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February 26, 2006
Battlestar Galactica 218 - Downloaded
The fabled Cylon point of view episode. Cylons, lots of Cylons. Oh yes.
There had been a lot of hype about this episode, and I'm pleased to say it lived up to it. Following "Caprica 6" and "Sharon" as they were reborn on Caprica was an amazing idea.
There were so many great things about this episode:
- Lucy Lawless's Number 3. We thought Number 6 was mean, she's nothing on 3 who is nasty nasty (if you're human anyway). Lawless was superb in the episode.
- Baltar haunting "Caprica Six" in a reciprocal version of Six haunting Baltar. Superb. Baltar and Six together like this were amazing, shedding new light on the cylon's.
- The resistance figuring out that the cylon's were just reborn after death but doing it anyway, to try and annoy them!
- The rebirth scenes, showing that being reborn is no trivial matter.
- The rebuilding of Caprica to make it nice for the human style Cylons, and using the toasters as grunt labour to put up trees and do building work.
- The multiple's of cylons all in one scene. Nice FX work.
- The cylon's recognising individuals, the "Heroes of the Cylon", despite them having the same bodies. And then Number 3 taking a disliking to the individuality.
- Caprica Six and Sharon deciding to rebel (although how we don't know).
Amidst all this the human/cylon baby being born and hidden seemed like a mere distraction. The hidden baby is obviously setting up a long term plot though, you can bet we'll hear more of it.
I loved this episode because of the cylons, because it wasn't just a human drama transported to a spaceship (which I'm tiring of), because it seemed to advance the major plot arc of the cylon/human relationship and because, probably most of all, it was more Science Fiction than recent episodes.
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Cylons not Cylon's.
In English, you don't use apostrophes for plurals.
Oh yeah, I agree with everything you said about the episode. The great thing about the series is they illustrate very clearly that wars are complicated. There are always way more than 2 sides and those involved always forget that.
Thanks for noticing my typos, notice that I'm not even consistent ;-) Sometimes my fingers type different things to what my brain tells them to.


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Apr 01, 2015 — Apr 19, 2015
SPRING PRACTICE PERIOD: Touching Earth and Sky
Instructors: Joshin Brian Byrnes * John D. Dunne, PhD
This Practice Period gives us the rare opportunity to drop into the deep questions related to time, life, death, rebirth, nonduality, and no birth no death.
Practice Period (Ango or "peaceful dwelling") is a traditional intensive training period common to many schools of Buddhism. Ango traces its history to the time of Shakyamuni Buddha and the early sangha. Each year, the community would gather together enabling everyone to deepen their practice and polish their understanding through the indispensable teachings of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. During a Practice Period, Upaya residents intensify their daily practice by sitting Zazen more frequently, studying in classes, training in the temple, having private interviews with the teachers, engaging in council practice and weekly Zazenkais, and sitting a Sesshin (6 Full Days of intensive meditation retreat) at the end of Practice Period. Guests will participate daily in Samu (work practice), physical practice (yoga or walking outdoors) and periods of rest. Mondays will be a rest day from 11 am to 5:30 pm. During the practice period, all practitioners will remain on campus. On rest days guests and residents will be offered a bag lunch. This practice period gives one an opportunity to experience space and silence. On Wednesday, 4/1, there will be our weekly/open to the public Dharma Talk at 5:30 pm, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and an orientation to the Practice Period. On Thursday and Friday, guests will follow the resident schedule.
When you register for this Spring Practice Period, you will be participating in these following retreats:
4/3 - 4/5: GIVING LIFE TO LIFE: A Spring Retreat Joshin Brian Byrnes
4/10 - 4/12: COMPASSION IS EMPTINESS, EMPTINESS IS COMPASSION: The Nondual Perspective with John D. Dunne
4/14 - 4/19: SESSHIN: Timeless Spring with Joshin Brian Byrnes
Click here to complete the on-line Sesshin questionnaire. Additionally, click here for a downloadable PDF of Guidelines of Conduct for a Practice Period/Sesshin. At the end of the Sesshin questionnaire, you will be asked to affirm that you have read the Guidelines. Thank you.
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Novice Priest & Vice Abbot Joshin Brian Byrnes
Brian Joshin Byrnes serves as Upaya's Vice Abbot and President. He came to Upaya in 2009 from the San Francisco Bay Area. He was ordained as a novice priest by Roshi Joan in 2012 and became a Dharma Holder in 2014. Before coming to Upaya, Joshin served as President and CEO of the Santa Fe Community Foundation, and worked for most of his career to now in the AIDS epidemic and leading a variety social change and community philanthropy organizations. Joshin's early spiritual formation was influenced by his time in the Dominican Order where he studied theology and was inspired by the work of many social justice advocates to seek a life of contemplative action in the world. While no longer a Catholic, he remains deeply committed to socially engaged Buddhism, especially issues around social change philanthropy, economic justice, gender equity, and child welfare. He is actively involved in the Zen Peacemaker Order with Roshi Joan and Bernie Glassman Roshi, and volunteers weekly at the local homeless shelter, in addition to his responsibilities at Upaya. Besides overseeing Upaya's administration and the resident and chaplaincy programs, Joshinteaches regularly at Upaya, leading practice periods, retreats, and sesshins, as well as regularly offering dharma talks, which can be heard here. You can reach Joshin at firstname.lastname@example.com credit: Adam Tebbe
John D. Dunne, PhD
Dr. Dunne is an associate professor in the Department of Religion at Emory University, where he is Co-Director of the Encyclopedia of Contemplative Practices and the Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies. He was educated at the Amherst College and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. from the Committee on the Study of Religion in 1999. Before joining Emory's faculty in 2005, he taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and held a research position at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Support from the American Institute of Indian Studies sustained two years of his doctoral research at the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India. His work focuses on various aspects of Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice. In Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy (2004), he examines the most prominent Buddhist theories of perception, language, inference and justification. His current research includes an inquiry into the notion of "mindfulness" in both classical Buddhist and contemporary contexts, and he is also engaged in a study of Candrakirti's "Prasannapada", a major Buddhist philosophical work on the metaphysics of "emptiness" and "selflessness." His recently published work includes an essay on neuroscience and meditation co-authored with Richard J. Davidson and Antoine Lutz. He frequently serves as a translator for Tibetan scholars, and as a consultant, he appears on the roster of several ongoing scientific studies of Buddhist contemplative practices.
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2012-13 Strategic Planning Awards
The annual Chancellor's Strategic Planning Awards at UNO are designed to recognize units, both academic and non-academic, and cross-disciplinary initiatives that exemplify a commitment to furthering UNO's strategic goals - a focus on helping UNO's diverse student body reach their potential, a commitment to academic excellence, and an active engagement with the community and region. The awards have been presented by the Chancellor since 2004.
2013 Awardees
Student Focus Category
Academic Advisors Steering Committee
The Academic Advising Steering Committee (AASC) was created in 2009 to "develop a coordinated, distributed model for academic advising" at UNO. Over the past four years, the committee, in conjunction with the Academic Advising Council, has worked to improve the undergraduate advising experience at UNO.
Advising is much more than just selecting classes for a given semester, it is central to a student's academic success. With a new enrollment management plan and a goal of 20,000 students enrolled by 2020, the committee continues to discuss not just what can be done, but what should be done to move our campus from good to great in the area of academic advising.
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Executive MBA Program
UNO's Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA) program is one of the flagship programs in the College of Business Administration. The EMBA consists of an 18-month, rigorous training plan that culminates in a capstone project where students work to take real clients' products to an overseas market. This international approach to business is just one of the areas that makes UNO's EMBA unique and highly sought after by students in the region.
The EMBA's commitment to community education is matched only by the community's commitment to the program. In recent years, graduates of the program have formed an active alumni association that helps students keep their skills up to date and provide insight into the program for future students. Additionally, executive education of regional business leaders has been a major part of the EMBA program, drawing in managers from Union Pacific, Performance Auto and ConAgra, to name a few, for regular educational sessions to maintain the most up-to-date skills in their fields.
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P-16 Initiative Service Learning Academy
The P-16 Initiative, as part of UNO's Service Learning Academy, brings together students and educators from UNO with other students and educators from area school districts as well as community leaders to develop collaborative academic service-learning experiences. Through week-long seminars, members are trained in quality service-learning pedagogy in order to create partnerships that bring classroom learning into the community in order to ask critical questions and identify solutions to key issues and problems.
Over the past three years, nearly 200 faculty members from UNO and area school districts have been trained in service learning and over 7100 students have served and learned together as a result. As part of these P-16 service learning experiences, preschool through high school students work together with UNO students on campus, in the classroom and in the community addressing issues such as bullying, hunger, access to information, elder care and much more. The P-16 Initiative also works closely with Building Bright Futures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and civic engagement ensuring that all students are ready for post-secondary education.
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Academic Excellence: Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analyses
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Medicare Part D's open-enrollment session — Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 — is earlier this year, and SHIP director Sandy Leith said she worries that some of the 1 million Illinois seniors with Part D plans aren't aware and will miss the deadline to make changes in their coverage.
Harold Spain learned recently that he qualifies for a state program enabling him to afford a Medicare Part D plan and the expensive drugs for high blood pressure and diabetes that he had skimped on or did without.
"It's kind of a relief," said Spain, 67, a Springfield resident who received free counseling on Part D plans and related prescription-drug assistance thanks to the Illinois Department of Insurance's Senior Health Insurance Program.
A SHIP counselor said the federally funded program can be a godsend to senior citizens who need to evaluate the changes that can occur annually in Part D plans — changes they can learn about online.
But not all seniors are comfortable with navigating Medicare's website: www.medicare.gov.
"Most of them aren't computer-savvy at that generation," said Teri Johnson, a benefits specialist at Springfield's Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland who provides counseling to SHIP clients. "It's a lot of confusion for them."
Lots of choices
Medicare Part D's open-enrollment session — Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 — is earlier this year, and SHIP director Sandy Leith said she worries that some of the 1 million Illinois seniors with Part D plans aren't aware and will miss the deadline to make changes in their coverage.
"The surprise is going to happen Dec. 8," Leith said.
Appointments for SHIP counseling sessions Thursday and Dec. 5 at different locations in Springfield can be made by calling the Springfield Senior Center at 787-9234. Free counseling on Medicare Part D plans is available by phone by calling SHIP at (800) 548-9034.
A total of 1,041 prescription drug plans will be offered nationwide this year for 2012, a drop of 6 percent from the 1,109 plans in 2011, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Each Medicare beneficiary, on average, will have a choice of 31 stand-alone plans, Kaiser officials said.
Average premiums nationwide are expected to increase by 4 percent from 2011 to 2012. Kaiser said that's the lowest projected increase since the program began in 2006.
Who knew?
Spain, a part-time deliveryman who previously drove a shuttle bus for a temporary employment agency, said he couldn't afford health insurance for several years before he reached 65 and qualified for Medicare.
Spain didn't sign up for a Part D plan immediately, though. He said he has no pension and survives only on his part-time wages and Social Security. He said he couldn't afford Part D premiums.
He wasn't aware until recently that Illinois has its own program to help low-income seniors afford Part D premiums and other out-of-pocket costs such as co-payments. He said he realized the full benefit of that program, Illinois Cares Rx, only after attending a SHIP counseling session last month with his daughter, Missy Clark.
Page 2 of 3 - Spain said Johnson went online during the Oct. 28 session and helped him sign up for a Part D plan. Thanks to Illinois Cares Rx, the plan will cost him nothing out-of-pocket in monthly premiums and requires co-payments of only about $5 or $10.
"Who knew that all this assistance was out there?" said Clark, 42, an accountant for the state. "Medicare is complicated."
Spain said Johnson made the signup process easy and understandable.
"She's knowledgeable about everything," Spain said. "All I had to do was basically just sign."
He said his new Part D benefits should be finalized in a few days so he can obtain two medicines that he had been avoiding because they cost $120 and more than $200 a month, respectively.
"I feel pretty good now," he said.
Time well spent
This year was the first time Chatham residents Bill Hortberg, 72, and his wife, Barbara, 70, had received counseling for their Part D coverage.
After the session, Bill, a retired salesman, decided to stick with his current plan, but he learned that it made economic sense for his wife to switch. As a result, the couple will save $700 a year in out-of-pocket costs, he said.
Hortberg said the time he and his wife spent with the SHIP counselor was "extremely worthwhile."
Dean Olsen can be reached at 788-1543.
Medicare Part D resources
- Beneficiaries can call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) 24 hours a day/seven days a week.
- Illinois' Senior Health Insurance Program: (800) 548-9034 or http://insurance.Illinois.gov/SHIP.
- A video explaining the Part D enrollment process: http://blog.medicare.gov/2011/11/01/medicare-open-enrollment-looking-at-costs/
- Medicare's main website: www.medicare.gov
- Compare and contrast Medicare plans: www.aarphealthcare.com
- Analysis of Medicare prescription drug plans and trends from the Kaiser Family Foundation: http://tinyurl.com/medicareanalysis
Q&A about Medicare Part D
The State Journal-Register posed several questions on this year's Medicare Part D enrollment period to Elizabeth Surgener, a spokeswoman for the Chicago regional office of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Here are the questions and a shortened version of her answers:
Q: What are the major changes in the Part D program this year?
A: Open enrollment is a time to make changes with Part D and Medicare Advantage. Health needs change from year to year. And health or drug plans may change their benefits and costs each year as well. That's why it's important for beneficiaries to evaluate their Medicare choices every year, and open enrollment is the one time of year when all people with Medicare can see the new benefits Medicare has to offer and make changes to their coverage.
Page 3 of 3 - Benefits under Medicare are stronger than ever. Preventive benefits — including cancer screenings — are available with no cost to patients. The new Annual Wellness Visit allows Medicare beneficiaries to sit down with their doctor each year and take the time they need to discuss their health and the best ways to stay health.
Q: Can you provide some details about Part D plans in Illinois?
A: In Illinois, 33 Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) are available. $15.10 is the lowest monthly premium for a prescription drug plan. Ninety-five percent of people in Illinois with Part D have access to a plan with a lower premium than what they paid in 2011.
Over 51,841 people in Illinois have saved a total of $27,649,180 through July of this year when they hit the prescription-drug "doughnut hole." This is the result of 50 percent discounts on brand-name drugs for people with high drug costs who reach the doughnut hole.
Q: Please explain the new star ratings.
A: The five-star rating system is used by CMS to monitor plans to ensure that they meet Medicare's quality standards. The ratings provide Medicare beneficiaries with a tool to compare the quality of care and customer service that Medicare health and drug plans offer. In addition, a "low-performer" icon is to be placed next to the names of plans that have received less than three stars for three years in a row.
Q: How is the Affordable Care Act affecting the program this year, and why is the signup period earlier this year?
A: Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the Medicare open-enrollment period has been expanded to seven weeks. This will give seniors and people with disabilities more time to compare and find the best plan that meets their unique needs. This change also ensures Medicare has enough time to process changes so coverage can begin without interruption Jan. 1.
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This op-ed by Dr. Jill Biden was first published in The Hill Over the past few years, I have been blessed with the opportunity to spend time with our veterans, troops and military families. With every visit, I come away inspired. They are military spouses, who balance work, family and school — all while dealing with the emotions of a deployment. They are military children, who move from school to school while picking up extra chores while their dad or mom is away serving our country. They are survivors of our fallen, who are pillars of strength for their communities. And of course, they are our troops, veterans and wounded warriors, who have dedicated their lives to defending America. This Memorial Day, we must remember that these heroes are found in every corner of our country, from big cities to rural areas, from base communities to small towns. But no matter where they are assigned or what their duties are, when our service members are called to serve, so too are their families. That's why one year ago, first lady Michelle Obama and I launched Joining Forces , an initiative to bring Americans together to recognize, honor and serve our nation's veterans and military families. Joining Forces focuses on three key areas — employment, education and wellness — while raising awareness about the service, sacrifice and needs of our troops, veterans and their families. When we first started thinking about this concept, we were pretty confident that Americans would answer the call. But the response we've seen in our first year has been simply overwhelming. read more
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Keyword: (PSports) 8/17/05, Little Silver - RBC's Frank Edgerly talks with quarterback Ryan Kalish during practice.
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Frank Edgerly's dreams are coming to fruition.
Edgerly said on Tuesday he has resigned as Red Bank Catholic's High School football coach and accepted a position as a pro personnel scout for the New England Patriots. He said he has signed a three-year contract.
"For me, this was a dream come true," said Edgerly, who was the coach at his scholastic alma mater for the last 10 seasons. "Anyone that knows me knows I've been banging on this door for longer than I care to admit. The NFL has always been my passion." ...


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The deep, vibrating chants of fin whales are love ballads sung by males to woo whale señoritas, a new study finds. The researchers think that these sleek and speedy whales beckon females from hundreds of kilometers away to lure them to food-rich breeding grounds.
Unlike other whale species such as humpbacks or gray whales, fin whales carry on a loner's life. Marine biologists always wondered how these mammals found mates. Using underwater microphones, they recorded fin whale sounds from afar, but the whales themselves were never seen. Although researchers suspected that the animals used their calls to stay in touch over long distances, the exact purpose of the sounds remained mysterious.
To track the whales behind the song, marine biologist Donald Croll of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his colleagues rigged their research vessel with a 120-meter-long wire that they towed through waters in the Gulf of California, off the Mexican coast. Afixed to the wire were 16 underwater microphones. When they recorded a fin whale singing, the researchers approached and waited for the animal to surface; when it did, they snagged a patch of its skin with a small arrow and later used genetic analysis to determine the animal's sex. The group also collected skin from silent whales they saw. To their surprise, Croll's team found that not a single vocalist was female, although both males and females were present in the surveyed area. The researchers theorize that the males use their vocals to tell females where to find breeding grounds rich in krill, the shrimplike crustaceans serving as their main food source.
The theory makes good sense to whale biologist Phil Clapham from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He also believes that it underscores calls from marine biologists to explore how sonar produced by military and commercial ships could garble low-frequency signals sent by sea mammals.
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I started this site because so many of the frugal food sites I love are just jam-packed with recipes that are decidedly un-kosher. And lots of other frugal living sites are extremely religious, and not in a Jewish way. And that just wasn't working for me. I hope that I can share some ways to be frugal AND kosher. And share some of my thoughts about our life since making Aliyah. Oh, and if you share my recipes, menus, musings, etc, please link back to this blog. Thank you.
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Israeli Grocery Bills are on the Rise
Apparently, suppliers think that they can get more money from the Israeli consumer, once again.
It's really very sad to think of all the exploitation that goes on. It shouldn't cost a fortune to feed a family!
Globes does report, however, that much of the rise in prices is due to the fact that Israeli shoppers are VERY brand-loyal. People, it is time to lose your loyalty to brands! It's one of the first facts of bargain hunting! Buy the cheapest one you can find, not the one you think is your favorite brand. For most products, there really won't be a noticeable difference. Or just make it from scratch! It will taste better and it will be healthier and usually, a lot less expensive...
I for one, will continue focusing on produce. Fresh produce, lentils, beans, rice... those form the basis of our diet. Of course we buy chicken for Shabbat, but we don't buy a lot, and we try really hard not to waste it. We only buy a certain amount of cheese and yogurt each week, and we figure it out. I probably buy more than a smaller family does, that would make sense, wouldn't it? But I have heard that Israeli families overbuy, especially when they are hosting guests... So let's all figure out ways to cut back without feeling like we are. Less food waste. Less brand loyalty. More fresh, in-season fruits and vegetables. What do you think?
How are you going to adjust to higher costs? I'd love to hear your ideas!
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I always used to overcook, especially when we have guests. I would finish cooking and then.. just make one more thing. Then I read the book "What is the What" by Dave Eggars about a boy in Africa - and I understood how much we take food for granted and waste so much, so I cut down and make less. Also, much better about making sure leftovers get eaten at the beginning of the week.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Big South Track & Field Posts Top Finishes on Friday
Wood Holds Second in IC4A Decathlon After Day One
PRINCETON, N.J. - VMI's Antonio Wood, on the strength of two top marks and a 400-meter personal best, ranks second in the decathlon after day one at the IC4A/ECAC Championships, which began Friday in Princeton, N.J.
Wood, the runner-up in the Big South decathlon last month, began his day by recording the second-best time (11.33) in the 100-meter dash. He then had the top mark in the long jump, a 6.94 meter (22'9 ¼") effort, and recovered from a disappointing shot put to take top marks in the high jump at 1.98 meters (6'6"). He then capped his day with a 50.91 400-meter dash, a personal best effort that gave him a total of 3,662 points.
Wood trails leader Felix Siljeback-Larsen of Manhattan by 21 markers heading into day two, but those two have nearly a 100-point cushion over third place, Ben Waruch of Connecticut.
The decathletes, as well as the rest of the IC4A/ECAC competitors, will return to action Saturday at 9 a.m.
Veatch, Dooms Compete on First Day of Georgia Tech Invitational
ATLANTA, Ga. - Radford's Aimee Veatch (Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring) and Allen Dooms (Charlottesville, Va./Charlottesville) each posted high finishes in the hammer throw and 100m, respectively, on the first day of the Georgia Tech Invitational on Friday.
Veatch, previously ranked 67th in the NCAA East Region rankings, moved up three spots to 63rd with a season-best 54.00m / 177-02 hammer throw. Her mark was good third place.
Dooms posted a 10.62 in the men's 100m dash to grab 10th collegiately in the prelims. Dooms' time was the fifth fastest time in program history.
The second and final day of the event and will feature Brett Olinger (Timberville, Va./Broadway) in the 400m hurdles at 2 p.m.
MacDonald Places 3rd in IC4A Steeplechase
PRINCETON, N.J. - Four different Liberty athletes scored points during Friday's action at the IC4A and ECAC Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, and all four were freshmen and sophomores. Leading the way for the Flames at Weaver Track & Field Stadium was sophomore Josh MacDonald, who came in third in the IC4A steeplechase final.
MacDonald's effort, coupled with Caleb Edmonds' seventh-place finish in the 5K, gave the Flames eight team points through Friday's trio of IC4A event finals. That has Liberty in a tie for sixth place with Dartmouth and MIT. Leading the IC4A standings is defending champion Duke, with 21 points.
On the women's side, freshmen Jennifer Nicholson and Mychelle Cumings combined for five points in the ECAC discus final. As a result, the Lady Flames share ninth place in the team standings with Albany, Connecticut, Maryland and Monmouth. Duke also leads the way in the ECAC race, tallying 31 points through four events.
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MacDonald led for a good portion of the IC4A steeplechase final and was still in contention for the victory entering the final straightaway. He ended up third at the finish line, after clocking the second-fastest time of his career, 8:57.34.
Senior Pedro Carela also competed in the steeplechase Friday evening, placing 21st in a time of 9:20.65 in his IC4A debut.
Edmonds, a redshirt freshman, improved his personal-best 5K time by two seconds on a cool New Jersey evening. His official time of 14:19.09 earned seventh place and also achieved a few family bragging rights. Edmonds' clocking enabled him to leapfrog older brother Josh Edmonds for fifth place on Liberty's all-time outdoor men's 5K performance list.
Edmonds was joined in the 5K by David Ricksecker, who placed 18th in a 14:30.04 effort.
Running his first 10K since winning the Big South title in the event, sophomore Ngetich Kipchirchir sliced 32 seconds off of his previous best time. He stopped the clock in 30:27.90 for ninth place in both the race and on Liberty's all-time 10K list.
Big South decathlon champion Jacob DeValve sits in fifth place through Friday's five events, with a score of 3,467. His top discipline on the day was the shot put, where the redshirt sophomore's mark of 48-2.75 was more than five feet longer than his nearest competitor.
Women's ECAC Recap
Prior to this season, only one women's discus thrower in program history (Janet Rorer) had ever reached the 150-foot mark. Friday evening, two Lady Flame freshmen did so in the same competition.
Nicholson led the way with a third throw that reached a season-best 150-3. That mark held up for sixth place in the event and puts Nicholson in the No. 3 spot all-time at Liberty.
Classmate Cumings followed closely at 150-1, taking seventh place in the competition.
Junior Khristina Kanagy wrapped up her successful year with a 16th-place showing in the women's 10K final. Her time was 37:01.08.
Christina Mitchell will have to play a bit of catch up if she hopes to repeat as ECAC heptathlon champion on Saturday. She ranks seventh through Friday's quartet of disciplines, with 2,724 points. Like DeValve in the decathlon, Mitchell won the heptathlon shot put. Her best throw of 38-2 landed a foot past any other heptathlete.
DeValve and Mitchell will be the first two Liberty athletes in action on a full Saturday of competition. DeValve will run the decathlon 110-meter hurdles at 9 a.m., the same time that Mitchell will begin the heptathlon long jump. Running events will commence at 10:30 a.m., with the ECAC 4 x 100 relay preliminaries.
Houston Advances at GT Invite
ATLANTA, Ga. - Select members of the CSU women's track & field team traveled to Atlanta on Friday to take part in the Georgia Tech Invitational as part of a tune up before next week's NCAA Regionals meet.
Gabrielle Houston finished third in the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash, qualifying for the final heat in a time of 11.49. Brittney Greer was 31st overall, taking second in her heat by crossing the finish line in 12.20.
In the throws, Joshlyn Noga, who had previously qualified for the Junior National meet to be held in Bloomington, Ind., took second in the shot put with a throw of 13.73 meters.
Mulern Jean ran a 14.32 to just miss qualifying for the finals in the 100-meter hurdles, taking eighth in her heat. Teammate Jasmine King took second in her heat with a 14.57.
Results for the long jump (Sequoya Casey) and 3,000-meter steeple chase (Adrienne Cuff) were incomplete as of late Friday night.
Young Earns Finals Bids at Georgia Tech Invite
ATLANTA, Ga. - In their final meet before the 2012 NCAA East Regionals, the CSU men's track & field team had another solid outing as they competed in the Georgia Tech Invitational, hosted by the Rambling Wreck on Friday in Atlanta.
Javon Young took fourth in the 100-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 10.34. Rozzie Johnson finished a spot out of qualifying for finals, taking ninth in the event in a time of 10.54.
Results for the long jump, which both Braxton Drummond and Lavon Allen competed in, were incomplete as of late Friday night.
The Buccaneers will be back in action at the meet tomorrow, competing in the 200-meter dash, 100-meter dash finals and 4x100 meter relay among other events. Results can be found here.
Willis Wins 5K at Roanoke
ROANOKE, Va. - Cabell Willis won the 5,000-meter run Thursday, competing as the lone Keydet in action at the Roanoke/Virginia Tech Twilight meet, contested in Roanoke, Va.
Willis captured his first overall title of the season with a 15:04.62 clocking, some seven seconds quicker than his closest competitor, Ryan Kuhns of Virginia Tech. Kuhns had timed in at 14:37 in early April, but Willis was able to easily best the Hokie freshman en route to the victory.
VMI track and field will return to action Friday, beginning competition at the IC4A/ECAC Championships, held in Princeton, N.J.


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Staying on timeFebruary 6th, 2013 by Gene
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We're going to do this one on time. Come along with us as we figure out how. Atomic clocks, today on Engineering Works!
Time never stops. We've been keeping track of it for a long time, and we've done it a lot of different ways – sundials, dripping water, candles with marks on them, springs and gears and pendulums, quartz crystals and electricity.
All of these timekeepers have one thing in common. They keep track of the interval between one tick and the next. And they all have a problem — the same problem. The intervals they measure aren't always the same. They're probably not that different, but they vary – a little or a lot. If you need to measure time exactly – to navigate a space probe or use a global positioning system – they're not good enough.
This is where special clocks called atomic clocks come in. Instead of pendulums and gears or even quartz crystals, atomic clocks use the vibration between the nucleus and electrons of atoms – usually cesium atoms – to set the interval we use to measure time passing. Even this interval varies a little. But not much. The atomic clock at the Naval Observatory near Washington, D.C., is accurate to within about one second in 20 million years.
If you think this is accurate, clocks based on hydrogen atoms do even better over the short term. But over longer periods of time, cesium is better.
Time's up. We've got to go now.
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How much do you guys hate Eric Mangini
hey im a cowboy fan and my ex roommate is from cleveland and we were talkin about cleveland and a couple years ago they were actually getting turned in the right direction under romeo crennel until he got fired and mangini took over and completely blew up the team
but anyway, i wanted to know how much do guys hate him? is it on par with lebron? it seems that team is still suffering from the personnel decision from the mangini regime
tell me u guys thoughts, i'm sure some fan out there wants to hop on first take and have a some vigilante justice on him LOL
no one hates him
I don't really have any hard feelings for that guy. In fact, I'd welcome him back over Shurmer.
I liked Mangini, he was a pretty good gameday coach. He never had halfway decent talent here and still got the team to play hard and they competed, especially from late 2009 to 2010 until the injuries piled up. The only reason I say we fired him is b/c he didn't fit into Holmgren's plans (since Lerner hired him before Holmgren like a bonehead). The W-L record was just an excuse to fire him, no other coach would've won more games during his stint with the roster he had.
Interesting...I too, like Eric Mangini. I really enjoyed him when Holmgren and Heckert showed up because he opened up a little and had a capable people handling stuff that he was overextending himself on before.
I really like seeing him on ESPN, he's insightful and well spoken, although it rarely happens because I can't stand ESPN...
I have liked both Romeo and Eric. I was against their firing and I wish we had some sort of stability where we can actually give a 5 year plan a go.
Another misconception is the hatred for Braylon Edwards. He's not hated, people were just disappointed with his play. Cleveland is almost full on their hate with Modell and James.
I was never really a fan of his.
Most of the players he had on those Browns teams were basically his hand picked players.
Jets rejects, Robiskie, Massaqoui, everyones favorite pass rusher David Veikune, and more Jets rejects.
It was more adhere to the system or else nonsense imo.
I like Mangini and think he could have turned this team iknto a winner if given more time and able to bring in talent of his choice. The front office always seems to blow things up or mess with things when they should leave them alone.
wow after lookin at all the answers i kinda surprised u guys would prefer still have mangini. i know shurmur looked more than overwhelmed this (especially that thursday night game post game conference) but i thought most of you would have given mangini a lion share of the blame for the fact that the browns have the worst collection of offensive skill players in the league.
You can put me down as a Mangini hater. His trades and draft picks left this team even more devoid of talent than what he started with. Lerner should have never given such an inexperienced HC, control of trades and draft picks. It was a disaster made to order.
I was a strong supporter of Crennel and as I predicted, his firing did zero for this team and we have gone backward ever since.
So far, I'm losing confidence in our current management team as well. Holmgren's failure to obtain St.Louis's 2nd pick in the draft, has left me cold on the Holmgren/Heckery team. He's been in charge for 3 drafts and we are looking at between 2 and 6 wins next season with no future in sight.
In the end, I think the blame rests on Lerner's shoulders, he after all, hires these incompetents time after time.
I find it difficult to say, but I actually agree with IAC that the blame is on Lerner for that. Although, I think it's a mistake that he won't make again and I don't hate him for it like IAC does.
So long story short, I think Mangini is a very good coach but a bad GM.
I do not hate Eric Mangini. In fact I liked his approach as a coach very much. His firing seemed to me very unfair because at that moment I think the team was on the right track. It was just that the record didn't reflect it.
But the real reason, of course, was Holmgren wanting to fill every position with his guys. And his most questionable hire (as of now) is by far Pat Shurmur.
IMO Mangini should have gotten one or two more seasons with the company of a GM like Heckert. GM duties weren's his strongest side. Also he should have admitted a mistake in hiring Brian Daboll as OC...
That said he is a very good football mind and wherever I see him he seems to be a modest guy, too. As a pure HC I think he is very good. I hope he gets a shot somewhere else in the near future.
You can look into the Browns Forum here and see that I wrote quite long posts in favour of Eric Mangini, back when he was not very popular among Cleveland Fans. Can't blame you if you don't ;-)
I never had the feeling Browns fans hated him. He just wasn't HC'ing material in my humble opinion. If he had stuck to washing uniforms maybe he would have become head equipment manager or something though. Rod Woodson hit the nail on the head when he said on NFL Network a couple of years ago that Mangini is not a leader of men. It's like any job, some people have the specialized leadership skills for that particular job, and some don't. Mangini as a HC was not a fit. And his inability to recognize had bad Daboll was as OC, was truly a mark against him.
I will give him credit though for being wise enough to trade down two or three times, and picking up Alex Mack, one of the best centers in the league now.
I'm glad he's not our HC any longer, but still not convinced Shurmur is the answer either.
This will be their 3rd draft, but they've only actually had two so far. They've been smart enough to stockpile draft picks to use this year, and will end up with some quality players. I highly doubt they trade down from #4, so will most likely end up with either our starting RB or CB, and at #22 & #37 will end up with two more starters, one probably being a WR.
I see a bright future for the team, but it may not be until 2013 when it really starts showing in wins.
MH and TH have done an outstanding job when it comes to the draft. Our D-line is much better with Phil Taylor and Jabaal Sheard, and getting Haden the previous year was key as well.
They didn't do much in FA, but they did solidify the other DE end spot opposite Sheard.
Still alot of work to do especially on offense and overall depth, but the process takes time. Fans and the media don't like to hear that, but there's no way around it. The Tony Rizzos of the world need to learn to be patient, or risk having a heart attack from blowing a gasket after every loss, or personnel move the team makes or doesn't make.
I agree with alot of what you post Iamcanadian, but disagree strongly on your MH/TH take.
Most rebuilt franchises take 3 years to assemble, now we are looking at 4 years with zero guarantee we will get our franchise QB in next year's draft. How long are you prepared to give TH/MH to find a franchise QB because until we get one, our beloved Brown's have no future?
Sure, we do need a franchise QB, or at the very least one better than McCoy. I actually like McCoy but more as a backup, and think we need to find a better starter, as most Browns fans do. Now, finding that franchise QB is tricky business, but what the Redskins gave up for RG3 I believe was too much and will hurt their franchise.
You asked how long I'm willing to wait for them to find our QB, and all's I can say is as long as it takes until one's available to us either in the draft, free agency, or even in a trade provided it's for a fair price. It's hard for Browns fans to accept, but good starting QB's are very hard to find. I'm not even convinced RG3 will be as good as many people believe at this point.
I recorded a few of last season's games on DVR and watched 3 or 4 back last month. Two of the games was against Pittsburgh, and McCoy actually looked halfway decent. If we would have had a running game and receivers would have caught more of the catchable passes, we probably would not be picking #4. I can't blame McCoy for that. Not to mention he didn't have good WR's to throw to, and he lost confidence in them.
I'm not saying Colt's going to turn into Montana, but he may end up looking much better than he did last year. A 1st round RB and WR will give Colt the opportunity to look much better at QB. He needs to improve too, not saying he doesn't, but until we can find a better one that doesn't come at too steep a price, I'm ok with starting Colt.
Brad Childress should help the offense as well.
We've been looking for a franchise QB for how long now and whose to say we won't have to wait that many years again. It's a sad thought but unfortunately it is totally realistic. The Washington/Rams trade has set the price for moving up 4 spots and next year we may well win 6 games and be drafting 9th or 10th and have to pay the price to move up say 8 or 9 spots. How much do you think that is going to cost? We will all look back and say in the end, that Washington got a steal by acquiring RG111.
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Romney Offers Vague Rhetoric in 'Major' Foreign Policy Speech
Romney tried desperately - but failed - to differentiate himself from Obama on policy towards the Middle East
Republican nominee for President Mitt Romney gave what was supposed to be a major speech on foreign policy on Monday, arguing that President Obama has not shown "leadership" and that "nowhere is this more evident than in the Middle East. "
But Romney's speech was persistently vague, relying on rhetoric and mostly shying away from specific policy prescriptions. On each issue, he either hinted at the need for more belligerence or argued for precisely the same policies the Obama administration has carried out, while trying to present his identical take as fundamentally different.
"I know the president hopes for a safer, freer, and a more prosperous Middle East allied with the United States," Romney said, in an example of his commitment to keeping the speech as nebulous and unspecific as possible. "I share this hope. But hope is not a strategy."
Romney opened by criticizing the Obama administration for its handling of the attack on the US Consulate building in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans died. He claimed the attack is indicative of al-Qaeda's rise since Obama took office.
Romney didn't mention the fact that Obama's interventionist foreign policy – including imposing regime change in Libya, bombing Yemen and Pakistan with drones on a weekly basis, surging in Afghanistan, and continuing to prop up dictatorships across the region – is what is driving al-Qaeda's growth. Instead, Romney's remedy is a vague prescription of American "power," as if it has been dormant for the last four years.
Romney tried to present Obama as passive and weak towards an evil and aggressive Iran heading towards nuclear weapons, but he failed to express a policy prescription that differed from Obama's.
"I will put the leaders of Iran on notice that the United States and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability," he said. "I will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on Iran, and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. I will restore the permanent presence of aircraft carrier task forces in both the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf region-and work with Israel to increase our military assistance and coordination."
Indeed, President Obama has said and done all of these things. He has vowed to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, he has imposed harsh economic sanctions of unprecedented severity, and he has built up ground and naval forces in the Gulf.
Romney did hint that he would give more help to domestic dissident groups in Iran who want to overthrow the regime. "When millions of Iranians took to the streets in June of 2009," he said, "when they demanded freedom from a cruel regime that threatens the world…the American President was silent."
The argument that the US should have used the protests in 2009 as an opportunity to impose regime change in Iran is a tired trope at this point. The protesters were not asking for regime change or for international intervention, and any move to use the events to make war against Tehran would have ended in catastrophe.
On Syria, again, Romney tried to present himself as markedly different from the Obama administration, while simply reiterating the administration's exact policies.
"In Syria, I will work with our partners to identify and organize those members of the opposition who share our values and ensure they obtain the arms they need to defeat Assad's tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets," he said. This is currently the Obama administration's policy, as it sends non-lethal aid to the rebels and facilitates the delivery of weapons from US allies in the Gulf states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Romney promised to work towards a two-state solution to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even though he has previously stated otherwise.
"I will recommit America to the goal of a democratic, prosperous Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the Jewish state of Israel," he said. "On this vital issue, the President has failed, and what should be a negotiation process has devolved into a series of heated disputes at the United Nations."
But in a leaked video, recorded surreptitiously, Romney told a private party a few months ago that he had problems with a Palestinian state "living side by side" with Israel. He objected to the so-called two state solution, because of "thorny questions" about Israeli security in an independent West Bank.
Even more dramatically contradictory, Romney said in that video that he would specifically avoid attempting to solve the long-standing dispute. He said he would "move things along" as best he could, while recognizing that "this is going to remain an unsolved problem" that we can "live with."
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Obvious as to the partie(s) responsible for the speech….
It is good that he is telling these lies now, ahead of the debate. Perhaps Obama won't be caught so flat footed, and will actually respond to this nonsense.
"… acquiring nuclear weapons capability" Well, hell…. You might as well start bombing Berlin or Mexico City because just about anyone is "capable" of "acquiring" or already acquired the "capability" to do just that. This blowhard must really be grasping for straws. Can't stab the Paulites with enough knives he must think that FEAR will drive them into his lying arms. Piss on him!
American politicians are corrupt for accepting funding from foreign aligned interests but just plain pathetic to actually be influenced by them.
Most people know that American Foreign Policy particularly concerning the Middle East is made in Israel. One should note that the UN says stop arming rebels in Syria whilst Romney says the opposite. If Obama was half smart he would latch onto this but offcourse we all know how Obama is totally subservient to the lobby.
Once again American politicians are not only pathetic but also a joke.
The time has come to investigate the possibility that politicians sporting flags on their lapels are somehow being controlled by the Pentagon. The difference between pre-flag Obama and post-flag Obama is particularly striking. Yes, the wildly irrational war rhetoric of the candidates may be the product of Stepford hawks.
no asshole like a two-faced asshole
Every yankee "president" past present and future "was" and are war criminals every last one of the motley bunch.
Both 'auditioners' for office have the same policy: EMPIRE, for both foreign and domestic policy — more EMPIRE.
Best luck and love to the fast expanding 'Occupy Empire' educational and revolutionary movement against this deceitful, guileful, disguised EMPIRE, which doesn't wear Red Coats, Red Stars, nor funny looking Nazi helmets.
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This pretty boy puppet would have as much input to US foreign policy as the incumbent. That is roughly the equivalent of Goofy's input to the plot of his next cartoon short. But he might be provided with a Tuesday morning joystick policy meeting. This article was hardly worth Mr. Glaser's time.
I don't know who Rommy's NEW advisers are ……… But I sure know who his OLD advisers are…. They were the WHOS WHO of Neoconery and 911 perfidy ……… and most likely they are still…..
Fingers on the buttons types of players…. We will start with my favorite, Michael (The Dog That Didn't Bark) Hayden….. He was head of NSA prior to and on 911…. Despite the fact that NSA at the time monitored all foreign communications….. wouldn't you guess…. They heard NOTHING or didn't know that they had heard something….. In any case they obtained no information to hinder or stop the 911 attacks….. Does director Hayden get fired or demoted….????? No! He gets the TOP intelligence job. He is PROMOTED to Director of the CIA And tellingly, Hayden is (was?) one of Rommey's top advisers during the campaign. Michael Hayden has been a stalwart advocate of the Bush record on torture and warrantless wiretapping.
Romney's foreign policy does not differ from Obama and George Bush's foreign policy because they all answer to their owner, Israel.
I do have to applaud Romney for being honest (or stupid) enough to admit that our support for the rebellion in Syria is primarily motivated by the desire to hand Iran a strategic defeat. So…we are encouraging Arabs to kill each other and rip their societies apart in pursuit of a broader strategy that has nothing to do with them. This seems deeply, deeply evil to me.
Not much minor difference either.
Clearly the problem with the Middle East is the lack of American interventionism and support for dictators. Clearly all those people in the Middle East overthrowing their governments are doing so because they want more intervention and new American supported dictators. Oh yeah, throw in more one-sided support for the Apartheid state just to be sure.
Why don't American journalists just point and laugh at the idiocy coming from the Republican party? The rest of the world does.
Nice to see antiwar.com is censoring comments again. My comment was on topic, no hate, no swearing and to the point.
You have now lost a reader of seven years.
[moderator's note: Your comment was not "censored." I approved it as soon as I saw that it had gotten caught in our spam filters. If you want people available to do that instantly, 24/7, consider setting up an endowment to pay for more staff; I do have to, you know, sleep every now and again – TLK]
One must be careful in choosing words here if one doesn't wish to "visit" the moderation DOCK… Copy EVERY comment B4 you click "submit comment" Then you can look for the "offensive" words, change them, to more AW.com politically correct ones…. and resend…. When your comment goes through, you have found the reason prior 1s didn't…. References to a "special" group and their state can risk moderatiuon……..
[…] his foreign policy speech from yesterday. In part, Zenko's impressions are compatible with what I wrote about Romney's speech: that it suggested little to no substantive difference with that of Obama's. Zenko writes […]


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Lance Janssen hasn't led a charmed existence.
The Healdsburg man has a long criminal rap sheet, dating back to the late 1980s, and has spent much of his adulthood in jail and prison.
It looked like he was going away for life when he committed his third "strike" offense: Fleeing police last year through Fountaingrove in Santa Rosa with a loaded handgun under the seat of his motorcycle.
But fate finally smiled on the 45-year-old ex-con.
With the Nov. 6 passage of Proposition 36, which modified the three-strikes law to ease prison crowding, Janssen was able to avoid a recommended 50-years-to-life prison term and instead was sentenced to just seven years.
His relief was evident as he spoke in court Thursday morning.
"I don't want to be in trouble again," said Janssen, who was seriously injured when he crashed. "I'm very lucky."
Janssen is among the first in Sonoma County to be sentenced under the new policy approved by 69 percent of voters statewide and 76 percent in the county.
It changed the language of the landmark 1994 three-strikes law to require a third felony conviction be serious or violent instead of just any felony.
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A Dead-end for this Cancer Research - Evolution as anti-knowledge strikes again
In the January 2007 edition of the evolutionist magazine Scientific American is an article titled Evolved for Cancer. The synopsis of the article states:
- Natural selection has only a limited ability to prevent cancer. It has provided some defenses, but these tend to delay the disease until late in life rather than eliminating it entirely.
- In addition, evolutionary forces have apparently favored some genes that can contribute to cancers development or aggressiveness.
- An understanding of cancers evolutionary history and how individual tumors evolve in the body could suggest fresh angles of attack on the disorder. (emphasis added)
I am not a medical researcher, but I am going to make a prediction that this research will amount to nothing. For more than a hundred years evolutionary based medical research has led researchers into numerous blind alleys, the best known being vestigial organs.
Evolutionists preached that there was a lot of evolutionary garbage, left over organs, in the human body. At one time evolutionists classified over 100 organs as useless. All of these organs have since been shown to be both useful and necessary. But it was because of this evolutionist nonsense that some aspects of medical research were held back for decades, as well as causing ten of thousands of people to have various organs in their bodies unnecessarily chopped out.
Where you start out will determine where you end up. Because evolutionists start out believing in the nonsense of evolutionism, they go down all sorts of blind alleys, ending up nowhere, medical research is just one example of this.


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YUBA COUNTY Biographies
A representative business man of Yuba County is Arthur H. Boulton, president of the S. G. King Company of Marysville. He was born at Columbia, Mo., on January 2, 1867, the son of David R. and Obera (Cave) Boulton, who came out to California, in October, 1874, with their family of four children, locating fortunately at Marysville, from the start. His father was for a time in W. G. Murphy's law office, and then was with Weightman & Hampton, now the Hampton Hardware Company, and he continued in the store, and especially in charge of the crockery and stove department, until August, 1887, when he passed on. Mrs. Boulton died in 1910, leaving behind a memory cherished by others than her near-of-kin.
Arthur Boulton went to the public schools in Marysville, mastering the excellent courses of the high school; and then, in the employ of the J. G. Cohn Company, dealers in first-class dry goods, he clerked for five years on the spot where he is now himself engaged in business. He next gave his services for a year and a half to Messrs. Weilander & Hexter, and after that he was with S. Ewell & Company. Then he was head salesman for the late S. G. King. Before Mr. King's death, the company was incorporated; and at his death, in February, 1896, Mr. Boulton and two other employees purchased half of the stock of the company, and a year later they bought the entire stock. At present the only stockholders are Arthur H. Boulton, who owns the controlling interest, and D. L. Sharp, his experienced associate. The store, when the company was incorporated, was small, with only a twenty-foot front. In 1906, Mr. Boulton purchased their present site and the stock of the Cohn Company, where Mr. Boulton first worked, closed out the clothing, and enlarged the store. Later, he bought out the H. A. Bruce stock, formerly the Weilander & Hexter store, which he closed out, and put in a furniture stock. Mr. Boulton has bought out the business of every company he has worked for, with the exception of one firm. The S. G. King Company now have three different departments in Marysville, including dry goods, ladies' wearing apparel, and furniture; and they have a second-hand department. The firm has become one of the invaluable assets of the town, a popular rendezvous to every housewife desirous of better things.
In 1890, at Marysville, Mr. Boulton was married to Miss Nellie Rainey, of Lancaster, Ohio, an accomplished lady, who has become the center of a circle of warm personal friends. Mr. and Mrs. Boulton attend the Christian Church, in which for a long time he was superintendent of the Bible school. He is and has been for some years president of the local Young Men's Christian Association, belongs to the Rotary Club, and for years has been chairman of the Yuba County Probation Committee.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
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For the past six years Faustino Campa has been occupied as road-master of the Brownsville district of Yuba County. He was born in Texas on February 15, 1847, a son of Casmiro and Frances (Castillio) Campa, natives of Spain and Mexico, respectively. Casmiro Campa died in 1857, and Mrs. Campa was subsequently married to William Elliott. The family removed to Yuba County in 1868, where William Elliott engaged in placer and quartz mining until his death in 1882; the mother passed away at the family home in Brownsville in 1880.
Faustino Campa was reared in the mining district of Brownsville, and the greater part of his life has been spent in mining and at his trade as stone mason. Six years ago he took charge of the road work near his home place at Brownsville. Mr. Campa has always been a liberal contributor to all worthy causes. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Owl Club of Challenge.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 980
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Low quality of my cartridge+preampcan you suggest others? ≤500
Low quality of my cartridge+preampcan you suggest others? ≤500
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I currently digitize vinyl working with a technics 1210, an audio-technica at-95e, and the preamps built into my native instruments traktor kontrol s4. presumably, few people here will know what an s4 is. for purposes of this thread, it should be sufficient to note that the s4 is a midi controller (roughly speaking--actually, it uses a different protocol) which includes a 4-in, 4-out audio interface with 2 phono preamps that's geared towards DJs. the audio interface in the s4 might be comparable to standalone 4-in, 4-out USB 2.0 audio interface with 2 phono preamps in the $200 range (again, it would be an audio interface geared towards DJs so it would come with very low-latency asio drivers).
i am unsatisfied with the results i'm currently getting. i record with audacity at default settings (32-bit floating point, 44.1kHz). the gain in windows' volume mixer for the channel to which the 1210 is connected to is at 100%. the peak levels i'm getting during recording are at about -12dB to -15dB. (there's no way in audacity to further boost the volume during recording.) i don't perceive the audio quality as good at all despite the fact that i'm digitizing records in mint condition. (i'm trying to digitize vinyl-only releases so buying digital is not an option. unfortunately, in the genres i listen to--certain areas of house and techno--, vinyl-only release are relatively common.) on some recordings, the kick drum sounds muffled. on most recordings, i feel noise levels are excessive.
now, i certainly don't think the preamps in my audio interface are any good. the at-95e cartridge which i recently bought for EUR 20 is entry-level, too. does anyone have suggestions as to what preamp and cartridge to buy? as for my budget: EUR 500 (~$650) is my absolute max. ideally, i'd like to spend less. so i'd be happier if i can get something reasonable for, say, EUR 300 or so.
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ok, it took me awhile, but i have prepared samples for a listening test.
i had my technics sl-1210 m3d serviced. following the recommendations of some posters ITT, i've upgraded my cart to a Shure M97xE and also purchased a cambridge audio 640p phono preamp.
my results have much improved. but for me, the most interesting question was whether the phono preamp in my traktor kontrol s4 is good enough or not. so i've tried to compare the audio quality of the 640p with the s4. i've prepared two samples for an ABX. here's the linky. the link is actually to a zip file which contains two 30s FLACs. they are recordings of the record The Beat Broker - Pacific Break. (sorry guys, i listen to techno/house music and don't have any vinyl in genres such as jazz or classical).
for both recordings, i used the same chain except for the phono preamp. for sample_640p.flac, the signal was routed through the 640p preamp and then digitized using an input on my S4 set to LINE. for sample_s4.flac, the signal wasn't routed through an external preamp. the turntable was connected directly to the same input channel of my S4. but this time the hardware switch was set to PHONO, not LINE.
the 640p amplifies more than the s4 (39dB vs 32dB). so i normalized both recordings to 0dBFS (each time, i digitized the track as a whole and normalized it before taking the samples from the same section). i was pretty careful making sure that i take the exact same passage from each track so i hope it's all good for an ABX.
if you're interested, it would be great if you did an ABX and report your results here. obv, i'd like to know: (i) can you successfully ABX and (ii) if so, which sample do you prefer?
i'll post my own thoughts later as well.
EDIT: tbh, i would be extremely surprised if anyone here fails to ABX. but i'd still be curious to hear your thoughts on what's going on there...
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Posted on: June 25, 2010 5:26 pm
Edited on: June 25, 2010 5:28 pm
Why has TO not been signed?
As we near the end of the offseason and on toward the beautiful sunrise of next season, there's been some speculation – though maybe not as much as you might think – about Terrell Owens, why he hasn't been signed and if he will have a job in 2010.
The second season of "The TO Show" will premiere July 12 on VH1 (I thought ratings for his reality show for the first season were outrageously bad. How did he get re-upped for another season?), so maybe he'll let us know how he's feeling that, at this point, he's unwanted by all 32 teams in the NFL.
Andy wrote a little about this a couple days ago , and he quoted Owens telling the NFL Network, "I think why I'm not on a team is not because I can't play. It's based off character issues, and I think that's where the situation lies, and I don't think it's fair. As far as me being able to produce and perform on a football field, I can do that -- that's not a question."
Perhaps not. After all, with Buffalo last season, he still showed he's got his skills, catching a team-high 55 passes for a team-high 829 yards and five touchdowns. Sure, those numbers are way down from his previous seasons, but you also have to remember, he had Ryan Fitzpatrick and Trent Edwards throwing the ball his way last year. Nobody will confuse them with Dallas QB Tony Romo and former San Francisco QB Jeff Garcia.
So, why were the Bills so ready to get rid of him if questioning his character is no longer fair? It's true what he says. Owens – at least in the public eye – was a sweetheart last year. Didn't cause a stir. Didn't create problems. Why can't he find a team now?
I've talked to a few sources around the league, and the consensus is this: despite last season's good behavior, he's got one too many strikes against him, and his talent is no longer good enough to override whatever other problems he's had (or could create). One assistant coach I talked to said Owens still can still use his speed to get by defensive backs – "A majority of his touchdowns last year was TO beating DBs up the field," the assistant said – and he still has good hands. But he's not quite as skilled a blocker down field as he used to be.
Owens has talked to a few squads, but at least one team thought he just didn't seem all that interested in the job. Basically, he didn't sell himself.
But the biggest issue for Owens? This, of course, is subject to chance once training camp starts and injuries begin to pile up, but basically it's this: teams simply feel he's not worth the hassle.
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Posted on: June 21, 2010 11:30 pm
Bills QBs 'splitting reps evenly' for now
It seems that Buffalo QB Trent Edwards should have a pretty good indication that he's the starter heading into training camp. Face it, he's got more experience than Brian Brohm, and he's put up better numbers than Ryan Fitzpatrick during their careers.
But Bills coach Chan Gailey isn't interested in naming a starter quite yet. That's fine by Edwards.
"We're splitting reps evenly," Edwards told reporters after Buffalo's OTA session today. "I think they have it down to every single rep we're getting and everyone gets the same amount. You can't say one guy got more than the other guy. When it comes down to it, you've got to make plays when you're out there. And when you're not, you've got to sit back there and learn what you need to learn."
Edwards' first order of business: connecting with the Bills' young group of receivers.
"There are still things I need to iron out," said Edwards. "There are still things I need to get on the same page with some receivers. I like a lot of the young receivers we have. I think it's the best group of young receivers we've had since I've been here. I've been really encouraged with those guys. I'm happy with where my mechanics are, but once you get content, you're not going to get any better. I need to continue to improve."
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Posted on: June 16, 2010 11:18 pm
The QB Situation In Buffalo
Think OTA's and voluntary minicamps aren't important? You're not a Bills quarterback. Ryan Fitzpatrick, Trent Edwards and Brian Brohm are still competing for the starting job under center (which, in Buffalo, is also a competition for "first position to get sacked"). Head coach Chan Gailey said today that the team will enter training camp with the No. 1 and No. 2 quarterbacks decided.
So who will it be? Let's throw Brohm out of the equation – he's not ready. The Bills managed just three points and 11 first downs in his lone start last season.
Both Edwards and Fitzpatrick struggle to stretch the field and maintain mechanics, especially behind a bad offensive line. While Fitzpatrick is clearly a backup, there's a tendency to think that the 26-year-old Edwards can still develop into a quality passer. But injuries have been a problem, plus Edwards has never shown he can consistently attack a defense from the pocket.
Fitzpatrick is frantic in the pocket, but with Buffalo's horrendous offensive line, franticness could be a plus. After all, the pressure the quarterbacks perceives will almost always be there. Fitzpatrick has iffy mechanics but the grittiness to flee a pass-rush and at least keep plays alive. Of course, Edwards, when healthy, has some escape-ability as well.
Choosing between these two quarterbacks feels a bit like being five years old and choosing between spinach and squash. Given that neither is a great fit, the Bills might as well go with the younger player (Edwards) just in case there is a miracle story waiting to be written.
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The Pleasantville girls' basketball team fell to Southwest Valley on Friday night, 68-42. The Trojans headed to the locker room down 36-25 and were unable to close the gap. Junior Kennedy Core led all Trojans with 22 points on the night. Pleasantville falls to 1-10 on the season. The Pleasantville boys took down Southwest Valley 67-38 to extend their win streak to three games on Friday night. Though Pleasantville has won seven games on the season, Head Coach Tom Wilkins believes his team has yet to play to their best ability. The Trojans improve to 7-3 on the year. Both the girls and boys team will look for their next win on Monday when they play host to Albia.
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