is precisely what many homeschooling groups are doing across the country.
Homeschooling has other subgroups that have nothing to do with religion, such as those that divide among learning styles and theories of education. Some examples of these would be classical education, unschooling, school-at-home, Charlotte Mason, and Waldorfian, and for such groups, labels can be helpful for identification. Yet few support groups are formed around those distinctions. Instead, they by and large choose religion or a lack thereof as the group's focus. Doesn't this strike anyone as odd? Not odd that someone should choose to homeschool for religious reasons and seek to find others of like mind with which to fellowship, but odd that now even homeschoolers who do not do so for predominantly religious reasons feel they have to identify themselves according to religion.
A subtle but very powerful dynamic is currently at work here, one that subconsciously works to present a "ruling class" and second-class citizens within a subculture - and I don't think that's very healthy or productive. It contributes to poor relations among the various groups. As those who have studied the dynamics of power and relationships understand, the one who has the power to name everyone else holds the greater power. As long as generic homeschoolers continue to nod toward the separatist Christian homeschoolers in their compulsion to differentiate themselves, the separatist Christian homeschool leaders continue to wield an illegitimate power over the rest of the homeschooling community. This leaves all other homeschoolers scrambling to look for ways to identify themselves apart from them.
This dynamic needs to be changed while it's still possible, while our particular subculture - homeschooling - is still relatively young. We do this by starting with the language we use. I think we need a new vision. We've been trying to figure out how to distinguish ourselves from a group that has already distinguished itself as apart from us, but we've been approaching it backwards. No further distinctions are necessary.
So, how do we take hold of this new vision? By rooting ourselves firmly in the past, by gaining a clear grasp on the history of the homeschooling movement. Homeschooling began with people whose reasons for homeschooling had nothing to do with religion working cooperatively with those whose faith led them to homeschool. After these folks had made many cultural and legal strides that benefited all homeschoolers, along came separatist Christian homeschooling, a much more recent development. There is a widely held misconception in the non-homeschooling world (and in some segments of the homeschooling world) that homeschooling and religion are part and parcel of each other. It has become problematic to many homeschoolers that people are coming into the homeschooling community thinking the separatist Christian homeschoolers invented this "new" method of educating one's children rather than understanding that it was simply a popular offshoot of the original concept.
Homeschooling and religion became co-joined because a subset of conservative Christians decided to co-opt homeschooling for their own purposes. What they saw as legitimate reasons for doing this were religiously motivated directives to seek to control the leadership of the homeschool movement. However, these leaders have never spoken for, nor been the leaders for, many homeschoolers who were happily homeschooling before they co-opted the movement, and who are still happily homeschooling today.
By understanding that separatist religious homeschooling is an offshoot, not the main body, and by refusing to respond in a reactionary, knee-jerk way to things subgroups do or don't do, the rest of the homeschooling community is free to identify themselves however they wish, unconstrained by this false dichotomy between Christian and non-Christian homeschoolers. While today it may seem natural to us to define homeschool related things by Christian and non-Christian, doing so erroneously and unwittingly contributes to the animosity and hard feelings that have marked this division in our community.
As long as generic homeschoolers keep trying to find the "least offensive" yet most accurate word to describe their organizations as defined by the Christian homeschoolers, they will continue to be stuck in this power struggle with separatist Christian homeschoolers. So how do we get out of this Chinese finger trap? By refusing to use religious language in our group or individual descriptions unless the group has a specific religious focus. Saying that one's group is a "general" or "generic" homeschooling group that does not have any special focus and is broad-based in membership adequately describes the flavor of the group without attaching religion or lack thereof.
I'd like to see the language of homeschoolers change back to assuming homeschooling is about educating one's children, not strictly about religion, leaving plenty of room for groups to begin centering on other kinds of focuses and dynamics. I think that this seemingly small but powerful shift in our language will result in homeschoolers and their support groups being freer to define themselves on their merits and strengths, by what they are - and not by what they are not. If we do these things, I think we'll see fewer casualties like my disbanded support group. In fact, I think we'll see more support groups flourishing and doing the jobs they are designed to do: supporting a diverse and growing homeschooling community.
(c) 2001 Ginny Hunt
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Legendary Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Presents Ubben Lecture
February 29, 2000
February 29, 2000, Greencastle, Ind. - "Many people do not know that there are no ethnic, or gender, or racial barriers to membership in the NAACP," Julian Bond, chairman of the board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said at DePauw University today. "We believe, in America colored people come in all colors."
A leading activist in the movements for civil rights, economic justice and peace and a veteran of more than 20 years service in the Georgia General Assembly, Bond spoke on "2000: A Race Odyssey" at 7:30 p.m. in East College, Meharry Hall. Also scheduled is a question-and-answer session with Bond on Wednesday, March 1, at 9 a.m. in the Center for Contemporary Media, Watson Forum.
Part of The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series, Bond's visit was co-sponsored by the DePauw departments of History and Black Studies and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Since he was a college student leading sit-in demonstrations in Atlanta in 1960, Bond has been on the cutting edge of social change. He was a founder in 1960 of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights, the Atlanta University Center student civil rights organization that directed three years of non-violent, anti-segregation protests and won integration of Atlanta's movie theaters, lunch counters and parks. Bond was arrested for sitting-in at the then-segregated cafeteria at Atlanta City Hall.
Bond was one of several hundred students from across the South who helped form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He became SNCC's communications director, heading the organization's printing and publicity departments, editing the SNCC newsletter and working voter registration drives in rural Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.
In 1968 Bond was co-chairman of the Georgia Loyal National Delegation to the Democratic Convention. The Loyalists, an insurgent group, were successful in unseating the hand-picked regulars, and Bond was nominated for vice president of the United States, thus becoming the first black to be so honored by a major political party. He withdrew his name because he was too young to serve.
He serves on the advisory boards of the Fisk University Race Relations Institute, American Civil Liberties Union, Corporation for Maintaining Editorial Diversity in America, Nicaragua/Honduras Education Project, Earth Communications Office, National Federation for Neighborhood Diversity, Southern Africa Media Center, and the Joan Shorenstein Barone Center of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He holds honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities.
A collection of Bond's essays has been published under the title A Time To Speak, A Time To Act, and he is the author of Black Candidates -- Southern Campaign Experiences. He is currently a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American University in Washington, D.C., and a history professor at the University of Virginia.
Endowed by Timothy and Sharon Ubben, both 1958 graduates of DePauw, the Ubben Lecture Series is designed to bring the world's top leaders, thinkers and creative minds to the Greencastle campus (at right: 1999 guest George Gilder). See a list of all Ubben Lecturers by clicking here.Back