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23 Apr 2013
Introducing the Transition Research Primer
With some considerable amount of fanfare and dancing elephants, I would like to introduce you today to the all-new Transition Research Primer. It is the creation of the Transition Research Network (TRN), a self-organising peer group of academics and community activists which aims to:
- Help advance understanding and practice in Transition
- Support Transition groups to address their research needs
- Help transform the crisis in our universities into an opportunity for positive change in research culture, making research relevant, fulfilling, and fun.
The Primer is available here. I spoke to one of its authors, Tom Henfrey, a researcher in the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action at Durham University and Bristol's Schumacher Institute, to ask him more about it and how it came about. I started by asking him what is the Transition Research Network? He told me that at meetings at the 2010 and 2011 Transition Network conferences it became clear that there was a lot of interest from researcher in Transition, but the potential benefits were not being realised due to the cultural mis-match between the two. After the 2011 conference, Tom and Michelle Bastian got together with Ben Brangwyn and Naresh Giangrande of Transition Network and Larch Maxey of University of Plymouth to start mapping out what a Transition Research Network might do.
A funding application based on these discussions led to Transition Network, in partnership with Tom, Michelle and academic colleagues at Durham, Bradford and Glamorgan Universities, and with support from Transition Network's Nicola Hilary, being awarded a £78,000 grant from Connected Communities for a project entitled, "Connection, Participation and Empowerment in Community-based research: the case of the Transition Movement".
Here's Tom's response to the question "what is the Transition Research Network"?
As well as the AHRC funding support, the North East and Manchester Beacons for Public Engagement agreed to fund two meetings of the new Transition Research Network (TRN). The first took place in Manchester in November 2011, and the second in Plymouth in February 2012. The Primer draws upon the Connected Communities research and was supported by a further grant to Transition Network from AHRC, and is one of the Transition Research Network's first major outputs.
It provides an accessible overview of the potential benefits of working with researchers, along with common pitfalls and advice for successful collaboration. It offers a taster of their broader work and provides a great resource for researchers approaching Transition for the first time and wanting to engage, either with a local initiative or Transition more broadly. I asked Tom what, for him, is the Transition Research Primer?
Transition, with its bottom-up, self-organising ethos, is culturally very different from academia, which can tend to be top-down, very hierarchical and focused on status and output. Reconciling the short-term needs of a researcher to extract data and the longer-term needs of the Transition initiative has, on occasion, proven somewhat fraught in the past. I asked Tom how, for him, these two culture differ and what they can offer each other:
Other projects of TRN include a very useful research protocol for researchers wanting to work with Transition initiatives which is soon to evolve into a different approach, modelled on Christopher Alexander's 'A Pattern Language' approach, and the Transition Research Marketplace, which "will make requests for research by transitioners visible to researchers and vice versa", a very useful resource. Transition Network is also one of 13 partners who formed a consortium to make a proposal to the EU's seventh Framework Programme called TREE: Transition, Reporting, Evaluation and Engagement. Here is a short video about their proposal:


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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review
publisher: EA
developer: 38 Studios
genre: Action Adventure
|ESRB rating: M
release date: Feb 07, 12
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It's time to take a breather from all the shooters and third-person action adventures. The shortage of single-player RPGs has definitely increased the public's thirst for the genre. So, here we are. Big Huge Games bravely dives into risky RPG waters with its latest offering: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Emphasizing open-ended gameplay, Amalur has the potential to lure in any gamer and even RPG buffs. It was clearly an ambitious project that brought together industry veterans such as Ken Rolston (previous worked on Morrowind and Oblivion), writer and game designer R.A. Salvatore, artist and writer Todd MacFarlane and others. Anyhow, with so many familiar, creative minds behind it, the game caught our attention and doubled our expectations.
As the player, you are hurled into the world of Amalur in a most bizarre and morbid fashion. I really enjoyed this approach the developers took towards the introduction. My character is a nameless hero who awakens on a pile of corpses with no knowledge of his past. With nothing but the tattered shirt on his back, he sets out, unbound by the chains of Fate and free to choose his own Destiny, without taking a predetermined course, as is the way of things in Amalur. In addition to not having any recollection of his past, my nameless hero was forced to fight his way through a bunch of evil-looking warriors called the Tuatha. As I continued to explore the vast new world before me, seeking new tasks and looking for adventures, I realized that the Tuatha were always a few steps behind me, waiting for the right moment to strike. Luckily I've met a few characters who were more than willing to help me understand why the Tuatha have made me their enemy.
As we mentioned before, the story was penned by New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore. On the whole, the rich setting seems like perfect groundwork for a terrific role-playing experience. You're an anonymous character, gradually evolving and discovering the beautiful and mysterious world around him.
There was a fly there, I swear. There... got it!
My turn to slice!
At first glance, things seem just right, don't they? After the brief introduction sequence, players get to customize the appearance of their character and choose from a variety of options regarding race, basic abilities and class. Races are divided into Ljosalfar, Varani, Almain and Dokkalfa, each with its own set of bonuses that may help you create your hero. There are three basic types of abilities to upgrade - Might, Finesse and Sorcery. Leveling up also involves improving other character facets, such as Persuasion, Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Sagecraft, Detect Hidden, Dispelling, Lockpicking, Mercantile and Stealth.
So, if you're looking for strong RPG elements, action-oriented combat, plenty of exploration and crafting, well Kingdoms of Amalur delivers on almost all fronts. The combat revolves around a whole range of abilities, which you can perk up with time, thus unlocking additional moves and skills. As you progress through the game, you can determine your own fighting style. When confronting enemies, it's possible to utilize magic, close-combat and ranged combat (bows and arrows). If you wish you can stick to one of those categories or you can simply combine all three, for a more diverse approach to taking out foes. Being diverse in combat is essential, in fact, because it can potentially unlock new 'Destinies' which may, in turn, add welcomed bonuses to attack and defense. Choosing the right equipment is also of great importance. Rouges, for instance, should stick to daggers, because there are plenty of backstabbing bonuses involved and they are the only weapons that allow you to pull off a sneak attack when sneaking up on enemies. Longswords are ideal for Fighters who prefer melee attacks with fast and average speed, while Greatswords are best suited for all-out warriors who prefer slow, but deadly crits and a lot of damage. Bows and magic are your best bet for keeping foes at a distance. However, the fun really begins when you use all these methods simultaneously - melee, ranged and magic.
We've invested a lot of our time into Kingdoms of Amalur. There's a tremendous number of quests to complete and a wide range of regions, villages and towns to explore. There's no denying that you can enjoy the ride; up until the moment when the game's repetitive nature shows itself.
In an attempt to deliver as much content as possible for an open-world single-player RPG, the developers have focused very little on things that matter the most. Interesting characters, unique quests, getting out of different situations - basically, diversity. Now, when it comes to RPG fundamentals (weapons, skills, exploration etc.), there's more diversity than you can chew. Still, a deeply immersive world, rich dialogue, a well-thought out plot and a solid quest structure, are all part of a solid RPG experience. After spending days in Amalur, we can safely conclude that this game has little to offer in that regard. The NPCs are uninteresting and are merely there to provide you with yet another quest that again throws you into the action (i.e. combat). This even goes for key characters and story-driven quests. Each new task you are given encourages you to visit another area, while the task itself holds little of interest to the player. Even quests that are meant to shed some light on who you are and what the hell you're supposed to be doing, are quite dull and they boil down to the same thing: find someone, kill whatever comes at you in order to progress. Okay, fair enough, quests vary a bit more later on, but it takes too long to get to that segment of the game. Quests seem repetitive more than half way through the main story.
7.1 Good
Explore to your heart's content, you'll find many cool things, from cool weapons and items, to God knows what else, great art, beautiful sound and terrific music, the freedom to tailor a character to your preference, fun and challenging combat;
Simply going through bland action RPG mechanics, the main story needs more subtlety, absence of difficult moral choices that have serious consequences, quests need more variation, most of the tasks feel pointless and downright dull.

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Jonathan Holt waited outside Whitney Heichel's Gresham apartment, then asked her for a ride that turned into a kidnapping, sexual assault and murder, according to a probable cause affidavit released Monday by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
According to the document, Holt told Oregon State Police Sgt. Jon Harrington Friday that Heichel agreed to give Holt a ride. About five minutes after they got into the car, Holt pulled out a handgun and forced her to drive to an area near Roslyn Lake north of Sandy, he told Harrington. There, he forced Heichel to engage in sexual activity then shot the 21-year-old woman to death, according to the affidavit. An autopsy found Heichel died of four gunshot wounds.
Searchers found Heichel's on Larch Mountain in Multnomah County on the same day Holt made his admissions. Investigators later found Holt's cellphone at Roslyn lake and obtained a DNA sample from Heichel's car "that is consistent with" Holt's DNA profile, the report said.


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That's right! You can find Walden Speed Shop built hotrods featured in both the September and October issues of Street Rodder magazine.
In the September Issue we were honored to have two cars chosen for the "Street Rods of the Future: Eight of the Greatest Bare Metal Rides Now Being Built" which featured the Walden Speed Shop owned 1932 Ford Roadster Pickup as well as Bill Allen's full-fendered 1932 chopped 3-window coupe. Thanks to Tim Bernsau for the great write up and Jorge Nunez for the studio shots which truly showcased the high level of craftsmanship we put into each build.
The Takehito Yamato coupe made its way into the October Issue (on newsstands now) with an article titled "Absolute Zero" awesomely written by Kev Elliott and masterfully photographed by Tim Sutton. We are so grateful to have such a talented photographer and writer document our work, blowing us away with their vision on a project like this which we are so proud of.
The Takehito Yamato Coupe Named "Best Street Rod" at Street Rod National Plus in Japan and Featured in Many Top Publications
Takehito Yamato has another plaque to add to his collection after winning "Best Street Rod" at the Street Rod Nationals Plus in Chiba Japan. He was also awarded the 2014 Classic Instruments "Classic Trophy Dash" at the Goodguys West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton, as well as the prestigious invitation from Mooneyes to be an invited guest at the Mooneyes Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show in Japan.
We are also proud of the many features in Flywheels, Cruisin, Motorhead, and Street Rodder magazines. And of course we couldnt be happier to see it being driven and enjoyed!
Metalshaping Seminars, Chassis Seminars Sign Up Today!
We are now offering four exciting seminars Metalshaping 101, How to Install a Roof Insert, How to Build a Hotrod Chassis, and Intermediate Level 2 Metalshaping at our shop in Pomona, CA. We have also opened up our seminars to other shops, beginning with two weekends of metalshaping seminars at Collings Custom Craft in Austin, TX in July. We will definitely be returning to Bill Collings awesome shop in the future (great crew, great space, great tools, and air conditioning :)
We are very excited to be celebrating our 10th Anniversary in 2015!
This year we are proud to look back on a decade of our accomplishments and inspired to make this our best year yet.
We will be introducing many new products in addition to our roof and door skin panels, blowers parts, chassis components, chassis line, shirts, hats, posters, stickers, and more. Check out our "Products" page for our full line of items or buy direct at www.waldenspeedshop.bigcartel.com. Of course every new part will have the Walden level of craftsmanship and quality we've come to be known for the last decade. And we are very happy to continue our relationship as distributors for the industrys best manufacturers including Legend Gear & Transmission, Hot Rod Brake Co, Brookville Roadster, UPI, Classic Instruments, Holley, Powermaster, Ultimate Headers, Brassworks Radiators, Vintage Air, Magnum Axle, and more.
We will be venturing to many shows, beginning with the Grand National Roadster Show in January (come see us in our usual spot in Building 4) and of course our hometown of Pomona for the LA Roadster Show. Were making our way to Bakersfield for the Hotrod Reunion in October as our last show of the year so come visit the booth. Speaking of Fathers Day, we once again opened our shop for our Annual Open House to showcase impressive customer projects, a bitchin new t-shirt design by Jimmy Smith, and handed out more ice cream than ever before, about 1400! Were always in awe of how many people come from all over the world and visitors from near and far who bring the most bitchin cars on the road. Its a party you dont want to miss. Thanks for all those who came to support our shop!
We have also added some fun new seminars this year in addition to the "Metalshaping 101" seminar. "How to Install a Roof Insert", "How to Build a Hotrod Chassis", and a more advanced "Intermediate Level 2 Metalshaping" class will fill up fast – so call and sign up today.
Its definitely a year to celebrate and we plan on doing just that from January to December. With grateful hearts we say thank you to all our supporters over the last 10 years...and cheers to the next 10!
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As soon as we saw the LGT-700 Manual Transmission we knew this would be the ONLY transmission we would recommend to our customers and put in our own cars. We are proud to partner with Legend Gear & Transmission as a leading distributor of their line of American made, top shelf products. Find out more here.
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Federal watch dog Consumer Product Safety Commission has filed a complaint against the makers of Nap Nanny seeking to halt any further sales of the product as well as an order requiring the company to notify the public of the risks of using their product. The Nap Nanny, is a recliner with a three-point harness, designed to be used on the floor. The purpose of the recliner is to provide a better sleeping experience for newborns and fussy babies that dont like sleep flat on their back, it also helps relieve the symptoms of reflux and colic by keep their head and upper body higher than their belly and lower body. In many ways it mimics a car seat. The CPSC has received in total over 70 reports of infants falling out of the recliner.
The company that makes this product Baby Matters LLC of Berwyn, Pa., went out of busines a month ago, but still have an up to date response to this issue on their site napnanny.com . They are not acknowledging fault or accepting responsibilty for the injuries and deaths that have been linked to their product. According to the statement on their site they "do not believe the complaint has merit and stand behind the safety of our product when used as instructed" Although they have participated in voluntary recalls in the past for the previous generation Nap Nannys, they believe the 3 point harness on the recliner is sufficient to keep a child in place. According to their defensive and some what bitter response on their site, they believe the deaths and serious injuries were caused as a result of misuse, since some parents were usuing the nap nanny in a crib, without using the harness, despite the company's express statement that this should only be used on the floor.
The CPSC however insists that they are at fault for several reasons; because they failed to put adequate warnings, because the harness was too difficult to adjust so many parents used it without the harness and also because placing the foam recliner in a crib is considered a "reasonably foreseeable use" of the product. All in all, they are completely unapologetic, and have put the blame solely on the users of the product and the CPSC. They are instead blaming the CPSC for their business shutting down and the loss of 22 American jobs. This is an unfortunte story for all involved.


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The Corvettes of Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach 2013
Last Friday we spent the slightly soggy day at Barrett-Jackson to see the auction of the 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible. While that auction was certainly exciting with Rick Hendrick paying $1 million to buy the first retail version of the next generation convertible, it wasn't the only Corvette offered on the block that day.
Rare 1962 Fuelie and 1963 Corvette Z06 at Auction
Vicari Auctions recently announced that two very rare, unrestored Corvettes will cross the block at their Nocona, Texas auction running April 19th and 20th, 2013. The 1962 big brake fuelie and 1963 Z06 have been stored by a collector since Ronald Reagan was President and still remain in almost all-original condition. "These exceptional Corvettes add
GM's Kirk Bennion and the Five Goals for Designing the New C7 Corvette Stingray
Corvette exterior design manager Kirk Bennion has been working with in the Corvette design studio since 1986. He recently spoke with Faces of GM about the new 2014 Corvette Stingray and the five goals the design team had when creating the next generation sports car. According to Kirk, those five goals were: Change the Upper
Longtime 1967 Corvette Field Car to Finally Undergo Restoration
It's always sad to see a classic Corvette just wasting away in a field. But this story, reported by Al Rogers in Old Cars Weekly, offers hope for a happy ending for a 1967 Corvette roadster that's been sitting in a grassy field for more than 30 years. Owners Lee and Amanda Sloppy have always
WSJ: What Makes the Chevrolet Corvette Appealing?
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at how it believes the Corvette?perhaps growing irrelevant during its long journey to some people (though certainly not to the legions of enthusiasts who worship the ground it rolls on)?has suddenly become cool again with the introduction of the C7. WSJ says a strange thing has suddenly happened […] More »


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Search for DC Ranch Real Estate by clicking here.
DC Ranch is a nationally acclaimed private golf and residential community in Scottsdale, Arizona. The community"s location at the base of the McDowell Mountains provides panoramic views of Scottsdale and Phoenix below. Developed with a deep respect for the integrity of the land and a commitment to the preservation of open desert space, DC Ranch is a living tribute to the Sonoran Desert landscape.
In every respect, DC Ranch is worthy of its reputation for offering its residents an enviable standard of living.
Silverleaf, a separate private guarded-gate neighborhood in DC Ranch, stands as a natural extension of the community, nestled into surrounding canyons. Throughout DC Ranch, a small-town atmosphere exemplifies the lifestyle and serves the needs of those who live here. The result is a connected living environment dedicated to the full expression and enrichment of all who make DC Ranch their home.
Golf is a favored activity at DC Ranch, featuring The Country Club at DC Ranch and The Silverleaf Club, two classically designed courses, each with an elegant, private club, offer challenging play against a backdrop of white-sand bunkers, dramatic mountain vistas and city views.
DC Ranch is a nationally acclaimed golf community located in the spectacular setting of the western foothills of the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale, Arizona. DC Ranch presents an exclusive desert lifestyle with intimate neighborhoods that conform to the land and its natural features. Its distinctive custom estates, unique single family, and attached and detached homes emphasize front-of-house living and technological sophistication.
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Easy access to the Loop 101 which connects to the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, valley airports and interstate freeway system.
beat online casino Ranch" href="http://dcranchrealestate.com/dc-ranch-homes-for-sale">DC Ranch is currently 4,000 total acres. Approximately 4,600 acres of the original 8,600 acres were incorporated into the neighboring 16,000 acre McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
DC Ranch includes single-family, one-of-a-kind custom, detached, attached and luxury rental residences.
Two private clubs and golf courses: The Country Club at DC Ranch and The Silverleaf Club.
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Homestead Community Center, home of the homestead playhouse community theatre, workshops for youth and families, summer teen program and lifelong learning programs. For location, click here.
DC Ranch also has about 33 miles of paths and trails.
Market Street is a 30-acre, upscale-mixed use neighborhood center located at the geographic center of Scottsdale, Arizona and at the doorstep of DC Ranch. Market Street is north Scottsdale"s premier social district offering a unique mix of dining, shopping and entertainment experiences.
Canyon Village, is a mixed-use development within DC Ranch and spans 4.5 acres which includes approximately 100,000 square-feet of office, retail and restaurant space.
DC Ranch Crossing is a 27-acre mixed-use neighborhood center, at the southeast corner of Pima Road & Union Hills Drive at the gateway to the DC Ranch community. DC Ranch Crossing includes residential, retail and hospitality uses.
Nearby access to the 16,000-acre McDowell Sonoran Preserve and Scottsdale trail system.
DC Ranch Village Health Club & Spa is a magnificent 81,000 square foot club and provides fitness areas, sports amenities, a full service day spa and hair salon, a separate wing for children which includes a junior basketball court, kid"s club, nursery and outdoor play area, private meeting rooms, business office, private cafe and pro shop boutique. Read some of the reviews by clicking here.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - In a tough Sunday match, the Alabama soccer team could not find the back of the net as it fell to Mississippi, 1-0, in a divisional Southeastern Conference matchup at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.
With the loss, Alabama falls to 6-3-1 overall and 1-2-1 in the SEC. Mississippi improves to 9-2-0 overall and 2-2-0 in league action.
Alabama earned a penalty kick in the 55th minute, but sophomore Theresa Diederich saw her shot deflected by Mississippi goalkeeper Kelly McCormick. Just three minutes later, the Rebels' Mandy McCalla was able to take advantage of a foul in the box, putting away her penalty shot for the game's only goal.
Alabama was able to put the pressure on Mississippi throughout the final minutes of the match, but McCormick was able to make the lead stand up with several key saves.
The Crimson Tide put up 19 shots in the match, compared to 15 for the Rebels. Katie Bourgeois, Ashley Willis, and Merel Van Dongen put up three shots a piece for the Tide. McCormick made eight saves, while junior Shelby Church had four stops for Alabama.
Alabama hits the road for a four-game swing in conference play that starts next weekend. The Crimson Tide travels to Vanderbilt on Friday, and then moves on to play Kentucky on Sunday afternoon.


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Hey guys Christian here from Melbourne, Australia. Glad to be a part of the TOG community. Previously, I was an active casual TOG server player in the CS:GO server & appreciated the maturity level of gameplay. Recently looked into your FAQ & was instantly drawn into being a part of such a wealthy community.
The games I currently play on the mix are:
- League of Legends
- CS:GO (Most Active.)
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A little inside scoop on me:
- Personal Trainer/Sports Supplements Specialist. Day job is at a supplement store & PT in the morning/evening. Yes, two extreme ends of the spectrum so to speak :P
- MMA/UFC follower & fan.
- Being active, healthy & love every aspect of testosterone-based competitiveness.
- Online gaming is a hobby on the side to break away from the physical aspect of my life. It's my "yang" so to speak, gives me balance.
- Also a really laid-back "take the piss out of everything" kinda guy, looking to socialise & just be a positive addition to any community I involve myself with.
Why I'd like to join TOG?
- The quality of the people in the community resonates through the servers I've joined with TOG players. The services you provide allow me to have a pleasant gaming experience & I'd like to contribute to the TOG community by being active & leading by the example of your conduct. Pretty simple.
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First game I played on?
- My Parents bought me a Nintendo from Myer which came with "Super Mario bros. & Duck Hunt" with the hilarious gun that sounded like a spring loader whenever you pushed the trigger.
My current play activity times:
- Mondays, Wednesdays after 7pm or my last PT client. Sometimes on a Saturday evening I'll play CS:GO "TOG" or "Rehab Room" servers. Or I'm on League of Legends playing with my friends who come over every weekend & we LAN it up!
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The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) announces the appointment of Renny Pritikin as Chief Curator. Pritikin will begin in his new role April 28, 2014.
Pritikin has been a leading figure in the San Francisco Bay Area arts community for decades serving as Co-director of New Langton Arts in San Francisco from 1979 to 1992, Chief Curator at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts from 1992 to 2004, and Director of the Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection at the University of California, Davis from 2004 until 2012.
In his new position at The CJM, Pritikin will lead all of The Museum's programmatic initiatives including exhibitions, educational and public programs, and online programming.
"As a Jewish institution seeking to engage the broader public, The CJM requires a Chief Curator whose intellectual passions transcend boundaries; someone able to mine the richness of cultural specificity while reaching beyond traditional patterns and expectations," says Executive Director Lori Starr. "Renny is, quite simply, the ideal candidate, and I am thrilled that he joins us now to oversee a new phase of exhibition and program innovation. Renny is beloved by artists across all the disciplines. He has championed many artists and mentored so many curators in the field, encouraging risk-taking and originality. His depth of knowledge of international and Bay Area art is stunning. His proven track record for imaginative, boundary-crossing, community-engaging content says it all. How proud are we to welcome him to The CJM family!"
"It is highly gratifying to be in a position to continue a career that has brought me so much satisfaction weaving cultural traditions with innovation in contemporary art for the Bay Area community," says Pritikin. "While my own cultural heritage has always been implicit in many of my aesthetic choices, I look forward to working in a new context where it might, on occasion, be made explicit. I am delighted to be working with Lori Starr to further extend The CJM's impact and ambition locally and nationally in the years to come. The potential for this institution is boundless."
Pritikin's career contains many highlights. In addition to publishing three books of poetry, in 1995 he led a lecture tour to museums throughout Japan as a guest of the State Department, and an official visit to Israel as a Koret Fellow.
In 2001 he was selected as the curator for the United States in the Bienal de Cuenca, in Ecuador. In 2003, as a Fulbright Fellow, he gave a lecture tour to museums throughout New Zealand.
Pritikin is a regular contributor to the online critical journal Art Practical and has been a senior adjunct professor in the curatorial practices graduate program at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco since its inception in 2003.


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UMass Hockey Drops Heartbreaker At #7 UMass Lowell, 3-2
Feb. 14, 2014
LOWELL, Mass. - The UMass hockey team erased a two-goal deficit in the third period, but #7 UMass Lowell scored the game-winning goal with one-tenth of a second remaining in regulation to defeat the Minutemen, 3-2 on Friday night at the Tsongas Center. The loss leaves UMass at 8-18-4 overall, 4-10-3 in Hockey East, while the River Hawks move to 20-7-3 overall and 10-4-2 in league play.
Both Minutemen goals came on the power play, the eighth time this season that the squad has logged multiple man advantage tallies. Senior Adam Phillips scored his sixth of the season and 12 career power-play goal to extend his point scoring streak to four games.
Senior Conor Sheary logged his eighth goal of the season for his 100th career point, the 12th player in program history to reach the milestone. Sheary 12th career power-play goal also extended his goal and point-scoring streaks to four and sixth, respectively.
Defensemen Joel Hanley, Ben Gallacher and Colin Shea all registered assists on the evening, as did freshman Steven Iacobellis, his 19th point of the season.
In the final minute of the opening period, UMass Lowell took a 1-0 lead. Off a feed from Adam Chapie and Greg Amlong in the neutral zone, Evan Campbell drove to the net and beat goaltender Steve Mastalerz stick side at the 19:11 into the stanza.
Campbell then added his second of the night late in the second period, tucking a shot in under the cross bar from the top of the left faceoff circle at the 17:25 mark. Michael Fallon and Amlong earned assists on the play.
UMass cut the River Hawks' advantage in half on its third power play opportunity of the night. Phillips drove home a one-timer from the left point from Hanley and Iacobellis 6:51 into the third period.
The Minutemen then tied the score at 2-2 with another man advantage goal at the 10:12 mark. After receiving the puck from Gallacher and Shea, Sheary found the back of the net for his eighth goal of the season.
However, Joe Houk knocked in a rebound from A.J. White and Joseph Pendenza as time expired for the UMass Lowell game winner.
The River Hawks out-shot UMass 32-26 on the evening as Mastalerz finished with 29 saves, while Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 24 in net for UMass Lowell. The Minutemen were 2-for-4 on the power play in the contest and a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill, including a five-minute major.
UMass will be back in action tomorrow night, Feb. 15, playing host to #12 Northeastern at 7:00 p.m. in the Mullins Center.
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A Rockmart father and son were both arrested on felony burglary charges Saturday as the result of a forced entry burglary into a pool house on Oak Hill Drive in Rockmart.
According to Rockmart Detective David Gowens; the father and son were caught in the act when officers from the Rockmart Police Department arrived on the scene to find the duo removing items from the property. Gowens advised that the doors to the pool house were unscrewed and completely removed to gain entry.
Both men were released from the Polk County jail earlier today after posting property bonds totaling $5,100 each.
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So, as a "Welcome Home from Iraq" present to myself, I bought a Noveske SPR. This was a limited run version of their stainless 18"bbl SPR (seen here: Noveske Rifleworks, LLC. Precision Battle Weapons.) that came with a few extra goodies and is in "flat dark earth" (AKA tan). As everyone knows, FDE is the new black when you want to be tacti-cool and up the CDI factor, so I was sold. :wink:
The sling is a V-Tac (highly recommended), and the scope is a Leupold VX-1 2-7x that I carried on my M4 in Afghanistan for 13 months. The rest is basically as described in the link.
I recently had a chance to put a few rounds through it, get the optics zeroed, and blast a few soda cans... The thing is a work of art. It's smooth, it's scary accurate, it had no bobbles in 200 rounds of mixed 55gr M183 and 62 gr M855 (and with the 20 rounds of MK262 77gr OTM that I used to zero with and test accuracy a bit). Yes, I need to put better optics on it to really wring out its potential, but at 200m (the farthest I was shooting) the battered Leupold was sufficient.
What can I say - it's expensive, but sometimes it's just worth spending the extra dollar (or thousand...)


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The following was posted to the Slackware.com Forum by Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Project Lead), at 21:43 10-10-1999.
I've stayed out of this for now, but I do think I should lend a little
justification to the version number thing.
First off, I think I forgot to count some time ago. If I'd started on 6.0
and made every release a major version (I think that's how Linux releases
are made these days, right? ;), we would be on Slackware 47 by now. (it
would actually be in the 20s somewhere if we'd gone 1, 2, 3...)
I think it's clear that some other distributions inflated their version
numbers for marketing purposes, and I've had to field (way too many times)
the question "why isn't yours 6.x" or worse "when will you upgrade to
Linux 6.0" which really drives home the effectiveness of this simple trick.
With the move to glibc and nearly everyone else using 6.x now, it made sense
to go to at least 6.0, just to make it clear to people who don't know
anything about Linux that Slackware's libraries, compilers, and other
stuff are not 3 major versions behind. I thought they'd all be using 7.0
by now, but no matter. We're at least "one better", right? :)
Sorry if I haven't been enough of a purist about this. I promise I won't
inflate the version number again (unless everyone else does again ;)
The most obvious way you can help with Slackware is to use it! The
more people that use it, the more people that can find and report
bugs. This will make Slackware even more stable than it is now.
Another obvious way is to purchase a CD set. This helps to support
everyone working on Slackware, and allows us to work on new versions.
You can also email us and tell us what programs need to be added.
You can also jump on the forum and answer other users' questions.
Finally, you can help get the word out on Slackware. Help advocate
the distribution - especially to the potential users who are still
looking for their distribution.
Slackware supports all of the hardware that the Linux kernel supports.
In addition, you may be able to find drivers for other hardware by
looking around. For specific information on your hardware, check out
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO. In addition to the Intel architechture, Slackware works on Alpha and SPARC systems as well.
Although Slackware 3.6 has been tested and found to be compliant,
Slackware offers no "Y2K" warranty for any version, other than
money back on the CD if you bought it from Walnut Creek. The responsibility for
ensuring that Linux is y2k compliant enough rests with the end user.
Versions prior to 3.6 have not been thoroughly tested.
If you know of another question that's worthy of inclusion in the
general Slackware FAQ (ie, non-technical...I don't want to fill this
particular FAQ with stuff about video cards and IP tunneling), feel
free to email us and
let us know.
It's usually our policy not to speculate on release dates, since that's
what it is -- pure speculation. It's not always possible to know how
long it will take to make the upgrades needed and tie up all the
related loose ends. As things are built for the upcoming release,
they'll be uploaded into the -current tree. If the -current does not
exist, it probably means we have just released a new version of
Slackware. A new -current tree will be formed shortly after the new
release is made.
Here are some places where you can get answers
to your technical
Yes! Actually, two ISO images will be released: one for the installable cd and one for source and ZipSlack.
These will be available from the main distribution site, ftp.slackware.com.
If it's in the slackware-current tree at ftp.slackware.com,
there's a pretty good chance it will be. If it's not, you'd have to
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Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon
Presenter: Margaret Weitekamp
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Presenter: Margaret Weitekamp
Thursday, February 28, 2013
12:30 pm to 12:45 pm
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Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Dr. Weitekamp will discuss Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and other toys in the science fiction case in the McDonnell Space Hangar.
The Ask An Expert lecture series at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is presented every 2nd and 4th Thursday at 12:30 PM. A Museum staff member talks to the public about the history, collection, or personalities related to a specific artifact or exhibition in the Museum.
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Cover date: Late November 2007
Writter: Justin Gray
Penciller: Rick Leonardi
Inker: Sean Phillips
"The Ghosts of Mars" - Part Two: "Confiding in Strangers"
Reviewed by: Michael Bailey
Story - 3: You may notice that the synopsis is a bit...light this time out. Well, what I described is pretty much what happened. I could have gone on and on in excruciating detail about the battle with Starro and all that but frankly it just didn't feel right.
So to those of you who like detailed synopsis, I apologize.
Before I get into the meat of this review I do want to get something off of my chest, as it were.
I was wrong.
All of those things I said in my last review about what Justin Gray would possibly do to J'onn?
Yeah. I was wrong. None of that came to pass (as of yet) and I feel it would be disingenuous of me as a reviewer to just go on as if I had never written the things I wrote.
So I apologize for the rabid, fan boy speculation.
I still didn't like this issue.
And it took me a while to figure out why too because it wasn't bad. I mean it was fairly well written with some truly character driven scenes and a sense of history, two things I look for in a comic book story. Gray didn't do anything to J'onn that detracted from him as a character outside of making him a tad on the whiny side. The whole thing with the supposed spirit of J'onn's brother and the fact that J'onn can't commune with his wife and kids was even interesting.
I just didn't like the issue and I didn't like it because it wasn't written by Grant Morrison or John Ostrander or Keith Giffen with J.M. DeMatteis.
Does this make me a snob?
Well, yes and no. See, while all of what I just mentioned was interesting it all either felt forced or wrong for the character and my perception of the character as I liked him best was shaped by the writers listed above. Giffen (as plotter) and DeMatteis (as the dialogue guy) gave me a J'onn who had a sense of humor, but only under the right circumstances and mostly a being of incredible dignity and respect who was fond for those he worked with. John Ostrander made him interesting and added a lot to his back story. Grant Morrison reminded us what a valuable member of the Justice League he is.
We got glimpses of all that here, but in a style that just wasn't to my liking.
I mean it's possible to appreciate what someone is trying to do without liking it.
And that's what's happening here.
Oh well, life goes on.
Art - 4: As much as I am not feeling the writing the art is rather good for this arc. I've been looking at Rick Leonardi's work for years and either my memory is faulty, his style has changed or Sean Phillips is doing something to his pencils that makes the art look a whole lot better to me. No matter the case the art is the one thing I have consistently liked over the past two issues.
Wow. Two issues. I'm really giving this story a chance, aren't I?
Cover Art - 5: PILE ON!
Well, the cover is certainly eye catching. It also looks pretty good. Nothing like a super-hero fight to get me interested in what happens this issues. The cover gets a five and it deserves it.
January 2007
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Highlights from CPUSA's 29th Convention, includes video
I had the great pleasure of attending the 29th National Convention of the Communist Party USA this past weekend in New York.
Bluegrass or Blue Dog State? 2010 Kentucky primaries
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- On May 18, the U.S. Senate primary elections took place in Kentucky.
CPUSA delegates eye November elections
Speaking about the Tea Party movement today at the CPUSA's 29th National Convention here, Jarvis Tyner, the party's vice chairman declared, "If you can't smell the stench of fascism, you may need some aroma therapy."
Communist Party convention opens in New York
Communist Party Chairman Sam Webb said executives who planned, aided and abetted the theft of wealth and sent the economy into a tailspin deserve to "be in prison."
Working families force Arkansas runoff, boost Critz to Pa. win
In a Pennsylvania special congressional election working family voters pushed hard and played a big role in electing Democrat Mark Critz over a Republican who staked a large part of his campaign on overturning health care reform.
Organizing for America launches grassroots 2010 voter drive
Mid-term elections seldom spur much grassroots energy, but with much at stake this fall, Organizing for America aims to change that.
Despite high unemployment, Black teens more optimistic
Despite record levels of unemployment, Black young people, since the election of President Barack Obama, have become optimistic about the future, according to a number of recent studies.


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How to Improve the Credit Rating Agency Sector: Sylvain Raynes at AEI
R&R's Sylvain Raynes will comment on "How to Improve the Credit Rating Agency Sector" at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., on June 24, along with Erik R. Sirri of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Lawrence J. White of New York University, Joshua Rosner of Graham Fisher & Co., and Sean Egan of Egan-Jones Ratings Co., in a discussion moderated by AEI's Alex J. Pollock. Further information is available at the AEI Web site.
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LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) -- If you are driving on Del Mar and McPherson you may have noticed some construction going on in the area.
The City of Laredo Public Works will be working on street repairs on McPherson and between Del Mar and Hillside this week.
They will be resurfacing and repaving work all the way through Saturday, August 16th from 7 AM and will continue through 5 PM depending on the weather.
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For us we are on Day 93.
What day are you on?
We are on day 91, so last Friday was our approximate half point if we do 180 days. We follow the public school schedule.
Robyn, SAHHM to 2 beautiful girls (the extra "h" is for homeschooling!)
Interesting to see so many doing year round? Do you feel like your lo's retain information better using this schedule? My dh wants me to do Saturdays so that our last day will be April 30th. That's great but We don't usually start till late August. That is a big break. I want to do short phonic/handwriting lessons a couple days a week but not sure what I am going to do for sure. Any suggestions?
Mama to Roman, Hope, Bethany, and Kathryn
Today is 120. We plan to do 208.
*I have to document a minimum of 180 days for my state. A "day" has to have all five core subjects too. I've found my kids do better with more days than 180. Plus, it gives up a great cushion if life should get in the way.
Mum to three, ages 5, 8, and 11
dfm - How old is your child? If it's first grade or above, then I would not do long breaks. Kids do retain better. I like doing more days since then I don't feel guilty if I do any lighter days too - though it is a nice cushion too! Less work, more often helps retention better. We start July 1st and normally finish up sometime the first or second week of June. I really don't like them to have more than 2 weeks off ideally, but last year worked to three. (Plus there's usually one week off for summer camp or somthing else in July). In the spring, we'll slow down to a 4 day a week schedule so we won't finish up too soon.
If your child is kindy or below, then active parenting is a great way to learn so retention really shouldn't be a huge issue. (Some could argue this for first grade as well. However, it depends on what you do in first grade. I found the habit of having schoolwork made it better not to take long breaks once the first grade year was completed).
Mum to three, ages 5, 8, and 11
We have done about 75 math & phonics lessons out of 170. I haven't been keeping track of SOTW & Apologia Astronomy, we just read them a couple times a week.
I don't know which day we are on, I would have to go into my scheduler and count all of the days!! We are behind where I wanted to be because we have been sick a lot more this year than we usually are. We had a couple of bad colds, migraines, and the GI bug! Still, we are on schedule to finish everything by the end of my son's school year in June. Over the summer we will just continue with spelling, reading, and basic math practice. DD is doing 2 swim teams this summer so I know that we won't have a lot of time then!
Jennifer, DD10, DS8
My son is 5 and will be 6 in June. He is in kindergarten. He will be starting 1rst grade in August. We just have to do 180 days.


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Things have been going from bad to worse for the New Jersey Devils and with the team following Sunday's 7-3 shellacking to the New York Rangers with a 3-0 blanking at the hands of the St. Louis Blues, it's no surprise even the most seasoned veterans are voicing their displeasure.
After Martin Brodeur let up six goals on Sunday in the Bronx, Pete DeBoer turned to Cory Schneider to pick the Devils up in their next matchup, but Brodeur was far from thrilled at the idea of becoming anyone's backup after a Hall of Fame career thus far. And he let it be known.
"I don't know what it is," Brodeur told The Star Ledger about settling into the role as a backup. " They're going to have to teach me. And it's hard to teach an old dog, I guess."
One day later, Patrik Elias- another player to spend his entire career with the Devils- spoke out about the selfishness on the team that is costing the club some much needed points.
" We've got guys that want to do it by themselves out there," Elias told The Star Ledger following their most recent defeat.
"We have good players to win hockey games. We've done that in the past and in a lot of the 54 games we've played this year," Elias continued on. " But guys can't do it by themselves. We have to play the way we played before."
It's unclear exactly who the alternate captain is talking about so we have narrowed it down to the following: Jacob Josefson, Travis Zajac, Jaromir Jagr, Dainus Zubrus, Damien Brunner, Ryane Clowe, Adam Henrique, Michael Ryder, Ryan Carter, Stephen Gionta, Steve Bernier, Andy Greene, Mark Fayne, Bryce Salvador, Marek Zidlicky, Eric Gelinas, Anton Volchenkov, Cory Schneider and Martin Brodeur.
Only because we are assuming Peter Harrold, Andrei Loktionov and Jon Merrill (who didn't play on Tuesday) were well behaved through the loss to the Blues.
The Devils have the rest of today to get their act straightened out before getting back into the hunt for two-points tomorrow night against the Dallas Stars and have four games after Thursday's matchup before the Olympic break kicks in.
Right now the Devils are on the outside looking in, sitting 13th in the Eastern Conference with five teams standing in their way of of a playoff spot. If they are going to overcome their current situation, it will be up to the team to do it cohesively, as Elias suggests.
If not, it may be time for Lou Lamoriello to drop the hammer and make some moves.


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Results tagged ' Zack Grienke '
If the playoffs were to start right now, the Twins would go against the Rays and could trot out Francisco Liriano, Carl Pavano, and Brian Duensing in the first three games. After Duensing's domination of the Royals last night, I like those odds.
A starting pitcher SHOULD dominate the paltry KC Royals offerings, and that is exactly what Duensing did. It may have been the most impressive pitching performance of the season, considering the fact that KC (despite scratching out one weak run) really had no chance against Brian all night long.
Big hits from Tolbert and Span provided the offense against Zack Greinke, who the Twins have now bested four times this season.
I'll be rooting on my Minnesota Vikings tonight while the Twins hope a plane to Cleveland, but also be keeping my eye on the White Sox game, as a loss could put them a full six games back in the division race!
Preview (83-57, 1st, 5.5 GA CWS): Carl Pavano (16-10, 3.52) vs. Fausto Carmona (11-14, 4.05)
Just In Case…
Tonight, the Twins figured out Zack Grienke and got a superb outing from Kevin Slowey en route to a 7-3 victory over the still-hapless (especially on the road) KC Royals.
However, the entire baseball universe was ecplised today by the debut of young pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals:
Just in case he turns out to be the next Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, or Randy Johnson, I would be remiss not to mention this spectacular debut, so future generations (when they dig out my computer from all the rubble and power up MLBlogs!) could be privvy to his initial greatness.
Against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight, Strasburg struck out 14 batters in seven innings, whiffing the last seven men he faced in the contest. He gave up a two-run that only left the park because the velocity on the pitch was so nasty, but teammates Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Dunn, and Josh Willingham also homered to get the young kid a victory.
I've been watching baseball for quite awhile now, but I've never seen anything like this: a youngster so thoroughly dominant at this (the infant) stage of his career. Sure, it was only Pittsburgh, arguably the worst team in the majors this season, but he had them completely flummoxed. It should be even more fun to watch him terrorize good hitters as his innaugural season progresses.
-It was nice to hear from Joe Nathan (in the broadcast booth) tonight, as I really miss him and wish him all the best in his recovery from Tommy John Surgery. He seems like a class act and all-around nice guy.
-The only bad news of the night: Orlando Hudson was put on the 15-day DL from lingering wrist soreness after last week's collision with Denard Span. Doesn't sound like anything too serious, so hopefully some rest will allow it to clear itself up and not linger all season long.
Preview (34-24, 1st, 3.5 GA DET): Kyle Davies (4-4, 5.49) vs. Carl Pavano (5-6, 4.11)
Take You Back
Oooh boy…as if the Twins needed anything more to be positive about after two road series wins and the opening of Target Field, earlier today Francisco Liriano pitched up to his 2006 form, styming the Red Sox for seven innings (with eight whiffs) while the Twins' bats exploded (or perhaps this is just their normal capacity?).
One of the weaknesses that I perceived in the Twins this year was the lack of a true ace that could kill them come playoff time as it has in past seasons. Baker, Blackburn, Pavano, and Slowey all give you a chance to win day in and day out, but none are a real stopper in the Johan Santana mold. If Frankie keeps locating his fastball and curving that filthy slider, he's the guy that can match up against the Sabathia's, Beckett's, or Hernandez's in the first game of a playoff series.
Preview (7-3, 1st, 0.5 GA DET): Zack Grienke (0-1, 3.55) vs. Scott Baker (1-1, 3.86). I smell a pitcher's duel…
This Is Why I Don't Like Math
I contemplated doing a lengthy piece tonight about how the Twins are done and how it finally came to this point. With the Tigers' magic number down to 2 to clinch the AL Central, things sure are looking grim for our boys.
However, if there's one thing I've learned over the past few years, it has been to never give up on the Twins. They seem to play their best with their backs up against the wall, and I'm hoping that proves true tomorrow as well.
Here's the way I look at it: A loss tomorrow and the whole ball of wax is gone, that much is mathematical. However, a win would actually swing some momentum back in our favor a little bit. Would we be in great position? No. But at least Detroit would have to beat the likes of Jake Peavy, Freddy Garcia, and John Danks, while we would get Zack Grienke on our turf and than not much else from the Royals.
So, I'm not giving up yet. Two seasons of Twins late-season heroics ('06, '08) are on my side. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Preview (82-76, 2nd, 3.0 GB DET): Scott Baker (14-9, 4.48) vs. Nate Robertson (2-2, 5.56).
And Here…We…Go!
Well folks, it all comes down to this. Four games that will likely determine the course of the 2009 American League Central division. The Tigers are playing like they have all season (up and down, just waiting for someone to pass them), while the Twins are on fire when not facing Mr. Grienke and his practically unhittable stuff (just ask Jason Kubel). Of course, the great equalizer is Comerica Park, where the Tigers have played even better than the Twins have at the Dome this season.
This is what September baseball is all about!
Preview (81-74, 2nd, 2.0 GB DET): Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.18) vs. Rick Porcello (14-9, 4.14).
On another note, Ozzie The Nut is at it again.
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These kind of rants… are exactly why I hate this guy so much. If I were a player (even one that might very well be in the doldrums), I would be personally offended by that type of language and the kinds of names he calls people. I wonder how the truly professional Sox like Konerko, Dye, and the now-departed Thome feel about that kind of bull crap?
The Prince Becomes A King
Though a bit lacking in the "big single round" performance that we have seen in recent years (Josh Hamilton last year being the best example), this iteration of the annual appetizer to the Midsummer Classic, the Home Run Derby, was still fun to watch. Of course, I was pulling for Joe Mauer, and (though not making it out of the first round), he gave a decent showing. Had he just been able to crank a few more out in that "bat-off" he could have really put the pressure on Albert Pujols. Oh well…Joe will continue his quest for the AL batting crown, while Pujols will go back to the NL and chase the Triple Crown.
My pick to win the thing, Carlos Pena, didn't make it out of the first round. Yep, that turned out well.
All in all, though, Prince Fielder did put on the best show of the night, as he bombed countless baseballs into the St. Louis night, at least two of which I remember seeing traveled 500+ feet. He is the absolute antithesis of Joe Mauer. While Joe has that sweet swing that hitting coaches dream of, Fielder gets in the box and swings with all his might all the time. What makes it work, though, is that he has enough bat control (the guy must have wrists made of iron) to get away with that approach. Of course, having this guy as your dad can't hurt…
(I doubt Big Cecil was a vegetarian!)
Preview (All-Star Game): Roy Halladay (10-3, 2.85) will take the hill for the AL to open the game, followed by Tim Lincecum (10-2, 2.33) in the Senior Circuit. I would expect to see Dan Haren and Johan Santana to follow Lincecum, while the AL has more options (Josh Beckett, Zack Grienke, Mark Buerhle, Felix Hernandez) after Doc.
Although I will be root root rooting for the AL to win the game, I just have a feeling that the NL is finally going to break through this year. I never like to underestimate Ichiro in an All-Star game, but I would be suprised if Albert Pujols DOESN'T do something spectacular at the plate or be involved in some form of late-inning heroics.
Keep On Rollin' (And A R.I.P.)
The Twins finished up the Interleague Portion of their season today, beating the Cardinals 6-2 behind a strong start from Francisco Liriano and some big hits from Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel.
Looking back, the Twins (once again) really enjoyed this month of NL play, as (just recently) we were one Nick Blackburn gaffe and two Albert Pujols swings away from sweeping both the Brewers and Cardinals ON THE ROAD. The Twins haven't played that well in an opposing ballpark since guys like Mientkiewicz, Rivas, and Guzman were still lurking around!
Now, though, the test will be whether or not the Twins can parlay this Interleague success back over to the AL. Luckily, the road doesn't get much easier than in Kansas City, our opponent tomorrow night.
Preview (39-38, 2nd, 4.0 GB DET): Nick Blackburn (6-3, 3.11) vs. Luke Hochevar (2-3, 5.87). The Royals have nothing without Zack Grienke, and we don't draw him…sweet.
By the way, this guy died today…
Unbelievable. Celebs (Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Mays) are dying at an incredible rate these days.
Unfortunately, this just means that this guy…
…is now the "king" of infomercials. Sad.


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OREM, Utah --The Northern Illinois men's basketball dropped a 58-47 decision on the road at Utah Valley on Monday night. The Huskies and Wolverines were tied with 16 minutes left in the contest, but an untimely scoring drought by NIU helped propelled Utah Valley to the win. "We just couldn't get going in the second half," said NIU head coach Mark Montgomery. "They made some plays and we didn't. I thought they were a little tougher, and a little stronger, down low that us. I'm proud that we held them to only 38 percent shooting, but we have to shoot better than 35 percent."Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a team-high eight points while also grabbing six rebounds and collecting three steals. Senior forward Tim Toler (Indianapolis, Ind./Avon/Danville Area CC) added seven points and redshirt sophomore guard Antone Christian (Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King Magnet) grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. A Toler triple and a layup by freshman forward Keith Gray (Chicago, Ill./Brooks Academy) gave NIU an early 5-1 lead, a lead it would hold for most of the opening 10 minutes. The Huskies led by one, 13-12, until back-to-back threes by Utah Valley put the Wolverines on top, 18-13, with just over eight minutes to play in the first half. A layup by Toler ended a four minute drought for the Huskies and ignited a 7-2 burst that tied the game, 20-20. Sophomore Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) connected on a triple and Toler added another layup to even the score.Once again, back-to-back triples gave Utah Valley a six-point lead. Senior forward Tyler Storm (Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo) and Nader responded with buckets to bring the Huskies within a pair; a free-throw by Utah Valley closed the first half scoring and gave the Wolverines a 27-24 lead at the break. Isiah Williams led all scorers with 12 points in the first half; Toler led Northern Illinois with seven points in the opening stanza. Utah Valley went 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) from beyond the three-point line in the opening 20 minutes, NIU was just 2-of-11 (18.2 percent) from long distance. The Utah Valley lead reached five to begin the second half until a coast-to-coast dunk by Nader and a triple from Storm evened the game, 29-29. The Storm trifecta was followed by a 14-0 Utah Valley run, giving the Wolverines a 43-29 lead just before the midway point of the second half. The Huskies were held scoreless for nearly seven minutes as Utah Valley built a lead that was too much to overcome. NIU committed a season-low 10 turnovers and kept Utah Valley 12 points under its season average. The Huskies shot just 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from the three-point arc while Utah Valley went 7-of-17 (41.2 percent) from beyond the arc. Williams finished with a game-high 15 for the Wolverines, Geddes Robinson added 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Northern Illinois will return home to the NIU Convocation Center on Saturday, Dec. 3, when the Huskies host Nebraska-Omaha at 3 p.m.


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Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for the latest title in the Who Was... ? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the country-western classics. But he forged a sound all his own-and a look that was all his own, too. With curled lip, swivelling hips, and greased pompadour, Elvis changed popular music forever, ushering in the age of rock and roll. Geoff Edgers's fascinating biography of this icon of American pop culture includes black and- white illustrations on nearly every spread.
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"The king…had John beheaded in the prison" (Matthew 14:9-10).
Reflection: St. John the Baptizer, who leaped for joy in Elizabeth's womb, preach a message of repentance to those in power. He told King Herod that it was wrong for him to have his brother's wife, and was killed as a result. John is an example for us to speak the truth boldly. Being a prophet is not primarily about telling the future, but about telling the present – pointing out what God says about what is happening now.
Prayer: Saint John the Baptizer, pray that we may boldly proclaim the right to life for all people. Amen.


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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Sniffing for bombs and drugs may seem like all work and no play, but for police dogs, it's all about the toys.
With encouragement from their handlers, the dogs sniff their toys, which are made to smell like drugs or explosive materials. When they discover their target, they are rewarded — with their toy.
Dogs from all over Northeast Ohio, including three from Brunswick Hills Township, demonstrated this technique during a weekly training session Tuesday.
Brunswick Hills police officer and K-9 handler Heather Stask meets with the group, called Buckeye Area Regional K-9 (BARK), once or twice every week to take the dogs through various drug-sniffing and tracking exercises.
"You've got to put the time in to have great dogs," Stask said.
Before bringing the dogs into the training area, which Tuesday was an unused FedEx warehouse, Stask distributed containers of marijuana, Ecstasy, cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms and methamphetamines in cabinets or cardboard boxes throughout the building.
Another scent soon may be added to the training list.
The Drug Enforcement Agency's temporary yearlong ban on five chemicals used in synthetic marijuana drugs K2 or "Spice," effective March 1, means police officers aren't the only ones who have to learn the ins and outs of the drugs.
If K2, for example, is not mixed with marijuana or another known substance, police dogs will not recognize it as a drug, Stask said.
But training the dogs to recognize the new scent is on hold, she said, until the DEA decides whether to enact a permanent ban on the drugs.
BARK founder and trainer Tom Schmidt, who has donated all the dogs and the training to Brunswick Hills and other police departments, said they want to be sure the DEA declares the drugs illegal before training the dogs to recognize the scent.
"We don't want the dog to alert on something legal," Schmidt said, adding a dog's false identification could lead an officer to do a search under false pretenses.
Once the drugs are permanently banned, however, Schmidt said it would be fairly easy to train the dogs to detect them.
"Dogs are trained to hit on the odor of narcotics, not necessarily the drugs themselves," Schmidt said.
Each handler would lace a clean towel with the new scent and reward the dog each time it tracked the scent back to the actual drug.
Sgt. Jim Cartwright of the Medina County Sheriff's Office said he would use the same process with the sheriff's dog.
"You build up the association for the dog to find the article and eventually remove the toy and just have the product," Cartwright said. He added the sheriff's office will wait to train its dog until the K2 chemicals are included in state minimum criteria for K-9 certification. State minimums include heroin, meth, cocaine and marijuana, he said.
Even without the additional drugs added to the training, there's still plenty of work to be done on a weekly and even daily basis, Stask said.
Puppies in the program start their training as early as six weeks old and are in training every day for the first year. "You literally can hold them in your hands when you get them," Stask said.
The dogs all live with their handlers, she said, in an effort to control the dogs' environment as much as possible and to build the relationship between the handler and canine partner.
Some of the dogs are specialized in some areas. For example, one of the Brunswick Hills dogs, Boomer, is trained specifically for sniffing out bombs. The bomb-sniffing dogs are trained to find their target and sit next to it, whereas the drug-sniffing dogs are more aggressive about their search, scratching away at the area where they detect a scent.
But when it comes to going after a suspect, the 10 dogs in the training proved no one who runs is spared.
During every training session, at least one person has to wear a heavily padded, bite-resistant suit and get chased by a roughly 100-pound dog that will do anything necessary to neutralize a threat. Stask called it a right of passage for those in the BARK crew.
The effects are not lost on real suspects, she said. The dogs "definitely are attention-getters," Stask said. "They have an incredible calming effect on people who would otherwise want to fight."
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If the parent/graduate student is approved, the next step is to go online to www.studentloans.gov and log in with the FSA ID to sign a Master Promissory Note (MPN) for either the Parent PLUS or the Graduate PLUS. The MPN signifies your acceptance of the loan, and in most cases, your MPN has a "lifetime" of 10 years so you should not need to complete a new one.
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If the parent is denied, there are three different options that the parent may pursue. The first option is for the parent to use an endorser (cosigner) to take out the loan. The second option is for the parent to request a credit override from Borrower Services on the loan – this is done if you believe that the credit decision you received was in error. This may require you to provide proof to Borrower Services with the reason why your credit decision was incorrect. The third option is for the student to request additional Unsubsidized Stafford Loan funds in their name. Please be aware for this option the student is limited to a maximum award of either $4,000 or $5,000, based on the number of credits the student has completed.
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Of all the basic cable networks, A&E's existence has always struck me as the most regrettable. The former home of Biography and culture is now a slum of Duck Dynasty and Storage Wars. Over the last few years, though, hope has begun to rise from a different quarter--- original programming.
In the business for more than a decade, A&E's attempts are mainly fascinating failures like 100 Centre Street, Nero Wolfe and Prison Kings. But last year, they came up with an interesting spin on an old chestnut--- a reboot of Norman Bates' childhood. Bates Motel tells the story of teenage Norman's life. The most talked about performance of this show is that of Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates--- Mother. It is not easy to rise above one of the most famous characters in all of entertainment history (even if we did only know her as a corpse), but Farmiga, one of the most criminally undervalued actresses in all of Hollywood has managed to elevate and give this younger version of Mrs. Bates a life of her own. Trying desperately to support her family in Bayville, Norma clearly seems a little trouble and easy to anger--- but she clearly cares for her sons (we'll get to that in a minute) and she has an energy and spirit that you wouldn't expect. Farmiga has elevated her already formidable skills that she manages to do something nearly impossible in a show like this---- make you forget her eventual fate.
And there are clues things are not going to go well. As you expect, Norman (British child actor Freddie Highmore, nearly as good as Farmiga) has been having a very troubled time of it in high school. He has a lot of trouble relating to his peers (big surprise), but it's interesting to see that they have troubles of their own. One girl already attempt suicide in the pilot, and after she left an institution, she killed the man who she thought murdered her father, and has since disappeared, and is presumed dead. A girl who works in the motel is forever carrying around an oxygen tank, and seems forever occupied with morbidity. Then there's his older brother, Dylan. Involved in the seedy underworld that seems to pervade this town, he now seems trapped in a maze that seems to get deeper no matter who he works for and who he tries to save.
The series is rather convoluted, and its mythos will be hard to follow for those joining late, and who have only the vaguest idea of the plot of Psycho. (The bypass story is vital to the motel's eventual fate, but not having seen the movie in a while, it may be hard to figure out why.) But the performances of Farmiga and Highmore are so good that they tower over a series that often tries to exceed in humble roots. But on a network deluged with police procedurals (original and reality) it's a welcome tonic. Maybe there's a future for A&E yet (though maybe not such as a good one for the Bates'.)
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Sony brings back the Walkman, again, with F886 aimed directly at the Apple iPod Touch
Sony just won't give up on their once popular Walkman portable media player that was once the apple of everyone's eyes, until Apple launched the iPod. Sony has once again taken a stab at the Apple iPod with their latest Walkman portable media player, the Walkman F886.
The Android-powered Sony Walkman F886 last year's failure that was the F800 and hopes to give Sony back some of its former class leading glory. Sadly the Walkman F886 doesn't stand a chance against the Apple iPod Touch. The Walkman F886 comes with a 4-inch WQVGA display and 32 hours of MP3 playback. What makes it different however is the built-in S Master digital amplifier meant to handle WAV, AIFF, FLAC and ALAC files at 192KHz/24-bit of which 26 hours worth of playback can be gotten out of the device. What will it set you back? A hefty $420 and it doesn't appear to even pack water- and dust resistance.
So, sadly, we recommend the Apple iPod Touch, unless you REALLY want high quality audio or an Android powered PMP. For everything else, there's a smartphone for a reason, although you might want to get a portable charger or extended battery if you use a modern smartphone.
Sony Xperia Z1 officially announced, joined by Cybershot attachable smartphone 'lens cameras'
Almost nine months after Sony first announced their water-resistant, big screened beauty in the form of the Xperia Z, the company's flagship has already been replaced with a newer, better model. The Sony Xperia Z1, internally codenamed and leaked before as Honami, has officially been announced and packs quite a punch for a device that is just 8.5mm thick.
The Sony Xperia Z1 is quite an improvement over its predecessor, despite borrowing most of its design from it. The Xperia Z1 features a 5-inch FHD display, a 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable memory, LTE, a 3,000mAh and of course an IP58 water- and dust resistance rating. Like rumoured, the Sony Xperia Z1 features a 20.7MP Exmore RS rear facing camera, but sadly it does not feature 4K video recording, instead it packs good old 1080p video recording. Sony has crammed all of this into a slim 8.5mm body, meaning the Xperia Z1 will give the Lumia 1020 quite a run for its money. The best of all is the Xperia Z1 will run Android 4.3 Jelly Bean right out of the box so no need to wait ages for the update to arrive!
The Xperia Z1 wasn't the only thing Sony announced however. The company also announced their new line of 'lens cameras' which basically look like your ordinary detachable camera lens, but is actually an all-in-one camera meant to make your portable photography a little bit easier. The Sony Cybershot QX10 and QX100 lens cameras are point-and-shoot cameras without the usual bulky boxed body. The Cybershot QX100 features a high quality 1-inch 20.2MP Exmor RCMOS camera with 3.6 times optical zoom and a hefty $500 pricetag. The Cybershot CX10 is a better deal. For $250 the compact lens camera comes with a 18.2MP Exmor RCMOS camera with a magnificent 10 times optical zoom. Both lens cameras support iOS and Android powered devices with version 3.1 or higher of each respective operating system.
Sony Honami leaked again, to be called the Xperia Z1 upon launch
The upcoming Sony camera flagship smartphone codenamed the Sony Honami has leaked once again and this time in press shots showing off the device in purple, white and black, alongside the images an official name has also been given with Honami to be launched as the Sony Xperia Z1.
If the latest set of leaks from Taiwanese site, ePrice, turns out to be true, the Sony Honami flagship device will be called the Sony Xperia Z1 and come with a mini version that will only differ with a smaller 4.3-inch 720p display. Additionally the Xperia Z1 will come in purple, white and black models while featuring a 20.7MP camera with a Xenon and LED flash. The Xperia Z1 will once again be water and dust resistant and pack a glass back. One of its key differentiating features will apparently be the ability to record videos in the ultra HD 4K resolution.
The Sony Honami is set to give the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom and Nokia LUmia 1020 a run for their money as competition in the camera phone market heats up.
Sony Honami likely to feature 4K video recording according to new leak
Rumours that Sony's upcoming Honami smartphone packed with a delightful 20.7MP camera may pack 4K video recording, may very well be true if the latest leaks are to be believed. The slide above comes from a presentation by Sony, but the original source has since removed their posts on Weibo, so not much is known about it anymore.
The slides show off the upcoming Sony Honami smartphone with some clear specifications that have leaked before such as the 20.7MP camera as well as a 2.2MP front facing camera. The slide has one tagline saying "How do you get 4K content? By shooting videos with a 4K cellphone." which makes it all pretty clear. Unlike Sony's current Ultra HD TVs, the Honami's 4K video recording capabilities indicate that it will shoot video at 4,000 x 2,000 resolution with a strange aspect ratio. The Honami is rumoured to pack a Snapdragon 800 SoC which has more than enough processing power to accomplish the task at hand.
If rumours pan out, Sony may have a pretty good competitor to Samsung's chunky Galaxy S4 Zoom and Nokia's Lumia 1020 featuring Windows Phone 8.
Sony set to take on Nokia and Samsung with "lens cameras" for your phone or tablet
It seems that the beleaguered Sony is hot on the heals of Samsung and Nokia with their latest smartphone camera ambitions. In the latest round of Sony-related leaks, Sony Alpha Rumours shows of the upcoming Sony CX10 and Sony CX100 "lens cameras" to be used with your smartphone or tablet.
The Sony "lens cameras" are without a doubt aimed at the Nokia Lumia 1020 and Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom and are quite a concept. The Sony CX10 (pictured above) is supposedly a point-and-shoot camera that lacks a screen and controls, it is controlled by your smartphone or tablet through WiFi and packs its own processor, SD card slot, zoom lens and an 18MP CMOS sensor to hit the sweet spot. The Sony CX100 is set to feature the same sensor as the RX100 Mark II, though little else is mentioned regarding it.
Sony is scheduled to host an event at IFA 2013 which is likely to feature the two cameras alongside the long rumoured Sony Honami which is rumoured to pack a compact 20.7MP sensor inside a dust and water resistant body.
Sony Honami to come in a selection of covers according to teaser
It's no secret that Sony is working on a new camera centric smartphone of their own, one that will not only take on the Nokia Lumia PureView devices, but also rule the Android camera phone market.
In a new teaser image that leaked out today, a glimpse of the upcoming Sony Honami is shown, with a purple hue, which may very well indicate that a wide variety of colours can be expected, or just that a purple variant will be available just like with the Sony Xperia Z. The Sony Honami, obviously an internal codename, will apparently pack a 5-inch full HD display, a 2.2GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 2GB of RAM, and most importantly feature an enhanced 20.7MP camera.
Like most Sony devices nowadays, it will be protected from dust, water and other damage through its IP57 certification. The Sony Honami is expected to launch at an official launch even at IFA 2013 in Berlin on September 4.
Sony Xperia Z Ultra goes official, may give the Galaxy Note III a run for its money
With Samsung announcing everything, but the upcoming Galaxy Note III, Sony has taken advantage of the gap in the 'phablet' market by launching the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, one of the most promising 'phablets' to hit the market this year.
Sony to launch 6.44-inch Xperia ZU on July 4 as Galaxy Note competitor
Rumours have been floating around for a while now that Sony is planning a larger version of their popular Xperia Z smart phone that will be set to take on the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Note III. Well, today we not only get a glimpse into what we will be seeing, but also when we will be seeing it.