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The native of Blaine, Minn., totaled 34 points (16 goals, 18 assists) to go along with a plus-11 rating in 65 games combined between the regular season and playoffs this season.
His goal-scoring was tops among all USHL defensemen and his nine power-play goals ranked No. 2 in the league.
He was named the USHL's Defenseman of the Week twice and also was one of four Lumberjacks selected to compete in the 2012 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game played in Muskegon.
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"Obviously, everybody wants a rhythm going into the playoffs," he said. "I'm no different than that. I want to be as healthy as I can; everybody's dealing with something at this time of year, and I'm no different from that.
"I just want to be strong. I want my mind fresh, I want to be as strong and as healthy as I can be, and go at this thing one thousand percent. Nothing less than that."
[…] "I'm going to go that," he assured Dickerson when asked if he was "close to being able go 100 percent, or 1,000 percent," when he returns. "It's not an interrogative; it's more of an imperative or a declarative. That's what it's going to be . . . My mind set will be 100 percent, all out. Because no one's promised tomorrow. In the playoffs? You don't get a tomorrow. Sometimes, this is it."
CSNNE: Garnett: "I'll give 1,000 percent when I return"
That entire video is great. It's not even 3 minutes long, but Kevin Garnett talking about going 1,000% in his return is enough to get you pumped up for the playoffs. And when the Celtics get to the playoffs, they'll have some extra help on the bench… in Rajon Rondo.
"I think he can help a little bit, especially with some of the guards. Rondo has a great IQ… I was going to say huge ego… but great IQ. And he really does. He's a smart, smart kid. So he will help, for sure. He'll see things that a point guard can only see. And I think those eyes will be good for us.
That was Doc, getting a little dig in at Rondo at the same time.
So the playoffs will see the return of KG to the floor (he should actually return Sunday) and Rondo on the bench as a sort of an assistant coach as he continues his rehab in Boston. Considering the circumstances, it's a nice little boost for the guys and for someone like Avery Bradley.
This summer, Rondo showed up at the Vegas summer league and coached up some of the young kids who were struggling to make the team. This is something he does. And Bradley, who is not a true point guard, will benefit from the extra set of eyes that is solely focused on that role.
I know we've got a few games to go, and people are sort of tuning out the rest of the regular season until we get to the playoffs. This is giving us something to look forward to.
Related links: ESPN Boston: KG wants fresh mind, healthy body
The rest of the links:
CSNNE: Ryan: It's all mental with Jeff Green | Doc on his confidence heading into the playoffs | ESPN Boston: A point (guard) of emphasis | C's eye Sunday return for KG | WEEI: Doc on D&C: Jeff Green "Starting to take off" | Jeff Green & Paul Pierce: "We're two lethal threats" | Herald: Kevin Garnett's a possibility for Sunday | Jeff Green earns starting go | MWDN: Green will likely remain as starter | Globe: Celtics playoff prospects look murky


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A judge will decide whether a Franklin Township man should go to trial, or be deemed not guilty by reason of insanity for allegedly shooting at his parents and holding his girlfriend hostage last year.
Jeffrey Cope, 39, is accused of multiple charges, including first-degree attempted murder and robbery, for the attack that occurred Sept. 7, 2007, at his parents home on School House Road.
Superior Court Judge Robert Reed will hold a hearing Nov. 5 to determine whether Cope should be confined to a psychiatric institution, defense attorney James Wronko said. A psychiatrist has determined that Cope has an extensive psychiatric history, and Somerset County Assistant Prosecutor Kathleen Holly said the state would not have him evaluated by another doctor, Wronko said Friday.
Reed will review the report psychiatrist Martin Weinapple prepared, indicating that Cope suffers from depression, bipolar affective disorder and cocaine use, Wronko said. Reed could render a decision after reviewing the documents and possibly hearing from both attorneys.
Cope is accused of shooting at his mother and holding his then-18-year-old girlfriend hostage in the incident that occurred on a Friday evening. He allegedly struggled with his father over one of the handguns and ordered the man to open a safe containing cash and other weapons, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest has said.
Cope fired several rounds, striking his girlfriend's cell phone, and his parents' home phone. Members of the Somerset County SWAT team, hostage negotiation unit and emergency medical team responded. The standoff ended after two hours, when a negotiator persuaded him to allow officers to deliver a pizza, Forrest has said.


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MATT CHIORINI, assistant professor of theater arts at Le Moyne College, was selected best director in Theatre Tampa Bay's Jeff Norton Awards. Chiorini directed "The Foreigner" for American Stage Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the summer.
MARTIN EUSON has returned the Southwest Area Transaction Advisory Services of Ernst & Young LLP. He is a senior manager at the division, which is based in Houston. He worked at Hess Corp., where he was a senior manager and tax attorney in the company's exploration and production business sector. Martin, a Syracuse native, began his career with Ernst & Young in October 2002. He is a graduate of Albany Law School.
Upstate University Hospital has been named among the top hospitals in the nation for bariatric surgery, receiving a five-star rating in a recent report by HealthGrades, a leading national independent source of physician information and quality outcomes. Upstate was one of 48 hospitals to receive a HealthGrades 2012 Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award. The honor is based on weight loss procedures delivered between 2008 and 2010.
BETH HILTON, executive director of Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed to the Central/Finger Lakes Regional Advisory Committee to help establish the New York Health Benefit Exchange.
DENNY NICHOLSON, dean of admission at Le Moyne College, received the Distinguished Service Award from the state Association for College Admission Counseling. Nicholson has been a member of the association's executive board, a college delegate, co-onsite coordinator for the annual conference and curriculum coordinator for the Summer Institute, responsible for the training of members to the high school and college admission counseling professions.
Hancock Estabrook, LLP lawyers selected to the 2012 New York Super Lawyers — Upstate list are.
CORA A. ALSANTE, elder law; DANIEL B. BERMAN, business litigation; JANET D. CALLAHAN, appellate; JOHN F. CORCORAN, employment and labor; MICHAEL L. CORP, estate planning and probate; RAYMOND R. D'AGOSTINO, health care; CATHERINE A. DIVINEY, health care; MARION HANCOCK FISH, estate planning and probate; PAUL M. HANRAHAN, personal injury defense: general; JOHN T. McCANN, employment and labor; WALTER L. MEAGHER, personal injury defense: general; JOHN L. MURAD JR., general litigation; TIMOTHY P. MURPHY, personal injury defense: general; ALAN J. PIERCE, appellate; JOHN G. POWERS, general litigation; MICHAEL J. SCIOTTI, employment litigation: defense; and DOREEN A. SIMMONS, environmental.
The first class of the Academy of Upstate Educators at Upstate Medical University includes:
Dr. KWAME AMANKWAH, of Jamesville, surgery, College of Medicine; DALE AVERS, of Syracuse, physical therapy education, College of Health Professions; Dr. ANN BOTASH, of Manlius, pediatrics, College of Medicine; MARGARET MAIMONE, of Tully, cell and developmental biology, College of Medicine; SUSAN MILLER, of Cortland, physical therapy education; JENNIFER MOFFAT, of Manlius, microbiology and immunology, College of Graduate Studies; CAROL RECKER-HUGHES, of Fayetteville, physical therapy education, College of Health Professions; and MARGARET WELLS, of Fayetteville, College of Nursing.


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I had the awesome and blessed privilege to attend The Newsboys God's Not Dead Tour last night. I must say it was AWESOME!
I had the awesome and blessed privilege to attend The Newsboys God's Not Dead Tour last night. I must say it was AWESOME!
The Newsboys are returning to Amarillo, Thursday night February 2nd at the Church at Quail Creek and it is going to be an amazing show! I had the opportunity to talk with The Newsboys drummer Duncan Phillips about the show, the new album and the change from former lead singer Peter Furler to Michael Tait (former DC Talk lead singer). Plus all the details about the show and a chance to win tickets.
It was Season 7 of American Idol that introduced us to David Archuleta. Then the battle went on and came down to David and David in the finals of American Idol that season. David Cook took home the prize and David Archuleta came in second. Although he has been keeping up with his music, he made a huge announcement at his concert in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday night. He announced that he is becoming a Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The Story of the birth of Jesus Christ has been told in so many ways. It has been told in writing in The Bible, through song, and through acting. Now somebody created this awesome video of how the story would have been told on facebook. I must admit it gave me chills.
When he was four, Colton Burpo almost died of a burst appendix. Vivid memories the now 12-year old had of going to Heaven, sitting in Jesus' lap, and meeting dead family members during this near death experience became the basis for the book 'Heaven is for Real,' which has been on the New York Times bestseller list for the past 52 weeks.
Now there is an 32-page illustrated children's edition of 'Heaven is for Real,' which Colton and his parents promoted on 'Today.'
The National Geographic Channel introduces a new show to it's airwaves tomorrow evening at 8pm central. It is called Pint-Sized Preachers and as you might have guessed it is little kids preaching. Some of these little kids are in preschool. Yes it is cute, but I'm not sure about this one.
I totally believe in freedom of religion and that people have the right to choose who they worship or who they do not worship. I for one believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost. I try my best to walk in that path on a daily basis. I do my best to keep my son on that path as well and part of that is Vacation Bible School-VBS, every summer.


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Former (?) choomganger Barry Obama tells Barbara Walters marijuana enforcement of recreational users is not a "top priority." Barry told Barbarack, "We've got bigger fish to fry."
Yeah. Like fish are dollars and individual liberties, and he's frying 'em up by the bucketful.
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President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a "top priority" of federal law enforcement officials prosecuting the war on drugs.
"We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama said of pot users in Colorado and Washington during an exclusive interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters.
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Newly signed Detroit Piston Ben Gordon was interviewed by WSCR in Chicago and had a few things to say about his new team, as well as some claims from his old boss (Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, mislabeled as old Chicago GM Jerry Krause)
August 5, Sports Radio Interviews: "I know we're gonna be a very high power offensive team, so we're gonna definitely get out, and run, and play uptempo, and try and score a lot of points. Just talking to coach Kuester, we're really gonna have to focus on rebounding the ball well and playing team defense, 'cause right now we're not a big team on our front line particularly.
So, we're gonna have to focus on really playing team defense and trying to create offense through our defense, but still playing that uptempo style, and kinda getting out on the break and having a good time."
Defense is said to be a major weakness for the current Piston team, but nobody really knows how the players will mesh or what type of defensive schemes new Piston coach John Kuester will implement. Though there are obvious weaknesses with some Piston players, defense is a team concept and players almost never stop opposing players one-on-one in today's NBA. So we will have to wait and see what happens this season.
Gordon also addressed the remarks by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, or one in particular.
Scoffing at Jerry Krause's claim that he would have had to share playing time with Jannero Pargo if he returned to the Bulls:
"Jannero's a great friend so I wasn't laughing at him, but just the statement in itself that I would have to fight for playing time after leading the team in scoring every year is kinda funny."
You can listen to the rest of the interview here, or read some other questions here.
NBA and Piston fans should keep an eye out on the progress of the early CBA(Collective Bargaining Agreement) talks that have begun. The early talks are vital to the NBA not having a lockout, which is a real danger. That would hurt the players, owners, fans and every job that relies on NBA games. Let's keep our collective fingers crossed.


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GUYMON, Okla. - Lyda Latrell Denton, 71, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Sunset Lane Baptist Church with the Rev. Lloyd Riddles, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors of Guymon.
Mrs. Denton was born Aug. 27, 1935, in Elmer, the daughter of Thelma Inez Hixon and Guy Thomas Hatton. She met David K. Denton in Texhoma, and they were married on Sept. 13, 1964, in Clayton, N.M.
Survivors include two daughters, Dianne Winchester of Turpin and Denise Cobb of Chesterfield, Ill.; two sons, Kenny Denton of Guymon and Denny Denton of Escondido, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Loaves and Fishes Food Cupboard, in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942.
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Your Sister's Sister regards a bereaved bloke (Mark Duplass) ferried to the Puget Sound cabin of his longtime best friend (Emily Blunt), where he immediately and drunkenly tumbles into bed with her lesbian big sister (Rosemarie DeWitt). The movie, by Seattle director Lynn Shelton (Humpday), takes this contrivance—the mumblecore equivalent of high concept—and works out the results as naturalistically as possible, even making the heroes' penchant for uniquely bad ideas into an ongoing subtext. If Your Sister's Sister feels good in the moment but doesn't hold up under scrutiny, that's probably because DeWitt's character, Hannah, is so indelible (and intelligently performed) that she throws the love triangle out of balance. By comparison, the other two thwarted lovebirds seem like a stock rom-com couple in slow motion. But DeWitt's in enough scenes, so you don't notice.
- Showing at: Laurelhurst, Living Room Theaters.
- Best paired with: Widmer Hefeweizen.
- Also screening: Barfly (Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Saturday, Aug. 18.)


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Tourism agencies of 20 New York counties have banded together for a statewide paranormal tourism initiative called the Haunted History Trail of New York State. The nearly 400-mile trail of year-round ghostly adventures includes five Central New York locations: the Landmark Theatre, Split Rock Quarry, Seward House Museum, Casey's Cottage and Fort Ontario.
Here are the ominous Haunted History Trail descriptions of our local haunts:
Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St.
The historic theatre, built in 1928, has had the people of Syracuse talking of haunting just years after it opened. After falling from a balcony to her death in 1930, Clarissa's spirit has been haunting the Landmark, often seen by workers and visitors.
Split Rock Quarry
Onondaga Boulevard, Solvay
Split Rock, a hazardous munitions plant, unexpectedly exploded in 1918, brutally killing more than 50 men. Today, the Quarry is nothing but rock with an old piece of machinery left called the Crusher. Visitors have reported the sound of footsteps and voices in the distance and the revving of the Crusher's engine which hasn't run since the horrific blast. 15 of the 50 workers were never identified and were buried in one grave.
Seward House Museum's Haunted History Tours
33 South St., Auburn
Take a walk up and down Auburn's historic South Street with the Seward Museum's staff and learn the grisly supernatural tales that permeate Auburn's local history and legends.
Casey's Cottage
120 Mexico Point Dr., Mexico
Nestled among giant oaks overlooking the Little Salmon River and Lake Ontario, Casey's Cottage at Mexico Point State Park was originally a carriage house for the nearby Mexico Point Club, which was destroyed by fire during the 1950s. The carriage house was turned into an 11th century manor house with unique medieval features during the 1930s.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site
1 E. Fourth Street, Oswego
Known as the "Guardian of the Northern Frontier," Fort Ontario was rebuilt several times since the first military fortress was erected in 1755. Hundreds of soldiers and civilians perished here during three centuries of military activity. Reported paranormal activity includes a woman who watches from an upstairs window, a child calling his cat, strange lights, music and apparitions in the cemetery.


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Catholic Church doesn't ordain women as priests
Catholic Church doesn't ordain women as priests
In regards to the June 4 religion section article entitled "A commitment to justice," the Rev. William James was quoted as saying, "I've done a couple of hundred retreats for nuns and see what wonderful priests they'd make."
I offer this quote from Pope John Paul II, "In order that all doubts may be removed, I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful" (On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone, Ordinate Sacerdotalis, No. 4). This quote can be found in the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults.
Within the article, Father James refers to Jesus as a radical. A radical exists within the confines of mortal human beings. Redeemer exists as Jesus, the Christ. And to quote Jesus, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
I believe that some priests work within the confines of man, while other priests work within the omnipotence of God. My prayer for you, Father James, and all other priests, is the latter.
Treat bicycle riders the same as drivers
Why do bicycle riders ride the streets and pay no taxes or buy license plates? We are losing large amounts of tax money by not taxing these bicycles. Our police department protects them with our tax money and gives them the right of way, yet we pay insurance and have to buy license plates. If the bicycle riders want to risk unsafe conditions, why don't they join the Army and go to war with the rest of taxpayers?
All states should make the bicycle riders the same as those who use cars or motorcycles. Register them and make them obey the same rules we do and pay taxes.


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Actroid F Female Telepresence Robot Looks Super Real, Creepy
When you speak with your family over a webcam they may be able to see your face, but they don't have a real body in the room with which they can interact. Why not give them a creepy robot to to talk to instead? Kokoro recently unveiled its Actroid F telepresence robot, a full sized female humanoid with complex facial movements and realistic appearance. Though it can't move from its chair, it can blink, shift its eyes and neck, bow, and even breathe. A webcam on your end watches your face and head movements and has the robot mimic them for your family. It's one of the most complex and human-like telerobots ever seen...and it really freaks me out. This thing is sort of the epitome of the Uncanny Valley, it's just real looking enough to trigger your "something's wrong with this person" alarm. Watch the Actroid F speak, nod, and smile in the videos below. Maybe I watched one too many Child's Play movies, but I would not leave this thing alone with my family.
Actroid F is a modified version of the Geminoid F female robot that we discussed earlier. A lot of effort has gone into making these robots simpler, cheaper, and easier to power. The air compressor and valves that control Actroid F's motion can run off of household electricity. Actroid F is also 30 kg lighter than other full scale robots in the Actroid/Geminoid series. The webcam setup for telepresence is meant to be as simple as possible while still providing the right experience for the user. To talk through Actroid F you need three cameras: one aimed at the speaker to pick up facial expressions and movements, another camera showing the Actroid's face so the user can see how the robot is conveying her emotions, and a final camera that shows a panoramic view of the robot interacting with people in the room. A little more complex than your standard Skype portal, but that's to be expected when you are speaking through a robotic avatar. Pay attention in the videos below to see how Actroid F can clearly pick out face and head movements, and adjusts its eyes to follow sound. This is a very life-like robot...which, again, is probably why it can be so eerie to watch.
This video was taken during the recent open lab at AIST on October 14th and 15th.
This preview for Actroid F came out a few months ago, and you can tell they've made some fine adjustments since then. The video does, however, give you a better feel for the camera setup and use of the robot as a telepresence vehicle.
Japan has a sort of developmental alliance/network that has repeatedly pushed the envelope when it comes to life-like humanoid robots. You'll almost always see Kokoro attached to these projects, along with AIST, ATR, and Osaka University. These four names keep cropping up in various pairings and collaborations as we've seen with the Geminoid F, the dancing HRP-4C, and the Telenoid. Japan looks to be trying to dominate the field of replicant robotics, and I think a lot of that can be traced back to Hiroshi Ishiguro. Ishiguro is one of the foremost names in realistic robotics in Japan (and the world) and is the mind behind the Geminoid and Telenoid (and probably a dozen other projects of which I'm not aware). What I find so interesting is that the research/industrial system in Japan is clearly willing to funnel a lot of money, time, and effort into projects whose products are...well...creepy.
Of course, they're creepy in a progressively realistic way, and that may be the key. It's going to take years, and many iterations of new robots, before we can develop a bot that actually looks really human. But Ishiguro (and Kokoro, AIST, ATR, Osaka University, and many other groups in Japan) aren't going to give up until they do. These guys are dedicated, have no doubt.
In light of that dedication, I'm willing to sit down and watch videos of bots that raise my hackles and have my hands itching for the pitchforks and torches. Yes, Actroid F is situated firmly in the Uncanny Valley, but the telepresence innovations it is exploring (face mimicry, emotive simulations, etc) are going to be very useful in the future. Give it some time and replicant robots will be able to act and talk with our voices in a way that we find endearing instead of alarming. Give them a few more years beyond that, and we will be able to make replicants that can be customized to look like each of us, so they can help us tele-communicate with people we love as if we were in the room with them. We're in the muddy part of the journey right now, but the path ahead is going to be worth the effort.
[Special alternative ending for robots only: ...Give it even a few more years beyond that and the replicants will be so human-like that they can murder the originals, take their place, and their families would never know. Doesn't that sound perfect?]
[image credits: Robo Times, Osaka University via Kokoro]
[sources: Robo Times, Kokoro]
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Discussion — 27 Responses
The technology has progressed quite quickly in the last few years, after a long decade or two of slow growth. The best 2D mimicry programs were in the ultra-creepy realm 10 years ago, and now the best of motion- and face-capture technologies are very realistic. 3D will follow that quickly – it won't be decades!
Great article. Thanks.
I don't mind the way it looks – but the way it moves is still firmly in the uncanny valley for me. Instead of the smooth motions you'd expect from a human being, it moves in little shocks and spasms to get where it needs to go. This might be because they're recording the motions of the human at the other end and the frame rate is limited – or perhaps the commands to speed up or slow down the servos are sent at a relatively low rate. Either way, I think it would look a -lot- better if they used simple cubic spline or hermite interpolation to smooth out the motion.
Just in time for Halloween!
By 2020-5, we won't be able to tell the different between human and robot appearance.
Pick your future: Babylon 5 or Blade Runner. :p
If we really are on an accelerating curve of technological development as computers and robots help design themselves, then some of us may actually get to see robots that are tough to distinguish from humans. I read 'Do androids dream of electric sheep?' (ala Blade Runner) and had a lot of sympathy for such robots, but I do not fear them at all. I look forward to such a future.
Still unfortunate that they cannot move their lips properly.
Also, maybe to make them more real, they should have pupils too. I mean, I know it sounds kind of cliche, but when I look into the robot's eyes it just looks soulless.
It IS soulless.
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I sat here in shock with a "you got to be kidding me" look on my face. in the top video, I would have sworn on a stack of Bibles that it was a human imitating a robot trying not to be jittery. It wasn't until the bot did it's bow in almost fluid motion that I actually reached that suspension of disbelief that it was human! I was almost ready to razz you that they had pulled the wool over your eyes. Two years, I'd guess, before the syncing is so seamless that they go from tackling Asian facial features to European facial features.
Matt Herndon
I find the concept of telepresence a bit off. Texting and online chatting take the "human" out of conversation enough as it is, and now we are being augmented by a machine? No thanks.
Pablo Pérez Benítez
Forget about teleprescence robotics as an appealing product, people will be much into the virtual side of things to care about this kind of gimmicks, but this kind of endeavors makes room for future bionics like… some day you had an accident and literally loose your head, thanksfully that same morning you have made a back up of your mind so it's just a matter of implanting a customized bionic head into your fleshware body and download your mind into it.
It's not that creepy. So it move a little funny. So what? It's one of those things that if you saw it all the time you'd quickly grow used to it. The uncanny valley idea is really over-hyped.
No need to make frightened chimpanzee noises and hurl poop.
Tal Tamir
and this is supposed to be somehow more practical then a video chat? would it even be cheaper than a 3d holographic projector?
This puts that weirdo gender/race/everything neutral creepy ass casper tele-presence bot to shame. I wonder what strange effects this might have on a long-distance relationship if you were being represented to your significant other for a long time as the opposite sex.
Sue Long
yeah she has a pretty face but no brains…..I agree with Blade Runner theme, also Duplicity, Stepford Wives, I Robot, etc come to mind… WHY in Gods' green earth would anyone want this? What practical purpose can this possibly have; just to replace humans? There are not enough jobs for the humans now, why would we want something like this to replace us? This thing can do nothing on its own that its creator has not programmed into it; it can only mimic. I agree with the comment of a soulless look to it; IT has no soul. We are each created by God, to have a purpose on this earth, to help each other, to be able to think and reason which is why we are not related to monkeys-this thing is only an empty shell. It is part of a subculture that is trying to brainwash people into believing they are worthless, useless, have no meaning or purpose and therefore are expendable. God is our creator and He did not make us robots so that we mimic what has been programmed into us; we can think and make choices. We can reject or accept, He gives us this free will to choose. He wants us to have a personal relationship with Him which gives us great value and worth; not some mindless robot that takes that away. We cannot be replaced in Gods' eyes; we are too important to Him, every one of us, from the moment of conception to the day we die.
Technology can help raise our standard of living if implemented right. It's self-righteous religious zealots like you who are destroying our world. Unemployment is only an issue because you women breed far more than necessary, which contributes to the overpopulation crisis we have now, but you're way too wrapped up in your sex lives to understand this. Please, just stick to your fairytales and leave the robots and us technophiles alone.
But can she cook?
Cook? There's no bar fine, no sick buffalo stories, and no need to worry about short time vs long time. Having to make your own Panang Gai is a small price to pay.
My ? is what are they planning on doing with these once they have been completly human like. It will really be sooner than you think before you wont be able to tell the difference. What are the intentions of these machines? I dont think people should move into that part of tecnology yet. I still think as a group we need to raise our levels of awarness for our planet before we enter this realm and possibly destroy ourselfs. We have a lot more inside work to do on our own souls first. I am not anti-tecnology I just think you shouldn't give a toddler matches.
Deckard: [narrating] The report read "Routine retirement of a replicant." That didn't make me feel any better about shooting a woman in the back.
The author closes by saying:
[Special alternative ending for robots only: …Give it even a few more years beyond that and the replicants will be so human-like that they can murder the originals, take their place, and their families would never know. Doesn't that sound perfect?]
Is the author condoning murder — sounds perfect to him?! How about re-thinking that one?
Tom Reinhoudt
These is some astounding technologies!
i fear that those things that happen in matrix and animetrix will come true. where robots will have a revolution and rebel against humans. ><
I must say, I expect abit better than references to 'uncanny valley' from singularity hub. Its not even that creepy, anyway; atleast not for me. No more than those automated vacuums. I think the shockingly good face does more than half the job though, I find the smile and the cast of the eyes particuarly convincing
More human than human?
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Gamble, Jordan, Brennan, Michael and McAdam, Rodney (2016) A rewarding experience? Exploring how crowdfunding is affecting music industry business models. Journal of Business Research. ISSN 0148-2963
Harris, Michael (2016) The Auld Alliance: Organ music from Scotland and France. [Audio]
Hails, John (2016) Nine for ones in nine: a schizophrenic cyborg love story. In: Guest lecture, 20 April 2016, Edinburgh Napier University. (Unpublished)
Ferguson, Paul (2016) Real-time long-distance music collaboration using the Internet. Transactions on Innovation in Music, 2 (1). (Submitted)
Harris, Michael (2016) The complete organ sonatas of August Ritter. [Audio]
Poulopoulos, Panagiotis and Durkin, Rachael (2016) 'A very mistaken identification': The 'Sultana' or 'Cither viol' and its links to the Bowed Psaltery, Viola d'Amore and Guittar. Early Music, 44 (1). ISSN 0306-1078 (In Press)
Burton, Katrina (2015) Madlener House. [Composition]
Ferguson, Paul (2015) Real-time teaching of musicianship and audio engineering using LOLA – 'LOw LAtency audio/ video streaming. In: 26th UK AES Conference on Audio Education 2015 Glasgow, UK., 26th to 28th September 2015, Glasgow, UK.
Ubik, Sven, Allochio, Claudio, Ferguson, Paul, Smith, Emma and Urban, Ondrej (2015) eMusic Open Call Deliverable OCI-DS3.2 Final Report. Project Report. GEANT.
Brechin, Sandy, Martin, Ronan, Agnew, Chris and Currie, John (2015) The Keilidh. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Hails, John (2015) Sh. [Composition]
Atton, Chris (2015) Writing about popular music: continuity, change and convergence in a digital age. In: Musikkritik: Historische Zugänge und systematische Perspektiven. Anklaenge: Wiener Jahrbuch für Mikwissenschaft . Mille Tre Verlag, Vienna, pp. 11-32. ISBN 9783900198428
Medbøe, Haftor (2015) The compass of Nordic tone: jazz from Scandinavia. In: Nordic Research Network 2015, 18 - 19 February 2015, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK. (Unpublished)
Hails, John (2015) enlightenment. [Composition]
Burton, Katrina (2014) Making Connections. [Composition]
Medbøe, Haftor and Dias, Jose (2014) Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination. First Monday, 19 (10). pp. 1-26.
Medbøe, Haftor (2014) Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz. In: Rhythm Changes 2014 - Jazz Beyond Borders, 4 - 7 September 2014, Amsterdam NL. (Unpublished)
Ashton, Nicholas (2014) Why Benjamin Britten's War Requiem still resounds today. The Conversation.
Hails, John and Hopkins, Gerard Manley (2014) Pied Beauty. [Composition] (Unpublished)
Medbøe, Haftor (2014) Jazz Scenes and Networks in Europe: Repackaging Independent Jazz – New Strategies for Emerging Markets. In: KISMIF conference: Underground music scenes and DIY cultures, 8 - 11 July 2014, Porto PT. (Unpublished)
Atton, Chris (2014) What can we learn from 'unpopular' music and its audiences? In: Studying Music: An International Conference in Honour of Simon Frith, 10-12 April 2014, University of Edinburgh. (Unpublished)
Burton, Katrina (2014) from Webern to dance to Burton. [Composition]
Medbøe, Haftor (2014) Popular music provision at Edinburgh Napier University: observations and points of enquiry. In: Popular Music Pedagogy, 24 January, 2014, University of Edinburgh. (Unpublished)
Atton, Chris (2014) Curating popular music: authority and history, aesthetics and technology. Popular Music, 33 (3). pp. 413-427. ISSN 0261-1430
Durkin, Rachael (2014) A barretone, an instrumentt of musicke: its history, influences and development pre-1750. The Galpin Society Journal, 67. pp. 85-272.
Burton, Katrina (2013) Dialogue for bass clarinet and bassoon. [Composition]
Atton, Chris (2013) Cultures of Listening: The popular aesthetics of 'difficult music'. In: Languages and Literature Seminar Series, 2 October 2013, University of Strathclyde. (Unpublished)
Medbøe, Haftor (2013) The promoter as cultural conduit: between jazz and a hard place. In: Jazz Talks: 1st university of Aveiro jazz conference, 8 - 9 November 2013, Aveiro PT. (Unpublished)
Medbøe, Haftor (2013) Cultural identity and transnational heritage in contemporary jazz: a practice-based study of composition and collaboration. PhD thesis, Edinburgh Napier University.
Ferguson, Paul (2013) Using Low-Latency Net-Based Solutions to Extend the Audio and Video Capabilities of a Studio Complex. In: Audio Engineering Society International Convention #134, 4-7 May 2013, Rome, Italy.
Medbøe, Haftor (2013) Groovin' High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular. In: Rhythm Changes 2013, 11 - 14 April 2013, Salford UK. (Unpublished)
Durkin, Rachael (2013) The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered. Galpin Society Journal, 66. pp. 139-147. ISSN 0072-0127
Atton, Chris (2012) Listening to 'difficult albums': specialist music fans and the popular avant-garde. Popular Music, 31 (3). pp. 347-361. ISSN 0261-1430
Harris, Michael (2012) Organ Recital Mainzer Dom. [Performance]
Hails, John (2012) EMG. [Composition]
Medbøe, Haftor (2012) Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style. In: International Musicological Society, 1 - 7 July 2012, Rome, Italy. (Unpublished)
Eccles, John (2012) Poetry and symmetry as organizing forces in music. MPhil thesis, Edinburgh Napier University.
Brechin, Sandy, Smith, Alison and Currie, John (2012) BBC Radio Scotland - The Golf Show - Theme Tune. [Audio]
Brøvig-Hanssen, Ragnhild and Harkins, Paul (2012) Contextual incongruity and musical congruity: the aesthetics and humour of mash-ups. Popular Music, 31 (01). pp. 87-104. ISSN 0261-1430
Harkins, Paul (2012) Extending the Term: The Gowers Review and the Campaign to Increase the Length of Copyright in Sound Recordings. Popular Music and Society, 35 (5). pp. 629-649. ISSN 0300-7766
Harkins, Paul (2012) La transmission perdue et retrouvée. (Transmission lost and found). Réseaux, 172 (2). p. 92.
Tsiros, Augoustinos, LePlâtre, Grégory and Smyth, Michael (2012) Sketching concatenative synthesis: audiovisual Isomorphism in reduced modes. In: 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference, 11-14th July 2012, Aalborg University, Copenhagen.
Medbøe, Haftor (2011) Cultural identity and creative autonomy in Nordic jazz. In: Rhythm Changes: Jazz and National Identities conference 2011, 1-4 September 2011, Amsterdam NL. (Unpublished)
Harris, Michael (2011) The Organ Music of William Wolstenholme. [Audio]
Hails, John (2011) DUO1. [Composition]
Atton, Chris (2011) Big noise, little worlds: genre and the cultural politics of territory in the live experience of "extreme" music. In: The business of live music, 31 March - 2 April 2011, University of Edinburgh. (Unpublished)
Atton, Chris (2011) Fan discourse and the construction of noise music as a genre. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 23 (3). pp. 324-342. ISSN 15242226
McGarvey, Pat, Stewart, Katherine, Butler, Rory, Purcell, Chris, Macfadyen, Craig, Fivey, Steve and Currie, John (2011) Pencaitland - Southern Tennant Folk Union. [Audio]
Stanley, Jane (2011) Pentimenti for Two Pianos. [Performance]
Brechin, Sandy, Currie, John, Brady, Peter, Chalmers, Sheila, Wilkinson, Ewan and Werner, Richie (2011) The Sunday Night Sessions - Sandy Brechin and Friends. [Audio]
Hammond, Drew (2011) Watershed (2011) for Two Pianos. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Artt, Sarah (2011) The future sound of retro: Daft Punk, Tron: Legacy and the sound of science fiction. In: Sonic Futures: soundscapes and the languages of screen media, 23 - 26 June 2011, King's College London/Birkbeck. (Unpublished)
Harris, Michael (2010) Hail, gladdening light: Anthems from St Giles'. [Audio]
Fitch, Lois and Hails, John (2010) Failed Time, Successful Time, Shadowtime: An Interview with Brian Ferneyhough. In: Contemporary Music: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 319-330. ISBN 978-0754604976
Burton, Katrina (2010) Miniatures for Horn Trio. [Composition]
Harkins, Paul (2010) Microsampling: from Akufen's microhouse to Todd Edwards and the sound of UK Garage. In: Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction. Ashgate, pp. 177-194. ISBN 978-1-4094-0340-1
Burton, Katrina (2009) 951912 for orchestra. [Composition]
Brechin, Sandy, Wilkinson, Ewan, Katz, Mike and Currie, John (2009) Hard Times Come and Go. [Audio]
Burton, Katrina (2008) 74 Front Street (for solo cello). [Composition]
Burton, Katrina (2008) NY10128. [Composition]
Zammit, Veronique (2008) Towards a notion of cultural soundscape as an informant to original music composition - with particular reference to that of the Maltese Islands. PhD thesis, Napier University.
Gibb, Marjory Patricia (2008) An appreciation of Telemann's recorder music in relation to the development of modern techniques in this genre ans the inclusion of programmatic and new-Baroque elements. MPhil thesis, Edinburgh Napier University.
Hails, John (2008) BE GOOD. [Composition]
Atton, Chris, McCleery, Alistair, Mabweazara, Hayes and Ward, Simon (2008) Creative Futures: Building the Creative Economy through Universities. Project Report. Million+, London.
Hails, John (2008) EMG 2008. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Harris, Michael (2008) Great European Organs No 75. [Audio]
Duncan, David Thomas (2008) Variations for Two Pianos by David Thomas Duncan. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Ashton, Nicholas (2007) Robert Crawford: works for piano. [Performance]
Harkins, Paul (2007) Todd Edwards & the microsample: speed & spirituality in UK Garage. In: Oslo, Norway, 18th - 20th October 2007, University of oslo.
Beeston, Michael, Bailey, Mark, Burrin, Phillip and Mutter, C (2007) Frontiers and Bridges. [Audio]
Guerney, Tristan, Langridge, P, Owen-Norris, D and Layfield, M (2007) Songs from the pleasure garden. [Audio]
Brechin, Sandy and Currie, John (2007) Electric Landlady - The Sensational Jimmy Shandrix Experience. [Audio]
Bailey, Mark, Beeston, Michael, Burrin, Phillip and Mutter, C (2007) Embracing the unknown. [Performance]
Pape, Gerard and Ferguson, Paul (2007) Machenbach IV. [Performance]
Ashton, Nicholas (2007) John White's Sonata no 108 "Reminiscenza di tempi di tango". (1983). [Performance]
Beeston, Michael, Bailey, Mark, Burrin, Phillip and Mutter, C (2007) The cold dancer. [Audio]
Harris, Michael (2006) Concert 1 August 2006 – Rassa. [Performance]
Burrin, Phillip, Bailey, Mark, Beeston, Michael and Mutter, C (2006) Sohal's String Quartet No.2. [Performance]
Davismoon, Stephen (2006) Towards the water's edge. [Composition]
Beeston, Michael, Bailey, Mark, Burrin, Phillip, Mutter, C and Dempster, Kenneth (2006) Clarinet and String Quartet. [Performance]
Davismoon, Stephen and Rodger, J (2006) Love Eurydice. [Composition]
Davidson, Lindsay (2006) Towards a fusion of western classical/contemporary and traditional Scots bagpipe composition techniques: "Manntaireachd". PhD thesis, Edinburgh Napier University.
Malcolm, Calum (2006) Messiah (Dublin version 1742). [Audio]
Burton, Katrina (2006) Moon Palace I. [Composition]
Soto-Morettini, Donna (2006) Popular Singing: a practical guide to Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Gospel. A & C Black, London. ISBN 978-0713672664
Burton, Katrina (2006) "Floating sculptures". [Composition]
Malcolm, Calum (2006) High. [Audio]
Rodger, J and Davismoon, Stephen (2006) Patricia's Songs. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Brechin, Sandy, Marwick, Gavin, Agnew, Chris, Taylor, David, Brown, Alan and Currie, John (2006) Unstoppable - Burach. [Audio]
Bailey, Mark, Beeston, Michael, Burrin, Phillip and Mutter, C (2005) Five senses. [Performance]
Harris, Michael (2005) Organ Concert 23 September 2005. [Performance]
Burton, Katrina (2005) As Time Passes. [Composition] (Unpublished)
Burton, Katrina (2005) Moon Palace II. [Composition] (Unpublished)
Fitch, Lois (2005) Adorno and Deleuze: a dialectical relationship in the music and thought of Brian Ferneyhough. In: Fourth Biennial International Conference on Twentieth Century Music, 25-28 August 2005, University of Sussex.
Malcolm, Calum (2005) Mozart Wind Concertos. [Audio]
Bailey, Mark, Beeston, Michael, Burrin, Phillip and Mutter, C (2005) Hans Gal – the complete string quartets. [Audio]
Davismoon, Stephen (2005) '...a common treasury ... fragmented'. [Composition]
Dempster, Kenneth (2005) Six feet of blood. [Performance]
Beeston, Michael, Bailey, Mark, Burrin, Phillip and Mutter, C (2005) McEwan's Fantasy Quintet. [Performance]
Ferguson, Paul and Hook, Dave (2005) In Perpetuity. [Composition]
Dempster, Kenneth (2005) Six feet of blood. [Composition]
Dempster, Kenneth (2005) The Cold Dancer. [Composition]
Wilkinson, Ewan, Brechin, Sandy and Currie, John (2005) It Never Snows. [Audio]
Burton, Katrina (2004) The Chrysler Cycle. [Composition]
Burton, Katrina (2004) Water, reflected. [Composition]
Dempster, Kenneth (2004) Peer Gynt. [Composition]
Harris, Michael (2004) An Edinburgh celebration. [Audio]
Davismoon, Stephen (2004) The transmutation of the 'old' with the 'new' in the modernist vision of Edgard Varèse. Contemporary Music Review, 23 (1). pp. 45-58. ISSN 0749-4467
Ferguson, Paul (2004) Bartok & Kodaly. (Linn Records CKD 234). [Performance]
Soto-Morettini, Donna (2004) The Clowns of God – Jerry Springer the Opera. Contemprary Theatre Review, 14 (1). pp. 75-87. ISSN 1048-6801
Burton, Katrina (2003) doing what has to be done. [Composition]
Burrin, Phillip, Bailey, Mark, Beeston, Michael and Mutter, C (2003) Perseverance. [Performance]
Hails, John (2003) De contemplationis digitis. [Composition]
Malcolm, Calum (2003) Britten - Les Illuminations. [Audio]
Bailey, Mark, Beeston, Michael, Burrin, Phillip and Stanzeleit, S (2003) Kenneth Leighton: Piano Quintet, Piano Trio, Piano Quartet. [Audio]
Burton, Katrina (2003) the eyes are filled with images. [Composition]
Hails, John (2003) Lovesongs. [Composition]
Atton, Chris (2003) A bit of the crust: mostly improvised… mostly composed…. The Sound Projector (11). pp. 38-39.
Hails, John (2002) Cantus 1. [Composition]
Dempster, Kenneth (2002) Seven fans for Alma Mahler. [Composition]
Atton, Chris (2002) Review of "Progressive Rock Reconsidered". Popular Music, 21 (3). pp. 386-388. ISSN 0261-1430
Ashton, Nicholas, Beeston, Michael, Burrin, Phillip and Mutter, C (2002) Chamber music performances with the Edinburgh Quartet. [Performance]
Burrin, Phillip, Bailey, Mark, Beeston, Michael and Stanzeleit, S (2002) Kenneth Leighton, Quartets 1 & 2, Seven Variations for String Quartet op. 43. [Audio]
Ferguson, Paul (2002) Castle: By Fire and Sword. [Audio]
Harris, Michael (2002) The organ at St Giles. [Audio]
Ashton, Nicholas (2002) Chaconne: in memoriam Colin O'Riordan. [Performance]
Atton, Chris (2002) What's left of the new left. The Sound Projector (10). pp. 120-121.
Hails, John (2001) Der Heimat zu. [Composition]
Burrin, Phillip, Bailey, Mark, Beaston, M and Stanzeleit, S (2001) Scottish string quartets. [Audio]
Atton, Chris (1999) Herein(g) the Sonic Arts Union: an anthology of transformations. The Sound Projector (6). pp. 28-30.
LePlâtre, Grégory and Brewster, Stephen A (1999) Perspectives on the design of musical auditory interfaces. International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems, 4. pp. 227-239. ISSN 1373-5411
Soto-Morettini, Donna (1996) Slipping Into something comfortable: Identity and popular culture. Lipa Press. ISBN 978-0952816201
Atton, Chris (1988) Some answers to some questions about improvised music. Improvisor (8). pp. 32-40.
Atton, Chris (1988) Improvised music: some answers to some questions. Contact: a journal of contemporary music (33). pp. 13-17. ISSN 0308 5066


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Seventh grader Davis Warmuth, 12, enjoys watching football but he said it seems like someone has to be carried off the field every game because of a concussion.
His research into concussions and how to prevent them placed him as a semi-finalist in the 2013 Broadcom Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars competition. He is one of 300 semi-finalists from across the nation and the only one from West Virginia.
Warmuth is the son of Richard and Debra Warmuth of Wheeling.Working together with his family, he built a swinging contraption to test how different materials used in athletic helmets react to impact. He tested sports impact gels, different kinds of foam and air pads. Surprisingly he said the best results came from using egg crate foam which has just the right amount of cushion and firmness.
"I was really surprised," Warmuth said. "The materials being used in helmets aren't the best ones. Even the stuff in your own home can work better than the components used in sports."
As he performed impact tests, Warmuth said he also tried combinations of different materials and said the use of air foam with egg crate foam yielded some of the best results.
Warmuth attends St. Vincent de Paul Parish School in Elm Grove where he initially entered his project into the school-level science fair. After that he moved on to the diocesan science fair for the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and the regional science fair at West Liberty University.
Warmuth then participated in the Broadcom MASTERS Competition. In order to enter, Warmuth said he had to fill out a form describing his project, what difference it makes, what conclusions he came to in his research, what theories he tested and how.
St. Vincent de Paul Parish School Principal Rebecca Beabout said Warmuth will learn this week whether he placed as a finalist in the Broadcom MASTERS Competition. If he is a finalist ,Warmuth would compete in a national science fair in Washington, D.C., meet state representatives and have a chance to win $25,000.
So far Warmuth's research into concussions and impact prevention earned him a Material Science Award, the Broadcom MASTERS Opportunity, Second Place in the Physics division and then his semi-finalist placement.
Even as he waits to find out about his impact project Warmuth said he is already working on his next project.


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The March of Dimes Missouri Chapter is pleased to announce that Stacy Abeles has joined the organization as Director of Special Events. Abeles brings a wealth of event planning and development experience to the Missouri Chapter having previously held similar positions at Gateway to Hope and The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, both in St. Louis, MO.
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Prestige Yacht Coatings Thunderhill Raceway is set to kick off night #2 on Saturday June 9, brought to you by Palmer Johnson Yachts. The night will feature $1 Coors Light! Looks to be some warm weather this weekend and theirs nothing better than a cold beer on a hot night. The track has also upgraded its food menu, so be sure to check out the yummy additions.
Opening night saw Algoma's James Lee Tebon take home top honors in the Kelsey Racing IMCA Modifieds. Tebon who has several feature wins switched from a Victory Chassis to a Slick Chassis for the 2012 season.
2009 Champion Gretz of Kewaunee put on a dominating performance in the Algoma Motors IMCA Stock Cars. Gretz drives a Ford powered machine with a chassis that him and his younger brother Kraig built.
They say old race cars never die, they just go faster and Sturgeon Bay's "The Kid" Randy LeMieux Jr. proved that taking home the feature win driving for Darrel Massart in the Butch's Auto IMCA Sport Mods. The chassis originally started as a Pro Chassis in the early 2000's and was raced as an IMCA Mod by Mike Mashl. Massart then bought and raced the car several years taking home many wins. It was then sold and purchased by Keith Kickbush who ran it for 2 seasons as a Sport Mod. Massart then bought the car back and with LeMieux behind the wheel picked up the teams first win on opening night. This is why the car number is "218" 2 which is notorious with the Massart Family and the 18 which is LeMieux's car number.
Algoma's Travis Hackett took home the main event in the Livine's Ice IMCA Hobby Stocks. Hackett is in his third year in the division was a title contender all the way to the final point night in 2011. Hackett wheels a FAST Chassis which is built by former Street Stock Champion & current IMCA Stock Car Driver Dave Bouche. Bouche has built several winning Championship cars for such drivers as Craig Paque and Keith Kickbush.
Maplewood's Dennis Weidner made a memorable win in the Lackie Rentals & Remodeling Street Stocks. Dennis who suffered a mechanical failure in the heat race borrowed his daughter Naomi's IMCA Hobby Stock to run the Street Stock feature. When the dust settled Weidner held on for the win in an under powered car and is the point leader for the first time in his career.
Clintonville's Calvin Stueck scored a clean sweep in the Feisty Fours. Stueck is the defending Champion at Thunderhill and he has 4 feature wins and is sitting second in points at Seymour Super Speedway, making him one of the top dogs in the Four Cylinders.
For more information, visit the track's website at www.racethunderhill.com. Thunderhill is located at the John Miles Fair Park on Sturgeon Bay's east side with racing in the six divisions beginning every Saturday night through the summer. IMCA Modified, IMCA Stock Car, IMCA Northern Sport Mod, IMCA Hobby Stock, Street Stock and Feisty Fours in action. Pit gates open at 3:30 P.M. racing starts at 6:00 P.M. You can also follow ThunderHill Raceway on Facebook and Twitter.


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Bainbridge parkland committee has complex task ahead
Committee will advise park district on parkland acquisition and development.
The shape of Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District could change drastically over the next few years.
The district plans to begin taking over open space from the city; the state may unload Fay Bainbridge and Fort Ward parks to the local agency this summer; and funds will begin flowing into district coffers from a levy lid-lift passed last year to pay for more park land.
Involved in that third vein, seven community members will share the responsibility of molding future Bainbridge parks.
The Parkland Acquisition Committee (PAC), a group selected by the park board through a public application process, will advise the district on how to spend hundreds of thousands – eventually millions – of taxpayer dollars to bolster the island's park inventory. The committee includes citizens familiar to the island's public sphere, including chair Cyndy Holtz, who serves on the city's Open Space Commission. But several are newcomers from a variety of backgrounds, including soccer coach/attorney Bart Freedman and real estate agent Bill Touchette.
While PAC will be dealing only with the acquisition and development of new land, its task will be complex.
The seven citizens (and two park board members) will have to fit real estate opportunities into the priorities of the park board, park users and the public at large.
"That's going to be tough," said park board member Ken DeWitt, who sits on the PAC. "But they knew going into this that there won't be enough money to meet all the demands people have. So they're just going to have to be creative."
The Park District now has a clear picture of what resources will be available.
District Executive Director Terry Lande is projecting $1.17 million from the levy in 2009. The district has promised taxpayers that it will spend 75 percent of the new revenue on acquiring land and developing new and existing parks – roughly $875,000 this year. Of that money, the park board has decided to designate $775,000 for acquisition and large-scale development (think Pritchard Park improvements, building projects, etc.), leaving $100,000 for small projects such as playground equipment repairs.
The leftover 25 percent of 2009 lid-lift money – about $291,000 – is slated for maintenance and general operations. Lande said the bulk of that money will pay for staff to manage the new park land. New staff will be brought on as properties are acquired. Unspent money will be carried over to the next year.
Lande said it is unlikely that the district will begin any large development projects this year, but it hopes to get some small projects completed. Land acquisition is the top priority for the levy money, Lande said.
To that end, the PAC is in the midst of developing a nomination form, which any member of the public can use to suggest a piece of land for purchase. Cyndy Holtz said all island properties will be open for nomination, even if it's not for sale. The nomination form will be reviewed at the PAC's March 24 meeting and the PAC plans to host community forums to cull more suggestions.
"This group is very interested in public input," Holtz said.
Once nominations are gathered, the PAC will research the properties, weigh them against community priorities and develop estimates for how much it would cost to develop and maintain the land. Then recommendations will be submitted to the park board for a final decision.
In its first few meetings, PAC members have been focused on educating themselves on existing island open space studies.
The group has pored over the park district's 2008 user survey and newly revised comprehensive plan along with studies and surveys from the city.
On Saturday the committee took a tour of Winslow with Neil Johannsen, who served on a 2007 "Greening Winslow" task force, which found a need for new parks in the downtown area to accommodate future population growth.
Johannsen showed the committee a number of downtown properties – public and private – that the task force felt had potential as park space.
At its March 24 meeting, the PAC will hear from the city's Non-motorized Committee. Non-Motorized Committee Chair Don Willott said he hopes the PAC will look at the need for an island-wide network of neighborhood trails, connected to main arterial trails for pedestrian and bicycle use.
Meanwhile, the park board has supplied the committee with its own list of priorities for acquisition: adding park land in the Winslow area, adding land to existing parks outside Winslow, creating new parks near city-designated commercial centers (Island Center, Lynwood Center and Rolling Bay) and providing easements and right-of-ways for new trails and park connections. Parcels with water access will also get special consideration.
Holtz said the mass of information provided to the committee has been more encouraging than overwhelming.
"It's really nice that all of this work has been done recently, because we don't have to go out and reinvent the wheel," Holtz said.
Also encouraging is the state's real estate market. While the economic slump has been tough on island developers, it could prove a boon for the park district as it looks for good value on new parkland, said board member Lee Cross, who served on the city's Open Space Commission. She said the market is much more inviting now than it was when the city was purchasing open space.
"We were competing actively with developers who were trying to go after the same property," Cross said. "There are now developers who have bought property but can't build who might come to us."
With priorities solidifying, property nominations coming soon, and levy money on its way, the PAC will soon be ready to wade into the market.
Johannsen, a former director of Alaska State Parks, said he is impresseed by what he has seen from the PAC thus far and hopes the group will bring in as much public input as possible. He said he was especially encouraged that the members appear to represent a cross-section of island park users.
"I'm pleased to see there's a lot of fresh faces," Johannsen said. "Often when you start to dig into public-policy issues, it seems like you see a lot of the same people at every meeting. There's new blood here."
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JACKSON -- Life residents, blinded by familiarity, may not notice a few of Jackson's quirks.
One such quirk is Jackson's fondness for ice cream sunduhs.
Nearly every city loves ice cream, but never have I heard people anywhere share Jackson's pronunciation of "ice cream sundae."
The rest of the world calls it a "sunday," but some people in Jackson say "sunduh."
The sunduh-sayers are not unanimous or even a majority, but they are common enough to jar the ears of outsiders and newcomers.
Once I asked a teenager working at The Parlour how many people order sunduhs and how many order sundays.
"There's a split," she said. Then she shrugged. "It's like tomato and tomahto."
With respect to Jackson's most famous ice cream feedery, I reject that analysis.
My dictionary says tomato and tomahto are alternate pronunciations for a "red or yellow pulpy berry." (Side note: A tomato is a berry?)
The same dictionary lists "sunday" for the ice cream treat and has no listing for sunduh. The dictionary says the word "sundae" dates from at least 1897 and is probably derived from the day of the week.
How did Jackson's pronunciation develop? I consulted the experts.
Danny Amanati, owner of Frosty Boy at 1201 Cooper St., said he doesn't care what customers call his product as long as they like it and buy it.
"I've never paid attention," Amanati said. To be polite, I promised to buy a quart of homemade ice cream when Frosty Boy opens for the season.
Logan Dodge, an employee at Cascades Ice Cream Company at Cascades Falls Park, said customers who say "sunduh" tend to be older.
"Maybe it's a Midwestern way of saying it," Dodge said. To be polite, I ordered a Dome Malt.
At Dairy Queen, 106 N. Elm Ave., Manager Stephanie Mills agreed "sunduh" is most common with older customers. She is living evidence the pronunciation is more local than Midwestern.
"It sounded odd to me at first," Mills said. "I'm from Wisconsin." To be polite, I ordered a Buster Bar.
At Swiss Treat, 4005 Lansing Ave., I discovered owner Greg Vancalbergh himself says "sunduh."
"I grew up saying it that way," Vancalbergh said. "Sometimes I tease people when they say 'sunday.'" To be polite, I ordered a soft-serve cone.
Intense research (translation: Google) shows at least one other location in the world says "sunduh." That place is St. Louis, Mo.
My working theory is "sunduh" was once far more common in Jackson than it is today. Perhaps its origins were influenced by southern inflections of people who came from places like Kentucky to work in factories.
Of course, more research is needed to confirm this theory. I love being polite.


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Ladysmith councillor Rob Johnson is concerned about scooter safety.
Ladysmith councillor Rob Johnson is concerned about scooter safety. As the community ages, he sees more seniors using electric scooters to get around town and hes worried about their safety and the safety of passing pedestrians.
Id like the province to consider standardized safety rules, regulations and maybe even a licensing program, said Johnson. Right now scooters are not recognized under the Motor Vehicle Act, like bikes, so they must be driven on the sidewalks and I can see that causing problems. These devices can get up to 30 kilometres an hour. My nightmare would be to see someone with a baby-stroller step out of a store and get hit by a scooter.
At its Dec. 2 meeting, Ladysmith town council supported Johnsons idea and is now preparing a draft resolution to be presented at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Municipalities conference in March. If approved by the AVICC, it would go onto the Union of B.C. Municipalities, which makes recommendations to the provincial government to make new legislation.
Johnson said its too early to say what the regulations would look like, but he envisions some kind of certificate of competency issued to scooter operators who would take a basic test.
I hope by bringing this issue forward we can open up debate on the subject, said Johnson. We have to look after the safety of our seniors and the safety of the public.
While the motion to draft a resolution was passed by council, councillor Doug Fraser did not support the idea. He wanted more information and statistical data on the risks and the affect regulations would have on the community.
Im not opposed to the idea, but Id like to know the consequences something like this would have on our community, he said.
There are too many unanswered questions. Will we have to upgrade our sidewalks? And what happens to those seniors who dont pass the test. Many people in our community rely on scooters to get around.
Because the RCMP does not track scooter accidents and electric scooters are a relatively new means of transportation, there are no hard numbers, said Johnson.
I dont want to create more problems for people. I just want to ensure everyone is safe, he said.
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Gerard Depardeu, net worth $120,000,000, has moved to Belgium to escape France's new 75% tax rate. Mr. Depardeu is a pal of Fidel Castro, visiting Cuba to go hunting with the dictator and his equally bloodthirsty brother Raul: "They're just normal people", he reports.
Depardeu did not say, "You know, not many people knew it, but the Führer was a terrific dancer" – Mel Brooks said that.
No word whether Castro's other Hollywood admirer Sean Penn will be moving in next to Gerard, but if Penn has a chateau in France, count on it.


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Week 10 You Pick Em Results
A pair of outcomes (Hoggard's win over West Brunswick and Midway beating Trask) surprised most pickers this week. Only four people — myself, Jeff S., Logan Kissner and Wildcat1 — got seven games correct. Wildcat1's impressive week allowed him to hold on to his 3-game lead on myself, Mike Price, uncw-1 and Hotterhand. We will pick eight games in Weeks 11 and 12. Week 13 will feature four games (we will re-pick). The total from that week will be added… Read More »


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HAMILTON — To some, it's a little like starting a farm in the Mohave Desert.
But when Steve Rivera, whose Jackson Township-based Elite Wrestling Club has produced 16 NJSIAA placewinners in the last two seasons alone, was looking to expand, he didn't chose the fertile wrestling grounds of Bergen County, Northwest Jersey or hotbeds to the south.
Instead, Rivera, who won a Division III national championship for The College of New Jersey in 1992, chose the relatively barren wrestling landscape of Mercer County.
Rivera and staff will offer two-hour sessions to wrestlers of all ages every Monday night through July 29 at Game Time Performance on Route 33. The club also will offer sessions from September to the start of the high school season in late November.
"Anybody can go to a hotbed and do this," said Rivera, 45, a former state champion at Manalapan High School. "That's the very reason I came out here. I want to grow wrestling.
"People think the wrestling out here will never be good, but we're out to change that mentality. The Jersey Shore wasn't always the way it is now. It took someone to invest in the community and show them the way. Once that happened, others followed."
Rivera, who has worked with Trenton High state champion Ray Bethea and his placewinning brother Maaziah, Hopewell Valley's Mike Markulec and Lawrence's Gordon Wolf among others, will try to do for Mercer County what guys like Tony Caravella at Brick Memorial, John DeMarco at Toms River South and Denny D'Andrea at Manalapan did for the Shore Conference.
Markulec, Maaziah Bethea and Ray Bethea are the three winningest wrestlers in Mercer County history.
"The kids who come want to be here," Rivera said. "You don't just open a wrestling school and watch it take off. It takes time. We'll coach champions one kid at a time, and then work on building teams. If there are kids who want to wrestle, we will find a way to make that happen.
"Most kinds in Mercer County haven't seen what we live with at the Jersey Shore, but once they do, they're just like any other kid. It's refreshing to be here. The excitement of people wanting us to be here is thrilling."
Rivera said he had 10 wrestlers at his first Game Time Performance session. It grew to 20-25 over the next two. Wrestlers from elementary to high school — all with varying degrees of experience — get coached the Elite way.
"You can just see that Steve loves the kids and isn't in it just for the money," said John Milazzo of Hamilton, whose sons Anthony and Jack work with Rivera. "Steve will work with every kid during a practice, not just the advanced ones. It's what every parent looks for in a coach."
At a recent Mercer County session, wrestlers from Robbinsville, Mansfield, Hamilton were rolling around on the Elite mats.
"Just come watch him work with the kids for 15 minutes and that speaks for itself," said Danny Rodriguez, a Princeton middle school coach, who works with Rivera. "Steve's biggest attribute is honesty. He will always tell you exactly what you need to work on. The kids who come here, from beginner to expert, will get better.
"There are a lot of guys who wrestled, but that doesn't mean they can translate that to coaching. Look at him … he's captivating. Kids feel like a million bucks when they leave here."
Rivera, who excels at teaching both the technical and mental aspects of wrestling, is a fundamentalist at his core. Former Rutgers University wrestler Matt Pletcher is also on the Elite-Hamilton staff.
"You're never too big for fundamentals," Rivera said. "We try to show kids what wrestling values can do. We start with the basics here, but we already have kids placing in tournaments.
"At the Jersey Shore, young wrestlers grow up with all this pressure. They instantly either think they stink or they're great. When we come here there isn't a single kid who thinks he's the man, because they don't know what the man is."
Rivera said coaching is about building relationships. Twenty years ago, while working with wrestlers in Toms River, he coached a kid named Frank Edgar, who went on to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship Lightweight title (which he held for nearly two years). Rivera has been in Edgar's corner ever since.
"You gain trust at this level and as a kid gets older he counts on that trust," Rivera said. "We're going to teach you to believe in preparation. We will teach you technique. We will teach you about the trials and tribulations of the sport. By the time you get to high school you will be ready."
Rivera noted that Rider University and the Princeton Amateur Wrestling Society have been attempting to foster wrestling in Mercer County for years.
"With us out here and with Rider and PAWS there is a triangle that will create competition and that is good for wrestling," Rivera said.
"People say Mercer County will never be like the Shore and for now we have to agree," he added.
"But never say never."
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NEWARK — A 41-year-old woman was found shot to death in the hallway of her apartment in Newark Wednesday night, authorities said.
Kamilah Ali was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m., at University Hospital in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor's office said.
Ali's body was found about a half hour earlier, in the hallway of her building, located on the 800 block of South 17th Street, the prosecutor's office said.
The Essex Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting in conjunction with the Newark Police Department.
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Again I come late to the gabfest, this time about the Hamas-IDF confrontation in and around Gaza. So much has already been said, and it falls in the usual categories: the thinly didactic, the fatuous, the banal, the shrewd and, especially, the emotional. The usual irrational Jewcentric crap, of all four sorts, too, can be readily identified: the anti-Semitic, the philo-Semitic, the chauvinist and the self-hating. For those who have endured this conflict in its several manifestations for a wilderness of forty years (or more), the whole thing—the Jewcentric mutterings very much included—is still as heartbreaking as ever. It is also something well worth ignoring for the sake of one's sanity, which helps explain why I am so late to the keyboard. I tried mightily to resist writing this note; I failed.
So what is there to say after all? I can think of three, possibly useful, things to discuss.First, in this age of instantaneous amnesia in the segmented American cyberswirl, where the backstory to any telegenic foreign event has long since disappeared into the historical ether, it's useful to restate for the inexpert observer a little of the relevant history. Not knowing the basics makes it seem like both sides of the conflict are made up of a bunch of hateful and insane yet regrettably determined extremists. As appealing as this description may be to those with no dog in the fight and who have an appetite for violent entertainment, and as apt as it may seem upon substituting the words "one side" for "both sides" to pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian partisans, it is not really accurate. Knowing the history shows why what's going on is a tragedy rather than a simple, if protracted, act of mutual madness. Both sides are adept at making highly rational tactical calculations, but they find themselves trapped in a merciless strategic framework that turns every temporary advantage into a pointless sacrifice of blood and hope.Second, it is worth pointing out what is both new and true in essence about the current round of fighting. This round of fighting both is and is not the same 'ol same 'ol.Third, it is also worth thinking through what it would really take to turn this current crisis into an opportunity. There is a way, I think, to transform the aforementioned strategic framework so that this sort of thing actually stops happening on a fairly regular basis. But it is a way that requires multi-party coordination, boldness, courage and foresight. That is another way of saying that while a way out of the mutual Israeli-Palestinian zugzwang is possible, it's almost certainly not going to happen.A Very Little History
The history of Gaza goes back a very long time, all the way to Samson and the Philistines, and even, if you like the Muslim tradition, to the time of Jonah. Why? Because according to the folk traditions of the region, the great fish of Biblical lore barfed out the contrite prophet in what is today Khan Yunis, one of Gaza's largest towns. For present purposes, however, all you need to know is what I call the following Fourteen Points:
- first, that Gaza was designated part of the Arab state when the United Nations Special Commission on Palestine (UNSCOP) divided the British Mandate of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states in 1947;
- second, that the results of the 1948 war left Gaza outside of Israel's security perimeter, but inundated by refugees from Jaffa, Ashqelon, Ramla, Lod and elsewhere, leaving Gaza today with a self-identifying refugee population nearly triple that of the West Bank;
- third, that while the West Bank was soon annexed by Jordan and the Arabs there given Jordanian citizenship, Gaza was occupied by Egypt and its residents were not offered Egyptian citizenship;
- fourth, that in due course, after the July 1952 Egyptian revolution, Gaza became a source of the fedayeen attacks on Israel that led in part to the October 1956 Sinai War, even as Nasser's Egypt used Gaza as a lever to advance its bid for pan-Arabism under Egyptian leadership;
- fifth, that while the IDF overran Gaza in the Sinai War, it evacuated it along with the Sinai Peninsula in 1957;
- sixth, that as part of the June 1967 War the IDF again overran Gaza, but did not evacuate it when, eventually, after the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty of March 1979, the Sinai was finally returned in full to Egypt in April 1982—and the reason was, essentially, that Egypt refused to take Gaza back;
- seventh, that as part of a "revisionist" Zionist effort to prevent Israel's relinquishing any further land seized in 1967, Israeli settlements (eventually totaling 21 in all) were established in Gaza;
- eighth, that the IDF military administration of Gaza was relatively placid until the eruption of the first intifada in December 1987, after which the costs of the occupation began to exceed any reasonable calculus of benefits, until, at long last……;
- ninth, in August 2005, after an exceedingly difficult and protracted political debate within Israel, the Sharon government unilaterally disengaged Israel from Gaza after a negotiated arrangement proved impossible;
- tenth, that almost immediately after the settlements were dismantled and the IDF was out of Gaza, buildings that had been used as synagogues were desecrated and primitive mortars were fired from Gaza into southern Israel;
- eleventh, that in January 2006 Hamas won a legislative election in Gaza in a vote that never should have been allowed to occur, since Hamas rejected Oslo Accords the framework agreement that established the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the first place—there is plenty of blame to go around for this inexcusable blunder, not to exclude both the Israeli government and an utterly feckless PLO, but the lion's share of it falls on President George W. Bush and his disastrous early-elections-no-matter-what "forward strategy for freedom";
- twelfth, after the Hamas victory Israel, the United States, the PLO and Egypt began to collude in a strategy to unseat Hamas in Gaza, but Hamas pre-empted this effort with a coup in the summer of 2007—after which it immediately closened its relationship with Iran and accelerated rocket attacks on southern Israel;
- thirteenth, in December 2008 Israel launched Operation Cast Lead against Gaza to suppress the source of escalating attacks against it, hopefully to topple the Hamas government, and in any event and to re-establish its diminished deterrence reputation writ large; and
- fourteenth, an Egyptian-mediated, U.S.-supported ceasefire ended the fighting and Israel withdrew all forces from Gaza by March 2009 in accord with a ceasefire that more or less held until about a week ago.
What's New and What's True
With this basic though completely inadequate history now in mind, let's list what is both new and true about the current situation.
Everyone who really understands the underlying strategic realities of the present crisis knows that the best that can be achieved for now is another Hamas-Israeli ceasefire, after a suitable amount of pain and blood have been exacted. There is no possibility of a genuine reconciliation between Israel, with whatever government it may elect, and Hamas, at least as long as Hamas remains what it is: a particularly nationalized Palestinian form of the Muslim Brotherhood, itself a deeply authoritarian and atavistic movement. Now, it is true, as I have written before that significant changes are afoot in Arab culture, not least of them the fact that religion as a political symbol has been decisively pluralized. All sorts of interesting things percolating into Arab politics, even some positive ones, could flow from that in due course—but not very soon, not easily, and not smoothly. If we wait until a liberal democratic force rises to governance in Gaza, or even in the West Bank for that matter, we'll be waiting not just until the cows come home, but until their bovine progeny learn to churn their own butter.Nor, for the time being, is there any prospect of the PLO regaining control over Gaza and uniting the PA under a single political-territorial umbrella. Indeed, this whole business in Gaza weakens the PLO in the West Bank, through probably not fatally so. Not that a reunified PA would then want or be able to waltz itself into a final settlement with even a center-left Israeli coalition. But it would at least be a thinkable prospect.Given those realities, the prospect is for ceasefire followed by mini-war followed by ceasefire followed by another mini-war and so on, with each successive burst of violence more destructive than the one before. With all due respect to my old friend, Ehud Ya'ari, his most recent whack at the piñata in Foreign Affairs really doesn't amount to much. Yes, it'll be harder to get a ceasefire now thanks to the uncertainties of the Egyptian role, but so what? Another ceasefire will be born only to be broken.So is there any way off this treadmill? Yes, there is.I promised above that I would comment on whether Israeli decision-making in this crisis has been wise or not. Well, not being in the midst of the process makes it impossible for anyone to really bring judgment; it is, as already discussed, a hellishly complex problem set, with lots of moving parts and uncertain causal vectors. But if the Israeli government is going to whack al-Jabari but not seek an overthrow of Hamas rule, then what it is really trying to do is persuade the next cast of Hamas characters to enforce a ceasefire a lot more strictly, and not let the smaller groups running around the place drag Hamas policy by the nose. A bombing campaign is the right sort of tool to accomplish that limited objective, but a ground incursion would be doing too much for too little. It wouldn't change the basic dynamic. At best it would buy more time for the next ceasefire, before the next mini-war. Either way we're talking about management techniques, not attempts at a real solution. We're talking, ultimately, about the hell of half measures.The only way to really end the cycle is to remove the Hamas government in Gaza. If Israel is going to move into Gaza on the ground, the aim should be to occupy the area for as long as it takes to change the tone of governance there. That simply cannot happen, however, unless the operation simultaneously manages to empower the PA to the point that it can reassert itself in Gaza and then set up a Palestinian state whose nature is pre-negotiated in private with Israel and is ratified in effect, if not formally at first, by the Arab League. Of course, the U.S. and Egyptian governments would have to be in on this from the start, and America's regional allies and associates would have to be carefully and discretely briefed, and their timely public support secured.So what, in very simple terms, would this plan look like as it unfolds to an unsuspecting observer?Day 1: The IDF mounts a massive invasion of Gaza.Day 1+4 : Gaza is secured; the Hamas government ceases to exist.Day 1+5: Directly on the heels of this clarifying act of violence, Israel and the PA, in Jerusalem, announce preliminary agreement on a peace settlement that includes new borders more or less along the 1967 lines (only as regards the former Israeli-Jordanian armistice lines), the withdrawal of Israeli settlements and settlers from areas inside Palestine, the application of the right of return only to Palestine, the bi-national administration of the Old City of Jerusalem and the permanent granting of sovereignty to God and God alone, the demilitarization of the Palestinian state, and an irrevocable quit-claim on both sides to any further aspect of the conflict. Both sides commit to seeking parliamentary ratification at the earlier possible moment. Phased implementation of the agreement is to start immediately upon ratification and take no longer than one year. The turnover of Gaza to PA administration and full withdrawal of the IDF is to occur as soon as possible.Day 1+6: Israel exchanges diplomatic recognition with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Morocco, Yemen, Oman, Tunisia, Iraq, Kuwait and, if it can be arranged, Lebanon, Sudan, Algeria, Libya and Qatar.Day 1+10: The Arab League endorses the Israel-Palestine accord and announces the formation of an Egyptian-led peacekeeping force to advance the transition of Israeli-occupied Gaza to a PA-controlled Gaza. NATO agrees to participate temporarily as an adjunct of the Arab League force, particularly for its assistance in training PA police and self-defense forces (short of an army). (If someone wants to get a UN imprimatur for any of this, fine; but under no circumstances should UN personnel be seriously involved in any of this.)Day 1+12: Israel and the EU deepen their association agreement; the PA announces new legislative elections for the first all-Palestine parliament for Day 1+120. Meanwhile, the PA and the PLO Executive Council endorses the peace deal until such time as the Palestinian legislature can ratify it.The purpose of this whirlwind process would be to jolt everyone's imagination so hard and so fast that the usual objections to everything new would be temporarily deprived of oxygen. The idea is to create a new psychological reality with a shock, and to do so along the lines of an agreement that all serious people have known for years must look pretty much the way this one looks, as described just above. If the painful concessions of both sides can be grouped and made simultaneous, there is a much better chance that leaders in concert can spin the result to make the deal stick against the crush of opposition—some of it no doubt violent—that will inevitably arise.If it were carefully enough planned and executed by adroit and courageous leaders, could this shock peace actually work? I believe it could, yes. Is there any chance of something like this really happening? Of course not.1For more detail on this point, see chapter 12 of my Jewcentricity; my "How to Deal with the Arab-Israeli 'Condition'", in David Pollock, ed., Prevent Breakdown, Prepare for Breakthrough (Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus #90, December 2008); and Robert Satloff, "Middle East Policy Planning for a Second Obama Administration: Memo from a Fictional NSC Staffer", Policywatch #1995, November 9, 2012.


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For a few fleeting moments, the Syracuse Crunch looked like it might be able to hang with the Hershey Bears on Friday.
Those moments came and went much too quickly, though, much like the team's effort itself.
The Bears snapped an early tie with three unanswered goals to frustrate stumbling Syracuse and trot out of the Onondaga County War Memorial with a 4-1 win.
It was another disjointed effort by a Syracuse team that on paper might be as deep in talent as it gets all season. Hershey sucked the spirit out of the Crunch by quickly responding to a tying goal in the first and then turning some overaggressiveness into a vital power play goal in the second.
Asked to sum it all up, Syracuse defenseman Bryan Rodney quickly came up with a recurring theme this season: "Embarrassing.''
"We stood around. We didn't do enough to win. They would have beat us if they came in and played (just) OK,'' Rodney said. "We've got guys in here who stand around and watch their linemates or d-partners do the work. We're paying the price right now.''
While Crunch was snakebitten on several offensive chances, the game turned on two seesaw moments.
Hershey dominated Syracuse 15-6 in shots during the first period, but the Crunch should have broken even in that stretch after Patrick Maroon deflected a shot by Nick Schaus past Bears netminder Braden Holtby for a power play goal at the 18:52 mark to knot the game at one.
Just 49 seconds later, though, Hershey's Tomas Kundratek blew a shot from the right side of the net past Crunch goalie Iiro Tarkki for a 2-1 Hershey lead.
The exchange was reminiscent of the Crunch's inability to handle tight situations in a 4-3 loss to Adirondack on Wednesday. In that contest, Syracuse allowed the Phantoms to score 26 seconds, 36 seconds, and 2 minutes, 44 seconds, respectively, after each of its three goals.
"A goal should breed excitement, momentum,'' Rodney said. "We're sort of hoping that's happening, instead of making it happen.''
Syracuse forward Matt Kennedy had a tie game on his stick with 3:34 left in the second. He bore in alone on Holtby, but fired wide right.
"Little things like that happen now,'' Kennedy said. "You get frustrated out there. That would've been a real big goal for us.''
Instead, it only underscored another bad turn. Less than a minute later, Syracuse's Mark Bell and Hershey's Brett Flemming tussled. Bell came out of the altercation with two roughing minors, while Flemming got only one.
Graham Mink took that chance and ran with it, crashing the crease to easily knock in a power-play goal at the 18:54 mark.
"I thought the turning point was Bell's penalty,'' said Syracuse coach Mark Holick. "That seemed to deflate us a little bit. We had a little push, and we didn't sustain it.''
With the Crunch's offense in no mood to growl back at the Bears, the two-goal lead might as well have been three times that big. Syracuse tested Holtby with just 25 shots.
"You can't expect to score three or four goals on 25 shots a night,'' Holick said. "When you are second to the puck, which we were in the first period, you don't generate a lot of offensive zone time.''
The third period included one moment of drama that everyone could have done without.
On a race into the end boards, Schaus caught Hershey's Boyd Kane in an odd position and splattered him hard. Kane was down for a few minutes, got up briefly, and quickly collapsed back down to the ice.
Kane had to be helped up and led off the rink. Bears coach Mark French said the initial diagnosis is that Kane is OK.
"I guess I just caught him not expecting me to hit him,'' Schaus said. "He was trying to make a play. When you do that, you leave yourself vulnerable.''
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