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A Ljubljana, Slovenia, native, Dvorsak has shone in her first three matches as a Mountaineer. She shot a career-high 597 air rifle score and 584 smallbore mark at Murray State's Winthrow Invitational in Murray, Ky., on Fri., Jan. 24.
Earning first in both guns against Memphis on Sat., Jan. 25, she led the Mountaineers in smallbore for the second time this season. Dvorsak shot 588 in smallbore and a 596 air rifle mark.
The next day, Dvorsak shot 588 smallbore and 596 air rifle at Memphis and scored the discipline wins. She counted toward the team scores in both matches over the weekend.
WVU Athletes of the Week
Winter 2014
Week 1: Asya Bussie, women's basketball
Week 2: Bryce Bohman, swimming & diving
Week 3: Colin Johnston, wrestling
Week 4: Ziva Dvorsak, rifle
This Week in Women's Basketball
The Mountaineers play Iowa State on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum and will take to the road for an 8 p.m. tip with TCU in Fort Worth on Saturday … when the teams met earlier this season, WVU took a 73-59 win from then-No. 13/11 Iowa State in Ames … WVU and TCU meet for the first time this season.
Last Week in Women's Basketball
The Mountaineers went 1-1 last week in Big 12 road play, defeating Texas Tech 70-51 in Lubbock and falling at Texas, 66-63 … WVU's loss at Texas was its first road loss this season … at Texas Tech, senior center Asya Bussie used 19 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots to lead WVU in all categories … at Texas, Bria Holmes led all players with 18 points and three steals … senior guard Christal Caldwell recorded the 1,000th-point of her career at Texas Tech, becoming the 29th player in WVU women's basketball history and the 11th player under coach Mike Carey to reach the honor.
Notes & Quotes
The Mountaineers are 17-3 overall and 6-2 in Big 12 play … WVU entered the rankings in both major polls last week at No. 18 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll … Holmes continues to lead four Mountaineers scoring in double figures with 13.8 points per game … Bussie averages 13.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, while Caldwell and Taylor Palmer average 12.0 and 11.1 points per game.
This Week in Wrestling
The West Virginia University wrestling team returns to the mat against No. 8 Pitt on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum.
Last Week in Wrestling
The Mountaineers (9-3, 0-2 Big 12) were idle last weekend.
Notes & Quotes
Senior Colin Johnston (141) was named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after defeating then-No. 12 Anthony Collica on Jan. 18 … the honor was the first in program history ... Johnston has defeated ranked opponents in back-to-back outings and broke into the Amateur Wrestling Newsmagazine's Top 20 last week, coming in at No. 17.
This Week in Swimming & Diving
The men's team travels to Columbus, Ohio to face the ninth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, Jan. 31, at 6 p.m ... the women's team travels to Athens, Ohio to face Ohio University and Iowa State on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m.
Last Week in Swimming & Diving
The teams were idle last week.
Notes & Quotes
In its most-recent outing, the men's swimming & diving team defeated TCU on Jan. 18, for its first-ever Big 12 Conference win.
This Week in Track
West Virginia travels to State College, Pa., for the PSU National on Friday, Jan. 31.
Last Week in Track
The Mountaineers competed at the YSU College Invite on Friday, Jan. 24, finishing in third place overall ... WVU had participants in 10 events ... Youngstown State won the meet, Duquesne finished in second and Pitt finished in fourth behind the Mountaineers.
Notes & Quotes
Freshman Sydney Scott placed first in the one mile with a time of 5:03.45 ... senior Stormy Nesbit won the triple jump (12.37 meters) for the second time in six days ... freshman Amy Cashin and senior Sara Martinelli finished in second and third, respectively, in the 800 meters ... Friday will be West Virginia's second trip to Penn State for a meet this season, after participating in the PSU Relays on Jan. 11.
Coach Sean Cleary: "I was pleased to see the competitiveness begin to emerge for some within the group tonight. It's important to take each weekend in stride and meet the challenges presented to us."
This Week in Rifle
The No. 3-ranked Mountaineers (8-0, 6-0 GARC) are idle this week.
Last Week in Rifle
WVU traveled to Murray State's Winthrow Invitational in Murray, Ky., on Friday, Jan. 24 … the Mountaineers shot a season-high 4710 aggregate score, a season-high 2378 in air rifle and a 2332 smallbore score … on Jan. 25, the Mountaineers competed at GARC foe No. 11 Memphis (5-7, 2-3 GARC), winning the match 4690-4655 … WVU defeated the Tigers in both guns, winning smallbore 2321-2317 and air rifle 2369-2338.
Notes & Quotes
At the Winthrow Invitational, in air rifle, junior Maren Prediger paced the Mountaineers with a 598 score, one short of her season and career high … junior Ziva Dvorsak (597), sophomore Garrett Spurgeon (594) and junior Taylor Ciotola (590) all shot season highs in the gun … Dvorsak and Spurgeon's scores also were career highs … Spurgeon paced the smallbore team, shooting 587 … the victory over Memphis boosted the Mountaineers' record on the road to 3-0 … Dvorsak won both guns at Memphis, pacing the team in smallbore (588) and air rifle (596) … she shared the top air rifle spot with Prediger (596) … Spurgeon shot 594 in air rifle for the second consecutive match, coming in third … sophomore Patrick Sunderman shot a season- and career-high 591 in air rifle … senior Daniel Sojka came in third in smallbore against the Tigers, shooting a season high 584 … Sunderman (581) and Spurgeon (580) placed fourth and fifth … the Mountaineers will return to the WVU Rifle Range on Feb. 6, competing against No. 2 Alaska-Fairbanks … that same weekend, the team will play host to No. 1 Kentucky on Feb. 8.
This Week in Gymnastics
The Mountaineers (2-3) stay at home and play host to George Washington and Towson at the WVU Coliseum on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m., in the second-annual "Wendy M. Roach Invitational" … the invitational, named after former WVU gymnast and current graduate assistant Nicole Roach's mother, is a "Pink Meet" to promote breast cancer awareness … all fans are encouraged to wear pink, and the team will accept sundry item donations for Morgantown's Betty Puskar Breast Care Center.
Last Week in Gymnastics
The Mountaineers opened their 2014 home season with a 195.425-195.4 victory over NC State on Jan. 26 at the Coliseum … WVU tallied season highs on all but uneven bars and scored team wins on vault (48.925-48.875) and bars (48.725-48.55) … the Wolfpack (4-3, 2-1 EAGL) earned wins on beam (48.875-48.8) and floor (49.1-48.975) … senior Hope Sloanhoffer finished first overall with a season-best 39.35 score … she also won vault (9.85), bars (9.825) and floor (9.9) … her floor score matched her career high … freshman Alexa Goldberg, the reigning Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, tied for the bars win, while junior Beth Deal won beam with a season-best 9.85 showing.
Notes & Quotes
WVU trailed 146.525-146.45 going into the fourth rotation, but three career-best floor scores helped push the team to victory … in addition to Sloanhoffer's career high, Goldberg scored 9.825 and finished fourth, while junior Dayah Haley tallied 9.8 and placed seventh … freshman Nicolette Swoboda scored 38.8 and finished second overall … she also placed third on vault with a 9.8 … Lawrence placed fourth on bars with a season-high 9.725 … senior Erica Smith tallied a season-best 9.8 on beam and placed second … WVU improved to 25-14 over NCSU … the Mountaineers own a 45-1 series advantage over GW and a 18-10 advantage over Towson.
This Week in Tennis
The West Virginia University tennis team travels to Marshall on Saturday, Feb. 1, to take on the Thundering Herd at 1 p.m.
Last Week in Tennis
The Mountaineers (0-2) fell to Liberty, 6-1, at the Charleston Indoor Racquet Club on Jan. 25.
Notes & Quotes
The freshmen tandem of Kaja Mrgole and Oana Manole tallied its second doubles win of the season, defeating the Flames' Valerie Thong and Brittany Yang, 6-3 … sophomore Hailey Barrett recorded her first victory in singles play this spring, downing Rebekah Jenkins, 6-0, 6-1.
Coach Miha Lisac: "I thought we gave ourselves an opportunity in doubles but came up short at set point. That makes a big difference for the rest of the matches. Liberty fought well and is a tough team. We didn't play consistently enough to win."


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Before I read the author's note, there was something that confused me about William Stout's great new book, Legends of the Blues, due out May 7 from Abrams ComicArts (with an intro by music journalist Ed Leimbacher). Where were Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, and Reverend Gary Davis, three of my personal faves? How could he overlook them? Also, why did the artwork feel so familiar, yet so different from other stuff I'd seen from Stout—an acclaimed comics, fantasy, and pop-culture artist and illustrator whose work you've undoubtedly seen. And then it hit me: Robert Crumb! This, as it turned out, was the answer to both questions.
Way back when, cartoonist Crumb, a blues and old-time music freak who has drawn his share of artists and album art (you can view some of them here along with our Crumb interview), created a series of 36 Heroes of the Blues trading cards. They included, among others, Memphis Minnie and John Hurt; Stout, an avid blues fan, had loved Crumb's cards and didn't want to replicate them. But the others were fair game. Rhino Records founder Richard Foos, a friend of Stout's, ended up licensing Crumb's portraits for a series of greatest hits CDs for Shout! Factory. And since Crumb had moved on to other stuff, Foos approached Stout to produce some additional ones in a style similar to Crumb's.
That's how it started. But after his assignment was complete, Stout kept it up. He was hooked. While recovering from cancer treatments, he cranked them out, imagining that he would produce a bunch of new trading-card sets. In the end, Denis Kitchen, another friend (and the guy who commissioned Crumb's original cards) suggested that Stout make them into a book instead.
Legends… profiles a whopping 100 blues artists—many of them you'll recognize and many you won't. It's a must for blues fans or even dabblers—although Stout cautions that purists might be upset by his inclusion of crossover artists. Hey, whatever. The format is simple: Each spread contains the artist's vital stats; recommended tracks; notable tributes and covers by other artists; and a short, punchy mini-profile of each one. The book comes with a 14-track CD compilation, with some nice gritty old tunes from the likes of Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bukka White, and Rev. Robert Wilkins—I'm listening to it right now!
But the real treat is Stout's Crumby (sorry) portraits. Colorful, evocative, playful, they pay homage both to the original cards and to the great musicians Stout came to admire. There's the badass blues guitarist Robert Johnson, said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his chops. Champion Jack Dupree, who made the unlikely leap from pro boxer to pro musician. The highly talented yet modest sideman Papa Charlie McCoy. And Lucille Bogan, notorious for her raunchy lyrics. The Crumb effect runs especially strong with certain portraits—for instance, Slim Harpo, whose tunes were covered by a who's who of 1960s rock icons. Here's the Stones doing Harpo's "Shake Your Hips" way back when.
So, okay, I missed those few musicians, but I also learned about plenty of folks I'd never heard of—including a good number of blueswomen. And the poor chap had to crank out 100 portraits. You could hardly ask him to do more. Except that he did so anyway. By the end of Stout's drawing marathon, he had produced 150 portraits, so maybe a sequel is in the cards. Talk about collecting 'em all!


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PITT & BEAUFORT COUNTIES - A man is in jail on a $500,000 bond in connection with what deputies say was inappropriate sexual contact with a child.
Deputies say Quentin Hines, 31, was arrested Monday; he's charged with two counts of first-degree statutory sex offense with a child and two counts of indecent liberties with a child.
The arrest comes after an investigation that began in late April 2013, when the mother of an eight year old reported the allegations to the sheriff's office, according to a news release. The investigation revealed that Hines had inappropriate sexual contact with the female from February through April, 2013.
Deputies say the acts occurred at two different locations in Pitt County, as well as, one location in Beaufort County.
Hines was placed in the Pitt County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond on the charges from Pitt County. Further charges are pending from the Washington Police Department.


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Ticket Purchasing FAQ
We've been getting a lot of the same questions regarding tickets & ticket sales. I thought maybe I could make a thread that could be helpful to all. I know first hand purchasing Taylor tickets can be stressful & overwhelming!! If you have any questions that I don't cover, feel free to ask. Hopefully one of us can get an answer for you & I'll update this thread.
Can I buy a M&G?
First of all I just want to say that M&G aren't for sale! If you see a M&G for sale please alert one of the moderators. Occasionally there COULD be one for a charity fundraiser, etc. but in general they aren't sold. If you aren't sure contact one of the moderators & we can verify if it's legitimate or not!
Where do I see the full list of concert dates?
Check back often to taylorswift.com. They frequently update the events page. You can also go directly to events if you follow this link: http://taylorswift.com/events
How do I know if my show is on sale?
Ideally you will receive an e-mail with pre-sale info before your show goes on sale. Obviously that doesn't happen 100% of the time. I would personally recommend signing up for events e-mails from your local venues. Here is a LINK to the "Taylor Swift" search on Ticketmaster. Not all events are sold on Ticketmaster, but the majority are at this time. If your venue typically sells their event tickets through Ticketmaster & you can't even find that event listed yet, then chances are the tickets aren't on sale yet. Also, you can check back on this section in the forum & read through the thread about your show for details!
How do I sign up for pre-sale codes?
Ashlee posted a thread HERE on how to make sure you update your information so that you'll receive the appropriate updates!
What is the VIP tickets and is that the only way to purchase the best seats?
You can find the full info on the VIP tickets HERE. If you purchase VIP you are absolutely ensured a really great seat, but that is definitely not the only way to obtain a great seat!
If a pre-sale sells out does that mean there are no tickets left for general sale?
NO! Pre-sales only set aside a certain percentage of tickets. If you don't find the seats you're looking for through the presale, try again the day of general sale!
What is the best way to purchase tickets?
I can't say there's one correct answer for this. I've personally purchased tickets various ways and been both successful & unsuccessful different times.
*Venue: If you are able to go to your venue the day of general sale you can sometimes get great seats & get around some of the fees.
*Call: Calling Ticketmaster (if it's a TM venue) is an option: 1-800-745-3000 Sometimes it's possible to get through, sometimes it's not.
*Phone App: The TM app on smart phone seems to work very well as long as you don't click out of the app until your purchase is complete (or the tickets are lost.)
*Computer: If you want to purchase from a computer be sure to have it ready to go & logged on before tickets go on sale. If you want several minutes in chances are most of the seats may be gone. If you give up too many tickets within a short period of time you may be locked out. This can take hours or even days before it resets.
What if I'm not pulling up any seats?
If you are on the ticket site right when tickets go on sale & you don't pull up any seats keep trying. I've had shows where I've tried for a solid hour and THEN pulled up a seat. What happens is people will pull up a seat & hold it for a few minutes, then put it back. Once it's back up for grabs then someone else has a chance. Don't give up 2 minutes in and think every ticket is sold out. That may not be the case! One day I even randomly tried two hours in and pulled up a decent seat!
If tickets all sell out what should I do?
The best advice I can give you if tickets sell out is to keep checking back on the ticket purchasing site & also with the venue. Most venues will add more seats the day of the show or a few days before. They're typically very good seats! We do allow users on here to post if they have extra tickets they would like to sell for FACE VALUE! TC cannot regulate or be responsible for any of those sales. Enter contests on your local radio station. Keep checking the tour page for additional shows! Sometimes if a date sells out quickly they'll add another for that city!
Extra tips:
*The less seats you try to pull together the better. Of course everyone would love to sit together, but it's extremely difficult to pull up 4 really good seats together at a show that's this high in demand!
*Set aside a block of time. Don't expect to spend 3 minutes & have wonderful seats & be done.
*Familiarize yourself with the seating chart ahead of time.
*Come up with a plan beforehand. Know ahead of time if you pull a seat in this particular section whether you'll keep it or toss it back.
*Be flexible!! Of course we would all love to see the show from the front row, but you have to have realistic expectations. I've seen Taylor from a lot of different seats in different sections. It's a different experience no matter where you sit & I've never walked away thinking "Well I sure didn't enjoy that show because I hated my seat!"
*Have your payment information up to date. I've actually lost good seats before because I couldn't get my credit card up to date fast enough in the system!
*T-Party is not a ticketed, for sale event
HERE'S an excellent pre-sale thread a user made to help out!
If you have any further questions please post below! Myself or one of the other mods will gladly help you!


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President Establishes National Advisory Panel on Math
Experts to Advise on 'Best Available Scientific Evidence' for Teaching, Learning Strategies
On April 18, President George W. Bush issued an executive order creating the National Mathematics Advisory Panel to advise him and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on the "best available scientific evidence" for teaching and learning math.
Following in the footsteps of the influential National Reading Panel, the math advisory panel will convene experts to evaluate the effectiveness of various math teaching approaches and, in so doing, create a research base to improve instructional methods for teachers.
The group's interim report will be submitted by the end of January 2007, with specific recommendations on a range of topics related to math education. A final report is due by Feb. 28.
"It is more important than ever that our students receive solid math instruction in the early grades to prepare them to take and pass algebra and other challenging courses in middle and high school," Secretary Spellings said.
The National Mathematics Advisory Panel is part of the president's American Competitiveness Initiative for strengthening math education so that the nation's students develop the skills necessary for success in the 21st century. Included in his fiscal year 2007 budget request is $10 million to carry out the group's recommendations by supporting additional research and $250 million for the newly proposed Math Now programs.
Math Now for Elementary School Students, which is modeled after the popular Reading First program, would use the recommendations of the math advisory panel on scientifically based research and promising practices in math instruction to help prepare students for more rigorous course work in middle school.
Similar to the current Striving Readers Initiative, Math Now for Middle School Students would provide intensive instruction to students whose achievement is significantly below grade level.
For more information, visit www.ed.gov.
'Out of the Ordinary'
Washington State School Rises Above Poverty, Mobility Challenges to Reach Record Achievement
Principal Steve Barnes describes Holmes Elementary School as simply "special." It is an interesting word choice for a school with the highest student mobility rate in Spokane Public Schools and one of the highest poverty rates in the state of Washington. Nevertheless, to define Holmes as "out of the ordinary" has proven to be an apt description. Consider the fact that, in 2005, Holmes lost half of its population to transfers and gained another half from new enrollments, yet still managed to double the percentage of students reading and doing math at grade level.
Barnes explained, "Our goal here is to challenge the stereotypes and change what's said about Holmes and the community," a mission that has brought him back to the school for a third time.
In 1983, when Barnes started his education career as a student-teacher at Holmes, the community was known as a "tough area," he recalled. High crime, widespread substance abuse and dilapidated housing stigmatized the West Central neighborhood. Even when Barnes returned in 1996 for a three-year term as assistant principal, he said that the notorious reputation clung despite the joint efforts of residents and police officers to combat crime. So two years ago, when Barnes took the position as Holmes' leader, "A few people were asking, 'Are you nuts?'" he joked.
Although Barnes remained hopeful because of the staff's longstanding commitment, the enormity of his undertaking was soon apparent. He inherited an academic record of plummeting test scores, which dropped approximately 20 points in math and 10 points in reading his first year. In the same school year, a staggering 122 children transferred into the school while 115 transferred out, which amounted to nearly one student entering and exiting the school per day in 2004. (Holmes' student mobility index of 56 percentsurpassing the next highest in the district at 41 percentis a continuing trend said to be partly the result of families in crisis that are homeless, struggling to pay rent, or sharing temporary housing with multiple families.)
Moreover, Holmes was tackling the demands associated with a high concentration of children from low-income families as well as a considerable sum of students with special needs, many of whom suffered from cognitive disabilities.
But Barnes, the district's 2005 Dick Stannard Distinguished Principal of the Year, preferred to accentuate the positive. He told his staff, "Let's spend our time on things we can control. We can control the delivery of instruction, the curriculum alignment, the assessments we give kids. We can focus on the belief that these kidssure, they have challenges in their livesare capable of learning just like other children."
Looking beyond the challenges, though, did not mean ignoring them; they still had to be addressed. The school's motto, "Teaching to the heart as well as the mind," speaks of its vision for the whole child. "Yes, school is basically for education, but if kids don't have a good night's sleep, food and a good relationship with an adult, they can't learn. I think that Holmes has combined those two very effectively," said Louise Stamper, whose two eldest sons attended Holmes and whose youngest son is now in the third grade there.
After the faculty implemented a series of reform measures, their hard labor showed through in the next batch of test results. In just one year, from 2004 to 2005, the scores for fourth-graders, one of the state's benchmark levels at the time, jumped from 43.7 percent to 76.1 percent in reading, and from 28.2 percent to 60.9 percent in math, making it the first time that more than half of Holmes' students achieved proficiency in both subjects concurrently.
Chief among these measures was the issue of teacher collaboration, which Barnes addressed with the support of a leadership team comprising an assistant principal and three new instructional coaches. When he arrived at the school, Barnes noticed that there were "hard-working, dedicated teachers but a bunch of private enterprises doing their own thing." Time had been scheduled for teachers to team up but it needed to be used "intentionally," he added.
The staff embraced the concept of time on task. "As we learn to be more intentional in the way we teach," said Mary Lutton, who has taught at Holmes for 16 years, "I see us working as colleagues [from grades] K to 6 ... because it takes everybody to build the child, especially in a poverty school. There're so few people helping these children to be successful and so many trying to beat them down."
The next crucial area under scrutiny was curriculum alignment. Again, there was an effort in place but it lacked the necessary focus for drastically improving learning. In response, Barnes introduced the idea of "data walls," also referred to as "instruction walls," to help teachers become experts at using data to drive instruction. Stored in a staff-only room, the data wall is a system of pocket charts spreading across the walls that identify each child's skill level. The data are drawn from a range of assessments and organized vertically by student performance and horizontally by academic goals to cross-reference students' grade levels. As new data become available, teachers and instructional coaches update the students' charts, which are maintained on index cards and color-coded to signal special services for improving achievement.
The first year Barnes looked at the data wallsa model borrowed from a project piloted in Arkansas classroomshe immediately saw that half of the incoming first- through fourth-graders were below grade level. This ability to see the whole picture in one snapshot has helped teachers to better prepare for the academic needs of their children. Said Lutton, "We have better practices in teaching because we can see what we're looking for."
Another plus side of the data walls, Barnes pointed out, is that they revealed where the staff needed to align not only the curriculum with assessment results, but also services with students' needs. The Student Success Planning teama group of Holmes' administrators, special education teachers, instructional coaches, Title I teachers and reading specialistsmeets every Thursday in the data walls' room to discuss how to pool the school's resources, such as with intervention and remediation support, to bring children up to grade level.
These new initiatives at Holmes come at a time when the neighborhood is also experiencing a revival. For the staff, it is a forecast of a brighter future as they work toward the goal established by the No Child Left Behind Act, to have every child proficient in reading and math by 2014. "So we're going to continue to strive to make sure our kids can attain that," Barnes said, "because really that's our kids' way out of a different lifestyle. We have to give them the best education possible so that they can see there's another world out there."
By Nicole Ashby
President Discusses American Competitiveness Initiative
In April, President Bush, accompanied by Secretary Spellings, spoke before an assembly of students and staff at Tuskegee University in Alabama about his American Competitiveness Initiative. The following is an excerpt of his remarks.
... Perhaps the most important way that this United States of America can remain the leader when it comes to economic development and opportunity is to make sure our education systems work well. ...
... But here's the problem: By the time our kids get into high school, we've fallen behind most of the developed world in math and science. In other words, we're closing the achievement gap, and there's improvement in the public school system around America, but what ends up happening is that we're beginning to fall off. And that's where the challenge exists.
And so, how do we make sure that our high school students are coming out of school ... with a skill set necessary to even go further, so we remain a competitive nation? Here are some ideas.
First, one of the programs that works well is the Advanced Placement [AP] program. ... Therefore, the federal government needs to provide money to train 70,000 high school teachers on how to teach AP. In other words, take a system that's worked and see to it that it's spread all across the United States of America.
Secondly ... [my competitiveness plan would] bring 30,000 math and science professionals to teach in our classrooms. They're called adjunct professors. I think it's a smart way and a practical way to excite children to take the courses that are necessary to make sure this country is a competitive country. ...
... So I set up ... what's called a national math panel. We've got experts coming together, and they're going to analyze the best teaching methodology for math, the best curriculum for math. We did the same thing for reading ... and it's working. ...
And then we're going to implement what's called a Math Now program that will get those recommendations into the teacher's hands. But there's also another interesting aspect of Math Now ... that is, when we measure and find a child slipping behind in math in the eighth or ninth grade, that child gets extra help.
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Many laughed out loud when the New Jersey Institute of Technology decided to move its athletics to Division I status a few years ago.
The laughter grew louder when the Newark engineering school was snubbed by local conferences, forcing the Highlandersl to join the Great West Conference, whose members are not anywhere near the East Coast.
The laughter was almost deafening when NJIT ended the season four years ago with a 0-29 record. Crowds were sparse for the few games the school played at the Prudential center in Newark.
But the laughing has died down now. The team has a Great West regular season title and a shot at grabbing some national attention as a part of March Madness - the NCAA's annual championship tournament.
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As someone who recently graduated from NJIT (2011) and lived through the 0-29 season ("NJIT Basketball" was considered an oxymoron and a joke openly by the student body then), I only have two words to say:
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Wow I can't believe I finally beat that Cure For Vampirism Quest, man that took me hours. That was so questual.
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Malware Analysis and Legality
Up Next: CISA CISSP
Adware, spyware, viruses, worms, trojans, exploits, holes, patches, rootkits and more.
unicityd wrote:Malware researchers do try to analyze live samples that are found in the wild using forensic response tools and network security monitoring to determine the malware's behavior. AV companies also report back on detected malware to identify the spread of a sample and potential new variants. This is all legitimate, ethical behavior. Analyzing a piece of malware before removing/disabling it is probably the most prudent course of action when dealing with unknown malware.
On the other hand, knowingly introducing malware into the wild for any reason is illegal in many places (probably anywhere in the U.S.). I don't know what the civil liability would be (it exists, but you'd have to talk to an attorney), but if you're caught releasing a virus/worm into the wild you can go to jail. It won't matter if it was for research or if you were working for an AV company. If you want to run a sample for analysis, you need to do it on a segregated network for both legal and ethical reasons.
The third issue is liability. Liability implies you could be sued if your honeypot is used to harm others. For example, if it is used to attack other systems or resources, the owners of those may sue. Liability is not a criminal issue, but civil. The argument being that if you had taken proper precautions to keep your systems secure, the attacker would not have been able to harm my systems, so you share the fault for any damage occurred to me during the attack. The issue of liability is one of risk. If I deploy honeypots and they are compromised, what happens if they are used to attack someone else? First, anytime you deploy a security technology (even one without an IP stack), that technology comes with risk. For example, there have been numerous vulnerabilities discovered in firewalls, IDS systems, and network sniffers. Honeypots are no different. However, just as in privacy, different honeypots have different levels of risk. Low-interaction honeypots have far less risk, as they do not give attackers a real operating system to interact with. Instead, they contain attackers within emulated services, controlling the actions of the attacker. High-interaction honeypots, such as Honeynets, are different, they provide actual operating systems for attackers to interact with. As a result, most high-interaction honeypots have greater risk. If liability is a concern for you, you most likely want to focus on honeypots with less risk.
One thing to keep in mind. For years legal experts have been discussing possible liability for an organization that has been compromised and in turn was used to attack, compromise, or harm another system or organization. To date, we have seen no published decision addressing whether the operator of an insecure system can be liable to other operators for the misuse of the system by a hacker. So while liability is an issue, it may be an overblown one, as there is no recorded case of it happening with compromised systems.
idr0p wrote:This also brings the question, if you deploy a honeypot are you "leaving your doors unlocked" so to speak. Meaning you would be unable to charge the intruder for trespassing on your network as you invited them in.
idr0p wrote:This also brings the question, if you deploy a honeypot are you "leaving your doors unlocked" so to speak. Meaning you would be unable to charge the intruder for trespassing on your network as you invited them in.
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Posted at 7:48 PM on April 13, 2014
Don is still Hot and Sexy even though he succumbed to the realization of his loveless marriage,
his importance to the Ad agency that made him a star, and now threatening to take it away, and to
his past life bearing down on him and telling him it's OK for his children to know the truth…
Hoping the season becomes the great comeback story for the brooding, somber Don Draper to
climb back up the ladder of success, love and contentment. In my dream of dreams, he reunites with his first wife … Not easy to make things right between them, but MR Weiner can do just about
Bravo MAD MEN… It's been addicting!
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Great moments in Christmas: School says Jesus on cross "violent image"
posted at 10:55 am on December 15, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
One eight-year-old in Taunton just learned a valuable lesson in political correctness, and a school district may wind up learning a little something about free speech, religious expression, and not asking questions to which one does not want to hear the answers. An elementary school student was asked to draw something that reminded him of Christmas. When he drew a picture of Jesus on a crucifix, the teacher and the administration recoiled in horror at the "violent image." No, really:
An eight year old elementary school student in Taunton was sent home from school and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick figure picture of Jesus on the cross.
The second grader at Maxham Elementary school was told by this teacher that the drawing was violent. This was after the class was asked to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas. …
The father tells the "Taunton Gazette" because his son put Xs on the eyes of Jesus, the teacher thought it was violent.
But he drew Jesus with a smile! Doesn't that count for anything?
It's hard to imagine a more clueless, knee-jerk response than the one given by this school. First, Jesus on a crucifix has been a symbol of Christianity for two millenia. Since Christmas is in fact a Christian holiday, at least nominally, the crucifix in this drawing clearly came from Christian symbolism and not some latent threat of a reenactment of the last scenes of Spartacus from a second grader. How dense or deliberately obtuse must a teacher and administrators be not to understand the symbolism involved in this drawing?
The story does end on a happy note. The father of the student has been given permission for his child to attend another school in the district. They should have transferred the teacher and the administrators instead, preferably to quiet rooms with as little contact with children as possible. The real threat here is that the gross stupidity will infect the students.
Update: We headlined this, but I should update the post with the school's response (hat tip from Twitter DTipson):
But after a few days on the cross themselves — and staying silent because of confidentiality issues — Taunton school officials began telling a much different story. In a statement posted on the system's Web site, school officials said that in fact the boy had never been suspended, the teacher never requested that the children make a drawing that reminded them of Christmas or any religious holiday, and that the drawing that the boy's father distributed to the media is in fact not the one the boy's teacher discovered and was concerned about.
The school said it could not provide further information for reasons of confidentiality, but it noted that until Chester Johnson spoke to the newspaper the family and school officials had been "working together in a cooperative and positive manner." It said all proper protocols had been followed and that school officials would do the same thing again if presented with similar circumstances …
Johnson acknowledged that his son was not suspended but insisted the drawing was the one that upset the teacher. He added that his son wrote his name above the Christ figure and said it was a self-portrait. It was also reported that in June 2008 a fifth-grade student was suspended from a local middle school for a day after he drew a stick figure that appeared to show him shooting his teacher and a classmate — an event that led some to believe the incident with the second-grader may have been related to that episode and heightened concern over possible school violence since the Columbine massacre.
Still, Johnson wasn't backing down. The Boston Globe said he "held court" for the media at his girlfriend's apartment Tuesday, insisting that the school apologize and that his son's rights were violated. "It hurts me that they did this to my kid," Johnson said. "They can't mess with our religion; they owe us a small lump sum for this."
So the school disputes what the father said, and the father is still sticking to his story. The "self-portrait" claim seems a little beyond a second-grader, but not impossible. Even so, demanding a psychological evaluation over a drawing of a crucifix seems very, very strange — and if the school would do it again, I'd still wonder whether parents wouldn't do better to follow Johnson's lead and send their children somewhere else.
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Organized in conjunction with the DIA's Shirin Neshat exhibition,GLOBAL IMAGINARIES│Individual Realities is a series of lectures that establishes a platform for artists and their communities to enter into a wider conversation about socially engaged art. The 'imaginary' is a sociological term which describes the unspoken understanding between individuals within a society who all agree to function within the same ethical, cultural and political frameworks. The 'global imaginary' is an idea that expands on this notion, describing the social networks emerging between people from all over the world, assisted by innovations in technology such as the internet. In this lecture series we turn to several prominent artists whose work focuses on the role of art within the social and political sphere and invite a socio-cultural anthropologist, a political activist and sociologist of culture to discuss the role of art in shaping the global imaginary. This program will explore the underlying notions that shape our expectations of society and consider art as a social medium to navigate the vicissitudes of our imagined narratives.
Shirin Neshat is one of the most significant contemporary artists working today. Internationally renowned for her conceptual photography, films, and video installations, the exiled Iranian-Amerian artist challenges the divide between the artist and social critic. Informed by her experiences, Neshat's work oscillates between the personal and universal, transcending preconceptions of culture, nationality, ethnicity and gender. Shirin Neshat will join us to speak about her work as it relates the global imaginary, highlighting her upcoming major retrospective exhibition organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Sponsored by Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art and The Center for the Study of Citizenship at Wayne State University. This exhibition is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts. Generous support has been provided by the MetLife Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the City of Detroit.


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Home › Forums › General Forums › Winter Hiking › Scarp 2 for winter?
Nov 24, 2012 at 4:30 pm #1296390
I posted this in GEAR but will do it again here for those who mainly use this forum.
I'm seriously thinking of geting a SCARP 2 with a ripstop inner for winter.
I'll run the crossing poles inside the fly, from the apex of each corner CF strut pair using a small triangular Cordura pocket for the pole ends.
This is definitely not a "Shires approved" mod but it works great on my Moment. There I ran the pole ends back out through a reinforced hole the apex of the netting ends to the original pockets.
This mod should easily handle any snow load and likely make the tent less deformable in high winds.
So that's my plan unless anybody has some reasons why the Scarp might not be the best 2 person light winter tent choice.
P.S. I ordered the Scarp 2 and should have it this week. Then let the mods begin!Nov 24, 2012 at 5:38 pm #1930784
Stephen MBPL Member
@stephen-mLocale: Way up North
Hi Eric,
From reading your past posts I know you have been looking at the Scarp over the past couple of years so probably have read all the reviews and Bpl posts. I used the Scarp 1 for at least half a dozen winter trips in the Uk and really liked it but ended up replacing it when I moved to the US.
I had the Scarp out in 70mph and it worked like a champ but the cross poles are an absolute pain to put in place if wearing thick gloves also the cross poles pop out of the grommets at times.
To me the Scarp is a 3.5 season tent, don't get me wrong the Scarp is an outstanding tent, maybe with your mods it might do better but just be sure the cross poles do not abrade the the inner due to friction.
StephenJan 9, 2013 at 8:04 pm #1942360
So far these are my mods:
1. Purchased heavy duty main pole (larger diameter & heavier tube walls)
2. Sewed Velcro cable wraps inside the fly to the exterior reinforcements for the crossing pole straps. These hold the crossing poles in place & prevent fly flapping.
3. Seam sealed every sewn-thru area except the bottom hem.
4. Coated the top of the fly with 5:1 ratio of odorless mineral spirits to clear GE silicone caulk (& wiped it down with a blue paper shop towel for uniformity of coating).
5. sewed the crossing pole grommeted tabs into the 4 interior corners just above the triangulated CF struts. These will once again recieve the crossing pole ends.
The final step is shortening the crossing poles to fit inside the fly. That happens this weekend.Feb 8, 2013 at 1:58 pm #1952320
Tipi WalterBPL Member
I have only two concerns, or questions—Does the solid inner touch your sleeping bag anywhere when you're atop your pad(s)? Especially the footbox at the end of the tent? Often this can lead to condensation wetting the bag.
Also—I looked on the TarpTent website and couldn't find the floor denier of this tent. Is it 30 denier? If so that is pretty thin when sleeping on snow/wet snow as the weight of your body could sponge in water (hydrostatic stuff and all).Mar 10, 2013 at 6:38 pm #1964038
Paul HuberMember
@ls2379Locale: Central Virginia
I have had my Scarp I on many a winter trip and have had no problems with setting up in deep snow or high winds. My bag has never gotten wet in the tent from condensation, and depending on where you are set up, you can get condensation. I have seen many 4 season tents not perform as well as the Scarp, but many people do not know how to properly set up a tent in winter.Mar 19, 2013 at 10:26 am #1967441
I posted photos of the modded Scarp 2 on the GEAR page. It's "stout" and I'm satisfied it will take a lot of wind.Mar 19, 2013 at 12:13 pm #1967471
David UreMember
"Also—I looked on the TarpTent website and couldn't find the floor denier of this tent. Is it 30 denier? If so that is pretty thin when sleeping on snow/wet snow as the weight of your body could sponge in water (hydrostatic stuff and all)."
Hydrostatic head doesn't have anything to do with denier.Mar 19, 2013 at 4:06 pm #1967568
Dernier is the weight in grams of 9000 meters of the fiber .
So 30d means that 9000 linear meters (5.59 miles) of that fiber weighs 30g.Jun 29, 2013 at 6:37 pm #2000917
Here are the photos of my modded Scarp 2. Unseen is the heavier main pole in the yellow sleeve (larger diameter & heavier walled tubing).
By placing the internal crossing pole ends at the apex of the CF corner rods I am using the strength of a triangle to take the downward pressure. The grommeted webbing is sewn through the black Hypalon exterior corner reinforcements for max strength in this critical area.
Along with main pole guylines, ski pole tie-outs at each end to the canopy attatchment and DIY fly hem stake loops I feel this is a tent that can withstand a long bout of high winds and not tear itself apart.
Oh, yeah, I always use a 3 mil painter's sheet as a groundcloth so there will be no worry about the floor freezing to the snow. In addition I've coated the exterior of the floor (& top 1/2 of the fly) with a 5:1 ratio of odorless mineral spirits to GE silicone caulk. This coating should not readily freeze to the snow.
WHADDYA think Franco? Did I do the Scarp 2 justice? This was a PROJECT!Jun 29, 2013 at 6:45 pm #2000918
Here are some shots of the apex inside and the inner tent attatched showing the clearance.Jun 29, 2013 at 6:47 pm #2000919
Ken T.BPL Member
What is the total cost for your mod Eric? How much for parts and how much time for labor? And what's the total weight?Jun 30, 2013 at 11:32 am #2001038
COST-> about $30. for stronger main pole (I forget the exact price from Tentpole Technologies) A few $$ for extra Triptease cord, GE clear silicone caulk and some "odorless" mineral spirits and a brush. Maybe $50. total.
1 day for sewing on hem stake loops, inside corner grommets (taken off of outside Triptease lines)and Velcro cable wraps to factory X-ing pole reinforcement patches.
1 day for coating & wiping down top 1/2 of fly and outside of floor with 5:1 ratio of odorless mineral spirits to GE clear silicone caulk. Plus sealing all seams and your own new hand stitching. (HINT: Do this entire sealing procedure LAST.)
1 day to measure, cut and place X-ing poles inside You also need a 1/4" wide adjustable nylon webbing strap at the apex to pull up the X-ing poles a bit. (At REI.)
WEIGHT-> The tent weighs virtually the same (2 oz. more) B/C the shortened X-ing poles offset the heavier main pole, inside peak strap and hem stake loops.
BIG STORM GUYLINES-> I used Triptease line, Line Loc tensioners and Tarptent's nylon snap hooks to make 4 guylines. 2 guys for the main pole, 2 guys for a hiking/ski pole at each end, clipping into the provided center fly attatchment point (thanks Henry), around the pole and down to a stake. The clips are strong enough but may break in very extreme winds. Better they break than the fly rip open at guy attatchment points. HOWEVER… you can pass the plastic clip through the attatchment loop and clip it back on the guy line, putting more strain on the line itself and less on the clip.
If you really know you're likely to face high winds bring or make stakes or deadmen for all guys, all hem loops plus the normal 4 corner stakes. Then pray for a quiet night.
@ Walter: I'm 5' 10" so my bag has plenty of room lengthwise W/O touching the inner tent. Plus I've DWR'd my bag with Revivex in case it does touch a frosty inner wall. I always use a 3 mil ground sheet in winter.Jun 30, 2013 at 2:57 pm #2001107
Stephen MBPL Member
@stephen-mLocale: Way up North
Any issues with the poles causing friction on the tent outer in strong winds?Jul 1, 2013 at 7:11 am #2001279
I observed no pole friction on the fly in 30-45 mph winds when testing in a nearby park. That is no flapping or beating of the fly against the poles, no movement of the fly across the poles.
I really doubt if the Velcro wraps inside are entirely necessary until you get "pole-deforming winds" at around 65-85 mph. gusts. They are there to prevent poles being forced off location and deforming.
There ARE wind storms so severe it is necessary to lean your back against the inside poles to keep the tent up. I've only experienced that with one other tent many years ago in a storm in Canada.Jul 11, 2013 at 9:52 pm #2005076
Hi Eric
In response to your PM:
> 1. Purchased heavy duty main pole (larger diameter & heavier tube walls)
This is definitely stronger, but you knew that. Probably now essential.
> 2. Sewed Velcro cable wraps inside the fly to the exterior reinforcements for the
> crossing pole straps. These hold the crossing poles in place & prevent fly flapping.
Just checking: the diagonals no longer go to the ground but to eyelets at the top of the CF corner poles? Assuming that is so …
The tent can now sway a bit because the diagonal poles no longer hit the ground. The guys at the ends of the poles will stop some movement, but sideways movement would still be possible with single guys. If you put 2 guys at each corner, at right angles to each other, that would stop most of the sway – at the cost of a little bit more string and some extra stakes. Could be worth while.
The Velcro loops are extremely important imho. Without them the fly would collapse in a wind as the diagonal poles would go sideways fast. Whether there is enough Velcro there, or whether wider velcro would be better – time will tell. I would always do them up, every time.
The only thing holding the diagonal poles up is the main exterior pole. The CF corner poles will not support the diagonals that way very well. (I couldn't see them, but you mentioned them, so I am assuming they are there.) The strap coming down from the peak looks solid enough – webbing and a metal hook? So the main exterior pole is pretty crucial.
I think the CF corner poles are going to be essential as well. They need to be 'embedded'.
I can't see any guys on the main exterior pole. To my mind, some guys on that pole will be essential in bad weather. I would put them about 800 mm above the ground, but using the existing black anchor points would be easiest.
The single main exterior pole will be all that is holding the tent up in heavy snowfall. I doubt that this single pole is strong enough to take a serious snow loading, so you may need to keep knocking the snow off during the night. painfull, but better thsan having it collapse on top of you. :-)
I couldn't see the inner tent in your photos, so no comment there.
I have used a dome tent (MYOG, late 1960s) in bad weather and had to get inside to place the poles into the sleeves. I was told the sight of me heaving around inside the tent fighting the poles was quite funny from the outside. Hopefully, with the exterior pole, the Scarp won't be as bad.
CheersJul 21, 2013 at 1:42 pm #2008134
Even with the factory configuration of exterior X-ing poles they never "went to ground" the ends were secured in the very same grommeted webbing however originally this webbing was attatched to corner stake lines.
By sewing the grommets inside at the apex of the two carbon fiber corner poles I've utilized the inherent strength of the triangle as the base for each end of the internal X-ing poles. To my mind this is a much better distribution of force than the original exterior X-ing pole configuration, not to mention less stress on the corner lines and stakes. With Henry's CF corner pole triangle only one corner guy line stake is needed. And THAT line in itself forms another triangle – deucedly clever, eh? Plus I get the added benefit of fly support being distributed over a much larger area, which was my original goal.
As to your thought that the main pole supports the entire load of snow I disagree a bit. I've since realized I don't need that center strap pulling up on the X-ing poles at the apex. So now the X-ing poles only push UP, thus helping the main pole.
Apart from a "tree avalanche" of snow I see no load that could possibly collapse the tent as modded. (And I like to think I'm smart enough not to park the tent under a snow laden tree.) Wind is the real enemy. Lateral wind loads are my worry. Those rather wide ends of the tent present a vulnerable side to the wind, thus all the pole supported guying.
Yes, one should imbed in the ground both the corner CF rod ends and especially the center end CF rod a bit for more stability. Once done the stake lines hold them in place with tension downward from the top of the lines.
As mentioned in posts above, I have two sets of prepared guylines with attatched snap hooks and LineLoc tensioners. One set is for the main pole guy loops and one longer set for the end fly guy loops (to be used with walking/ski pole stays). A clove hitch around the pole handles & down to the stake is all that is required, as I'm sure you're very familiar with this method.
BTW, all four of these attatchment loops came with the tent from the factory. Good thinking Henry!
P.S. I'm testing it again tonight in the back yard as very high winds and heavy rains are expected. The tent is on its own tonight. If it fails well, back to the drawing board. But so far in earlier testing it has held up well in 45-50 mph. winds.Jul 22, 2013 at 2:28 am #2008293
Hi Eric,
I forgot about this thread, I don't look at the winter stuff all that often.
Yes I like the mod.
My original version of the poles under the fly bit was simply something I did in the middle of the night just to see if it could be done.
I did that with the poles I had so it was a little bit more cumbersome to do.
in the end the idea was the same, that is to have the interior poles pushing down into the Pitch Lock corner to take advantage of the strength of it and help with holding up the main pole.
I might mod my Scarp 1 to something like that too…
BTW, I had in mind the built in poles of the Bibler tents, something inbetween the I (Impotent…) and the Pinon design, however the poles I had where too long so I had to do a double crossover creating that flat spot at the the top.
I then used the Moment and the Notch so I did not bother following that up.Jul 22, 2013 at 3:33 am #2008297
Hi Eric and Franco
> Even with the factory configuration of exterior X-ing poles they never "went to
> ground" but were in the very same grommeted webbing attatched to corner stake lines.
Hum … the Scarp 2 photo #3 on Henry's web site seems to show the poles going to ground. Has there been a recent change in design of the poles? Or what?
CheersJul 22, 2013 at 3:36 pm #2008475
Who are you going to believe, me or your eyes ?
(Groucho Marx)
It's just the angle on that photo that makes them look like they rest on the ground but they are in fact floating in the air.
The load is taken up by the corner struts (strong enough to hold my 75 kg…)
Jul 23, 2013 at 11:08 am #2008789
Thanks for the close-up of the Scarp X-ing poles Franco.
I suppose that in high winds the X-ing pole ends would touch the ground at times. With my internal configuration they would use the strength of the CF corner struts ALL the time.
I've found that when using Velcro slotted end cable ties inside to hold the poles one must sew about 1 cm from the slotted end to get the wrap tight around the X-ing poles. Then, when the other end is inserted into the slot and tightened it will form a tight loop to keep the poles in place W/O letting them move and rub the fly. (Details, details. As Goethe said, God built the universe with details, just as Henry builds his tents.)
UPDATE 8/24/'13-> Today was exceptionally windy with frequent 50 to 65 mph gusts so I set up the modded Scarp 2 with the internal X-ing poles and guyed it out at each side and both ends. There were NO deformations and no flapping during the 3 hour windstorm. I'm now satisfied it will handle most winter storms.Jul 23, 2013 at 3:41 pm #2008866
Hi Franco
> It's just the angle on that photo that makes them look like they rest on the ground
> but they are in fact floating in the air.
I see. It was not obvious. Strange design. Couldn't you cut the poles short and socket them at the top of the CF poles? But then, that's what putting them inside involves anyhow.
CheersJul 23, 2013 at 7:59 pm #2008910
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As soon as Henry does that (external additional poles, but terminating at the top of the struts), and specs a PU groundsheet I'll buy one).
(There are some other niggles I have but that would tip the balance enough)
Franco – do you know if there are any plans to implement some of the mods that have become popular eg. threshold cords?Jul 24, 2013 at 9:27 pm #2009248
Right now the most useless present for Henry would be a back scratcher but in a few months he will have some time to think about things.
The Scarp was designed to be a convertible 3 to 4 season shelter.
In other words a 3 season shelter that can be used in winter but not particularly focused just on that.
However the design does lend itself to some interesting mods so you never know…
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Lauryn Hill Set to Headline Rock The Bells Tour; Will Perform "Miseducation" in its Entirety
The 16-year old in me just died (and now you can figure out how old I am). In an URB.com exclusive, the online magazine has just revealed that Lauryn Hill will headline this summer's Rock The Bells tour, noting also that the hip-hop impresario will perform all of her iconic work, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
While the official statement is set to be unveiled later tonight at the Rock the Bells line-up announcement party, URB notes as below:
The official press conference isn't until [later], but we're ready to call this one like FOX News. Hip-hop enigma Lauryn Hill will be headlining this year's Rock The Bells tour. The ex-Fugees songstress will be performing her classic solo album, The Miseduction of Lauryn Hill, as part of a complete album format that has become an increasingly popular way for legendary acts to draw attention to current tours. Also rumored to be performing a full-length at RTB2010 is A Tribe Called Quest. Perhaps they'll join Ms. Hill in a rendition of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly," The Fugees' most infamous hit, which sampled ATCQ's "Bonita Applebum."
URB spoke to representative of Rock The Bells who would not confirm…or deny the booking. The official Rock the Bells press conference takes place tonight at The Key Club in West Hollywood. (URB.com)
If you were a teen in the mid-90s then you no doubtedly loved and lauded Lauryn like I, and probably know each word and gentle nuance/cadence of the legendary album. Just....OH MY GOD...YES! (And of course, if anything changes after the press conference tonight, we'll update this space. And then cry real tears. Real hard.)
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Shortland Street actor Sam Bunkall has revealed his guilt at leaving his new kitten alone while he spent days filming.
The first-time pet owner had just adopted one of the largest breeds of domestic cat - a Maine Coon-Ragdoll-Himalayan cross called Mollie - when he found himself and his partner unable to be at home for extended periods.
"I felt so guilty," he said.
"My partner was away and I was working and Mollie was still inside this tiny house.
"I was freaking out and getting friends to go over and play with her."
Bunkall, who joined the Street cast last year as the mysterious new surgeon Boyd Rolleston, described Mollie as the perfect cat.
"She is actually a dream cat. She had already been toilet-trained when we got her at 10 weeks old and she always knows how to treat things.
We really struggle to find anything wrong."
He said having her in the house was very much like having a child.
These holidays meant her care had to be factored into their plans. Luckily, family were on hand to cat-sit at their house.
"We're going away but we'll get family members to look after her," he said, "and then we'll look after their cats."
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As for replacing Bradshaw's ability to pickup the blitz, remember he was not always great. That skill was learned and Wilson will have to do the same.
As for replacing Bradshaw's ability to pickup the blitz, remember he was not always great. That skill was learned and Wilson will have to do the same.
I agree. I really hope Wilson becomes a pass blocker. He is a better pure runner than bradshaw and would be a very versatile weapon.
i havent seen anyone truly detail Wilsons game. he absolutely can be our "starter", which is a split role. He has a skill set you rarely see, power, agility, speed, and quickness. i actually disagree with those that have made comments recently that he lacks vision. i actually thought he showed very good vision especially for a rookie. i cant remember a run he had where he lost yardage (that wasnt due to the OL letting a guy in clean). He is a physical runner with amazing speed, which really puts a defender in a lose lose situation. he gets a ton of yards after contact. and he specifically added 10-15 pds this offseason to be a more complete back capable of lining up and making a key block.
Then with AB2. Guy in his limited action, displayed to me he already possesses the game to be successful. you simply can't teach the kinda vision/style he has. he is great at setting up his blockers, finding a lil crease, and getting small through the crease, and powerful out of it. he really presses the hole well. he will consistently be effective as long as he stay healthy, same for DW.
And perhaps the most important aspect to the running game doesnt even have to do with a rb. The pass game featuring a (healthy) nicks, cruz, rr, murphy, myers etc is going to force defenses to respect eli and the vertical pass game. that is going to open up a lot of alleys for the rbs to run wild through. big things are in store for our rbs. i have already predicted that AB2 will display the kinda game worthy of being a starter in the league, and that DW will play like a top 5 rb
I think we can have a defense that shores up at least the issues we had last year. above that, remains to be seen.
we are heavy at DE, LB not so sure about the backfield, but seems we have an able bunch. damn, we just need to watch the injuries. hope we can remain healthy
5 RBs for 4 spots really doesn't seem like a lot of competition. I wonder if they are leaving room to bring the big man back (dark red = only slightly sarcastic).


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1. Barrett Jones, Offensive Guard, Alabama
2. Ezekiel Anzah, DE, BYU
3. Cornelius Washington, OLB, GA
4. Alex Hurst, OT, LSU (If he drops this low)
5. Brandon McGee, CB, Miami
6. Dustin Harris, CB, A&M
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Here's a brief article along with a photo of the 2007 Tahoe.
It looks more "chiseled" then the current one, which is a good thing IMO. I don't see any reason for it not maintaining its top selling full-size SUV status jugding from this pic.
Also seen on gminsidenews.com that the 5.3 is rumored to have 355 hp.
2007 Tahoe Spy Pic Article at The Car Connection
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hehe... the perspective is all wacky, perhaps from a crop from a wide angle pic.I like the hood treatment but I will reserve judgment till I see it in person... from the pic, I am a little worried that the bludges might overwhelm the rest of the styling... which actually looks more integrated... integrated bumpers, non-tacked on fender flares...from what I can see, I like it. the body colored rear pillar looks good, even if a little less original than before... the tail lights look huge perhaps both a design feature and a cost saving move...the front grill looks more GMC Yukon than Chevy... which is good... I never really warmed up to the current Chevy grill/headlight styling(Envoy being a rare exception)...the body colored/integrated bumpers definitely move the vehicle a little more up class... maybe into Cadillac territory, at least for the exterior. I hope the bumper/body gap tolerances are better than the current crop of Chevy SUV's.
GM has said the interior is where the big news is coming, time and time again. The exterior styling is more of an updated look to what they have (which is good IMO). Either way, unless GM suddenly changes how they do their trucks, then the next Silverado should look exactly like this in the front end, which is good again IMO (true, the current truck looks different then the Tahoe, but it only got a refresh to help sales--the Tahoe is the best selling SUV in its class).
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Also seen on gminsidenews.com that the 5.3 is rumored to have 355 hp.
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I like the bike pump set up too.The ball valve on top is a good idea for faster loading. Seems the problem would be to make sure the propane torch doesn't get so hot it burns the acid. Moving it closer or further back might adjust that.
I like being able to watch from a distance.
The problem with the Heilyser for me is entrance clearance (not enough). So whatever i build will have to deliver from the outside.


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Blind 9/11 survivor shares story
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - It's hard enough for any of us to imagine being in one of the World Trade Center towers when the first plane crashed deliberately into the building -- but imagine if you were blind, with just your guide dog to lead you out down 78 floors.
That's exactly the situation that the speaker at a disability forum found himself in.
Best-selling author and inspirational speaker, Michael Hingson held his audience spellbound with his account of making his way down from the 78th floor of tower one of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
Neither he nor anyone heading down those many stairs had any idea what was going on when they were told to evacuate the building.
He has been blind since birth. "September 11th for me was a day that proved that I could do the same things that other people did. There's no reason a blind person shouldn't or couldn't be anywhere else that anybody else might be, including being in a place including an emergency or disaster," Hingson said.
He spoke to the Northeast Tennessee Diversity in Employment Consortium, a group dedicated to giving those with disabilities a chance at employment and teaching employers about hiring someone with a disability.
Hingson reinforced their message. "Blindness or any other so called physical disability isn't the problem. It's more our attitudes for a lot of things that happen to us when you deal with change in our lives. Really, it's not the change or not the challenge, but how we deal with the change or the challenge," he says.
It brought him to write a best-selling book, Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog and The triumph of Trust at Ground Zero. "9/11 is certainly a part of my life, but it's not my whole life. 9/11 is the evidence and the proof that my belief about my capabilities as a blind person is accurate and true," he said.
He also told us that we may be the ones putting the limitations on the disabled, not the other way around.
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"The Rose Bowl is the standard every team in the league should aim for," Dykes said. "We were a two-overtime game away from playing for it when I was (an assistant) at Arizona."
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The Baton Rouge City-Parish has received a $1 million federal grant to help build industrial access roads at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) for a new Aviation Business Park.
To qualify for the U.S. Department of Commerce�s Economic Development Administration grant, the state has to contribute matching funds of $479,000. This is in addition to the $3.3 million in airport funds that has been invested for land acquisition and utility infrastructure. The funds from the local, state, and federal levels for this project totals $4,791,375.
BTR Aviation Director Anthony Marino said the improvements are part of an effort to develop an Aviation Business Park on vacant land along the northern edge of Metro Airport off Blount Road.
In all, the city-parish has 300 acres just north of the airport that was either received from the federal government when the airport was turned over to the city-parish, or was acquired later for noise mitigation.
The grant will upgrade and renovate 3,000 feet of existing roadway at the airport, and construct approximately 2,800 feet on new road with drainage. The project will also relocate the Airport�s remote transmitter receiver facility.
The proposed building would serve as an anchor for the proposed Aviation Business Park. Marino said he�s planning to secure federal and state funds to construct the building, along with a parking area and a runway apron that are being planned by the same design team.
Marino said the proposed Aviation Business Park is ideally situated for a wide range of aviation and non-aviation businesses. Most of the proposed park�s infrastructure, such as roads, electrical service, natural gas, waste and sewer is already in place; and full-time security will be provided by the airport at no additional cost.
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Latino activists board bus to spread message
March for ONE Oregon Bus Tour is five-day trek for immigration
BEND, Ore. - The March for ONE Oregon bus tour is an effort to advocate to provide 11 million undocumented citizens a path to citizenship. A group of Central Oregon activists boarded the bus that left Bend on Tuesday.
It's a five day tour through cities in Congressman Greg Walden's district.
The group will listen to the concerns and stories of immigrants.
The plan to reach as many as 10,000 people and to bring what they hear, back to Walden.
The day began with a march to Walden's office in Bend and the group there has a message.
"Ask him to please support legalization with a pathway towards citizenship," said Francisco Lopez, Executive Director of Causa Oregon. "We want it now we don't want to wait next year."
After handing in some letters to Walden's staff, the group then marched down to Trinity Episcopal Church.
Where they were met with a Danza Azteca group from Bend who gave them a blessing for their journey.
"The dialogue about this has been happening in Salem and the Portland-Metro area but this dialogue needs to happen in rural Oregon," said Lopez.
The group will travel to eight cities sharing a bus filled with families and individuals who want to share their story like 22-year-old Antonia Hidalgo of Redmond who has received her legal resident status but whose parents are still undocumented.
"It gives me a bigger hope that I can help my family but I don't want it to just be me, I want my parents," Hidalgo said.
Also on the bus will be Hugo Nicolas from Salem.
"By listening to these stories and having conversations with people that is how we are going to make the change," Nicolas said.
Walden released this statement about the tour: "Our federal immigration system is broken, and fixing it is certainly a priority in the congress. A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House have been working on a plan to update our immigration laws for over a year, and I look forward to reviewing their work. As this process moves forward, I value input from Oregonians of all points of view, and I look forward to continuing a dialogue on this complicated issue."
The group on the five day trek is hoping to make sure their voices are heard.
"It's time for things to change," said Kathy Paterno, Board Chair for Rural Organizing Project, one of the groups sponsoring the tour. "This is our way of making it change in a way that's humane that honors human dignity and makes us all welcome all of us as neighbors we are one Oregon."
It's estimated out of the 170,000 Oregon farm workers, about 120,000 are undocumented immigrants.
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Steve was a project you are taking on. The W&W 8 and W&W 12 are very lucky machines to be found by you! I can't wait to see the end results. I also love the little General Electric. I would not hesitate to get one of those if I found one! Now everyone on here is wanting a little General Electric machine!
As promised here is the Wilson Rotary popped back into its cabinet after it was refinished by my b/f. He also rewired the machine and added a foot peddle to it. I had him put the knee peddle back into the cabinet. It can be rewired if need be.
Nicely done!!! The wood glows...
I am sure going to try.
I have in my queue of Early machines:
Still need to make a "portable" hand-crank base for the Howe that I just did
The Wheeler & Wilson #12
The Wheeler & Wilson #8
A second Howe that should be arriving today.
I feel like I should donate money to QB for all of the HDD space my Pics use up.....