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Program of Study
Digital filmmaking is a composite major including film production courses and relevant studies in art, music and theatre. As a digital filmmaking major at ENMU, you'll acquire core skills in screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, sound and editing. Upper-division courses and 20 hours of electives allow you to specialize in one of these areas or to pursue broader interests such as broadcast production or business.
Special Services and Opportunities
Our faculty is committed to responsible academic advising and is dedicated to help you be successful. Faculty members are specialists in their areas of expertise and are committed to the success of their students. When you major in digital filmmaking at ENMU, you'll have access to current production equipment and state of the art post-production facilities for filmmaking projects.
Service and Mutual Interest Organizations
Digital filmmaking students are actively involved as crew on projects with fellow students, and many receive valuable experience working on faculty produced films, as well as other types of media and performing arts endeavors. The ENMU Film Club provides a student-run forum for screening and discussion of historically and culturally important films.
Scholarships and Financial Assistance
ENMU is committed to helping you finance your education. In addition to grants, loans, and scholarships offered University-wide, the College of Fine Arts offers 27 scholarships. Additionally, many Eastern New Mexico University students work part-time student hire and work/study jobs within the College of Fine Arts and elsewhere on campus to help finance their education.
Career Opportunities
The digital filmmaking program prepares you to pursue careers in all aspects of media production, including traditional film, as well as new Internet-based forms of cinema, narrative and instructional video and film/video art. When you graduate with a digital filmmaking degree from ENMU, you will leave ready to enter the industry as an independent filmmaker, to begin a career in the film and media industry or to seek an advanced degree.
High School Courses
If you are thinking about majoring in digital filmmaking, as a high school student you consider taking courses involving media creation such as: art, design, photography, creative writing, sound/music production and theater.
Additional Degree Information
You can find additional information about the Bachelor of Science in Digital Filmmaking degree, including the courses you will take when you're a digital filmmaking major at Eastern.


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Yesterday, Fals The Bahd Guy released his album, 'Stories That Touch'on iTunes, and now the lawyer cum comedic performer received a pleasant surprise when his music made it to No. 1 on iTunes store.
Fans took to the streaming app to download the album, and by the end of yesterday, Stories That Touchmade it to the no. 1 selling spot on iTunes in the region, beating. Adele's much-anticipated 25 and Justin Bieber's Purpose which was released on November 13.
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THE WHEEL OF TIME by Robert Jordan
So, as noted on my blog, I have started my mammoth re-read of the Wheel of Time series. I have got through volume 1 (Eye of the World), volume 2 (The Great Hunt) and volume 3 (The Dragon Reborn) already. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed them, although I also have to confess there were some places I skip-read because I remembered it too well. Particularly for the first volume, it felt like meeting old friends, Rand, Perrin, Mat, Moraine and Lan... and the gradual build-up from being insignificant villagers to powerful ta'veren worked just as well the second time around. Of course, there were lots of occasions when I picked up foreshadowing which probably meant nothing to me twenty years ago on the first read, and of course there were lots of occasions when I though "aha, you say that now, but I know what's going to happen to you." But overall, I enjoyed rereading these three volumes. The pace was quicker than I remembered, and there was plenty of detail that I had forgotten. Onto volume 4!


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SANTIAGO (Apr. 6)
Comment was aroused in the Chilean press by the help-wanted advertisement of the local German department store, Oberpaur, which said that only "pure Aryans" need apply. The advertisement was published in El Murcurio, Chile's largest newspaper.
La Critica, leftist evening newspaper, declared editorially: "Chileans will not stand idly by while Germans in Chile seek to introduce racial prejudice. We do not wish our democratic country to be poisoned by Mr. Oberpaur, who could not make a living in his own fatherland and therefore emigrated to Chile."


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Ask a Lawyer and Get Answers to Your Legal Questions
You need to sue him civilly in court for the money he owes you. If its a small amount you could consider filing a small claims lawsuit. In CA small claims are allowed when it is under or equal to $10,000.00
What type of lawyer should I contact ? I still have all his belongings and don't know what to do with them is this a land lord tenant case or like a family law case ? We were not married but he lived at my house for more than three years and left it all about a month ago
You would need a civil lawyer to collect and sue for the money owed What is the money owed for? Was there a contract? As for his belongings you should notify him that they will be available for pick up. Here is a link as to what a Landlord must do with tenant property as that is what this case would fall closer to
The money was for rent and yes I have a signed paper as to what he owed . He agreed to pay back rent when he got a settlement but when he got it he left. Can i put a lien on the car
Yes you can put a lien on the car but you will need to obtain a judgment first for the back owed rent. You could proceed in small claims if udner the 10,000.00 otherwise contact a civil attorney to sue in superior court
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JERUSALEM (Jul. 10)
The swelling tourist boom brought 56,173 visitors to Israel in the first six months of this year and produced more than $10,000,000 for the Israel Treasury, according to statistics released today. In the first six months of 1959, the total number of tourists was 41,474.
An American industrial firm has for the first time included Israel as a site for its travel incentive programs, it was disclosed today. The Fedders Corporation, a major air conditioning manufacturer, has made plans to send by jet plane this fall about 1,000 of its retail dealers and their wives to Israel on a 10-day all-expense-paid vacation.


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A job database to help those with disabilities?
Executive Director, Society for the Physically Disabled
The Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) supports Mr David Soh's call for a central database of job-seekers ("Have centralised job database, MOM"; Sept 25). This database should also support job placement agencies for persons with disabilities, like the SPD's Employment Support Programme.
Placement agencies have high data management needs, such as managing job-seeker profiles, their job preferences and tracking their historical transactions with the placement service.
Agencies serving persons with disabilities must track added information, such as type of disability, accommodations required and assistive technologies needed.
While voluntary welfare organisations receive government funding for providing job placement services, the funding does not support the development of a database. There are also no economies of scale for individual placement services to set up stand-alone databases.
Placement agencies now struggle to meet these data management requirements, and the lack of proper database solutions impacts the agencies' efficiency.
In Hong Kong, the Labour Department administers the Interactive Selective Placement Services, a central database open to job-seekers and placement service providers.
With technology, such a centralised job database is within our reach. Besides helping mainstream employees and employers, this could help relevant agencies in enabling persons with disability to be employed.


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Staff Writer
The 30th Annual National Night Out event will take place Tuesday in Lincolnton.
Neighborhoods throughout the city will unite and participate in block parties as various city and county officials and first responders travel from one location to the next to eat food, fellowship with citizens and participate in various games and entertainment.
The yearly celebration is a nationwide effort established by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) in the 1980s to both promote community safety and allow citizens to take a visible stand against crime.
According to Officer Kameron Keener with the Lincolnton Police Department, a least a dozen parties will take place in the area.
For each neighborhood that registers for the event with the NATW, located in Wynnewood, Penn., the organization sends a kit with National Night Out suggestions and guidelines.
Lincolnton is currently one of 15,000 communities joining in on the anti-crime celebration this year, according to natw.org.
Citizens will particularly get the chance to mingle with firefighters, emergency medical crews, Sheriff's deputies, police, troopers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Probation and Patrol officers and local government figureheads.
Law enforcement officers in particular view the event as an opportunity to show young children their friendly nature and dispel any incorrect myths or misinformation they may have heard from friends and family members about officer motives or career responsibilities.
Officers will teach safety-related tips and hand out toys, T-shirts and other gear.
Local National Night Out block parties will be 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at the following locations:
For more information on National Night Out, contact the Lincolnton Police Department at (704) 736-8900 or visit natw.org.
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By Tom Caldwell
From: Alpine, UT
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rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|This route was put up in 1993 by Bob Caldwell. This is a fun route. Give it a go.
By Aaron Livingston
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rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|Must do route in the S Curves area, going off route is very easy tho try and avoid going left around the arete. Extremely pumpy (like everything at dog pile)
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|This felt much harder than most 10a's in BCC.. Huge jugs but the pump destroyed me.
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I picked these today plus 2 vases for my mum
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04 Jul 2014 02:26
I picked these today plus 2 vases for my mum
05 Jul 2014 10:52
Finally, this week, mine started to flower. I'm so relieved. I thought they'd never work out for me. Bit disappointed that they're almost all white. I'll try a different supplier next year I think!
05 Jul 2014 14:45
Today's pickings......
And my sweet peas after the picking and a little trim.....I quite like the 'shabby chic' look but have found they are very friendly and are wrapping themselves around the other plants so have had to trim them slightly
These are my 'Eagle' sweet peas, not very big or flowering yet but sown quite late.
They have 12' canes so won't be quite so shabby chic
05 Jul 2014 15:28
Until October David.....I've never done Autumn sowings before, but I'll let you enjoy the summer first
09 Jul 2014 13:09
Great photos. We need smell-o-net!
Mine are flowering now and I'm cutting twice-weekly for the office. I usually put some runner beans and nasturtiums in there too. Definitely going to sow some in the autumn to get them better-established for next year.
09 Jul 2014 20:07
Took a bunch of my sweet peas to my Aged Ps in their Res. Home this morning - they used to be one of Ma's favourites but she's a bit confused about things now, but the scent certainly reminded her of some things.
Pa was very chuffed with them and thought I was very clever. He loved the colours and the scent and has them in a vase by the reclining chair where he spends most of his time.
09 Jul 2014 21:09
I thought autumn showings might be a bit of a faff for me but I may try as only got a few flowers and we're into July, but disappointed so far, ones in back garden ok, looks like quite a few more buds, ones in front got shaded out by geraniums and eaten by the snails I didn't t manage to murder, wI'll stick to back garden next year
10 Jul 2014 08:17
I'm going to do both David, but my spring sown ones have been flowering for over a month now, the later ones haven't though Rosemummy so you're not on your own.
11 Jul 2014 09:16
just worried i'd have to be constantly on the lookout for extra months for mice slugs snails...would i put them in greenhouse?
11 Jul 2014 09:23
I am going to put mine in the GH RM.
By the way, just said on Forkers I'd bit seen you.....didn't realise you were hiding with the sweet peas
11 Jul 2014 09:36
i'd love to hide in the sweet peas!
11 Jul 2014 09:52
LOL RM, me too sometimes.....and not just for the smell
11 Jul 2014 22:22
Hi all GW noob is here. Myself and my fiancée have been building up some sort of order in this our first year of gardening in out first home.
Sweet peas on the agenda - check
What you think
11 Jul 2014 22:28
Great,Shaun.don't forget to pick them. The more you pick, the more you get.
11 Jul 2014 22:37
Thanks guys. David sorry for being so "green" which parts are the tendrils


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Photoshopby Alan_Kolnik (620)
Alan_Kolnik (620) 2010-02-21 05:12:52This is a potentially good picture that is spoiled by the dull sky and the lack of sparkle in the field of flowers. If you have Photoshop, here is how I tried to improve it:
Used the magic wand tool to select the sky, and then made a new layer. Then used the "Auto levels" tool on the original to get it more snappy.
Using the new sky layer, used the created a new "Color balance" layer, and adjusted the blue slider till the grey became blue. The added a "Brightness/contrast layer" to brighten the sky up to make it less dark.
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Alan_Kolnik (620) 2010-02-13 11:05:24Converted to greyscale in Photoshop, then added a little contrast and used the dodge tool to lighten the beach area near the figure. Just having a little fun with a lovely image.
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Alan_Kolnik (620) 2010-02-11 17:23:16Simpl applied the smart sharpen filter in Photoshop to make it pop out a little more on the screen.
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Alan_Kolnik (620) 2010-02-11 17:13:36Gradient fill layer applied to even out sky and sea. White areas selected and desaturated to remove blue color cast. Curves layer applied to correct histogram.
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Skewby Alan_Kolnik (620)
Alan_Kolnik (620) 2007-10-02 19:47:27Greg, I used the "skew" function in Photoshop to straighten out the perspective, so the building does not look as if its falling backwards. Hope you like it.
High Pass Sharpeningby Alan_Kolnik (620)
Alan_Kolnik (620) 2005-04-04 20:49:18This is the first time I've posted a workshop on my own picture, but would like feedback. This is the same picture, using a technique called "High Pass Sharpening" rather than USM to sharpen up the picture. I also adjusted the levels to brighten it, though that may be a mistake as it loses the dark, elegant feeling of the actual location, somewhat.
HPS is described at:
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Sharpening and filteredby Alan_Kolnik (620)
Alan_Kolnik (620) 2005-04-03 18:26:03There is far too much noise in the picture as posted, which detracts from the beautiful scene (and Tuscany IS one of the most beautiful places in the world!). Its hard to correct this properly from a posted image, as the original resolution is lost, but it can be improved significantly at the expense of having a slightly plastic feel to the fields. I ran it through USM on PS to try to preserve some of the edges, and then filtered it through Neat Image. I think that you could do a lot better with the original, since here I am limited to dealing with an image lifted of the screen at 72 dpi.
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Alan_Kolnik (620) 2005-03-12 10:45:44Cliff - the picture as posted has a green cast that obscures much of the other color in the photo. Obviously, there's a limit to what I can do by lifting this off the screen, but I hope you like the workshop - I adjsuted the levels of each channel to remove the overall green tone, and now you can see the blue of the bicycle's frame, and the tones in the wooden fence.
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Levels adjustedby Alan_Kolnik (620)
Alan_Kolnik (620) 2005-03-12 10:09:26Pierre, I think you have a lovely image that can be made even better by adjusting the levels in PS to maximize the brightness and contrast in the scene. I simply adjusted the levels for each of the red, green, and yellow channels.
Manipulationby Alan_Kolnik (620)
Alan_Kolnik (620) 2004-11-05 07:45:31I added some clouds to the picture froma collection of cloud pictures I maintain for this purpose. Used the magic wand to select the sky area, and cut it out. Then chose the cloud picture, set the size and resolution to match the original picture, and copied it in as a new layer. The clouds were actually pointing in the wrong direction, so flipped them horizontally to have the open sky over the bright area. Moved the clouds around till I liked their position relative to the shadows on the ground. Then ran the whole thing through NeatImage to sharpen and remove noise.
Hope you don't object to this manufactured image - I think it adds some drama to the original, which has wonderful colors and tones in the ground areas, but a very dull sky.
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When we wrote about In Plain Sight's renewal a few days ago, we did note that the show's creator and executive producer, David Maples, was getting pushed out of his job. Though in fairness, I did mostly gloss over that because I didn't have any more details.
Natalie Abrams at E! Online's Watch With Kristin has some more details on that as well as news that will definitely make Bill Gorman yelp with glee so loudly I might be able to hear him from halfway around the world (which is where he is).
No more Jinx Shannon! Or at least less of her than what seemed like an already diminished role this year. I am a fan of Lesley Ann Warren, but I didn't love her in the role of Mary Shannon's mother, Jinx. Also out, or taking a lesser role is Detective Robert "Bobby D" Dershowitz played by Todd Williams. He was in the show even less than Jinx, so I doubt people will notice much. It seemed like in the pilot episode they planned bigger things for Bobby D, but they never panned out.
According to Natalie's article they will have roles as recurring guest stars but not be series regulars. Again, it sort of seemed that way already.
Natalie's article is interesting because it has comments both from the exiting Maples and USA Network president of original programming, David Wachtel. Given the circumstance of what seems to basically amount to Maples being fired – typically an ugly circumstance that is like the founder of a start-up being ousted from the company they founded, everyone is quite respectful and civil. If I read it correctly, the central issue was the USA Network wanted the show to be more procedural rather than focus so much on Mary's personal life.
I'm not really sure how I feel about the changes. I know Bill will probably like them – the only thing that would've made him happier probably is to hear that the Brandi (Nichole Hiltz) character was out like Jinx and Bobby D. I like the Mary Shannon character, and didn't mind some of the exploration into her personal life. But, my favorite character on the show is Marshal Marshall Mann. Hopefully the changes will result in more screen time for Fred Weller who stars in the role of Mann.
Natalie also has scoop on the cliffhanger season finale, and why the season actually winds up getting cut short by one episode. There's no Dollhouse-esque controversy there, it was more of a programming choice. They didn't love the last episode as a season finale). Want all the details, head over to E Online and read Natalie's story.


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1. What is the inspiration for your Loop name? I had actually just watched Forest Gump before I joined the Loop. I used it because I was not a runner, and used it as encouragement to myself when I first started...as I would slog along I would mumble it to myself.
2. A/S/L/F (age, sex, location, family)? 37/Male/Colorado/A wife, a 4 year old, a 2 year old, and one in the oven. Oh and a cool dog named Jaxy Boy, woof!
3. When is your Loopiversary (date of your first blog on the Loop)? May 2010
4. How long have you been running? Since Dec 28th 2009
5. What is your favorite distance to race? The Half Marathon because its the easiest distance for me. I can tempo for days, but my most challenging is the 5k because I struggle with that whole top end speed thing.
6. Do you belong to a local running club? Yes, a few. High Altitude Running Club, The Flying Squirrels Race Team, The Jack Quinns Running Club, and I do a weekly Weds night group run through my LRS.
7. Have you ever been to a Loopmeet or Loopfest? I have never been to a Loopfest, but I have met Jayson Doggett, ShaunP, Onthebusrunning, ViolinRunner, SantiagobytheSea, CaliforniaRunnin, RunninBrother, TexasDan, and MikeOffHisBike. Oh and I met Jen B in passing in the Leadville 100.
8. Have you ever lost a toenail? Yes, two times I think.
9. What is your favorite post-race treat? Beer, is this a trick question?
10. What one piece of running gear is your must-have item? Shoes and split shorts. I don't need anything else.
11. What socks do you wear when running? Balega, they are the bomb-diggity
12. How do your knees feel? Freakin Awesome, but my hamstring is a little tight right now.
13. If you could go to any one running destination/event, where.what would you chose? Any fast, flat, and perfect weather race where Onthebusrunning is going to be racing! preferably a 5k, half, or full. Location really doesn't matter.
14. Hot or cold--which is worse to run in? Hot, because once the split shorts come off, you have to not only worry about your pace, but the cop chasing you as well.
15. If you have a running inspiration or mentor, who is it? Onthebusrunning.
16. What is your running mantra? "There is only one way to find out"
17. Are there any other runners in your family? My SIL is an amazing runner and an Olympic Trials Marathon runner. My brother Dave was never a "real runner" (meaning he doesn't enjoy it and only runs bc his wife does) but he has run in the 17s for the 5k, my brother Stephen runs and is a natural, but just lacks the motivation to excel (he ran his first and only half marathon on 8 weeks of training and ran a 1:33). My other brother Matt runs, but more for fitness. Oh, and my BIL runs for fitness, too.
18. Roads or trails? I race on the roads, and train mostly on trails and the track. So I like both, always have. I refuse to buy trail specific shoes though.
19. What's the funniest thing that has ever happened to you on a run? Hmm? Being chased and bit by a dog? No. How about my knack for always ending up in the middle of a race during a training run.
20. What is your most memorable running moment? When I broke 20 minutes in the 5k, and it will always be my most memorable running moment. And oh look, I was wearing the race shirt!
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Dwarka, Delhi, India, 2010/11/27 - Recently, KSOU introduced its Online Distance Learning Management System, which enables students to attend virtual classes, interact with faculty, hold problem-solving sessions and appear for online computer based exams.
The hub of distance learning MBA education in South Delhi, EduProz, has tied up with Karnataka State Open University to provide lucrative executive MBA options to the hundred thousand students registered with them. The alliance is already in force, with the student registration for various KSOU degree programs going underway a month back.
The current association between EduProz and Karnataka State Open University will license EduProz to offer MBA and other graduate/post-graduate programs of technical and management nature offered by KSOU. At the successful completion of the program, the students will get a degree sealed and stamped by KSOU administration. EduProz provides a helping hand by providing the much-coveted
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Mr. Ashish Gupta, the MD of EduProz expressed profuse optimism about the success of EduProz and the students under its knowledge-canopy. This is another feather in the cap for us. With the affiliation of the best Universities in the country, we are all set to create a distinctive mark for ourselves, beamed the proud MD.
EduProz is a leading distance learning solutions provider to the students around the country. With affiliations to the leading open universities in the country like Punjab Technical University, Maharishi Dayanand University and now Karnataka State Open University, it caters to the need of classroom-based education for students pursuing various correspondent courses. The flexible nature of classes is an added incentive for it allows students to work full time/part time or discharge any other obligation. In addition to the degree, the student can also boast of a practical hands-on project experience.
Karnataka State Open University, formed in the year 1996, is a government recognized University providing various mainstream distance learning graduate and post-graduate programs to students from all over the country. The programs offered include BA, BBA, MBA, BCA and MCA, to name a few.
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Ted Lahey, vocalist-guitarist for the band Day by the River, is speaking from a pay phone outside the town hall in Northampton, Massachusetts, his feet soaking in the slushy aftermath of a sleet storm. He has some time to chat before Day by the River takes the stage just around the corner at the Iron Horse Cafe. The 24-year-old Athens, Georgia, native is wrapped in a long corduroy jacket and wears a wool hat that warms his shaved head. He braves the 40-degree temperature without complaint. This resolve, from a man who spent four years living in Miami, isn't surprising given that the topic of conversation is the evolution of his band's laid-back philosophy of life.
"I've known the guys since kindergarten," says Lahey, referring to Day by the River's drummer Dave Brockway, bassist Patrick McDonnell, and keyboardist Walt Austin. (Guitarist Jason Rabineau joined two and a half years ago.) "In high school we used to skip out and go to the sandbar by the Oconee River, which runs through Athens. We would drink a six-pack, play guitars, write songs, do the rope swing, and soak in the sun -- and that's how we got the band's name. To me the river is pretty symbolic of our music, a metaphor for constant change. The Oconee River will always be the Oconee River, but the water that passes by will never be the same. We have structures to our music, but every time we play it's a little bit different."
A close listen to Day by the River's second and most recent recording, 1996's fourteen-song Fly, makes it clear that Lahey's assessment of the band's name is not merely ethereal musing. On the album's first three tracks alone he sings, "I feel like takin' off my shoes and dippin' my feet in the swimming pool" ("Naked"); "Past the shed through the woods there's a pond/We can go there to fish at dawn" ("Shed"); and "She hopes that she can learn to see life through the eyes of a little boy" ("Through the Eyes"). Aside from the obvious references to the band's aqueous origins, an aura of purposeful simplicity runs through the album's lyrics.
"For me these attitudes are almost therapeutic," notes Lahey, pausing briefly to inform a man that his car is starting to roll away from its parking spot. (The man catches the car in time, and Lahey continues.) "Being on the road and the nonglamorous side of music can wear you down, so when I play I enjoy having the positive connotations to think about. It keeps me grounded spiritually and mentally. Even when we started and didn't have a clear direction, our music always had a feeling of good times and having fun -- it was never angry music. When we did our first shows, the covers we threw in were songs by people like Jimmy Buffett, that type of 'relax and kick back' kind of feel."
Based on its freeform approach, Day by the River is often compared to Widespread Panic, the Grateful Dead, and other so-called jam bands. A walking bass line sets the rhythm in motion, with guitar and keyboard licks flowing in and out of the mix. While the band members pay little heed to the constraints of conventional song structures, the tunes they produce are compact and avoid indulgent noodling.
There was a time, however, when their music was much more tightly controlled. In the late Eighties, Lahey, Brockway, McDonnell, and Austin all attended Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, where they played in the marching band. "The other guys had to wear the orange and blue toy soldier suits, including the big blue fuzzy hats," Lahey recalls. "I played the tuba so I got to forgo the big fuzzy hat. I wore a beret." When not stomping out a march, the four performed at sorority dances in a Top 40 cover band called Cherubic Creatures. They also began working on original material. But the band was put on hiatus in 1989 when keyboardist Austin enrolled in the University of Miami's music program; over the next two years he was joined there by the other three.
"There was a competitive nature to the school, which forced us to be more creative," remembers Lahey. "We officially formed Day by the River in Miami in 1991, and when we would play anywhere the audience was typically jazz school students who were, in our eyes, critiquing every note. We felt that everyone was a critic, so there was pressure to be more creative and original and play that much harder."
One of their UM teachers, Matt Bonelli, recognized their potential early on. "They were doing a lot of exploring back then," says Bonelli, who still teaches jazz bass and a rock-ensemble class in the school's music program. "I liked that their material was really earthy and rootsy. They played the textures and moods of songs rather than slick guitar and bass parts that didn't do anything. There was a chemistry that was beginning to evolve into a sound."
The band, which at the time also included UM students Buck Pryor (guitar) and Chris Garges (percussion), saved $7000 to record the twelve-song Shimmy in 1992. They released it locally in early 1993 and began to build a following on the city's club circuit; by 1994 they were making occasional forays into Alabama and Georgia (minus Garges, who left in October 1993 to concentrate on his education). In an effort to establish a central home base to accommodate such touring, they moved back to Athens around Christmas 1994; the first half of 1995 saw their road schedule increase from five dates a month to fifteen. The costs inherent in such extensive touring and the harsh realities of the music business began to take their toll.
"It was the first time everyone realized what a long, hard process this was," notes Reis Baron, a friend from the band's Miami days who became their manager in spring 1994. "They had built up a big Miami following, and now they were playing Southern towns where nobody knew them and the audiences wanted to hear cover tunes. The guys saw that they weren't getting signed to a deal without a few more years of hard-core work. It was like starting from scratch."
Things finally boiled over in August 1995 when Pryor suddenly left to join a commune with his mother. With a full slate of shows scheduled at the time of his departure, the band enlisted their friend Jimmy Herring, guitarist for the Aquarium Rescue Unit, a national jam band based in Atlanta, to take his place until a permanent replacement could be found. That replacement was Rabineau, a fan of the band and a student of Herring; he answered an ad and was officially offered the vacant slot in October 1995.
"We had been playing with Buck for so long that we really had to stop and think about style, think about what we were doing and how that affected the guitarists," explains Lahey. "Over the past two and a half years we have had to redefine ourselves and our sound to fit with Jason because we are such a communicative band musically. In the process of improvisation, we're actually speaking, having musical conversations with each other, and when you have another person who isn't used to it, it definitely takes some time. But musically he's becoming more explosive and his voice is becoming more dominant, and we're a much tighter unit than we've been."
The new lineup recorded Fly in July 1996; it features a much fuller and evenly distributed sound than does Shimmy, with vastly improved guitar work. Pryor's solos on Shimmy sometimes seemed limited by his strict use of blues scales. Rabineau's fluid work on Fly, reminiscent at times of the playing of Jerry Garcia, Yes's Steve Howe, or Carlos Santana, gracefully rides the band's flowing rhythms, creating a more cohesive whole.
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With the lineup at its creative apex, Day by the River's popularity has soared. The band was selected for four shows on last year's H.O.R.D.E. tour, although it performed only two -- the other two were completely cancelled. The group has also been approached by several record labels but they're taking a cautious approach by not jumping at offers they consider to be inadequate.
"Most of the deals we've been offered are about as beneficial to us as doing it ourselves," contends Lahey, raising his voice to be heard over fire trucks racing down the street. "We haven't had the kind of interest that will take us to the next level. There are snakes in the industry who think we are not an educated group of guys, [who believe] we're a typical garage band that's going to jump on a deal that will eventually lead us nowhere. The type of deal we want is yet to come, and we know that to have the kind of bargaining power we need, we need to keep plugging away."
Day by the River performs Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, at Stella Blue, 1661 Meridian Ave, Miami Beach; 532-4788. Showtime is 11:00 p.m. Cover charge is $6.


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Premier League: Sebastian Larsson confident Sunderland will beat the drop
Sebastian Larsson is convinced that Sunderland will get out of trouble but has apologised for their defeat at Hull.
Last Updated: 05/11/13 4:23pm
The Black Cats went down to a 1-0 loss at the KC Stadium on Saturday to remain five points from Premier League safety after ten games.
They have collected just four points so far this season and Larsson knows their performances have not been good enough.
However, he is in no doubt that Sunderland will improve and stave off the threat of relegation.
"We are not kidding ourselves because we know where we are in the league," said Larsson.
"But, if you are asking me if we'll get out of trouble, then I'll say there is no question that we will.
"We are massively disappointed with this defeat. Our performance in the first half and the result were not good enough.
"I have no doubt we'll get out of this situation - it's a matter of when, not if.
"Our fans were fantastic and backed us all the way - all we can do is apologise for not picking up the points for them."


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It's time, once again, for the Popehat Signal.
This time I'm seeking help for people sued or threatened with suit by Suburban Express, a Chicago-area shuttle bus company servicing local colleges.
I wrote about Suburban Express back in April; that post is prelude to this one. In short, Suburban Express and its owner, Dennis Toeppen, threatened critics with lawsuits and used boilerplate in its ticket contracts to file a slew of small-claims actions in another county, apparently hoping to leverage the distant and inconvenient location into an easy win over its targets, who were mostly college students. It appeared, for a time, that Suburban Express and Toeppen had reconsidered their course, dismissing the small claims suits and pledging to amend their practices.
That conclusion was premature. Suburban Express is threatening students right now. They require help.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
I explained before that Suburban Express was furiously retreating in the face of a public relations disaster. That retreat was temporary.
Since I wrote my post in April, other writers have reported on new hijinks by Suburban Express and Toeppen. Techdirt reported on how Suburban Express, through new counsel, is now asking an Illinois court for a do-over, saying that its small claims cases in Ford County (including its defamation suit against one critic) should have been dismissed without prejudice, meaning with leave to re-file there or elsewhere. Suburban Express now claims that those cases were filed with prejudice — meaning, permanently — in error back during the period that Suburban Express was trying to rehabilitate its reputation and slow down the Streisand Effect.
Suburban Express' motions are set to be heard in Ford County tomorrow, July 30, 2013.
Ars Technica has reported that Dennis Toeppen has been using Freedom of Information Act demands to the University of Illinois trying to identify his online critics and discovery information about them. There's more here at Reddit.
Techdirt also reported that Suburban Express and Dennis Toeppen have used their website to attack Jeremy Leval, the young man whose criticism of Suburban Express set of its last paroxysm of threats and litigiousness. I have seen at least one other instance of Suburban Express posting its "side of the story." But in the case of Mr. Leval, Toeppen's intent appears to be to revile a litigation opponent.
I am a firm advocate of the more speech remedy to disfavored speech. Suburban Express is pursuing a more-speech remedy by attacking its critics online. It may be a rather questionable strategy from a public relations standpoint as a business, but it's better than suing over criticism — or it would be, if it weren't part of a campaign that includes lawsuits. Similarly, the Freedom of Information Act is an important tool that citizens can use to prevent unwarranted government secrecy. However, it can also be used to harass and to pierce internet anonymity in order to file frivolous lawsuits.
The Threats
Despite their retreat last Spring, Dennis Toeppen and Suburban Express now have at least four pending legal threats against critics.
First, Suburban Express seeks to revive their thoroughly bogus and abusive small claims case against Jeremy Leval.
Second, Suburban Express, though new counsel, is threatening an online commenter "Katherine C." with a defamation suit. The threat letter — redacted to remove her personal information, because she has not agreed to disclose it — is here. Suburban Express threatens to sue the young woman for, among other things, posing the rhetorical question "Do you really feel comfortable having your credit card information on file with these people?" That's a clear rhetorical statement of opinion, and my answer — based on what's disclosed in my posts and the other public coverage — is a resounding Hell, no. Someone, possibly a process server, has been skulking around Katherine C.'s home and office. She may have been sued already. Edited to add: a tipster informs me that Suburban Express has sued Katherine C. in Champaign County, seeking an injunction. Seeking an injunction in a defamation case is often a good indicator of frivolousness. Second Edit: I now have a copy of the complaint; update at end of post.
Third, Suburban Express has been threatening the moderator of Reddit's University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign subreddit. Suburban Express, through their lawyer, fatuously takes issue with the subreddit's heading, which previously said that Suburban Express is "likely to sue you" if you patronize them. This is astoundingly clearly protected rhetoric; Suburban Express' stubborn statistical analysis that 125 lawsuits does not make one against any given customer "likely" is sanctionably ridiculous. The letter is also replete with what I've come to expect from Suburban Express, Dennis Toeppen, and their lawyers: contempt for their customer base. In what amounts to projection, Toeppen likes to spin any criticism as narcissism, saying that the reddit moderator "apparently seem[s] to enjoy this attention." Toeppen has also written to me "Your coverage is giving a handful of young people an inflated sense of self-worth, Ken." This "you're just children doing this for attention and because you have nothing better to do" theme is common from Toeppen (and, in my experience, from other internet cranks faced with criticism).
Fourth, Suburban Express has used its new law firm to threaten another student for defamation, this time going as far as to include a draft complaint. That complaint is based on the student telling his version of events in a confrontation with a driver; Suburban Express has a different version of events. It's difficult, in light of the pattern of conduct of Suburban Express and Dennis Toeppen, to believe their version of events about nearly anything, but I don't have first-hand knowledge of what happened. However, it's clear that the threatened defamation suit is part of a pattern of attempted intimidation of critics.
Accusations of Sockpuppetry
Suburban Express has had its defenders as well as its critics. They've used various means. Suburban Express' Wikipedia page has been the site of an ongoing struggle to delete criticism. One Wikipedia editor who added critical material found her user page edited to add the second sentence in this description: "I am new to editing Wikipedia. I have a Conflict of Interest with Suburban Express stemming from my interactions with them on the UIUC subreddit. I am asian, female, and angry." Did Suburban Express have anything to do with that? Well, consider my exchange with Dennis Toeppen asking him that question:
Ken: Were you the one who edited a Wikipedia user page to say this about a user, apparently because you believed you had identified the user?
"I am new to editing Wikipedia.
I have a Conflict of Interest with Suburban Express stemming from my interactions with them on the UIUC subreddit.
I am asian, female, and angry."
Dennis Toeppen: I don't see that.
I am neither asian nor female.
Ken: So, it's your position that you didn't write that?
Dennis Toeppen: You didn't send me a url.
Ken: You need a url to tell me whether or not you wrote that?
Dennis Toeppen: If I were your client, would you advise me to answer a question about something I have not seen? I imagine not. So shoot me the url.
Draw your own conclusion. Otherwise, his correspondence with me expresses views of Wikipedia consistent with his disgust at his client base:
Wikipedia seems to have degenerated into somewhat of a social-media site and hangout for teen and twenty-something wannabes, with a dash of mature adults mixed in.
In response to reports that pro-Suburban-Express edits at Wikipedia were traced to IP addresses associated with Suburban Express, Dennis Toeppen told me this:
It is the case that some Wikipedia activity was from IP addresses registered to my company. Keep in mind that we have several computers in driver and student employee areas for their use, an we have wi-fi which is used by transient occupants of a driver apartment which we maintain.
So, a drifter with an iPad probably did it.
I asked him to comment on recurring allegations that he uses aliases to attack critics and competitors on Reddit:
Do you have any comment about whether you, or people acting with you, have been using pseudonyms on Reddit to comment? For instance, have you or people working with you commented as "totallyanonymous2"?
His response was somewhat coy:
I think anonymity online leads people to do things which they would never do out in public. I would like commenters to be compelled to provide their real names. I would support legislation which seeks defeat anonymous online commenting. I am willing to spend my own money in support of that goal. Nevertheless, I support off-the-record interactions between legitimate journalists and sources.
Who Acts Like This?
Why would Dennis Toeppen act this way?
His online activities may constitute classic "more speech" but they are nigh-suicidal for a business that depends on goodwil. The same can be said of his use of FOIA to unmask critics. His company's approach to customer service is loathsome; he runs the sort of company that responds to a call about a lost purse by saying "If it was so important, why did you lose it?" He seems incapable of comprehending how he sounds to his audience. In another context, this excerpt from Suburban Express' terms might seem whimsical; in light of Toeppen's pattern of conduct, it merely smacks of his contempt for his customer base:
Cellular Phone Usage
In the interest of the sanity of those around you, cellular phone usage is limited to 3 minutes per passenger per trip. If you feel compelled to yack for more than 3 minutes, please move to the restroom to do so, or put the call on speakerphone so that everyone can hear *both* sides of the conversation. Having problems with your boyfriend? Other riders will help you out!
Dennis Toeppen rails about people using the internet to trash-talk him, but gleefully uses it for the same purpose, posting screeds about opponents and posting snide videos of competitors.
In short, he's a failed cybersquatter and a small-time bully who can dish it out, but can't take it. He's a classic internet crank, Ignatius J. Reillying his way through one argument after another, bewailing the necessity of sharing the planet with the stupid and inferior people that bedevil him.
My Call For Help
Dennis Toeppen wrote to me "you're certainly willing to help those schmucks if you want to."
First, the defendants in Dennis Toeppen's existing and threatened suits in Cook County need representation. They are students and don't have money. If you are a lawyer in Cook County [edited to add: or Champaign County], please consider helping out, as many past responders to the Popehat Signal have done. Lawyers in other states may want to back up locals with research, writing, and advice. People like Dennis Toeppen succeed in using litigation as a weapon of censorship because a defense is ruinously expensive to average people; a team of pro bono lawyers can probably make short work of him and his lawyers, and eviscerate his competitive advantage. Could Dennis Toeppen possibly identify a false statement of fact in a story or post about him? I'm not inclined to trust him, based on this evidence, but it's possible. But that determination should be made based on his critics having a vigorous defense, not based on thuggery.
Second, if anyone is close to Ford County tomorrow and can observe and report on the hearing on his request to revive his cases, your help would be appreciated.
Third, spread the word. Actions do, and should, have consequences. If more people knew the way Suburban Express acts, they might not use it, and Dennis Toeppen would face the consequences of his conduct. There's already a boycott movement, and it is difficult to imagine that students would willingly use Suburban Express if they knew its history and had an alternative.
Fourth, remember: keep standing up against censors and bullies of every stripe.
Note: this is not a full exposition of Suburban Express' conduct. That may follow, depending on its actions in these threatened lawsuits. I will be reporting on any filed cases and how they are litigated.
Updated to Add: Thanks to the generosity of readers, I now have several offers of help, some from local attorneys, some from attorneys nationwide who will contribute help, one from a computer forensics expert. However, I can still use help in Champaign County, please, to act as counsel in the case there.
A helpful tipster pulled the complaint against Katherine C., noted above. It's an extremely perfunctory affair; it alleges defamation without specifying any defamatory statement whatsoever, and seeks an injunction requiring the review be taken down and prohibiting the defendant from other "defamatory" postings. Remember my maxim: vagueness in defamation claims is the hallmark of frivolous thuggery.
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NEW YORK (Jun. 17)
A Jewish organization wants New York State Moslems and other religious groups that do not observe Saturday or Sunday as their sabbath to have the right to be excused from court proceedings on their holy day. The Moslem sabbath is Friday.
In a letter to Governor Mario Cuomo, the American Jewish Congress has asked that new state legislation prohibiting a court from transacting business on Saturday — the Jewish Sabbath — in cases where any of the litigants observe that day as a holy day be broadened to cover other sabbaths as well.
Christians are already covered by a long-standing ban on Sunday proceedings. The new "Saturday Sabbath" legislation was recently signed by Cuomo.
The AJ Congress letter, signed by associate executive director Phil Baum, applauds the legislature's "sensitivities to the religious observances of litigants," but says that the failure to include an accommodation for the Moslem Sabbath, as well, "impermissibly advances a particular religious practice."
AJ Congress wants Cuomo to ask the legislature to amend the bill. In addition to extending the legislation to include other than Saturday and Sunday sabbaths, the Jewish organization wants the bill expanded to include the sabbath observance of lawyers as well as litigants.


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I really wanted a top I could wear in the office in the summer, and I think I succeed! I'm glad I altered it away from the halter top. I have to be careful about halter tops and this definitely would not have worked for me the way it was designed. I started with the modifications suggested in Knitting Daily and expanded from there.
Future changes: I need to re-do the straps on the back that are supposed to cover my bra straps - they need to be moved about an inch each. I'll do that before summer, but it's gotten cold up here again. These photos were taking when it was 35F out, and before my morning tea too…
Modifications and notes: With my gauge and compensation the top was only 34 inches around the bust after seaming. I blocked it out to 36 inches with a fair bit of stretching, so I hope the top won't get too droopy with time.
5/9: Shoulder straps needed to be more then straps. I picked up 50 stitches for each, made some rapid decreases for shaping and just the right amount of coverage. The straps down the back split in two - one to lift the peak of the top set of petals and one to provide support and allow me to wear a normal bra.
5/8: I'm seaming up now - I left the tails long enough to use them. I'm weaving in all the ends along the seams as well to save time and keep the stockinette neat looking.
5/6: For bust petal on the front half that will be the top-most point of the front I started as for the size 34, but increased 4 stitches at the point where it'll start covering my boobs and then knit the front half an inch longer then the back half. The other bust petal got the same treatment, but I added the increases closer to the end. Pretty much I'm combining what I know about vertical and horizontal bust darts for this shaping… I decreased faster then described so the decreases happen over the same number of rows as in the other petals.
5/4: For the petals at my waist I cast on 56 stitches, but only worked 5.25" an then worked the decreases as directed for the size 34.
5/1: The two hip petals were knit just as described for the size 34.
The cast on seems tricky at first, but if you leave the non-working needle with the cable through the cast on stitches it gives plenty of flexibility to work the short rows. Then I just pull the stitches to the correct tension with a crochet hook.
4/30: My gauge is all off. The yarn claims to be 22sts and 28 rows in 4" on size 6. But on size 6 the fabric was too open AND I only got 20 sts. I dropped to size 5 and I'm getting 20-21 sts still, but I figure this fabric will drape in a way that will compensate for the strips being just a touch narrow. But row gauge is worse. On size 5 needles I'm getting 32 rows in 4 inches. I'd have to go back up several needle sizes to get row gauge. So I'm just ignoring it. I'm knitting to 6.5 inches like directed. I figure if the short rows and decreases are a little shorter then described it'll be ok since everyone seems to be having width issues with this pattern anyway.
I am curious to see how the drape of this top affects it over the long run. Especially since I'm knitting it in a cotton/bamboo mix (drape = saggy if I'm not careful) OTOH the stitches run horizontally not vertically OTOH (I have three hands now) there are no structural cast on or bound off edges - the only structure is where the petals are sewn together. It's an adventure!
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PARIS (Jul. 22)
Foreign Minister Golda Meir of Israel said here today that, according to United Nations sources, Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had made no compromise suggestions regarding freedom of passage of the Suez Canal during his recent visit to Cairo, nor had he negotiated on any compromise proposals.
Mrs. Meir, who stopped off in Paris on her way back to Jerusalem from her Latin American tour, told a press conference that "as Secretary General, he (Mr. Hammarskjold) must defend the principles of the United Nations." She added that "of course, this does not mean that he did not listen to what the other side had to say."
The Israeli Foreign Minister would make no personal comment on the case of the Inge Toft, the Danish freighter held by the United Arab Republic at Port Said since May 21 because it carried cargo from Israel, but reaffirmed Israel's position con the right of free passage.
The Israeli diplomat noted with satisfaction that Mexico and Brazil had signed cultural accords with Israel and that Uruguay and San Salvador had signed commercial agreements. She voiced the opinion that, in the future, a number of Latin American countries would send local experts and technicians to Israel to observe Israeli methods and techniques.
Mrs. Meir told correspondents she did not expect that the caretaker status of the Israel Government would affect its efficacy in conducting foreign policy, noting that "we have had experience with caretakers before–and, moreover, everybody knows there is a cut-off date–the elections on November 3–for this caretaker experience."


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Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: Retiring legends Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid face off in CLT20 title clash
After displaying a brilliant show in the group stage and semi-finals, the teams in blue viz. Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians are geared up to lock horns in the most awaited final encounter of this year's CLT20 to be held in the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals defeated MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings by 13 runs in the first semi-final in the fortress of Jaipur on Friday to extend their winning home streak to 13 matches in a row.
On the other side, the IPL 2013 champions Mumbai Indians snatched victory from Trinidad & Tobago by 4 wickets in the second semi-final match of the tournament in the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Saturday.
Rajasthan Royals won a million hearts by their disciplined performance in this edition of CLT20. Mr. Reliable – Rahul Dravid has marshaled his troops incredibly well right through the tournament and consequently the team has won all their 5 matches in this tournament.
The greatest advantage for the team in the tournament was playing all their league matches as well as the semi-final at their home ground – Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur. The highlight of this final will be zero exposure of Rajasthan Royals to Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
It will be a real knotty task for them to adapt to the prevailing conditions in Delhi and continue the winning momentum there.
On the other hand, Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians have played 2 matches and registered 2 victories at the same venue recently, and the upcoming final will be their third consecutive match at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. This will serve as a positive factor for the Mumbai Indians.
Rajasthan Royals look excellent in all the three departments of the game- batting, bowling and fielding. Ajinkya Rahane seems to be in sweet touch after his three consecutive half-century knocks at Jaipur.
The captain has been unable to perform as per the expectations in the tournament so far, and the fans will be expecting him to make his final T20 knock, a memorable one overcoming his futility.
Dravid lack of form in batting has been well-compensated by his brilliant captaincy throughout the series and has brought success to him and the team as well. The Aussie all-rounder Shane Watson will be the trump card for Royals once again.
The responsibility of posting a good total will be on the shoulders of young sensation Sanju Samson, Stuart Binny, Kevon Cooper and Ashok Menaria. Praveen Tambe's tricky spin will be a tedious enigma to solve for the Mumbai Indians.
The biggest reason to worry for the Royals will be the unavailability of T20 star Brad Hodge in this crucial game. Hodge injured his knee after collision with teammate Shane Watson in the last over of the match against Chennai Super Kings. Shaun Tait is the only overseas replacement available for injured Hodge.
On the other side, Mumbai need to keep their cool despite their magnificent performances in the last two games.
Following the footsteps of Chennai Super Kings, the team can avail this rare opportunity to emerge as CLT20 winners, having already sealed IPL title earlier in the year.
Mumbai Indians will be expecting another brisk start from Dwayne Smith whereas Sachin Tendulkar would love to end his final blue-jersey appearance with a memorable knock.
Dinesh Karthik and Ambati Rayudu's poor form in the middle-order will be a headache for the team. The decent spin combination – Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha will be expecting a good turn from the Kotla pitch.
Kieron Pollard, Mitchell Johnson and Coulter-Nile will be the other crucial players to watch out in this final.


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CHICAGO (AP) - Sloppy defense and a stagnant offense slowed down Scott Diamond's productive start to the season.
The Twins committed three errors and couldn't get anything going on offense against Chris Sale as Minnesota fell 6-0 to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
Diamond (3-1) failed to win for the first time this year. He gave up nine hits and five runs, two earned, over six innings. He struck out four and walked one.
``You take away three of those runs if we would have caught the ball, we'd be right there in the ballgame,' Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. ``It's unfortunate because we've been catching the ball really, really well.'
Minnesota had committed just one error in its previous eight games. The Twins entered the game with the worst record in the AL, but had gone 5-1 on their current road trip.
Diamond gave up an unearned run in the first and two more in the sixth. His only real mistake was a two-run homer to Alex Rios in the fourth inning when he left an 0-2 pitch over the plate.
``It's a case of me wanting to throw too many strikes and being a little too fine,' Diamond said. ``Next time I have to get that pitch in a little more, see how his reaction is and adjust from there.'
Diamond still left the game with a 1.78 ERA on the year.
Sale (5-2) held the Twins to two hits and two walks, striking out six. Trevor Plouffe's flare single to right field in the fifth inning was the only ball to leave the infield against the Chicago lefty.
``He didn't give us much of a chance,' Gardenhire said. ``From that angle sidearm, that's really tough on lefties. He ate some righties up, too.'
Sale has allowed three runs or fewer in all eight of his starts in his first year as a member of the Chicago rotation.
``Part of pitching is finding a groove and rolling with it,' Sale said. ``I felt early that I got into a groove and AJ (Pierzynski) back there calling one of the best games I've seen him call in a while. It was fun to be out there.'
Still showing a black eye after getting hit in the face by a pitch last Friday, Paul Konerko had three hits and scored three times. He connected in the seventh for his ninth homer of the season and extended his hitting streak to nine games, during which he's batting .548 (17 of 31).
The White Sox have won five of six.
Sale allowed just one runner past first base and induced the Twins to bounce into a pair of double plays. He's made a seamless return to the rotation over his past three outings after a brief shift to the bullpen, the team's response to his elbow soreness.
Chicago scored an unearned run in the first on Adam Dunn's RBI single, aided by an error from second baseman Jamey Carroll. The White Sox tacked on two more unearned runs in the sixth on an RBI double by Pierzynski and an RBI groundout by Orlando Hudson, with right fielder Darin Mastroianni dropping a fly ball during the inning.
Joe Mauer reached base three times for Minnesota on a single and a pair of walks. He's reached base in 13 of his past 18 plate appearances.
NOTES: Cole DeVries will make his major league debut for the Twins in the series finale on Thursday. He takes the mound against Phil Humber (1-2, 5.31 ERA). ... DeVries was called up on Wednesday and was 1-4 with a 4.24 ERA in eight starts at Triple-A Rochester. He struck out 37 and walked just seven in 46 2-3 innings. ... DeVries is one of three native Minnesotans on the Twins active roster.


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32 years ago I was born in a small village in the province of Lugo, Paradela. I dreamed about one day becoming a footballer, but I never imagined that I would one day play for my club, that of my heart, Real Madrid. It is something that I will always be proud of. For this I have to thank the club and its president, Florentino Pérez, for giving me the chance to defend this badge.
For an academy player to return to the club of their life is the most amazing thing.
Thanks to two great managers (José Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti) and their respective coaching teams for their confidence, for everything I have learnt from them; for giving me the chance to compete, which is the essence of sport.
Thanks to all my teammates, the physios, doctors, groundsmen and all club employees. It has been a privilege to have shared such moments of great happiness with you; thanks for always treating me with such warmth. I wish all of you the best.
And of course, my sincere thanks to Madrid's fans, this enormous family found all over the world. Thanks for your support and for your strength during this time: you will always be in my heart.
I leave happy, because I have given my all. My only objective was to work day upon day with respect, dedication and to passionately defend the values of the best club in the world.
For all of this I can say with great pride that every minute I spent with Real Madrid was like a gift sent from the heavens.
¡Hasta el final, vamos Real!
From a Madrid fan.
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Sherman Alexie Comes to Centennial Hall
This anthology, in typical Alexie fashion, is uncomfortably honest and deals with the sad reality of life on an American-Indian reservation; however, despite their serious nature, the stories remain above all daring and humorous. The collection, which unites 15 beloved classics with 15 new pieces, explores the intersections where cultures meet and sometimes clash. While he explores the complexities of racism and self-awareness mostly through the experiences of American Indians, Alexie's insights are universal. Overall, this collection is compassionate and bold.
Alexie's poems, fiction, essays and films have won him international acclaim. Smoke Signals, the film Alexie adapted from one of his short stories, helped to launch him into the spotlight. His semi-autobiographical novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian earned the National Book Award. Much of Alexie's writing draws from his experiences as an American Indian growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
Alexie will speak at Milwaukee Public Library's Centennial Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., in an event sponsored by Boswell Book Co.


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Swallowing and laryngospasm
Why does swallowing precipitate laryngeal spasm in some people,and how can this be avoided?
The answer to you question is complex, since it depends on the details of the swallowing and spasms. True laryngospasm (when the vocal folds come together and do not come apart easily during breathing through the mouth) can happen for a variety of reasons - one being chronic exposure to acid. Acute attacks of acid reflux could also cause it. You might also see spasms after aspiration (getting food into the lungs). In order to fully understand and reply to the question, you would have to describe more about what you mean by swallowing (does it happen as you swallow, or a few seconds later or minutes or hours later; does it happen with all foods or just liquids, etc...) and laryngeal spasms (can you breathe, is there coughing associated with it, how often do you have these episodes.)
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Child actors. I have a theory about them. If they manage to reach adulthood, they're always shorter than their civilian counterparts. My theory revolves around the early mornings on set. These kids get exposed to and come to rely on coffee regularly and that stunts their growth. I know my theory is simplistic and I don't have any empirical evidence behind me, but I stand by it. I've just met far too many child actors who've never made it past 5'9" and child actresses who never made it past 5'3".
Aside from their vertical issues, lasting success and well-adjustment truly is a roll of the dice. Some of them turn out okay. Others swipe necklaces from hole-in-the-wall boutiques. It's a lot of stress for an individual to handle at a particularly young age, and often when it comes to stress, some excel, others shatter.
Here's a look at five child actors that are in career-purgatory.
Macaulay Culkin.
His name, his tow-head and sensitive-to-after-shave skin ruled the nineties. His parents were questionable and he made millions before the age of 14. Then came lots of drinking, partying, an early marriage to Rachel Minor, the Mila Kunis thing, and the Euro porn star. Honestly, I know he may or may not have sworn off acting, but I have seen him in smaller projects. This one kid that I would like to see make a comeback; I truly believe he has the chops.
Jonathan Brandis.
My heart, my heart, my stormily pounding heart. I swooned. I supported young Brandis on all his roles on Who's the Boss, Full House, IT, The Neverending Story II and Seaquest. While he continued to work throughout the late nineties and after, he didn't have the crazed stardom of his earlier roles. Some speculated depression. Or drugs. Then the LAPD reported in 2003 that he hanged himself in the hallway of his apartment building after having dinner with friends. I don't believe it was actually a suicide. I think he was friends with the wrong people. And I'm completely serious.
Jodie Sweetin.
While I think Jodie Sweetin has made a remarkable recovery from some seriously hard drugs and has been both candid and paintstakingly honest about her addiction, I feel like Full House was a gig where a sensitive child actor wouldn't have had a real shot at life. As Stephanie Tanner, she was somewhat like a sweet, trained monkey, hitting those hideous punchlines every time. When the show ended, it's truly no shock that she had an identity crisis and got tangled up in the junkie's eternal odyssey.
Corey Feldman.
He showcased his acting chops with aplomb in Reiner's 1986 Stand by Me. However, this hit was apparently a lighthouse in a stormy sea of subsequent sad and sorry films where Feldman played stock characters (okay, except for The Lost Boys and The Burbs; those are cult classics and always will be). His career deteriorated, his partying increased and just as the eighties ended, Feldman was arrested for possessing 25 balloons of heroin and/or cocaine. Where is he now? Exactly.
Anthony Michael Hall.
Okay, I wanted this list to have one zinger on it—one really unpredictable, head-scratching item. Anthony Michael Hall most notably played the nerdy but driven supporting character in The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. He is a solid actor and as far as I know, does not use drugs, and continues to work regularly. So why does he belong on this list? Well, a part of me wants to put him on this list because I think we should penalize nature, the universe or genetics for causing him to resemble just a shadow of his former self. I wish he still looked stringy and small, just taller and older. He's this beefy, shiny faced hulky looking guy who does not even remotely resemble his former self. How can we love and appreciate Anthony Michael Hall, when the person who says he's Anthony Michael Hall looks like he's stuffed the real Anthony Michael Hall into walk-in freezer at the Overlook Hotel?


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"Alan Collinge has been to student loan hell and has managed to survive to tell about the experience. Turning his personal nightmare into a cause for activism, Collinge has emerged as one of the most effective critics of the student loan industry and its patrons in Washington. Readers will be as outraged as he is with what passes for federal student loan policy."—Barmak Nassirian, Associate Executive Director, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
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Blue Ridge Regional Jail Donates Coats to Lynchburg's Daily Bread
Lynchburg, VA - Wednesday morning, the Blue Ridge Regional Jail gave Lynchburg's Daily Bread eight boxes full of more than 100 coats.
The timing was perfect since the Daily Bread ran out of coats Tuesday.
They expect to have all of these handed out by Friday.
"We knew we all had coats and things sitting in our closets that we were not wearing and that there were people who could get use out of these things," said Major Karen Craig.
Blue Ridge Regional Jail also donated more than $100 to the Daily Bread.


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Mammut Barryvox Element Review
Cons: Fast processing but not the fastest.
Our Verdict
One of the overall best performing beacons in our review the Mammut Element Barryvox was a top scorer in nearly every category. It is the more "Basic" version of our OutdoorGearLab Editors' Choice the Mammut Pulse Barryvox, with all the same basic features including the best maximum range for an all digital beacon, a solid flagging feature and one of the faster processors. It doesn't have as many of the more advanced features like the pulse feature, the analog function, the ability to number and scroll through victims during multiple burials. The Element doesn't give the user as much control or give as many options with each feature as the Pulse does. With that said, calling the Element "basic" would be misleading because it has more features and functions than most of the other products in its price range and below.
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Our Analysis and Hands-on Test Results
The Mammut Element Barryvox along with its big brother the Pulse Barryvox features just below sixty meters of maximum range which was the among the best maximum ranges of digital beacons in our review. Not far behind are the Arva Pro W, the Arva Neo, Ortovox S1+ and the Pieps DSP Pro which have only a couple meters less range. The Element has no analog only functions like the pulse feature and this feature can increase the beacons maximum range by 17-20 meters but we thought it was more confusing than it was worth for all but the most experienced users.
Ease of Use and Controls
Turning the Element from search, to send, and turning the beacon on and off isn't super complicated but it is one of the more complex among the products we tested and requires the most fine motors skills and can be difficult with thicker gloves on. To turn it on, the user simply presses one of the buttons and slides the switch to the send position. To offer some safety both buttons need to be pressed if you want to turn the Pulse from send mode to off, or to search mode. While moving, going through the primary features requires a little more fine motor skills compared with other beacons. Once in search or send mode the Element Barryvox menu is easily accessed using a single button on the side. We found we could easily operate this button even with thick gloves or mittens on.
Ease of Finding a Single Victim
The Element with its super long range and above average speed processor was one of the top scorers in the Ease of finding a single victim comparison. After our side-by-side tests we think the Mammut Element Barryvox has one of the quicker processors compared to most options on the market today.
Ease of Use in Fine Search
The fine search is the final part and includes the bracketing stage. For our comparisons we compared the last five meters during our search as well. The Ease of use in the fine search is again where the Element scored among the best in our tests. There were a few instances during our side-by-side while bracketing comparisons where we could move the new Pieps DSP Pro and the Tracker 2 at a slightly faster rate, where the Element or the Pulse Barryvox would display a stop sign, showing that the user needed to slow down, the difference in speed was very small, but still there nevertheless. We did think the Element was a little bit faster during the fine search than the Ortovox S1+. The Element Barryvox uses nine directional arrows to help the rescuer stay on the flux line, this is more than all others except the S1+ and the Mammut Pulse Barryvox which use a completely free floating arrow. This was more than the seven directional arrows that the Ortovox 3+ or most other models that use five. The Element comes with a default of having the directional arrow go away at three meters, at which point it shows four arrows, reminding the rescuer that is about time to start bracketing. In addition to this icon the Element displays a distance accompanied by sounds.
Ease of Use in Multiple Burial Situations
The Element Barryvox flags beacons in multiple burial situations similar to other top beacons like the Ortovx S1+, Pieps DSP Pro, and the Arva Pro W, where the Pulse Barryvox "blinds" one beacons' signal from the search. Unlike the Element's big brother, the Pulse you can't go back and "unmark" previously flagged beacons.
Revert to Send Mode
The Element will revert to sending mode from search mode after eight minutes of searching. The Element gives a loud beep before switching back over; alerting the rescuer that this function is happening. To stop the revert from happening the rescuer simply presses the side button during the "about to revert" mode. Read our primary Best Avalanche Beacon Review for the full story, current debates, and the pros and cons of the "Revert to Send" function.
Comfort to Carry
The Element Barryvox is one of the lighter and smaller beacons on the market today and is 25% smaller than the Backcountry Access Tracker 2 and around 20% smaller than the Ortovox S1+. The Element's harness which is near identical to the Pulse's are some of our favorites, and are top scorers for comfort and simplicity, that are among the easiest to use. For users who like to carry their beacon in an inside zippered pants pocket, the Element was also one of our favorites, if not our favorite and better than our other Top Pick's the Pieps DSP Pro or the Ortovox S1+. We did think the Element was about as nice to carry as the Arva Neo or the Arva Pro W.
The Element versus The Pulse
The Pulse and the Element have all the same most basic search and operational features with the Element having very few of the extra's. They both have the longest range of any all digital beacons and one of the fastest processors. They both have similar icons and controls with the exception of the Pulse having two side buttons, compared to the Elements one, to help the Pulse navigate through more complex menus. The Element lacks the Pulse's analog mode to increase range, the "Pulse" feature, the ability to scroll and number victims along with several other features. The Pulse is also nearly $150 more than the Element, which you certainly get more features for, but we think that only very advanced users and backcountry professionals will benefit from.
At $350 the Element is on the more expensive side of the more "basic" products but offers better range, an above average speed processor and more features than other options costing $200-$375. Compared with the Zoom+ ($300) or the BCA Tracker 2 ($300) the Element has a longer range and a vastly superior multiple burial function. The Element does compare closely with the Pieps DSP Pro model, a "professional" level product which offers more functions in multiple burial situations, has maybe a marginally faster processor but less range and is bulkier than the Element. The Arva Neo compares very closely in most situations to the Element and is the same price.
Best Application and the Bottom Line
The Element is marketed as a more "Basic" product which it is when compared to the Barryvox Pulse. With that said, it is more complex and has more features than almost all the other contenders in our review and certainly in its price range. Compared to other "Basic" beacons like the Ortovox Zoom+or the BCA Tracker 2 the Element has many more features, longer range and better multiple burial features, but is a little more complicated. It compares very similarly to the Pieps DSP Po Avalanche. The Element is more than almost any other, a good choice for most users with the exception of most novice users who are likely not to take the time to practice or properly use their beacon.
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