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Changes to the Application Process 08/03/2016Hello Everyone! I'm creating this announcement to inform every vVv applicant that I have introduced a few short-term goals that we all will be working toward accomplishing over the next few weeks. One of these goals directly affects your application process. If you would like to read the full post in detail, and maybe learn a little about me, follow this link. The TL;DR of why I'm addressing this announcement to you is to inform you that our application process will be undergoing a few dramatic changes that will affect your application. vVv Gaming wants to be as transparent as possible when it comes to what changes our Staff team makes and why. We will be changing the applications themselves as well as how they work. Our community wants and needs a larger say in who is accepted and who isn't. We also want to encourage community interaction as much as possible. With these changes, we are wanting to allow members the ability to give constructive criticism to applicants, provide the opportunity for applicants to interact with members and other applicants that they normally may not, and open a platform for discussion and the sharing of ideas. With the reimplementation of the Endorsement System, vVv Gaming is looking to give the power back to our Members and put the fate of the Applicant (and their application!) in their own hands. Applicants will need to receive 5 endorsements from current vVv Members (Staff endorsements work as well!) to earn their pre-interview. If an Applicant fails to receive a new endorsement every 3 weeks the application will be closed. Full details on how the Endorsement System works can be found through this link. Because we are introducing new application forms and a different way of how the application process works, we will be closing all currently open applications. Once the new application forms are posted, all applicants that had an application open during this time will be able to immediately reopen their applications. This means that those applicants do not need to wait 30 days as the new rule states, this will be a one-time exception due to circumstances under which these applications were closed. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a private message. I apologize for the inconvenience that this will cause. Thank you for your patience and your enthusiasm for joining vVv Gaming!
We have moved to Discord 08/04/2016There has been a strong desire among the community to migrate to Discord for quite some time. As of today, our community will be using Discord and as a result, we will no longer be actively using our TeamSpeak Server. The TeamSpeak server will temporarily stay active to help inform all of our move to Discord. Within the next couple of months, it will be shut down completely. For a quick invite to our new Discord server, you can click here.
For a full detailed guide visit http://www.vVv-Gaming.com/Discord
vVv Gaming Presents: ADL Season 10! 08/12/2016TL;DR: Season 10 of the vVv Gaming LoL ADL begins Friday, August 19th @9pm EST/6pm PST! Discord Info Just be on Discord at the check in time and have a level 30 with at least 16 champions to participate! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vVv Gaming has had a long history in competitive e-sports; and, while the LCS may be a long way off for the organization, we can still participate in semi-competitive LoL activities as a community. The ADL has, and will continue to be, our main way to achieve this. However, let's be honest, the ADL has had a rough time over the past few seasons. This comes from both participant enjoyment, as well as coordination and structuring of the event as a whole. While I do not plan on completely fixing the system from the start, I do believe that there are some short (and long) term changes that can make the experience better for everyone: · We are keeping participation points for this season, as well as the Elo ranking system used for previous seasons. · We will have people recruiting more in the game from the community, and attempt to bring more LoL community members to the discord that we feel would be good for the vVv community. · We will be implementing new rules for the drafting phase. Some of these rules will be introduced as the season progresses and are covered below. · Unfortunately, at this point in time, there is no information regarding a prize. If a viable prize method/opportunity comes about in the future, current season winners will be rewarded retroactively. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rules and Details (Read if new): Nights will consist of two matches per night. You must be able to attend both games (Don't be that guy, play it out). Be on Discord NO LATER than 8:55pm EST/5:55pm PST for Check In. This will be slowly changed to 8:45pm EST as the season progresses. We want the drafting phase this season to be as smooth as possible. We want to give people time to announce their roles before hand. Check in will happen in the ADL Check In Discord Channel BEFORE players move to the regular ADL channel, and at 9:00pm EST people will move to channels matching their Dynamic Queue rank. Missing the check-in deadline means that you will not be able to participate that night and will not receive a participation point. During the Check In, participants will announce their top 3 preferred roles for a staff member to place in a spreadsheet (Discord does not allow for your descriptions to be changed, that I am aware of). Have a level 30 account, at least 16 champions, and be ready to have some fun! Additional Questions? Contact vVv Eternal or vVv Yui The ADL will last for 10 weeks this season, there will then be a three-week break before the next season starts (Currently scheduled for Nov. 11, 2016). Cheating or Smurfing in the ADL is not permitted. Anyone caught doing either of these this will be suspended from the ADL, no exceptions. Cheating will result in a permanent suspension, smurfing will result in a 5-week suspension. New Drafting Process: So, in previous seasons of the ADL, the highest ranked players were given the priority in being team captains for any given night. While this was not a bad system, it did leave some players feeling left out over the course of the season. That being said: · Highest ranked players will no longer be automatically chosen as the team captain. · Team captains will be chosen by the number of participation points that a player has (you earn 1 point for each night you attend, REGARDLESS of whether or not you are picked). · No player can be captain more than once every 4 weeks (depending on overall participation). · The first weekend will have captains from an arbitrary division and lower. So here is my logic (bear with me). With some outlying cases, most of the team captains would pick from highest available skill in a role down, until all of the top players (and a few peoples friends) were picked. I don't expect this to change at all; however, this allows for both new and lower skill level players and community members, as well as frequent participants, to always have a shot at playing. They also get the benefit of knowing (eventually) in advance that they will be captains. Additional Information: I would like to try and address the speed of the drafting process. For now, the primary way of doing this will be the check-in time; however, if another feasible method is suggested, any changes will be updated in this section. After the Games: · Players will join the winning team's discord channel, and all players will be given feedback if they desire it. · Players may also provide criticism and suggestions for the ADL. (We are still seeking to improve the event if the community desires it) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Darn Rules · Teams will still be matched by alphabetical order of Discord channel for the time being. · The winner of the first match will play the winner of the second (both matches are played out simultaneously), and the same goes for the losing teams. · The higher team alphabetically will be chosen to be on the blue side for the first game, and the lower team will get blue side when the second game is played. Leaving/AFK: If someone leaves a game for any reason and does not reconnect, they will be given a 2-night suspension from the ADL. The player may appeal the suspension with an ADL Staff member if there was a legitimate reason for the disconnect. However, all appeals must happen at least 24 hours before the next ADL event. You also may only appeal a disconnect once per season. Pausing: Players may pause the game for UP TO 10 minutes if a player on their team is having connection issues. PLAYERS MUST INFORM AN ADL STAFF MEMBER IF A GAME IS PAUSED. If the reason cannot be resolved in 10 minutes, the team whose player disconnected will concede the match. If the enemy team agrees, they may also use their 10-minute pause to give the other team more time. Teams only get two pauses per game. Replacement Players: Player replacement will be handled the same as in previous seasons. A player may be replaced by another player of the same rank or lower, provided both teams agree to the replacement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So that's it folks. Thank you for sticking through the whole announcement, we understand it is somewhat lengthy, however the information had to be provided. You are now ready for the 10th season of the ADL! If you have any questions feel free to contact vVv Eternal See you on Friday, August 19th at 8:55pm EST/6:00pm PST! ADL Staff: vVv Eternal To join the discussion click here!
vVv Gaming Returns: Community Game Nights! (CGNs) 08/15/2016Rocket League Community Game Nights (CGN) with vVv Gaming are back starting on Monday, August 22nd! These CGNs will allow teams and individual Rocketeers to continue to bring their A game and level up their gaming skills in two unique events each week! Whether the goal is to improve teamwork, find suitable opponents, or just acquire valuable feedback on how to improve one's game-play, these events will help accomplish just that! Mondays will continue to be our draft night and due to your feedback, we will be returning to a format of random captains with the ability to opt out of being a captain. Wednesdays will continue to be a night for pre-made 3v3 teams. Supersonic Series Season 4 is happening and we will be announcing information on that and the start date at a later time. Monday Night Draft
When: 9PM EST (6PM PST) Check-in starts at 8:30PM EST and closes at 8:45PM EST
Where: vVv Discord Server (https://discord.gg/p44AjNf) Discord Guide: http://www.vvv-gaming.com/discord Format: 3vs3 - Double Elimination Tournament. Best of three in the winner's bracket and best of one in the loser's bracket until the last two matches which return to best of three. Captains are chosen at random and each captain picks their team-mates. Registration: Visit http://vvv-gaming.com/RLRegister on the day of the tournament to register. While signing up you will be able to volunteer to be a captain. If there are more volunteer captains than the total number of tea`ms, the captains will be picked at random from the pool of volunteers. If there are not enough volunteer captains, then the remaining number of captains needed will be chosen at random from the remainder of players. Captains will take turns picking their teammates in a "snake-style" (A, B, C, C, B, A) draft until all teams have 3 players each. Participating with friends is encouraged, however, there is no guarantee that you will be on the same team. The captain's name will be entered into the Challonge bracket and will be used to represent their team. Voice channels will be created for each of the teams on our Discord server.
Wednesday Night Teams (Games are counted towards Power Rankings!)
When: 9:00 PM EST (6:00 PM PST) Check-in starts at 8:30 PM EST and closes at 8:45 PM EST
Where: vVv Discord Server (https://discord.gg/p44AjNf) Discord Guide: http://www.vvv-gaming.com/discord Format: 3vs3 - Double Elimination Tournament. Best of three in the winner's bracket and best of one in the loser's bracket until the last two matches which return to best of three. Teams are pre-made by the players. Registration: Visit http://vvv-gaming.com/RLRegister on the day of the tournament to register.
Participating as an individual: After filling out the signup form you will be in a free-agent pool available to fill up spot a team might need or you will be placed on a team with others who have signed up individually. Check-ins will be 15-30 minutes before the start time so we can get everyone organized. A team may contact you to play with them before the event starts. We also encourage you to talk with any other free agents signed up to form a team!
Participating as a team: After filling out the signup form above, your team is all set. All you need to do is show up in the discord server during the check-in time. If you are seeking a third player for the evening, you can view the list of free agent players signed up at http://vvv-gaming.com/RLRegister and contact them to be part of your team for the evening. If you are unable to acquire a third team member on you own, then please show up on the Discord server at least 30 minutes prior to the event starting and we will assign you a third team member if one is available for the duration of the night. Click here to join the discussion!
August Chopping List 08/20/2016As I have stated when I became the president, I will be removing all inactive members from vVv Gaming. I have given everyone 3 weeks to reach out to me and get in touch with me. Some have reached out and decided not to vVv members anymore, due to time constraints and other reason.s Some reached out and promised they would take certain action to show they want to be members but it did not happen, and lastly, some have never reached out to me at all. I really wish that things could be different, but as it stands the following people are being removed from vVv Gaming. We wish them the best of luck with their future endeavours and hope to see them come back to us one day. The following is a list of donor members who will be returned to Donor rank on the forum, but will no longer be vVv Members. vVv Brocco vVv Koala vVv Krewel vVv Rising Dawn The following is a list of vVv Members being returned to normal forum rank. vVv Acai28 vVv AmpeD vVv Arkaine vVv Blazek vVv Buzz vVv Cherp vVv Cr0nus vVv Deadaim vVv Falcodile vVv Matchu vVv Oriklad vVv ShySluShy vVv SilverSpoon vVv Spike vVv TyTy vVv UkogMonkey vVv Zeeb
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VIENNA - The Grand Central Mall and local emergency departments are joining together for the second annual Fire Prevention Event from noon-3 p.m. Saturday at the mall.
According to national statistics, more than 3,000 people die in home fires each year in the U.S., most of whom are in homes without a working smoke detector.
The goal of the Fire Prevention Event is to raise awareness about how working, properly installed smoke alarms can drastically lower a person's chances of dying in a fire.
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Thomas Hayes, 2, of North Hills, touches a Vienna firefighter's mask as his sister Catherine, 5, looks on during last year's Fire Prevention Event at the Grand Central Mall. This year's program will be noon-3 p.m. Saturday at the mall.
Mall officials were inspired to create the event in 2012 after a startling trend was repeatedly reported in the news, both locally and nationally: nearly 70 percent of all fire-related deaths are in homes with no working smoke detectors.
"You can't help but feel that these deaths could have been prevented. You find yourself asking questions about why, and saying things like 'If only they had known,'" said Katrina Stephens, event organizer and marketing director for Grand Central Mall.
Having one of the largest platforms in the community to reach people, mall officials have decided again to partner with local authorities on fire prevention to help re-educate the community, she said.
The safety program will include local fire departments, the Division of Forestry and the American Red Cross.
"These are the real experts," said Stephens. "They work in these communities day in and day out purely out of passion for what they do. They put their lives on the line to protect us. And they do their absolute best to educate our communities about fire safety. Sharing this same passion, our goal is to give them the platform and the spotlight that they need to spread that information even further," she said.
"Far too many people have died in fires as a result of not having working smoke detectors in their homes," said Stephens. "Fire safety education needs to continue beyond elementary school."
The mall is partnering with Sears and Marietta Memorial Health System to provide free smoke detectors at the event. No one will be turned away, regardless of residency or income level. Recipients will be limited to one per level of their home.
In addition to the smoke detector distribution, Saturday's event will also feature children's activities, Smokey the Bear, fire truck tours, a fire extinguisher simulator and more. It is free to the public and all are encouraged to attend.
Any local fire department wishing to participate in this free event should contact the mall management office at its earliest convenience at 304-485-4465.

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About G1 Garbage Collector, Permanent Generation and Metaspace
By Poonam-Oracle on Mar 19, 2014
We received some questions around the G1 garbage collector and the use of Permanent Generation with it. There seems to be some confusion that the Hotspot JVM does not use permanent generation when G1 is used as the garbage collector. Here's some clarification:
JDK 7: PermGen
Permanent Generation still exists in JDK 7 and its updates, and is used by all the garbage collectors. In JDK7, the effort to remove the permanent generation was started and some parts of the data residing in the permanent generation were moved to either the Java Heap or to the native heap. Permanent generation was not completely removed and it still exists in JDK 7 and its updates. Here's the list of things that were moved out of the permanent generation in JDK7:
Symbols were moved to the native heap
Interned strings were moved to the Java Heap
Class statics were moved to the Java Heap
JDK7: G1 and PermGen
With G1 collector, PermGen is collected only at a Full GC which is a stop-the-world (STW) GC. If G1 is running optimally then it does not do Full GCs. G1 invokes the Full GCs only when the PermGen is full or when the application does allocations faster than G1 can concurrently collect garbage.
With CMS garbage collector, we can use option -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled to collect PermGen space in the CMS concurrent cycle. There is no equivalent option for G1. G1 only collects PermGen during the Full stop-the-world GCs.
We can use options PermSize and MaxPermSize to tune the PermGen space size according to the application needs.
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Permanent generation has been completely removed in JDK 8. This work has been done under the bug https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6964458. Options PermSize and MaxPermSize have also been removed in JDK 8.
Email to openjdk alias regarding the PermGen elimination project: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2012-September/006679.html
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In JDK 8, classes metadata is now stored in the native heap and this space is called Metaspace. There are some new flags added for Metaspace in JDK 8:
- -XX:MetaspaceSize=<NNN> where <NNN> is the initial amount of space(the initial high-water-mark) allocated for class metadata (in bytes) that may induce a garbage collection to unload classes. The amount is approximate. After the high-water-mark is first reached, the next high-water-mark is managed by the garbage collector
- -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=<NNN> where <NNN> is the maximum amount of space to be allocated for class metadata (in bytes). This flag can be used to limit the amount of space allocated for class metadata. This value is approximate. By default there is no limit set.
- -XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=<NNN> where <NNN> is the minimum percentage of class metadata capacity free after a GC to avoid an increase in the amount of space (high-water-mark) allocated for class metadata that will induce a garbage collection.
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By default class metadata allocation is only limited by the amount of available native memory. We can use the new option MaxMetaspaceSize to limit the amount of native memory used for the class metadata. It is analogous to MaxPermSize. A garbage collection is induced to collect the dead classloaders and classes when the class metadata usage reaches MetaspaceSize (12Mbytes on the 32bit client VM and 16Mbytes on the 32bit server VM with larger sizes on the 64bit VMs). Set MetaspaceSize to a higher value to delay the induced garbage collections. After an induced garbage collection, the class metadata usage needed to induce the next garbage collection may be increased.


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LOS ANGELES—Local and federal public health officials say they're trying to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis that may have affected more than 4,600 people on Los Angeles' Skid Row.
The Los Angeles Times reports ( http://lat.ms/Zlew3H) Thursday that 11 deaths have been recorded since 2007 and most of the victims were homeless people living on downtown streets.
County health chief Dr. Jonathan Fielding says the outbreak is the largest in a decade. The outbreak has been linked to one tuberculosis strain that is unique to LA.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — The High Fives Foundation is happy to announce the 4th Annual Bocce Tournament presented by Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, GoPro and the Truckee River Winery. Register today for the Sunday, Sept. 23 event in person at the CR Johnson Healing Center, online at highfivesfoundation.org/index.php/events/bocce or by calling 530-562-4270. The cost to participate is $100 per two-person team. Space is limited to the first 40 teams to register. Teams will compete for amazing prizes and bragging rights while raising funds for winter action sports athletes that have suffered a life-altering injury.
"The High Fives Foundation is an event-driven nonprofit that hosts five marquee events annually; one of which is the Bocce Tournament," said Roy Tuscany, co-founder and executive director, High Fives Foundation. "To watch the tournament grow in size, popularity and fun each year is a dream come true. Funds raised directly improve the Foundation's respective program services and its ability to provide financial assistance to winter action sports athletes who have suffered a traumatic injury."
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The Hannibal Area Chapter 4610 of AARP will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 18, at the Hannibal Quality Inn & Suites on Highway 36 West in Hannibal.
A program will be given by Nancy Cruse about her trip to Russia. Reservations are required for the luncheon and must be made by calling (573) 221-5470 or (573) 221-3114 no later than 9 a.m. on Monday, July 15.
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Monday, 22 March 2010
From a story today in The Wall Street Journal:
"That change in psyche is reflected by the rebranding of boomers to so-called zoomers. Toronto media mogul and senior citizen Moses Znaimer coined the term, which means "boomers with zip." In that group, he includes boomers and those older than boomers. It's a huge demographic, accounting for 44% of Canada's population and controlling close to 80% of the country's wealth."
I long ago made up, for purposes that to some will appear obvious and to others obscure, the name "Frieda Znaimer." I had no idea that such a last name existed. Now I do.
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Selling on your own? Consider all factors
February 16, 2013
In front yards and car windows, "For Sale By Owner" signs can be seen in nearly every neighborhood....
The only thing we have to be sure of then, samy, is that we're using a good realtor.
The bad news is that there are no good realtors in this area. It can be argued that there are certainly better realtors than others in the area, but if you look at a larger regional scope of realtors, the ones in the MOV are largely a lazy group that do little and expect tons in return.
If you're selling your house for $200,000, the realtor takes home a hefty 12,000 bucks to do little more than stick a sign in your yard and wait for calls to come in.
The next time you're bored and want to validate my statements, shadow your realtor around town. They're almost always not doing diddly about your house. Instead, they sit around the office or go shopping.
For 12,000 bucks, you can do that yourself.
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I have sold a home myself and used a realtor. I will never sell by owner again. It was worth the 6% for my realtor to take all the phone calls and find serious prospects. She also paid the advertising and I didn't have worry about showings around my work schedule. She had my house under contract within two weeks. A good realtor will make sure you understand the market--they will tell you that the number of quality listings in your price point largely affects how fast you will sell.
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And just why is pa Y pal a censored word on this site?
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Speaking in internet terms eBay is a horrific place to do business as a seller. eBay charges considerably over the customary percentage, and if you tie ****** to your eBay account they eat even more. Unless you're doing more than 10,000 dollars in business with them any given year, they're not worth it.
In the MOV, the single best way to sell remains doing it yourself and using yard signs and the local papers.
Everything else is a waste of money, potentially dangerous to your interests and bottom line, and rife with hidden problems that the average person is not aware of.
For such an industrious people as the MOV has, doing it yourself should not be too big a deal.
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A few of the pointers in this article seem to be vastly out of focus with the reality of the Mid Ohio Valley.
Yes, a real estate agent is less hassle that doing it yourself, but they will not speed up a sale. The house is going to sell when it's going to sell. Don't fool yourself that the agent is spending every waking minute selling your house. Most of the time they sit at the office doing little if anything.
Also, with the combination of low housing prices and many homes for sale in the MOV, the net effect is that there's too many homes for sale. With that many places in the market in our area, your home is probably not going to sell fast no matter what you do. Given that, there's little reason to give 6% to a realtor.
Craigslist is really only good for getting ripped off. You WILL get lowballed. You will get scams. You will get very few serious buyers out of the MOV. If you're going to buy from Craigslist, nearly everything in the MOV is listed very high priced.
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Article that focuses on the Cuban wooden charanga flute and its masters.
The Five-Key Charanga Flute
/ Article by David A. Pérez
A dying art form in modern Afro-Cuban music is the sound of the
five-key wooden transverse flute
, which in the 1950s and 1960s was dubbed the "charanga flute." Today, in Cuba, there are only a handful of musicians that can still play this classical instrument, as most artists have opted to play the modern Boehm system flute.
The modern flute is easier to play and features a separate tone hole for each note. The musician is capable of more expressive fingering. It was developed in the mid-1800s by Theobald Boehm, who is known as the father of the modern woodwind instruments. The five-key flute, unlike the Boehm system cylindrical instrument, is conical (smaller at the end away from the player) and is a direct descendant of the one-key transverse flute used by Frederick the Great in the 18th century.
During the 19th century, the transverse flute underwent many changes, with as many as eight keys being added to assist the musician in mastering the requirements of the concert orchestra and the new music that was being developed. In 1847, Boehm introduced the first of the modern full-key woodwind instruments. The five-key flute was divided into four sections to permit better intonation and easier tone production in the upper range.
The five-key instrument requires the musician to play fork fingered notes that restrict the range and sound of the instrument. So, when you hear the five-key flute generally, you may note an almost dry sound with the range of musical notes less numerous than those that can be played on the modern metal flute. For the musician of this classical instrument, tone is of the essence. There is a lot of soul required by the musician to achieve the right sound.
From the early part of the 20th century through the early 1960s, Cuba produced a long list of capable charanga flute players. Some were better than others. Some were able to produce exotic tones and some developed exceptional fingering techniques. Each one of these musicians had or has a unique style.
In the late 1930s, the music of the charanga changed and the flautist was able to move from a supporting role to a more prominent one that called on the musician to provide improvisational skills. As new recording techniques were developed, the charanga orchestration was extended to allow not only the piano an improvised solo, but also the flute and even the violin.
These are just a few five-key flautists who were prominent through the 1970s and into the 1980s:
Jose "Rolando" Lozano
- In 1953 he was on the first RCA Victor recordings made with
Orquesta Aragón de Cuba
. He left the band in 1955 and came to the United States where he was a founding member of
Orquesta Nuevo Ritmo de Cuba
(1959). He brought his classical instrument into the world of jazz with recordings made with Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaria, the Tito Puente Orchestra, the George Shearing Quintet and Francisco Aguabella. In 1979, he organized a charanga band that made one recording.
Jose Antonio Fajardo
- He began his musical career playing the five-key flute in the 1940s with
Paulina Alvarez and Arcaño y Sus Maravillas
. Fajardo started his first band in 1949 and by the early 1950s most of the members of Arcaño's organization were playing with him. Fajardo, like Lozano, is sure-fingered and capable of moving from charanga music to Cuban jazz to jazz. He can easily play the difficult low notes of the ancient flute and achieve a smooth sound when playing the higher range.
Fajardo y Sus Estrellas Cubanas
recorded on the Cuban Panart label. He recorded numerous other LPs on Coco, Fania, and Columbia (Sony). He can be heard with Charanga de la 4, Hector Rivera (1961), and some SAR all-star releases (1979-81). He has not recorded since the mid-1980s although he occasionally makes appearances in New York and Miami.
Albert Cruz (Pancho El Bravo)
- Known for his quick fingering and sharp tonal guajeos, Pancho El Bravo was definitely one of the top musicians in the charanga music scene. He played with
Orquesta Neno Gonzalez
, which had been organized in the mid-1930s and which rivaled Orquesta Aragón for smoothness and delivery. Pancho El Bravo started his own charanga band around 1959 and became very popular both in Cuba and the USA during the 1960s Pachanga craze. His band is still in existence, although he has been retired since 1985.
Joaquin Oliveros
- A student of the late Antonio Arcaño, Oliveros is a master of the five-key conical flute. He started out with
Orquesta Sensacion
in 1960 when he was only 18. He replaced another exceptional classical flute player, Juan Pablo Miranda (Panart releases: Cuban Jam Sessions). Oliveros is at home with classical music, with charanga music and with jazz. He is currently playing with Orquesta Charanga Típica Rubalcaba (headed by father of jazz pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba). He can be heard on the recent recording
Danzones - Orquesta Neno Gonzalez
, which was released on CD in 1994. He may well be one of the best.
Eddie Zervigon
- One of the young exiled Cubans who was able to organize (with his brothers) and maintain a successful charanga band in New York City for more than 30 years. Zervigon is an exceptional flute player.
Orquesta Broadway
was organized in 1961 and has remained a staple in New York despite lean periods when charanga was not in vogue (mid 1960s through the early 1970s and 1984 through the present). He has recorded on the SAR label with its all-stars and with a number of other top New York bands. Zervigon manages the tone and fingering with extreme grace.
Antonio Arcaño
- Shortly before his death in Havana in 1993, in a discussion with my brother, Arcaño insisted that he "was not a very good flautist." If he wasn't, he certainly left a legacy. His styling and short improvisational riffs were among the first to be recorded with a modern charanga band. His band with, among others, Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Orestes Lopez, Felix Reyna, and Enrique Jorrin produced innovations and styles that still have an impact on modern Cuban music. He did not record much after 1944. He directed a number of bands in Cuba in the late 1980s.
There are dozens of other musicians who play the charanga flute including
Richard Egues
(Orquesta Aragón and Orquesta Richard Egues) who switched to the Boehm system metal flute in the late 1960s,
Johnny Pacheco
Gustavo Cruz
(Charanga America),
George Castro
(Eddie Palmieri and Orquesta Típica Ideal),
Juan Pablo Miranda
(Orquesta Sensacion),
Eloy Martinez
(Orquesta Melodias del 40) and
Miguel O'Farrill
(Orquesta Enrique Jorrin).
Gilberto Valdés
led a charanga band in the 1940s and early 1950s and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie in the 1950s.
Gonzalo Fernandez
played with Rosendo Ruiz y su Orquesta in 1956, and, after a long stint in Europe, reappeared in New York recording with his own Orquesta Super Típica, a studio band, and Pupi Legaretta y Pacheco in the 1970s.
Pupi Legaretta
plays both violin and the five-key flute and can be heard with his own band (1960s and 1970s releases). Another smooth classical wood flute player was
Julio Guerra
who was a backup to Fajardo, appeared with Orquesta Estrellas Cubanas through the mid-1960s and with Mongo Santamaria on the 1960 release
Our Man in Havana
Certainly, there are many more. Some musicians that play the Boehm system flute are
Nestor Torres
(jazz, charanga and Afro-jazz),
Roger Sanchez
(Charlie Palmieri and the Orchestra Duboney),
David Valentin
(Son Primero, jazz ensembles, Orquesta Libre) and the late
Esy Morales
(brother of Noro) who appeared in several film noir movies in the early 1950s. His exotic stylings were used by many of the five-key flute players.
Whether modern or classical transverse flute systems are used, each flautist develops a unique style which enhances each and every performance.
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PALMER TWP -The first groundbreaking in a cemetery is never a happy story, but for Gard Cemetery, the first cemetery in Palmer Township, it is a particularly tragic tale.
Located down a long township road off Ohio 676, the cemetery is named for 6-month-old Jane Gard. Gard died in 1817 and was the first person to be buried there, said Palmer Township resident and retired teacher Sally Hale.
"They were cooking, and she pulled a kettle of scalding water onto herself and died of the burns," said Hale.
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Sally Hale, of Palmer Township, straightens the flag near the grave of Joseph Palmer Sr., the township's namesake and Hale's ancestor.
Gard's eccentric gravestone was lovingly carved by hand. Though a few letters are carved backwards and some words run out of space and have been continued on another line, it can still be read:
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Gard Cemetery
Located at the end of Palmer Township Road 657, also known as Gard Cemetery Road, which is off of Ohio 676.
Contains approximately 300 graves and is still used for burials, though infrequently.
Was named for 6-month-old Jane Gard, the first person to be buried there.
Is also the final resting place of many of the early pioneers of the area, including Joseph Palmer Sr., for whom the township was named.
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Two plots away lies Gard's grandfather, Cornelius Gard, the fourth settler in the township. In fact, Gard Cemetery is the final resting place of most of the early settlers of Palmer Township, including the township's namesake, Joseph Palmer Sr., said Hale.
"It was once said that it is rare that one sees a graveyard so filled with patriarchs and pioneers of a community," she added.
Hale, who is actually a descendant of Palmer, said he settled the area in 1802 after he purchased 160 acres of land from another nearby settler, Ephraim Cutler. Palmer, along with his wife and six children, migrated from Connecticut where Palmer had served in the Connecticut militia during the Revolutionary War.
Palmer is not the only soldier in the cemetery. His sons Jabish and Benjamin served in the war of 1812, though their service lasted just over a week before the war ended, said Hale. The cemetery is also home to six Civil War soldiers, said Scott Britton, executive director of The Castle and local historian.
The Palmer family was responsible for many significant milestones in the community. Shortly after settling, Palmer's seventh child became the second to be born in the area. In 1804, he built the area's first school. Though it went through several incarnations, Palmer School remained open until 1959.
"I attended it. I went there for seven years," said Hale.
Palmer was the first Justice of the Peace in the area. In 1807, Palmer was chosen to serve Washington County in the legislature. The next year, his oldest son, Joseph Palmer Jr. was the first person to get married in the community.
Hale still lives on the land, though not the house, once inhabited by Joseph Jr. Years ago, when cleaning out her attic, she stumbled upon an interesting piece of memorabilia.
"It is a program from the centennial in 1902. My grandma was there and she must have saved this," she said.
The program recaps much of the history of the early settlement, including the role of the Palmer family.
Gard Cemetery is spread out over a large area. Though it's home to nearly 300 graves, much of the tract is left open. The cemetery is still used, though infrequently. The last burial was in 2004, said Hale.
Though mowed frequently, some of the trees have began to take over, lifting headstones off of the ground and hiding others from view entirely.
Hale is also in the process of trying to get a new headstone for Joseph Sr.'s grave, and is still researching a primary source of proof of his service in the American Revolution.
Many soldiers' records are housed in the towns they lived in when they enlisted, said Jean Yost, president of the Marietta chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.
"You have to go back a lot of times to the original town records. Sometimes it is hard," said Yost.
Hale is not giving up easily though.
"I've had some trouble researching it, but I'm going to keep trying," she said.


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Note: You can use this by pressing CTRL + F or F3 , to find certain topics in this forum instead of skimming
Skill point distribution
Best time to open chests
Is this game fun?
Which hero is the best? (there is no best)
How to make coins fast?
Where do i farm exp?
Where do i get weapons?
When do I open chests and at what level?
How to get gems?
How did someone I didn't friend joined my 'friends only' dungeon?
Why buster no work? (aka flinching)
Vintage weapons?
How to add friends on Kong for Dungeon Rampage?
Ranger or Rare chest?
Rampagers Code of Conduct when entering a friends higher level dungeon
Guide to leaving early while getting bonus exp
Guide to those Un-wanted leechers
Playing Solo Vs Playing with Friends
Berserker (serk, zerks)
Ranger (archer, ranger)
Sorcerer (sorc, mage, wizard)
Chef (cook, chef)
Vampire hunter (vh, vamp)
Ghost samurai (gs, samu)
Pyromancer (pyro)
Dragon knight (DK, knight)
Unlimited pets
Limited Edition
Normal Mods
Character mods/ Legendary mods
Melee\Shooting\Magic power determines not the percentage of added damage but rather just adds 1 point of damage to your current weapon's attacks per 1 precious skill point. It may seem valuable addition in the beginning, but it's practically useless on higher levels.
On lvl100 some weapons can deal average a few thousands damage. So 3000 damage or 3025 makes almost no difference. Add your first three skill points to power (it can make a difference on the first stages) and then better add skill points to everything else.
This goes for everyone EXCEPT pyro! (By the time, dear newcomer, you've got enough gold or gems for pyro, the additional info about pyro's burning damage pros and cons will be provided, i hope.)
First of all: don't spend much gold on chests earlier in game
Or do spend :) But opening a common (brown) chest every time you get a new level will give you just slightly better weapon than before. Sometimes even worse, because you may get a weapon for -2 levels than your current lvl is.
For example, lvl30 berserk can get an axe for lvl28.
Better open a common chest each 5 levels till your character is level 20 or 30.
Once you reach level 20 or 30, open 1 uncommon (blue) chest. If you are lucky, you will get a nice weapon that will be sufficient for about next 10 levels.
Rare (yellow) chests are to be opened on higher levels – 50 or more.
Legendary (violet) chests are for highest levels. They contain the best weapon, but it still depends on your character's level. So opening legendary on low levels may give you a weapon, which attack will be outrun by a common weapon that you open 10 levels after it.
Yes, this game is rather enjoyable, but if you're rather skeptical try it out yourself
It all depends on what your favorite playing style is, whether it's killing from afar or up-close and personal.
Also all heroes have dungeons/monsters their strong against and those they have no effective attack against.
There are three really popular farming dungeons in this game, best to pick the dungeon you can farm the fastest:
Papa Yeti (by killing all the enemies, not just the boss) on Rookie League (~700 coins / run)
Prisoner's Keep Boss on Gladiator League (750-850 coins / run)
~ VH Boss/DBB ~
Dark Barrows Boss on Champion League ( ~1k / run)
Note: Leaving before the dungeon ends, saves you time to farm more money
~ Frostgaard ~
Frostgaard boss in Gladiator League, ideal for range classes (archer/ vampire hunter)
~ Save the Chef ~
Cretaceous Park boss in Gladiator League another option to get exp if doing the dungeon FGB is too challenging
There are only two places where you are able to receive weapons
1) Shop
2) Chests (not boss battle chests)
(0 mod) Common 1-100 (because of its non-weapon drops i.e. potions e.g. 2x xp or coin potions, health bombs etc.)
(1 mod) Uncommon 20~50
(2 mods) Rare ~50+
2 mods + 1 char mod) Legendary 90+
Note: Equipments from chest will always be around -2 to +1 your level of your equipped hero
Opening rare chests as late as you can in-game will save you lots of coins for the future (ex: instead of opening rares at level 50, but at level 60, or even level 70)
Also this is just a recommendation you don't need to follow it
Well its either you pay with real money or open a chest, wishing for the best. [http://i.imgur.com/wgCVd.png]
Common = 25 gems
uncommon = 25 or 50gems
Rare = 25 or 50 or 100 gems
Legendary = 25 or 50 or 100 or 200 (assumed from the pattern)
This is a case when someone on Kong (Kongregate) has added you from the chat, then refreshed once or twice. Then they have the power to join your dungeons public or not, although it's easy to fix just by blocking them.
That is when your class gets hit at the start of using their buster, when they get hit the class 'flinches' therefore not doing anything. Although there are a few classes that the busters work even if they have been flinched. An example is vampire hunter (vh), when she flinches her garlic bombs (buster) still drop without the pretty animations. Pyromancer (pyro) when flinched his/its buster will still work, but without animation and the surrounding enemies just die.
"Vintage weapons are weapons/scrolls that players already possessed when we introduced a new weapons system a couple of months ago" (ex: a samurai using a healing scroll).
– quote by Dr_Celerity –
There is no way for current users to obtain vintage items (don't worry they usually have weak stats anyway)
1) Click on the name of your friend in kongregate chat
2) Select [add friend] option
3) Refresh your browser 1-3 times until you see their name on your friends bar on dungeon rampage
Well if you aren't lvl 50 or higher with this problem, it is better to just buy the ranger class. You are basically wasting money by opening rare chests early on at the game, because you can level up rather quickly. In doing so 20k you end up spending becomes redundant, but if you bought ranger or chef (40k) it's not as useless.
You should all now be aware that the more players there are in a dungeon the harder the dungeon gets enemies will have more hp/def, damage and numbers. So it is recommended that before joining a dungeon you request permission first.
Your friend may be trying to accomplish a goal i.e. looking for chests, intent on finishing the dungeon or farming xp/coins.
When entering a high level dungeon and you are too weak to kill enemies do not go off on your own attracting mobs and then running to your higher leveled friend, some people don't appreciate using healthbombs unnecessarily. Stick together and support however you can and collect and above all do not leech you are benefiting from your friends hard work so at least try and make yourself useful instead of a burden.
This is very useful for fgb farming, or doing any level where you want the bonus exp at the end. Without having to wait for the victory screen for a rather long time.
Example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?0v=i2D4c_Qa2OI]
If you have someone that leeches of you (joins your dungeons, but does nothing) there are two main ways to deal with them..
Step 1:Block them and refresh once the dungeon ends
Step 1:Get a mob of enemies
Step 2:Run back to your pesky leecher
Step 3:Leecher dies (does not get coins anymore, but still can get exp)
Step 4:Laugh at him
Step 5:Laugh at him some more
Step 6:Then either finish the dungeon, block him afterwards or leave the dungeon
Playing solo is when you make a dungeon with the friends only option checked, in this way random people who aren't in your friends list cannot join your dungeon. Sometimes people in your friends list may accidentally join in your dungeon if your still at the spawn area and their doing the same dungeon. Playing solo has its benefits when solo the enemies are weaker with less hp and defense and sometimes even less attack power, . Playing with Friends or other players is fun but sometimes the dungeon can be VERY hard for instances like when your all units that can only do reduced damage and worse yet have low-level equips and are underleveled e.g. (All berserker team in PK dungeons).
Each hero has access to special skills and equipment that makes using them greatly differ in gameplay.
Most can do:
MELEE damage(Axes, hammers, swords, katanas etc.)
(Medium Katanas charge AoE effect seems to do magic damage as it deals regular damage to armored monsters while heavy katanas charge attack does range damage)
RANGE damage (Bows, Crossbows, Boomerangs, Throwing Knives, Shurikens)
MAGIC damage (Debuff Scrolls, Sorcerer Equips, Pyromancer Equips)
Note: You only get 78 skill points to assign so assign them wisely
The starting hero, The Berserker excels in melee damage dealing, hp regeneration and high hp. It can deal effective damage to monsters vulnerable to melee attacks with its axes and AoE (Area of Effect) hammers. It also can equip boomerang/rock to deal with monsters who are weak to range, sadly its boomerangs lack the range (distance) of shurikens and throwing knives.
BERSERK – It's buster is also quite useful by giving it and his nearby teammates
temporary invulnerability (invincibility has been taken out), increased attack speed, increased attack damage (melee, range and magic attack) and slight increase in movement speed for only 12 seconds. The effects do not stack together however, so it is better to activate another berserker buster after the first ones effects end.
Buster gives invulnerability (for 12 seconds)
high hp and health regen
Good melee unit
Low mana (slow regen)
Shortest range on range weapons (boomerang)
Effective range attackers, one of the most common classes, has access to range, melee, healing and buff and debuff scrolls. Has trouble with Tikihead monsters (but can cover with swords) and Armored monsters, but are effective on most flying monsters, ice cavern beasts. Rangers have the one of the highest power (2nd to Pyro) on a 1 versus 1 from the heavy bows. Therefore making boss dungeons (like: ice troll, Papa yeti) ideal for ranger
ARROWSTORM – Fires three rounds of Piercing wide range shots that does decent damage, each volley can be redirected once by changing directional buttons. ( The Mods on your bow seems to have no direct effect with the buster)
Group/self buffs and heal
Does lots of damage
Doesn't depend on mana (except scrolls)
Easy to kill (low def)
Mana usage (depletes fast from scrolls)
bows only hit 1 target (not ideal for battling mobs, unless bow has a pierce mod)
Sorcerer is a hero that specializes in immobilizing his enemies and it's buster serves to keep enemies away from him while he attacks them from a distance. Although not as powerful as the pyromancer it has access to healing, buffs and debuffs scrolls. Unlike Pyromancer the magic attacks don't burn the enemies (only stun) making it more vulnerable to mobs that have magic resist.
VOLT SHIELD – Summons 4 lightning Balls that form a barrier enemies that are too near will be pushed back and stunned, Volt shield is stackable meaning you can activate another buster and you will have twice as much lightning balls.
Better Mana regen than pyro
Access to scrolls
Its dungeon buster can stack multiple times enabling you to make more orbs that revolve around you(time & hit limit)
Magic coverage only
Bad staff charge attacks
Low def/hp
They are the tanks of the game able to heal itself and his teammates, buff and debuff with pots with its unique ability to make food/soup. Chef is also better than berserker at handling ice beasts and flying monsters due to its access to better throwing weapons, and mana regen. Although they have no effective attack against most armored monsters.
3 possible items you can get from cooking
Speed Soup – Increases the move speed of Chef
Shield Soup – Increases Chefs resistance to damage from traps (maybe attacks too)
Fury Soup – Increases Chefs Attack damage and Attack Speed
MEATEORS: Summons Flaming Cows that will leave hamburgers in the immediate area. Doesn't do too much damage but heals for a great deal, that and it looks funny _
Booster pot (Speed soup, Higher damage soup, Defence soup)
Makes food (hp)
Repeater attacks
Good buster (makes food too)
Best Tank ( A unit that can take a lot of hits to kill is called a Tank )
food pot (not needed since chef can make food)
Poison pot (really weak debuff)
Average speed
Weak melee attack


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The Measure L Advisory Committee is set to receive a crash course on funding sources for many of Ridgecrest's public works projects at its meeting on Monday, in addition to reviewing a report on the city's budget prepared by committee member Phil Salvatore.
Interim City Manager is expected to give a crash course on the Transportation Development Act and the Gas Tax revenue, two sources Ridgecrest can receive funding from for projects.
At the Nov. 7 meeting, Speer had provided an overview of various definitions and terminology relating to the city's streets and public works department.
Salvatore, the committee's vice chair, is expected to give an updated review of the budget report.
Salvatore has been attempting to create a baseline pattern of the city's budget for the last 10 years. The effort is in order to help ensure that Measure L revenue is properly spent on roads and public safety as was promised.
Salvatore has worked with city staff in the past to help wade through the nature of the city's budget documents.
The committee will also discuss a quarterly report regarding all Measure L expenditures once the revenue is transfered to the city in January.
One of the committee's proposed goals is to submit a quarterly report of all Measure L expenditures to the media and for public access as means of ensuring transparency and accountability.
A report is also expected from Ridgecrest Police Chief Ron Strand.
The committee will met at 5:30 p.m. Monday in City Hall's Conference Room Area B.
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In a new strategy to stop minor crimes from triggering deportations, Alameda County's district attorney has instructed prosecutors to allow some immigrants to avoid convictions that could get them expelled from the country.
District Attorney Nancy O'Malley's new policy makes Alameda one of a handful of counties in the nation, including Santa Clara, where prosecutors are openly considering the threat of deportation in evaluating how they seek guilty pleas for low-level crimes.
Some legal immigrants caught committing minor crimes might be able to avoid mandatory deportation in exchange for longer jail sentences or other penalties under O'Malley's new plea bargain guidelines.
"We're not talking about giving alternative charges to serious and violent felons," O'Malley said in an interview. "We're looking at this in minor crimes, such as misdemeanor petty theft and minor drug convictions."
According to federal laws made more strict in the 1990s, legal immigrants who have not obtained U.S. citizenship are forced to leave the country if they are convicted of certain crimes. Illegal immigrants, while always subject to deportation, can also face more severe consequences if convicted of a crime that bars them from ever returning.
Defense attorneys say the new policy could benefit some illegal immigrants, though O'Malley said the focus is on legal immigrants. O'Malley said she is following the lead of a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said "deportation is an integral part -- indeed, sometimes the most important part -- of the penalty that may be imposed on noncitizen defendants who plead guilty" to certain crimes.
The new guidelines follow similar rules that Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen issued last fall.
Rosen crafted his policy not long after defeating incumbent District Attorney Dolores Carr, who had vowed not to alter pleas for immigration-related reasons but was accused during the campaign of doing just that to help a Stanford University foreign student whose lawyer was a campaign contributor.
Now, Santa Clara prosecutors uniformly treat immigration consequences as a normal part of negotiations over criminal cases to avoid the "shattering, life-altering consequences" of deportation when such a punishment far exceeds the crime, said assistant district attorney David Angel.
In Santa Clara, as in Alameda, the policy mostly benefits legal immigrants or illegal immigrants who already had some chance at legal residency.
For the most part, "if someone's not here legally it's not going to help them," because they are already subject to deportation, Angel said.
The policy has helped Santa Clara avoid costly trials against immigrants who are more likely to settle if their guilty plea doesn't force them to leave the country, according to a Georgetown Law Journal study being published next month.
"For years, there had been a perception and ethic among prosecutors that a criminal defendant's immigration status was irrelevant to negotiations on the case," said Ray Keller, a senior assistant public defender for Alameda County. "There were many defendants charged with relatively minor crimes who would be convicted, pay a fine, be on probation, and then discover they would be deported after living legally in the country for 20 years and raising a family here."
It is unclear how many criminal cases Alameda County's new guidelines will affect, but since 2010 more than 1,700 people who were first arrested by local police in Alameda County have been deported. Of those, 73 percent had been convicted of a crime; about 29 percent had been convicted of crimes that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement labels as the most serious.
O'Malley downplayed the significance of her new guidelines, saying it was always "very rare" for a truly minor conviction to lead to deportation. "No specific formula" will dictate how her office prosecutes defendants who are not citizens, but prosecutors are being trained to understand complex immigration consequences and to incorporate that knowledge into bargaining for a guilty plea, she said.
For example, jail sentences could be reduced by a day to avoid mandatory deportation that comes with a yearlong sentence, or a defendant accused of dealing drugs could plead guilty to a lesser charge of possession, said Raha Jorjani, an in-house immigration consultant for the Alameda County Public Defender's Office who urged the district attorney to craft the new guidelines.
Citing the "dramatically raised" stakes of an immigrant's conviction because of laws enacted in the 1990s, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that defense attorneys must inform an immigrant if a conviction could result in deportation. The highest court took up the case after a truck driver and legal immigrant, Jose Padilla, had pleaded guilty in Kentucky to a felony drug charge, unaware that the conviction would force him to return to Honduras after decades living in the United States.


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Bayern Brings Lead Back Home
The Journal provides minute-by-minute analysis of the first leg of this Champions League Round of 16 matchup between Bayern Munich and Arsenal. Joshua Robinson offers commentary on the match from Emirates Stadium in North London.
Welcome to the Emirates Stadium in North London, where this Champions League Round of 16 matchup pits two teams at opposite ends of the confidence spectrum: Bayern Munich and Arsenal. Arsenal, reeling from its embarrassing FA Cup exit to second-tier Blackburn, is trying to prevent its season from collapsing entirely. Bayern, which has been just trouncing opponents in Germany, is out to remind people that this tournament isn't just about Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Some of the more pessimistic Arsenal supporters worry that this may be the last Champions League actionat Emirates Stadium for a while — and it very well could be if Arsenal is eliminated and doesn't overtake Tottenham for fourth place in the Premier League by the end of the season. (Only the Premier League's top four qualify for next year's Champions League.) The tension around the club was summed up in manager Arsène Wenger's testy news conference yesterday when he blew his top at reporters in defending his 16-year record at the club. "We are underdogs, yes. You just have to read the English press and you understand that," Wenger said.
But it's hard to deny that Bayern enters this two-legged series heavily favored. There are enough stats that describe Bayern's defensive prowess to make your head spin. But the one that is scaring Arsenal fans most is the club's record since German soccer returned from its winter break: Bayern has won its last five league games by a combined score of 13-0. In fact, the club has only conceded seven goals in the Bundesliga through 22 games this season, putting it firmly on pace to break the German record of 21 goals conceded in a 34-game campaign. Bayern has been so solid defensively that goalkeeper Manuel Neuer joked yesterday that sometimes, he didn't even have to shower after games.
Of course, Bayern isn't just about defense. Its attacking machine — which features the likes of Germany national team players Mario Gomez and Bastian Schweinsteiger, Netherlands international Arjen Robben and France winger Franck Ribery — is pretty spectacular, too. The German side had nine different goalscorers in its six games in the group stage of the Champions League.
Still, the clubs have this in common: They are both playing with a chip on their shoulder. Last year's penalty-shootout defeat to Chelsea in the final continues to sting Bayern. And Arsenal knows that its only path into the 2013-2014 Champions League might very well be to win this edition.
Speaking of Neuer, you're likely to hear a fair amount about Neuer's special four-fingered glove tonight. His glove manufacturer sewed two of the fingers together on the right hand so that his bruised fingers could be taped to each other inside it. It's actually not a big deal, contrary to what the British papers will have you believe. Goalies do this all the time, including Spain and Real Madrid's Iker Casillas who has played with a four-fingered glove since the 2006 World Cup.
As expected, Arsenal made wholesale changes to the lineup that lost against Blackburn on Saturday, notably with Theo Walcott starting up front instead of Oliver Giroud. Here's how they'll start, in an expected 4-2-3-1 formation: Szczesny (GK); Vermaelen, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Sagna; Arteta, Wilshere; Podolski, Cazorla, Ramsey; Walcott.
Bayern, meanwhile, can afford to start with the likes of Mario Gomez, Arjen Robben, and Xherdan Shaqiri on the bench. It'll be Mario Mandzukic leading the line for the visitors. The lineup, also in a 4-2-3-1: Neuer (GK); Lahm, Van Buyten, Dante, Alaba; Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez; Ribery, Kroos, Muller; Mandzukic.
Bayern's brought a solid contingent of fans to London, many of them actually wearing lederhosen (which is just wonderful). And they're already in full voice, waving red and white flags (which is just confusing, since those are also Arsenal's colors). With three minutes to kickoff, they've also set off their first flare. Feels more like a German stadium already.
We're off! And it's louder in here than it's been in quite a while. Arsenal fans haven't exactly been the most confident bunch lately.
0-0, 2nd minute
Under a mist of flare smoke and with the entire Bayern section bouncing, Arsenal's first venture into the Bayern half ends with a sloppy pass from Aaron Ramsey.
0-0, 4th minute
Positive start from Arsenal. After some neat work by Sagna and Arteta down the right side, Cazorla finds enough room to break and send in a low cross. But it doesn't clear the first man and Schweinsteiger's toe is enough to keep it out of danger.
0-0, 6th minute
Bayern switches the play very quickly from right to left and back again to produce a shot, and it goes behind for a corner. Ramsey clears it away at the near post.
0-0, 6th minute
This time it's Walcott who finds some room on the Arsenal right, even if no one can keep up with him to get on the end of his cross. The ensuing corner goes nowhere as Neuer is fouled.
1-0 Bayern, 8th minute
Goal! It didn't take long, and Toni Kroos has put the visitors in front.
1-0 Bayern, 9th minute
Arsene Wenger said yesterday that it was absolutely "vital" for Arsenal to keep a clean sheet tonight, even if it meant taking a 0-0 tie to Germany for the second leg. That's gone out the window now. And it's Bayern that has an all-important away goal. Bayern worked a good cross from the right, missing an Arsenal defender, and Toni Kroos was at the top of the box to knock the half-volley past Szczesny.
1-0 Bayern, 10th minute
What now for Arsenal? That goal was a shock to the system. It could be a very long night here for the Gunners in front of their suddenly quiet home fans.
1-0 Bayern, 12th minute
Bayern doesn't look satisfied with just one goal. And why should they be? They're pressing very high up the pitch now and hoping to force an Arsenal mistake.
1-0 Bayern, 13th minute
Despite the pressure, Arsenal is still looking to create opportunities on the break and they're finding space on the right side. Walcott's pace will be a big part of the game plan — the last two Arsenal moves have gone through him.
1-0 Bayern, 15th minute
Bayern was almost in there as Mertesacker gives the ball away to Javi Martinez in his own third. Martinez finds Mandzukic, but the attack is only briefly repelled. Long enough for Vermaelen to give away a free kick, and earn a yellow card, about 25 yards from goal.
1-0 Bayern, 16th minute
The free kick hits a Bayern player and goes a few feet wide of the Arsenal goal.
1-0 Bayern, 18th minute
Ribery, who started the game on the left, is now cropping up on the right side and in central positions for Bayern and causing problems. It'll be interesting to see if he continues to test Arsenal's makeshift left back, Thomas Vermaelen. (Certainly a better option than going up against Sagna on the opposite side.)
1-0 Bayern, 19th minute
Yet another Bayern corner ends at the feet of Philipp Lahm on the edge of the Arsenal box. He fires harmlessly over.
2-0 Bayern, 22nd minute
Goal! Bayern scores off the latest corner kick and the Emirates goes positively silent.
2-0 Bayern, 22nd minute
Thomas Muller snuck in at the near post to give Bayern the 2-0 lead. Just poor defending on that corner. And some real soul-searching going on on the Arsenal bench.
2-0 Bayern, 24th minute
Bacary Sagna gets booked, prompting angry boos from the Arsenal fans. And they only get louder moments later when Sagna is fouled and the referee keeps his card in his pocket.
2-0 Bayern, 25th minute
The tackles flying in from Arsenal players now. Mikel Arteta is the latest Gunner to go in the book for his tackle on Mandzukic.
2-0 Bayern, 28th minute
Arsenal really hasn't changed much about the way it's playing since going 2-0 down. They're still trying to play through Walcott up the middle and, at times, trying their luck down the right, but they haven't produced a worthwhile final ball all night. Walcott's poor attempt to find Cazorla just now is the latest example.
2-0 Bayern, 31st minute
A rare mistake by Schweinsteiger gives Arsenal possession deep in the Bayern half and, once again, it goes nowhere. A moment before that, Mandzukic reminded Arsenal how dangerous Bayern can be on the break, too (on top of everything else) by streaking 60 yards along the line with the ball at his feet.
2-0 Bayern, 32nd minute
Sagna combines with Cazorla on the Arsenal right, but when Cazorla crosses, Lukas Podolski is the only red shirt in the Bayern box. Hard to believe that Arsenal is still being so cautious while trailing 2-0.
2-0 Bayern, 34th minute
A nasty collision there between Dante and Walcott results in a free kick for Arsenal. Wilshere lofts it into the area, but one black-shirted block later, all is calm again in the Bayern box.
2-0 Bayern, 36th minute
Ironic cheers from the Arsenal fans as Muller goes in the book for a sliding challenge on Ramsey.
2-0 Bayern, 37th minute
A gift from Bayern! Alaba slips deep into his own half and coughs up the ball to Sagna, who passes to an unmarked Walcott in the penalty area. But Walcott seems almost surprised to get it and goes backwards. You can imagine where it went from there. Arsenal lost the ball.
2-0 Bayern, 39th minute
Arsenal's actually had some decent possession the last couple minutes, but Bayern is just so organized in defense. You can look across the field and watch the defenders almost move in lockstep with one another when they don't have the ball.
2-0 Bayern, 40th minute
I have to say, Schweinsteiger has covered an unbelievable amount of ground in this first half. He's deep when Arsenal has the ball and always involved when Bayern is attacking.
2-0 Bayern, 42nd minute
More decent possession from Arsenal has the fans howling at Arteta to shoot. But it hasn't happened yet. In fact, Neuer hasn't had a serious save to make in this game. Maybe he wasn't kidding yesterday when he said that being Bayern's goalkeeper could be boring.
2-0 Bayern, 44th minute
Wilshere charges through middle, beating a couple of Bayern players, only to be brought down on the edge of the box. No free kick. One note from earlier, though. The big screen inside the Emirates incorrectly attributed a yellow card to Muller. It was in fact for Schweinsteiger, meaning he will miss the return leg. At this rate, Bayern may not need him.
2-0 Bayern, 45th minute
We'll have two minutes of stoppage time.
2-0 Bayern, Halftime
That'll do it for the first half as boos ring out around the stadium. Arsenal has been bright in patches, but Bayern has been generally brilliant. From its impressive defensive work to its clinical finishing, it's pretty clear why the German side is running away with the German league. Classy stuff. Arsenal will need to make some serious changes in the second half, though there isn't much by way of support from the bench. Perhaps Giroud's physical presence could make a difference.
But Arsenal fans will remember another Champions League comeback here from two years ago. The Gunners came from 2-0 down against Barcelona to draw 2-2. It'll take something equally special.
2-0 Bayern, Halftime
Just now getting a chance to see multiple replays of the second Bayern goal, when Van Buyten headed toward goal at the near post, Szczesny pushed the ball in front of him and Muller was on hand to clean up the rebound. The discussion for Arsenal will once again center on the question of zonal marking on set pieces. Will Arsenal ever get the hang of it? And should they be doing it at all? Van Buyten was all but free with no defender specifically assigned to pick him up. Then, once Arsenal gave up that first header, there were always going to be problems.
2-0 Bayern, 46th minute
And we're off for the second half.
2-0 Bayern, 48th minute
The home fans are singing for Olivier Giroud as he warms up on the near sideline.
2-0 Bayern, 51st minute
Bayern, to its credit, is still swinging here early in the second half. Schweinsteiger has started a little more advanced, while Kroos and Muller are marauding up top. A couple of times already, they've threatened to add a third. If Schweinsteiger had seen Muller to his right a moment ago, Muller would have had a clear view of goal.
2-1 Bayern, 54th minute
Goal! From a corner kick, Arsenal shows that it's not dead yet.
2-1 Bayern, 55th minute
Feeding off scraps, Arsenal earned a corner. Wilshere whipped it in from the right side and Neuer came to claim it but never got close. It bounced at the top of the six yard box where Podolski was on hand to head home against his former club.
2-1 Bayern, 59th minute
Arsenal fans in here are feeling better about this now as Walcott bends in a long free kick, forcing Neuer off his line to punch clear. This time, the German goalkeeper was commanding in the air.
2-1 Bayern, 63rd minute
Bayern comes close now, again off a corner kick, as Dante heads over the crossbar.
2-1 Bayern, 68th minute
Bayern wins a free kick for Schweinsteiger to take about 25 yards out. He has a look at goal an fires over. A third one would surely end all Arsenal hopes.
2-1 Bayern, 69th minute
Two half-chances go begging for Arsenal. First, a through ball just gets away from Wilshere on the right side of the penalty area. Then Podolski's shot is blocked. The goal has injected a little life back into this Arsenal side, but not yet enough to really worry Bayern in open play.
2-1 Bayern, 71st minute
Double change for Arsenal: Ramsey and Podolski, who have both picked up yellow cards tonight, are replaced by Tomas Rosicky and Olivier Giroud.
2-1 Bayern, 73rd minute
Chance for an equalizer! The subs nearly make an immediate impact. Rosicky crosses from the right and Giroud, with his first touch of the game, fires straight at Neuer.
2-1 Bayern, 74th minute
Bayern replies with a change of its own. The more defensive-minded Gustavo comes on to replace Toni Kroos.
2-1 Bayern, 76th minute
Neither team able to develop much of a rhythm these last few minutes, but that's not a terrible thing for Arsenal, who have taken the wind out Bayern's sails with some improved pressing.
3-1 Bayern, 77th minute
Goal! Just as Bayern seemed to be fading, it's Mandzukic with the killer goal.
3-1 Bayern, 79th minute
An excellent move leads to an opening on the right for Philipp Lahm to cross. The ball popped up in the six-yard box from a botched clearance and Mandzukic was there to bundle it home. That should do it for tonight, and probably for Arsenal's hunt for a trophy this season.
3-1 Bayern, 80th minute
Bayern, by the way, has also brought on Germany national team player Mario Gomez.
3-1 Bayern, 83rd minute
Feels a little like we're running out the clock now. Although, last time I typed that the game was getting bogged down, Bayern came up with the third goal. Shows that Bayern doesn't care — they seem to just turn it on.
3-1 Bayern, 84th minute
Rosicky's added a little dynamism for Arsenal on the right and is certainly more positive in his play than Ramsey. Should he have started instead, even if can only give Arsenal about 60 minutes?
3-1 Bayern, 85th minute
Lovely interchange from Bayern on the right side — they're trying backheels now — and they're perfectly content to hang onto the ball. Then, when they lose it, they're so quick to get on top of Arsenal that they can barely pass it forward. This is how you close out a game.
3-1 Bayern, 88th minute
Once again, the Bayern section is jumping. Arsenal counters with a "We love you, Arsenal" chant, but it probably won't sound that way in the morning. The criticism that was piled on Wenger and the club after Saturday's defeat will get even louder — right along with the "Wenger Out" sentiment among sections of the fans.
3-1 Bayern, 90th minute
Cazorla plays a lovely ball toward the overlapping Vermaelen on the left. He's brought down by Lahm and it will be a free kick for Arsenal just on the edge of the box.
3-1 Bayern, 90th minute
Cazorla tries to put it in on goal from a difficult angle and just ends up hitting Gomez. We'll have three minutes of stoppage time.
3-1 Bayern, 92nd minute
Bayern absorbs what little pressure Arsenal can provide at this stage. Tightly bunched on the edge of their penalty area, the defenders easily stop what could be the final attack from Arsenal, never leaving room for a shot.
3-1 Bayern, Final
The boos are back for Arsenal and Wenger, who heads straight down the tunnel. Bayern was irresistible in the first half and the bulk of the damage, a 2-0 lead, was done by halftime.
This tie is all but settled, even before the second leg is played in Munich. Because of Bayern's three away goals, Arsenal will need to score at least three times in Germany, since even a 2-0 victory wouldn't see the Gunners through.
The few detractors that Bayern might have had before tonight, meanwhile, were effectively silenced by a nearly flawless performance: solid in the back (outside of Neuer's mistake, which led to the Arsenal goal), organized in midfield, deadly in attack. In the end, Bayern had six shots on target, but converted three of them. Expect the German side, almost certainly into the quarterfinals, to be among the favorites to win the whole thing in the morning.


text: Bil Keane, the creator of America's worst cartoon for sober people/best cartoon for high people "Family Circus," has died. Keane's anodyne, willfully unfunny and baffling cartoons led writer Daniel Radosh to ask, in reaction to the deaths of noted artists and celebrities, "Why Not Bil Keane?" God has finally listened to you, Daniel.


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Oh, sure, I look (and feel) relaxed, but what about my comedy chops and comedic timing? Have I lost it some, being off stage for more than two weeks? Nah, not worried, plus Gene Pompa is here at the Harveys Improv and he's back this time as a headliner.
He was promoted during my vacation and, hey, during these tough times it's quite an accomplishment.
If you've never had the Gene Pompa experience, it's like, well, something out of a black-and-white movie. He's dry, prolific, and a very good writer, too. In fact, Gene has written for a lot television shows; that's pretty amazing. Shows like "The Brothers Garcia" on Nickelodeon; he's performed on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," starred in his own half hour Comedy Central special, and even appeared on FOX's "In Living Color" and cable shows on Showtime, HBO, MTV, MUN2, Galavision and even as a contestant on the Game Show Network.
On the big screen, Gene was paid to feel up Jennifer Aniston in the movie "Just Go With It," starring Aniston and Adam Sandler. When I say "feel up," I mean there's a scene where Gene touched Aniston's breast. When I asked him how many takes were required to get it down, he said, "37 takes before the director" (and probably Gene) "was satisfied."
Gene was born in East Los Angeles to a very strict, Catholic, Mexican-American upbringing, so that probably explains his style of the funny. He incorporates a lot of his multi-ethnic upbringing into his show, which is very funny, often times making himself the butt of the joke. Pompa's offbeat perspective on comedy crosses all racial and ethnic lines and goes over well with everyone from college age audiences to a more mature crowd.
Gene credits comedic legends Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Steve Martin as being his influences. That in itself is a cross-section of comedy from several walks of life.
Gene Pompa, folks. Be there this week through Sunday, June 10.
Welcome yet another first-timer to the comedy club: Taylor Williamson.
He started out in San Diego, moved to Los Angeles to find his comedic dream and was just waiting for a shot to get to the lake to complete his dream.
When it comes to performing, this guy is everywhere, circling the globe, having performed at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, then being the youngest person to perform on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," MTV's "TRL," which was canceled a couple of weeks later but freeing him up to be on Comedy Central's "Live At Gotham" in New York, which was also canceled. He did appear on the now-canceled "Last Comic Standing" on NBC, being a semi-finalist and eventually lost.


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Charlotte deputies step up traffic enforcement
Published: Monday, December 31, 2012 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 4:36 p.m.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies are stepping up traffic enforcement this week at several locations.
Expect to be pulled over if you exceed the speed limit on Burnt Store Road, from Punta Gorda to the Lee County line, and on Midway Boulevard in Port Charlotte.
Deputies will also crack down on right-of-way violators at Jones Loop Road and Interstate 75 in Punta Gorda and at U.S. 41 and Toledo Blade Boulevard in Port Charlotte.
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Associate Professor of Christian Education, and Director of the Masters Studies ProgramDepartment of Practical Theology104 Tennent Hall609.497.7739fax 609.497.7829Email: [email protected](Presbyterian)
Princeton Theological Seminary associate professor of Christian education Gordon Mikoski earned his M.Div. and M.A. degrees from the Seminary, and his Ph.D. degree from Emory University. His research and teaching interests focus on the sacraments, the doctrine of the Trinity, and Christian education. His book Baptism and Christian Identity: Teaching in the Triune Name (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009) explores these issues in dialogue with Gregory of Nyssa and John Calvin., He serves as the editor for Theology Today and is the president of the Association of Practical Theology. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he served a church in Michigan for eight years before returning to academia.
With Piety and Learning: The History of Practical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, with Richard Osmer (Lit Verlag, forthcoming)."Mainline Protestant Practical Theology" in The Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology (Blackwell, forthcoming 2011). "Practices" in the Baker Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (Baker, forthcoming 2011). "Teaching Against Torture: Liturgical Catechesis in Exceptional Circumstances" in Religious Education (2009). "On the Pedagogical Implications of Moving the Fence: From Unfinished Reforms to Mystagogical Catechesis," Call to Worship 42(1), 2008. "Educating and Forming Disciples for the Reign of God: Reflections on Youth Pilgrimages to the Holy Land" in Craig R. Dykstra and Dorothy C. Bass, eds., For Life Abundant (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008)."Baptism, Trinity, and Ecclesial Pedagogy in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa" in Scottish Journal of Theology 59(2) (2006): 175–182 "H. Richard Niebuhr and Fowler's Evolution as a Theologian" Developing a Public Faith: New Directions in Practical Theology (Chalice Press, 2003)
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