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The Season Comes to an Endthe "celebrities" in the league, the May update, and also the July look-in. To briefly recap, the league consisted of six BP writers and six invited experts. It was run courtesy of Scoresheet Sports, with BP donating $1000 to a charity of the winner's choice. The final standings are below:
Kaline Standings, Pitching W L pct. GB 4 Las Vegas Red Sox 86 76 .531 - 10 Page 42s 85 77 .525 1 1 STL Golden Bears 83 79 .512 3 7 Inwood 73 89 .451 13 Fox Standings, Pitching W L pct. GB 11 Street Walkers 80 82 .494 - 2 Tutankhamun 78 84 .481 2 8 Wolfcastle Rainiers 77 85 .475 3 5 KG 73 89 .451 7 Ruth Standings, Pitching W L pct. GB 3 Montclair Red Sox 92 70 .568 - 9 Jonah Keri 85 77 .525 7 6 Royale with Ortiz 82 80 .506 10 12 RotoWire 78 84 .481 14
If you just checked out the July update, these standings may look vaguely familiar. In fact, no one in either the Kaline or Fox divisions managed to move up or down since that July article. It is worth noting, though, that second- and third-place teams made up a lot of ground, and both the Las Vegas Red Sox (Dave Cokin) and the Street Walkers (Sam Walker) barely staved off their competition.
The Kaline division saw a heated battle down the stretch. Indeed, in the words of Dave Mlodinoff, half of the Page 42s: "We got killed during the last week--swept by Joe and Rany, two last-place teams. I think it was our only 0-6 week of the year--great timing, no? Even one win that week (or at any point) would have given us the division title over Cokin, due to tiebreakers."
The Street Walkers managed to "win" the Fox Division, despite their losing record and only the 7th-best record in the league. The team was fortunate to be in the same division as the team with the highest ERA (Tutankhamun), the team that scored the second-fewest runs (the Wolfcastle Rainiers), and the team tied for the worst record in the league (KG).
Jonah Keri's team made the biggest improvement since the July update, adeptly trading players to go from four games under .500 to eight games over, enough to garner a share of the wild card. He wasn't able to catch Peter King's team in the Ruth Division, however, as the Montclair Red Sox maintained their seven-game lead that they had in July en route to finishing with the best record in the league by a sizable margin.
The first round of the playoffs saw Jonah Keri play the Page 42s (co-owned by Rob Neyer and Dave Mlodinoff), as both teams had a share of the wild card with identical 85-77 records. The series went the full seven games, with Jonah Keri ultimately prevailing. Here's what Mlodinoff had to say about Game Seven: "That one really hurt, as we had Wang starting against Jamie Moyer; Moyer somehow outpitched Wang, and we crashed and burned big time."
That gave us final quartet of Jonah Keri, Dave Cokin's Las Vegas Red Sox, Peter King's Montclair Red Sox, and Sam Walker/Nando DiFino's Street Walkers. Since the Montclair Red Sox had the best regular season record, they were matched up with the Street Walkers, owners of the worst record among teams to make the playoffs. The series was much closer than teams' records might have suggested it would be, as it took the Montclair Red Sox the full seven games (including winning Games Six and Seven) to down the Street Walkers. Adding to the excitement, Games One and Two both went eleven innings, with King winning the first, and the Street Walkers taking the second.
To continue a now-familiar motif, the other semi-final series also went seven games, as the Las Vegas Red Sox edged out Jonah Keri. This series may have been the closest, as Dave Cokin's first three wins were all achieved in extra innings. Additionally, over the course of the series, the Las Vegas Red Sox had only five more hits, and one fewer run scored than Jonah Keri.
The two teams that remained after all this mayhem were the Las Vegas Red Sox and the Montclair Red Sox. Assured of a championship, Boston fans were no doubt confused, and spent most of the series trying to figure out how they could still somehow root against the Yankees. Noting Peter King's regular season dominance, oddsmakers had the Montclair Red Sox winning the series in seven.
Montclair took Game One, scoring three runs in the bottom of the 8th to win 5-4. Las Vegas parried by winning Game Two, riding a strong seven-inning, two-run start by Cliff Lee. As the series moved to Las Vegas, Montclair again won in exciting fashion, pulling out an 8-6 victory in ten frames after Las Vegas had rallied to knot up the game at six apiece in the bottom of the 9th on an Adrian Beltre solo homer. Las Vegas handily took Game Four, trouncing Adam Eaton for six runs, keeping the series tied up at two games apiece. The fans again got their money's worth in Game Five, with the lead seesawing back and forth, but Dave Cokin's team ultimately pulled it out in the bottom of the 9th when Carl Crawford hit a single off of Scot Shields to plate Jason Kendall.
As the teams re-crossed the country to go back to Montclair, Red Sox fans were heard complaining about the unfair system that only allowed one Red Sox team to win the trophy. Meanwhile, Peter King, sipping a cup of coffee, gave his team an impassioned motivational speech, and in the visitor's locker room, Dave Cokin tried to use the underdog card one more time in an effort to coax a final victory from his squad.
Game Six was a rematch of the same starting pitchers as in Game Two, but this time Cliff Lee failed to match his prior performance, giving up four runs in six innings, while Joe Blanton only gave up two runs in five. The bullpens took over, and the game was soon tied, as Las Vegas' Huston Street and Kiko Calero combined for three innings and one run, while Montclair's Tim Wakefield gave up three runs in three and two-thirds innings. With the score 5-5 after nine innings, Las Vegas was held scoreless in the 10th by Mark Hendrickson. Montclair also went three up and three down in the bottom of the 10th, at the hands of Ron Villone. With two outs in the top of the 11th inning, Julio Lugo stepped in against Hendrickson. Perhaps the lanky lefty let his mind wander to the bottom of the inning, hoping his team could score a run and send the series to Game Seven, as all the other postseason series had. Perhaps he just did not think Lugo could catch up with his heater. In any case, Lugo crushed a pitch, putting Las Vegas up by a run.
Looking to close out the series, Dave Cokin turned the ball over to J.J. Putz to save the game for Las Vegas, even though Putz had pitched two innings in Game Five, and an inning and two-thirds in Game Four. Leading off for Montclair was Angel Berroa at the bottom of the order, and then Ichiro and Melvin Mora. Noted posteason hero Scott Podsednik was sent in to bat for Berroa, but Putz struck him out. Ichiro stepped to the plate and quickly banged out a single, giving hope to Montclair fans everywhere. Putz then struck out Melvin Mora, leaving the game in the hands of Grady Sizemore. Sizemore proved unequal to the task, as his popped out to give the championship to Dave Cokin's Las Vegas Red Sox.
The winning manager was appropriately humble in victory. Reflecting on his team's performance, Cokin said, "I thought from the outset that I had an okay team that might make a run at a playoff spot, but in no way did I feel I had the strongest squad. The thing I liked best about my team is that it was pretty well balanced with no glaring holes. I benefited from the general parity in our league, and got good pitching at the finish line to get lucky. I'm still more a Roto fan than the Scoresheet style of play, but this was fun and hope we can do this again next season."
As does Dave's charity, The Lied Animal Shelter. The shelter will be receiving a $1,000 donation, courtesy of Baseball Prospectus. Speaking of BP, by the way, it should be noted that their best and brightest pretty much fell flat in the league, with the postseason being dominated by the non-BP experts invited into the league.
Congratulations to Dave Cokin for winning the inaugural BP Kings league. Hopefully you had as much fun keeping tabs on the league as the experts did playing in it. Look for a brand new version of the league next year, and don't be surprised if the BP writers work hard in the offseason to avenge their disappointing showing this year.
We asked the participants of the BP Kings League to share some of their thoughts on the season. Many of them were kind enough to respond with lengthy e-mails detailing nearly their every move. Below are some of the comments of King Kaufman (STL Golden Bears) and Nando DiFino (Street Walkers) on what this season of Scoresheet has meant to them.
King Kaufman:
I learned a lot about baseball--and also maybe a little something about baseball coverage--playing this game. And I learned a lot of it in the very first week. I could see the coverage: This team is all heart! They never give up! They just keep fighting! Etc.!
But there's no heart in this game. It's just a series of baseball events. And I could feel myself anthropomorphizing them (is that the word?), giving them moral shadings, ascribing to them attributes like "grit" and "heart" and "indominability."
I don't know that Scoresheet is necessarily a direct translation to real-life baseball. Maybe those elements do exist. Maybe teams are gritty and clutchy and never-say-die-ish, and they succeed in late-inning situations and win close games because of those attributes. Maybe Scoresheet's series of events look like real baseball because the play-by-play comes out looking similar, but it's missing the flesh-and-blood elements that cause those events in real life.
On the other hand, maybe baseball really is just a series of events, and we ascribe emotional and moral qualities to the plays and the players just as falsely in real life as I was tempted to do in Scoresheet.
I also learned a lot about the role of luck in baseball. I'd always thought of luck as funny bounces, bad hops, bad calls, untimely injuries, that sort of thing. But what is it other than luck, from your point of view, that determines the quality of your opponent?
If we'd been a real-life team, the press would have roasted us for that 1-9 stretch in early September. We choked. All that would have been visible would have been the nine losses. We could have lamely said, "They just played great," and it would have sounded like a bad excuse. But that's what it was, in Scoresheet anyway.
That's the lesson I'd learned when I wrote, after the Tigers beat the Yankees in the playoffs, that from the Yankees point of view, they'd gotten unlucky because they'd run into a Tigers team that, all of a sudden, after sucking the previous week, was playing dynamite baseball. A lot of readers took that to mean the Tigers won by getting lucky, but that's not what I meant. I meant what I said: The Yankees got unlucky. If they'd caught the same Tigers who got swept by the Royals, they'd have won the series easily playing exactly the same way.
Nando DiFino:
To say we were "Scoresheet virgins" would be misleading--we were more like "Scoresheet Science Nerds who had just hit puberty and talked for hours about dinosaurs." Hook? We had no clue what that meant, much less how to make it work to our advantage. PH? I think we had the numbers in reverse order for the first month. Backup catcher? Well, we actually had that one figured out. But still...
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Christian Comment with Pastor Steve Woodcock of Five Valleys Christian Fellowship
9:02am Sunday 16th March 2014
9:02am Sunday 16th March 2014
IT was February 1984, I was nineteen, my Dad aged forty five had suffered a sudden death.
My Mum, my younger sister and brother and myself were left completely devastated.
I went to bed that first night wanting the world to end but it didn't and we had to face life without our wonderful dad.
Fortunately I had attended Sunday School as a youngster so I knew about God.
This was now very helpful because I knew who to blame for our massive loss.
I began my vendetta against God, denouncing and cursing Him with all the energy I could muster.
I displayed my hatred of God with a passion.
This continued for some time.
To cut a long story short, I got worn out long before God got offended.
I had become anxious, depressed, sick and thoroughly messed up.
I had a little Gideon bible (which had survived remarkably well having been flung at walls) and started to read it.
I read of a Father who sent His Son to earth to fix a serious problem.
Such was the stature of the Son that He deserved to live as a prince but His Father placed Him in the midst of an ordinary working class family.
The Son seemed to display greater love, compassion and wisdom than anyone I'd heard of.
He shunned the establishment and broke the rules to help the poor and needy.
In short He upset so many influential people that they conspired together and arranged to have Him killed.
As I continued to read I discovered that the brutal death of the Son (accompanied by a resurrection) had remarkably changed things and delivered hope to a broken world.
It seemed that the God I had been angry with knew what tragedy and loss felt like.
I gave up my vendetta and became a follower of His Son Jesus.
I'd learnt that it was okay to be angry at God.
So rage at Him if you need to, but be ready to listen when He speaks.
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text: Teamsters, UPS reach deal By Paul J. Nyden April 27, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has reached tentative agreements with the United Parcel Service for new five-year national contracts covering nearly 250,000 package and freight workers.If union members approve the contract during votes at local unions across the country in June, the new agreements will take effect on Aug. 1. Today, the main UPS-Teamsters contract is the largest collective-bargaining agreement in North America.The proposed contracts provide substantial wage increases, protect health-care benefits and increase company contributions to pension and health benefit plans.Ken Hall, who began his career working for Pennzoil in Lincoln County, was the lead negotiator for the union. Still president of Local 175 in South Charleston, Hall also is international secretary-treasurer for the Teamsters Union.Contract negotiations with UPS began in October and intensified in recent weeks, Hall said.Scott Davis, UPS chairman and CEO, said, "These agreements are a 'win-win-win' for our people, customers and shareholders. The fact that we have reached agreements well before our current contracts expire is a testament to the skills and determination of all those involved in these negotiations."Davis and other company officials believe reaching an early agreement will protect UPS against any possible losses of business because of the threat of a strike. "The new contracts enable UPS to remain highly competitive, customer-focused and positioned to deliver transformative technologies in such areas as healthcare logistics and e-commerce on a global scale," UPS stated Thursday in a news release."Between money going to wages and to health care, there will be an increase of $8.90 an hour over the next five years in the main contract," Hall said during an interview Saturday."Drivers will make over $36 an hour by the end of this contract. That will be more than $58 an hour if you put wages, health care, pension and other benefits together." The new contract will also raise starting wages for part-time UPS workers by 17 percent, or $1.50 an hour."While part-time workers have lower wages, after they work there for one year, they will have full health-care coverage and pension plans. They will be getting well above $20 an hour after a year," Hall said. "Not that many part-time jobs around the country have full medical care and pensions."The new UPS contract will also create 23,050 new full-time jobs across the country, in addition to job openings created by normal turnover and retirement rates. Hall said those jobs will be filled by people working part time today.The new contract also helps cut "excessive overtime for full-time workers" and includes "language limiting the company's ability to discharge employees based solely on technology, such as GPS [global positioning system] technology for drivers."Hall, who began negotiating contracts with UPS in 1993, said more than 235,000 workers are eligible to vote on the main UPS contract in June, while another 12,000 will vote on the UPS Freight contract. The UPS Freight contract covers workers employed by Overnite, a company UPS purchased in 2006.UPS Freight workers will get raises of $2.50 an hour over the life of their new contract."Their health care will be improved. Their costs for health care have been substantially lowered since they joined the Teamsters," Hall said. "Many UPS Freight road divers, laid off as result of the company subcontracting their work, will be brought back to work."Since UPS Freight bought Overnite, Hall said, health-care benefits and wages more than doubled for Overnite workers, who were working without any union contract."At a time when we are seeing companies dump their employees' health insurance," Hall added, "we are moving 140,000 employees, currently under the company's health-care plan, to Teamster-controlled plans. At the end of the day, nearly all of the 250,000 employees ay UPS will be covered under Teamster-controlled plans."Reach Paul J. Nyden at email@example.com or 304-3348-5164. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 2 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 3 WVU seeking improvements during off week 4 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Thousands along coast still homeless 6 months after Sandy Previous Story Motorcycle ride to honor slain Mingo sheriff Next Story


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In mid-September, I profiled several trucking and transportation logistics companies. I wrote at the time that the recently announced quantitative easing program from the Federal Reserve would goose activity in the transport sector. Also, these companies had no exposure to the deep decline in coal traffic that affected railroad operators. All the stocks are up since being profiled, led by Swift Transportation's (SWFT) return of better than 70%, followed by Arkansas Best (ABFS), which has gained a third since mid-September.
I still believe the sector offers bargains, as the housing recovery seems to be real and economic activity should accelerate -- if we can get through the next few months in Washington without any major damage to the economy.
Here are two smaller companies in the sector whose stocks have significant upside if the economy improves in 2013.
Pacer International (PACR) provides asset-light transportation and logistics services. It operates in two segments, Intermodal and Logistics.
Four reasons PACR has additional upside from just over $4 a share.
- The company recently reported earnings that beat expectations, and Stifel Nicolaus raised its price target to $6 a share on the back of the improved results.
- Pacer has a solid balance sheet, with just under 15% of its market capitalization represented by net cash on the books. Several insiders made new purchases in late November as well.
- The stock sells at just over 10% of annual revenue, and near the bottom of its five-year valuation range based on price-cash-flow, price-sales and price-book ratios.
- The company benefits from the solid growth in trade between Mexico and the U.S. through a contract it has with Union Pacific (UNP). The stock sells at less than 12x 2014's projected earnings per share, and it has a reasonable five-year projected PEG of 1.10.
Universal Truckload Services (UACL) operates as an owner-operator and agency-based truckload motor carrier in North America. It transports various general commodities comprising machinery, building materials, paper, food, consumer goods, automotive parts, furniture, steel and other metals.
Four reasons UACL has upside at under $17 a share:
- Universal is experiencing solid revenue growth. Sales grew by more than 12% in 2012 and analysts believe it has more than 30% sales growth ahead for 2013.
- Earnings are growing nicely. The company posted just under a $1 of EPS in 2011, but is on track to post approximately $1.15 per share in earnings in 2012. Consensus earnings estimates for 2013 currently stand at $1.42 per share.
- The company has a solid balance sheet with some net cash on the books, and insiders have been net purchasers of the stock over the last six months.
- UACL sells for less than 12x forward earnings and the stock is trading near the bottom of its valuation range based on price-earnings and price-cash-flow ratios.
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All styles are good except the tiresome kind. --Voltaire
The market action is slow. There are a couple of earnings warnings and the bears say that investors are too complacent, but the market has yet to do anything wrong. In fact, the market continues to hold up extremely well and is doing a nice job of consolidating the big gain triggered by the fiscal-cliff deal. The market trend remains positive.
The question that market players need to ask is whether to stick with the market as long as it acts well and holds up or start anticipating problems and adopt a bearish bias. In other words, embrace momentum or anticipate bearishness? I tend to embrace momentum, while investors like Doug Kass prefer to anticipate bearishness.
Even though I have a personal bias about how to approach the market, I strongly believe that no approach is inherently superior. I use a momentum approach because it works best for me, but someone else may find that an anticipatory approach fits their personality better and may produce better results. A good anticipatory trader will beat a bad momentum trader, and vice versa.
Doug Kass posted a long list of market negatives Monday, and he mentions the high level of complacency this morning. He says he is now about 30% net short. He obviously feels that significant downside is coming soon.
While I don't disagree with Doug's arguments, I'm not sure about the timing. I have found that I do better if I wait for actual weakness to occur before taking a more bearish stance. It has nothing to do with disagreeing about fundamental factors. I have simply found that the market can ignore obvious negatives for a long time. Strong markets tend to stay sticky to the upside and the biggest mistake that many people make is to underestimate the power of the uptrend.
I don't know how many times over the past few years we have had uptrends that just keep on going despite the feelings of many that it was unreasonable to do so. Logic about fundamental problems just doesn't work when trying to time the argument. We just never know when the market will decide that certain negatives are going to matter.
I don't mean to imply that I'm just blithely long and don't have a worry in the world. In fact, I've been raising cash lately simply because I'm finding fewer stocks I want to buy. On the other hand, I have no aversion to buying if I see setups I like and I don't have much interest in shorting until there actually are some breakdowns.
Everyone has to find a way to approach the market that fits their personality. I find that sticking with the trend and not constantly trying to call tops works best for me. I know that I can move very quickly when conditions change, so I'm not worried about anticipating.
Too often small active traders handicap themselves by trying to trade like bigger, slower moving funds that have to anticipate. If you aren't a fund you don't need to trade like one and probably are better off if you don't.
We have a slow start again this morning and I'm already tired of hearing about Dell (DELL), which has been a dog for the last 15 years or so. Earnings are coming soon and that should give us some excitement. But for now, it looks like we are just treading water.


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To the "$400,000 home owner" complaining about the property tax cap being too low — please feel free to write an additional tax check to the county.
I live in America, and our official language is English. So, tell me again why I have to press "1" for English?
The war on drugs will never be won. So, let's legalize them, tax them and stop funding the war. Use that money somewhere else, like schools.
I worked for the city/county for 25 years and saw the waste. I'm sorry, but it's about time they were held accountable for their spending. I have to live within my means. They should, too.
Democrats continue parading victims in their quest for gun control. Have they ever considered bringing forth the thousands of people who have defended themselves legally with guns? It is not uncommon … .
Every time President Obama wants something done, it's "now is the time" or "we must act now." Time magazine calls Obama "the architect of this new America." It's time to slow down the controversial legislation until it is really discussed. Two weeks for a study of gun control by the vice president is not thoughtful governing.
It's really sad that we have to have women in combat. It's also really sad that we have to have men in combat.
Letting gays in the Boy Scouts … I feel could compromise my son's safety. Can't they have their own organization like the girls do? What about my rights. Why is their demanded equality able to trump my rights to a wholesome environment for my son's beliefs? Don't tell me our values and morals don't matter.
For years, I have been target shooting with my semi-auto .22-caliber rifle. It got tiresome constantly reloading a 10-shot magazine, so I purchased a 50-shot magazine for increased enjoyment of the sport. Oh, no. Now I have an assault weapon the anti-gunners claim has no value to citizens for any reasonable purpose.
Funny how President Obama rushed out his immigration plan the day after a bipartisan group presented their thought-out and discussed plan. Obama quickly threw out a re-tread plan with few specifics. Guess who will insist on the credit again for another historic achievement?
Like many people, I have no problem with people being gay. I think their joining would be less opposed if it was called anything but marriage. That term is already spoken for by men and women in a tradition going back thousands of years. A new term is needed.
I met a lot of nice people at the gun show Sunday located at the fairgrounds, that is, until I asked the deputy at the door how he was doing. No reply, just a look of what's your problem. Nice job on hiring this one, (Sheriff) Kenny (Fries).
I was filling my gas tank at $3.52/gallon on the sign, and there were five cars at the gas station next door pumping gas with $3.76 on the sign. I had to chuckle to myself while I thought, do any of those five really know what is going on around them or is cost no object?
Hey, I know! Let's make murder against the law, and all of these killings will cease! Because surely these cowards won't break any laws we pass, will they?
The media advances the goals of terrorists by the way they report their attacks. Shock, outrage and alarm with copious coverage only further what they want to accomplish. A simpler factual report would be better: (e.g., a terrorist attempt at the Turkish embassy only succeeded in killing the attacker and a bystander). Meanwhile, in other news, Beyonce, etc., etc.
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Wolfang Palm the inventor of Wavetable synthesis has released an app for the iPad called WaveGenerator. Mr. Palm's synthesis has been found in synths such as PPG, Waldorf and Sequential Circuits, Ensoniq and Korg. I've always lusted after an original PPG, used the plug-in software versions a few years ago and adore my Wavestation. $19.99 and available now.
"PPG WaveGenerator is the latest development from the inventor of wavetable synthesis, Wolfgang Palm. It is a next generation synthesizer, building on the heritage of the PPG Wave keyboards. The PPG WaveGenerator comes with a multitude of wavetables. The sound material contains the typical sounds from the original PPG wave models, as well as many new sounds generated by versatile analysis tools and also hand edited waves. This app enables the user, to create his own wavetables in a playful way, and to hear the result immediately. Also you can construct the waves by adding harmonics very precise. Another way is to transform a picture into a wavetable. You can load photos from your album or even shoot a picture with the camera. The waves are collected in a grid of 256 fields, to which the 3 oscillators of the synthesizer have arbitrary and independent access. In a 3D display you get a visual impression on how the sound evolves. You can turn around the 3D object and zoom in and out," – Wolfgang Palm
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Memory, Mediation, Remediation Conference 2011
Wilfrid Laurier University Celebrates 100 Years
Memory, Mediation, Remediation:
An International Conference on Memory in Literature and Film
April 28-30, 2011
Memory Studies has recently been established as one of the most urgent contemporary interdisciplinary fields. Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Department of English and Film Studies is hosting an international conference on the theme of Memory, Mediation, Remediation as part of the universitys 100th year celebration. The conference examines not merely the representation and redefining of memory (and history, and nostalgia, etc.) in both literary and filmic texts, but also the question of the degree to which either individual or social memory gets constituted, legitimized and naturalized through narrative or visual media forms. Ultimately, this conference hopes to provide a venue for the exploration of literature and cinema as themselves veritable modes of memory, in the shape of allusion, adaptation, remediation, translation, intertextuality, and appropriation.
Today, the word memory acts as a catch-all for: (a) the process of recollection or retrieval; (b) the form or place in which memory-content is both stored and lost (the archive); and (c) the mnemic content itself, what is commonly referred to as a memory. This imprecision is exacerbated by the confusion and conflation of personal natural memory and forms of collective cultural memory which as often as not is another way of talking about history. Modern theorists of memory recognize that in speaking of memory one is describing not a unitary subjective phenomenon but a grouping of cognitive functions or, in terms more amenable to this conference, a constellation of interconnected metaphors. These metaphors continue to be both familiar and powerful, most notably in terms of modernitys stubborn insistence on memorys spatial nature.
This conference seeks to extend the exploration of received modes and theories of the representation of memory to a consideration of 21st century globalized values and ideas. Collective, social or cultural memory are not new ideas, but we would encourage exploration what it means to think of culture itself as a global memory system; as both source of and storehouse for a societys most cherished values, ideals, and ideologies.
Featured Speakers include:
Sarah Henstra, Ryerson University | Marlene Kadar, York University
Alison Landsberg, George Mason University
an international conference
on memory in literature and film
Organizers: Russ Kilbourn and Eleanor Ty | Depart ment of English and Film Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5
This conference was made possible by the support of the Social Science and Humanities
Research Council, the WLU Office of Alumni and Development Relations, the Faculty of Arts,
the Department of English and Film Studies, and Cinematheque Waterloo


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Amistad Strikes Gold with Budweiser ShareLunker 400
Lake will be stocked with fingerlings with thoroughbred genes.
ATHENS, Texas — Jason Baird hit the jackpot Feb. 28 when he caught Budweiser ShareLunker No. 400, a 13.1-pound largemouth bass worth $5,240 in cash.
Now the huge fish is paying dividends for everyone who fishes Lake Amistad. On April 18 ShareLunker 400 produced 46,678 eggs, the most produced by a ShareLunker in a single spawn in the program's 20-year history.
The fry from that spawn, along with the big fish herself, will be returned to Lake Amistad in a few weeks.
"This is an outstanding example of why the Budweiser ShareLunker program has been so successful in improving the genetics of largemouth bass in Texas reservoirs," said Allen Forshage, director of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, home to the program. "In the wild, the fish would have spawned with an unpedigreed male. Here at TFFC, we pair the ShareLunker females with males that are themselves descendants of ShareLunkers on both the male and female sides. We are concentrating the genes that make these big fish special. The ultimate winners in this program are the anglers of Texas, who will be catching these genetically superior fish in the future."
Forshage also emphasized that returning ShareLunkers to the lakes where they were caught is an important part of the program. "Returning the fish to their home lakes gives other anglers a chance to catch them as well as allowing the fish to continue to spawn in the wild in the future," he said. "Plus, everything we know about genetics indicates that the offspring of the ShareLunkers have an increased probability of growing to a trophy size. Taking the big fish out of the lake temporarily allows us to improve the quality of fishing in that lake permanently."
In addition to the usual prizes of a Budweiser ShareLunker jacket and a fiberglass replica of the number 400 fish, Jason Baird will receive a cash award of $400 per pound of fish and a G.Loomis rod with Shimano reel valued at a total of $600. Prizes will be funded by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, Anheuser-Busch and G.Loomis.
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by Dave Kurzawski risk-management consultant with FC Stone/Downes-O'Neill, Chicago, Ill.
Class III futures retreated yesterday closing anywhere from $ 0.01 per hundredweight to $0.24 per cwt. lower on a moderate 1,993 contracts trading hands. This prices weakness came in the face of higher still cheese prices here at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Block cheese rose 1-cent to close out at $1.7025 while barrels shot up 4 cents to $1.6825. Since last Friday, the block price is up $17.75 cents and the barrels have gained 17.25 cents. In both cases these are prices not seen since the tail end of October 2010. Overnight, selling is pushing Class III prices $0.50 per cwt. to $0.10 per cwt. lower on relatively light volume. Look for more downward pressure early this morning.
January has been a head-spinner for the dairy industry. With Class IV prices leading the charge, Class III prices have move from a more bearish cost-of-carry structure to a more bullish backward-dated structure and tacked on more that $2 per cwt. for some months in a week's time. We discussed the possibility of a pipe-line refill that appeared imminent back in December, but never expected the kind of fury we've seen this week. The question now should be one of sustainability. As we roll the calendar into February will we see a more moderate temperature of both international and domestic demand? If we do, expect prices to give back a chunk of January's gains in February.
While Class IV prices have been a key ingredient to the dairy complex rally in general and Class III in particular, another driver of the rally on class III that doesn't get as much airtime has been the rally on dry whey. What was a quiet market, has become victim of buyer panic. Dry whey stocks have been tight for months, but it didn't seem to matter until the buy switch was flipped. Continued firm bids for export have catapulted U.S. dry whey futures by 10- to 15-cents per pound over the past two weeks. That alone adds $0.60 per cwt. to $0.90 per cwt. to Class III. Whey futures have put in at least a short-term top here and are trading 1- to 3-cents lower overnight.
Producer selling has picked up over the past three trading days as they have watched the price of March milk, for example, run $2.50 per cwt. higher than this time last week. With as much uncertainty in the market today, producers really ought to decide how to execute your marketing plans. We have recommended buying puts if you are bullish dairy.
The issue we've run into is the valuing of those options that provide a floor for your production. Such a dramatic rally in prices has kept would-be option sellers looking for more option premium. Whether or not you're bullish or bearish, the risk of a substantial albeit perhaps short-term futures price decline is on everyone's mind. If there is profit margin available, dribbling sales on a percentage of your Class III and Class IV milk production is now recommended should that bring profit back to the dairy.
Keep your eyes on the price of gold and the value of the U.S. dollar. An unusual situation developed yesterday as they both finished lower (gold sharply lower) on the day. This may be a one-off or it may be a sign of further deflationary pressure yet to come in 2011. With the yet to be resolved economic maladies that seem to be on a flying saucer tour across Europe; every other month it's a different country. And with the news this week that Standard and Poor's rating agency downgraded Japan's debt from AA to AA-, I continue to have a more bullish tilt on the U.S. dollar here in 2011. But yesterday's gold-dollar trade should catch our attention.
The Federal Open Market Committee said yesterday that they see no reason to change rates or the current QE2 plan to spend the earmarked $600 billion in government purchases of long-term U.S. Treasury bonds.
The grains continued to trade in a more sideways zigzag manner Thursday. From a technical perspective a move out of the late price range appears imminent (within a week). Look for grains to open slightly firm this morning.
1/27 Class III Futures: Volume: 1,993 Open Interest (OI) Change: +647 Total OI: 38,180
1/27 Class III Options: Est. Put Volume: 751 Total OI: 30,532 Est. Call Volume: 654 Total OI: 25,614
1/27 Spot Markets: Block Cheese $1,7025 (UP 1, 0 Trades); Barrel Cheese $1.6925 (UP 4, 1 Trade)
Butter $2.1000 (UNCH, 0 Trades); NFDM: A $1.6325 (UP 4 , 0 Trades), X $1.6000 (up 4 1/2, 0 Trades)
1/27 Other Dairy Futures Volume: Butter: 118 Dry Whey: 108 NFDM: 62 Class IV: 118 Cheese: 51 International SMP: 0
1/27 Individual Class III Futures Prices, Change, Volume & Open Interest
Jan 11 $13.52 DOWN 1 Vol: 53 OI Change: DOWN 39
Feb 11 $16.48 DOWN 1 Vol: 331 OI Change: UP 42
Mar 11 $17.49 DOWN 1 Vol: 495 OI Change: UP 146
Apr 11 $17.19 DOWN 11 Vol: 457 OI Change: UP 224
Jan-June 2011 Avg: $16.33 UP 0.07/cwt
July-Dec 2011 Avg: $16.55 UP 0.15/cwt
Jan-Dec 2011 Avg: $16.43 UP 0.12/cwt
These data and comments are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to be used for specific trading strategies. Although all information is believed to be reliable, we cannot guarantee its accuracy and completeness. Commodity trading involves risks, and you should fully understand those risks before trading.


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Try this cheesy macaroni with chunks of butternut squash, gooey sharp cheddar and spicy seasonings for a scrumptious, light side!
Keep your meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and bread puddings. In my mind, comfort food begins and ends at mac and cheese. There is just nothin' better!
Now, mind you, the same sentiment isn't shared with such passion by all tenants of my house… much to my disgrace. Hubby and I are still trucking along in a many-yearlong process to cure his blue box blues. But with each forkful of homemade goodness he gets a little closer to loving the best comfort food on earth!
This cheesy macaroni with chunks of butternut squash, gooey sharp cheddar and spicy seasonings is what dreams are made of, y'all. It's better than digging your hands into a bin of rice, or hugging a soft kitty, or, or… watching the season premiere of Dexter with a tub of ice cream! Oh, I said it.
It's lovely to look at and melt-in-your-mouth delicious, but also light on calories too! Using whole wheat pasta, a vegetable broth/skim milk base, and part-skim ricotta to amp up the dreamy creaminess, you can count it in at only 290 calories per serving. Hell. yeah.
Try this as a fun side dish some weeknight, or plan ahead and add it to your Thanksgiving menu. It's perfect for sneaking your picky eaters a serving of veggies, and pretty guilt free for the big kids of the house!
Enjoy your weekend, foodie friends! I've got a list (and a hubby) to get working on…
Craving more? Keep in touch on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for new post updates and more. You can also check out my FAQ page, or contact me with any questions or inquiries!
Butternut Squash Mac 'n Cheese
Yield: Serves 8
1 (1 lb.) butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and diced (approx. 3 cups)
1 cup vegetable broth
1 cup fat-free milk
16 oz. whole wheat pasta of your choice (shells, elbows, rotini, etc.)
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons panko breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon olive oil
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Bring a large pot of water to boil. In a separate medium saucepan, combine squash, broth and milk and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until squash is tender, 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add pasta to boiling water and cook according to package instructions, usually about 8 minutes. Gently mash squash mixture and season with nutmeg, cayenne, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
Drain pasta and add back to pot; place on stovetop away from heat. Stir in squash mixture, cheddar, Parmesan and ricotta. Pour mixture into prepared pan; one 13x9 or two 9x9 pans work fine.
In a small bowl, combine breadcrumbs and olive oil. Sprinkle evenly over pasta.
Cover with foil and bake 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until lightly browned and crisp on top, 15-20 minutes more. Serve immediately.
*Tip: This can also be frozen well. Pour into baking dish, cover with aluminum foil and freeze for up to 1 month. Thaw on counter before baking and bake as normal, though a little extra time may need to be added.


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Stone TonesScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
In the magical island of Nowhere, the lost boy was trying to find the entrance to the celestial garden he saw from a hill. A high wall surrounded the garden. Walking around, the boy found a door, very tall, with 12 stone locks placed vertically, from top to bottom, and so thin that they looked like stone strings. In fact, when touched, the stone locks vibrate, producing a beautiful note just like a crystal string singing. He also found that the tones in the stone were a semitone apart, just like a regular musical keyboard.
The boy liked to play music, so he played some melodies with that natural instrument. After some time, he remembered that he wanted to enter the garden, so looked for a sign. There was one that said, "The melody is the key to the beauty in the heart". At that moment, he remembered that the phrase was an old melody his grandma used to whistle to him (he was also a great melody whistler), and then figured out that that melody was the key to open the door. So he started touching the stones, playing the melody, all but the last note, because it was the highest stone in the door and he was too little to reach it. If only he could find a way to make the stone vibrate without having to touch it...
How could that be done?
HintThere are 12 stones, that is, 1 octave.
AnswerSince he was a very good whistler, he just had to whistle a note one octave below the one that he wanted to vibrate. That stone will vibrate by the harmonics effect, in which the waves made from one frequency make another frequency to sympathetically "respond", thus making the other source vibrate a little. The second harmonic is the one that is double the base frequency, that is, one octave above.
Needless to say, the boy was a good musician and knew about the harmonics physics.
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Wedge ejected for first time this season in Bronx
NEW YORK -- Mariners manager Eric Wedge earned his first ejection of the season on Thursday, when he was tossed by first-base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt after the top of the second inning of his team's 3-2 victory over the Yankees.
Wedge went out to argue after Brendan Ryan laced a line drive to right field that Ichiro Suzuki snared just above the grass for the third out of the second inning.
"That's what I was yelling at," Wedge said. "But I'm not going to talk about that. It was a great game. We've got plenty else to talk about. He should have thrown me out. I would've thrown myself out if I said that to myself."
Wedge already appeared unhappy about a checked-swing, third-strike call on Raul Ibanez for the first out of the inning.
It was the 33rd ejection of Wedge's 10-year managerial career. He also was ejected from a game this spring, the first Cactus League ejection he'd received.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This week, I want to revisit one of my earlier Trove Tuesday posts, "Fido's Feat". To refresh your memory here is Fido's story again and then, a lovely postscript to his story:
I recently told you about a Facebook group I set up called, I've Lived in Hamilton, Victoria, that was, and still is, offering me "A Pleasant Distraction". I've posted a few Hamilton stories from Western District Families, and one of those was Fido's story. So, it was a thrill to hear from Alan Moon's children, Graeme and Diana, members of the group.
Growing up, the story of Fido's feat was a family favourite, with Graeme commenting that he didn't think anyone else knew the story their father often told them as children. He recalled being "amazed" at the brave dog's journey from Port Fairy to Hamilton. Diana told me she would ask her father to tell her the story over and over. Thank you Graeme and Diana for sharing your childhood memories and for adding to Fido's wonderful story.
If you are wondering how the Hamilton group is going, it's going mad. To give you an idea, one of my favourite quotes comes from Helen – "This site is better than Candy Crush". There are now over 1600 members and hundreds of photos. A "Back to Hamilton" is becoming more of a reality each day which is exciting.


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"The Once A Day Protease Inhibitor Regimens"
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Atazanavir (ATV) and fosamprenavir (fAPV) are new protease inhibitors that can be administered once-a-day and boosted with ritonavir (r). Prior studies have demonstrated that both are effective in treatment of ARV-naïve HIV-infected people. This study was designed to demonstrate if a HAART regimen containing ATV/r is not inferior to a HAART regimen containing fAPV/r, in ARV-naïve patients over a 96-week period.
This is a phase IV, single center, randomized, open label, 2-arm clinical trial in ARV therapy-naïve patients with HIV-1 RNA >1,000 copes/mL and CD4 cell count <350 cells/mm3. Patients will be randomized to receive tenofovir and emtricitabine plus either ATV (300mg qd) and ritonavir (100mg qd) or fAPV (1400mg qd) and ritonavir (200mg qd).
|HIV Infections
|Drug: ritonavir-boosted atazanavir Drug: ritonavir-boosted fosamprenavir
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|"PIQD: The Once a Day Protease Inhibitor Regimens." Ritonavir Boosted Atazanavir vs. Ritonavir Boosted Fosamprenavir Used in Combination With Tenofovir and Emtricitabine in HIV-1 Infected Antiretroviral Treatment-Naïve Patients.
- Proportion of Patient With Viral Load Less Than 400 Copies/mL [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
- CD4 Cell Count Change From Baseline During Treatment. [ Time Frame: 24 weeks. ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Atazanavir oral once daily
HIV treatment
Drug: ritonavir-boosted atazanavir
100 mg ritonavir plus 300 mg atazanavir in combination with tenofovir-emtricitabine fixed dose combination given once daily.
Other Name: Reyataz plus Norvir
Active Comparator: Fosamprenavir oral once daily
HIV treatment
Drug: ritonavir-boosted fosamprenavir
100 mg ritonavir plus 1,400 mg fosamprenavir in combination with tenofovir-emtricitabine fixed dose combination given once daily.
Other Name: Lexiva plus Norvir
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older.
- Patient agrees to participate in the study by giving written informed consent.
- Documentation of HIV infection.
- No prior treatment with any anti-retroviral agent.
- CD4 cell count < 350 cells x mm3 or with an AIDS defining condition.
- Viral load > 1,000 copies/mL
Exclusion Criteria:
- Less than 18 years old.
- Current pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Any previous antiretroviral regimen.
- Severe hepatic impairment that precludes the use of either study drug. This will be defined as any laboratory value of Grade 3 or 4 on the ACTG scale.
- Use of any contra-indicated medication as defined in the package insert for each drug.
- Any condition that, in the judgment of the investigator, precludes successful participation in the study.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00242216
|United States, Texas
|Thomas Street Health Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77009
|Principal Investigator:
|Roberto C Arduino, MD
|The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
|Responsible Party:
|Roberto Arduino, Professor - Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00242216 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 18, 2005
|Results First Received:
|May 2, 2013
|Last Updated:
|December 12, 2013
Keywords provided by Roberto Arduino, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston:
HIV-1 infected people
Antiretroviral treatment-naïve
ARV Treatment Naive
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Atazanavir Sulfate
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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Sebastian Vettel's bid for a record-equalling fifth straight Formula One world title could not have started in more disappointing fashion.
For reigning champions Red Bull, Vettel, and engine partners Renault, the second day of pre-season testing proved to be another to forget.
Just 31 hours after taking the wraps off the RB10 in the pitlane at Jerez, Vettel was departing the circuit a frustrated figure.
That followed two days spent predominantly twiddling his thumbs, as he completed a grim total of 11 laps.
On the opening day on Tuesday, Vettel had to wait until 15 minutes before the end of the session before finally taking to the track, managing three laps.
On Wednesday, the 26-year-old's day was done by 2pm local time due to an issue with the new energy store, with the German then leaving the track just before 4pm after a debrief, without even conducting his scheduled media duties.
The only remarks from Vettel came via Red Bull's press release as he said: "Obviously, we've not had a lot of running and a few problems to sort.
"With such big rule changes it's usual to have teething problems, and that's what tests are for, to sort those issues out.
"The next two days (with new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo at the helm) will be important to get some track time to prepare for the tests in Bahrain."
At the same time Vettel was departing, another Renault-powered car in the Caterham - driven by rookie Marcus Ericsson - was returning to the garage on the back of a flat-bed truck after stopping on track and with just 11 laps under its belt.
With Toro Rosso failing to run at all on Wednesday due to electrical issues, it means Renault's engines have completed a miserable 38 laps over the two days.
After four years of dominance in powering Red Bull and Vettel to title glory, Renault's head of track operations Remi Taffin acknowledged his company "are facing problems".
The switch to the new 1.6-litre turbo-charged powertrains, complete with the ERS (energy recovery system) is posing Renault significant headaches.
Despite that, Taffin said: "There are many problems we can see when we've got new cars, and also on our side, new power units.
"That could be different from one team to another, but for sure we know on our side we had one problem we clearly identified and we wanted to fix it.
"We could not fix it for this morning so we decided to do as much as we could to make sure for tomorrow, and especially for Red Bull and Toro Rosso, we are sure we can take to the track at nine o'clock.
"We are confident that tomorrow morning we will have all three cars on track. We are going to fix the hardware."
After failing to turn a wheel in anger on Tuesday due to McLaren's own problems, Jenson Button topped the timesheets after day two.
Completing 43 laps, the 34-year-old Briton's best was a one minute 24.165secs, just over half a second ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in his Ferrari.
After a day of frustration on Tuesday, Button was happy enough as he said: "It's always a weird one sat in your motorhome all day long hoping they'll build the car.
"We had a lot of issues yesterday and it's nice to see we were able to solve them overnight. It wasn't a lot of laps today, but it's been a positive start.
"There's no horrible issues with the car itself, no big issues with the power unit in terms of how it delivers, so the basic car itself is where we want it to be.
"We always aim to have a good base because the way that it's going to improve throughout the year, and how we're going to add to this car, aerodynamically, and also development in terms of the engine, is massive.
"So having a good base is important, so I'm happy."
Mercedes-powered cars clocked up the miles as Williams' Valtteri Bottas managed 35 laps and Sergio Perez 37 in a Force India that suffered its own technical issue midway through the afternoon.
Way out in front, however, was Nico Rosberg in the works car as he rattled off 97 laps, more than the entire field completed on Tuesday.
That was after a late start as the team put the finishing touches to the W05 following a front-wing failure on Tuesday which sent Lewis Hamilton into a barrier.
A delighted Rosberg said: "That was a great team effort today, we were able to do a lot of mileage which is great for our learning process."
Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez was sixth on the timesheet, completing 53 laps to give Ferrari-powered cars a total of 100 for the day.


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Gauri Gill (b. 1970, Chandigarh, India)
Central to Gauri Gill's work is the power of images, especially portraits, to shape one's perception of society. Fundamental to her practice as a photographer is the sustained observation of her subjects over extended periods of time. In the late 1990s, Gill began an ongoing effort to photograph the people and landscape of Rajasthan. When a local non-governmental organization hosted a Balika Mela (fair for girls) in 2003, she was invited to organize a photographic project. More than 1,500 young women between the ages of 12 and 20 from villages in the region gathered in Lunkaransar to engage in various activities and learn skills in a safe and playful environment.
During the fair, Gill set up a makeshift studio in the desert and invited young women to have their portraits taken. Props were sourced locally and the subjects were asked to choose how and with whom they wished to be photographed. Gill also led workshops teaching basic photographic skills and darkroom techniques. In 2010, she returned to a second fair to exhibit her portraits and take new ones.
Nearly life-size in black and white, Kanta and Raami, with their direct gazes and spare compositions, are two of the most compelling portraits from the first Balika Mela series.


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OFC Director Wins Award
Office for Children Director Named 'A National Leader'
Judith Rosen, the director of the Fairfax County Department of Family Services Office for Children, has won the 2008 Outstanding Service to Children Award from the Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education.
The award is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the education and development of young children in Virginia. In notifying Rosen that she is the 2008 recipient, VAECE Past President Edyth Wheeler called Rosen "a national leader" in providing quality early childhood education services.
Rosen was the founding director of the Office for Children when it was established by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in 1975. Under Rosen's leadership, the county provides a comprehensive, integrated array of child care and education services for its citizens. Rosen oversees the regulation and training of child care providers in Fairfax County; the Fairfax County Head Start program; the 134 School Age Child Care centers located in public school facilities; the Virginia Preschool Initiative; the Employee Child Care Center; the School Readiness Collaborative and the Child Care Assistance and Referral program. Rosen was also key in establishing Fairfax Futures, a nonprofit organization which partners with the Office for Children to promote early childhood education.
Over the past 30 years, Rosen's work has impacted an estimated 500,000 children.
Wheeler explains that Rosen pioneered "providing affordable, accountable, quality early childhood education services for a diverse, multi-ethnic community." She added, "We are privileged to have an opportunity to recognize [Rosen's] work in our field."
VAECE will present the award on February 16 at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Reston.
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Historic storm hits over weekend
BERLIN – Extreme flooding and power outages brought Berlin officials and workers from almost every town department out on Saturday and early Sunday to assist hundreds of residents during and after what town officials said was a once-in-every-1,000-years storm.
According to Jane Kreiter, the town's water resources director, 13.5 inches rain fell on Berlin within 10 hours, making Saturday night's seemingly endless thunderstorm a unique meteorological event, at least in modern times.
"The older residents in town said this was the worst flood they have ever seen in Berlin," Town Administrator Tony Carson said.
The rain, accompanied by what seemed to be continuous thunder and lightning well into the night, caused severe flash flooding throughout the Berlin area, leaving motorists stranded and, in some case, in peril.
The Berlin Police Department began to receive numerous calls around 9:30 p.m. that evening from people who were trapped in their vehicles after they stalled in water reaching levels as high as five feet.
With the help of the Berlin Fire Company, the Maryland Natural Resources Police and others, approximately 70 people were rescued from their cars and trucks in and around town.
Emergency units were dispatched to Bay, Flower, West, Main and Williams streets, as well as Route 113 and Route 346. Some of these areas had never experienced problems with flooding, but this deluge changed all that.
Resident Emily Barney was driving to her home at Decatur Farm off Route 113 Saturday night from Route 50, when she mistook one of the few exits that wasn't blocked to mean that it was passable.
"I just kept going through the water, then my car completely shut off. Water was above my hood and started rising inside my car," she said. Barney called 911, and was told by the dispatcher to keep a window open for her safety and that rescuers would be sent.
"By the time someone came, the water level was up to my waist. It was the scariest night of my life," Barney said.
Numerous cars parked on several streets were swept down the roads and ended up being damaged or totaled by water, debris or both.
Many vehicles that were taken by the rush of water on Route 113 south of Burley Street ended up being saved from further damage because of a new guardrail that prevented them from entering much deeper water.
Despite the dangerous suddenness of the storm and its effects, no injuries were reported as of Tuesday. Most people remained relatively safe in their homes, but a handful of residents stayed overnight in Town Hall.
While emergency units rescued trapped drivers throughout the night, Berlin's Department of Public Works and Electric Department worked to help clear water and restore power to the town.
About 800 buildings, including shops in the commercial district of Berlin, were left without power at some point between 9 p.m. and early Sunday morning.
Using the new overhead fault indicators that emit a high-intensity red strobe if there is a problem with the line, the Electric Department quickly located a utility pole on Buckingham Lane and West Street that had been struck by lightning. Power was fully restored to the town by 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Because Berlin is one of the few municipalities in Maryland that has its own electric department, the town was able to respond immediately instead of being forced to send a request for aid, Carson said.
By Sunday, all water and vehicles were removed from the roads.
"People were out shopping. It looked like a normal Sunday," Carson said.
Some residents who were affected by the storm used the public comments segment of the mayor and council meeting on Monday to express their displeasure with the town.
Whether the issue was debris damaging cars and yards, thousands of dollars of water damage in homes or the account of one woman who was stuck in her home with three children and water up to her waist, there were numerous complaints to Berlin officials on the basis that not enough was done to prevent the flooding.
"I don't think there is any system we could build to accommodate that amount of rainfall," Berlin Mayor Gee Williams replied.
The mayor and council members did say, however, that they would look into receiving federal aid for those without strong financial backing. It was also mentioned that on Sept. 5 for no cost, the town would pick up debris from residents who place unwanted items their front yard.
As to the town's preparedness, Williams said he has been trying to create a stormwater utility department for the past few years. With such a department, town employees would work year-round to improve stormwater drainage around town.
Town officials estimate that the cost of the department would be about $5 a month per property, a price that residents have resisted.
Regardless of the possibility of a stormwater department being formed, Berlin was asked by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science last year to conduct a study on the town's stormwater needs. Once the study is complete in late fall, Berlin will have a list of all areas ranked by priority.
Though the list would provide a clear course for the town to take, it would still take many years to make major changes in stormwater flow because of the millions of dollars required to do the work.
"Realistically, once the cost estimate is determined, we would be able to make significant improvements within a five-to 10-year period," Carson said.
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Pacers may lack needed funds
With James Jones, Davis also on wish list, Indiana may be outbid for Lithuanian guard.
By Mark Montieth
Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird has proved his devotion to Sarunas Jasikevicius of Lithuania by making sojourns to Europe to scout and meet the guard.
Whether Bird has enough influence and -- more importantly -- available funds to woo the point guard, however, could be determined this week. Free agent signings and trades can be executed beginning Friday, if the new collective bargaining agreement is finalized by then.
With the premier free agent guards having reached agreements, Jasikevicius has moved closer to the forefront of desirable catches. The Pacers remain in contention but have competition from teams that might have more money to spend.
Cleveland, Portland, Houston, Dallas and Seattle are among the teams believed to have interest in the 29-year-old, who has gained rock-star fame in Europe after starring in the Olympics and leading his Tel Aviv, Israel, team to the past two Euroleague titles.
Jasikevicius' agent, Doug Neustadt, is seeking a three-year, $10 million contract. The Pacers could afford such a deal with a portion of their midlevel exception, which allows them to award a contract of about $5 million next season. They also want to re-sign free agents Dale Davis and James Jones, however, which presents the challenge of fitting three players into one hole.
"They're just waiting to get the best offer," Bird said of Jasikevicius and Neustadt. "There's not much we can do."
The Pacers' primary competition for Jasikevicius appears to be Cleveland, which is seeking a starting point guard and has $5 million-6 million left to spend on free agents. The Cavaliers have reached an agreement to re-sign center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, a fellow Lithuanian and a longtime friend of Jasikevicius. The two reportedly attended the recent Wimbledon tennis championship together.
"It's nice that he's friends with Ilgauskas, but he's not making a decision based on that," Neustadt said. "Anytime Larry Bird's interested in a player, it has to carry some weight. Sarunas is very pleased that Larry likes him as a player.
"(The Pacers) would be an interesting fit. They're on the brink of doing some things."
Davis has reported interest from teams such as Seattle, New Jersey, Cleveland and Philadelphia, but it remains unclear what salary he will command. Davis earned more than $10 million last season in the final year of a contract he signed with the Pacers in 2000, but at 36 he faces a major pay cut. Just how big remains to be seen.
"Dale has a great fondness for the Pacers, but (a new contract) has to be a fair value," his agent Chubby Wells said. "Like anything else, we're going to look at all of our options and see what teams are offering."
The Pacers' negotiating interest in Davis could be limited by the presence of four other players already on their roster who can fill the center spot: Jeff Foster, Jermaine O'Neal, Scot Pollard and David Harrison.
Bird emphasized the Pacers don't intend to let restricted free agent James Jones get away unless an improbable offer comes his way.
Jones, a second-round pick in 2003, averaged 4.9 points last season. The Pacers can match any offer he receives from another team.
"James Jones will be matched," Bird said.
Call Star reporter Mark Montieth at (317) 444-6406.


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