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After the first meeting of 'The Autonomy Project' at the Van Abbe Museu in Eindhoven (www.vanabbemuseum.nl/en), I caught up with Van Abbe Director, Manchester City supporter (and all round good egg) Charels Eshe and asked him for some thoughts on Big JR. Being from Manchester (or a 'Manc' as we call those of the Manchester persuasion here in the UK - Alistair Hudson is one too) Charles' first memories of Ruskin were associated with his influence on 'News from Nowhere' and other 19th Century radical free press. It is also interesting that Charles also saw some parallels between Ruskin's struggle with the aesthetics/ethics question and the difficulties of making a meaningful socially engaged practice in today's neo-liberal economy. Charels also has some very interesting things to say on the show he would work on with Ruskin - should the big man himself come back to work with us today.
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Charlie Gere wants to do wonderful things to the corps of John Ruskin and, to my surprise, I don't just want to watch, I want to join in!
Charlie, like myself, thinks that the heritage vampires have tried their hardest to reduce Ruskin to nothing more than an anachronistic token of neo-conservative Victorian Chic. In thier eyes, nothing remins of Big JR and his legacy besides a sign-post to a lost past and dreams of medieval craft-based evangelism.
In this interview, shot in the heartland of the academic Ruskinian heritage industry - Charlie outlines his conviction that Big JR may still be able to influence us positively from beyond the grave of museology. Tipping a wink and a nod to Derrida's book 'Spectres of Marx' (in my hazy left-wing mind his finest work), Mr Gere asserts that Big JR haunts us still, like a spectre of the undead, reminding us that ethics is at the heart of any re-assessment of what art actually is and can do.
Topics: 'Ruskin' 'the undead and art' 'Ruskin' 'the undead and art'
I recently received this image of the Migratory Dairy School, the only known photo, a Ruskin inspired idea executed by the reliable Cannon Rawnsley to huge success. The school took eduction to the people, in this case teaching farmers how to farm diary cows and produce butter. The school, centred on a caravan and tent, set up for 10 day periods in small villages in Cumbria and helped many farmers out of economic straights during the 1890 recession, anyone for butter.
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When Ruskin was in charge of the Oxford museum, he, following his own doctrine that the architect should have practical skills - insisted on building one of the columns himself. It was later rebuilt by the builder. I feel a column coming on.
Topics: 'architecture' 'Ruskin' 'architecture' 'Ruskin'
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My Aunt who I was very close to was named Michelle. She passed away several years ago. My second daughter Lucy is loosely named after her, because her middle name was Louise. Now that I'm expecting again I've been reconsidering Michelle. Does it sound too dated? Would it be too out of place with daughters Ruby & Lucy? What do you think of the name Michelle?


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A Decision to Slaughter Oxen at a College Farm Angers Animal-Rights Activists
A couple of years ago, I visited Green Mountain College and toured the Vermont college's post-petroleum farm, which instructs students in ways to conduct agriculture without fossil-fuel inputs. That means that animals do a lot of work on the farm, and the most essential of those animals were a pair of oxen, Lou and Bill. They were magnificent creatures—an embodiment of power, with long horns and formidable muscle under coats the color of creamed coffee.
My tour guides, Dayna Halprin and Laura Wolfgang, and I began talking about the fate of the animals on the farm. They are sent to slaughter or, as Ms. Wolfgang described, sometimes slaughtered by students themselves. As I recall, Ms. Halprin was a vegetarian, and Ms. Wolfgang had been vegetarian in the past. Both had a real compassion for the animals they worked with, but they took a pragmatic view: The animals there had a purpose, one as old as or older than agriculture itself, and they would eventually wind up in the dining hall.
Some students on the campus had objected to the policy, and the college held discussions about whether eating the farm's animals was ethical. Most students had come to the conclusion that if the dining hall was going to serve meat, it was better to serve meat that had had a good life on the college's farm.
Now the issue is sizzling once again, but the furor is mostly coming from far-off places, like California, New York, Texas, Sweden, South Africa, and Ukraine, to judge from an online petition with 8,000 signatures. Bruce Friedrich, an animal-rights activist, wrote an essay for The Huffington Post decrying the college's "false environmentalism," and he set up the online petition. Specifically, Mr. Friedrich wants to block the college's plan to send Lou and Bill off to slaughter, scheduled to happen sometime soon.
"Basically, the college is saying that unless they can do something for humans, Bill and Lou's lives are totally without value," Mr. Friedrich writes. The controversy has gotten attention from a variety of media outlets.
William Throop, a professor of philosophy and provost at Green Mountain College, says that Lou went lame over the summer, and that the farm crew had wanted to send the team to slaughter then. But he asked them to wait till the school year, when students could have a discussion about it.
In a forum, the students supported the notion of slaughtering the oxen.
"Even if you think it is wrong to eat meat, I think that it is morally permissible to serve meat in a dining hall in 2012," Mr. Throop says. "Then the question is, Which meat? Here there was a strong convergence of the vegans, vegetarians, and the meat eaters, who said it should be meat from animals that we know have been cared for and that are local."
The VINE Sanctuary in Vermont, which carries the slogan "Veganism Is the Next Evolution," has offered to take the animals. Cheryl Wylie, a staff member there, has written an open letter to the college, arguing that "now is not the time to argue about diet or definitions of 'sustainability.'"
"The only question really should be: What is best for Bill and Lou?," she continued. "I'm sure that, if they were able to speak for themselves at the meeting, they'd ask to be allowed retire to VINE."
But Mr. Throop says that's a bad model for a teaching farm for sustainable agriculture. Meat production is a vital part of many small-scale farms, including the farm at Green Mountain.
He also points out that if the oxen were spared, the dining hall would continue to serve meat—and then who knows where that meat would come from or what kind of life it had.
"If we're going to eat that meat, isn't it better that we eat meat from older animals that had really good lives?" Mr. Throop wonders. He notes that the animals will be sent to a slaughterhouse known for "humane" practices, but to avoid trouble, the college is not revealing the day it will happen. Since the petition started, he has gotten thousands of e-mails, some of them threatening. "We are trying to be as careful as we can."
Students who work on the farm seem put off by the attention from outsiders. Meiko Lunetta, a senior majoring in sustainable agriculture and environmental education, says that she has been a vegetarian for many years and that she strongly opposes how most meat in this country is raised. But seeing the farm at the college made her rethink her position.
"I used to be a lot more condemning of meat eaters," she says.
"The comments that are being made are coming from people who are not involved with the college at all," she adds, "and I think that they should spend their energy condemning the larger farms and not our educational farm here."Return to Top


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ONE of the best selling Irish artists of all time is back on the music scene. Long live Jimmy Rabbitte!
If the name doesn't ring a bell, perhaps it's because he does not exist in real life. He sprung from the mind of author Roddy Doyle back in the nineties.
Rabbitte was the fictional band leader of the Commitments, the Irish soul band that inspired a book, movie, blockbuster CD, and a touring band that still haunts clubs for this day.
Rabbitte has returned again in The Deportees, the first collection of short stories from Booker Prize-winning author Doyle.
For the past few years Doyle has written stories for Metro Eireann, a magazine by and for immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories takes a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance and importance in Ireland today.
The Deportees now brings those stories together for all of Roddy's devoted readers, and it offers further proof that Doyle is one of the best Irish writers not currently buried underground.
The Deportees is not only the book's title, it 's the name of the band that Rabbitte brought back to life. He looks around and sees many different colors of skin around Dublin and decides to harness the different cultures into a band he hopes will make it further than the Commitments, who famously imploded before they got their first record deal.
Rabbitte puts an ad into Hot Press magazine looking for band members and has a hilarious audition over the phone. If the applicant says he likes the Corrs, Rabbitte hangs up on them. He eventually assembles the ingredients for this world music stew, and the band soon gets to work on songs from Woodie Guthrie and other folk greats.
Using his trademark sharp dialogue, ribald wit, and touching characters, Doyle crafts fantastic stories that chronicle the prejudicial ways of the Irish, the fears associated with being a stranger in a strange land, and the hatching of the immigrant dream within the gritty streets of the Emerald Isle.
The first tale, "Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner?" follows Larry Linnane, a man who prides himself on how his daughters can have open sexual conversations around him. In a hilarious turn of events, Linnane is forced to confront his own racism when one of his daughters brings a black man to the dinner table.
"Black Hoodie" is another winner. It is the story about turning the tables on racist shop owners who follow a Nigerian girl around the store while white Dubliners make away with stolen merchandise.
"Home to Harlem" is another great story about a black Irishman who comes to America to discover his roots and to make a case for James Joyce being influenced by Harlem writers.
It's been a good while since we got a great Doyle movie treatment. The Snapper, The Van and The Commitments, part of his Barrytown Trilogy, still stand as the top three Irish comedies of all time in my mind.
The Deportees is full of stories that can shine a light on the vibrant, more complicated tapestries that is a Dublin neighborhood now that every race and creed can be found in its thread. Let's hope Jimmy Rabbitte gets his spotlight once and for all!
No U.S. release date is set for The Deportees.
Check out some of the International bookselling sites like Amazon.com for more information.


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Happy Birthday to Lauri and the biggest gentlest loving hug for her Mama!
My baby would be 37yrs old today. I still miss her terribly and the pain is still close to unbearable. But, I find strength knowing that she is now fee of pain, free of illness, and eternally healthy and happy.
Happy Birthday to my sweet Lauri!
Look For The Good and Praise It!
Happy Birthday to Lauri and the biggest gentlest loving hug for her Mama!
Happy Birthday Laurie. I didn't know you but I know your legacy and that is this place. I am thankful for you each and every day because of what you brought into my life in my time of need. You will never be forgotten by any of us here at WHL. I too give a special hug to your lovely mother whom I love dearly
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
~Winston Churchill~
Sending you lots of love today Carlotta i know it must be a heartbreaking day....Lauri was taken way to young.We are all sending her birthday wishes and are grateful of this special place,here, where we share stories and help each other.
lots of love
I am still here,just been on new meds so unable to function like i used to.I will pop back,just know im thinking of you all and hoping you are keeping on keeping on.xxxxxxx
Many hugs to you today. Lauri lives on in our memories thanks to you and Conrad for honoring her with this forum.
Happy Birthday, Lauri.
Carlotta. please let me give you a gentle hug.
Marla said it so well. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, for having this forum, in Lauries memory.
I may have been dealt a bad hand, but at least I'm still playing with a full deck. ( most of the time anyway).
Hugs for you Saysusie Carlotta.
"There but for the grace of God, go I."
"... His mercy endureth for ever."
Thank you so much everyone. As always, yesterday was a very emotional day filled with ups and downs..highs and lows. We spent a lot of time manicuring her resting place and polishing the headstone and placing flowers. We talked to her, cried, shared memories and cried.
I have stopped expecting this day to get easier with the passing of time, it does not. However, the heaviness does seem to dissipate a bit sooner and does not feel as cumbersome.
Again..thank you all for your kindness
Peace and Blessings
Look For The Good and Praise It!
happy birthday to Lauri! and all my respect and admiration for a wonderful mother.
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Study Tracks Horses' Ability to Follow Human Pointing Gestures
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In this novel experiment published in February's Animal Cognition, 20 domestic riding horses and ponies were repeatedly offered apple slices hidden in one of two buckets, said Katalin Maros, senior lecturer and PhD candidate at Szent István University, and primary author of the study. The horses were significantly more likely to find the treats when a human pointed to the correct bucket than in control trials in which the human stood still, she said. This was true whether the researcher pointed from a distance of 10 cm or 80 cm (4 inches or 31.5 inches).
A horse in the study follows a pointing gesture.
However, the animals were less likely to find the apples if the human was pointing from 80 cm and then stopped pointing before the horse was released to make its choice. Although dogs and cats generally do well with this exercise, horses do not really appear to understand this "momentary-distance" kind of pointing, Maros said. Even so, as a whole the horses were more successful in the first half compared to the second half of this of this same test, she said.
"It might have been more tiring for them because they have to concentrate more for that test, or they may have been frustrated," she said. She noted that some horses would act aggressive if they chose the wrong bucket and did not get the treat.
The horses were most successful finding the apples when the researcher sat on her heels close to the buckets, stared at the correct bucket, and continued to point until the horse made a choice. With this protocol they found the treat 74% of the time, and half of the horses were right every time or wrong only once. They were successful 67% of the time when the researcher pointed only momentarily from 10 cm away. When the researcher stood at a distance of 80 cm and maintained the point, the horses chose correctly 61% of the time. In controls, where the researcher was present near the buckets but did not point, the horses chose randomly, with a success rate of only 46%.
"The pointing types with a strong visual effect are more easily understood by horses," Maros said, attributing this possibly to the fact that horses communicate with each other via subtle visual cues. "Well-socialized horses seem to understand them without any prior training."
About the Author
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
Christa Lesté-Lasserre is a freelance writer based in France. A native of Dallas, Texas, Lesté-Lasserre grew up riding Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, and Shetland Ponies. She holds a master's degree in English, specializing in creative writing, from the University of Mississippi in Oxford and earned a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing with a minor in sciences from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She currently keeps her two Trakehners at home near Paris. Follow Lesté-Lasserre on Twitter @christalestelas.
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Eating a high-protein breakfast can reduce hunger pangs and the number of calories we consume at lunchtime, according to new research.
Tests on breakfasts similar in calories, fat and fibre but varied in protein levels in the United States showed participants who ate the higher protein breakfasts felt less hungry during the morning and also ate less at lunchtime.
Dr Melinda Karalus, lead researcher, tested the short- term effects of three turkey sausage and egg-based breakfast "bowls", a popular US breakfast containing scrambled eggs, potatoes, peppers or onions and turkey sausage - containing 40, 23 and nine grammes of protein. She also tested the effects of a cereal and milk breakfast containing eight grammes of protein, a pancake and syrup breakfast with three grammes of protein, and the effects of no breakfast at all.
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Participants who ate the higher-protein breakfasts rated better for hunger throughout the morning, and they also consumed fewer calories during lunch, compared with the lower-protein cereal and pancake and syrup breakfasts, or no breakfast at all.
The research, involving 35 participants, and funded by a branded food company, comes after a study published last year found skipping breakfast increases the risk of middle-aged men suffering heart attacks by more than a quarter.
Research published in 2012 and funded by the American Egg Board also found that eating eggs for breakfast is more effective at preventing hunger for overweight people than having cereal.


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Oxnard College has received a $6 million dollar federal grant to help Hispanic, and other underrepresented students earn degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The U.S. Department of Education funding is spread out over five years, and is intended to help students who will go on to Cal State Channel Islands, and U.C. Santa Barbara. Oxnard College is one of 100 colleges nationwide to get one of the grants.


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Overall, what did you think of The Three Weissmanns of Westport?
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I loved this book, especially some of the characters. Mr. Shpuntov and Henry added a light touch and Uncle Lou wanted to solve everyone's problems with a party. The story started quickly with Josie telling Betty he wanted a divorce and then learning how she coped by thinking and talking of him as deceased. Of course you had to dislike Felicity.
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For some reason I had a hard time staying with this story - when I finally got into it it became better.
I certainly felt sorry for Betty and her divorce from Josie - they all seemed to be lookiing for someone
but didn't know it - Felicity was more than a pain - and I do feel in the end Josie was not going to
stay with her, do you?
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I totally got that sense, too, Joan. I think Josie got a huge wake up call when Betty died, which is why he asked Felicity to stay home from the funeral. I think that decision was the beginning of the end for that relationship, which pleased me to know end. Felicity needed a comeuppance!
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I loved, loved, loved this book. I love books with quirky characters and I really got a huge kick out of Miranda and Annie's relationship having 3 quirky sisters myself. I believe that Felicity was one dimensional on purpose. I don't think we were meant to like her
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I have to admit that I did not enjoy this; while the story had a lot of potential, I felt I never really got to know the characters. I also found much of the dialogue rather simplistic. That being said, there were several moments where the commentary on the emotional rollercoaster the three main characters were going through because of the separation was poignant. I just wish there were more of those moments
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This was a novel that I just didn't believe would hold my interest; I saw it as another "chick lit" beach
book. I admit I was in error. It was well written, and the characters developed in an unique manner. Sans Felicity, each major character held promise and matured into someone I could like and enjoy. I didn't care for Annie and Miranda at first, but by novels end, I felt as though their futures would be happier because of all they experienced: loss of the security found in love, money, and a mother. My feelings for Betty increased as she slowly revealed her past with Josie. By novels end, I believe that Josie, too, came back around to the man who held Betty's heart for all those years, which may give credence to Josie's idea that " in the end it all works out."
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Being a 'woman of a certain age' I immediately bonded with Betty. but was a bit disappointed to find that her character was downplayed throughout the book. In the end , however, she emerged as the focal poiint.
I enjoyed the storyline and the intereaction of the characters. Tracing their growth or lack of it was well done.
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I never quite got into the story, because I never really cared about any of the characters that much. I did read the book from cover to cover but never got the essence of Sense and Senibility in a Manhattan setting. Daughter Annie was the only character who paid attention to what was happening in their lives and was the only one who understood how to bring balance and order to their lives. There were too many "irresponsible" people in one story for me!
Thank goodness for Cousin Lou who could financially come to their rescue, periodically.
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I agree with carolyna. I didn't care enough about the characters but did finish the book hoping to find more to like. They all seemed to think the perfect "someone" would make them happy. In today's world women aren't dependent on men for money and should take responsibility for their own lives and happiness, as should men.
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My thoughts were channelled by "carolyna" a little while ago: I never got into the story, and found Annie to be the only character with a sense of intelligent observation. I did not really care what happened to the characters, who never drew me into their lives. Yes, "there were too many 'irresponsible' people in one story", and Uncle Lou was not enough to save the story for me.
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This is not a book I would read again, it was an effort for me to finish it. I was meant to dislike Felicity from the beginning and I did. She was a spectacular manipulator in the beginning. I liked each of the women, however never got the Austin connection. I thought each female character was rather predictable and the male characters under developed with the exception of Uncle Lou.
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Oh my, when I wrote my first impressions I was trying to soften my opinion because I felt there was not much of any "redeeming value" to this story and others were saying how much they liked the book! . I agree with theresej about not caring what happened to the characters. Austin's characters fit well with the stereotype ideas we have of Victorian women but I don't think any of Cathleen's characters came close. I agree with someone who said it was too bad the book identified with Sense and Sensibility.
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Increasingly, as I read the book, I enjoyed it. I came to love Betty and liked how she viewed herself as a widow. It showed she had a sense of humor. I also liked how wise she was about her daughters. Both Annie and Miranda drove me a tad nuts for while and I wanted to send them to Al-Anon for their codependency, especially Annie, but as circumstances and characters were developed, I recalled my own sisters relationships and realized how they are truly intertwined. I despised Amber and Kit but who didn't?
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The New York Times put out such a glowing review that people rushed out to get the book. I've found among friends that read it that there is a great disparity. Some LOVED it and some barely tolerated it. While a lot of books certainly create the dichotomy, I was rather surprised by my group of friends. We're fairly "similar" readers. The fact the she took on a Jane Austen work was impressive, but I think readers' prior knowledge of Sense and Sensibility either predisposes people to either enjoy or not enjoy this book. I tended to forgive certain things because I love J.A. and S&S. Had she tried similar things with a Pride and Prejudice rewrite, my favorite of J.A. works, I doubt I would have been as forgiving. I hope this makes sense!
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It took me quite a while to get into this book. I blamed that on being a midwestener and my cateract surgery (Aug. 3 and Aug. 17). But today I read from the middle to the end in one sitting and really enjoyed the characters. They became "real" to me: Miranda and Annie quit moaning and feeling sorry for themselves and Betty seemed to be settling in, resigned but no longer angry about her fate. They became people I could care for instead of characters on a page.
I can see the idea of "sense" and "sensibility" as the three women came out of their inward view and reentered the world. But truthfully, if no one had mentioned the Jane Austin connection, I probably wouldn't have picked up on it.
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I was interested enough in it to finish it, and got interested enough in it to read the last half in two days, but I never felt all that connected to the characters. Some of the things that happened at the end seemed to come out of nowhere, such at Miranda's relationship with Leanne. I did find some echoes of Austen in the book, especially the genteel family forced into respectable poverty and depending on a relative to help them along. I think a book club would find some things to talk about. I did not particularly enjoy the author's style of writing, tho I did get comfortable with it by mid book.
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I agree with Andreas...the ending was a jolt to me, and was the reason I did not recommend it as a discussion book for my book club. I had chosen the book early on, but changed my mind. In retrospect, I found the writing 'jerky' in spots and although I bonded with Betty the other characters never did really come alive for me.
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This is a book that I kept waiting for the characters to develop. They did have characteristics but they seemed so unfocused. I finished the book because I was hoping for some solution that showed any amount of determination. I am not discounting Anne, she was the only one that was aware of their financial crisis. I liked Uncle Lou and his enthusiasm and willingness to help---the character of Roberts, who actually saved the family, was left a small character. I would not recommend this book.
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I loved the book and couldn't stop reading it. I found the characters funny, interesting, and infuriating, by turns, and their interaction and growth throughout the story was engaging. I liked the way Betty started out seeming totally out-of-touch and a bit addled, then coming through and sticking it to her faithless husband in the end!
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I really wanted to like it but could only read about 100 pages before I realized that I didn't like the main characters and didn't really care what happened in their lives. I read a lot of great reviews of this book and I really tried to read it but just couldn't.
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Dave s..I had somewhat the same reaction after reading glowing revues. Read in this morning's NYTimes that publishers are paying people (who are making a living doing this!) so much per good revue. So much for impartial revues!! Now, who do we believe?
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I agree with those of you who were disappointed by this book. It seemed too predictable once the characters were introduced and described throughout the first chapters. The story just didn't do it for me and I had to force myself to finish the story.
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I was very disappointed in this book. There just wasn't much of a story to it. The characters seemed to wallow along in their own little worlds. I really wanted to like this book, and there were a few redeeming paragraphs, but generally, a waste of reading time. I'm sure Ms. Shine and her editors put a lot of effort into it, and hopefully they can use it as a learning tool for a better story next time.
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"How can you resist wanting to play god?"
Spore is the latest brainchild of Sims creator Will Wright, and admittedly one of the most anticipated titles of 2008. I really didn't pay any attention to it until it came out, to be honest, so here's my unbiased review of Spore:
Story/Concept: 8/10
The concept behind Spore is nothing short of re-creating millions of years of evolution in your living room (which EVO did on the Super Nintendo years earlier than Spore). The game presents this fairly well by showing a meteor crashing into your planet and miraculously creating life. You start out as a microscopic organism in this stage of the game and control your creature as you lead your species through evolution. The game is divided into five distinct chapters in your species timeline: cellular, creature, tribal, civilization, and finally space-faring. There really isn't too much of a story, per se, but the concept is pretty cool. Along the way you will meet other creatures who are doing the same thing as you, so it's up to you to lead your species to sentience and beyond!
Gameplay Overall: 8/10
Now, being divided into five chapters, I am going to go through each one, briefly summarizing it's perks and flaws before I rate it. The number above is the overall combination of all of the sections, but let me get something out of the way first: Spore is all about customization, especially in the first three sections of the game. The amount of customization in Spore is pretty impressive, giving you control over how your creature not only looks, but plays as well. I'll also note here that you will never lose in Spore, so go nuts!
Cellular: 7/10
This stage is your start at life. You emerge from the crater with one big decision: what should I eat? This is where you need to decide whether you are going to be a carnivore, herbivore, or an omnivore. This not only affects what you can and cannot eat, but also gives your creature certain traits and abilities throughout the rest of the game (I won't spoil these). Eating is as simple as swimming over your food, but you must also avoid creatures that are bigger than you (kind of like a free-floating pacman game). With every bite you earn DNA points that you can use to customize your creature. After you've eaten enough and grow bigger you will move onto the next stage. Pretty simple, so far, this part is fun but gets tiring fast.
Creature: 9/10
Ah, my favorite stage by far. This is where your creature emerges from the waters and begins to learn to live with lungs. You will still search for food, but as you do you will have to learn how to socialize with other creatures, whether it be trying to impress them with your singing or dancing, or trying to hunt them to extinction. This part of the game is where I see the most fun, since along the way you will still be customizing your creature, trying to make it more adaptable, and here the customization options have been multiplied ten-fold. As you interact with your creature and species, you will come to love them on a personal level, they are your creation after all, doing exactly what you tell them to do. So enjoy the limitless customization options that you will uncover as you evolve into a sentient being.
Tribal: 8/10
This is where your creature's brain develops and they learn how to work together as a species. Similar to a man's beginnings, your creatures will learn how to hunt for food, make weapons of war, and even make instruments to impress the other tribes. This stage plays like a much simpler RTS (real-time strategy, akin to Starcraft) game. The whole goal here is to either conquer or ally with rival tribes, learning their unique skills until you have conquered or allied with all of them. After this your creatures will decide that it's time to conquer the planet and learn how to build ships and vehicles.
Civilization: 7/10
In this stage you will get to do some more customization by designing your own vehicles and boats as your creatures take over the planet. This is pretty much a continuation of the tribal phase, except that you no longer interact with your creatures, taking away the bond that you used to carry for them back in the creature phase. Instead, you will build your vehicles to gather spice and attack other civilization's. The same goes for your boats. You also get to develop your towns by building houses, entertainment buildings, and work buildings. The placement of these buildings effect how happy and industrious your people are, so be sure to make your cities layout count! Halfway through this phase you also learn how to build and use airplanes, letting you attack overseas enemies. Once you take over your planet, your creature will have another brilliant idea: how to build a spaceship!
Space: 7/10
The space stage will, by far, take up most of your Spore playing time once you reach it. To start, you design your own space ship. From there you go out to discover other sentient beings on other planets. As you can guess, once you discover them you can either be friendly or aggressive towards them, though there are much bigger consequences now. For example, the aggressive will be at war with the other species, meaning that they will send their spaceships to attack your planets until you get around to going to their planet and destroying their cities. And, if you are friendly, you can make allies with a species and trade between each other, until they ask if you want to buy their planet from them.
This stage is truly massive, as you can visit each and every planet in the universe (thousands of them). You will eventually earn "badges" for accomplishing certain feats, and be able to buy upgrades for your ship (the only thing you really control anymore..). You'll also learn how to colonize other planets and make them livable by terra-forming the planet. You will also have to introduce new animals and plants to the planet before you make a new colony there and start harvesting more spice. As you continue to earn badges and buy upgrades, space life will become more and more easier until you are elected the supreme leader. After that Spore turns into a sandbox game, one that never ends (technically you could "beat" it, but that would require an ungodly amount of time). While taking over new planets and gathering and selling spice is fun, you will soon find yourself doing the same thing over and over.
Whew, there it is, a brief glimpse at each stage in Spore life. The big thing to take away is the great customization, and the fact that things get monotonous after awhile. Now, if the space stage was multiplayer, where you had to defend yourself and trade amongst others in real time, than the gameplay would really be exciting, but as it is, with their "we won't let you die" theme, monotony sets in once you obtain all of the worth-while badges.
Graphics: 8/10
"Crisp, clean, and beautiful", would describe the first three stage's graphics while "average" would describe the rest. I absolutely adored the first three stages graphics, they were so sharp and clear, and your creatures animations were so good, but once you take on a bigger picture of life, they turn more towards the average side. In other words, when you are zoomed in to your cell and creature, things look a lot better. The entire game has a cartoonish look to it, really. Not that it's wacky or anything (although many things end up looking that way), but all of the object's textures look that way. Pretty similar to Sim's take on graphics, really. The amount of customization you can do in Spore doesn't stop with your creature, either, since you can paint it and make it look like whatever you want. You can do this yourself or choose a number of pre-made patterns. This goes for all your vehicles and building as well.
The animations are pretty quirky and really good looking too, though the quirkiness is only really prominent in the creature stage. Everywhere is fairly average, but holds up well, so overall thing is Spore look pretty good!
Music/Sound Effects: 7/10
The music behind Spore was pretty toned down, the main tunes play every once in a while but there was always an ambiance noise in the background. Really nothing too spectacular here. Once you reach the civilization age you could also make your own background music, but the controls for this are left wanting. You could choose your own ambiance noise and beat, but the real treat was supposed to be being able to make a tune by sliding notes up and down a scale. This scale was too hard to use, though, not really giving you the desired result.
The sound effects are pretty entertaining, but any Sims player has heard them before. I guess your creature eventually learns simlish, and starts speaking it to you. Other than that, you'll get cute creature songs, war sound effects, and everything else you would normally expect. Fairly average overall.
Re-playability: 9/10
Well, seeing as how Spore is a sand-box game (one that you'll never truly finish), and that you can have around a dozen planets and species going at the same time, I'd say the re-playability of Spore is pretty high. On the other hand, you are doing the same thing over and over, with only a limited amount of things you can change, so keep that in mind. I remember reading somewhere that Spore felt more like a toy than a game, and I think I'd have to agree.
I see one of the most clinging parts of Spore being the ability to share your creatures with friends online, but sharing just doesn't cut it for me, as I mentioned before, I would want some multiplayer options somehow. We can only hope for some in the future.
Overall: 8/10
Spore isn't the greatest thing to grace the earth, but it is a fun distraction that will last a couple of weeks. Since I really don't know how much it costs (I'm guessing too much for a game that you can "beat" that fast), I would say try and see if any friends have Spore and give it a go before you decide on getting it. If you do try it out, be prepared to be wowed by the in-depth customization, but disappointed by the monotony later on. Have fun and keep playing!
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 10/06/08
Game Release: Spore (US, 09/07/08)
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Palin Rejoins McCain on Campaign Trail
In the 2008 presidential campaign, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was knocked for excessive spending by the Republican National Committee on her campaign wardrobe. A picture of her waving in a red leather jacket became a symbol of the fashion excess that unleashed a wave of bad press for John McCain's White House bid.
Flash forward to today, and Palin once again joined John McCain on the campaign trail donning a leather jacket—this time a black one, with zippers, and an American flag—perhaps a symbolic choice that she's toughened to the potential attacks from what she likes to call the "Lame Street Media."
Palin has made some of her supporters angry for backing McCain's re-election bid. (For more, check out this story in Thursday's WSJ.)
But if she has any reluctance about supporting her former running mate, it was not apparent at the Tucson rally today where thousands gathered for the first McCain-Palin public appearance since their unsuccessful campaign.
"Send the maverick back to the United States Senate," Palin declared to a cheering crowd. She also sought to align McCain as someone who captures the spirit of the Tea Party and as a senator who has always "fought the Washington machine."
"I want to clear the air right now. We might as well call it like we see it, right? And not beat around the bush. In respect to the Tea Party movement, a beautiful movement. You know what? Everyone here today supporting John McCain, we are all a part of that Tea Party movement."
Palin also addressed criticisms that rhetoric from Republicans–including herself—has stoked angry and violent actions from citizens in opposition to the health care legislation.
"We know violence isn't the answer. When we pick up our arms, we're talking about votes. We're talking about being involved in a contested primary like this and picking the right candidate, too—John McCain."


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Former Ambler Mayor Charles T. "Bud" Wahl passed away Saturday morning. He was 78.
Wahl spent 12 years as the mayor of Ambler Borough, serving three consecutive, four-year terms; he ended his run in November 2013.
"This is definitely a surprise," current Ambler Mayor Jeanne Sorg said this morning. "[Wahl] was a public servant. Even before he was mayor, he was important to this community. He worked hard to develop Ambler into what it is today."
Wahl was a graduate of La Salle University, 1958, and Stonier Graduate School of Banking; he followed his academic career with a stint as an artillery officer in the US Army, serving in Germany from 1958 to 1962. Returning home, he spent time working for the First Pennsylvania Bank, Chemical Bank in Ocean City, N.J., and, finally, Ambler Savings Bank.
"He was important to this community through his work with Ambler Savings Bank," Sorg said, "and he was a great cheerleader for the borough."
Wahl made his first foray into local politics during the 1980s as a member of the Borough Planning Commission, eventually becoming chairman. Since then, he has played a role in some of the borough's most beloved organizations, including Ambler Main Street.
"He was such a champion of [Ambler] Main Street," AMS co-president Allison Wolf said this morning. "He served this town so well. He left a legacy … He was on the streets every day, talking to business owners, talking to residents. [He was] such a wonderful man. He will be missed, to say the least."
Wahl was elected mayor in 2001. At the end of his final term, he spoke with The Ambler Gazette, reflecting on more than a decade at the borough's helm. "It's been a heck of a run. I've lost some good friends, made some good friends. It's been wonderful to be able to contribute to the community."
"We're all very saddened to lose him," Sorg said. "All of Ambler is thinking of him and his family right now."
Stay with The Ambler Gazette as we provide updates on this story.
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Bank On Feature-Filled ATMs As financial technology matures, banks will offer personalization, personal alerts, and check imaging via ATMs
Credit Unions: Advanced ATMs Offer Competitive Edge Advanced ATM functions on the Star platform are 'extraordinary' in terms of what credit unions typically see, such as the relationship capabilities, TNB first VP Lee says.
AMD Sues Intel Again In Japan AMD's antimonopoly lawsuit seeks $50 million in damages and charges rival Intel with paying large amounts of money to five PC makers to stop using AMD processors.
SmartAdvice: Evaluate The Range Of Infrastructure-Monitoring Options Best-of-breed systems are a good choice for large companies, but don't overlook open-source tools, The Advisory Council says. Also, demand for IT skills is driven by a number of factors, including new technologies, government regulation, and merger-and-acquisition activity.
StorageTek, Arsenal Launch Managed Backup StorageTek's new ViaRemote service promises "pay-as-you-go" pricing based on both capacity consumed and numbers of users.
Frustration Over Lack Of Market Gains Led To AMD-Intel Suit AMD has only around 10% of the x86 processor market, a figure that hasn't grown in three years, even though the company has introduced innovative products such as 64-bit capabilities and dual-core processors.
IBM And Mercury To Put Multicore Chip In Imaging Applications The two vendors will jointly develop products and applications to take full advantage of the Cell processor, a chip with nine processing cores.
AMD Charges Coercion In Antitrust Suit Against Intel Intel used cash payments, discriminatory pricing, and marketing subsidies to force 38 companies to limit purchases from AMD, the suit alleges.
Microsoft Tests Tool For Computer Classrooms Shared Computer Toolkit helps administrators erase downloaded programs and restore deleted files.
Sun Adds A Low-End Opteron Workstation And A Mobile Workstation Starting at $895, the Ultra 20 is aimed at the fast-growing market for x86-based workstations.
Shareholders Approve Symantec-Veritas Merger Widely expected, the merged entity can now move forward on delivering a comprehensive set of security, storage, availability and performance solutions.
Orders For Big-Ticket Computer Wares Slip The value of new orders for durable computers and related products in May fell a seasonally adjusted 7% but remains 21.5% higher than a year earlier.
Microsoft Expands Legal Protection For PC Makers Microsoft will pay more to defend PC makers facing patent suits, as intellectual-property disputes rise
Report: Customers Mostly Upbeat On IT, Storage Spending Baird survey finds that 85% have budgets that are the same or higher than last year, with 40% growing their IT budgets by at least 3% over 2004.
SmartAdvice: Smart Backup Storage Tips Electronic vaulting promises an end to shipping backup tapes, The Advisory Council says. Also, vendor software generally improves over time, but homegrown software needs to beware those "one-at-a-time" changes.
IBM's Blue Gene Remains Tops In Supercomputer Rankings Energy Department supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory takes the top spot at 136.8 teraflops.
Open-Source Management Tool Gets Graphic GroundWork looks to make its systems-management tool easier to use and more competitive with big-ticket commercial IT-monitoring software.
Return To Sender: RFID Reduces Errors For Sears The retailer is using RFID to improve shipping accuracy and productivity at a merchandise-returns center in Atlanta.
Xiotech Debuts Mobile SAN The Magnitude 3D 1000m is touted as easily transportable in case of emergency.
Secure Alliance Network Appliance buys partner Decru.
EMC Launching Centera Upgrades Virtual pooling enhancements make it easier to compartmentalize applications and secure data.
SmartAdvice: Match Project Tools With Business Objectives And Company Culture Project-management tools can offer real help for delivering projects on spec, on time, and on budget, The Advisory Council says. Also, RFID can help your bottom line if you use feedback promptly.
IBM Eases Switchover To RFID Printer for RFID labels appears to be just the beginning of the company's involvement in hardware for the technology.
The PC Replacement Decision More companies are replacing all their PCs at once, rather than in staggered cycles; benefits include reduced maintenance costs
File Systems That Fly The superfast input-output speeds of cluster file systems could change the way companies approach storage
NetApp Buys Decru For $272 Million Decru, particularly strong in government markets, uses a combination of strong encryption, authentication and access controls to secure stored data.
Mac Users Get New Storage Options Maxtor's new FireWire 800-based drive and Asigra's Televaulting for Mac OS X and mixed operating-system environments broaden the backup and recovery options.
Intel Provides Funding For Virtualization Company, Signs Technology Pact SWsoft raises $12.4 million and signs a technology and marketing agreement with Intel.
IBM Adds First Dual-Core Blade Servers The computer maker will add AMD's Opteron chips to its server-cluster platform and offer its first dual-core processor blade servers.
IBM Attracts New Developers To ISeries Growing support from third-party developers of applications and tools is helping IBM to reinvigorate its iSeries server product line.
New CEO Revamps HP's PC Division Mark Hurd creates a new division for the company's notebook and desktop PCs and names a former palmOne executive to run the reorganized unit.
IBM Jumps Into RFID Hardware IBM's new printer for RFID labels, due out in September, appears to be just the beginning of its involvement in the technology.
AppIQ Fleshes Out Multivendor Management StorageAuthority Suite's new version centralizes management of distributed filers from NetApp; integrates reporting and fault analysis for Veritas; and handles mutiple tasks for IBM TotalStorage ESS.
DHL Plans RFID Tags For Every Package It Ships The goal, set for 2015, requires a major IT infrastructure overhaul.
SmartAdvice: Standardize Backup-And-Restore Storage Deploy backup tasks to underused resources for best efficiency in an enterprise backup system, The Advisory Council says. Also, there's a high threshold for moving PowerBuilder developers to Java.
SANs Are In The Navy Now The U.S. Navy turns to storage area networks to make sure weapons-system software is tested and deployed quickly.
Investment Bank Consolidates Storage Using Utility-Computing Technology New system avoids need to build a storage area network and assists with migration to a Linux environment.
Naval Weapons Software Testing Facilities To Link SANs Move will speed testing and certification of new software that runs Navy weapons systems.
HP Completes Its PA-RISC Road Map With Final Processor Upgrade Hewlett-Packard recently introduced the last upgrade for its PA-RISC proprietary processor, effectively ending the life of a technology that had been driving the vendor's high-end servers since the mid-1980s.
Apple's Switch To Intel Opens The Door To Wider Enterprise Use Apple will not sell or support other operating systems, but using the Intel chips means users can run both the Mac OS X and Windows XP on their Mac hardware. That is expected to boost the Mac's appeal to enterprise shops.
Interview: The FBI's CIO Talks About Getting Results Learning from past mistakes, Zalmai Azmi says the bureau is cultivating better relationships with IT vendors and doing more centralized planning, while still trying to make up for lost time.
Cisco Enhances Anti-Distributed-Denial-Of-Service Capabilities For Service Providers Telecom service providers can use the technology to offer more-effective managed security services, Cisco says.
Intel Aims Dual-Core Chip At Mobile Market New Napa platform promises better graphics and virtualization
Microsoft's Push E-Mail Features Pack for Windows aims to compete with BlackBerry
Sun Seeks Strength With StorageTek Buy Sun hopes $4.1 billion acquisition gives it clout in the enterprise-storage market
Intel And TiVo To Offer TV On Laptops The two companies plan to introduce technology to wirelessly transfer television content to Centrino notebook computers.
Intel Expects To Ship 30 Million Cell Phone Processors This Year The chipmaker plans to introduce its second-generation processor for cell phones in the second half of this year.
Like AMD, Intel Has Its Sights On 2015 Chipmaker promises a glimpse of 2015 technology at the Intel Developers Forum, slated for August in San Francisco.
Tech Vs. Terrorism The FBI stumbled badly in modernizing its IT to help fight terrorism. Here's how the bureau plans to get on track.


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DULUTH, Ga. � Kelsey Bone had 18 points and 15 rebounds, with most of her production coming in the second half, and Texas A&M beat Kentucky 75-67 on Sunday night to win the Southeastern Conference tournament championship in its first year in the league.
DULUTH, Ga. � Kelsey Bone had 18 points and 15 rebounds, with most of her production coming in the second half, and Texas A&M beat Kentucky 75-67 on Sunday night to win the Southeastern Conference tournament championship in its first year in the league.
The Aggies, the No. 4 seed, were the surprise of the tournament by beating the top two seeds in the tournament. No. 19 Texas A&M (24-9) beat top-seeded Tennessee in the semifinals before beating No. 2 seed Kentucky (27-5) in the final.
Kristi Bellock had 15 points and Courtney Walker had 14 for the Aggies.
Bone, selected the tournament MVP, was called for her second foul and went to the bench for the final 8:54 of the first half. She logged only eight minutes with four points in the half.
No. 7 Kentucky�s long wait for its second SEC title continues. The Wildcats won their only championship in 1982.
A�dia Mathies led Kentucky with 19 points. Jennifer O�Neill had 17 but the Wildcats were hurt by poor shooting through most of the second half.
Texas A&M took the lead with an 11-0 run early in the second half and then stretched the advantage to 11 points with an 8-0 run midway through the half.
Kentucky made only four of its first 23 shots (17.4 percent) in the second half.
The Aggies led by 15 points at 63-48 before Kentucky tried to rally. Bria Goss sank a 3-pointer and O�Neill followed with a three-point play, pulling the Wildcats to within nine points.
Kentucky swept two regular-season games against Texas A&M, but the combined margin of victory in the two games was only seven points.
Even with the 6-foot-4 Bone sitting out most of the half, the Wildcats� biggest lead in the half was two points. Kentucky, which trailed by six at 23-17 midway through the half, led 36-34 at halftime as O�Neill closed the half with two straight baskets.
Stallworth scored to open the second half, stretching Kentucky�s lead to four points. The Aggies scored the next 11 points to take a 45-38 lead. Williams ended the run with a 3-pointer.
NO. 1 BAYLOR 77, OKLAHOMA ST. 69: Brittney Griner had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and top-ranked Baylor held off a furious late charge by Oklahoma State for a 77-69 victory in the Big 12 tournament semifinals Sunday.
Oklahoma State trailed by 17 after Baylor guard Odyssey Sims converted a nifty three-point play with 15 minutes left, but the Cowgirls (21-10) cut it to 72-69 with 1:34 remaining when Tiffany Bias converted a steal into a breakaway layup. But Jordan Madden hit a 3-pointer for the Lady Bears with 38 seconds to go before Griner blocked an Oklahoma State shot, one of her seven blocks.
Baylor (31-1), which has won 48 consecutive Big 12 regular-season and tournament games, will play in its third consecutive tournament final Monday night against No. 2 seed Iowa State (23-7). The defending national champions have won 29 in a row overall since a loss to Stanford during the first week of the season.
No. 2 NOTRE DAME 75, SOUTH FLORIDA 66: Natalie Achonwa had 20 points and 20 rebounds to help Notre Dame beat South Florida in the Big East women�s tournament quarterfinals.
Skylar Diggins, the Big East player of the year, added 15 points for the Irish � who have won a school record 24 straight games. They will face No. 13 Louisville in the semifinals Monday night.
Notre Dame (29-1) trailed 51-47 midway through the second half before scoring eight straight points, including four by Achonwa.
The Smith sisters � Andrell and Andrea � did all they could to keep the Bulls (21-10) in the game, but they couldn�t regain the lead. Andrell finished with 27 points, while Andrea had 18.
No. 3 CONNECTICUT 94, DePAUL 61: Breanna Stewart scored 21 points to lead a balanced offense as Connecticut beat DePaul in the Big East tournament.
Stefanie Dolson and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis each added 16 points for the Huskies (28-3), who have won 16 consecutive Big East tournament games. The second-seeded Huskies have made the tournament semifinals every year since 1989, a string of 25 consecutive quarterfinal wins. They�ve won the tournament five straight years.
No. 13 LOUISVILLE 62, ST. JOHN�S 55: Sara Hammond had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help Louisville beat St. John�s. After trailing by three at the half, Shoni Schimmel�s 3-pointer gave Louisville (24-7) a 32-30 lead with 16 minutes left. Hammond followed with a three-point play moments later to extend the advantage. St. John�s hung around over the next 11 minutes and trailed 54-50 after Nadirah McKenith�s free throws with 3:11 left.
No. 6 DUKE 92, No. 15 NORTH CAROLINA 73: Freshman Alexis Jones scored a career-high 24 points and Duke claimed its eighth Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title by routing North Carolina in the championship game.
Elizabeth Williams also had 24 points and Haley Peters scored 17 for the top-seeded Blue Devils (30-2).
Duke led by as many as 26, shot nearly 57 percent and outrebounded North Carolina by six to cruise to its third title in four years.
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt had 25 points to lead the third-seeded Tar Heels (28-6).
SAINT JOSEPH�S 61, No. 11 DAYTON 54: Chatilla van Grinsven�s 19 points and 10 rebounds helped Saint Joseph�s snap Dayton�s 15-game winning streak in the Atlantic 10 Conference semifinals.
The Flyers (27-2) hadn�t lost since Dec. 30 against Bowling Green. They had beaten 22 straight conference opponents, including last season�s tournament title run, since a Feb. 11, 2012, loss to St. Bonaventure.
The fourth-seeded Hawks (22-8), who lost 73-66 at Dayton on March 3, will face third-seeded Fordham in Saturday night�s final in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Rams beat Temple 66-55 in Sunday�s other semifinal and have won eight straight, including a 70-65 overtime win over Saint Joseph�s on Feb. 24.
Erin Shields scored 12 points and Ilze Gotfrida 10 for Saint Joseph�s, and Ashley Prim grabbed 13 rebounds.


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pymds is a simple, authoritative-only DNS server that has a simple module system for customizing how name resolution happens. The main motivation for starting this project was to create a simple system for building smarter DNS servers, capable of geography awareness, geographic load balancing, application aware load balancing, etc. Current modules implement standard behavior of using a file based DB to answer queries and to provide simple round-robin load-balancing across several servers by altering the order that IP addresses are returned.
myqslBind manages clusters of ISC BIND 9 name servers. It has support for unlimited views, secondary only zones, unlimited masters, hidden masters, and slave name servers. It has template-based end-user and admin interface programs for your Web 2.0 interface. It uses a company contact role permissions model. It is very stable. It is not a MySQL DNS server, but a static configuration model from a MySQL replication cluster. It has a technical schema based back-office for ISP MySQL developers.
Domain Technologie Control (DTC) is a Web-based control panel for hosting that can delegate the task of creating subdomains, email, and FTP accounts to users for the domain names they own. It has support for many programs, including bind 8 and 9, MySQL, Apache, PHP 4, qmail, Postfix, Courier, Dovecot, ProFTPD, Webalizer, and mod-log-sql. It can also generate backup scripts, calculation scripts, and config files using a single system UID/GID, and monitor all traffic accounting per user and per service. It is fully skinnable and translated into several languages.
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Kansas legislators are entering a crucial but messy phase of interlocking debates over conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's tax and budget proposals.
Brownback is promoting his package of tax initiatives as a five-year plan for committing the state to eventually phasing out personal income taxes after aggressive income tax cuts last year.
But he also is proposing changes that will generate $1.1 billion in net new revenues over the three years beginning in July to stabilize the budget, ahead of most of the relief he's promising.
It isn't difficult for Brownback's critics to argue that his tax plan is in trouble, particularly his proposals to eliminate two popular income tax deductions for homeowners and to cancel a drop in the state sales tax scheduled for July. Some of the governor's allies in the GOP-dominated Legislature are resisting those ideas, and lawmakers are searching for alternatives.
And if the governor's tax plan is in trouble, his budget is, too, because without the new revenues, his spending blueprints for the next two fiscal years collapse.
House and Senate budget committees will make decisions over the next few weeks, with members knowing they may have to seriously revise what they draft now as tax committees wrestle with their bills.
Republican leaders see trial balloons, digressions, wool-gathering and even some false starts as necessary on such complicated issues.
"You have a tendency to go on these intellectual odysseys and get lost in the weeds," said Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, a conservative Hutchinson Republican. "This is just part of the process."
Both chambers have Republican supermajorities and conservative leaders, generating solid support for Brownback's goal of phasing out individual income taxes as a way to make Kansas economically vibrant. Most GOP lawmakers also appear to agree that the state was on the right path when it enacted massive income tax cuts last year and should follow up this year.
Brownback sought last year to offset the tax cuts that eventually were enacted by eliminating income tax deductions and credits and keeping the state's sales tax at 6.3 percent. The state boosted the tax three years ago under Brownback's Democratic predecessor to balance the budget but mandated that the tax drop again to 5.7 percent in July.
Legislators rejected all of Brownback's proposed "pay fors" last year and sent him the most aggressive package of cuts they had considered. He signed it, arguing that the state would be better off economically if it cut taxes than if it didn't, but the outcome put him and lawmakers in a difficult position this year.
Without adjustments in tax policy the state faces budget shortfalls for at least two years — and, according to some critics, far longer.
But some lawmakers contend Brownback's proposal to eliminate income tax deductions for the interest on home mortgages and the property taxes on Kansans' homes are unpopular with their constituents, and some don't want to break the promise to decrease the sales tax. The powerful, conservative-leaning Kansas Chamber of Commerce is criticizing Brownback's revenue-raising ideas.
"The Legislature also is going to need to make some decisions about whether they're going to move forward with the governor's tax plan or any other tax plan that may be offered, because the appropriations process is largely predicated on that kind of revenue coming in," said House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat. "They're going to need some time if we're going in a different direction."
The Kansas Chamber is urging legislators to trim back Brownback's proposals for budgets exceeding $14 billion for each of the next two fiscal years. The House Appropriations Committee is assuming for now that it will reduce spending, said Chairman Marc Rhoades, a conservative Newton Republican.
"We're looking for efficiencies in government," he said. "We're kind of cloistered in that sense."
The Legislature's budget-writers know they can't remain isolated from the tax debate, and the tax committees expect to sift through perhaps dozens of ideas in drafting the final version of any legislation.
"Typically, on a tax plan, you put 10 people in a room, and there are 10 different ideas of where to go," acknowledged Senate President Susan Wagle, a conservative Wichita Republican.
Some legislators have suggested eliminating exemptions to the state sales tax — always a contentious debate. Luke Bell, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of Realtors — a vocal critic of Brownback's plan to eliminate the two income tax deductions for homeowners — said his group could accept a plan to phase out all personal income tax deductions and credits as tax rates drop.
House Taxation Committee Richard Carlson, a conservative St. Marys Republican, said: "At this time, we're still exploring those alternatives, and we'll have to see where the votes are to put together a plan that meets all of our goals."
Legislators are likely to leave an impression that they are floundering on tax issues over the next few weeks, particularly if no bill emerges from committee. Also, work on budget issues is likely to plod along for a few weeks.
But lawmakers also will be moving closer to resolving the biggest issues of their annual session.