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One Cent Pieces - APMEX offers a superb selection of all types of large and small cents. Large Cents are very widely collected in America. They are the link to our Founding Fathers and represent a beautiful series of coins. An important issue is the 1793 Large Cent. It was one of the first coins struck by the U.S. Mint, the 1793 Large Cents come in three types: the "Chain" Cent, the "Wreath" Cent and the "Liberty Cap" design. Large Cents were minted between 1793 and 1857.
The first small cents were of the Flying Eagle type. They were minted between 1856 and 1858, but the 1856 has often been considered to be a pattern coin, since only approximately 2,000 pieces were minted. They were made of copper-nickel but were not widely accepted by the public.
The demise of the Flying Eagle cent gave rise to the Indian Cent. These coins do not actually have an Indian portrait on the obverse; it is actually a depiction of Liberty. Minted between 1859 and 1909, these popular cents came in various metals. In 1859, a copper-nickel cent with a laurel wreath reverse was first minted. It was followed by a copper-nickel oak wreath cent that was minted between 1860 and 1864. During 1864, both copper-nickel and bronze cents were minted. Finally, bronze cents were minted between 1864 and the end of this series in 1909. Indian Cents survived both the Civil War and the Spanish American War. Artistically designed by James B. Longacre, they are widely collected.
But the most enduring US coin is the Lincoln Cent. Designed by Victor David Brenner, they have been minted continuously since 1909. The "wheat ear" variety was minted between 1909 and 1958, while the Lincoln Memorial variety was minted between 1959 and 2008. In 2009, several new reverse designs were issued to celebrate the bi-centennial of Lincoln's birth and the centennial of the minting of these popular coins. Since 2010, the reverse features a Shield design. Virtually all collectors started their collection with the Lincoln cent.
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Major Nelson is back with another Vine clip showing off the speed of Xbox One. This time, though, he's showing us the speed in which one can search for a specific topic using Bing on Xbox One. It's pretty darn fast -- like, less than 7 seconds fast.
Obviously some of the speed in which the Xbox One searches is due to the use of Kinect which seems to accurately capture the keywords necessary to show Major Nelson "everything with Felicia Day." Keep in mind, this isn't actually searching the web, but rather whatever Felicia Day-related stuff pops up on Xbox One.
This isn't all the Kinect is good for either. Last week, Major Nelson showed us how quick it is redeeming a code on the Xbox One. Again, it takes less than 7 seconds.

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Ekram Hassan
Ekram Hassan was born on 29 july 1960. She graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt in 1982. She worked as a Demonstrator in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University till March 1986. She was an Assistant Lecturer till 1990, in which year she aquired the Ph.D. degree. Hassan worked as Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy, King Saud University till 2000, when she was promoted to Professor in February 2002. She is currently the Head of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry and Quality Control Department, at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon.
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What should I know regarding pregnancy, nursing and administering Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine to children or the elderly?
If you are:
Only When Necessary: POTENTIAL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS IN NEONATE INCLUDING AGITATION, LISTLESSNESS
Only When Necessary: POTENTIAL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS IN NEONATE INCLUDING AGITATION, LISTLESSNESS
Absolute Contraindication: AMPHETAMINES CONCENTRATE IN MILK. POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS IN INFANT.
Absolute Contraindication: AMPHETAMINES CONCENTRATE IN MILK. POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS IN INFANT.
An adult over 60:
management or monitoring precaution: Neuro/Psych-May exacerbate pre-existing insomnia. Cardiovascular-May exacerbate pre-existing coronary insufficiency, cause or exacerbate peripheral vasculopathy. Gastrointestinal-Anorexia may cause significant weight loss.
Giving dextroamphetamine-amphetamine to a child under 12:
Severe Precaution: Risk of sudden death with cardiac structural defects. Do not use with cardiac abnormality, cardiomyopathy, serious heart rhythm abnormality. Long term use may cause weight loss, slowed growth. Manufacturer does not recommend or not studied age < 6 years.
management or monitoring precaution: Warning with underlying cardiac structural defect, cardiomyopathy or serious arrhythmia. Monitor growth and behavior and for development of cardiac symptoms. Rare risk of priapism.
management or monitoring precaution: Contraindicated in cardiac structural defects;monitor growth and behavior including suicidal ideation.
Severe Precaution: Increased cardiac risk with structural defects. May affect growth rate. Increased insomnia, anorexia. Not recommended per manufacturer age < 13 years.
management or monitoring precaution: Monitor growth, behavior, suicidal ideation. Risk with cardiac structural defect.
management or monitoring precaution: Risk with cardiac structural defect; monitor growth and behavior. Rare reports of suicidal ideation.
Severe Precaution: Risk with cardiac structural defects. Risk of slowed growth. behavioral changes, new or breakthrough seizure, suicidal ideation, visual disturbances. Not recommended age < 3 years for ADHD
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What: 8 p.m. Sunday
Where: KNSD Channel 39, Cable 7
The basics: The magical Merlin is sent to Camelot to secretly learn the ins and outs of spells and potions from the court physician when using wizardry is punishable by death. A dragon soon reveals Merlin's destiny — that the teenager's fate is intertwined with the arrogant and annoying Prince Arthur. Even though Merlin denies he would ever help Arthur, he soon saves the prince from harm and is "rewarded" by being named Arthur's manservant.
What it faces: The competition will vary during the summer, but when it starts, "Merlin" is up against several series in reruns: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" on ABC, "Million Dollar Password" on CBS, and "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill" on Fox.
What you'll love: Colin Morgan (Merlin) and Bradley James (Arthur) are adorable on screen, and Angel Coulby (Gwen) brings a sassy verve to a production that is funny and well-acted. The British import also boasts high-quality special effects and promises a bevy of magical creatures during its 13-episode run.
What you won't: The scheduling of the series is a bit odd: It's being aired in two-hour blocks on the first two Sundays then changes to a single-hour program July 5.
Bottom line: "Merlin" is fun family fare, and many fans of the "Harry Potter" series are sure to fall under its spell.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Stop what you're doing and put your entire focus into this article.
Have you ever wondered why some websites and businesses seem to make a whole boatload of money despite having such a low amount of traffic? It's that they convert.
Gasp! You mean all that effort in traffic generation was a waste of time?!
No, keep doing what you do when it comes to building website traffic but consider taking some of your daily effort to begin working on conversions. We're going to share an epic list to get you started but you must commit to improving conversions else you'll keep spinning your wheels while others sap the market with their offers and products.
Here is what you should try:
- Cut out the jargon – You may know the industry terms for your market but don't take it for granted because your visitors may have no prior knowledge (nor the care) to understand what comes across as jargon, to them. Cut it all out and speak on their level without sounding too condescending while keeping a professional tone.
- Remove the distractions – Take a long, hard look at your website and make a note about what distracts your visitors from reading your information and acting upon your call-to-actions. Strip the site of any unnecessary elements (using your gut instinct) or use user testing tools that create heatmaps so you can make the accurate changes based on the users' usage.
- Make it flexible – People may visit your website from any number of browsers or devices, and they're quick to bounce if it's not optimized for their browsing experience. Update or convert to a flexible website theme so that all of your information is displayed in a clear and concise manner no matter which browser/device they use.
- Produce more content – Give your readers what they want and answer all of their questions. Create content based on long-tail keyword searches which are generally used by those that are seeking information prior to making a purchase (or if they already own a product/service). Cover the whole gamut of what your industry details and implement clear call-to-actions relevant to the specific information to have visitors take action on your message.
- Promote the USP – Don't let the visitor determine what value you have to offer – set a unique selling point and use it throughout your website to command authority and promote your expertise within the market. Doing so will help you differentiate from the countless competitors in your market.
- Stand out with design – Use website and industry best practices to create (or update) a website so it's attractive to the eyes (to capture them on first landing) and easy-to-use in design. Cut out the frustration which comes from clunky navigation, text formatting, and outdated design.
- Distill trust – Employ the use of trust badges and social signals to show that your website is not only secure but other individuals find it to be engaging and trustworthy. Display your social shares within each blog post and run the trust badges along the sidebar or bottom of the page. People will buy from those they trust.
- Use their media – Visitors impartial to text-heavy pages and desire video, in place? Than convert to what your visitors want and deliver your message through their preferred media. Better yet – use video, audio, and text to cover all forms of media so your message never falls on deaf ears.
- Get to the point – Remove anything that creates fluff in your writing, design, and message. Get right to the point and tell your visitors what you have to offer and how to get it. Make sure you never waste their time.
- Push the benefits – People buy based on what they get out of the product/service – not just the features. Push these benefits and give them a sense of projection as if they are the owner of said product/service as this will create an emotional response which aids in conversions.
- Use lots of landing pages – Use landing pages for separate marketing campaigns, freebies, contests, and any form of promotion you plan to track. Segment your email list based on separate landing pages. Develop areas of your site specific to those that convert. Test and track every landing page on your website. These specific pages will create a tight set of data for your marketing campaigns and product development.
There will be those that land on your site, grab the information you have to offer, and see their way out but it's those that show real interest in your message that you need to convince. A lot of traffic is a great thing but if people fail to convert than it's all gone to waste. Spend your next action working on improving one of the items mentioned in this article and you will truly see the power of conversions.
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Although it was a rough ride for his party across the province, Ontario PC Ted Arnott cruised to an easy win Thursday evening in the Wellington-Halton Hills riding.

Unofficial results saw incumbent Arnott top the riding with 22,600 votes (46.68 percent). Liberal Dan Zister had 14,095 votes (29.12 per cent), NDP Michael Carlucci earned 6,848 (14.15 per cent), Green Party candidate Dave Rodgers had 3,566 (7.37 per cent) Libertarian Jason Cousineau 1,104 (2.28 per cent) and Freedom Party candidate Mitch Sproule 198 (0.41 per cent.)

"I'm honoured and privileged to go back to work tomorrow," said Arnott. "I'm not the type who waves my arms around on election night, because it's not so much a win, it's the privilege and honour of serving."

Arnott and about 50 of his supporters watched election results come in at Erin Legion. At the end of the night the Liberals had won a majority government with 59 seats, PC had 27 and the NDP trailed with 21 seats.

While he was pleased with the outcome of the local campaign Arnott said he was "obviously disappointed that we didn't get to form the government."

"Opposition is not the place you want to be ideally, but if you accept it, there are opportunities to raise issues and concerns and I've always been willing to reach across the aisle to other parties to get things done."

He said they started the campaign off locally with "the wind in our sails" and when the party's platform came out calling for the reduction of 100,000 government jobs it was a turning point in the campaign.

"It was difficult for us to explain that to our constituents," said Arnott, who added he believes in leader Tim Hudak and the party's platform and he tried to explain it as best he could.

He said he saw the reduction of jobs as something to be accomplished through a flexible hiring freeze, attrition and restructuring.But he said unfortunately it was "mischaracterized" by the other parties who suggested 100,000 people would be fired the next day.

"Ultimately it was a failure on our part to communicate it effectively," said Arnott. Arnott says the province is in trouble in terms of the budget.

"We can't just wish this away," he said.

Arnott said Thursday night, he will be back to work Friday in his riding office and he has three issues he wants to raise with the new government: all-day GO service in Georgetown, the Hwy. 6 Morriston byway project, and lack of high speed internet in rural Ontario. Friday he sent a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne congratulating her and outlining those issues. (An edited version is in today's paper.)

Arnott thanked everyone who had helped with his campaign including Bill Baxter his campaign manager.

"We had a magnificent team of really good community-minded people who came forward to support me," said Arnott. "I can't say how appreciative I am for the work they did."

In reaction to the fact Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak is stepping down as party leader Arnott said on Tuesday that Hudak led the party for five years and through two elections.

"I wish he and his family all the very best," said Arnott.

Some angry Conservative caucus members are urging Hudak to leave immediately.

"I'm not one of the MPPs in our caucus that is trying to hasten his departure," said Arnott. "Any leader of our party deserves a dignified departure from the role of leader and he does too."

Early election night, Liberal Dan Zister watched election returns with his campaign workers at The Pickled Piper on Guelph St. in Georgetown. The watchers were encouraged by the early results showing Liberals pulling quickly to an early lead province-wide.

A first-time candidate in Wellington-Halton Hills, Zister said his campaign went pretty well. "It was a bit of a roller coaster, with some ups and downs at times, but overall we were very pleased with it," he said, adding his reception was generally quite favourable."

Zister said he would definitely run again, "hopefully as a re-election campaign," he quipped on Election Night.

With about a half a dozen supporters, NDP candidate Michael Carlucci watched the election results on a TV at the Mill Street Crossing in Acton. However, he was frustrated by the lack of information on the riding, and had only seen results once in the first hour since the polls closed at 9 p.m.— Arnott had been declared elected by the major TV networks by 9:30 p.m.

Carlucci, another first-time candidate, said the campaign went well and he got a favourable reaction when door knocking, saying people viewed him as a welcome change.

"I absolutely enjoyed it. I have always been someone who enjoyed speaking to people at the doors and doing it as a candidate, even better, " he said.

He described the favourable reaction coming from Conservatives who turned away from Tim Hudak's plans, and were turning to the NDP as a reasonable alternative.

He said it was still too early to tell whether he would consider running again.

Green Party candidate Dave Rodgers said he wants to thank the "dedicated cadre of Wellington Halton-Hills Green supporters for their generous support in our campaign. We managed to more than double the Green vote in our riding to over seven per cent. At the same time, we helped Mike Schreiner win close to 20 per cent of the vote in Guelph and just under 5 per cent across the province."


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Issue Date: May 30, 2011
Issue Date: May 30, 2011
Pesticide Residue Data Released
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Only a small fraction of food and water tested in 2009 contained pesticide residues that exceeded safety limits set by EPA, a report from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service concludes. The annual Pesticide Data Program report provides a snapshot of the levels of pesticides found on numerous foods including fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, beef, catfish, and rice, as well as treated and untreated drinking water. Samples were collected and analyzed in 12 . . .
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Township agrees to participate in regional police study
Interest in a regional police study among several municipalities in lower Carbon County continues to gain traction.
By a unanimous vote, the Lower Towamensing Township board of supervisors agreed on Tuesday to sign a letter of intent to participate in the study.
The supervisors' decision came after it heard a presentation from Robert Cohowicz, a patrolman with the Palmerton Borough Police Department.
Cohowicz told supervisors that the study would come at no cost to the township, Palmerton, or Bowmanstown Borough.
Supervisors Chairman Ron Walbert said he didn't believe it would hurt to receive information on the study.
Resident Herman Bollinger expressed reservations with the township's participation in the study.
"Who is going to do all this work for nothing?
Walbert retorted that the state would, but Bollinger remained firm in his stance.
"This is just more for the poor taxpayers," Bollinger said. "We have too many like me who are on fixed incomes."
However, township solicitor Jim Nanovic reiterated that the study comes at no cost to the township.
Residents Gerry Madden and Barbara Green said they were in favor of the study.
Walbert added "I think the study is a welcome thing."
Last month, Palmerton agreed to participate in the study.
Also on Tuesday, Walbert noted that from July of 2011 to July of 2012, the township has collected a little under $14,000 from residents who are delinquent on their garbage bills.
"For the people who do pay their garbage bills faithfully, I'd like to thank them," Walbert said. "With identity theft, maybe we can look into bringing in mobile shredding units for the people who pay their garbage bills faithfully."
Walbert said the township could send correspondence with the next round of garbage bills that go out in the mail.
In other business, supervisors:
• Announced it would hold a budget workshop at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the township municipal building.
• Granted Caron Associates a three-month extension on their subdivision for a cell tower.
• Granted new Cingular Wireless/AT&T a three-month extension.
• Granted Barbara Walk a garbage exemption.
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I always like to begin my day with a little Crap which is how it came to be that I am in a position now to share with you.....
It's A Blunderful Life. Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
2 comments:
- Mike Thomas said...
I love it!
We were just watching our old video copy of "It's a Wonderful Life" for the umpteenth time the other night.
I just imagine, if there had not been a George W. Bush, Ann Richards might have won a second term as governor. Why, Gore might have even chosen her as his running mate rather than Lieberman in that case. Heh!
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- heydave said...
Pretty sweet.
Did I mention I liked it?
- Wed Dec 19, 08:27:00 AM
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RUSS: Occupants is my fourth feature film. I started making films in 2002 with Her Knight and Girl with Gun after studying cinema at the University of Southern California and taking UCLA Extension courses. There, I met my filmmaking partner Emile Haris whom we have worked on all my films since then.
Because of the success of Girl with Gun, which got into numerous festivals including San Diego Comic-con, it got the attention of my future producer Howard Nash who had put together a feature film script called P.J. which had John Heard and Robert Picardo already attached.
Since then, we worked on the features Chasing the Green starring Jeremy London, Ryan Hurst, William Devane, Robert Picardo, The Legends of Nethiah starring Robert Picardo, Jeremiah Sayys, Jared Young, Occupants starring Briana White, Michael Pugliese, and Robert Picardo, and most recently The Assassin's Apprentice starring Tarah Paige, Marina Sirtis, and Robert Picardo, which we shot in early December 2016.
How did you get connected to Julia Camara's script and what was the process for getting the script ready to shoot?
RUSS: It was the producer Howard Nash who optioned her script in February 2014. He then showed me the script and I was immediately hooked.
The process involved getting the funds which we successfully raised on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo (106% raised). Once that happened, we cast the film and hired the crew and turned Julia's wonderful script into a shooting script based on the location we found.
RUSS: The casting process involved holding auditions for the main role of Annie Curtis – we had 24 actresses whom we auditioned alongside our lead actor Michael Pugliese (who played Neil Curtis, the husband of Annie).
Also, there was our Director of Photography, the aforementioned Emile Haris. Once Michael and Emile and I discussed whom we liked, we called back five actresses and picked Briana White who was a perfect fit for the role.
And yes one role we changed to reflect the actual cast – that was the role of Dr. Alan Peterson of the Peterson Research Institute, played by Robert Picardo (the role was originally for a woman, but was changed because of Julia's love of Star Trek and the fact that Howard and I have worked with Robert before on four projects).
RUSS: We used the Canon 7D and HVX200 cameras. I loved how they were able to get us the vibrant colors we needed in the film. I really enjoyed shooting with these cameras, even though it was 2K and not 4K.
RUSS: The movie did change during the editing and that was to reflect some videos that Robert Picardo's character sent to Annie and Neil Curtis to show they aren't the only ones experiencing the parallel universe phenomena that was seen in the film.
Originally in the script, it just mentioned "some video.". So during post-production, we actually created an official Peterson Research Institute video with actor Chris Winters as the representative and shooting various people around the world who recorded their sightings. You can actually see them at this site: http://www.pri-research.info/
RUSS: We got distribution through ITN Distribution headed by Stuart Alson who is busy going to various markets including Berlinale and selling the film. In order for him to be able to do that, we got the film into thirty-plus film festivals all over the United States, Canada, and Russia.
We also won awards such as the "Best Sci-Fi Feature" award at Shriekfest, one of the top horror festivals in the United States, seven awards at the Dazed 4 Horror Film Festival, and just last week the "Best Director" and "Audience Choice" award at the SoCal Film Festival To date, we won 19 awards and have been nominated for 12 more.
RUSS: The smartest thing we did during production was finding our location through Air Bnb. This was a suggestion by the producer Howard Nash and I was so relieved when we found the house we shot at.
Since we technically "owned" the place for 12 days, I was able to stay there for the duration of the shoot. We were also able to leave the equipment there for each of the days, which helped with set-up times. It made for an efficient 10-day shoot.
The dumbest thing was not getting a professional hair-dye job for our lead actress Briana White when she transformed from real Annie Curtis to parallel Annie Curtis on Day 8. It took our makeup artist Alisha Baijounas 3 tries because the over-the-counter hair dye job turned our actresses' hair from blonde to gray (and not brunette as we wanted). We ended up using a permanent dye and paying for her to turn it back to blonde after production wrapped. Basically, we tried to save money but ended up spending way more.
RUSS: Always have a preparation day that helps with setting up equipment and production design and giving the actors a chance to see the set during pre-production so they can prepare for their roles. I was glad we were able to do this and it helped tremendously.


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text: I have a t-20 that my dad give me and he said it wont start. So i put it on the garage floor turned on the switch primed till the gas flowed down the tube then released it back up in the tack through a little push button. The thing just will not start. I have 40:1 Shindiwia 2-stroke oil mix in high test gas. Can anybody help me on this?


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Soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven available on 3DS eShop today
Inazuma Eleven, the RPG soccer game from Level-5, was just announced during the Nintendo Direct presentation today. Even better, it's available today on the Nintendo 3DS eShop for North America and Europe.
In Inazuma Eleven, you are a soccer goalkeeper that starts a soccer club at his school. There's 1000 playable characters, each with their different skills, to recruit and use in soccer matches. You can also level up these players and give them stat boosts so they perform better in matches.
There's two different parts to the gameplay: story-based role-playing where you get recruits and items, and then there's the soccer matches, which uses touchscreen and tactics to keep control of the ball and score. You also use special attacks, like a fire tornado kick, to shoot and score.
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I want to make a cloth that has this effect while Player's running. So if I walk slowly the cloth will fly low, if I run it will fly higher. Sorry my bad english speaking.
It's possibile to do it with 3dsMax. But how then, if possibile, do I make it works on IV-EFLC ?
Mantel/Curtain Cloth Effect 3DS Max
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Former Georgia men's basketball signee Jarod Gerald has verbally committed to South Carolina.
The 6-foot-1 point guard from Mullins, S.C., did not qualify academically and chose to attend Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia, rather than come to Georgia as a non-qualifier.
The loss of Gerald won't hurt the Bulldogs much because of Jim Harrick's signing of another point guard, Tony Cole for this season.
Harrick already has two verbal commitments for next season's recruiting class. The state's top two seniors have already committed to the Bulldogs: Dougherty's Alexander Johnson and Berkmar's Wayne Arnold.
Verbal commitments are non-binding. The fall signing period begins in November.
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Is this the right John Hamilton?
I know this doesn't give you much but maybe a start.
Melbourne Cemetery
Hamilton, John R. "Johnnie"
17 Mar 1899 - 22 Oct 1972
Hamilton, wife (of John R. "Johnnie" Hamilton)
I found an obit dated __ Dec 1979 for
Maggie Hamilton of Melbourne
died Monday of this week
she was 73 widow of
Rev. John R. Hamilton a Baptist minister
services held Wednesday Dec 12
Howard Funeral Chapel
Maying her death Dec 10th??
1930 Melbourne, Izard, AR
John R Hamilton 30 AR AR AR
Maggie J Hamilton 24 AR AR AR
Velma R Hamilton 5 dau
Johnie J? Hamilton 0 son
> I would appreciate any information available on Johnny
> "Preacher" Hamilton. I recall seeing him a few times when
> I was a small boy. I have heard of him all my life, but
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> to, where he lived, etc. I believe he preached a time or
> two...possibly for two different denominations, and seems
> that he use to sell used cars. Can anyone help me here?
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Jené Morris and Quenese Davis rank 1-2 on the Aztecs in several statistical categories:
Category / Morris / Davis
Points/game 17.2 13.2
Mins./game 33.8 35.2
3-point pct. 34.8 41.9
Steals/game 2.91 2.12
Turnovers/game 3.6 3.9
Sometime around December 2007, Beth Burns had a talk with her future star guard, Jené Morris.
It went something like this:
"Jené, do you like me?" asked Burns, San Diego State's women's basketball coach.
Morris gave her a puzzled look. So Burns told her what was bothering her.
Morris, then a sophomore, might have been the most well-rounded player on the team but seemed to be holding herself back. It was making Burns look like she didn't know how to use the talent on her own roster.
"You're only taking four shots a game, and people are thinking I'm an idiot," Burns remembers telling her. "So could you do me a favor?"
Morris got the message. She went on to lead the team in scoring that season, the next season and this season as a senior. Now she's burning the nets so badly that they've had to cut them down and give one to her. She even wore a souvenir net on the plane ride home Tuesday night after scoring 27 points in SDSU's 64-55 second-round win against West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament. The victory landed the Aztecs (23-10) in their first-ever Sweet Sixteen. Two days earlier, in a 74-63 first-round win at Texas, Morris scored a game-high 32.
Keep in mind this is a player whose official school biography describes her as a "top defensive player, who can also score."
But that's just Morris. She's the rare star player who has to be told to be more of a ball hog. Either that, or she has to feel like it's urgently necessary for her team, such as the last five games; each time SDSU faced elimination in the NCAA and Mountain West Conference tournaments. Morris has averaged 27 points in the last four.
"It finally hit us that every game could be the last time we could put on the uniform for San Diego State," said Morris, whose team faces Duke Saturday in a regional semifinal game at Memphis, Tenn.
It's the theme of the month.
"We've been talking about it every game," fellow senior guard Quenese Davis said. "Every time we go to the floor, we go into the huddle and say this may be our last game."
Morris or Davis often have led SDSU in scoring during games, but lately there's a little something different about Morris. "She wants the ball," Burns said.
It's been a transformation of sorts. Morris, a native of San Francisco, transferred from Cal in 2006 after the coach who recruited her there was fired and Morris said she didn't fit in with the new Cal staff. A former Cal assistant recommended she check out SDSU largely because her zeal on defense was considered a perfect match with the defense-loving Burns. Back then, scoring wasn't really her role.
"She had to get comfortable with that," Burns said.
Her unselfishness stems in part from her upbringing. Her mother, Nikitia, and other relatives helped raise her. Her father was absent during her childhood, though they have since started to build a relationship.
"The lack of a man's presence was a common thread in our family," Morris wrote on her Web site, jenemorris.com. "This built a group of the strongest, most independent women I have ever met. So strong that they were able to raise a better man in my (younger) brother than that of who helped make him. It is because of them that I am the woman I am today."
Family members are expected to be there in Memphis, where she hopes her career continues to crescendo like her scoring.
She averaged 14.1 points per game during her first season at SDSU in 2007-08, then 16.1 last year and 17.2 this year. Each year she took more shots and fed off Davis and her sister guard Coco, the two team leaders in assists.
"Q and Coco are such great passers — in traffic, full court — and Jené, as we've all seen, is like a rocket," Burns said. "The chemistry on our team has enabled her to do what she does best."
Yet it's hard to tell these days which she does better: scoring or defense.
"She's just so fast," Quenese Davis said. "Her footwork is excellent."
Like Morris, Quenese Davis was given one of the cut-down nets as souvenirs from their win against West Virginia in Austin, Texas.
They both had earned them. Each played all 40 minutes and were eager to rest after landing back in San Diego around 2:30 a.m. yesterday.
The team leaves for Memphis this afternoon, following an 11 a.m. pep rally in front of Viejas Arena. "The momentum has just been carrying," Morris saidCopyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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TOKYO (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron began on Tuesday a tour of Japan and Southeast Asia vowing to explore opportunities the region offers to bolster Britain's sluggish economy by boosting trade and investment ties.
Hours before Cameron's plane touched down in Tokyo, Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co said it would spend $200 million to build a new hatchback at its British plant.
British officials said, in all, more than 200 million pounds ($317.19 million) of Japanese investment in Britain was due to be announced during Cameron's visit, including a Mitsui Corp wind turbine research project in Edinburgh and a Panasonic fuel cell research centre in Cardiff.
"This trip is really about British business, British exports and investment from Britain into these countries, and investment from these countries into Britain," Cameron told reporters.
"Nissan's investment in the UK is a huge vote of confidence in the skills and flexibility of the UK workforce. We want to attract more investment like this," said Cameron, due to meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda later on Tuesday.
Nissan's new car will go into production in 2014 and create 225 jobs at its Sunderland factory in northern England and 900 more at the carmaker' s British suppliers.
The new commitment comes on top of $200 million earmarked for production of a new compact car Nissan announced last month and will take manufacturing capacity at Britain's biggest car plant beyond 550,000 vehicles a year.
Accompanied by about 35 executives from defense, energy, construction and other firms, Cameron will head from Tokyo to Indonesia on Wednesday and Malaysia the following day.
On Friday, Cameron is due in Myanmar where he will meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the first major Western leader to visit the long-isolated country since a 1962 coup began a half century of military rule.
His visit, confirmed by sources in Myanmar, comes nearly two weeks after Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won historic by-elections by a landslide, convincing the United States and European Union to consider relaxing economic sanctions imposed years ago in response to human rights abuses.
Cameron's two-year-old coalition government is trying to boost British manufacturing to lessen reliance on financial services roiled by the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. It also seeks to limit the economy's exposure to the crisis-hit euro zone by doing more business with fast-growing Asian economies and emerging markets around the world.
In Japan, Cameron and Noda are expected to discuss cooperation on defense manufacturing, nuclear decommissioning and free trade, as well as the violence in Syria and relations with Iran and North Korea.
Architecture and infrastructure firms and nuclear industry executives are with Cameron, reflecting British hopes for a slice of the vast sums Japan will spend to clean up and rebuild regions devastated by last year's earthquake and tsunami.
The tsunami washed away swathes of Japan's northeastern coast and wrecked the Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo, releasing radiation and forcing 80,000 people from their homes.
"British companies have significant expertise in nuclear decommissioning and clean-up, with 19 nuclear sites in the UK currently being managed through the process," Cameron said.
He also hopes to capitalize on Japan's recent decision to relax its self-imposed decades-old ban on military equipment exports, which could open the way to the joint development of arms by Japanese and British firms. Progress on securing a free trade agreement between the European Union and Japan is also on the agenda.
In Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, the British delegation will focus on deals in energy, construction, retail, pharmaceutical, defense and financial services sectors.
"There's enormous upside potential, and I think a number of businesses are very excited by the fact we're going to Indonesia," Cameron told reporters.
In Malaysia, Britain aims to tap the Southeast Asian country's position as a regional education hub, with many Western universities setting up campuses there.
The British leader also hopes to bolster moderate forces in the two Muslim democracies.
"There's the issue of encouraging moderate Islam and showing that Islam and democracy are compatible. And I think that both Indonesia and Malaysia are great examples of that," Cameron said.
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KAMLOOPS — About 70 people packed Hotel540 to discuss community accessibility as part of a province-wide consultation process.
Six main themes have been common in every meeting but details vary a bit with climate and socioeconomics, says Morningstar Pinto, a spokesperson with the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation.
Pinto says people were engaged in Kamloops and offered a lot of ideas and comments on how to increase accessibility and decrease barriers. Several accessibility items are on the supplemental budget currently in front of council, including a handicap lift at Brock Arena, a family washroom at Riverside Park and converting arena space to allow for sledge hockey.
The main six themes that have been emerging in every community are innovation, housing and accessibility, work and contribution, social networks, asset accumulation and personal supports.
Aimed at people with disabilities, their families and communities, the consultation team was in Vernon last night and is heading to Kelowna. More than 20 will be held before the process is complete in March.
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There's my three cool things to report. In uncool news now, Alex and I were outfit twinnies on Sunday. Looooserrrsss.
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i hate washing dresses after one use too, although it's probably not too cool to admit that. Oh well! Meatopia looks incredibleeeReplyDelete
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Wow, Meatopia and The Big Red both look incredible!ReplyDelete
good! looks nice that way!!! great pics btw! xo, AlmaReplyDelete
my husband and i are always accidental outfit twins. it's so nerdy, but i also secretly love it!ReplyDelete
That Meatopia looks amazing!! And I HAVE to go to The Big Red the next time I come down. Looks so awesome.ReplyDelete
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Oooh, love those boots with your Miss Selfridge dress! So glad to see a new post. I'll have to add The Big Red to my list of restaurants to check out when I study abroad! It looks so cute.ReplyDelete
I went to a cafe type thing like this bus at Bestival a few years ago and loved it, need to check this out xReplyDelete
The cami dress looks fab paired with the t-shirt! I bought a similar cami dress earlier this summer and thought it would only last me the summer but you've inspired me to try it with some t-shirts to get wear out of it in winter!ReplyDelete
Aahh a restaurant on a bus! :D Such a cool outfit XReplyDelete
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United's stars shine for their Ulster fans
They had been hoping to see Ronaldo - and were initially disappointed that the brilliant Portuguese winger hadn't made it to Belfast.
But despite the absence of the 22-year old Portuguese pin-up and other major Manchester United stars such as Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes, the bumper Oval crowd had plenty of world class footballers to admire during last night's glamour friendly against Glentoran.
United may have split their squad in two in order to honour their commitments to both the Glens and Scottish club Dunfermline, but the Premiership champions still called on players which cost the Old Trafford club a staggering £100m-plus in the transfer market. Indeed, the team that took to the field last night was probably the most expensively-assembled side ever to play in Northern Ireland.
England international Rio Ferdinand is the world's most expensive defender, weighing in at a staggering £31m.
And midfielder Michael Carrick, also an England regular, commanded a fee of around £18m when he joined the club from Tottenham last year.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who missed last night's games because he was moving house, has never been afraid to spend big money on players.
The likes of Ferdinand and Carrick are tried and tested, but Fergie also shelled out £35m for exciting youngsters Nani and Anderson this summer.
Defenders Namanja Vidic - who has become a big favourite with United fans - and Patrice Evra commanded a combined fee of £12.5m two years ago, and all those big-name players were there to delight the crowd.
Ronaldo, who was last in Belfast for a World Cup qualifier with Portugal nearly two years ago, missed last night's encounter because of injury, while Argentinian superstar Carlos Tevez stayed behind in Manchester to complete his controversial, complicated loan transfer from West Ham.
Sir Alex said the game was a thank-you to the thousands of Ulster-based Manchester United fans who have given the club such staunch support for half a century, and of course a tribute to the Glens who were celebrating their 125th anniversary.
Glaswegian Ferguson has close family ties to the east Belfast club; after all, his father - also called Alex - played for them in the post-War years. And among the part-time Glentoran squad was a road worker, sales rep and a quantity surveyor.
Glens boss Alan McDonald said it was a "very exciting" game. " Our fans are over the moon with the players we got here. I forget how much they are worth but its in the region of about £150m - I wish I had that sort of money to spend," he said.
Glentoran director, Belfast Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers, said the night would go down among the best in the club's history.
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Loch Lomond 2nd XV competes in Reserve League 3A with a focus on social rugby and the development of young talented players.
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There's no point in shuffling out first move bomb hits. If you hit one you lose and move on, in the end it should average out. thats the point of statistical sampling
There's no point in shuffling out first move bomb hits. If you hit one you lose and move on, in the end it should average out. thats the point of statistical sampling
No. You see, the puzzle maker must follow the same rules that the player has to follow. If the maker can shuffle a piece and move it to the far right corner by switching it with the piece currently in that corner, then the player cannot solve the puzzle because the player cannot use the maker's rules. Which makes it mathematically predictable, even if it is only a small percentage that anyone will find a mathematic problem to determine the solution.Originally Posted by laserlight
Ah, I see. I had in mind the version where Llyod offered a prize for the solution.Only if the program uses a completely random method to place the tiles. If you design the scramble method to shuffle the tiles as you would on a real-life tactile board, this shouldn't be a problem.
I probably should have placed bets that you were going to win... happened to look through your homepage shortly after you replied to my postsSmall confession to make: My current Honours project involves writing an AI to play Minesweeper Flags, the MSN version of the game. If you've never played it, it's almost like winmine.exe, except the object is to open mines, instead of avoiding them.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart WayOriginally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
Well when you start it's the same board and it only changes if you pick a bomb, otherwise it's the same board and even if you do pick a bomb, only the 1 bomb moves, so it's still 99.9% the same board.Originally Posted by Decrypt
I agree, and originally that was the plan, However, since that's the rules the windows minesweeper uses, I modified mine to do the same to be consistent with it.There's no point in shuffling out first move bomb hits. If you hit one you lose and move on, in the end it should average out. that's the point of statistical sampling
Last edited by Darryl; 04-12-2006 at 05:16 AM.
by the way, is the cell 0,0 going to be in the middle, top left, bottom right, top right, or bottom right?
/by the way, i'm a new member so you'll hear more and more from me. so consider this my hello/
0,0 is top left and welcome aboardOriginally Posted by c89c
I implemented my last rule and my score jumped up to 327495 with 103 wins out of 1000 games. I'm not sure how I got a score as close to Dante's with less than half as many wins, but no matter. A few more tweaks and I will be on top again.
Darn... I'm getting < 40000! Don't think I'll submit this time. Good experience though.
And the program mysteriously crashes while displaying the scores, but only in loops; when I show scores manually it displays correctly
Hey! You all are using preboxed algorithms! No fair!
Code:#include <stdio.h> void J(char*a){int f,i=0,c='1';for(;a[i]!='0';++i)if(i==81){ puts(a);return;}for(;c<='9';++c){for(f=0;f<9;++f)if(a[i-i%27+i%9 /3*3+f/3*9+f%3]==c||a[i%9+f*9]==c||a[i-i%9+f]==c)goto e;a[i]=c;J(a);a[i] ='0';e:;}}int main(int c,char**v){int t=0;if(c>1){for(;v[1][ t];++t);if(t==81){J(v[1]);return 0;}}puts("sudoku [0-9]{81}");return 1;}
If you downloaded the program the 1st day, you might have the 1st version where at the end when it prints the scores the players[i]->getName() was out of scope.Originally Posted by jafet
40000? Are you sure that's your score and not the simplebots score?
I got up to 325000-340000 completely with my own algorithms based on how I play minesweeper in real life, so that's not exactly true.Originally Posted by jafet
But then, I used something mentioned in Darryl's link to make my "random" guessing better, and now my latest run took 8 minutes and gave this score:Originally Posted by Dante Shamest(emphasis mine)Code:RandomBot: -611 SimpleBot: 35780 jlou: 532890
I think small changes in the algorithm can make big differences because of the bonus you get when you solve the puzzle. In a different run I counted 382 total solved (for a score of 539908).
Just something for you all to shoot for.
Originally Posted by jlou
Wow, my morale has just suffered a big blow. Doubt I'll be able to improve my algorithm much better.
Actually I could remove the limiter I mentioned earlier, but it probably won't finish running even after the Iraq war ends.
Ackk... don't be discouraged.
Everything I did is basically discussed briefly in Darryl's minedefuser link (I haven't read the pdf link yet). There were a few implementation details that I didn't think of right away that helped a lot when I added them. And of course the idea for my last improvement above your score came from that link.
Keep thinking... Hopefully some others are trying as well. The basic AI isn't that hard at all (as indicated by the SimpleBot), so it shouldn't take too much effort to put forth an entry.
That's funny because the mine defuser didn't perform half as well as Dante's, so I guess coupled with your algo, you've super-charged it. Maybe you ought to contact it's author with the suggestionsOriginally Posted by jlou
I found a small bug in the minefield which is partly why our solve rates are so high. Basically, the "firstmove" check is allowing the first hit bomb to always be avoided even if it isn't actually in the first move. So everybody was getting one mulligan per game. Just moving the mFirstMove = false; code to the end of the uncoverSquare function changed my score to:Slightly more reasonable, but still absurdly high.Code:RandomBot: -4206 SimpleBot: 20370 jlou: 332945 Solved: 269 Bad (negative score): 260


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Archive for Wednesday, November 5, 2008
De Soto USD 232 bond approved
November 5, 2008
Caroline Boyer
The third time proved to be a charm Tuesday as De Soto School District 232 voters approved a $75 million school bond issue.
Unofficial final results from the Johnson County Election Office show the bond issue passed with 55.65 percent of the vote, 8,431 to 6,729.
At a gathering at Mill Creek Middle School, supporters of the bond issue and district administrators tentatively declared victory about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday based on the rough numbers gathered from polling places and the advance votes the Johnson County Election Office had just released.
With the $75 million bond package, the school district plans to increase capacity at Mill Valley High School from 1,000 to 1,400 students, De Soto High School from 750 to 1,000 students and build a new 600-capacity elementary school in northwest Shawnee.
The results are an immense relief for many like Chris Akin, a Shawnee resident and member of the Vote Yes Committee who has worked to promote passage of the past bond issues.
"I'm just ecstatic for all kids in our district that the patrons came through and supported their future and education, because schools are the center of our community," she said.
Voters narrowly defeated a $105.7 million bond referendum proposal in November 2006, and then, in September 2007, voted down a $70.5 million, two-question bond referendum in a mail-ballot special election.
District Superintendent Sharon Zoellner said she could only speculate why the bond referendum passed this time around, but she hoped it was because of the district's efforts to listen to the patrons.
"I would like to think a piece of this is the survey we did of our community last January," she said. "The message that came back was keep it as small as you can, and take care of immediate needs, and that's what our board members worked on."
She also said school board members' active role in helping the community understand the issue likely helped.
Akin agreed, saying simplicity in the bond issue — just three main projects — may have been the key.
"It was simple, it was pared down, people understand it," she said. "It just made sense to folks. We also worked real hard canvassing and getting information out to people, and a lot of people got on board that hadn't been before."
Supporters said that unlike the two recent defeats, the bond issue benefited from a larger voter turnout. Johnson County Election Office results show turnout was 76 percent countywide.
Whatever the reason, Akin was in the mood to celebrate.
"The issue in 2002 was our last victory," Akin said. "… It's great to have that feeling again after losing in 2006 and 2007."
Moving forward
Zoellner said the goal is to get the Mill Valley expansion and new elementary school moving forward quickly.
"We are in a tight time frame to get things finished by 2010," Zoellner said.
The work at De Soto High is expected to be completed in 2011.
With passage of the bond issue, school board must select an architect to design the high school expansions and the new elementary school. Last month, the board listened to presentations from firms still under consideration for that contract. Hollis Miller, who has been the district's architect for the last three bond issue projects, is one of the three finalists.
The other two finalists are ACI/Frangkisser Hutchens Inc. of Leawood, Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis and Horst, Terrill and Karst Architects of Topeka and Overland Park.
Jack Deyoe, district operations and planning director, said the firm would be named at a special board meeting Monday
Deyoe said the selected architect firm would need to start as soon as possible on the design of the Mill Valley expansion and the new elementary school.
The goal will be to have exterior construction of the Mill Valley expansion finished before the winter of 2009-2010 so that work can continue to finish the new space by August 2010, he said.
It is also a goal to move up design and construction of the new elementary school near 58th and Belmont streets in Shawnee to avoid inflationary pressure in the construction industry, Deyoe said. The new elementary school will relieve crowding of schools along the eastern side of the district particularly Horizon and Clear Creek elementaries, he said.
"We can use it as soon as they can get it open," Deyoe said.
Just how soon the school can be built is dependent on its design, Deyoe said. If the design for Horizon is used or one that the selected architect used elsewhere can be applied, the school could be completed by August 2010, Deyoe.
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Well, Under Saturn Retrograde was my first Forgotten Tomb album and also my first album in black/doom metal, so it isn't strange that I liked it at first. Now when I have listened to other their albums, I've started to think that Under Saturn Retrograde is their worst album ever released. Even more, if it was be the album from Forgotten Tomb I checked out the last, I wouldn't believe that this album is by them, because it's quite different from their music.
Here are different kind of vocals, which I couldn't consider to be bad. It's just something different. I haven't heard this kind of rasp in any other band, so it was nice surprise. Also, you can hear few pleasant clean vocals, for example in the track 'Joyless' and 'Spectres Over Venice'. Guitarist does really good job too, especially in the track 'Reject Existence'. Also I would like to highlight the guitar riffs in the track 'Under Saturn Retrograde, Part I'. Mainly riffs are repeated, which is typical for black metal. Also drummer is good too. There's nothing to say 'wow', but this drumming fits perfectly into this music. Here also is the decent cover of the song 'I Wanna Be Your Dog', originally performed by The Stooges. They gave new life to this song and somehow, the new direction too.
So what's the problem? The problem is in it's atmosphere. Most tracks sound positively and optimistically. Take 'Joyless'. This song should be called 'Joyful', because the guitar riffs here are fucking joyful. If here would be only clean vocals, everything would be ruined. There are same problems with the most of the other tracks: Shutter, Downlift... Here are two tracks that aren't fail. The track 'You Can't Kill Who's Already Dead' is really great one, it has everything, clean vocals and depressive atmosphere too. And the second superb my favorite track here is 'Spectres Over Venice'. This is really what other tracks should have sounded like. The whole song including the second half with clean vocals and acoustic parts bears the atmosphere of depression and negativity, which is what fans expect from Forgotten Tomb.
To sum up, this is good album to start listening to black/doom metal or to try something different, but if you are seeking the misanthropic misery and suicidal negativity in the music, you'd better try Springtime Depression by these guys.
Part of me was hoping that Forgotten Tomb's latest album Under Saturn Retrograde would be at least a partial return to their older musical style, but I'm not really surprised with how it turned out. The new release follows the stylistic changes of 2007's Negative Megalomania, gradually moving away from the band's doomy black metal sound in favor of a more rock-based approach. These most recent two albums have been kind of a watered-down version of the Italian group's once-potent depressive sound, occasionally flashing tempting glimpses of darkened brilliance but more often coming up short.
A sore point for a lot of fans, myself included, is the sudden emergence of clean vocals in Forgotten Tomb's sound. Their use ranges from slightly inappropriate to downright cringe-worthy, and unfortunately on Under Saturn Retrograde they show up in nearly every track. Metal fans wouldn't be metal fans without some tolerance for unusual vocal styles, and I wouldn't have a problem if the vocals were the only issue, but musically I didn't find most of the tracks on the album to be especially memorable either. Aside from more straightforward, blackened tracks like 'Reject Existence' and 'Downshift', 'Joyless' had a sweet riff or two and the 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' cover wasn't bad, but the other tracks didn't really add much to the album.
The only real bright spot for me was the opener 'Reject Existence,' which served as a reminder of what Forgotten Tomb can be when they feel like it. The blackened tapestry of Herr Morbid's scathing vocals and sinister riffing is every bit as dark as any of the band's earlier material, but the track is also infectiously catchy, boring into your consciousness in the same way that Satyricon and Katatonia's newer music does. 'Downshift' is similar, but doesn't carry quite the same weight.
So while some of Forgotten Tomb's newer stuff is the perfect example of Patrick Bateman's phrase "more commercial and therefore more satisfying in a narrower way," a lot of the new material is simply forgettable, and even worse I feel it dilutes and cheapens what the Forgotten Tomb name means and symbolizes. I don't have a problem with musicians experimenting and evolving, but Forgotten Tomb's musical evolution is taking them so far from the bitter, plague-infested world they once occupied that it's hard to treat them as the same band.
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I'd consider myself as one of the many who enjoyed Forgotten Tomb's first albums - Songs to Leave and Springtime Depression in particular - to a great extent, those albums being some of the cornerstone albums of the suicidal black/doom metal phenomenom, but since 2007's Negative Megalomania and its upbeat rock elements, the downfall began. On their newest offering Under Saturn Retrograde, the band continues on this renewed path, meaning rather accessible compositions in a clear production with almost zero signs of the mournful melodies of the first albums. However, I wouldn't go as far as calling this effort a total failure, because it's very audible that Under Saturn Retrograde is a thoughtfully crafted album.
To depict the band's current sound, one could think of modern Katatonia's (The Great Cold Distance, Night Is the New Day) pulsating metal / rock rhythms and bright sound, combined with Shining's lunacy. This all is most evidently witnessed on the first track "Reject Existence" and the two other rather chorus-based followers, "Shutter" and "Downlift", after which a surprisingly decent The Stooges cover "I Wanna Be Your Dog" appears. Next up is the goth-full "Joyless" that, albeit having some pretty nice and delicate melodies in the end, is a slight moodkiller with its HIM and Sentenced influences, especially in the clear vocal department. "Under Saturn Retrograde Part I" is the fastest and most black metal song on the album, followed by the opposite "Part II" which relents a little with acoustic guitars and sweet bass guitar lines. "You Can't Kill Who's Already Dead" runs a little too long for its 9-minute length, but "Spectres Over Venice" is there to compensate, being the album's highlight with its great ending chord progressions.
It must be stated again that Forgotten Tomb is no longer the same band it was during early 2000s; Under Saturn Retrograde is a rather sophisticated dark metal / rock album from which a devoted DSBM lover won't find much to enjoy. But in regard to what the band plays nowadays, they do it with success. It might not be what I'd personally listen to on a daily basis, but will certainly, and generally speaking, trigger the interest of a slightly younger and mainstream audience who are not interested in lo-fi suicidal black metal bands.
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Standing probably as one of the most known bands from the Emilia region in the world, Herr Morbid's Forgotten Tomb has gained a lot of followers throughout the years from South America to Australia, while he never stopped evolving the sound and even the genre of his own band. The fifth full-length of Forgotten Tomb, "Under Saturn Retrograde", is in fact another innovation in the band's career, which on the musical aspect shifted from fast black metal to a slower and doomish suicidal/depressive kind, thus landing here on what one could label as gothic/doom/black metal/rock, since (finally) Herr Morbid chose to make a good and vast use of his clean vocals, almost never to be found in his older productions. It's an evolution that follows a lot that one of Sweden's Shining, the other giant in this kind of black metal devoted to the themes of negativity, nihilism and pain.
From the very first song, Reject Existence, Forgotten Tomb's new sound can be clearly defined: the tempo changes from fast - with double bass and so on - to slow, Razor SK's guitars are extremely melodical and play many kind of riffs throughout the whole song, and most of all the song itself rotates around a surprisingly catchy refrain, in a manner that is not so familiar to black metal listeners, of course, but it's so greatly composed and addictive that probably even the pure blacksters will like it. This pattern, made up by distorted guitars playing different riffs (and awesome solos, another characteristic not that common in these genres), vocals shifting from raw to clean and ending up in catchy choruses, and doomy (Shutter has a final part made up by clean vocals and slow guitars that can not make everyone avoid thinking of Black Sabbath!) and oppressive passages, is a pattern that repeates, with so different melodies, tempos and vocal lines, throughout the whole album.
Not everything is great, of course, and mainly the cover of a song that I do not like at all, I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges, a 1969 piece made up by a too much repetitive riff of three notes repeated through the whole length, is something that should have been added as a bonus track, mainly because even if it's played in the style of the album (raw vocals, distorted guitars and so on), it's really useless and takes down the rating of the album itself - probably only Razor SK's solo prevents the cover from being a total worthless one. Even Under Saturn Retrograde Part II is not that good to me, being acoustic (and pretty uninspired) for almost three minutes and repetitive (and still instrumental) for the remaining length - you won't find another Springtime Depression here, unfortunately.
After these not-that-great experiments, though, the last two songs of the album makes us return to the awesomeness of the whole opera, and mainly Spectres Over Venice, an older song that Forgotten Tomb used to play even two or three years before the release of the album: even here the same pattern repeats once again, but an astonishing instrumental intro and a great use of always different guitar riffs played throughout the song takes us, after an inspired acoustic passage, to an amazing gothic/doom clean vocal part ("I wonder what this cold life will bring on my way.."), still accompanied by Razor SK's always stunning guitar melodies (yeah I think it's clear that I'm in love with his style) - and it's a great pity that he left the band after the release of this album, since even live he was so great and suitable for this band!
For what concern the lyrics, even here many detractors point out that the older themes of suicide, depression and pain are long gone, but the main fact that they do not consider is that all these themes have been abandoned (even if they remain in an underground level) just because Forgotten Tomb has evolved even in this aspect, producing some stunning lyrics relating to the themes of negativity, titanism and inner strength, in a continuous subtle feeling of peace through superior detachment. At least, these are my interpretations of the new Forgotten Tomb's direction - a direction I hope they will follow in the next years. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that, of course, the lyrics of Spectres Over Venice relate to the city itself, and probably if you have never been there you won't be able to fully understand all the feelings that lyrics like that can evoke into someone who wandered through the real Venice. If you plan to go there, keep in mind Herr Morbid's words.
So, deciding to explore a new territory, even for what concerns the length of the tracks (pretty short, compared to their previous albums), Forgotten Tomb has definitely opened - another time - a new vein in the vast musical world related to black and doom metal, and I am pretty sure that this album will be enjoyed by many different listeners, from the blackster to the one into doom and gothic melodies, and even those who have never heard of Forgotten Tomb before, aided by the catchy and fresh attitude of "Under Saturn Retrograde", will be fully satisfied of Herr Morbid's last masterpiece.
Based on the strength of their first three albums (Songs to Leave, Springtime Depression and Love's Burial Ground), I would have felt no hesitation in naming Forgotten Tomb my all time favorite metal act from Italy. Unfortunately, their following, fourth effort Negative Megalomania sought to modernize the band's languishing, melodic black metal sensibility, and the change was simply not all welcome. It was by no means a poor full-length, but seemed to me to lack all of the puerile, ghastly architecture of its forebears. The band has since taken some time off, but rather than return to their foreboding, grim roots, their latest Under Saturn Retrograde seems to follow in the same motions as its direct predecessor, a clean and tidy excursion into the driving, melodic fundamentals wrought by acts Agalloch, Katatonia and Opeth.
Not that this is necessarily a bad move, but I rather miss the more vicious, snarling vocals and demented, depressive atmosphere so latent in Songs to Leave or Springtime Depression. This album often feels like its dragging its feet, despite the obvious propulsion in production standards that it has over their formative releases. Each of the nine tracks is graced with at least 1-2 riffs that provoke atmosphere, but they are set against a mundane backdrop of straight doom rock guitars ("Shutter") or Gothic/black drawl ("Joyless"). There are some shining, eerie components to "Reject Existence", "Spectres Over Venice" and the bloated "You Can't Kill Who's Already Dead", and at least for those last two I felt like a time capsule had opened on the band's past, but then you've got the rather vapid cover of The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog", or the tranquil clamor of "Under Saturn Retrograde Part II" that don't feel as if they have much to contribute to the suicidal terror so inherent in the first three albums.
Ultimately I found this even less effective than Negative Megalomania, but I wouldn't say its a total waste of time. There are good ideas present, or at least the shadows of such ideas, and the mix of the album is quite astoundingly bold and bright, almost in tandem with the band reaching their next stage of accessibility. If you're into primal driving Gothic death or black metal, or the depressive black acts who risk using higher audio standards (Lifelover, Apati, etc) then there is a likely some appeal to this. A handful of riffs stand out, and the album is undeniable moody (and not in a 'good' mood); but I felt none of the same cavernous convulsions of agony that made me want to slit wrists and paint the walls and sky with my drained life force.


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Here we go again. Another spring, another round of dubiously distinguished commencement speakers and honorees at Catholic colleges.
"It happens every year," says Patrick J. Reilly, president and founder of the Cardinal Newman Society, which annually lists the offending campuses on its website, cardinalnewmansociety.org. "We usually have about 20 speakers that we protest."
Colleges and speakers on this year's list of 19 include, for example:
• The Dominican University of California in San Rafael, whose guest speaker May 15 was U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, an outspoken abortion-rights activist;
• Regis College in Weston, Mass., which on May 16 honored former U.S. surgeon-general David Satcher, who, serving under President Bill Clinton, opposed a ban on partial-birth abortion and oversaw the placement of ads promoting condom use; and
• The College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y., where on May 8 Libby Pataki, wife of pro-abortion N.Y. Gov. George Pataki and herself an abortion-rights advocate, spoke and was awarded an honorary degree.
• At Boston College Law School, graduates heard from U.S. Assistant Attorney General Walter Dellinger May 24. Dellinger has been associated with NARAL Pro-Choice America and, under President Clinton, drafted five executive orders that nullified President George H.W. Bush's pro-life policies.
"It is certainly disappointing that Boston College has chosen a commencement speaker whose views so radically conflict with the Church's teaching," says Ryan Connors, a Boston College undergraduate who has written for the Register. "Boston College cannot honor someone who stands so opposed to the faith of the Church and at the same time remain faithful to its Catholic identity and mission."
This year, as in past years, most of the speakers and honorees espouse pro-abortion views — but some have additional credentials on their respective resumés.
For example, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who broke California state law by issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples, was the University of San Francisco's commencement speaker May 22.
"Coming right after the Church has engaged in a major battle over the issue of gay marriage, cases like this strike me as a direct affront to the bishops," says Reilly. "Most people throughout the country know Newsom only for that issue."
Many Catholic parents use the Newman Society list as an indicator of which schools not to send their children to.
J. Fraser Field, executive officer of the Catholic Educator's Resource Center, an Internet resource library for Catholics at catholiceducation. org, finds the Newman Society list a "simple barometer of authenticity in Catholic institutions."
"The list is a very simple way of exposing the frauds," adds Field. "But it's more than that. The society is pointing out the hypocrisy, and holding people's feet to the fire, in order to call these colleges back to their Catholic identity, their integrity."
In fact, all Catholic colleges are called to be faithful. The Vatican's 1990 apostolic constitution on Catholic higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, requires that "any official action or commitment of the university is to be in accord with its Catholic identity."
Says Field, "There is something fundamentally dishonest and hypocritical about an institution calling itself Catholic, but not — in even these simplest ways — being responsible to what that means."
Besides publishing offending colleges online, the Newman Society contacts the presidents of colleges on the list and notifies the bishops who are local to those colleges.
"If a bishop privately or publicly expresses concern about a commencement speaker, the level of concern rises significantly," explains Reilly. "These colleges are going to be much more concerned about a bishop expressing reservations. "
Reilly points to Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., Bishop John D'Arcy, who declined the offer of an honorary degree from the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne when he learned that Dr. Nancy Snyderman, a TV journalist who holds pro-abortion views, was the scheduled commencement speaker. The school subsequently rescinded its invitation to Snyder-man.
Bishop D'arcy explained that he held the University of Saint Francis in high regard but felt compelled to act. "A bishop is bound to preach the truth, not only in words, but also by his actions," he said in a statement released April 28. "The Church's position on unborn life is well known, and the Church's position is my position. It is my obligation to all the faithful and especially to the young graduates to make sure there is no confusion on this matter."
This was just one of the more highly visible signs that the Cardinal Newman Society's watchfulness is making a difference, according to Reilly. "I think that the schools are much more attentive to these concerns now," he says. "A few years ago, they didn't give it a second thought."
Reilly adds that a number of colleges have begun privately contacting the society to inquire about prospective speakers and honor-ees — before the invitations go out. "They are clearly concerned about being embarrassed," he says, not to mention mindful of dropping alumni donations and student applications.
Those are fine motivators to think "outside the box" of placing high-profile names ahead of strong Catholic voices when it comes time to plan commencement ceremonies at Catholic colleges. But, says Reilly: "We hope our list is also reaching their conscience."
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[QUOTE=Lioness3xs;6711192]Hi Quilters
I am planning a shop hop for my guild and I an in search of short games that can be played while riding in a bus. Something to keep people attention and pass the time and miles. I am also looking for small handy and favorite gifts for the winners. These don't necessarily need to be quilting related but something everyone would like to receive. If you have a game with a link, please post the link so myself or others can easily find it. Please
It's been so long since I spent time in the Board and I feel sort of lost with all the posts to recheck and photos to look at. Everyone's been so busy and doing lovely pieces of art.
It been a long time since I've been able to sit in my sewing cave and spend the day sipping coffee, stitching, and fabric dreaming. We remodeled the basement over the winter and all the stuff from one side of the basement was moved into my sewing cave and I was not able to even get to a corner of
[QUOTE=wolph33;5383895]by kaye wood-I thought it was a neat way to do a baby quilt. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOTV-YSF-48[/url][/QUOTE]
FDAQG will be having their Quilt Show in September and this is what I hope to have ready by then.
[QUOTE=Lioness3xs;4351581]Just a few of the items coming out of my sewing room this year.
[CENTER]2012 Rhodesian Ridgeback Rescue Quilt Block. Thanks to my gf Joan, for the cool b/w animal fat quarter
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[QUOTE=Lioness3xs;4535976]I've been pondering and pondering and thought I'd ask you what your opinion is.
Friendship Stars
Do they all need to rotate the same direction in a medallion setting? Or can each round deside to twinkle in a different direction?
I working on the Seeing Star scrappy quilt and wanting to do each round with Friendship stars going in different directions. When I brought this up at guild the other night I had some poo-poo comments
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[QUOTE=Lioness3xs;5045507]I am looking for a good way to organize my ever growing quilt books. What I have so far are all of the Eleanor Burns, Georgia Boonsteel, Thimbleberries, Charlene Jorgensen grouped together.
But do I want to put the rest in order by author or publisher or by catagory and what happens when they fall between 2 or more catagories.
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I bought the large 3M plastic wall anchors. I stuck them to the wall about 3 inches below what would be the ceiling or floor joists and 12 inches apart. Next I bought flannel backed rectangle plastic table cloths. I folded down one edge of the shorter side of the table cloth. I then sewed button holes running the length of the buttonhole parrell with the edge of the table cloth. By
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