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Golf In The Days Of Black & White
Papwa Sewgolum, Gary Player and apartheid then and now
It's a midweek afternoon in August at the Durban Country Club, one of South Africa's most famous golf courses, and a club tournament is in full swing. The bar is filled with golfers telling jokes over beers, totting up their scores, and keeping half an eye on the TV, where a cricket match between the Virgin Islands and St. Vincent is reaching what in cricket passes for a critical climax. Outside, through the glass doors, a procession of golfers and their barefoot caddies can be seen navigating the devilish par-4 closing hole, where a skillful tee shot that is favored with a couple of fortunate breaks can sometimes reach all the way to the green. The sun is shining. Monkeys play in the trees. There is a breeze coming off the nearby Indian Ocean, filled with tropical suggestions of exotic fruits and spices, and forgotten sultry afternoons.
"This is where it happened," says Rajen Sewgolum. In golf's long and checkered history of racial discrimination, what took place in 1963 on the terrace directly in front of us has been characterized as the sport's most shameful moment. In a sport that is still far from averse to shameful moments, it's a story that continues to resonate today. Rajen's father, Sewsunker Sewgolum, an impoverished caddie who grew up in a tin shack not far from the course, who never went to school and could neither read nor write, was finally, at the age of 34, given permission to compete in the Natal Open, a tournament that had previously refused his presence because of the color of his skin. And playing the game with his characteristic serenity and a strange upside-down grip, the man they called "Papwa," who never had a golf lesson in his life, overcame some of the best South African professionals of the day to win the tournament. It was an astonishing victory: To the large Indian community in Durban and to observers around the world, Papwa was a revelation, a homespun hero, a dark-skinned David in a world of white golfing Goliaths.
What happened next became known as "the prize-giving that shook the world." Because it was raining, the logical place for the post-tournament coronation was inside the clubhouse. But in the apartheid parlance of how the government of the day itemized human beings, Papwa was a "nonwhite"; the sanctuary of the clubhouse was exclusively for whites. The champion was therefore hurriedly handed the trophy outside. A hard rain was falling. There would be many more rains to come. Sewgolum died at 49, a disappointed, broken man.
Papwa was born in a part of the world with a history of oppression. It was in Natal that southern Africans experienced their first taste of systematic segregation, under the British colonial "Shepstone system." Papwa's great-grandfather was one of an army of indentured laborers -- quasi-slaves -- imported from India in 1860 to work on the sugar plantations. Up the road is Pietermaritzburg, where, in 1893, a dapper young Indian lawyer was thrown off a train for having the temerity to hold a first-class ticket -- which he had paid for. So began a lifelong campaign against injustice by Mohandas -- later "Mahatma" -- Gandhi.
Papwa happened to become a golfer because one day, as a boy, walking beyond the confines of the shantytown where he lived, he stumbled upon the Beachwood Golf Course, sister to the nearby Durban Country Club. Later, back home, his father made him a club from a guava tree branch. His father died a few years later, and to support the family, Papwa went off to work as a caddie. By the time he reached adulthood, despite limited access to golf courses and equipment, he'd become a terrific, natural, self-taught player. Unlike practically every other right-handed golfer, Papwa held the club with the left hand below the right, and with no overlapping or interlocking fingers, a strange piece of unconvention of the kind that is sometimes found in geniuses, like Lester Young holding his saxophone sideways, or Einstein's aversion to socks. "I believe a man should swing a club the best way he knows how," Papwa told Golf Digest in 1964. (Many top golfers today use Papwa's cross-handed grip for putting, even chipping, but only a handful use it for all shots.) It certainly worked: He would regularly shoot in the 60s and once made a hole-in-one on Beachwood's par-4 16th hole. With borrowed clubs and borrowed shoes, he won the Natal Amateur at 16 and soon was winning local tournaments for "nonwhites," often by more than 20 shots, routinely setting course records.
The notorious Group Areas Act, which sought to demarcate separate areas for different "races" to live and work, meant that the bigger, far-more-profitable white tournaments were out-of-bounds for Papwa. But there was ambiguity in the law: Was it really illegal for a "nonwhite" to "occupy" a white area if that area was, say, a cinema, or a golf course? The loophole enabled Papwa to gain permission to play in a few white tournaments, starting with the 1961 South African Open, but in the contorted logic of the day he would be allowed to "occupy" only the golf course, not any of the facilities, including the clubhouse, and the permit was only for the days of the tournament -- no practice rounds were possible. Such permits were very rarely granted, usually at the last minute, and always came with significant restrictions. Papwa was constantly watched -- and sometimes directly threatened -- by the secret police. "He must have always been in a state of turmoil," says Rajen over tea at the now-integrated Durban Country Club, which he recently joined.
In 1963, for the first time Papwa's application to play in the Natal "Open" was accepted. On the last day, watched by a surging crowd of Indian supporters, he parred the final hole to win by a stroke. It was an astonishing feat. Papwa was immediately hoisted onto the shoulders of his ecstatic followers. Every caddie, waiter and laborer in Durban stood a little taller that day: Papwa had beaten the white man at his game.
The legend of the ensuing prize-giving has been handed down through the decades like folklore. As Papwa changed in his manager's car and combed his hair, the rain began to fall. "The weather was wild," says a club history published in 1982 (which incorrectly gives the date of the incident as 1965). "A fierce wind blew and the sky was black. ... Then down came the rain in pounding torrents."


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In 1999, our independent family company set out to reinvent "camp" for the 21st century. Today, we're the number #1 tech camp on the planet, with summer technology programs for kids and teens held at over 100 campuses nationwide. At Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA, we offer co-ed iD Tech Camps for ages 7-17. Learn code, game design, app development, web design, film, photography, and more. Kick-start your dream job and gain a competitive edge for college!
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Our summer computer camps for kids, pre-teens, and teens are segmented by course and age. Teens will study, socialize and eat with other teens, but may be in the vicinity of younger students during lab time. Yes, we're a tech camp, but we do not sit in front of digital devices all day. We provide a well-balanced, fun summer camp experience that is age-appropriate for kids, pre-teens, and teens. Imagine a small group learning environment where the curriculum is tailored to you. A place where you build critical 21st century STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills in intimate clusters of just 8 students maximum per instructor, and collaborate with new friends.
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This is our 17th season hosting summer camps at our Santa Clara University location in Silicon Valley, CA. We strike the right balance between off-computer activities (creative games, sports, life skills, etc.) and essential technology education to foster STEM skill development (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Our popular SCU summer camps are among a handful of elite CA summer camps in the South Bay accredited by the American Camp Association.
We have chosen Santa Clara University to host our summer kids computer camps and teen camps in the South Bay because of SCU's beauty, outstanding reputation and commitment to rigorous curriculum in the arts, sciences, business and engineering.
Founded in 1851, SCU is California's oldest institution of higher learning. The campus lies on "The Alameda," a famous stretch of road that connected Northern California to Southern California, and beyond. SCU was one of the very first iD Tech Camps locations, hosting our Santa Clara, CA computer camps as early as 1999. This SCU Silicon Valley computer camp is a campus oasis in the midst of the bustling South Bay, boasting Spanish-style architecture and beautifully sculpted rose gardens and lawns. Convenient to Downtown San Jose, Santa Clara and the rest of the Silicon Valley area, SCU is the perfect summer day camp location.
If you are considering flying in to this location, the San Jose International airport is just minutes away. Also, there is a Cal Train stop directly across the street from the university. Come check out our summer camps!
Please note: Map and campus details are for general information only. Once you enroll, you will have access to our specific location on campus.
Santa Clara University Facts
Nickname: The Broncos
Founded: 1851
Schools at SCU: There are six different schools at Santa Clara University: College of Arts & Sciences, Leavey School of Business, School of Engineering, Jesuit School of Theology, School of Law, and finally the School of Education, Counseling, Psychology & Pastoral Ministries.
Student Population: SCU has over 8,000 total students comprised of 5,000 undergraduates and over 3,000 postgraduates. The campus is a suburban oasis in the heart of Silicon Valley, making it the perfect location for our summer day camps for kids and teens.
Rankings: On the West Coast, SCU consistently ranks second in master's universities according to U. S. News & World Report. The U.S. News & World Report also ranks part-time MBA programs, and SCU ranks 13th and its executive MBA program 19th in the nation. The Leavey School of Business was ranked 27th in the nation by Business Week. According to payscale.com, undergraduate alumni of SCU have a mid-career median salary of $111,000, making it the 20th highest among colleges and universities in the U.S.A.
Athletics: Santa Clara University excels in soccer and volleyball, consistently ranking among the top twenty teams nationally. The men's soccer team has reached the championship match of the College Cup three times. The 1992-1993 SCU men's basketball team (led by future NBA MVP Steve Nash) was one of four #15 seeds to defeat a #2 seed in the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. The president of iD Tech Camps can often be found at Bronco games rooting on the basketball team.
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What Parents Are Saying
"A very friendly, approachable staff and overall program. Very suitable for the Silicon Valley culture without being too aggressive." -John S., Parent, Santa Clara University
"My daughter had a great time here and is coming away with a new love for robotics and teamwork. Thanks for making the experience fun and interesting for her." -Sowmya R., Parent, Santa Clara University
"My son was extremely excited throughout the camp week. He was actually excited to learn how to program in C++ and wouldn't stop coding even after reaching home." -Milind K., Parent, Santa Clara University
"My son had a very positive and learning experience at this iD Tech Camps. He learned new concepts and renewed his interest in computer programming. I am quite pleased with the highly enthusiastic staff and their ability to motivate the kids in this area." -Mahesh V., Parent, Santa Clara University
"I am very impressed. My son enjoyed himself and learned quite a bit. Being in the computer industry, it makes me happy to see such a well-constructed class and enthusiastic young teachers interact with your teens." -Irma P., Parent, Santa Clara University
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"It was great fun learning programming at iD Tech Camps. The teachers were well informed about the subjects. I am very pleased with the program because I am now comfortable with C++ programming. Thank you so much!" -Naoki T., Student, Santa Clara University
"iD Tech Camps was great! My week at camp helped me learn and gave me a positive and comfortable place to get into something I am interested in. Can't wait for next year!" -Danielle A., Student, Santa Clara University
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"My caring and kind instructor directed me through the course of my amazing week at iD Tech Camps. I learned things such as Flash Animation and how to use Photoshop. When I asked for help, my instructor always patiently explained the solution. He seemed to know everything there was to know about the programs we used. After one week at one of the best camps I have ever been to, my very own website turned out to be even better than I thought!" -David H., Student, Santa Clara University
"My experience with iD Tech Camps was fun, memorable and educational. I am definitely returning next year." -Nicholas B., Student, Santa Clara University
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Silicon Valley teen techies market their apps -- and genius - Article as Posted on MercuryNews.com
June 29, 2013
By Hannah Knowles "Anish, 16, saw his age as an advantage rather than an obstacle when he set out to create Deckshuffle. After all, if anyone knows about cell phones, it's teenagers. Two years ago, Anish noticed that his Homestead High's online resources were often difficult to use. So he made a mobile app where [...]Read More
Coding Camps for Kids Rise in Popularity - Article as Written by The Associated Press
June 25, 2013
By Christina A. Cassidy ...So-called coding camps for children are becoming more popular amid a growing effort to expand access to computer programming and inspire more youths to seek computer science degrees and careers in technology. Their rise underscores a seeming mismatch in the U.S. economy: people like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tumblr founder [...]Read More
Camp Minecraft: How educators use the block-building game to inspire kids to code - Article as Appeared on VentureBeat.com
April 17, 2013
By Jeffrey Grubb April 17, 2013 Summer camp used to mean swimming, hiking, and bonfires. These days it could mean mines, exploding creepers, and Java™Script. Educational group iD Tech Camps is using the block-building sandbox Minecraft and other games to teach children about science, technology, education, and math (STEM). The organization holds its camps over [...]Read More
Teenage app makers see the world through an iPhone and Android prism - Article as appeared in the San Jose Mercury News
March 25, 2013
By Mike Cassidy You can stop worrying about the future of apps. We're never going to run out of them, thanks largely to a young generation of app developers who are cranking out useful, trivial, ingenious and puzzling programs the way previous generations once created dance moves, mix tapes and graffiti masterpieces. Every generation searches [...]Read More
Stanford Summer Camp Trains Kids in Tech - NBC News
July 9, 2012
NBC reporter, Scott Budman visited iD Tech Camps held at Stanford University this July 4th! Stanford University's iD Tech Camp allows kids to get ahead of the technology curve during the summer. They create games, apps and videos, having fun and gaining skills they might use in the future. Scott Budman reports. Watch the video [...]Read More
iD Tech Camps Gives Kids a New Way to Play - Article as Appeared in The Wall Street Journal Online
July 4, 2012
Here is another great article about our summer tech camps for kids and teens! Find a quick snippet of the article below, and follow the link to WSJ.com to read the article in its entirety. Children Learn a New Way to Play at Summer Camp That Teaches Tech By Rachael King MORAGA—Eight-year-old Daniel Katari isn't [...]Read More


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Ural–Altaic languages
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Distribution of Uralic, Altaic, and Yukaghir languages
Ural–Altaic, also Uralo-Altaic or Uraltaic, is an obsolete language-family proposal uniting the Uralic and Altaic languages.
Originally suggested in the 19th century, the hypothesis remained debated into the mid 20th century, often with disagreements exacerbated by pan-nationalist agendas.[1] Since the 1960s, it has been widely rejected. From the 1990s, interest in a relationship between the Uralic and Altaic families has been revived in the context of the Eurasiatic hypothesis. Bomhard (2008) treats Uralic, Altaic and Indo-European as Eurasiatic daughter groups on equal footing.[2]
History of the hypothesis[edit]
In a book published in 1730, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Swedish explorer and prisoner-of-war in Siberia, described Finno-Ugric, Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Caucasian languages as sharing common features.
Danish philologist Rasmus Christian Rask described what he vaguely called "Scythian" languages in 1834, which included Finno-Ugric, Turkic, Samoyedic, Eskimo, Caucasian, Basque and others.
The hypothesis[clarification needed] was elaborated at least as early as 1836 by W. Schott[3] and in 1838 by F. J. Wiedemann.[4]
The "Altaic" hypothesis, as mentioned by Finnish linguist and explorer Matthias Castrén[5][6] by 1844, included Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic, collectively known as "Chudic", and Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic, collectively known as "Tataric". Subsequently, Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic came to be referred to as Altaic languages, whereas Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic were called Uralic. The similarities between these two families led to their retention in a common grouping, named Ural–Altaic.
In Hungary the idea of the Ural-Altaic relationship remained widely implicitly accepted in the late 19th and the mid-20th century, though more out of pan-nationalist than linguistic reasons, and without much detailed research carried out. Elsewhere the notion had sooner fallen into discredit, with Ural-Altaic supporters elsewhere such as the Finnish Altaicist Martti Räsänen being in the minority.[7] The contradiction between Hungarian linguists' convictions and the lack of clear evidence eventually provided motivation for scholars such as Aurélien Sauvageot and Denis Sinor to carry out more detailed investigation of the hypothesis, which so far has failed to yield generally accepted results. Nicholas Poppe in his article The Uralo-Altaic Theory in the Light of the Soviet Linguistics (1940) also attempted to refute Castrén's views by showing that the common agglutinating features may have arisen independently.[8]
Beginning in the 1960s, the hypothesis came to be seen even more controversial, due to the Altaic family itself also falling out universal acceptance. Today, the hypothesis that Uralic and Altaic are related more closely to one another than to any other family has almost no adherents.[9] There are, however, a number of hypotheses that propose a macrofamily including Uralic, Altaic and other families. None of these hypotheses has widespread support.
In his Altaic Etymological Dictionary, co-authored with Anna V. Dybo and Oleg A. Mudrak, Sergei Starostin characterized the Ural–Altaic hypothesis as "an idea now completely discarded".[9] In Starostin's sketch of a "Borean" super-phylum, he puts Uralic and Altaic as daughters of an ancestral language of ca. 9,000 years ago from which the Dravidian languages and the Paleo-Siberian languages, including Eskimo-Aleut, are also descended. He posits that this ancestral language, together with Indo-European and Kartvelian, descends from a "Eurasiatic" protolanguage some 12,000 years ago, which in turn would be descended from a "Borean" protolanguage via Nostratic.[10]
Angela Marcantonio (2002) argues that the Finno-Permic and Ugric languages are no more closely related to each other than either is to Turkic, thereby positing a grouping very similar to Ural–Altaic or indeed to Castrén's original Altaic proposal.[11]
There is general agreement on several typological similarities being widely found among the languages considered under Ural-Altaic:[12]
- head-final and subject–object–verb word order
- in most of the languages, vowel harmony
- morphology that is predominantly agglutinative and suffixing
- zero copula
- non-finite clauses
- lack of grammatical gender
- lack of consonant clusters in word-initial position
- lack of a separate verb for "to have"
Such similarities do not constitute sufficient evidence of genetic relationship all on their own, as other explanations are possible. Juha Janhunen has argued that while Ural-Altaic is to be rejected as a genealogical relationship, it remains a viable concept as a well-defined language area, which in his view has formed thru the historical interaction and convergence of four core language families (Uralic, Turkic, Mongolic and Tungusic), and their influence on the more marginal Korean and Japonic.[13]
Contrasting views on the typological situation have been presented by other researchers. Michael Fortescue has connected Uralic instead as a part of an Uralo-Siberian typological area (comprising Uralic, Yukaghir, Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Eskimo-Aleut), contrasting with a more narrowly defined Altaic typological area;[14] while Anderson has outlined a specifically Siberian language area, including within Uralic only the Ob-Ugric and Samoyedic groups; within Altaic most of the Tungusic family as well as Siberian Turkic and Buryat (Mongolic); as well as Yukaghir, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Nivkh, and Yeniseian.[15]
Relationship between Uralic and Altaic[edit]
The Altaic language family was generally accepted by linguists from the late 19th century up to the 1960s, but since then has been in dispute, and the dispute is not yet resolved. For simplicity's sake, the following discussion assumes the validity of the Altaic language family.
Two senses should be distinguished in which Uralic and Altaic might be related.
- Do Uralic and Altaic have a demonstrable genetic relationship?
- If they do have a demonstrable genetic relationship, do they form a valid linguistic taxon? For example, Germanic and Iranian have a genetic relationship via Proto-Indo-European, but they do not form a valid taxon within the Indo-European language family, whereas in contrast Iranian and Indo-Aryan do via Indo-Iranian, a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European that subsequently calved into Indo-Aryan and Iranian.
In other words, showing a genetic relationship does not suffice to establish a language family, such as the proposed Ural–Altaic family; it is also necessary to consider whether other languages from outside the proposed family might not be at least as closely related to the languages in that family as the latter are to each other. This distinction is often overlooked but is fundamental to the genetic classification of languages.[16] Some linguists indeed maintain that Uralic and Altaic are related through a larger family, such as Eurasiatic or Nostratic, within which Uralic and Altaic are no more closely related to each other than either is to any other member of the proposed family, for instance than Uralic or Altaic is to Indo-European (for example [17]).
Evidence for a genetic relationship[edit]
Some[who?] linguists point out strong similarities in the personal pronouns of Uralic and Altaic languages. Because pronouns are among the elements of language most resistant to change and it is very rare for one language to replace its pronouns wholesale with those of another, these similarities, if accepted as non-accidental, would be strong evidence for genetic relationship. It should be noted that the "s" in the Finnic second person pronoun *sinä is a result of a ti > si sound law [18] in Proto-Finnic, and comes from earlier form *tinä, as in the plural form te and the Hungarian pronoun te.
Vocabulary of common origin[edit]
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To demonstrate the existence of a language family, it is necessary to find cognate words that trace back to a common proto-language. Shared vocabulary alone does not show a relationship, as it may be loaned from one language to another or through the language of a third party.
There are shared words between, for example, Turkic and Ugric languages, or Tungusic and Samoyedic languages, which are explainable by borrowing. However, it has been difficult to find Ural–Altaic words shared across all involved language families. Such words should be found in all branches of the Uralic and Altaic trees and should follow regular sound changes from the proto-language to known modern languages, and regular sound changes from Proto-Ural–Altaic to give Proto-Uralic and Proto-Altaic words should be found to demonstrate the existence of a Ural–Altaic vocabulary. Instead, candidates for Ural-Altaic cognate sets can typically be supported by only one of the Altaic subfamilies.[19] In contrast, about 200 Proto-Uralic word roots are known and universally accepted, and for the proto-languages of the Altaic subfamilies and the larger main groups of Uralic, on the order of 1000–2000 words can be recovered.
The basic numerals, unlike among the Indo-European languages (compare Proto-Indo-European numerals), are particularly divergent between all three core Altaic families and Uralic, and to a lesser extent even within Uralic.[20]
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See also[edit]
- ^ Sinor 1988, p. 710.
- ^ Bomhard, Allan R. (2008). Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic: Comparative Phonology, Morphology, and Vocabulary, 2 volumes. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16853-4
- ^ W. Schott, Versuch über die tatarischen Sprachen (1836)
- ^ F. J. Wiedemann, Ueber die früheren Sitze der tschudischen Völker und ihre Sprachverwandschaft mit dem Völkern Mittelhochasiens (1838).
- ^ M. A. Castrén, Dissertatio Academica de affinitate declinationum in lingua Fennica, Esthonica et Lapponica, Helsingforsiae, 1839
- ^ M. A. Castrén, Nordische Reisen und Forschungen. V, St.-Petersburg, 1849
- ^ Sinor 1988, pp. 707–708.
- ^ Nicholas Poppe, The Uralo-Altaic Theory in the Light of the Soviet Linguistics Accessed 2010-04-07
- ^ a b (Starostin et al. 2003:8)
- ^ Sergei Starostin. "Borean tree diagram".
- ^ Linguistic Shadowboxing Accessed 2010-04-07
- ^ Sinor & 1988 711–714.
- ^ Janhunen, Juha (2007). "Typological Expansion in the Ural-Altaic belt". Incontri Linguistici: 71–83.
- ^ Fortescue, Michael (1998). Language Relations across Bering Strait: Reappraising the Archaeological and Linguistic Evidence. London and New York: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-70330-3.
- ^ Anderson, Gregory D. S. (2006). "Towards a typology of the Siberian linguistic area". In Matras, Y.; McMahon, A.; Vincent, N. Linguistic Areas. Convergence in Historical and Typological Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 266–300.
- ^ Greenberg 2005
- ^ Greenberg 2000:17
- ^ http://www.reference-global.com/doi/abs/10.1515/flih.19184.108.40.206[dead link]
- ^ Sinor 1988, p. 736.
- ^ Sinor 1988, pp. 710–711.
- Greenberg, Joseph H. (2000). Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives: The Eurasiatic Language Family, Volume 1: Grammar. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Greenberg, Joseph H. (2005). Genetic Linguistics: Essays on Theory and Method, edited by William Croft. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Marcantonio, Angela (2002). The Uralic Language Family: Facts, Myths and Statistics. Publications of the Philological Society 35. Oxford – Boston: Blackwell.
- Shirokogoroff, S. M. (1931). Ethnological and Linguistical Aspects of the Ural–Altaic Hypothesis. Peiping, China: The Commercial Press.
- Sinor, Denis (1988). "The Problem of the Ural-Altaic relationship". In Sinor, Denis. The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Modern Influences. Leiden: Brill. pp. 706–741.
- Starostin, Sergei A., Anna V. Dybo, and Oleg A. Mudrak. (2003). Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-13153-1.
- Vago, R. M. (1972). Abstract Vowel Harmony Systems in Uralic and Altaic Languages. Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club.
External links[edit]
- "The 'Ugric-Turkic battle': a critical review" by Angela Marcantonio, Pirjo Nummenaho, and Michela Salvagni (2001)
- Review of Marcantonio (2002) by Johanna Laasko
- Augustus Henry Keane (1911). "Ural-Altaic". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 784–6. This reflects the contemporary transitional state of understanding of the relationships among the languages.
- William Dwight Whitney and G. A. F. Van Rhyn (1879). "Turanian Race and Languages". The American Cyclopædia.


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You got too much time on your hands. At least were getting a dvd release.
Dobby's right. Be happy it's at least coming to DVD.
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Even though it's getting a DVD release it is still a shame. As a general rule, unless it's an old tv series and/or shot on video, or a situation like when the negative no longer exists and an HD transfer isn't possible I don't purchase DVDs anymore. Where once I would have purchased Death Valley outright, now it only rates a rental. I love Shout, but they should get with the program, take a page out of Synapse's playbook and do DVD/blu ray combo pack releases.
Synapse combo packs are too expensive for me. I'll take a reasonably priced DVD any day. And little billy can eat a dick!
yeah that pissed me off. the one i really wanted the most and its the only one not getting a blu release.
personally. alot of movies take wayy too long to ever get a dvd release. now this movie should have been on dvd years ago. and this should be the blu-ray version.. all i can hope for now is that the transfer is decent.. I bet you in a year or 2 from now. it will be put on blu-ray..
I dunno about Death Valley ever going Blu, but I guess stranger things have happened.
sometimes i wonder if they just import over the dvd onto bluray.. and just say its blu ray. Personally, i seen certain dvds look better than blu rays. go figure..
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A man who allowed a deputy and his ex-girlfriend into his house to recover the woman's daughter's ballet outfit was charged with possessing more than 90 grams of marijuana Thursday.
Jeffrey Edward Gonzalez, 24, of the 19000 block of Devonwood Circle, Fort Myers, additionally was charged with possession of paraphernalia.
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PORTLAND—The high hopes of the Portland girls' lacrosse team took a brutal hit Friday when arguably the finest player in program history went down with a season-ending injury.
Tuesday, the Bulldogs began a new era and served notice that they're not to be overlooked.
Facing rival Deering at Memorial Field, Portland took to the turf without senior Drew Barry, the school's two-time reigning Spring Female Athlete of the Year, one of the state's prolific scorers and a player so talented she's going to play at Bates College next year. Early in Friday's win at McAuley, Barry suffered a torn ACL injury and is done for the season.
Tuesday, with Barry yelling herself hoarse on the sidelines, her teammates rose to the occasion.
Portland scored the game's first seven goals and never looked back, leading by as many as nine before defeating the Rams for a fifth straight time, 13-5.
Seven different Bulldogs tickled the twine, led by junior Laura Frank, who did it four times, and freshman sensation Isabel Stehli, who scored three goals. Portland also dominated in the draw circle, thanks to junior Hallie Alex, who won 14 of 20 opportunities, and improved to 6-2 on the season, dropping Deering to 3-5.
"The girls responded well today," said Bulldogs coach Kait Johnson. "We needed this. It was a test and I wasn't sure what was going to happen. We have a lot of good players on the team. Drew's an irreplaceable player on both ends of the field, but we're adapting and people are stepping up left and right."
Always a struggle
Regardless of records or place in the standings, Deering-Portland games are always meaningful.
Both teams are in the playoff hunt this spring, which racheted up the intensity that much more.
The Bulldogs, coming off their best season to date, which ended with an overtime loss to Messalonskee in the Eastern A quarterfinals, were hurt by graduation, but after a slow start have come to life. Portland opened with a loss, 16-5, at Kennebunk, then downed host Sanford (8-4) and host Biddeford (7-6), before losing a close one at home to Cheverus, 9-7, in a contest which saw the Bulldogs almost rally late. Victories over visiting Windham (15-8), host Bonny Eagle (15-5) and visiting McAuley (18-12) then ensued, although the win over the Lions proved costly.
"(The girls) felt it at McAuley," said Johnson, who admitted to being emotional and feeling guilty after Barry was hurt. "It was very somber. I give them props for pulling out that game."
Deering, which didn't make the playoffs last season after a 3-9 campaign, dropped a 14-2 decision at Windham to begin 2013 and then fell, 14-7, at home to Gorham. After a 16-9 home victory over McAuley, the Rams fell to 1-4 with 14-1 losses at Thornton Academy and Cheverus, then turned it around by edging host Biddeford, 8-6, and holding off visiting Noble, 9-7.
Entering the game, Portland had won four straight decisions over Deering, including an 8-7 home win a year ago. The last time the Rams had beaten the Bulldogs was May 31, 2007, 11-2, at Fitzpatrick Stadium.
Tuesday, the Bulldogs took control early and never looked back.
It took just 1 minute, 49 seconds to break the ice and Stehli did the honors, taking a pass from junior Erin Mahoney and beating Rams' senior goalie Lily Worthley to put Portland on top for good.
With 20:30 to play in the first half, sophomore Ella Coose scored unassisted and three minutes later, Alex scored an unassisted goal to make it 3-0 and force Deering coach Andrew Gordon to call a timeout.
It didn't help, as Bulldogs junior goalie Abby O'Brien made a couple clutch saves and senior Gabi Cardona scored an unassisted goal to push the lead to 4-0 with 12:23 to go before halftime.
An unassisted tally from Coose followed 33 seconds later. With 10:01 showing, Mahoney set up Frank for her first goal and 47 seconds after that, Coose passed to Stehli, who beat Worthley for a 7-0 advantage, forcing Gordon to try another timeout.
This one eventually paid dividends as, with 3:43 to go in the half, sophomore Emily Mooney set up senior Maddy Mazjanis to pull Deering within 7-1 at the break.
The Rams could have been closer, but O'Brien made five saves.
While Deering crept back to 7-2 63 seconds into the second half on an unassisted goal from junior Mony Prak, any comeback hopes were quickly dashed as junior Lizzie Landry scored unassisted with 17:18 to go, Alex set up Frank for a goal with 17:17 to play (the clock hadn't properly started) and with 16:33 left, Mahoney scored unassisted to make it 10-2.
Prak scored her second goal with 14:53 showing, but a free position from Frank at the 13:26 mark pushed the lead back to eight, 11-3.
A minute later, Prak set up Mazjanis, but Stehli (from Frank) with 9:39 to go and Frank unassisted (winning a loose ball in front before beating Worthley) both scored to make it a 13-4 game.
With 2:43 to play, Rams junior Casey Girsch scored on a free position to account for the 13-5 final score.
"It was definitely tough, but our team is so supportive," said Frank. "We've come together. Drew, even on the sidelines, is a big part of the team. She said she'd lose her voice (cheering) and she kept her word. We came out and proved ourselves on offense today. It was shaky coming in, but we showed we can definitely do it. It was just seeing the open girl and having faith in your teammate to catch the ball."
"Beating Deering's always a big deal," said Alex. "They're our biggest rival. It shows true school spirit. It's the biggest game of the season. We've learned to come together as a team and be a powerhouse."
Portland's offensive balance proved unstoppable, as Frank had a game-high four goals, Stehli added three, Coose two and Alex, Cardona, Landry and Mahoney one apiece. Mahoney also had two assists, while Alex, Coose and Frank had one apiece.
"We talked after the McAuley game (about playing without Drew)," Johnson said. "It's easy for people to hide a little bit because Drew did so much of the work. It's going to be a different gameplan from now on. Lizzy Landry's a great player, Laura and Hallie too. I think we're still as strong, just a different kind of strong. The girls are learning how to work with each other and find their flow."
O'Brien finished with nine saves. Alex won 70 percent of the draws.
"My approach is I look to my left and I know that I have strong players who get in after the ball," said Alex. "Everyone on the team has such great stick skills. If I see they're double teamed, I just try to draw to myself."
"Hallie stepped up amazingly well on the draw controls," Frank said.
The Bulldogs finished with a 55-36 advantage on ground balls, as Alex led all players with 11, Frank collected nine, Mahoney eight and Landry seven. Portland committed 21 turnovers, but had a 21-18 shots advantage (20-14 on cage).
For Deering, Mazjanis and Prak both scored twice, while Girsch had the other goal. Mooney and Prak had assists. Worthley made seven saves. Senior Sam Sivovlos had a team-high six ground balls. The Rams committed 19 turnovers.
"(The Bulldogs) still have a lot of quick, athletic players," Gordon said. "Speed really kills in lacrosse. Some of my girls had an off-day. We set the wrong tone. I had to call two timeouts early. We couldn't get the ball on draws. We don't seem to get ground balls consistently. That's the story of the season, but we've definitely been getting better."
Playoff push
Deering hopes to bounce back Friday when it hosts Bonny Eagle. South Portland pays a visit Monday. The Rams still have a game to make up at Sanford and close at Marshwood May 29.
"We only have four games left," said Gordon. "We should win two of them. We've got to beat South Portland (to make the playoffs). They're going to be athletic."
As for Portland, it welcomes Westbrook Thursday, goes to South Portland May 24 and closes at home versus Gorham May 29. The Bulldogs still need to make up a game versus Thornton Academy as well as they seek to finish strong, then possibly steal headlines in June.
"We have to work on bonding," said Frank. "We can do some more to be even more in unison than we already are to take on those championship teams."
"It's a short season, so if you introduce something, it's hard to grasp it," Johnson said. "Hopefully we're doing that just in time for playoffs."
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Generating thousands of novel small molecules to use in experiments, such as the one described in the furrowstatin animation, is becoming an increasingly easier process for scientists, thanks to advances in technology and techniques like diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS).
In DOS, many different small molecular building blocks are combined with each other in all combinations. Many thousands of novel molecules can be created in a relatively few number of reactions. This animation demonstrates DOS by displaying possible combinations of building blocks in a matrix. At its simplest is a 2 X 2 matrix. In this reaction, two related building block molecules are arranged on one axis, one shown in blue and its related cousin in white. Another two molecules are likewise arranged on the other axis, one shown in orange, and its cousin in white. The reaction combines them, forming four new compounds – orange-blue, orange-white, blue-white, and white-white. The process can be taken another step by adding another building block, shown in red, and expanding the matrix by adding a third axis. This step adds four new compounds – red-orange-blue, red-orange-white, red-blue-white, and red-white-white. In total we now have eight new compounds.
When we add a cousin of the red molecule (above the red molecule, shown in white) we now get 12 compounds. Instead of using only two related molecules on each axis of the matrix, we can use more than 40. Such a matrix would generate thousands of new molecules. In this example, which is a matrix of 45 X 45 X 44, over 88,400 new molecules were generated.
DOS Matrix Background
Traditional methods of synthesizing molecules are known as target-oriented synthesis. The aim is to synthesize a specific molecule that has been found in nature or that was designed theoretically. The approach requires a thorough knowledge of many types of chemical reactions, is time-consuming and complicated, and is not always successful.
An alternative approach is diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS). In DOS, many novel molecules are synthesized by combining many different small molecular "building blocks" in all permutations. Having generated many thousands of different molecules, they can then be tested to see if they have useful properties by different screening procedures. (See other animations on screening.)
One advantage of diversity-oriented synthesis is increased throughput. Thanks to advances in computer science, robotics, and chemistry, one researcher working in a lab can generate over 88,000 novel small molecules in a matter of months.
For additional information go to the video clip on Diversity Oriented Synthesis in the Video Clips section.
HHMI's 2002 Holiday Lectures on Science "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins and Small Molecules"
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"What Makes a Baby" by Cory Silverberg: A Unique Picture Book About Where Babies Come From
Friday, June 28th, 2013
"Where do babies come from?" is a question that most parents may not feel equipped to answer on the spot. Thankfully, "What Makes a Baby" by Cory Silverberg recently came across my desk, and the picture book immediately grabbed my attention (and the attention of several colleagues) with its bright colors.
The book starts with the basics of conception by introducing an egg and a sperm and explaining how both are needed to create a baby. In a smart move, the story avoids elaborating on the physical ways babies are made (i.e. through sex, IVF, and surrogates) and focuses instead on the behind-the-scenes biological process. Short and breezy sentences explain the fertilization of the egg and sperm ("When an egg and a sperm meet, they swirl together in a special kind of dance. As they dance, they talk to each other."), the baby's gestation period in the uterus, and the baby's eventual birth. While it may feel odd to read and say words like egg, sperm, uterus, and vagina out loud to your kids, the book presents these natural terms in a matter-of-fact way to temper any squeamishness and embarrassment.
Silverberg, a sex educator, started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the book and to cover the cost of illustrations and the printing. Good thing he surpassed his goal since the drawings by Fiona Smyth really give the book an extra special zing. Even though there are drawings of a uterus and two birth scenes (vaginal and C-section) that may also seem jarring at first, the round cartoon shapes and the neon colors give the book a fun, happy, and modern feel. The book is appropriate for ages 4-8, and you can find it on Amazon.com and BN.com.
Now parents can have easy-going, straightforward, and (hopefully) painless discussions with kids about the miracle of birth!
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Word: precursor
Definition: forerunner; predecessor
Definition: forerunner; predecessor
Sentences Containing 'precursor'
"1987-1991"' The precursor to these machines was the Yamaha WaveJammer, produced from 1987-1991.
"RifK", "rifL", "rifM", and "rifN" are believed to act as transaminases in order to form the AHBA precursor kanosamine.
3-Methylpyridine is the main precursor to niacin, one of the B vitamins.
3-Picoline is a useful precursor to agrochemicals, such as chlorpyrifos.
6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine is a precursor for riboflavin.
After he learns that The Boss's death had been orchestrated, he defeats Gene and obtains the funds for Army's Heaven, which was a precursor to Big Boss's Outer Heaven.Gene: So...
As it is the precursor for dopamine it is rarely associated with these disorders.
Billions of kilograms are produced annually, mainly as a precursor to nylon.
Chris believed this a precursor to divorce, but it turned out to be a short-lived separation.
Depending on the context, minimalism might be construed as a precursor to the postmodern movement.
Despite the fact that Rifamycin B is a mild antibacterial compound, it is known to be the precursor of various other clinically utilized potent derivatives.
During this time he became rector of the Irish Seminary, the precursor of the present Irish College.
Factor IX is produced as a zymogen, an inactive precursor.
From 1871 he was the first Agent-General for the colony in London, the precursor to the High Commissioner.
Further readings prior to 2012 are referring to the legacy FreeNAS .07 precursor branch.
Grosman published his precursor to the screenplay, the short story "The Trap" ("Past"), in Czech in 1962.
He developed the portable pixmap file format and pbmplus (the precursor to the Netpbm package) to manipulate it.
He will find it as sure a precursor of his fate as Openshaw did before him."
In 1970 the college became part of Bristol Polytechnic, the precursor of the University.
In some cases, purified cyclohexanol, obtained by hydration of cyclohexene, is the precursor.
In this aspect, this new form of gabber obviously cannot be considered less powerful than its precursor.
It is a precursor to nootkatone, the main contributor to the aroma and flavor of grapefruit.
It is a precursor to the carcinogen "N"-nitrosonornicotine that is produced during the curing and processing of tobacco.
It is also a parasympathomimetic acetylcholine precursor which may have potential for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province.
It is used as a precursor to many other organic compounds, such as aryl ethers.
It is used in chemical synthesis as a precursor to carvone and as a renewably based solvent in cleaning products.
It was filmed in the Canadian Rockies, a precursor to the many Hollywood films that would film in Canada soon after.
miR-92 is part of a large precursor sequence that forms a stem loop once transcribed into RNA.
Northrop also isolated and crystallized pepsinogen (the precursor to pepsin), trypsin, chymotrypsin, and carboxypeptidase.
Rarity, as geology tells us, is the precursor to extinction.
Some drug users frequently utilize 5-HTP, a serotonin precursor often used as an antidepressant, prior to and after ingestion of MDMA.
Some specialized media place him as the precursor of the Art 2.0.
The human miR-34a precursor is transcribed from chromosome 1.
The megalithic culture was the precursor of the fertility cult and the saktism and the vajrayana Buddhism that followed.
The oxidative photocyclization of a stilbene-type precursor is used most often as the key step.
The precursor glass, also made of Na2FeP2O7, was prepared by melt-quenching method.
The precursor to SR 732 between Oxford and Eaton was laid out in March 1811.
The precursor to the rotary snowplow was the wedge snowplow.
The Studium Generale (precursor of the University of Coimbra) was established in Lisbon in 1290, by King Dinis.
The transcriptome can be seen as a precursor for the proteome, that is, the entire set of proteins expressed by a genome.
There is an exact replica of the mir-92 precursor on the X chromosome.
These structures are all the more remarkable because they evolved from nothing — the ancestral terrestrial reptile had no hump on its back or blade on its tail to serve as a precursor."
This colorless liquid is a precursor to pyridine derivatives that have applications in the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries.
This event is interpreted to be a precursor to the break-up of the North Atlantic.
This long precursor sequence is a component of the mir-17-92 cluster which contains 6 additional mir precursor sequences: mir-17, mir-18a, mir-19a, mir-20a and mir19b-1.
This meeting was a precursor of the process that superseded Contadora in early 1987.
Weyer's approach has been considered a precursor to modern psychiatric methods.
While gliding may be a precursor to some forms of powered flight, gliding has some ecological advantages of its own.
Zingle figured into a winning breakaway at the Brabantse Pijl, the precursor to the Ardennes classics.
More Vocab Words::: poise - good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position
::: viable - capable of maintaining life; feasible; practical or workable; Ex. viable scheme
::: synthesis - combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize
::: bogus - counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview
::: verdigris - green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather
::: humane - marked by kindness or consideration; kind and compassionate; humanitarian
::: disdain - treat with scorn or contempt
::: deducible - derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning
::: parochial - narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes
::: partiality - state of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference


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WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross sophomore guard R.J. Evans (Salem, Conn.) has been named the Patriot League / Anaconda Player of the Week, for competition from Dec. 21-27. This marks the first time Evans has been named the Patriot League Player of the Week during his collegiate career. He also becomes the first Holy Cross player to receive the honor this season.
In the Crusaders' only game last week, a narrow 82-79 loss to Sacred Heart, Evans led the team in scoring with 20 points, hitting eight of 15 shots from the field and four of seven attempts at the free throw line. He also posted five rebounds, one assist and one blocked shot in 31 minutes of action. Evans has now scored at least 20 points in two straight games, and has reached the 20-point mark five times in his collegiate career.
Overall this year, Evans has averaged a team-best 14.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Over the course of his collegiate career, he has totaled 584 points, 226 rebounds, 79 assists and 59 steals.
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Restoring Social Outcasts to Community
Dr. Matt Rindge, assistant professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University and a Compassion Child Advocate, spoke at our National Advocates Conference in October. In his message, he shared two observations about Jesus' ministry.
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Jesus' healings restored outcasts to community by removing the obstacle that…
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Results of the New Boston Board of Education Meeting
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Approved bills paid, investment report, financial report and bank reconciliation for April 2013.
Employed supplemental contracts.
Accepted the resignation of Samantha Hamilton as Asst. Treasurer.
Adopted revised 5 year forecast.
Adopted policy JP-Positive Behavior Interventions and Support.
Approved FY14 cooperative contracts with SCOESD.
Recognized Andrew Ralstin as a volunteer with Jr. High Quiz bowl for 2013 – 2014.
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Record Store Day rocks area music retailers April 18Written by Joel Sensenig | Managing Editor | email@example.com
Those who only listen to music after clicking "download" may be surprised to know there is an actual thing known as Record Store Day (RSD).
They may be surprised to know there are record stores.
RSD, marking its ninth year April 18, is a celebration of the physical musical experience. Hundreds of albums and special music projects are sold exclusively at independent music stores on the day, which is meant to draw attention to the pleasures of shopping for and buying music that can be held in one's hands.
"Record Store Day has brought to the forefront the place of the record store in the community," said Pat O'Connor, owner of Culture Clash Records, 4020 Secor Road. "It's turned people on to how much fun music is. It's really highlighted the configuration of the album and brought a collectability essence to it. But basically it's really just used today to market how fun music is again."
O'Connor is as familiar with the state of the independent record store as anyone. He owned Boogie Records in Westgate Village Shopping Center from 1973 until Feb. 29, 2004. Less than six months later, he opened Culture Clash.
His store is stocking over 300 of the official 400 RSD titles, including 50 copies of the Canadian band 24 Gone's 1991 album "The Spin," which is being released by Culture Clash Records. It's the store's second vinyl release, behind last year's "Breaking Glass: Garage Rock from Toledo Ohio." Avid listeners of 89X (88.7 FM radio station out of Windsor, Ontario) during the mid-1990s will likely recognize the album's song "Girl of Colours." The album has never been released in the U.S. nor on vinyl anywhere. It will retail on RSD for $19.99. The Toledo store is selling 50 of the 500 copies made in a one-time pressing of the album.
"I'm really, really pleased with the way it came out: beautiful package, nice blue vinyl," O'Connor said. "[24 Gone] had a real impact on this area in the mid-'90s because 89X — who was just a force during those 'alternative' years — jumped on them, but it was never available in the States. … People around this area were so obsessed with it, they would even have nights where 89X would just play the record straight so people could record it on cassette."
24 Gone guitarist/songwriter Zeljko Karlica said the band was surprised to hear a record store in Toledo wanted to release the album on vinyl more than two decades after its original release.
"We were very flattered by the interest in our music," he told Toledo Free Press in an email. "We honestly had no idea the extent of the popularity of 'The Spin.' We were so pleased when Pat O'Connor asked us if we would be interested in releasing this limited-edition vinyl, as originally it was to be released on vinyl but then CDs happened and we went with the new format. … It has even prompted us to get together again and possibly do some live performances in your area."
While Karlica has seen the physical product, he has yet to listen to it.
There's a good reason for that.
"I have seen the album and I think it's beautiful," he said. "Though I need to get a turntable to listen to it. I should have learned by now that what's old is new."
Laura Fredericks, manager of Finders Records, 128 N. Main St., Bowling Green, said last year's RSD was the store's largest sales day since it opened in 1971.
"[RSD] continues to give people a reason to go to a store like ours, a physical store, to have the opportunity to browse records, interact with people and not just be a click on your computer or your phone. You get the whole experience — you get to find 10 other things when you went to look for one. … It keeps that need to have a physical experience, just like holding a record."
In many ways, RSD is a celebration of the vinyl resurgence; most of the releases are records, with only a few CD releases. Metallica is releasing the demo "No Life 'Til Leather" on cassette.
The increased appreciation of vinyl isn't a trend O'Connor would have predicted years ago. He's not complaining.
"It's just a great way to listen to music," he said from behind the counter of his store, the 24 Gone album spinning on the turntable behind him. "When you put on a record, you're basically devoting yourself to listening to that record, so it becomes the activity and not just background. There's just so much interest in the cover, the cover art, the words."
The vinyl resurgence has caused Finders to reconfigure its three-room store. It recently dedicated more space in its north room to vinyl, which Fredericks said accounts for about 40 percent of total music sales — a number that is trending upward.
Friendly Beaver Records opened in late 2013 at 136 Main St. on Toledo's East Side.
"We find that our clientele range from early high school age all the way up to grandparents looking for that certain song that they just can't find anywhere," owner Broc Curry said. "With the increase in vinyl sales, people look at music as more of an experience. You have to take the time to buy the record then go home and put it on the turntable and maybe enjoy a cup of coffee and really absorb the music. It really is a great time to be an independent record store and RSD helps tremendously."
Curry said the store's first 25 customers will receive free Friendly Beaver T-shirts (which will sell for $5 the rest of the day).
"Supporting RSD also means you are supporting local business, so make sure you check out all of the fine record stores that [the Toledo area] has to offer," Curry said.
Also participating in RSD are the Allied Record Exchange stores located at 3550 Executive Parkway, 1710 S. Reynolds Road and 1734 W. Laskey Road.
"Nostalgic and nearly abandoned media is not new to us," said Robin Schultes, sales associate and public relations representative for Allied's Reynolds Road location, which has sold records, cassettes, reel-to-reels and 8-tracks since opening in 1998.
"Needless to say, Record Store Day is a day of excitement for the new, curious and veteran collectors," Schultes said.
The Allied stores will feature hundreds of RSD-exclusive releases, 25 percent off all used records and buy-one-get-one-free deals on all $0.25 and $1 LPs.
RamaLama Records, 3151 W. Central Ave., is not participating in official RSD sales but will offer 10 percent off all new items and 20 percent off all used items, as well a whole wall of "deep discounts," according to owner Rob Kimple.
As it often does, Culture Clash will host an in-store performance on RSD by a new Athens, Ohio, band, Sweet Lil, who just released a four-song EP. The band will make its Toledo debut at approximately 4:30 p.m.
RSD titles are available April 18 on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, including a full list of RSD releases, visit recordstoreday.com or visit the stores' websites or Facebook pages.
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Police Notes, May 17, 2013
911 Calls
Rutherford County Sheriff's Department was dispatched to 143 calls on Wednesday; Forest City police had 81 calls; Rutherfordton police was dispatched to 22 calls; Spindale had 32 calls; Lake Lure had 8 calls; Rutherford County EMS responded to 57 calls and Rescue had 35 calls.
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Bostic Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident; Lake Lure firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident; Rutherfordton Fire Department was called to three separate incidents including an industrial fire alarm, residential fire alarm and grass fire.
Jeffrey Michael Burgess, 35, Fairfax Drive in Ellenboro, was charged with three counts felony probation violation and five counts failure to appear on felony probation violation; $30,000 bond.
Billie Jo Carl, 40, Ashley Meadows in Columbus, was charged with failure to appear on possession of marijuana; $500 bond.
Ronnie Lee Crotts, 55, South Battleground Avenue in Kings Mountain, was charged with driving while impaired and resisting a public officer; $2,000 bond.
James Eugene Curtis, 36, Robinson Creek Road in Bostic, was charged with failure to appear on trafficking in methamphetamine and failure to appear on possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver; $60,000 bond.
Gerry Charles Kirby, 46, Trailwood Drive in Forest City, was charged with felony probation violation; $10,000 bond.
Richard Lee Martin, 35, Mount Pleasant Church Road in Mount Pleasant, was charged with assault on a female; 48-hour hold.
Taylor Dale Melton, 18, Stoney Brook Drive in Forest City, was charged with misdemeanor probation violation; $10,000 bond.
Keoshia Rashaudda Rudisill, 17, Hamilton Street in Forest City, was charged with possession of marijuana; $5,000 unsecured bond.
Steven Chad Womick, 27, Ellenboro Henrietta Road in Ellenboro, was charged with second degree trespassing; $1,000 unsecured bond.