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An Open Letter
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Wednesday, October 19. 2011
An Open Letter
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Mat. Schmemann hits the nail on the head again! What a wonderful woman who can see through the smoke screens and uncover the essential issues. God Bless her! I only hope people take serious note of her letter and in Seattle, we'll see serious change - again! May God Grant her Many More Years!
Anonymous on 2011-10-19 07:32
Beautiful words from Matushka.
"But when the solutions are reduced to condemning words, dramatic expulsions, blind reliance on rules and limits then we are going about this the wrong way."
Condemning words? Dramatic expulsions?
I wonder who she was referring to when she wrote this? Who's condemning words and what dramatic expulsions?
(Editor's note: Let's juust take it as a reference to generic examples of abuse of power and leave it at that.)
Anonymous on 2011-10-19 07:51
Well, how dare she! Doesnt she know that certain people are dedicated to getting rid of +Jonah?!?! How can there be a peaceful assembly then?
robert on 2011-10-19 08:39
What you fail to realize is that everything Met. Jonah has done, he has brought on himself. He has brought on "getting rid" of himself. He cannot remain as Metropolitan. His options are few. It would be best that he resign before Seattle.
anonymous on 2011-10-19 12:16
Ya' know, maybe, just maybe what we need in Seattle is an old-fashioned, drag out, chair throwing, fisticuffs meeting. One of these are needed from time to time to clear the air. Even St. Nicholas probably knocked Arius on his tuckus in 325. The right-wing, convert element that is trying to hi-jack the OCA and turn it into their own form of twisted church needs to be addressed. As Matushka Schmemann said, we are an American Church; not Russian or Greek or anything else. Where is our American Church? Who is trying to hide it? Why should we care what foreign bishops want or think? They have no real jurisdiction outside their own immediate territory.
Anony Mouse on 2011-10-19 12:59
I doubt that had it not been for the efforts of Matushka Julianna and our Father Alexander to give life to an Orthodox Church in America that I would have found the Peal of Great Price.
Striving to reinvigorate the ancient Faith by trying to free Her from the traditions that are neither Holy nor Apostolic, Matushka and Father devoted themselves to a work of love. Their family, continues in that wonderful tradition, and we are blessed by the service of Fr. Thomas, Fr. John, and other family member to the Church.
I believe that that small voice of the Lord that Matushka talks about, is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, everywhere present and filling all things.
If we as individuals in the Body of Christ take seriously the admonition of the Church Fathers to acquire the Holy Spirit, we will learn to love the Truth, and seek to know the truth, even when it reflects on our own failures.
This is what leads us to repentance, which is a changing of our hearts and minds. As St. Isaac of Syria reminds us: "This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits."
To the degree that those in Holy Orders, and those in the laity, take this Admonition of St. Isaac to heart; the outcome of our All American Council will be determined.
Marc Trolinger on 2011-10-19 14:38
"Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?"
Mark 8:18
Anonymous on 2011-10-19 16:39
Converts are sure to feel welcome in the OCA.
Fiona Samaritisa on 2011-10-19 23:03
Anony Mouse,
What do you mean by "right-wing, convert element"? I have been right-wing over 40 years; it is one of the reasons I became an Orthodox Christian. I have been a convert to Orthodox Christianity since 1985. Although I came to Orthodox Christianity through the Moscow Patriarchate here in the USA, I have vocally supported the establishment of an autocephalous North American Orthodox Church from early in my catechumenate; it is a position I vigorously continue to hold. Reflect on the possible effect(s) your overgeneralization may have on others who may read your comment. (Mea culpa! I know that this is the pot calling the kettle black.)
Mark C. Phinney on 2011-10-20 04:25
This is a marvelous "Open Letter" that reminds us of who we are, who Christ is in our lives and reminds us to listen to that "still, small voice" that is so often neglected or ignored when dealing in Christ's Holy Church. It is, however, also a letter that ignores the condition of Christ's Holy Church within the "real world" - fallen and sinful as this world is. It reminds me of a time, years gone by, when I heard Archbishop John of San Francisco speaking on the need for a new roof on the church. His comment to the discussion as to how to raise the necessary funds was: "Let's pray about it, and God will take care of it." While this is a very pious and holy response, it also didn't raise the necessary funds. While I love to hear, and be reminded of Godly realities, and I also love to hear real-world solutions, remembering that we do not, as of yet, live in the Kingdom of God, we still spend our years, our efforts and our ministries in this world, dealing with the sinful, the fallen, the hopeless, the unbelievers and those in need of our love and faith. So thank you for this letter to remind us of our need to listen to God. May we then listen and act upon that relationship with God, for truly "faith without works is dead".
Sean O'Dea on 2011-10-20 07:15
Here here! The OCA has mimed the Russian church in it's abuses of the confessional which are rampant in the Russian church, that has at least been my experience. The clergy is so often in too many cases not trustworthy and fetishize the confessional to support the heirardhy of the church and not as a means of repentance. If it did there truly would be a healing in the Church.
anon on 2011-10-20 07:17
Too bad + Theodosius,+ Herman,+Tikhon (Fitzgerald) and Mr. Kondratick have no guilt about how they turned the OCA into a circus
what a shame..........
(Editor's note: I know nothing about their attitudes, but it's only a circus if we keep watching the freak show some of them and their followers keep parading out at regular intervals.
The rest of us are just keeping calm and carrying on....)
sasha on 2011-10-20 13:58
Thank you, Matushka Julianna, for your thoughtful letter/reflection. Listening to the small voice of the Lord is what I try to do daily, what we all need to do.
Matushka, I couldn't agree more with your final paragraph: "So in the midst of fire and wind and anger and destruction, let us listen carefully to that still small voice of the Lord. Let us listen with an open humble heart and by so doing we can have a peaceful, a glorious and a truly Christ centered assembly."
My husband, Fr. Mark, is of the SVS Class of '82. He was blessed to have Frs. Schmemann and Meyendorff as professors, and I was blessed to know them and be in the seminary community at that time.
Lord have mercy us!
Mat. Jan
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) on 2011-10-20 21:33
I was in a parish where the conduct of the clergy was totally off the wall. Known sexual misconduct was supported by the clergy the Bishop approached by some ignored the situation. To this day those involved enjoy nothing but a shameless promotion within the hierarchy of the church.
This situation and similar ones mock Matushka's words and no amount of passive good will can eradicate this type of stain on the church.
(Editor's note: If you are aware of sexual misconduct, past or present, you have an responsibility and obligation to report it to to the SMPAC committee, even if you think your bishop (former or current) has/ will turn a blind eye. Especially then. These kind of problems do not go away by ignoring them. They only fester and get worse.)
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Hello,I was trying to include a PHP file only when the browser is IE. So I attempted doing so by doing a PHP include inside IE conditional comments, but when i viewing the source in chrome, I saw that the file was included there too.
Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong or if there is a better way to do this?
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IE conditionals are not part of PHP. Therefore, they will always be physically placed on the page. If you would like to include something only for IE using PHP you would need to inspect the header server-side and use the appropriate inspection conditional(s). Though that is probably not a good approach in the first place. What is it that you are specifically trying to do?
What is placed in conditional comments is always output to the HTML. PHP doesn't know what IE conditional comments are, nor does it care.If you were just writing HTML, you'd still write the IE only bits to the page, inside the IE conditional comments. It's when the browser comes to look at this code that most browsers choose not to display this bit of HTML, and IE will look at the conditionals and start making decisions. But the conditional code is always in the source code, no matter what the browser.
html is parsed on the client computer. php is parsed on the server. So the server parses your php and sends it to the client, then the client parses the html and looks for conditional statements.
what you want to do is have the server check which browser made the request and have the server send different data back to the client based on which browser made the request. This is called sniffing. One easy way to do this is check to see whats in the $SERVER['HTTPUSER_AGENT'] variable.
Personally, I wouldn't trust the user agent header as it can be omitted or spoofed. Even without expert technical knowledge some browsers include options to omit or change the user agent that's sent to the server. Other people may have different opinions on this.
If the OP says what it is they're doing and what it is they want to achieve we can advise on how best to implement this.
Depending on the content that's included, using conditional comments doesn't seem like a terrible way of implementing this, as long as you are aware that it will still show in the source code.
it is just code that only needs to run or be parsed in internet explorer. sorry if that was too vague. I am just including a lot of css and html just for ie. does that help you help me somewhat more ?
Do you mean php code to be run, or something to be displayed?eg do you want to log in the database that an ie user agent has visited? This is not possible using IE conditional comments because the conditional comments are only looked at by the browser, and not the php process*Do you want to display an IE specific message eg 'hello, internet explorer user. What are you using that piece of rubbish for? You should get something proper like chrome'? In which case IE conditional comments would be appropriate, because the php side would all be the same:- php outputs the html which has this message, enclosed in IE conditional comments. It's always there in the html code, but non IE browsers ignore it.
So what, more exactly, are you doing? And does the above help you understand what's going on?
*As a side note, one way that you could log a visit from an IE user in the database is by calling a javascript file, within the conditional comments. But instead of an actual javascript file, you could have a php script. eg

Have a nice day.";
The HTML that is output from PHP will look like this:
Welcome to my website. There's lots of good stuff here.

This will only display the contents of the file in IE.You will still be able to see the contents when you look at the page source. This is always the case. If you want to solve this with php you need to go about it like this:
<?phpfunction figureOutIfBrowserIsIE(){ // do stuff here to figure out if browser is IE (for example use http_user_agent inside $_SERVER)}if(figureOutIfBrowserIsIE()){ // put the stuff you want to display only when browser is IE over here.}
well i knew that much. i was just hoping that there was another way to detect if it was ie other than browser sniffing / agent sniffing
@Michael_Morris: I like you avatar, what does it mean?
@Michael_Morris & @hessodreamy:So let me get this on ie conditional straight. IE10 will ignore ie conditionals in pages with the <!Doctype HTML> doctype including ignoring the general  conditional.However IE9 and below will still recognise ie conditionals regardless of the Doctype
It's kanji for "Aki" which means "Autumn" or "Bright". It's a fairly common unisex Japanese name and I use it as a screen name on several sites.

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In defense of Reuters, they didn't use the "U" word first. The decline of existing-home sales caught the National Association of Realtors by surprise as well:
Existing-home sales eased in June as contract cancellations spiked unexpectedly, although prices were up slightly, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Sales gains in the Midwest and South were offset by declines in the Northeast and West. Single-family home sales were stable while the condo sector weakened.
Total existing-home sales1, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, declined 0.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.77 million in June from 4.81 million in May, and remain 8.8 percent below the 5.23 million unit level in June 2010, which was the scheduled closing deadline for the home buyer tax credit.
Reuters basically rehashes the NAR report, but notes that the sales decline year-on-year is now 8.8%, indicating that we're still plumbing for the bottom. They provide a roundup of analyses that basically states that we should keep expecting the "unexpected," a message one hopes that Reuters' own economists start heeding. But Paul Dales points out the spike in cancellations as especially worrisome.
"DNR has stated that the cancellation rate of contract signings rose from 4 percent to 16 percent. That is very unusual. Normally when a contract is signed, the house is sold. Something has happened that has led to more cancellations. It may be jitters from the recent economic conditions or because banks may have tightened lending conditions, meaning that the financing a buyer hoped to get was no longer available. We don't know for sure but something seems to have rocked the boat a little bit."
Could that "something" be the increase in unemployment we've seen over the last three months? As people lose jobs, they have to postpone major purchases as new jobs are difficult to find in this economy. Bank lending got tightened considerably in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse; at the moment, they're under pressure to loosen lending, not tighten it, which makes that an unlikely explanation.
The lack of jobs may or may not be causing the one-month spike in cancellations, but it's certainly causing the housing market to remain mired at near-historic lows for sales. Until we create more qualified homebuyers, we won't move the inventory already on the market, not even the foreclosures and distressed houses that comprised 30% of sales in June. We can and should expect more of the "unexpected" until we get reliable and massive job creation back in gear.
Update: Reuters runs another article today on a substantial increase in mortgage applications, the largest increase in four months, but that turns out to be due to refinancing applications prompted by low interest rates. On actual purchases, the numbers don't look good at all:
The MBA's seasonally adjusted index of refinancing applications soared 23.1 percent, but the gauge of loan requests for home purchases dipped 0.1 percent.
The refinance share of mortgage activity rose to 70.1 percent of total applications from 65.6 percent the week before.
People are hunkering down in their current homes rather than looking to move out and up. That's not good news for the housing markets, as those refinancing today will have to wait around 3-5 years for a purchase in order to avoid losing money on the decision.


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Like the bartender I was smitten with at my regular joint of years past, I'd been intrigued by Bel Canto products from afar for a long time and for several reasons. Of course, it all began with looks. In an industry where size, stylistic excess and quality often get equated, for years now Bel Canto has stuck with a small, elegant chassis.
They've stuck with sane prices too. Nothing over four figures—there's an impression of value in the line rather than the stupidly random pricing often seen in high-end audio. A contributor to this value is likely that small chassis. Requiring less material, it should cost less than a full size box. Smaller is easier to make rigid too which can help sonics, and that chassis is standard across the line—one size fits all. That's smart, cost-efficient production as well as making for a nice looking stack.
The components are also efficient as in 'green'. No one buys audio equipment based on watts saved, so environmental responsibility appears to be a core company value. Bel Canto has been producing digital amps for years (90%+ efficient), and their components are designed to consume very little power in standby.
Finally, I'd always heard Bel Canto made good sounding stuff, but never actually heard one of their components in a familiar system.
Net of all of the above was the impression of an engineering-driven company that arrived at its own vision of what components can and should be. Net net, I requested some review samples from Bel Canto.
Now that I've finally logged some time with Bel Canto components including the DAC 3.5VB ($4990) on review here, I can confirm: they are sane, smart and high-performance pieces. Finally got some time with the bartender too, though with her, had to live with just two of those traits.
The 3.5VB sits atop the 1.5 and 2.5 in Bel Canto's DAC lineup. All feature the same single dial volume/source selection interface. The 3.5 will display the chosen source and volume, as well as the incoming sampling rate. As one who throws 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192kHz files (we used to call them songs, no?) at a DAC, I appreciate the confirmation. A remote controls all front panel functions as well as balance, phase and display dimming. Inputs can be renamed or shut off if unused. Nice to see a high-end company not afraid to embrace the convenience and compactness of 'lifestyle' components.
The VB refers to the Virtual Battery, an extremely low noise power supply in a separate chassis that can juice up to three compatible Bel Canto components. The 3.5VB has both single-ended and balanced outs, and five digital inputs: ST fiber, AES/EBU, Toslink and two S/PDIFs, one of which requires a BNC connector. There is also a single analog input—a great feature if you're looking to use the 3.5VB as your preamp and have turntable or home theater you want to integrate it into. Note that the analog signal is digitized.
Note too that there's no USB input. To run music from your computer via USB, you'll need a USB to S/PDIF converter. Bel Canto makes one as well a version that outputs to ST fiber cable; recommended for longer runs.
Finally, the unit can be set for variable output and used as a preamp to directly drive an amp or the output can be fixed and run into a preamp. Further details on the design of the DAC can be found in my Q&A with designer John Stronczer elsewhere on the site.
As per the instructions, I ran the DAC 3.5VB for a hundred hours before digging in. I listened to it on its own, then in comparison to the Berkeley ($5000), Ayre QB-9 ($2500), and original Benchmark ($1295) DACs. Cost-wise, I consider the Berkeley and Ayre to be on the same price plane as the Bel Canto. The Berkeley offers similar functionality to the Bel Canto including volume control. The Ayre is nearly $2500 cheaper than the Bel Canto, but can't operate as a preamp and has only a USB input.
The Benchmark, while less than a third of the price of the Bel Canto, sets a high price/performance bar with similar functionality. Is the 3.5VB worth the extra cash?
For the Berkeley (and Benchmark) comparison, I ran the S/PDIF output of two sync'd Squeezebox Touch streamers to each unit. Both DACs were hooked via balanced connections to an Audio Research Ref 5 preamp, and using the preamp's remote to switch inputs, I could easily flip between the two DACs within a song without losing a beat. Thousands of songs, two high performance DACs to sample, and I never had to get up from the sofa. I can feel your envy! Perhaps we all (or just me) need to get out more.
A Macbook Pro using iTunes fed the Ayre, which was hooked to the Ref 5 by balanced connections. Here was the vaunted asynchronous USB connection scheme by which the DAC controls the timing of the computer's output to eliminate timing errors. For many, this is the hookup method of choice.
As a final test, I hooked the B3.5VB directly to my amps using it as a preamp. This was compared to having the Ref 5 preamp in the chain.
All files were either Apple Lossless rips from CDs or 24/96 and 24/88.2 flac or aiff files. None of the DACs had a problem with any of these files, though using iTunes to feed the Ayre required switching the bit/sample rate output of the Macbook to match the particulars of the file playing. A pain, but audiophiles represent about .0001% of the iTunes market, so despite rumors, I'm not holding my breath for automatic sample rate switching from Apple anytime soon. The Squeezebox Server does this for you. Programs like Pure and Amarra will too, and might be reason alone to buy them if you run your music directly from iTunes.
Finally, all the DACs were level matched before comparison. On with it.
There are DACs that advertise themselves as 'analog-like' or its corollary, 'warm'. The warmth of analog restored to digital! Disclosure: that ain't my cup of tea at all, and I'm a huge vinyl fan. It strikes as a wrong-headed way to design. Instead of making digital the best it can be, let's try to shape it into something else. Try that with your spouse.
Further, everything's a trade-off. While the above approach might help bad recordings, it will almost certainly diminish the thrill of your best recordings by watering or warming them down. I'd rather not raise the average height if it means lowering the summit.
The point I'm laboring toward: the Bel Canto 3.5VB strikes as a fundamentally honest DAC. Which is to say that while no doubt a lot of listening went into the design, this isn't a DAC that sounds voiced. It's more about fidelity to the source. I'll guess it measures very well, and that's a good thing, especially for a DAC.
The 3.5VB has a super-clean, upfront presentation—this should not be confused with 'sterile'. It sounds full-blooded, yet not afraid to the let the sharp, edgy attack of Lou Reed's opening guitar hits on "Turn to Me" from the underrated New Sensations, be sharp and edgy. This increases the jump factor which I value highly, but may not be the top choice for those who prefer a more laid back, mellow sound. Which, by the way, is often the result of subtle compression.
I believe two factors are at work here. First is the utter lack of noise present in the unit. What's meant by super-clean is a lack of muffling on either a macro or micro level. What's there is heard. Great detail with no slurring anywhere in the frequency spectrum.
Second is the lack of roll-off at high frequencies which was apparent compared to some of the aforementioned DACs. Low noise plus high frequency purity and extension yielded the best sense of attack of the bunch.
The high resolution/low noise also likely contributes to the superb handling of decays through the Bel Canto. They never seemed foreshortened. The Celeste (a piano-like instrument where the hammers strike steel plates sitting on wooden resonators) hits on Aimee Mann's "You Do" on the Mobile Fidelity remastered CD Bachelor #2, had a beautiful, clean and sustained glow. Among other things, well-handled decays contribute to image density—longer lasting notes yield more overlap among instruments at a given point in time.
Ayre vs. Bel Canto
Flopping back and forth within a song between these DACs yielded no obvious tonal shift. In fact, it took work to distinguish them. Most apparent was that the Ayre sounds subtly rolled off at high frequencies vs. the Bel Canto. It took the right track and the right notes to reveal this—but it was a consistent observation. The Ayre also has the slightest bit more ambience and delicacy around voices. Running "Boogie Street" on Leonard Cohen Live, Sharon Robinson's voice had a touch more glow around it—accurate I don't know, but attractive, yes. I found the same on the XX's "Nightime" on their self-titled debut. In sum, the Ayre has a bit of magic in the mids that the Bel Canto lacks, but overall it is a less direct and exciting listen. To wit, the 3.5VB was a touch more transparent on the Aimee Mann cut.
Berkeley vs. Bel Canto
Again, flopping back and forth revealed no overall tonal shift—as with the Ayre, these two DACs sound more alike than different. Where the Berkeley excels is in separation of instruments in space. It provided a deeper soundstage than the Bel Canto. However, though not as much as the Ayre, the highs also sounded subtly rolled off vs. the Bel Canto. In fact, the whole presentation was very slightly softer. For those who find even the best digital too harsh, the Berkeley would be the choice here.
Benchmark vs. Bel Canto
It was relatively easy to distinguish these DACs from each other. While I'm a huge fan of the Benchmark at its price point and find it to outperform several more expensive DACs, the Bel Canto is the clear winner here. First off, the Benchmark sounds a bit lean in comparison. On the great Dave's True Story's self-titled album, Kelly Flint's vocals on "Marisa" had a nicer ambience around them via the Bel Canto—she sounded bigger and more lifelike. Another great recording, 'St. James Infirmary' by Hans Theessink on Songs Fom the Southland, made clear the greater resolving power of the Bel Canto. I would be curious to hear how the latest Benchmark with upgraded output stages compares the DACs discussed here.
Bypassing the Ref 5 and driving my amps directly with the Bel Canto was a surprise. Though the sound was excellent, I expected a bump up in detail that I did not detect. Putting the Ref 5 back in yielded a more 3D presentation and a sense of notes emerging from the void as if in a darker room. The 'darker room' phenomenon helped sustain the dramatic tension on such tracks as the Cowboy Junkies' cover of "State Trooper" on White's Off Earth Now. The above is less a knock on the Bel Canto than an endorsement of the $12,000 Ref 5. Sometimes there is addition by addition.
Slightly, subtly, a touch more—I don't want to overstate the differences between these DACs. They are three marginally different flavors, and swapping them in your system will not result in transformation.
A broad hunch from a non-engineer: where the Ayre and Berkeley use a lot of DSP 'math' for their sound and, to wit, give you selectable filters to play through, the sound of the Bel Canto 3.5VB is what you get when you eliminate jitter and noise with extreme skill and religious zeal, and combine that with a great output stage.
I'm an audiophile because of the music I grew up on in Chicago blues bars. Those bands, those venues were not about ambience and delicacy. The music was direct drive of the soul. I wanted that feeling in my house… that uplift. And while my taste in music and the reproduction of it has broadened and gained in sophistication—I still value an upfront, direct communicator above all. I'd sacrifice the subtle, beguiling midrange glow of the Ayre, and the slightly deeper, more 3D presentation of the Berkeley for the direct feed quality of the Bel Canto. Robert Learner
Bel Canto Design
My review of a complete Bel Canto system including the 3.5VB review here, 1000M monoblock amps and phonostage 2 will be up next month.
At CES this year, I heard the new Bel Canto C5i DAC/integrated amp. At $1995, it's a killer piece that is exactly what the high-end should be doing.
While finishing this review, I received the $12,000 EERA Tentation CD player for evaluation. In a brief listen, it's a unique sounding piece.


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booter wrote:ooo I loved my nes. Sucks I dnt have it anymore
punch out
contra - any
castlevania - any
double dragon - any (though the third one isn't that great)
battle toads
techmo bowl
nightmare on elm street
bad dudes
duck hunt
california games
ghosts n goblins
wrestle mania
kung fu
kid icarus
mario bros - any
megaman- any
ninja gaiden
metal gear
paper boy
pwer blade
All of those are great, bolded out some of the one's I really love. Then there's Blades of Steel, Shatterhand, Xevious, Nintendo World Cup Soccer, River City Ransom... Way too many to actually list all of them. Most any game that was Nintendo Hard.
Those were the days... And still, are, thanks to emulators and Virtual Console. Oh, and I do have 3 consoles, but I need to clean them up to get them working again (and bypass the copy protection chip, that's the main reason the damn thing gets so picky)...


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Jeter reflects on first Opening Day in Cleveland
CLEVELAND -- Derek Jeter will always have fond memories of Cleveland. Players often can recall with vivid detail their first Opening Day. For the long-time Yankees shortstop, his first season opener was spent on the shores of Lake Erie.
And it was cold.
"Your first Opening Day is pretty memorable, pretty special," Jeter said of his first game in Cleveland in 1996. "I was excited for that day. We got snowed out the day before, so we had to wait a while. It seemed like we had to wait forever to get that first one underway."
Prior to Monday's tilt at Progressive Field, the 40-year-old Jeter spent time reflecting on that game -- one in which he belted his first career home run -- due to it being his last career trip to Cleveland. The Indians plan on honoring Jeter's career during this four-game set and the club plans on presenting the shortstop with a gift on Thursday.
Indians first baseman Nick Swisher -- a teammate of Jeter's with the Yankees from 2009-12 -- said he has nothing but respect for the Yankees' captain.
"He was one of my favorite teammates," Swisher said. "He taught me a lot. Just to be able to be over there and be around a winner like that, I was able to take a lot of things I learned from there and bring them over here to a new organization. Any time you're losing a guy like that, you're talking about one of the best ambassadors that this game's ever had.
"All you've got to do is say, 'No. 2,' and everybody on the planet knows who you're talking about. For us, we're going to have a lot of fun with this. He definitely deserves everything he gets. We've got a little something up our sleeve for him."
Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who faced Jeter often as part of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry during the manager's time in Boston, also praised the shortstop on Monday.
"Derek's been probably one of the very best faces of our game," Francona said. "But the game has a really good way of moving on. The younger guys grow up and, maybe nobody's able to take Derek Jeter's place, but they can represent the game kind of like the way he did. I think that's what's great about our game."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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After one week of action in the East Bay Athletic League girls volleyball season, there were only two undefeated teams left and San Ramon Valley High was one of them.
The Wolves entered Tuesday's match against rival California fully intent on remaining undefeated in league play and San Ramon Valley did just that, topping the Grizzlies 25-13, 25-23, 25-11, with statements being made in the first and second sets.
San Ramon Valley (14-2, 3-0 EBAL) rolled in the first set and rallied in the second to put pressure on California (12-3, 1-2 EBAL).
"Winning that second game was a big momentum swing," sophomore hitter Katherine Claybaugh said. "We had a bit of a lull, but we had a timeout and it helped us re-focus, and we came out and got a big play off that timeout."
The Wolves trailed throughout the second set, but took the lead for the first time at 20-19 after one of 20 kills by Claybaugh.
Maggie Laskovics had a kill to give the Grizzlies the lead back at 21-20, but two kills by Delaney Reid put the game away for San Ramon Valley.
The Wolves sophomore duo of Claybaugh and Milla Anderson (17 kills) was nearly unstoppable all night. Bridget Heins led California with 12 kills.
Girls golf
Carondelet 218, Monte Vista 233: The Cougars (9-2) handed the Mustangs (10-1) their first EBAL loss this season behind the medalist round of Sabrina Virtusio. The Carondelet junior shot a 3-over 38 at Diablo Country Club, the best round by five strokes. Both Monte Vista's Hailey White and Carondelet's Kelly Ransom shot a 43.
— Staff
Alameda 197, Castro Valley 247: All five of the Hornets scorers shot 7-under-par or better in this West Alameda County Conference match at Chuck Corica Golf Complex's South Course in Alameda. Andrea Leung and Corine Tan were co-medalists with scores of 2-over 37 for the Hornets (9-0 WACC).
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text: We recently sent a survey to our Woodworking in America e-mail list to find out when and in what city Woodworking in America 2012 should take place – early fall was the winner on timing, but the response on location ended in a virtual four-way tie. So, we're inviting all Popular Woodworking Magazine blog readers to chime in. If you'd like to register your opinion, please click here. Thanks!


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Doing some re-shuffling of my pedal boards... need to clear out some old to pay for the new. Shipping will be $5.50 to $8 for 1 pedal. i can supply pictures on request.
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay. 1988 Made in Japan original. The "aviar of delay pedals." Good 'ol reliable design that's been around since 1986 and is consistently the best selling delay pedal on the market. It has less features than some delays now but the narrower delay times give the controls more precision over the sweep.
Boss's official Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xy5yakhu7s
The pedal has some minor nicks and scrapes but is overall in excellent condition, especially when you consider its age.
Final cuts have been made on other items.
Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion. This is supposed to be a super heavy pedal meant for 7-string guitars but imo they failed with that description as it's not nearly as hot as the metal zone, metal core, etc. A very versatile pedal, I prefer to run it with the drive set really low (somewhere between 0 and 2) where it sounds more like a harder overdrive (a notch or so hotter than a tubescreamer or SD-1).
A really good demo that shows off its tonal range: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eycGYuwNVeY
I was mainly using it with similar settings as the 1:32-2:03 and 2:45-3:56
Pedal has some pain nicks/scrapes from use.
Boss ML-2 Metal Core. This pedal has a love/hate relationship in the guitar community. It has gain to spare but at the same time it's not overly compressed sounding. I mainly play at "bedroom" volumes and I find it can replicate the sound of a tubescreamer into a mesa that is cranked to the gills very well, whereas the metal zone, hyper metal, heavy metal, etc. get really "buzzy" at low volumes. It gets a bit noisy at high volumes, but so do most pedals of this type. It has harmonics galore.
Boss official Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1DFiqkEBcc
I know these riffs are pretty douchy but I used similar settings to the 0:40-0:59 range. You have no idea how hard it is to get that sound while in an apartment or townhome at 2am without waking your neighbors. I also play through tube amps and this demo was done with a solid state amp... with tubes it tends to clean up the mids a little.
Mint/Near mint condition. Includes original box and manual.


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The Rochester Rattlers will be holding tryouts for area youth lacrosse players for a chance to make the Rattlers Elite Travel Team on April 21 stat Sahlen's Stadium from 1:00-3:00 pm. There are four age divisions including U-9, U-11, U-13, and U-15. All youth players in those age brackets are invited to attend the tryouts. Players will be selected by area Rattlers Elite coaches along with members of the Rattlers organization. The tryout fee is $80 which will include a tryout jersey with Rattlers logo and a 2012 Rattlers season ticket. If selected for the Rattlers Elite team you must commit to attending the MLL Lax Connection in Boston at the MLL Championship Weekend on August 24 th-26 th.
Members of the Rattlers Elite travel team must pay a $30 fee for the weekend in which they will receive a ticket good for all 3 games during MLL Championship Weekend as well as all of the benefits listed below during their time in Boston (family and friends can also purchase the 3 game discounted ticket package for $30. Reg. Price is $50):
The Rochester Rattlers will be offering a
free clinic to area youth lacrosse players on April 21
stat Sahlen's Stadium in conjunction with the Rattlers training camp. All youth players from ages 6-18 are invited to attend the clinic that will be instructed by the Rattlers players and coaching staff. The clinic will be held from 3:00-4:00 pm at the Rattlers home field located at Sahlen's Stadium at 460 Oak St Rochester, NY 14608. Immediately following the youth clinic the Rattlers will be strapping on the pads and holding a training session in which fans are welcome to stay for to watch the team prepare for the 2012 season.
The Rochester Rattlers will practice from 4PM to 6PM at Sahlen's Stadium. Veteran M Matt Striebel and breakthrough M Marty Cahill are both returning to the Rattlers from last year's team and will be in town for practice this weekend. MLL legend A Kevin Leveille, Syracuse Orange superstar D John Lade, and the Rattlers number one selection in the 2012 MLL Expansion Draft Steven Boyle are among the newcomers who will be in town this weekend. Practice is free and open to the public.
After practice the Rattlers will be holding a meet and greet at the Rochester Stock Exchange on East Main Street in downtown Rochester. Fans are invited to come out and meet the players, get autographs, and pose for pictures with their favorite Rattlers players and coaches.
The Rochester Rattlers will be holding their final practice of their 2012 training camp on Sunday morning from 9AM to 11AM at Sahlen's Stadium.
The Rochester Rattlers open their 2012 MLL season on Saturday April 28
th at 7PM in Harvard Stadium against the defending MLL Champion Boston Cannons.
The Rochester Rattlers home opener will be in Sahlen's Stadium on Friday June 1
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Drawing Day 24hr marathon on SecondLife
The SecondLife Drawing Day event has begun. SecondLife members should not miss out on checking out this event. Details about the SL event can be found here.
Ina Centaur will lead a twenty-four hour "art marathon", where she held the vigil and drew roughly 4 sketches per hour while rallying Second Life artists to participate in Drawing Day.
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DETROIT - Oakland University men's basketball head coach Greg Kampe has joined our Bracket Challenge here at Local 4, and he has chosen Duke to go all the way.
View: Kampe's bracket
The coach has Florida, Syracuse, Duke and Ohio State in the Final Four.
As for the local teams, Kampe has Michigan going to the Sweet Sixteen where they lose to Kansas. He has Michigan State also going to the Sweet Sixteen but losing to Duke.
It's a fun look at the NCAA tournament through the eyes of a man who is engulfed in coaching and watching college basketball.
Kampe is among Local 4's VIP players in the Bracket Challenge.
You can sign up here and see how your bracket measures up against the VIPs.
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Police have released a photo of the man who allegedly shot at a pair of police officers in Jackson Heights while disguised in a fake beard, trench coat, hat and dark glasses.
Officers were alerted of a suspicious male on the corner of 76th Street and Roosevelt Avenue on Friday, December 2. When the officers approached the suspect and asked for identification, he pulled a gun and fired two shots, police said.
The officers, who were unharmed, pursued the suspect but failed to apprehend him.
The fake beard, hat and glasses were recovered during the pursuit.
The suspect is described as in his 30s, approximately 5-feet-9-inches tall with a thin build.
Anyone with information in regards to this individual is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.


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Campaign Hunger Free MD Service Project
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As a part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, UB students are working together to distribute over 375- bagged meals to those wihtout food in the Baltimoer City area. According to the USDA, there are more than 720.000 Marylanders who are uncertain of where their next meal is coming from. Campaign Hunger Free MD's is to fight hunger in Maryland by providing healthy and nutritious food. Stop by the cafe on the 2nd floor of the Student Center to help prepare meals for distribution!
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Boston -- Popular jewelry retailer Alex and Ani implemented a mobile point-of-sale application that all but eliminated customer lines and helped increase sales by 318% over the previous holiday season, Mobiquity announced.
Mobiquity implemented a mobile POS application that allows Alex and Ani to cultivate a stronger relationship with customers, translating into increased sales and loyalty. The application – delivered via Daily Systems' iAPS sled for iPod touch – offers mobile payment (mPayment) options that markedly improved the checkout process, benefiting both customers and Alex and Ani by shortening long holiday lines.
"Mobile checkouts have given the store environment a more intimate feel, and improved the flow of customer traffic while almost eliminating lines," said Alex and Ani chief technology officer, Joseph Lezon. "By integrating mobile into our VIOPSYS point-of-sale system, we were able to positively impact the in-store shopping experience during the busy shopping season, which is exactly the kind of positive energy we want customers to associate with the Alex and Ani brand."
With the mobile POS application, Alex and Ani increased points of checkout from four to 10 in most of its 28 stores across the U.S., and in one store, from five to 25. The resulting increase in sales opportunities allowed Alex and Ani to hire more staff to personally assist customers for the duration of their visit.


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The Women In Steady Exercise Research (WISER) Survivor Trial
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
University of Pennsylvania
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First received: January 18, 2012
Last updated: February 13, 2017
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WISER Survivor is a one year weight loss and exercise study for sedentary breast cancer survivors who are overweight or obese with breast cancer related lymphedema. There will be four groups in this trial: exercise only, weight loss only, exercise and weight-loss combined, and a control group. The purpose of this study is to test the effects of these interventions on lymphedema outcomes, breast cancer recurrence and quality of life.
The cost analysis sub-study - will assess the cost-effectiveness of conducting the WISER Survivor interventions and also model the impact of the WISER Survivor interventions over an extended time frame.
|Behavioral: Exercise Intervention Behavioral: Weight Loss Intervention
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
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|The Women In Steady Exercise Research (WISER) Survivor Trial & Cost of Illness and Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Management Strategies
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome
MedlinePlus related topics: Body Weight Exercise and Physical Fitness Lymphedema Weight ControlU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Pennsylvania:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Clinical lymphedema exacerbation rate [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6, and 12 months ]Lymphedema outcomes include: incident events requiring medical care for lymphedema (e.g. flare-ups or cellulitic infections), arm swelling in the affected limb (Interlimb volume differences), and pain & lymphedema symptoms (number and severity)
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Quality of life outcomes [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6, and 12 months ]Quality of life outcomes, including lymphedema related quality of life and body image
- Biomarkers of breast cancer recurrence [ Time Frame: Baseline and 12 months ]Biomarkers for mechanistic pathways to link energy balance with recurrence risk.
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|No Intervention: Lymphedema Care Only
Experimental: Exercise only
The Exercise Intervention combines 60-90 minute twice-weekly supervised weight-lifting sessions with 180 minutes of weekly aerobic exercise. Women will be trained by certified fitness professionals in both the weight-lifting intervention and in safely increasing their aerobic exercise activity over 6 weekly sessions, and then monitored through phone contact, and monthly in-person sessions. All exercise participants will be provided with 'Power Blocks' which are adjustable dumbbells with which they can increase resistance in 1-2 pound increments from 1-21 pounds. All weight training will be done in their homes except for the first 6 weekly session and monthly check-in sessions.
Behavioral: Exercise Intervention
The Exercise Intervention combines the twice-weekly weight-lifting intervention from PAL with the 180 minutes of weekly aerobic exercise from the recently completed WISER trial and the ongoing WISER Sister Trial. Women will be trained by certified fitness professionals in both the PAL weight-lifting intervention and in safely increasing their aerobic exercise activity over 6 weekly sessions, and then monitored through phone contact, and monthly in-person sessions.
Experimental: Weight loss only
The Weight Loss Intervention begins with a 24 week intensive phase that includes weekly meetings and provision of all meals and snacks from a commercial manufacturer (NutriSystem®, Inc., Fort Washington, PA). Daily caloric intake will be strictly controlled during this first 24 weeks at 1200-1500 calories per day. Participants will be guided to stay at the same number of calories per day until reaching goal weight, followed by a gradual increase in caloric intake (of approximately 500 calories/d) to maintain their weight throughout the remainder of the intervention. The treatment groups will be led by registered dietitians and will receive ongoing supervision via telephone and email contact.
Behavioral: Weight Loss Intervention
The Weight Loss Intervention begins with a 24 week intensive phase that includes weekly meetings and provision of all meals and snacks from a commercial manufacturer (NutriSystem, Inc., Fort Washington, PA). Daily caloric intake will be strictly controlled during this first 24 weeks at 1200-1500 calories per day.
Experimental: Exercise and Weight loss combined
Participants in this group will receive a combination of the supervised twice-weekly weight training sessions and the weight loss program.
Behavioral: Exercise Intervention
The Exercise Intervention combines the twice-weekly weight-lifting intervention from PAL with the 180 minutes of weekly aerobic exercise from the recently completed WISER trial and the ongoing WISER Sister Trial. Women will be trained by certified fitness professionals in both the PAL weight-lifting intervention and in safely increasing their aerobic exercise activity over 6 weekly sessions, and then monitored through phone contact, and monthly in-person sessions.Behavioral: Weight Loss Intervention
The Weight Loss Intervention begins with a 24 week intensive phase that includes weekly meetings and provision of all meals and snacks from a commercial manufacturer (NutriSystem, Inc., Fort Washington, PA). Daily caloric intake will be strictly controlled during this first 24 weeks at 1200-1500 calories per day.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- breast cancer survivor
- overweight or obese (BMI of 25 or greater)
- must have breast cancer related lymphedema
- at least 2 months post-treatment (e.g. surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy) but there will be no upper limit on time elapsed from diagnosis
- the eligible age range will have no lower or upper limit.
- currently free of cancer
Exclusion Criteria:
- medical conditions or medications that would prohibit participation in an exercise program or would negatively impact our ability to test our primary aims
- inability to walk for 6 minutes unaided
- extremely obese (body mass index greater or equal to 50 kg/m2)
- plans for additional (e.g. curative or reconstructive) surgery during the study period
- self-report of weight-lifting within the past year
- already engaging in 3 or more times weekly aerobic activity of moderate intensity
- planning to move away from the area over the next year
- current use of weight loss medication (OTC or prescription)
- self-report of alcohol or substance abuse within the past 12 months, including at-risk drinking (current consumption of more than 14 alcoholic drinks per week)
- weight loss of greater than 10 % in the past 3 months
- history of bariatric surgery
- women who are pregnant
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01515124
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01515124
|United States, Pennsylvania
|The University of Pennsylvania TREC Survivorship Center/ Perelman School of Medicine
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Pennsylvania
|Principal Investigator:
|Kathryn H. Schmitz, MPH,PhD
|University of Pennsylvania
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|Responsible Party:
|University of Pennsylvania
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01515124 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U54CA155850 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|January 18, 2012
|Last Updated:
|February 13, 2017
Keywords provided by University of Pennsylvania:
Strength training intervention
Weight loss intervention
Breast cancer recurrence
Cost Effectiveness
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lymphatic Diseases
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