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Lysyj scored 39 goals and had 38 assists in four seasons with Cortland, graduating in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, with a concentration in coaching, and a minor in communications.
Following college, he played professionally with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL and with the Peoria Rivermen and Mississippi Surge of the Southern Professional Hockey League. He also has worked and trained with Extreme Power Skating, Prestige Hockey Training and the New Jersey Raiders.
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Since the minor-league free agency period began a couple of weeks ago, the Nationals have re-signed four of their own free agents…
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- Jesus Valdez (Harrisburg/Syracuse)
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Despite the PED suspension, Seth Bynum is brought back. Do we know anything about the specifics of that?
Maldonado is good emergency insurance should we have a rash of injuries and a good vet for the young pitchers making their way through the IL.
Josh Johnson's been an asset to Harrisburg and Valdez is getting old, but I don't have a problem with him coming back.
Welcome back, boys, and I look forward to finding about other signings.
Adding to that …
Desmond and Bernadina aren't the only two that date back to the days when the Nats were the Expos. So, too does Seth Bynum who worked his way to AAA from the rookie league. His hobby I think is crocheting?
Maybe he was trying to get more than a cup of coffee (which of course he has yet to receive from the Nats …)
Just to clarify concerning Bynum, his suspension occurred in 2010.
Don't forget McConell resigned to play ss and Rahl signed as outfielder. Rahl's numbers as good or better than Valdez. McConnell not so much.


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Based in the capital city Bern, Andrew Eames sets out to indulge in the nation's regional specialities in the surrounding mountains
Based in the capital city Bern, Andrew Eames sets out to indulge in the nation's regional specialities in the surrounding mountains
The side of the mountain fell 1,000 feet down into the valley
Sleepy Sölden in the South Tyrol has a starring role in 'Spectre'. Nick Boulos takes to its slopes and finds a mountain lair fit for a Bond villain
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Froome became the second winner from Team Sky in as many years
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The three members of the British al-Hilli family were shot dead while sat in their car parked in a remote Alpine beauty spot on 5 September
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A drought in a resort famous for its epic snowfall. A mountain with the best steep terrain anywhere... in a heatwave. Crud, slush, mud: the life of the off-piste skier with a day job can be as frustrating as it is ruinous.
She did not choose bob skeleton, it was chosen for her, yet the brave Brit has medal chances at this week's World Championships
Sprinter-turned-bobsleigh brakeman Craig Pickering declared himself happy with his 19th place in his inaugural world championships.
Patrick Thorne heads for a notoriously glitzy Swiss resort – and falls in love with the place
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According to a July 7 report from Slam! Sports, WWE legend Bret Hart is set to make a guest appearance on the July 7 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, which will be filmed at the Bell Center in Montreal. As most WWE fans know, Hart is easily the most popular Canadian wrestler in WWE history. Hart, 57, is perhaps the best pure wrestler of all-time.
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Besides Hart's cameo, WWE Monday Night Raw is expected to feature plenty of build-up for the upcoming Battleground pay-per-view. With Battleground less than two weeks away, the WWE needs to tie up the loose storylines heading into the event. Chris Jericho had been feuding with Bray Wyatt in recent weeks, but the WWE has advertised a match tonight between him and The Miz. It's likely that Wyatt will interfere in the match, since Jericho has a rivalry building with him. Wyatt interference would also solidify Jericho as a babyface in his latest WWE run.
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Tonight on WWE Monday Night Raw, WWE Universe might see Swagger cement his status as a babyface by squaring off with Rusev, one of the WWE's top current heels. In all likelihood, Swagger will lose to Rusev, being that the Bulgarian legend hasn't yet been defeated in the WWE ranks. However, it'll still be entertaining to watch.
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AUSTIN (SMU) - The SMU rowing team took home four first place finishes at the Head of the Colorado on Saturday.
"We did really well today," said Head Coach Doug Wright. "Everyone raced really hard and showed how hard they have been training since the last head race."
The freshman 8+ crew earned its second victory, in as many races, as it placed first out of 12 competitors in a time of 18:50.4. The finish was over a minute faster than its closest opponent.
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The final race of the day for the Mustangs saw a second and fifth place finish in the open single. Chantelle Conley finished in a time of 23:19.0, while sophomore Jonnie Parmer clocked in at 26:27.2.
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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult is out supporting their latest release Spooky Tricks, which is their 13th studio album.
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This course is aimed at students who have studied Polish for two years part-time. It builds on the grammar base aquired in previous studies but the emphasis is on communication and comprehension skills. General topics covered in previous courses will be revised and extended and your knowledge of Polish culture and society will be further developed through the introduction of new themes.
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I'm living in West Africa and won't be back in the States with access to proper ultrasound facilities until I'm around 24 weeks pregnant. Will it still be possible to find out the sex of our baby, or is it true that he/she will be too big to see it properly?
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YOu can absolutely see the sex of the baby at 24 weeks! you can see it at 41 weeks!! Sometimes it may be harder to get the baby to turn that way b/c they run out of room but at 24 weeks you are more than "safe". I had my baby girl's sex verified when I was 32 weeks and it was easier to do than when I was at my 20 week ulstrasound.posted 12/12/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
Yes you can findout the sex of your at 24 weeks b/c im 24 weeks and i just found out the sex of my baby so no it will not be too late and no its not true to findout what the baby sex is if he/she is too bigposted 10/19/2012 by mrsjwoodsmm
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Night Of The Templar
All is calm outside the Basilica, priests moving in their usual, seemingly, holy ways. Yes, a facade. A mere front to present to the pilgrims still here and to those just arrived: the supposed religious and pure of spirit.
Easter was a mere five days in the past; recent history, the trappings of the Holy Day still evident everywhere. Today, Friday the Thirteenth, 2012 is his day.
He laughs, sitting on a bench, wearing his kilt, his Tam sitting jauntily atop his head. This is the year, the day, the hour, for what must be done: a cleansing is in order. Justice must be administered.
So many years ago they came, capturing and torturing so many. Friday the thirteenth, October, in the year 1307. That bastard King Philip IV and his stooge, Pope Clement, sent the forces of evil to destroy the Knights Templar. They were quite effective, or so they thought. Some of the knights escaped; some were actually assimilated into other religious groups.
Not so with Claude. He escaped all right, but not like the others. His soul was torn from the betrayal of his Church, his Pope, and even his God for allowing such injustice. The Dark side called to him, and he listened.
More than that, he made a deal.
Eternal life is his now. He is immortal. All these years of watching and waiting have lead to this moment. The body politics raging between God and the Dark Angel mean nothing to him. He has a job to do tonight, and that job happens to happily co-exist with his own dreams and wishes. Sweet, sweet revenge.
Those with the red vestments and skull-caps arrive, almost appearing to be effeminate the way they walk, prancing about in their finery like fucking, jaunty peacocks.
"Look at me! Look at me! I'm a Cardinal; I'm special, very special; come up and beg to kiss my ring."
Claude, for the last 705 years known as Rob, Rob McNelson, snickers under his breath, finding it difficult to contain his disgust for these buffoons. Fingering the sword hidden beneath his kilt, he wishes he could part these pompous bastards from their fingers now. But the time is not right yet. Soon . . .soon it will happen.
Rob has fathered many children over the years; wed many wives. but alas, unlike him, the mantle of immortality could not be passed to them. Even his most famous and stalwart progeny, Lord Admiral Nelson, had to pass on to the next world. This is one part of who he is that wreaks havoc with his mind, but it is as it must be.
The night is warm and the pigeons look for relief from the heat, flying around, attracted to the fountains below, but sensing that the man in the kilt, appearing to be so innocent before the pilgrims and tourists alike is not a man to be trifled with. They give him a wide berth and fly away.
"Ah, that the fools before me had the smarts of these birds," Rob thinks.
He stands, all six feet five inches of him, towering over most of the people in the square. With a mighty roar, he reaches beneath his kilt and removes a tremendous, double-edged sword, ready to do his bidding. The lights from the Basilica play off the specially tempered steel and he walks towards the entrance of the Papal residence.
The Swiss guards in their comical, striped uniforms are no match for him, and he enters the building easily. What moments before were self-assured, adoration seeking Cardinals scurry to hide or retreat from this wild-eyed Scottish madman. Rob is too quick and thorough for them, and they fall before him, blood flowing like rivers from their bodies, held back in places by dams, created as blockages occur once the red liquid reaches disemboweled bodies. Heads merrily bob around amidst the gore and finality of the righteous atonement for his comrades so many years before.
Up the stairs he goes, knowing the alarm has been sounded, that this German pretender to the Holy See will be secured within his room and kept away from the slaughter taking place around him.
"Heh, heh," Rob thinks. "For the moment, he is safe. I wish to remove the smaller fish from the net of capture. Oh, there are far more than five fishes to be captured here."
From room to room, down every hallway, he goes, knowing where all the pompous vermin are hiding. Yes, they can't escape him: an immortal with powers of sensitivity reaching far beyond any that mere mortals possess.
"Call to your God now!" he shouts. "But don't expect an answer. Just as I am doing my master's work, I am doing His as well. He knows you for what you are. My avenging sword will clean this wicked house of the iniquity residing within."
Visions of rape and incest reach the eyes of Rob, and even though his loyalty runs to Satan, he knows the scum he is destroying is worthy of what is being dealt to them. Those who have not participated have surely looked the other way and hidden the guilt of the transgressors. In some instances, they have condoned it.
No more.
Blood . . .blood is everywhere, and scattered moans of pain come from all around: a special treat for the worst of the evil. Yes, they must suffer longer before their last breaths are taken and they meet their new landlord, one who will eagerly show them more pain and angst, far beyond what Rob is dishing out to them now.
Once the red of the shed blood equals that of the red-clothed pretenders to the faith, Rob has only to go to the residence of the one at the top of the ladder. The bottom feeders are all gone.
His eminence The Pope is not difficult to find: the security is exemplary, and they are prepared for him. But, they do not expect someone like Rob. They think a mere human is wreaking havoc within the area of the Holy See.
"Holy See, my ass!" Rob thinks. "This place is as holy as a sewer in Edinburgh. My mission is just. Both sides will be happy when I have finished here."
The Pope stands before him, surveying the carnage that is everywhere within his sight. Terror is in his eyes, and he fears the worst.
"Why! Why!" he shouts. "Why have you done this?"
Rob laughs. "Oh, as if you don't know, my evil antagonist. You and all your predecessors have never cared about what God wanted; what was right, or what was wrong. You only cared about power and yourselves, trying to enslave the masses, making them feel they had to be subserviant to your every distorted whim and desire. You are all that is left of this debacle of failed faith. and your time is limited."
Rob raises his sword towards the heavens above, and not feeling any resistance, as he knew he wouldn't, he swings it with the authority of his strength and cleanly decapitates the last vestige of what was once the Catholic Church.
"Good bye, Pope," he says. "May you rot in Hell."
Rob strides from the building, so many years of grief and a need for revenge finally fulfilled. Yes, there will be more battles to be waged. there are many more vestiges of so-called faith remaining to be uprooted and dealt with, but after all, he has time on his side. He will be around for as long as it takes.
Friday the thirteenth, once a scourge for him and his friends, is now a very bad day for his enemies.
For some, this is now a good day . . .
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Following the publication of Mark Jacobson's New York Magazine article "The Return of Superfly," former heroin kingpin Frank Lucas became one of the most fabled gangsters of all time. The article was solely based on Lucas's own accounts of his criminal career. His story eventually attracted the attention of Hollywood and was adapted into the 2007 biopic American Gangster. The film's marketing campaign sold the story as being based on a true story. What many aren't aware of is how Lucas has changed key details of his story over the years, or that many of his claims have been challenged and outright debunked.
Author Ron Chepesiuk has been warning the public about Frank Lucas's penchant for twisting the facts for some time now. His book Gangsters of Harlem, released months before American Gangster hit theaters, pointed out glaring holes in Lucas's story. His latest book, Sergeant Smack: The Legendary Lives and Times of Ike Atkinson, Kingpin, and His Band of Brothers, soundly dismantles the Frank Lucas myth by telling the true story of former Army Master Sergeant Ike Atkinson. Planet Ill recently conducted a Q&A with Mr. Chepesiuk that answers the million dollar question: Just who is the real Frank Lucas?
Planet Ill: What exactly does Frank Lucas hope to accomplish by lying?
Ron Chepesiuk: Well, Lucas is in a bind that he really can't get out of. When he did the interview for that famous New York Magazine article, I don't think Lucas thought anything big like a movie deal would follow. If you read that article, you can see that Lucas's claims get more outlandish as it progresses—fighting ninja-like characters in the Golden Triangle, putting heroin on Henry Kissinger's plane, making coffins to move heroin from Asia to the U.S. etc. He was feeding Mark Jacobson, the author, bullshit because he never ever imagined a movie would result from the article. Jacobson is a good writer but not an investigative journalist and didn't check out Lucas's bullshit claims. Jacobson played stenographer to Lucas's fantasies. So today, Lucas is a lot like Walt Disney's Pinocchio. The more he talks about his story, the longer the tale gets.
Planet Ill: How many times has he changed his story over the years?
Ron Chepesiuk: Lucas has had three chances to re-invent himself": The New York magazine article, the movie and now his autobiography, Original Gangster. In the autobiography he doesn't even mention Ike Atkinson. Can you believe that? He also now downplays his role as a snitch who helped root out police corruption, a smart move since the DEA sued him for lying. There is more, but you get the picture.
Planet Ill: Have any elements of his story remained consistent?
Ron Chepesiuk: He has been consistent about his early life and how he got to New York City from North Carolina and his relationship to gangster Bumpy Johnson. But no one has stepped forward to verify Lucas' early history and I have not found out any sources who can. Of course, before she died, Bumpy Johnson's wife, Mayme, called out Lucas for lying about his relationship with her husband.
Planet Ill: Why did Mark Jacobson not do any fact checking on the story Lucas told him?
Ron Chepesiuk: Good question that I would someday .like to ask Jacobson. Of course if Jacobson had checked out the facts, there might not have been the movie, American Gangster. He did make a lame attempt by interviewing distinguished judge Sterling Johnson, who erroneously verified Lucas' role in cadaver-heroin connection, although he later retracted what he said. I think a part of it was that Jacobson was mesmerized by the story of ninjas, 007, Kissinger… and was intimidated by Lucas, who can be a bully in interviews. Jacobson could also have been on deadline and not have time.
Planet Ill: Why does Frank Lucas persist when it is quite obvious that his story is largely a fabrication?
Ron Chepesiuk: As I said, Lucas was stuck with what he said for Jacobson's New York Magazine article. It got Lucas the movie deal, but with time he has become more and more of a fraud in the eyes of the public.
Planet Ill: Is any of Frank Lucas's story true? Which elements can be verified?
Ron Chepesiuk: Well Lucas did have a working relationship with Ike, although Lucas has excised Ike from his memoir. Lucas did go to Bangkok but it was Ike who brought him there. Lucas did get some heroin from the Golden Triangle, but he got it from Ike who established the Asian heroin pipeline to the U.S. The half truths add up to one big lie. About the only thing that is definitely true is that Lucas was good friends with Joe Louis, the great heavyweight boxer. It appears that Lucas did treat Louis right.
Planet Ill: Why does the media continue to entertain his antics in light of all the inconsistencies in his story, especially now that all of these things are common knowledge?
Ron Chepesiuk: It is really amazing how the press has shied away from checking out Lucas's story. American Gangster was a big event and some enterprising journalists could have made a big splash with some serious investigation. It is also a reflection on the state of media today. Part of it was collusion. NBC, the History Channel and Universal are part of the same conglomerate. So they were more interested in doing infomercials to pimp the movie than doing serious analysis.
I don't know if, as you say, "it is common knowledge today." Hollywood is a powerful myth making machine. Even today, a lot of people think Tony Montana of the Scarface movie was a real person. A lot of people still don't want to believe that Lucas' story is bogus. They believed the myth and would feel stupid if they had to change their opinion.
Planet Ill: Can anything about Frank Lucas's early years in North Carolina be verified?
Ron Chepesiuk: As I said, no one has stepped forward to verify Lucas' recollections of his early life. We are talking about 60 to 70 years ago so many people are dead, but surely someone could have stepped forward. He tells the dramatic story of how his cousin was lynched by the Klan. I could find no record of it. Besides I learned in my research that, contrary to popular perception, there were almost no lynchings in North Carolina during the period of Lucas' adolescence. Retired law enforcement officials who knew Bumpy Johnson and with whom I talked can't recall Lucas. In his autobiography, he doesn't have dates or use real names. That's smart. It makes it hard to check out his story.
Planet Ill: How do those who know Frank Lucas characterize him? What is the general consensus?
Ron Chepesiuk: Well, I've talked to several people from the 1970s eras, including former drug dealers and invariably the word they use to describe Lucas is "liar." Those who were there at the time know that Lucas' story is bogus. They are also amazed that he has been able to get away with it. Also, there is little respect for Lucas because contrary to the Hollywood story line Lucas was a big-time informant who snitched on his fellow gangsters and not law enforcement. I haven't really found anyone that trusted Frank Lucas or has a positive view of him.
Planet Ill: Does Frank Lucas care about how his lies affect the lives of others?
Ron Chepesiuk: I think that all Lucas really cares about is the bottom line. I understand that Lucas won't give interviews or make public appearances unless he gets paid. He's got some prearranged public service gigs were he goes out into the community and speaks about the evils of drugs and tries to encourage young people to stay away from drugs. I understand he's even wanted money from community service groups to appear. His handlers can try to scrub his image but Lucas still has the mentality of the old time gangster from the 1970s.
Planet Ill: Why has Frank Lucas not answered any of his detractors? Have we really heard much from or about Lucas in the wake of the release of American Gangster?
Ron Chepesiuk: Lucas has responded. There are some clips on You Tube and he has given some interviews where he has not been challenged and his answers probed. The Wall Street Journal did an article on Ike Atkinson where the reporter actually went to Lucas and asked him to respond to Ike Atkinson's comments about Lucas' claims being bogus. Lucas said Ike was full of crap and suggested that the Wall Street Journal reporter go to DEA to find out who's telling the truth. The reporter did and a retired DEA agent revealed that when Lucas was arrested and interrogated by the DEA he never mentioned anything about the Asian connection. Further, the DEA agent confirmed that Ike was The Man in the Ike-Lucas drug trafficking relationship.
Planet Ill: When all is said and done, who is/was Frank Lucas?
Ron Chepesiuk: Lucas was a prominent dealer on 1970s New York-New Jersey scene but there were several other ones as well. My research show Lucas was not Bumpy Johnson's right hand man and he played a minor role in Bumpy's organization. Ike Atkinson, not Frank Lucas, pioneered the Asian heroin pipeline to the U.S. Lucas worked with the Italian American mafia contrary to what the movie and he claims. There was no smuggling of heroin in coffins and/or the cadavers of American servicemen who died in Vietnam. Lucas was big snitch who turned in his fellow gangsters and not cops. When Hollywood, the media and Denzel Washington are all pimping a movie, it's pretty hard to combat the myths they create. But my new book, Sergeant Smack (www.ikeatkinsonkingpin.com), I think, does that.
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Dear Planet,
After reading your excerpt about Frank Lucas, his interview, and the evolution of the interview into the movie "American Gangster," I ask what difference does it make if some parts of the movie and or interview were embellished? Hollywood very seldom tells the truth and most film "Directors" change and add other content to books and plays to entertain their ticket buying audience. Are YOU going to do research on the life and times of Al Capone to make sure his myth wasn't embellished?? I don't think so!
Leave Frank Lucas alone and let him enjoy his senior years in the spotlight and in financial comfort. I don't say these things because I'm a fan of Frank Lucas, I say them because WE have to be fair in the treatment of all Gangsters! I absolute hate what Frank Lucas did to hundreds of thousands of families all over the United States as his heroin poison destroyed peoples lives! However, as a writer, I know we hype up the intensity to keep readers and movie goers buying our product. This is the money making model that has been in use for decades. You and I both know that!
In the interest of excellent entertainment,
Brother Zachary C. Husser, Writer/consultant/motivational speaker
With all do respect Mr. Husser, I must disagree with you on this. Frank Lucas has touted his story as the absolute truth from day one, likewise for the makers of 'American Gangster.' It's one thing to employ artistic license when constructing a mass entertainment. It's quite another to pass off myths and tall tales as matters of historical fact. When Mark Jacobson and Universal pictures decided to capitalize on Lucas's story as presente, they willfully engaged in the latter. While many Hollywood biopics streamline the facts to make them more cinematic, many of the people behind such projects are forthcoming with the public about the elements that have been altered. Either way, that doesn't excuse it. Some people actually believe the marketing campaigns of these films and accept them as fact. Whether or not they should is beside the point. The reality is that many people believe what they see and hear, especially if the small type on the lobby poster says "based on a true story".
As far as your comments regarding the life and times of Al Capone, I have done a bit of research on the subject (though I am by no means an expert). Ever seen the movie "The Untouchables"? That film was rife with historical inaccuracies, not the least of which is Frank Nitti being thrown off the roof of a courthouse to his death by Elliot Ness. This has been pointed out and discussed numerous times over the past 23 years, by movie buffs and historians alike (copy and past the following link for a very good article on the subject: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/mar/18/reel-history-the-untouchables). This does not change the fact that "The Untouchables" is one of the most entertaining films of its kind ever made. However, its inherent entertainment value does not place it beyond reproach or above scrutiny. You don't hear Brian De Palma or the screenwriters behind "The Untouchables" crying foul whenever the historical inaccuracies in that film are pointed out. They'd be silly to do so.
"WE have to be fair in the treatment of all Gangsters." Really? With all do respect I'd say life has been quite fair to Mr. Lucas considering all of the destruction he has wrought. He got paid a hefty technical consulting fee for the film (somewhere in the neighborhood of 300k). I also read that Denzel Washington and Ridley Scott purchased him a $500,000 home upon it's completion. Both the History Channel and BET did documentaries on Lucas that coincided with films release. From what I understand he also got paid for both of those. He just released a book. Let's not even get into how all of the aforementioned continue an already dishonorable legacy based largely on fabrication. To intimate that either I or Ron Chepesiuk are somehow being unfair to him by poking holes in his story is bogus. You want to talk about fairness? Talk to the family members of those who were murdered by members of "The Country Boys." Talk to anyone who lived in Harlem during the Barnes/Lucas era. I wonder how they feel about the fairness with which Mr. Lucas has been treated.
Rappers are taken to task all the time for presenting caricature as reality, by both fans and detractors of hip-hop culture. Why should artists and entertainers in other mediums be exempt? If the makers of "American Gangster" had simply presented the film as what it was (a grand myth based largely on the tall tales of an ex criminal), there wouldn't be an issue. Americans worship pop culture and have become accustomed to misinformation and lies. Stand up comedians actually do whole routines on how full of it our politicians are. What does that tell you about us as a society? Applying a "don't knock the hustle mentality" in such cases is, again, idiocy at work. Entertainment value, box office success and platinum plaques do not negate the truth.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Faultless Laundry Co., commonly known as Faultless Linen, has decided to sell its hospitality business and focus entirely on establishing itself as a healthcare-only textile provider in the Midwest.
The company operates two healthcare-only plants in Kansas City and two more in St. Louis. The Spence family has continuously operated Faultless since Sam and Cora Spence founded it in 1896.
Faultless has served the hospitality market for decades from its downtown Kansas City plant, but that facility has aged to the point that significant repairs and reinvestment are required. Due to the financial and competitive pressures in the hospitality market, such a reinvestment doesn't make good economic sense, the company says.
Faultless has decided to transition its hospitality business to two other Kansas City-based, family-owned linen providers: Excel Linen Supply, owned and operated by the Brancato family, and Ace Image Wear, owned and operated by the Heilman family. Faultless' accounts are being divided between the two companies, which will retain nearly all affected Faultless employees.
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The view is beautiful from our balcony. We are looking forward to a few relaxing days here with our family. Hopefully we'll even cook some vacation food to post this week. Tomorrow I'll visit the grocery store.
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Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007
Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007
December 13-14, 2007
APC Laboratory, France (APC)
APC Laboratory, France (APC)
The "Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007" workshop will be the fourth
international meeting devoted to the opening of the neutrino physics
to more applied fields, such as geophysics and
geochemistry, nuclear industry, as well as the nonproliferation.
This meeting will highlight the world efforts already engaged to exploit the single characteristics of the neutrinos for the control of the production of plutonium in the civil nuclear power reactor. It will bring together experts in detection of antineutrinos, as well as international experts in nonproliferation, in order to underline the interest and the future possibilities offered by antineutrinos.
The potential industrial application of the measurement of the thermal power of the nuclear plants by the neutrinos will be also approached.
Geoneutrinos were for the first time highlighted in 2002 by the KamLAND experiment. Several international efforts are currently underway to use geoneutrinos to reveal the interior of the Earth. This meeting will be an opportunity to adapt the efforts of detection to the real needs of geophysicists and geochemists (sources of radiogenic heat, potassium in the court, feathers.)
Finally more futuristic topics such as the detection of nuclear explosions, of low powers, will be also discussed.
To stay as lively as in the previous editions, we would like to limit the number of invited participants to 50 persons maximum.
Michel Cribier & Thierry Lasserre
Following the successful AAP workshops (Hawaii 2004, Hawaii 2005, San Francisco 2006) on applications of antineutrino detection in the field of non proliferation, geophysics, and other applied topics, we are organising the fourth edition of the AAP workshop on December 13-14, 2007, at the new Astropartcle and Cosmology Laboratory (APC), located inside Paris.
To stay as lively as in the previous editions, we would like to limit the number of participants to 50 persons maximum.
Michel Cribier & Thierry Lasserre
International Advisory Committee:
A. Bernstein (LLNL)
G. Fioni (CEA)
G. Fiorentini (Univ. Ferrara)
J. Learned (Hawaii Univ.)
A. Lebrun (AIEA)
J.-P. Montagner (IPGP)
R. Raghavan (Bell Labs)
S. Schoenert (Max Planck Institut Heidelberg)
M. Skorokhvatov (Kurchatov)
F. Suekane (Tohoku Univ.)
Local Organizing Committee:
M. Cribier (CEA Saclay & APC) - co-chair
T. Lasserre (CEA Saclay & APC) - co-chair
T. Akiri (CEA Saclay & APC)
G. Mention (CEA-Saclay)
T. Mueller (CEA-Saclay)
R. Quéval (CEA-Saclay)
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I am curious how Apache handles how memory is allocated to each of the processes that it creates. I am currently running a Debian server.
Right now my server has 8GB of memory and has been on for about 7 days right now. Right now it shows that my server has about 50MB of available memory.
When I run "top -u www-data" I see all the Apache processes that are currently running. In the VIRT column I am seeing that each process is at 354m and the RES column varies between 9254 and 60m.
What I find odd is that when I restart Apache, the process IDs do change, but they automatically go right back to taking up about the same amount of memory.
Basically my concern is that Apache is taking up too much memory. Right now I have MaxKeepAliveRequests set to 100 and KeepAliveTimeout set to 3. I also have the following directives set:
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 5
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
MaxClients 150
MaxRequestsPerChild 200
<IfModule mpm_worker_module>
StartServers 2
MaxClients 150
MinSpareThreads 25
MaxSpareThreads 75
ThreadsPerChild 25
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
Now when I access the server, I do not really see any performance issues. The load average generally stays very long, I just seem to be having pretty low amount of available memory. It is not going to swap hardly at all (760k is the highest I have seen it).
I just seem to be worrying that Apache is taking too much memory. If this is normal and it will not cause the server to kill itself, I can learn to live with this. It just does not seem right.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Wale, Pill, Meek Mill and Teedra Moses are all talented artists whose careers had become stagnant or had plateaued for different reasons, who have come under Ross' umbrella. The first official result is the album Self-Made Vol. 1, a record showcasing the many strengths of the Maybach roster, suffers a bit for lack of subject variety and provides a wealth of promise for their particular movement.
Of particular note are the performances of both Wale and Meek Mill. Wale in particular is the lyrical star of the album with a much needed flavor infusion to bolster his considerable skills. Meek has expounded past his Philadelphia boundaries and is on his way to becoming a bona fide star in his own right with an energy that explodes on every track. While none of the crew can match Ross for presence on these records, it's clear that his association has elevated his artists rather than relegate them to step sister status.
Wale floats like a buttefly and stings like the singer on the Jeremih-featured "That Way," surprisingly produced by Lex Luger. Jeremih is hot butter on popcorn and Ross closes out the track with muscle Ross delivers perhaps the verse of the album on his Meek co-starred track "Ima Boss." The title is pedestrian but the allegory crafted by Ross is everything but
"Tupac Back" has set the streets ablaze and inspired numerous imitations. "600 Benz" has done similar damage with the help of Jadakiss. The key to these songs is Ross not trying to hog the glory; allowing Meek and Wale to forge their own identities. The same can be said of Pill's initial foray, "Pacman." These three songs are essentially the same in production but their differences in flavor are due entirely to their three distinct skill sets.
Wale and Meek are left to their own devices along with Teedra Moses on the rousing close to the album "Running Rebels." Brass elements add mood with a bassline smothered by big drums and horns and high hats. Meek explodes on the track, declaring:
Running rebel on another level like the Olympics these youngin they want another medal
They say to get a hundred mill you must become the devil/ If you believe that n***a you as dumb as ever
Young and dumb or either old and stupid/ I put my faith in God, never try, I just do it.
The prime three (Ross, Wale, Meek) appear on a number of songs including "Pandemonium" "Play Your Part" (Featuring D.A. From Chester French) and "Fitted Cap" (featuring J.Cole). D.A. does his best Bobby Brown impression as the trio rhyme of women who think they are getting over on them because they trick a little, not realizing that they are part of the uniform for a player. "Pandemonium" is a rousing, downhill rhyme fest of ashy to classy in the world of organized crime. Cole adds extra cheese to the crew's fresh recounting Rolls Royces along with foamposites, Lebrons the latest (retro) Jordans and other objects of hood envy. Meek Mill steals the show on this one.
Pill carries his own weight on the hard-charging Gunplay collaboration "Don't Let Me Go" and holds his own on the tracks that feature the entire collective ("By Any Means" "Self Made") as long as the Curren$y, CyHi , Teedra and Wale banger "Rise." Pill adds a certain grit that the other MMG members lack and what he loses in flash he compensates with a grimmer depth.
It's not the perfect album. Pill's solo "Ridin On Dat Pole" is unnecessary and cliché. "Big Bank" which features Torch, Meek, Pill and French Montana has been done many times before by Ross alone and with friends. Consider it the Thanksgiving turkey you should have let someone else eat. Too much.
Self Made Vol. 1 succeeds in delivering hard bottomed, high energy rhymes with each member of the collective delivering their own brand of music and blending into each other. They don't compete for the same spot like a Slaughterhouse album, they stand out separately. As a collective the variation of combinations on tracks and their differing voices makes up for the same subject matter. Color this album a success.
Out of 5
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Flames Advance to Horizon League Title Game; Defeat Valpo 4-3
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Flames honor senior pitcher Chris Hoffman
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Appeared in 21 games with one start ... led the team and ranked fifth in the Horizon League with three saves ... finished the season as the lone senior on the Flames roster.
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Appeared in 27 games, pitching 33.2 innings of relief ... named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team ... compiled a 4-1 record, 23 strikeouts with a 2.41 ERA
PRIOR TO UIC: Played two seasons at Triton Junior College at River Grove (Ill.) ... named to All-Regional Team while a member of Triton's conference championship team ... posted a record of 6-1 with a 3.54 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 10 appearances as a sophomore at Triton.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Two-time letterwinner in both baseball and basketball at Conant (Ill.) ... led Conant to regional and sectional titles as a junior ... born June 2, 1990, in Schaumburg, Ill. ... son of Doug and Laurie Hoffman ... has two siblings, Ricky and Tayler ... currently enrolled as a communications major.


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January is School Board Recognition Month, and the administration, faculty and staff of USD 428 made a point of doing just that at Monday night's school board meeting. Each board member received a gift of a pie.
At the USD 428 Board of Education meeting Monday night, Superintendent Tom Vernon prepared board members for some of the questions they will likely receive from patrons. He also addressed recent developments with the Gannon Decision concerning school funding by the state.
The Great Bend Recreation Commission ended its last fiscal year with more than $1 million in the bank, board members were told Monday. Curtis Kuhn with D. McMillen Chartered certified public accounting firm of Great Bend presented an audit report that showed no irregularities.
It was a busy morning at the Barton County Courthouse Monday as long-time public servants stepped aside to welcome new public officials took their oaths of office.
A week ago, President Obama and Congress avoided sending the country over the fiscal cliff, at least for a few months. Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran and House Representative Tim Huelskamp have issued their statements about their positions on the last second agreement.
Donna Zimmerman, Barton County Election Officer, has announced the following elective positions are available for the April 2 general election. Council positions are available for the cities of Great Bend, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Claflin, Albert, Galatia, Olmitz, Pawnee Rock and Susank. School board spots will be available for Great Bend, Hoisington and Ellinwood. Spots for the Barton County Board of Trustees and Ellinwood Hospital District Board are also available.
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The shootings at Newtown, Conn., and the possibility that Kansas may eventually allow people with permits to bring concealed weapons on campus, have prompted the trustees at Barton Community College to review security policies.
The Barton County Commission will honor out-going elected officials and welcome new ones when it meets at 9 a.m. Monday at the Barton County Courthouse, 1400 Main in Great Bend. There will also be a swearing in of new office holders. Other agenda items include reorganization.
The library of the Barton County Historical Museum will be anything but quiet on Wednesday, when the musical group Jody Adams & the StringDudes performs. This toe-tapping mix of folk-string-gospel-grass-acoustic music starts at 7 p.m. and is presented by the Barton County Arts Council and the Barton County Historical Society. Seats are $10 and will be sold at the door.
Barton Community College has been running out of room at its Grandview Plaza location, and a larger site is needed soon, college administrators told the BCC Board of Trustees Thursday. The owner of the building BCC has leased for the last five years has agreed to build a new wing for a long-term rental commitment from the college.
They live in cars or trucks with all their belongings, parked along the road or in parking lots. They live in abandoned houses, mobile homes or other buildings. They live in campgrounds in rickety trailers or tents. Sometimes, they can only find the shelter of a bridge, overpass, or dumpster. And if they aren't spending their days or nights working or going to school, they may be walking from place to place, resting in libraries, department stores, fast food restaurants and parks. They are the rural homeless.
The Great Bend Tribune ran a half-page advertisement in January, 1963 for newspaper delivery boys: "Buying at wholesale , selling at retail, and figuring his own profits -- the newspaper boy puts into practice everyday what he is learning at school. That is why many boys become better students after they have a newspaper route. And calling on prospects and signing up new subscribers does much more than teach salesmanship -- it develops poise and a winning personality. No wonder so many present-day employers--when they have job openings with big possibilities--say, 'Find me a young man who has had newspaper route experience."
Great Bend Middle School principal David Reiser sent notices out to parents on Tuesday, Jan. 8 advising them that construction of the new gymnasium and multipurpose room/storm safety shelter addition to the middle school located in the current south parking lot began Monday.
Habitat for Humanity of Barton County is busily preparing for their upcoming "Barton County's Got Talent" dinner theater on Saturday, January 19th.
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OSM Has Gone Dark!
For a number of years now Open Source Matters, Inc. has done a really poor job of communicating. Since October, 2015 they have gone completely dark! No, I don't mean they have gone to the dark side (in Star Wars parlance). I mean they have gone completely silent. I know, I know, it's hard to tell since they were not that far away from this state to begin with. Now, however, with what is supposed to be major changes to the governing structure of Joomla happening, all communication with the outside world (or should I say those with an abiding interest in all things Joomla) has shriveled up and blown away. Last time I checked, the terms of all of the members of the OSM Board were to end on October 8th, 2015. On September 28th there was a call for a special meeting of the OSM board scheduled for October 8th at 3:30 am Eastern Time (9:30 pm Central European Summer Time (CEST)). That's it - the last communication on the Open Source Matters public mailing list.
Not Now - We're Too Busy!
You can picture it can't you? I certainly can. For a number of years now I have been pointing out that OSM fails to provide the Joomla! community with the transparency appropriate for this not-for-profit organization. Even members of the OSM board attempt to remind their colleagues of that duty. As recently as towards the end of last month on the Open Source Matters, Inc. - Public Mailing list Ryan Ozimek OSM Board Member stated:
Board of Director friends, I've seen a lot of great discussions happening on our private mailing list that, while full of beneficial information, really need to be posted on this public list to continue our focus on transparency. Please use this email list by default for all board-wide conversations. Unless it is something that must require privacy to be communicated safely, if it is a board-wide email you're sending, it should be sent here. This is a core tenant of our goal to improve online communications, not just within the Board of Directors, but across the project's growing leadership team. Let me know if you have any concerns
Guess what happened. No discussion ensued at all. Any wonder there is mistrust of the board members of OSM?
Does Hanlon's Razor Apply To OSM?
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice
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So, let's talk about what is not happening at OSM once again.
What's Missing At Open Source Matters, Inc.?
You probably didn't know that OSM published their 2013 New York Charities Bureau Tax submission along with a Federal 990 required by the Charities Bureau. I don't know when it was published on the OSM web site as there was no announcement of its availability. It was signed by Paul Orwig on April 7, 2013 and Victor Drover on April 8, 2014. I checked and the Charities Bureau has received it. There has been no posting, however, of the Federal Tax forms for the 2013 tax year by OSM.
If you have been reading the blogs that are now infrequently published on the Joomla site (might be the summer season I suppose causing such malaise), you would see that the most recent one was JOOMLA SUPPORTS GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN COMPUTING AS SILVER SPONSOR . It's difficult to find out what that really means as far as impact to OSM's finances for several reasons.
OSM: New Board - Same Failures
I don't get it! We now have the largest Opens Source Matters, Inc. board we have ever had. They have no oversight. And, they fail in the same ways as the old board but in some areas they fail even more spectacularly! All of the board's have repeatedly touted how they were going to improve transparency and all of them have failed miserably. This board essentially elected themselves on April 8, 2014. See the annual general meeting of the members as well as the regular annual meeting of the directors. Kind of ironic for that last meeting. It has been anything but regular. In fact, even though required by the OSM bylaws and by the State of New York's regulations, I believe this is the first one ever held in the history of OSM!
Is The Joomla Community From Mars and OSM From Venus?
Twenty-two years ago John Gray, Ph.D wrote the highly popular (his books have sold over 50 million copies in 50 languages) "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus". This book is equivalent to an "Idiot's Guide to Listening, Respect, and Communication, with Easy-to-Remember Examples." One wonders if he should also write a book about the failed relationships between open source communities and distanced board members - and no, I am not speaking of gender communication differences. We in the community could use a board who can listen, show respect when questioned, and communicate freely. We certainly are not getting that now. I thought we would see more of an effort from this newly crowned board to communicate and be more transparent.
Stop The Excuses OSM!
I continually question why the minutes of the board meetings are not completed in a timely manner and made available to the Joomla Community. Got one of the excuses off of a forum thread that occurred . There are two excuses from Marijke about why the minutes are late. The first one is interesting because she says she doesn't have the primary job of posting minutes. You will find the second excuse sort of contradictory to the first. At least I did. The links are provided in the quotes.
If you question why the meeting minutes are sometimes late; well here is one reason. For me personal my first language is not English, and though I learned it at school and gained much knowledge and skills over the past years participating on our project and on the LT (yes, one of the areas I personally gained free education!) it still takes more time then you can imagine trying to understand all that is written, most challenging when it gets rhetorical, and answering takes even more time. Besides that there are a lot more tasks within OSM, the LT as a whole, the international community and the local community I come from. And next to that I try to have a life too!
We are talking about 4 months of minutes with a lot of issues surrounding the board's restructuring and voting arrangements. Presumably, even the board doesn't have the minutes to refer to - unfortunately that is the only legal document of their activity.
OSM Groupthink Over? Dissension Has Begun
If you haven't taken the time to read the new and revised OSM Bylaws, you should start there before reading any further. Much of the additional discussions you will hear about and read center around these bylaws. Pay particular attention to ARTICLE III - MEMBERS & MEMBERSHIP. The revised Bylaws were apparently approved at the leadership summit held in Boston on Thursday, 21 November 2013. I said apparently approved because OSM has not seen fit to release the minutes of any November or December meeting held in 2013 no matter where the location. This is a perennial problem with minutes unpublished up to three months at a time. Kind of shameful performance actually. Once you have read the bylaws, you will then want to read the proposed election process that would take place at the Annual General Meeting of the Members of OSM. Carefully read the back and forth comments for the highlighted sections. It is interesting to note that Paul Orwig is having difficulty adhering to a democratic election process. It is also interesting to note that if the board of OSM doesn't explicitly vote themselves as members before their Annual Members Meeting, only two people will be electing the new OSM board! You might also remember if you have read other blogs by me, that the OSM board is required both by its own bylaws and by New York Charities Bureau regulation to hold an Annual Meeting. Check back through the minutes. Bet you don't find a single one declared. This could be a first!
Something Hinky At OSM?
1. Adjective (of a person) Dishonest or suspect: "he knew the guy was hinky".
2. (of an object) Unreliable: "my brakes are a little hinky".
I really want to wash my hands of Open Source Matters, Inc. and their many failures to the Joomla! community - but, they keep persuing a strategy of secrecy - that's another way of saying they don't like being transparent much. Still sounds like secrecy to me.
So, what now? Some more of the same and then something different.
Bad Bad OSM!
I hadn't planned on blogging again now that OSM is not overseen, can appoint its own board members and, in my opinion, is likely to go further downhill. But, as I have been pointing out all along, OSM's failure to be transparent is likely to result in some cover-ups that the community won't be aware of until it is too late to salvage the brand of Joomla. The failure to post monthly financial reports is one example of where things can go wrong quickly without, at least some public oversight. To my knowledge, the Audit Committee has never performed an audit so that only leaves the public to keep some eye on what is happening. For example, it is 5 months into the year and we have only seen the January financial reports. How much longer till we see another? Who knows?
Update May 22, 2013Looks like Thomas Hampton was stimulated to publish a few of the financial reports in the last few days since this blog was published. He managed a P&L statement but he only did it for the Month of April, 2013. He also managed a YTD Balance Sheet up to the end of April, 2013. Don't know why OSM doesn't feel the need to be more transparent by publishing not only current montthly period reports but also YTD reports and, oh, by the way, a YTD Budget versus Actual would be a useful report to see each month.
This blog will be short and sweet as I don't really want to go into another long haranguing blog spurt with this group again. But it is only appropriate that I let the community know what I discovered today. For some time I have been eying the New York Charities Bureau site wondering why they didn't post the 2011 CHAR500 and the 990 that OSM had obviously completed. After all they had a copy of the 2011 report posted on the OSM website. So, I figured they must be behind and waited and waited and checked and checked. Nothing. So, on May 12, 2013, I sent this email to the Charities Bureau not really expecting an answer: