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Reflecting on his experience at the 2012 Busan Biennale in South Korea, art historian David Joselit shares his thoughts on the future of an increasingly globalized art world.
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By Gil Boggs
When Damian Woetzel ask if we would like to have Emery LeCrone create a work on the company and perform an excerpt during The Vail International Dance Festival Upclose: Premieres program I couldn't say yes fast enough. Emery has created an amazing work for us titled Archetypes and our dancers look amazing in it. To be on the world's stage and watch the performance our company gave, served notice on just how good we are. "Although many of the other performers came with bigger names and more far-reaching reputations, the Denver-based company more than held its own..." Denver Post. You can see Archetypes in it's entirety during our "Tribute" program next March.Speaking of The Denver Post, Kyle MacMillan wrote an interesting blog about Emery a week later saying: "Eighteen members of the company previewed a new work by her (the choreographer's largest to date) Aug. 8 at the Vail International Dance Festival, and the smart, striking work immediately showed that she is a big talent, one with a potentially major career in front of her". It is wonderful for Emery to be recognized this way and yes, with her talent she will be back to work with the company again. The possibilities are endless!
Last Saturday the company gave its annual summer outdoor performance at The Arvada Center. We did Grand Pas Fantastique choreographed by our ballet mistress Sandra Brown, excerpts from our upcoming production of Swan Lake, and then Matthew Neenan's The Faraway which he choreographed on the company a year ago. I guess the standing ovation at the end of the evening says it all.
Come see Swan Lake in October, you'll be blown away!


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AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas state police crime lab scientist whose shoddy work may have tainted thousands of drug cases had been promoted despite a history of problems doing accurate and timely work, according a review by the Texas Forensic Science Commission.
A commission report adopted Friday found that Houston crime lab worker Jonathan Salvador struggled with chemistry, was told to correct his work in about a third of his cases and, according to his supervisors, routinely scrambled to keep up with monthly work expectations.
Salvador was suspended in 2012 after his work at the Department of Public Safety lab came into question. More than a dozen convictions have already been overturned by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as officials grapple with the potential scope of the impact of Salvador's work, which involved nearly 5,000 cases in 36 counties.
"The fact that this guy went on as long as he did without ever being figured out is appalling," said Jeff Blackburn, an attorney with the Innocence Project of Texas. "Once DPS figured it out, they did the right thing, but they should have gotten wise to him long before."
Salvador's work came under scrutiny after a co-worker told a supervisor he suspected Salvador used test results from one drug case to support a conclusion in a separate one. Investigators then retested 100 other cases Salvador worked on and found more errors.
In April 2012, DPS sent an email to prosecutors telling them of the agency's review and attaching a list of affected cases from their jurisdictions. The email also said prosecutors could submit any evidence from these cases for retesting by another DPS lab worker.
The forensics commission report found Salvador's supervisors had noted that about one out every three report he turned in needed some sort of correction, from simple administrative fixes to more serious ones, including technical problems with his findings. The report notes other lab workers had a correction rate of less than 10 percent.
Evaluations noted that Salvador struggled with an "overall understanding of chemistry, especially in difficult cases," the report said. Supervisors described Salvador's struggles as "very systemic" and his work as "right on the edge" of acceptability.
The report also found Salvador was promoted and given a pay raise because he was friendly and a hard worker who tried to improve. Supervisors didn't consider the issues about his work "catastrophic," the report said, but in at least one case, an error included a misplaced decimal point that could have led to a felony charge instead of a misdemeanor possession charge.
Salvador's poor work has created major problems for prosecutors who have won convictions in his cases. The appeals court has opened the door for any Salvador case in which the drug evidence has been destroyed or was left in his sole custody to potentially have their convictions overturned.
Earlier this year, the Texas District and County Attorneys Association told its members that all of the cases Salvador handled "may all be jeopardized." The commission stopped short of that threshold, however, noting that in many cases, evidence still exists to be retested -- more likely the case in those handled by DPS or the state's largest counties. Smaller, rural counties are more likely to have destroyed evidence.
"It makes no sense, when the evidence remains ... that those convictions should be overturned," commissioner Sarah Kerrigan, chair of the forensic science department at Sam Houston State University, who led the panel's investigation and report.
Blackburn, whose group helps counties understand the scope of cases in their jurisdiction, agreed that a drug defendant will "not get a get-out-of-jail-free card just because Salvador worked on your case," but said it's a mess for the judicial system to address.
Kerrigan said the report found there was no evidence Salvador deliberately falsified drug tests. The Texas Rangers had investigated him, but a Harris County grand jury declined to indict him.
Commission staff said Salvador was invited to attend Friday's meeting but that he did not respond.
"The examiners we met were highly competent," Kerrigan said. "I doubt this will happen again."
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|7 La. 95; APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES, FOR THE PARISH OF EAST FELICIANA. In an action on an account current, founded on a long course of commercial transactions between the parties, in which payments are charged for sums paid to take up drafts accepted by the plaintiff, the possession of the draft by the acceptor, is prima facie evidence of the payments charged in the account, and may be given in evidence in support of such items in the general account. The rule, that an acceptor of a bill is bound to show, not only the drawing and acceptance of the bill and its payment, but that it was put in circulation after acceptance, and that the drawer had no funds in his hands, applies only to cases where the acceptor declares upon a bill of exchange against the drawer. Where drafts are charged in an account current as paid to Guay, and those offered in evidence are payable to Gray, if the amounts and dates of the drafts correspond with those charged in the account, they will be received in evidence. A letter of guarantee must be construed strictly to charge the guarantor: so where A recommended B to the credit of C, and the latter made the advance to B and D, as a firm, on the faith of the guarantee: Held that the guarantor is not bound thereby. The testimony of one witness to a signature, who swears he saw the party sign, and whose credibility is not impeached, will not be invalidated by the negative statements on oath of two witnesses, made on a comparison of handwriting of the party, and his signature to documents on file in the suit. Where the amount of a debt, or an agreement to pay money, exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars, the testimony of one witness alone is insufficient to prove such debt or demand. Accounts and letters relative to sales made by the plaintiff, and rendered to the defendant anterior to the date of the first item of the account sued no, are admissible in evidence, because it may also be shown that a subsequent settlement took place, and the moneys arising from such sales were accounted for. The re-possession of a note once specially endorsed by the payee, is not evidence of title to it, but that it is, if the transfer is made in blank. Parole evidence, to prove an agreement to pay interest at ten per cent., is clearly illegal and inadmissible. This is an action to recover the balance of a mercantile account by the plaintiff, who was a commission merchant in New-Orleans, against the defendant, as administrator of the succession of Abel T. Norwood, deceased, in which the former claims a balance of five thousand four hundred and seventy-one dollars and thirty-one cents, for moneys advanced, services rendered as commission merchant, for cash paid on acceptances, commissions, guarantees, cash laid out and expended for the use of the deceased, for goods, wares and merchandise furnished him at sundry times, between the 2d day of June, 1831, and 24th day of June, 1832, according to the general account current annexed. The plaintiff specially charges as items in said account: That the said Norwood, deceased, executed his note on the 21st December, 1831, payable twelve months after date, at the counting-house of plaintiff, in New-Orleans, for three thousand dollars, which was duly protested for non-payment; and on the 15th May, 1832, the deceased executed another note, payable four months after date, for one thousand four hundred dollars, at New-Orleans, also protested, &c.; that at the special instance and request of the deceased, and under his guarantee, he accepted and paid two drafts of Messrs. Hardesty & Neill, one for two hundred and twenty-three dollars and eighty-six cents, the other for eight hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty-three cents, which, with interest and commissions amounts to the sum of one thousand and ninety-six dollars and seventy-nine cents, and which the estate of the deceased is liable for. He prays judgment for the said sum as exhibited to be due by the account rendered, of five thousand four hundred and seventy-one dollars and thirty-one cents, with interest and costs. The administrator pleaded a general denial, and put the plaintiff on the proof of every item and allegation in the petition and account. Harvey, witness for plaintiff, states that he examined the account sued on, item by item, and finds it correct; that the balance charged to be due, is really due; that the note of one thousand four hundred dollars in said account was signed by the deceased in witness's presence; that the plaintiff endorsed the other notes, and paid them; and he believes they were given to enable Norwood to raise money on them. The notes and drafts mentioned in the account, were then produced, and their signatures proved. The two drafts of Hardesty & Neill were contested, on the ground that the deceased had never been notified that the plaintiff had accepted his recommendation to advance them credit or money; and that his undertaking was not complete. The letter of credit is as follows: "Mr. Saml. C. Bell." "Sir: Any thing you can do for the bearer, Maj. S. W. Neill, whom I hereby introduce as my friend, will be done for me, he being a merchant in Clinton." "I am, &c." "A. T. Norwood." "P. S. If you should accept for Mr. Neill for $ 1000, I will be bound by this note." "I am, &c." "A. T. Norwood." The parties introduced documentary evidence on both sides, to show the state of the respective accounts of the plaintiff and the deceased, and after an examination of all the evidence submitted, the probate judge found a balance of four hundred and three dollars and seventy-one cents due to the estate of the deceased, for which judgment was given. The plaintiff appealed. It appeared from the account current sued on, that the first item was stated as follows: "1831, June 3. To balance as per account due this day, $ 743 81." This item was supported by the testimony of a single witness. The defendant opposed its being allowed, on the ground that the testimony of one witness was insufficient to establish a demand or debt over five hundred dollars. The probate judge admitted it. Downs, for the plaintiff and appellant. 1. This is a suit brought by a commission merchant against the defendant, as administrator of A. T. Norwood, deceased, for the balance due by account, arising from drafts and notes paid, and advances, all on account of the deceased. 2. The judgment of the Probate Court ought to be reversed, because the question, whether the plaintiff had funds to meet those drafts and notes, was not made by the pleadings, and if it was, the onus was on the defendant to show it. The plaintiff could not be required to prove a negative. 8 Martin, N. S. 257. 3. But if the onus is devolved on the plaintiff, the testimony abundantly shows the fact. 4. It appears from the face and words of the drafts, that no funds of the deceased were in the hands of the plaintiff with which to take them up, consequently the estate must be charged with them. 5. The rule of law on which the judge of probates decided the case, does not apply. It is not a suit on the drafts, but on account current, in which the amounts of the drafts are included, and they produced as vouchers to show how the plaintiff applied the funds in his hands. 6. The suit is, in fact, founded on the amount of two notes, one for one thousand four hundred dollars, the other for three thousand dollars; the guarantee to Hardesty & Neill of one thousand and ninety-six dollars and seventy-nine cents, and the balance for goods sold and delivered, and not on the drafts. 7. The sums we claim, have in fact been admitted. Admissions and accounts rendered, must be taken entire. 1 Phil. Ev. 84. 3 Martin, N. S. 452. 6 Ibid. N. S. 582. 1 La. Reports, 281. 8. An account rendered and not objected to, is binding on the party to whom it is rendered. 7 Martin, N.S. 140. 3 La. Reports, 544. 9. The two and one-half per cent. commissions, ought to have been allowed. The evidence in the case, completely brings it within the exceptions, to be found in the case of Millaudon vs. Arnaud, 4 La. Reports, 542. 10. The objection, that the testimony of one witness is insufficient to prove this account, as it is over five hundred dollars, does not apply. It could only apply, under any circumstances, to the first item of seven hundred and forty-three dollars, which is inserted in the account sued on, as the balance of a former account then unpaid. This item is abundantly proved by corroborating testimony, in support of the single witness. 11. The estate of Norwood, deceased, is bound by the guarantee of Norwood, made in his life-time in behalf of Hardesty & Neill, in his letter of credit to the latter; and the circumstance of the drafts being in the name of Hardesty & Neill, can make no difference in the binding effect of the letter. The very words of the letter are. "If you accept for Neill, I will be bound." Andrews, for the defendant. 1. The testimony of a witness, that a balance of seven hundred and forty-three dollars existed at a certain time, is not competent evidence. The items on which such balance is struck, should be proved; and the testimony of one witness is not sufficient proof. La. Code, art. 2257. 5 La. Reports, 266. 2. Drafts drawn by J. S. R. Guay, should not be received in evidence under an allegation in the petition, that drafts were drawn by J. H. Gray. 3 Martin, N. S. 636. 2 Ibid. N. S. 666. 3. Where the acceptor of a bill sues the drawer, he must prove, 1st. The drawing of the bill; 2d. He must rebut the presumption of having funds in his hands belonging to the drawer, out of which to pay the bill, by showing the absence of them; and, 3dly. He must prove payment of the bill by himself, to some person authorised to receive it. The mere possession of the bill, is not even prima facie evidence of payment. Starkie on Ev. part 4, 276. Chitty on Bills, edit. 1830, 410. 6 La. Reports, 336. 4. Where a bill or note is transferred by a special endorsement, the endorser must show a re-transfer to him, before he can maintain a suit in his own name. 7 Martin, N. S. 253. 1 Ibid. N. S. 101 and 373. 7 Cranch, 163. 5. An agreement to be bound for a draft, drawn by S. W. Neill, is not an undertaking for the firm of Hardesty & Neill. 4 Cranch, 224. 1 Mason, 368. Coxe's Digest, 357. 6. Where credit is given in consequence of the undertaking of a third person, in a letter of credit, he should be immediately notified of the same, and of the extent of his liability. Starkie on Ev. part 4, 649. 2 Taunton, 206. 1 Mason, 323. 7 Cranch, 69. 7. The guarantor of a draft is entitled to notice of non-payment, unless the drawer is insolvent when the draft becomes due. 2 Taunton, 206. Starkie on Ev. part 4,650. 8. When the draft is for more than the guarantor bound himself, he is not liable even up to the amount which he agreed to guaranty. Starkie on Ev. part 4, 250. Chitty, edit. 1830, 67. 9. If after a bill, the payment of which is guarantied by a third person, becomes due, the creditor takes a note for the amount, from one of the drawers, and prolongs the time of payment, the guarantor is thereby discharged. Starkie on Ev. part 4, 650. Ibid. 1389. La. Code, art. 3032. Bullard, J., delivered the opinion of the court. This is an action instituted in the Probate Court, against the administrator of A. T. Norwood's estate, in which he claims the sum of five thousand four hundred and seventy-one dollars, for moneys advanced to the intestate in his life-time, for services rendered as commission merchant, for costs paid on acceptances for him, and as guarantor to one Neill, as well as for goods and merchandise sold and delivered to him, from June, 1831, to June, 1832, according to an account current annexed to the petition. That account exhibits a balance on a former account of about seven hundred dollars. It credits the deceased with sundry lots of cotton, sold at different times; and charges him with various drafts and notes paid by the plaintiff, in the course of his transactions with the intestate. The defendant pleaded the general denial, and judgment being rendered in his favor, for a balance against the plaintiff, the latter appealed. It appears from the evidence in the record, that the deceased and the plaintiff stood towards each other, for some years, in the relation of principal and factor. The latter received the crops of the former on consignment, for sale, and kept an account current, showing the amounts so received, and the sums paid on the drafts of the deceased, according to the usual course of business between planters and commission merchants. The account sued on shows a debit and a credit side, and many of the items of charge against the estate consist of sums paid on drafts and notes taken up by the plaintiff, and the notes and drafts are produced in evidence, as proof of the items of the account. It is urged by the counsel for the appellee, that the acceptor, in an action against the drawer of a bill of exchange, is bound to show, not only the drawing and acceptance of the bill and its payment, but that it was put in circulation after acceptance, and that the drawer had not funds in his hands. That the drawer is always presumed to have funds in the hands of the acceptor, and that the acceptance itself is evidence of the fact. This rule, to a certain extent, has been recognised by this court. But we are of opinion, that in the course of transactions like those shown between these parties, the possession of the draft by the acceptor, is prima facie evidence of payment, to be charged in account current, and may well be given in evidence in support of items in such general account. They are generally drawn in anticipation of produce to be shipped to the drawee, and the application of the strict principle contended for to a case like the present, might be productive of the greatest injustice; and it seems to us to apply only, to cases when the acceptor declares upon a bill of exchange against the drawer. In the case before the court, the execution of the drafts is proved; they are produced by the plaintiff; and a witness, who was the bookkeeper, swears to the correctness of the different items of the account as charged. One of the items charged in the account, is a sum of five hundred dollars, for two drafts paid in favor of J. H. Gray, 8-11th February, 1832. The two drafts adduced in evidence, are dated 8th February, 1831, at twelve months, in favor of J. S. R. Guay. It is contended, that there is such a variance in the name that they were inadmissible in evidence, and a bill of exceptions was taken to the opinion of the court, overruling the objection. The amounts and dates of the drafts correspond with those charged in the account current, and the only difference is in the name of the original holder; Guay, instead of Gray. The strict rule contended for, applies with greater force in cases where the action is brought directly on the instrument. In this case, the money is charged as paid to Gray, and the draft and endorsement on it, shows that it was paid to Guay. As evidence of a disbursement made on account of the intestate, we think the document admissible, and the variance not fatal. The estate is charged with a sum of one thousand ninety six dollars seventy-nine cents, as the amount of account of Hardesty and Neill, guarantied by A. T. Norwood. In support of this item of his account, the plaintiff produced two drafts of Hardesty and Neill, making together about that amount and a letter addressed to the plaintiff by the deceased, in which he says, "any thing you can do for the bearer Major S. W. Neill, whom I hereby introduce as my friend, will be done for me, he being a merchant in Clinton" and he adds, "P. S. If you should accept for Mr. Neill for one thousand dollars, I will be bound (by) this note." We concur with the court of the first instance, that the liability of the estate, is not sufficiently proved. It is a settled rule, that guarantees are to be construed strictly. Norwood might have been willing to become the security of Neill, and not of Hardesty and Neill. The engagement was personal, as to Neill, and did not, in our opinion, authorise any advance to a firm, of which he was a partner, on the credit of Norwood. 4 Cranch 224. 1 Mason 368. Coxe's Digest, 351. The genuineness of a note of one thousand four hundred dollars, charged in the account, is contested by the administrator. Its execution by the intestate, is positively sworn to by a witness, whose credibility is not impeached. That evidence is opposed by the opinion of two witnesses, who state that the signature differs, in some respects, from the common signature of Norwood. One of them says, that it has no resemblance to the signature of the same party, to certain documents referred to, and filed in the suit. These negative statements cannot outweigh the direct affirmative oath of the witness, who testified that he saw the note signed; and we agree with the judge below, that its execution is sufficiently proved. It is urged, that the first item of the account sued on, is not sufficiently proved by the oath of a single witness, and the defendant relies on the 2257th article of the Louisiana Code. That article declares, that all agreements relative to personal property and all contracts for the payment of money, when the value does not exceed five hundred dollars, which are not reduced to writing, may be proved by any competent evidence. Such contracts or agreements above five hundred dollars in value, must be proved at least by one credible witness and other corroborating circumstances. The counsel for the plaintiff endeavors to establish a distinction between an agreement to pay money, and proof of the balance of an account on settlement; and contends, that the silence of the intestate, when the account was rendered showing a balance of seven hundred and forty-three dollars, proved by a single witness, is sufficient evidence of such balance. We cannot adopt this reasoning; proof of a state of indebtedness, from which an agreement to pay is a legal inference, is in substance proof of the agreement itself, and where the amount exceeds five hundred dollars, the testimony of a single witness is not sufficient. But, he further contends, that the evidence is corroborated by a circumstance shown on the trial. That the defendant produced on the trial a letter, which is in the record, from the plaintiff to the intestate, in which the existence of this balance is mentioned as the reason for not accepting a draft at sight, drawn on him by Norwood. The letter is of a date prior to the one on which the balance is charged, and the alleged balance is not the same. This, therefore, is not, in our opinion, a fact which goes to prove that the balance claimed was due, as charged. This item of the account, must therefore, be rejected. In the progress of the trial, the defendant offered in evidence certain letters and accounts of sales from the plaintiff, of a date anterior to the first item of the account sued on. Their introduction as evidence was opposed, on the ground that they were irrelevant, and a bill of exceptions taken to their admission, as documents emanating from the plaintiff, and relating to the money transactions of the parties, we think them admissible. But the plaintiff cannot be charged with the amounts of sales shown, because, although the evidence of Harvey may be insufficient to prove a balance on settlement afterwards, so as to enable the plaintiff to recover that balance, yet it suffices to show that the funds received previously to that date, had been accounted for. Proof of payment is not proof of a contract. If the defendant seeks to charge the plaintiff for cotton sold on his account, prior to the 3d June, 1831, he is repelled by evidence that a settlement of the account took place at that time, which resulted in a balance in favor of the plaintiff. The record is full of evidence, that an account current did exist between the parties, in relation to the sale of produce, and the witness proves that a settlement took place at a particular time. It is further contended by the defendant, that in relation to the two notes sued on, the plaintiff, who was the original payee, and appears to have endorsed them, cannot recover without showing a re-transfer to himself. Both the notes were drawn by Norwood in favor of the plaintiff, and by him endorsed in blank, and both show a subsequent endorser in blank. This court has held, that re-possession of a note once specially endorsed by the payee, is not evidence of title, but that it is, if the transfer is in blank. 7 Mart. N.S. 352. Parole evidence to prove an agreement to pay interest at ten per cent., is clearly illegal and inadmissible. Rejecting the first item as not proved, the amount charged on the guarantee, and the interest account, there appears to us to be a balance fairly due to the plaintiff, of three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-eight cents. It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the judgment of the Court of Probates be avoided and reversed, and that the plaintiff and appellant recover of the defendant, as administrator of the estate of A. T. Norwood, deceased, the sum of three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-eight cents, with costs in both courts.
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Tepesch nearly unhittable as Rangers stay hot
Rookie perfect through four; Texas picks up sixth win in seven games
MINNEAPOLIS -- Texas Rangers rookie pitcher Nick Tepesch's has had little difficulty settling into a starting role in his first month on the job.
Tepesch, in only his fourth career start, controlled the Minnesota Twins in 6 2/3 innings to guide Texas to a 2-1 victory in its series opener Thursday at Target Field.
Backed by Tepesch's strong outing, the Rangers survived a bases-loaded Twins rally in the eighth inning, preserving their sixth win in seven games.
A strikeout to Twins leadoff man Brian Dozier set the groundwork for an efficient and impressive outing from Tepesch (2-1). It took until the fifth inning before the Twins registered their first hit on a single by Justin Morneau.
Without a dominant out pitch, Tepesch worked with an early 1-0 lead to keep the Minnesota hitters off-balance with a flurry of strikes. Though his initial strikeout was his only one of the night, 65 of his 90 pitches went for strikes.
"I didn't feel like anything was extra out of the ordinary, but I felt like I commanded my pitches pretty well," Tepesch said. "I felt like I was pretty good tonight."
Tepesch, who allowed five hits, started to wear out by the seventh inning when Josh Willingham caught up with an 88-mph slider for a home run. But left-hander Robbie Ross and the Rangers cleaned up the rocky seventh with minimal damage to preserve Tepesch's solid performance.
Concern had lingered about Tepesch's status after he was taken out in the second inning of his previous start with a bruised right wrist. However, as manager Ron Washington had insisted before the game, the injured wrist was a non-issue.
The soft-spoken Tepesch has been surprisingly imposing this season. He lowered his ERA to 2.53 and has allowed just one run in two of his three full starts.
"He has poise on the mound. He executes pitches very well," Washington said. "That is exactly what he did tonight. If you can execute pitches, it doesn't have to be overpowering, and he can execute. That's what he does."
Right fielder Nelson Cruz didn't back down from his mid-April surge. Cruz's single in the second inning drove in his 12th run in the last five games. With that stretch, he has risen to sixth on the American League's RBI leaderboard (18). Cruz finished the night 2-for-3 with a walk.
Scattering 10 hits and three walks, all nine members of Texas' lineup reached base, although the hot Rangers' offense could only put up two runs.
Shortstop Elvis Andrus's RBI double down the left-field line, which brought in Leonys Martin in the fifth inning, proved to be the decisive hit.
Minnesota was on the verge of tying the game at two in the eighth inning. Three straight batters reached base with only one out before Willingham returned to the plate, one at-bat after his shot to left field. But reliever Tanner Scheppers got Willingham to hit a 3-2 pitch into the ground, which resulted in an inning-ending double play.
Struggling Twins starter Vance Worley, who entered with a 7.11 ERA, managed to surrender only two runs, but the Rangers forced him to an early exit after he tossed 102 pitches in five innings of work.
"I thought everything was coming out of my hand a little up the first couple of innings," Worley said. "But then I settled down and everything worked the way I wanted it to. They fouled off a lot of pitches to get my pitch count up, which made it tougher to go deep into the game, but for the most part I'm happy with what I did."
Making only his second appearance in the last nine games, Joe Nathan notched his seventh save of the season with a scoreless ninth. With a runner on first and two outs, Nathan had a gut-check moment when pinch hitter Ryan Doumit launched a pitch to deep left field.
Outfielder David Murphy, however, didn't flinch.
"Thank God he didn't give me any panic," Nathan said. "He didn't move at all … he just kind of stood there camped, so I knew once I turned and saw him that everything was fine."
The Rangers moved to 15-7 on the year, putting them in a tie for the third best start in franchise history.
Nate Sandell is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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World Premiere Musical TRAILS Opens at Village Theatre, 3/14
Village Theatre's commitment to nurturing new musicals continues with the world premiere of TRAILS, opening March 14, 2013 at the Issaquah theatre. This musical expedition had its first reading in 2011 as part of Village Theatre's Festival of New Musicals; now, Village Theatre is preparing for a full scale production. The three TRAILS creators, Christy Hall (book), Jordan Mann (lyrics), Jeff Thomson (music), are all in town to work with local director Eric Ankrim and the talented NW-based cast and crew.
With dozens of new songs (samples available at http://villagetheatre.org/Trails.php --click the Audio/Video tab) and a newly constructed mountain-sized set (quite literally, it's a man-made mini-mountain!) Village Theatre is embracing the spirit of adventure that encompasses all aspects of the show. Stepping away from Broadway's current tendency toward movie adaptations (Flashdance, Elf) or jukebox musicals (American Idiot) TRAILS is a traditional book musical in a nontraditional outdoor setting along the Appalachian Trail.
Two childhood friends, now in their 30s, are about to drop everything to fulfill a promise and embark upon the journey of a lifetime: a 2,175-mile trek from Georgia to Maine along the Appalachian Trail. But this particular path is going to test more than just their stamina. As the challenges of the trail become increasingly difficult, ghosts from the past haunt their steps, and the woman they both cherish brings back long-kept secrets.
The TRAILS cast members include: Dane Stokinger (Mike), Joshua Carter (Seth), Kirsten Delohr Helland (Amy), John Patrick Lowrie, Bobbi Kotula and Sarah Rose Davis. It is directed by Eric Ankrim and R.J. Tancioco is the music director. Jen Zeyl, Robert Aguilar, Chelsea Blum and Brent Warwick are the set, lighting, costume and sound designers (respectively).
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The Sharjastani script was conceived in 2008 by UC Berkeley student, Sharja Khan, as an alternative script for writing Arabic and can be adapted to any language that uses the Arabic alphabet. The concept of writing vertically originated primarily out of convenience, as he found it more practical for taking class notes in the vertical margins of textbooks and printed documents. While the letters themselves are only slight deviations from their Arabic originals, the overall style of the script was artistically influenced by Mongolian calligraphy, as well as the ancient Sogdian and Uyghur scripts. After years of stylistic evolution, it was officially proclaimed as the state script of the Sultanate of Sharjastan, a fictional nation of ambiguous Middle Eastern and Central Asian culture founded by Sharja in 2010.
Yūladu jamī'u n-nāsi aḥrāran mutasāwīna fī l-karāmati wa-l-ḥuqūq. Wa-qad wuhibū 'aqlan wa-ḍamīran wa-'alayhim an yu'āmila ba'ḍuhum ba'ḍan bi-rūḥi l-ikhā'.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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High end(?) computer suddenly suffering long load times and random stutter
So I have a Cyberpower computer that's only about 6 months old. I think it's overclocked, I game a lot, and sometimes I leave it on overnight, maybe even 2 nights in a row even though I was advised not to (not sure if that's relevant). Here are the specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel Core i7 (8 CPUs) 3.7 GHz
AMD Radeon 6800 Series
1000GB HDD with 641 GB free complemented by a 100GB (I think) SSD
Up until yesterday, I have never upgraded any of the drivers, the Windows 7 software, etc. I shut off Windows Update because it hogged all my bandwidth and usually updating Windows broke something until it updated again.
All of the sudden, yesterday, I started having issues with TERA taking forever (read: About 5-6 minutes to get all the way in-game) to load when it had been fine before, and once in-game, NPCs failed to load correctly at first. I later tried to load up Far Cry and it took literally almost 2 minutes to load just the level. I then, just to test, tried loading up The Witcher and Hard Reset. Hard Reset took about 3 minutes, the Witcher took somewhere in between 3 and 5. All of them had noticeable stutter. It wasn't often (30 seconds-ish in-between), but it's something that has never happened before. Then, later, the load times went down significantly while still seeming a lot higher than usual. The stutter when I shot went away in Hard Reset. Didn't check all of them.
Yesterday, I updated the AMD Catalyst drivers for my graphics card. The first download ended up being corrupted during install, so I re-downloaded. The install worked, but the driver was still reading 11.9 (the current one is 12.4), and it still said there was an upgrade available. So I redownloaded the installer and installed it again. Nothing changed.
Today, I loaded up Psychonauts, and while it loads pretty quickly, some areas are stuttering like 1 stutter per second. It's pretty noticeable and probably shouldn't happen.
I still haven't upgraded Windows itself.
I don't have an antivirus, but all the sites I've been to since the issue started and before I noticed the issue. The only ones that I wasn't 100% sure about were the HPSSims site (creators of Tigers Unleashed, been featured here, Google Safe Browsing said 55 pages or so were clean), and the open source Ur-Quan Masters site and download, but it's pretty popular so I gather it's safe (EDIT: Oh, and the Spy Party site, which I'd never been on but I gather that's safe too :P). All the other sites have been regular forums, blogs, etc I visited long before the issue.
I really don't know what could be causing it, barring that my computer is slowly wearing down after only 6 months.
Thanks in advance.
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Are Windows, Tera and Psychonauts all on the SSD?
No, they're all on the HDD, as far as I know. TERA and Psychonauts for sure. To be honest, I don't know where Windows is installed. Either way, they haven't changed location since they were working fine.
I'm pretty sure the SSD is just for quickly loading the operating system, or at least I got an explanation similar to that.
EDIT: I don't know if it's related, but I am getting disturbingly regular page crashes in Google Chrome, and occasional full on crashes of Google Chrome and this started before the stutter/load issues. I cleared the cache and everything, but it's still been doing it.
In case it's relevant, my computer is custom-made and it's got some sort of bootloader of its own before it starts Windows.
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Well first of all disabling Windows Update is a bad idea, the updates are there for a good reason, and often address security exploits or stability issues. In particular, a lot of the behavior relating to SSDs was addressed via updates, so you really should install them all.
Your issue sounds software related, although it could be a HDD issue too. The first thing I would do is download and run Malwarebytes (don't bother with the "full" trial, just install the free version) to make sure you don't have anything nasty causing the problem.
What make & model is your SSD? A lot of drives have crippling firmware issues, so it's really important to make sure you're using the latest firmware version.
You might also want to run chkdisk on the HDD to see if there's any issue there, and perhaps use something to check it's SMART status to see if there's any indicators of imminent failure.
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This is just a guess and could be completely wrong.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista do this thing called SuperFetch: it's like the prefetch caching of previous versions of Windows, but more advanced. While PreFetch kept application data cached in memory after you quit the application (making it quicker to load again), SuperFetch pro-actively copies application data it thinks you're going to need (based on your previous behaviour) into memory, so that they'll load quicker. It can discard cache if it needs the memory for something else: that's why, in the Task Manager, it reports much more 'available' memory than 'free' memory. This doesn't just happen when you boot up, but it tries to recognise your routine, so it caches different things in the evening than in the morning, and so on. While this theoretically makes your system run faster, it does slow down while it's caching. The more memory you have (and I think 16GB is the maximum Windows 7 Home can recognise), the more it'll use for cache, and the longer it'll take to copy those cached files from the hard disk to memory.
If, somehow, my guess is right, your system isn't wearing down after 6 months, but Windows thinks it has learned your routine, and is using a lot of your memory for cache, which is good, except that it means long periods where it's copying files to memory, and slowing down the hard disk for other things. Whether or not you should disable SuperFetch is a heated debate, because a lot of people mistakenly want to disable it to get more Free memory. The standard answer to that is that you should focus on Available memory rather than Free memory (which is true, because unused memory is wasted memory), but that completely ignores the disk overhead of copying that data into memory in the first place, which is not negligible. Unfortunately, I think your only options are to leave SuperFetch on or disable it; if it's possible to control how much memory it uses for caching (and thus how long it takes to copy the cached files from disk), I don't know how. It seems like, if it's enabled, it'll use as much memory as it can.
If you really want to disable SuperFetch (bearing in mind that a lot of people don't recommend it) you can do that by going to the Task Manager, going to the Services tab, clicking on the Services... button, finding SuperFetch, double-clicking it to bring up the Properties window, and changing the Startup Type drop-down box to Disabled. That should give you a bit of overall slowdown, since you no longer have caching, but eliminate those periods of extreme slowdown when Windows is copying cache data into memory.
I don't want to recommend disabling it, but you can, at the very least, disable it to see if it helps and re-enable it if it doesn't.
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Okay, chkdsk found nothing wrong.
When I go to properties for the C: drive, all I can find is one drive and it is telling me it's working fine. Don't know the make or model, but I can give you the name if that'll help.
I was told I have an SSD, and even shown the SSD in the computer, but it's not picking it up. I think it might exclusively be for backups or something to do with whatever loads Windows up before Windows actually loads up.
EDIT: As far as anti-virus/anti-malware, is Malwarebytes the way to go? Or is that just an install, scan, uninstall deal as described here? I had Microsoft Security Essentials on my last computer and it seemed to work pretty well. Before that, I had a Trend Micro subscription (came with the computer...got that one from Best Buy), but it seemed to take up a LOT of CPU.
Oh, and as far as SuperFetch goes, I'd rather not turn off something that's supposed to help until I run out of options.
You might lust want to check your cables, make sure the drives are plugged securely into the motherboard, long shot, but it's something that I suffered from.
Okay, I think I know what's wrong (but not how to fix it), but it'd be fantastic if someone could give me insight into how right/wrong I might be.
So, about a week or two ago, I started getting the first blue screens that I've gotten with this computer. It didn't happen often, as of today, maybe a third or fourth time ever, but it always came up with the error "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT". Well, I didn't think anything of it. I have 16 GB RAM, never use more than 20% of it, it didn't seem that there was actually anything wrong with it, and, of course, it's Windows. I've had Windows blue screen over pretty much nothing on other setups.
Anyways, after today, I decided to look into it. Given that I'm assuming from the caching and the SuperFetch and all that load times are pretty dependent on memory and management thereof, it seems safe to assume that, from my research, what is wrong is that one or more of the sticks of RAM in my computer have gone bad. Perhaps it's only just now gotten noticeable.
Anyways, if this is the case, how would I go about testing it? I'm not really an expert on hardware, so I'd need a rundown on how to tell where the RAM is, how to single out a bad one, etc. Maybe even tips for making sure they run efficiently.
Thanks again guys. :)
Try auslogics defrag(its free) , run an optimise it'll take a few hours.
Edit: bad ram? Take some out, bench mark the ram, pit it back in, take other piece out.
Process of elimination.
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Any stability problems at all suggest you should undo the overclock, especially with that BSOD, and check that your settings are correct in BIOS/UEFI (RAM timings, CPU freq, bus speeds, etc), and then run memtest86 overnight. If you find it's hardware related (like memtest86 throwing errors), make sure your cables are neatly routed in the case and not next to sensitive components.
Do enable windows update, and use the download but ask before installing if you want to, but always apply security updates regularly. Antivirus programs often cause performance issues, especially things like game loading if they want to check every file as they're accessed. MSE is among the least intrusive and best behaved, and free from MS, so I recommend using it and no other permanent scanners.
If the SSD has a certain Sandforce controller, that's a known BSOD source and you can get a firmware update from the manufacturer. My OCZ Vertex3 had this issue and would BSOD once a week until the fix came out 4 months later. The update came last October, so your machine shouldn't have this problem unless it's got an SSD that sat on a shelf for a long time.
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Faulty RAM can cause bluescreens, but it won't cause this sort of performance issue. You can test RAM using Memtest or something similar, but I don't think this is your issue. Blue screens are an indicator of a either a hardware or driver issue, and aren't something you should ever ignore (they don't happen without a good reason). The STOP code displayed during a BSoD can help you to diagnose it, but if you didn't catch it you might want to wait until it happens again and make a note of the code, or enable minidumps which will provide a log containing some useful information.
Of course, driver bugs/incompatibilities can also cause BSoDs, which is why it's not a good idea to disable Windows Update as device drivers won't be made for compatibility with Windows pre-updates. If you're pre-SP1 in particular that's going to cause tons of potential issues.
As for your missing SSD, can you check the Device Manager and see what is listed under "disk drives"? It's possible your SSD is set-up as a cache drive for your HDD, rather than as a storage volume.
I got the MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSOD exactly once in my current system, which has been utterly reliable except for the early SSD issue. Memory bits can be flipped by cosmic rays (radiation from space, no joking), but this wouldn't cause repeating problems, so I think that's what happened in my case. The OS may also not be bug free yet.
Memory errors are likely to be completely unnoticed, or corrupt some data, or to crash the system. They probably wouldn't make games load slowly. You could still have some malware or misbehaving antivirus, or a disk related hardware issue.
So taking it one step at a time, I decided to install the Windows updates...only every time I try to install them, it gets hung up on a random update somewhere in the teens. I've been having a lot of issues with corrupted downloads recently, also. Except stopping installations doesn't works (stays hung up) and telling the computer to restart gets it hung up where it was before and I had to force restart it.
Great, you know what, it's a hard drive issue, isn't it? I mean, there IS probably something related to the RAM that's causing the blue screens and I still need to figure that out, but there also might be something wrong with the hard drive...right?
EDIT2: ...but chkdsk didn't find anything wrong. Could there still be something wrong?
EDIT: Installing one update at a time seems to be working, but that's...bleh, that could take ages...
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It's not good enough to just turn the pc off when you swap ram, you'd need to isolate it(switching it off *all* the power sockets used by your pc and anything plugged into it for example) and drain it (this one is easy, the power on button if held downloads for 15 seconds will drain the capacitors).
So checklist
Turn off all mains
Hold down power (15 secs )
Open case
Reconfigure ram (do process of elimination, assume 1 stick is bad, hell it might just be 'seated' badly or all your ram could be faulty)
close case
Turn on mains
turn on pc
Run memtest
Oberve for errors, return to start
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Thanks, Heliocentric, although I'm starting to think it's the hard drive, as someone suggested it may be. Even more so now. Windows System Assessment ran on its own today, so I checked the ratings. Everything is a 7.7 except the hard drive, which got a 5.9. Apparently that's still really high, but it sounds like it might affect large and/or more demanding PC games, which is what seems to be happening.
It'd also make sense that downloads were being corrupted if that happened, and might explain the Google Chrome pages crashing. Maybe it's having issues saving to the hard disk, so downloads are corrupting, and then it's having issues loading the cache, so Chrome's pages are crashing.
Alright, what's the usual course of action for testing this?
I'm sorry, I think you really don't know what you are talking about.
The Windows System Assessment is just a way of rating the relative speed of components based on some arbitrary scale known only to Microsoft, it is in no sense a diagnostic tool. 5.9 is probably about as high as you can get on a traditional HDD and in no way means it is slowing things down.
If it was corrupting downloads by saving them on the HDD, then it would also be corrupting everything else saved on the HDD, very soon you would have a completely garbled drive and nothing would work. Hell, I doubt it's even using the drive for web pages, you have oodles of RAM.
I'm slightly worried that you think you have a SSD, but it doesn't seem to exist, having an SSD 'for back-up' doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Some of your symptoms could be explained by graphics card issues, others point to your internet connection, it sounds like it's crap and maybe you're getting noise from somewhere.
Honestly, I think you should get someone else to fix this.
Windows actually really cleverly manages hard drive corruption, it often spots it before its a problem (it writes the file, read it and then notes the failure) and flags the hard drive area as "do not use".
Transient errors (things which happen in a seemingly random way) are nearly always ram.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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I do have an SSD, I can see it (I checked when checking where the RAM was and all...and yes, I Googled all this to know what I was looking for...), but it definitely isn't showing up anywhere, and yeah, that's concerning. There's a ehm...Gigabyte Touch Bios thing that loads when the computer starts and loads Windows off it (I couldn't remember the name earlier), and I was told that that's what the SSD is used for. But, at the same time, I was told it was used for some sort of backup/cache that makes loading Windows faster.
Since you guys are pretty sure it's RAM, I'll see if I can find someone to take a look at it. But I don't really see what RAM has to do with corrupted downloads and consistent webpage loading errors. And Chrome doesn't generally break when the network is acting up, it just hangs and sometimes won't load another page (even once the network IS working) until I restart it. That, and the wireless adapter is younger than the computer and has been working fine in a visible way up until now.
I am in no way challenging what you're saying, just trying to think it out. At the same time though, I'd really hate to think that a bunch of things are breaking on the computer all at once.
Anyways, I'll see what I can do. Thanks for putting up with my not knowing what I'm talking about and such and responding. If there's any specific thing you think I should look into, I'm all ears. Since everyone's definitely thinking it's RAM, I'm going to look there.
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July 29, 2013
Theme World: Lion King on the Move.
We showed you the construction months ago here in Theme World. Now Disney is making it official. Animal Kingdom's headliner show "Festival of the Lion King" is on the move.
In May, Ground was cleared in Africa -- behind the Tusker House restaurant -- for a theater that will be virtually identical to the soon-to-be-demolished one in Camp Minnie-Mickey.
The "tribal celebration" has been extremely popular since the park opened in 1998, and thematically it makes more sense in Africa.
Why wasn't it built there in the first place? Well, late in the design of Animal Kingdom, a large land called "Beastly Kingdom" was put on hold. That was for the "Mythical animals" talked about in Animal Kingdom's mission statement. In its place -- a temporary meet-and-greet attraction grew into Camp Minnie-Mickey. To balance crowds, imagineers and Disney's entertainment arm came up with Festival of the Lion King at the last minute by reusing floats from Disneyland's Lion King Parade. (See there was a time when parades were updated regularly at Disney Parks. They still are in Tokyo and California. )
The show was a surprise smash hit -- so much so that in 2003 the "summer camp theater in the round" was enclosed, added enhanced theatrical lighting --and air conditioning.
A lot of tumble monkeys have come and gone since 1998. Look for the show to make the move to its new home next year.
It is moving so the 15-year-old "temporary" Camp land can be bulldozed for a land based on James Cameron's Avatar. Is Avatarland still on? Officially the answer has always been yes. I've asked around -- and the seemingly-troubled project is finally expected to break ground, perhaps by the end of the year. I'll have more on that and other projects real and rumored later this week, including rumblings of more Star Wars attractions.
Speaking of Star Wars, sorry fans, the official Celebration won't be back next year. It's heading to Disneyland. While the convention isn't coming back to Florida (yet), Star Wars Weekends will be back next year around the same time at Hollywood Studios.
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I live with a consistent sense of guilt. Am I the only one out there? I doubt it! It's not a guilt for something I have done, but rather a guilt for things I have not done. I am a true optimist. I believe life can truly be great. I believe I possess the tools and skills to make it great. This is not a post that denies the power of God in your life to bring about great things, rather a post about following through with what God has entrusted you with.
As a small business owner and consummate entrepreneur, I know what it means to have dreams. Sometimes I feel my whole life is a dream because I am so hopeful of things to come. That being said, I often live in a mild state of depression because I haven't fulfilled those dreams. I recently listened to a podcast by my new virtual mentor Michael Hyatt on setting goals and learning how to fulfill them. That podcast single handedly changed the way I see my future. I realized what my problem has been all along. Not a lack of goals, but a lack of follow-through. Like many of you, I feel like I am only living up to a small portion of what God has created me to do. If I died today I would feel bad for not having achieved the many things that were within my reach.
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What's next? This is going to be a great display of faith. I am beginning next week. On Monday I will be going to hear one of the world's best motivational speakers. Andy Andrews is speaking in my hometown at a fundraiser for a local prep school. A $50 ticket is a small price to pay for a chance of a lifetime. Tuesday will be my in-town retreat. I will be laying down the phone, computer, and anything else that will keep me distracted from making my goals a reality. Wednesday is when the fun begins.
I am 38 years old and I am beginning to get gray hair in my beard. The evidence shows I am not getting any younger. Where do I want to be in 5 years? What do I want to be doing? These are just a few questions I will answer on Tuesday.
Do you struggle with the same thing? Not a lack of goals, but a lack of fullfilment? I challenge you to listen to these podcasts and join me as we journey to our potential.
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Great to hear Jeff!
Re: "I am finally at the place where I am no longer trying, but I am doing." Hey - that sounds like the quote from Yoda: "No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."
You're almost a Jedi, man.
Ken, I agree, however, this new place where I currently am is a result of hours of coaching in the past. So, I total agree that coaching is the way to go. I am finally at the place where I am no longer trying, but I am doing.
Shameless plug: you'd love working with a coach! As a coach, I help people create and work through exciting action plans that help them meet the goals they've set. You've got what it takes to turn potential into reality. There are a bunch of coaches on this site - check us out, Jeff, and invest in coaching.
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Hey Jeff! Great meeting you this past week! I just read your post here and I am reminded of a small goal setting exercise I put all of my health clients through before we ever get started. It's called the "WHY" Factor. I have consistently forced myself to focus on WHY a goal is important and why I absolutely must achieve it. What will happen when I do? Personally, Professionally, Financially, etc. But sometimes the most eye-opening and motivating question is - What will happen if I don't achieve this goal? What will happen if I don't put in the work, or I don't make the sacrifices. What then?
Give it a shot. Why can be pretty powerful stuff...
Thanks for the heart felt response. I certainly hear you. I agree with many of the things you have said, however, for my journey, it really is about me being lazy and not doing what God has called me to do. I have so much potential that I am wasting away! Well, today was a new day that was started with a schedule. I am amazed at what I have been able to get done just this morning. I believe in the saying, if you aim at nothing, you will hit it everytime. I will no longer be a part of that world. I want to follow through on what God has placed before me.
Diane, your quote is hilarious! "My dream list is extensive, and full of possibilities. My DONE list, pretty dismal."
Great meeting you and chatting at the after party. I also look forward to hearing great updates from you.
Blessings to you!
Jeff -- Ditto Matt. :)
My dream list is extensive, and full of possibilities. My DONE list, pretty dismal. Boot Camp has been a wonderful, inspiring kick-in-the-pants, full of some very practical, actionable tips and advice. And who can listen to Dan Miller without being convicted and inspired?
What an immense pleasure to get to visit with both you and Matt personally! I'm inspired by the two of you as well. I wish both of you guys all the best, and look forward to seeing what we all follow through with in the near future!
Thanks Matthew! Great to meet up today. Yep, I agree about the boot camp giving me structure. I feel like this weekend has been huge for me with my actions. I can't wait to see what unfolds in the near future for both of us.
OMGawsh. You just read my mail. This was such a great reminder and inspiration. Thanks Jeff
One of my best motivators has been the steady input of audio books and podcasts. It helps me in between the flair ups of idea spasms. Also being at events like Kent Julian's Speak It Forward Boot Camp and hiring him as a coach has helped give me some structure and follow through accountability.
Also just jumping in and finally DOING something. I learn a ton by doing. Too often in the past I was frozen with planning, waiting until everything looked perfect. But the biggest problem was until I started the business I couldn't have perceived all I had to learn.
Again thanks for the post Jeff.
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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.


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SMWC announces lineup for the 2011-12 Four-Star Series
September 15th, 2011 | SMWC
Four Star Series
The Four-Star Series at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College offers a diverse spectrum of performing arts and esteemed speakers who inspire, challenge and stimulate the imagination. Designed to enhance the College's curriculum and to enrich cultural exploration, the series is an intricate part of the College's history. Since its revival in 2008, Four-Star Series presented world-renowned lectures, musicians and productions.
The Four-Star Series is free and open to the public. All performances are held Conservatory of Music, Cecilian Auditorium at 7 p.m.
2011-2012 Events
November 10, 2011
"Of Mice and Men" – Performed by the National Players
National Players, America's longest running classical touring company, has now reached its 63rd consecutive season of touring. Committed to the formation of emerging theatrical talent and new audiences, National Players seeks to celebrate the experience of theatergoing by presenting the world's greatest dramatic literature. In the tragic and endearing story "Of Mice and Men", the audience follows the mismatched friendship of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers in Depression-Era California.
February 1, 2012
Zohra Sarwari
"Are Muslim Women Oppressed"
Inspirational Muslim speaker, author and consultant, Zohra Sarwari is the author of 10 books and has been interviewed on ABC News, Fox News and numerous radio shows. Her programs are inspiring students around the world and help to bridge cultural gaps.
March 21, 2012 - 7:00 p.m.
Jill Nichols
Executive Vice President for Vera Bradley, Jill Nichols, will deliver and engaging presentation on the Vera Bradley story. She will share how Vera Bradley came to create its signature luggage, handbags and accessories. Additionally, Nichols will discuss maintaining a positive and productive company culture, fostering brand and customer loyalty through relationships, among other topics.
April 3, 2012
Jabali Afrika
This dynamic musical group from Kenya, Africa blends fusion with authentic African music incorporating a wide variety of instruments, accompanied by vocal harmonies and exciting choreography.
View previous Four-Star Series events.
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Miso-Honey Glazed Salmon With Orange and Soyby Robin Miller in Uncategorized, October 29, 2012
So what's the deal with miso? Readily known as the base flavor for the popular Japanese soup, miso is a thick paste made with fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt. It's used heavily in Japanese sauces and soups because the salty, tangy flavor adds depth and complexity to a wide variety of dishes. I add miso to salad dressings, marinades and glazes because it's a one-stop-shop for tons of flavor. Typically, the type of grain used determines how dark the miso is and, the darker the color, the more intense the flavor. If you're a bit shy at first, opt for the white or yellow miso. If you're ready to knock it out of the park, use the brown miso (often made with barley malt). When shopping, look for miso with the other Asian ingredients or in the produce section of the grocery store. Any variety is amazing on the salmon below. I blended tangy miso with sweet honey, mirin, salty soy sauce and refreshing orange juice. The glaze caramelizes on the salmon as it bakes in the oven (I add the glaze in two steps so it truly sticks to the salmon).
Enjoy, and then send me YOUR favorite uses for miso!
Miso-Honey Glazed Salmon With Orange and Soy
Cooking spray
4 salmon fillets (about 4-5 ounces each)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons white, yellow or brown miso
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon mirin
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a shallow roasting pan with cooking spray.
Arrange the salmon in the pan and season with salt and pepper.
In a small bowl, whisk together the miso, honey, orange juice, soy sauce and mirin. Pour half of the mixture over the salmon.
Roast 5 minutes. Pour the remaining miso mixture over the salmon and roast 5-7 more minutes, until the salmon is fork-tender. Serve the salmon with miso sauce from the roasting pan spooned over top. Garnish with chives.
Serves 4
Nutrition Info Per Serving
Calories: 234
Total Fat: 11 grams
Saturated Fat: 2 grams
Total Carbohydrate: 15 grams
Sugars: 11 grams
Protein: 19 grams
Sodium: 619 milligrams
Cholesterol: 52 milligrams
Fiber: 1 gram


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MBA President-elect Denise Squillante, a Fall River native, was
honored with the John S. Brayton Jr. Memorial Community Service
Award by the Fall River Chamber of Commerce on June 17.
Squillante was one of eight to receive the award - named for a
member of one of Fall River's pioneer families - during a banquet
at the Venus de Milo restaurant in Swansea. The chamber selected
Squillante for the honor because of her strong commitment to the
community, much like Brayton, who championed the strengths of
Southeastern Massachusetts and helped lead tourism on the
Highly involved with efforts to address domestic violence in Fall
River, Squillante is a former member of the board of directors at
the Katie Brown Educational Program, YMCA-Fall River and Domestic
Violence Task Force. In addition, she is a former visiting lecturer
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Paperless – a term that is used quite often now days. But what does it mean? And to what extent does it apply? Certainly we all still use paper to some degree despite the advancements in technology, so how can we go completelypaperless?Well, the truth is, there will likely always be some form of paper, but the problem doesn't lie in using paper itself, but instead having awareness for the amount used and methods of which it is being used for.
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Heart-Shaped Lavender Wreath
My stepmother would love this. She's a huge lavender fan. I think the smell might be nice in my sometimes stinky entry hallway (into my building, not my apartment; I am a girl and I live with a girl, and we all know girls do not stink), and I love the simple design. Organic and focused. Excellent.


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Premier Ted Baillieu has announced that senior lawyer Stephen O'Bryan SC will head his new independent broad-based anti-corruption commission, completing the process needed to establish the long-awaited integrity regime.
Mr Baillieu and Crime Prevention Minister Andrew McIntosh have also announced Queen's Counsel Robin Brett will head a new Victorian Inspectorate with sweeping powers to oversee the state's various integrity bodies, including the new commission and the Ombudsman.
The appointments represent the final pieces of the puzzle needed to complete the new regime, more than a year-and-a-half later than first promised.
The government had promised the new commission would be run by a judge or equivalent. Mr McIntosh said the two men, who will take on their new roles on January 1, were eminently qualified. "The process of getting an inaugural commissioner had been "an exhaustive and extensive process".
"With these two candidates we have got it absolutely right," he said.
Mr O'Bryan is a lawyer with 30 years' experience. He was called to the bar in 1983 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2003.
Mr McIntosh would not say how much the two men would be paid for their new roles.
Mr Baillieu said he was pleased to have the appointments and the final legislation needed to establish the commission. He said he had delivered the integrity regime that was promised in opposition.
"I believe we are fulfilling those commitments," he said.
The new regime has been criticised by the legal community, with concerns that the new commission will only investigate offences that, if proven, would be indictable.


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(nb. sorry about the diagrams - my bloomin' husband has managed to unload my scanner software, most likely while messing around loading and unloading things for the computer game he is obsessed with... Anyway, I just did these quickly on the computer, so please use your imagination when trying to decipher them!)
1. From the plastic canvas cut out
..........three 4" by 6" rectangles
..........two 2¾" by 6" rectangles
..........and 2 house-shaped pieces with 4" base, 4" sides and 2¾" roof (see diagram) The pieces should fit together like this:2. Wrap the plastic canvas with the batting (nb. When making the barn, I wrapped duct tape around the batting to keep it in place, so that the sharp points of the wood were safely padded. I found that the duct tape made the shaped pieces nice and easy to handle, so this time around, I wrapped the batting covered plastic canvas with insulation tape).
3. Using the 6" x 9" pieces, place an interior fabric piece right sides facing an exterior fabric piece, with a house-shaped batting-covered end panel sandwiched between them. Pin the fabric snugly around the end panel, leaving the bottom end open. Slide out the batting-covered end panel. Sew along the lines you have pinned, marked by the red dotted line on the above diagram (The dimensions on the diagram show the dimensions I used, but yours may differ, depending on the thickness of the batting that you used, so I suggest using this pinning method to ensure a good fit). Turn right side out and slide the batting covered end panel back in. Repeat for the other end panel.
4. Using the 9" x 21" pieces, place the fabric right sides facing. The following should then be sandwiched between the fabrics, so that their edges / ends will be caught when you sew along the side edge of the fabrics:
..........one of the end panels
..........elastic loops (or flap for velcro or zip or ribbons for ties at both ends - whichever you chose)
Again, I like to first sandwich the batting covered panels between the fabrics - in the order shown in the 2nd diagram above - and pin the fabrics around them, including a pin between each panel, to ensure that I will have a good fit and also to mark the correct placement of the end panel and the loops for the buttons. I place the button loops at the corners of the roof panel (the 2 3/4" x 6" panel). After I have marked the edges and the correct placement, I then remove the panels, leaving just the end panel and the button loops sandwiched, ready to be sewn on.
I used contrasting fabric for the roof panels and the garden panel, but you can use just a solid piece of material. I sew them like patchwork strips onto the main interior or exterior panels, using the pinning method to ensure correct positioning.
Sew along line A to B, catching the bottom of the end panel and the edge of the button loops.
5. Pin the handle between the fabrics, with ends facing outwards (optional). Sew along line C to D, catching the ends of the handle.
6. Repeat step 4 for the other long side of the rectangle. Turn it right side out and slide in the batting covered panels in the order shown in the second diagram (roof panel - 2 3/4" x 6", then wall panel - 4" x 6", then floor panel - 4" x 6", then wall panel - 4" x 6", then roof panel - 2 3/4" x 6") . Pin between each panel to keep the panels in place.
Turn the edges of the opening over and pin closed - pinning the ends of the other handle and an additional button loop (optional). It should now look like this:
7. Sew the opening closed, catching the ends of the handle and button loop, if used.
8. Add a couple of stitches between panels to keep the panels in place and remove the pins.
9. Hand sew the edge of the end panel to the wall and roof panel on each side, so that it forms this shape:
10. If using the button loop closure, sew buttons onto end panels and roof panel to match the loops.
I appliqué the exterior decor on at this point (the window and door, in this example) as it is easier to position them correctly at this point.You're done. I know I'm not very good at explaining things clearly, so let me know if I've confused you. Really, they are very simple to make.
PS. If you make one, please post a picture in the flickr group. I'd love to see how they turn out.
PPS. Here's a post with a couple more fabric building type ideas.
PPPS. Here's a post with pictures of dollhouses made from the tutorial and the anwers to a couple of the questions that I have been asked about the dollhouses.


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Acer Aspire 1410: Single-Core CULV Takes on Atomby Vivek Gowri on 5/6/2010 1:31 AM EST
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Mugur - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkMine is a little different: 1.3 Ghz cpu, 3 GB of RAM and Bluetooth... Reply
Aloonatic - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkThere seem to be quite a few versions of this notebook out there. Seems like you've got the same version as me (sans BT). You from the UK too?
I'm assuming that this is an American only version, like the other duel core version of the 1410 that was knocking about a while ago. Is it really that hard to give products clearer/more distinct product numbers/designations? Reply
ET - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkI thought Anandtech decided to get away from these synthetic benchmarks. I know these Intel graphics are still crap, but I'd rather get an fps score from WoW with medium or low details, because that's something that actually tells whether this laptop may be used for some gaming in a pinch. Reply
DaPeezi - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkHey Guys - If you like the Aspire 1410 please check the Lenovo x100e in some time. It also has a 1366 x 768 Pixel Screen on 11,6" and it is non Glossy. Also It´s capable of 1080p Full HD YouTube Playback.
Its an AMD Based Plattform with the "MV-40" - also seen before in an EEE PC. Performance therefore is quite similar of course. The Main Advantage is the good Quality of Screen, Keyboard and Chasis for a low price - here in Germany 400€ incl. tax (19%) - would mean about 430$ I think.
You get a Single Core AMD Processor @ 1,60 Ghz (which can be undervolted for powersaving quite a bit), 2 Memory Slots for up to 4GB RAM and the - quite strong - HD3200 IGP. There are 3 USB Ports, a Cardreader and a VGA Port - unfortunately no HDMI
I bought it for myself a few weeks ago and use it every day. Battery Life is depending on use and varies for me between 3 and 8 hours, but haven´t checked with a testing tool jet. Reply
whatthehey - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkAnandtech reviewed a system with an MV-40 a while back, and performance was really quite poor. Oh sure, it was faster than Atom, but as this article shows beating Atom is nothing to be proud about. It's particularly not worth boasting over when you can only last 1/3 as long in battery life. There are a few reviews of the x100e out there, and the consensus is that with the 6-cell battery you shouldn't expect more than 5 hours at best. More likely 3-4.
If you think the 1410 is only mediocre at 5-7 hours (internet to idle), the x100e would be far worse. $450 isn't a horrible price, and Lenovo's build quality can't possibly be as bad as Acer, but the lack of HDMI makes it a no-go for portable HTPC and AMD's HD 4200 (3200?) isn't fit for gaming either. It would probably handle HD YouTube a bit better than the Acer.
Personally, I wouldn't get a laptop that can't last at least 6 hours on a charge when brand new -- preferably 8+. A year down the road and you might still be able to get 5-6 hours out of it. Reply
jaydee - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkWhere's the MV-40 review? I've been looking for a MV-40 vs Atom comparison for awhile and had no idea Anandtech did one. Search shows up with nothing... Reply
synaesthetic - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkMV-40 doesn't compare very favorably to any of the Intel CULV processors, even the SU3500. The dual-core Athlon Neo L335, though, is mostly comparable to a Celeron SU2300 (but performs slightly worse).
I've seen overclocked Atom N270s get higher passmark scores than the MV-40... Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkjaydee:
I looked at the MSI X610 here:
It's not quite the same, as MSI tossed in an HD 4330 instead of going with discrete graphics, but that just means performance with a normal MV-40 (in gaming) will be lower than the X610. Battery life on the other hand should improve somewhat, but it's still going to be a big step down from CULV battery life. Reply
svojoe - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkI have been reading about how CULV's essentially negate any use of a 'netbook' for a year now and unfortunately I'm still not sold.
I had a eeepc 8.9" a while back and I upgrade to a HP mini 311 (ION) last year and I haven't looked back. And even after reading this article I still see no compelling reason to jump ship. I paid less than $400 for the mini 6, 7 almost 8 months ago?? it has a 1366/768 screen, It can do light gaming and multi-media leaps and bounds better than this acer. Infact the only area's this CULV is substantially better than the ATOM is in isolated cpu benchmarks.
I'm not saying the atom is all that and the kitchen sink, its sloooow but I am saying the atom + ION is just amazing for what you pay for. My mini has become my primary laptop. It is my mobile office. It does office apps/internet, hdmi video outs 1080p to my tv and plays fallout3. This acer is costs the same is 7-8 months newer tech and still can't do that. Battery life aside (which is only marginally better)
I feel that your comments directed at non-ION netbooks (as you mentioned) are spot on. But some people are just excited about a sub $300 tiny, internet thingy.
Nvidia really stirred things up with the ION, they essentially created another class of ultra portable. The ION graphics allow the atom to perform higher than any IGP intel has by far. If I could find a CULV + ION that would be a different story, of course now its going to cost another $50-70? so now we are almost at $500, and back into 'real' laptop territory with better graphics.
I felt at the time that a ION + ATOM was the sweet spot for "trying to pack it all into the smallest cheapest package" And it still looks like it is. Reply
alphacheez - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkI looked at this notebook last month when the 9 month old replacement battery on my 12.1 Dell Latitude D410 died and I didn't want to shell out $60-70 every 9 months on such an old machine.
My decision was basically down to either the AS1410 or eeePC 1001p. I chose the 1001p for a number of reasons including the high-contrast matte display (though lower resolution), lighter weight, smaller form-factor, lower cost (I got the $295 model), and better battery-life. The main advantages of the AS1410 were the higher resolution (but lower contrast, poorer viewing angle) display, faster processor, and HDMI out.
I don't have an HDTV and my desktop monitor has it's digital input hooked to my desktop full time so that makes the HDMI out less of a bonus. I'm very reticent to have a glossy display on a mobile computer as I do sometimes use them in situations that would cause a lot of glare and I value a good contrast ratio (something my old Dell was seriously lacking). Battery life was a big sticking point for me since I don't want to have to carry a power adapter with me all the time as I'd had to do with the Dell seriously limiting it's portability.
In day-to-day use I notice that in situations requiring a lot of CPU horsepower the 1001p's N450 setup is slower than the old Dell, but in most everyday tasks like quickly switching between many applications the HT (SMT if you prefer) of the Atom seems to make the experience more fluid and snappy which counts for a lot. One annoyance is the glossy bezel and trackpad button; everything else on the 1001p is matte or patterned so the glossy on those pieces (where you'd least want glossy) is pretty frustrating, the trackpad button has a silver mirror finish that would be excellent for gathering fingerprints for forensic evidence. I do enjoy the multitouch gestures and tend to use "tap-to-click" on the trackpad.
In the end I'm glad I went for the 1001p and don't think the benefits and tradeoffs of the AS1410 make it worth the extra $100 (30%). Reply
barich - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkI have the 1410 with the dual-core Celeron SU2300. At $450, it's only $50 more than the reviewed single-core unit, and it's clocked at the same speed as the SU7300 in the 1810T. The only differentiating factor in the CPU is that it has less cache. I suspect that it performs much closer to the 1810T than the 1410 in this review. I don't think it can be beat for performance for the money considering the size. Reply
Roland00 - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkUnfortunately the 1410 with the su2300 seem to have disapeared from the market. A quick google search shows only 5 places carry them new, 2 of them have it on backorder and the other 3 are small online stores I have never seen before and don't have much google ratings and thus I wouldn't trust.
Now the 1410 with the su2300 is an awesome laptop. I have the blue version with 160gb hard drive. Got it for $349+8.25% sales tax a couple of months ago. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 06, 2010 - linkDon't forget that the Gateway EC14 is pretty much the same thing as the Acer 1410:
SU2300 is a 1.2GHz chip, so SU4100/SU7300 as 100MHz faster and have 2x to 3x the L2 cache, but overall the SU2300 is an interesting option. When you could find those laptops for under $400, it was even more interesting. Reply
xeopherith - Friday, May 07, 2010 - linkI just bought a nice little Asus 1201T because of this article. I was waiting for a netbook with a decent resolution and affordable price before buying. Newegg has them for 369 today. Reply
AkumaX - Saturday, May 08, 2010 - linkits too bad AT didn't have this article when the AS1410 came out in oct/nov 09 with the SU2300 (celeron) part for around $400 (forget about the celeron 743...). the differences between the SU2300 and SU3500:
SU2300 vs SU3500
1.2ghz ---- 1.4ghz
10w -------- 5.5w
2 CPUs --- 1 CPU
they're still both based on the Penryn arch.
which one do you think's better ;) Reply
Probedude - Sunday, October 03, 2010 - linkI have the SU2300 version of this laptop. Since day one it will discharge the battery 5% per day when turned completely off. Tried everything, even sent it in for repair only to be told 'it's normal.'
I see Acer just came out with a bios in the last couple of weeks that may fix the problem. 2 users have already said it has worked for them. I'm waiting until tomorrow to check mine.
Anyways, if you too have battery drain problems with this laptop when off, update the bios and see if it fixes the problem for you. Reply


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I THINK it would be a good idea for Blackburn Rovers to send one of their goalkeepers on loan, and they would have a whole team on loan if it did happen.
Neither Simon Eastwood nor Jake Kean are playing at the moment and goalkeepers need to get games.
If you're just rotating who plays in the under 21s, they don't get competitive matches.
Jake has definitely got ability as a goalkeeper but sometimes young keepers can make mistakes. We've seen that with Joe Hart.
It must be hard for him because he was first choice and playing well, then things don't go so well and he's number two. Then the main goalkeeper comes back and he's number three.
But he will get better with experience, we see goalkeepers playing well into their 30s and even into their 40s in Brad Friedel's case.
A loan would be good for his experience. Rovers already have a lot of players out on loan and I probably can't remember a time when they have been so many.
But when you're in the Premier League you have a big squad and now they aren't in the top flight they've had to trim the wage bill. That means sending players on loan, it's just down to circumstances.
They have got a full team on loan but what level that team could play at, I'm not sure.
Are those players good enough to play regularly for Rovers? Obviously the club think no.
When I was playing for Rovers you saw young players go out on loan and it's how they respond mentally.
Some players don't cope, they're used to the luxuries of life at Blackburn and when they go out on loan they don't have those luxuries and they can crumble.
They don't come back as the same footballer.
But Alan Judge got a couple of goals for Brentford at the weekend and it seems like he has done well there.
Whether he's playing for a move or to come back to Blackburn we'll have to see, I think he might end up making a move.
I think it's a good thing that Leon Best has gone on loan to Sheffield Wednesday. It seems like he has burnt his bridges at Rovers so it's right for him to go somewhere else and get games.
Hopefully he does well at Sheffield Wednesday and then other clubs are looking at him, because Rovers will be keen to get his salary off the wage bill.
It's a big game for Rovers at Reading on Saturday, and it will be a difficult match after their impressive win at QPR at the weekend.
It's important they start the game well.