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Plainsong, a body of traditional chants used in the Roman Church, is monophonic, consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line in free, rather than measured, rhythm. Althought the Proper of the Roman rite (that part which changes according to the date) was settled around the end of the 7th centruy, regional variations in chant style were common throughout the Latin West. This all changed when Pepin, King of the Franks, began the process of imposing Roman chant on the Guals, a process completed by his son Charlemagne, who, once elevated to Holy Roman Emperor in 800, aggressively spread Roman chant throughout the empire to consolidate religious and secular power. Thus, by unifying liturgical practice, a cultural community began. No longer did each tribe and region celebrate Mass in its own way. Suddenly, "European" culture was born, and the course of Western music history was forever changed. As a result, musical notation for chants was now written down.
Polyphony is a musical texture consisting of two or more independent voices. Within the context of Western music tradition, the term usually refers to music of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. It displays a connection to the emerging Gothic style of architecture. Just as ornate cathedrals were built to house holy relics, organa (plainchant melodies with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony) were written to elaborate Gregorian chant, which too was considered holy. One voice (called the tenor, from the Latin tenere, "to hold") sang the notes of the chant elongated to enormous length. While this voice, the vox principalis, held the chant, one, two, or three other voices, known as the vox organalis (or vinnola vox, the "vining voice") were notated above it with quicker lines moving and weaving together. Over time, organa provided the means through which music evolved from a single line to multiple lines of equal value.
Martin Luther's challenge to the Roman Catholic church's practices and doctrines precipitated the Protestant Reformation. Luther, a German Augustinian monk, declared his intolerance for the corruption of the Roman Church in 1517 by nailing his 95 theses of contention to the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany. He would eventually suffer excommunication and exile as a result. Not only a theological reformer, Luther was also well-regarded as a musician. His hymns, which include the text of A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, inspired the development of congregational singing. From 1525-1529, he was actively engaged in developing a new church by establishing a supervisory church body, writing a clear summary of the new faith in the form of two catechisms, and creating a new form of the worship service. Luther's service included congregational singing of hymns and psalms in German, as well as of parts of the liturgy, including his unison setting of the Creed.
William Byrd was a student of Thomas Tallis, the leading composer of the Chapel Royal, and may have served as a Chapel Royal choirboy in his youth. Even though he remained a Catholic throughout his life, he obtained the prestigious post of Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1572. This career move vastly increased Byrd's opportunities to widen his scope as a composer and to make important contacts at Court. Elizabeth I, a moderate Protestant who shunned the more extreme forms of Puritanism, retained a fondness for elaborate music and ritual. Overlooking Byrd's Catholicism, she granted him several favors, including a joint exclusive patent with Tallis for printing music and ruled music paper in 1575. Byrd's output of Anglican church music is surprisingly small, but it stretches the limits of elaboration then regarded as acceptable by some reforming Protestants who regarded highly wrought music as a distraction from the Word of God. His post in the Chapel Royal was briefly suspended in the 1580s when he ran into serious trouble over his associations with more radical Catholics.
The Council of Trent was the 16th century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It is considered to have been one of the Church's most important councils; it would be over 300 years before the church's next council, Vatican II. The Council issued condemnations of what it defined as Protestant heresies and defined church teachings in the areas of scripture and tradition, original sin, justification, sacraments, the Eucharist in Holy Mass, and the veneration of saints. It issued numerous reform decrees in an effort to answer Protestant disputes. Decrees concerning sacred music and religious art, though inexplicit, were subsequently amplified by theologians and writers to condemn many Renaissance and medieval practices, such as elaborate polyphony, greatly affecting the development of these art forms. The Council also attempted to restrict variations of the Mass found in regional missals and the spread of liturgical texts of doubtful orthodoxy.
A psalter is a collection of translations of all or part of the Book of Psalms in poetic meter, meant to be sung as hymns in private or corporate worship. Although the Psalms had always had a place of honor in Christian liturgies, the composition and use of metrical psalters became even more important during the Protestant Reformation, especially in its Calvinist manifestation. With the Psalms now in regular meter, and using tunes that all would know, for the first time a large group of untrained singers could learn and sing Biblical texts together. Many Reformed churches adopted the doctrine of exclusive, unaccompanied psalmody; every hymn sung in worship had to be an actual translation of a Psalm or some other Biblical passage. Although the original center of this important movement was in Geneva, the practice of metrical psalm singing during worship was quickly adopted by Protestant groups in Switzerland, Holland, France, England, and Scotland, as well as throughout the Lutheran regions.
The Protestant Reformation resulted in two conflicting approaches to the use of hymns in the church. One considered that anything not directly supported by the Bible was to be rejected. All hymns that were not direct quotations from the Bible fell into this category and thus, instead of hymns, Psalms were chanted to very basic melodies. The other approach, using hymns to teach principles of faith to worshipers, produced an explosion of hymn writing and congregational singing. Martin Luther, the German reformer and author of many hymns, the most famous being A Mighty Fortress is our God, was a proponent and user of this approach. The principal impetus for early English hymnody came in the late 17th century from the hymn writer Isaac Watts. Watts and others tended to paraphrase biblical texts and Watts is credited with having written the first English hymn which was not a direct paraphrase of Scripture. The evangelical revival of the mid-18th century under John and Charles Wesley firmly established this new concept of hymnody in England and America. Wesley developed a focus, building on the work of Watts and others, of expressing in hymns one's personal feelings in the relationship with God. Many of Wesley's hymns used a variety of experimental meters, and John Wesley's translations introduced many of the finest German hymns to the English audience. The contribution of the Wesley's, along with the Second Great Awakening in America, led to a new style of hymn called gospel. The result was an explosion of sacred music writing with Fanny Crosby, Philip P. Bliss, Ira Sankey, and others producing testimonial music for revivals, camp meetings, and evangelistic crusades. This tune style was named "gospel song" as distinct from hymns.
This copy of the Missale Romanum, the liturgical book that contains the texts and rules for the celebration of the Mass in the Roman Catholic Church, is a line-cut reproduction of the original. It was the first Missale Romanum printed after the Council of Trent, which sought to clarify church teachings and counter what it defined as Protestant heresies. To eliminate the confusion caused by regional practices, Pope Pius V ordered that it be used throughout the Roman church.
The Book of Common Prayer, first published in 1549, was a product of the English Reformation following the break from the Roman Catholic Church. It includes the words of structured services of worship including the Psalms to be sung between the readings. This copy was printed in 1614 and is bound into the Library's copy of the Geneva Bible printed in 1608.
The Winchester Troper was originally copied out and used at Winchester Cathedral in England. Tropes, musical and/or textual additions to plainchants, render the chants appropriate for a particular occasion or festival of the church. The Winchester Troper is a foundational text for the study of Anglo-Saxon musical and liturgical practice and neume notation. The most innovative element of the collection is a series of 174 organa for two voices, representing a musical practice not recorded elsewhere in Europe before the 13th century. This copy is a photographic reproduction of the original.
The Magnus Liber Organi, or "Great Book of Organum", is the largest and most important source for the influential composers centered around Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Compiled during the 12th and 13th centuries, its most noted contributors included Léonin and his successor Pérotin. This work represents a step in the evolution of Western music between plainsong and the intricate polyphony of the later 13th and 14th centuries. The music of the Magnus Liber was used in the liturgy of the church throughout the feasts of the church.
Ottaviano Petrucci (1466-1539) was an Italian printer who produced the first printed music with movable type in 1501, the secular work Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. His 1502 collection of motets, polyphonic musical settings for chorus of Latin texts, is perhaps the earliest example of sacred music printed with movable type and contains works by Josquin, Compère, Agricola, and others. Petrucci's work revolutionized music distribution and helped establish the Franco Flemish style's dominance throughout Europe for the next century.
This copy of Hymns and Sacred Poems is a photographic facsimile of the first edition published in London in 1739. While John Wesley published two hymnals prior to this, one in 1737 in America and the other in 1738 in England, this is the first time Charles Wesley emerged on the scene of published sacred poetry with a significant number of contributions. This volume is important for an understanding of Wesleyan theology and the nature of the emerging Methodist movement.
The Olney Hymns, first printed in England in 1779, was a collaboration of John Newton and William Cowper, the poet. The hymns were written for use in Newton's rural church in Olney, England. This copy of the Olney Hymns is a first edition printed in London in 1779. The hymnal is open to Newton's most famous hymn, Amazing Grace. Note that there is no music in the hymnal. The words were sung to tunes well known to the worshipers and announced by the worship leader.
Isaac Watts' Hymns and Spiritual Songs first appeared in print in 1707. Since the death of Watts, versions of that hymnal have been republished by many and included additional hymns. This copy of the Watts hymnal was printed in Cincinnati in 1840 and includes 200 to 300 additional hymns Afrom the best authors."
This hymnal, printed in New York in 1827, was "designed as a supplement to the Psalms and hymns of Dr. Watts." The hymns included are both from Watts' original and new hymns not formerly published in any other hymnal.
This copy of Martin Luther's Duetsche Messe is a line-cut reproduction of the Michael Lotter edition. In response to demands for a liturgy in German, and collaborating with the composer Johann Walther on the music, in early 1526 Luther published this important work. This German mass was not intended to be a replacement for his 1523 Latin mass, but merely an alternative that would appeal especially to the "simple people." In this publication, Luther set forth his famous precepts for the order and performance of the Mass in the German language.
The Genevan Psalter is a collection of metrical Psalms created under the supervision of John Calvin to encourage congregational participation during worship. The first edition appeared in 1539, but this 1562 edition was the first to contain settings of all 150 psalms, mostly based on the work of French poet Clément Marot, and French theologian Théodore de Bèze. The Genevan Psalter has been in uninterrupted use to the present day by Huguenot and other French speaking Protestant churches, and many of the tunes used in the psalter can still be found in most modern hymnals.
Thomas Sternhold, Groom of the Robes to Henry VIII and Edward VI, was the principal author of the first English metrical versions of portions of the Psalms (1547). Later augmented with settings by John Hopkins, they were often bound into various editions of the Bible. Very popular and widely circulated, as a separate volume they were re printed more than 400 times between 1550 and 1640, and continued in regular use in some congregations until the late 18th century. This copy is bound with the Centennial Library's 1613 edition of the King James Bible.
This Bay Psalm Book is a facsimile of the first edition, the earliest printed English work in colonial America. It is a complete translation of the Psalms in English meter, produced by the Puritans on their own press only 10 years after their arrival in America and only 20 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620. Although none of the text settings remain in use today, many of the tunes to which they were sung have survived. The first edition to include notated music was the ninth edition (1698).
This copy of the St. Call Codex 381 is a full-color photographic reproduction of the original, one of the oldest collections of chant from the 10th century. Located in present-day Switzerland, the Abbey of St. Gall, especially its celebrated scriptorium, played an important role in Catholic and intellectual history. Its library, virtually untouched by the ravages of war, is an ideal place to study more than 1100 years of chant. The markings above the text are neumes, or musical notation, that guide the singer in performing the music.
This original vellum manuscript leaf is from a German antiphonal, a service book that contains the sung portions of the daily devotions performed by members of the clergy and members of religious orders. The small size of both the Latin text and the neumes (musical notation) on this leaf indicates that it would have been used by an individual singer. The neumes used here are known as Hufnagel neumes, the name deriving from the German word for horseshoe nails, which the notes resemble. The text is from Luke, a festival celebrating the Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth.
This original vellum manuscript leaf is from a Spanish antiphonal. Antiphonals are service books that contain the sung portions of the cycle of daily devotions performed by members of the clergy and members of religious orders. The large size of both the Latin text and the neumes (musical notation) on this leaf indicates that it would have been performed by a choir. The clef sign locates the note C, and this example is in the Dorian mode, one of 8 church modes, or systems of pitch organization, in common use at that time. The text, used on various apostles' feast days, is taken from Matthew 19.
Taking advantage of their monopoly on printing music, in 1575 Thomas Tallis and William Byrd produced their grandiose Cantiones sacrae, the first collection of Latin sacred motets published in England. Dedicated to the Queen herself, it offers a retrospective selection of Tallis's own work alongside compositions from his most gifted pupil. One of the 15 works by Byrd is split into three separately numbered sections, and one of the 16 by Tallis into two, in order to bring the apparent total to 17 pieces by each composer, corresponding to the length of the Queen's reign.


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March 31: An Evening with James Franco to benefit 826DC!
Join celebrated multi-talent James Franco–famous for, among other things: writing fiction, embodying poets, and terrorizing Spider-Man–for a fine evening of food & discussion on March 31, all to benefit the free student programming at 826DC.
The event will feature a VIP reception, and a dinner shortly thereafter. Here are the details:
vip reception: 6:30-7:30 PM
dinner: 7:30 – 10 PM
the hotel monaco
700 F St. NW
Washington DC 20004
Buy tickets here. In the meantime, direct all questions about the event to Joe Callahan (firstname.lastname@example.com).

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text: At 02:20 PM 9/23/1999 +1000, Horms wrote: >Hi, > I am looking to use ipnatctl to redirect port 80 traffic to port >8080 on a proxy server. So I put in a rule along the lines of: > >/sbin/ipnatctl -I -p tcp -d 0.0.0.0/0 --dport 80 -b dest -t 10.21.64.19 --to-port 8080 > >Problem is that the proxy servers outbound traffic has to >travel though this router too and this rule will >basically redirect the proxy's retrieval attempts back to >itself. Right? > >Is there a way to exclude some hosts from the NAT, possibly >by looking at the source interface? > >As it happens in this case the address which the proxy server sits on >will be masqueraded using: > >/sbin/ipnatctl -I -s 192.168.8.0/24 -b source -m masquerade > >Perhaps a noop mapping should exist. > >-- >Horms > What happens if you also do: ipnatctl -I -p tcp -s 10.21.64.19/36 -b dest ?? ... HH


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Park Slope Parents Throw Temper Tantrum Over Being Portayed As Crybabies
Ugh. With a cherry on top.
Here we go again with the "taken out of context" card, but this time, it's dipped in chocolate and dripping down a cone. Dorothy Scanlan, whose comments on Park Slope Parents were republished in a New York Post story, says that even though she once wrote: "Along with the first truly beautiful day of the year, my son and I had our first ruined day at the playground," about an evil ice-cream stand that destroyed all good things, it's not what she meant! And she is not alone in the Park Slope–parents-don't-all-suck shit fit. [NYT]


text: It needs a new rear tire, so while I am at it I figured I'd askfor recommendations of some other upgrades that make sense. I have some cash I can invest to let me know your suggestions. My plan is to use it to put some miles on and get better at my fitness.


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HP Canvasses Sun Customers
HP is looking to facilitate migration of Solaris enterprise users from Sun to HP hardware running on Linux. To this end, HP has now become a sales partner of the Transitive virtualization company.
Server manufacturer Hewlett Packard has signed a sales deal with California-based Transitive, a company specializing in cross-platform virtualization. The Quicktransit software gives customers the ability to migrate business applications on a one-to-one basis from SPARC to Proliant and Integrity servers by HP with x86 architecture that run Linux distributions by Red Hat or Suse (Novell). Customers will be able to use their Solaris applications as previously, the vendor promises.
As a certified reseller HP will be selling the software via its license management segment. Reciprocally, Transitive has now become a HP partner by joining HP's developer partner program in which HP supports software partners attempt to optimize for HP products.
Issue 187/2016
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Linux is the Largest Software Development Project in History
But if you are not using the latest Linux kernel, your system is insecure.
Linksys Says Yes to Open Source Firmware
Home routers will give room for custom firmware but still comply with FCC rules
OwnCloud Founder Resigns
Frank Karlitschek will continue to lead the open source ownCloud project
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS released
"Xenial Xerus" comes with a new packages format and several improvements for the enterprise.
MS Visual Studio Code Editor is Available for Linux
Linux users can now download and install the Windows code editor
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New initiative will address security and interoperability concerns around container technology.
Red Hat Lures Developers with Free RHEL and Container Development Kits
Developers can use RHEL as a development platform without a subscription fee.
Microsoft Brings the Linux Command Line to Windows
Windows users will soon have native access to the Bash shell.
Internet Research Group Proposes Better Email Standard
Improvements to SMTP will provide better guarantee of confidentiality
New Nvidia Driver Offers Wayland Support
Graphics vendor embraces new reality in Linux graphics


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Oct. 19, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Huskies and rest of the field in attendance of the Midwest Regional in men's tennis have completed the third day of the event. After the events on Saturday, the main draws in both singles and doubles are now down to the final eight. However, none of the Huskies will be involved for the remainder of the regional tournament. NIU had some tight matches on Saturday, but no one was able to advance.
The first match of day that involved a Huskie was Axel Lagerlof's singles match against top-seeded Peter Kobelt (Ohio State). Lagerlof almost took the first set, but he fell just short. He ended up falling in the match in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3. With this defeat, Lagerlof is eliminated from the Singles Main Draw, and no other Huskies remain.
Later in the day, in the doubles draw, Lagerlof played alongside Dor Amir and took on Alex Petrone and Michael Zhu (Michigan). It was another long and tight match, but the two from NIU fell just short, losing 8-7. Jovan Zeljkovic and Matt Lynch were also competing together, facing Shaun Beinstein and Alex Buzzi (Michigan). The Huskies in this match failed to come away with a victory as well, falling 8-5.
"As a team, this was by far our best tournament in terms of how we played," said Head Coach Patrick Fisher. "I am really happy for Axel and Fred. They had been struggling with their singles games, but they picked it up this tournament, no doubt. To add, Matt Lynch has had about as good of a fall season as we could ask for out of a freshman. I think he has really come in and played at a very high level in singles and doubles. I'm looking forward to the spring. We're playing a big time schedule this year, the toughest we've ever played at NIU."
Results Through Three Days:
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Re: Student Citi Forward vs Regular Citi Forward?
The student card is harder to get approved for. They verify that you attend the school listed. If for any reason they can't verify through their system you have to send in a copy of your school ID or current semester registration info. You can be approved for the regular Forward on less than $10k income so at $17k I would say skip the student hassle and apply for the regular.
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ZF-6524: Zend AMF Server startup does not start provide expected "Zend Amf Endpoint"
Getting my system to show the success message: "Zend Amf Endpoint" has been a long, difficult struggle.
Working with SuSE 11.1, PHP 5.2.9, Apache/2.2.10, ZendFramework-1.8.0 phpinfo() reports: include_path .:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:/srv/www/htdocs/ZendFramework-1.8.0/library
This is the contents of my index.php file sitting in the DocRoot folder (/srv/www/htdocs):
require_once 'Zend/Amf/Server.php';
require_once '/srv/www/htdocs/flextest/zendamf_remote/HelloWorld.php';
$server = new Zend_Amf_Server();
$_handle = $server->handle();
I can only ever see the success message: "Zend Amf Endpoint" if I include the line:
$_handle = $server->handle();
Omitting that line and just saying ``` not only will not show "Zend Amf Endpoint", but all browsers I tested on, a dialog pops up to then ask to Download the index.php file: Open 'http://localhost/index.php'? Type: application/x-amf
As this took days of struggle for a Framework with "no installation", I need to know is this an error the documentation or is this the best practice server instantiation?
Thanks - Alan Gruskoff
Need to add that my HelloWorld Flex example DOES work if I have the
statement in place, while the browser will not show the "Zend Amf Endpoint" message.
The opposite is also true, if I remove the
statement , I see the "Zend Amf Endpoint" message, but the HelloWorld Flex example does NOT work.
It would be great to have a reliable benchmark that "if you see this -all is well".
I kind of had a similar issue to this. I had a working version in a VPS, but when I moved it to a new VPS i got the file save as prompt.
By removing "echo" from the "echo $server->handle();" line, this was fixed.
My best guess is that this is because of the php versions, since on my old VPS I have PHP 5.2.4 and on the new VPS I have 5.3.2
Just adding this comment as a reference for any other person that gets stuck on this like I did.


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November 1997
Dear Friends,
I have just received these wonderful recipes from Joyce on the
FAUS-Line!! See below.
(1) For those on Stage One Feingold, the first recipe is still fine if
you can do without cloves.
(2) The second needs a bit more adjustment to fit into Stage One: try substituting pears for the apples, dates or dried pears cut up for the raisins, and avoid the almonds or almond oil. I would imagine that if you have trouble finding the listed pan sprays, lightly greasing with oil will be OK. (Pan spray is listed in the Foodlist under "Other Baking Supplies".) I haven't tried these but they sound yummy! Let me know how they come out, somebody?
<>Another couple of notes from the Feingold Education Director:
For people still on Stage One, cranberries are not acceptable. How about some nice pear sauce (Gerber) with cinnamon?
Watch out for gravy mixes. In my Foodlist, (southeast) I don't see a single acceptable brand, so if you see one that looks like the ingredients are right, send in the information on a 3x5 card to Lois on the back page of your Foodlist, and she will send it in to be researched. Meanwhile, there are lots of good gravy recipes, or (if any of you are desperate) email me & I'll give you mine, but I want to go ahead and get this out to you.
Although milk, eggs, and other stuff are not usually eliminated on the Feingold Program, many of our members do have problems with these products. You can look under "Dairy Substitutes" in the Foodlist for rice and soy milks. Also, for those allergic to eggs, ENER-G Egg Replacer is acceptable and in the Foodlist.
<> From our science advisor:
For anyone who must avoid Tyramine because of MAOI meds or because of inability to digest it, smoked turkey and canned cranberry sauce could be a problem. The cranberries age in the can, causing the development of Tyramine, a sort of poison most people can handle, but some cant. Best is to make fresh cranberry sauce (see earlier email recipe) and eat it before it "ages". One of these days when I understand more about Tyramine, I will explain it. Meanwhile it's a good excuse to eat up all the cranberry sauce left over.
Wishing you all a happy and loving Thanksgiving,
The following Pumpkin Pie recipe appeared in Cooking with Parents of Allergic Children, volume one. (The e-mail address for Parents of Allergic Children is allerkid.aol.com I don't know if they have any cookbooks left, but I find mine to be extremely useful. All of the recipes are coded, so you know what's not it.)
Pumpkin Pie
(free of sugar cane, eggs, dairy, soy, wheat, and gluten)
Crust Ingredients: Filling Ingredients: 1 1/2 c. rice flour 1 32-oz. can Pumpkin 1/2 c. ground pecans 1/2 c. Rice Dream beverage 1/4 c. oil 1/2 c. maple syrup 1 tsp. sea salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 - 1/2 c. cold water 1/2 tsp. cloves
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grind pecans in a food processor or blender into a fine meal. Mix pecans together with rice flour, oil, and salt. Add water (dough will be a little soupy). Let sit while mixing pie filling. In separate bowl mix pumpkin, Rice Dream, maple syrup, cinnamon and cloves together. Knead dough. Press dough into bottom of the pie plate by hand. There may be some crust left over since there is no top crust. Pre-bake crust for 2-3 minutes in a 425 degree oven. Pour filling on crust. Bake at 425 for 10 minutes. Turn oven down to 375 degrees and continue baking for 20 minutes. (Contributed by Howie Bush)
This pie tastes great! You don't feel like you're missing anything, because it tastes better than traditional pumpkin pie. I substitute walnuts for the pecans and use walnut oil, because my son is also on a rotation diet. I also leave out the cloves due to personal preference. The pie can be served with vanilla frozen Rice Dream on top.
Here's another recipe for an easy gluten-free dessert from the PAC cookbook. (I sent this one in myself.)
Gluten-Free Apple Crisp
fresh tart apples, peeled, cored and sliced
gluten-free granola (see below)
vanilla Rice Dream Frozen Dessert
Prepare a baking pan by spraying with non-stick spray. Pre-bake the apples in a 375 degree oven or microwave on high. Sprinkle with gluten-free granola after baking and top with frozen Rice Dream, if desired.
Ingredients for Gluten-Free Granola
1 box of Nutty Rice Cereal
1 c. sunflower seeds (raw, hulled)
1 c. unsweetened shredded coconut (I buy this in a health-food store so it doesn't have additives)
1 c. chopped nuts (walnuts, almonds or pecans)
1/4 c. Earth's Best Baby Food Brown Rice Cereal
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 c. honey or brown rice syrup
1/3 c. oil (I usually use walnut or almond oil, depending on which type of nut I'm using)
Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Spray a large roaster pan with non-stick spray. Put in cereals, seeds, coconut, nuts, and cinnamon. Mix well. Combine honey and oil and heat either on top of the stove (stirring frequently until it comes to a boil) or in the microwave (on high for 1 min. Stir & cook for 1 min. more.) Drizzle honey/oil mixture over cereal mixture in roaster pan. Stir well. Bake for 2 hours, stirring every 1/2 hour to prevent clumping. Turn the oven off. Keep it in the oven for several hours so it can finish drying (even over-night). Store in an air-tight container until ready to use. Unsulphered raisins or other dried fruit can be added after you turn the oven off.
Have a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!
Joyce Chicoine


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5/19/85 - 10/22/01
(16.5 years old)
...in loving memory
Where to begin... I guess at the beginning! Dusty was "Jacki's baby" at first before we got married, so Jacki will tell this part of the story...
I had been wanting a little furry friend for many years after moving out on my own but this one summer day I woke up and decided this was the day. I was bound and determined to find "my" very own little fur-baby. I first checked the paper and the humane shelter but there were none that fit the bill - I especially wanted a little, fluffy dog. So I went to the pet store. I first had picked out a little terrier, but when they put him in the little glass play area for me to see him better, he just didn't seem to respond to me much. Then my eye caught this little fur-ball in the next cage over - it was love at first sight! They put him in the play area and when I reached down to pet him, he jumped and jumped and licked me and wagged his little tail... I knew I had found my baby... I didn't know what to name him at first, but the next day when I took him to the vet for his first checkup, they asked for a name. I was looking at his birth certificate and saw that his father's name was "Dusty's Rusty" - which meant his grandfather was named "Dusty" - so that seemed appropriate - and so "Dusty" was my new little friend's name. Here is the first picture I ever took of Dusty shortly after I got him:
Dusty's 1st picture -
As Dusty grew and we became close, I learned that he adored being held on his back and slowly scratched on his chest area... We spent many hours like this - along with playing, bouncing, potty-training(!), chewing all the furniture! That was a doozy! He had chewed the legs on almost every piece of furniture I had - and I told him he'd just better NOT chew on my brand new piano or else...!! And guess what the only piece of furniture was that he never chewed... sweet little thing. He spared my piano legs.
Dusty had several nick-names... Dusty-bear, Sugar-bear, Baby-bear, Little Bear, Precious little punkin', My little Lover-boy, Fuzzy-butt(!), Butt-o-Fuzz, Fur Flop, Flop-Mop, Dusty-mop... and when he got a little older, "Little Man"...
When we got married, Dusty stayed at "Grandma Charlotte's" house (Jacki's mother) for a while. For some reason, Dusty loved to fight with "Skipper" (the German Shepherd that lived there). I guess being a little guy felt he had to "prove" himself!
Here is a photo of them playing tug-of-war with a sock. Take a look at that "determination" on Dusty's face, with his little ear slung back!!
Unfortunately, one day Skipper had enough of Dusty and snapped back at him during a fight... and Dusty lost his right eye. But with all that fur, you couldn't tell very much and he was still a cutie-pie as you can see here! We hated that this happened, but Dusty quickly adjusted - he had the most adaptive little personality you've ever seen. He was content no matter what happened and he never "complained" about anything...
Did this tragic event convince Dusty to leave Skipper alone...???
He still went after Skipper every chance he got! A funny scene commonly witnessed between them was when Dusty was inside and Skipper was outside - both staring each other down through the sliding glass door... As long as the door was closed, they'd bark and bark and growl at each other - then the minute the door was opened, they'd "freeze" and just stare at each other!! Then when the door was shut, they'd go at it again!! It was hilarious! One time we opened and shut the door between them several times, and they just kept starting and stopping barking at each other like an "on/off" switch!! (Boy, if we'd only gotten that on video, we could've won $10,000!!)
Even with one eye, that little eye could say volumes! Gorden especially had a hard time resisting giving Dusty whatever he wanted when he looked up at him with that bright, shiny little eye!! This earned Dusty yet another nick-name - "Little Big-Eye"!
A very good "Dusty" picture...
Dusty was extremely smart - he knew about 25-30 words!! Some were: "Dusty, come here", "night-night", "Does Dusty love Crystal?", "Dusty wanna..." (fill in the blank - he knew what all these meant: go bye-bye, go to Grandma's, cookie, goodie, cake, bath!).... Sometimes we'd try to trick him, thinking he just knew that "Dusty wanna" was going to mean something good. We'd say "Dusty wanna....... bath?!" and instead of getting excited, his little ears, which had perked up at the beginning of the question, just drooped!! It was hilarious... Gorden could say, "Dusty... let's get a bath" - and Dusty would start moping down the hall towards the bathroom. Sometimes he'd go right in! Other times, he'd sort of "innocently" slip past the bathroom towards the bedroom and peak back at Gorden to see if he was still watching! Gorden would say, "Dusty.... bath" in a semi-stern tone, and Dusty would resign himself and turn slowly around and mope into the bathroom...!!
We also would shorten the phrases and Dusty would still know what they meant. If we said, "Go" - he'd run to the front door! If we said "out" he'd go to the back door. If we said, "Grandma's" or "Grandpa's", he'd run all over the house, barking and trying to hurry us up! He KNEW he was in for an awesome dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's house - usually roast beef (his favorite) or chicken or pork. We then noticed that on Sundays (the day we'd go over there) Dusty would start getting excited around 12:30 before we'd even mention it! Somehow he knew it was "Grandma-day" and time to GO! We wondered if maybe it was because of our routine on that day, so we tried tricking him by altering the routine... Nope. He KNEW it was time and looked at us like we were crazy!!
Dusty also talked back to us! He had this uncanny little sneeze that sounded just like a 4-letter word!!! He always seemed to do it when he got frustrated about something - so it was hilarous! He kept us laughing... The funniest thing he ever did, though, was one night while we were both sitting in the living room and Dusty was in the middle of the floor and passed gas! He must not have known what it was or either it tickled him, because he TOOK OFF running and went and hid behind the couch!! He then peeked out from behind the couch and looked at us! He didn't know what that thing was, but it sure wasn't going to get him! We laughed so hard at that we almost cried!
As Dusty got older and lost most of his hearing, the smart little booger learned SIGN language! We could point to the front door and he'd know we were going bye-bye. We'd point to the back door and he'd know it was time to go out. If we snapped our fingers and pointed at him, then at our feet, he knew we wanted him to "come here." And later on, when Dusty's vision got weak and he couldn't really see our pointing, he learned that if we held the car keys up to his nose, it was time to go - and he'd get all excited and run to the door just like always! He was definitely a smart little doggie...
Any presents for ME?!!
One Christmas, we had wrapped a present for Dusty with some doggie-chews in it and Dusty took it between his little paws and opened it himself!! So every Christmas after that, we had to really watch the little stinker or he'd open all the presents looking for his!!! You can tell Dusty really liked Christmas. Will all of the treats and his knowledge of the goodies inside the presents he was truly into the Christmas spirit. Pictures of Dusty like this one would surely make great Christmas photo cards. His happy memories and personality live on along with his undoubted Christmas charm.
Mom gives Dusty a treat out of his Christmas stocking...
Boy, am I pooped!
Dusty and Daddy...
one of Dusty's favorite places to sleep - in one of our laps!
When Jacki got sick and had to stay home, Dusty never left her side... We used to just think Dusty hated being by himself, which was true, but now we both believe that even moreso, Dusty felt it was his place to comfort and protect Jacki while she was home by herself. He'd follow her everywhere! As he got older and slept more, he'd sometimes wake up after Jacki had gone to another room - he'd immediately hunt her down! "My little protector"....
Dusty with his hair bow!
Without it, he could barely see
A favorite past-time of Dusty's was to sit at our back sliding-glass door and watch the squirrels! He was fascinated by them and would watch them for hours at the time... We fed the squirrels out back and sometimes on the back porch, so they'd come right up to the door and look in at Dusty! Sometimes the squirrel and Dusty would just stare at each other - it was so cute! Dusty would be almost trembling he was so intensively on guard! He could be anywhere in the house, and if we'd say, "Dusty! There's a squirrel!" he'd come running from wherever he was all excited!!
We thought many times that we were going to lose Dusty... When he was 10 years old, he hurt his back jumping out of a chair and we thought he was going to require expensive surgery in another city. But we tried keeping him still for a while by keeping him in his "playpen" whenever we'd leave the house and keeping him from jumping. He pulled through just fine, thank God!
Then when he was 14.5, he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and we again thought his time was almost up. But Dusty is a fighter! He pulled through again and did very well with an occasional lasix to keep the water off his lungs...
So when he turned 15, we decided to really celebrate! We ordered him his very own birthday cake from Publix!! Dusty ADORED cake! It was so funny telling them what name to put on the cake!! Wonder what they'd have thought if they knew it was for a little doggie?!
C'mon already!! I smell CAKE!!
Oh boy! CAKE!!!
You can almost SEE the enthusiasm in his little eye!
Oh, yeah - that's the stuff!!
Look, Ma!! I made a mess!!
Dusty surprised all of us (the vet included!) by living all the way to ANOTHER birthday! We had to risk having anesthesia to have his teeth cleaned - but he did just fine, thank God! For his 16th birthday, we went one further and had a full-blown party for him, with guests even! He got another cake, though this time he didn't eat any on that day because he was already so full from eating "Grandma Eloise's" pork roast! Oh, yeah. Dusty was incredibly spoiled - is there any other way to have them?!! I know many pet-lovers spoil their pets, but I think we took the cake on that one (pun intended!)... Not only did Dusty beg for food and get it every time, but as he got older he actually begged FROM HIS BED and wanted us to bring the food to him!!! Now that's the epitomy of spoiled - not even bothering to go to the table to beg but begging from bed! And did he get the food brought to him? OF COURSE!! How could we resist?!!
One night that was especially funny was when Marc (Jacki's brother) had come over to have pizza and watch a movie together... Dusty was back in the bedroom sleeping and did not make a peep - that is until the pizza arrived! He started with a low-level whiney-beg... which grew into a full-fledged BARK! He got very insistent!!! And he got some pizza.
As Dusty got older, he would sometimes get picky about what he'd eat, so we'd try just about anything. He got to the point he wouldn't eat dog food at all, then he went through a spell of eating only cat food... then he didn't really want that either - he wanted people food! One of his favorites was Rally's hamburgers! So we'd go to Rally's many times a week to get Dusty a hamburger! And he actually seemed to get healthier after that - eating "real food" instead of processed dog food or cat food.
During the last couple of months of Dusty's
life, he got really tired and slept a lot. Here, he'd drank some
water and then just fell asleep on his bowl...
Here, he'd fallen asleep in between his food bowl and his water bowl... He'd sure get into some crazy positions!
Dusty in his main "night-night" with his cute little ear flopped up...
Our last picture of Dusty before he died...
Dusty loved to sleep like this - with his little neck propped up on the side of his bed - it looked like he'd have a neck-ache, but he loved it! And he many times slept like this - with his back end hanging out of the bed - probably because he liked the coolness of the tile floor.
And notice the 2nd bed.... His "summer" bed so to speak - so he'd have a choice of beds depending on what mood he was in.
He also had a bed in the living room and a rug in the music room!
No... Dusty wasn't spoiled one bit...
I bet many children would love to have been cared for like we cared for Dusty.
Dusty had stopped eating and drinking several days before his last weekend. We had tried to feed him with a large syringe and also gave him some water this way, hoping he would snap out of it one more time (he'd gone through spells like this before but they would only last a few days at the most). Dusty cried many times during his last few nights and we couldn't figure out what he wanted - he didn't have to go to the bathroom, didn't want any water, seemed okay, so the only thing we could figure is that he was getting stiff with the arthritis during the night and wanted to change positions but couldn't. He slept through most of the weekend except when we'd wake him up to take him out or try to get him to eat or drink. On Sunday, when we got home from church, he was crying - he had gotten stuck with his back legs under our dresser and couldn't get up. It broke our hearts to think of how long he might have been like that. We debated on whether to take him to "Grandma's" as usual and decided we just could not leave him alone again and that this would probably be his last trip to Grandma's and that she and Grandpa would want to say goodbye to him... He wouldn't eat anything over there - not even the usual after-dinner M&M's Grandpa would give him. On Monday, Gorden went to work and Jacki spent the whole day caring for Dusty, looking after him, loving him... Here's her account of that day...
My heart of hearts knew it was Dusty's time the minute I picked him up that day. I could see he was getting more and more listless and non-responsive. When I picked him up, I could feel his poor little weak body... He had lost so much weight - from 27 lbs. down to 17 (and probably less since it had been almost a week since he had last been weighed). When I pet his face, I could feel and see the poor little frame around his eye... My heart nearly broke out of my chest when I realized just how sick my baby really was.
It was "Mommy and Me" time for me and Dusty. He would go to sleep a while, then would cry about every hour or so. I'd rush to him, pick him up, assure him I was right there with him and for him. I'd take him out and try to steady him on his precious little wobbly legs to see if he needed to go... he didn't. Late afternoon, he did go one last time for me. I'd take him back inside and stand him or lay him by his water bowl to see if he'd drink. He wouldn't. I laid him on our kitchen counter with a towel under him to make sure it wasn't too hard for him to lay on. Then I'd pet him and pet him and hug him... gently give him a little water with the syringe the vet had given us. Then I'd sit with him in my rocker and rock him, hold him, sing to him... John Denver's "My Sweet Lady" came to mind, so I sang it as "My Sweet Dusty" and changed some of the other words to match what was in my heart. I'd hum him a lullaby and tell him it was okay to "go to sleep". I sang a song I only remembered the first part of (a lullaby): "Go to sleep, my little one, little one. Go to sleep, my baby, my own." (Does anyone know that song? It's from some movie, I think) Then I'd break down into tears and just hold him. Then I'd gently lay him back down in his "night night" and watch him a while, petting his pretty little ears till he'd fall asleep again. This went on throughout the day.
One time as I was holding him and rocking him, I begged God to let him be able to hear my voice one last time. I don't know if he could hear me, but I know he could tell I loved him. I called him all the terms of endearment I'd ever called him - he has many... (He has always reminded me of a little teddy bear - his coloring, his gentle personality, etc.) - "my little Dusty bear... sugar bear... baby bear, sweet boy... sweet baby... little bear... I luvs my Dust... my little Dusty... sweet little boy... my precious little Dusty..." and "Little man" (as Gorden called him). He has been truly loved - and in that we have no regrets.
After reading the supportive info at Petloss.com(which helped me tremendously through this whole process), I had talked to Gorden over the weekend about us taking action to help our little Dusty be at rest, and Gorden was hoping that he'd go peacefully on his own within a few days or a week... But my heart just cried for us to able to help Dusty not to suffer like that any more. I couldn't stand it for even one more minute - much less a day or more. I get upset when a little frog or lizard gets trapped in our house and we find it starved to death. And that's what I realized Dusty was doing... I just would not have it. I could not...
When Gorden got home, he went to Dusty and picked him up. I told him about how our day went and also that every time I pet Dusty a bunch of his beautiful fur would come out into my hand - I feared he was starting to be poisoned by his liver or kidneys not working... (I was right, as we found out later.) Gorden rocked him and we talked about how we realized Dusty was not going to get any better - but only worse. And how we could not just sit by and watch him go down even further. That's not fair to him. Gorden said he just wishes Dusty could talk to us and tell us what he wanted. I said, "Maybe he has..." Gorden said he just can't bear to lose him. I said, "Darling, he's already gone... Dusty - our little Dusty bear - is not there any more anyway..." He looked down at Dusty and realized it was true. The glean had gone out of Dusty's little eye - it was just glazed over and he was in a daze. He was not responding to us at all when we'd touch him... Gorden wanted to try one last attempt at getting Dusty to eat. He gave him a little pinch of his birthday cake (which was the day before) - even when Dusty's been at his sickest through the years - he would ALWAYS eat cake! This time he did not. He sniffed a little at it, but turned away from it. We both knew that was it. If Dusty would not eat cake...
Gorden cried and cried, and I held him and Dusty both and we cried together... Then Gorden made the call to the vet... We wrapped Dusty in a towel and took him for his last ride... Both of us were crying our hearts out. I was holding Dusty and loving him and telling him how precious he is and how he's been such a "great little doggie" and my sweet little baby. I told him how much I love him and that I'd never forget him or what all I've learned from him... (see "Things That Dusty Taught Me".) We got there and no one else was at the clinic - very nice thing. I don't think I could bear to see other little puppies at that time...
When Dusty's doctor saw him, he just looked at us with such love and concern and caring. He told us that last Wednesday when he saw Dusty (he'd stopped eating just a few days before that) - he could tell something had "changed" and he had even noted in his chart that it was probably close to the end for little Dusty. But then Dusty was still at least responsive, would still walk around and still "scrubby face" every time we put him in his little bed - letting us know he was happy and content. This had all changed. We asked the doctor to please just check his little mouth and make sure there wasn't a problem there that would stop him from eating - he'd had bad teeth before and would stop eating temporarily, but would always start back within a few days. He looked in Dusty's mouth and said it looked fine - but then he said he could really smell a strong ammonia smell on Dusty's breath - which meant his little kidneys were definitely failing. He explained that when they get like that they may not be in "pain" exactly - but that they just feel horrible and weak and uninterested in food. He shared that he has some human friends with kidney failure and they've explained how it feels. He said that if Dusty were human, he would be going on dialysis. He explained that the toxins weren't being cleaned out of his system and so he was slowly being poisoned. It's interesting that I knew that even before the vet said it - I suffer from multiple chemical sensitivity myself and have similar symptoms when I'm exposed to certain chemicals - my legs get weak and shaky, I get very fatigued and lethargic and weak... my hair falls out... I realized that I really did know how Dusty was feeling and knew that we were absolutely doing the right thing... I'm so thankful for this. From that moment on, Gorden and I both felt a giant relief - a peace came over us - totally sure and having no guilt that this wasn't the right thing to do. I looked down at my little bear and told him this was one last gift I was giving him... through the tears, that is...
(Note: As I write this tribute page for Dusty, I just realized it is exactly the time of day that 4 weeks ago we lost our precious little Dusty.... how appropriate.)
The doctor explained that he is using a new method for euthanasia that seems to be much better and much more peaceful for everyone involved - including Dusty. Instead of doing the IV injection right off the bat, he gave him an injection of a sedative... Then he and the assistant said we could have a few minutes with Dusty and they left the room. We cried and held each other so tightly... I said, "This is the right thing to do... " and Gorden nodded his head and said "yes it is..." I looked down at Dusty - he was very relaxed and calm... I leaned very close to his face and said, "It's okay, little bear... It's okay to go now." Gorden said, "Go to sleep, Little man..."
They came back in and did what had to be done. Reassuring us the whole time that this was the right thing to do for Dusty now. The vet told us he felt it was his responsibility not to let a pet go any longer than necessary and that Dusty had really gone downhill since he saw him last week. It was very gentle and peaceful. The only weird thing was that Dusty started drawing up a little and even exhaled a few times - this really startled us! They assured us that this sometimes happens and that he was gone - that the nerves and muscles sometimes do this. To me... it sounded like the little "sigh of contentedness" that Dusty would always do when he'd found his bed and gotten comfy and was about to rest peacefully...
We brought him home with us. Gorden's father is a wood worker and had built a beautiful blonde wooden coffin just the right size for Dusty - with hinges and all on the lid - and a soft bottom inside it, with a little pillow for his head. He'd made one like this for Crystal, too, a few years back when we lost her. We laid Dusty in it and I felt the urge to brush his beautiful hair one last time... Then I put his brush in there with him - he always used to love "gettin' hair-brushed" and would come running for me to brush him - of course, he thought that meant "play time" and would play and bite at me, etc. I realized how long it had been since he was able to do that... Gorden put a "goodie" (doggie biscuit) and a Hershey's kiss in there - Dusty adored chocolate, even though they all swear it's terrible for them! At his age, we let him eat whatever he would eat... Then I said we needed to put an M&M in there for "Grandpa" (Gorden's dad) - he'd always give Dusty a few M&M's after Sunday dinner at their house and if he forgot, Dusty would let him know about it.
We took a few pictures and put Dusty "night night". Gorden found the little blanket he had put on Dusty the night before and draped it over the coffin so Dusty wouldn't get cold. As we had our "prayer time", I told Gorden it was just unbelievable to look at that box and know that Dusty was really in there. Gorden said, "Our baby's gone..." I said, "No.... he's not gone." Gorden said, "He's in here..." pointing to his heart. I told him we'd never forget all the love that Dusty gave us. When Gorden prayed, he thanked God for allowing us the privilege and honor to have this precious little gift for so many years - to show us a little about what God's love is like." I cried again when he said that - it's so true. You know "dog" IS "God" spelled backwards.
The first day after we lost Dusty was very strange. I kept going to the bedroom to "check on Dusty". I kept hearing his breathing and gentle snoring sounds - though I knew they weren't really there any more. It was way too quiet that morning. Dusty usually woke me up when he'd get out of bed and click around the bedroom (we have tile floors)... I didn't quite know what to do with myself and cried some, remembering Dusty's "good days" some, and felt my heart was breaking. But I'm so very thankful for his little life... We thought we were losing him 2 years ago, but were blessed with 2 more good years.
The next day I stopped and got a hamburger and onion rings from Burger King and when I got home my heart almost broke in two... Every time I'd go to get some food before, the first thing I'd do when I got home is go over to Dusty's bed and give him a little - he adored onion rings! I started crying that I couldn't give him any onion rings ever again and then I decided to take one out to him anyway. I laid it on his grave and told him again that I love him and miss him terribly and that he was such a good doggie...
I bawled all the way back inside, but felt a little better.
The next day I was asking God to comfort me and to let me know Dusty was okay. A few minutes later I saw 2 squirrels running all over our back yard playing! This was such a neat sign from God... I looked out at Dusty's grave and said once again, "Dusty see the squirrel...?!" So now Dusty can watch the squirrels again...
Gorden has also had a hard time adjusting to Dusty not being here. For the first several days he was late for work because his morning routine of caring for Dusty was all out of whack. He didn't quite know what to do with himself. It's so hard to believe just how much of our lives a little fur-baby can become! We both feel such a mixture of emotions - mostly deep sorrow - though know we did the right thing for Dusty and that he appreciates that.
Two days after we lost Dusty, Jacki wrote a special song for him called "Precious Little Friend". We have it on our site in streaming audio format for anyone who wants to hear it... We also have it available as an mp3 download in our new Download Store! We have compiled some Scriptures on mourning, comfort, and joy that really helped us during this time of grief. It is our hope that this song, this tribute page, and these Scriptures will help to give some comfort to others who are grieving over the loss of a beloved pet...or any other kind of loss...
We know each day will get a little better. And we're so thankful that we felt no guilt whatsoever about what we had to do... It had gotten to the point where we realized we was going to feel even MORE guilty if we DIDN'T do something for Dusty. So we are at peace... and Dusty is at peace...


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This session will explore what the concept of the "Digital Oilfield" might mean for the Russian oilfield practice, including development, operations, and optimizations. The program committee seeks keynote speakers to describe a vision of the digital oil field, demonstrate its benefits, and show real-life examples. Through presentations and discussion, the participants will probe viewpoints among vendors and operators while sharing first-hand experience.
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This session will start exploring ways information is transformed into decisions and how it adds value to the business. Some presentations will describe data mining, descriptive/predictive analytics, and how performance management plays key role in field/reservoir management. Another subset of presentations will describe new and emerging types of data that can influence oilfield decisions—IVMS, autopilot planes, various intelligent in-line meters.
Examples of applications and approaches that constitute "Digital Oilfield" in the most traditional sense—a representation of physical asset in cyberspace, ie a model or a set of models—will be explored in this session. Presentations will cover modeling flow in wells, reservoirs, and surface pipelines. Attention will also be given to "Shared Earth Models" and integrated models (reservoir, wells, surface facilities) with emphasis on information handling, verification, and data exchanges between models owned by various disciplines.
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Listening to Mike and Mike in the Morning, they played CPR speech. Both agreed that it was a fumble and ISU should have won the game. They also mentioned the announcer at right before the ref made the call say, "I think it is a fumble, but they will give it to TX."
Not only that, but they both had nothing but good things to say about CPR.
Nobody is happy, but now we have national recognition that the call went the wrong way.
Natl recognition huh.........we got screwed on purpose by the wonderful big 12 conference...that's the bottom line its just business as usual in the big 12....
It's not 'should have' won. We won that game.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
Meh. We`re getting a lot of attention from the national media. But for us, it was just another day in the office
A game and a speech like that has to play well to recruits. After a rough start, I feel like we are back on track.
Originally Posted by gogagig
Meh. We`re getting a lot of attention from the national media. But for us, it was just another day in the office
Yup, getting hosed on national TV. What else is new?
I'm tired of these moral victories and being cheated out of actual victories. For once, can the refs screw over the opposing team?
Originally Posted by CyBobby
Natl recognition huh.........we got screwed on purpose by the wonderful big 12 conference...that's the bottom line its just business as usual in the big 12....
Um, no. This is the Longhorn Conference. Remember?
This is getting really, really old. I am glad CPR went off like he did, fine or not. This is exactly like the KU basketball game, and the OSU basketball game last year. ISU got cheated, plain as day, by officials that are more concerned about taking care of the "better" team than doing their jobs. I know this stuff happens all the time, but that is why they have instant replay, and it was pretty clear that the whistle had not blown and that the runner was not down on the replay. If the TX running back would have slipped out of that pile and gone in for the TD, they sure would have given it to him.
The bottom line is that ISU need to get a touchdown instead of a field goal at the end, so it was a two score game. Probably should have run on 3rd and 4th down. I knew 6 points was not going to be a big enough lead. That is just the way it is for the Cyclones.
It certainly doesn't make up for getting robbed, but since it happened it is good that people are pointing out that we really won. And CPR's brave speech deserves a lot of praise.
Originally Posted by veryphil
Um, no. This is the Longhorn Conference. Remember?
And the game was on the Longhorn Network II (ESPN) for goodness sake. It was a three hour commercial for the UT program for crying out loud. There wasn't a bunch of blatant disrespect, but 80% of the talk time was Texas this and Texas that. It's to be expected from the company that has such an interest in the 'Texas brand' being a success.
the espn commentators were texas homers as well. I don't know which one said it but "this is ISU Texas should always beat them" they seemed really biased
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thats life.
Makes me long for those FS1 announcers. Also trying to watch the replay but they showed we only had two flags half way through the third quarter. Then Bundrage caught that great pass and the TU got worried.
Originally Posted by Daserop
the espn commentators were texas homers as well. I don't know which one said it but "this is ISU Texas should always beat them" they seemed really biased
It sounded like that but i think he was referring to Texas having the tradition / recruits / paying coaches $4MM/year / ect.............they should be dominating the conference and beating ISU every year. I think he was trying to put down Mack Brown and the players and it came out as a dig against ISU.
My takeaway is that play reviews should never be about confirming bad calls on the field. Video review was put in place so that refs could get a better picture of what happened at that moment and make sure the correct call was made regardless of the color of their jerseys. Reversing the call would shown a mistake was made at that moment but it was corrected when given the opportunity. Last night just gives evidence that play reviews can also be used to cover their own butts.
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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia announced God of War, Uncharted, and LittleBigPlanet game bundles for Hong Kong.
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Nihilistic the developer behind the canceled Starcraft: Ghost and a bunch of PlayStation Vita shooters were also working on a God of War space for PlayStation Home.
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Then I received an email and phone call inviting me to work for Microsoft. I felt like pinching myself, said yes, and a week later found myself with an @microsoft email address. We needed the money and I needed the resume booster, so it was a no-brainer when I agreed to join the team at 20-40 hours per week.
At first, I kept Harrison home with me and I worked from the table on our screen porch while he ran circles in our backyard. Then I'd stop for an hour to make him lunch and read some books, picking my laptop back up at naptime. Then I began working more hours and conference calls scheduled outside of naptime. Projects began taking 8 hours at times and it was 8pm before I'd look at my husband and shrug over the question "what's for dinner?" As much as I wanted to balance motherhood & career perfectly by myself, I had to respect my job at home just like I did in a five-story office building. I needed my full-time nanny back.
But she lived in the nearby city and does not drive and I had no reason to go into the city, so we found ourselves at a frustrating crossroads with me spending 90 minutes on the road each day. With my husband working in yet another town in a different direction, it didn't make any sense for him to do pick-up and drop-off either. We considered another childcare providor close by home, but my son adores his nanny of two years and we trust her. So after much discussion, we invited her to move into our guest room during the week – she comes over on Sunday evenings and stays until Thursday evening.
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I don't know how long this arrangement will last between contract work and a house on the market, but we're all soaking up the slower pace together.
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The moment you've been waiting for all season on Real Housewives of DC is finally here! Bravo has teased us for an entire season, playing up tonight's episode as the most shocking thing ever, but will tonight's highly anticipated season finale be worth the wait? Keep reading to find out!
Face it, the reason you've watched Real Housewives of DC all season is to see just what the heck happened to Michaele and Tareq Salahi at the White House State Dinner (and to possibly see Obama's reaction of ex-housewife Michaele in that crazy dress!).
You won't want to miss the shocking aftermath of the night that made Michaele and Tareq Salahi household names. In the finale episode, the other housewives learn of the events of that night and question whether fellow housewife Michaele and her shady husband Tareq Salahi had ever actually been officially invited to the State Dinner.
The episode captures the reactions from Stacie as she reads it in the newspaper, Linda, Cat and Mary as they hear the news, as well as The Salahi's initial response to the brutal accusations by the media that their names allegedly were not on the State Dinner guest list.
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Tried it here in North Carolina, channel is black. This sucks!
works here in Arkansas, I have never had a blackout on their games.
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