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"A beautifully written glimpse into heaven that will encourage those who doubt and thrill those who believe."
Ron Hall, coauthor of Same Kind of Different as Me
"Do you remember the hospital, Colton?" Sonja said. "Yes, mommy, I remember," he said. "Thats where the angels sang to me."
When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they werent expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followeda story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boys trip to heaven and back.
Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgeryand authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read.
With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how "really, really big" God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Coltons uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, "Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses."
Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a child.
Todd Burpo is pastor of Crossroads Wesleyan and a volunteer fireman. He and his wife, Sonja, have four children: Colton is an active teenager; he has an older sister, Cassie; a younger brother, Colby; and a very special sister he met in heaven. Sonja Burpo is a busy mom and pastor's wife. A certified elementary teacher, Sonja is passionate about children's ministry and helping women work through the difficulty of miscarriage.
Lynn Vincent is the New York Times best-selling writer ofHeaven Is for Real and Same Kind of Different As Me. The author or coauthor of ten books, Lynn has sold 12 million copies since 2006. She worked for eleven years as a writer and editor at the national news biweekly WORLD magazine and is a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Deise5 Stars Out Of 5I loved!July 13, 2016DeiseQuality: 0Value: 0Meets Expectations: 0This review was written for Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back.I loved and really enjoyed the experience of reading this book. In my opinion God is much bigger and powerful than theology can say or try to show about Him! So I could match almost all of the experiences writen in the book with the scriptures; I said "almost all" because I have to read and study more and find the rest. The Bible gives us new things everytime we read, so I am sure there are many more information to learn and match.
I hope you may enjoy the book as I did!
ajthompsonSouth DakotaAge: 25-34Gender: female1 Stars Out Of 5HeresyFebruary 8, 2016ajthompsonSouth DakotaAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 1Value: 1Meets Expectations: 1This review was written for Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back.There are so many things in this book that don't line up with Scripture, but I'd like to focus on a few key things that anyone reading their Bible would know. There are only 3 accounts in the Bible where someone actually saw heaven: Ezekiel, Paul, and John. Each of them had an attitude of fear and awe. They were trembling and afraid of the mightiness of God. God did not give them a little chair to sit on next to the Holy Spirit. They fell on their faces like dead men. This book lacks the proper response to seeing the holiness of God face to face.
Another thing you would know from reading your Bibles, is that it is not God's plan to bring people back from the dead to tell others about heaven. When Jesus told the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, the rich man asked Abraham to send Lazarus to warn his brothers. Abraham told him that if they do not believe Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe someone who comes back from the dead. Jesus is telling us that all we need for faith is the Scriptures, not near death experiences.
Musonda5 Stars Out Of 5Heaven is for Real: A little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and backDecember 1, 2015MusondaQuality: 0Value: 0Meets Expectations: 0This is an excellent first hand account of heaven told by a little boy, so you don't his opinions or fears, just the way it was.
yunie-agenda ibu rumah tangga3 Stars Out Of 5Heavenly tripNovember 25, 2015yunie-agenda ibu rumah tanggaQuality: 3Value: 3Meets Expectations: 3This review was written for Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back.As I read the extraordinary experience of a little boy, who had a short trip to heaven while he was being operated, I felt his book is like a "wake up call" for me personally. A wake up call to be the best I can be as I live, why? Because heaven is so real! We never know when we will finish our earthly life and be there too, right?
This in one of the book I would recommend reading for those missing their loved ones: miscarriage, sudden death, and those facing sickness and deathbed.
Susan Gruener5 Stars Out Of 5A must!April 14, 2015Susan GruenerQuality: 0Value: 0Meets Expectations: 0This review was written for Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back.This is the most compelling book I've read on the reality of Heaven. This is a very good read and easy to read by everyone. The events little Todd remembers after his time in surgery are amazing and can't be explained. You will love this book and pass it on to others to read, as I have. The movie about the book did not do the book justice. If you liked the movie, you will love the book!
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Northern Illinois students attending the Orange Bowl won't have to pay admission.
The school says it is giving each student one free ticket for the game against Florida State on Jan. 1, hoping to lure Huskies fans to Miami for the first BCS game in the program's history and the first ever by a Mid-American Conference team. NIU's enrollment is 23,850.
The Huskies found out they were going Sunday after finishing 12-1 and winning their second straight MAC championship. Rod Carey, who served as offensive coordinator the past 12 games and has been the line coach for two years, will make his head coaching debut. He replaces Dave Doeren, who took the North Carolina State job.
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An investigator looks through debris of a UPS A300 cargo plane after it crashed on approach at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala. in August 2013. Federal investigators are looking at pilot fatigue as one possible factor in the fatal predawn crash.
WASHINGTON The pilots of a UPS cargo jet that crashed last August complained about the companys tiring work schedules at the start of the fatal flight, and then made errors shortly before the plane flew into a hillside and burst into flames, according to information presented at a hearing Thursday.
The pilots were killed in the pre-dawn crash as they tried to land at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., where the main runway was closed for maintenance. Capt. Cerea Beal Jr. was attempting to land on a second, much shorter runway that wasnt equipped with a full instrument landing system to help keep planes from coming in too high or too low.
UPS pilots typically land at airports without the aid of a full instrument landing system only about once or twice a year, according to information presented to the National Transportation Safety Board. The pilots also failed to complete a last step in programming the planes computer system for the landing. Without that step, the computer couldnt provide critical navigation help, witnesses said.
The pilots realized the computer couldnt help them but didnt abort the landing and try again, which would have been the preferred and expected action, testimony indicated. Beal also set the descent rate for that runway too high 1,500 feet of altitude per minute rather than the recommended 1,000 feet. That put the plane below the minimum safe altitude for its flight path. Moments later, the plane struck the tops of trees and an alert sounded that it was about to hit the ground.
Oh, did I hit something? Beal said, according to a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder. Then 3 seconds later, oh, oh God. The recorder then cut off as the plane crashed.
Beal had complained to First Officer Shanda Fanning shortly after the flight left Louisville, Ky., that cargo pilots arent given as much time to rest between work shifts as federal regulations require for pilots at passenger airlines, the transcript showed.
Fanning agreed. She said she had good sleep the previous night but woke up tired anyway.
Regulations governing pilot hours should be across the board, Beal said, to be honest, in my opinion, whether you are flying passengers or cargo or, you know, box of chocolates at night.
Beal had recently expressed concern about the schedules at the cargo carrier, according to a summary of investigators interviews with witnesses.
About 7 weeks before the accident, he told a colleague that the schedules were becoming more demanding because they were flying up to three legs per night, according to summary of interviews compiled by investigators. Beal said, I cant do this until I retire because its killing me, and had a similar conversation with another colleague the night before the accident, the summary said.
In text messages at 11:18 a.m. the day before the crash, Fanning described her exhaustion in text messages retrieved by investigators.
I fell asleep on every damn leg last nite, she wrote. Bed by 645ish, now (hash)8 up, slept like 4 (hash) hrs.... Van isnt till 8 tonite so hoping i will nap again this afternoon, she texted, referring to a van that was scheduled to pick up the flight crew at their hotel and take them to the airport.
The pilots reported to work about at the airport in Rockford, Ill., just before 9 p.m. CDT on Aug. 13. From there, they flew to Peoria and then to Louisville, Ky. They were finishing their third and last scheduled leg when the plane slammed into the hillside just before 5 a.m. on Aug. 14.
UPS officials cautioned against concluding the pilots were fatigued, and therefore prone to error.
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Are you wary of black cats, first steps, empty ovens and opened ladders? Do you smell the Havdalah candle after it is extinguished? Do you believe that the number 13 is unlucky? You're hardly alone. Superstitious behavior permeates almost every facet of our lives.
The ancient Greeks used just two words to explain both good and bad fortunes, as well as the unexplainable events of every day life: "the gods." They built an entire hierarchy of ritual and practice to appease their gods and engender good luck. Animal sacrifices to the gods were regularly made to ensure success in battles with their enemies, as well as to ward off bad luck and misfortune.
It's nice to think that mankind has advanced past all of that, but we all still believe, in one way or another, in some kind of superstition. And most of us actually like it that way. But in 2012, when you can find an explanation for anything with a click, why are we still superstitious?
An empty oven yields an empty larder.
A bird in the house is a sign of a death.
An acorn at the window will keep lightning out.
A joint study between the University of Texas and Northwestern University showed that people who feel a lack of control try to impose some kind of order through superstition and ritual. "It's about gaining control through mental gymnastics," says Adam Galinsky, professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Through a series of six experiments, Galinsky and co-author Jennifer Whitson, professor at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, showed that people who lacked control of a situation were more likely to see images that did not exist, imagine conspiracies and develop superstitions.
"This suggests that lacking control leads to a visceral need for order —even imaginary order," adds Whitson.
And so we wear our lucky, 24-year-old Kelly green jersey to the next Eagles home game because the team has almost never lost a game when we've worn the smelly relic, and it smells because we fear that cleaning it will wash away some the shirt's mojo.
It's all part of the universal ritual of sports fandom.
"Superstitions give us a feeling of control when we may not actually have control," says Stuart Vyse, a professor of psychology at Connecticut College and author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition. "They give us a sense that at least we're doing something."
If someone sneezes while telling a story, they're telling the truth.
Eating garlic will ward off evil spirits.
Never eat from a piece of bread over which you have recited a brachah unless it has been halved.
"When it comes to superstitions, I believe in the ones that have a source in tradition," says Rabbi Yitzchak Goldenberg, director of Chabad of Lawrenceville, in Lawrenceville, N.J. "They are based on a belief that there's a relationship between the physical and spiritual.
"And there are so many, such as not pouring a beverage with your hand under the bottle," Goldenberg explains, "because that is how water is poured over corpses before burial. Also, there is not having two people dressing a person at the same time, because that is part of burial preparation."
But there are less morbid ones. "Some of the more famous 'thou shall nots' include opening an umbrella under a roof, polishing shoes right before a trip, spilling salt and eating the ends of bread," adds Goldenberg. "Sleeping with your socks on is thought to bring on forgetfulness, while smelling the Havdalah candle after it is extinguished is said to enhance your memory.
"I believe in all of the ones I've mentioned," Goldenberg continues, "including keeping a Chitas in the car along with a tzedakah box for safety."
Are superstitions and the many "thou shall nots" ever a topic at the synagogue (Young Israel of Lawrenceville) where the rabbi is spiritual leader? "There are various places that mention superstitions," says Goldenberg, "some from the Talmud. I'm ready to speak about them to my children or my congregation whenever it comes up."
In order to be gifted with children, a bride must carry an egg in her bosom on the way to the chupah.
If a woman finds an egg with a double yolk, and then eats it, she will be blessed with many healthy children.
Jewish superstitions share one particular concept with many other cultures through many generations: the Evil Eye. At its core, the Evil Eye is a look or glance intended to bring harm or misfortune, either out of malice or jealousy. The roots of the superstition trace back to ancient Greece and Rome, where it was thought that the gods (there they are again) used the Eye to punish those who had become too prideful and boastful. But the belief in the Evil Eye is common to almost every continent except North America; Mohammed warned about the Evil Eye in the Koran, recommending a bath for believers to counter the effects of the stare. Ashkenazi Jews believe excessive praise makes one vulnerable to the superstition and repeat the phrase "kin ahora ('no Evil Eye')" when praising others, to assure the recipients that they have no envious glances in store for them. Spitting three times — 'puh, puh, puh" — is also said to ward off the effects of this malevolent glance. Red threads are often attached to clothing or cribs to protect babies from the ahora.
Italians, especially Sicilians, have strong superstitions about the mal occhio ("bad eye") or the jettatore ("projection") and attack it with a familiar hand gesture — the mano cornuto — that extends the index and little finger like horns. The Evil Eye is also a powerful superstition among Hindus, who will offer a bowl of milk to an "admiring" glancer to ward off the threat of an envious stare.
You can also fight off the Nazar Boncugu (Turkey), Bla Band (Iran), Mal Ojo (Spain), Mauvais Oeil (France) or Busen Blick (Germany) with an amulet or talisman such as a hamsa, most popular in the Middle East and Africa. The hamsa, also known as "The Hand of God," "The Hand of Miriam" or "The Hand of Fatima," is a hand-shaped symbol with an Evil Eye on the palm, worn most commonly as a necklace. A stylized Evil Eye necklace or a red Kabbalah bracelet are other kinds of modern-day amulets used to chase away evil. Boldface names from Madonna to Mick Jagger, Ashton Kutcher, Kelly Ripa and Kim Kardashian are frequently seen in public wearing such jewelry.
If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, you will have good luck all year.
If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
A horseshoe hung in the bedroom will keep nightmares away.
Even the world of politics is not immune to the suggestive power of superstition. Arizona Sen. John McCain is known to carry a lucky rabbit's foot, a lucky penny, a lucky feather and a lucky compass with him, sometimes all at once. McCain, the 2008 Republican candidate for president, also clings to a ritual on every election night in which he has run for office. As the votes are being tabulated, he's at a local theater, catching a movie.
Should the bride leaving the chupah touch the groom's hand first, she will dominate the home, but if he touches her hand first, he will be in control.
If the groom steps on the bride's foot while under the chupah, he will control her, but if she steps on his foot, she will control him.
If the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony, the marriage is doomed.
Actors, especially stage actors, are notoriously superstitious, but also reluctant to reveal their specific avoidance lest they jinx the entire process. They have their own fear of the Evil Eye, too, in the form of peacock feathers. The theater superstition warns against bringing peacock feathers onstage as a prop, costume or part of a set, lest chaos ensue. The feathers contain an oval shape in their center, the Evil Eye, which brings a curse upon the production it's in.
Everyone has heard of the theater tradition of wishing actors good luck with the phrase "Break a leg!" symbolizing bowing — one foot behind the other, breaking the leg line — after a performance. But there are other, weirder superstitions that haunt the realm of the footlights. Whistling on- or off-stage is considered bad luck, because it could get someone fired from a show. In pre-technology times, stage cues were given to theater technicians by the stage manager using whistles. And an ill-timed whistle could spell a stage disaster.
But the most feared theater superstition involves just one word: Macbeth. Theater folk believe that saying "Macbeth" in a theater will result in very bad luck. Actors traditionally refer to the play in interviews as "that Scottish play" or "the Bard's play." The history of that belief traces back to Shakespeare himself — and to witchcraft. The Bard was said to have gotten the inspiration for the witches' cauldron scene in the play ("Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble") from an actual coven of witches who supposedly cursed the play when they saw it. The remedies for the curse are equally bizarre: exiting the theater building, spitting, cursing and spinning around three times; begging to be let back inside; running around the theater building counter-clockwise three times; or saying the name three times while tapping oneself on the left shoulder.
It is bad luck to build a house where no one has built before.
If you sweep the house with a broom in May, you will sweep the head of the house away.
It's bad luck not to look someone in the eye and drink after a toast.
Baseball and hockey seem to contain the most superstitious rituals and habits in all of sports. Many baseball players believe in the power of the lucky bat, hat, shirt, glove or puka shell necklace, but players are split on the most common of their superstitions: stepping on the foul line. For every player that always avoids stepping on the foul line, there is another who intentionally steps on it whenever he hits the grass.
Pitchers, whose game day routines and quirky habits are often the stuff of legend, are part of baseball's most frequently visible superstitions. Pitchers often keep to themselves in the clubhouse and in the dugout on the days they pitch, and their teammates are usually wary of disturbing any part of a pitcher's self-imposed isolation. Most pitchers find an empty section of dugout bench and rest there between innings, and are rarely even approached by a teammate. And should a pitcher find himself pitching a no-hitter, not even the manager or bench coach will approach him. Baseball broadcasters also feed into the no-hitter jinx — they avoid ever mentioning the no-hitter on the air, and have to find other ways to tell their audience about the rare pitching feat in progress.
Hockey has its share of peculiar superstitions, such as growing beards and banging goalposts, but two of its most enduring rituals are pure Philadelphia.
Kate Smith, for example. Every Philadelphia Flyers fan knows the legend of Kate Smith and the incredible record that the team has when Smith's version of "God Bless America" is played before a Flyers home game. Since 1969, when Smith's singing opened nine of the Flyers' home games, the team's most famous good luck charm has returned a record of 92 wins, 28 losses and four ties. And the Flyers continue to play her famous recording at games to this day.
Former Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall had a pre-game routine that involved loudly banging his stick repeatedly on all of the goalposts of the goal he defended, believing it brought him good luck. Nearly every goalie today performs that ritual when they enter a game. Many goalies also believe in talking to their goalposts before and during a game, a superstition started by Montreal Canadiens goalie Patrick Roy.
Hockey players have built a cult of superstition around shaving their faces during playoff games. In the 1970s, the New York Islanders adopted the good luck practice of not shaving as long as their team was winning, and the team went on to win four Stanley Cup championships. Now almost every player on every team that makes it to hockey's playoffs every year sports a beard for the duration of their postseason play. If only they could create a superstition effective enough to have avoided the NHL's second lockout in eight years.
This article originally appeared in the November, 2012 issue of Inside Magazine.
Rich Pawlak is a frequent contributor to Inside and the Special Sections of the Jewish Exponent.


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Ok i have asked 2 serious questions on this site and so far i have not gotten a single answer, i am on this site because kellymom.com referred me but i sont seem to be getting any help is there a special club or time i have to be a member before i can get some help? i know sometimes it may seem that i am stupid with the questions i ask however i am trying to stick with bf so i am sorry i am not to smart on this subject but that is why i am asking.
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The Power of a Blog
Without having a blog like http://insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com/where we from all parts of the country can share our passion for our beloved Dodgers, this story would not have taken place. Please take a moment to read this touching story well written by Rhett Bollinger /MLB.
I could not help get all teary reading it. I was happy to be part of this and to finally meet many of the "blogmates" (term used by Sparkleplenty from the ITD blog).
Mr. McCourt showed up Saturday night half way thru the game and sat there with Joe Pierre. All thru Friday and Saturday, oldbrooklynfan(Joe Pierre) kept saying "I can't believe this is happening to me."
To Mr. Frank McCourt and Josh Rawitch:
This goes to show how classy the Dodgers are.
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The tour was wonderful and meeting everyone was even more wonderful. I was telling my husband your passion for the Dodgers and how you are there for all the Dodgers events. And yes thanks to everyone that made this dream for us and specially for JOE PIERRE come true. I wish I could of stayed for the game. But was not able to. Hopefully soon we can have another ITD game day and **** chat like in the blog. My kids had a great time and love the gifts Josh had for all of the Children that attended the tour. And of course I was soooo happy in being the 1st Martinista to raise my hand….love my ball. GOOOO MARTIN! I am glad I met you.
Very, very classy of the Dodgers to arrange for the weekend – and to fly oldbrooklynfan Joe in for the games. Sounds like it was great fun.
I am so happy that you got Russell's signed baseball and that your kids also got giveways! Hey! your post came out with **** what? since the word chat is right after then that word "****" did not come out. Let's see if it shows here.
It would be hard to top it and they are talking about it being an annual get together.
Julia, Yes, it was a wonderful experience to meet so many people that post there and that Joe Pierre put his fears away and went for it.
I am amazed that the word c h i t is blocked. I guess MLB can't spell all the dirty words.🙂 Is caca allowed?
Strange the words that MLBlogs' filter decides are "bad". Nonetheless, it sounds like you all had a wonderful time! Joe seemed truly at a loss for words at points during the video – how great is it that the Dodgers flew him from NY for the event! And I think I spotted you in the video too (Cat also).
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i guess caca is allowed🙂
We had a wonderful time from the tour at 11:30 AM till the end of the game. And yes I was at the beginning of the video and Cat is there too. He was the man of the day so everyone wanted to be around him. The night before it was only he and I watching the game, keeping score and him telling me about his day. We heard from him and he said he still can't believe everything that happened.
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Hah, i love your About Me! I also have to check my Tigers Schedule before i commit to anything with my friends! I also, so badly, want to visit every ballpark!
Hey Shan,
I still have not made it to Detroit. I was so close one time. One of these years i got to take one of those ballpark tours that take you to a few stadiums. I usually do it on my own.
I love Comerica Park!! It's such a beautiful ballpark! You should definitely try to make it out here!
I've always wanted to visit Dodger Stadium! How many ballparks have you been to?
Hey Emma, I was hoping to get out to this Saturday's game against the Dodgers, but I couldn't get a hold of any tickets!! Oh well, I'll just have to listen to the game on the radio instead. It's going to be a huge weekend, with big crowds, great baseball, and the Manny. Maybe we'll even BEAT LA!! haha. May the better team win!! GO PADRES!!
I hear from friends that have been to Comerica Park that is beautiful just like my beloved Dodger Stadium. I have only been to 12 parks so I got a lot to still see.
I am not going to be there Saturday ethier oops (I do that sometimes where I type t Ethier's name) , I mean either. I will be there Friday night though and will come back on Sunday.


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1. Name: Tommy James
2. Age: 18
3. Nationality/Location: Australian/Australia
4. I love the Knicks since: 1996
5. Favorite Knick moment: Patrick Ewing's putback in the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals.
6. Favorite current Knick: David Lee, Renaldo Balkman, Nate Robinson
7. All time favorite Knick: Patrick Ewing
9. Worst move the Knicks management has ever done: Not letting Ewing finish of his career in a Knicks uniform.
10. Best move the Knicks management has ever done: Drafting Patrick Ewing
11. How many games have you attended to: 0. However this season I should be going to a game when I've finished with my exams and head to NYC for a holiday.


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ShumlincareJanuary 29,2013
Anew report on the projected savings of single-payer health care in Vermont represents a green light for planners putting together the new system.
The report from the University of Massachusetts Medical School confirms the working assumptions contained in previous studies: that a new health care system could save many millions of dollars, which could then be used to extend health care to those who lack it now and to improve the coverage of those who at present are underinsured. And even at that, the new system would save money.
The report found that in the first three years of a single-payer system, Vermont would save a total of $281 million or about $93 million annually. Some lawmakers have argued that savings at that level are minuscule relative to the total spent on health care each year, but health care planners say many of the gains would be invested back into the system in the form of expanded and improved coverage. Robin Lunge, director of health care reform for the Shumlin administration, estimated that gains from the new system would actually amount to about $547 million annually.
Savings will be achieved not just from a new payment scheme. Last week the federal government approved a plan by Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Fletcher Allen and most of Vermonts other hospitals, and some clinics and practices, to create an accountable care organization called OneCare Vermont. This new organization would be established to coordinate care for 42,000 Medicare patients in Vermont. The goal is to switch from the traditional fee-for-service system, which rewards providers for every service they provide, to a system that compensates providers more broadly for the number of patients treated. Doctors and hospitals would have an incentive to keep people well while avoiding unnecessary treatments.
The establishment of OneCare Vermont ought to foreshadow a larger shift away from fee-for-service for the broader population. In the future accountable care organizations could play a major role in containing costs and providing seamless, coordinated care.
Skeptics remain. The health insurance industry has a stake in preserving the insurance model for health care coverage. But it is precisely the elimination of insurance that promises savings through the elimination of paperwork, red tape and insurance company profits.
If the UMass report validates the financing of the system at the macro level, the actual funding mechanism at the micro level remains to be devised. Mark Larson, commissioner of Vermont health access, says that individuals now pay about $2.2 billion in premiums. If the system is financed publicly, it would cost $1.6 billion, he says. The difference is that the money would be raised through some combination of business and individual taxes. We would be paying less, but we would be paying through a different mechanism.
The Shumlin administration has put off development of a funding system, knowing that it is a politically volatile issue. For example, small businesses that now do not provide coverage may be hit with payroll taxes for the first time. Members of the Legislature can be expected to do some spade work on the financing question this year.
The health care system has many moving parts, and policymakers will want to move carefully in order not to damage a system that is already better than in other parts of the country. After all, the health of Vermonts children continues to rank at the top among the states.
But even if caution is in order, firmness of purpose is also important among those in Vermont carrying out reforms that may be the most significant legacy of Gov. Peter Shumlin. The administration and Legislature can be expected to press ahead with important allies among providers, especially Fletcher Allen and Dartmouth-Hitchcock. With Obamacare charting changes at the federal level and Shumlincare advancing in Vermont, there has never been a more promising time for real reform.MORE IN CommentarySure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he wont wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate... Full StoryFor the past month, I have been watching close friends and family descending into a pit of... Full StoryAdjusting to snow, sleet and cold after spending over a month in an exponentially warmer climate ... Full Story
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"Thank you for Catholic Answers. I enjoy hearing Patrick and his guests each weekday evening, and I have grown so much in my faith in the last 7-8 years. Thank you for speaking the truth."
"If I am right, Thy grace impart still in the right to stay. If I am wrong, Oh, teach my heart to find the better way."


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Picturing the Evil Empire
We won the Cold War. There's no debating that. The Soviet Union split up, Germany was reunified and communism went the way of the Whigs and the Bull Moose. But sometimes it feels like we still lost. Like when you hear about Vladimir Putin's new personal photographer:
Sure, Vlad isn't a Soviet per se but it's pretty safe to say that he has a lot more in common with Stalin than he does with FDR. Although maybe not quite so much. The point is, the Russians may have lost the war but they seem to be winning the battle.
It's a little like the Red Sox and the Yankees. Sure, the Red Sox may have finally gotten by the Yankees to win that elusive World Series. They may have even succeeded in doing it again right afterwards. But they're never going to catch the Yankees. The Yankees are the Evil Empire just like Vlad and his boys are the heirs to the Soviet version.
So, what can we do? How can we fight back against a Russia that just keeps coming back like some totalitarian Freddy Krueger? Well, I think the first step is obvious. Obama needs to get a better looking photographer:
The rest will work itself out from there.
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You're comparing the Yankees to Russia? Or to Freddy Krueger? LOL.
I actually have met Obama's photography at several events (I was there covering some of his speeches for my political blog ( http://leftofthehill.blogspot.com ). He's a good guy, but I definitely agree (and I'm sure Pete would too) that Putin's photographer is better looking.
That being said, we all know it's really the Washington Nationals you have to lookout for.🙂 The Sox/Yankees rivarly is going to be yesterday's news after all the draft picks we signed a couple days ago make their way to the big league club to play with other future stars like Strasburg and Harper.


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The DIY Book Scanner is a project of the Noisebridge Digital Archivists group. It's based on the open-source DIY Book Scanner Kit designed by Daniel Reetz.
Here's the scanner first being assembled:
The completed scanner ready to scan:
The scanner on its new rolling stand:
[edit] Lighting
The original LED light was replaced with a larger LED array. To avoid glare, the array is mounted perpendicularly so the long side is parallel with the spine of the book. All of the interior surfaces of the book scanner are painted black, to avoid casting reflections on the glass. The glass was taken from two flatbed scanners and cut down to size by hand.
[edit] Cameras
We use two Canon cameras connected with USB to a computer and remote-controlled with a Python script that uses the gphoto2 library. You can find the full list of cameras supported by gphoto2 here. The pictures are transferred to the computer as soon as they are taken, rather than stored on an SD card.
[edit] Trigger
The cameras are triggered by a button mounted next to the handle on the scanner. The button is connected to a circuit board from a USB keyboard, so it behaves like pressing the "enter" key on the computer.
[edit] Software
The scanning is handled by a Python script that uses gphoto2 to connect with the cameras and displays images of the scanned pages in an HTML view. Three USB ports are required for the monitoring computer: One each for the two cameras, and one for the triggering mechanism. Post-processing is handled with ScanTailor, an OCR script using Tessaract, and various other scripts.
[edit] Instructions
Step-by-step Bookscanner Instructions are available for anyone who would like to use the Bookscanner.


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"We still have one game left to play in District and the loss to San Perlita pretty much sews up the District Championship for them," Coach Tony Taylor said. "They have CCCP left, and we travel to San Isidro. If we take care of business, we will finish second in District."
Scoring in the CCCP was Jordan Stephenson-18, Danielle Dawson and Jasmyn Smith-14, Destinee Thomas- 10, Heather Gillin-7, Ashley Zetsche-6, Sarita Cavazos-5
Scoring in the San Perlita game was Destinee Thomas-15, Hailey Ruiz and Danielle Dawson-10, Jasmyn Smith-4, Sarita Cavazos and Jordan Stephenson-2, Heather Gillin-1.
The Cowgirls were up by eight during the game against San Perlita game with a little over two minutes left but couldn't hold on.
"The thing that killed us all night was fouling, we put them on the line 38 times and they made 19- in the fourth quarter alone they attempted 16 freethrows," Taylor said. "We reached all night and didn't move our feet. We've played good defense all year but last Friday night wasn't one of our best efforts."
Taylor congratulated San Perlita on a game well played.
"Hats off to them," he said. "I never, ever want to lose a game but if there is a bit of a silver lining it is that if we can close out District with a win then we will go as the number two seed."
Taylor considered the The matchups as the two seed are more favorable for his team.
"We still have to show up and play and not foul," he said. "We had great effort the other night it just wasn't 'smart' effort."
The loss last Friday cost the Cowgirls the District Title and it was especially hard on them with the game being on their home court.
"We'll regroup and go back to work. This is the fun time of they year," Taylor said. "Get in the DANCE and then SURVIVE and ADVANCE!!! We've got our dancing shoes ready we're just ready to get our ticket for the dance and hopefully we'll take care of business at San Isidro."
The San Isidro game took place in San Isidro on Feb. 5, but, as of press time, scores from that game were not available.
See next week's edition of the paper for a recap on that game.


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Leola Kennedy: 1923-2014
Councilman's mother dies after lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease
By André Coleman 01/09/2014
Leola Sudduth Kennedy, mother of Pasadena City Councilman John Kennedy and activist Lena Kennedy, died on Jan. 2 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer 's disease compounded by several strokes. She was 89.
Kennedy is survived by eight children, 15 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Foster Kennedy, her brother Michael and her sister Gladys.
Born in Starksville, Miss., on June 29, 1923, in 1944 then-Leola Sudduth came to Pasadena, where she met Michael Kennedy. After the couple married, they moved to a house on Hammond Street where Leola lived until her death Thursday.
"My mother was a very basic person," John Kennedy told the Weekly. "She treated everybody fairly. God and church were at the center of her life. She instilled high moral values in all of her children and she extended her life over three years just to prepare her children for her ultimate death. I have met a lot of women in my life and no one measures up to the quality and caliber of my mother."
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 2283 Fair Oaks Ave., Altadena.
"Some may call Leola Kennedy a saint," reads a statement issued by members of the Kennedy family. "But she was simply interested in making life better for others on earth."
The family is asking donations be made to the Pasadena Community Foundation where the foundation has established the Leola Sudduth and Thomas Foster Kennedy Scholarship fund.
Checks made payable to PCF with "Kennedy Fund" written in the memo line can be mailed to 260 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, Calif., 91101. Online donations can also be made by selecting Kennedy Fund at the PCF Web site at www.pasadenacf.org
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#70161 - 05/16/02 05:27 PM Post deleted by ewein
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#70162 - 05/16/02 06:00 PM Re: short of breath
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Everybody gets short of breath when they exercise vigorously. But when severe shortness of breath occurs with only mild exertion, it has to be investigated. And of course, shortness of breath at rest requires treatment. Dyspnea just means shortness of breath, but it is a medical word ordinarily used to indicate there is an abnormal condition.
#70163 - 05/16/02 06:23 PM Re: short of breath
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And when dyspnea worsens, it would lead into agonal breathing eventually, right, Bill?
#70164 - 05/16/02 06:38 PM Re: short of breath
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The last quack of the duck. Sometimes after an extended period of apnea (no breathing) there is one last gasp that is the brain center saying "I quit."
#70165 - 05/16/02 06:55 PM Re: short of breath
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Now I'm really confused!!!!
Dyspnea...>Agonal Breathing....>Apnea.....>Last Quack......Dead Duck???
Can I pass the med exam now, Bill?
Best regards,
#70166 - 05/16/02 07:04 PM Re: short of breath
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For all you medical people out there: would "short of breath" be abbreviated, in medical records, in the manner I casually suspect?
"Patient was SOB"
#70167 - 05/16/02 08:11 PM Re: short of breath
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Shortness of breath is usually abbreviated to SoB - note the lower case 'o'. Generally, a patient will complain of being "short of breath", but will be described by staff as being "dyspnoeic", but as Dr Bill says, they're pretty much the same thing. Breathless(ness) is used whenever it sounds better than short of breath. The main difference is that consultants use "dyspnoea" and the junior medical staff use SoB.
Oh, and I've never heard of agonal breathing.
#70168 - 05/16/02 08:45 PM Re: short of breath
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I found five sites that mentioned "agonal breathing", but only one of them appeared worth quoting. In a Stanford University statement on handling of dying medical experiment animals, It used "agonal breathing" as a criterion of the moribund condition.
#70169 - 05/17/02 03:18 AM Re: short of breath
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Loc: perth, western australia
At Vet School we were taught the term agonal breathing, and when animals are euthenased via barbiturate OD they often exhibit these agonal gasps. Very distressing for the owner to witness, so I always gently warned them that it may occur before doing the deed.
#70170 - 05/17/02 05:57 AM Re: agonal breathing
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I found a baby squirrel after a wind storm. It looked like a little rat. I bought a doll's baby bottle, filled it with some kind of liquid nutrition, and tried to nurse the tiny squirrel back to health. But I hadn't been trained in taking care of wild animals, and such training would have probably saved the little squirrel.
But, Lord, I bonded with that tiny creature. Kept it going for two days. My mistake was I aspirated its lungs unknowingly. On the morning it died, I noticed it was breathing in tiny, strong, abbreviated gasps.
I called my school, left a message I'd be late, and rushed the squirrel over to the emergency vet downtown Richmond. 6:30 in the morning. The vet took it from its basket, examined it, and said, "This little squirrel is in agonal breathing." "What does that mean?" I asked. "It means the little squirrel is trying to die. You can either let it die trying to breathe, or I can put it down." Well, that was my little baby and I didn't want it to suffer, so I asked her to put it down. $79 for an emergency shot of permanent slumber.
My Uncle John, upon hearing the tale, said, "I would have drowned it before I spent 79 dollars!"
Only a mother would understand. (Yeah, guys can be mothers, too. I know...I know.)
Beast regards,
PS: So, agonal breathing is a term used just for the beasts?
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A 13-year-old boy has been accused of starting a pair of fires at a shopping mall in northeast Iowa.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports Mitchel McArthur has been charged with first-degree arson and reckless use of fire.
Police say McArthur started a fire Dec. 15 at a Sears at the Kennedy Mall in Dubuque. No one was injured but damage is estimated at more than $100,000.
An investigation into the first fire led police to a second smaller incident at the mall. Police believe the fire was self-extinguished without causing damage.
The newspaper reports McArthur has been ordered to juvenile detention. He remains in custody.
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Pipe dreamsMay 10,2013
The natural gas pipeline proposed by Vermont Gas Systems is stirring up a potent mixture of energy and environmental issues, combined with old-fashioned NIMBYism and hostility toward corporations.
A group of students at Middlebury College has presented the college administration with a petition signed by about 1,400 people asking the college to rescind its support for a pipeline that would extend down from Chittenden County, across Addison County and over to the International Paper mill in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Ultimately, a second phase of the project would bring the pipeline down to Rutland County.
Opposition to the project has taken hold among Addison County residents uncomfortable with the notion of a pipeline running through their fields and near their homes, schools, businesses. Lawn signs have sprouted in Cornwall opposing the pipeline, and community groups are marshalling their forces in Salisbury and other towns.
The opposition in Cornwall has been so firm that the company has drawn up more expensive alternative routes that would avoid Cornwall by looping around through Salisbury and Leicester to Shoreham and then to Ticonderoga. But residents of Salisbury and Leicester are no more pleased by the prospect of the pipeline than the people of Cornwall are. Residents are concerned about the gas industrys record of explosions and leaks, but their opposition goes further than that. They worry that expanded use of gas encourages the continuing expansion of the technique of hydraulic fracturing fracking that has created a gas and oil boom in many parts of the country. Further, they note that, while natural gas is not as dangerous to the climate as oil and coal, it is a fossil fuel nevertheless, and its combustion contributes to the warming of the planet.
Administrators at Middlebury College remain sensitive to the needs of the larger community, including industries and the college itself, that could make use of the cheaper fuel. Supporters of the pipeline view natural gas as a fuel that will serve as a less expensive and relatively benign bridge to the innovative, sustainable fuels that it is hoped will eventually replace all fossil fuels.
Opponents are concerned it will be a bridge to nowhere except to continued use of fossil fuels.
Much of the NIMBYism that attends projects such as the pipeline derives from an unwillingness to recognize that we live in an industrial society. In Vermont its easy to forget that we do. But an industrial society needs electric power lines, power plants, large highways, factories, mines, quarries, refineries and pipelines. Gas pipelines snake all across the country, and in many places they are a component of day-to-day infrastructure that people dont even think about.
All industrial activities create danger as we saw last month when a methane tank created a huge explosion in Texas. Coal mines cave in, pipelines explode, factory workers die in accidents, high-speed highways claim lives. Rigorous policing of industry is essential to keep us safe, and certainly in the era of deregulation the federal government has fallen down on that job. Even so, NIMBYism remains, in part, a quixotic rejection of industrial society.
Rejection of the direction of the oil and gas industry is another issue. In the absence of an aggressive policy to address climate change, more and more people are finding they have no recourse but to oppose anything proposed by the fossil fuel industry. These concerns are magnified by the fact that the boom in fracking has outpaced steps to assess the damage it causes to groundwater and the atmosphere.
The pipeline proposed for western Vermont is a small part of this larger picture, and opponents are using it to make a statement about the larger picture. Arrayed against their concerns are the economic benefits that businesses in Addison and Rutland counties are counting on. Those benefits are real, and the economy, which affects the lives of hard-pressed workers throughout the region, needs help. Vermonters will benefit, and are benefiting, from the advance of sustainable energy and conservation, but for the moment the pipeline is a bridge that ought to prove useful.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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"Let us all remember who the real enemy is. The real enemy is the Tea Party," Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., said at a Miami town hall, according to The Hill. "The Tea Party holds the Congress hostage. They have one goal in mind, and that's to make President Obama a one-term president."
"This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned — the Tea Party can go straight to he**," Waters, D-Calif., said at a town-hall-style meeting in California.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, also participating in the town hall, compared the modern tea party movement to opposition to the civil-rights movement. "The Tea Party is a new name on an old game," he said. "Dr. King fought a 'tea party' in Alabama."
Rep. E. Rash Annel (D-NY) said the Tea Party proved it was a terrorist organization when it held Democratic negotiators hostage over its refusal to raise taxes.
"You can't negotiate with terrorists," he said. "The Tea Party refused to compromise over tax increases, even though we offered to increase spending and raise the debt limit. They were holding the whole country hostage.


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Good morning All,
Last night I had moderate to almost unbearable pain in my upper back (parallel to my breasts if that makes sense) when I was trying to sleep. If I turned to one side and nursed my daugther (we cosleep) the pain was worse almost to the point of me wanting to go to the ER. At times even lying on my back was very painful. I have no other symptoms.
Just to give you some info on why I think it may be related to BF is that I stopped daytime pumping at work b/c my LO was rejecting the EM at DC. she only takes it directly from me .
My breasts aren't red and I don't have a fever. I don't know what else it could be. I'm at work this morning but I still feel a dull pain back there and basically feel miserable. Any ideas?


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Police: Man dead after hut fireFebruary 07,2013ST. ALBANS The St. Albans police department says a homeless man was found dead after fire destroyed a small hut on the edge of the Vermont city.
An autopsy is being conducted on the body of 54-year-old Richard Poquette to determine the cause of death, but police say the body had severe burns when it was found late Tuesday afternoon and indications are it was an accidental fire death, which may have been started by a burning candle.
Police were called to a wooded area, about 100 yards from North Main Street, at about 4:10 p.m. Thursday after a caller reported finding a body. Poquettes body was found outside the hut, which had been destroyed by fire and was still smoldering.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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First Friday: Sex on the Coral ReefFriday, May 2ndMain Reading Room - 7pmWine reception at 6:30 pm for pre-registered guests.For adults and high school students only. No one younger will be admitted.*Registration is strongly recommended.
It's been called the greatest synchronized sex show on earth, and only the very lucky have been witness to it. A few nights after the November full moon, corals release millions of pink bundles of egg and sperm that drift to the surface in an enormous upside-down blizzard, resembling what it must be like on the interior of a shaken snow globe. Every year, snorkelers and divers from around the world point their dive lights into the pitch-black waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, hoping for a glimpse of the mass spawning event. By observing spawning events and conducting experiments, marine biologist Erika Woolsey seeks to understand how warming oceans will affect the ability of coral reefs to replenish themselves and recover from disturbance, which is especially important in changing oceans.
Coral reefs are the rainforests of the ocean. They cover less than 1% of the sea floor, yet support about 25% of marine species. Unfortunately about 60% percent of the world's coral reefs are under immediate threats from climate change and localized human disturbances. Using gorgeous images, Woolsey will talk about her adventures Down Under and underwater, and give you a front-row seat to this exotic and rarely seen world.
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This event is free and open to the public. Call (415) 389-4292 x3 for more details.
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Erika Woolsey has been living in Australia and working on tropical coral reefs, beautiful and important ecosystems that are threatened worldwide. Woolsey's area of expertise is coral reproduction, and her research seeks to understand how warming oceans will affect the ability of coral reefs to replenish themselves and recover from disturbance, which is especially important in changing oceans. Woolsey grew up in Marin and attended Duke University in North Carolina, where she studied biology and art history. She moved to Australia in 2007, received her Masters degree from the University of Sydney, and is currently finishing her PhD with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef studies in tropical north Queensland (http://www.coralcoe.org.au/).
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Events » Lectures, Performances & Films » Musical Performance
Musical Performance
Musical Wonder of Nature
Date: Friday, September 12, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Performer: Robert Thies, Pianist
Type: Musical Performance
Pianist Robert Thies explores the relationship between the composer and the splendor of nature, as seen in art and life. Featured pieces by Debussy, Ravel, Schubert and Liszt take inspiration from nature, as imagined by some of the most creative minds in music.
Theater | Free with admission | Stickers for ensured seating are distributed in the Main Entrance gallery starting at 6:00 p.m. Members enjoy early seating between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m.; general admission seating begins at 6:45 p.m.


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The OCSweb package allows users to post messages, read and send e-mail, and keep calendars, all via a web browser. It's friendly, easy to enable over https, and fairly robust. Unfortunately, it only runs on Linux. If you're looking for this functionality on BSD, you're pretty much out of luck.
At one point I needed this functionality on my laptop, so that I could access my e-mail from anywhere in the office, even without ssh on desktops. I could have fought with the package to make it run under Linux mode. Instead, one slow Saturday I decided to port OCSweb to FreeBSD.
Let me start off by saying I know almost nothing about code. I write scary Perl to eliminate tedious jobs, and my C makes seasoned programmers shake their heads. We all start somewhere, though.
I started by downloading the entire OCSweb package from
ftp:ftp.obsidian.co.za. The README informed me that to get an e-mail
reader on a Web site, I needed to use the ocs-base and ocs-email
modules. Fair enough. Hoping I would get very lucky, I tried the
install script. It died, complaining about
A brief reading of
install.pl showed that
pkg/makefile contained the
Make instructions. The
pkg/getversion line seemed Linux-specific,
with no FreeBSD equivalent, so I just commented it out. Similarly, I
changed the
$prefix variable from
/opt to
The install script got a little further, compiling despite complaints
about a deprecated
<malloc.h>. Eventually I came to:
chgrp: no such user
Linux has a "root" group, however, which has no exact equivalent in
FreeBSD. I went through
install.pl, replacing the "root" group with
"wheel," our closest equivalent. While the script finished,
/usr/local/ocs was mostly empty.
Some more hunting through the install script turned up the file
pkg/filelist. This file contained the names of the ocsbase files,
their destinations, their owners, their groups, and their permissions.
It was chock full of
root.root entries, saying that the files would
be owned by root and in the root group. Emacs fixed that in a couple
dozen keystrokes.
The install script ran all the way through this time. The last bits concerned me, though.
chgrp: -R: No such file or directory ln: /usr/doc/ocs: No such file or directory chgrp: -R: No such file or directory
Churning through
install.pl, I found the culprit:
`chgrp $wgrp -R $prefix/ocs`
The code to set
$wgrp doesn't work on FreeBSD. I went to
/usr/local and did
chgrp nogroup -R ocs
thinking that should do the same thing.
I wasn't worried about the docs; I have the original source, the original docs, and the tarball they came in.
Following the install instructions, I added a
entry to my
httpd.conf file so that OCSweb could work and restarted
Now, the ultimate test. I fired up the web browser and pointed it at my laptop. A nice login screen appeared. Victory!
Now, on to ocsemail. Extracting the package, I saw that the install
routine is pretty much the same as ocsbase. I edited
install.pl to
change the "root" group to "wheel," set
$prefix to
/usr/local, edited
pkg/makefile to eliminate the Linux overhead, and replaced
root.root entries with
It installed cleanly, on the first try. I was quite impressed with myself, until I tried to log in. OCSweb gave a nice friendly error:
cannot share-lock cookiejar
And httpd-errors proclaimed:
chown: root: illegal group name
Root group. Who ever heard of a "root" group? (Linux. And SysV, and Solaris... Apparently FreeBSD is the odd one out here.) Muttering atrocities, I broke out the sledgehammer:
% grep -r -i root /usr/local/ocs/* > groupoffenders
I found the offending line in
lib/oio.pl and changed it.
A brief check of the OCSweb mailing list archive told me that the
OCSweb data directory needs read and write permissions for the web
server user (i.e.,
nobody/nogroup). A simple
chmod fixed that. My
login worked now, but when I clicked on the mail link I got:
-- Content-type: text/html Software error: You don't have a user called mail on the server For help, please send mail to the webmaster (firstname.lastname@example.com), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. --
Well, if this is the best OCSWeb can do to stop me, I'm pretty much
set. I used
vipw to copy the entry for nobody to mail, setting the
gid and
uid to 25.
Finally, I could log in. OCSmail told me that I had no mail. That's odd, as elm told me that I really ought to be answering any of the thirty or so messages I've deemed important enough to keep. Also, the graphics all showed up as broken links.
Here, Netscape's "view source" function is my friend. I could see why my mailbox appeared to be empty:
<input type=hidden name=omb
FreeBSD stores mail under
/var/mail/, not
/var/spool/mail. The
shotgun approach served well here:
grep -R spool /usr/local/ocs/*
turned up the OCSweb e-mail configuration file,
emailcfg.pl, which I
vaguely remembered from reading the documentation. I found a few
other useful options to set here, such as the path to Fetchmail.
As I guessed, the image problem was Yet Another Permissions Issue (tm, pat. pend).
Moments later, I was calling up my mail on the Web.
Better still, OCSweb can store e-mail in classic "Mbox" format. Mail
is stored under
~home/mail. A simple edit in
.elm/elmrc, a
mv Mail mail, and Elm and OCSweb now share the same directory; I have an
interoperable e-mail setup no matter where I'm working.
Despite numerous petty headaches, OCSweb is not that difficult to install on FreeBSD. It seems it would be fairly simple to turn into a port. In a future column, we'll do just that.
Now, all that remains is to get the OCSweb designers to put a little red daemon near the penguin in the logo.
Michael W. Lucas
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Originally Posted By: beck123Ishtar and Barry Lyndon! Terrific choices - one worse than the other. We seem naturally to have focused on relatively big-budget movies that should have been good, but stunk. If we widen the net to include low-budget films, there are too many really, really, bad movies to count or to rank. In fact, "rank" is a good word to use in association with this class of film. They used to be hard to find, but now they're available on DVD anywhere movies are sold. They're not all old, either. They just stink. My son and I watch them (particularly those striving to be classified in the sci-fi genre) just for the laughs they provide.
And it has to be great having a son to provide the company for that rank activity. Recently rented
Hogfather, supposedly a spoof on Christmas or something. DON'T rent it: watch 23 minutes of it before
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#189793 - 03/06/10 11:52 AM Re: il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto [Re: LukeJavan8]
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My contribution: "Ishtar", and "Barry Lyndon".
I never saw Ishtar, but I have always enjoyed Barry Lyndon the couple of times I have watched it (once in the cinema). I even went so far as to read Thackeray's book on which it was based. While it is not an unflawed film, I could scarce call it bad. There are so many bad films so much deserving, e.g., 1941, How the West Was Won, Green Slime, Lynch's Dune, The Horror of Party Beach, and others._________________________
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#189798 - 03/06/10 03:48 PM Re: il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto [Re: zmjezhd]
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Yes! That was what the glitsjed post contained. I have seen Waterworld several times ( 2 or 3 )and Barry Lyndon 3 times even though I'm not fond of Ryan O'Neal. I still have the LP of the soundtrack.( beautiful landscapes, panoramic action scenes, the story ) I always re-watch Spaghetti Westerns ( Once upon a time in the West and: see headline of post) when they pass on TV. Love Ennio Morricone's music. Dune, wish I could see that one again. Only saw it once. Ishtar never heard of before. If it's the same sort of bad it might be good.
Also great are those spektakel movies with the wrong Odysseusses and Agamemnons and Helenas and more classical heroes and monsters.
#189804 - 03/06/10 08:04 PM Re: il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto [Re: BranShea]
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I really like the music to Barry Lyndon. And watch westerns
spagetti or otherwise on the western channel I receive.
Istar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_(film)
The reviewer on the last reference liked the movie. I took
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#189813 - 03/07/10 11:09 AM Re: il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto [Re: LukeJavan8]
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I looked at the YTube trailer. No, real bad. The kind of funny that isn't funny.
#189815 - 03/07/10 11:51 AM Re: il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto [Re: BranShea]
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#189816 - 03/07/10 12:40 PM Re: il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto [Re: LukeJavan8]
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makes you wonder who wrote the script and why
Easy to determine. The director, Elaine may, wrote the screenplay. As to why, the Wikipedia article (link) on Ishtar says this:May was a talented comedienne and writer, and even the most talented person is capable of creating something that's a flop. Creating a great notoriously difficult and even some of the greatest filmmakers (Griffith, Hawks, Fellini, et al) have some real duds to their names. (I just watched Hawks' Man's Favorite Sport?) yesterday, and I switched it off after about 40 minutes. It was a dismal little "comedy" with Rock Hudson in the lead.) Anyway, it's probably time i saw Ishtar, so I can judge for myself if it deserves its reputation.Quote:Beatty felt indebted to May, who in addition to cowriting his 1978 hit Heaven Can Wait had done a major uncredited rewrite on the script of his Academy Award-winning Reds and helped immensely with its postproduction. He began looking for a project to do with her, one she could write and direct. She had never, he believed, had a sufficiently protective producer, and by starring and producing in her next film he could give her the chance to make the film he believed her to be creatively and commercially capable of making.
At a dinner with Beatty and Bert Fields, their agent, May said she would like to do a variant on the Road to... movies of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, set in the Middle East. Her idea would feature Beatty and a costar as a mediocre singer-songwriter duo who would go to Morocco and get caught in the crossfire between the Central Intelligence Agency and a local left-wing guerilla group. She thought it would be funny to cast Beatty against type as the Hope part, the bumbler of the duo, while the costar, possibly Dustin Hoffman, would play the self-assured ladies' man that Crosby usually took.
Hoffman, who was also indebted to May for her extensive uncredited rewrite on Tootsie, intially turned it down due to "misgivings". At Beatty's request, the two met with May and Hoffman's creative confidant, playwright Murray Schisgal. The latter two felt that the action plot in Morocco overwhelmed the rest of the film and that it "should not leave New York". Hoffman was finally persuaded by Beatty's assurances that he would provide May with the room she needed to work.
When May finished the script, Beatty, Hoffman, and some other friends including Charles Grodin, had a meeting and read-through at Beatty's house. All present agreed that the script needed work, but it was funny and could be a hit._________________________
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#189817 - 03/07/10 02:33 PM Re: Razzies [Re: zmjezhd]
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Just saw an item on the news here. Sandra Bullock came to pick up her Razzie for worst actor in 'All about Steve".
The little speech she gave was só funny. She is nominated for best actor in The Blind Side tonight.
#189841 - 03/09/10 04:48 PM Re: il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto [Re: zmjezhd]
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Of course you are right in that a 4 minute trayler doesn't guarantee a safe opinion, but what I saw looked a bit dated and I do suppose they selected the most persuasive parts. I never saw it pass here. Not in cinema nor on TV. But all pass on TV in the end so who knows..?
#190869 - 05/03/10 12:48 PM Re: Joseph Campbell and One Eye [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8Recently rented
Hogfather, supposedly a spoof on Christmas or something. DON'T rent it
It's based on the Terry Pratchett novel. I guess you're not a fan.
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FRIDAY, April 26, 2013 – Portland Mayor Charlie Hales presented his first State of the City speech Friday before a sold-out crowd at The City Club of Portland.
Hales, who took office in January, focused the majority of his speech on budget issues. He took office with the city facing an estimated $25 million shortfall for the 2013-14 budget. The city operates with a general fund of around $500 million.
He also focuses on the topics of police-and-community relations, adequate funding fo rOregon's K-12 public schools, and illegal gun violence.
He looped a tool belt over the lectern for his speech, to symbolize his hands-on approach to tackling city issues.
He has supported bills to stem gun violence at the Oregon Legislature and in Congress, adding praise for State Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, for her work on the issue. He also praised the Multnomah County Commission for Thursday's unanimous vote extending gun violence prevention.
Hales – who was interrupted for applause 11 times during the speech – also took questions from City Club members, ranging from development of West Hayden Island, to human trafficking, to promoting citizen involvement.
The budget issue comes to a head next week as Hales presents the mayor's proposed budget for 2013-14. The plan will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Lovejoy Room, second floor, City Hall, during a press conference.
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Long hours conducting independent research, working as a lab assistant and serving as a preceptor for various classes have paid off for Grace Muganda '12, who earned an honorable mention in the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship program.
"This means an affirmation that I'm capable of being the scientist I want to become as I move on to graduate school or medical school," says Muganda, who is double-majoring in biochemistry and computer science. She has interned at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. She presented her neurobiology research at the 2010 National Conference for Undergraduate Research held at the University of Montana in Missoula.
"Grace has worked extremely hard to reach this level of achievement, including extensive research experiences both on our campus and in the labs of other universities in the region," says Perry Hamalis, director of the College's Office of Academic Opportunities and associate professor of religious studies. Muganda follows Goldwater scholarship winners Zach Pratt '05 and Emily Albright '10, and previous honorable mention honoree Christina Lorenzo '10.
"I've learned communication is key in the science world," she says. "At North Central I've learned how to investigate and the importance of sharing what I've learned with others."


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Beverly Hills Film Festival Awards Gala (from left to right): Josh Hodges, Evan Clover, Ivy Clover, Jeron Moore
Recently a few of our alumni attended two film festivals in southern California; The Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival. Both festivals were very exciting, the gang started their weekend off with attending the screening the animated shorts portion of the Beverly Hills Film Festival and we happy with the way Worlds Apart was received by everyone. After that, they took off to the Newport Beach Film Festival to attend the Shorts for Shorties portion of the festival. The animation they saw there was astonishing in quality and said it will be tough competition. They were invited to the front of the theater to answer questions from the audience and then hopped out to the red carpet for pictures. Finally their weekend concluded with the Beverly Hills Film Festival Awards Gala. They got all gussied up with their suits and skirts and arrived to rub elbows with other film makers and celebrities. The awards ceremony was very classy and there we tons of laughs. Worlds Apart did not walk away with an award but there was high praise among attendees for the films high production value and story. The Project X crew was all in all very pleased with the festivals and the weekend they had.
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#204056 - 01/05/12 05:39 AM Re: Euphemism/Double Entendre - Help Me! [Re: AlphanumericName]
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No....'thank you' AName. You generated an interesting discussion
#204059 - 01/05/12 08:53 AM Re: Euphemism/Double Entendre - Help Me! [Re: Candy]
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Certainly there are similarities between euphemisms and double-entendres, but there are also differences. Which way one wants to lean in terms of calling euphemisms and double-entendres alike or not is up to the individual leaner. Either to say that they identical or that they are totally different would be wrong.
#204061 - 01/05/12 11:49 AM Speaking of... [Re: Faldage]
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...Ravens and Writing-Desks and such...
It's been a subject of analysis for years. Decades, even. Almost, but not quite, centuries.
When I first heard it, it came with its own answer:
-- Q: Why is a Raven like a Writing-Desk?
-- A: The higher, the farther.
Garbage in, garbage out.
But it's been considered in depth by much cleverer minds than mine. See here for one such disquisition.
#204062 - 01/05/12 12:20 PM Re: Speaking of... [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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yes, and..
Q. What's the difference between a duck?
A. One leg is both the same.
B. A red door on a motorcycle.
#204063 - 01/05/12 01:30 PM Re: Speaking of... [Re: AlphanumericName]
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"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
In my opinion this riddle is better without an answer. I got a kick out of learning of it here. If you dismiss it as a non sequitur its funny and lends itself to finish a heated argument in a humorous way.
But after looking it up and learning the meaning its such an awesome and very deep way of making a point that I believe applies to my original post. A lot of people answer this riddle with their own opinions, of similarities between the raven and the desk. They are not wrong, but also it is not the answer to the riddle.
That's why I found it amusing how well it applies to my question. Not to mention it did make me laugh out loud when I connected the dots.
Plus I think Faldage explained my own opinion better than I did. As to the opposing opinion in my argument with my friend, he took a more extreme and firm stance implying that they are not at all the same.
I might still be wrong but I tend to understand words in a more flexible manner.
#204064 - 01/05/12 01:49 PM Re: Speaking of... [Re: AlphanumericName]
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Originally Posted By: AlphanumericName"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
There is an N in neither and a B in both.
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"No, I give it up," Alice replied. "What's the answer?"
"I haven't the slightest idea," said the Hatter.
"Nor I," said the March Hare.
At this point I always took 'none' for an answer. Hatter and Hare's answers are the perfect anti climax.
#204069 - 01/05/12 09:06 PM Re: Speaking of... [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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When I was a child, I answered this question with 'they both begin with "R"' and imagined LC say, "Ah but they don't, you see! A writing desk has a "w" in front of it." I used to be dazzled by the ingenuity of this little escape route to what I thought was the obvious answer. All grown up now (I think), I don't answer it any more like all other questions of life.
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I take your point, A-ZName - if I were a Filing clerk, Double-Entendre and Euphemism would be quite near each other in the filing cabinet._________________________
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#204081 - 01/06/12 07:29 AM Re: Speaking of... [Re: Avy]
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Originally Posted By: AvyWhen I was a child, I answered this question with 'they both begin with "R"' ...
I've often said that the fourth R was Spelling.
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Time for you to get the facts straight, Leeds only registered 4 players with Hunslet and then withdrew 1 of those.HTH.
If the whole Leeds squad is registered with Hunslet then isn't their more Rhinos players registered for hunslet than their own players?
Keinhorst absolutely ripped us too shreds he made a half break pretty much every time he got the ball. He should be playing SL every week.
Keinhorst is finishing his degree,so can't commit to full time training,thus dual reg at Hunslet.


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I actually shudder at the thought of purists taking over the sport. I can't imagine how many ratified jumps won't go through under their scrutinizing eyes.
I actually shudder at the thought of purists taking over the sport. I can't imagine how many ratified jumps won't go through under their scrutinizing eyes.
I'm sort of a purist which is why I'm glad Mao's reworking her jumps. Once you hit rock bottom, the only place left to go is up. I'm sure Mao will emerge even stronger because of this difficult period. Kudos to her and Sato for making such a difficult decision.
my thoughts on ladies NHK
I thought the ladies programs were very good in terms of musicality and choreographic content. I feel Mao has not done many run-throughs even with the technical change to flip and lutz, this maybe due to all the media attention and shows she has done. Rachael Flatt looks good at first showing, all her jumps look secure. Kiira Korpi has had her best training season to date and it shows her programs are GORGEOUS but still having problems on her jumps, if she fixes these she could be a lock in for her first European title. Good to see Carolina go back to Michael Huth, her overall package is THE BEST (IMO) but beacuse of knee injury her jumps are limited, i hope she recovers soon. Caroline Zhang for all the effort she has put in (which is very creditable) I feel the growth spurt may have hampered her career. I dont think she can challenge for the World team?. Gedevanishvili - Robin Wagner is a good choice and her lutz is excellent, but still has some mental blocks in concentration to get over. My surprise really was of Viktoria Helgesson who has gone from strength to strength since her 10th place finish at worlds, she is in good shape and her flip and loop have been so good in recent competitions, must have had a bad day here.
How nice to read a list of such sympathetic and positive comments!
During the press conference carolina was asked of what she think of mao asada's result and she said:
"I couldn't see her programs but I really hope she will recover soon from this difficult time! Everyone knows that she has extrordinary skills. For me the Olympics were a disaster and every athlet has bad moments. In this difficult time you ask yourself what really means figure skating to you and I was at the point of retirement. I strongly believe that she will return stronger than ever!"
I love how skater always support each other...we should learn from them!
3S @GPF 2008: http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6725/mao3sgpf08.gif
3S in practice: http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3...3spractice.gif
I went back to rewatch Mao's LP from JO 2010 and NHK 2010 to see if maybe Mao changed something about her take-off, but it doesn't look as the technique was modified, which is perhaps why she managed not to fall or pop the jump in both competitions. (The camera angles in the actual competitons were not quite helpful, but the replays at CBC showed 3S in slowmo).
As for 3T - I don't think Mao has problems with this jjump (as a solo jump) anymore. She had it in her LP for the last two seasons in the second half and out of steps, and I think the only time she missed it was when she tripped on the steps leading into the jump (Olympics). She even did it in her exhibitions once or twice. It's not planned in her LP right now as a solo jump, because she wants to do it as the second part of a combination (and she landed it at JO, although it got downgraded).
I don't think it got "worse" - it's better than late in the 08-09 season where her free leg went nearly over her head.I hope her overhaul process addresses the developing mule-kick. It's gotten worse.
And yes, she's working on fixing it. In the practice clips aired around Japan Open she was doing 3F/3Lz with no hammer toe and improved approach (she wasn't leaning so much to the inside on the take-off - an issue that makes it difficult to achieve an outside edge on 3Lz).
Here's a clip of her 3F in practice:
The clip pauses at the moment the free leg is at its highest point (no hammer toe) and the take-off.
Mao mentioned that her jumps are 50% along - there are days when she can jump without problems, but there are days when she can't help reverting to the old technique. Sadly, at NHK she happened to have those bad days, but she said that she's "not falling to pieces", and that she had started reworking her jumps with the knowledge that it might take a season or two and will cause her jumps to be unstable at first.
Oh, and on a related note: Nobuo Sato mentioned that Mao will not withdraw from TEB. The competitions are a part of the learning process - Mao needs to learn to jump under the pressure of performing in front of the audience. Her practices are already fairly strong.
Look, the two-footed salchow is not a big deal. It's accepted by the ISU. Goebel won an Olympic bronze with it. I just happen to find it very disturbing. I'm hoping Sato will address it.
There is nothing wrong with the way Mao does salchow. I was taught that way and all of my fellow skaters as well.( It can be done from a forward outside 3 turn or inside mohawk turn or back cross over). I always felt it was easier to spring up with this technique. I am very impressed by the fact that she is trying to put all the triples(including triple axel) in the future. This is the way the world top level skaters are supposed to be doing instead of repeating same jumps only to get high scores. I really admire her. She never stop challenging herself. She also takes her show program as serious as her competitive program. I am sure she wants to make sure that audiences can enjoy her skating as much as possible whether it is competition or show. She is a kind of skater who gives her best to everything she does.
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Slightly off topic but I'm wondering if anyone has any news on Diane Szmiett....I know she skated poorly but I'm wondering if injury was an issue or just plain nervousness...Will she skate her 2nd GP or does her performance at NHK have anything to do with what happens next? She's kinda' young and new to the GP circut and I'm hoping she does better at her next assignment and gets another chance.
I have never heard of a case where the organizing committee of a Grand Prix event said, we have invited such-and-such skater but she did so badly in her last event that we will rescind the invitation.
John, I've been meaning to ask you, is that Rachael in your avatar? It looks like her, gorgeous pic if it is her, that particular turquoise color looks fab on her!
p.s. always good to see another long-time Oksana Baiul fan posting. (:^) I still remember that music box you gave her one year.


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Every week it seems I find a student who is confused about how to make a divot. They either don't make too many divots, or the divots they do make comes behind the ball.
They don't know that the divot should come after you make contact with the ball; it should be in front of the ball.
We've talked about this before, a good iron shot is hit with a descending blow. The club is descending, hits the back of the ball, then hits the ground and makes a divot.
To picture this, place two tees -- one on each side of the ball. Then, make your swing. The divot should be on the target side of the tees.
You can practice this, even without a ball. Place the tees in the ground or paint a line in the ground, then make your swing. Even without the ball, practice making a divot on the target side.