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Badgermania reigned in 1934 at Amarillo.
According to a Sept. 2, 1934, Amarillo Globe story, between 75 and 80 members of the Amarillo College Badgers football team were preparing to defend their 1933 state junior college football championship when they reported to Coach Frank Kimbrough at Butler Field the next morning.
Evidently speed was prized more than power in the '30s.
"Bringing together a line that will have to shrink before the 180-pound average is reached, the lettermen, new candidates and squadmen from last year's team will answer to roll call twice daily between tomorrow and the beginning of college classes," the account read.
The story gave a bright outlook for the 1934 Badger gridiron warriors:
"Among the most promising backfield men who will report for the training session will be Jack Russell of Hereford, 165; Ed Cherry of Shamrock, 190; Bob Howes of Amarillo, 200; Eldon Mahuron of Amarillo, 155; G.C. Beal of Amarillo, 160 and J.E. Peach of Amarillo.
"To give this group of backfield men a good interference will be a line ranging from 170 pounds to 215, among them to be the following: Odis Crowell of Flomont, 200; Harvey Blue of Acne, 215; Harry Price of Breckenridge, 190; Francis Sport of Childress, 195; Wayne Kelley of Pampa, 180; Rex Sanders of Amarillo, 175; John Mann of Amarillo, 170; Herman Price of Breckenridge, 180; Roscoe Pennell of Pampa, 175; Rufus Walker of Pampa, 170; Phillip Powell of Pampa, 200; Belmont Slagle of Panhandle, 170; Ed Womble of Amarillo, 180 and Vestal Newberry of Childress, 170.
"With this group only as a mere skeleton of the material Kimbrough will have to chose from, prospects around the Badger camp are beginning to take on a bright glow. The state Junior Championship is in the hands of one of the heaviest and fastest junior college teams in the state of Texas.
"The two workouts will be held daily from 8 o'clock in the morning until 10 and from 2 until 4 o'clock.
"Coach Kimbrough has a group of boys totally strange to him, but from the records of these youngsters, a real team will be on the field to carry the name 'Amarillo' again to the top in junior college football."
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Festival Gotico in Malaga
My trip to Spain was delightful. Folks in Madrid bought copies of the rather handsome Spanish edition of Polly. In Malaga, I was less known, so I fell back on the sure-fire approach of sketching folks favorite characters. Malaga is the home of Facebook's Club Batman, so there was lots of Batman-related requests, which was not a problem. Here's a selection of the sketches.
For those of you heading to Wondercon next month, I will be making an appearance at the Oni table for an hour each day. Check in at Oni's booth for times. Nothing new, I'm afraid, but be sure to get any books you don't already have, or a piece of original art. Anyone who gives the code word "Sous Chef" gets a quick free sketch. (was just watching Ratatouille)
If there are any Spaniards reading my blog, I will also be appearing at Festival Gótico in Málaga from the 26th through the 28th. The code word there is "Banderas".
The Coven, first look
Here's a glance into the Coven backup feature that I will be illustrating for DC, featured on their blog.
Editor Rachel Gluckstern talks The Coven with Rex Ogle and Ted Naifeh
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So, I've been teasing you all with a big announcement for a couple of weeks. I was hoping for more fanfare, but since some of you folks are already on the edge of your seats, and some of you already read the Diamond catalog, I'll go ahead and spill.
As of last week, I'm officially drawing a DC comics back-up feature called The Coven, appear in the Teen Titans series. The Coven is about three teenage characters from the DC universe with off-the-charts magical abilities, and, of course, huge amounts of angst. The series is already solicited through Diamond Distribution, and should appear on the shelves of your local comic shops in August. I hear my pencils are the talk of the art department at the DC office. Unfortunately, I can't post them or tell you any more about the series until next week, when hot young writer Rex Ogle and I will be interviewed on DC's blog. But I'll be sure to cross-post.
For those of you worried that I'm going to be swallowed up by the DC machine, rest assured that I will remain predominately an indy artist, devoted to my personal projects. But a guy has to pay the bills somehow. And frankly, I'm not above taking a few mainstream fans with me to the dark side.
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The seizure of an online drug market, sometimes referred to as the Amazon of illegal drugs, has led to the second biggest Bitcoin seizure in the crypto-currency's four-year history.
That's according to Time, which in detailing the U.S. law enforcement take down of Silk Road, where users could buy everything from marijuana to heroin, noted the FBI seized approximately $3.6 million (about £2.2m, AU$3.8m) in Bitcoin.
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NEW YORK — The other night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Cuba Gooding Jr. came bounding on stage. He already had put in two hours performing in "The Trip to Bountiful," but heard a group of people had stayed after the show to speak to the creators.
He also had heard that some in the group were Morgan Stanley bankers.
"It's time for you all to show me the money!" he cracked.
The bankers burst out laughing after hearing the signature line that earned Gooding an Oscar. He then posed for pictures and signed their programs.
"He is still in essence a big kid in a man's body. That energy and that warmth and that humor is infectious," says director Michael Wilson. "And it's all genuine. None of it is put on."
Meeting Gooding bears that out. There's a youthful energy to the 45-year-old that practically buzzes as he makes his professional stage debut. The last time he performed live was in high school, but it's where he was first inspired.
"This is what made me fall in love with acting. Now it's like I'm living that again and I finally feel awakened," he says.
Gooding co-stars in the revival of Horton Foote's masterpiece about getting back home. He stars opposite Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Tom Wopat. Tyson plays a widow who shares an apartment with her devoted son, played by Gooding, and overbearing daughter-in-law, played by Williams. The widow steals away to Bountiful, a tiny town where she spent her youth.
In many ways, it is Gooding's trip as well after a few fallow years where his career seemed mired. The guy who'd won an Oscar for 1996's "Jerry Maguire" was now appearing in lackluster fare such as "Rat Race" and "Snow Dogs."
Gooding admits to some acting mistakes and getting caught up in the silly business of who gets the top magazine covers. But he says a new chapter has opened.
"There was so much expectation after I won the Oscar. And ... the negativity about me and my choices. And there were some missteps on my part. I was saying 'no' to a lot of good directors.
"Now that I'm at this creative place, I understand the path God put me on. He put me where I'm supposed to be. ... Now, if there's anything to prove, it's that that first pro-mise of my ability was correct and I'm ready to engage again."
Gooding, whose home is in Los Angeles, has been flirting with a stage debut for a few years, but needed something special to make him leave his wife and three children.
He was recently offered the part of Stanley Kowalski in a revival of "Streetcar Named Desire" in London, but plans fell through. Then his agent sent him "Bountiful."
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"I didn't know how important that movie was until I looked back on my career," he says.
Besides Broadway, Gooding has three movies he's proud of that are coming out: "The Butler," about a black butler who worked in the White House; "Life of a King," about an inner-city chess club; and an untitled film on runaway slaves.
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DailyTech reported yesterday on GM's announcement that it had found a buyer for the Hummer brand of heavy utility vehicles. The mystery buyer promised to take on the brand and help expand its international presence. In the process it saved a number of jobs at Hummer plants and helped GM complete a major step toward moving out of bankruptcy.
Now the identity of the mystery buyer has been revealed. Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd., a Chinese industrial firm, will be purchasing the brand and attempting to revive it.
States Yang Yi, chief executive of Tengzhong, "We plan to ... allow Hummer to innovate and grow in exciting new ways under the leadership and continuity of its current management team."
He did, however, hint at changes stating that the deal "will allow Hummer to better meet demand for new products such as more fuel-efficient vehicles in the U.S."
The companies hope to have the deal finalized by September. The deal does not concern the military Hummer technology owned by defense contractor AM General, which licensed the brand name to GM for civilian vehicle purposes. AM General will now, in turn, license the name to Sichuan Tengzhong, which will continue the civilian Hummer development.
quote: America is selling off all its manufacturing assets simply because we can't compete with workers in China who make 50¢ an hour .
quote: So when I come into these forums to see these ass clowns rail on Obama or Pelosi for being socialist, reciting Fox News talking points, it pisses me off that the education here in the US is so poor to create this morons.
quote: Besides the US and Europe though, we're profitable everywhere else.
quote: labor component of parts we buy varies considerably but is often 2-6% of the component price in the US and Canada. In 90% of the cases, even if labor were free in China, Korea India,Japan etc it wouldn't make up for the transportation costs.
quote: It's quite comical that your rebuttal tries bash others viewpoints while trying to blame Fox News. There is only one group of people who do that - angry liberals.
quote: The deal does not concern the military Hummer technology owned by defense contractor AM General, which licensed the brand name to GM for civilian vehicle purposes.
quote: Well... to be fair, if a person has more dollars than sense coupled with a tragically small penis... the H2 might be worthwhile.
quote: also that .txt file paints a even darker picture. mainland china had 490 billion in security's in march 2008 and 767 billion in march 2009 . +277 billion in a year! if china doesn't own your debt now their gonna very soon.
quote: But why won't the current government do this? Because they are afraid that what people really want is not in line with their agenda of catastrophe, fear mongering, global warming, and social belt tightening.
quote: In a free market, let the automakers produce 5mpg, 10mpg, 15mpg, 20mpg.....55mpg cars without regulation. Let the people decide what to buy. The sales figures will tell the automaker what people want and don't want.
quote: I know you're yelling purely on emotion as most anti-oil drilling liberals do
quote: Your kidding right? If the U.S. automakers were allowed to produce whatever they wanted they would have gone down faster than a cheap hooker after being offered $200 for a blow job when gas hit $4/gallon.
quote: If CAFE didn't exist I doubt any of the American car companies would have even been making cars (as opposed to truck/SUVs), much less small cars.
quote: Only at $3+/gallon gas did any U.S. consumers actually think about how much gas they were using to drive the behemoth around.
quote: You make the claim that Toyota and Honda always made these cars.
quote: Please bring one of your yank tanks down here to AUS, and go outback. Try going from Brisbane to Perth via Alice Springs. Hint: Bring your sand tires, several spares as well, several jerry cans of fuel and several more of water.
quote: Then when gas hit $4/gallon their gas guzzler sales would have dried up (like it did), but they wouldn't have had anything to fall back on.
quote: Tax gas like crazy. Distrabute the gas tax total at the end of the year evenly to all taxpayers/citizens. That would have worked much better than CAFE.
quote: They are out of control.
quote: guess as an engineer, I like to see a problem effectively solved.
quote: 100% agree that US's (mine) current system of government is out of control
quote: since at least Reagon, no Carter, no Nixon.
quote: The second Bush was a great leader
quote: What I would like to see is a tax on vehicle weight and the tax go directly to road upkeep. At least they don't have that here in CO.
quote: ou can't be serious? Repeal 100 years of labor laws???
quote: Lets out compete China by turning into China!!!
quote: Actually, the economy isn't screwed up now.
quote: It was screwed up before when people were racking up massive amounts of debt.
quote: Amtrack Motors, I mean Government Motors , is proof of that.
quote: America needs to move towards socialism if it wants to compete in the global market. We will probably learn this the hard way.
quote: 1. I agree on this, everyone should be responsible to the same percentage of income, regardless of class. As it is right now, the lower class to upper middle class are responsible for the vast majority of tax dollars in the country. Some people think they rich are but a majority of the time they have access to so many tax write offs they're paying close to nothing.
quote: 3. I can safely say that more of my check goes towards social security tax than to actual federal income taxes. About 2-3 times more in fact. I'm ok with the eliminating future and continued social security for the current and future working generations as long as they give me the money back that I've already paid into the system that I'll never see again.
quote: Super Rich don't pay thier fair share
quote: I think that requirement for people earning under 50,000 to even file a tax return is ludicious. They pay such a small percentage of the nations income tax (less than 3%) a balance that could easily be made up by increasing the top bracket by a few percentage.
quote: What is their fair share? How much would you like to steal from them? Please, tell me. How much more of their success would you like to penalize so that you don't have to pay any taxes?
quote: You're blaming the wrong people Keeir. Instead of milking the rich, why don't you to go down to the ghetto, and tell those poor people to quit expecting a handout of money, food, and house payments...and go get a F*cking job. Oh, and then tell them that they will pay just as much in taxes as everyone else.
quote: The average american pays 33% of income for income taxes and 21% of income for health care, which totals 54%
quote: which totals 54%, close to what Socalist europe pays in taxes up front.
quote: The difference is they get more bang for their buck.
quote: Europeans actually have more disposable income, as they get more for less.
quote: Flat tax won't work, because you would have to set it too low in order to spare the poor
quote: A sales tax, or Value Added Tax (per Europe) would be a much fairer system.
quote: Never mind the billions in contracts, setting up equipment, building new refinaries, all for a resource we won't need in 10 years.
quote: In short: You want to return to 1900, where all the wealth was in the hands of the wealthy, workers were exploited, no controls were in place, and the middle class did not exist.
quote: Without SS, you would currently have millions more living in poverty.
quote: We have a "Free Market" system, so let government be free to compete, just like any other business. If the product is good, people will buy. If not, they government gets out of the industry.
quote: Due to less people farming, you would have overall higher prices for food, and occasional food shortages...Hence the subsidies.
quote: Maybe spending some money to help these states grow would help with the problem (while giving the US more trade partners)?
quote: In the end, your choice is between an increasingly impoverished poorer portion of society and ever-increasing police/security budgets to contain them
quote: The last I would add to that is that the pay through this program shouldn't be great. It should be very desirable to get out of that system and back into the private market.


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|Strategic Sales Process Adaptation: Relationship Orientation of the Sales Process in a Business-to-Business Context
|Viio, Paul
|Hanken School of Economics, Department of Marketing, Marketing
Svenska handelshögskolan, institutionen för marknadsföring, marknadsföring
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|Although previous research has recognised adaptation as a central aspect in relationships, the adaptation of the sales process to the buying process has not been studied. Furthermore, the linking of relationship orientation as mindset with adaptation as a strategy and forming the means has not been elaborated upon in previous research. Adaptation in the context of relationships has mostly been studied in relationship marketing. In sales and sales management research, adaptation has been studied with reference to personal selling. This study focuses on adaptation of the sales process to strategically match it to the buyer's mindset and buying process. The purpose of this study is to develop a framework for strategic adaptation of the seller's sales process to match the buyer's buying process in a business-to-business context to make sales processes more relationship oriented. In order to arrive at a holistic view of adaptation of the sales process during relationship initiation, both the seller and buyer are included in an extensive case analysed in the study. However, the selected perspective is primarily that of the seller, and the level focused on is that of the sales process. The epistemological perspective adopted is constructivism. The study is a qualitative one applying a retrospective case study, where the main sources of information are in-depth semi-structured interviews with key informants representing the counterparts at the seller and the buyer in the software development and telecommunications industries. The main theoretical contributions of this research involve targeting a new area in the crossroads of relationship marketing, sales and sales management, and buying and purchasing by studying adaptation in a business-to-business context from a new perspective. Primarily, this study contributes to research in sales and sales management with reference to relationship orientation and strategic sales process adaptation. This research fills three research gaps. Firstly, linking the relationship orientation mindset with adaptation as strategy. Secondly, extending adaptation in sales from adaptation in selling to strategic adaptation of the sales process. Thirdly, extending adaptation to include facilitation of adaptation. The approach applied in the study, systematic combining, is characterised by continuously moving back and forth between theory and empirical data. The framework that emerges, in which linking mindset with strategy with mindset and means forms a central aspect, includes three layers: purchasing portfolio, seller-buyer relationship orientation, and strategic sales process adaptation. Linking the three layers enables an analysis of where sales process adaptation can make a contribution. Furthermore, implications for managerial use are demonstrated, for example how sellers can avoid the 'trap' of ad-hoc adaptation. This includes involving the company, embracing the buyer's purchasing portfolio, understanding the current position that the seller has in this portfolio, and possibly educating the buyer about advantages of adopting a relationship-oriented approach.
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It's so twisted yet I think there is something a lot of people are overlooking. He is in all of these scenarios yet nobody seems to notice him unless he speaks to them. So he is actually death I'm assuming? I remember seeing this a while back and thinking this, though I thought this time it deserves a review :) Great work 5/5


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Dr.Labas was an urban administrator, a school principal at the Meriden Public Schools, where she orchestrated the planning and management of a rigorous, standards-based school improvement plan and its application of high-quality teaching and learning for all students. She was also an Adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education where she taught graduate courses in multicultural bilingual education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction for a decade. Her research interests include coaching for leadership, professional learning, diversity and equity issues, bilingual program development and implementation, discourse analysis of bilinguals, effective leadership that promotes and sustains student achievement, quality teaching, and successful schools and districts, and effective learning environments for the ever-increasing diverse student population in the state.
Dr. Labas has published articles, chapters, teacher training manuals and guidebooks. She has presented research and training papers at state, regional and national conferences: the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Arizona State University's Equity Alliance, the National Association for Bilingual and Bicultural Education, the Paris International Conference on Education, the Brown University Research and Evaluation Center, and the University of Connecticut's Round Table of Research in Bilingual Education. She is also an article reviewer for the Journal of Latinos and Education. Additionally, she has conducted state and national high school accreditations as chair and member for the State of Connecticut's institutions of higher education. She has received the National Milken Leadership Award, Connecticut Association of School/ CIAC Recognition and NEASC Recognition Award


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I've always been skeptical of the view that global warming leads to stronger hurricanes. The argument behind it seems overly simplistic -- hurricanes feed off warm water, so warmer sea surface temperatures will lead to more frequent and powerful storms.
Elsewhere in our solar system, the exact opposite seems true. Blisteringly hot Venus, for instance, seems to have extremely weak storm activity, whereas icy Jupiter has massive hurricanes that last centuries, large enough to swallow the entire earth several times over. This is only suggestive rather than conclusive, but clearly there's more to storm activity than just raw temperature.
Basic thermodynamics helps to explain why. Storms are essentially large heat engines. It's not temperature that drives a heat engine, but differences in temperature. Global warming, which warms the poles more than the equator, would seem to decrease the latitude-based differential that helps drive a hurricane's rotational energy.
So went my pet theory, at least— but no hard data supported it.
However, the other side had no hard data either. While climate modelers claimed global warming might strengthen storms, actual hurricanologists were adamant that no actual evidence existed. Some pointed to research on wind shear, which suggested that a warmer climate would reduce the conditions that allow hurricanes to form, despite warmer surface water.
In 2005, one hurricanologist, Emmanuel Kerry, broke ranks and claimed to have actual proof that global warming increased hurricanes. For this, Time Magazine quickly named him "Man of the Year". However, last year Kerry publicly recanted his view, admitting that his earlier work was flawed.
With Kerry's renunciation, hurricane scientists were unanimous in their view that global warming wouldn't lead to measurably stronger storms.
But could it do the reverse? Could global warming actually reduce hurricane activity? A pair of Chinese researchers now says this very well may be true, at least for some parts of the earth.
The researchers, using a new branch of science they call "paleotempestology", looked backwards through several thousand years of the earth's history. Using sedimentary deposits, core samples from caves, and other geological proxies, along with documented historical records of hurricane landfalls, they built the longest record of hurricane activity ever constructed. They then correlated it to the varying temperature at each period..
On the global level, the researchers found no link between climate and hurricane activity. Surprisingly, though, cold periods such as the Little Ice Age had the most hurricanes, at least in some regions, a result the team said "begs adequate explanation".
However, the study found a strong link between natural patterns such as El Nino and hurricanes, a clear pattern of rising and falling activity on decadal time scales. These oscillations, known as "ENSO", tended to suppress and enhance hurricanes on a regular cycle, with the cooler "la Nina" years having the most activity.
The research was published in the Chinese Science Bulletin, and can be viewed here.
quote: "A New York City police officer who shot a man to death in an argument over a parking space was convicted of murder Friday"
quote: In every state that actually supports the 2nd Amendment, crime is lower. Damn crazy gun owners being able to defend themselves against criminals thus creating a fear of breaking into someone's home or mugging them...
quote: before you say 'we don't have many guns', per capita we have more than the U.S
quote: The second amendment is outdated, I see no reason to own a gun other than keeping it in your house as protection
quote: Then you certainly dont have stronger gun laws then places like DC, where owning a gun is basically impossible. So much for that argument.
quote: Then you don't understand why it was put there in the first place. It has nothing to do with protecting your house from burglers. Its there to protect you from the government. If no one has a gun, the government can do whatever it wants, constitution or not.
quote: What's the first thing Hitler did when he seized power in Germany? Used the gun registration lists to round up all the guns. Then who could say no to him? Nobody.
quote: Lets say Obama won the election and Bush refused to step down. Say most of the generals decided to say the electrion didn't count and they supported Bush. What then? Think it cant happen? Open your blinking eyes. It happens every year in some country somewhere around the world.
quote: I don't see how this is relevant
quote: If you statement was true, then how on earth do other countries get along without the need for guns/ England for example does not allow the use of ANY guns.
quote: Gun registration was not passed by Hitler but by the previous German government
quote: but most of those were to keep guns out of the hands of jews
quote: Its relevant because guns are 18th century tech. You can't ban them. Pass a law in any area (even a whole country) and all you do is ensure that criminals will have guns and ordinary people won't.
quote: Yes, and Hitler took advantage of it.
quote: If you were a Jew in Hitler's Germany, wouldn't you have wanted a gun? Might have stopped a Holocaust if 6 million Jews had been properly armed huh?
quote: Stop making baseless statements! What evidence do you have to support this
quote: there as a grand total of 51 gun related deaths in England for the entire year.
quote: previous statement that Hitler took away guns from everyone was already proven untrue
quote: Lots of countries ban guns entirely. But no country in the world has zero gun violence. That's proof enough.
quote: Sorry mate, he took them away from everyone he wanted to persecute.
quote: for example there as a grand total of 51 gun related deaths in England for the entire year. Meanwhile the USA averages around 25-30 thousand gun related deaths EACH YEAR!
quote: Because crimes can happen outside the home.
quote: how many times out of 10 do you think you would have the time to reach into your glove box, get your gun, turn off the safety, and proceed to protect yourself
quote: remember that the US != The world.
quote: Switzerland, with one of the lowest murder rates in the world, doesn't just allow citizens to own guns, it REQUIRES every male adult to own a fully-automatic machine gun.
quote: You just don't get it mate. If a nation bans wooden-handled steak knives, they'll have the lowest rates for murders with wooden-handled steak knives. But will TOTAL murders go down?
quote: Are those gun murders that high anyway? More people die from accidental falls than do from guns, and five times as many die in auto accidents:
quote: Gun crimes are preventable
quote: A new report has given Vancouver a dubious honour: the highest break-in rate of all major Canadian and American cities, nearly four times that of New York City.Last year, Vancouver recorded more than 1,100 break-ins per 100,000 residents while New York City had just over 300.The numbers are contained in the annual report by the B.C. Progress Board, which showed Vancouver had the second-highest combined violent and property crime rate among all major cities in Canada and the United States


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Title/Position: Associate Professor, Director of Choral StudiesProfile:
What would you say are the outstanding highlights of your professional life?
I have had the good fortune to conduct concerts in some of the world's most renowned venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Mormon Tabernacle, the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, and several of Europe's greatest cathedrals. However, some of my fondest memories come from my work with All-State Choirs across the country. Seeing a group of high school singers from every possible background in the same room, giving their time to become a single choir is truly where my heart lives.
What advice would you give to an aspiring young musician?
Aristotle had it right: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Not every rehearsal or performance reaches the pinnacle of excellence, nor should it. It is striving that helps us grow as artists and as people.
Describe the perfect performance, either as a participant or as a listener.
Regardless of whether I'm on the podium or in the audience, the best performances always generate an addictive combination of physical exhilaration and emotional exhaustion.
Why did you choose music as a career?
When I was a student, I spent every hour of class looking forward to my one hour of choir and my weekly piano lessons. When I discovered that I could spend all day—every day—immersed in music by becoming a professional musician, all other options paled in comparison.
What do you hope to pass on to your students?
I hope my students will always remain students. My favorite people will always be the life-long learners who take delight in the opportunity to evolve, expanding their knowledge long after their formal educations are complete.
Short Biography:
Karen Kennedy is associate professor and director of choral studies at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where she conducts the Frost Chorale and other choral ensembles. She is also artistic director of the Master Chorale of South Florida. She previously held the positions of chorus director for the Honolulu Symphony, director of choral activities at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, and director of choral activities at Towson University. She earned a D.M.A. degree in choral music from Arizona State University, a M.M. in choral conducting from Butler University and a B.M. in Music Education from DePauw University. Dr. Kennedy regularly conducts choral festivals featuring major works such as Orff's Carmina Burana, Durufle's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor and Rutter's Gloria, to name a few. She has received numerous awards for teaching, including the University of Hawai`i Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching, Arizona State University's Manzanita "Top Prof" Award and Butler University's Faculty Distinction Award. Dr. Kennedy is well known as a choral clinician and adjudicator for all-state and festival honor choirs. She has presented workshops at ACDA and MENC conventions and served as the ACDA Eastern Division Collegiate Repertoire and Standards Chair and as a founding member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization.


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An absolutely abominable first half for Wisconsin (13-5, 4-1 B1G) was to much to overcome, as the Badgers stumbled to their first Big Ten loss at the hands of Iowa (13-5, 2-3 B1G). The Hawkeyes took down the Badgers 70-66 in front of a lethal Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd.
In the stat book, Wisconsin played a pretty even game with Iowa. The two teams oddly enough both shot 43.1% from the field, and the Badgers even shot better then the Hawkeyes from downtown!
The difference in the game? Turnovers. Wisconsin had 12 throw aways while the young Iowa squad had just six.
It really was a tale of two halfs, considering the Badgers outscored Iowa 48-36 in the 2nd. If it weren't for their awful offensive output in the first half, they would have won this game.
Let's jump in to the Player Grades.
Ben Brust, G
7pts, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 33 minutes
Every time Ben Brust had the ball in his hands, the Iowa crowd rained the boos down on him. You have to think that got to his head a bit tonight, as Brust really had nothing going throughout the game.
Mike Bruesewitz, F
7 points, 9 rebounds, 31 minutes
As usual, the Bruiser was flying all over the court and really made some nice hustle plays. He really didn't have too great of a night offensively, and he didn't play spectacular D either.
Ryan Evans, F
6 points, 2-7 FG's, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 28 minutes
Evans got in to some foul trouble early, spent a lot of time on the bench and eventually fouled out. He had some nice passes, but not his best contribution this season.
Traevon Jackson, G
3 points, 3 rebounds, 1-10 FG's, 1 assist, 1 turnover, 31 minutes
Jackson was looking for his shot all game, and it wasn't falling for him. You could tell he was having a rough night after he shot a corner floater about 5 feet past the hoop. His only made bucket was a trey ball. Just an awful game for the sophomore.
Jared Berggren, F
8 points, 5 rebounds, 4-9 FG's, 27 minutes
It was a "meh" performance all around for the Badgers' senior trio, and the same applied for Berggren. While Bo seemed to run the offense through him early in the season, Bergs has seem to lost his niche in this offense.
George Marshall, G
20 points, 7-10 FG's, 1 assist, 15 minutes
If tonight's game was NBA Jam, George Marshall would have been "on fire"! Marshall scored all of his ridiculous 20 points late in the 2nd half, which lifted UW to a point where they were down by just three. More on Marshall below.
Sam Dekker, F
13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 turnovers, 27 minutes
Dekker did some nice things tonight; including hitting threes on back to back possessions that helped spark a Wisconsin comeback. The 5 turnovers he committed really put a damper on what was a pretty solid performance from the freshman.
Three Takeaways
– With Frank Kaminsky out with an eye injury, and Evans, Berggren and Bruesewitz all getting in foul trouble early, this was a night Bo Ryan really needed another big man in the rotation. Well, he did have that guy until former Badger Jarrod Uthoff decided to transfer to Iowa last spring. Even though Uthoff saw no floor time for either squad this game (must sit out this year due to NCAA transfer rules), he may have been this games Most Valuable Player!
– Despite my inspiring game preview where I begged the Badgers to attack the basket and show some energy on offense, they were extremely lethargic and were content to chuck up threes early. What did that lead to? A deficit that they couldn't overcome. It was just an awful night for the Badgers on the offensive side of the ball.
– Tonight we saw the offensive potential of George Marshall. He immediately came in and exploded, you could tell he wanted to take over that game. His drives to the hoop (including a ridiculous and one that gave the Badgers some serious hope late in the game), along with his blistering three pointers (3-4 from downtown on the night) gave Wisconsin that offensive spark they lacked all game. Marshall has a chance to be a seriously special player for Bo Ryan. Let's just hope he keeps up his mentality to take it to the hoop.


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TMB - drop me a note tonight if I am on....I should have my new setup fully operational tonight and may want to test it out. Since you are the crappiest host for me for some odd reason, this would be my best test. It still makes no sense why the Elf gets better ping to you than what I did considering he's an extra 1500 miles further west.
The Elf once asked early on in our games who does he have to blow to get a good connection, I got FiOS the rest is history. Hehe. Did you set up a proxy by the way? Without a proxy I noticeably lag even as host. It definitely is more apparent on my new Slim vs my old BC 60. I just have such a hard time fathoming why they use such crappy protocols for networking that I can only get half my download speed and a fifth of my upload.


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KAHULUI - Trailing after three quarters but with a spot in the state tournament still within reach, the Maui High School girls basketball ignited.
The Sabers scored 24 points in the final period and defeated King Kekaulike 48-44 on Thursday at the Maui High gym, reaching the Maui Interscholastic League Division I tournament final and sewing up a trip to Oahu.
Christina Lotulelei finished with 25 points for the Sabers (9-4), who will play regular-season champion Lahainaluna today.
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Maui High School coach Gilbert Silva and the Sabers bench react to a basket during the fourth quarter of a 48-44 victory over King Kekaulike on Thursday in a Maui Interscholastic League Division I tournament semifinal game in Kahului.
The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo
King Kekaulike's Cameron Fernandez shoots over Maui High's Liana Tanaka on Thursday.
The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo
Maui High's Liana Tanaka added 10 of her 13 points in the final quarter, which began with King Kekau-like (6-7) leading 32-24.
"I'm really excited to go to states," said Tanaka, who was still shaking in the minutes after the close win. "I was glad at the end that all our hard work paid off."
Tanaka produced the first score of the game with a three-point play, then was quiet for a long stretch.
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MIL Tournaments At Maui High
Division I
Thursday's Results
Lahainaluna 63, Baldwin 24
Maui High 48, King Kekaulike 44
Today's Game
Lahainaluna vs. King Kekaulike, 7 p.m.
Division II
Thursday's Result
Molokai 43, Lanai 11
Today's Game
Molokai vs. Seabury Hall, 5:30 p.m.
She returned with a vengeance, however, hitting two 3-pointers that cut Na Alii's lead to two. On the next play, she intercepted a pass and finished with a layup, tying the game at 39-39.
"It was exciting and I was happy because we were down by so much," she said.
After a Na Alii timeout and with the crowd rocking, the Sabers produced another steal and guard Trina Valencia finished the fast break with a three-point play to put Maui High in front with less than three minutes left.
The Sabers would not look back, thanks to another steal by Tanaka and key points by Lotulelei to close the game.
"We gave up the momentum with some of the turnovers," said King Kekaulike coach Mark Fernandez. "We also got into foul trouble, some of our key players got into foul trouble so we had to sub in and go into a zone situation."
Na Alii, who had led by as many as 12, had three players reach double digits in points, led by Cameron Fernandez, who had 14. Dasya Tavares added 11 and Taylor Fernandez had 10.
Maui High coach Gilbert Silva said conditioning was a key component in the game, with Tanaka and Lotulelei playing nearly the entire way.
"They had us going in the third quarter," Silva said. "So I told our girls that we worked so hard throughout the year. Fortunately we started to score and the momentum started to swing to our side."
The Sabers trailed after each of the first three quarters.
"I told them we're still in the game," Silva said of his halftime speech.
"We had too many fouls, they were making the free throws, and we were making turnovers So I told them, 'If you guys continue to do this, we're not going to be successful. So you change, and the game will change.' "
Maui High went 0-3 against Lahainaluna in the regular season.
"We'll come out tomorrow night," said Silva. "We'll come out and play a hundred percent. As much as we played tonight, and maybe even harder. It's not all done for us."
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Brooks Carillo 3, Ariana Valdez 0, Maile Naito 0, Karlee Peters 0, Cameron Fernandez 14, Brandi Carillo 4, Dasya Tavares 11, Linzee Buwa 0, Taylor Fernandez 10, Sylvania Amor 2.
Liana Tanaka 13, Trina Valencia 7, Jamilyn Tamura 0, Jo'voni Shimabukuro 0, Nicole Pagan-Eldredge 3, Brittnie Suda-Molina 0, Christina Lotulelei 25.
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Volume 33, Number 9, October, 1999
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Recent approaches to development of compensation methods aim to develop compensators of a type that would be able to realize dynamic compensation (in real time) and would also be more resistant to interference caused by the power network or electricity users. Their objectives include optimization of the loads as seen by power sources (power network). According to Fryze`s suggestion [5] and subsequent developments [4,10,12,13], it is necessary to eliminate a differential current (between a distorted load current and an ideal form of current (i.e., in-phase sine wave)) flowing through the power source to achieve such compensation. In concept, this can be done by generating and injecting a current equal to and in opposite phase to the differential current. In practice, obtaining such a source is difficult; what is really called for is an active system with parametric elements or controlled-current power sources.
Structure of an Active Filter
Fig. 1. Block diagram of the active filter.
The active filter consists of following modules and elements:
The active filter control process occurs in two phases:
The quality and dynamic properties of the compensation process depend mostly on the method used for calculating the reference-current parameters. Akagi et al's theory of instantaneous reactive power [1] is commonly used to control power active filters. The authors believe that this theory does not fulfill the requirements of optimization of work in an energy source/receiver system. The general aim of optimization is to minimize the out-of-phase component of source current, reduce distortion of sinusoidal waveforms, and minimize active power losses in transmission of energy from source to receiver. To determine a current, which would have such properties, we applied the variational methods of [10]. As a result, we obtained an expression describing an optimal source current (the target reference current) in the following analytical form:
Where: is the voltage source, the equivalent conductance in form: , where: and are instantaneous values of active power and rms voltage source [10]. The frequency and phase of the reference signal correspond to suitable values of the first harmonic of the voltage source, .
To effectively realize the whole control process, CM was divided into two sub-modules:
The Hardware and Software
The evaluation system was developed with the addition of a universal analog and digital input/output module type ALS100, which had been designed by P.E.P. ALFINE as an extension of the ADDS–2106X–EZ–KIT. This module (Figure 2), designed for power-electronics applications, includes A/D and D/A converters, as well as PWM generators and a System Console (LCD & KBD). Communication with the host PC is established via an RS-232 port under control of a DSPHOST program.
Figure 2 shows the hardware and software structure of the Control Module. The main module of the control program was written in C language (ADDS–21000–SW–PC ver. 3.3), and time-critical procedures are writen in Assembler.
The Control Module consist of:
Fig. 2. The hardware and software structure of Control Module (CM)
The SIM (Figure 3), consists of three independent blocks: software-frequency-identifier of the reference (SFI), software-amplitude-identifier of the reference (SAI) and software synchronizer of suitable values of the reference (SSYNC).
Fig. 3. Software structure of Software Identification Module (SIM)
The SFI uses a mains-supply-voltage pre-filtration method, with the aid of a pass-band FIR filter (F1), to eliminate higher harmonics and increase noise immunity of the identification algorithm [14]. Next the signal is subjected to a Hilbert Transformation to obtain its analytical form (complex signal in the time domain). It permits elimination of frequency products on the negative part of the frequency axis and decreases the identification time to under 12 ms. This is a short time in relation to the 20-ms (50-Hz) mains-voltage period of the present design, and would also be considerably shorter than the 16.7-ms period of 60-Hz systems. [14]. The complex signal is subjected to a digital Fourier transform (DFT) to calculate its basic frequency. This is realized by the DFT and MAX blocks. Calculated in this way, the value of basic frequency serves next to control the tuned filter (F5), a high-Q, IIR-type filter. The F5 filter is in fact the reference current generator; its output signal frequency is equal to the mains-voltage frequency .
The amplitude of reference current is calculated within the SAI block, which is based on both load-voltage and load-current samples, stored within circular buffers CB2 and CB3.
A synchronization block, SSYNC, eliminates effects of different delay times, involved in calculations within the SFI and SAI blocks. Finally, the SSYNC connects suitable values of frequency and magnitude of reference current. The total time of identification and synchronization of the reference current generator (in this design) is about 18 ms.
The Decision Module is realized in the form of a 2nd order FIR filter with constant coefficients; its frequency transmittance model is given by following equation:
The basic condition of proper operation of the filter is that the system sample frequency is twice the PWM carrier frequency (in this system: 30 and 15 kHz).
The Execution Module is a power-electronics controlled current source, which uses a highly integrated Intelligent Power Module (IPM) type PM50RSA120 (MITSUBISHI) and inductance coil . This coil also limits parasitic products of the PWM.
The general source of energy for the current source is a capacitor within the dc circuit of the inverter (IPM). The inverter is coupled with the Control Module with the aid of fast photocouplers.
Performance of the Prototype System
The waveforms of Figure 4 show the rectangular shape of reference signal , output current of current source and feedback signal (Figure 4a) and results of spectrum analysis of these quantities (Figure 4b). The bandwidth (-3 dB) of the current source was equal to 3.2 kHz with non-uniform amplitude characteristic 0.4 dB. The total harmonic distortion (THD) of output current within this band was 0.7% and 0.2% within the 0.5-kHz bandwidth.
Fig. 4. Investigation results of current source prototype system for the case of rectangular shape of reference signal: a) waveforms of selected quantities; b) spectrum analysis.
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the workings of the complete active filter. The source of the distorted current (Figure 5) is a simple single-diode rectifier with RL type load (series connection of resistor and inductor). It is a particularly unfavorable case, because it simultaneously generates a strongly distorted current with a dc component and reactive power. The waveforms of source voltage, , and currents of load, , power network, , active filter, and reference signal, are shown in Figure. 5a—and also results of spectrum analysis of selected quantities (Figure 5b). Figure 6 shows similar quantities for an RC-loaded 4-diode-bridge, the typical configuration of most consumer-electronics power packs.
Fig. 5. Investigation results of the active-filter prototype model with astrongly nonlinear passive receiver—a single-diode RL-loaded rectifier: a) waveforms of selected voltage and current quantities; b) spectrum analysis.
Fig. 6. Investigation results of the active-filter prototype model with an RC-loaded 4-diode bridge: a) waveforms of selected voltage and current quantities; b) spectrum analysis.
As in the case of a current source, the active compensation's system of differential current provides good mapping of the reference signal, , which is calculated in the Identification Module. The power network current is in the same phase as the waveform of power network voltage (because of compensation of so-called reactive power), and its higher harmonics values are considerably reduced. The THD value of active filter input current, , was under 1 %.


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I have a letter in front of me from one of the most prominent alumni, a major contributor, who says: 'I'm poised to replace Columbia as the main beneficiary of my charitable remainder trust.' If President Bollinger thought that he would calm fears about the one-sidedness by appointing a committee that includes two people who are part of the problem, not part of the solution, he was misguided...
DP: What's the difference between free speech and academic freedom?
AD: Free speech and academic freedom apply to what a professor says outside of the classroom. Academic freedom does not entitle the professor to limit discussion in class ideologically. However, if a professor wanted to, he or she could say "I just do lectures, there are no questions." Why anybody would take that course, I don't know, but a professor has the right to do that. And a professor has the right to say, "I will call on students based on alphabetical order, or based on who raises their hands first," but a teacher cannot refuse to take questions from a student based on content, and a teacher may not punish students for the ideological content of their views. Nor can students be restricted from attending a class, or registering for a class based on their ideological views.
These principals are part of the academic freedom and freedom of speech of the students, and the university must always balance, particularly in the setting of a classroom, the academic freedom and speech rights of the student versus the academic freedom and free speech rights of a professor.
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Been curious for a while, but once the Flight came out, I was convinced. I love the concept, but was concerned about the fit/comfort, so I ordered both the Flight and the STU. My wife is going back to school for her Masters, so I was wanting a little something for all the "study-time" that is in our future. For those who might be interested in the size comparison, I'm 6" long x 5.75" girth. Summary of my first flights in each are as follows:
Flight - I decided I was going to try this one out first in hopes that maybe I would fit perfect, and would have no use for the STU and could send it back without opening. Many posts in the forum have talked about the uncomfortable tightness of the smaller products. I loved the feel of the sleeve, the textures I could feel with my fingers, and the texture around the opening that was a good tease. While, I seemed to fit the unit ok, it was definitely tight, but not uncomfortable. My only concern was that I wasn't getting a good feel of the textures inside. It might have just been me, and breaking it in, which I will definitely give it the old college try. I loved the more discreet design, I found the opening to be inviting, and surprisingly easy to get into. Overall, I would give it 7/10, and optimistic that it will get better, especially on those days when I'm in the mood for something nice and tight. But since I had the STU, and was still slightly concerned about the size of the Flight, I went ahead and opened the STU and got ready to use it two days later.
STU - I was initially surprised by the size of the case, especially after first using the Flight. The sleeve felt every bit as good as the flight to my fingers but yet slightly different. It was a surprisingly different feeling texture on both the outside and the inside. The details of the opening were inviting and made it easy to get up for what was my second ever flight. I did notice that I had to "find" the opening vs. the Flight opening that felt like it pulled me right in. But I parted those lips and once inside, I could instantly feel the difference between the two sleeves. While the STU wasn't loose by any means, I had enough room that I could feel "some" of the textures inside. Like I said above, I'm pretty sure it's my newness with the products that is causing me some difficulty identifying/describing the textures that I was feeling. What I did feel was fantastic and it unfortunately surprised me how quickly it was sending me over the edge so I had to stop and take a break for a couple minutes. After my break, it built back up fairly quickly and wasn't really in the mood to slow it down again. When I finally came it felt like a nice long session with my wife, intense, long lasting, and once it was over I had to stay completely still. Overall, 9/10 and again am optimistic that with continued use, it can only get better, and that I can gain better feeling and control.
Overall, I am happy with both sleeves, and am glad I decided to keep both. Thank you for all of the reviews posted previously about the Flight and the STU.


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Jack visits VPHS
Many students have come and gone from Ville Platte High School, so it is always heartwarming when one of these students returns to share his story.
On Wednesday, January 13th, Gunnery Sgt. Efton Jack, class of 1981, shared his experiences as a 26-year member of the Marine Corps with Mitzi Fontenot's career class. Sgt. Jack has traveled the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. He served in Kuwait and Iraq and has not only served his country well, but has proudly represented his community. Everyone has a story to tell, and Sgt. Jack's is very inspiring. He encouraged students to dream big. His success again proves the age-old adage that it's not circumstances that determine one's destiny, but it's the way one responds to those circumstances. Although Sgt. Jack has traveled the world, he says at heart he will always be a "Bulldog." A great big "Thank You" to Sgt. Jack and all the other members of the armed forces who have made so many sacrifices so we may enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.


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MOBILE, Ala. -- A blast of spiritual revival has struck a major American city in the South. Mobile, Ala., has witnessed documented healings and thousands of salvations taking place in its convention center.
For one well-known pastor, the revival is an exciting re-run.
The revival has filled the downtown convention center with wild worship and shouted sermons several nights a week. But with one twist, something different right at the core of the revival.
God is using an old-fashioned southern preacher, and combining his talents with that of a spikey-haired young British evangelist.
The preacher is John Kilpatrick of the Church of His Presence in Daphne, Ala., whose former church was at the center of the Brownsville revival in Florida in the 1990s. Kilpatrick said the revival, which started in July, was marked by many immediate miracles.
"I saw people seeing for the first time," Kilpatrick said. "And I saw people hearing without their hearing aids. And you used to have to holler at them to get them to hear you with their hearing aids in."
"I had a tumor in my head," said Caleb Petty, a 10-year-old boy who was healed instantly from a deadly brain tumor.
"Evangelist Nathan had a word and called out that God was shriveling up a brain tumor," said Carrie Thomas, Caleb's stepmother.
"I felt it disappear," Petty added.
The boy has gone from being full of pain, housebound, and weak to being back in full health.
"I'm still overwhelmed," Jason Thomas, Petty's father, said. "I'm, like, 'Wow!' It's like 'Lord, you love me this much!"
Petty's miracle set off a round of revival among those who know him, including a miracle for a nearly deaf relative.
"God healed her ears," Carrie said. "She told us, 'You better watch out what you say now, because I can hear.'"
Debbie Casebolt had been suffering from lung cancer since 1999. Her lungs withered up badly.
"I had hours or days to live," Casebolt said. "I felt like I was being suffocated to death."
The Casebolts hurried to the revival, where Debbie grew stronger by the day. In a recent checkup, her doctor found in new X-rays that one lung was completely back to full strength and the other nearly so.
"And he said, 'Yes, this is a miracle,'" Casebolt added.
"God is a miracle-working God, and we're a witness of it, and we know beyond a shadow of a doubt," said Pastor Ralph Casebolt, of Oasis of Life Church in Kansas City, Mo.
"I'm not running races yet, but boy I feel alive again," Casebolt said.
There have been many kinds of miracles, some of them even fun. One man said he'd been unable to eat ice cream for 40 years because it would literally make him sick. Then a few weeks ago, God healed him at the revival and he's been able to eat ice cream everyday with no symptoms.
Thirty-one-year-old evangelist Nathan Morris loves all the miracles and salvations.
"And we're seeing the altars packed every night," Morris said.Morris loves to tell of an angry young backslider who was leaving his girlfriend's house in fury because she was watching the revival online. "And at that moment, I apparently said into the camera 'You watching by way of Internet, don't go anywhere. Sit down!'" Morris stated. "They said immediately his jaw dropped. He sat down and that night he fell on his knees and gave his life to Jesus Christ."
He has been especially touched by Christians, even pastors who are having their faith and fervor revived.
"'I was going to leave the ministry. I was going to leave the church,'" another pastor told Morris. "He said, 'I sat in the seat and suddenly the power of God began to surge through my body.' He went back on Sunday morning. He was preaching and miracles began to break out in the church."
"Revival is like church on steroids," Kilpatrick said.
The revival is presently streamed live at Church of His Presence. There have been are reports of healing happening to people watching the services online in distant places.
"Because some people just can't get here. They can receive right in their houses what's going on right here," Ralph Casebolt said.
The people are praying for revival fires to break out all over the region, all over the country, and all over the world.
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Spyder Paintball Ups the Scenario Ante with the MRX Elite
*Taken from Paintball.com, 2012
Spyder Paintball, one of the most respected names in the paintball industry, has got the scenario community talking with the release of the MRX Elite, their most sophisticated tactical marker ever released. Designed to meet and exceed the high expectations of even the most hardened scenario paintball players, the MRX Elite comes fully stocked with over a dozen premium features that are guaranteed to give you the edge on any battlefield.
Leading the list of tactical upgrades is the DLS Dual Loading system, which gives players the chance to feed the MRX Elite either through the standard hopper or the 10 round magazine, allowing for maximum paint dispersal.
Additional features include:
- Air Efficient Eko™ Valve System (Patent Pending) shoots up to 1,600 shots from a 20oz CO2 Tank
- Adjustable Car Stock
- High Impact Polymer Off-Set Clamping Feed Neck
- Barrel w/ Muzzle Break
- Barrel Shroud with Front Sight and Picatinny Rail Mounting
- Carry Handle Mount with Sight
- Picatinny Rail Mounting System
- Side Cocking Aluminum Bolt
- Quick Release Striker Plug Pull Pin
- Short Pull Single Trigger
- High Impact Polymer Trigger Frame
- Steel Braided Hose
- External Velocity Adjuster
- Operates on CO2 or Compressed Air
But that's not all. Out of the box, the MRX Elite, which carries an MSRP of just $399.99, is equipped with seven tactical upgrades including a detachable fore grip, dual color red/green dot sight, 18" sniper barrel and laser pointer. Why spend money on aftermarket parts when you can get the true all-in-one package with the MRX Elite?
To highlight the MRX Elite in action, the Spyder Paintball crew brings you "The Hunt", an exclusive short film shot on location at the World Famous SC Village Paintball Park in Chino, CA. Watch it now on the Spyder Paintball YouTube page and see the very best of what the MRX Elite has to offer.
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Last week I shared with you how close I was to the stage while Craig Campbell played at our local festival …
I was close enough to touch Craig, his guitar and … his …
Umm …
Cowboy boot.
And sorry for the blurry picture. My friend Thelma isn't allowed to take pictures anymore.
Gretchen Wilson was the main act that evening so when she started playing I tried to make my way back to my groupie front row spot. And I made it! Until one of the mean groupie chicks poked me in the back and yelled, "EXCUSE ME".
Oh no!
Groupie fight.
So I thought, who in the heck does she thinks she's messing with? Just a few nights ago I was one of only a few on stage dancing with the band. Not to mention some guy thought I was the hottest chick on stage.
Having the attitude of the hottest chick on stage, I quickly whipped around and flashed my VIP section badge.
I'll show her!
And then she looked at me like I was stupid and flashed her VIP section badge.
Oh S#it.
I forgot the entire section was the VIP section. Everyone around me had on a VIP section badge.
Damn her!
Think fast – think fast – think fast.
So I blurted out …
I'm a photographer.
And she quickly responded with …
So where's your camera?
I didn't have a camera.
Because I'm not a photographer.
I lied.
To be in the groupie front row section.
Damn her!
So I whipped around and said …
Oh you think I need to hang out in the groupie section? Wait til you see me on stage.
I said that not nicely.
And then ran off before I got groupie tackled.
Those chicks are mean.
You know, It's not my fault I was taller than her. And she only saw the back of my head. And my big hair. That is not my fault. It was 145 degrees out and when you have naturally curly hair … well … it's Diva big. So I couldn't help all she saw was my Diva big hair.
And because my people know Gretchen Wilson's people …
I was on stage.
Right behind Gretchen Wilson.
And could see the groupie chicks from where I was standing …
Oh and believe me, I did everything in my power so the groupie chick saw me.
But she probably didn't.
Have a good day all … and not that I would talk about what a fun show it was and how I danced and danced and didn't know all the words to all of the songs but pretended I did … no … I was most concerned that the groupie chick saw me on stage.
And I now need a professional camera.
And a press pass for The Hunter's Wife.
To get me to front row groupie places.
And P.S. ~ FYI ~ I was not the hottest chick on stage. Drunk guys give good compliments.


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Collateral and branding for The Hukilau, an annual midcentury Tiki weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Ad for Tiki Magazine
Featured Cocktail Cards
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2013-2014 Program Guide for The Institute of Texas Cultures (UTSA/Smithsonian Affiliate)
2013. Logo design for photographer Corey Levenson.
These projects were designed between 2011-2014 in my role as District Webmaster/Web Technologist for Northside ISD. All websites were built in Drupal 6-7.
Content Management (CMS) design in WordPress for Viva Las Vegas 15 (2012)
NOTE: This site has been altered since its original launch and is no longer maintained or designed by me.
Tri-fold fundraising mailer and envelope seal for the San Antonio River Foundation, 2011. © The Mighty Group.
Kiewit Building Group Partner Appreciation folded card invitation, 2011. © The Mighty Group.
11″x18″ tri-panel calendar brochure for the City of San Antonio's Office of Cultural Affairs Diez y Seis celebration, 2010. © The Mighty Group.
Billboard design for the San Antonio River Walk Lucky Duck Race and Festival, 2010. © The Mighty Group.
Web design for the San Antonio Dance Umbrella, 2010. © The Mighty Group.
Web design for the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department, 2010. © The Mighty Group.
City of San Antonio Head Start 11″x17″ Brochure in Spanish and English, 2009. To conserve funds, the brochure was designed to be printed in English on one side and Spanish on the other. Designated quantities were folded with Spanish on the exterior and vice versa. © The Mighty Group.
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The captain of Charleston's fire boat knew immediately that he'd struck a harbor buoy while racing to the scene of another boat stuck on the Charleston jetty late Saturday, audio recordings of marine radio conversations indicate.
"Dispatch, we're putting out a mayday at this time," the captain says. "We struck a buoy. We're taking on water on our bow."
After the strike, the unidentified captain later reported the steering "is all over the place. I got no control on it."
The comments are contained in audio tapes supplied by Charleston County's Consolidated 911 Dispatch. The Post and Courier obtained the tapes through the Freedom of Information Act.
Charleston officials confirmed late on Monday that a buoy had caused the damage which put a gash in the side of the $850,000 boat. The slice measured less than three feet in length, Fire Chief Karen Brack said.
The channel marker was green buoy 25, set in the water between Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter.
Meanwhile, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Charity Hardison said today "all reasonable efforts" are being made to raise and remove its 34-foot Dauntless patrol boat which hit the harbor's south jetty in the dark Saturday.
Salvage experts are on the scene doing an assessment, she said, making sure the boat is secure. The goal is to refloat the boat as soon as possible. Officials anticipate some sort of crane will be needed.
The extent of the damage from striking the rocks and sinking below the water line a day later is undetermined.
"All indications are that the integrity of the fuel tank is sound, and additional measures are underway to further secure the fuel tanks," Hardison said.
The rescue mission was launched late Saturday after the Navy boat, which was on a long-distance training mission out of Florida, hit the jetty in the dark. Six people were injured.
The sailors are members of the Coastal Riverine Squadron 10 from Jacksonville.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551.


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11:27 p.m.: A-Rod strikes out for the third time. Posada is the team's last chance to stay alive.
11:24 p.m.: The Yankee have something going now, with a man on second, the score 6-1 and Alex Rodriguez as the plate. Jeter and Damon got hits and Rollins tossed Tex's grounder into the stands to allow a run.
Lee has thrown 114 pitches so far.
11:17 p.m.: Howard doubles to right and Rollins scores. But Victorino gets thrown out at home. The crowd cheers. Guess that's a moral victory. 6-0 Phillies heading into the ninth. Let's see how Manuel manages Lee, who is at 106 pitches but cruising.
11:10 p.m.: Coke now needs to get through Utley and Howard. Even for a lefty, that's not fun.
11:08 p.m.: That's not a good sign. Victorino bangs in another run to make the score 5-0. Bruney gave up three straight hits and now will be replaced by Phil Coke.
This Yankees bullpen, which had a 1.40 ERA during the regular season, did not hold the line tonight.
11:03 p.m.: Bruney gives up a double to Carlos Ruiz, a man known neither for his hitting nor speed.
11:01 p.m.: The Yankees have used five pitchers tonight. The Phillies have used one. They lead by four. Symmetry? Accidental, but sure.
10:59 p.m.: Lee is toying with the Yankees. Swisher looks totally lost at the plate and no one can get their bat around on Lee's pitches. He has thrown 106 and will face the top of the order next time. Can Charlie Manuel really take him out right now? Ryan Madson is up in the Phillies bullpen.
Now Brian Bruney will get his first playoff appearance.
10:55 p.m.: Hughes fields a grounder behind his back. As if he needed magic tricks on this night.
10:52 p.m.: Well, now it's up to the Yankees lineup. They need to start cracking. Lee is at 95 pitches heading into the eighth.
10:48 p.m.: And Robertson can't get it done. Raul Ibanez hits a ball that squirts past Cano for a two-run single. 4-0 Phillies.
10:45 p.m.: Robertson, a young man who loves bases-loaded jams, just walked himself into another one.
10:42 p.m.: Bernie Williams in the house. Could he hit Cliff Lee tonight?
10:40 p.m.: Marte does the job and gets the two lefties out. Dave Robertson will come in to face Werth. There are runners on the corners.
10:34 p.m.: Hughes walks two and departs. Damaso Marte will come in to face Utley and Howard, the two heavy-hitting lefties. Oh, bother.
10:32 p.m.: The announced attendance was incorrect. It's actually 50,207. Maybe those 50 extra people would have scored a run off Lee.
10:27 p.m.: Besides those homers, CC was on tonight. He finished with seven innings, four hits and six strikeouts.
10:24 p.m.: And Lee churns through another inning. He gets three grounders to end it. He isn't striking guys out, but he's getting the job done. He's at 95 pitches. Masterful work so far.
Meanwhile, Phil Hughes is heading into the game for the Yankees.
10:20 p.m.:The big guns aren't firing tonight. Tex and A-Rod are a combined 0-for-6 with four strikeouts. Cliff Lee continues to deal.
10:12 p.m.:CC got a double play from Feliz to neutralize a walk of Francisco. Then he gets a quick out from Ruiz.
10:08 p.m.: Phil Hughes is up in the Yankees bullpen.
10:04 p.m.: C. Lee keeps cruising. He gets three outs sandwiched around a single from Jeter. The Yankees can't string anything together yet. Lee has thrown 86 pitches through six.
9:59 p.m.: Here's the paid attendance: 50,257. It's the largest crowd in stadium history. And none of them have scored a run off Cliff Lee.
9:54 p.m.: CC strikes out Ibanez to end the sixth. If Chase Utley wasn't in the Phillies lineup, Sabathia would have a shutout. And if Cliff Lee wasn't on the mound, the Yankee would probably have some runs. Alas.
9:47 p.m.: Just a thought: Probably wasn't a great choice by CC to throw a fastball there. Utley just ripped an almost-double on an inside fastball. Why test him?
9:46 p.m.: Chase Utley hit that one far. Not Auxiliary Box Far. But far. And on an 0-2 count. Second homer of the night and third in the postseason. 2-0 Phillies.
9:39 p.m.: Nick Swisher hits a harmless pop fly to end the inning. If this is Swishalicious, Yankees fans would probably like a new flavor. Like Get-On-Basealicious.
9:38 p.m.: Yup, two outs is the call and it's the correct one. Rollins caught the ball and Howard tagged out Matsui. Not much to argue there. Of course, the fans are upset. So it goes.
9:36 p.m.: The umps are convening. There probably should be two outs. Either way, the fans won't be happy.
9:29 p.m..: CC answers back with three quick outs. Besides the first-inning adventure and the solo homer, he looks strong. Of course, Cliff Lee looks better. Therein, as they say, lies the rub.
CCPC: 81 (which is high for any normal person, but CC is an immense man with immense reserves of strength in that left arm).
9:21 p.m.: Here's the arsenal Cliff Lee has:
1) He struck out Teixeira with a fastball.
2) He fooled A-Rod with a 3-2 change. Rodriguez was out in front and whiffed.
3) And to end the fourth, Lee snapped a 77-mph, 12-6 curveball that Posada couldn't connect with.
Right now, the Yankees can't figure out Lee. Also right now, Yankees fans can't figure out why their team didn't trade for Lee. He has seven strikeouts.
9:10 p.m.: So CC got back on the horse and looks good. He buzzes through the fourth with two strikeouts and a flyball from Ben Francisco to end the inning.
9:08 p.m.: Alec Baldwin and Kurt Russell are here tonight. So is Kate Hudson. Did you know she is dating Alex Rodriguez?
9:02 p.m.: Lee digs himself out of a hole. He nabbed two quick outs, then watched Jeter hit an opposite-field double on a first-pitch fastball. Werth looked like a drunk man crossing an icy street while fielding Jeter's hit. But Lee broke Damon's bat on a grounder to end it.
8:53 p.m.: Well, CC zips a fastball past Howard to end the third. But the Phillies lead by one.
That was the first homer CC has given up to a lefty at Yankee Stadium all-year long.
8:52 p.m.: Do we have a pitcher's duel? Nope. Chase Utley cracks a solo shot over the right-field bleachers on a 3-2 pitch. 1-0 Phillies.
We can't hear CC's breathing, but we imagine it's labored. He's thrown 54 pitches. Ryan Howard is now up.
The television announcers say this is the Amtrak Series. First I heard. Fox color-man (and former St. Louis catcher) Tim McCarver says you encourage pitchers to shake off catchers. Spoken like Bob Gibson's battery-mate.
8:40 p.m.: Joba Chamberlain asks the crowd who owns the record for most World Series victories. My guess, Hideki Irabu, was not one of the four choices.
8:38 p.m.: Lee is dealing in the downpour. He punched out Alex Rodriguez, gave up a single to Jorge Posada, slipped a change-up under Hideki Matsui for another Strike Three and induced a pop-up from Robinson Cano.
strong>8:30 p.m.: CC chugs through the bottom of the Phillies lineup for three quick groundouts. Francisco, Feliz and Ruiz don't offer much resistance. This bottom-third of the Philadelphia lineup won't cause many nightmares. Unless, of course, you are a Phillies fan.
CC pitch count (CCPC): 34, 19 strikes, 15 balls.
8:22 p.m.: Well, Cliff Lee didn't have as much trouble as his old teammate. He struck out Derek Jeter in three pitches, cleanly fielded a bunt from Johnny Damon and struck out Mark Teixeira in four pitches. Easy, breezy, beautiful -- Cliff Lee.
Sabathia threw 12 pitches and 12 strikes in the first.
8:13 p.m.: Well, CC got out of it. But he threw 24 pitches and for the second year in a row, he's nibbling against the Phillies. Not the start he wanted.
8:11 p.m.: CC Sabathia starts strong but gets into trouble with two outs in the first. Chase Utley works a walk after being down 1-2. During the regular season, Utley had a .317 on-base percentage with two strikes. Then the Big Piece, Ryan Howard, pounces on a fastball down the middle of the plate for a double. Jayson Werth walks right after. The bases are loaded.
CC's got some butterflies and he's in a pickle.
8:02 p.m.: Plenty of luminaries around for the first-pitch ceremonies. First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden were on hand with Yankee legend Yogi Berra. Wade Boggs came around later for the presentation of the lineups. Boggs did not wear Tampa Bay Devils Rays' gear. Here we go.
7:47: The Phillies and Yankees rosters were just announced. Loudest ovation? Derek Jeter. Loudest jeers? Jimmy Rollins. Biggest waistline? Jose Molina.
7:39: They just announced that Jay-Z and Alicia Keys will not be performing tonight. They were expected to play that hit single "Empire State of Mind." The fans are bummed.
7:35 p.m.: The weather has cleared up but the chill has not here in the Bronx for Game 1 of the World Series. The press box is packed and some of our number have been forced into the hinterland of the auxiliary box. Fans are filing into their seats after spending time on the concourse. All in all, it should be a good time.
Game 2 starter Pedro Martinez already dazzled reporters during a lengthy press conference earlier Wednesday morning. Be sure to check out Steve Politi's column about it. At the very least, know that Martinez said this: " I'm a human being after I take my clothes off. A lot of people can witness that, any time, anywhere, any moment." Good times.
So stick around. We'll be updating all night long and we're glad to have you here.


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WOD 2: 30 reps for max total weight: Shoulder to Overhead (use racks, Max 15:00)
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WOD 1: Complete for time:
WOD 2: Tire Flips outside! 3 x 60m
WOD 1: 30 Snatches for max total weight (15:00)
Regular WOD: Complete for time:
Advanced WOD: "Brents Birthday WOD"
Notes: Record time for each WOD (yup, there is 2 up there), no rest between. Max time limit = none. Sub 2 x pull ups and 2 x dips for muscle ups.
WOD: "Murph Training" Complete for time:
A: Run 1 mile, 60-30-30 B: Run 1.5 Miles, 75-40-50 C: Rx E: + weight vest
Nov 8th - Gobbler Gauntlet @ Eugene CrossFit
Wear athletic shoes and apparel. Arrive 10 minutes early and introduce yourself to the other participants, start stretching (as best you know how). There is a basic warm up written on the white board... just start doing that and class will start at about 5 after.
Thanks for reading and we can't wait to see you at CrossFit Salem getting in the best shape of your life in a fun supportive environment!
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