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When I was about 8 years old and my sister was about 5, we went to a children's running (race) event in my small town at the ball fields behind the community center. It was the first time we'd ever done anything like that and there were lots of participants and several hundred parents in the bleachers watching the event. We were pumped up to do something new and exciting.
My little sister was in a separate age category from me, and her group ran first. She ran really well in several events, coming in first or second place.
When it came for my age group to run, I lined up with everyone else, and took off. Well…. I must've tripped over my feet or something, because about ten feet into the race, I fell forward and landed flat on the ground. Humiliated, I decided to just stay there, face down. :( (That was a classic example of not really thinking things through… although it seemed like a good idea at the time.)
And I didn't get up — that is, until my poor dad came down out of the stands and helped me off the field. Talk about being red-faced and shamed! (He was very kind, though, but years later I realized HE was probably also humiliated.)
My sister didn't mention my mistake or rub it in, but she did smile all the way home, holding a lap full of trophies.
Although I never liked running (for obvious reasons), I actually became pretty athletic after that – was an alternate on the high school tennis team, played lots of sports over the years, completed several 50- and 100-mile bike rides, and have exercised religiously three times a week for more than 25 years. This event, however, was not one of my athletic triumphs…
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The artist and poet Vito Acconci has died at seventy-seven. Acconci is best known for his performance pieces, which shocked audiences in the early seventies—especially Seedbed, which a New York Times profile last summer described with admirable concision: "he constructed an angled false floor at the Sonnebend Gallery in SoHo and hid himself beneath it with a microphone, speaking luridly to the people who walked above him, masturbating as he spoke."
Before he became an artist, Acconci was a writer, and in this line, too, he excelled at provocation. The Paris Review published a pair of eyebrow-raising poems by him in our Summer 1968 issue. At that time, Acconci would've been fresh out of his M.F.A. program at the University of Iowa, where, as the Times tells it, one of his short stories "provoked a minor riot." It featured a dismembered man who became a living sculpture, and it started like this: Read More


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I don't know why, but I feel like every time I write one of these entries about an individual, I feel compelled to re-iterate the instructions given to us by management. Perhaps because these instructions and criteria are confusing and like any fledging company, every single aspect of this project is evolving. At times the management squabbles about the guidelines and presentation; so much so that most of the writing in the Fuck Saints category has focused on the category more than the porn stars. Often, so goes the Lords of the Underground. Brown has a strange criteria for who goes in what category that's filled with minutia based logic. Black has his own view on how this should be done and has been trying to change the title to "Talent We Want on Our Payroll." You've got the home grown proprietor butting heads with the Corporate headquarters advisor; neither seem to have total veto power. The titles of blog entries and categories change back and forth randomly as their mood fits, sometimes editing and re-editing like a duel.
I digress with this not to complain about the madhouse that is this company, but because it's hard to categorize, and some people you really can't categories at all. Simone Kross is one of them. She is a very intense pro dom, a beautiful and intimidating model. She is a highly talented musician and heads up Oakland band Punk Rock Audrey. Particularly on the west coast, she garners a very large following. So I ask you, how do you categorize a force of nature like Simone? Really you don't, but I think she comes to mind when I say the words "Lord of the Underground" out loud. Iconic, breathtaking and unforgettable. I fantasize all the time about Simone incorporating all of interests and abilities at once. I want her to tie me up, undress, squat over me and give me a golden shower while she serenades me with her acoustic guitar.
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The frozen carcass of a 37,500-year-old baby mammoth undergoing tests in Japan could finally explain why the beasts were driven to extinction — and shed light on the history of global climate change, scientists said Friday.
The calf — unearthed in May by a reindeer herder in northern Siberia's remote Yamal-Nenets autonomous region — is virtually intact and even has some fur, although its tail and ear were apparently bitten off.
"This is what we've all been waiting for — the chance to explain everything about the mammoth," said professor Naoki Suzuki of Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo, who is leading the first leg of an international study of the carcass structure.
"Our findings will be a big step toward resolving the mystery of their extinction," Suzuki said at a news conference in Tokyo.
Scientists believe mammoths lived from 4.8 million years ago to around 4,000 years ago, and researchers have debated whether their demise was due to climate change or overhunting by early humans.
The 1.2-meter gray-and-brown mammoth — dubbed Lyuba — arrived in Tokyo on Dec. 29 and underwent a computed tomography scan, Suzuki said. CT scans allow scientists to get 3-D pictures so detailed they allow an almost surgical view into the body.
Lyuba, which appeared to have died with no external wounds and was discovered still frozen, is the best preserved mammoth unearthed yet, according to Sergey Grishin, director of the Shemanovsky Yamal-Nenets Museum.
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My First Ballet Album (CD)
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Label: Naxos
Introduce youngsters to the magical world of ballet through its beautiful music. This CD includes excerpts from: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, Stravinsky's The Firebird, Schubert's Rosamunde, Prokofiev's Cinderella, Delibes Sylvia, and more. Also included is a booklet with information on every piece of music.
Track Listings:
1. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II By a Lake: No. 10. Scene: Moderato
2. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 2. Valse
3. The Firebird Suite: II. Variation de l'oiseau de feu (Firebird Variation)
4. Coppelia : Act I: Valse
5. Coppelia : Act I: Mazurka
6. Coppelia : Act III: Marche de la cloche
7. Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes: IV. Hoe Down
8. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II The Vision: Panorama (Andantino: The Awakening)
9. Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58 (excerpt)
10. Vremena goda (The Seasons), Op. 67: Winter: Ice
11. Vremena goda (The Seasons), Op. 67: Summer: Waltz of the Cornflowers and the Poppies
12. Vremena goda (The Seasons), Op. 67: Autumn: Bacchanale and Appearance of the Seasons (Winter - Spring - Bacchanalian Dance - Summer)
13. Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107: VI. Cinderella Goes to the Ball
14. Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107: VII. Cinderella's Waltz
15. Rosamunde, D. 797: Ballet Music No. 2: Andantino (excerpt)
16. Gayane Suite No. 2: Gayane: Sabre Dance
17. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I Tableau 1: March
18. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Tableau 3: Variation 2: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
19. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Tableau 3: Divertissement: d. Trepak - Russian Dance
20. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II Tableau 3: Waltz of the flowers
21. Petrushka (1946 version), Tableau I: Russian Dance
22. Sylvia: Sylvia, Act III: Divertissement: Pizzicati
23. Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis: V. Masks
24. Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: I. Montagues and Capulets (excerpt)
25. The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: III. Polka: Allegretto
26. Giselle, Act I: Galop general
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BWW Interviews: Talking Marriage and Mamet with Alan Campbell and Lauren Kennedy
It was recently my great pleasure to sit down and talk with Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell, of Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh, about their current production of Race, and their unique creative relationship for the production. The two are married, and this was the first time that Alan has acted in a play which Lauren directed. The two discussed how they met, how they keep their talent crushes alive, and how they worked together to create this emotionally-charged piece of theater.
The couple met doing the American premiere Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1993. Lauren was "fresh out of school," while Alan had been a working actor. Alan recalls, "I had been living in Los Angeles for almost ten years working in television, I was on a show called Jake and the Fatman for about five years, and Three's a Crowd. I started in New York and had gone to LA and was cast in Sunset from LA. I auditioned in LA and got the role in the premiere production, which was supposed to be LA-based, and then moved to Broadway. We circled each other for all those months that we were in the show, and then started dating actually right about the time [Lauren] left."
The two didn't necessarily set out to work on Race together in this capacity. I asked them about how they chose this project and how they ended up working together as director and actor. According to Lauren, "Well, we always try to do at least one thought-provoking drama that sort of anchors the fluff of the summer choices, that most people want. You know, they want something lighthearted in the summer. That's great, and we love doing that, don't get me wrong, but we always like to anchor it with something a little bit more artistically challenging and thought-provoking."
Alan adds, "we like to mix it up. We did Boeing Boeing, and then we did Dames at Sea, which is a musical, and then we like to do something serious because it brings in a different type of person. We have people who come here to see Race that probably wouldn't come to see a musical and vice versa."
As to why they chose Race in particular, Alan says, "I like David Mamet, and I had acted in Oleanna here before we took the theater over, and it had done really well down here. It kind of surprised everybody." The success of Oleanna, particularly the conversations it sparked between patrons as they left the theater, was motivating for Alan. He continued, "I'm doing more plays these days than musicals and Lauren gives me this slot. We consult about it, but I was passionate to do this play. I thought doing this play in Raleigh at this time, with an African American president, and all those issues being at the forefront might be interesting, so we got the rights and decided to do it." When Alan decided he wanted to act in Race at Hot Summer Nights, they had planned on working with a different director. When the theater lost that director, Lauren decided she wanted to direct it. The two agree that when they do hard-hitting dramas at Hot Summer Nights, "we see people that we don't normally see for our other fare, which helps us grow our audience."
When discussing the particular challenges of directing and acting in Race, Lauren laughed as she said, "I think Alan would probably say learning the lines is the biggest challenge, because it's very wordy." She continued, on a more serious note, to say, "although it's only an 85 minute play, David Mamet crams a lot of words into that, and it is rapid-fire dialogue. It comes at you fast and it jumps back and forth. He really writes like he must have been thinking, so he'll make a statement, and then he'll go back and qualify it, and then he'll come back to his point. So, it's not as linear as some writers, but that's what makes it cool, and makes it naturalistic. I think the main challenge for me as a director was just making sure that we were presenting a fair fight, because whether David Mamet likes to admit it or not, I think he writes plays to try to figure out how he feels about a subject. And so I think he wrote Race to try to figure out where he stood in the conversation and the debate. That being said, I think we need to have our audiences have that same experience, so for me to create a very fair fight and you to not know which way it's tipping one way or the other. We want to make sure that the audience leaves here only with their own history and with the information we've given them and be able to talk about it and debate it and discuss it. Not only race in general and how we view it and how it affects our society, but also who's in the wrong in this piece, and who did it and who's corrupt and who isn't."
When asked if this was the first time they had ever worked together in such a capacity, Lauren joked and said, "I mean, I tell him what to do all the time." And Alan added that he does exactly what Lauren says. Professionally speaking, this is the first time Lauren has directed Alan in a piece.
Entering into this creative partnership, Alan hoped that there wouldn't be too many disagreements that arose, noting that "it's a different dynamic when you're married and you live together," and happily admits that those disagreements really didn't come up during the rehearsal process. Giving credit to his fellow cast members, he said "good actors, from Lauren's standpoint, and from a producer's standpoint, they do a great deal of the work for you. If you cast right, a lot of it gets done naturally. [This cast] understood their characters and they understood their place in the play." He went on to add, "I trust [Lauren] because I think she's a very talented director. I've seen proof of it before. She's coached me on auditions and stuff, and I just completely trusted her to stand apart and see the big picture, whereas the individual actors many times it's difficult to do that."
Would he do it again? "In a minute," he says, although adds that, "maybe a musical might be scarier, because she even knows more about that," to which Lauren chuckled.
How did these gifted singers handle the difficult dialogue, which is sometimes referred to as "Mamet speak?" Alan says that "I get it in my mouth almost like learning music. It's like learning stuff by ear… You have to trust that it's in your mouth, it's in your head, it's in your body… There's a music to it."
Lauren agrees. "It's very true. He's written the phrasing in." She went on to give an example, "there's a speech that Alan says where it says 'I know there is nothing that a white person can say to a black person about race that is not both incorrect and offensive.' Literally, it's in the script, it's "I know. Period. There is nothing. Period. That a white man. Period. Can say to a black person on the subject of. Period. Race. Period.' It's fascinating because he's really telling you to take the time to think of the words. It's so measured and so important." They both agree that his rare use of pauses and very specific dialogue features are challenging, but that it's helpful to approach the words like music.
After discussing the challenges of doing this work, I asked them what has been the best part of doing this piece together. They agreed that they enjoyed the opportunity to spend time together. With other commitments, work engagements, and parenting, they seemed to really enjoy being able to spend quality time together in the creative process.
Alan noted that the process has reminded him how talented Lauren is, and he finds that talent attractive. Lauren feels the same way about Alan. Having met doing Sunset Boulevard, Alan remembers the first time he acted with Lauren in a leading role, and that her presence on stage was something that attracted him to her, that he was attracted to "her and her talent both." He said, "I think every now and then when you're doing dishes and you're paying bills, and you're raising a child, you know, and you're getting the oil changed in your car, to remind each other as a couple what caused that first not only emotional spark, but intellectual spark." These days, he has a "growing respect that she can direct anything."
I asked Lauren to sum up the experience of seeing Race and what she hopes the audience will take away from the show, to which she replied, "I think that the real thing that I would love for people to take away is that, though we have come so far, there is still so much farther that we have to go in our relationships with people of other races and other creeds, or sexual orientations or whatnot, that it's so good to be reminded that it's still prevalent in our society today, that there's still much to be learned and to be talked about, and we can laugh at ourselves because of the way we think, and the more you see someone else saying, like he said, what you think in your mind, and you hear it out loud, and you hear how ridiculous it sounds, it teaches you, and you become more self-aware, and hopefully become a better citizen." She mentioned her own experiences working on this show, and feels strongly that working on this show has made her a more understanding person.
Alan adds that Mamet is "holding up a magnifying glass" to society's issues about race. He elaborated by saying that even though we want to be egalitarian about race, that's just not where society is yet.
This conversation reminded me, in a roundabout way, of Hot Summer Nights | Theatre Raleigh's next production, which happens to be Avenue Q. When I mentioned it to Lauren and Alan, Lauren laughed and started singing one of the show's most well-known songs, "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist." She noted the beauty of theater is its ability to reflect us in so many different ways. She said, "that's why Alan and I really love producing theater, you know, equally or more than performing. It's because we really think about our audience, we really think about our patrons and what kind experience they're going to have. And it'll be fun because we're really hitting an older generation with Race, and you know, flip side for Avenue Q, were going to hit a young[er] demographic." Although Alan stepped in to note that they have been pleasantly surprised by the audiences at Race, noting that there have been younger people in the audiences as well.
Although Race isn't quite a comedy in the way that Avenue Q is, it certainly has some funnier moments. Lauren talked about the power of laughter, especially in a highly charged piece like this, "when you laugh, it opens your heart more. Physically, you feel your muscles being warmed, and you're ready to take in the message of it more, so I think it's a really, really important tool."
Race runs through August 5. Avenue Q starts August 15 and runs through August 19. For tickets and more information, visit www.hotsummernightsatthekennedy.org.
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I find it pays to plan for the week ahead especially if you're trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. On a Sunday night, for instance, I like to make up one of these five healthy, high-fibre lunches to grab as I head out the door the next morning. It saves me time and money and keeps me out of the food court and away from fattening and fatty nachos, fries, pizza and other fast food.
Save money, save your health and lose weight
1. A hearty sandwich made on chewy, grainy bread
You can't beat a solid, jam-packed sandwich for variety and ease. Fillings that keep well overnight are cold meat, cold chicken, ham, cheese, lettuce, cucumber, mashed egg. Steer clear of watery things like tomato, beetroot, tuna and salmon that make the bread go soggy. Or pack them separately into little containers. If you have a sandwich press (electric toaster) at work, toast your sandwich for a warming treat.
2. Easy salad box
Throw whatever veges (even cold cooked potato) and chicken/salmon/avocado/roast meat/chic peas/lentils you have into a plastic container. Toss over a splosh of vinaigrette or salad dressing and you're set. I like to pack a tub of tomato and veg salad along with a can of tuna and some grainy bread.
3. Home-made soup
Cook up a big pot at night or on the weekend, then you've got a hearty instant meal ready. Go for a soup that's chunky and filling like a minestrone or hearty chicken and vegetable or pea and ham. Pick up a fresh bread roll at a hot bread shop on your way to work or keep a packet of crispbread at work to munch with it. Oh, and I like a chunk of cheese or a hard-boiled egg for extra protein.
4. Love leftovers
Cook extra dinner so you have leftovers. Pack your lunch as part of the evening clean up – saves time. Bolognaise sauce does double duty as lunch on toast the next day or mixed in with penne or spaghetti. Pack cooked stir-fry beef 'n' veg into a container with noodles or quinoa (see right). Curry and rice also travels well. I don't know about you but I find that many dishes taste better the next day!
5. Frozen microwave mini-meals
Buy one or two frozen or packet meals when they're on special at your supermarket and take them in to work to microwave when you're hungry. Unfortunately many of these don't taste that good or don't have sufficient vegetables or herbs.
Here are a few brands I've tried and liked. I've chosen the ones that I think taste fine and are nutritionally adequate.
Frozen: try Woolworths Delicious Nutritius Michelle Bridges frozen meals (read my Review here), Lean Cuisine Chicken and Veg Risotto bowl, McCain Healthy Choice Apricot Chicken or Pumpkin Ravioli in Spinach Sauce, Michelina Prawns and Vegetable Alfredo, Weight Watchers Veg Chickpea Curry.
Canned: try St Dalfour Gourmet-to-Go tin with an easy pull-cover. I find I need to add more protein (chicken pieces, hard-boiled egg) to them to make them satisfying. Or John West Light Tuna Tempters in Lemon and Cracker Pepper is a great stand-by for more protein.
What do you find easy to organise for lunch at work?
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Forget that Champions League final - Manchester United fans have celebrated the club's record-breaking 19th domestic title.
About 150,000 supporters lined the streets as the playerstook an open-top bus tour to parade the Premier League trophy.
The double decker bus went along a 4.5-mile route through Manchester.
Manchester United lost 3-1 on Saturday to Barcelona in a high-class Champions League final.
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SHRIVENHAM boss Mark Stevens did not shed a tear when it emerged that Hellenic Premier rivals Witney Town had folded due to a lack of funds.
The Oxfordshire club were evicted from the Community Stadium earlier this month because they were unable to pay the rent, and a late attempt to groundshare with Carterton fell through.
Witney resigned from the Hellenic League on Wednesday and subsequently folded. However, Stevens admitted he was 'unsympathetic' to the club's plight.
"They were the masters of their own destiny, they were paying the wages," he said.
"I can't say I have much sympathy for them because they were paying the big money.
"We're probably the only club without a budget at all in the league, we've got other issues - attracting players for nothing.
"(That Witney have folded) has helped us because our goal difference will be improved by 15 and Highworth have lost three points.
"It's always good to see Highworth lose three points and I'm sure Fish (Highworth boss John Fisher) will enjoy me saying that."
Rock-bottom Shrivvy travel to league leaders Marlow tomorrow and Stevens says he is more concerned about the performance rather than the result.
"QPR beat Chelsea, didn't they?" he said.
"We'll go out the same as we did against Slimbridge (the match ended 3-3), we'll give everything we've got and hopefully get something out of it. It's a massive test but we'll see what we can do.
"We've got a little bit of momentum from Tuesday and we just want to carry that on.
"The performance is more important than the result, as long as we keep that level going, that will do."
Stevens is missing Greg Higgs this weekend while Jon Hanson is an injury doubt with a knee problem.
Paul Sanders and Michael Silvanus return while Nathan Hawkins has been added to the squad after signing from Cirencester.
Meanwhile, the draw for the semi-finals of the Hellenic League Floodlit Cup has been made.
Fairford, who shocked Marlow in the last round, have been rewarded with a home tie against Ardley.
In the other semi, Highworth will travel to Brimscombe & Thrupp if they can get past Cheltenham Saracens and Wantage.
Highworth have no game in the Hellenic Premier this weekend as they had been due to take on Witney.


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City launches rebate program for low-flush toilets
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012 06:00 am
St. Albert residents will be rewarded for low flushing now that the city has brought in a long-awaited rebate program for water-saving toilets.
City officials announced Monday that it would offer residents rebates for any low or dual-flush toilet installed in their homes after Jan. 1, 2012. The rebates, run in partnership with the non-profit group C3, are part of the city's plan to reduce domestic water use.
St. Albert residents use about 267 litres of water a day, according to city environmental manager Leah Jackson, about 30 per cent of that is flushed down the toilet.
City residents can get $50 when they replace their old toilet with a low-flush one, says city environmental co-ordinator Meghan Myers, and $75 if they replace it with a dual-flush. Residents can get up to one rebate per home. There's about $30,000 in the rebate fund and she says it will go fast — she's been getting calls about the rebate for months.
Low-flush toilets use as little as a quarter of the water that traditional ones do, says Candace Bjornsen, who manages C3's toilet rebate program. "That's a huge amount of household water savings."
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C3 runs about seven toilet-rebate programs in Alberta, Bjornsen says, now including St. Albert's. Those programs have helped fund the replacement of about 2,000 toilets since 2009.
Most low-flush toilets cost about $199, says Tony Thistle, a plumbing specialist at St. Albert's Rona hardware store, or about $75 more than a standard one. Older toilets can use about 20 litres per flush, while modern ones use about 13 litres per flush. Some low-flush models get by with just 4.8 but a typical low or dual-flush toilet will use six litres per flush.
Not only do you save lots of water, Myers points out that St. Albert residents pay twice for all the water they flush – once for the water and once for the wastewater. Assuming four flushes per person per day, the Gazette estimates that a two-person household could save about $128.78 a year on water and wastewater fees by replacing a 20-litre toilet with a six-litre one. They would also save enough water (40,880 litres) to fill around 245 bathtubs.
A lot of toilets on the market have not been tested, Bjornsen says, which means they might not get the job done in one flush. Their rebates only apply to toilets that have been tested to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's standards and have received the WaterSense seal of approval, which looks like a blue and green droplet.
Whatever toilet you get, Thistle says, make sure it has an exit pipe that's at least five centimetres wide and coated with porcelain, otherwise it will clog.
Many people run into problems with the wax ring and bolts of the toilet during installation, he continues. The bolts should be tightened until snug, he explains, with the same amount of rotations applied to each. Excess rotations can cause the toilet to crack. Use a ruler to determine the thickness of the wax ring you'll need to put under the toilet, and wait three days after installation before you seal it up — that'll give you time to spot any leaks.
Garbage crews won't take your old toilet if you put it out on the curb, says city solid waste programs co-ordinator Christian Benson, so take it to an Eco-Station or dump instead. You could also smash the toilet and put the bits in your brown bin, but the Eco-Station is easier.
Call C3 at 1-888-537-7202 or visit www.stalbert.ca/toiletrebate for details on the rebate.


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More than 80 volunteers from Flint Hills Resources, Friends of the Mississippi River, and Great River Greening continued restoration efforts on Nov. 3 along a section of the Mississippi River bluffs that is owned by Flint Hills Resources in Rosemount.
The volunteers removed buckthorn brush and opened and connected prairies on the bluffs, continuing the work that the three organizations have collaborated on since 2000. The goal of the annual event is to restore and reconstruct natural areas on the property.
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The Dean's Digest - September 2013
The McColl Banking Initiative has officially begun!
On Tuesday, September 17th we introduced the newest member of the McColl School faculty to the press and to the public when we announced that Ms. Tracy J. Grooms had accepted an offer to lead our Banking Initiative.
Media coverage by The Charlotte Observer and the Charlotte Business Journal chronicled the announcement in articles titled "Queens picks former BofA exec to head banking program" and "Tracy Grooms picked to lead McColl School's Banking Initiative," respectively.
Many of you know Tracy. She devoted 30-plus years of her career to Bank of America in many different roles. By continually accepting new challenges she progressed to higher and higher levels of responsibility, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank of America/NationsBank merger, as Student Banking Executive, and as Consumer and Small Business Banking Compliance Executive.
Tracy is also a graduate of our Executive M.B.A. program (Class of '98) and has been serving on the McColl School Advisory Board.
When the opportunity arose to apply her banking knowledge and experience in an academic setting, she enthusiastically stepped forward. And if there is one attribute that describes Tracy, it's enthusiasm!
She will move into her new career on October 1 and immediately begin laying the foundation for the Banking Initiative. With this new program we plan to become the premier resource for talent and thought leadership in the banking industry.
To accomplish the first goal we will be creating a banking concentration within the finance major of the new BBA degree, whereby undergraduate business students majoring in finance will have the option to study banking in detail. Enter Tracy who will create the specialized courses and curriculum that will enable our students to step into meaningful internships and full-time positions with banks.
As the courses develop, we will add in a research component so that students can begin to understand risk management, delve into the key ratios, and learn more about regulation in the industry. Eventually, we expect to produce reports for banks on a regular basis that show how they are doing in comparison to their peers.
Tracy also will be visiting banks in North Carolina and South Carolina to build support and to identify partners who could serve on an advisory board. As we grow resources for the program, we hope to tap into the considerable expertise of our partners and board members to help us prepare position papers on current trends and future directions.
We believe the Banking Initiative is the right program at the right time with the right person - Tracy Grooms - leading the way! The banking industry still faces challenges and the McColl School wants to be part of the solution. Banks need talented young employees, and this initiative will help open doors for our graduates.
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The North Downs
by Ben Haworth
A ramble around the North Downs from Singletrack member Simon Raistrick.
North Downs 'Taking It Easy' Route – pdf
Distance: 23km
Start at Holmbury hostel. Allow a fast halfday, or a full day at a more leisurely pace. Don't underestimate this route though!
Total ascent: 579m.
North Downs 'Your Average Sunday' Route – pdf
Distance: 38km
Start at the car park on Ranmore common. Allow a full day, leaving time for technical terrain, tricky navigation in places, and a fair bit of climbing.
Total ascent: 915m.
North Downs 'Grizzly Lungbuster' Route – pdf
Distance: 62km
Start at the car park on Ranmore common. Allow a full, long summer's day with lots of climbing.
Total ascent: 1563m.
The North Downs are a magnet for mountain bikers all over the South East. There's just something about the variety of the trails here – the steep chalky drops, the thick forest, the loose sand, the dry and dusty, the wet and muddy, the manmade and the natural, the views, the dropoffs, the berms, and of course, the oodles of twisty singletrack. It all adds up to an addiction that's hard to shake. No wonder the North Downs is the South East's main mountain bike playground.
The area has two distinct terrains. To the north of the railway, an unbroken ridge makes for very steep wooded slopes with rolling heathland and farmland on top. South of the railway, the hills of Leith, Holmbury and Pitch line up like sleeping policemen, and getting from one to the other requires a fair bit of up and down. They are covered in thick forest, with long gradual slopes on the North sides and steep buttresses facing South.
We arrived at Holmbury Youth Hostel the night before in temperatures of minus six, and awoke to a dawn chorus and a hearty cooked breakfast, all set for a big day. We drove to the start at the car park on Ranmore Common, because we prefer the flow of the riding from there. A quick fettle with the bikes, and we're onto the trail in record time – one of the bonuses of such cold weather.
Ranmore Common to Holmbury
From the car park, after a short stretch of road, we take the trail directly opposite the church, and soon pick up speed on the long smooth drop through the woods. A perfect start to the ride. At the farm buildings we turn left across rolling hills and then right, climbing up through the woods. We're soon descending again across fields and down to the road. The rolling hills here make it easy to imagine you're in the Dales rather than Surrey.
Turning left, the wide track around the Georgian manor at Polesden Lacey soon becomes a long steady climb back up to the ridge – a nice morning workout which really gets the lungs working. Back at the road again, and time to catch our breath.
A few metres along the road we duck down a very muddy track, then left onto an even muddier one. An off-road buggy comes careering past on the mud-rink, and our sense of well being isn't really helped when we see the driver who must be about six years old, and is pretty much peering through the middle of the steering wheel. Thankfully we escape
Mere tyres can't cope with this muddy glue, and we wheelspin all the way. Some of us think this is great fun, while others are somehow unable to share in the excitement, mostly due to locked wheels from a lack of mud clearance. Now it's time to hang on for dear life as we career down a very steep chalky downhill. Across the railway bridge and right at the farm we follow a flat smooth bridleway along a field, over a road and into Abinger Roughs. The fast smooth bridleway flows nicely, and at the junction we turn left through a battered gate onto a fast singletrack hugging the side of a field. Through another gate, and we're shooting down a steep-sided tunnel through the trees, with high banks which make excellent berms. Big smiles all round as we reach the road at the bottom.
Crossing the main road, we climb up through Paddington Farm along a dirt doubletrack, and gaining a fair bit of height, ending with another short fun drop down a tree-lined mud chute. Round the corner we find the Volunteer pub, a great lunch stop with some of the best pies ever tasted.
Holmbury uphill
Taking it easy after a bigger-than-planned lunch, we drag ourselves up to the Youth Hostel at Holmbury, following the fire road right from the car park, then down and between the two lakes. From here we take the diagonal left hand path, just as we climb up the other side. It's easy to miss.
This fire road is always beautiful in spring and today is no exception, as the sun streams through the trees casting long hazy shadows. Crossing a number of other fire roads we head straight for the water reservoir on the edge of the wood. From here we turn left and follow another fire road up the hill, passing near to the car park, and on to the trig point at the top. The top of Holmbury Hill has great views across the Weald to the South Downs, and there are trees as far as the eye can see. George Harrison and Eric Clapton wrote 'Here comes the sun' at sunrise on this spot, and it's easy to see where they got their inspiration. It really doesn't feel like you're in one of the most densely populated corners of the world.
Holmbury and Leith Hills are the mountain biking meccas of these downs. Both are privately owned, but mountain biking is allowed away from the main bridleways and there are plenty of trails. However, because they are both on private land, there are a couple of rules to be aware of; don't stray off existing trails as there are many conservation areas, and if a felled tree has been put across a path then don't ride it. Often the reason might not be immediately obvious, however the area includes archaeological remains and several endangered species.
The next part is the highlight of the ride. We head North and pretty soon take a right hand turn off the main path (don't take the first turning as it's eroding the edge of an Iron Age fort). This is 'Parklife', one of the most famous trails in Surrey and an old favourite. The rear suspension earns its keep on the swoopy rollercoaster of big drops and high berms – it's all very fast and technical and a hell of a lot of fun. Parklife spits us out, smiling and gasping, onto the fire road. We can't resist another go (back up the hill, take the big fire road left, then the entrance is on the left). This manmade trail is sometimes referred to as 'Bombholes', although its unusual shapes are actually the result of locals mining stone for their houses.
Telegraph road
A few metres down the fire road from the bottom of Parklife, we go straight ahead at the junction, then immediately left on the small track and onto another classic trail – 'Telegraph Road'. This long, fast singletrack follows the line of telegraph poles down the hill through the bracken, and is very lush in summer. Be careful to slow down for the fireroads which cross the trail, as there have been a few nasty collisions here.
The shallow steps make things interesting, then after a path merges from the right, we turn off to the right, following a beautiful woodland trail through a couple of unexpectedly deep ditches, then round to the left just before the drop. On through the woods, and straight over the path crossroads, then the trail swoops round to the right and soon starts throwing us around on some very rooty technical hairpins, spitting us out with a long straight downhill to finish. This route down from the top of the hill is my favourite trail round here, but there's still more to come.
Up to the top of Leith hill
We now face a long climb up to the top of Leith Hill, the highest point in South East England. Following the road up, we reach the Greensand way, and follow its smooth wide sweep up to Leith Hill. I stop to admire yet more beautiful forest, although the real reason is the pain in my lungs from a winter spent semi-hibernating.
Crossing the road, we join the long straight stony bridleway which takes us all the way to the top of Leith Hill. As the ground eventually starts to level out, there's a bike skills area with all kinds of jumps and drops, so of course we
can't resist a little play, but immediately betray our cross-country leanings with a complete lack of 'big air' ability. We decide it's best to move on before some thirteen-year-olds turn up and make us look stupid.
The main track goes rapidly to the top, which is crowned with a stone tower, complete with sandwiches and home-made cake, perfect for keeping any onsets of climb-induced skinniness at bay.
Leith hill downhill via Summer Lightning After a well-earned break on top of Leith hill, we drop down a wide steep rooty track, soon coming to a right hand turning, which takes us up and along to the cricket pitch on Coldharbour Common. Turning sharp left, we take a long fast downhill, becoming steeper and more rubbly as we drop into the valley.
At the valley bottom we turn sharply back on ourselves for a short, sharp climb. We're now entering the realm of the Redlands trail builders – a group of volunteers who've made some fantastic trails in this area – a map of which can
be downloaded from their website. See the links at the end of this article.
Once the trail has levelled out, there's a left turn onto 'Summer Lightning', a fast bermed singletrack, and a classic trail. Unfortunately it was closed when we got there, because Redlands are repairing it over the next month or so, and hopefully it'll be back to its old self soon (they're also looking for volunteers to help with trail building).
Bypassing Summer Lightning, we take the main byway down instead. (The Summer Lightning route is shown on the route map, and this rejoins the byway further down the hill.) This sandy bobsleigh ride is very heavily eroded, lying about 2m below ground level, due at least in part to the 4x4s which power up here every weekend. Shunning the smaller track which follows it to the left, we power down the main bobsleigh run, gaining lots of speed. Just in time we notice the turning off to the right, and pound down the stony bridleway, barely managing to hold onto the handlebars as they buck and judder over the stones. Suddenly we're gliding through beautiful fields, then just as suddenly the path turns into tarmac, and soon we come to a halt at the main road.
Back to the start
Crossing over the road and then the railway, we're faced with an evil climb back to the car at the top of Ranmore Common. We know it's the last climb of the day, so we somehow manage ride up it, legs burning and front wheels
skitting, but at least there's a comfy seat and a flask of tea in the car at the top.
And so our North Downs addiction is satisfied – for another week at least.


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Sen. Kennedy a Prolific Advocate for Low-Income Americans
(Washington, D.C.) Following is a statement from Alan W. Houseman, executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), regarding the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
"Sen. Kennedy was a prolific advocate for progressive policies that provide opportunities for all Americans, especially low-income people. His deep conviction for social justice was evident in the many causes he championed and the bills that bear his name.
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My apologies for this being my first post.....but I need help.
Can you help me identify this weapon?
all that is marked in .300 sav and a few numbers.
The rifle was given to me by my father.
He was a novice collector and recently sold most everything to Cabela's.
I've had this one for 25 years and want to trade or sell, so I just need to know what it even really is.
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Some closer pics of the action ,both sides, will reveil much. It appears to be a 98 mauser built by some gunsmith into the gun it is today. It definately doesnt look like a factory built rifle. For us mauser fans this was a common conversion. The value isnt that much as there were
MANY millions of these made. Value can be increased by the maker of the action.
.300 Savage is a great round.
Yours appears to be on a military Mauser 98 action of some kind. Most of the commercial Mausers had a thumb safety instead of the military lever. Can you post some clearer pics of the other side of the receiver?
How does the bbl look?
For the pittance you will get if you sell it, just hold onto it.
I'm heavy on Mauser hunting rifles, or would probably buy it from you. I like Mausers.
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thanks Gentlemen.
couple more pics. I would keep the piece, but I have no emotional tie to this weapon at all.
Just taking up space in a very limited gun safe.
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one more
Any pics of the left side of the receiver that are a bit farther forward, and clearer?
It is a sporterized military Mauser, but which one...
sorry man
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Can you tell I'm not a rifle guy??
safe full of scatter guns.......this is one of two rifles.Attachment 17884
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It is a small ring Mauser, but I'm still not 100% on the origin. Tell us about the markings. Language, etc.
No Doubt
Fair enough....LOL
dang I-phone....
No markings other than .300 SAV and numbers.....ZR ????
and a few other number markings
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Jason, Alex, and Susie talk about the failure of nearly every web phenomenon that found its way to "real" TV.
Play This! Podcast 35: Our favorite mobile games
Really, we have no idea what makes a mobile game great, but that doesn't stop us from picking our favorites.
Play This! Podcast 34: The Last of Us
The Last of Us is dark, depressing, and makes you feel bad. You should definitely play it.
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Carlos, Jason, and Alex C. live second lives as Animal Crossing characters. Stay tuned as they discuss bells and the finer points of turnip sales.
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The woman was granted R500 bail in April. Her child was at a place of safety, Gauteng traffic spokeswoman Busaphi Nxumalo said at the time.
The 19-year-old mother is originally from Orange Farm and faces charges of attempted murder and child abandonment.
She was arrested on April 5 at night, two days after her 16-month-old boy escaped being hit by a truck while walking along the freeway.
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DEDICATED staff at a Bromsgrove theatre proved that the show must go on, whatever the weather.
The Artrix Theatre was holding its first live streaming of The Magistrate from The National Theatre on Thursday, (January 17), when the signal began cutting out.
The signal was being interrupted by a snowstorm, blowing the Artrix's satellite dish out of position.
Realising the problem, Artrix technicians Chris Lee and Tom Jude climbed onto the roof of the School Drive-based venue, and fixed the dish.
But as the weather deteriorated further the pair decided to stay on the roof for the rest of the performance - including the whole of the second half - ensuring the dish was in the correct position to pick up pictures of the play.
Throughout Rob King, another technician, kept an eye on the screening in the venue's auditorium to make sure their efforts were successful, and kept them informed.
He was also tasked with delivering mugs of steaming hot coffee to help the dedicated pair keep warm.
Fran and Nick Westrop, from Hagley Crescent, were among those in the audience who were unaware of what was happening, only learning after the show of the staff's hard work.
Fran said: "The cinema began to experience problems with the signal and at one point our evening's entertainment looked in jeopardy.
"For their perseverance and dedication, we salute and thank them."
Nick Taylor, from the Artrix, also praised the technicians for their dedication.
He said: "The streaming went ahead very successfully largely due to the commitment, over and above the call of duty, by the technicians.
"The audience were appreciative."
Nick added the Artrix's next live streaming, of Alan Bennett's People, is being held on March 26.
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In 1994, Porterville College responded to a need for elementary teacher training in the sciences. A Planning Grant was secured from the California Postsecondary Education Commission to study the feasibility of such an outreach program. Porterville College then teamed with Porterville High School and representatives of the Porterville Unified School District to plan the project and write an implementation grant. The project evolved to encompass the teaching of science to interested elementary school teachers, who in turn would use the equipment purchased by the grant on a rotating basis to teach the children in their classes. The full grant was secured for a four year period from 1995 through 1998, then extended for one additional fiscal year, 1998-99.
The Science, Mathematics And Resources Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) mobile science outreach project is still going strong today! Porterville College has joined with Porterville College Foundation and the Tulare County Office of Education to enlarge the scope of the outreach from just the Porterville College service area to all of Tulare County. The Porterville College S.M.A.R.T. Science Outreach Project is now formally housed within the Porterville College Foundation. The Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation and accepts charitable donations from organizations and individuals on behalf of the S.M.A.R.T. Science Outreach Project.
In 1998 the League for Innovation awarded the S.M.A.R.T Lab and it's developers the "Innovator Of The Year" Award. Dr. David Scott, Consultant and League for Innovation Representative, and Ms. Linda Prentiss, Director of Development and Community Education, Porterville College presented the League Of Innovation "Innovation Of The Year" Award to Mr. David Wright, Mathematics/Science Chair, Porterville College, and Mr. Jeff Cozad, Science Department Chair, Porterville High School, for Science/Math and Resource Technology (S.M.A.R.T) Mobile Science Lab for Outreach Services.
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Let's Talk About Testicles
Ah, testicles. So mysterious! So enigmatic! Why do they look like that? How do they work? The testes are an enigma to most women. Thankfully, an evolutionary psychologist and a pair of female researchers have stepped forward to answer the question: "Yo, what's up with testicles?" In this month's Evolutionary Psychology, Gordon Gallup, Mary Finn, and Becky Sammis explain the evolution of the testes. Find out wassup with the sack after the jump!Why are testes designed the way they are? Smart people in white coats have been scratching their heads over why human testicles descended for years. After all, not all beasts are constructed thusly. For example, elephant testicles are hidden away inside the body, protecting them. Why are human males danglers? One theory is that testicles descended from the body for the purpose of "showing off," like peacock feathers. In theory, the bigger the scrotum, the greater likelihood of reproductive success. Turns out, that's not the case. If that were true, guys would have grown some really big balls over the years. "[W]e would expect to see scrotal testicles becoming increasingly elaborate and dangly over the course of evolution, not to mention women should display a preference for males toting around the most ostentatious scrotal baggage." Happily, that's not what happened.
In reality, the scrotum serves as a production facility and "cold storage" for sperm, which likes to chill where it's coolest. Descended testes keep the sperm cool, moving the happy sack away from the body. The temperature inside the scrotal zone is 2.5 to 3 degrees Celsius lower than the rest of the body. When the chilly semen fridge comes into contact with a vagina, the heat "activates" the exposed testes, "radically jumpstart[ing] sperm that have been hibernating in the cool, airy scrotal sack." It's only when encountering the vagina that the exposed testicles really get busy, "temporarily making [sperm] frenetic and therefore enabling them to acquire the necessary oomph to penetrate the cervix and to reach the fallopian tubes."
And dudes thought they were doing it all on their own. [Scientific American]


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Almost two months to the day after I took a flight in the Liberty Belle, a restored B-17 bomber from World War II, the plane caught fire and crashed in a cornfield near Oswego, Ill.
News-Sentinel photo chief Dan Evans, Lodi resident Chuck Casella (a tailgunner in the European theater during the war) and I all were passengers of the aircraft that flew over the Sacramento area in mid-April.
The four-engine Boeing plane was briefly stationed at Mather Air Force Base as members of the Liberty Foundation — a group that provides rides in historic aircraft — toured Northern California with the plane. We basically found Casella by luck. He responded to a news brief asking readers if they had flown in a B-17 before.
Casella initially declined the offer to take the flight with us, but his wife, Vedah, urged him to reconsider. I don't know what she said, but it worked.
The assignment was gratifying because it offered us the chance to reward a veteran and loyal reader with a rare opportunity. Watching a beaming Casella tour the aircraft as the steel behemoth rumbled through the sky is a memory I don't plan on relinquishing.
It was as if I watched a microcosm of the war as he shared memories and cracked jokes with the other former airmen.
I guess I still shouldn't be surprised he handled the flight better than me or Evans. After all, he was operating a .50 caliber machine-gun from the rear of the plane over the Mediterranean Sea before our dads were even born.
While Evans was feeling good enough when we touched down, I practically made out with the runway when I got off the plane. It's not that I didn't feel safe; I just hate flying to begin with. Ten more minutes in the air and they would've been pressure-washing my breakfast out of the restored fuselage.
The loss of the plane is tragic on several levels. The only positive is that no one was seriously hurt Monday. Not only are there likely heavy financial losses for the Liberty Foundation, but the plane is ruined beyond repair.
There are only 13 B-17s in flying condition left, according to Liberty Foundation spokesman Ron Gause.
Its loss offers sobering symbolism of the World War II generation that is also sharply declining in numbers.
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HALL Family Taekwon-do collected two silver and three bronze medals at the Welsh Open Championships in Cardiff which saw entries from many international competitors.
Instructors and coach Luke Hall fought in a particularly tough category against many of the association's top fighters and secured a silver medal.
Junior Black Tag, Beth Hill, fought in her first international tournament in a difficult category and took a bronze medal for her efforts.
Senior coloured belt Tomas Strapko also fought in his first international tournament earning a bronze medal while Chris Royles and Nick Slane added to the awards on the day, earning a bronze medal and silver medal respectively.
Alex Winney, Lyndon Winney, Marcus Ashfield, Jason Winney, assistant instructor and coach Dan Sneddon and instructor and coach Sarah Hall also entered this challenging tournament and despite fighting through many difficult rounds missed out on medals.
All the students received a diploma for their skill on the day.
"We would like to give a special mention to a young student, entering his first competition ever, who showed amazing spirit and determination," said Luke and Sarah Hall.
"Lyndon Winney, age seven, has never before entered a competition and only started training this year.
"He bravely entered such a large tournament and despite falling short of a medal, showed the most genuine sportsmanship and enthusiasm that we have ever seen."
The pair added: "We are extremely proud of all the students who took part and also those who came and supported on the day."
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Our friends at Vox Nova have a fine takedown of the American Papist who wonders why more of us on the left have not joined him in applauding a group that stages videotaped encounters with the staff at Planned Parenthood clinics in an effort to "expose" them and their nefarious deeds.
I am no fan of Planned Parenthood. But, these juvenile, staged, videotaped encounters, like the earlier efforts to take on and take down ACORN, are not worthy of comment. They entirely miss the fact that the people they are "exposing" are, perhaps, not as morally indignant as the Papist wants them to be because they are trying to figure out what the hell is going on. If someone goes in with a problem, really any problem, a counselor should not attack them. It takes a while to answer basic questions: Is this person making this up? Is this person mentally unbalanced? Is this a hoax? How desperate is this person? The sense of bewilderment is not the same as a sense of moral laxity.
That said, in the Papist's defense, one of the things the blogosphere does well is keep everyone on their toes. Too often, we on the left do not call attention to stories that make our side look bad and the same happens on the right. The Papist has every right, even an obligation, to call out those with whom he disagrees but next time, perhaps, he could focus on something a little more substantial than these faux-investigative reports that are sophomoric at best.
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A top-down sock to commemorate the fall season and the greedy activity of squirrels everywhere. An openwork pattern extends down the leg and over the foot (pattern is not reversible for toe-up construction).
The stitch number of the Acorn Lace pattern varies from row to row. A change in yarn weight or needle size will cause a variation in the size of the socks.
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christmas pudding 'coins' (charms or tokens)
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It's an old British tradition - seen in other countries as well - to put silver coins or sometimes other charms into traditional Christmas plum pudding. The idea is that if you find a coin in your piece of pudding you will have luck - especially with money - for the forthcoming year. These days because of the use of base metal coins the tradition is difficult to maintain. So I have created my own slant on the tradition and have made sets of pure silver Christmas pudding 'coins', each of which has been etched with a vintage Christmas illustration. Each set comes with recipes for my family's traditional Christmas pudding and brandy sauce, as well as care and use instructions. Made by me!
are these still avaliable? they are fantastic!
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|From: Neil Van Dyke (neil at neilvandyke.org)
Date: Thu May 26 18:46:19 EDT 2011
Just to update the email list for posterity on the rare process crash that I saw in production of a server app that launched many thousands of short-lived processes... Matthew Flatt kindly did some debugging, and, if I understand correctly, the cause he found was a combination of the app's Linux servers using address space randomization, and the app's code having thunder thighs. On very rare occasions, the planets would align just wrong, and randomization would mean that the address range of the app's stack would be pushed outside the range that the GC expected. Or something like that. The app developers are currently stress-testing the code with address space randomization disabled on a test server. So far they haven't been able to elicit another crash. We also will be making this app more svelte on the stack, now that the Dr. has pointed out the weight problem. I wanted to mention that no fault of Racket is implicated here, and that Racket has been nicely reliable for this app... I believe that any huge stack frames of this app are due to historical peculiarities of the apps's code, not a fault of Racket. The code has been in production for years, and (p)reinvented a few wheels that it would not need to with contemporary Racket. Some Googling suggests that people have encountered a similar problem with address space randomization messing things up for the official Java JVM. You can also find occasional mentions of this if you Google for it with the names of some other language implementations. I think it's not a well-known problem, and an app developer needs to have enough volume to encounter the problem, followed by the will to investigate a crash rather than consider the occasional freak crash to be acceptable. -- http://www.neilvandyke.org/
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Kevin Smith's Hit Somebody to be a two parter
12:00 PM on 08.15.2011 // Matthew Razak@MatthewRazak
There are some stories that you just couldn't contain in one film. Epic tales that bridge massive worlds and themes. Now a new story comes along that cannot be confined to the running time of a single film. No, Kevin Smith's upcoming comedy about hockey, Hit Somebody, is just too large to even think about being one film the director revealed.
At a recent Red State screening, Smith said that the first film would be about the childhood of Buddy, a kid who dreams of one day scoring a goal in the NHL. The second film with then be about Buddy in the NHL. You can understand from this why it's a good thing Smith has ditched the studio system because there is no way in hell anyone exec would greenlight a four hour comedic NHL epic from a director whose movies haven't really been grossing that much money. This way he gets to make what he wants however he wants to -- for better or worse.
I'm sure all of Canada will turn out for both films, but what about all our non-Canadian readers? You interested?
[Hour Community, via TotalFilm]
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Yum Market Finds: Go Green!
This week, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I thought it would be fun to show you some of the awesome green stuff you have found online and saved in the Yum Market. I don't want to be misleading, when I say green I mean the color, not the environmental movement that has taken over the world (although it would be cool if there was some eco green stuff in the Yum Market, hint hint). To add a splash of green to your kitchen, here are my top picks:
How cool is this green bowl that Eruntale found? It's ideal for eating in bed or taking your cereal to go. I love how its shape is somewhere in between a bowl and a large tea cup.
For more green,
Be a kitchen goddess and cook in this key lime pie colored apron. The luscious color isn't the only great thing about this apron that chellebaby discovered, it's reversible so you can flip it and be domestically fashionable in floral prints too.
I totally have to get this sage metallic wine tray. It's incredibly chic and modern and totally necessary for those outdoor wine club parties I will be hosting this spring and summer. Thanks for saving this Bonne!
Please keep on bookmarking the cool stuff you find. To learn how to do this, please read geeksugar's informative explanation.


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|From: Neil Van Dyke (neil at neilvandyke.org)
Date: Mon Apr 2 03:37:52 EDT 2012
Joe Gilray wrote at 04/02/2012 12:44 AM: > 1) [,,,] > > (define ggg (make-hash (list '(1 4)))) Instead of '(1 4) , which is a list, you want a pair, '(1 . 4)) . If you're not yet familiar with pairs, you might want to soon take a detour from the numerical Project Euler problems, to play a bit with making your own pairs and lists. They're still pretty fundamental. Maybe try making some recursive procedures that build lists in different ways. (Don't use Hashes, nor the "do" form, nor "map", nor any of the "for"-something forms. Just you, recursive procedures, and "cons".) > 2) My use of hash-has-key? feels clunky, Could I better use hash-ref? > especially here: > > (if (hash-has-key? ht col) > (let ([colval (hash-ref ht col)]) ... Good eye. One way to do this is to use an optional argument to "hash-ref", to supply a default value that would never be returned if "col" were in "ht", and then to test against that default value. When possible, use #f for this default value, so that it works nicely as a Boolean, such as with "if". (let ((my-value-from-ht (hash-ref ht col #f))) (if my-value-from-ht [...do something with my-value-from-ht...] [...do something else...])) Even better, you can do this with "cond" "=>", like so: (cond ((hash-ref ht col #f) => (lambda (my-value-from-ht) [...do something with my-value-from-ht...])) (else [...do something else...])) This code pattern with the "=>" thing looks cryptic to someone who's never seen it before, but it has a couple advantages: (1) you can't accidentally use "my-value-from-ht" in the ``do something else'' part; and (2) your code might be cleaner, if ``do something else'' part can become additional clauses for the "cond", rather than just the "else" clause. BTW, remember that "(lambda (my-value-from-ht) ...)" is just defining a procedure. In the "cond" example above, you might be able to put a variable identifier for a procedure instead, so "=> (lambda ...)" would look something like "=> my-proc", and somewhere else there would something like "(define (my-proc val) ...)". This is perhaps most useful when "my-proc" is more general than just that one "cond" clause. Neil V. -- http://www.neilvandyke.org/
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Kristen Paulus and Dustin Wachter were joined in marriage by Capt. Bruce Hudek aboard the Goodtime III in Cleveland on May 26.
Music was provided by Surgical Sound. The wedding colors were pink and white.
The bride's parents are Jim and Lori Paulus of Ravenna. The groom is the son of Mark and Carol Wachter of Newark.
The bride was escorted by her father. She chose a strapless organza A-line gown with a corset closure and notched neckline. The bodice featured heavy ruching accented at the natural waist while the A-line skirt featured tiers of gathered ruffles. She carried pink and white calla lilies.
Carly Paulus of Ravenna served as her sister's maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Katie Harker of Mount Airy, Md.; Lynae Gieseman of Louisville; Shannon Letendre of Scottsdale, Ariz., cousin of the bride; Mandy Mendoza of Alexandria, Va.; Shelby Sitko of Kent; and Casey Paulus of Ravenna, sister of the bride.
John Neu of Columbus served as best man. Groomsmen were Jared Lesch of Columbus; Bryan Dailey, Josh Devoll and Ryan Dunlap, all of Newark; Rick Ingold of Arcanum; and Bryan Hendershot of Wilmington, N.C.
A wedding reception was held aboard the Goodtime III.
Special guests included Phyllis Paulus of Stow, grandmother of the bride; Bob and Luana Ziska of Kent, grandparents of the bride; JoAnn Bond of Newark, grandmother of the groom; the Marchand family of Pacific Grove, Calif., aunt, uncle and cousins of the bride; Mark and Judy Letendre of Scottsdale, Ariz., uncle and aunt of the bride; Sam and Carol Borden of Huntsville, Ala., uncle and aunt of the bride; and Jillian Wachter of Atlanta, Ga., cousin of the groom.
The bride is a 2006 graduate of Ravenna High School and a 2011 graduate of Kent State University. She is employed with Tween Brands in New Albany.
The groom is a 2005 graduate of Newark High School and a 2009 graduate of Youngstown State University. He is employed with Park National Bank in Newark.
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ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine men's hockey team hadn't beaten Boston University at Alfond Arena since Nov. 8, 2009.
But the Black Bears ended their frustration emphatically Friday night.
Freshman left wing Brian Morgan scored a pair of goals and also added an assist as the Black Bears thumped the Terriers 7-0 at Alfond Arena.
Maine is now 5-4-1 overall, 2-2-1 in Hockey East. BU, which had been 3-0-2 in the last five games at Alfond Arena, fell to 4-6 and 2-3, respectively.
It was BU's most lopsided loss since an 8-1 setback to Providence in 1995.
Martin Ouellette picked up his second shutout of the season with 34 saves while BU used Sean Maguire and Matt O'Connor in goal. They combined for 27 stops.
"The thing that pleased me the most was we scored seven goals," Maine coach Red Gendron said. "We had gone nine periods without an even strength goal (until two third-period goals in a 4-3 loss to Vermont last Saturday). BU had just as many chances as we did, maybe more but Marty Ouellette came up with some important saves and their goalies weren't able to tonight."
Devin Shore and Connor Leen scored first-period goals to provide Maine with a 2-0 lead before second-period goals by Ben Hutton, Blaine Byron and Morgan moved the lead to 5-0.
Billy Norman and Morgan added third-period goals.
"We played really well," said Shore. "We battled hard for 60 minutes. We made some mistakes but (Ouellette) came up with some big saves."
"The guys went hard to the net and made it hard for their goalies," Ouellette said.
Shore scored the first goal at the 10:01 mark of the first period and assisted on the second by Leen on a five-on-three with just six seconds left in the period.
Shore opened the scoring by carrying the puck down the left wing in a one-on-one with BU defenseman Garrett Noonan and taking a seemingly harmless wrist shot from the outside of the left faceoff circle that hit Maguire and trickled over the goal line.
"I was alone. There wasn't anybody with me so I just threw it to the net and it went under his blocker and over his pad," said Shore.
The goal actually jump-started the Terriers and they generated some sustained pressure over the next five minutes.
Speedy defenseman Matt Grzelcyk made a nice rush down the left wing and circled the net only to have Ouellette kick out his wraparound attempt with his left pad.
Penalties late in the period 42 seconds apart on Matt Lane and Patrick MacGregor supplied Maine with the five-on-three and Leen capitalized when he one-timed the rebound of a Shore shot from the high slot past Maguire. Leen was parked in the right circle and beat Maguire to the short side.
Ouellette preserved the 2-0 lead early in the second period with a crucial stop on Cason, Hohmann's breakaway.
"He had a penalty shot on me a year ago and said in the paper that he wanted to go five-hole but saw the glove side open," said Ouellette. "He went glove side and I made the save. So I figured he'd try to go five-hole this time. He did and I was able to get my stick and pad on it."
Shortly afterward, BU defenseman Ohti Oksanen lost his stick at the right point and Hutton pushed the puck around him before dashing out of the defensive zone and carrying it down the left side on a two-on-one with Shore.
He carried the puck into the left faceoff circle as his wrister squeezed off the pads of Maguire, who was then replaced by O'Connor.
"I wanted to go top-shelf but the puck wasn't in the right spot. Their defenseman came over to me so I just tried to get a shot on net and it went over his pads. He got a piece of it," said Hutton.
Gendron said the dramatic sequence in which Ouellette stopped the breakaway and Hutton scored shorthanded was "huge."
Byron expanded the lead six minutes later when BU defenseman Doyle Somerby lost his stick and Cam Brown forced the puck ahead to Morgan, who skated down the slot before sliding the puck across to Byron, who directed the puck past the helpless O'Connor.
Morgan's first goal made it 5-0 on the power play. He tipped Eric Schurhamer's screened wrister from the midpoint behind O'Connor.
In the third period, Norman scored on a breakaway early in the third period before Brown fed Morgan on a two-on-one and he converted.
"Maine played fast and they generated a lot of chances," said BU senior defenseman and co-captain Noonan. "You've got to give them credit. They played a good game. They worked hard."


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(CNSNews.com) – White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday said "there are no winners" in the debt showdown after Senate leaders announced they had reached a compromise to avoid default on the debt limit and to reopen the government.
"There are no winners here. We've said that from the beginning, and we're going to say it right up to the end, because it's true. The American people have paid a price for this, and nobody who's sent here to Washington by the American people can call themselves a winner if the American people have paid a price for what's happened," Carney said when asked if the agreement represents a "complete win for the White House."
Under the Senate agreement, the government would be reopened through Jan. 15, and the Treasury Department would have the authority to borrow money through Feb. 7.
Carney pointed out that the economy has suffered because of the impasse, "and it was wholly unnecessary."
"And let's just remind ourselves that we're not even out of it yet. This is not done. We need action to be taken so that the government can re-open and the threat of default can be removed," Carney said.
"In this agreement, is there a little bit of ransom paid? I mean there is a provision in here that requires verification for recipients of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act," a reporter asked Carney.
"The income verification provision, to which you prefer, was negotiated by Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans and is a modest adjustment to the existing Affordable Care Act law. We have always said we are willing to make improvements and adjustments to the law," Carney replied.
He said it's not considered a "ransom," because both sides agreed to it, and the White House supported it. "We're fine with it," Carney said.


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By NB Staff | February 8, 2010 12:18 PM EST
It's the central question of the health care debate to liberty-loving Americans: Where in the Constitution does our charter of government grant the federal government the power to make us buy health care (or make us buy anything, for that matter)?
But to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, it's an illegitimate question. "Are you serious?!" she shot back at a CNSNews.com correspondent Matt Cover. Pelosi is not alone. Her friends in the liberal media also find the question ludicrous.
So Media Research Center video producer Bob Parks worked up a brief video that showcased how many in the liberal media see no constitutional problem with federal mandatory health care insurance.You can watch the video in the embed at right.