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Boy Scouts of Jamestown's Troop 1 have kicked off their annual Scouting for Food project. Last Saturday, troop members began the drive by distributing food bags to island residents. This Saturday, Nov. 6, the scouts will collect them. Scout Truman Christie, who is heading up the drive, asks that the bags be placed outside front doors by 9 a.m. so that the troop can be done picking them up by noon.
"After the bags are collected, they will be dropped off at St. Mark Church to be organized and boxed up for our local food pantry," Truman said. "Inside the bags we are looking for canned and boxed goods only. The most needed items include canned tuna, beef stews, turkey, chicken, ham, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, canned and dry beans, pasta, pasta sauce, rice and soups. Also no perishable or glass items should be put into the bags."
Should you miss the pickup, you can drop your bag off at St. Mark. If a bag was not left at your home and you want to donate to the drive, you can call Truman at 401-423-3343.
Great job, guys!
Laura Smith plays the queen in the Jamestown Community Theatre's production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella." This is Laura's second appearance on the stage for the JCT. She also played "Mrs. Beauregarde" in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." As the prince's mom in "Cinderella," she wants to have a birthday ball for her son who is about to turn 21. She thinks he is unhappy because he has not yet married. The king is not thrilled about the ball and doesn't want to be involved. Although not spoiled, the queen can get pretty much what she wants by schmoozing the king. What happens at the ball is now history.
Laura said that being in the musical is a big commitment but that the rewards make it well worthwhile. She has all good things to say about artistic director Mary Wright. "How nice it is working with her" Laura said. "She is so dedicated and accommodating to everyone's situations and schedules."
In her other life, Laura is a hair stylist at the Cathryn Jamieson Salon.
Performances will be Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 21 at 4 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at Baker's Pharmacy, Cathryn Jamieson Salon, The Secret Garden and the Conanicut Marine Store. In Newport, tickets are available at Pleasant Surprise and at Midnight Sun in Wickford.
The Jamestown Community Chorus has added another concert to its repertoire of excellent annual presentations. After its production of this year's winter concert entitled "A Very British Christmas, or What the Dickens!" on December 11 and 12, the chorus will begin tuning up for "The Pirates of Penzance," which will be presented with a chamber orchestra on March 5 and 6. The chorus will conclude its season with "Spring Fling" and share the stage with the Jamestown School Chorus for a program of lighter material on May 7 and 8.
The JCC is now conducting its annual fundraiser to support its performances and other outreach programs, including annual scholarships for promising musicians, and yearly donations of music to the Jamestown Philomenian Library. To underwrite the two early joint concerts next year, the chorus has applied for a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Chorus director B.J. Whitehouse said that the council would look favorably on strong financial support from friends of the JCC. "Please support us at whatever level you can in these challenging times," he said. Send your tax-deductible contributions –
• Bravo ($250 or more), • Benefactor ($150 – $249), • Patron ($100 - $149), • Sponsor ($25 - $99) or
• Friend (under $25)
– to the chorus at P.O. Box 602, Jamestown, R.I., 02835.
Sing on!
*** Poser:
The one I adore
Love you forever and ever more
I'm just a fool A fool in love with you
Thank heavens the election is over. After I received a call from the mayor of New York City, that was it. I didn't answer the phone again until Wednesday.
Patti Vandal writes, "I'd like to thank The Accidental Sisters, the women's a cappella singing group, for taking the time to come to my house and blend their lovely voices in song. The music was sweet, lilting and peaceful. The proclamation making me an honorary member of the group made me feel like I was right back in the swing of things."
Kudos to The Accidental Sisters.
Island percussionist Aaron Cote was the drummer in a seven-piece band playing at the Michelle Cruz CD release party last Thursday night at the Sidebar Bistro in Providence. The group played original songs, jazz standards and modern jazz covers.
As for the horror movies, Cheryl Fernstrom and Tom Bembenek nailed Hungarian-born Bela Lugosi as the 1931 "Dracula." Tom correctly said that Boris Karloff was the monster in the 1930's "Frankenstein" flicks, as well as "The Mummy." He noted that Elsa Lanchester was the "Bride of Frankenstein" in 1935.
"In three subsequent 'Mummy' films of the early 1940s – 'The Mummy's Tomb' (1942), 'The Mummy's Ghost' and 'The Mummy's Curse' (both in 1944) – 'Kharis,' the mummy, was played by Lon Chaney Jr.," Bembenek said. "The one that probably scared the bejesus out of you was more than likely the 1959 version starring Christopher Lee as 'Kharis.' That's the one I remember best. It was in color and Lee portrayed quite a scary character using simply the expressions in the mummy's eyes."
Nope, it was the 30's Mummy that scared the bejesus out of me.
Tom was the only one to solve B.J.'s poser, admitting he's not Irish.
"Half of my ancestry begins with letter 'I' and the other half ends with 'ish," but neither half contains the letter 'R,'" Tom said. "As for B.J.'s poser, it is a line from the Irish hushabye/lullaby "Cáislean Droma Mhor" ("The Castle of Dromore"):
'October winds lament Around the castle of Dromore Yet peace is in her lofty halls,
My loving treasure store
Though autumn leaves may droop and die,
A bud of spring are you'
As for the castle itself, it takes its name from the Gaelic 'Druim Mor' meaning 'great ridge' or 'back of a hill.' Castle Dromore is near Kenmare."
Thanks, Tom!
*** Be true!
Call in your stuff to 829-2760 or 423-0383, or email us at jtnwalrus@ hotmail.com. Thank you.


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So, the first deadline for submissions has closed and we have been awestruck by the extraordinary responses we have received. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far.
While we have received a great range of responses to our call out, we would like to extend the deadline and encourage further responses, so, if you're still considering sending something in, the good news is, it's not too late!
We would especially welcome visual expressions on surviving sexual assault – artwork, photos, illustrations, comics etc.
Second round contributions are requested by 28 August 2011 and can be submitted to firstname.lastname@example.com As before, please keep contributions to no longer than 1,500 words (no contribution is too short or too small) and anonymous contributions are welcome.
From here we commence collecting, collating and editing submissions. Any offers of support through this phase would be warmly welcomed! Especially offers of assistance with design and layout – anyone with experience in these areas who would be interested in contributing to We Will Not Go Quietly please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
Thank you to each and every contributor and supporter thus far. We are so excited to take We Will Not Go Quietly into the next phase and already we can affirm the difference this project is making. Telling our stories changes the world. Together we can make the world a safer place for all of us.
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No. 23 Lousville tops Missouri State 35-7
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- After losing to No. 23 Louisville 35-7 on Saturday, FCS school Missouri State was just glad to be done with FBS schools from power conferences.
"I know I'm happy with the games to over with," said Missouri State coach Terry Allen, whose Bears opened the season with a loss to Kansas State. "We came out of it with relatively no injuries, except our pride and we can heal that.
"The great thing is we get to get home."
While the Bears aren't proud about allowing 86 points the past two weeks, they took heart in not being embarrassed. They trailed then-No. 22 Kansas State 9-6 in the third quarter last week before the Wildcats ripped off 42 unanswered points.
Saturday was more of a methodical beating by Louisville (2-0). Missouri State trailed only 18-7 after Cadarrius Dotson caught a six-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ashton Glaser with 51 seconds left in the first-half.
And despite being outgained 329-111 in the first half, the Bears didn't flinch.
"I was not disappointed in our defensive play in the first half," said Allen. "I thought we played a bit better offensively as the game went on."
But then, so did Louisville. An 11-play, 75-yard drive in the third quarter provided a 25-7 lead, as Cardinals quarterback Teddy Bridgewater hit Ryan Hubbell with a two-yard touchdown pass. Matthew Nakatani's 45-yard field goal made it 28-7 with 10 minutes to play.
Missouri State ended up being outgained 475-249 and rushed for just 99 yards on 31 attempts. Glaser finished 14 of 23 for 125 yards and was intercepted and sacked.
Bridgewater, on the other hand, had his best day, while Louisville's defense had its best game to date. The sophomore completed 30 of 39 passes for a career-high 344 yards and touchdowns to tight ends Nate Nord and Ryan Hubbell.
Like last week's win against Kentucky, he got everybody involved early and often, with seven of his 10 targets catching at least three passes.
"He's what, 19?" Nord said. "He plays like he's in his 30s. He's just fun to play with. Everybody wants to help him."
Glaser had help with eight receivers catching passes, but the Bears' spread offense just couldn't stretch things against the Cardinals. Through three quarters they gained just 156 yards, and not even a fourth-quarter yardage burst could change things.
Defensively, the Bears' only break came on the second drive of the game when Nord dropped Bridgewater's pass at the back of the end zone, forcing the Cardinals to settle for Nakatani's 19-yard goal and a 3-0 lead.
Louisville broke through on the next possession, driving 70 yards in 12 plays mostly on Bridgewater's arm. He completed four of seven passes for 53 yards, including a 21-yard sideline throw to Andrell Smith, leading to Senorise Perry's 3-yard scoring run.
The Cardinals kicked it up a notch from there with a 13-play, 83-yard scoring drive capped by Bridgewater's 14-yard play-action pass in the right flat to Nord, who leaped the final five yards for the goal line. Bridgewater continued to spread the ball around but the key play was a third-down shovel pass to Charles Gaines for nine yards.
Louisville didn't allow Missouri State inside the 40 for most of the first half, and safety Calvin Pryor intercepted Glaser's deep pass at the 15.
But when Louisville didn't take advantage -- a failure compounded by a personal foul when it interfered with MSU's Julian Burton as he fair-caught a punt -- the Bears did. Glaser completed five consecutive passes to a trio of receivers for 57 yards, capping the 73-yard drive with a 6-yard score to Cadarrius Dotson with 51 seconds left in the half for their first -- and so far, only -- touchdown this season.
"I think they are very deserving of their top-(25) ranking," Missouri State Coach Terry Allen said. "Great control of the line of scrimmage defensively, which kept their offense and our defense on the field way too long in the first half."


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We're looking forward to attending the High Point Furniture Market in High Point, NC again this spring. Preparations are well under way as we get everything ready for the trip down to North Carolina. Our booth will be located at the M329A Pavilion in the International Home Furnishings Center (IHFC) Building. Please check out our complete exhibitor listing for further details.
Founded in 1909, High Point Market has grown into the world's largest furnishings industry trade show. Covering 11.5 million square feet of show space in 180 buildings, the show attracts over 75,000 attendees and 2000 exhibitors to each market. With over 100 countries represented, serious retail home furnishings buyers make sure to attend because if you can't find it at High Point, it probably doesn't exist.
If you happen to be in the High Point area and looking for something to do or are already attending, please stop by and visit our booth! Connecting with customers, both new and old, is one of our favorite parts of the market. For further info, please see our press release below:
Press Release: Manchester Wood Unveils Green Mountain Collection At High Point Market
Featured on ABC World News' 'Made in America' with Diane Sawyer in 2011 for its continuing commitment to manufacturing in America, Manchester Wood has been designing and producing popular solid wood furniture pieces for leading home furnishing companies, including L.L. Bean, Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn, Plow and Hearth, and Lands' End, for over 35 years at their plant in the foothills of the Adirondacks of New York.


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The active SQL Server error log is one of the first places people look when there is a problem. For many people, this is a frustrating exercise. The interfaces for viewing the log in Enterprise Manager and Management Studio are slow and can not be filtered or searched.
There is a solution to that problem. You make the error logs fast and searchable by using the undocumented extended stored procedure xp_readerrorlog.
This undocumented extended stored procedure will output the contents of the error log one line at a time. With no parameters, it ouputs the active error log. It accepts an optional int parameter to specify the archive error logs. The higher the number passed in, the older the log file.
The following outputs the active error log:
Exec master..xp_readerrorlog
This outputs the first archived error log:
Exec master..xp_readerrorlog 1
You can make this output searchable by inserting the output into a temp table or a table variable and filtering the select from this table.
Here is a script that I use to quickly check the active SQL Server 2005 error log with the backup reports filtered out:
Declare @ErrorLog Table (LogID int identity(1, 1) not null primary key,
LogDate datetime null,
ProcessInfo nvarchar(100) null,
LogText nvarchar(4000) null)
Insert Into @ErrorLog (LogDate, ProcessInfo, LogText)
Exec master..xp_readerrorlog
Select *
From @ErrorLog
Where CharIndex('Backup', ProcessInfo) = 0
Order By LogID Desc
The format of the output is a little different for SQL Server 2000 plus I cannot insert the execution of a stored procedure into a table variable. I use this script for SQL Server 2000:
Create Table #ErrorLog (LogID int identity(1, 1) not null primary key,
LogText nvarchar(4000) null,
ContinuationRow int null)
Insert Into #ErrorLog (LogText, ContinuationRow)
Exec master..xp_readerrorlog
Select *
From #ErrorLog
Where CharIndex('Backup', LogText) = 0
Order By LogID Desc
Drop Table #ErrorLog
If you want to get fancy, you can incorporate the output of xp_enumerrorlogs into your own script. This undocumented extended stored procedure returns a list of archive files (the active file is archive # 0) with file sizes and dates.


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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus will address graduates at the University of Arkansas' fall commencement Dec. 15, university officials said Monday in a statement.
Mabus, appointed as the 75th Navy secretary by President Barack Obama in May 2009, started his naval career aboard the cruiser USS Little Rock. A Mississppi native, he served as state auditor and as governor before being appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994 as ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
About 700 students are expected to attend the ceremony, which starts at 9 a.m. in Barnhill Arena on the Fayetteville campus.
"We are very pleased to have a public servant with the dedication and stature of Secretary Mabus address our graduates," said Chancellor G. David Gearhart. "He showed his commitment to public education during his term as governor of Mississippi. In the years since he has demonstrated expertise in areas ranging from Middle East diplomacy to rebuilding the Gulf Coast after the BP oil disaster, and of course in his duties as leader of our nation's Navy and Marines. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with our students."
Also speaking at the commencement will be Vincent Harding, a lifelong civil-rights leader, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters; and W. Stephen Smith, an Arkansas native internationally recognized for his approach to teaching singing, who will get an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters, the university said.


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While bioluminescence is uncommon on land, it is surprisingly widespread in the deep ocean. In these dark waters, the vast majority of animals light up as they travel, hunt and mate.
This female anglerfish has her own built-in fishing rod, a modified fin spine topped with a lure that pulses with bacterial light. As she dangles the lure above her gaping jaws, luminous tendrils that look like seaweed trail from her chin.
She belongs to the genus Linophryne, the only group of animals known to use glowing bacteria and also emit their own light.
When a deep-sea anglerfish casts her glowing lure to fish for prey, she may also attract a mate. A male anglerfish is small and weak. When he spots a female, he latches on and becomes a parasite, sponging nutrients from her body for the rest of his life.
Anglerfishes like the one shown here are the only animals known to light up in two ways: with glowing bacteria, and with their own chemicals that make light.
Vanishing Light
Imagine taking a voyage to the bottom of the ocean. As you sink deeper, light from the Sun disappears. A half-mile down (800–1,000 meters), the sea is pitch-black. The only light the human eye detects is bioluminescence.
- Sunlight zone: As sunlight enters water, it is scattered and absorbed, so only a thin layer at the top of the ocean is well lit. Most marine plants and animals live here.
- Twilight zone: Below 200 meters, sunlight is too dim for photosynthesis—the process plants use to make food. Most animals here are bioluminescent, and many are silvery or transparent. In faint sunlight, these adaptations make them difficult to see.
- Midnight zone: Below 1,000 meters, there is no sunlight. Most animals that live here are darkly colored, which helps them stay inconspicuous even when exposed to flashes of living light.


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NEW YORK—Blink Fitness, a division of Equinox, has signed an 18,119-sq.-ft. lease at 820 Concourse Plaza in the Bronx. The fitness center will occupy three levels at the property, which totals 60,000 sq. ft. and spans five stories. Randall Briskin, vice president of leasing at The Feil Organization, worked on the deal and represented the ownership internally. Both Bill Miller, vice president of real estate for Blink Fitness, and Peter Levine of Charter Realty represented the tenant.
Owned and managed by The Feil Organization, Concourse Plaza is located at 161st Street at the Grand Concourse in the Bronx and totals approximately 228,000 sq. ft. The center currently includes a movie theater, grocery story and more than 1,200 parking spaces for customers.
The property is currently undergoing a renovation and redevelopment, which will include the creation of new space for retail, restaurant and entertainment tenants.
Located in close proximity to the new Yankees Stadium and the Bronx County Courthouse, the center is easily accessed by public transportation. Recent rezoning of the area has increased the floor area ratio at Concourse Plaza, allowing for the addition of approximately 600,000 sq. ft. of new retail and office space.


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NH firefighters stunned by N.Y. damageBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
November 14. 2012 10:52PM
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Brooklyn fire Lt. Patrick Grady will never forget that frightening moment when the water began rushing into the first floor of his house in Gerritsen Beach.
"I just felt helpless," he said as he recalled Hurricane Sandy's disastrous floods that forced him to run upstairs and hope for the best.
Grady ended up with about two feet of water that wrecked his first floor, but as bad as it was, he knows it could have been so much worse. Others had as much as 7 feet and some were in their basements when the water came.
"They were lucky to get out," he said.
Like so many others in the wake of Sandy, Grady now faces the daunting task of gutting the first floor and starting over. It's overwhelming for the 38-year-old firefighter who lives alone, but he got some much-needed help Wednesday when six Exeter firefighters showed up to help their brother firefighter.
"We're all appreciative down here. It's amazing," he said of Exeter's crew and other volunteers who have offered a hand.
Working side by side with Grady, the firefighters spent part of the day tearing out the damaged wooden floors and bathroom tiles and tossing them onto the front yard of a neighborhood where garbage bags, water-logged appliances and furniture, and other debris from flooded homes are piled on the streets.
Volunteering to help hurricane victims for the past two days in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens was an eye-opener for the Exeter firefighters. They said they never could have imagined the magnitude of the disaster until they saw it for themselves.
"It's just everywhere," said Exeter fire crew chief Lee Dawson, who volunteered for the trip along with firefighters Ryan Booth and Richard Curtis, crew chief Jeff Liporto, and Lt. Jason Greene.
The firefighters teamed up with Friends of Firefighters Inc., a group that offers assistance to active and retired New York City firefighters and gave the Exeter crew a place to sleep in the old Brooklyn firehouse. They delivered donated relief supplies when they arrived on Tuesday and headed out with their toolbelts Wednesday to get some work done.
New York City firefighter Ed Demaio needed some extra hands to move furniture and other belongings out his girlfriend's mother's house in Brooklyn after it flooded. The work was done in a matter of only about 15 minutes when the Exeter firefighters arrived.
"Many hands make light work," he said.
Demaio then took the Exeter crews on a walk to Grady's house, where his car with condensation in the windows sat in his driveway. He said he can't drive anywhere for food because the car is ruined and he has no kitchen at the moment, so he's been walking to a site nearby to grab a hot meal.
"Two meals a day, that's it," he said.
Despite the misery left in Sandy's wake, Dawson said he was impressed by the victims he saw working to clean up the mess.
"All these folks, they just put their noses down and went to work," he said.
By Wednesday afternoon, the Exeter crew had made their way to Rockaway Beach in Queens, where they delivered supplies. The scene was more desperate there after Sandy's storm surge caused widespread destruction. The boardwalk along the beach was obliterated. Hundreds of vehicles tossed around by Sandy still sit in the sand-covered streets and parking lots. Severed electrial lines hang everywhere. Power is still out and some residents have been told that it may not return until January. A sign on one man's property warned, "We Shoot Looters." The message on a another sign stuck in a pile of beach sand down the road made a plea for help: "Volunteers Needed Please."
"This is like that movie 'The Day After,'" resident Buddy Sammis said while delivering a red gas can to a friend.
Firefighter Richard Curtis handed some baby wipes to a woman on the street. The rest of the Exeter fire crew pulled together the last of their Power Bars, crackers, and toiletries and gave them to man struggling to keep warm in his basement.
"This made me realize how much help they really need," Lt. Jason Greene said of the two days in New York. "Just because it's not in the news it doesn't mean it's over."
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When hockey teams show a talent for coming back there is usually a sense that constantly falling behind is going to catch up with them at some point.
When hockey teams show a talent for coming back there is usually a sense that constantly falling behind is going to catch up with them at some point.
Raise your hand if you believe that to be true about the 2014 Los Angeles Kings. If you put your hand in the air, there's a good chance you play for the New York Rangers.
After all, the Rangers must have faith the Kings "luck" is about to run out if they have any chance of coming back to win the Stanley Cup. Outside of New York's locker room, however, there can't be many people left in the world who actually expect Los Angeles' penchant for comebacks to come back and haunt them.
Despite never actually playing with a lead so far in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Kings are heading to New York with a 2-0 cushion over the Rangers. Just like San Jose, Anaheim and Chicago already found out this postseason, New York is learning just how difficult it is to finish off these Kings.
Now, for New York to stop Los Angeles from lifting the Cup for the second time in three seasons, the Rangers somehow have to find a way to win four of the next five games. That's a difficult feat to pull off in the Stanley Cup Finals against any team. Against the Kings it has to seem downright impossible.
L.A. has proven itself so adept at avoiding elimination this postseason, some folks have dubbed Darryl Sutter's club the "Cockroach Kings." Even the notoriously hardy insects may not be better equipped to survive the apocalypse than these Kings.
After coming back from a 2-0 deficit in Game 1 to claim a 3-2 overtime decision, the Kings taught us another lesson in resiliency in Saturday's second meeting. New York held leads of 2-0, 3-1 and 4-2 in Game 2, but the final count read 5-4 Kings. The only difference in Saturday's battle was it took L.A. two overtime periods to finish off the Rangers.
The frustration has to be mounting for New York, which has held a lead for just over 50 minutes in this series while the Kings' advantages can only be seen by glancing at the final scoresheet for both games.
L.A.'s latest victory did come with a bit of controversy, as the Rangers, and in particular the club's star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, questioned the legitimacy of the Kings' third goal of the evening.
New York carried a 4-2 edge into the final period of regulation only to see L.A. slice its deficit in half within the first two minutes of the third stanza. Dwight King was credited with the goal after Matt Greene sent a blast on net from the right point, but immediately after the goal Lundqvist was noticeably upset that there was no call for goaltender interference.
King and Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh were jostling for position at the front of the crease when the L.A. forward fell into Lundqvist and prevented him from making a play on the puck. Certainly players have been called for interference before on similar plays, but it was by no means an obvious infraction. Of course, Lundqvist, or any goaltender in the same situation, wants the benefit of the call when contact prevents him from getting a clear shot at making a save, but without the ability to review the play, the officials have to make a snap judgement.
In this particular case, the referees explanation didn't pass muster with New York's No. 1 netminder. After initially pleading his case with the officials following the goal, Lundqvist had another chance to discuss the play with referee Dan O'Halloran when Rangers coach Alain Vigneault called his timeout at the 6:54 mark of the third.
Needless to say, the Swedish backstop was not impressed with the explanation.
"(The ref) said the puck had already passed me. I don't buy it," Lundqvist said after the game. "That's a wrist shot, that I'm just going to reach out for and I can't move. It's a different game after that. It's such an important play in the game."
However, a mere 42 seconds after the timeout, the Kings evened the score at 4-4 when former Rangers forward Marian Gaborik scored his league-leading 13th goal of the postseason. The score remained knotted until L.A. captain Dustin Brown deflected a point shot by Willie Mitchell past Lundqvist at 10:26 of the second overtime.
It's easy to understand why Lundqvist was upset and he's right about the controversial King goal being "such an important play in the game." Still, the story of Game 2 isn't the no-call, it's the fact that New York had so many chances to bury L.A. and simply could not do it.
As far as the Kings' playing with fire when it comes to falling behind early in games, it doesn't seem to bother L.A. Saturday's victory was the club's fifth multi-point comeback in the 2014 playoffs, and their third in a row dating back to a 5-4 OT win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.
Of course, you won't hear the Kings say they aren't concerned about how they've started games recently, but it's pretty clear by the way they play from behind that it's not a huge concern.
"We haven't executed well in the first half of games," said Mitchell. "It baffles everyone in here. It's not a place we want to be in to have to climb out of all the time."
The Kings may not want to claw their way out of a hole every night, but it has to be a good feeling to know they can.
The Rangers, meanwhile, have to find a way to not only continue grabbing the early lead, but also how to keep it. If they can't succeed where other teams this spring have failed, nothing can keep the Kings from wearing the NHL crown once more.


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|2012-02-03, 18:57
|Link #161
Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
Now that all the episodes about middle school is over, I think I know where it went wrong for me. They let us, the audience, knew about the heart transplant before Kakeru did. Normally this isn't a problem, but considering the reveal isn't in sync with the protagonist and the audience, plus the fact that there was a week break in between... well, let's just say I was detached with Kakeru's feelings to the point I wanted to slap him silly last episode. It just wasn't as powerful as I expected to feel, which is sad because if done differently they could've stirred 'big time' emotions.
Yeah, they messed up the execution (whether it be the anime's fault or the source manga I don't really care), but still I watch. Nana is just too much a pleasure every week and quite frankly, I'm more interested in her getting to play soccer than the current FC vs SC match up. Which is odd, because I always rather liked Adachi's staple regular team vs the underdogs in virtually every one of his mangas.
|2012-02-03, 20:00
|Link #162
North American Haruhiist
Join Date: Oct 2010
Age: 37
Spoiler for Episode 5-Enoshima High Football Club?!:
In some ways this reminds me of Eyeshield 21 where a passionate bunch of underdogs band together, and find a way to improve themselves on and off the field. I would also like to see Seven playing more soccer at some point. I am definitely looking forward to the SC vs FC match in the next episode. Episode gets a very solid 8.5 out of 10 from me.
|2012-02-03, 21:49
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Tsukiyomi -Moon Phase-
Did Kakeru grow taller? I always thought he was shorter then Seven. What number is Kakeru going to wear in high school now? He used to wear 15 when he was little, he also wore 15 in the practice match in episode 2. His brother wears 10 so wouldn't it be cool if he wore his brother's number.
|2012-02-03, 23:40
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Tsukiyomi -Moon Phase-
|2012-02-04, 00:39
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Right behind you.
Age: 29
But this show's initial plot screams Touch and Cross Game to me. I swear to God that all the sports anime I like for some reason have someone important die at the beginning. Which is not why I like them, by the way. Suguru's death came as a complete surprise to me. I could have sworn that Kakeru's foreshadowing meant that they were going to be rivals (such as Suguru transfers and becomes his "enemy" or something along those lines), not that he would die. I know in hindsight it should not have been a surprise, but I didn't think they'd be so cliche as to have the same turning point as Touch and Cross Game in them. At least Touch and Cross Game had the excuse of being written by the same author, but unfortunately Area no Kishi doesn't.
Those little criticisms off my chest, I love this series to death already. It really seems like a great hybrid of Cross Game's drama/romance and Giant Killing's attention to detail.
Ugh, the wait between episodes is so unbearable... Blergh.... *dies*
|2012-02-04, 01:23
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|2012-02-04, 08:21
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dollars
Manga spoilers
Anyway, episode 5 was quite good. It feels a bit rushed but all the main point was presented in the whole episode. At the very least, even without reading the manga I would understand what's happening and how I'm very interested in knowing what will happen next. There's not much action/match in this episode, sadly I wonder how will it be in the next episode because it seems that it's the first episode of this anime that actually shows a full match (unlike the episode with Suguru as it's only a practice match).
|2012-02-04, 12:36
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New school, new kinda weird friends..
Their soccer club players sure have some talent, but Kakeru was shocked & surprised to see he got into an unusual club.
Well, at least they were all having fun.
Even though he got into the club by getting tricked, I think he'll be able to fulfill his potential here..
|2012-02-04, 17:41
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Nice episode, building up and introducing new school, chars, Seven and Kakeru's new life, Araki's drama, diary, important match wtf that was a lot in a epi! No wonder it's rushed.
I hope next episode compensates for that! Because they pretty much make it looked like this epi would only be good alongside the next one! XD
|2012-02-07, 18:27
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In any case, Seven definitely gets the short end of the stick here. For instance, Araki's monologue about the difference between FC's and SC's playing styles (episode 5) is actually spoken by Seven in the manga. So they're not only removing Seven's scenes, but they also giving her remaining lines to other characters.
All in all, it seems the director is adamant in shafting her into side-character territory. I wonder why though... it doesn't make much sense to me.
|2012-02-10, 15:33
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I found a relevent news link today that sounds like good news for us that love Seven(and those who loved Touch)
I guess we are going to see Nadeshiko Japan in this anime.
Also, I saw something on MAL(I think I also saw it linked to on Random Curiousity)
I guess there was some venting or something on 2ch dealing with how there seems to be some tension between the director and the animating staff.
|2012-02-10, 20:14
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Spoiler for Seven stuff:
On another note, I watched episode 6:
Pros: somewhat good animation.
Cons: dumb Seven (well, not dumb, but not the genius she's in the manga), Kakeru being oblivious about his weakness (because they cut the scene when Seven explained it to him lol), Araki joining the game without knowing Seven off-side trick (because they cut that scene too lol) so how they hell is he going to pull off the fucking trick???
All in all 5/10. With every episode I'm one step closer to drop this thing. Here's hoping they writer will learn how to write at some point.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Age: 37
Spoiler for Episode 6- Clash! FC vs SC!!:
I think it's possible that Seven coming up with that trick play will be in a flashback and then Araki seeing it. I don't know if they'll do that after the trick play or before. I do wonder when Kakeru will find out about his weakness that Oda picked up on.
It gets a 7/10 for the animation and the way they handled Kakeru's lows and highs. I do wish they'd do better with the BGM they use and I wonder if we'll ever see an ED.
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There was an interview in the series' website. It seems it's about Nana. It would be cool if someone can translate....
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From Government Linked Data (GLD) Working Group Wiki
- 1 Agenda GLD-WG telecon 8 March 2012
Agenda GLD-WG telecon 8 March 2012
Thursdays 15:00-16:00 UTC (10:00-11:00 Boston, 7:00-8:00 San Francisco, 15:00-16:00 London, 16:00-17:00 Paris). Teleconferences (official participants and invited guests only): Zakim Bridge +1.617.761.6200, or sip:firstname.lastname@example.com then conference code 45394# ("GLDWG") IRC channel: #gld on irc.w3.org on port 6665 An agenda is sent 24 hours in advance; minutes follow within a day.
Main Page for GLD Working Group
W3C Telecon Resources: Zakim instructions: http://www.w3.org/2001/12/zakim-irc-bot.html RRSAgent instructions: http://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent Scribes Info: http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/Scribes Scribe Publishing Minutes instructions: http://www.w3.org/2009/CommonScribe/panel/?group=gld&go=Use+This+Group W3C GLD Mailing Lists: Public GLD mailing list: email@example.com Archive of mailing list: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-gld-wg Members only mailing list: mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com GLD Chairs mailing list mailto:email@example.com Contact GLD Chairs
Preliminary Items (~5 minutes)
- Proposal to accept the minutes from the 23-Feb-2012 meeting
- Discuss any important and timely matters
- Next two meetings (15, 22 March 2012) will be one hour earlier for EUROPEANS due to US DST
Main Agenda: FPWD WIP's (~50 minutes):
- Update on the ADMS specification and leveraging the work of the European Commission Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) and SEMIC II Project for efficient, cross-border, cross-sector electronic collaboration.
- EU supported Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS), see also [1]
- Review Deliverables and related issues, see https://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/products/ and see Tracker Actions, Issues
- Last meeting (22-Feb-2012) we voted to publish ORG. Chairs to make request of W3C Staff contact 8-Mar-2012.
- Product: Organization Ontology status, also see Organization Ontology Editor's Draft.
- Product: Data Cube status, also see Editor's Draft [2]. We would like to vote today to publish Data Cube vocab.
- RE: DCAT and People - discussion was postponed to today's meeting (8-Mar) when Fadi is back and PhilA comes up for air.
- Product: DCAT status, see editor's draft: [3]
- Product: People status, see also People wiki page. See editors draft [4]
- BP doc still needs work ...
- Product: Best Practices status, also see Best Practices Editor's Draft
- Short names - Per Sandro, "One aspect of publication by W3C is the assignment of a permanent URL to the document and its future versions. For example:
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax http://www.w3.org/TR/cooluris http://www.w3.org/TR/gov-data http://www.w3.org/TR/void http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-vocab-pub
The selection of that last part, the "shortname", is technically up to the W3C staff/management, but ideally it's something the WG is happy with, too. This week the gld list came up with the following list of short names:
vocab-people vocab-org for the Organizational Vocabulary vocab-data-cube for the RDF Data Cube Vocabulary and gld-bp for the Government Linked Data Best Practices document.
- Product: Community Directory status. We have 66 organizations worldwide listed, see stats for organizations. The W3C Community Directory application.
- Consider GLD WG F2F3 to coincide with [http://www.w3.org/2012/10/TPAC/ TPAC in Lyon, France 29 Oct - 2 Nov 2012.
- A talk on the progress of publishing Gov't LOD worldwide for SemTech SF (Bernadette, June 2012).
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NH business leaders issue call for action on debt crisisBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 15. 2012 7:17PM
MANCHESTER - A group of prominent New Hampshire business leaders on Thursday urged voters to get involved in efforts to reduce the national debt and avoid the fiscal cliff by contacting lawmakers in Washington to demand compromise.
The New Hampshire chapter of "Fix The Debt," co-chaired by Democratic state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro of Manchester and Republican Mayor Donnalee Lozeau of Nashua, announced the creation of the New Hampshire Leadership Council in a gathering at Electropac, a printed circuit board manufacturer on Willow Street.
The 23-member council includes representatives from virtually every sector of the state's economy, including developers like John Stabile and Sam Tamposi, attorney and former Democratic state Sen. David Gottesman, and executives such as Paul Montrone, former CEO of Fisher Scientific.
Members of the council took turns at the microphone, warning of dire consequences for the nation and New Hampshire if politicians in Washington cannot strike a deal on deficit reduction to avoid the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that will take place in 2013 - the so-called fiscal cliff.
New Hampshire stands to lose about 6,300 jobs and about $325 million in income if a compromise is not reached, according to a recently released study by Brian Gottlob of PolEcon Research that was cited frequently by the business group.
Ray Boissoneau, Electropac president, said his company employed 476 workers 12 years ago, is now down to 45, and is not in a position to withstand anymore economic shock waves. "Every day is a struggle, and everything we do is a struggle," he said. "Both sides have to get together and work this out."
The group's position is that everything has to be on the table - Democrats must compromise on entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, while Republicans must compromise on marginal tax rates.
"We've got to now move beyond this rhetoric and craft comprehensive reforms to spending, to revenue and to entitlements. It's the only way this problem is going to be resolved," said Sean O'Kane, a former commissioner of the Department of Resources and Economic Development and now a business consultant.
David Pastor, owner of Fletcher Appliances in Nashua, said the retail industry would face massive layoffs if the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts are allowed to occur.
"What's going to happen if we don't get this done? I can guarantee you there will be more retailers like me who are going to reach their own fiscal cliff, and decisions are going to be made that will have people out looking for jobs because retail will not survive," he said.
Congress has shown it will respond to public pressure, said D'Allesandro, in urging New Hampshire residents to write letters demanding compromise from both Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and her Republican counterpart, Kelly Ayotte.
"We want the people of New Hampshire to become involved in fixthedebt.com, and get on board with this," he said. "Contact your congressman, contact your senator and let them now how important this is and what a dramatic effect it will have on our state if it isn't solved. We're about solutions. That's what politics is supposed to be - a problem-solving exercise."
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April 24. 2013 10:27PM
Fishers, Rock Cats split twinbill shutouts
Staff Report
ew Britain right-hander Trevor May stifled the Fisher Cats on the way to a 5-0 seven-inning shutout on Wednesday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.
Fisher Cat righty Ryan Tepera matched him in the second game en route to a 3-0 shutout and a split of the doubleheader. The victory in the nightcap snapped a three-game Fisher Cat losing streak and improved their record to 9-11 overall.
New Britain is a half a game ahead of the Fisher Cats in the standings at 9-10.
Tepera gave up one hit, a two-out triple in the fifth inning, in his six innings of worked. He struck out two and walked one and is now 3-0.
Closer Chad Beck allowed a single and struck out two in the seventh inning to earn his fifth save.
The Rock Cats got the tying run to the plate in the seventh. Beck struck out the first batter, but Jason Christian singled and Danny Lehman walked. Beck struck out Jonathan Goncalves and got Antoan Richardson to ground out to end the game.
A Jack Murphy double to left field with two outs drove in the only run Tepera and Beck would need.
Just prior to Murphy's run-scoring hit, the Fisher Cats had a runner thrown out at the plate.
Brian Van Kirk led off the inning with a single and John Tolisano sacrificed him to second with a bunt. Kevin Ahrens singled to right field and Goncalves threw Van Kirk out at home. Murphy then knocked in Ahrens.
The Fisher Cats got a couple of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth when Kevin Pillar, who had singled, scored on an error and Ryan Schimpf delivered his fifth home run of the year.
The teams close out the three-game series Thursday morning at 10:30.
In Wednesday's first game, May allowed three hits, struck out four, walked three and evened his record at 1-1.
Three Fisher Cat pitchers allowed a total of eight hits.
The Rock Cats jumped in front in the top of the second inning. Dan Rohlfing worked a two-out walk from starter Tyson Brummett and Goncalves followed with a two-run home run.
New Britain picked up a couple more runs in the top of the fourth, despite Brummett striking out the side. Daniel Ortiz walked to lead off the inning and scored on Reynaldo Rodriguez's triple to center. Rodriguez scored on Richardson single to center.
Brummett allowed six hits and the four earned runs in his four innings and his record fell to 0-2. He struck out five and walked three.
Tommmy Hottovy pitched a couple of hitless relief innings for the Fisher Cats.
The Rock Cats got to Trystan Magnuson for a couple of hits and a run in the top of the seventh.
Fisher Cat Adam Loewen had a one-out double in the bottom of the seventh, but May got a strikeout and a pop fly to leave him stranded and finish the shutout.
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Righty Marcus Walden looks for his first win of the season when New Hampshire opens open a seven-game roadtrip in Reading on Friday night. Walden is 0-3 with a 3.98 era. . . . The Fisher Cats play three games in Reading and then move on to four in Trenton.


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Trojans advance to take on Milan Thursday in finals
The Sturgis soccer team eliminated No. 7 Dexter 2-1 in the first round of regional play Tuesday night in Jackson.
"This was a ball position match, but we surprised Dexter with an early goal and that gave my players a lot of confidence, they were able to maintain control of the midfield," coach Louis Olivares said.
The Trojans' Junhuel Rubio scored in the first four minutes of the game. Getting the assists was Jonathan Gonzalez.
Dexter knotted the game with just seconds left in the first half.
Sturgis' Enrique Lopez scored the game winner with 31:14 left in the game.
Assisting was Carlos Maldonado.
"During the halftime break I told my players that Dexter's goal should not effect their game plan and they must remain confident and play with a cool head.
"And thats exactly what my team did, they never gave up, played with a cool head and remained focused," Olivares said.
Dexter had five yellow cards to none by Sturgis.
The Trojans got a great effort in net once again from Isaac Montoya.
He stopped all six shots that he faced in the contest.
Dexter (17-5-1) is the second Division 2 Top 10 team to have their season ended by the Trojans.
Saturday Sturgis beat Mattawan 1-0 after two full havles, two full overtime sessions and eventually during penalty kicks in the district final at home.
The Trojans will take on Milan (12-8) Thursday night at 6 p.m., in Jackson.


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Devices in the cardiac catheterization field are concerned with the study and treatment of the heart chambers, coronary arteries, and other proximal vasculature. Categories in this field may include: Cath Labs, Radiographic Fluoroscopic units, Digital Vascular Imaging Systems, Angiography Units, Cardiac Catheterization Equipment and Cardiac Cath Lab Imaging Systems
- The preferences and recommendations regarding angiography are for systems intended mainly for peripheral and abdominal vasculature cases.
- All three types of systems - cardiac catheterization equipment, general angiography units, and multipurpose systems - have different requirements regarding the C-arm assembly, image-acquisition detector, image processor, and patient-table characteristics.
- The requirements of general angiography systems include: a larger field of view, expended tabletop movement, a lower frame rate, and C-arm gantry angulation range that is less than that of dedicated cardiac catheterization equipment.
- In some hospitals, the demand for any one procedural category may not justify a dedicated Cardiac Cath Lab Imaging System. The multipurpose special procedure systems are designed to meet such needs. However, both cardiologists and radiologists should be concerned with detector size.
- Rotational angiography capabilities, which are offered by some Cath Lab systems, allow users to select start and end points for arm rotation. These systems can be used in bolus chasing and certain cardiac imaging procedures. Although rotational angiography is slower than biplane systems, it is useful in studies traditionally performed with biplane systems.
- Facilities that are considering the purchase of a Cath Lab capable of rotational angiography, should determine how it applies to the types of procedures performed in the facility and the rotational speed offered by the Digital Vascular Imaging System.
- One of the most important factors to consider before purchasing an angiography unit is detector size. For imaging peripheral vessels, larger sizes may be necessary, while smaller sizes are suitable for more detailed images of cardiac anatomy.
- When selecting an x-ray generator, facilities must also consider the needs of the department in mind. The following Digital Vascular Imaging System generators are currently available and commonly used for vascular imaging: three-phase, 12-pulse, high frequency, and constant-potential generators.
- While constant potential generators have the lowest amount of ripple but can be larger and more expensive, high frequency generators are smaller and easier to install in space-constrained areas, with an amount of waveform ripple that is not clinically significant.
- Some additional critical factors when choosing a Cath Lab are the heat dissipation rate and heat capacity of the x-ray tube anode. Only 0.2% of the electrical energy delivered to any given tube is converted to x-rays; the rest is converted to heat, which will harm the anode if not quickly dissipated.
- The following may help dissipating the heat: rotating and larger diameter anodes, circulated liquid cooling systems, and ceramic tube envelopes, also crucial when considering a Cath Lab purchase..
- When using a Radiographic Fluoroscopic Unit, using higher anode heat capacity provides longer fluoroscopy runs, higher overall output, and an extended x-ray tube life.
- For some advanced interventional procedures that require longer imaging times, the high heat capacity and faster heat dissipation tubes are especially important in a Cath Lab.
- Cath Lab anode heat capacity should be at least 1,000,000 HU.
- Facilities should also consider the Angiography Unit's focal spot size and target angle of the anode. Anodes with a smaller focal spot provide better quality images but do not dissipate heat as well as larger ones, which are ideal for investigating ischemic heart disease. Cath Lab magnification angiography requires a focal spot size of 0.3 mm or less.
- Cath Lab Manufacturers often offer multi focus tubes with two or three focal spot sizes, to accommodate this wide range of imaging techniques and procedures.
- The focal spot size and the heat dissipation characteristics of the tube are both determined by the target angle, another important feature to consider when purchasing a Cath Lab.
- Pulsed fluoroscopy can be carried out by some of the Cath Lab systems. In this technique an x-ray output of 32 pulses per second is possible.
- The monitor holds the image acquired during each pulse until it is updated by another pulse; a continuous image is seen as a result, although the pulsed-mode display may become jittery a very fast motion is observed.
- Exposure rates can be significantly reduced by pulsed fluoroscopy by as much as 70% without a significant loss of image information; some Cath Lab systems can perform multiple-rate pulsed fluoroscopy with two or more rates ranging from 7.5 to 30 fps.
- The last-image holding feature, which retains the fluoroscopic image on the screen even after the x-rays are turned off, is offered by some Cardiac Catheterization Equipment systems. This feature enables the radiologist to examine the area in question with decreased x-ray exposure to the patient.
- DSA is the most common application in Cahth Labs; a mask image is digitally stored before injection of the contrast medium and then subtracted from the image acquired after injection.
- Another common application is the road mapping, which allows Cath Lab users to retain a contrast-enhanced image on the monitor for use as a guide during certain procedures. Using this feature can facilitate the placement of devices such as stents and balloons and the navigation of guide wires and catheters through severe stenoses, as well as reduce the total contrast medium dose.
- Cath Lab Systems offering three-dimensional angiography should be considered by facilities planning to purchase new R/F angiographic systems.
- Multiple views can be recorded from a single injection of contrast medium by using rotational angiography, which is an acquisition mode designed to allow this capability in Cath Labs.
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Lafayette Teenagers Found Passed Out In Bizarre Neighborhood Incident, One Of Them Allegedly Found Nude
17-year-old Joseph Howard and 17-year-old Belle Saucier were arrested after allegedly ransacking a home in the 300 block of Thibodeaux Drive, causing $20,000.00 worth of damage. Howard is also accused of knocking on neighbors doors, while in the nude.
According to our news partners at KATC, Police say, after they got complaints from neighbors, officers say they found him naked and passed out in a nearby driveway. Authorities say they found Saucier passed out in the middle of a nearby road.
Police say the teens, who officers say appeared to be under the influence of drugs, also face disturbing the peace charges and simple criminal damage to property charges, while Howard faces an additional charge of obscenity.


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A wild beast that roams the small town of foxboro, MA. It was originally discovered in a hotel room when a bunch of kids found one under a bed. There is said to be about 10 white pearsey's left in the world. there is a larger population of black pearsey's in areas like south africa and canadia.
whoa, what the fuck is that. That is a pearsey. It is one of 10.
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Activity 1: Considering Life as a Soldier
Activity 2: Impact of the Confederate Invasion
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Solar thermal power plants offer great potential for a future sustainable energy supply, particularly in the Earth's "Sun Belt". An important condition for broader market penetration is lowering the cost of solar power production using new technologies. A new prototype called the "Fresnel collector" has been installed at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA, owned and operated by the Spanish research center, CIEMAT) in Spain to evaluate the potential of this new technology for contributing to cost reduction in solar thermal power generation.
The new Fresnel collector was built with funding from the Federal Ministry for Environment and Nature Protection (BMU) under the direction of MAN-Ferrostaal. Among other institutions, the DLR's Institute of Technical Thermodynamics Department of Solar Research has been indispensable in planning this initiative.
New technology for the concentration of solar radiation
Fresnel collectors consist of numerous slightly curved mirrors which focus solar radiation onto a central absorber pipe. In this pipe, water can be evaporated and superheated up to 100 bar pressure and over 400 degrees Celsius. The thermal energy is then converted into electricity by a steam turbine. Measuring 20 metres by 100 metres, the 1-megawatt prototype is connected for testing to the already existing PSA DISS (DIrect Solar Steam) facility, which is based on parabolic-trough technology.
The Fresnel collector as an economical alternative to parabolic troughs?
Test operation of the new plant will verify whether Fresnel collectors represent an economic alternative to the current parabolic trough collectors. Advantageous costs are expected because of the simpler technology and the more economical flat mirrors. On the other hand, because it is less efficient, a Fresnel reflectors collector field will have to be larger than a field of similar capacity using parabolic-trough collectors. One of the main results of the Fresnel project is expected to be the economic balance of these opposite tendencies for investment and electricity production cost.
DLR's role
DLR researchers have been involved throughout the project, from its planning to its execution. DLR has been particularly influential in optical and thermal measurement of the Fresnel reflectors, the optimisation of the evaporation process, and the dynamic simulation and regulation of the steam cycle. Coordination of test operation of the pilot plant and cooperation during interpretation of test results are also major DLR tasks.


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Surging back stock sales! We've been seeing titles sell across the full range of Palladium products, in all its product lines, as well as T-shirts, prints and other items. Most sales are 1-4 items, but we've seen some big orders of a dozen or more as well. Awesome.
Pre-Orders for upcoming books also strong. We are seeing a lot of pre-orders for all the upcoming titles. Though we do NOT charge your card until a week or two prior to the actual shipping of the book, pre-orders help us to gauge demand and determine how many we should print, and let us know what we can expect when the book is ready to ship. Most of all, it tells us we are on the right track and that these are titles you want. And fear not, we're planning new titles for ALL our game lines.
My voice is back! Well, mostly. It's not quite as strong as normal and is still a little raspy, but my voice is back. For about three days over the weekend I sounded like Christian Bale's "Batman" voice. Of course, this got me going through the office growling in a deep, hoarse whisper, "I am the Batman." I talked about this in a Murmur from the Megaverse® and revealed I even assigned the Palladium staff identities from the Batman comic books. Hey, it's bad enough being sick, figured I might as well have some fun with it. I took most of Friday, part of Saturday and all of Sunday off and rested like my doctor told me to, so I was feeling much better by Monday.
More good news from the doctors. I am doing great managing my diabetes. I've dropped weight, changed my diet, exercise daily and the results are blood levels dropping back to within (or near) the normal range. I still have a ways to go, and I'm only starting my Diabetes Education classes, but looking great. I say "great" because that's the word my doctor and diabetes educators have both used. Apparently, most people drag their feet or make small lifestyle changes very slowly. Instead, I jumped in with both feet and made dramatic, sweeping changes immediately. Hey, I want to be healthy. Bad enough I had been an idiot and was pushing myself too hard and eating like garbage to the point that I gave myself diabetes in the first place. That's the crazy thing about this disease, a) it is preventable, and b) once you have the disease (grrrrr) you really can manage it with diet and exercise.
The doctor is already talking about reducing the medication (a pill) I take and possibly getting off of it completely if I can continue to show I'm managing it with diet and exercise. The exercise part kills me too. Until diabetes hit, I just could NOT find time to exercise. What an idiot! Now I exercise for a lousy 30 minutes a day, usually walking at a brisk pace and it has made a world of difference. A crummy 30 minutes is all it takes every day. How could I not find the time before? Actually, with all the demands on my time, it is hard to make the time, but I MUST for my health, so I do. Same thing with cutting my hours down to 12 hour days, six days a week. That too has made a big difference. I hope you guys and gals do likewise. Sorry, I don't mean to go on and on about it, I'm just very pleased with myself. :)
UPDATE: Kathryn Kozora is doing better. Kay called me last Sunday, but I couldn't talk because I had no voice! She said she would call back this week sometime. She sounded great and said she was doing much better. I assume that means her lung cancer is finally responding to the heavy chemotherapy. I'll learn more soon.
UPDATE: Online Sales. We did great last week and we're doing well this week, so keep 'em coming. This might be a good time to try that new game or pick up related sourcebooks in conjunction with that new release you're planning on getting. And don't forget about subscribing to The Rifter®. I think you'll find it rewarding on many levels. My thanks to everyone who has been part of this much needed surge – you are fantastic.
A strange sales trend. I don't know why, but starting with the Christmas Surprise Packages, there has been a sharp increase in sales of the After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks. I am happy to see this because it is the last, great role-playing game created by Erick Wujcik, and it is pure fun to play.
Honestly, I'm not quite sure why AtB ever fell out of favor. I suspect the whole Ninja Turtle-mania, with the Ninja Turtles® becoming what I call "kiddified," played a big part. As the Ninja Turtles® changed from being a super-cool, cult comic read by teens and adults into the New Mickey Mouse for kids ages 3-10, the older demographic fled from the TMNT® RPG. I suspect because the After the Bomb® setting was so closely associated with TMNT® that the line suffered too. That's why I had Erick Wujcik re-write, improve and update the entire concept into a high-tech, modern setting where "the bomb" is the "gene-bomb," creating, new intelligent, mutant animal life forms via genetic manipulation. As usual, Erick knocked it out of the park creating the fun and epic After the Bomb® Role-Playing Game.
Initial sales weren't bad, but they trailed off and the game setting has languished. That always surprised me, because, 1. The subject of clones and genetic manipulation is very topical. 2. The RPG is just plain great and so much fun to play. 3. AtB is an excellent starter game for people who have never played an RPG. 4. If nothing else, the After the Bomb® RPG and the related sourcebooks are excellent for creating mutant characters for Heroes Unlimited™! 5. AtB is phenomenal whether played as a game or as a sourcebook for other games. The mutant animal creation system can be used to create aliens, D-Bees and unique characters for settings as diverse as Robotech®, Rifts® and Phase World® to Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane® and Palladium Fantasy®. 6. The scenarios and possibilities for these mutant characters are endless and soooo much fun to play. I'm glad people are rediscovering After the Bomb® – one of Erick Wujcik's most fun game designs – and loving it.
UPDATE: The Rifter® #57 ships tomorrow. It is outstanding and you need to buy a copy! Start your subscription with it or just buy it as a stand-alone issue, because it is filled with a ton of useful source material. Like what, you ask?
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UPDATE: Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria – Bigger and Better. My getting ill didn't help this deadline nor did my decision to expand Rifts® Lemurian to 192 pages. It is the only way to keep EVERYTHING that belongs in this book. I had toyed with cutting out a few hunks and releasing it as a 48 page Lemuria Sourcebook, but I would hate to do it. It's nice to have all the Lemuria stuff in one nice, neat, big package, so that's what I've decided to do. That also means raising the price from $20.95 to $24.95 retail, but it is so worth it, and cheaper than two books.
Oh my gosh, this book is good. The closer I get to finishing Rifts® Lemuria the more impressed I am with it. Even sections that might sound ho-hum, like the Lemurian Biomancy Gardens, have one cool idea or toy for players and Game Masters after another. And I don't mean just a cool, weird plant. There is often something you can take from the plant and use in magic or as a weapon, or for healing. Sweet, sweet stuff. As I've been saying for weeks, Rifts® Lemuria is brimming with new weapons, new Biomancy and Ocean Magic spells, new Symbiotes, never-before-seen living power armor, exotic creatures, sea dragons and monsters wrapped in an exotic history and setting. And since Lemurians are amphibious, there are all kinds of items in this book that can be used on dry land as well as below the waves. I hope to have Lemuria wrapped up by this weekend and to the printer next week. That means it will be a February release. Worth the wait.
UPDATE: Dead Reign™ Sourcebook 3: Endless Dead™. I actually did some work on this book last Friday while Matthew was going over a bunch of Rifts® Lemuria stuff for me. Endless Dead™ is another book that will blow your mind. On track for a February release.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook. We have one great book coming after another, and this is one of them. It immediately follows Endless Dead™ and should please all the Rifts® players who have been anxiously waiting for it. A March release.
UPDATE: Rifts® World Book: The Black Market. Matthew is done with the final draft. I need to start assigning the artwork. March release.
UPDATE: Rifts® World Book: Northern Gun™ One. Matthew Clements is wild about NG One and Two. So will you be. It's slated for a March release.
UPDATE: Robotech® Genesis Pits™ Sourcebook. Irvin Jackson should turn in the finished manuscript in a few weeks. March or April release.
UPDATE: Rifts®/Minion War™: Megaverse® in Flames™. This book will blow your mind. That's all I can say right now. April release.
UPDATE: Splicers®. The manuscript for two Splicers® sourcebooks arrived today. Fear not, we plan to get the books in the pipeline out before we start looking at new material, but you can look forward to Splicers® sourcebooks later this year. (Along with sourcebooks for Chaos Earth™, Beyond the Supernatural™ and Palladium Fantasy®).
UPDATE: VisionCon – Springfield, Missouri, February 16-19 – Kevin Siembieda, Gaming Guest of Honor. Yep, I'm the gaming guest of honor at what will be a fun time for all. I know it's real, because my flight and travel information arrived early this week.
In addition to me, Jolly and Barbara Blackburn (KoDT) and a host of other interesting guests, I spoke with Madman Mike Leonard, and he says he's planning on braving the two hour drive to be at VisionCon for at least one day (probably Saturday). Writer Mark Oberle and a few other Palladium creators said they plan to be there too. I'll be at VisionCon all day Friday, Saturday and most of Sunday. I'll be sharing a table with Jolly and Barbara Blackburn, and available to chat and sign autographs when I'm not in a panel talk or running a game. I hope to see a lot of Palladium fans. http://www.visioncon.net for more information about VisionCon.
UPDATE: Palladium Open House (POH), May 4, 5 & 6, 2012. This is the event you should be planning on attending. The Palladium Open House is dedicated to role-playing, fun and lasting memories. Come on over for one day or the entire weekend, but come on over. Note: See the POH description at the end of this Weekly Update for more info.
POH V.I.P. Thursday tickets go on sale February 1, 2012. That's next Wednesday. This is the last of them and they are expected to go fast, so be prepared to place your order. VIP Night is May 3, 2012, starts around 3:00 in the afternoon, includes a catered dinner, a night of gaming, and first crack at purchases. This event has an extra cost.
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Open House Challenge: I want to repeat last week's challenge that some of you should enter the POH costume contest as a Nightbane® or Nightlord, or other characters from the Nightbane® RPG . . . if you dare. And let's see a lot of people entering the Costume Contest Saturday evening.
Don't forget to check out Carmen Bellaire's YouTube video reviews of Palladium product. Carmen Bellaire and William "Big Will" Johnson have started to post video reviews about Palladium role-playing games and sourcebooks. Check them out by going to: http://www.youtube.com/user/Maloquinn
Sneak Previews on DriveThruRPG.com are coming soon, starting with Rifts® Lemuria. There are 90+ backstock titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, first edition rule books, other sneak previews and the Rifts® Game Master Kit all available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices.
As you can see, I'm brimming with enthusiasm. You'll understand why as soon as you see the first few new releases of the year. They are epic. Even The Rifter® #57 is super. But there's more to talk about. The Palladium Open House is coming up FAST. We need Game Masters to run games at the Open House and at Gen Con Indy. We have other projects boiling that I'll talk about in upcoming Weekly Updates.
In between, I'll continue to try to post frequent Murmurs from the Megaverse as well as on the Palladium Facebook page. Keep those imaginations burning bright, and game on!
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
The 2011 Christmas Surprise Package offer was another great success. By this time I usually stop sharing comments from fans, but there were three among the last batch to place orders during the extension that I want to share. They are the kind of things that keep me going and are another example of the awesomeness of Palladium fans. They have nothing to do with Christmas and everything to do with courage, friendship and joy. (Hmmm, re-reading that last sentence, I'd say that has everything to do with Christmas and drinking in the richness of a life worth living.) Again, I thank these fans and all of you who sent comments in Surprise Packages or as Private Messages, online postings, emails and cards. You and your comments are appreciated.
– Kevin Siembieda & the Palladium Crew
S.G. in Arlington, Texas, writes: I just wanted to end my comments with a quote from an article I recently read that made me think of all of you (I hope you don't mind):
"Face Challenges with Courage, C is for courage. Courage becomes a worthwhile and meaningful virtue when it is regarded not so much as a willingness to die manfully, but as a determination to live decently. Said the American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson: 'Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide on, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.'
"There will be times when you will be frightened and discouraged. You may feel that you are defeated. The odds of obtaining victory may appear overwhelming. At times you may feel like David trying to fight Goliath. But remember – David did win! Courage is required to make an initial thrust toward one's coveted goal, but even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve. Have the determination to make the effort, the single-mindedness to work toward a worthy goal, and the courage not only to face the challenges that inevitably come but also to make a second effort, should such be required. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, 'I'll try again tomorrow.'" – Thomas S. Monson
Everyone at Palladium Books is a shining example of courage and decency to me. God Bless, and looking forward to a great new year. See you all in May!
W.L. in Olympia, Washington, writes: Greetings again to Santa Kevin & his happy elves . . . I have decided to invest in the future of Palladium, and I see it as a bright one! Though I know from reading the musings that there are some dark clouds looming overhead . . . damn Kevin, you are on a roll. I think the time, energy and effort being put out for Palladium will surely help to cement the solid core of us gamers loyal to Palladium, as well as attract new blood young to role-playing and disenfranchised with the competition. My own finances have been extremely tight this last year, otherwise, I would have bought nearly every new book that came out . . . I hope your hard work and dedication pays off soon!
T.C. in Lawrenceville, Georgia, writes: It is no surprise for you that times are tough for your players. I am sure you experience the same trials we do. But you should know that your games have allowed me and several friends an inexpensive weekend social activity. Instead of putting our money on movies or concerts, we plan modest group meals and gush over the exploits of Cyber-Knights and Techno-Wizards. You keep up the work and we will keep up the laughs.
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Endless Dead says it all. The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military? What's next for the survivors of the zombie apocalypse?
This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivors' Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is epic.
Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions.
On Rifts® Earth, the Black Market is the most prevalent trader in weapons, contraband and magic items outlawed by the Coalition. Explore the day to day business of the market along with its smuggling routes, practices, policies and nefarious products. Encounter the five major Black Market factions in North America and foreign groups like the Yakuza, Green Scarf Sect and the Underground Railroads of Atlantis and the Vampire Kingdoms.
The largest independent manufacturer of weapons, robots and adventure gear in North America is Northern Gun™. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, they have been the premier outfitter of mercenaries and adventurers for decades, and are a major hub for hiring military contractors. With a whole new product line to offer their customers, the future looks bright for Northern Gun™.
An in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the creatures they create.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, 'nuff said.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include:
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The sign maker
When you arrive in town, anywhere in Stehekin, his signs are the first thing you see. On slabs of wood chainsaw-ripped and elegantly routed, in rustic block print or flowing cursive, Phil's signs are never stenciled, never sloppy. They mark the post office, the school, the bakery. They mark trailheads and trail junctions. They are, in a way, a trademark, a large part of what makes this Washington valley seem intimate and authentic, the kind of place where someone will take the time to salvage a half-burned chunk of cedar and turn an outhouse sign into a work of art. The signs occasionally lay out rules: "No Parking" or "Horses and Hikers Only." More often, they offer direction or reassurance: You're in the right place! You're heading the right way!
For 14 years, I worked for Phil Garfoot on trail crew. His main job, like mine, was to clear logs and brush, to build bridges and blast rocks and grub in the dirt. On top of that, for him, came signs -- a thankless task, if there ever was one. People don't notice signs until there's something wrong: an unmarked junction, a rotted signpost, a camp name that's since been changed. Or even a slight misunderstanding: A hiker looks upslope when the sign is downslope or confuses High Bridge with Bridge Creek, and suddenly she's lost, and often enough, angry. Compliments are few, complaints are many.
Over the years, I saw Phil get mad about plenty of things, but never about that. He'd think instead about how to fix the problem, then he'd race up the trail with a replacement sign - a salvaged slab, usually, twisty or knotty - or perhaps an added arrow. He was vigilant, nearly fanatic, about those signs, and he demanded that we were, too.
There were rules about how deep to dig a signpost, of course, and how sturdy to make it. (Very!) But there were other rules, too, less practical: The height of the posts, low to the ground, the way to bevel the top of the post, to round off the hard edge. Lag screws and washers had to be countersunk and never shiny. Not in the backcountry. If I put a sign up with a bright new lag, he'd carry up a rusty one to replace it.
Once, a manager hiked past a boundary post that, because of space limitations, read: "North Cascade National Park." He wrote a memo to Phil explaining that the sign was missing an "S." Phil routed a new one right away; he carried it 10 miles and dug it into place. The new sign read: "North Cascade National Parks."
Phil's goal was not so much precision as appearance. He wanted to make the sign fit in, as though it grew there.
Phil was rough-hewn and leather-skinned from a half-century of working in the hot sun -- the hotter the better for this Fresno native -- and his shoulders bulged out of proportion to his modest height. I never noticed them when we worked together, but when I see old pictures now, I am shocked. Because once cancer got hold of him, he didn't look that way anymore.
There are things in life you note but don't notice; things you heed heedlessly, you register without registering. Signs are like that, or the best of them are. Phil taught me that much. On a trail, he'd say, you want to know which way is which. Nothing more. Now I'm not so sure that's true. Sometimes, in the woods, you want to see a sign to know someone came this way before.
That's where that other meaning comes in. People get lost in life, and they look for a sign. A bear cub sighting. A shooting star. A shiny dropped penny. An uncanny phone call. It's a sign! I've never been much of a sign-seeker. But once Phil died, I couldn't help myself.
Here he'd always been: stubborn and reliable as stone. Then he's gone. I knew that other people felt his presence. A red-winged blackbird on the tiptop of an apple tree sang comfort to one friend. Another watched the moon skim a ridge at sunrise. Me? Nada. I felt bereft -- lost. I had always counted on Phil to tell me: You're in the right place! You're heading the right way!
Now where would I look? Everywhere. Anywhere. His signs are the first thing you see.
Ana Maria Spagna lives and writes in Stehekin, Washington.