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By WILL GRAVES
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — The lasting image of freestyle skiing pioneer Sarah Burke is her ever-present smile, the one that helped inspire kids across Canada to slap on their skis and open their minds.
In an event that Burke's extraordinary vision helped bring to the Olympics, Dara Howell channeled her idol's style.
Mouth agape after a spectacular run on slush more suited for a snowcone, Howell continued Canada's dominance at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park by soaring to gold as women's slopestyle skiing made a sometimes inauspicious Olympic debut.
"I said the other day that I really hope a Canadian brings home a gold medal and it will be for Sarah," Howell said. "This medal is definitely for Sarah. She pushed the sport."
Burke died in 2012 at age 29 following an accident while training on the halfpipe.
A charismatic and accomplished performer and one of the key players in expanding freestyle skiing's role in the Olympics, she served as a role model to a large swath of the Canadian freestyle team, including the 19-year-old who found herself atop a podium on Tuesday.
"She always wanted to see the progression," Howell said. "To see the girls throwing what the guys were throwing ... today I feel like that's what I did."
Howell unleashed a switch-900 — an off-axis spin that includes 2 ½ rotations — during a run that finished with a score of 94.20, trouncing the rest of the field on a warm and sometimes frightening day.
Devin Logan of Dover, Vt., took silver. Kim Lamarre earned bronze to give Canada seven medals in four days of snowboarding and freestyle skiing, including three events in which they took two of the three spots on the podium.
"It was tough conditions," Lamarre said. "It's not easy for speed on slushy snow. You can't always be perfect and land everything."
Maybe, but Logan conceded that the Canadians are more perfect than most at the moment. While the U.S. grabbed gold in both men's and women's slopestyle snowboarding over the weekend, Canada has dominated everything else.
"They're really good as you can see," Logan said. "They're definitely giving us a run for the money. It helps us progress our sport. It's nice having a little bit of a rivalry trying to beat them or one up them."
Only Logan's acrobatic run to an 85.40 in the slopestyle skiing finals prevented the top of the podium from being covered with the Maple Leaf flag. Logan's medal-winning sprint included a frontside 720-degree spin in which she gamely held on while landing.
Logan, who is from West Dover, Vt. but now lives in Oceanside, Calif., turns 21 next Monday.
After a soul-testing stretch that included two comebacks from a torn ACL in her right knee, her celebration includes a trip to Las Vegas and adding a tattoo.
"Not of the Olympic rings," she added with a laugh.
Howell's plans are more demure, including a trip back to Canada to ski with her 99-year-old grandfather, who still finds a way to get out on the mountain near her hometown of Huntsville, Ontario, every day. The two chatted briefly after her victory, a conversation that included a lot of screaming if not a lot of detail about what Howell had just done.
"He tries his best to understand it," she said. "I don't think he's got it yet."
The same could be said for a sport that looked more than a little unpolished in its Olympic debut.
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What in the Milton Bradley is Wrong with Milton Bradley?
And so it goes that the world's de facto millionaire man-child, Milton Bradley, sees his season end prematurely — stopped cold by the Chicago Cubs' general manager Jim Hendry. Or so we are led to think…
After the tumultuous inaugural season Bradley had with the eternally ill-fated Cubbies, isn't it possible that Milton simply quit on his own and Hendry & Co. were left to cover up what would otherwise be the Major League scandal of the year? At this point, I am willing to believe anything; which is why we put our loyal interns to the test — to uncover the hidden meaning in Hendry's public statement, to discover what's really going on, to report the Truth.
Dear readers, here are the results — the top ten reasons why Milton Bradley's season came to an abrupt and early end:
10. Wanted to give lifetime minor leaguer Bobby Scales a shot at breaking the .250 mark
9. There is only room for ONE colossal fail per team and Alfonso Soriano has a pretty good beat on it
8. Admitted to being an avid reader of the Chicago Sun-Times
7. Suffering from an acute torn mental labrum
6. Decided to dedicate more time to establishing universal health care
5. With the NFL season under way, wanted to pass the "Chicago Public Relations Disaster" moniker on to a more accomplished, more deserving, more disappointing (and prettier?) candidate in Jay Cutler
4. Made secret promise to self that if he succeeded in beating Jacque Jones as the most hated right fielder in the history of the Chicago Cubs he would pack up and go home, satisfied, with $10 million more in his wallet
3. Worried his name might leak as Candidate Number 3 in Rod Blagojevich's pay-to-play federal investigation
2. Adamant about having the Ricketts Family rename his team: The Chicago Uncle Toms
And the number one reason why Milton Bradley's season came to an abrupt and early end:
1. He's just… a whiny… little… bee-otch
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Chuckle.. you're too much bud. : ) He is tho… that's the crux of it. Ease up on Jay.. he brought them a W
I hear the Cubs are interested in trading Bradley to the Mets for Oliver Perez. This move absolutely needs to happen, like yesterday. Milton in New York would provide endless fun, while Perez would give Cub fans something else to bitch about.
Buz — A "W" don't mean squat in this town. They want a WS, and they aren't any closer to getting it. In the meantime, let the Bradley-bashing continue (brings us a lot of hits, lol).
Erin — That is SCARY. Like, John Rocker scary. Bring it on!
Jeff – so true, so true. Milton Bradley should be in the dictionary under the word "crybaby." All he does is run his mouth until he ruins the whole team. But here in Cleveland he didn't ruin our team, he wasnt' actually half bad. Hmmm.. how money can change an attitude….. New post momentarily.
Do ya have to disrespect the bee-otches like that? I've been around many bee-otches and Mill-tone would not fit in with the junior league.😉
Another entry full of truth. Bradley is ridiculous. Although saying "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here" was hilarious. And I must admit number nine on your list might be my favorite…aside from number one, of course.
Ted — He might not've been bad, but his attitude has ALWAYS been bad.
Austin — Mill-tone: Rockin' the Bee-otch way since 1999. Lovin' it!
Jen — Thanks for the assist in getting me into the "FAIL" lingo. Glad Milton succeeds at SOMETHING! LOL.
yep…too funny… but as stupid as Bradley is how stupid are the Cubs to have signed the deal anyway…this is a guy who was traded with another player for a minor leaguer..okay so the minor leaguer was Ethier, got to have been the worst money spent of the year, baseballs version of TO.
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Peter — Valid point. I'd take Ethier over Bradley any day (now). I can't blame the Cubs for signing him. He had a great year in 2008 and he has showed signs of good behavior. I knew the Wrigley faithful would be hard on him but who woulda expected this!? T.O. will come around. I have a feelin'…
When he came to the Dodgers I really, really thought he was going to change coming back home but no!!
Ethier is Colletti's best work.
Emma — Agreed. Ethier is light years beyond Bradley… good deal there.
Julia — Yet another reason why you're cool with us!
Lmao.. Mr. Lung, I pray to baby Jesus you keep blogging away till your dying days [and never neglect your readers, like I kindly did..] cuz when I say lmao.. I mean it. Hilarious stuff =)
– V [ http://flairforthedramatic.mlblogs.com ]
I love that you've compared Bradley to Cutler, the third biggest diva in the NFL (behind Fav-ruh and T.O, of course). As always, Jeffery, I must wonder, will you someday be wrong?
V — I won't. I'll stick around. Nice to see you too! We miss your snappiness when you're gone.
Emily — We knew what we were gettin' here in Chicago with Cutler. We're getting exactly what we expected. Will I be wrong? That wouldn't be right now would it?
I like the "torn mental labrum." Can he go to Dr. James Andrews and have that fixed?
Jane — That would require admitting he has a problem. In other words, impossible scenario.
Milton Bradley is the poster child for what you don't want your born again christian baseball playing son to be like.
Cob — I'm with ya man. 100%. Christian or not, his play isn't ideal for anyone who respects the game (or others).


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A pamphlet issued in Miranshah, North Waziristan and seen by NBC News accused the U.S. of "spending billions of rupees" on anti-polio measures while causing psychological disorders "due to drone strikes and round the clock hovering of spy planes over homes and villages".
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"Returns to Scale in Carbon Capture and Storage Infrastructure and Deployment"
Discussion Paper, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Project, Belfer Center
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Author: Jeffrey Bielicki, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20062009
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The degree to which carbon capture and storage (CCS) is deployed will be partly determined by the returns to scale of the technological system that captures, transports, and stores carbon dioxide (CO2). This technological system spatially connects the organization of CO2 point sources with the organization of geologic CO2 storage reservoirs. These point sources and storage reservoirs are heterogeneous in the amount of CO2 that they produce or store and in the costs of capturing or storing CO2, and the associated cost structures interact to determine the returns to scale for the entire coupled system. The SimCCS cost-minimizing geospatial deployment model is used to deploy CCS for a variety of combinations of CO2 sources and injection reservoirs and determine the returns to scale for CCS deployment and unravel the determinants thereof. SimCCS minimizes the total costs of the entire capture, transport, and storage system by simultaneously determining how much CO2 is captured from each source, how much CO2 is stored in each storage reservoir, and assigning CO2 flows through pipeline networks that include trunk distribution lines that are routed to minimize the influence of the social and physical topography. The returns to scale for the entire CCS system involves the interaction of the cost structures for each link in the CCS chain capture at the source, transport through the network, and storage at the reservoir each of which is modeled with cost structures that allow for increasing returns to scale. While it is possible that these cost structures can reinforce each other, the variability of source and reservoir costs and capacities interact with the spatial organization of sources and reservoirs to limit and ultimately reverse the returns to scale for CCS as the scale of the system expands.
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Welcome to the official website for East Baton Rouge Parish. I assumed office as Mayor-President on January 1, 2005 with a goal to build an administration that will be a green light for solutions to traffic, safe neighborhoods, a quality education system and open government. Through the increased use of technology and better management of our resources, I believe Louisiana's Capital is poised to become America's next great city.
Baton Rouge is the home of two great universities, a world-class biomedical research facility and a downtown that is coming alive with the opening of two museums, as well as new and creative residential and office developments.
If you are a citizen of East Baton Rouge Parish, we hope our website provides you with the assistance you need to access the information and services your local government provides. If you are a visitor, we invite you to see
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The Mayor-President is the Chief
Executive Officer of the city and parish. He supervises and directs
the administration of all departments, offices, and agencies of the
government. He keeps the Metropolitan Council informed of the
financial condition of the government, with recommendations for
action; submits the annual budget to the Council; and performs other
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Why does the City of Baton Rouge use the title Mayor-President instead of
East Baton Rouge Parish and the City of Baton Rouge have a consolidated form of government. The head of the executive branch serves as both the president of the parish and the mayor
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significantly after World War II, and the rural, unincorporated areas of
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This short extract gives you a taste of the personal "Child's Horoscope" by Liz Greene. The small samples taken from various chapters convey an impression of the complete horoscope (18-25 pages) which can be ordered as an E-Horoscope or a bound book in the AstroShop.Most parents long to provide their children with the best they can offer on every level. But what is "the best"? The birth horoscope of a child is a map of patterns and potentials which exist in that child from the moment of birth. Encouragement of these potentials in childhood can help a child to develop greater confidence and hope for a future which is more authentically his or her own, so that greater happiness and fulfillment are possible later in life. II. Your Child's Psychological Type
In this concise chapter Liz Greene describes the child's general temperament and his characteristic approach to life.The rich array of individual abilities and potentials portrayed in Ralph's birth horoscope is set against the background of an inherent temperament bias which may be partly hereditary but is also the reflection of a mysterious essence which belongs to him alone. This mysterious "something" is already at work within Ralph, helping him to develop his personality along the lines which are healthiest and most natural to him. Ralph is one of life's true romantics, although in nascent form. One of the great strengths of his nature is a deep and innate connection to the inner world of fantasy and imagination and this openness to the realm of myths, images and intuitions reflects a potential [...] III. The Characters in the Story
This is one of the most comprehensive chapters of the "Child's Horoscope". This short version touches only on a few of the central characters in your child's personality. The complete report provides a detailed description on 7-9 pages.The tension between the main characters in Ralph's inner story is the source of energy which provides the impetus for growth, movement and the formation of a healthy individuality. [..] Ralph inhabits an endless Steven Spielberg film, a cross between "ET" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" with himself cast in all the best roles. Denied room to express this vital imaginative faculty, he will visibly wilt and become depressed and listless. In an overly earthbound [...] [..] It is some magical essence or life-force he senses and seeks to find in external objects or people. Persons and things in the outer world are symbols to him, reflecting or encapsulating a transcendent quality he experiences deep within himself and longs to express. For [...] Hidden traits [..] Therefore his night terrors and secret anxieties may in fact be much greater than those of siblings or peers, even though as he gets older he will make every effort to suppress these in order to preserve his self-mythologised image. Ralph is also liable to suffer inwardly [...] IV. Emotional Needs and Patterns in Relationships
This chapter contains valuable information on the child's basic needs and the relationship with his parents. The complete horoscope covers this chapter on 5-6 pages.Every child has particular ways in which he or she experiences and seeks emotional contact with others, and this may not always accord with other, more dominant personality traits. [..] But he also expects to be acknowledged in this role, and will therefore seek constant reassurance, compliments and the wholehearted appreciation of loved ones. He feels most emotionally secure and contented if he is able to brighten others' lives with his natural radiance, [...] [..] Parental battles should never be used as a justification for interfering with the very vulnerable but very deep emotional bond between father and son, and it is most important that Ralph's father endeavours to preserve the continuity of the emotional bond even if material [...] V. Fears and Insecurities
Knowing about their child's fears can help parents to react with love and understanding in challenging situations. The child's main fears and insecurities are described on 2-3 pages in the full report.VI. Looking toward the future
Many parents wonder about the future of their child. Every child has his own way to develop his potential. What this means for the individual child is described on 2-3 pages in chapter six of the complete Child's Horoscope.
These small samples from different chapters convey an impression of the Child's Horoscope which comprises 18 - 25 pages. It can be ordered as an E-Horoscope or bound booklet in the Astroshop. Please read a complete sample report (of a different person) to get an overview of the extent of the complete horoscope.You may wish to take a look at the large selection of other reports.


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Since a few days (don't remember what I did before it happened, was it an Iron update or something else), Iron cannot display Flash contents. I have the "Adobe Flash Player is required to display some elements on this page [Install plugin]" bar. Of course I installed the plugin as suggested, restarted the browser, logged off, rebooted, but still no Flash content.
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We did it all to come back, make the big D plays, and take control.
Then after a timeout Wilson HEAVES a brick, followed by Gallo (though especially Gallo's was open).
But then, our next TO...50s....we leave the huddle and literally...hurl the ball.to Gallo who heaves a disgustingly CONTESTED 3ball.
Wtf was said during those huddles. Let alone the plays drawn up.
Our players played valiently, on both sides, STAT choking those key FTs toward the end notwithstanding.
Goddamn this would have been a nice win for our Knicks. We unraveled in the waning minute, immediately following timeouts.


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Intel Corp. on Monday said that tablets powered by its Atom-based system-on-chip (SoC) code-named Oak Trail would become available next month. The slates powered by Atom Z670 chip will come from different manufacturers and will run Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.
"Oak Trail tablets are expected to start hitting shelves in May and throughout 2011," said an Intel spokeswoman in an interview with PC Advisor web-site without revealing any additional details.
A number of companies, including Lenovo, Fujitsu, Samsung and Motion Computing, have already shown off Oak Trail tablets running Windows 7. However, it is not known which manufacturer will be first to release a slate powered by Intel Atom Z670.
It is rather noteworthy that manufacturers are more interested in making tablets powered by the Oak Trail platform, which supports Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, and are not interested in building slates based on Moorestown platform, which cannot work with Windows. Intel also works on MeeGo operating system for tablets and netbooks, but it is unclear when slates with MeeGo emerge on the market. The world's largest maker of chips expects to see Atom-based devices running Google's Android OS in the "near future".
Intel Atom Z670 has one x86 processing core with Hyper-Threading technology and operates at 1.50GHz. The code-named Lincroft chip also integrates Intel GMA 600 graphics core (OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL 2.1, OpenVG 1.1, 400MHz), 32-bit LPDDR1/DDR2 memory controller and video encode/decode logic. It is paired with platform controller hub (PCB) code-named Whitney Point that enables support of Microsoft Windows operating system. The Atom Z670 costs $75 in 1000-unit quantities, which is not a low price, especially compared to ARM-powered system-on-chip devices.
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Deal DetailsPromoted 07-12-2010 by iconian at 03:59 PM View Original Post
Amazon is offering 1 year Free Amazon Prime Membership for College Students. All students should currently be enrolled with valid .edu email address. Thanks stephsully
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Attention college students!
1 year Free Amazon Prime membership
Did a search and couldn't find this:
-Valid .edu e-mail address
-Specify college, year and major
Quote :To sign up for and use Amazon Student, you must (1) have an Amazon.com account, (2) be a college student actively enrolled in at least one course at a college geographically located in one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, (3) be able to provide proof of enrollment upon request and (4) have a valid e-mail address that contains the domain suffix .edu.
Everything else is self-explanatory. Go to prime and manage your account. Should be activated and have an ending date 1 year from sign-up date. You are even able to add family members to the account like a regular prime subscription.
Updates to answer questions
Q: Will this automatically renew?
Quote :The automatic renewal provisions in the Amazon Prime Terms & Conditions (which would require you to pay for Amazon Prime) do not apply to this membership, even if we decide to extend the free Amazon Prime offer beyond one year.
A: You might be able to. And you might not.
If you do not qualify and they catch you, Amazon will make you reimburse them for their costs
Quote :If you do not provide documentation indicating that you meet the eligibility requirements above, you may be required to reimburse us for benefits you received as a result of your Amazon Student membership.
Q: What happens if I already have a prime account?
A: I'm not sure, however people are reporting that if they currently have a prime account and they sign-up for the Amazon Student account, the following happens:
1. Their current prime account gets cancelled and they get a pro-rated refund
2. They get signed up for the free 1 year amazon student prime
Q: My .edu address isn't my Amazon.com address -- do I have to create a new account?
A: No
Quote :If your .edu e-mail address isn't listed on your Amazon.com account, that's OK. The only e-mail we'll send to your .edu e-mail address is the verification e-mail. After that, other Amazon Student e-mails will be sent to the e-mail address listed on your Amazon.com account.
A: Students are notoriously poor. Many have to work minimum-wage jobs while taking classes to pay for rent, tuition and food. Let a student know about this deal and help them save money. Also, donating old books you have lying around the house to schools and libraries (especially those dealing with budget cuts) could potentially enrich a child's life and help them get interested in many different subjects and put them on the path to higher education.
"Join Amazon Student and get FREE Two-Day Shipping for one year with a free Amazon Prime membership ($79 value), as well as e-mail alerts for exclusive promotions. There is no cost to join--simply sign up by providing your school and major. If you're not a student, you may still be eligible for a free trial of Amazon Prime."
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EDIT: This is really crazy!! Almost 2750 thumbs ups and counting! -- Over 3900 reps (I started with only 17!) Thanks everyone for all the support!
Here's the back story of how this deal came about: My sister-in-law really wanted a prime account since their's had just ended a short time go. She kept asking if I wanted to split one with her and my other siblings, but the rest of us weren't so keen on the idea because we didn't have that much of a need for it.
Fast forward to yesterday afternoon, she calls me and tells me about this Amazon Student thing and asks if I've ever heard of it. I told her no and did a search on slickdeals and google and couldn't find a thing on it. I went to the website she gave me and saw that you get Prime free for a year if you're a student, etc. etc. I verified it worked and that you could add family members to the account.
As soon as that happened, I posted it here since I've been a member for a while, but never posted a deal before (everyone is really quick on the uptake for this kind of stuff so by the time I find out about something, it's probably been on here for days already). I wanted to give back to everyone and this was the perfect opportunity.
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If someone could hit me with an invite it would really be appreciated!
Jeez, we're the ultimate poor students!


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Astronaut, senator John Glenn dies at age 95.
Gas industry will help area
To the editor:
On Jan. 17, your article, "Harrison watching stream, spring pollution," is an example of the negative press that has been used to spread fear concerning the gas and oil industry.
First off, limestone is a natural product that is taken from the earth and simply crushed into small pieces into a useable product. No chemicals are involved.
This past summer, there was a 30-inch gas pipeline installed on a nearby property. To pressure test this gasline upon completion, the construction company had to purchase thousands of gallons of fresh drinking water from the village of Cadiz. This is the exact water that the residents drink and cook with every day.
Upon completion of the testing process, common sense would say pull the plug and let it run right back into Tappan Lake where it originated. (Tappan Lake is the water source for Cadiz.)
However, due to the chlorine that is used to treat this water that we all drink every day, it cannot be done this way. Again, common sense would say we drink this water, why can it not be dropped onto the ground?
Well the environmentalists determined that the chemical levels from this water would be too high and could be damaging to the environment. Their solution? Filter the water. How? Lay a bed of limestone to allow the water to run through before it runs back into the creek that runs directly into Tappan Lake.
Apparently common sense is lacking here, or is it easier to instigate fear and negativity?
Keep in mind, this natural gas is change and a solution to the foreign oil that we are all so dependent on.
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I am thoroughly annoyed by the LB nerf, though. It's so blatantly PvP, and it will affect my Druid play style in PvE. The bloom effect made it fun. To refresh or to bloom? And the mana increase? What? Just WHY? See, these mana changes are pissing me off the most, really. Same happened to the priests I believe. It makes the feel of acquiring new gear and becoming better completely irrelevant, because the devs will be sure to nerf mana somehow so that you still feel like a freshly dinged 85 whenever they think there's, somehow, too much mana.
Then there's the Swipe buff. Druids did not need that. Their AoE threat is more than fine. I'd even argue that after the DK nerf, their threat's close to being the best. That doesn't eliminate their other blatant weaknesses, though. What it does indicate however is that we're slowly moving back to a WOTLK style tanking. Right now, I dunno about you guys, heroics are WOTLK style. We may not AoE that much because it's not as strong as it used to be, but the effect is the same. Is this the intent? Soon we'll see warriors crying about Thunderclap, or Paladins about consecration. And why shouldn't they when DKs get BB without a cooldown and Druids get a three second swipe? On the other hand, glaring issues are being ignored. For example, the DK's ability to pick up adds is quite inferior to those of other classes. Just taking Maloriak's, when healers outaggro Icy Touch threat and they're immune to Death Grip - all he can do is hope they spawn at some proper location. Result: We just use another tank. Similarly, the whole bring the player not the class ideal is completely fucked up. We keep logging alts because we need buff X and buff Y. Not having a Shaman won't fly because you will need Nature Resistance. Not having a Demo lock or Ele shaman won't fly because of that still retarded buff that they bring. Some encounters rely so heavily on AoE that you're better off replacing that Enh shaman of yours, because his AoE suck balls. This is all fine by me, if this were the intent, right now I just feel shafted everytime we relog an alt.
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Mr. Montemayor reminded us about concession stand times that the members needed to work during the county fair.
We discussed the possibility of helping out the kids in our club with the purchase of their projects.
A Booster Club survey was passed out and is to be returned to the Ag office.
Miss Flores talked about the future of animal clinics.
Refugio County Fair and Livestock Show was held at the Fairgrounds on March 21-24 with check in of all animals on the 21st.
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nail in the coffin for you hopeless Houston faithfuls! and thank God it came this early...it gives us the chance to clear a spot on the bench and give someone useful a chance..
Jerome James/Eddy Curry/Channing Frye
Maurice Taylor/Malik Rose/David Lee
Trevor Ariza/Quentin Richardson
Jamal Crawford/Penny Hardaway
Stephon Marbury/Nate Robinson
IR- Jackie Butler
Allan Houston
Antonio Davis
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Back to last night: Honestly, has any Phillie ever captured the fanbase this strongly and so quickly than Raul Ibanez?
After slamming the Phillies into the 13-11 lead, Ibanez ventured to the outfield, where he was greeted by not merely a standing ovation, but a full crowd display of the Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar "We're not worthy!" gesture. Chants of "Rauuuuuul!" were mixed among the cheers. Ibanez spoke after the game about the ovation:
"I'm definitely appreciative of that. My feet barely hit the ground when I ran back to the outfield. I was floating."
Floating. It took Pat Burrell years to feel that. It took Ibanez 18 games. Of course, when you hit a game-winning home run, provide consistent all-fields offense, make awesome plays in left field and knock a go-ahead grand slam all in your first 18 games, you too could be floating.
Many of us questioned the pickup of Raul Ibanez – he's a lefty, he's old, he's an American League hitter, his home run totals will evaporate. So far (and yes, it's very early), we doubters have pie in our faces. Ibanez has been the team's MVP so far. And already, he's Philadelphia's new favorite athlete.
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i never doubted that he'd be an upgrade from PtB… but i never really expected he would be THIS much of an upgrade.
the man can hit for both contact and power, he can run the base paths at decent speed, and he's shown he can make clutch defensive plays.
the season is still young, but hopefully Raul can keep this pace up and prove that he was well worth the investment.
I can honestly say i never doubted that he was better than Burrell in every capacity. Look how much more graceful he is running after a ball in left, he's probably saved Phils pitching from more hits than Burrell would just because he has better legs. Plus unlike Burrell he can hit to all fields and doesn't try to pull the ball. That's a great influence for the big guy Ryan Howard, who needed to get back to spraying to all fields to become the player that came up with the Phils, I see his presence as positive since he donned the Phils jersey.
i would say that a big part of our 2009 success is due to Ibanez's presence. since our pitching has totally crapped the bed, our offense has had to pick up the slack and you better believe Raul's been at the forefront of that.
I'm freaking loving Ibanez, but Burrell did provide lots of greatness during his years.
I would say he still looks shaky running down some balls in left, but compared to Pat he looks like a gazelle.
I LOVED Pat, and I still do. (I have yet to meet another female Phil's fan who DIDN'T love him, lol!) I have to admit I didn't know much about Raull before he came here and wasn't exactly sure how I felt about him. But he has definitely won me over. He comes through every game whether in the field or at the plate and his work ethic is AMAZING. I still miss Pat, but I got nothin' but love for RAUUUUL!
believe me, i was among those who did NOT want to see the Bat leave town…
that being said, i also donned a 'wait-and-see' approach to ibanez… statwise i liked him, but i needed to see him play in person… and i knew i'd get that chance since i sit 3rd base side of the left foul pole every home sunday game (3rd year runnin baby!) – those seats originally bought b/c pat was my phave philly…
i think it's safe to say that this coming sunday against the mets, my girl and i will be wearing brand new ibanez gear with smiles on our faces!
also i made up the whole, "raUUUUUL" thing… j/k trying to get a reaction from you phreaks! hahahahah
@CT: You said much more eloquently what I was thinking. Pat was great, and he took a lot of crap from this town, but Ibanez is better in pretty much every capacity.
Am I the only person who was the biggest Pat Burrell fan that was also really happy to see him leave? I love Pat for sticking by this team. I love Pat for sticking by this city. I love Pat for being a grown-up for 9 years and taking the bad with the good from the fans. I love Pat for every legend you've ever heard about Pat at Center City bars.
When you appreciate baseball for the human element as much as the sport, it's pretty hard to dislike him as a 'character.'
I spent the last 5+ years pulling my hair out over poor fielding and streaky offense. No World Series win or horse-drawn carriage could make me forget that. I hope he comes back to Philly one day, opens a car dealership and continues to be part of the community. Just keep him out of left field at the Bank.
Oh and just because I hold grudges against sabrmetric homos: http://www.draysbay.com/2009/1/5/709916/smart-teams-v-less-smart-t
I don't mean to come across as a sourpuss (chuckles), but just after 18 games the fans have already jumped on the bandwagon with such loving adulation and praise for Ibanez. Of course, hitting a grand slam to win a game will have that kind of instant effect on fans. You will have to excuse my jaded point of view as I take a realistic approach and prefer to allow more time to elapse during the season before drawing a conclusion on his value and consistency in the national league. That line of reasoning stems from many years of experience in observing players and fan reaction. I often seen fickleness with fans on certain players…Ennis, Schmidt, Abreu, Burrell, etc. Switching allegiance is nothing new in Philly. In the meantime, let's enjoy Ibanez's hot bat and hope he is everything the fans here say he will be.
Wanted to check if anyone else was listening to the game on radio last night. Franskie went nuts when Raaauuuuuulllllll hit it! Does anyone have the clip?
I think Larry Anderson was the one that nuts on the radio… I was watching it on TV, but on KYW this morning, they played the radio clip
Ibanez is doing what many of us thought he would… be a steady bat in the lineup that hits for a better average, with some power (didn't think he'd show THIS much power THIS early).. but he's been better in the field than I expected so far..
my confession
i am guilty of turning the game off early last night.
our pitching sucked again so I gave up
i listened to teh game this morning and fell out of my chair.
Freddy Garcia has been cut by the Mets haha. Just thought I would share this interesting story with you guys. I figured it would have been Philliesque to see him pitch and dominate for the Mets but the man just plain sucked. haha Only regret is that he is not going to pitch against the Phillies
Pat the bat slumps were to long,He looked at to many good pitch's,and missed to many outside breaking balls, RAUUUULL is fun to watch hit !!
You can never turn these guys off…
I'm loving Raul as much as anybody else, I just hope he keeps it up. I'm really hoping when he's 39 in the last year of his deal he's still tearing it up…
Maybe Ponce de L… I mean Jamie Moyer can share a little of that fountain of youth juice.
Talking about pitchers that are sucking big time…I heard that Jerry Manuel will give Oliver Perez one last shot or he'll drop him from the rotation… I believe that game will be Saturday against the Phils.. (vs. Moyer?).
he's only doing what he's always done. all the people that blasted his signing were just morons thats all. he has consistently put up great numbers for the last 4 or 5 years. that's 20+ homers and 100+ steaks . put him in a way more potent lineup where he's just another weapon, plus take him out of one of the game's best pitcher's parks and put him in one of the game's best hitter's parks and you could obviously expect his number to just from 20 bombs and 100 steaks, to 30 bombs and 120 steaks.
Raul has exceeded all of my expectations. I watch the little things he does like hustling down the line on EVERY play and being aggressive in the outfield. I do not fault him for that attempt the other day that went for a triple. It was an aggressive play that didn't work. This guy has become a player I enjoy watching, from the very first game of the season.
I go back to what I heard from fans in Seattle who told me (second hand) that we would love Ibanez. I like his humbleness too, and I can't help thinking that he makes the other players better with his work ethic.
@NC Jason: If you have the Gameday audio subscription, you can find yesterday's game in the archive and hear Franske's awestruck call at the 3:59 mark.
Franske: It's Utley at third, Howard at second, Worth at first. And the pitch. SWUNG ON!! GOLFED IT!! TO RIGHT FIELD IT IS-
Anderson: Get there!
Franske: – GONE!!!!!
Anderson: Yeah!
Franske: GRAND SLAM IBAÑEZ!!!!
Anderson: [laughs]
I always thought he was a good pick up, maybe overpaid, originally, but I have changed my mind on that. Yes it is early and his bat is smoking hot, but in his career he has been very consistent, so I do not doubt he will be a consistent hitter this year. I just hope all you love fest junkies remember this when and if he ever goes 0 for 6, or 7. Never questioned his attitude, and I did not see him much in Seattle, but his offensive output on a really bad team in a bad ball park, made me believe he could hit in CBP. In addition all the people on here that were saying how bad of a defensive player he was almost had me believing that, again it is early and he isn't the most graceful sometimes going after some fly balls, but he makes plays and hustles. I just think it kinda of funny cause there was a rage about what a great base runner he was, and he screwed up on the base path in the second game, and I was thinking what the H are these people talking about, but since then he has been stellar, It is always nice to see a nice guy do well in this city cause the fans can be great. Even after Lidge's BS they gave him a standing ovation, very classy. And these first 3 weeks have definatly bought Raul some major slack. Keep the love fest going, it is nice to see, I can even feel the love all they up here in Vermont.
Count me among the doubters who are happy to have been wrong (so far). I thought we needed a righthanded bat and that we rushed out to set the market and overpaid for Ibanez. I would have preferred Milton Bradley or Pat at the reduced price TB offered him. Ibanez has been nothing short of spectacular. He has consistently come through in big spots and seems genuinely easy to like. I can only hope he continues his superb play. In short, my apologies, RA, for doubting the move.
@ Jenn:
I couldn't have said it better myself! My feelings EXACTLY. I don't know how many times I said "he won me over" last night, after being weary of "Pat's replacement." I miss Pat but I'm lovin Rauuulll! Let's just cut out this "Raul the Bat" business.
Megh, are you kiddin'? i already made my "RAUL THE BAT" sign for tonight's game….
RAUL THE BAT … is great. Sometimes the Headlines on the Daily News sports section make it seem like they're trying way too hard, but sometimes they hit the nail right on the head.
i was very excited to have raul added, made post after post defending hsiaddition and comparing him to burrell, even I am surprised by how great he's been, can't wait to see him against the mets also, he has great numbers against K-Rod
Just don't hate the guy when he goes into a slump or makes an error…
But for now: MVP! MVP!
I heard a rumor that Geoff wants to trade Ibanez right now, "while his value is high."
Hold the phone people. Raul is supposed to be streaky just like Pat. In fact, if you compare April 2009 Raul to April 2008 Pat you will see that he has just about MATCHED Pat's awesome April 2008 production not smashed it.
Hey, I like Raul as much as the next guy but lets not trend his 18 games over the next 144. I hope he keeps this up but am not ready to get carried away.
Just like Jimmy Rollins is not going to finish at .192 and our starting pitching will not let up 3 hr/game. Raul will come back to earth. Sorry to be the wet blanket on Mr. Ibanez. Go Phils!!
April 2008 Pat Burrell:
ab – 89
hr – 8
rbi – 24
avg – .326
obp – .450
slg – .685
ops – 1.135
April 2009 Raul Ibanez:
ab – 73
hr – 6
rbi – 16
avg – .342
obp – .402
slg – .685
ops – 1.087
Raul the Bat doesn't quite have the same rhyme as Pat the Bat…
Raul isn't streaky… which is why they wanted to replace Burrell
He's not going to stay this hot for an entire season.. but he won't have months where he hits .100 or something like Pat would
Rrrrrraauuull the bat
or, in Spanish
"Raul el palo"
cxl72~ I like those April comparisons between Burrell and Ibanez. I agree it's way too early in the season to use adjectives like greatness or all star for Ibanez. It's understandable that fans will get carried away in their excitement. As I posted earlier in this thread, I'll take a wait and see approach and in the meantime enjoy his hot hitting and hustle.
I've heard him referred to as "Raul the Jewel" if that flows a little easier for ya! So far, he is. And I don't consider myself to be carried away with him. I agree with Megh….I loved me some Pat and figured I wouldn't be thrilled with ANYONE who replaced Pat. But how can you not get on board with a guy who has been doing what he has thus far? Of course there will be times when he slumps or doesn't make a play, but that can be said of ANY player. Plus from what little research I have seen on him, this guy's a workhorse and puts in 150% and that's one thing I really like about him. Like I said, nothin' but love for RAAUULLLL.
Raul el bate de besibol
THe All-Star voting has already started.. (too soon!), but since it has, its really not out of line to be talking about Ibanez as an All-Star.. he's among the best Outfielders in the NL right now
In 2008 neither Raul or Pat were the model of consistency. I sure hope Raul keeps this up but with baseball players that are on fire the next slump is around the corner and for the stone cold (i.e., Jimmy Rollins) there are better days ahead.
Raul in 2008
April — .292avg, .839ops
May — .218avg, .673ops
June — .314avg, .827ops
July — .295avg, .916ops
Aug — .396avg, 1.155ops
Sep — .233avg, .593ops
Pat in 2008
April — .326avg, 1.135ops
May — .227avg, .855ops
June — .256avg, .956ops
July — .304avg, .973ops
Aug — .181avg, .618ops
Sep — .205avg, .719ops


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. â Laura Crawford of Lancaster, S.C., picked a perfect time to post her career-low competitive round. Her 5-under-par 67 during the first round of the Rolex Girls Junior Championship was enough to claim the first-round lead by one stroke over Rolex Junior All-Americans Julieta Granada of Asuncion, Paraguay, and Sidney Burlison, of Salinas, Calif.
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Crawford, who signed a National Letter of Intent in November to play golf for Wake Forest University, credited her putting for her low score. Carding only 28 putts, Crawford posted six birdies with only one bogey in her second appearance at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship. On the 358-yard, par-4 first, Crawford sunk a lengthy putt for her fifth birdie of the day (she started on No. 10).
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Burlison was also pleased with her short game. In preparation for the event, she paid particular attention to practicing putts within six feet of the hole.
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Game Haiku – 07/02/06 – Cards 9, Royals 7
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Another cute one. I've really been enjoying these.
Have you thought about doing a game in a limerick?
Baby Boomer Baseball Blog.
Thanks. Limericks would be funny, but unfortunately I only think in haiku form🙂


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If you've ever watched the movie Contact and felt the excitement that comes from the possibility of finding intelligent signals from outer space, you may find the SETI@home project interesting. Even if you're not interested in extraterrestrial life, this project does provide an interesting example of collaborative computing.
In today's article, I'd like to demonstrate the usage of FreeBSD's "setiathome" client and several of the GUI front ends that are available for this client from the ports collection.
Before I begin, what is collaborative computing? In a nutshell, it is a way to harness the processing power of CPUs running on many different computers so they can all work on a common project. Those who participate in a collaborative project "donate" idle CPU cycles to help process vast amounts of research data.
There are several such projects on the Internet, all of which give you the possibility of fame and fortune. The first is distributed.net. This site is currently hosting four projects that deal with testing the strength of encryption algorithms or calculating Golomb Rulers. If none of that makes any sense to you, the site also provides an introduction to the mathematical concepts behind each of the projects.
Another collaborative project deals with a mathematical concept known as Mersenne primes and can be found at The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. It's encouraging to read how a 20-year-old Canadian found the latest Mersenne prime on his 800MHz computer.
And the last project is the one we will be concentrating on today. The SETI@home site is a gold mine of fascinating information as well as FAQs and statistics regarding the project.
Okay, without any further ado, let's become the superuser and build the setiathome client:
cd /usr/ports/astro/setiathome
Once the build is finished, type
exit to leave the superuser account and
cd to return to your home directory.
Before we start building the GUI front ends, let's run
setiathome from the command line. This is important because the first time this application is run, it requires some user input to configure it. You'll also want either to be in your home directory, or to create and
cd into a subdirectory of your home directory that will hold the setiathome working files. I'll demonstrate this initial configuration as the user "genisis" in her home directory:
New software version - deleting temp files.
SETI@home client.
Platform: i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.8
Version: 3.03
SETI@home is sponsored by individual donors around the
world. If you'd like to contribute to the project,
please visit the SETI@home web site at
The project is also sponsored by the Planetary Society,
the University of California, Sun Microsystems, Paramount
Pictures, Fujifilm Computer Products, Informix, Engineering
Design Team Inc, The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), Intel,
Quantum Corporation, and the SETI Institute.
SETI@home was developed by David Gedye (Founder),
David Anderson (Director), Dan Werthimer (Chief Scientist),
Leonard Chung, Hiram Clawson, Jeff Cobb, Charles Congdon,
Charlie Fenton, Kyle Granger, Eric Heien, Mike Hill,
Michael Kang, Eric Korpela, Matt Lebofsky, Peter Leiser,
Brad Silen, Woody Sullivan, and Adam Wight.
Welcome to SETI@home.
We use your email address to identify you.
Please type:
1 to set up a new account (first-time users);
2 to log into an existing account (returning users).
Your choice (1 or 2): 1
Your email address: email@example.com
OK to show your email address on the SETI@home web
site? (y/n): n
Your name or nickname: Dru
OK to show your name on the SETI@home web site? (y/n): n
Your country number (Return see country list):
Your country number: 38
Your postal code: K7P 2S9
Computer location: 0=unspecified 1=school 2=work 3=home :3
Here's your account info:
Email address: firstname.lastname@example.com
OK to show email address? no
Name: Dru
OK to show name? no
Country: Canada
Postal code: K7P 2S9
Computer location: Home
Everything correct? (y/n) y
Once your account information has been verified, wait for your client to connect to the database at Berkeley. Once you've logged in, you'll see the rest of the configuration:
----------------------------------------------------------- Logged in as Dru (firstname.lastname@example.com) Number of work units processed: 0 Total CPU time: 0.000000 Found data file: no. Found result header file: no. Getting data - connecting to server. Receiving data: 10K<snip the 10k increments>
Receiving data: 340K All data received. Scanning data file Data Info: Sky coordinates: 14.492 R.A., 9.510 Dec Recorded on: 2452001.74472 (Mon Apr 2 05:52:24 2001) Source: Arecibo Radio Observatory Base Frequency: 1.420625000 GHz Beginning analysis... (This is the last message displayed while the client works. To see progress messages between now and completion of processing, operate the client with the -verbose option. You can also see the progress of the client by looking at the 'prog=' line in the state.sah file. -----------------------------------------------------------
Once the configuration is finished, SETI@home will work quietly in the background, processing your job order. You'll note that you will have lost the prompt at this terminal, but you can use your Alt-F keys to navigate to other terminals. The configuration process creates several files with a
.sah extension:
ls | grep .sah
To stop the client, press "Ctrl-C". You can also restart the client with the
verbose switch to monitor your progress:
setiathome -verbose<snip>
Found data file: yes. Found result header file: yes. Scanning result header file. Beginning analysis... Doing baseline smoothing. Starting work for Doppler shift rate 0.000000, FFT length 2048 0.055015% done ... Searching for Pulses Starting work for Doppler shift rate 0.000000, FFT length 1024 ... Searching for Gaussians ... Searching for Pulses<etc.>
If you're not sure what Gaussians and Pulses are, the glossary at the project's site is quite helpful.
Now, let's build some ports that will give some visual representations of the data being processed. I'll start with "TkSETI"; you can see the screenshots for this program here.
Build the port like so:
cd /usr/ports/astro/tkseti
make install clean
Once the build is finished, start an X Window session as a regular user. From an xterm, start the application by specifying the directory in which your *.sah files are located:
tkseti /usr/home/genisis
By default, this utility is setup to give an alert whenever you process a high Gaussian, Pulse, Spike, or Triplet. While initially exciting, I found that it quickly grew irritating. You can disable that and change some other settings by clicking on the Setup button.
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This utility also has buttons to Run, Pause, and Kill the "setiathome" client, so you no longer have to start the client from the command prompt. It also comes with a sky map and the ability to check the Stats of your friends or a group.
The next port is "GKrellM", which is also found in
/usr/ports/astro. If you've never used GKrellM before, you are in for a treat as it is a really slick-looking piece of eye candy, and it's highly configurable with many available plugins. You can check out the screen shots and read about the themes and the plugins here.
Once you've built GKrellM, open up an xterm and type
gkrellm. If it is the first time you've run
gkrellm, it will give you the following message:
You can configure your monitors by right clicking on the top frame of GKrellM or by hitting the F1 key with the mouse in the GKrellM window. Read the info pages in the config for setup help.
To enable GKrellM, start the configuration utility as mentioned in the above message, click on Plugins, click on SETI@home, and enable.
Once it is enabled, it will show under the Plugins tree. Double-click on the SETI@home plugin which will take you to its Config tab. Type in the path to your state.sah file; for example, mine is
The last port I'd like to mention is "Ksetiwatch". This port requires KDE 2.2.2 in order to build successfully, so if you've been wavering on upgrading to the latest version of KDE, this may be your reason to do so. You can see the screenshots and read the online documentation for this utility here.
If you either have KDE 2.2.2 already installed or no version of KDE installed on your machine, you can build this port directly from
/usr/ports/astro/ksetiwatch. However, if you are running an older version of KDE, you will have to remove all traces of it before the build will be successful. Since I fell into this latter category, I proceeded like so:
pkg_info | grep kde
This returned about 10 related KDE packages. I used the
pkg_delete utility to remove each one of these, like so:
pkg_delete kde-2.2
pkg_delete kdemultimedia-2.2
I then repeated the
pkg_info | grep kde to ensure that all the old packages were removed. Then I was able to build KDE 2.2.2. (Caution: This is a very long build.)
cd /usr/ports/x11/kde2
make install clean
Then I installed Ksetiwatch:
cd /usr/ports/astro/ksetiwatch
make install clean
When I launched KDE 2.2.2 for the first time, I was pleased that it had retained all of my original settings, such as my wallpaper and customized menus and icons. And I was able to launch Ksetiwatch from the Applications menu.
When you first launch Ksetiwatch, right click within the Analysis window to Add your SETI@home location information. You'll need to browse for the directory that contains your
*.sah files and you can choose the options of starting and stopping the setiathome client when you start and stop the Ksetiwatch application. You can view the sky map by clicking on its button in the Data Info tab. To see the Gaussian, Pulse, and Triplet graphs, highlight your location in the Analysis tab, right click, and choose the appropriate graph from the Show menu.
A few final notes about the SETI@home application. If your firewall allows you to make outbound connections on port 80, meaning you are able to surf the Internet, you won't have any problems using the setiathome client. If you are worried about security, there is a security note in the FAQ on the project's Web site. The application itself shouldn't have any impact on your system's performance as it takes advantage of "idle" CPU cycles.
I hope you enjoyed today's article and will check out the world of collaborative computing. Who knows, maybe some day I'll see your name in the papers as the person whose CPU discovered something interesting.
Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, author and international speaker. She has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics.
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The conference will be held November 1-3, 2012, on Dordt College's campus.
Tentative Conference Schedule
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Opening Plenary Presentation – Peter Rollins (Science and Technology Center room 101)
9:30 p.m.: Art Show / Reception
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1. Medium or Message? (Academic Complex room 1143)
- "In, Of, and Deforming: Christianity and the Music Industry" by Jonathan Russell
- "Finding the Sacred in the Profane: Reformed Soteriology in the Religious Imagination of Nick Hornby" by Mitchell Kinsinger
- "The Deconstruction and Reimagination of Religious Belief in Broadway's The Book of Mormon" by Scot Miller
2. Engagement of Culture (Academic Complex room 1144)
- "In the Culture but Not of the World" by Ryan Newson
- "Who Do We Say Jesus Is?" by Robert Taylor and Mark Volkers
- "Anatomy of Confession: Dexter Morgan and Father Logan" by Erin Naler
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- "Architecture and the Means of Grace as Theological Graffiti" by Dorothy Probst
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- "Graphic Novels" by Mitch Alfson
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Elaine Storkey "A Crucial Calling: Creative Christianity in Popular Culture"
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- "Appetites, Desires, and Sweet 'Ums: Rooting Christian Dietary Ethics in the Liturgical Year" by Blaine Crawford
- "Place Matters: Ethics, Consumption, and Participation in the Social Landscape" by Ryan Stander
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Plenary (Science and Technology Center room 101)
Jason Lief "Some Kind of Monstrosity: The Perverse Christian Core of Heavy Metal"
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- "Life after Mad Men: Herman Dooyeweerd and the Future of Christian Fashion Theory" by Robert Covolo
- Winnicott/Jung Paper by Karin Craven
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- "The Body(ies) and the Blood: Religion in Teen Paranormal Romance Novels" by Janine Darragh and Amy Rice
- "The Hunger Games as an 'Apocalyptic' Fiction" by Gregory Veltman
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5:30 - 7 p.m.: Dinner
7:30 - 9 p.m.: Keynote (Science and Technology Center room 101)
Tony Jones "Culture: I Don't Think that Word Means What You Think It Means"
9:30 p.m.: Kindlewood concert – 55th Ave.Café, Kuyper Apartments
Saturday, November 3
8 - 9:45 a.m.: Breakout #4
1. Music/Musicians (Academic Complex room 1144)
- "Bob Dylan and Antithetical Engagement with Culture" by Jeff Taylor
- "Gospel Rap: The Irony of the Message" by Tatiana McKinney
- "Lady Gaga and Christian Faith: A one-way conversation" by Kory Plockmeyer
2. Philosophy, Mythology, and History in Culture (Academic Complex room 1148)
- "Embracing Popular Culture's Fascination with Mythology" by Jeremy Larson
- "A Theology of Exodus: A Youth Ministry of Freedom" by Adrian de Lange
- "The Myth of Redemptive Violence" by Elain Storkey
10 – 11:15 a.m.: Plenary (Science and Technology Center room 101)
Conversation with Kindlewood and cino
11:30 – Noon: Closing Remarks – "This Conference was not a Conference" by Mark Tazelaar
Lunch to follow at the Fruited Plain for all who can make it.
Conference Speakers
Peter Rollins
Peter Rollins is a writer, lecturer, storyteller, and public speaker. He founded ikon, a faith group that has gained an international reputation for blending live music, visual imagery, soundscapes, theatre, ritual, and reflection to create what they call "transformance art." Holding a Ph.D. in Post-Structural Thought from Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, Rollins is now a research associate with the Irish School of Ecumenics in Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He is also the author of How (Not) to Speak of God and of Insurrection. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Tony Jones
Tony Jones is a theologian and a writer. He is an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and at Andover Newton Theological School. He is the author of many books on Christian ministry, including The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier, and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life. He speaks regularly on the emerging church, postmodernism, and Christian spirituality. He is also the co-owner of a social media consulting and event-planning company. He lives in Edina, Minnesota, with his wife.
Elaine Storkey
Elaine Storkey, known for her lecturing and writing, is a sociologist and feminist evangelical. She has held several academic positions, including serving as a senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall of Oxford University and at King's College London. She has given lectures around the world, including in Haiti, India, Ethopia, and North America. Most recently, she and her husband became founder members of Restored, an organization that advocates against violence to women. She is the president of Tearfund, and she is the vice president of the University of Gloucestershire.