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3 Maffei Facino R, Carini M, Aldini G, et al. Free radicals scavenging action and anti-enzyme activities of procyanidines from Vitis vinifera : a mechanism for their capillary protective action. Arzneimittelforschung . 1994;44:592–601.
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Williston man dies when truck overturns in Marion County
Published: Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.
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A 22-year-old Williston man died early Sunday morning in Marion County when the 2000 Chevy pickup truck he was driving overturned, throwing him from the vehicle.
According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, at 2:14 a.m., David Eugene Harrington Jr. was headed west on County Road 326 approaching the Northwest 150th Avenue intersection at a high rate of speed.
The pickup went off the road and onto the north shoulder where it hit a fence and drove into a pasture in the 9000 block of Northwest 150th Avenue before striking two parallel fences.
The truck then overturned throwing Harrington, who was not wearing a seat belt, out of the vehicle. Medical staff pronounced Harrington dead at the scene. There were no passengers in the truck.
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Preterm labor occurs between the 20th and 37th week of pregnancy. This labor includes both uterine contractions and cervical changes.
A full-term pregnancy lasts 38-42 weeks but preterm labor can lead to early delivery. Infants born before 37 weeks are considered premature.
In most cases, the cause is of preterm labor is unknown.
Some preterm labor is associated with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). PPROM is the rupture of both the amniotic sac and chorion membranes. It generally occurs at least one hour before labor begins.
The chance of preterm-labor is greatest in women under the 18 years or over 35 years. Other maternal factors that may increase the chance of preterm labor include:
Pregnancy complications that may increase your risk of preterm labor include:
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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor may recommend tests to check your cervix and membranes have ruptured. An
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Fluids in the cervix will also be tested for sign of labor progression. A tocometer may be placed to help monitor contractions.
Treatment will depend on your baby's development, especially the growth of the lungs. If your doctor believes the baby is ready, the labor may be allowed to continue. If the baby is not ready to be delivered, your doctor may try to stop the labor. Stopping labor is a complicated process and may not always work. Some treatment options may include:
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It's no surprise that we enjoy weddings. More specifically, we love pictures and videos of weddings, engagements and proposals.
We've seen paint war engagement photos, a girl breaking gender roles by proposing to her boyfriend, one of the most elaborate marriage proposals and one of the most uncomfortable marriage proposals.
Clearly, there seems to be no set way to do weddings anymore. In fact we've seen more and more weddings stray from the traditional look as the years have gone by. A perfect example of a wedding that "strays away from the usual" is Craig and Zoe's special day.
Wedding themes are certainly one way to make sure your wedding is special, unique and remembered. Thats probably exactly what Craig and Zoe were aiming for. It's not everyday that we see a World of Warcraft (WoW) inspired wedding.
The multiplayer, online, roleplaying game has over seven million subscribers as is known for its addicting nature and intense fans. Needless to say, we were bound to run into two people so dedicated to the game that they would base their wedding on it.
The two certainly committed to their unique theme. Craig wore a very large suit of armor and Zoe had an intricate dress inspired by the game.
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Nothing like a little controversy to cap an evening, huh?
After Novak Djokovic's defeat of Andy Roddick in the US Open quarterfinals last night, the Serb made reference to the comments A-Rod made about his recent injury woes to USA's Michael Barkan.
Let's just say the New York crowd wasn't feeling Nole last night:
Yikes! But, alas, the drama was short-lived. Both ballers discussed the incident in their post-match pressers and seemed to suggest all will be okay.
According to Nole,
Andy made a statement ‑‑ I don't think it was intentional, okay. He made a joke and it was a misunderstanding, so I don't blame it on him. Okay. I did react on the court. Maybe I reacted. Maybe I exaggerated and reacted bad in that moment. No, I apologize if I reacted like that.When asked if he has spoken to A-Rod, Nole responded, "Yes, but this is just between us."
But this was just impulsive, you know. I had a lot of emotions in last two days. It's not nice when you get that from media all around the world and from players, and I never needed to make any excuses in the press.
I just didn't need ‑‑ because I know that what I'm doing is right, that I have all the rights to take the medical timeout, that I'm doing it just for the purpose to make my physical condition better and just that I continue playing better. I never made medical timeout because I wanted to distract the player, the opponent, or, you know, make the result look worse, you know. And I just never did it. I didn't pay attention when I took the medical timeout. I just didn't care about it.
Medical timeout is there because physiotherapist are there and doctors are there to help you out. This is what I did. I just took the medicals to help me out. Maybe the people think that I'm exaggerating with these things, but it's just ‑‑ it's nothing bad, nothing negative, because I just ‑‑ I twist my ankle, I feel bad, you know. I get the pain in the back. I just want to make it right, you know.
Andy was always nice to me when I got to the tour, so this was just a clear misunderstanding.
The American baller had this to say about the incident,
Well, I mean, listen, here's the deal: I mean, if you guys haven't ever seen me joke in a press conference, I'd be shocked, okay? I think you guys know it was completely meant in jest.And when asked if the two had spoken about the comments, A-Rod said,
Listen, I had four questions from each one, I had eight questions about all the other ones. Finally after 12 questions I decided to make light of the situation and it actually stopped after that. Or it screwed me up and you guys got me out of it. I'm willing to talk about it. I don't know if, you know ‑‑ he took it as seriously. I figure if you're going to joke and imitate other people and do the whole deal, then you should take it.
Listen, if someone makes fun of me I'm most likely going to laugh. If I'm over the line I'm going to come in here and say I was ridiculous. And I was wrong. I've been the worst of it in the past. By no means am I sitting here trying to be holier than thou or anything like that. But I promise you that if somebody makes a joke about it I'll probably laugh. I'm sorry he took it that way. There's nothing else to say.
I don't think I was over the line. It wasn't my intention, and, you know, I'm sorry he felt that way. Maybe I did him a favor tonight.
Anything that's going to be said between Novak and I is going to stay between Novak and I because I'm not going to air out private conversations in front of you guys, because I just don't feel like that's necessary.A-Rod was obviously joking and Nole was being overly sensitive. Listen, if you're gonna dish it, you better be able to take it. But I guess there's nothing like a little fire to burn up a Grand Slam tourney!
In any case, it's good to know they can be professional and move on from something like this.
Let's hope they can get back to this moment again. Can't we all just get along? *sniffle, sniffle*
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With an abrupt change of orders, a Pacific carrier group heads to the Persian Gulf, doubling U.S. naval presence just as more Mideast tension flares
SAN DIEGO-Floating pier-side and cloaked in a pre-dawn chill, the USS John C. Stennis looks almost friendly. Atop the aircraft carrier's towering super-structure, signal flags the color of gumballs flutter near radar antennas that spin like ice skaters tilting toward the stars. Just below them, white lights outline a giant "74," the ship's hull number, casting a welcoming glow on the sailors working on the wharf below.
The Stennis stretches more than three football fields along Pier L at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. From the officer's brow, a brass bell double-clangs three times and a loud-speakered voice echoes into the dark: "Commander Carrier Strike Group Three, departing."
Recruit-poster-perfect in service dress blues, Rear Admiral Kevin Quinn, the strike group commander, strides down the brow and across the pier. Thick, gold braid wraps his blazer cuffs. Five rows of ribbons march across his chest. Smiling at camera crews and reporters assembled to record the Stennis departure, the admiral looks as friendly as his ship. But just behind the twinkle in his eyes lies a hint of steel.
Where he's going, he'll need it. The Stennis sailed from its home port at Bremerton, Wash., on Jan. 16 and arrived in San Diego only to pick up its air wing. The strike group's original destination was to the 7th Fleet's area of responsibility in the western Pacific, with en route ports of call planned for Hawaii and Guam. All that changed in December, when the Stennis was redirected to the Persian Gulf. "Centcom [U.S. Central Command] came out and asked for a two-carrier presence and we're looking to do that as quickly as we can," said Stennis spokesman John Perkins.
And just like that, the prospect of tropical liberty calls went overboard. Now the Stennis strike group-along with its 6,200 sailors, 85 aircraft, and six auxiliary vessels-is steaming east to join the Eisenhower battle group, on station in the Gulf since October. A redoubled Navy presence comes just as Centcom also changes command and for the first time is headed by a naval officer, Adm. William J. Fallon.
The change of orders for the Stennis coincides with President Bush's much-debated "surge" plan for Iraq. Indeed, Adm. Quinn told reporters his group was deploying "in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Horn of Africa operations" in Somalia. But while it is true that doubling American naval force in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea region can support all three objectives, the tactical magnet attracting such firepower is clearly Iran.
"The Middle East isn't going to be dominated by Iran," Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, said in a Jan. 23 address to the Gulf Research Center, a think-tank based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "That's why we've seen the United States station two carrier battle groups in the region."
U.S. grievances with Iran are piling up, raising the possibility of an American strike. Not only is President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad locked in a nuclear standoff with the West, his regime is supporting and encouraging the terrorist-group-cum-government Hezbollah in Lebanon, facilitating Hezbollah's training and support of the Mahdi Army, the Iraqi Shiite militia led by Moktada al-Sadr in Iraq. Earlier this month, U.S. forces seized six Iranian gunrunners operating in Irbil, Iraq. Last week Iran refused to admit 38 International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, as required under a month-old UN resolution.
On Jan. 23 during a meeting with Syrian foreign minister Walid Moallem, Ahmadinejad again vowed destruction, saying "the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives." He also said that unrest in Lebanon was part of a wider plan to aid Israel's destruction. "The U.S. intends to cause insecurity and dispute, and weaken independent governments in the region to continue with its dominance over the Middle East and achieve its arrogant goals," he said.
Underscoring the rhetoric, Ahmadinejad's forces conducted short-range missile tests during the first of five days of military maneuvers southeast of Tehran. His top national security adviser, Ali Larijani, has called upon Gulf Arab states to kick out American forces and join Iran in forming a regional security alliance.
Adm. Quinn, for one, is unimpressed. "We don't need a hall pass or permission slip" to operate in Ahmadinejad's back yard, he said. "We can sustain ourselves at sea and operate with tremendous firepower and capability almost indefinitely."
If the Army and Marine Corps are the rook and bishop of warfare-advancing and conquering on the ground-the Navy is its nimble knight. Under cover of a battle in Washington over ground troops in Iraq, the Navy is quietly positioning itself to meet regional challenges not only of supporting the Iraq War but responding to other mounting tensions.
Unimpeded by terrain and supply-chain limitations, its carrier air wings can fly sorties in support of ground operations while its ships mount precision inland strikes of their own. In addition, the Navy can intercept shipping that might be moving terrorist contraband, or launch direct strikes on terrorist cells.
As Quinn noted, his strike group can launch such missions in Somalia. On Dec. 28, with the backing of American forces, Ethiopian fighters there recaptured from Islamic radicals several central and southern towns, including Mogadishu, the capital. Now, the transitional Somali government must replace Ethiopian troops with a security force whose makeup is yet to be determined, and is negotiating with Malawi, Nigeria, and other African countries that have yet to commit to the task. With Mogadishu situated on the coast, the Stennis also can play a security role as the new government tries to stabilize itself. Or it can target al-Qaeda operatives who escaped during the December battle and are still at large.
But can U.S. naval power truly be useful in a ground war on terrorists? Edward Luttwak, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., believes it can be a waste of American naval power. "For Somalia, yes, you could use a little bit of carrier air power here and there, but there will be a target only once in a blue moon. Groups of al-Qaeda might become visible and then you would want to hit them, but that's as far as it goes."
Meanwhile, Luttwak believes using the Stennis strike group in Iraq would be "a very extravagant use of carrier air" because of the distance of the country's most violent war zones. "In theory, it could be useful, but we don't actually need more air power there . . . we're not using a fraction of what we have because the targets are elusive."
But if suitable carrier targets are elusive in Iraq and rare in Somalia, they are abundant in Iran. The country mandates compulsory military service for 18-year-old males. It fields a regular army, navy, and air force, as well as the 125,000-strong Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), or Pasdaran. Formed under the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, the Pasdaran quickly grew into a formidable force that now commands a "people's militia," the Basij, and also supports its own navy, according to GlobalSecurity.org. By 2000, the IRGC Navy was using small "naval guerrilla" formations to attack shipping operations in the Arabian Gulf.
That, combined with U.S. seaborne response to Ahmadinejad's bellicosity has Congress, some Arab states, and Iran itself worried that a U.S. strike, perhaps against Iranian nuclear sites, is imminent. With a second carrier parked near Iran, U.S. forces can hit Iranian targets without relying on local base support from Arab allies like Qatar or the UAE. And it is clear that some Arabs want no part in any such attack. "What we are not interested in is another war in the region," Mohammed al-Naqbi, head of the Gulf Negotiations Center, told Undersecretary Burns.
In Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings earlier this month, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) pressed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on whether the Bush administration was planning to invade Iran or Syria.
"Nothing is off the table," Rice said.
Luttwak noted that the West has known for years about Iran's nuclear program and let it develop unchecked under the "suave and polite" rhetoric of Ahmadinejad's predecessor, President Mohammad Khatami. Also, unlike the West's murky understanding of Iraq's WMD program, America and its allies hold the exact geographic coordinates for Iran's nuclear development sites, Luttwak said. "There is total clarity here. Even governments that want to weasel away from confronting the problem have Iran's massive nuclear program thrust in their faces, both by Ahmadinejad's inflammatory rhetoric and the intelligence flow."
The Bush administration's increasing focus on Iran-now underscored by the imminent arrival of the Stennis strike group-has some in Iran calling for Ahmadinejad to be quiet. Iran's most senior cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, publicly condemned the president's defiance of the West: "One has to deal with the enemy with wisdom. We should not provoke the enemy."
Meanwhile, Adm. Quinn and the 6,200 men and women that people his strike group remain focused-despite regional threats and congressional debate-on carrying out their mission.
Increasing anti-war rhetoric from Congress "is not the first time a military solution has been looked down on," said Stennis spokesman John Perkins, standing at Pier L as port workers buttoned up the Stennis for departure. Navy personnel view the debate over national policy "with high interest," he said, "but that's what we do-we go over there to protect that debate."
A little older and a lot saltier, Command Master Chief Joe Curtin said his crew tries to ignore congressional sniping. "Most people in Congress don't have any idea how things work in the military," said Curtin, who manages morale and human resources issues for the Stennis' enlisted personnel.
Under Curtin's charge is Matthew Hepburn, 24, a communications specialist who has served in the Navy for barely a year. When the Stennis sailed from Bremerton on Jan. 16, banner-waving families crowded onto the pier to wave tearful goodbyes. But only a few sailors embarked in San Diego and, as the first tinge of dawn fired the western sky, only Hepburn's mom and dad stood shivering in the sea-salt chill.
Wearing a "Navy Dad" ball cap, Alan Hepburn said those in Congress who say they support the troops but not the mission sound like double-talkers in a parent's ears. "I don't like it at all," he said when asked about upcoming anti-war resolutions. "It tells the troops over there that the country's not really behind them."
Sandy Hepburn, meanwhile, stands beside her husband, struggling with an emotional tangle of pride and sadness. "One minute I'm smiling and telling everyone about Matthew, and in the next moment suddenly I just start crying," she said, holding back tears. "But I know he's doing something he wants to do." Twenty miles west, the sun peeks over the mountains of Mexico, brushing low clouds with gold. The water in San Diego Bay is smooth and silver as the tugboats nudge the Stennis away from Pier L toward the deep channel that will take the Hepburns' son to war.


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Dowling Punter (also WR)
got an Arizona State and ISU offer last week. Here are the highlights
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Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
I've been waiting all week to watch punter highlights! YES!
But seriously, I hope we get this dude. Must be quite athletic to be a punter/WR.
I think Kirby is going to punt here the rest of his life.
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Originally Posted by ianoconnor
I've been waiting all week to watch punter highlights! YES!
But seriously, I hope we get this dude. Must be quite athletic to be a punter/WR.
Get you pumped for football doesn't it:) His WR highlights are on there as well. Needless to say he might be one of the faster punters ISU has had.
IIRC, Vanderkamp was a pretty good HS WR as well
Yay a BCS offer!
He has a little bit of speed on him too.
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oh em gee. oh em gee. oh em gee.
This guy has a BCS D1 offer. OMG.
This guy would prove that CPR is not on Empty and has replenished his windshield washer fluid!
Is he originally from the States? I can't recall ever seeing an Aussie style punter from the US (I'm sure it has happened, just not common).
Our Quarterback my senior year was also our punter, and played strong safety. He could have went D-1 at any of those positions had he not had chronic back injuries. I think it's rare in high school to have someone that is exclusively a punter.
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I can't wait until our offense is potent enough that we don't need to carry a punter on the roster!
Originally Posted by ianoconnor
Is he originally from the States? I can't recall ever seeing an Aussie style punter from the US (I'm sure it has happened, just not common).
LOL yes. That is the Dowling style of punt. Used Connor Bravard to do it the previous year who was the 4A player of the year. Having an athletic punter is a dangerous weapon.
I'm sure CPR wants a punter who can run and pass
Baylor had a punter a few years back win the ray guy award. Daniel sepulveda was his name. He ran a 4.5 40 and cranked out 20+ reps at 225 at the NFL combine. This was when baylor was awful, so as to why he didn't play another position, I have no idea.
"Success isn't owned. It's leased, and rent is due everyday" -J.J. Watt
Hope we get him.
In a random story. There was this kid in my school that in 8th grade, could punt 55 yards in the air. Football coach saw him doing it over and over and convinced him to play football. Unfortunately being in a severely messed up family and having serious mental issues stacked on his almost complete absence of how football is played, ended in total failure. Shame, would have had a serious leg by the time he graduated.
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Robert Schuller, Jr. Part 2
This week Robert Schuller, Jr. joins Gerry Fuller. The son of the famous televangelist, Robert Schuller, Jr. is senior pastor of the Crystal Cathedral, in Garden Grove, California and the best-selling author of 9 books including Possibility Living. The weekly worship services of the Crystal Cathedral have encouraged people nationwide and now across the world through the sunday morning TV broadcast of The Hour of Power. He and his father have not only given sermons on The Hour of Power, but have also invited celebrities, musical guests, and even famous athletes to their church to talk about their own testimonies. When not preaching or traveling, Schuller spends much of his time with his 4 children and wife Donna.


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Marion students return amid heightened security after Connecticut shooting
Published: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 4:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 4:53 p.m.
Marion County public schools beefed up security Wednesday, the first day of classes since the deadly mass shootings in Connecticut.
Nine Ocala police officers were reassigned to patrol the eight elementary schools and Hillcrest School within the city limits. Meantime, 33 Marion County Sheriff's deputies were reassigned to county schools through Monday.
About a week after the shootings, Superintendent of Schools George Tomyn met with local law enforcement officials to discuss security procedures. One of the short-term responses: increased law enforcement presence at all county schools.
Ocala police officers are required to be at the schools at the start and end of the school day and during the lunchtime period until Friday this week, police Maj. Dennis Yonce said. Police want officers to be visible to students and faculty.
The officers are free to catch up on other work and assignments during other times of the school day.
Come next week, the officer visibility will wean, with officers only checking in with the schools, Yonce said. He also has asked zone officers to cruise by the schools to check in on them from time to time.
"We're all going to hit different schools and make sure we know what's changed over the years and what's remained the same," he said.
These special law enforcement details come at no additional cost to the Sheriff's Office or the police department since the law officers involved are being reassigned from their original posts.
The county's middle and high schools usually have student resource officers present. Those deputies remained in their posts at 12 county middle and high schools. Some elementary schools share SROs.
In addition to the heightened security, Tomyn asked schools to conduct additional drills this week and to comb through, review and update their current procedures.
"We aren't going through any drastic measures because we already have plans in place," School District spokesman Kevin Christian said. As a safety measure, those plans aren't publicly disclosed.
The School Board is expected to discuss additional security measures at a work session scheduled for this morning.
College Park Elementary School Principal Patricia Stout said she reviewed all school safety procedures with her staff: sign-in and sign-out policies, car line procedures, and code red and yellow drills.
She said an Ocala police officer spent the day at the elementary school on Southwest 33rd Avenue and will be there the rest of the week.
But other than a review and a reminder to take all security precautions, Stout said all was normal.
"It's just been a typical day at College Park," she said. "Everything has been running smoothly."
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|Kinnie on board
|Written by Darci Tomky
Newly elected Joe Kinnie jumped on board this month in his new role as Phillips County Commissioner.
Bud Biesemeier is now chairman of the board while Jerry Beavers and Kinnie will act as co-chairmen, they reported at their Jan. 31 meeting.
While the commissioners welcomed Kinnie, they also noted much appreciation for former commissioner Susan Roll Walters.
With the reorganization of the county Jan. 1, county administrator Randy Schafer said other county boards are close to being finalized, but a couple positions still need to be filled.
Commissioners noted they will be helping at the pancake breakfast Friday, Feb. 4 in support of the Homesteaders Park playground project. Not only will they help serve the meal, they will also be on hand to answer any questions the public may have about the plans for the universally accessible playground.
Schafer reiterated that as the county reapplies for a Great Outdoors Colorado (COGO) grant, they need more public input about the playground as well as firm pledges for matching funds.
He added they have also been working on the application for an enhancement grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) for lighting and other miscellaneous items.
Monday, Jan. 31 the board held a hearing for the county's supplemental budget. It was approved as submitted.
Phillips County is hoping to supply new computers for the courthouse. As technology advances, Schafer said they try to replace the computers every five to six years.
Right now they have received a bid from Computers Etc. at a cost of $769 for each individual unit with a plan to replace 12-15 computers.
A 2010 Ford Crown Victoria has been purchased for the Phillips County sheriff's office. After adding on a light bar, prisoner cage and canine cage and trading in a 2003 Dodge Durango, the cost was $20,000.
The county also took bids and sold a 1994 Chevy pickup for $1,106.
Additionally, Phillips County's Taste of Ag event has been postponed, announced Schafer. He said organizers are looking to have it in January 2012 instead of cramming it into the schedule this spring.
"We're not abandoning the event," said Schafer. They want to allow plenty of time for planning so they can be sure to fill the building and give Taste of Ag the attention it deserves.
Other business
In other business in the month of January, commissioners:
—approved nine gas well permits for Black Raven around the Amherst area.
—approved a subdivision exemption for Byron Kramer at NE of NW 1/4 of Section 19, Township 6, Range 42.
—purchased a tract of land in Paoli north of the railroad tracks for gravel and rock stockpile storage.
—renewed a contract with Jamie Poe for janitorial work.
—donated $150 to both the Holyoke and Haxtun post prom parties.
—noted three county employees attended a three-day Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) seminar in Pueblo.


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I have 1 point for sheep, and everything I'm reading lately is of the horrible odds in WA and don't apply.
I think I saw odds at 1 in 2500, and if that's just # of applicants and not referring to bonus points, true odds could be even worse!?
How is the trophy potential?
What's max points for non-res for all 3 of these species?
I'm fairly young, so as long as I can draw each tag within 40 years that would be nice, but then again do I really want to hunt WA sheep down the road after I've taken a sheep in another state?
I have 3 options as I see it.
give up
apply for sheep til I draw it
apply for goat/sheep/moose til I draw.


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Saturday Headlines
2 dead in shooting at Island Breeze Restaurant in Jacksonville
Ken's Top 10 Black Friday traps to avoid
St. Johns seeking man wanted for selling cocaine to undercover officers
Mo. man charged with plotting 'Twilight' mass shooting
Man with strange watch arrested at Oakland Airport
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What's the matter?
This picture of President Obama and Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney was taken on Thursday during a visit of the U.S. women's Olympic team to the White House.
Maroney tweeted: "Did I just do the Not Impressed face with the President..?"
Maroney turned into an internet celebrity during this summer's games when a picture of her famous scowl went viral and eventually turned into an internet meme.
The 16-year-old Olympian did deliver an impressive display in London, bringing home gold and silver for her country. But it was that latter, second-place finish that drew her ire.
After landing on her butt during an otherwise flawless performance, cameras picked up the unimpressed facial expression during the medals ceremony. Although it has become a permanent part of her image, she's taken it in good humor.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - Athletes like LeBron James and Serena Williams endorsed a considerable amount of junk food in 2010, according to a new study published in Pediatrics.
The study builds on earlier evidence that parents are more likely to buy athlete-endorsed foods, because they assume the products are healthy.
Researchers found 28.3 percent of athlete endorsements in 2010 were for food and drinks, second only to sporting goods.
Soda, sugary sports drinks and fast food accounted for most of the ads. Of the 46 drinks featured in commercials, 93 percent get all of their calories from added sugars.
Leading the pack for unhealthy endorsements were athletes LeBron James, Serena Williams and Peyton Manning. James reportedly received $5 million for endorsing Bubblelicious Gum.
Kobe Bryant was also a top endorser, receiving $12 million a year for his contract with McDonalds.
The researchers -- led by Yale University's Marie Bragg -- said unhealthy foods marketed by healthy athletes makes for "an ironic combination that sends mixed messages about diet and health."
Children aged 12 to 17 saw more of the ads than any other age group.
The study likens junk food endorsements to ads that used to show athletes smoking cigarettes -- a marketing tactic that ended in 1964. Public pressure could lead to "a similar liability for athletes to endorse unhealthy foods and beverages," the researchers said.


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CADIZ - It'll be the teacher vs. the pupil this week at Harrison Central. It's also a battle of unbeatens.
All of that aside, it's Harrison Central playing host to Martins Ferry in the opening week of Buckeye 8 League play, which means no other motivation is needed.
The Riders and Huskies will put their respective 3-0 marks on the line Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in a game that could have huge ramifications already in the Division IV, Region 15 playoff chase.
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File Photo by Alex Kozlowski
Junior running back Nate Olmstead (21) is Harrison Central's 'Lightning' to Maurtice Hython's 'Thunder.' The Huskies play host to Martins Ferry on Friday.
Martins Ferry's Brian Styles
Harrison Central's Nick Pelegreen
The Huskies got to this point in the season thanks to victories against Wheeling Central, Weir and Caldwell.
''For the first time in a long time, we're fairly healthy going into Buckeye 8 play,'' Harrison Central coach Justin Kropka said. ''We're certainly happy to be 3-0 and we're looking forward to going against a very sound and talented Martins Ferry team.''
The Purple Riders, meanwhile, have been early season road warriors. They're preparing for their third bus trip of the campaign as they already own road victories against Heath and Ridgewood and routed Shenandoah in Week 2 at home.
''I certainly think that our seniors, who we expected to be good players, have filled that bill,'' Martins Ferry coach Dave Bruney said. ''I feel three or four of them are playing as well at their positions as anyone else in the Ohio Valley. We're tickled to death to be where we are and we're pleased with how our younger players have grown up rather quickly.''
The large amount of fans who are expected to converge at Harrison Friday might feel as if they're looking in a mirror as they watch the game.
''It's two similar teams playing each other'' Kropka said. ''A lot of the things that we do well are the same things that (Ferry) does well. We got a lot of the things we do, as a program, from Martins Ferry.''
Both teams have been fairly balanced on offense.
Harrison Central features workhorse tailback Maurtice Hython, who is one of the area's premier runners and leading rusher. He's carried the ball 47 times for 552 yards and five touchdowns. He's averaging 11.7 yards a rush.
''Harrison Central has a veteran team at a number of positions,'' Bruney said. ''They've got a lot of kids who've played a lot of football over the last four years and they always present a challenge because they've got tough kids and play so hard.''
While Hython is certainly the Huskies focal point, Bruney knows his team can't get too caught up in just shutting him down.
''Hython does everything you'd like your tailback to do because he's got good feet, he finishes runs well. But they've got other people capable, too,'' Bruney said.
Harrison Central senior quarterback Rashaen Mitchell has passed for 447 yards on an impressive 19 of 27 accuracy. He's thrown two touchdowns.
Mitchell's spreading the ball around well, too. Nate Olmstead and Josh Moore each have five receptions, Hython has caught four passes and senior Nick Pelegreen has made two catches.
The Riders defense has been suffocating with seniors Sean McGee and Zac Coole leading the way at the linebacker spot. Senior Cody Schau has been a ballhawk in the secondary.
''Ferry is a team that you have to take advantage of what they give you,'' Kropka said. ''You're not going to catch them out of position too often for some 70-yard play. They're disciplined and play well together.''
On the offensive side of the ball, the Riders have been impressive, scoring at nearly a 50 points per-game clip.
Senior Tyler Strama and junior Eric Flowers have split time at quarterback. Both have performed well as they've passed for 555 yards and six touchdowns.
Schau is the big-play threat in the passing game with 19 receptions for 343 yards and four scores. Junior speedster Brian Styles has made 10 receptions for 81 yards and junior Robert Vargo is a big target at tight end. He's made eight receptions for 97 yards and a score.
The Riders running game has also been impressive and it's used a bevy of options. Styles is the leading rusher with 170 yards and two scores, Brandon Laughman has 166 yards and three scores, while Marcus Sutton has 143 yards and two scores.
''Harrison Central has been good defensively,'' Bruney observed. ''To hold Wheeling Central to seven points was impressive. They're very athletic on defense.''
Pelegreen is the leading defensive player for Harrison Central with 39 tackles. Nate Maykowski has 24 stops, while Josh Legget, Niko Williams and Tyler Rose all have 21 tackles.


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There is Something About Dad
My long-distance dad was always thereBy Rabbi Richard F. Admin, DMin
Father's Day has come and gone. President Obama energized the call for the power of fatherhood, and memories returned for many of us. I hope you were lucky enough to be able to share the day with your dad. Mine died several years ago. It is a curious and wonderful reality that in many ways, he is still very present in my life.
I was one of those people growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s whose parents were divorced. In fact, I went through a series of stepparents as I grew up, as both my mom and dad remarried. I needed to travel from Philly to Baltimore to spend time with my dad. It was a trip I got used to taking every other weekend, for years, via the old Pennsylvania Railroad (the pre-Amtrak days!). The great event, in those times, was the ability, once I was a teenager, to drive my own car. What freedom!
It is strange to remember the relationship we had with fathers. My father, from the time I was five years old, was absent physically from my daily life. Yet, in some ways, he was always present. Even now, so many years later, I cannot fully explain it. He graduated Central High in Philadelphia in 1929, but the Depression compelled him to enter the work force rather than college. Different times called for different choices. He worked very hard. Ten- or twelve-hour days were not unknown; indeed, I remember they were the norm. I still recall some of those visits to Baltimore, where he settled, as he was starting his company. I would spend the bulk of the weekend riding along with him as he answered service calls to clients. You can learn a lot by hanging out with your dad as he works.
In fact, those experiences helped him form his philosophy of life, which he passed on to me several times. It was simple: "There is no substitute for hard work," he would say. The message was repeated over and over in different ways, but the core remained the same. Do not be afraid of hard work, and if you work hard, good things will happen. Our father-son "bonding" consisted of us either sitting in his car (or later, a service truck), talking about the next service call or glorious (and memorable) Sunday afternoons at Memorial Stadium watching the late and blessed Baltimore Colts.
The business grew over time, and he let me help out some as I got older. Eventually, he had enough help and success that he was able to delegate some of the harder work. He sold the business and tried to retire. He failed at that, and I am convinced that his "retirement" helped lead to his death. He had no retirement plan, no sense of a next stage of life. He worked. That was his life.
And I think of him often. He was not remotely a spiritual person. He was a bottom-line guy. He could not understand why I chose the rabbinate over his company. Yet, in a very real way, he was always there for me. He was always available to help navigate choices, to give an honest opinion devoid of drama. My dad played it straight down the middle. Was he without blemish or foible? No way! But, in the grand scheme of things, did it matter? Not in the least. He was a long-distance dad who was always there. Strange how life is and how powerful dads are. Enjoy yours. I always remember mine with love and gratitude and wish he were here now.


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Hi all.
I have a customer currently running a standalone Samba server (PDC, no LDAP implementation) on one side and a standalone Zimbra server on the other side.
We're thinking of migrating this standalone Samba to a brand new shinny Samba-LDAP with WebUI 8)
Obviously, we don't want to create a new domain, nor create the users again.
So here comes my question : do you think it's possible to setup the Zimbra's Samba as a BDC to this domain (in order to populate the LDAP server with the users, computers and groups) then promote it to PDC (while stopping the old Samba server) ?


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I sure wish I had a pic of the "alvitract" ...
If you have weapons (3D or pic.) for your race (swords, bows, axes...), please post them here.
I sure wish I had a pic of the "alvitract" ...
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
On the Haffer galleons maindeck, they had swung up hatches, and they were raisin a timber frame up from their belowdecks. I didnt know what it werenever seen anythin like it. I stopped and stared. I got an eyeful of it, but still I didnt understand it.
It were square-cut timbers, near thick as masts, elbow-hinged. They levered the whole thing up from their hold. Three Haffers sat on top of it, pullin ropes and ratchets. It were some class of war machine. In the middle I seen a huge arrow, or spear, or bolt of some class, metal-headed, twelve foot long, thick as my thigh and with a heavy chain hangin from it, and behind the bolt were a monstrous great hunk of granite in a sling. I squinted at it. I swear I first figured it were an inside-out catapult. I knew of deck-mounted ballistas as shipboard weapon, but I never seen a catapult on a ship before. Catapults aint practical for ships. But this werent no catapult.
Them three Haffers atop this thing triggered it. The giant bolt in the middle shot out, trailin its chain. Just as they loosed it, Red Herring rolled to an outside wave, leanin to port, so to tilt her whole self toward the galleon. The bolt come across our port rail abaft the mizzenmast and hit the aftcastles forward bulkhead, twixt the pupdeck and the quarterdeck, no moren ten feet to starboard of where Billie stood just port of the passageway into the aftcastle.
Now, I had turned my head to follow the bolt as it come from the galleon across to our own ship, and I didnt see exactly how the mechanisms in their war machine worked inside their frame. I seen only the bolt itself, as its chain yanked back hard, rippin out a twelve-foot span of our bulkhead. The planks snapped with a roar. Splinters flew everywhere. I seen, in a split-second, the head of their bolt: on the backside of the bulkhead, heavy spring-loaded fingers had snapped open, like barbs, so when the chain pulled the bolt back, the bolt didnt come out clean, but took all that wood with it.
Red Herring rolled back upright just as the boltwith a big hunk of our bulkheadwent back across our port rail. I seen Billie still on the quarterdeck, standin calm, belly-deep in the wreckage of the torn-up bulkhead. She looked pinned twixt the wreckage and the bulkhead behind her.
[excerpt from self-interview about the weapon ...]
Q. Fine. Splinter.
A. Right, well, I had read all the Hornblower books, and I'd seen Pirates Of The Caribbean and other movies like Master And Commander; so, as I was planning Billie's story, the plot called for her to get injured--
Q. [snerk]
A. --and I just kinda automatically thought of splintering wood as the way somebody gets hurt on a big sailing ship.
Q. And you didn't have any cannon to splinter the wood.
A. Right.
Q. And so you just arbitrarily made up something else.
A. Which is the fun part! Some wild new weapon, something fantastic--because after all this is a fantasy world--but also grounded in some real-world mechanical concepts. For example, if a barbed bolt--[expletive], I should have used the word "harpoon"!--if a bolt like that is going to convey enough pullback shock to an enemy ship that it rips out a giant portion of the hull--
Q. That shock would also apply in Newtonian equal-and-opposite fashion to whatever was pulling back the bolt from the other end.
A. Right, and that's the other ship. But nobody, not even a Klingon, would design a weapon that hurts himself as much as it hurts the other guy.
Q. So you rigged a heavy boulder to do the jerking, and insulated the attacking ship from the shock, using a series of suspension slings.
A. Right.
Q. It would be clearer with a blueprint or some cool action drawing.
A. Yeh, sorry, I didn't have an artist on hand at the time. Limited resources, yada yada.
Q. And you gave it a Latin name.
A. Yeh, because (I hope) it made it sound realer. I set that up by using the word hemostat and translating it as "blood-stopper," which is a real word, a real thing. Then when I said alvitract and translated it as "hull-puller," (I hope) it authenticized the idea. So the weapon is grounded (I hope) in both sound mechanical principle and in real language.
Q. But hemostat isn't Latin. It's Greek.
A. Whatever. Close enough.
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?


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Tips for home A/V cable management
The Crutchfield writing team is a group of full-time, in-house copywriters who share a passion for consumer electronics. In addition to creating the articles and videos you find in the Research area of the Crutchfield website, these hard-working and talented people write the informational copy for the products on our website and in the Crutchfield catalog. Our writers constantly research the latest products, technologies, and industry trends, so that we can bring you the most helpful information possible.
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Combine cable management accessories with the techniques in this article for a clean-looking setup.
Want to enjoy 5.1 surround sound, but don't want unsightly wires running across your floor to the back of the room?
Just hung a flat-panel TV on the wall, and unhappy with the not-so-tidy look of cables dangling down?
Installing a multi-room audio system, and want to conceal the speaker cables?
Love the way your home theater system performs — but not the nest of wires behind your audio/video cabinet?
In this article, you'll find tips and tricks to tackle these and other common home A/V wire management problems. We'll tell you how to —
- use wire ties, tacks, and raceways to bundle and anchor your cable
- run wire along the edge of wall-to-wall carpeting
- run wire on your wall or baseboard
- organize the cables behind your A/V cabinet
- run wire behind baseboards, crown molding, and door jambs
- run wire under carpeting
- run wire through cabinetry or a closet
If you'd like to learn about concealing your cables inside your walls, please read our in-wall wiring guide for important safety guidelines, plus installation tools and techniques.
Running cables — the basics
First, let's take a quick look at some general do's and don'ts to ensure that you'll get great performance out of your cables, wherever and however you route them.
- Don't run A/V cables too close to power cables, since this can negatively affect the picture or sound. Granted, it's near-impossible to keep your receiver's power cable completely separate from the mass of A/V cables sprouting out the back, but there are a couple of things you can do to minimize the potential for interference. For example, when you run them out of your component cabinet, keep them a few inches apart from each other. If they do meet, try to cross them at right angles.
- It can be tempting to choose the shortest workable lengths of wire to save money, and to avoid excess cabling puddled on your floor. Keep in mind though that pulling cables too tight can actually stretch the center conductor or dielectric, which may damage the wire, and negatively affect its performance. Also, if you have a little extra wire, it'll be easier to route it neatly around corners, over doors, and other obstacles.
- Don't do anything that pinches the cable jacket, or otherwise changes the nice, typically round shape of the cable. For example, if you wrench your cables tightly around a corner, or create any other sharp bends in the cable, you may impair its performance. Similarly, don't cinch your cables down too tightly with wire ties or tacks.
- Make sure you have enough wire. After you've planned your route, measure it, taking into account any obstacles the cables may have to go around. Remember that it's better to have a bit too much than too little. Here's an example:
|Running wire from the receiver, down cabinet, to the wall
|4 feet
|Running wire horizontally along a baseboard to TV location
|6 feet
|Running wire up wall to TV
|3 feet
|13 feet
|+ 15% fudge factor
|15 feet total
The Wiring Solution is a great way to hide the portion of your cable run between the bottom of your wall-mounted TV and the top of your A/V cabinet.
Wire ties, wire tacks, and raceways
One of the easiest ways to tidy up your A/V cable runs is to take advantage of accessories like wire ties, tacks, and raceways. They'll help you bundle the cables together and keep them in place, so that wherever your wires are visible, they look orderly and neat. Here are some tips for each of these solutions:
Wire ties
- Look for sturdy plastic wire ties or wire clamps made specifically for cable management — the flimsier ties often packaged with garbage bags won't be up to the task.
- After you've routed your cables and made all of the necessary connections, start bundling your cables at one end of your run. Move down the run, keeping them smooth and well-grouped, and add a tie every 3-4 feet.
- Be careful not to cinch the ties too tight.
- Once you've bundled cables along the length of your run, snip the excess plastic off of the wire ties for a groomed look.
Wire tacks
- Look for wire tacks that match the shape and size of the cable you wish to anchor, so that you don't accidentally pinch the cable and impair performance. For example, wire tacks designed for flat speaker wire would be ill-suited for a rounder, bulkier subwoofer cable.
- Be careful not to nick or pierce the cable when hammering tacks.
- Cable management raceways attach to your wall or baseboard, and most are paintable to match your décor. They're a great solution for hiding speaker cable running to a wall-mounted speaker, for example, or power and A/V cables under a wall-mounted TV.
- Make sure that the raceway offers enough space to comfortably accommodate all of the cable you wish to route through it.
Run wire along the edge of wall-to-wall carpeting, below the baseboard
Another quick option is to tuck your cables along the edge of your wall-to-wall carpeting. While this isn't a good option for large cables or bundles of cables, it's great when you're just trying to hide an unsightly wire or two — for example, if you're running wire to surround speakers in the back of your room.
- Check that there's enough space for your wires. Keep in mind that you don't want the wire to get pinched, so make sure there's some breathing room. Since the amount of space between your carpet and baseboard can vary at different spots in your room, check numerous points along your intended wire route.
- Don't jam your wires all the way into corners — those sharp right angles can pinch the conductor and impede performance. Instead, allow your wires to surface briefly and make a more gradual curve.
- Minimize the amount of visible cable by exiting the baseboard/carpet hiding place at strategic spots — for example, behind furniture, or directly below an on-wall speaker.
- Camouflage your wire when it is visible. For example, you could use flat, paintable speaker wire and paint it the color of your walls, baseboard, or even carpet.
Looking for low-profile cables? Consider flat, paintable speaker wire.
Run wire along your wall or baseboard
This is a common solution, and often the most practical for lots of folks. Tacking wire to your wall may seem self-explanatory, but the tips below can help you get great performance, as well as less intrusive wiring.
- If possible, select paintable cables and match them to your wall or baseboard color.
- Use wire tacks or clips to secure the cable once every 1-2 feet. Make sure they match the shape and size of the cable you wish to anchor, so that you don't accidentally pinch the cable and impair performance. Also, be careful not to nick or pierce the cable when hammering tacks.
- Keep wire out of the main field of view when possible to prevent it from interfering with the things you want to look at, like paintings and photographs. For example, if you're running wire to surround speakers that are mounted relatively high up on your wall, you may not want to run the wire up the wall right below the speakers. Instead, it may make more sense to run the wire up the wall in a place that's less visible, like behind a tall piece of furniture, and then run it the rest of the way high up on the wall or along your crown molding. Then, run the wire down the wall to the speakers.
Our self-adhesive, color-coded labels keep your audio, video, speaker, and power cables clearly identified.
Organize the cables behind your A/V cabinet
Anyone with a couple of components knows how quickly those audio, video, and power cables can add up into a tangle of wires. Here are some tips to detangle the mess and get a clean-looking setup that performs well.
- Use Crutchfield's CableLabels™ to clearly identify your cables. That way, it'll be easier when you swap out your receiver down the road, or add a new component to the mix.
- Keep excess cabling in an "S" or figure-eight shape (not in a loop) to prevent electromagnetic interference.
- Drill screws, hooks or pegs into the back of your cabinet and wind your cables around them. To make sure you don't create any sharp bends in the cables, install multiple screws to create smooth, gradual curves.
- Use wire tacks or clips to anchor individual wires to the back of your cabinet. Make sure they match the shape and size of the cable you wish to anchor, so that you don't accidentally pinch the cable and impair performance. Also, be careful not to nick or pierce the cable when hammering tacks.
- Use plastic A/V wire ties to organize your cables into bundles. Be sure not to cinch the ties down too tightly and pinch the cables.
- Bundle A/V and power cables separately to avoid audio or video interference. Try to keep A/V and power cables a few inches apart; if they do intersect, keep them at right angles.
Routing cables behind baseboards and door jambs can give you a neat, custom-install look, without the hassle of drywall repair.
Run wire behind baseboards, crown molding, and door jambs
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If RDA was revised to allow using the elements prescribed under 6.27.3 when constructing access points for arrangements, cataloguers would have enough elements at their disposal to make access points unique, including the name of the arranger (as Other Distinguishing Characteristic of the Expression). The optional addition would also be unnecessary.
If RDA was revised to allow using the elements prescribed under 6.27.3 when constructing access points for arrangements, cataloguers would have enough elements at their disposal to make access points unique, including the name of the arranger (as Other Distinguishing Characteristic of the Expression). The optional addition would also be unnecessary.
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188.8.131.52 needs to have examples of how to record this element. Examples were not originally present because the only example would have been:
Based on the access point examples they have given for 188.8.131.52.1, it would appear that at 126.96.36.199 they would want the cataloger to record:
Transcription. Concert band. Schuller
Arrangement. Japanese instruments. Okano
Arrangement. Piano, 4 hands. Leithner
Transcription. Guitar
However there is nothing that instructs the cataloger to record this as one instance of element with the three characteristics separated by a period. Or would the element be repeated?:
Transcription Concert band Schuller
Arrangement Japanese instruments Okano
In MARC 381 would you record:
381 $a Transcription. Concert band. Schuller
381 $a Transcription $a Concert band $a Schuller
381 $a Transcription 381 $a Concert band 381 $a Schuller
In 184.108.40.206.1, I don't see how Appendix E instructions are sufficient to arrive at the access points that they are suggesting. Arrangements are punctuated, according to Appendix E, using a semicolon. The only time Other distinguishing characteristics of the expression for a musical expression are enclosed within parentheses is the term "Sketches" - at least according to Appendix E. Therefore, it would seem that the terms for arrangements should be separated by a semicolon or else appendix E needs to have information added to it. Finally, there would seem to be little precedent to separate the separate bits of information by a period, unless specific instructions are added to RDA chapter 6 and/or Appendix E.
Given current instructions in RDA I think you would have either:
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Corsaire; transcription; concert band; Schuller
or maybe
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Corsaire (Transcription : Concert band : Schuller)
since separate characteristics are normally separated by a colon. To arrive at the form of the examples in the proposal, there needs to be an instruction to record the bits as a single element with the bits separated by a period. Showing this by examples alone is not adequate.
Finally, I think an example would now be needed under the Alternative to 188.8.131.52.1.
- Glennan (PCC) for Adam Schiff, University of Washington (8/3/12)
MLA response:
First, some comments on the details of the proposed revisions. Adam Schiff raises good questions about punctuation in the examples. In addition to his suggestion that an example would now be needed under the proposed alternative to 220.127.116.11.1, the proposed alternative to 22.214.171.124 could also use an example, even though as Adam points out the example would simply be "arranged," plus a brief citation of the resource described. An MLA commenter points out that the proposed optional addition to 184.108.40.206.1 would also need an example, strange looking as it may be, and that glossary definitions for the proposed distinct categories of arrangement, transcription, and orchestration would need to accompany 220.127.116.11a and 188.8.131.52.1a. This commenter also notes that 126.96.36.199b and 184.108.40.206.1b would need to include specific guidance on terminology for the medium of performance and that 184.108.40.206c and 18.104.22.168.1c would need to include guidance on what form of name to record. Another MLA commenter questions why the additional identifying element of key is not suggested, since that can be a useful way of identifying an arrangement.
Now, some concerns about the big picture. One MLA commenter cites a passage from FRBR, p. 21: "On a practical level, the degree to which bibliographic distinctions are made between variant expressions of a work will depend to some extent on the nature of the work itself, and on the anticipated needs of users and on what the cataloguer can reasonably be expected to recognize from the manifestation being described." This commenter also cites a passage from FRAD, p. 10, which quotes most of the above and adds: "Variations that would be evident only from a detailed analysis and comparison of expressions would normally be reflected in authority data only if the nature or stature of the work warranted such analysis, and only if it was anticipated that the distinction would be important to users."
These passages take a practical stance and could serve as justification for continuing past practice of creating "super-expression" records and access points (using just the generic "arranged" for all arrangements of the same work, regardless of differences in medium of performance or arranger).
The EURIG proposal goes beyond FRBR in making a distinction among arrangements, transcriptions, and orchestrations, which doesn't seem particularly worthwhile, especially since transcriptions and orchestrations are types of arrangements. What would be the implications for our legacy data? What would be the implications for linked data?
As for medium of performance and name of arranger, these are definitely useful pieces of information, but would be coded as distinct elements in expression records in a pure WEMI environment. Expression access points aren't the be-all end-all means of identifying "expressions of expressions" (i.e., arrangements for specific mediums of performance by specific arrangers), and in fact, such detailed expression access points could wreak havoc in the database.
Tracey Snyder, MusLA, 9/20/12
I agree with the MLA response (after all, I contributed to it!). One final concern from me: I do not agree with the Alternative; why would the authorized access point content be determined by the content of the descriptive data – wouldn't this then mix expression & manifestation data? The Alternative makes sense when looking at a single bib. record but wouldn't make sense when looking at the WEMI "records" as a whole. Perhaps the Alternative should be to simply add "arranged" instead – regardless of the content of the description.
- Glennan (PCC) 9/28/12
I too am concerned that this proposal throws too much into the access point, creating a stark rift with past practice, creating extra work for the cataloger, and possibly leading to unhelpfully long opac displays. Perhaps this proposal, with its reliance on headings, reflects too much of the need to force RDA to function in a MARC environment, and as such is looking too short-term?--Patricia Dragon 11:50, 28 September 2012 (PDT)(CCDA)
Constituency responses
ACOC: Text of response
Generally supports, but some aspects require further attention.
Change "judged useless" to "redundant."
Recommends fuller form of name, not just last name, used in examples. [Summarizer note: they can't mean the RDA element "Fuller form of name", which would omit the last name -- see RDA 9.5.1.]
Examples in 188.8.131.52.1 may be read as prescribing a preferred format for recording data; reconsider this.
CCC: Text of response
Recognizes that a revision is desirable, but it should address all of the musical expressions covered by 6.28.3, not just arrangements. A more global revision that would allow using the elements prescribed under 6.27.3 would make some of the changes proposed to 184.108.40.206.1 unnecessary (e.g. adding the name of the arranger or having the optional addition). We suggest that these revisions be deferred to the RDA Music Joint Working Group.
6.18.4: Does not support proposed revision; they are the same as proposed for the access point at 184.108.40.206.1. The "specification of the nature of the expression" should be established as a new element or as an element sub-type. Does not see the utility of making distinctions between types of arrangements.
Medium of performance, as defined in the Glossary, relates exclusively to the entity "work" and thus is not appropriate to identify the medium of performance of an arrangement. The appropriate element would be Medium of Performance of Expression, which is defined in FRAD but not in RDA. CCC supports the creation of this element, as well as Numeric Designation of a Musical Expression and Key of Expression.
The name of the arranger is already provided for in RDA under the element Other Distinguishing Characteristic of the Expression. A new element is not required.
22.214.171.124.1: Does not support the proposed revision chiefly because it would defeat the objective of continuity with AACR2 access points and create split files without bringing tangible benefits. It would be neither useful nor practical to determine the nature of the expression. Notes that not all identifying elements need to be included in access points, only those that are required to distinguish between expressions. However, the proposal requires that the elements specified in paragraphs a), b) and c) would be added systematically.
If RDA was revised to allow using the elements prescribed under 6.27.3 when constructing access points for arrangements, cataloguers would have enough elements at their disposal to make access points unique, including the name of the arranger (as Other Distinguishing Characteristic of the Expression). The optional addition would also be unnecessary.
DNB: Text of response
Agrees; recommends that JSC consider if the proposed change might be an alternative rule instead of being the main rule.
LC: Text of response
Doesn't agree with all of the means suggested in the proposal.
Change to RDA instruction 220.127.116.11 Arrangements Transcriptions, Etc.:
Agree that "arranged" is insufficient.However, we feel that the recommended new terms shown at a), arrangement, transcription, and orchestration to characterize the nature of such arrangements, are not mutually exclusive, and more than one could be correctly assigned to the same resource.
Recording medium of performance, shown in b) in the proposal, is already provided for under 6.15.
Regarding c), the name of the arranger, we consider an arranger a contributor whose name would be recorded as bearing a relationship to an expression of the original work rather than being recorded as proposed. We would not distinguish between an arrangement by the original composer and one by another person (etc.).
Arrangements issues are on the agenda of the RDA Music Joint Working Group.
Change to RDA instruction and examples at 184.108.40.206.1 Arrangements of "Classical," Etc. Music:
Effectively a hole in the instructions (no option to add another distinguishing feature in 22.214.171.124.1). Agree that medium (point b) in the proposal) could sometimes serve to distinguish different expressions of the same work.
In relation to point c), in LC's testing the addition of elements such as the name of an editor, arranger, or performer led to some very cumbersome constructions, given that Western music's standard repertory includes numerous different arrangements, editions, and performances of the same work.
At this time, then, we do not recommend that route.
CILIP: Text of response
Does not agree with the proposal because of the proposed methodology. Believes that consistency in RDA requires controlled vocabularies. Could be a useful augmentation of RDA if redrafted.
Notes that the way the term "transcription" is used in RDA (and in FRBR) is open to misinterpretation; that is, a musical transcription is not the same as a transcription as a copy.


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