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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's basketball team pushed their win-streak to three games as the Lions handed visiting Valdosta State a 69-59 defeat in NCAA South Region action from the Bowman Center on Saturday afternoon.
In beating the visiting Blazers (3-3) for the second time this season, the Lions shot 38 percent from the floor and opened up as much as a 20 point, second half margin on the visitors. It was a game the Lions won from the free throw line with 22 points coming from the charity stripe, including 11 in a row at one point.
"I thought we defended them excellent in the first 35 minutes," Head Coach Lance Randall said. "In the stat line at the end of the game we held them to 36 percent from the floor and they had (22) turnovers and I'm very pleased about that."
"We knew they were going to come out fiery and they're very talented, and we challenged (our guys) to have the right mindset and keep attacking. I thought our guys did a terrific job of that for most of the game."
Holding off a furious rally by the visitors from Valdosta, Ga., the Lions (5-2) saw the margin whittled down to just six points in the waning moments of the game, but the free throw accuracy is what sealed the win for Saint Leo. As the clock ticked down, the Blazers reverted to fouls with the hopes that the Lions would miss their free shots, but Saint Leo made good on every chance when some thought the game was in question.
Trent Thomas again led Saint Leo with 19 points, nine coming from the three-point line. He also managed seven rebounds and four steals in the win. Also in double-digits, Marcus Ruh tallied 16 points and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
Aside from the free throw differential, where the Lions connected on 10 more chances than Valdosta, Saint Leo also capitalized on the 22 turnovers with 22 points while the Blazers only managed 16 points from 13 Saint Leo giveaways.
Josh Spark led the Blazers with 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting before fouling out in the final minutes. He was one of three Valdosta State players who reached the foul limit in a game that proved to be a physical contest.
The Lions will now take some time away from games to focus on final exams for the Fall semester; but Saint Leo will get back to it in 10 days when they face New Orleans on the road. The Lions will travel to Louisiana and tip off with the Privateers on Tuesday, December 13 at 7 p.m. For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions Basketball and all other Saint Leo Athletics, visit SaintLeoLions.com.

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AMD Teases Official Radeon HD 7990by Ryan Smith on 3/29/2013 8:00 AM EST
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Torrijos - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkAfter seeing the results of AMD CrossFire performances with the new GOOD performance analysis tools I wouldn't touch an AMD card for a while, they have a lot of issues.
I would wait to see if these type of card behave better than CrossFire solution since CrossFire some time even performs lower than one of its composing cards alone.
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-... Reply
tviceman - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkAgreed. Their single card solutions and bundles are top notch. Mutli-GPU setups are just rife with problems, though. Reply
B3an - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkI have 2x 6970's so i'm not bias against AMD or anything, but even i will say that AMD's Crossfire sucks. You don't need the new frame interval tools to see frame rate issues/micro stuttering, and what annoys me is that no one ever seems to point it out in reviews when you can see it with your own eyes. Typical USELESS reviewers.
AMD should be releasing a single high-end GPU like Titan to avoid bad press about how much you can see Crossfire sucking with these new tools. Or preferably just release a new GPU. I hate that GPU releases have slowed down, we should have 8970 and GTX 780 by now. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Saturday, March 30, 2013 - linkI've got a couple of 6950's unlocked into 6970's. They have been perfectly fine for me in every game I play/played except for Skyrim on launch.
Not everyone has issues. Reply
BMNify - Sunday, March 31, 2013 - link"Not everyone has issues" is sometimes indistinguishable from "not everyone notices issues". The FCAT setup is expensive, but Fraps combined with FRAFS Bench Viewer can give you an inkling if there is something funky stuttering presents going into the front end of the graphics pipe. That is, if you really want to know. Sometimes blissful ignorance is preferred. Reply
B3an - Monday, April 01, 2013 - linkFCAT proves without a doubt that they DO have issues, and certain people like yourself just don't notice it for some reason. When it's pretty obvious to myself.
And i can also write a list of games they definitely have/had issues with Crossfire, for everyone, as they're known issues which AMD has also fixed or has not got round to fixing yet. I've also built over a hundred PC's in the last 2 years, which are affected by the same problems. You either just don't seem to play many games, or have something wrong with your eyes, or you're a fanboy. Reply
Araemo - Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - linkOf course, if you read the linked article, if you're running vsync and playing certain games, there AREN'T any issues.
That being said, there are definitely a lot of areas that could be improved with vsync off, and some that could still use improvement even with vsync on.
Realistically though, if minor glitches bug you, you're probably running with vsync on to avoid tearing, so the AMD users in this class probably didn't notice problems as much as the nVidia users in this class (As the linked article shows, vsync basically 'fixes' the crossfire scenario in some games, while not really helping the SLI scenario much at all, in any games... so while SLI starts out better with vsync off, it doesn't get much better with vsync on either, while the crossfire setup gets a big boost from vsync) Reply
JoshButterballs - Sunday, April 07, 2013 - linkYour a fanboy also dipshit. No fuck they have issues is Nvidia's drivers perfect? No are they more stable? yes in some cases. Some games run better with AMD cards and some with Nvidia. So its just a matter of preference. Reply
twtech - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - linkOn the plus side, now that AMD has seen those results as well, I would expect them to address them in future driver updates.
I have a triple-monitor setup with 3x 30" monitors, but one of them is a 3007WFP, while the other two are U3011s. That means that nVidia surround doesn't want to work with my setup. I have to modify monitor drivers and mess with sync polarity, and it still doesn't want to work.
Eyefinity on the other hand doesn't have these restrictions, and has other nice features for multi-monitor setups. Odds are I will switch to AMD for the next round of videocards - possibly buying one or two of these. Reply
jko831 - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkThat's basically a FirePro S10000. Reply
jko831 - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkI mean the heat sink design. The S10000 is 2 7950s. Reply
jko831 - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkOf course, AMD only specified two 7900 series GPUs... Reply
HisDivineOrder - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkLooks like this is connected to having large numbers of the card they're using for their GRID-like products, so why not go ahead and release a consumer version, too? Reply
silentplummet - Friday, March 29, 2013 - link1) AMD is sticking with their 7000 series branding for Sea Islands desktop parts.
2) There aren't too many numbers after 7990, folks.
I feel it is safe to deduce from the above that there will be no high performance Sea Islands desktop SKUs to compete with Southern Islands on the high end. My wallet's going back in my desk. Reply
aTonyAtlaw - Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - linkAre you kidding?!? There's room for at least 9 more graphics cards in the 799x series! Reply
manued08 - Monday, April 01, 2013 - linkI would prefer that Nvidia and AMD launch a new series of video cards like each 5 years, to improve quality, and give a good product, not a defective card, whit bad drivers. The games also be good optimized for that series of cards. Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - link5 years?! No way any amount of driver/game optimization would overcome how much performance progress there would be from new architectures over 5 years. Reply
Welsh Jester - Thursday, April 04, 2013 - linkShould be every 2 years, performance gain in 1 year is almost worthless if you own a high end previous card.
Many games need well over recommended specs to play 60fps (i mean all the time, not just some sections) and that's a shame because i hate that new games come out and the framerate can be as low as 30 or 20 for minimum.. we need 60 all the time but it still aint happening even at 1080p, that's the res i play at.I would hate to see framerates on dual or triple monitor setups.
Also i wish they would stop releasing overpriced stop gap cards like Mars and Titan that are only a bit faster than the "real" high end cards they released before it, they aren't even worth the money because say a game runs bad on a 670 or 680 then it will on the Titan as well.. make those cards 2x more powerful than they are then yes they will be worth the money because they will last a ton longer, but as they are nope. Reply
frogger4 - Friday, April 05, 2013 - linkSo much hate on dual GPU setups! Just because there are problems doesn't mean they shouldn't exist. Even a GTX Titan can't keep up with two 7970's - there's just no getting around the necessity for multiple GPU setups if you are running several monitors and want good performance. Reply


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A GROUP of students from King's College in Taunton, raised £300 for an organisation which provides adventure activities on Exmoor for people with disabilities.
The boys of Woodard house organised a fundraising dodgeball tournament to support the Calvert Trust Exmoor.
More than 200 students took part, and there were trophies for the winning teams, and a range of other prizes.
Housemaster of Woodard, Tim Haynes, said: "We were really pleased to raise money for this particular charity, as Tim Potter, CEO of the Trust, is the father of one of our boys.
"The charity does amazing work, and it was a real pleasure to help support them, as well as a lot of fun!"


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A NUMBER of police officers who thought they were being transferred to Bridgwater could now be moved to Shepton Mallet.
Avon and Somerset Police are looking to set up two 'catch and disrupt' teams – one in Shepton Mallet concentrating on the south of the force area, with the rest of the constabulary's patch covered from Keynsham.
Police say the intelligence-led teams would bring together the 'proactive capability' of the whole force at two sites in an attempt to crack down on regular offenders.
A spokeswoman said: "It is part of a consultation into reshaping the force's operating model launched a month ago.
"Some officers currently at Taunton may be moving to Shepton Mallet as part of that, although we are not sure of numbers or when."
Scores of Taunton-based officers are already due to move to Bridgwater, where a 'hub' of custody suites, road policing units, firearms and operations and administration is being built at Express Park.
The spokeswoman said: "That will probably be in the summer and Taunton Police Station will be sold at some stage and we will find a nearby location, probably with a local authority.
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Question: What makes the Conservation Zoomobile different from the other wonderful ZooMobile programs offered by the Oakland Zoo? For one thing, it's a team effort– and a very loyal team at that. For nearly twenty years (since being founded by docent Edna Mack), the CZM has been led exclusively by the same group of four docents! (Only recently did Harry, Roland, Claire and Debbie recruit some new blood.)
Yet, it's more than team teaching that makes this program unique. Offered only on Wednesdays during the school year, CZM travels to elementary schools throughout the East Bay to teach kids in the 3rd through 5th grades about conservation issues around the world. Usually set up in a school's auditorium, it's structured into several stations that operate simultaneously, sort of like a job fair.
Following a brief introduction, the students are divided into groups and led to one of the four awaiting stations where they spend 15 minutes before rotating to the next one. At the 4R station, the kids learn about sustainable consumption of the world's resources, and the cycle of resource use. Also known as Reduce, Re-use, Recycle and Rot, this station teaches kids about purchasing power, donating clothes, and recycling light bulbs. They participate in an exercise where they sort "garbage" into different components, and see a mini composting demonstration. At the Rain Forest station, kids will find a festive cave-like umbrella display that they can actually sit inside. Here, they learn about the incredible living ecosystem of the tropical rain forest and get to see and smell some of the many by-products of the forest that we use in our daily
lives, such as chocolate and spices. They also learn about some products whose extraction is destructive to the forest and how we can minimize that damage. What exactly goes on at the H.I.P.P.O. station? No, they don't bring out a real live hippopotamus. These letters stand for Habitat, Introduced species, Population, Pollution, and Over-consumption– the five main threats to the earth's wildlife. The kids see puppets and biofacts (animal artifacts such as skulls, bones, snakeskins, etc.) and learn about the impact of fur coats, as well as which other animal products to avoid. The last station offers what the Zoomobile program is best known for: live animals. Here, the kids get to visit with tortoises, snakes, chinchillas and even cool giant millipedes. They learn the difference between domestic and wild species, as well as which animals make good choices for family pets.
During the wrap-up, the kids are asked for feedback to show what they've learned, and what they liked best about the presentation. They then watch a rain forest video and later learn about the different things that they can do in their daily lives to help rain forests around the world.
Longtime Zoo docent Harry Santi has seen a lot since he started with CZM. And, he's noticed a big change in the depth of animal knowledge that kids possess these days. Sometimes, they know the answers before he's even had the chance to finish the questions. He's also seen a crazy thing or two in those twenty years, such as the time he got all the way out to Walnut Creek for the presentation before he realized that he'd forgotten to bring the animals! He had to go all the way back to the Zoo to get them.
So if you're an elementary school teacher or know someone who is and would like to participate in this special educational experience, give the Oakland Zoo a call and get the Conservation ZooMobile to come to your school this year! You can book a Conservation ZooMobile by calling (510) 632-9525, ext 220.


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Ann Romney Corrects Whoopi Goldberg's False Claim About Mormonism Forbidding Military Service
Tim Graham pointed out earlier on Thursday how Whoopi Goldberg forwarded a misunderstanding on ABC's The View during an interview of Ann Romney - that Mormonism "doesn't allow you to go fight" in the military. Mrs. Romney corrected this false statement: "No, that's not correct....We have many, many members of our faith that are serving in the armed services."
Goldberg could have just consulted Wikipedia, as the website lists four Mormon recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for valor - one from World War I, two from World War II, and one from the Vietnam War.
Among these four, only one - Captain Mervyn S. Bennion, USN - received his medal posthumously. The citation summarizes the circumstances of Captain Bennion's heroic death:
For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet at Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. As Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. West Virginia, after being mortally wounded, Captain Bennion evidenced apparent concern only in fighting and saving his ship, and strongly protested against being carried from the bridge.
Outside of this group, there are prominent Mormon former members of the military. Brent Scowcroft, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, who would go onto become a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and national security advisor under two presidents - Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush - is probably the most well known.


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Saracens second row George Kruis will be called up to England's Saxons squad, the Watford Observer understands.
The 23-year-old, who comes in due to another player's injury, will be the fifth Sarries player to make the Saxons squad after Joel Tomkins, Will Fraser, Richard Wigglesworth and Mouritz Botha all earned call-ups earlier today.
The talented forward joined Saracens in July 2009 and has previously represented England at Under-20 level.
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A blizzard warning has been issued for Winkler and Morden and the RM of Stanley.
Environment Canada says the storm that passed through southern Manitoba will continue to play havoc in the Winkler-Morden areas.
Northerly winds of 40 km/h gusting to 60 km/h will result in poor visibility with blowing snow.
Environment Canada says the weather will result in poor driving conditions across the Red River Valley.
In other weather-related news, the Trans-Canada Highway has been reopened between Headingley and Portage la Prairie, the provincial highways department has announced.
The Trans-Canada Highway had been closed west of the city for most of the day because of poor road and driving conditions.


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Meet Zeus.
I was told he is five years old. He has a history, it seems every bird I have had has a history. I always said after Feathers, my Indian Ringneck passed away that I was never going to obtain a bird again unless I am to go through a breeder and visit the facilities. But I couldn't let him be set free.
Zeus was abandoned in a home sometime last summer in Delta Junction, Alaska. It is known that his past owners only fed him left over people food. A highschool girl found him and took care of him in the home, feeding him left overs from her lunch and such. Zeus plucked every feather he could reach in that time but with the girls limited interaction they began to grow back
Three months ago she was able to find someone to take Zeus in, a man and his wife. They have a young son, 8 months old. After two months they decided they couldn't keep Zeus as he is cage aggressive and the child couldn't keep his fingers out of the cage. So after trying to find Zeus a home in Delta couldn't travel to rehome him they came to the conclusion that setting him free would be the best option. If an eagle can do it why can't Zeus, right? They had switched him to an all seed diet sold for parrots and more of his feathers grew back.
I happened to be in Delta that day, driving around with my boyfriend and just hanging out. We ended up in a park where a man was unloading a large bird cage from the back seat. Seeing the bird I confronted him about his actions as it was -45F outside. Hearing his intentions we ended up taking Zeus home.
That was a month ago. He is now on a diet by Zoovita mixed half and half with fruits, veggies and beans. More feathers have grown back. I regret using the petstore food but he eats it when he will starve himself with anything other than seeds.
He is very scared. Very timid. I can pet his head through the cage, my boyfriend can reach in and pet him. He won't venture from his cage and unless forced from his cage will stand in the same few spots all day long when not eating or calling "hi Zeus" trying to get whatever I am cooking. He likes throwing food out for my dog to eat.
The man said Zeus doesn't play with toys. He had one toy, all hard painted wood. I purchased him a mixed dyed bamboo toy colored with food coloring. it had cuttle bone bits and bits with softer woods easy to tare up. He likes to murder paper cranes I give him. recently he started playing with this toy, now reduced just the bamboo.
I had to throw away all his perches when we brought him home, they had been so covered in crap that it was impossible to clean. The man never once cleaned the cage. it took me two hours with my boyfriend's aid to clean it.
We cannot remove Zeus from the cage without being bitten. James, my boyfriend does the honors so Zeus won't fear me when it's cleaning time. He becomes a "cuddle bird" then, terrified of my boyfriend when hes out of the cage and supper gluing himself to my hip for protection. I can then handle him freely until he is returned to his then clean cage.
because of this, James cannot go near him when hes outside of the cage. But he still begs James for pets the moment he walks through the door. I'm a full time student taking my classes online so I'm home with him almost all day every day.
Really, we are probably in no way ready for him but here we go. It's an adventure and I'm already three bites in. So, you guys think you are willing to go through this with me?
Now that you know his story, my questions!
He goes almost instantly to my shoulder if I'm not always pushing him away from it. I am terrified to have a bird as large as him on my shoulder and want this stopped as soon as possible. How?
How can I end the cage aggression and encourage activity?
What can I do to help him to become easier to handle?
What can I do to help him?
I would like to get his wings clipped- not that he ever flys unless its when hes running to my side from James. At this time I can't do so because I can't get him into a carrier to transport him.
Any other advice that you feel will help? comments, questions? Anything at all.


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George Armstrong alias George Hazelip
Barren and Warren County, Kentucky
The first record we find of our subject George Armstrong also known as George Hazelip is on 11 March 1865 in Owensboro, Kentucky; where after being paid sufficient consideration, he enlisted in the Army of the United States as a substitute for L M Hazelip of Edmonson County, Kentucky. Lewis M Hazelip had been drafted on 24 September 1864 in Edmonson County, Kentucky. As stated in the Substitute Volunteer Enlistment Papers George Armstrong was born in about 1847 in the State of Alabama and was a laborer by occupation. He had black eyes, black hair, and black complexion and was 5 feet 5 inches. George Armstrong was mustered into Company I, 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Cavalry on 11 March 1865 as a Private.
He appears on a Muster and Descriptive Roll of a Detachment of Substitutes Forwarded Roll dated 25 March 1865 Draft Rendezvous Louisville, Kentucky
He appears on a Company Muster-in and Descriptive Roll dated 29 April 1865 Camp Nelson, New York.
He appears on a Detachment Muster-out Roll dated 21 March 1866 DeValls' Bluff, Arkansas. His Muster out to date was 20 March 1866. He was Mustered out by reason of expiration of Term of Service.
The United States Army was due $22.53 for Clothing.
The next record we find of our subject is the 1870 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky Census as follows:
Hazleup, George 22 year young black male born in Kentucky
Hazleup, Dougherty 20 year young black female born in Kentucky
According to this Census this young couple was married in September 1869.
The next record we find of our subject is the 1880 Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky Census as follows:
Hazelip, George 40 Black Male Married Works in livery stable Nativity KY VA VA
Hazelip, Dot 29 Mulatto female wife Married Keeps House Nativity KY KY KY
Hazelip, Delia 8 Mulatto female daughter Nativity KY KY KY
Hazelip, Hayes 5 Mulatto male son Nativity KY KY KY
Landrum, Sallie 17 Mulatto female Sister-In-Law Cook Nativity KY KY KY
It would appear that George Armstrong also know as George Hazelip wife's Surname is Landrum.
Louis "Button" Hazelip is born on July 4, 1887 or 1889 in Bowling Green, Kentucky
The next record we find of our subject is George Armstrong Hazelip applying for and being granted a Pension based upon his Military Service. He filed his Application on 16 March 1891.
The next record we find of our subject is the 1900 Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky Census as follows:
Hazelip, George head black male born Jan 1832 (68) married 15 years Nativity KY KY KY Liveryman
Hazelip, Jane wife black female born Apr 1861 (39) married 15 years 1 child Nativity KY KY KY Cook
Hazelip, Louis son black male born Jul 1887 (12) Nativity KY KY KY at School
Based on George Armstrong Hazelip's son Louis Hazelips Death Certificate "Jane" is Linda J Johnson. This is also supported by Jane having a Nephew surname Johnson living with her on the 1910 Census.
I do not know what happened to George Armstrong Hazelip's first wife and children.
The next record we find of our subject is George Armstrong Hazelip reapplying for and being granted a Pension based upon his Military Service; possibly for an increase in rate. He filed his Application on 4 March 1907.
George Armstrong Hazelip died at Bowling Green, Kentucky on 15 January 1908.
Linda J "Jane" Johnson Armstrong Hazelip Applied for and was granted a Pension based on George Armstrong Hazelip's Military Service. Her application was filed 10 February 1908.
The Attorney representing the Armstrong Hazelip's in the Pension Application process was Ransom C Hazelip. Mr. Hazelip is the brother of Lewis M Hazelip.
Linda J "Jane" Johnson Armstrong Hazelip can be found on the 1910 Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky Census as follows:
Hazelip, Janie head female black 50 yoa widow 1 child KY KY KY Laundress
Hazelip, Button son male black 23 yoa married 1 for 2 years KY KY KY Laborer
Hazelip, Janie daughter-in-law female black 24 yoa married 2 for 2 years 1 child KY KY KY Servant
Steward, Frances step-granddaughter female mulatto 3 yoa KY KY KY
Johnson, Joe nephew male black 26 yoa widow KY KY KY Laborer
Linda Jane Johnson Hazelip died on February 10, 1920 in Louisville, Kentucky.
She is buried in Louisville Cemetery.
Louis "Button" Hazelip's residence on June 5, 1917 was Louisville, Kentucky (WW I Draft Reg Card)
I have not been able to locate Louis "Button" Hazelip on the 1930 Census.
Louis "Button" Hazelip died on February 11, 1932 in Louisville, Kentucky
He is buried in Louisville Cemetery.
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6th Regiment Cavalry
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October 24, 1864. Attached to 1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1865. Military District and Dept. of Kentucky to December, 1865, and Dept. of Arkansas to April, 1866.
SERVICE.--Stoneman's Raid into Southwestern Virginia December 10-29, 1864. Capture and destruction of lead mines December 17. Near Marion December 17-18. Saltsville December 20-21. At Camp Nelson and Paducah, Ky., until March, 1865. At LaGrange, Tenn., until May. At Camp Nelson, Wild Cat, and Danville, Ky., until July. At New Haven and Catlettsburg, Ky., until October. At Covington, Ky., until December. At Louisville, Ky., and Helena, Ark., until January, 1866. At Duvall's Bluff, Ark., until April 15, 1866. Mustered out April 15, 1866. (Source - "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3))


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He grew up with violence, neglect and alcoholism. He was 21 years old when his partner left him and he had to raise two kids under the age of two, one of whom died as an infant.
But Child and Family Services decided he was good to go and closed the case file on Phoenix Sinclair's father three years before Phoenix died.
The inquiry into her death heard Tuesday that Steven Sinclair had family and community support and met the requirements of the child welfare agency.
Social worker Kathy Peterson Epps said she took over Sinclair's file in August 2001. She and her supervisor decided in October it was time to close his file, she said.
"At the time I took over the file, the child protection concerns had been addressed," she told the inquiry.
Peterson Epps had known Sinclair and his sisters for nearly a decade as their case worker when they were children in care. Sinclair, she said, had community resources, help from his sisters and family friend Kim Edwards, and had completed the programs CFS required to get his kids back.
"The situation appeared somewhat stable," said Peterson Epps, who had never met Phoenix.
That summer, though, Sinclair was on his own with 14-month-old Phoenix and two-month-old Echo. He and the kids' mother, Samantha Kematch, broke up in June 2001. It was an ugly split -- she charged him with assault; he denied it and got a non-molestation order against her and charged her with uttering threats, the inquiry heard.
In July of that year, Sinclair and his adult sisters asked Peterson Epps for advice. She wasn't Sinclair's case worker yet but they trusted her. Sinclair said he didn't know he had a CFS worker assigned to his case at that time, she said.
Sinclair and his siblings said they were afraid Kematch would try to get custody of the children, she said. Kematch was after the child tax credit money and wanted custody to get it, Peterson Epps said she was told. Sinclair told her Kematch was physically abusive to Phoenix. He wondered what to do if she showed up to get the kids.
"Call the Winnipeg Police Service and if District 3 is too busy call the after-hours CRU (crisis response unit) and let them know what the situation is... that the child will be at risk in her care," Peterson Epps recalled advising him. She'd never met Kematch but believed Sinclair.
Sadly, Sinclair's worst fears came true in 2005 when Kematch murdered Phoenix.
Sinclair lost his other daughter on July 15, 2001. He found three-month-old Echo unresponsive in her crib. Efforts by a family member and paramedics to resuscitate her failed. The baby girl was taken to hospital and pronounced dead 15 minutes later.
The chief medical examiner's report said Echo appeared "chubby and well cared for." The autopsy conducted the next day determined the cause of death was an acute and chronic lower respiratory tract infection. The police who investigated the baby's death contacted CFS to say there appeared to be no foul play.
Peterson Epps took charge of Sinclair's file in August 2001.
"Given the fact this parent recently had a loss in his family, we wanted to reach out (to Steven)," Peterson Epps told the inquiry. They offered him services in the "hopes" he might respond and accept them, she said.
"We knew there was a chance he might not respond to any of my overtures. The Sinclairs did not have a lot of faith in the system at the time," said Peterson Epps. A relative had a bad experience in foster care and Sinclair didn't want his own children ending up in care, she said.
Peterson Epps said she tried to meet with him but he wasn't home when she dropped by. She wrote him a letter asking him to come to the office but he didn't respond.


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Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment
David Quinn wrote:As an aside, the second show has poor audio quality and it was only after much debate that we decided to release it. The fact that it is still listenable, and that the quality of discussion is good, eventually over-rode all other considerations.
In regard to the first show, I don't see why Victor thinks that developing unique definitions for certain terms can some how undermine the Truths that they point to. Aside from that, all defintions were at some point unique to the individual or to the particular culture they were derived from. The fact that he thinks any defintion that strays from scientific or social norms makes any conclusion reached by them null and void, is a perfect example of how people stuck in the academic/scientific mind set are just as unconscious as people stuck in the religious mind set, or even the materialistic mindset.
In regards to the second show, I don't see why Nat think's his fear about people taking the ideals of this forum and running with them in a delusional or destructive way is any reason to not make the distintion between conscious and unconscious people. In all actuality if someone wants to act in a delusional and destructive way they will find a way to do it.
It's not all that hard to twist the words and meanings to suit one's own delusional interests. People do this all the time with religion, science, philosophy, spirituality and just about any other institution you can imagine. My point is, we shouldn't water down the truth, because not only will that result in hindering the progress of people with great potential for higher consciousness, but also regardless of these efforts, if it is evil one seeks, they will find a means to this end one way or another.
As for the quality of everyone's voices it was more than adequate for the purpose of the show. Everyone's words were expressed quite clearly.
Unidian wrote:it sounds to me as if someone was repeatedly scoffing quietly at certain points in both shows, and the mic caught this. If this is the case, I think it should be minimized as it undermines the appearance of professionalism.
Yeah, but that's not what he thinks. He just thinks that the conclusions QRS push as "ultimate truths" consist of symbol-manipulations perfomed by QRS on terms they create themselves. In other words, he's saying they are performing a sort of vebal shell game where saying "floopters + arglesnipes = dribblemickets." In his view as I understand it, that is all well and fine when we're dealing with dribblemickets, but meaningless anywhere else. He's saying that such conclusions are only meaningful within the framework implicitly created by those defining the terms. In addition, he's arguing that QRS pronounce synthetic truths as analytic ones but then proceed to undermine this by framing their discussions of the ideas in question in implicitly synthetic terms. The "begging the question" point he makes is also important.
IMO, David and Dan could have countered some of this more effectively by focusing more specifically on A=A, and how the logical idea expressed by it holds true regardless of what terms and definitions we plug into it. They touched on it, but they didn't get to the core of it. It wouldn't have refuted all of Victor's objections, but it would have cut to the core of what was an otherwise rather peripheral and academic portion of the discussion, where an impasse seemed to have been reached. I think that at minimum, a greater focus on A=A would have steered that portion of the conversation back to productive ground, and I think Dan and David largely missed the opportunity to do this.
Nick Treklis wrote:In regard to the first show, I don't see why Victor thinks that developing unique definitions for certain terms can some how undermine the Truths that they point to.
Unidian wrote:I don't disagree. In fact, I feel I was trying to make that point or a similar one during several portions of the show, but I regrettably ended up adopting the terminology Kevin was using regarding "consciousness" when I should have diverged and made my own position clearer. It's an area in which I feel I could have done better.
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I don't understand how the concept 'cake' represents non-duality, and 'pieces of cake' represent duality?
Can any one of you explain how we arrive at non-dual?
Haven't heard the show yet but I'd say that any grasping, arriving or experiencing (or state) is another form of slicing the cake. Any believe in having stopped the slicing is yet another form of slicing.
But that doesn't mean that there's no big cake :)
It's indeed an immense challenge to find a way to link the more mystical or religious concepts of the infinite, totality and god to the world of formal logic and science. It might be those two worlds never really will meet or perhaps it's something for future science to explore its own metaphysical origin and method a bit deeper. And its build-in limitations, which are also part of the question: 'prove it'.
Sapius wrote:Well, what I am asking is how does one arrive at the concept of One Big cake in the first place, and hold that to be the true nature of reality? That reality has some true nature other than what can be grasped, arrived at, experienced and so on… . And yet one is claiming in and of duality, (in other words consciousness, or conscious thinking) that some sort of non-duality lies beyond duality, which essentially means that it lies beyond consciousness
Kevin says that they are not really two different things, and dual and non-dual exist at the same time.
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Condition rating on this club was very good, but when i received it i would swear it was new, head and grip where still in plastic wrap WOW. And great price as well.
Got this one with the Matrix Ozik white shaft, my SS is Stiff+"ish" and this shaft is boardy and low spinning. If you don't need the help with launch height this club is a perfect long iron replacement, shot shaping is unbelievably easy. Bought it "Mint" and the plastic was still on it.
I've been hitting my baby fades with this hybrid so much easier than my normal long irons. Adams made a winner here!
This club is much harder to hit than the original pro gold hybrids I have. I knew they were for better ball strikers, so are my others, but they are a lot less forgiving. Feel nice when you hit them well, so just be warned. I kept my current hybrids in the bag due to this and use these in a backup set.
Not a bad club, I think I like the old idea pro better


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I'd never heard specifically of Discovery Envoy but this software enables this kid (or guy, I could not tell how old he was) to use his Mac to the fullest. With his head. It's quite awesome.
Apparently this software doesn't work with Mountain Lion and may never be upgraded. But anyway, this kid is surfing your web sites without hands (also without voice software like Dragon Naturally Speaking).
Heartbreaking. Interesting but heartbreaking.
One of my professors in faculty once told us that the mouse is the most counter intuitive tool and awkward and it would not last. Is was 1994-ish then.
Yet the simple tools are always the best ones. And the most helpful. Kudos to that kid.
From what I'm reading, he's using it with W7 too, after upgrading from Vista. He just needs a better machine.
Sure makes me want to stop complaining about my lot. What a fighter. It's amazing what opportunities technology can offer.
This is super cool. And what a true shame that AbleNet is discontinuing the product. :/
According to some of the comments they may be working on a Mountain-Lion-compatible version with no certain release date. However I'll believe it when more evidence comes out.
I totally know where he got that idea. Every time I've seen someone new to computers try to use a mouse, the move-something-on-the-table and your eyes following a non-equal amount of movement on a separate screen... it just seems the most unintuitive thing ever. Even touch screens, with their total lack of tactile feedback, are more intuitive in the way it has a more direct relationship with what you're seeing.
Then again, joysticks managed to make inroads in arcade gaming and they've got similar problems.
Watching someone like my mom try to do a "double-click" (which she never mastered before her death... if only she'd had Linux back then!) was enlightening, because I'd forgotten what it was like for me learning to do that.
I seriously think it would be the coolest thing ever, to set up some kind of program, which has a big sack of $$$ funds, and convinces people like Chris and people with various disabilities to get paid money from this fund to use (test) websites of webdevelopers and companies who sign up (they pay a fee which goes to the main funds) and with video and screen capture so paying developers can watch real people use both our own sites and apps and also those everyone tends to use like YouTube.
Also, the various Linux desktop environments need more help getting on-board with these technologies. I do know of a dedicated Linux for the visually impaired, Vinux, but everything else out there is just some developer's dream. The guys at Igalia are working on an open-source library for working with the Kinect though. Imagine using cameras for turning someone's gross motor movements into a way to further use computers (compared to how most computer inputs are based on tiny things and fine motor movements).
It always amazes me when people are like OMG wow, over videos and similar things like this. But then again I am used to thihs reaction. I am like yeah so what? No I am not being rude or insensive. Actually I have the same disability that Chris has, no I am not as spastic as he is, but know what it is like. His spacity is what keeps his arms locked back how they are (if you watched the video). I am happy to see that the community is willing to make the envoy work again. My question is why does it not work it whatever version of OSX? Did Apple make some [major] changes under the hood, or is it that the Enoy's software is, for the lack of a better phrase, sort of poorly made and the company relied on a hack to make it work?
The only thing I would add to the article and add here is this serves as another example as to way people with disabilities use out dated stuff.
Developers build for what they know. A lot of the young ones coming up have only seen ginormous Cine-Mac screens, touch-tap keyboards and mice with all-new hardware and modern OSes and browsers etc.
You want to see someone without those things surfing the net, you have to go hunting on Discovery Channel or something or already be involved in accessibility as a personal passion. This is why I want a testing net: groups of people not using keyboards, mice, newest software/hardware using our sites and apps. Unless you live in a largish city with some kind of Media Center where you can maybe find people using chin cups and big buttons. We don't have access, and we don't see them, so they are rarely if ever considered by the general web developer.
Yes. Old JAWS and similar have been one of my reasons for keeping support for IE6 if it wasn't a problem. Back when I had JAWS 7, it really did not work well with IE7 and didn't work at all on non-IE. A complete lack of research and statistics means we developers have zero idea how many of our users (if any) are still using something like JAWS 7, looking at the cost to upgrade.
If we don't have statistics, we can't even begin to make an argument for support in a way businesses understand.
HEH it gets worse than that. I worked in arguably an AT lab, ranked in the top 5 or higher in the US, for 6 years. If we broke it down by year, I can count on one hand, maybe two (or a year), the number of regulars we had. All the research the university does, it seems like finding people was more of hey my brother's friend's sister uses a cane.
Exactly, that's why I don't like WebAIM's survey. I watched some show a few months ago, this crew went to the deep-deep South here in the states, people were lucky to get 28.8kbps. I dare somebody to go there, find the blind population, and ask them about their setups, that's if they even have a computer.
That's a fighter! We should be thankful of what we have right now. He has this disability but it did not stop in creating this kind of stuff that people loves to share. Amazing.


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I think this is seriously awesome. This group of students are using the Beginning Oracle SQL book I co-authored in their high school Oracle class. Yes, that's right. I said high school Oracle class. I just recently became aware that a teacher at this particular Colorado high school has been including Oracle curriculum in her computer science class for a decade or so. Apparently, these kids are using the book to help them prepare for the Oracle SQL certification exam.
It amazes me that these high school students are getting exposed to Oracle this early. Not only are they getting exposed but they are learning enough to take (and pass) the Oracle SQL exam. I even heard there have been some students over the years who have completed their DBA certifications as a result of this program. Heck, when I was in high school I had never touched a computer. Of course that was back in the stone age before computers were as prevalent as bottled water (which also wasn't really around when I was a kid)!
The fact that this educator has put this in her curriculum and continued to do so for so long is something special. She also takes some of her students to the RMOUG (Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group) Training Days each year as well. That shows real interest in the kids and a desire to let them see how their education is put into action in the real world. I think such an experience would have had a huge impact on me at that age.
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Lewis Hamilton is hoping "big things" are looming with Mercedes after starting Formula One's new era with a dramatic pole position ahead of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
In wet conditions around Melbourne's Albert Park, that only added to the spectacle for the start of the new season dominated by the major regulations overhaul, Hamilton snatched pole at the death from home hero Daniel Ricciardo.
For a few seconds it appeared as if Ricciardo, who replaced fellow Australian Mark Webber at Red Bull after being promoted from Toro Rosso, would clinch a sensational pole for his new team in front of his home crowd.
But as last man across the line, Hamilton timed his run to perfection to beat Ricciardo by three tenths of a second to claim the 32nd pole of his F1 career.
While one pole position does not make a championship, Hamilton feels he is at least in the right place to add to the solitary crown he won in 2008.
"I said when I joined this team that I knew it was going somewhere, that it would continue growing, and I feel very much a part of that," said Hamilton.
"I've been told this pole is the 100th for Mercedes (as an engine supplier and manufacturer), and I've had 32 of them, so I'm really proud to be a part of the history of Mercedes-Benz.
"Of course, I'm praying and hoping that with the work we're doing and focus we have this is going to lead to big things.
"Right now, though, I'm just taking a day at a time. I'm not thinking about the potential this car has or how far it's going to go because we haven't even started the first race yet.
"But it has been incredible to see the car come together. To be able to drive it and have the performance we've had is a true showing of how strong this team really is and where it's going."
The pole elevated Hamilton alongside Nigel Mansell as the most successful Briton in F1 qualifying, a feat the 29-year-old is naturally very proud of.
"He is one of the greatest Brtish drivers we've had," said Hamilton of the 1992 world champion.
"To get as many poles as him is a great achievement which I owe to my teams, McLaren and Mercedes, and all the good people I've had around me."
As to whether Hamilton follows up with his 23rd career win remains to be seen, particularly as Mercedes - like all the teams - are still learning about, and at the mercy of, the new 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged power units.
With further rain forecast, Hamilton is predicting "a very difficult race, one of the toughest races I can imagine" as the conditions and the new systems combined to make qualifying captivating and unpredictable.
Ricciardo on the front row was certainly a surprise given Red Bull's dire pre-season, during which they were blighted with problems.
The fact reigning four-times champion Sebastian Vettel starts 12th due to a software issue underlines Red Bull are still fighting gremlins.
It is the first time in 28 races, since the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, Vettel has failed to reach the top 10.
As far as the race is concerned he is not sure he will finish, as he said: "You don't have to be a genius. We haven't done a race simulation, a race distance in one go.
"We have improved reliability compared to testing simply because we have been able to put parts on the car, but there is still a long way to go, we know that.
"We're both on the line in terms of seeing the chequered flag."
Nico Rosberg lines up third in his Mercedes, followed by Kevin Magnussen, who conjured a brilliant fourth on his F1 debut for McLaren.
As for the heavyweights, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen start fifth and 11th, the latter spoiling his return to the team by spinning into a wall at the end of Q2.
Either side of the Finn are Jenson Button in his McLaren in 10th and Vettel, the trio all elevated a place courtesy of a five-place grid penalty for Williams' Valtteri Bottas, who drops from 10th to 15th.
Marussia's Max Chilton, out-qualified 18-1 by team-mate Jules Bianchi last year, starts 17th with the Frenchman 18th.
Lotus' horrid form continued as Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado start 20th and 21st, aided by a grid penalty for Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez, who lines up at the back.


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In San Diego, the breakfast burrito is the early morning fuel of choice for many. But if you wake up craving sweets, there are several satisfying options for sweet breakfast eats, ranging from fancy French toast outfitted with vanilla whipped cream, fresh berries, and lemon curd, to simpler options like a muffin and a mocha.
Some you can easily take down solo, but for others, its best to enlist a little help from friends. Take a look at our favorites in the slideshow.
About the author: Erin Jackson is a food writer and photographer who is obsessed with discovering the best eats in San Diego. You can find all of her discoveries on her food blog EJeats.com. On Twitter, she's @ErinJax


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In this exercise you will use Flash Builder to display details about the employee that is selected from a DropDownList control (see Figure 1). To do this you will both request and retrieve data from a server and use the Flash Builder form generation wizard.
In this exercise, you will learn how to:
In this section, you will use the Flash Builder Data/Services wizard to create a data service for this exercise.
You should see the Data/Services view showing the EmployeeService data service (see Figure 5).
getEmployees() operation.
You should see the properties of the employee data displayed (see Figure 10).
In this section, you will use a Flex framework component as a master control from which you will select an employee to display in a detailed view.
getEmployees() operation and drop it on the DropDownList control (see Figure 12).
You should see the Bind To Data dialog box appear.
You should see the Form container populate the fields with the data for that employee (see Figure 19).
In this exercise you learned how to use Flash Builder to generate a details form from a master control. In the following exercises you learn about page layout and animation.
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Using Encounternet to Study Social Networks
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What is Encounternet?
Encounternet is a telemetry system that combines animal worn digital radio tags and rugged wireless base stations to create an easy to deploy and autonomous position tracking and social network monitoring solution.
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Tag behavior is highly adjustable and can be set at any time by users.
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Tags can operate in multiple radio modes, including proximity logging and a low power ID pulse mode that mimics standard radio tags. Tags also have built-in transponder capability.
Base stations automatically download onboard data logs from tags when in radio range, providing unattended data collection.
Tag and base station firmware can be customized for your application (extra charges may apply).
Tags have onboard analog sensing capability (A/D converter) and have an expansion port to extend functionality with add-on circuit boards. We will soon be offering a line of sensor tags that include accelerometer, and/or GPS.
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Prize Recipient
Malachi Tatum
My name is Malachi Tatum, and I am a native of Baltimore City. As my final year at Morgan State University quickly approaches, I reminisce on how my interest in physics all began. It was my junior year in high school when I took my first physics class. At the onset of Dr. Conrad's physics class, I became enthralled with the abstract nature of the discipline. I will never forget the homework problem Dr. Conrad assigned where you had the find the velocity of a vehicle from the deflected angle of a pendulum. The idea that one can take two seemingly unrelated physical phenomena and relate them rejuvenated the whimsical curiosity I formerly had for the sciences, thus is the reason I majored in Physics at Morgan.
As of now, the plan is to study, study, and study some more for the General GRE and Physics GRE. I need competitive scores on both standardized test to be accepted into the graduate program of my choosing. I am looking for a graduate program that offers Astrophysics, Quantum Information, and High Particles Physics so that I can figure out what direction I want to take to attain my Ph.D. But along the way, I hope to learn more about the world of Physics and more about my affinity towards that world.


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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated November 15th, 2012
DIDEM URER: Master, the crowd formed by about three thousand people gathered in Fatih Mosque, protested the attacks Israel made to Gaza for the first time in four years after Israel's Gaza invasion and shouted slogans saying; "Damn Israel! Israel do not deviate, do not try our patience!"
ADNAN OKTAR: Well, my brother, that is wrong! Such a thing should not be said. Israel is the name of a Prophet, how can they say "Damn Israel"? I mean whatever it is they are protesting they might find a name for that. But how can saying "damn Israel!" be acceptable? You would then be reviling against the Prophet- may Allah forbid. Right? How can you say "Damn"? It is the satan who makes you say that. It is not acceptable to say that. Saying "Damn Israel" is not acceptable. Israel is the name of the Prophet Jacob (pbuh), it is mentioned in the Qur'an. They are persisting on their mistake, that is not acceptable. Instead of saying that, why don't they say; "Lord, show us the Mahdi. Our Lord give us the Unity of Islam!" Isn't the Unity of Islam a clean solution? They keep saying "Damn this! Damn that!" night and day, instead of saying "Damn" say; "My Lord revive Islam!" so that the Unity of Islam would be formed. Right? The Islamic Brotherhood used to scream the place down in Syria back in time, even though we do not hear them saying this anymore nowadays. "La madrasah, la tadris, innel nezile al-Reis." They used to scream down the place saying "no need for madrasah, or for teaching, the Mahdi will appear." They should be doing the same thing. My brother, let's say that you have gone out of the Fatih Mosque, just say; "O Lord, send us the Mahdi." Let one of them pray for that and let all the others say "amen" altogether. "O Lord give us the blessing of seeing the Jesus Messiah (pbuh). O Lord give us the blessing of seeing the Mahdi (pbuh), O Lord honor us with the Unity of Islam and unite the whole ummah of Mohammad as soon as possible." And that is what we pray for, may Almighty Allah accept our prayers insha'Allah. That would be acceptable. Saying "Damn that, damn this!" is not acceptable.


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There's something about grilling – firing up some coals or igniting the gas, popping open a bottle of beer and throwing meat on the grates – that makes us think about all-American burgers, dogs and simply grilled steaks. But grilling (whether over an open flame or on a griddle or grill pan) is a cooking technique adopted worldwide, so why not shake up your routine by incorporating ingredients from across the globe into your next barbecue?
Chicken, beef, pork, seafood and even burgers need little more than fresh herbs and, occasionally, special sauces to become global fare. A good marinade, for example, such as the Yuzu-Miso marinade featured in the pork chop recipe above, can transform ordinary pork chops into a feast from the Far East. (Worried you'll stock up on bottles of exotic sauces that'll never again be used? Our By the Book writer proves a few Japanese sauces go a long way, so fret not.)
When planning your internationally-inspired meal, you may even find that you already have all the necessary ingredients on hand, and that by simply combining spices and liquids in a new way, your entrée can take on a global identity. By marinating shrimp in familiar paprika, cumin, garlic and lime juice, grilled shrimp kebabs become Spanish Pinchos de Gambas.
Hungry for more exotic grilling ideas? Check out our gallery of 25 Global Grilling Recipes, and travel to Vietnam, Greece, Mexico, India, France, China and Italy from within your own backyard.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Backed by a lone first half tally from Frank Bayabanen, the Saint Leo men's soccer team (2-0) nipped the University of West Florida Argonauts (0-1) by the score of 1-0, Saturday evening from University Soccer Field.
On a night that featured 28 fouls and five cautions, it was a 39th minute tally by the freshman Bayabanen that proved to be the difference against the Argos.
The Lions began the contest by controlling the pace of play on the offensive end as they totaled six shots on target after just eight minutes of play. A lull in pressure didn't detour the Lions' confidence, however, as the Lions struck late in the first half.
On the goal, senior Daniel Valdez dashed forward with a swift third man run. After receiving a brilliant pass from Viktor Wikner from the near edge, Bayabanen stepped into the path of the pass from Valdez and proceeded to strike a left-footed, midair blast over the keeper's hands into the top right corner. Saint Leo took the lead and momentum into the halftime break.
Technique gave way to physicality in the second half as all five cautions came over the final 30 minutes. Still, the Lions' defense and timely goalkeeping proved to be the difference as they upheld the 1-0 lead, withstanding a final push from the Argos.
In victory, Saint Leo surrendered 11 corner kicks, while Lions' keeper Manuel Schoenhuber stood out with four saves on 14 West Florida shots.
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Health groups have welcomed news that the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games will be the first ever 100 per cent smokefree Games.
VicHealth and Quit have applauded the move to make the Commonwealth Games smokefree, claiming it will not only reduce exposure to second-hand smoke but also promote the benefits of a smokefree lifestyle.
Chief Executive Officer of VicHealth, Dr Rob Moodie, said the upcoming Games were the perfect opportunity to showcase Victoria's leadership in reducing tobacco harm.
""By hosting a smokefree Commonwealth Games, Victoria sends a clear message to the rest of they world that it is committed to promoting a healthy lifestyle for the whole community.""
""The Commonwealth Games celebrate sport, fitness and friendship, and by declaring them smokefree the Government is creating a healthy environment that everyone can enjoy without having to worry about exposure to second-hand smoke.""
Executive Director of Quit Victoria said a smokefree Commonwealth Games was consistent with the overwhelming community expectation and support for smokefree environments.
""The vast majority of Victorians are in favour of smokefree environments so this will be a popular decision amongst all those involved with the Games whether they are punters, athletes or officials.""
""Smokefree policies are designed to protect all people from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and the effort to reduce exposure to second-hand smokes at Games venues should be commended.""
Dr Moodie said a smokefree Commonwealth Games made perfect sense, especially considering that excellence in most sports is difficult to achieve if you are a smoker.
""To reach a world class standard in most sports your body must be in peak condition, and it is important for young people who may aspire to compete at this level to understand smoking can hold you back physically.""
The 2006 Commonwealth Games smokefree policy also states that no tobacco product can be sold, advertised or promoted within any Games venues.
""The tobacco industry is notorious for promoting and selling products at venues where younger people are present, so it is fantastic to see these sneaky marketing tactics being stamped out,"" said Mr Harper.
""By minimising the exposure of younger people to social situations where smoking not only occurs, but is promoted via backdoor tobacco industry marketing, we can dismantle the myth that smoking is a normal behaviour.""
A smokefree Commonwealth Games will also prepare Victorians for the latest raft of State Government tobacco reforms, said Dr Moodie.
""From March this year, a series of significant tobacco reforms aiming to decrease the devastating toll of tobacco on our community will be rolled out, and a smokefree Commonwealth Games will increase community awareness and support around these legislative changes.""
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The Bikecast Episode #41. Election Special: The Left that Outflanks the Left, and the Teaparty
I can sense the coming electoral event in the air around me! The people of a right'ist persuasion whom I know or whose blogs I read are also anti-statists and shall not be voting in November. Most of this podcast is an analysis of the pre-election noise coming from the the left: their attempt to grapple with the nature of the Tea Party, and their anger at the progressive "wing" of the movement that keeps insisting that the democrat controlled government behave in some small, distinguishable way, differently than the Bush regime.
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Very few people I know demonstrate any compelling belief that voting has any significance. Statistically, of course, it doesn't. Most voters in my peer group are "defensive voters" or are surrounded by people who treat voting as a moral good (and not voting as irresponsible). But very few people demonstrate even the belief that one political figure or political party is drastically, or even noticeably, different than another.
Those that do have a clear grasp of the talking points: Yes, the current regime has increased the size and scope of the war on terror. Yes, the Iraq withdrawal is meaningless. Yes, Bush era policies have been maintained if not furthered in almost every case. Yes, covert operations, assassinations, clandestine and unconventional military operations are expanding rapidly. Yes, the gap between the rich and the poor is the largest it's ever been. Yes, corporate profits are booming while the recession looks to continue indefinitely for the working class. Yes, Health Care Reform is crafted by the medical and insurance industries for a massive transfer of wealth to those industries[1].
Yes, Iran is still being routinely threatened. Yes, the spectre of Internet censorship is greater than ever before . Yes, the political advancement of homosexual equality has been abandoned.
Yes, the war on drugs is at full throttle.
"But it would have been so much worse if the republicans were in charge." Honestly, that's all that's left in the arsenal of leftist authoritarian "reasoning."
Though counter-factuals can only be argued using reason, I am fairly convinced that, in fact, the opposite is true. At least when the sociopaths that the left recognized as sociopaths were in power, there was some noise protesting the security state, the warfare state, the torture regime, the secret prisons etc. Now, though I'm sure the hardcore is still out there fighting the good[2] fight, the rank-and-file leftists are silent as church mice. Little atheist church mice. It's difficult to claim that there are any meaningful limits to executive power, but if there are, they limit leftist regimes only when that regimes pushes left and limit rightist regimes only to the right[3].
This provides a nice segue into one of the pieces I talk about in the bikecast.
It addresses the role of the remaining progressives (Glenn Greenwald, John Aravosis, Digby, Marcy Wheeler and Jane Hamsher) who are sticking by their positions[4] even though they are hopelessly to the left of the center-right regime currently in power.
Prediction: expect to see alot of (continued) in-fighting between the cheerleader democrats who will blink at nothing short of encampment and extermination of all arabs and the political right, and those few outliers (mentioned above and those like them) who will probably all be anarchists in an election cycle or two.
I also talk a little about Matt Taibbi's Tea party analysis. The article is worth reading. I think it's interesting that, in a couple spots, Taibbi sounds like he's given up on the political process:
In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will "take our country back" from everyone they disapprove of. But what they don't realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.
Prediction (appropriated from Matt Taibbi's article): There's bound to be some pretty substantial disillusionment on the margins of the "Tea partiers" after the current batch of "revolutionary" politicians is entirely coopted or they fall to democrats leading, inevitably, to a right-wing invocation the Nader fallacy–blaming the third party for the failure of the preferred establishment candidate. Also, it will mint a whole new batch of anarchists.
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- [1] As predicted, insurance companies are simply leaving markets where regulation would endanger profits. Recently (09/23/2010) the inability to refuse children with pre-existing conditions provision of the HCR bill kicked in, and Blue Cross and Aetna simply stopped offering child-insurance. Pretty predictable really. Oh, and all the rest of it, I'm willing to wager, is similarly filled with loopholes and escape hatches–except the part where everyone is forced to buy insurance. ↩
- [2] but futile ↩
- [3] I mistakenly reversed this in the podcast. ↩
- [4] anti-war, anti-torture, anti-assassination . . . pro-human, I guess is a good summation. ↩


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Thank You for Your Help in Constructing a Carmelite Convent in Brazil
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Success Story
The northeast of Brazil continues to be the poorest region in the country. The Emeritus Archbishop of Natal, Dom Heitor de Araujo Sales, who is now 87 years old, has spent all his adult life serving the Church in this impoverished region of the country: for almost 30 years as a priest, then for 15 years as Bishop of Caicó and finally for 10 years as Archbishop of Natal. Officially he has been retired since 2003, but this is hardly the right term to use, since there is no sign of him choosing to rest. He himself believes he is, so to speak, the "guardian angel" of his former Archdiocese of Natal, since he continues to manage numerous projects there. One project especially dear to his heart is the Carmelite nuns who first settled here at his own request. It is the first and so far the only contemplative convent in the archdiocese, and it was his heartfelt wish to be able to persuade contemplative Sisters to come here. While still Bishop of Caicó, Dom Heitor was able to witness how greatly the people love the contemplative nuns. He recalls the story of a woman who once visited a convent there and afterwards said to a friend, who had not been there: "You just don't know what you missed!" As it is, a great many of the Catholic faithful come to Sunday Mass at the convent of the Carmelite Sisters in Natal, and the chapel is hopelessly overcrowded as a result. Dom Heitor has observed a "great hunger for God" among the people. The initial community of five Sisters was at first temporarily housed in the former minor seminary, but very soon the building was bursting at the seams. Above all, the Carmelites were unable to accept any new vocations for lack of space, even though there were already seven young women waiting to enter the convent. There was also scarcely enough space for the Sisters to work with their hands in order to help support themselves. Apart from one sewing machine in one tiny room, they had no other opportunities for working. Among other things they wanted to start up a candle-making workshop in order not to have to depend too much on outside donations.ACN was able to help the Carmelite nuns with a contribution of $135,000 to enable them to build a new convent of their own. Now the Sisters would like to say thank you to all our benefactors for their help in making this dream a reality!Aid to the Church in Need commits to invest your funds where they will have the greatest impact for the Church that we serve. Funds donated to Aid to the Church in Need's projects will be used towards the greatest need in our programs to help keep the Faith alive. Code: 212-06-19


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Kings of Leon set V Festival alight
7:21pm Saturday 21st August 2010
7:21pm Saturday 21st August 2010
HEADLINERS KINGS of Leon helped set Chelmsford's V Festival alight as tens of thousands of music fans descended on the musical extravaganza in Hylands Park.
But day one of the two-day event arguably failed to live up to the high standard set in previous years.
Crowds packed out the venue, split over two main stages and several other tents, and festival newcomers would have left still singing their favourite hits.
However murmurs could be heard from experienced festival goers that the line up was lacking the number of star attractions seen previously.
Those who had camped overnight or arrived at the start were treated to a promising set by Feeder, an alternative rock band whose biggest hits came in the late 90s, who performed on the V / Main stage.
Another of the early performers to get the crowds onto their feet and dancing along were The Coral with hits "In the Morning" and "Dreaming of You" getting the biggest cheers.
The Magic Numbers, Divine Comedy and Paloma Faith were among the daytime highlights on the 4 Music stage with Gabrielle Cilmi, Shaun Ryder, Robyn and Tinie Tempah all in the alternative arenas.
By late afternoon the crowd was showing its appreciation for the set by the Editors but it wasn't until Scouting for Girls and Paul Weller were competing for listeners that the festival showed its split personalities.
On one stage the piano pop group had fans who knew all the words bouncing up and down and singing along in massive numbers to "She's So Lovely" and Elvis Ain't Dead".
On the other a more chilled performance by Paul Weller was being enjoyed by the more relaxed and older audience.
In the evening festival favourites the Stereophonics and relative newcomers Florence and the Machine helped set up the main stages for Kings of Leon and David Guetta.
And it was Kings of Leon which stole the show for many of the visitors.
The internationally acclaimed hits "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody" may be the best known of the Tennessee band's hits but they kept the crowds adulation for the whole of the 90 minute set.
Away from the music the bars and food stalls were kept busy by some of the 180,000 expected to attend over the two days.
And while this may have only been an average day for a festival, rather than an unforgettable experience, the enthusiastic crowd still enjoyed almost every minute of it.
Mark Chamberlain, of Dale Close, Colchester, who was at his fifth festival, summed it up best. He said: "It is quality. Not as good as previous years and the Saturday line up is not as good as Sunday but there is still lots of different music and a great atmosphere."
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Touchdown Baked Nachosby Amie Valpone in Gluten-Free, Healthy Recipes, February 1, 2013
You've got a hoard of people coming over to watch the big game and boy, are they going to be hungry! These nachos are gluten free and loaded with veggies: spinach, avocado, cilantro and salsa. Sesame seeds give them some crunch. If you've got some extra time, swap the jarred salsa for freshly made Game Day Salsa. The nachos are also dairy-free, so guests with multiple allergies can enjoy this savory, melted delight too.
Touchdown Baked Nachos
Serves 8
1 bag corn tortilla chips
1/2 cup GO Veggie! dairy-free cheese shreds
1 cup salsa, homemade or store-bought
1 cup baby spinach
1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and mashed
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
Arrange a layer of tortilla chips on the bottom of a shallow baking dish. Add cheese, salsa, spinach, avocado, sea salt, pepper, chili powder and sesame seeds. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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It was time for me to replace Vader (my black, big, loud breathing, evil Windows, PC). So I bought myself an iMac 27″ Core i7 2,93 GHz. Anakin is here. And he is a thing of beauty.
Most games I play these days are available for Mac. Which is good. But I recently bought Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge™ on Steam, which is only available for Windows. So I started to install Boot Camp… Which was troublesome. Apparently the iMac and Windows 7 64bit isn't compatible. Trying to install Boot Camp in Windows from the Snow Leopard DVD just gave me an error. I found out that I needed Boot Camp 3.1. Which can be downloaded from apple.com. However. To install 3.1 I first need 3.0. And we already know that 3.0 can't be installed… Damn you Joseph Heller.
However. I found this guide which solved my Boot Camp installation issues. Cliffs:
- Open the Snow Leopard DVD in Windows
- Open Boot Camp\Open Drivers\Apple\
- Right click on the "BootCamp64" application and click "Troubleshoot compatibility"
- Windows 7 will recognize that it can run this application by disabling Boot Camp's Version Check – Install Boot Camp
- Run Apple Software Update (might need to install it from the DVD also if BootCamp didn't install it, not sure, I installed it before I managed to install Boot Camp) to install Boot Camp 3.1
Now my only issue is that I can't use the native resolution of 2560 x 1440. It doesn't recognize that it's a 16:9 screen and is stuck on 1920 as max horizontal pixels. I'll update if I find a fix for this …
Disclaimer: Sure, I could install Parallels, which I own … And I will … But I want both options. I want to be able to start Windows 7 inside OS X when I just need it to play easy going games or other stuff. Where I don't need all the power. But I guess that Boot Camp will give Windows 7 better performance. So I want to have that option to.
Disclaimer 2: I've tried Apples display driver. Windows default drivers. And ATI Catalyst for Radeon HD, Mobility Radeon HD and their old Boot Camp specific drivers… The ATI Radeon HD 5750 in the iMac, apparently, in reality, is a Radeon HD Mobility 5850.
Update 2009-08-12 – Got a tip about which driver to download. Actually, I got two. Can't get it working though. The drivers install fine. But I can't access the catalyst settings. And it is still maxed out at 1920×1440. It runs fine in Parallels though. But if I switch between Boot Camp and Parallels I need to re-activate Windows. Which might make it sad and lock me out. Rumors has it Ultimate does not require this. I might upgrade. But for the time being I will stay in Parallels. Only need Windows for Monkey Island at the moment anyway. (And my girlfriend need it for poker).