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- Title
- Contact damage in plasma-sprayed alumina-based coatings
- Author(s)
- Pajares, Antonia; Wei, Lanhua; Lawn, Brian R.; Berndt, C. C.
- Abstract
- A study of Hertzian contact damage in plasma-sprayed alumina-based ceramic coatings on steel substrates has been made. Presectioned specimens are used to identity subsurface micromechanical damage processes within the coating and substrate layers as a function of increasing contact load, from both postcontact and in situ observations. Damage occurs principally by cracking in the ceramic coating and plastic deformation in the metal substrate, along with delamination at the coating/substrate interface. Coating thickness, cycling loading (fatigue), and processing history (coating microstructure) are shown to be important factors in the damage patterns and ensuing modes of failure. Indentation stress-strain curves are used to measure macroscopic mechanical responses, to quantify the maximum sustainable contact stresses and to determine the relative roles of coating and substrate in the net deformation.
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- Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 79, no. 7 (Jul 1996), pp. 1907-1914
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- 1996
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- Ceramic coatings; Chemical cracking; Coating thickness; Cycling loading; Delamination; Hertzian contact damage; Indentation; Loading; Microcracks; Plastic deformation; Processing history; Steel; Strain; Stresses; Substrates
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Finding clues in old photographs
A strong resemblance can often tell you what side of the family the person in a photo is from, but after that you're on your own. You have to seek out clues in the photos to help you learn more about the subject.
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And finally, don't forget to look at the finer detail. Candid photographs, in particular, can give you plenty of clues about your ancestors' hobbies and interests: background information that will really bring them to life.


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Philadelphia Phillies (1-2) vs. Miami Marlins (1-3)
Cole Hamels vs. Anibal Sanchez
Time: 1:05, Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Partly Sunny, Chance of Rain, high 63
Thanksgiving is cool, Christmas is awesome (hell, we even have "Cliffmas" in the city of brother love), but the Phillies home opener is something that, to me, rivals the greatest days of the year. A holiday spent with more than 50,000 of your closest friends, some with less than no intention of actually watching the game, but all of whom contribute to one of the greatest home atmospheres in baseball.
Today, the newly named Miami Marlins bring their new skipper, Ozzie Guillen, and the beneficiaries of their offseason spending spree, Jose Reyes, Heath Bell, and Mark Buehrle to Philadelphia for the first time in 2012. A 72-win team just a season ago, this new look team from Miami has quickly become the media favorite to dethrone the Fightin Phils as NL East champions. And while none of us are ready to give up the title, we acknowledge that season shapes up to be more of a grind than in years past.
Cole Hamels was skipped in yesterday's game three vs. Pittsburgh- a move some said was to split up the lefties (Cliff Lee and Hamels), but we all know that Cole was passed over to give him the distinction of taking the hill in the season's home opener. That decision was an easy one. With a juiced-up (aka drunk and rowdy) crowd behind him, Hamels should no doubt be reminded why he does not want to leave Philadelphia. The hometown fans, starved for a winner, desperate for a parade, finally got what we so desired thanks in large part to this homegrown lefty, then a star in the making, now one of the most desired players in recent memory.
Hamels, a two-time All Star with career marks of 74-54, with a 3.39 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP, is in his final year under contract (bet you didn't know that yet…) will be very difficult to afford should he reach the Free Agent market after this season, as many baseball "experts" have said the Phillies don't have a great chance to retain his services should a bidding war ensue.
And so today starts a new chapter in Cole Hamels' Philadelphia story, perhaps the last chapter – but regardless of how that story ends, the bigger issue is the season at hand. The head-to-head battle for the 2012 NL East crown begins today!
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Real pessimistic but it sucks to think that one run Cole gave could be all it takes to lose this one.
Stumbling out of the gate
Let's Go Phils! Let's Go Phils!
No, seriously Phils, let's GO ALREADY!!! sheesh…
oh good grief….
This team is a AAA team with a couple great pitchers. Our run is over
Lol they won 102 games last season, they'll be fine
So, after we lose to Josh Johnson tomorrow, we'll be 1-4. This lineup is pathetic.
Don't overdo it with the pessimism. Jesus. Must be fans only from the 2008 and after period. What a privileged group you are.
Actually, I've been a partial season ticket holder since 2000, one of the worst seasons in Phillies history. I've been a fan since the early '70s. So I think I've earned the right to bitch a little when they play like crap, which is what they're doing right now.
No but when your offense has declined and you don't do anything
That's not good gming. Our pen is a disaster.
Freddy gal is go away u greenie
I knew the offense would be poor, but I have to say even I am surprised at how lifeless it is. We haven't even faced a good pitcher yet! The laws of averages say that we can't continue on this pace.
The Phillies have played sneaky good pitchers… Anibal Sanchez is a decent pitcher. Karstens is underrated. Plus, the Phils are historically bad in Pittsburgh. Panic meter is fairly low but there are things I'm not happy about… Bullpen roles are still undefined, we don't have a bona fide RBI guy and a 1B platoon is brutal. We need an identity…
Alright relax Tracey. I'm just saying don't be so rough during game 4 of a long season. They can't keep up this pace, it's just law of averages…
Plus we've done terrible in April for the past decade now so I'm not surprised really. I do expect a move to be made though before June. I don't know how RAJ will make it without pulling all of his hair out
The division is better. Mets are young. Miami is much better
Be worried
@Branderson: Don't worry, I'm not one of those people who say the season is over during the first week. But I'm beginning to think this game is over. 🙂
… or maybe not! Two hits in a row with no outs, and Chooch is up! Whee!
Talk about a time to get your first hit. Freddy, good job.
Freddy G with his 1st hit oh yeah!!
Woo hoo!!! Galvis picked the right time to finally get a hit!!!
They should have kept Savery in, probably a better hitter than Nix:)
I laughed but then sadly realized you're probably right.
There goes the rally way to go "much improved bench"
LA said, "one swing of the bat makes this a one-run game." Seriously? You think that's coming from Nix?
It was wigginton up when he said that.
(sorry, I'm listening on At Bat 12, and it's about 5 minutes behind the actual game!!!)
Should've kept Raul… at least he can hit one out of the park. (half-serious, half-joking)
This is the 14th best line up in baseball at least.
Ths is te 5th starter for the marlins.
So now we use Papelbon??? #explainthatdubee
How bad is Ruben.
On top of the 10 other things he should be fired for.
The way they handled Brown has been a complete disgrace.
#1 prospect in baseball and now has little to no value in 12 months. Needed to play him or trade him a year ago.
RAJ is like a guy who is playing 1000 hands of poker and is dealt aces 1000 times and somehow after the 1000 hands hes down.
There is no salary cap. The phils dont have to over pay liek the NY teams. They are the best salary situation in sports. Yes they should contend every year.
While I still thnk they have a punchers chance this year. With the big 3 pitchers. Even next year they are toast. Sad to see a team implode. When it seems intentional.
Anddddd that blows. They can score a run so easily… it's a struggle to get even one from our guys.
Omar Infante has 2 home runs and 3 already for the year. He hit 7 all of last year…ridiculous.
Can Cliff Lee play first? Can Worley play the OF? Savery in the OF.. Let Hamels pitch and we have a better hitting lineup than what's been trying to hit.


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Today, I bought a fish. I put the tank on top of the fridge so my cat wouldn't get at it. I'd forgotten to buy some things for its tank, so I quickly ran out to get them. When I got home, I saw the tank destroyed on the floor, and my cat devouring my fish. I had the fish for less than an hour. FML
by fish killer / 02/07/2013 at 10:58pm / Canada / Animals
Today, I had to convince my dad that text lingo causes brain damage just to try to get him to stop. He actually believed me, and is telling everyone they have, or will receive brain damage soon. FML
by oh my dad / 02/13/2013 at 11:45am / United States (Kentucky) / Miscellaneous
Today, at work I got in an elevator to go upstairs. It wasn't until the doors opened minutes later and people stepped in that I realized I had zoned out and forgot to press the button for the floor I needed. I then promptly exited the elevator and waited for the next elevator to go up in. FML
by CaBur / 02/19/2013 at 5:03pm / United States (California) / Work
Today, I realized that the homeless people I give change to all dress better than I do, including the one that doesn't believe in pants. FML
by keerow / 02/26/2013 at 10:54am / United States / Miscellaneous
Today, I was in bed when I rolled over and saw a hand right beside my head. I freaked out and nearly peed myself, just to realize that it was the huggable heart pillow my boyfriend had given to me on Valentine's Day. FML
by girlymae / 02/27/2013 at 2:59am / Canada (Manitoba) / Miscellaneous
Today, I got so lonely I decided to make sock puppets and play with them. I played for four hours straight, only to be interrupted by a phone call. I didn't answer because my sock puppets were "on a date" and I didn't want to stop playing. FML
by ineedalife / 02/02/2013 at 7:08am / Australia / Miscellaneous
Today, I was riding my bike, when I saw a large dog sitting in front of a house. I started to really crank the pedals, figuring that by the time it saw me, I'd be long gone. My chain popped off, I lost control and crashed onto the side of the road. The dog hadn't moved. It was a statue. FML
by Anonymous / 02/17/2013 at 1:01am / United States (Pennsylvania) / Transportation
Today, I was super hungry and went to a Thai restaurant. The waitress left two small bowls of fried rice on the counter, and I thought they were for me. I ate one and a lady came over screaming. Apparently the small cups of rice was part of a religious ceremony. FML
by Thai rice mistake / 02/12/2013 at 3:04am / United States (California) / Miscellaneous
Today, my manager asked me for the password to my Internet so she could Skype family since she can't pay her bill. This is the same woman who just a week ago tried to evict me because my rent was an hour late. Trying to be the bigger person, I gave her the password. She changed my password. FML
by Anonymous / 02/07/2013 at 1:20am / United States (Washington) / Miscellaneous
Today, I realized that without my birth control pills, I would have no idea what day it is. FML
by PurpleSloth / 02/15/2013 at 8:57am / United States (California) / Health
Today, after having lost my phone three days ago, I paid a $150 non-refundable fee to have my phone replaced and mailed to me by Tuesday. A half hour later, I found my original phone. FML
by Anonymous / 02/03/2013 at 2:14am / United States (Colorado) / Money
Today, I got my results on a recent, important midterm. During the exam, I'd noticed my instructor had accidentally left an answers page in the test packet, so being honest, I didn't look at them. It turns out she did it on purpose to help us pass. I failed. FML
by its ok to cheat!? / 02/20/2013 at 4:52pm / United States (California) / Miscellaneous
Today, I hired out a motel room so I could stay there by myself and lie to my mother and grandmother about having friends. This is the third time. FML
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haha, i started volunteering at my campus radio station for this upcoming semester...and today when i went in they just randomly had me do a set, despite the fact i've never been on air before or knew what the hell i was doing lol. needless to say, it was both good and bad.
good because i played an hour-long set, broken up into two halves: first, a half-hour of my own shit from my personal archives both released and unreleased, and some stuff from others including JJ DOOM, FlyLo, Jonwayne, and even some dudes on here whose mixtapes i just had laying in my iTunes (specifically, i think i played tracks from: Linkrust, Constrobuz, turquoisecrown, and someone else i can't remember).
bad because i had <5 mins or so to prepare for it, so i just literally was grabbing anything i could find off of my list to put into a set...obviously it's as nerve-racking as it sounds. then, on top of this i hadn't come prepared-- so i didn't really have "clean" radio-friendly versions of a lot of the tracks i wanted to play...so i had to keep my finger on that mute-out button like i was fucking Harry Truman in the war room or something lol, physically deadening the air on those exact moments where there were swears or the station would've been screwed by FCC regulations and what-not. definitely a lot of pressure the entire time i was up there on the boards...and nobody was there to shadow me or show me what i was supposed to do, so i ended up mixing a lot of tracks Madlib-style with fade-ins and outs-- only going on the mic to talk up the songs i was playing twice the whole hour, which i guess is a big no-no or something in DJ-world.
overall, it almost gave me a heart attack...but it was dope getting to bang my own shit out as well as all the great stuff in this community. unfortunately, i think the P.D. called up right when my set ended to yell at the girl who let me on lol, but whatever.
So...I Did a DJ Set on the Radio Today
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Posted 22 August 2013 - 10:18 PM
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Posted 23 August 2013 - 08:04 AM
Nice dude! 1190 is the shit. Bring me in to do a guest DJ set and I'll rock all wax the whole hour.
Posted 23 August 2013 - 08:35 AM
Nice dude! 1190 is the shit. Bring me in to do a guest DJ set and I'll rock all wax the whole hour.
for sure, man. i'll have to do that once i get more clout there, and i'm not just the mousy new kid that nobody knows by name lol. i know Basementalism is their main (and possibly only) specialty hip-hop show they play, and that's on saturdays from 4 to like 6-7. i'll start asking around, and get you updates when i hear new stuff about guests coming in and how that works.
Posted 23 August 2013 - 11:30 AM
lol i need to learn how to blend SOUNDS i have all this music but my mixes are hella boring because i just fade out and fade in... although that works for me there are people out there who want shit mixed Professional DJ style i just dont have time to learn, i like being put on the spot to come up with good music but that shit can surley work against you! good stuff anyhow at least u have the experience!
Posted 23 August 2013 - 11:30 AM
awesome dude
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Spring Training IV: Player Pictures
A great thing about Spring Training is that its much easier to meet, chat and get your photo with players on your favorite team. We love to get pictures with Mariners, and that was a major goal during our recent trip to Peoria. So, let's take a look at what we got.
At Mariners Spring Training the best spot for getting your picture with a Mariner is in the long strip of grass leading from the batting cages behind the Mariners administrative office to practice field M3. There is a roped off strip down the length of the grassy area where the players walk out to the practice fields. That is where we got most of the following pictures.
First up, we ran into Adam Moore:
At Tim's first Spring Training in 2008, Adam Moore was the first professional baseball player with whom Tim ever got his picture. So it was cool to have a little "reunion" picture in 2011.
Moments later, it was Garrett Olson's turn to pose with Tim:
The Mariners have two superstars — Ichiro and Felix Hernandez. We've wanted to get a picture with Ichiro for a long time. But its almost impossible. Felix, however, is another story. We got our picture with him in 2009 at Fenway Park. Tim was happy to meet up with Felix again in Peoria:
By the way, this is as close as we got to a "picture with Ichiro":
Before this trip, neither Tim nor I had ever got our picture with a major league manager. Well, new Mariners manager Eric Wedge was all over the place at Spring Training. And he was happy to lean in real close and smile big for this picture with Tim:
Note: In that picture, Tim is looking at me (taking this same picture on my camera) and Wedge is looking at my mom. This was a common problem during Spring Training. We got a bunch of pictures where one person is looking at one camera and the other is looking at another camera. Oh, well.
Our first baseball of spring training came from Mariners reliever, Chris Seddon. Moments later, Chris was posing for a picture with me and Tim:
It was actually quite funny. We took a first picture with Chris and me standing up straight behind Tim. Then Chris suggested that we get down on Tim's level, which resulted in the picture above. Personally, I get a chuckle out of it each time I look at Seddon leaning with his hands on his knees and smiling for the camera. Seddon also took time out to say hello to the King of Camden Yards, Avi Miller:
Thanks, Chris!
Moments later, David "The D.A." Aardsma rolled by on his flatbed golf cart and posed for a picture with Tim:
D.A. had surgery recently and was on crutched at the beginning of our trip. However, by the end of our trip he was off the crutches and hobbling around under his own power. At the end of the trip, we also got DA to sign a baseball for us:
Thanks, DA!
I was quite excited to get this picture of Tim with Mariners phenom, Michael Pineda:
Before this trip, I'd never seen Pineda in person. Let me tell you, you cannot miss him. He is HUGE! If he wasn't crouched down with Tim in this picture, his knees would probably be at Tim's head level! (Okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but he is huge). Pineda also signed this baseball for us:
Former and new Mariner Miguel Olivo was extremely nice to Tim:
After signing a baseball for us, Miguel crouched down and started chatting with Tim. He tried to shake Tim's hand, but Tim was holding a fist full of authentic Arizona rocks. Instead of a handshake, Miguel was treated to a look at the rocks Tim had collected during catcher's BP. Here is a look at the baseball Miguel signed for us:
For our first foray into the 2011 MyGameBalls.com Photo Scavenger Hunt competition, Tim got this picture with Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik:
Jack is great. He's extremely nice and accessible.
He always gets excited when I mention we live in Pennsylvania, where he was raised. The first time (of many) we saw Jack on this trip, it was just barely drizzling. Jack was passing by us when he asked me "did you bring this [the rain] with you?" This is a common question that anyone from Seattle gets asked whenever they are in another state and it starts raining. I personally have had to answer this question about 40,000 times in my life. I responded, "Not me, we just flew in from Pennsylvania." Jack was already past me (driving a golf cart) when he heard this and he immediately stopped and came back to ask me where we live in Pennsylvania.
Another top Mariners executive (and minority owner) was usually hanging around the fields during our trip. It was Howard Lincoln, Mariners Chairman, CEO, minority owner, and representative of the Mariners corporate majority owner, Nintendo. This picture of Tim and Howard Lincoln is another MyGameBalls.com Photo Scavenger Hunt picture:
Note: In this picture, Tim is standing on the back of a golf cart. If you click to enlarge the picture, you can see a tag hanging over the steering wheel that says, "Jack Z." Yep, that was the golf cart Jack was driving when he asked if we brought the rain with us.
As already shown in our recent entry, we had a great interaction and got several pictures with…
The day we got the Milton Bradley bat was crazy. Its the same day we got the Luke French autograph (featured in our last entry). It was the same day as the Howard Lincoln picture. And it was the same day as the next six player pictures.
First up at the end of the daily workout session, Franklin Gutierrez a/k/a "Death to Flying Things":
A day or two later, Franklin flew back to Seattle to see a doctor about some mysterious stomach issues he has had since last season. Franklin also signed a baseball for us:
Next up, Mainers firstbaseman, Justin Smoak:
If Smoak lives up to his potential, the Cliff Lee trade will end up being a great deal for the Mariners. So, we're really pulling for Smoak to find his stroke at the major league level.
This was as good as we could do with respect to getting our picture with top Mariners prospect Dustin Ackley:
Ackley signed this baseball for us but then had to run:
We also didn't get a traditional, posed picture with Mariners outfield prospect, Greg Halman:
Halman was great. He really liked Kellan. He called him "cutie." It was pretty funny. By the way, that ball Halman is signing was thrown to us by Halman earlier in the day.
Thanks, Greg!
We had a nice chat with local Seattle product and all around good guy, Matt Tuisasosopo:
Tui was extremely outgoing and fan friendly all week. He even chatted up Tim from third base one day during infield drills.
Tim was right with us during these last five pictures, but he didn't want to get in any of the pictures. I was bummed about it because we'd still never had a picture with both Tim and Kellan and a player — every picture has either been one or the other.
That all changed when Ryan Langerhans passed by us. Tim asked Ryan to sign our Greg Halman baseball and then all of us posed for this picture:
Here is a look at that baseball:
Upper right: Greg Halman 56, Matt Tuiasosopo 27
Lower left: Justin Smoak 17
Lower right: Ryan Langerhans
Thanks, guys!
At Mariners/Padres Fan Fest at the Peoria Sports Complex's main stadium, Tim got this picture with Greg Zaun:
It's Tim's first picture with a Padre. See that baseball Zaun is holding? The first 400 kids at Fan Fest got a little back pack with Mariners and Padres baseball cards, a baseball, a sharpie and some other stuff in it. The baseball wasn't a ROMLB. It was some random brand with an advertisement for a baseball card shop on it. It wasn't a great baseball for autographs, but Tim ended up having a bunch of people sign it. Actually, its unfortunate he didn't use our spare ball that a fan gave Tim a couple days earlier for all of those autographs. Oh, well, Tim was quite happy to collect a bunch of autographs on his door prize baseball.
As shown in our last entry, Kellan got his picture taken with his first pitcher, Luke French:
Luke also signed Tim's door prize baseball.
Thanks again, Luke!
Our final picture with a Mariner was this group shot with the Mariner Moose, also at Fan Fest:
As you can see, Spring Training was excellent in terms of getting pictures with Mariners. We didn't get our picture with Ichiro, but we knew that was a long shot, even at Spring Training. Other than Ichiro, the only player who I really wanted to get a picture with, but failed to do so, was Mariners pitcher, Jason Vargas. But maybe we can track him down during the regular season. We will see.
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It must be Spring. Great stories and pictures. I'm ready for another exciting baseball season.
Another great crop of stories and pictures. Gotta be refreshing, right? I'm surprised Milton was all smiles and not off on some tirade. Any sign of Jack Wilson? I know for a fact he will love to see your kids. And tell him I said hi!
What a unique angle of "picture with Ichiro" I see here! Ichiro is smiling so happlily and relaxed, simply because he is not aware of being photographed at the moment. Tim's admiring look at Ichiro is also impressive. I deeply appreciate this picture as another Ichiro fan.
BTW did't you see this huge picture anywhere in the Peoria Sports Complex this year?
Wow so many pictures! And all great! I really hope I get the chance to go to a spring training in the future, it looks so much fun! To meet the players and all that! But in the meanwhile I'm definitely enjoying your photos! haha
And thank you so much for your respond! I'm looking forward to those pics of Cortes!
I m not sure how I missed it until now, but at least I found it! Great work and looking forward to checking it out further and in the future.
I have a blog (Johngysbeat.blogspot.com) which is mostly about meeting celebs. If you are willing to share any of your pictures on my site, I'd love to run it. I'd include info on your site and anything else you'd like with it. You have so many great pictures.
Every Monday I run the feature with other friends/bloggers/coworkers and their celebrity encounters. Check out my site when you get a chance and follow if you like.
It is. Thanks. So am I!
It is great to have baseball back. I'm hoping for good things for Milton this year. He has seemed to be in a real good mind set so far this Spring Training, and he's hitting well. We did run into Jack a couple times. Once, he walked right next to us and we said "hi" to each other. Then, he noticed he'd walked right in front of Tim while he was taking a picture and he felt real bad…like he ruined an important picture of something. But he didn't. On our last day of our trip (still to come on our blog), Jack hiked a ball to himself and threw me a fly pattern on the RF berm at the Peoria Sports Complex during Fan Fest.
It is a cool picture. I wasn't going to add it to this blog entry at first because it isn't a traditional posed picture with a player. But I had to add it because it is interesting and unique. Tim is actually saying something to Ichiro in this picture, but speaking so quietly that no one could hear him at all. I actually asked some of the people who work at the Peoria Sports Complex if they knew what happened to the huge picture of Griffey and Roger Hansen, but no one seemed to know. It is nowhere to be seen, at least nowhere to be seen by the general public.
Glad you've been enjoying! Definitely try to head to Spring Training someday.
Glad you found our little corner of the internet and are enjoying our pictures. I'm not quite sure what you have in my regarding running some of our picts on your site, but generally I am not opposed to idea of you featuring us.
wow! How did you get so close to the players at spring training? Is it really that easy to get photos with them and autographs or do you know someone? Just wondering.
Yep, pretty much it is just that easy! We went to Spring Training the first week that position players reported to camp. They were not playing games yet (except one intrasquad game). It was just practice. That small window of time is probably the best time for meeting and getting pictures with the players. They're very relaxed, there is hardly anyone around, and the players are walking around in public areas to shuttle from field-to-field. Its awesome!
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Lynn Ryan NEWS RELEASE
Immediate Release
November 6, 2001
CONTACT: Karen Fincutter
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SPRINGFIELD First Lady Lura Lynn Ryan and State Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee today unveiled the states new Early Learning Web Site providing online assistance to parents of preschoolers.
The web site is an important new online resource for parents, caregivers and teachers of preschoolers in Illinois because it helps to prepare children for school, said McGee. When education starts before children enter school, they begin already knowing the basics and can progress more easily onto new material. This web site will provide new ways to educate and nurture children prior to the start of school.
The site, which is part of the Illinois Early Learning Project, was initiated and funded by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), working with Futures for Kids, an umbrella initiative for programs and policies under the direction of First Lady Lura Lynn Ryan. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign designed and built the site with a $320,000 project grant. The web site address is www.illinoisearlylearning.org.
Research shows that early learning helps prepare children for success, both in school and throughout life, said Mrs. Ryan. This early emphasis is a focus of the Futures for Kids program and the Early Learning web site is one more resource to help parents and child care educators make a difference in childrens lives at an early age.
The web site, which was introduced as part of the Illinois Child Care Making Connections conference in Springfield, will make information more accessible to those individuals and groups who are traditionally not easily reached by other means. The site will deliver useful information in an accessible format, especially in the area of language and literacy development. Materials are written in both English and Spanish, as well as, other languages common in Illinois. On many topics, tip sheets can easily be printed and distributed. Workshops and training events have been already scheduled around the state, mostly in underserved areas, to help people become familiar with this web site. And on-line chats with experts, including physicians and educators, parents and other providers are available.
"We believe that the more information people have that is tailored to what they need, when they need it, the more likely they are to take advantage of that information and do a better job with the kids," said Dianne Rothenberg, co-director of the ERIC Clearing House on Elementary and Early Childhood Education along with UI professor Lilian Katz.
Another goal of the Illinois Early Learning Project, which will continue under development through next summer, is to tie the material to Illinois events and issues. Already in place as part of the project is a calendar and state map through which users can find workshops in given months and given regions. Eventually, all the state's early learning standards will be listed and defined on the site, with links to related material. Even child-care workers and preschool teachers will have teaching material at their fingertips.
"Parents pretty much need all the help they can get," said McGee. Through the new project, we wanted to provide parents and caregivers with the best-researched, most-important information about how to maximize their child's early years."


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Ali Calls 'All-American Muslim' A Welcome Relief
By editor • Nov 30, 2011
TLC's new reality show, All-American Muslim follows five Muslim-American families. It aims to dispel misconceptions and stereotypes about the religion. In a recent piece in The Guardian, Wajahat Ali writes that TLC's portrayal is a "welcome relief from the usual tawdry caricatures of Muslims."


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Among those honored were four senior 4-H members, seven eighth- grade graduates, members with perfect attendance, outgoing officers and the "Outstanding 4-H" honorees. Election of officers was also held for 2013-2014.
The Stampede 4-H Club extended best wishes to Brooke Bochat, Kayla Brandes, Daniel Dohmann and Olivia Riggs, who graduated from Goliad High School. The club presented each senior with a graduation picture frame.
Eighth-grade graduates Kourtney Brandes, Garrett Campbell, Garrett Coles, Kendall Coles, Holly Gaskamp, Michala Janssen and Kayla Stock were also honored.
Members with perfect attendance were also recognized. In order to receive perfect attendance, members must attend all nine meetings from September through May. Those receiving perfect attendance included Mackenzie Billo, Kayla Brandes, Kelly Brandes, Garrett Campbell, Garrett Coles, Cody Capistran, Daniel Dohmann, Madlynn Friedrichs, Raleigh Friedrichs, Bailey Janssen, Kolby Janssen, Rebecca Johnson, Shaun Justice, Matthew Kutz, Harley O'Neal, McKenna Sawyer, Rhiannon Sawyer, David Stewart and Ethan Whaley. Members were presented with insulated drinking glasses.
Outgoing senior officers who were awarded candy included Daniel Dohmann, president; Bailey Janssen, first vice president; Brooke Bochat, second vice president; Kourtney Brandes, third vice president; Michala Janssen, treasurer; Ethan Whaley, health andsafety officer; Kassidy Bego, reporter; Kayla Brandes, secretary; Cody Capistran, parliamentarian; Cayla Hahn and Olivia Riggs, council delegates; and Dustin Franke and Garrett Campbell, alternate council delegates.
Also recognized with candy were outgoing junior officers Sarah Rayburn, president; Joshua Garcia, first vice president; Mallory Shelton, second vice president; Kolby Janssen, third vice president; Raleigh Friedrichs, secretary; Brooke Yanta, treasurer; Logan Capistran, safety officer; Shelby Slover, parliamentarian; Garrett Coles, reporter; Shaun Justice and Mackenzie Billo, council delegates; and Jacob Hahn, council alternate.
Newly-elected senior officers will be: Bailey Janssen, president; Kassidy Bego, first vice president; Dylan Case, second vice president; Cody Capistran, third vice presdient; Holly Gaskamp, secretary; Ethan Whaley, Treasurer; Logan Capistran, safety officer; Michala Janssen, parliamentarian; Brynna Billo, reporter; Ethan Whaley and Cody Capistran, council delegates; and Brooke Yanta, council alternate.
Newly-elected junior officers will be: Matthew Kutz, president; Brooke Yanta, first vice president; Kyle Stock, second vice president; Kolby Janssen, third vice president; McKenna Sawyer, secretary; Raleigh Friedrichs, reporter; Shelby Slover, parliamentarian; Harley O'Neal, safety officer; Jake Billo, treasurer; Shaun Justice and Madlynn Friedrichs, council delegates; and Kasey Stock, council alternate.
The last group of members honored were those who had participated in 50 percent or more of the club's activities. These "Outstanding Stampede Members" were presented 4-H T-shirts. Members achieving this honor included Kassidy Bego, Brynna Billo, Jake Billo, Mackenzie Billo, Brooke Bochat, Garrett Campbell, Cody Capistran, Logan Capistran, Dylan Case, Garrett Coles, Kendall Coles, Daniel Dohmann, Madlynn Friedrichs, Raleigh Friedrichs, Holly Gaskamp, Kyle Gaskamp, Bailey Janssen, Kolby Janssen, Michala Janssen, Shaun Justice, Rebecca Johnson, Matthew Kutz, Harley O'Neal, Sarah Rayburn, McKenna Sawyer, Rhiannon Sawyer, Mallory Shelton, Shelby Slover, David Stewart, Kyle Stock, Ethan Whaley, and Brooke Yanta.
Club Managers Debbie Henning and Debbie Bego extended their appreciation to all the parents who assisted with the club's activities throughout the year and are looking forward to another successful year in 2013-14.


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Press release - AB Volvo
In the fourth quarter the Volvo Group's net sales declined to SEK 71.8 billion (86.5) as a result of lower economic activity in many of our markets and a continued uncertainty about the future direction that makes our customers more cautious. However, overall we have maintained our market positions with some regional variations. Operating income declined to SEK 1,121 M (6,955). For the full-year 2012, the Volvo Group's net sales amounted to SEK 303.6 billion (310.4) with an operating income of SEK 17.6 billion (26.9) and an operating margin of 5.8% (8.7).
• In the fourth quarter, net sales decreased by 17% to SEK 71.8 billion (86.5). Adjusted for currency movements and acquired and divested units, sales decreased by 12%.
• The fourth quarter operating income amounted to SEK 1,121 M (6,955) including restructuring charges of SEK 990 M and a positive impact of SEK 254 M from the divestment of Volvo Aero.
• Operating margin in the fourth quarter was 1.6% (8.0).
• In the fourth quarter, basic and diluted earnings per share were SEK 0.39 (2.33).
• In the fourth quarter, operating cash flow in the Industrial Operations was positive in an amount of SEK 4.7 billion (10.7) primarily driven by a SEK 5.4 billion reduction in inventories.
• Net financial debt reduced by SEK 12 billion and equal to 29% of equity in the Industrial Operations.
• The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of SEK 3.00 per share (3.00).
• Volvo Group to become world's largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer following strategic alliance with Chinese company Dongfeng Motor Group.
"On a Group level the first quarter of 2013 will also be difficult as a result of the low order intake in many markets during the fourth quarter of 2012. Profitability will be affected by low capacity utilization, high spend levels in research and development and costs associated with the launch of new products. However, we expect market conditions to gradually improve during the course of 2013 when economic growth across the world gains momentum." Olof Persson, President and CEO.
Find the full report under interim reports or access a mobile version of the report.
February 6, 2013
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"I have listened to Catholic Answers Live for many years now. The show is informational, inspirational, faith building, and funny. I have been in the process of conversion for many years, and now at age 60, I will be joining the Catholic Church. The show and speakers have been my tutor and guide, and I am deeply grateful to all."
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"God pardon you and make a Paul of your Saul. I heartily forgive you."
~ Swithin Wells; Venerable, English Martyr; his last words pardoning his persecutor, Topcliffe, just before he was hanged at Gray's Inn Lane, London, opposite his own home.


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Barbra Streisand's new album Partners is available everywhere now including Michael & Barbra's duet of "It Had To Be You." Click here to download from iTunes now.
- Sep 16 2014
- Aug 29 2014
Michael's album Christmas will be available for the first time ever on red and green vinyl on October 21st! Only 3k total (1500 of each color) will be available at online retailers like the official online store, Amazon.com and your local record store.
Track list as follows:
1. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Jingle Bells [featuring the Puppini Sisters]
4. White Christmas [duet with Shania Twain]
5. All I Want For Christmas Is You
6. Holly Jolly Christmas
7. Santa Baby
8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Aug 12 2014
Watch Good Morning America's exclusive premier of Barbra Streisand's duet with Michael of "It Had To Be You". Here's a first behind scenes in studio look at the collaboration with Barbra for her upcoming album titled Partners - to be released September 16th.
- Aug 05 2014
We are excited to announce that Year 11 of Bungalow-B, the official Michael Bublé fan club is here!
The Standard membership includes these exciting benefits:
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- Jul 28 2014
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The deal is worth $3.3 million, according to multiple media reports.
Franson had five goals and 28 assists in 78 games with Toronto last season. He has 28 goals and 133 points in 322 games NHL games with the Nashville Predators and Maple Leafs. He also has four goals and nine assists in 23 playoff games. The Predators drafted Franson in the third round in 2005.
---The St. Louis Blues received a one-year arbitration award for forward Vladimir Sobotka.
Terms of the deal will be enforced when Sobotka returns to the NHL. The 27-year-old native of the Czech Republic will play for Avangard Omsk of the KHL this season.
Last season, Sobotka had nine goals, 24 assists and 72 penalty minutes in 61 games with St. Louis.
---The Blues agreed to terms on a three-year entry-level contract with forward Ivan Barbashev, their second-round draft choice. Barbashev, 18, appeared in 48 games with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Moncton Wildcats last season and finished second on the team with 68 points, including a team-high 43 assists.
---The Blues signed forward Jeremy Welsh to a one-year, two-way contact. Welsh, 26, split last season between the Vancouver Canucks and Utica of the American Hockey League. The 6-foot-3, 191-pound forward posted one goal and six penalty minutes in 19 regular-season games with the Canucks, as well as 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) and 14 penalty minutes in 49 regular-season games with the Utica.
---The Montreal Canadiens signed first-round draft pick Nikita Scherbak to a three-year entry-level contract.
Scherbak, a forward, had 28 goals and 50 assists in 65 regular-season games with the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL last season. Montreal selected the 18-year-old Moscow native with the No. 26 overall pick in the draft.


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Interoperability is currently at the core of an important debate in the video conferencing industry which will surely escalate in the coming months as more and more players in the market start to embrace standards such as the new extensions to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the H.264 SVC standard (scalable video coding).
Vidyo, as always, is in the thick of this discussion and we've been doing our part to further interoperability in this market. Yesterday, we released the latest in a series of announcements we've made over the past six months that demonstrate our focus on interoperability and unified communications: a new Plug-In for Microsoft Lync that will enable Lync users to quickly and easily initiate and participate in HD multiparty Vidyo conferences. Lync users will now be able to access Vidyo's personal telepresence by simply selecting it from within their desktop application. Vidyo's Microsoft Lync Plug-In is also backward compatible with Microsoft OCS 2007.
When a user clicks on the "VidyoConferencing" button from a pull-down menu or presence icon for a given contact in Microsoft Lync, the contact is automatically invited to the user´s Vidyo meeting room, and a "guest hyper-link" is provided if the contact is not a registered Vidyo user. Vidyo has also simplified scheduling and guest participant invitations with a separate plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. To create a calendar invite for a meeting, users can simply click the VidyoConferencing button on their Outlook toolbar, adding a URL that takes invited guests directly into the user´s virtual meeting room, providing easy one-click access for invitees.
Want to know more about Vidyo's integration with Lync? Read the full press release here.
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- Title
- Engram decay in artificial neural networks
- Author(s)
- Copland, Howard; Hendtlass, Tim
- Abstract
- In this paper the process of forgetting, termed 'engram decay', in artificial neural networks is examined for three classes of networks: the self organizing map, fuzzy logic adaptive resonance theory and, maximally connected backpropagation networks. All networks were trained to categorize three varieties of iris. How iris categories are forgotten is shown to be strongly related to the distribution of iris categories in feature space.
- Publication type
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- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering. Centre for Intelligent Systems
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- Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN-95), Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 27 November-01 December 1995, p. 669-674
- Publication year
- 1995
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- Adaptive resonance theory; ART neural nets; Backpropagation; Engram decay; Feature space; Feedforward neural nets; Forgetting process; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy neural nets; Iris categories; Learning; Self-organising feature maps
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PA trees at risk
October 9, 2013 —
At a recent meeting of the Wayne Conservation District, board members and staff received a sobering update on two factors negatively affecting Pennsylvania's forests.
John Maza, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources service forester for Wayne and Lackawanna counties noted that the emerald ash borer (EAB), a brilliant green beetle that has decimated ash tree populations in multiple states since first being identified in Michigan in 2002, has now been identified in Luzerne County.
That brings the beetle even closer to Wayne, Lackawanna and Pike counties, which so far have not shown evidence of the highly destructive insect's presence. In Pennsylvania, EAB beetles have been identified in 44 counties, and just across the Delaware River they have been discovered in Delaware, Ulster and Orange counties in New York. Since its discovery in Michigan in 2007, the insect has spread to 23 states and killed many millions of ash trees.
Another increasingly noticeable affliction is spruce dieback, which is resulting in the slow inevitable death of older spruce trees throughout the state. Maza said the disease is caused by a fungus that began to thrive in recent years characterized by wet rainy summers. By the time the dieback of needles and limbs is noticed, the disease is considerably advanced.
Younger trees are faring better than older ones, and site is a factor, with trees on southerly or westerly slopes in non-crowded configurations appearing to do better than others. Maza likens it to human health in that the vigor of the specimen is tied to its ability to ward off disease.
Both factors, in addition to others such as the hemlock woolly adelgid (an insect which preys on Eastern hemlocks) are expected to significantly increase the number of dead trees in regional forests.
Visit www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/insectsdisease/index.htm for additional information on pests, insects and diseases affecting PA forests. Maza can be reached at 570/945-7133.


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Dordt College News
Ag Department releases 2009 test plot results
December 15, 2009
Field variety test plot results from the Agriculture Department at Dordt College in Sioux Center were released recently.
The field trials were conducted by agriculture majors in Dordt's Field Crop Production and Management class under the supervision of Dr. Ron Vos, professor of agriculture at Dordt College. Students who participated in the field sized-comparison study were James Korver, Maurice, IA; Neal Vellema, Harris, IA; Ryan Johnson, Cleghorn, IA; Rachel Gorter, Otley, IA; David Dick, Mc Bain, MI; and Greg Stahl, Whitinsville, MA. They were assisted by Mike Schouten of the Dordt Agriculture Stewardship Center.
Vos said his crop production class dealt with harvesting delays this year just as area farmers did.
Twenty-eight crop varieties from ten companies were included in the yield trials. Participating companies were Asgrow, Blue River, Croplan, Dekalb, Jung, Mycogen, Northrup King, Pioneer, Stine, and Viking.
Ten different trials were conducted on Dordt College Ag Stewardship fields located north of Sioux Center. In the Dordt trials, seed varieties were planted in strips of one or two equipment-widths across the entire field. Because these narrow strips lie close to one another, field variability between treatment strips is minimized. The treatments are replicated at least three times in the field to overcome chance field differences. In addition, the order of the varieties in each block is chosen at random, avoiding a source of unconscious bias.
"To ensure accuracy and credibility of our data, we used on-farm sized comparison analysis," said Dr. Vos. Replication, randomization and field-sized strips ensure the results will be valid and applicable to farmers' field situations. The students used a measurement called the "least significant difference" (LSD). If the difference between two varieties is greater than the LSD, then the difference is considered significant.
Vos said results are published at an LSD of .05, "which means we are certain these results are statistically valid 19 out of 20 times." An LSD of .25 for example would be valid three out of four times.
"We hope that by providing our data to farmers, they will have a valuable tool for deciding their seed choices for next year," said Dr. Vos. He added his thanks to all those who in one way or another participated in the field trial. Results from this year's trials are available at the Agriculture Department's website along with results from 2005 through 2008.
Field Trial 1: Planting Date Soybean Trial
For this trial, the same brand and variety soybean was planted early and late to compare crop yields. Plots were planted May 11 and 25, and harvested October 28, with a population rate of 150,785 seeds/acre.
Brand/variety Plant Date Yield Bu/A
Stine 23LA08 Early: May 11 71.7
Stine 23LA08 Late: May 25 70.4
Field Trial 2: Organic Corn Variety Trial
This field trial was planted May 16, harvested November 20, at a population rate of 33,500 seeds/acre. Dordt College has certified organic acres.
Brand/variety Moisture% Yield Bu/A
Viking 57-40 25.8 201.4
Viking 39-94 22.9 178.4
Blue River 57H36 31.2 191.5
Field Trial 3: Corn Variety Trial
This trial compared corn varieties from several companies. The corn plot was planted April 22, harvested November 6, and seeded at a population rate of 31,100 seeds/acre.
Variety Moisture% Yield Bu/A
Croplan 5338VT3 22.2 259.5
Pioneer 36V53 22.7 238.7
Mycogen 2Y547 20.4 250.3
Jung 7482VT3 17.6 242.5
Dekalb 54-16 22.1 251.8
Field Trial 4: Corn Variety Rootworm Trial
This trial was planted April 23 and harvested November 6, and seeded at a population rate of 31,100 seeds/acre. Students found very little root pruning on any variety.
Brand/variety Moisture Yield Bu/A
Dekalb 50-19 20.6 218.9
Dekalb 50-20 without insecticide 19.9 230.5
Dekalb 50-20 with insecticide 21.6 221.9
Field Trial 5: Row Spacing Effect on Soybean Yield Trial
A trial was conducted with row spacing of 36 inches and 18 inches. This trial was planted May 11 and harvested October 28. The 36 inch rows were seeded at a rate of 150,785 seeds/acre, and the 18 inch rows were seeded at 150,785 seeds/acre.
Brand/variety Moisture% Yield Bu/A
Pioneer 92M40 (wide row) 14.6 66.1
Pioneer 92M40 (narrow row) 14.8 73.8
Field Trial 6: Organic Soybean Variety Trial
This field trial was planted May 16, harvested October 29, at a population rate of 174,240 seeds/acre. Dordt College has certified organic acres.
Brand/variety Moisture% Yield Bu/A
Blue River 29AR9 14.1 58.7
Blue River 27A9 14.0 58.4
Blue River 2A71 13.9 52.3
Field Trial 7: Cultivated vs. Uncultivated Corn Trial
This field trial was planted April 23, harvested November 6, at a population rate of 31,100 seeds/acre.
Brand/variety Moisture% Yield Bu/A
Dekalb 50-20 (cultivated) 19.3 222.9
Dekalb 50-20 (uncultivated) 20.6 221.8
Field Trial 8: Twin Row Corn Trial
This field trial was planted May 4, harvested November 16. It was set up by planting each variety in single rows at populations of 29,700; 33,500; and 36,300 seeds per acre. Then the population was dropped to 15,100; 16,300; and 18,100 where it was planted once and then came back over and planted a second time approximately 7" apart from the first pass. Pioneer 528XR and Pioneer 461XR were used for this trial.
Moisture% Yield Bu/A
Single Row 25.2 234.6
Twin Row 23.5 246.7
Field Trial 9: Soybean Variety Trial
This trial compared soybean varieties from several companies. The soybean plot was planted May 11, harvested October 28, and seeded at a population rate of 150,785 seeds/acre.
Variety Moisture% Yield Bu/A
Asgrow 2222V 14.9 60.7
Asgrow 2423V 14.9 60.9
Pioneer 92Y31 15.0 62.5
Stine 2538 14.7 66.8
Field Trial 10: Soybean Population Study
This field trial was planted May 11, harvested October 28. This study involved six Stine soybean varieties planted at a population rate of 150,785 seeds/acre and 125,450 seeds/acre.
Population Rate Moisture% Yield Bu/A
150,785 seeds/acre 14.6 68.4
125,450 seeds/acre 15.0 67.2
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New novel tackles the story of Lucy Ann (aka Joseph) Lobdell; 'The female hunter of Long Eddy'
When Lucy Ann, who now called herself Joseph Lobdell, arrived in Honesdale in the early 1850s, it was still a rough-and-ready canal town. Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" had recently been published and was creating a stir. Details like this give the book the feel of a contemporary account; it's easy to forget you're reading a 21st century novel.
There's another way in which Klaber's book is true to its time—the author doesn't superimpose contemporary psychosexual terms on his subject. Although Lucy Ann lived as a man and even took a wife, Klaber doesn't label her transgender. He only uses the term lesbian when it was applied to Lobdell by a doctor, in 1883. (This may be the first time the word was ever used to describe a woman who was sexually attracted to women.)
Klaber spent 14 years writing his book; he's had a lot of time to consider his one-of-a-kind subject. In the end, he concluded that Lucy Ann's rebellion was essentially political, not sexual. In 1882, when she was incarcerated in an insane asylum, her wife, Marie Louise Perry wrote: "The abuse and injustice which she often has to endure, and which has such a crushing influence upon her existence, seems to be a wrong on the part of the administrators of the law and the [exclusively male] voters who create them." The words may have been Perry's, but they were also the sentiments of the very rebellious Lucy Ann Lobdell.
[Editor's note: On Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m., the author will give a reading from "The Rebellion of Lucy Ann Lobdell" at the Tusten-Cochecton Library in Narrowsburg, NY on Bridge Street.]


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Honoring traditions, fabricating new; Meet the divas of quilting
Some do it for the fellowship and conversation. Some do it for the satisfaction of having something to show for all their hard work. Some do it for the art. But they all have the same goal: to make a quilt.
Quilting circles have become extremely popular in the Delaware River Valley region. Hundreds of (mostly) women have organized with other quilters who love the craft as much as they do. They subscribe to daily emails with quilting newsletters; they are slightly addicted to YouTube quilting videos, where they learn new techniques; and they belong to Facebook quilting groups and exchange ideas.
And in most cases, they started quilting in the same way: it was a natural progression from crafting, sewing, or needlework (like crocheting or knitting) to quilting.
"I was always a crafter. I used to sew dolls and their costumes, and always had a sewing machine. Quilting was just a natural progression," explains Keyna Hust of The Divas Quilting Circle out of Youngsville, NY.
Fellow diva Jennifer Berglas says, "I always sewed and was a crafter. I like to put things together. I made kids' clothes, place mats, and now quilts." Same with diva Ruth Pontious of Jeffersonville, NY, "I always sewed. I had four kids and made a lot of their clothes. I started quilting in the '80s, by hand, not a machine."
Given the recent popularity of quilting, you might think it was a fairly recent hobby. But the craft goes back centuries.
Quilts started as a necessity to keep humans warm and out of the elements. They were as basic as woven linen or spun wool. American pioneer women had no time to work on luxuries such as a decorated quilt; they were doing all they could to keep their families fed, clothed and out of danger.
Decorated quilts were for wealthy women who had time on their hands. They were not made of fabric scraps as many are now—rather, they were decorative and showcased the fine needlework women of privilege worked so hard to exact.
Big changes came after the mid-19th century. The advent of manufacturing on a large scale changed the textile industry, making fabric affordable and available. Women no longer had to spin or weave their own materials. Because of that, quilt making became widespread.
The style of quilting also changed around the mid-1800s; block-style quilts became the rage. Quilting bees became popular, with women working on individual blocks and sitting around quilting frames to attach them to the body of the quilt.


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Posted on August 01, 2014
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Grand Valley State University has received a grant to lead two Rural-Focused Agricultural Innovation and Entrepreneurship training programs.
The $30,375 grant, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program, will help implement workshops that spur enterprise development and job creation in communities across Isabella and Bay counties. The programs will connect entrepreneurs to economic development resources, technology and startup training to help them commercialize their products and ideas.
"There is great economic potential in the state's agricultural sector," said Julie Cowie, project manager for Sprout Lab in Grand Valley's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. "Our partnership will identify and support Michigan's agricultural innovators to explore commercialization of their tools, prototypes and concepts."
Cowie said the program offers practical lean startup tools and connections to Michigan's entrepreneur ecosystem.
For more information, contact Grand Valley's Center for Entrepreneurship at (616) 331-7582.


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Name of Product: "Sky Scrambler" and "The Sharper Image" Wireless Indoor Helicopters
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Cool Air Cools Off Phillies Bats
Brett Myers seems to have a cloud hanging over his head….or maybe it is our entire pitching staff? Then again, perhaps it has something to do with the weather? Is it just me, or does it seem like the Phillies only hit when it is warm outside? Let us examine this theory:
Note that as the temperature spikes, the run total spikes as well; and when the temperature plunges, so do the runs. This chart includes all games from Opening Day to last night's 4-1 loss against the Nationals. Manager Charlie Manuel calls the warm weather "hitting season." So, what should he call the cold weather? "Sleeping season?" Guess Phillies fans had better start praying for summer to get here – fast!
Note that as the temperature spikes, the run total spikes as well; and when the temperature plunges, so do the runs. This chart includes all games from Opening Day to last night's 4-1 loss against the Nationals. Manager Charlie Manuel calls the warm weather "hitting season." So, what should he call the cold weather? "Sleeping season?" Guess Phillies fans had better start praying for summer to get here – fast!
Of course, sloppy pitching is not helping the situation. While Brett Myers had a decent start again, going 6 innings with 3 runs given up, he did get hurt unnecessarily with walks in the 3rd inning. He not only walked the pitcher, a mortal sin in baseball, but he also walked a run in two batters later. Still, he kept the team in the game but the offense failed to score any runs for him, except a solo homer by Shane Victorino in the 1st inning. You cannot score only one run and expect to win, even if the temperature is only in the 50's. Maybe bats fear the cold? Hmmmm…
Regardless of the phobias of inanimate objects, offensive problems abound: The Phillies left the bases loaded with only one out. Jimmy Rollins got caught stealing. Nats pitching handed out 5 free passes to Phillies batters, which they did not take advantage of. In all, 10 men were left on base. Scott Olsen did pitch a great game for the Nats, but he also did not leave the Phillies without opportunities to score. The good news is, the Phils had won 5 games in row prior to this and the team has an off-day today to rest up for the Mets series this weekend.
Both Cole Hamels, the new bubble boy of the team, and Brad Lidge are scheduled to throw bullpen sessions on Friday. Hamels will test out the sprained ankle and hope it bounces :O) Lidge is hoping to avoid the DL with right knee discomfort. If Lidge doesn't snap out of it soon, I guess I will have to build him a bubble too. Carlos Ruiz is inching closer to a return as well; he will play for the Iron Pigs a few more times and hopes to be back with the team by the end of the weekend.
So, let us all take this day off as an opportunity to elect the Phillies to the All-Star game! VOTE up to 25 times per day, per email address! Are you tired of me typing this yet? Well, buckle up folks! We have MONTHS left to go! :O)
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I love the bubble boy! And too many of our teams are leaving lots of men on base. The Red Sox have been guilty of this. Here's to warm weather!
Right there with you guys on the weather (if it helps Brandon Phillips swing the bat!). Actually, I don't care if it is 20 below just so my Redlegs win! 😉 Russhttp://wight4256.mlblogs.com
"Bubble Boy"… love it. Like they say, "if the shoe fits, wear it, just don't get hurt."
The Yankees always get off to slow starts and they always say it's the cold weather. So how to explain the hot starts by teams like the Royals and Jays? So weird.
Also, how to explain last fall's postseason success? Some of those games were pretty darn cold!
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The bubble boy reference is hilarious…and so true! Myers is available in a couple of fantasy baseball leagues I belong to, but I just can't bring myself to pick him up…warm weather or not. Have a great weekend!


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Faith, Family And Forgiveness In 'We Sinners'
Hanna Pylvainen's debut novel, We Sinners, is about a large — very large — family that belongs to a small religious sect in Finland originating in the dim distant past. The sect, Laestadianism, calls for very strictly regulated behavior — think Amish, with possible overtones of Lutheran, purified by a schism or two. The novel is told from the point of view of family members, each of whom get a chapter, and the story goes forward in time with each person.
Pylvainen tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer that the Rovaniemi family in her book is based on her own. "[Growing up] I was myself ... a believer, and I am now an unbeliever," she says. Laestadianism was founded in the 18th century, and believers see themselves as returning to the true faith of Martin Luther. "And so, what the rest of the world sees as these rules of dos and don'ts, and this very strict lifestyle, they see as a matter of conscience," she says.
When she was young, Pylvainen says, she was a true believer. "I would feel, for instance, extreme guilt over putting on some nail polish or sneaking away to a movie," she says. But her family was not quite the same as the family she writes about in We Sinners. "It does compare ... but absolutely, the stories are fiction," she says. "Picasso says, 'Art is a lie which allows us to tell the truth.' "
As the book opens, the youngest Rovaniemi has just been born — by the end, she's a grown woman. All nine children struggle with identity and the question of whether to stay in the church. "Whether to stay or to go is the single decision that I think is on the mind of every character in the book. I think it's the question that haunts each chapter," Pylvainen says. "To believe, in this kind of old community, in this kind of old-fashioned, in a way, Scandinavian saga, is not easy, and I think, even for those characters who want profoundly to believe ... the rest of the world is sort of always knocking at their door."
One of the main tenets of Laestadianism is forgiveness — something everyone in the book seems to want. "It's done democratically," Pylvainen says, "so theoretically anyone who's within the faith can forgive anyone of any other sin. It's very unusual and very beautiful." At one point, the father in the book asks forgiveness from his children. "One of the things that's profoundly beautiful about that is the idea that what can make you acceptable to heaven could be your own child."
It was hard for Pylvainen to leave the church, which had been a loving and supportive community; in fact, she says, she had to leave twice. "When I left the first time, I felt stricken with grief and with mourning, and I returned." When she left again a few years later, this time for good, her friends treated her as if she had been liberated. "I was free, I had thrown off the shackles of this oppressive church," she says, "and actually I was going through a tremendous mourning. And I think it's that exact feeling that the rest of the world didn't understand, that to leave these communities isn't freedom, that made me want to write the book."
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Hanna Pylvainen's debut novel is called "We Sinners." It's about a large, very large family that belongs to a small religious sect originating in Finland. The sect calls for very strictly regulated behavior. Think Amish, with possible overtones of Lutheran, purified by a schism or two. It's told from the point of view of family members. Each family has a chapter and the story goes forward in time with each person. Hanna Pylvainen joins us from the New York Bureau. Welcome to our program.
HANNA PYLVAINEN: Thank you. It's lovely to be here.
WERTHEIMER: Now, your book is basically about the Rovaniemi family and their religion. But this is also your religion - or at least it was. Isn't that right?
PYLVAINEN: That's correct. I was myself Laestadian and a believer and I am now an unbeliever.
WERTHEIMER: The Laestadian - where does that come from, that name?
PYLVAINEN: Laestadian is a branch of Lutheranism and they seem themselves as returning to the true faith of Luther. That after Luther, that there is a greater and greater leniency. And so what the rest of the world sees as these rules of dos and don'ts and a strict lifestyle, they see as a matter of conscience. And the truth of the matter is as a child when I was in this faith and even into my adolescence, I also felt that way. I would feel, for instance, extreme guilt over putting on some nail polish or sneaking away to a movie.
WERTHEIMER: So, you left this very strict faith. Could you describe what Laestadianism is like?
PYLVAINEN: Well, they believe in a very conservative lifestyle of removing yourself from temptation. And those temptations for them can include anything from makeup and earrings and nail polish and dying your hair to much more profoundly important restrictions like no contraception, no premarital sex. And to them, that's a main tenet of their belief, is that you are only human and the best thing to do is to keep yourself away from temptation.
WERTHEIMER: And your Rovaniemi clan that is part of this religion, does it compare to your own family? Is it your own family?
PYLVAINEN: It does compare. I come from a very large family. My father is himself a minister and I do have siblings who are both in and out of the church. But I think, especially with debut novels and especially with the work of women, there's the temptation to want to find more autobiographical connections than there are. I mean, I think part of the question here is why not write memoir? And I had considered writing memoir, but the story of leaving, to me, is not the interesting question. The story, which is much more interesting to me - and part of the reason I didn't want to write memoir - was why people choose to stay.
WERTHEIMER: When the book opens, the littlest child, Upu, has just been born - this little tiny baby. When the book ends, she's grown up and she's talking about her own decisions about her life. All of the children struggle both with how to leave and how to stay over the years in the book. One of them is gay. One leaves and come back. Another sounds as if she'd leave if she thought she could but she doesn't think she can. It seems to me that, in some ways, it feels like all the same person just having different aspects of the same kinds of decisions.
PYLVAINEN: Whether to stay or to go is the single decision that I think is on the mind of every character in the book. I think it's the question that haunts each chapter and even to some extent the parents. To believe in this kind of old community and this old-fashioned, in a way, Scandinavian saga is not easy. And I think even for those characters who want profoundly to believe, who want profoundly to stay, the rest of the world is sort of always knocking at their door or pointing their fingers at them, nudging them, tempting them. And so they're all, I think, struggling a little bit, and more than a little bit, and sometimes putting even their own lives on the line to answer this question.
WERTHEIMER: One of the most attractive things about this faith is forgiveness. Could you just explain what it means and the context of the religion and what it means in the context of the book as well?
PYLVAINEN: The ritual forgiveness is the main tenant of Laestadianism. And it's done democratically. So, theoretically, anyone who's within the faith can forgive anyone of any other sin. And it's very unusual and very beautiful. And so for instance, there is a moment in the chapter coming from Moran, the father, where he reflects on a moment of his anger and then returning to his children late at night on his knees to ask forgiveness from his children. And I think one of the things that's profoundly beautiful about that is the idea that what can make you acceptable to heaven could be your own child. And within the book, the characters both desire and want forgiveness, even the characters who leave. I think that's one of their hardest questions is when you leave then what do you have? Where do you turn for forgiveness? What does the secular world have to offer you?
WERTHEIMER: Now, you said that you left the church. Have you gone back or thought about going back?
PYLVAINEN: I had to actually leave the church twice. I left the first time and I wasn't emotionally strong enough for it. It's very hard to leave a loving community. It would have been much easier if it had been a hateful community, if it had been a terrible childhood. But it wasn't. And what was interesting is that when I left, I was treated by my friends outside of the church as if I was liberated. I was free. I had thrown off the shackles of this oppressive church. I could, you know, do what I want and wear what I want and pierce my ears. And actually I was going through a tremendous mourning. And I think it's that exact feeling that the rest of the world didn't understand, that to leave these communities isn't freedom. That made me want to write the book.
WERTHEIMER: Hanna Pylvainen. Her book is called "We Sinners." Thank you very much for doing this.
PYLVAINEN: It's been a privilege. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.