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ORLANDO, Fla. – The final day of the 2014 Sunshine State Conference Swimming Championships was capped off with Matheus Assis earning his second-straight SSC Swimmer of the Meet title. Both the men and women concluded the meet in fifth place, with the women posting 364 points, and the men pulling in 323.
The women's team was one point behind Florida Tech in the standings, who earned a total of 365 points throughout the meet.
Assis was named the SSC Male Swimmer of the Meet for the second straight year after another solid day in the water where he took home the top time in the Men's 100 Yard Freestyle event, touching with a time of 44.13.
Nicole Weber also found herself on top of the winner's podium after setting a new Overall SSC record in the Women's 200 Yard Breaststroke, hitting the wall in 2:14.48, to set a new SSC Meet mark as well.
Stephanie Martinez also found herself in the top three, claiming third in the Women's 1650 Yard Free event, finishing in 17:12.92.
Joining Martinez in the 1650 Free event were Kaitlyn Hite (18:15.24), Kristy Marques (18:26.86), and Lindsay Albanese (18:31.21), who finished 15th through 17th, respectively. Megan McGowan rounded out the list of Lions in the event, hitting the wall with a time of 18:45.24, good for 19th overall.
In the Men's 1650 Free, Dillon Kasson led the way for Saint Leo, posting a time of 16:57.80 and securing 10th place. Jan Dahrendorff was right behind Kasson, earning 11th with a time of 17:21.85, while Valentine Lenz (18:35.35) and Niclas Bez (19:45.76) finished 13th and 14th, respectively.
Rhet Rheinlander took the top time out of the B Finals division in the Men's 200 Yard Backstroke, touching with a time of 1:53.89 to secure ninth place overall.
Bianca Muniz and Paula Carvajal finishe back-to-back in the Women's 100 Yard Free, posting times of 53.96 and 54.49, respectively, for 12th and 13th place.
Joining Assis in the 100 Yard Free were Gabe Keown and Milton Alberto-Requejo. Keown finished in 45.48 to earn eighth overall, while Alberto-Requejo touched in 52.41 to finish 16th overall.
Marques and Rachel Cunio took home 13th and 14th place, respectively, finishing the 200 Yard Breaststroke in 2:35.34, and 2:36.00.
In the Women's 200 Yard Butterfly, Chloe Pellican led the way in the B Finals, touching with a time of 2:09.50 for ninth overall. Alyssa Black was 19th, finishing in 2:11.76, while Chantal Bouthillier claimed 12th with a mark of 2:13.14. Lenz participated in the Men's 200 Yard Fly, earning a time of 2:24.06 for 14th overall.
Wrapping up the meet with the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, the Saint Leo team of Weber, Cunio, Carvajal, and Muniz earned fifth place with a time of 3:36.70, while the group of Marques, Hite, Martinez, and Black posted a time of 3:42.33 for 12th overall.
The Men's 400 Yard Free Relay saw Assis, Keown, Patrick Ceddia, and Alberto-Requejo take fourth overall with a time of 2:59.46, while the team of Kasson, Michael Marino, Dahrendorff, and Justin Wulff pulled in a time of 3:13.87 for 12th place.
For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo men's and women's swim teams, be sure to visit SaintLeoLions.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Lions news by following Saint Leo Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.


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by REBECCA SPARROW
Bless you, Karl Stefanovic. This week the Today Show host made me feel a little less like the Mayoress of Loser Town.
Karl and the divine Lisa Wilkinson were discussing one of my favourite topics: misheard song lyrics. And I've gotta say – the mistakes they mentioned in the segment were utterly horrendous (which made them brilliant) and left me feeling like I could join MENSA.
I mean, who knew that apparently millions of people think Pat Benatar is singing 'hit me with your pet shark' rather than 'hit me with your best shot'? WTF people? It doesn't even make sense. For starters, a pet shark? You haven't even thought that through. And who gets 'hit' with a shark. Surely the word should be 'slap'?
Next there was Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Twenty-years on and uncool parents everywhere still think Kurt Cobain was singing about being in a container. (Think: Here we are now, entertain us rather than Here we are now, IN CONTAINERS.)
Really, that five minute Today Show segment, left me feeling slightly vindicated – or at least less alone – since about two years ago I got caught singing the wrong lyrics to a song. I was trying to look cool at the gym while running on the treadmill. Trying to look hip in front of Jason my trainer who had the looks of The Commando and the personality of, well, The Commando.
And I found myself attempting to sing along to some cool-ass-gangster-rap-hip-hop-yo-yo-wassup-dawg song as I shuffled along on the treadmill like Cliff Young. And somehow I ended up singing the words. "Like a cheese stick, like a cheese stick" to a song that apparently is not dairy-focused. The song is called "Like a G6". Allegedly. I think that sounds ridiculous. I mean, what the hell is a G6? My trainer however thought this was HYSTERICAL.
Oh how we laughed at my mistake. Well, he laughed. I made a mental note to send him an email virus.
But it got me thinking about misheard song lyrics. A quick scan of my friends and it seems I'm not alone in screwing up words. Here are just a few of their mistakes:
– Cheap Wine and A Three Day Roast (Cheap Wine and A Three Day Growth by Cold Chisel)
– Save the Whales (Sail Away by Enya)
– Turn the Heater On (Turn The Beat Around by Gloria Estefan)
– We're Gonna Get Dressed For Safe Sex (We're Gonna Get Dressed For Success by Roxette)
– Alex The Seal (Our Lips Are Sealed by The Go-Gos)
– Our Father And Mark and Kevin (Our Father Who Art in Heaven, The Lord's Prayer)
– Take your pants off and make it happen (Take your passion and make it happen – Flashdance)
– And one friend's five-year-old is convinced ABBA's Dancing Queen is "Dancing Bean. Dancing Bean. Feel the touch of your tangerine."
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Here is a quick audiophile question for my expert friends! What do speakers do? If you answered, "move air," then your answer is identical to the other 99% of audiophiles I know. If loudspeakers move air, then air is an important part of the process we know as audio reproduction in the home.
Now here is more! Air is pretty stiff. It takes a lot of driver motion to fill a room with sound.
Enter German physicist, engineer, and audiophile Holger Stein. He discovers that air vibrates at certain frequencies and, in the presence of those vibrations, becomes more compliant. If air is more compliant, then sound waves have an easier path to your ears. Enter the SteinMusic Harmonizers... elegant boxes sold in pairs that generate vibrations that make the air more transmissive of music in all its complexities.
Holger Stein has discovered the "missing link" to producing the musical event in your home. Through his devices, you see the performance with your ears with repeatable, adjustable, scientific certainty for the first time. Welcome to the future my friends!
While a few other reviewers have tried the Stein gear, none have assembled a state-of-the-art system which was truly great to begin with. Referred to me by none other than the 'Dean of Audio' himself, Jack Bybee, I felt duty bound to give it a try, though I remained skeptical until I heard the first few notes.
There is now a spot on the carpet where my jaw hit the ground.
The Test System
Marten Bird Loudspeakers with diamond tweeter, REL Stadium III Sub., two E.A.R. 890 Amps, E.A.R. 912 Preamp, E.A.R. Acute3 CD Player, ModWright Sony 9100 with latest tube power supply, E.A.R. 324 Phono Stage, E.A.R. Disk Master magnetic Turntable with Two Helius Omega Tonearms, Koetsu Rosewood Signature Cartridges, Grado Statement1 Cartridge, Jorma Origo Interconnects and Speaker cables, Kubala-Sosna Elation! interconnects and power cords, Kimber Select 1036 Interconnects, with all gear on Townshend Seismic Sinks, and the World Power Wing. Also used were the Marantz 10b FM Tuner, MD108 FM Tuner, and the Day Sequerra FM Reference FM Tuner.
It was with this reference system, tuned to perfection by Dan Meinwald, E.A.R. USA Importer, and Joe Kubala, President of Kubala-Sosna, that I added six Harmonizer boxes (which are sold in pairs): one behind each speaker, one in each back corner, and one at the midpoint in the room on each side. They either plug in, or use batteries which last about two years. I plugged them in and engaged the blue light, signifying that they were on. I set the rear dial at 11 o'clock as recommended. I ultimately reset them to 10 o'clock, which proved to be perfection in my listening room. No other reviewer had used 6 boxes, so some experimenting was needed.
Also included in the kit were 12 stones, polycarbonate embedded with quartz crystals, which sympathetically vibrate when the system is engaged. They add what I would estimate to be about 25% to the ultimate effect of the Harmonizers. The stones are placed in room corners, at the midpoints, in front and behind the listening position, on each speaker, and at the room ceiling in the center. Easy. Good thing these Stein systems are sold in packages so you don't have to worry about what to buy. A room diagram is provided to aid you in setup, which is not overly critical. Stands are available for the boxes if you do not have shelves everywhere like I do.
The Missing Link in Action
First, I listened to my system without turning on the Harmonizers. Gorgeous, as usual. Then I turned on the Harmonizers. I gave it five minutes and then let 'er rip. Before, it was as if there was a line drawn just ahead of my speakers where sound and images of the sound would not cross. System engaged: the images popped forward of that point in space and moved out into the room as if I had turned on rear speakers! And there were no rear speakers! Imaging was stronger and more vibrant. Definition increased by 25-50%! Stage height, width, depth all exploded in size, eliminating most room boundaries. The recording playback became a performance playback. The sound was not louder. The sound was more "there" and more real in every possible way.
Though other devices from Synergistic Research and Nordost give you a glimpse of this effect, in my opinion only the Harmonizer System is the full Monte. I am told by others who have the other systems accessories that the Harmonizers compliment the other tweaks. I do not know myself. I do know that after 45 years of trying to make two channel sound truly lifelike in all dimensions, it is here and affordable. Though it will enhance any system, it is in the best systems that you will realize nirvana!
The very best part about the Harmonizers is they are not in the signal path or in the AC path of your main system. They can be switched off anytime and switched on for demonstration. They enhance all—and I mean all—sources, even FM tuners! LP playback is more lifelike than you can imagine. Digital reproduction has lower grain and is more LP-like... this I cannot explain, but it is obvious to all who have heard this effect.
You may leave the Harmonizers on all the time and forget about them. The stones, diamonds, etc., stay put. The Stein system disappears from view... you can even extinguish the cute blue lights and have the units stay on. Very nice!
Top to Bottom Frequencies
It did not matter what CDs, SACDs, or LPs I played, the enhancement was thrilling! All frequencies are affected simultaneously, and the system retains a wholeness that is most convincing. There is simply more definition, with no loss whatsoever in musical timbres or colors.
This is where the adjustments on each box come in. I recommend 10 o'clock on the output dial... could be more or less...depending on whether you buy 2, 4, or 6 of the Harmonizers. Room size is not that important. It will just take a bit longer for the effects to be noted with fewer devices. Could be 30 minutes for two boxes, and 3 minutes for six boxes; I found it almost instantaneous with six boxes in my 13 x 25 x 12 listening room.
My favorite Harmonizer effect may be on the reproduction of voices... WOW! Vocals pop alive, gain weight and authority, and just become more lifelike—you are there! Vocal after vocal, male or female, chorus or small ensemble, all became more visceral in the room. At the same, the time reproduction of spatial cues was enhanced, so that it was easier to perceive where the vocalist was standing in the venue.
Just wait until you hear mono recordings. They appear very nearly like stereo recordings, with much better width and depth. Mono recordings are as lifelike as stereo recordings, and can be much more satisfying. I have to admit that it's hard to keep my objectivity as I listen to music and write this report. If you heard what I now hear with the Harmonizers engaged, you would plotz. The essence and sense of reality of a huge concert hall is so realistic with the Hamonizers, one may just never quit hitting replay of your favorite symphony!
The SteinMusic Harmonizers and Stones/Diamond disks are for the connoisseur audiophile ready to take the final leap to reality in your listening studio. They are "the missing link" which has evaded the best minds in the world until now. Holger Stein has done it. He has produced a device that makes air more compliant and music more realistic in every way as a result. Astounding even the legendary Jack Bybee—and me, too!—I am myself transported to a musical environment of reality and a level of room perfection I did not think possible.
The Harmonizers are adjustable, aurally verifiable, repeatable, and may be used with AC or battery...it doesn't matter sonically. Once engaged, prepare yourself for the performance to come to life in your room like never before. In my opinion, there is nothing on the market even close to the importance and usefulness of the Harmonizers. Once adjusted, a very easy thing to do, they are set-and-forget with all musical sources, mono and stereo; all will be more realistic and beautiful to hear.
Holger, I look forward to meeting you and shaking your hand. Well done, sir, and thank you from us all! Robert H. Levi
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CARSON -- A family disturbance erupted in gunfire Thursday morning, leaving two people hospitalized and seriously wounded and a 19-year-old suspect in custody.
Carson Sheriff's deputies were sent to a home in the 19300 block of Coslin Avenue at about 5:34 a.m. Thursday on a call of a family-related dispute. When they arrived they were told the suspect, whose name has not yet been released, fled from the location, said Sgt. Brian Stover.
"While we were out searching the area for the suspect deputies heard gunshots coming from the residence," Stover said.
Lt. Arthur Escamillas said there were four people inside the home, including the suspect's 17-year-old girlfriend. The first victim shot was a 65-year-old man, who is related to the teen girl. After he was shot in the torso the girl and two other women in the home rushed the suspect and tackled him, wrestling him to the ground.
It was during that struggle that the girl was shot in the buttocks, Escamillas said.
Deputies who were patrolling the area heard the shots and rushed back to the house, where they found the 65-year-old victim and the girl and the two women.
"The female victim and (two other women) had subdued and dragged the suspect outside," and held him for deputies, the lieutenant said.
While the girl underwent surgery early Thursday and was believed to be in good condition, the 65-year-old victim was in surgery throughout much of the morning and afternoon. He was listed in critical but stable condition Thanksgiving night, Escamillas said.
Sources said the 65-year-old man is the girl's stepfather.
The 19-year-old suspect, who allegedly returned to the home as deputies fanned out through the neighborhood and shot the victims, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
No deputies and no other residents in the area were injured, he added.
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The second-favourite behind Willie Mullins' Champagne Fever made a late charge under the ride of Swindon's Wayne Hutchinson but it was Barry Geraghty riding 25-1 shot God's Own who shocked the field to grab victory.
The two-mile Grade One appeared a good opportunity for Arkle Trophy runner-up Champagne Fever to regain winning ways for Mullins and Ruby Walsh and the 5-4 favourite was soon bowling along towards the head of affairs.
However, he was never allowed to dictate matters, firstly being pressed by Arnaud until King's Aintree winner Balder Succes ranged up to challenge leaving the back straight.
The big two swung for home ready to fight it out, but first Champagne Fever dropped away and then outsiders God's Own and Moscow Mannon began to bridge the gap.
Balder Succes did his best to fend them off, but having benefited from more patient rides, that pair went to the front after the final fence and it was God's Own who got the better of 20-1 chance Moscow Mannon by half a length.
Balder Succes ran with plenty of credit in third, but Champagne Fever was ultimately disappointing.


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This article was published 20/3/2012 (1977 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Do you want the good news or the bad news first? How about the bad, since there is really just one item, even though it's a doozy: The St. John's IceCaps, with a roster already shredded like pizza cheese, lost another player Monday.
That would be centre Ben Maxwell, recalled to the parent Winnipeg Jets to replace veteran forward Nik Antropov, sidelined by an injury suffered in Winnipeg's 4-3 NHL loss to the Washington Capitals Sunday.
"I was watching (the Jets-Capitals game) on TV and when I saw Antropov leave, I went 'Uh, oh,'" said St. John's head coach Keith McCambridge.
"Right after that, I got a call from Zinger (Jets assistant general manager and IceCaps GM Craig Heisinger saying a player was needed)."
Maxwell is the sixth forward the American Hockey League's IceCaps have lost to injury or call-up in the last three weeks, joining Maxime Macenauer, Garth Murray, Eric O'Dell and Brock Trotter, all hurt, and Spencer Machacek, who was promoted to Winnipeg on Saturday.
The forward shortfall is seven when you include Marco Rosa, who hasn't played since before Christmas because of a concussion, and the total population of the IceCaps' infirmary sits at 10 because of injuries to defencemen Paul Postma, Brett Festerling and Derek Meech.
The good news:
• Postma, who suffered an unspecified injury to his right leg in Sunday afternoon's 3-0 loss to the Manchester Monarchs at Mile One, will not travel with the Caps for six road games, beginning Wednesday in Hershey. But according to McCambridge, the outlook for Postma "is better than initially thought."
The loss, for any period of time, of Postma, who leads all St. John's defencemen with 44 points and who is the keystone of the team's power play, is obviously not good news. But considering he was on crutches after Monday's game, the fact the team feels better about his prognosis a day later gets entered on the positive side of the ledger.
• Veteran goalie David Aebischer, who hasn't played in the last couple of weeks, has been cleared to return and join Eddie Pasquale — who has started eight straight games — to provide the IceCaps with their regular netminding tandem. As a result, Chris Carrozzi, who backed up Pasquale during that stretch, has been returned to the Ontario (Calif.) Reign of the ECHL.
• Festerling, O'Dell and Murray will travel with their teammates when they leave for the States today. McCambridge says there is hope one or more might be able to play Wednesday, with Murray being the most doubtful.
• Reinforcements are joining the team, including a couple of familiar faces.
Rookie defenceman Chiarot, who appeared in 14 games for St. John's before being assigned to the Colorado Eagles, the IceCaps' AHL affiliate, is being brought back, as is winger Josh Lunden, who came up from the ECHL on a three-game tryout in early February. A new face is that of forward Danny Dries, signed to an ATO (amateur tryout) after his collegiate hockey career at Ohio State ended earlier this month.


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BOCA RATON, Fla. - The 15th-ranked Saint Leo men's tennis team opened up its Sunshine State Conference Championship run as the third-seeded Lions defeated the No. 6 seed Florida Tech Panthers, 5-1 in the quarterfinal round at South County Regional Park on Thursday afternoon.
Starting off in doubles action, the Lions (14-4) fell behind after dropping their No. 1 competition to the 23rd-ranked tandem from Florida Tech. After that is was all Lions as the Green and Golf claimed the nos. 2 and 3 doubles spots with Bruno Sisti and Matt Nicholson-Lewis as well as Ismail Lemtouni and Victor Lozier picked up wins.
Up 2-1 heading into singles, the Lions saw victories behind Lemtouni, Victor Lozier and Jacobo Gonzalez-Tarrio to claim the first-round victory.
With the victory, the Lions will advance for a rematch with No. 2 seed Lynn University on Friday morning in the semifinal round. The two teams met earlier in the season at the Saint Leo Tennis Center with the Fighting Knights claiming the victory. The match is scheduled to get underway at 11:30 a.m.
#15 Saint Leo 5, Florida Tech 1
04/18/13 at Boca Raton, Fla. (South County Regional Park)
|Singles competition
|1. #18 Aloua Adjenak (SLM) vs. Nicolas Clerc (FTM) 6-2, 2-3, unfinished
|2. Bruno Sisti (SLM) vs. Matic Leskovar (FTM) 6-1, 1-3, unfinished
|3. Victor Lozier (SLM) def. Patrick Hernandez (FTM) 6-4, 6-1
|4. #28 Matt Nicholson-Lewis (SLM) def. Barry Dylewski (FTM) 6-2, 6-1
|5. Ismail Lemtouni (SLM) def. Riley Lorenz (FTM) 6-3, 6-4
|6. Jacobo Gonzalez (SLM) vs. Beau Fieldsend (FTM) 6-4, 0-5, unfinished
|Doubles competition
|1. #23 Nicolas Clerc/Patrick Hernandez (FTM) def. Aloua Adjenak/Jake Fleischer (SLM) 8-1
|2. Bruno Sisti/Matt Nicholson-Lewis (SLM) def. Matic Leskovar/Beau Fieldsend (FTM) 9-8 (7-4)
|3. Ismail Lemtouni/Victor Lozier (SLM) def. Barry Dylewski/Riley Lorenz (FTM) 8-2
|Match Notes
|Florida Tech 11-10; Regional ranking #10
|Saint Leo 14-4; National ranking #15; Regional ranking #4
|Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (,3,4,5)
|SSC Men's Tennis Championship Quarterfinal


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This is a sci-fi fantasy book about four teenagers who each develop supernatural powers and must learn to use them as a team in order to fight against demons trying to bring about the end of mankind. Israel is an orphan swordsman who can communicate with his animals a wolf, bear and falcon. Hope is a shapeshifter that knows nothing of her true heritage. Tesla is a boy genius who has studied all forms of science and must now master magic like his now dead grandfather. Lastly Katarianna who disappointed her martial arts master father just by being born a female. Together they fight to survive and ultimately defend all of mankind.
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- Category Science Fiction & Fantasy
5×8 in, 13×20 cm
276 Pages
- Publish Date Jul 22, 2011
- Language English
- Tags SCi Fi, young adult, martial arts, fantasy, magic, christian
About the Creator
Half-Filipino, half caucasian born in Belleville, IL, college at Grand Canyon University. Married Laurielyn at 18 yo, and have had numerous children: Gregorio (16), Mykll (14), Arianna (9), Angelique (6), Kaine (3) and Abcde (1). I wrote my first novel while deployed in Iraq with the Air Force. I am a Christian and attend a Baptist church.
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Ron Kendricks What an amazing and powerful book!
It is my hope that there will be a screenplay and be made into a movie.
I looked on Amazon.com to see if it was been marketed. No such luck.
Perhaps it will rise as a phoenix and enlighten all that read it.


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I'm planning to build a Grill/Smoker/Fireplace by our patio this fall. Currently the plan is looking something like:
- Rumford fireplace (http://www.rumford.com) both for enjoyment and to burn wood down to coals. I do have some concerns though if it will burn hot enough to make good coals. Opening size will be 36"x36"
- Sydney, Well, half of Sydney since I'll have the rumford. (http://www.ibiblio.org/lineback/bbq/wdh.htm)
- Grill - Basically a box with a 24"x32" grill surface. Given space limitations I've thought about having a firebox in the lower section directly under the right-hand side of the grill with a firedoor instead of an offset. Any thoughts on how this will work?
I'm planning on venting the grill into Sydney. Ideally this should allow me to cook directly on the grill, indirect on the grill with the fire in the lower firebox, cool-smoke in Sydney with a fire in the lower grill firebox, or smoke in Sydney with the fire in the bottom of Sydney.
- Do I need to use firebrick and refactory morter or will regular brick/morter work? I do plan to use firebrick for the rumford, but it looks like Dave just used regular brick for Sydney except for the top.
- Any ideas on where I can find some good 16"x12" firedoors? I'll need 3 (2 for Sydney and 1 for the grill).
- Cover for the grill. I thought about getting a couple of 16" doors from someone like LifeTyme. Any other thoughts/ideas?
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I redid my bedroom kinda Feng Shui Religious Style. An attempt to Yin/Yang the energies....so I have male on one side and female on the other.......hopefully all these photos load.
I bought this Jesus mirror at a salvage shop and wanted a matching Mary one - I just thought that would be cool - and thought what are the chances of finding one?!! and lo and behold - onto local auction site and there she was!!
I put my Kata (Buddhist White Scarf) around it until Mary showed up and then transfered that to Mary and put my mothers old pink/silver thread scarf on Jesus.
I made my bed all gold with gold behind it - photo coming soon............. to show the unification of the two energies :-)


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AN outdoor education centre used by thousands of children across Worcestershire WILL close unless a deal can be finalised to save it, say county council chiefs.
Councillor Liz Eyre, the cabinet member for children and families, says Llanrug Outdoor Education Centre will have to shut unless a takeover can be finalised.
The site, in Snowdonia, North Wales, lost £75,000 last year and the cash-strapped council wants to hand it over to a new provider to save cash.
A deal with a body called Rock UK collapsed last year, and now tentative talks have taken place with a new limited company formed by the staff to rescue it.
The Conservative cabinet has now agreed to give the green light for detailed negotiations to start, saying it wants to see a positive conclusion to a possible deal.
Coun Eyre said: "This is potentially a good news story on a long-haul issue for this council.
"As a council, while we want to move it out because it's not part of our core business, we do appreciate its value.
"I have real hopes that this particular arrangement will lead to a successful transfer so Llanrug will not be closed, but I must add the caveat that should negotiations not be successful, Llanrug will be closed."
Llanrug Outdoor Education Company is a new firm that will be formed by a current member of staff working at the centre.
The company has agreed to guarantee preferential rates for the children and young people of Worcestershire if a deal can be made with the council.
Councillor John Smith, the cabinet member for highways and transportation, said: "I am glad we are almost there, it's frightening when you think about the number of discussions that have gone on over this.
"I don't think any of us want to see this facility closed."
The Llanrug facility is used by around 15 per cent of Worcestershire's schools a year for trips, and is also open to other schools around the country.
The county council needs to save £98 million by 2017, which includes at least 600 job losses, to balance the books.


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What is the main sacred writing for Buddhism?
Chris Deziel, Demand Media Siddhartha Gautama, or the historical Buddha, taught for 45 years, but none of what he said was transcribed as he spoke it. Instead, it was preserved in the memories of his disciples, who passed it on orally. By the third century B.C., some 200 years after the Buddha died, monks had compiled a collection of writings on leaves and stored them in three separate baskets. They are the earliest and most important collections of Buddhist texts.
The Tripitaka
In Sanskrit, a basket is a pitaka, so tripitaka (tipitaka in Pali, the probable language of the Buddha) means "three baskets."…


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How To Be A Super Successful Film Editor
We interview Jamie Selkirk, most known for his work on the Lord of The Rings trilogy.
Meet Jamie Selkirk. Aside from being a total legend IRL, Jamie is an Academy Award-winning film editor and producer, whose credits include The Lord of The Rings and King Kong. He founded internationally renowned special effects company WETA in New Zealand, alongside director Peter Jackson and special effects whiz Sir Richard Taylor, in 1987. Since then, the company has been involved in the creation of MAJOR films, notably Avatar, the Lord of The Rings trilogy, The Lovely Bones, The Legend of Zorro, I, Robot, Van Helsing, and the soon-to-be-released The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Want to know what's what in the world of film? Jamie's your man.
Zac Bayly: How long have you been working in film?
Jamie Selkirk: I started in television in 1966.
What kinds of films or shows did you want to work on, originally?
I loved Westerns!
You've got a bit of a Western-y vibe; I don't know what it is, though.
Well, thank you! [Laughs].
What exactly do you do, day-to-day at work?
I am a film editor. Basically, King Kong was the last film I edited, so that meant sitting in the cutting room and going through aaaaall the footage and picking out what worked and what didn't. We spent about nine months editing that film, because there was so many special effects involved in that film, obviously, and you've got to work out how it's all going to come together. Basically, my role in the making of a film is a lot of fine-tuning, then more fine-tuning, then more, until we arrive at a finished product.
How do you decide what makes the cut?
Well, you keep watching it, and try to work out what bits are boring, and then you cut them! You want a film to be exciting right the way through. When we did The Lord of The Rings — I edited The Return of the King and was co-producer on the film as well — we watched every role of film that was shot, which was a lot, at the end of the day of filming, and we talked about what could work better, what might need to be re-shot… Obviously, Peter [Jackson] and I have a fairly good working relationship by now.
How do you keep a clear enough mind, after watching all that footage, to make objective decisions?
You've just got to do it as you go. You work out how you want to cut the scene and then try and piece it all together. So, it's like, 'We know we want a wide-shot there…' And then you pick the best performance takes, and you put it in a row, and you just keep honing it. It's a lot of work.
Does it take as long to edit a film as it does to actually shoot it?
Hmmm… Well, it's a decision-making process, which, you know, takes as long as it takes. And sometimes it just doesn't work and you do need to go back and do another take, so it's hard to say.
What's the main thing to keep in mind when you're editing a film?
It's all about story telling. You have to pick the moments that best tell the story, and that's it. At the same time, you're thinking about the music, what bits need to be heightened in drama…
So, it's about story telling and getting the rhythm of the film right.
Yes. Getting the pace and rhythm of the story right is a very important part of the editing process.
What's the best-edited film you've seen?
That's tricky… It's hard, because you never know what the footage is that they've had to work with. And the thing is, every editor will look at the footage and see something different, and put things together differently. Some directors do a lot of coverage, and that means an editor has a lot of scope, but others are very meager with what they shoot, because they know how the film should look in their minds, so it's hard for an editor to put their style into it.
What is your and Peter Jackson's working relationship like?
Well, originally I did all of the cutting, because Peter didn't realise how much you can manipulate a film in the editing room, but now he loves being in the cutting room. When we did The Lord of the Rings, we shot all three films in the first year and a half, and then we started cutting film one, and did pick-ups — shooting extra bits to fill in the gaps — the following year, and then we did the second film the year after that, and… All up, it took six years!
Did working on The Lord of The Rings make you super rich?
No! We were paid well, but we don't make extra money if the film does well.
And you, and Peter, and Richard, founded WETA?
Yes. Our first film, where we did special effects, was Heavenly Creatures, which is one of my favourite films ever. I enjoyed working on that film the most out of any film. It was very fun. And it was ground-breaking, because it was our first time doing special effects, and… What are we talking about again?
You founded WETA after Heavenly Creatures.
Yes! We bought a computer — just one — and decided we needed to do something with it. We thought, 'OK. We've got this computer, we've got this scanner, and we should do something with this'. [We laugh]. We thought, 'What are we going to do with this thing?' So, we started a visual effects company because we had a computer. At that stage we were very small, but because of that film we ended up with eight artists working for us.
It's pretty incredible that you started with one computer and now your power bill is like $30,000 a week or something after expanding to do Avatar's special effects.
It's something extraordinary like that, yeah.
If you could bring one character from one of your films to life, who would you pick? I'm pretty attracted to those avatars, to be honest.
I don't know… Hmmm…
What about one of the wraith's dragons?
Yeah, that'd be a good one! You could ride it to work! I tend to forget all the characters after all this time…
What makes you excited about your job after all this time?
Working with young film directors. That's what I like doing. It takes you back to when you started. These young guys with so much enthusiasm and no money… It's really fun. As the films get bigger, the budgets get bigger and… It's just much nicer focusing on little films.
I know it's such a cliché to say 'I like their earlier stuff', but I feel like as directors get bigger budgets to play with their films become less and less exciting.
They do! I think you're right!
Why do you think that is?
Well, remember, the more budget you have, the more pressure is placed on you to make a commercially successful film. Often the director tries to make the best film possible, and then the producers come in and they're trying to make as much money as possible. In the American film industry, especially, the directors get sidelined. Peter is lucky because he's done well enough to have a lot of control.
Last question: how does one go about breaking into film?
I suggest you try and get your foot in the door anyway that you can and then work out what you want to do. At the end of the day, a runner [the film-industry equivalent of an intern, but they're usually paid] is the best thing to be, because you get to see how all the departments work and decide what's the most fun. It's a great world to get into, but it's a hard world to get into.


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A large group of volunteers has planted a community orchard in Burley-in-Wharfedale that will be enjoyed for generations to come.
The planting took place on a windy Sunday morning, and volunteers of all ages, from children through to teenagers and beyond, dug holes, planted trees and staked.
The hard-working team was rewarded with mince pies and coffee as they stood back and admired their work in Burley House Field.
The youngest volunteer, at just six years old, was Felicity Brayshaw who worked alongside her dad.
She said she wanted to watch her tree grow and bring back her children in years to come.
The orchard is made up of some 30 fruit trees including apples, pears, damsons and plums.
Many originate from Yorkshire or the North of England with names like Dog's Snout, New Bess Pool and Grandpa Buxton.
Other projects are now under way on the field, including the installation of information boards and benches. Recent work on the dry stone walls of the hahas has become more obvious as the undergrowth has been cleared.
Burley House Field has two hahas crossing the field. For many years these have been hidden beneath brambles and trees and the Prospect Road haha is now being renovated. The stone is being dug out, laid out on the grass and reused.
A haha consists of a hidden wall and a deep ditch, neither of which can be seen from the house. Burley House built the haha to ensure they had uninterrupted views from garden to parkland and this invisible barrier also kept the livestock from straying.
Parish Council chairman John Grimshaw said: "People within Burley have all pulled together to make Burley House Field a community attraction and the planting of the orchard will enhance the field and add something special within the village."
A working group meets on the second Sunday of each month, from 10am to noon.
Check the information boards at either gate for more information about volunteering or what to look for in the field over the coming months.


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Cloud computing and Web 2.0 applications put a severe strain on datacenters, most of which were built for less demanding in-house and Web 1.0 apps. Faster servers and higher-capacity storage hardware, along with software innovations such as virtualization, have helped datacenter operators meet escalating service demands while saving floor space and putting a dent in overall energy consumption. However, situated squarely between your Web servers and your storage appliances are oft overlooked drivers of costly, complex hardware sprawl: caching and database appliances, charged with handling meaty data transactions.
Consider for a moment just how much more complicated and abundant today's Web application data is compared to that of yesteryear, as more companies rely on media-rich Web pages and modern e-commerce applications. Even with high-speed app servers and high-capacity storage arrays, app performance remains constrained by the limitations of the hardware that isn't well optimized to handle database and caching duties. Datacenter operators have little choice but to toss more underutilized servers into the mix to handle transactional duties.
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Lo, a promising solution to the problem has emerged from startup Schooner Information Technology: a forthcoming line of data-access appliances groomed to optimize application performance at the database (for MySQL) and caching (for Memcached) tiers. Specifically geared for Web 2.0 and cloud computing datacenters, the Schooner Appliances, according to the company, can provide eight times the performance of traditional servers while using just one-eighth the power and space.
Yes, those are impressive claims, and it's tempting to swallow them with a shake of salt. Then again, Schooner appears to have the brainpower to devise such appliances. Its co-founders are Dr. John Busch, previously the director of computer system architecture and analysis at Sun, and Dr. Tom McWilliams, previously a distinguished engineer at Sun, as well as founder of successful startups such as PathScale. Moreover, Schooner has backing from none other than IBM, which has signed on to manufacture, build, sell, and support the appliances.
Inside the box
The Schooner Appliances come in two flavors: Schooner Appliance for Memcached and Schooner Appliance for MySQL Enterprise. Under the hood, each is equipped with a dual quad-core Intel Xeon 5500 Nehalem processor, which delivers high performance and energy efficiency. Each also comes with optimized 512GB Intel X25-E enterprise class flash memory, employing highly parallel flash controllers. The inclusion of flash memory is indeed notable. The technology has 100-fold faster access than hard drives, as well as greater reliability and lower power consumption, thanks to the absence of moving parts. Each appliance also has a 64GB DRAM content-caching tier that provides rapid access to frequently viewed data. Finally, they provide high-speed 1/10Gb Ethernet interconnectivity.
MySQL on steroids
MySQL likely requires no introduction -- it's the most popular open source database on the market and the database of choice in the Web 2.0 world. But like any database, MySQL is ultimately hindered by the speed of the hard drives that hold its data files. MySQL shops typically boost performance by striping the data across many 15,000-rpm drives, says Busch, but "even then they must place data on the outer regions of the platter in order to minimize head movement and access time." In short, servers running MySQL are bottlenecked by hard drives, and processor utilization is very low.
Further, scaling MySQL to handle enterprise-class workloads, according to Schooner, involves extensive data partitioning and application modifications. Application query mixes, for example, must be carefully controlled due to the effect that queries such as table scans can have on performance, Busch notes. Optimizing MySQL entails the complex task of tuning data block sizes according to the workload and changing user and application patterns so that the working set fits in the buffer pool effectively.
The Schooner Appliance for MySQL Enterprise is groomed to overcome these and other debilitating obstacles by fully exploiting the Nehalem multicore processor with hyperthreading, which, along with high-capacity storage, helps boost scalability. It also reduces or eliminates the need for database sharding or horizontal partitioning. The machine's 512GB of parallel NAND flash memory speeds up transactions considerably. Moreover, the appliance is optimized for OLTP (read-write intensive workloads) and OLAP (read mostly workloads). Finally, it incorporates highly optimized InnoDB 1.0.3.
The payoff: One of these appliances, according to Schooner, can do the work of up to eight legacy servers, which translates to a dramatic reduction in energy consumption and an increase in floor space. There's also the important benefit of having fewer machines to manage.
Caching in on Memcached
As its name implies, the Schooner Appliance for Memcached is built to run Memcached, a key/value distributed cache commonly used in high-traffic Web sites. According to Busch, legacy Memcached installations are typically limited by the amount of DRAM that can be installed in a single server node. An application that requires a total of 512GB of memory is typically spread across 16 Memcached server nodes at 32GB of DRAM per node. Further, most legacy Memcached nodes use only 1Gb Ethernet links, which are sufficient because of the limited amount of DRAM and CPU throughput per node, according to Busch.
The Schooner Appliance for Memcached, by comparison, is capable of balancing 16-core hyperthreaded Nehalem processing with the network bandwidth of multiple 1Gb or 10Gb Ethernet links, and hundreds of thousands of accesses per second of flash memory.
It boils down to this: One appliance is able to handle 512GB of cached data. Thus, handling a 1TB Memcached workload would require four 2U Schooner appliances drawing 2.5kw, compared to 33 2U legacy servers, which would consume around 18.7kW. That represents a 50 percent reduction in operating costs over three years, according to Schooner, while reclaiming a significant amount of floor space.
The Schooner appliances won't officially ship until early next year, though a handful of undisclosed companies have been beta testing them. Given the backing that the technology is receiving from IBM, I believe it's a product offering well worth watching, as it addresses a critical challenge in the Web 2.0 datacenter. Costly, wasteful server sprawl and underutilization won't end overnight, but purpose-built appliances like this are going to help significantly.
This story, "Web 2.0 data transactions get faster and greener," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in green IT and cloud computing at InfoWorld.com.


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Kimbrel, Braves stunned by back-to-back homers
Trying to lock down his 100th career save, closer beaten with two outs
CINCINNATI -- Vying for his 100th career save, Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel gave up back-to-back two-out solo home runs to Devin Mesoraco and Shin-Soo Choo in the ninth inning, as the Reds notched a stunning 5-4 victory at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday.
"The last three outs of the game are usually the toughest ones to get," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "And we didn't get them."
Atlanta led, 4-3, when Mesoraco sent a 3-2 pitch 392 feet to deep right-center field. It was his first home run of the season and the first pinch-hit homer of his career.
"I thought the pitch to Mesoraco was a good pitch, down," Gonzalez said. "He drove it to straightaway center. I didn't think it had a chance to go out, but it just kept carrying and carrying. Even then, I thought B.J. [Upton] had a shot at it."
He didn't.
"It's 3-2," Kimbrel said. "In that situation, you don't want to walk him with Choo on deck. He hit it, and in this ballpark it went out."
Said Mesoraco: "Against a guy like that, I'm just trying to battle and put a good swing on the ball. [Reds manager] Dusty [Baker] always says that with two strikes, look for the hardest pitch away. That's what it was. I stayed on it and went the other way. I knew I squared up. I wasn't sure if it was a homer. I was hoping."
Choo followed with the game-winner -- a 432-foot shot to left-center. It was Choo's second career walk-off homer.
"It was a fastball exactly where he wanted it, that's what it was," Kimbrel said. "And the game's over and you come back tomorrow."
Kimbrel has now blown three saves in his last five appearances.
"I feel like those are three wins we should have under our belts," he said. "It's just frustrating. I just feel like I can't get it done. I can't get it done right now."
Kimbrel's blown save spoiled a hot start for Atlanta. The Braves scored three runs on three hits in a 41-pitch first inning off Reds starter Homer Bailey and got an outstanding effort from righty Kris Medlen.
The Braves rocked a Reds starter for the second straight night. On Monday, Atlanta made the typically efficient Bronson Arroyo throw 28 first-inning pitches and scored one run off him in four of the first five frames.
Tuesday didn't feature quite the same slow bleed.
Brian McCann, who made his season debut on Monday after missing five weeks while recovering from right shoulder surgery, got his first hit of the year, ripping a two-out bases-loaded single to right field to give Atlanta a 2-0 lead.
Dan Uggla followed with an RBI single to left-center to make it 3-0. Uggla has hit safely in five straight games, during which he is 7-for-20 (.350).
Bailey entered the game as the National League's top night-game pitcher, having posted a 0.43 ERA in three evening outings. He settled in somewhat after the first inning but never looked entirely comfortable. He allowed four runs on five hits in five innings and threw 97 pitches, walking four and striking out seven.
Atlanta shortstop Andrelton Simmons, who was moved from eighth in the order to leadoff after going 3-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high four RBIs on Monday, went 1-for-4 with a double. He also robbed Jay Bruce of a hit in the fourth, diving to his right to snare a grounder and then firing to first for a bang-bang out. Simmons made another bang-bang play in the eighth, bare-handing a grounder to beat Choo at first by a split second.
Choo got the Reds on the board with a two-out home run to right-center in the third inning. The homer, Choo's sixth of the year, traveled an estimated 386 feet.
"I thought I threw not a good pitch, but a great pitch -- a pitch that I get a lot of guys out with," Medlen said. "But he put a pretty good swing on it."
Choo's homer was the Reds' only hit in the first four innings.
Medlen, who had lost three straight starts, was dominant early and sharp throughout. The Reds put a runner on third with one out in the sixth inning, but Medlen got out of the jam, striking out Bruce and inducing a lineout from Xavier Paul.
Medlen allowed two runs on four hits in seven innings. He threw 99 pitches -- 68 for strikes -- and struck out six while walking two.
I was using both sides of the plate really for the first time this year consistently, throwing in and out for strikes," Medlen said. "That's the best I've felt."
Medlen left with a 4-2 lead, but the Braves didn't score after the fifth inning.
"When you don't add on in this ballpark against that club," Gonzalez said, "you're going to get yourself in these situations."
Still, Gonzalez felt good about handing the ball to Kimbrel with the lead.
"I've been relatively good about keeping it in the ballpark so far in my career until the last week or so," Kimbrel said, "so I've got to figure some things out and keep it in the ballpark.
"It's not going to affect my confidence. It's just going to push me to go out there and go harder, I can tell you that. I can't wait to get back on the bump."
Said Gonzalez: "Hitters go through their little slumps; pitchers do the same. "We've got to get over it, come out tomorrow and still try to win the series. That's what we try to do always."
Tony Meale is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This article was published 16/6/2013 (1526 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: This is in response to the "nice" guy who's upset because a casual sex buddy is blowing the whistle to another one in the chain he's "satisfying." First off, a truly nice guy would have informed his numerous sexual partners that they are not the only ones involved. A woman, or any person for that matter, has the full right to protect themselves, a problem especially if you weren't using high-quality condoms. "Casual" doesn't mean that the woman doesn't have a right to look out for her own health. If you think you're being nice, you're just delusional. You know full well that you were deceiving them too, otherwise you would have mentioned it to them. Stop trying to make yourself feel better, and accept you're not as "nice" a guy as you think. -- "Nice" Woman, Winnipeg
Dear Nice Woman: In his letter to my column, the fellow said his string of partners knew it was casual, but I do agree with you it seems like he was taking that for granted. He certainly didn't mention the number of ladies in his harem. A person really owes it to a casual new partner to have an honest discussion before having sex -- particularly when he has a group of regular sex buddies. They need to discuss the parameters of the situation, and any pesky diseases involved in the group (not just with him). They must make a vow to use quality latex condoms for barrier protection at all times even if the woman is on the pill or using some other form of birth control.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: In your column recently, you suggested people start locking up their cabins in remote areas if they don't want anyone to enter. In case people get lost or are stranded, there would no longer be availability to shelter, food and safety. Trappers leave their cabins unlocked for that reason. -- Been There, Done That
Dear Been There: Thanks for writing about this little-known topic in urban Canada. The unwritten "rules" in less populated country are not known to everyone. The people who wrote about the couple who stayed in their cabin said it was located in a remote spot. But, I wonder how long can people continue to use a cabin to take shelter? In this case, it seems the people (who left signs they were a couple) stayed a while, got extra firewood and built some additional protection for it from the elements. They seem to have stayed for more than emergency time. Is there a trappers' rule for how long you can stay -- a few days, a week, a whole season?
Questions or comments? Please email firstname.lastname@example.com or send letters c/o Miss Lonelyhearts, 1355 Mountain Ave. Winnipeg R2X 3B6


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Topic: Mom has CC
My 61 yo mother was diagnosed with this rare cancer in April of 2005. She had a resection in May of 2005 but the surgeon was unable to obtain negative margins. Recovery from the resection was a long process! She was in the hospital for 5 weeks. After healing for a bit longer she started a chemo/radiation treatment. Which seemed to keep the tumors from growing for a bit.
April or May of 2006 her jaundice returned and the Drs were unable to place stents through ERCP procedure so they inserted a drain on her right side. It had a bag attached that we had to drain daily. The drain has helped decrease her biliruben count, but is no longer draining outside her body. It seems to be draining on the inside. Which is great, but now mom has this drain on the outside of her body that she has to deal with daily. Her biliruben count is still at about 500+ and only seems to go down about .5 pt at a time.
The last CT scan mom had in July shows the tumors were growing again and the chemo doesn't seem to be stopping them. In June of 2006 a CT scan shows an additional tumor on the right side of her abdomen. It's not attached to any vital organs but it has grown .5 cm in size since it was discovered in June 2005. Now her Oncologist says the CT scan shows the tumors on the outside of the bile ducts as well as the inside. I asked her Doc if this means the cancer has mestasisized and says yes! Not what I wanted to hear............
Mom has chosen to no longer do Chemo as it is quality of life vs. quantity. I think the toughest thing about the whole disease is watching my mother sit in a chair every day, unable to cook, clean and take care of her family like she has for years!!! My mom is a very strong woman who constantly kept busy. Now she is not able to do much of anything. She get's up every morning and makes her bed and get's dressed. That usually takes up all of the energy she has for the day. Some days are better than others, but for the most part she watches tv.
I would like to thank everyone on the boards for posting as reading everyone's experiences help.