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Pumpkins are cucurbits, members of the gourd and squash plant family that also includes cucumbers, luffas, zucchini and watermelons.
Pumpkins are cucurbits, members of the gourd and squash plant family that also includes cucumbers, luffas, zucchini and watermelons.
And commercial pumpkin growers in San Joaquin County - who lead California in production of the Halloween staple - face many of the same challenges in growing any of the closely related annual vine vegetables, said Brenna Aegerter, a farm adviser with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Stockton.
They have to watch out for overwatering, which contributes to root rot. There are other diseases that attack the leaves, as well as pests, such as squash bugs and cucumber beetles, she said.
But one aspect of farming pumpkins is different from growing cucumbers or squash.
"Like one of the growers here told me, it's a beauty pageant," Aegerter said. "It's all about how they look; it's not how they taste."
Consumers look for a deep, rich, orange color; upright shape and a strong stem for a handle on your jack-o'-lantern's lid, she said.
"People want a nice-looking stem."
The additional beauty of pumpkins is extending the growing and harvest season for producers, such as Van Groningen & Sons in Manteca, a diversified farming and packing company that also grows watermelons, squash and sweet corn in the summer.
"For us, it works very well," said Ryan Van Groningen, who helps handle sales for the family business.
At the end of summer, demand for its mainstay watermelon begins to drop, and workers and equipment who harvest, package and ship the large, bulky melons switch to harvesting, packaging and shipping the bulky pumpkins and other decorative squashes and gourds.
"It's just a nice fit for us in this area," Van Groningen said. "And pumpkins grow very well in this area as well."
The plants like sunny days and dry conditions, but excess heat can cause problems, particularly during the bloom period in summer. So the Delta breeze, which brings cooling air in from San Francisco Bay, benefits pumpkins, as well as other San Joaquin County crops, such as watermelons, winegrapes, apples and cherries.
Warm conditions during this year's bloom may have affected the crop, Van Groningen said.
"If it's really hot, the blossoms will fall off, and it means you won't get a pumpkin," he said.
His company increased its pumpkin plantings, however.
"Last year, we were able to sell the whole crop even when it was a bumper crop," Van Groningen said. "So coming into this year, we planted a few more acres."
As a result, he expects there to be plenty of the orange gourds to meet demand.
While traditional orange carving pumpkins remain the perennial favorite, pumpkin growers and breeders continue to provide consumers something different.
"It's a continuing trend ..., these ornamental-type pumpkins," Van Groningen said.
He's selling pumpkins that are white, red, blue and brown, among other color varieties and shapes available.
"One colored pumpkin that was new this year was the pink pumpkin," he said.
That product was bred in conjunction with a breast cancer awareness campaign and had a lot of support among retailers.
Unfortunately, Van Groningen said. "The quality of the pumpkin was a little disappointing. They are not that pink. They're more of a peachy color."
He has heard reports that the pink pumpkins grown in other areas of the country did come closer to the desired color.
While other states produce more pumpkins, particularly those grown for canning and pumpkin pies, California harvests the largest volume for the retail, fresh market, Aegerter said.
And San Joaquin County accounts for 75 percent or more of that production by value, the Agricultural Commissioner's Office reports.
It's a niche product, but gross farm sales totaled nearly $19 million in 2011, the agency estimated.
Contact reporter Reed Fujii at (209) 546-8253 or email@example.com.


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Cub Scout Day Camp
From MeritBadgeDotOrg
Cub Scout Day Camp is fun with a purpose:
- Boys explore, learn, and grow while having fun outdoors.
- Adventures might include Archery, BB-Guns, Fishing, Swimming, sports, squirt guns, games, and crafts.
- Boys who attend Day Camp are more likely to stay in Scouting.
- Day Camps teach citizenship and encourage social development.
The camp that comes to the boy
|— Cub Scout Camping
For Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts
|— Cub Scout Outdoor Program Guidelines
Check with your council and district leaders for day camp opportunities available in your area.
National Day Camp Standards
|— 2008 National Day Camp Standards
See also
- Cub Scout Resident Camp also includes Webelos Resident Camp
- Boy Scout Summer Camp

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Dec. 8, 2013
By: @BrandonMellor, Seminoles.com Managing Editor
CHARLOTTE, NC — For the 14th time in program history, the Florida State Seminoles are champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
After a 45-7 victory over No. 20 Duke Saturday night, the No. 1 `Noles now await official word on whether or not they'll get to compete for the program's third national championship. The decisive BCS Selection Show is Sunday at 9 p.m. on ESPN.
"Very happy for our team, our university," FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. "This championship means a lot to us. This is where we want to be every year and we have to get here to keep achieving and going to BCS games and the other games in which we want to get to, but the ultimate goal is to always win your conference and I think this conference is a great conference."
FSU (13-0) assuredly punched its ticket to Pasadena with yet another blowout victory built on an explosive offense and a dominating defense. The `Noles out-gained the Blue Devils (10-3) 569-239 and eclipsed 40 points on the scoreboard for the 12th time this season.
The Coastal Division champion Blue Devils had entered the game in Charlotte averaging nearly 423 yards of offense per game and 34 points.
FSU redshirt freshman quarterback Jameis Winston likely locked up the Heisman Trophy in the triumph, beating Duke with both his arm and legs. Winston finished the night 19-of-32 for 330 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. He also added 59 yards rushing on 10 carries and a leaping score.
In the process, Winston set the single-season record for the ACC and among FBS freshman for passing touchdowns in a season and also set the FBS single-season passing-yardage record among freshmen. Winston now has 38 touchdowns this year with one game to go, shattering the previous record of 36 held by Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd (previous ACC record holder) and former Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford (previous FBS freshman record holder).
The passing yardage mark was held by UCLA's Brett Hundly, who set the mark a season ago.
For his efforts against Duke, Winston was named the ACC Championship Game MVP.
"It means a lot, but as a teammate and having the guys right here beside me, our team is trying to make history, we're not trying to look at individual stats and things like that," Winston said. "We're trying to do something so much bigger than this, and then obviously the defense put us in a predicament for us to break all those records because defense wins championships, and they definitely won this game for us today."
Kelvin Benjamin continued his stellar play, catching five of Winston's passes for a game-high 119 yards with two touchdowns. Rashad Greene finished with 67 yards on six grabs and Kenny Shaw caught four for 74 yards.
The talented trio will head to the bowl game with the chance for each to end FSU's streak of no 1,000-yards receivers since Anquan Boldin in 2002. Greene now has 981 yards receiving this year, Benjamin has 957 and Shaw has 929.
The Seminoles haven't had a 1,000-yards rusher since Warrick Dunn but Devonta Freeman is now up to 943 yards rushing this season after gaining 91 against Duke on 18 carries with one touchdown. Karlos Williams added 55 yards and a touchdown of his own.
The 'Noles move on to the bowl game just 28 points shy of setting the FBS all-time record for points scored in a season. The 689 points FSU has racked up this year is already third-most all time.
Of course, Florida State's defense was just as impressive as its offense.
Duke had just 99 yards rushing and were held to a 7-of-20 mark on third downs. Duke quarterback Anthony Boone was limited to 138 yards through the air and was intercepted twice — once by Lamarcus Joyner and then again by Telvin Smith. FSU tied the school record for interceptions in a season as the `Noles are up to 25 picks this year.
Timmy Jernigan had another monster game from his nose guard position, racking up a game-best 10 tackles. Smith finished with eight tackles, a sack and that takeaway and Nate Andrews had five stops, a sack and a forced fumble.
The Seminoles had double the amount of first downs than Duke (31-15).
"They were outstanding," Fisher said about his defense. "This is one of the best defenses I've ever been around."
The first big play of the night went Duke's way when Freeman fumbled at the end of a 22-yard dash into the redzone early in the first quarter. It was just the fourth fumble lost by the `Noles all season and Freeman's first giveaway since Oct. 27, 2012, which was also against the Blue Devils.
After taking over at their own three-yard line, the Blue Devils strung together an impressive 6:03 drive into FSU territory but shanked a 48-yard field goal that would put FSU into a deficit for the first time since the September Boston College game.
What Duke did do in the first quarter was hold the `Noles scoreless — a feat that previously hadn't been accomplished against FSU this season.
A moral victory for Duke, no doubt, but it wouldn't last. Winston needed just five plays to find a leaping Benjamin in the endzone for the game's first score. Leading 7-0, Duke registered a 40-yard punt return into FSU territory two drives later but a Joyner interception halted any hopes the Blue Devils had of getting on the board.
The Joyner turnover would then turn into points. Freeman's impressive 22-yard screen-pass reception was followed by a big Benjamin third-down conversion on a slant pattern. Williams then came into the lineup and trucked a few Duke defenders before rumbling 12 yards for the touchdown and a 14-0 FSU lead with 3:37 left in the second quarter.
"I'll just say the power of preparation, the way we prepare week in and week out," Joyner said. "That's where our confidence comes from. So when the game comes, it's easy."
FSU's Roberto Aguayo then connected on a 45-yard field goal with 33 seconds left in the half that pushed Florida State's lead to 17-0 heading into the break. For Aguayo, the 3-pointer officially gave him the FSU and ACC single-season scoring record — breaking the mark set by Dustin Hopkins a season ago.
The record-breaking would then extend to another `Noles redshirt freshman.
After Andrews' big hit on Boone forced the Duke quarterback to throw a bad pass that was intercepted by Smith, Winston connected with Shaw for an 11-yard scoring strike to give FSU a 24-0 lead. The touchdown toss was Winston's 37th of the season and officially gave him that ACC overall record and FBS record among freshmen for scoring throws in a single season.
Winston then threw a 54-yard touchdown to Benjamin on the next drive that gave him that single-season passing yardage record for an FBS freshman. If that wasn't enough, Winston then added to his record-breaking night with a 17-yard touchdown run — his fourth score — one drive later that tied the ACC Football Championship Game mark for most touchdowns by one person in the annual league title game.
The Winston score was set up by Andrews' forced fumble that was recovered by Mario Edwards, Jr. on the previous FSU defensive series.
On his final drive of the night, Winston orchestrated one last scoring possession that concluded with a seven-yard Freeman touchdown run. The Blue Devils then avoided the shutout by marching 75 yards against the FSU second-team defense. Sean Maguire replaced Winston on the last series of the night.
FSU heads to the bowl game having outscored ranked opponents in 2013 by a combined score of 200-35. The Seminoles have now gone 571:49 since they last trailed in a ballgame.
Florida State finishes the 2013 calendar year as the only undefeated FBS team.
"We came out and we said we've got one job to do, and that's win," Smith said. "Whatever happens we're going to win. Whatever it takes, believing in the man next to you. Love is the reason for the fight. That's what we've been going by all season. Our attitude."


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Editorial boards across the nation weighed in with their endorsements for president in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 election. The Opinion L.A. blog rounded up a few of these political endorsements to show the range in support for President Obama versus the enthusiasm for Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Now that the election is finally -- mercifully! -- over and Obama has won reelection, here's a look at what many of those editorial boards were saying Wednesday.
Detroit Free Press, which endorsed Obama, writes:
The next four years will belong not to the party that prevailed in Tuesday's presidential election, but to those grown-ups in each party who find ways to engage their opponents in addressing the still-looming problems of 2008: How to grow the employment without ballooning the national debt; how to simplify taxes without exacerbating tax inequities; how to control entitlement costs; and how to end the costly impasse over immigration.
Those who begin the next four years imagining that they have a duty or mandate to frustrate their opponents at any cost are doomed to sink even further into public disrepute than their obstructionist predecessors.
Los Angeles Times, which endorsed Obama, writes:
[Obama] earned reelection by keeping the country from falling into a depression and persuading Congress to enact vital reforms to healthcare and the financial industry. And the path forward he laid out was far more reasonable than Romney's too-good-to-be-true promise to shrink the deficit while cutting tax rates and pumping more dollars into the Pentagon. […]


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Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber Call It Quits?
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber have reportedly gone their separate ways.
The Young Hollywood power couple — 20 and 18 — are said to have broken almost a week ago.
A source told EOnline, "Because of their crazy schedules, it was getting harder and harder to maintain a relationship."
The twosome went public with their relationship in February last year when they attended the Vanity Fair Oscar party together.
As of late, Selena is currently working on the Wizards of Waverly Place special and Justin is on the road with his Believe tour.
TELL JJJ: Are you sad that Justin and Selena split?
Posted to: Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez


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After several months of chatter about possible real estate and parcel taxes to lift Los Angeles out of its budget crisis, the City Council is expected Tuesday to instead send voters a proposal to increase sales taxes by a half-cent on the dollar citywide. The likely action comes just a few days after Californians took the very rare step of approving temporary sales and income tax increases in the form of Proposition 30 to help the state meet its current budget obligations without deeper school, service and safety net cuts. Council President Herb Wesson Jr., Police Chief Charlie Beck and City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana spoke last week with The Times editorial board and presented their case that the new city sales tax is likewise vital to protect public safety and city services.
Like most California cities, Los Angeles is facing serious budget problems because of both the deep recession and poor financial decision-making. Angelenos and their elected representatives must avoid a perpetual downward spiral: budget problems that lead to a diminished police presence and reduced services, and a resulting loss of confidence and public safety, leading in turn to loss of business, lower tax revenue and further cuts. If a sales tax could prevent such a disaster — even one that pushes the city's tax rate from 8.75% to 9.25% — it should by all means be considered.


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Sunday, July 16, 2017
Urinary Disorders
Lump on shaft of penis
I am a 20 year old male who has been sexually active with only one partner. Within the last week I have developed a small lump (approx. 1cm by .5cm) on the shaft of my penis just up from the base. The lump is somewhat firm while flaccid but when erect becomes more firm. It is located just under the skin and the outer appearance is a reddish color, and the skin has started to flake from the top of the lump. There is slight tenderness to touch, but it may be because i have irritated the area by touching it during investigation. I have planned to seek a physician if it is still present next week, but if you could offer me any advice as to what I may be dealing with I would appreciate it. Thank you.
Lump on the penis adjacent to the base of the penis is possibly a sebaceous cyst, which is an obstructed sweat gland adjacent to a hair follicle. You should seek examination, confirmation, and treatment if needed.
James F Donovan, Jr, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director of UC Urology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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I don't know what is wrong with my baby. I need help.
I have been breastfeeding my 15 week old since birth. She has had diarrhea several times since birth. Sometimes it's an infrequent loose stool, and sometimes for two weeks. The first time she had severe diarrhea, the doctor said he thought she had a stomach virus. We gave her Pedialyte until the diarrhea went away.
This time, she has had diarrhea for about 9 days, and is having a lot of cramping, gas and pain. She does not seem sick or dehydrated like before. There has been no lethargy. Her stools have been very watery, and since yesterday, they have mucus in them. They are mostly yellow, a couple have been slightly green, with no odor. They've been very explosive. This is unusual for her. When she's well, they are the typical yellow, seedy, non-stinky stools. Previously when she had diarrhea, she had sour smelling green stools, stringy, and mucus-y ones as well. They were also explosive occasionally. My question is what could be wrong with my baby? The doctor will not run any tests.
I thought maybe she had a milk protein allergy, so I tried no diary. She seemed better. So then I introduced small amounts of cheese, and she was still okay. All of a sudden, she's unwell again, and in extreme amounts of pain. She's also been spitting up small amounts occasionally since this started.
She has been teething since she was 10 weeks old. She was very fussy for over a week when it started. She wasn't eating as much, she would scream, and she refused to sleep. She would stay up for 10 hours straight. She's acting like she was at 10 weeks again. This time I noticed the diarrhea. I don't know if she had diarrhea before because I was so distracted by the screaming and refusal to eat and sleep.
I was reading some other posts on here about breastfeeding. Most people say babies should nurse 10 minutes or longer. My baby used to nurse for about twenty minutes, but for two months or longer, she nurses under ten minutes. She is fully draining one breast very quickly, then taking some from the other. She is gaining weight very well, so I know she's getting enough. She is at least 17 pounds and 25.5 inches long, or more.
Should she be eating that quickly? Do I have a forceful letdown? Sometimes she starts choking at the breast which sounds like forceful letdown. Could that be the cause of the diarrhea? Could it be a milk protein allergy or lactose intolerance when her stools are runny and yellow with no odor? Could the teething be causing diarrhea? I've read mixed things. She seems to be swallowing a lot of drool, which I've read could cause mucus in stools. Does it sound like a stomach virus? Could she be getting too much foremilk? Could it be something else? Also, I always use a nipple shield due to poor latch and flat nipples. I don't know if that is relevant.
I really just need some answers and advice. I'm a FTM with no breastfeeding friends or family to help. I'm losing my mind over this.


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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (Feb. 11) – World Champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) suffered a heartbreaking loss Tuesday when she was knocked out of a stunning individual freestyle sprint event at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Randall was heavily favored to win but did not advance past the quarterfinal round, finishing fourth in her heat at the Laura Cross Country Ski Center. U.S. Ski Team rookie Sophie Caldwell (Peru, VT) muscled into the final and took the top spot for the USA in sixth on the slushy course, where Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla took home gold. The men's and women's freestyle sprints air on NBC at 3:00 p.m. EST and can be streamed on NBCOlympics.com. Next up is the women's 10k classic on Thursday, Feb. 13.
World Champion Kikkan Randall suffered a heartbreaking loss Tuesday when she was knocked out of the individual freestyle sprint event Tuesday at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, while rookie Sophie Caldwell (pictured) skied into sixth and the top spot for the USA. (Getty Images/Harry How)
Kikkan Randall
I've been thinking about this race for a long time and we've been planning it out and showed up today ready to go. I was really happy with the way the preparation has been coming into these games. I felt really strong and ready to go today. I've always said my number one goal was to come in ready to go and ready to fight for the medal and give it everything I had and I did that today.
I knew it was going to be a really tough quarterfinal heat with (Denise) Herrmann, (Marit) Bjoergen and (Mona-Lisa) Malvalehto. Those are all women you could easily see in the final. I got into a good position over the top, made a couple good moves and was feeling really good, but that final gear just wasn't there. Unfortunately, I feel apart right before the finish and didn't get a good lunge in. Seven-hundredths of a second is an incredibly close margin. I'm sure I'll be reliving those moments hundreds of times in my head, but I was happy to be on my feet today, happy to be in the fight. I gave everything I had and just to come into the games as a gold medal contender was incredible. I wish I would have been able to fight for that in a few more rounds today, but maybe my teammates can carry the torch now.
Sophie Caldwell
To make the final was really exciting. I definitely wasn't expecting that coming into the day, so it exceeded any expectations I had and I was thrilled to be there. I tried not to think too much about who was in my heat, but right before the semi my coach and I pulled out the paper just to see who I was with and it was Marit (Bjoergen), Ingvild (Flugstad Oestberg) and Denise (Herrmann) and that was a little intimidating. But I've raced them all before and I just tired to remind myself that it was just another ski race and I knew how to do it and I belonged there.
I'm not sure exactly what happened when I fell. We were coming around that corner on top and someone tried to come on the inside right as I was stepping over to take the corner. We got tangled and the next thing I knew I was on my butt.
Andy Newell
I think this was the hardest sprint I've ever done, and I've done a lot of sprints. I almost made it work. It was challenging conditions. It's pretty slow out there and with a course like that, with a hill like that it just makes it really tough, plus with the altitude and everything you're just breathing so hard when you cross the finish line. I didn't feel great in qualifications, but I kind of regrouped and felt okay in the quarterfinal.


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First things first: Let me admit, right up front, that I thought the movie "Titanic" by James Cameron was both ridiculous and, in terms of the history of the event, genuinely tragic. Yes, I wrote that (to some) infamous column for Scripps Howard that, among other things, included this:
For millions, the Titanic is now a triumphant story of how one upper-crust girl found salvation -- body and soul -- through sweaty sex, modern art, self-esteem lingo and social rebellion. "Titanic" is a passion play celebrating the moral values of the 1960s as sacraments. Rose sums it up by saying that she could abandon her old life and family because her forbidden lover "saved me in every way that a person can be saved." ...
Father Patrick Henry Reardon, a philosophy professor and Orthodox priest, ... calls the movie "satanic." The people who built the Titanic were so proud of their command of technology that they boasted that God couldn't sink their ship. Today, the creators of the movie "Titanic" substitute romantic love as the highest power. Jack becomes Rose's savior and he does more than save her life.
"Had that been all that happened, I would not have complained," said Reardon. "But they made that Christ symbol into a very attractive anti-Christ. The line that set me off I believe also to have been the defining line of the film: the assertion that the sort of saving that Jack did was, ultimately, the only kind of saving possible. If that was the thesis statement of the film, then I start looking for the cloven hoof and sniffing for brimstone."
So, it was good to get that out of the way.
However, something happened while I was researching that column that changed how I actually viewed the sinking of the Titanic as an event, as opposed to the mega-hit movie. I started reading the sermons that were preached on the Sunday after the liner sank and, well, they were revelatory, in terms of telling us how many people (on the left and right) interpreted the event at that point in history. Check out this sermon by a young Lutheran named, yes, Pastor Karl Barth.
Thus, I returned to those sermons in my Scripps Howard piece this past weekend, which was built on real quotes from real sermons after the real event. Here's the thesis statement:
The moral messages captured in these sermons were completely different than the vision offered in 1997 by Hollywood director James Cameron. His "Titanic" blockbuster portrayed the doomed ship as a symbol of the corrupt values of an old-fashioned culture that would soon be conquered by science, social change and the sexual revolution.
For the preachers of 1912, the Titanic was the ultimate symbol, not of the past, but of modernity and the dawn of a century in which ambitious tycoons and scientists would solve most, if not all, of humanity's thorniest problems. The liner was, in other words, a triumph of Darwinian logic and the march of progress. It's sinking was a dream-shattering tragedy of biblical proportions.
In other words, Cameron's movie -- for millions of people -- turned the event upside down or inside out, or something like that.
Now, it is not for me to require other scribes to agree with my interpretation of that side of this event. No way. My point is that the whole White Star advertisement that the boat was designed to be unsinkable, which was reported by survivors to have been turned into the famous "God Himself could not sink this ship" boast, gave this tragedy a, well, theological dimension that resulted in sermon after sermon after sermon.
Thus, there was a potential for some serious religion-news content in the news stories about the 100-year anniversary.
Help me out here: Did anyone see strong religious content in these stories?
The basic Associated Press story, as featured in USA Today, managed to focus on memorial services of various kinds without managing to report any of the specifics of what was said.
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was built, a memorial monument was unveiled Sunday at a ceremony attended by local dignitaries, relatives of the dead and explorer Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor in 1985.
A brass band played as the granite plinth bearing bronze plaques was uncovered beside Belfast City Hall. Officials say it is the first Titanic memorial to list all victims alphabetically, with no distinction between passengers and crew members, or between first-, second- and third-class travelers.
"We remember all those who perished and whose names are herein inscribed -- men, women and children who loved and we loved, their loss still poignantly felt by their descendants," the Rev. Ian Gilpin told the crowd.
After a minute's silence, a choir sang Nearer My God To Thee -- the hymn Titanic's band is reported to have played as the ship went down.
In another case, the anniversary led to the creation of an actual piece of religious art.
So what content, from this memorial, made it into the AP report? Nothing that I could find. In fact, it's not even clear whether the lines quoted in that passage from the story are from the concert piece or simply from an interview with one of its creators.
Personally, whenever I write about a piece of music that's linked to an event or a specific person, I always strive to quote lyrics. Why? Well, isn't that part of the content of the real event?
On Saturday, thousands attended a memorial concert in Belfast featuring performances by Bryan Ferry and soul singer Joss Stone. At St. Anne's Cathedral in the city, a performance of composer Philip Hammond's The Requiem for the Lost Souls of the Titanic was followed by a torch-lit procession to the Titanic memorial garden in the grounds of city hall.
The requiem -- performed by male choristers dressed as ship's crew and female performers in black -- also included words by Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson, who imagined the victims reflecting on all they had missed in the last 100 years.
"We passed instead into myth, launched a library full of books, enough film to cross the Atlantic three times over, more conspiracy theories than Kennedy, 97 million web pages, a tourist industry, a requiem or two," Patterson said. "We will live longer than every one of you."
So what we have here is a story about memorial rites or various kinds, including a requiem. The event centers on deaths of scores of innocent people who died because technocrats and tycoons felt their great ship was above natural disasters or even acts of God. What made it into this particular AP story? Ghosts, that's what.


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DOWNERS GROVE — Strong pitching, solid defense and situational hitting is what has carried Downers Grove North's baseball team all season.
The same formula lifted the Trojans to an 8-0 win over visiting Glenbard West Saturday morning.
North starting pitcher Mike O'Malley surrendered just four hits (one of which came with two outs in the Hilltoppers' half of the seventh inning), the Trojans played error-free baseball, and they scored four of their runs with two outs and they improved to 14-3 overall and 10-1 in the West Suburban Silver.
North's five-run rally in the second broke a scoreless tie. Troy Southard (walk) and James Sheldon (hit by pitch) led off the inning. Southard scored on a two-base throwing error on Jack Goergen's bunt as Sheldon went to third. David Henson's single scored Sheldon, Connor Kopach's single brought home Goergen and Henson, and Raymond Greco doubled home Kopach. Kopach's and Greco's RBIs came with two outs.
Joe Provenzano walked ahead of Southard's single to start North's half of the fifth, and Sheldon's double brought both home. Matt Zabloudil's two-out double plated Sheldon.
Only twice West (6-12 overall, 4-7 WSS) put its leadoff batter on base and never had multiple runners on base. Spencer Refer laced a pair of singles and Dan Simoneit and Mitch Monocchio had singles for the Hilltoppers.
North won the first game of the series 8-1 Friday. West host the series finale at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Winning formula works again for Downers Grove North baseball
O'Malley yields just four hits in complete game win over Glenbard West
DOWNERS GROVE — Strong pitching, solid defense and situational hitting is what has carried Downers Grove North's baseball team all season.


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Boulder, Colo.
Early in his review of my book Wild Man: The Life and Times of Daniel Ellsberg ["Pentagon Papers Chase," July 9], H. Bruce Franklin quotes words of praise and admiration for Ellsberg from a website designed explicitly to solicit tributes to Ellsberg. Franklin counterposes those tributes to my critical portrayal of Ellsberg, as if to imply that my portrayal doesn't jibe with reality. But as Franklin must know, people will often say very different things about a person when asked to pay tribute than in other circumstances–such as when talking to a biographer. That was true for a number of people in this case.
Franklin appears to believe that none of the criticisms of Ellsberg expressed in my book have merit, and he suggests that Ellsberg deserves to be portrayed as a great man and a hero. He disparages my view that one of the main reasons Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers was to achieve greater recognition. He claims that Ellsberg's efforts to get the papers out through a member of Congress contradict my view. Has Franklin never heard of Senate hearings, televised ones at that, at which witnesses testify? Does he seriously believe Ellsberg wished to act anonymously? Franklin questions my "motives" for writing critically of Ellsberg. How about this one: a desire to get it right. I believe strongly that my portrait of Ellsberg is accurate. (It may surprise Franklin that I am perhaps to the left of Ellsberg politically.)
Franklin finds fault with my use of sources who had reason to dislike Ellsberg but fails to note that many who applauded Ellsberg's release of the papers also speak critically of him in the book. Franklin repeats myths about Ellsberg's career that my book shows to be myths (e.g., that Ellsberg was "a principal contributor" to the papers). Franklin also misrepresents some of my views, as when he claims that I "continually belittle" the political impact of the papers. Actually, what I criticize several times is Ellsberg's belief that releasing the papers would end the war. If I did not think the papers were politically important, I would never have chosen to write about Ellsberg. Franklin also says that I don't understand what the papers were. That is nonsense, and I used them liberally in a book I wrote earlier on Vietnam (one Franklin may even have read). Curiously, Franklin deprecates me for calling the papers a "study." But aren't all histories studies? This one was called a study by those who participated in it.


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RESULTS: the online votes closely mirrored those of participants in the U.S. sites during Worldwide Views on Biodiversity: the most frequently cited actions were making personal changes, participating in education programs, and learning more about the issue.
Vote and share your views in the web challenge! Join thousands of people around the world in a conversation about World Wide Views on Biodiversity. What do you think about the way biodiversity is managed? How do you think we should solve the problem of biodiversity loss? Tell us here – and see what others are saying!
On Saturday, September 15, people in over 30 countries joined together for a day of deliberations about these issues (including 100 here at the Koshland - see their results!). There is still time to add your voice – use the materials below to learn more about the issue of biodiversity, and then chime in with your ideas. Strike up a conversation with your friends to help inform your decision, or leave a comment to start a discussion with others.
Biodiversity is the species, genetic, and ecosystem diversity in an area, sometimes including associated components such as landscape features or climate. Still feel like you need to know more? You can dive deep into the issues with information from some of the National Research Council's recent and historic work on the topic. Or skip ahead to the booklet, which all participants in the World Wide Views on Biodiversity deliberations received.
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Have a Seedy Video Game Christmas
'Tis the season of comfort and joy, family warmth and religious rebirth. What better way to celebrate than buying your precious young son a video game that lets him imagine himself as a murderous, whoring cocaine dealer?
The game is "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," and it's a sales smash: Four million people had already ordered it before it was even released. For boffo box office, just consider that "Jackass: The Movie" grossed a newsworthy $22.8 million in its opening weekend. "Vice City" rang up
160 million in sales before it even hit stores. The cost? $49.99. The lack of socially redeeming value? Priceless.
Remember when young boys used to imagine themselves as comic book superheroes emulating the noble behavior of Superman, Batman, and the like? No more. Boys saturated in video-game action today are encouraged to do the opposite: Root for the evildoers against the cops; to kill the good guys; and, for kicks, kill just about everyone else who walks by.
This latest "Grand Theft Auto" game follows Tommy Vercetti (voiced by actor Ray Liotta of "Goodfellas" fame) as he travels to Vice City (obviously 1980s Miami) for a cocaine deal. The deal goes south when both the drugs and the money are stolen in an ambush. The rest of the game is the player's quest for revenge, coupled with occasional side missions which include gunning down gang members with an Uzi; intimidating jurors by beating them with a hammer (of course, you're supposed to scare them, not kill them); and trying to kill a pizza delivery boy.
But wait, there's more! You can have just as much "fun" beating up people--and letting them live! Why? You can use a baseball bat, a screwdriver, a machete, or even a chainsaw to attack pedestrians for a little armed robbery. As you attack and beat innocents, blood sprays the concrete. If you wound your victim and he tries to run, you can chase him by following the blood trail. You can also get quick money by hitting people with your car.
The game's violence just isn't enough for the manufacturers, however. The game is saturated with obscene language and simulated sex, and includes some of the side missions of its best-selling predecessor "Grand Theft Auto III," such as the player's ability to pick up prostitutes off the street and drive to a secluded location to have sex. After you drive to a safe place, and as the car rocks back and forth, dialogue between the prostitute and the character can be heard ("Oh, yeah baby," "Make yourself at home," and "You in me yet?") When it's over you can then beat the prostitute and steal back what you paid her.
Who is making a mint by turning the moral universe upside down? Rockstar Games, which is a reprehensible business enterprise made all the more noxious by its sanctimonious pretensions to social responsibility. "Rockstar Games is a leading publisher of interactive entertainment geared towards mature audiences," it claims, "and makes every effort to market its games responsibly, targeting advertising and marketing only to adult consumers over the age of 17." Baloney. The hype is everywhere for anyone of virtually any age to see. It's the ten-page cover story of the December issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. One of the magazine's reviewers loved the new take on "Miami Vice," where people get to play the drug-dealing killers: "Vice City isn't just the ultimate flashback. It's the ultimate payback."
Shame, too, on any parent who knowingly buys this garbage for his (or her) child. One customer reviewer on Amazon.com raved: "My 7-year-old plays it. Forget those dumb ratings and get this game!" No one should be surprised when that 7-year-old learns it's funny to terrorize other kids.
Cultural pollution--be it in video games, movies, TV shows, music, whatever--isn't contained in the home. It has a way of leaking out into public schools and playgrounds, courtesy of corporations which produce it, and parents who enable it, and both of whom will predictably be so very shocked when twelve-year-olds open fire on their school mates on that playground.
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Finally! It appears Congress may be getting down to serious business on immigration reform.
While that simple fact offers cause for celebration in and of itself, the more encouraging news here is that our political parties seem poised to — dare we say it — actually work together to offer reasonable solutions on this highly divisive issue.
Our cynical nature demands we don't get too jazzed just yet. We have, after all, seen this movie before. The stars appeared to be aligned for an immigration deal a half-decade ago when Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and the late former Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., negotiated mightily as then-President George W. Bush cheered from the sidelines.
The optimism of that moment was crushed by the politics of the day. Both parties staked out positions designed to please a particular base. That, of course, meant nothing got done.
Now a bipartisan group of eight senators is taking another crack at the issue. There are also efforts being advanced in the House.
The senators on Monday released a "statement of principles" that they say should guide whatever immigration legislation is crafted. The document is meant to establish a sort of rules of the road with the hope that a draft piece of legislation can be presented by the end of March.
Of course, agreeing to broad guidelines for legislation is a long way from actually sending meaningful legislation to the president's desk for signature.
Still, we find it encouraging that at least eight senators are willing to do their jobs by finding a reasonable solution to a difficult problem.
On the Democrat side are Sens. Charles Schumer of New York, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Richard Durbin of Illinois and Michael F. Bennet of Colorado.
The Republicans are Sens. John McCain, Marco Rubio of Florida, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Jeff Flake of Arizona.
We take encouragement that both parties are serious about the issue not because there are eight senators engaged in negotiations, but because of the institutional stature of those senators. Such Democrat A-Teamers as Schumer and Durbin probably would not be involved if there was not a realistic expectation of a tangible product.
The same is true for Republicans McCain, Graham and, particularly, Rubio. Although Rubio is a relative newcomers to the Senate, he represents Florida and is particularly popular with tea party elements who have traditionally opposed any immigration reform that did not first include deportation of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the country.
Both parties have begun to do the math and realize that Latino voters are an ever-increasing force in the political process. Republicans have lost two national elections in which huge numbers of Latino voters cast their lot with the Democrats. Meanwhile, Democrats know that those Latino voters are expecting results from them — now.
So, once again, the stars seem aligned for a realistic reform of immigration policy. We can only hope that this time reason and fairness will prevail.


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4/9/2013 Update: Shower tile is almost done and tub is set.
What feels like an epic battle to complete my master shower tile is nearly complete with only the soap/shampoo nook left to tile and of course the grouting. It turned out pretty nice and will look good with an all glass sliding shower door I think.
We also set the master tub in it's final resting place. After a good cleaning and some grouting of all of the tile, things should really come together.
The carpenter got all of the interior doors hung and most of them trimmed out.
As far as the yard goes we will have to wait at least a few more weeks until all of the exterior work is done. They still need to drill the well and install the septic system which will tear things up a good bit and then I have to trench the downspout lines and garage drain. If I miss the rainy season I will likely just throw a pump in the pond and put in a bunch of sprinkler to cover everything.
Tile looks good!!!
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4/15/2013 Update: Trim is nearly complete as well as fireplace.
It's been a little bit since I posted an update.
The trim carpenter should be finishing up this week as he has a couple of rooms left to put baseboards in and then he can put up the railing and small trim that goes with it. He also will be putting all of the door handles on as well as the pull knobs/handles for all of the cabinets.
The mason's finished the stone on the fireplace and will be putting the hearthstone on today, so all they have left to do it finish up a little bit of work on the outside but our weather has not quite been conducive.
The well drilling truck is ready to go so hopefully they will drill this week....I am somewhat anxious for this as is really is the last unkown cost. While the wells in the area range from 65 feet to 160 feet...the house in front of me is 117 feet, we budgeted for 150 feet and are keeping our fingers crossed!
Next up for me is to finish filling all of the nail holes in the trim and touch it all up then we should be able to move on to cleaning the whole house by the end of the week in prep for touching-up the walls. After that, we need to get to pouring the garage floor and installing a catch-basin drain outside the garage area to deal grab all of the water that we are diverting with the swayle we cut in the back yard so that it does not go over my drive.
Look'n good man!
4/19/2013 Update: Gutters are on and carpenter is getting closer to completion.
Not a lot of new pics to share as it was getting dark as I was leaving the house last night but here is what has been happening:
1) Well drilling continues as they are now down roughly 80-90 feet and into a mixture of clay, sand and gravel. I do not know a lot about wells and got a little education from the driller who stated that I will have a sand and gravel well most likely, which he says is good. So when the drilling stops the wel will be fully cased and a screen will be at the bottom. Hoping to hit good water today so that I can get it trenched to the house this weekend!
2) The mason's are all done with the stone work and it looks awesome. The hearth stone was really the last thing they had to do inside and it is now done as you will see in the pic below.
3) The gutters and downspouts went on yesterday and just in time as we had rain moving in last night. So, hopefully between the fact that I graded a swayle in back and now have the water diverted from the foundation, my block should be completely dry.
4) The HVAC guys came out and set the AC unit as well as my permanent furnace, and connected all of the ductwork.
5) The carpenter is now into what he calls the fun stuff by putting in the red oak column wraps, associated trim and then moving on to the handrail. He is expecting to finish up sometime early next week.
6) The countertops are nearly complete and will be installed mid-next week (Thank you Mgboyd!).
7) All of the lighting fixtures have been purchased and are awaiting the electricians early next week.
8) Plumbing is ready to roll as soon as water is available.
So, as for me, I am still waiting on water to grout the tile and have been filling the nail holes in the trim and will be touching all of that up this weekend. In addition, just been moving some dirt around and getting the garage ready for cement, now that the skidsteer has returned from its winter duties. Also started looking at various polebarn packages in case I should actually be in a position to afford to put that up in the near future (fingers crossed)! I am thinking 40 x 60 metal roof and sides with a 12 foot door on either end so that it is a drivethru, but we will see when that time comes!
Enjoy.....it's gonna be another busy weekend!
4/23/2013 Update: Railing is going up and lights are going in!
The carpenter is nearing the end as the handrail went up yesterday and all of the holes were drilled for the black metal spindles which he will be putting in today. After that he just has a few odds and ends to wrap up which means he should be done no later than Wednesday.
The electricians were there yesterday hanging all of the lights and fans as well as installing all of the outlets and switches. They will be back today to finish up and then the drywallers come back to touch-up some spots and to finish the garage.
As for me, well, all of the stained trim got a couple of poly coats this past weekend and the painted trim is next to be touched-up before moving on to poly the stairs and railing sometime this weekend. After that the doors all come off and get painted and then it is on to hardwood flooring.
Still a good bit to do but the end.....for now...is certainly in sight!
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More reasons why people shouldn't meet in RL wrote:* Gorgon blew up anyone's mech if they complained about it, usually by shoving his foot through their cockpit. DFA was an acquired skill back then.
The Polite Commentary Club wrote:** Squarefox joined #avlis
<PsiOmegaDelta> Your internet connection not serving you today, Squarefox?
<Squarefox> Bad laptop.
<PsiOmegaDelta > I'm leading slightly towards that being worse.
<Squarefox> It's not great, no.
** Squarefail joined #avlis
<Squarefail> Okay... That one was my connection.
<PsiOmegaDelta > Sounds like the world is against you.
** Squarefail is now known as Squarefox
<Squarefox> That is fair.
<Shadowviper> you hope
<PsiOmegaDelta > Hope is not for the best
<Shadowviper> Hope is a strange thing.
<PsiOmegaDelta> Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment
** SarmDroid brings forth the Regal Capybara of Friday
Hamlet wrote:The Polite Commentary Club wrote:** Squarefox joined #avlis
<PsiOmegaDelta> Your internet connection not serving you today, Squarefox?
<Squarefox> Bad laptop.
<PsiOmegaDelta > I'm leading slightly towards that being worse.
<Squarefox> It's not great, no.
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<Squarefail> Okay... That one was my connection.
<PsiOmegaDelta > Sounds like the world is against you.
** Squarefail is now known as Squarefox
<Squarefox> That is fair.
<Shadowviper> you hope
<PsiOmegaDelta > Hope is not for the best
<Shadowviper> Hope is a strange thing.
<PsiOmegaDelta> Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment
** SarmDroid brings forth the Regal Capybara of Friday
23:34] <Ariana> OMG it is so awesome
[23:35] <Ayslynne> it is...I wish I could pick Pleth up and swing her around too..lol
<Squarefox> Because she believes in helping others be well and find constructive ways around their problems which doesn't end in sadness and revenge?
<FlamingAlias> sure
<Squarefox> Well, most Cha'rethites I've crossed paths with haven't been all that sheltered.
<Katster> raised by wolves, celibate wolves
<FlamingAlias> haha
<FlamingAlias> na that is Kyn
<Squarefox> nah, his wolves deffinately weren't celibate.
<Squarefox> Kice giving him 'the talk' would of been a whole lot harder if the wolves hadn't erm... ignored their natural urges.
<FlamingAlias> she got knocked the hell out in the fairy war and got brain damaged
<Squarefox> Ooof >.< I wonder what kind of scandelous existence Arcadia has left behind
<FlamingAlias> I was contemplating that one actually.
<Squarefox> She should get her memories back some day.
<FlamingAlias> lke she actually had a husband and a kid and wasnt even innocent at all, was a hooker when she was 14 lol
<FlamingAlias> na couldnt do that to her
<PsiS> Everyone in Mikona calls her Cindy but she cannot grasp why?
<FlamingAlias> lol
<Squarefox> I'ma gonna write the team about having one of Arcadia's ex lovers show up
<FlamingAlias> LOL
<PsiS> And after that the other one?
<FlamingAlias> Do it
<FlamingAlias> Imagine what Tybalt would do hahahahaha
<PsiS> And they duel till first blood but there's a horrible accident
<Squarefox> Yup, I'm thinking all these years all 6 of her ex boyfriends arrive at once.
<PsiS> And before Arcadia can day anything there's a war between all the lords of M'chek
<FlamingAlias> hahahaha
<Squarefox> Oh, I know. Arcadia was secretly a mistress to all the lords of M'Chek!
<PsiS> She ends up standing there, gaping her mouth in confusion
<FlamingAlias> Tybalt vs the world.
<PsiS> *can do
<Squarefox> Then she publishes a book: Confessions of a Cha'Rethite healer.
<FlamingAlias> the question is, is her name really Arcadia?
<PsiS> She probably has different names for each lover
<PsiS> And that's the last one she remembers
<FlamingAlias> She had to re learn to talk and walk there is no chance she remembers a name
<Squarefox> Yup, she had different identities so she could carry out her affairs in secret.
<PsiS> Brain damage works in mysterious ways
<FlamingAlias> So this was her http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs47/i/2009/ ... yashin.jpg lol
<Squarefox> I could see Arcadia wearing that
<Squarefox> Put Tybalt on a leash too.
<FlamingAlias> funny I been joking about that for a while...
<FlamingAlias> I should get Dasair to draw it up for me
<Squarefox> It's still not too late for Tybalt to be the sexy tiger!
<FlamingAlias> hahahahaha
The rest of us wrote:<PsiOmegaDelta> Chasman: I can kind of imagine what you mean on a much smaller scale. My foot had been sore all day, and when I finally checked on it I had this strand of hair poking out from the center of the pain area
<PsiOmegaDelta> Simply pulling that out was.. pleasant
<Chasman> ingrown hair ?
<PsiOmegaDelta> Shaved my hair a few days prior
<Chasman> ....
<Chasman> you shave your FEET ?
<PsiOmegaDelta> No
<PsiOmegaDelta> My head hair
<PsiOmegaDelta> Fell on the floor
<PsiOmegaDelta> Strand got stuck in food
<PsiOmegaDelta> Trust me, you don't want to leave strands of hair lying around
<Chasman> this is getting complicated
<PsiOmegaDelta> If you step on a hair strand it can actually penetrate your skin and get stuck
<Chasman> so..how did head hair get from food to foot ?
<PsiOmegaDelta> Oh
<PsiOmegaDelta> Replace all instances of food with foot
<Squarefox> I have that except pulling it out really stung, worse than plucking hair from the root.
<Grunt> Well look at it this way: Unlike a cat, none of us has ever eaten tinsel and had a silver banner hanging out of our butt
<Grunt> OK maybe refminion isn't one of us
<Grunt> but the rest of us
<Chasman> I have never had anything dangling from my rectum...this I can affirm
Fumbling around wrote:Gorgon> Hrm, epic dodge is picky about last attacker or current target
<Gorgon> Works even when flatfooted for a bit, then just forgets the last attacker
<Gorgon> And less useful by a lot in mobs, but should be sweet vs big boss targets
* Gorgon watches deglos dwarfs try to smack on him while unarmed and just standing there
<Gorgon> Sorry, ganomes
<Gorgon> Heh, it's like they have unlimited heals too
<Gorgon> Perfect test
<Gorgon> Sad when you still have to stand still naked and gearless for them to hit you. Dex based can be fun
<voidHamlet> So ... you're standing naked in the middle of a number of Ganooms?
<Gorgon> ...yus
<voidHamlet> Right.
<Gorgon> tumbling around?
<Gorgon> ...
<voidHamlet> You tumbled right into this one, sorry.
* Gorgon kills dem and walks away quietly
... and it's not even midday wrote:<Grunt> Twiggy turned me into a Penguin in Mikona. I've pretty much reached the high point of Avlis today.
* rk57957_ found out what horrid wilting does in certain environments
<Grunt> Used a public men's room, eh RK?
* rk57957_ might have peed in Port Eridanus
<Glok>Who hasn't?
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[04:57] <Xeo> Um
[04:57] <Xeo> I am stuck behind a toilet
[04:58] <Xeo> Is there a DM on?
[04:58] <@PsiOmegaDelta> You manage some amazing feats, Xeo
[04:58] * Xeo cries
[04:58] <Gorgon> Unstick location?
[04:58] <@PsiOmegaDelta> Now that you cannot end up stuck in inn rooms anymore you find other ways
[04:58] <Xeo> I sat on the toilet and it's moved me into the wall
[04:59] <Xeo> hahah! I'm out!
[12:23.23][12:23.23] * Katster gentrifies Zvid
[12:23.52] * Sephira sets up a stall selling artisan pickles in Zvidureth
[12:23.57] <Katster> that happened with the Pink Shop, actually
[12:24.17] * Katster rushes to buy those pickles and tells everyone she
"discovered" them
[12:24.41] <Grunt> Grace Dane: "I was eating pickles before it was cool"
[12:24.42] * refminion wonders if all the hipster activity will summon Max
[12:25.05] <Xaila> hahah
[12:25.10] <Grunt> If I rolled a bard...
[12:25.26] <Grunt> oh shit, I'd be killing it at the bard thing
[12:26.09] <Darkfire> lol Ref
[12:26.13] <Darkfire> Max is pretty busy
[12:26.16] <Grunt> "This is inspired by Deglosian beat poetry, a group named
Hammersmith and the Smithhammers. You've probably never heard of them"
[12:26.21] <Darkfire> We even stopped playing Gw2 together lol
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[12:26.37] <Grunt> HAAAAAAAAAAA
[12:26.40] <refminion> ........
[12:26.42] <darjth|C|_|> LOL
[12:26.44] <Grunt> IT WORKED
[12:26.47] <Grunt> IT FUCKING WORKED
[12:26.51] <Darkfire> rofl
[12:27.00] <refminion> THE FUCK!
Meanwhile on Avlis QA, the hardliners wrote:<krackq> ooh no errors
<Grunt> that needs a comma somewhere
<Grunt> either before or after no
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* Gurky dances to the sound of gerbils
<@PsiOmegaDelta> Dancing is a dangerous thing
* Gurky dances in a hospital
<@PsiOmegaDelta> Hospitals is where people die
* Gurky dances in heaven
<Gorgon> Lol, ok, so it was already broken. well that helps
* Darkfire likes breaking things
<Gorgon> I'll fix it tomorrow
<Darkfire> !8ball will Gorgon fix it tomorrow
* Gorgon ~The Magic 8-Ball~ looks into the future for Darkfire, and says: It is decidedly so.
<Darkfire> !8ball does that mean "fix" ?
* Gorgon ~The Magic 8-Ball~ looks into the future for Darkfire, and says: You may rely on it.
[08:58] <Xeo> he's butt naked.
[08:58] <Xeo> I should give him some love but I just can't.
[08:59] <twiggy> i got a dwarf like that
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MKM wrote: > Forget the EMCOMM support, that does not make sense anymore. Read on... > > WIMAX will be available from sprint soon. THAT will be a reliable > technology for ecom. With one access point, they will cover a wide > area for both data and voice. NOW, imagine multiple access point > ( and I mean 2 or 3 max) and regardless of what the ecom situation > is, help will get through. This service will be coming from U.S. carriers who wouldn't even put battery/generator backup on most of their wireless POP's until told to do so by the FCC after Katrina: <http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Dec/10/fcc_ruling_may_spur_generator_demand.html> Even with the new ruling, the FCC only recommends that such sites operate for 8 hours on emergency power. In other words, they don't expect the cellular companies to REFUEL those generators in any timely fashion. I worked for a large co-location company a few years ago, and we had a diesel contract that was VERY expensive. I talked to the truck driver once, and he told me that the order of his stops in bad weather/disaster situations would have been: Denver Health Medical Center - the alive ones at the hospital. Denver Police Headquarters and the Jail facility - the troublemakers, keep them inside. Denver Morgue - if it's warm out, you don't want the dead ones thawing and you probably have outdoor triage and refrigeration going on if things aren't quite as bad as Katrina. Denver Library - Security. Historical items. Our data center. Another route for another truck included the telco central office (Denver Main), and the "telco hotel" next door, as it's only customers that truck would serve. As long as the outage lasted, those truck wouldn't leave their "circular" routes which were planned to arrive just as generators were running out of fuel in a continuous loop. Any delay and we (being at the bottom) would either fall off the list, or they'd make arrangements to skip the library. That was his route with the diesel truck. He would run around in circles and do it all again, if the problem lasted for multiple days. . Cell sites? Nope. WiMax sites? No way. Reality bites: Cell carriers don't pay to be on priority diesel contracts. Diesel deliveries to cell sites are on "best effort" contracts. They fall below everyone else with priority contracts. Good luck with your WiMax as an EmComm tool. Let us know how well it serves you when the power goes out and the diesel trucks can't get to all those new generators at all the WiMax and cell sites Nate WY0X _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Hey all,
My name is yazeed, i'm a member in xo community of palestine (Palexo), and we are planning to start a pilot project in some schools in west bank where Xo laptops are given to children. The mean purpose of such project is to get the feedback about our work and to evaluate the whole process.
We need to know how to evaluate the process, what questions should be asked, how frequent, etc... We need an evaluation system that addresses children, teachers, and parents. We believe such a system is hard to build from scratch.
Therefore we need to know what other XO teams have done regarding this part, and whether they have something ready to be used, that we can benefit from.
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George "Sonny" Rowe Jr., 72, of 443 W. Fifth St., Waynesboro, died at 8:59 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013, in ManorCare Health Services, Chambersburg. He had been in failing health for the past seven weeks.
Born Aug. 28, 1940, in Waynesboro, he was the son of the late George Rowe Sr. and Mary "Peanie" (Green) Rowe. He was a lifelong resident of the Waynesboro area.
He and his wife of over 48 years, Reba L. (Coy) Rowe, were married on Oct. 24, 1964, in Highfield, Md. They have lived at their present residence since 1971.
Sonny worked at Grove Manufacturing for over 29 years, retiring in 1997. He then went to work part time at Landis Machine Co. as a security guard. He also delivered papers for The Record Herald for the past nine years.
He was an outdoorsman and loved to hunt and fish. In his early years, he was an avid roller skater at Zook's Roller Rink. He loved spending time with his grandson, Dylan, and was a life member of William "Max" McLaughlin VFW Post 695, Waynesboro.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, George "Tinker" Rowe IV and his wife, Kitty of Waynesboro; his grandson, Dylan J. Rowe; nine sisters, Mary Ann Kennedy of Waynesboro, Shirley Spencer of Waynesboro, Dolly M. McFerren of Chambersburg, Linda "Pat" Campbell of Waynesboro, Alice "Chub" Blickenstaff of Williamsport, Md., Betty "Bumper" Kauffman of Waynesboro, Doris "Dorie" Freeman of Quincy, Debbie Ann Crouse of Greencastle, and Sue Ann Gates of Smithsburg, Md.; three brothers, Robert "Tom" Rowe of Quincy, Terry L. Rowe of Waynesboro, and Larry W. Baker of Waynesboro; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Frances "Gauk" Baker and Peggy Ann Jones.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro, with Rev. Dwan Newsome officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro.
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Deb Ives, a local Regional Coordinator for SNMAC in Detroit, said that because of the federal ban on partial-birth abortions, abortionists have increased their use of digoxin, a drug approved for heart conditions that will kill a child in utero.
"Everyone agrees that using this drug for abortions increases the risk of death to women," said Ms. Ives. "The Food and Drug Administration has never authorized this kind of use, a Yale University study says more women will die because of it, but abortionists don't seem to care. They'd rather go on killing for profit than help women and their children live. It's unconscionable."
Janet Morana, Co-Founder of SNMAC, added that digoxin is both physically and emotionally dangerous for women. "We know that digoxin doesn't always kill the child in the womb," said Ms. Morana. "A woman's baby is injected with this drug, which usually kills the child and causes a miscarriage, but not always. What of the women like the one in Florida who had her child injected with digoxin and then delivered a live 22-week-old baby boy only to watch him die? Mothers are left devastated by this procedure while abortionists count their money."


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Our History
Carleton's beginnings
Founded in 1866, Carleton College was the dream of Minnesota pioneers who understood that human knowledge is the real frontier. We've been exploring it here ever since.
Carleton is the fourth oldest private institution of higher education in Minnesota. Carleton was founded on October 12, 1866, by the General Conference of the Congregational Churches of Minnesota, which — after considering locations in Zumbrota, Mantorville, Cottage Grove, and Lake City — chose Northfield for the home of its new college. (Note: Carleton is now a non-denominational college with no formal religious affiliation.)
Carleton's founder was Northfield businessman and Congregationalist Charles M. Goodsell, for whom the college's observatory is named. It was he who encouraged the church to open a Minnesota college and he who donated part of its original 20 acres. The first instructor hired was Horace Goodhue, Jr., for whom a campus dormitory was later named.
The earliest Carleton students, both men and women, arrived in the fall of 1867 to attend classes in the former American House hotel. That three-story building, located in what is now downtown Northfield, presented some serious challenges to its residents. According to Carleton archivist Eric Hillemann, sources from the time reported that the building's plumbing was disgraceful, its heating meager, and its mice legion.
The new school met with serious financial challenges until 1871, when Massachusetts brass wares manufacturer William Carleton agreed to donate $50,000 to the College that now bears his name.
The following year, thanks to a $10,000 gift from Carleton's one-time assistant and second wife, Susan Willis Carleton, the fledgling college moved into its first new building. Willis Hall still stands today on the western edge of campus, and now houses the political science and economics departments.
A historical timeline
(See an interactive timeline on the College's Sesquicentennial website.)
1866 The General Congregational Conference of Minnesota, meeting in Faribault in October, votes to prepare articles of incorporation for a college in Northfield. It is chartered formally in December, bringing to fruition years of efforts by Charles M. Goodsell and others.
1867 American House is purchased as the first home of "Northfield College." (Renamed Carleton College in 1871.) The college sells it in 1887.
1869 The cornerstone is laid for the first permanent building (future Willis Hall).
1870 Rev. James W. Strong, a Beloit College graduate serving as pastor to the Congregational church in Faribault, accepts an invitation to become the College's first president.
1870 The "collegiate department" opens in September with a class of four freshmen.
1870 President Strong travels to New England on a fundraising mission for the College. In December, following a visit with William Carleton of Charlestown, Mass., Strong is seriously injured in a railway accident.
1871 Reportedly impressed by the almost miraculous survival of Dr. Strong, William Carleton ensures the College's survival with a $50,000 gift. An appreciative board of trustees renames the College in his honor.
1872 The College's first building is completed. It is named Willis Hall the following year in honor of Susan Willis Carleton.
1874 James J. Dow and Myra A. Brown are the first two students awarded bachelor's degrees. Six months later, on Christmas Day, they marry.
1876 Joseph Lee Heywood, College treasurer, is murdered in the Jesse James Gang's raid on the First National Bank of Northfield.
1877 First edition of the Carletonian is issued by Philomathian Society.
1878 Inauguration of the Observatory's telegraph time service, which eventually sets time for over 12,000 miles of railroad across the Northwest.
1879 The original Willis Hall destroyed by fire in December. It is rebuilt the following year.
1882 William Wallace Payne, director of the Carleton observatory, begins publication of the world's only popular astronomical journal, The Sidereal Messenger.
1885 Harlan W. Page is appointed financial secretary, the College's first salaried officer not also a member of the faculty.
1887 Probable date of Carleton's first formal intercollegiate athletic contest: a Carleton baseball team beats St. Olaf in May.
1889 Carleton's first yearbook is published. It is named the Algol after a variable star in honor of Carleton's contributions to astronomy.
1889 Maize is chosen as the school color.
1891 Tsune Watanabe, of Japan, graduates. She is Carleton's first non-western student.
1893 Exercise classes required of all students.
1898 Freshman Ernest Lundeen, a future U.S. Senator, is one of 12 Carls to trade school books for Army garb when the Spanish-American War begins in 1898.
1903 Rev. William H. Sallmon, a graduate of Yale and pastor of the South Congregational Church of Bridgeport, Conn., takes office in January, following President Strong's retirement after 32 years as president of the College.
1905/06 Distribution requirements and a system of majors and minors are introduced.
1909 Northfield becomes a "dry" town. (Local prohibition lasts until 1948.)
1909 In October Donald J. Cowling, a Yale graduate who had taught philosophy at Baker University, is inaugurated as Carleton's third president. Only 29 years old, Cowling will define Carleton for the next 36 years.
1911 Blue added to maize as school colors.
1914 The College Farm is purchased and dairy operations are begun.
1916 Construction of Skinner Chapel is completed.
1916-17 Lyman Lakes are dug. The islands are constructed out of the excess dirt.
1917 As America goes to war, Carleton agrees to host for the duration a unit of the Student Army Training Corps, which permits students to finish college while receiving military training.
1918-19 As WW1 ends, an influenza epidemic claims 20 million lives, 500,000 in the United States. Among its victims is popular Carleton professor of Biblical literature Fred B. Hill.
1919 Dancing is permitted on campus for the first time.
1919 College enrollment exceeds 500.
1922 Carleton-in-China program begins; most years until 1949 a junior "rep" is sent to the mission school in Fenchow to teach English for two years.
1922 Carleton becomes one of the first colleges to adopt an honors program.
1927 Minnie M. Dilley '98 is first woman to serve on the board of trustees.
1927 Introduction of the proctor system—precursor to current resident assistants—to West Side (male) dormitory life.
1927 Prof. Harvey Stork pushes for development of a Carleton arboretum. Planting directed by Stork and Superintendent of Grounds D. Blake Stewart begins in the spring.
1928-1934 Carleton basketball teams undefeated in conference play.
1930 Carleton Trustee Frank B. Kellogg awarded the 1929 Nobel Peace Prize.
1930 Creation of the Carleton Student Association (CSA). F. Atherton Bean '31 is elected its first president.
1935 Carleton's alumni magazine, the Voice first appears.
1936 Majority of Carleton students no longer from Minnesota.
1937 Carleton-in-China school flees south as Japanese armies invade Shansi province.
1940 Creation of the Student Social Cooperative (co-op) to provide "a wider social program for a greater number of students at a lower cost."
1942 Japanese-Americans evacuated from West Coast. Carleton agrees to accept interned Nisei students continuing their wartime educations.
1942-1945 War brings major disruptions to campus life. As male enrollment plummets, women occupy virtually all important student positions. In 1943 and 1944 Carleton hosts several Army units, which receive instruction in engineering, aeronautics, meteorology, and modern languages. Altogether over 1,500 Carleton men and women serve in the armed forces during WWII; 55 men lose their lives.
1943 Male enrollment drops from 455 to 93.
1945 Popular Carleton Geology Prof. Laurence M. Gould, a University of Michigan alumnus and noted polar explorer, succeeds President Cowling, who retires after leading Carleton through two World Wars and a Depression. Gould had been a member of the faculty since 1932.
1946-1950 Influx of veterans pushes enrollment over 1,000.
1947-1955 Pine Hill Village, student housing for married veterans, located across Lyman Lakes.
1948 Student-run radio station KARL begins broadcasts. (Changed to KRLX in 1974/75.)
1948 Comprehensive exams are introduced for seniors.
1949 Alvis Tinnin, Carleton's first black student, graduates.
1949 The Carleton-in-China program ends as communist China is closed to such endeavors. In 1951 a Carleton-in-Japan program is initiated, first at a school in Osaka, later at Kyoto's Doshisha University.
1950 "Knights" adopted as name for varsity sports teams.
1958 Student enrollment permanently exceeds 1,000.
1962 Carleton's fifth president, John W. Nason '26, is selected after Laurence M. Gould announces his desire to return to classroom teaching in Arizona. Nason is the first Carleton alumnus to be named president. A former Carleton Rhodes Scholar, former president of Swarthmore College, and president of the Foreign Policy Association, Nason will see the College through the balance of the turbulent 60s.
1962 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller makes a legendary appearance during the fourth quarter of a football game, dangling from a helicopter by a 50-foot chain.
1963 A group of students found the Reformed Druids of North America, initially as a protest against mandatory chapel. Carleton's religious requirement is abolished in 1964.
1964 Carleton's dairy herd is auctioned off.
1966 Carleton celebrates its centennial with a Science Symposium, the installation of Ray Jacobson's Boliou Fountain sculpture, and many other events.
1967 Drinking on campus is permitted for students 21 and older.
1970 Howard R. Swearer, an expert on international affairs at the Ford Foundation and a former UCLA professor of political science, is named president. Swearer and his family are installed in the newly acquired Nutting House, henceforward the official home of Carleton chief executives.
1971 Enrollment exceeds 1,500.
1977 Robert H. Edwards becomes president after Swearer resigns to assume the presidency of Brown University. Like Swearer, Edwards is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard, coming to Carleton from the Ford Foundation.
1977 Joe Fabeetz, an imaginary candidate, wins CSA Senate election with 1,012 write-in votes.
1977 Carleton and St. Olaf square off in the first—and possibly last—NCAA sanctioned metric football game, in which all measurements are metric. Hoopla reigns, but on the field Carleton is crushed by the Oles before 10,000 in Laird Stadium.
1978 Trustees vote to limit investments to companies adhering to a written statement of principles on South Africa. Debate, and occasional confrontation, over the merits of selective vs. total South Africa-related divestment becomes a major campus issue through the ensuing decade and beyond.
1980 Strike by Carleton union workers.
1985 ACT (Acting in the Community Together) is established to coordinate student volunteer programs in Northfield and surrounding communities.
1987 Carleton's ninth president is Stephen R. Lewis, Jr. A graduate of Williams College and Stanford University, he comes to Carleton from a professorship in economics at Williams as well as a position as economic consultant to the government of Botswana.
1987 Phones are installed in dorm rooms.
1988 The underground network of tunnels that connect Carleton buildings is closed.
1989 Adoption of RAD (Recognition and Affirmation of Difference) requirement to ensure that all students complete courses that are "centrally concerned with another culture," or with ""issues and/or theories of gender, class, race, and ethnicity as these may be found anywhere in he world."
1991 A record 18% of incoming first-year students are students of color.
1991 Carleton celebrates its 125th anniversary year with events throughout the 1991/92 academic year.
1995 U.S. News and World Report ranks Carleton's faculty #1 in commitment to undergraduate teaching.
2000 The Recreation Center opens.
2000 Carleton receives its first-ever presidential visit, as President Bill Clinton addresses graduating seniors at Commencement.
2001 The applicant pool for admission to Carleton exceeds 4,000 for the first time (4,061).
2001 The new Language and Dining Center opens.
2002 Robert Oden becomes Carleton's tenth president, coming to Carleton from the presidency of Kenyon College.
2002 Former professor of political science Paul Wellstone dies in a plane crash. He had taught political science from 1969 to 1990, and went on to become a Minnesota senator.
2004 Carleton's wind turbine is installed. It is the first college-owned turbine in the country.
2006 Classes are cancelled for an all-day campus discussion on how to respond to Hurricane Katrina. Carleton students participate in cleanup efforts in the Gulf region.
2009 Two new residence halls, Cassat Hall and Memorial Hall, open for the 2009-10 academic year (Memorial will later be renamed James Hall).
2010 Steven G. Poskanzer becomes Carleton's 11th president.
2011 Carleton's Weitz Center for Creativity opens, and the College's second wind turbine is installed.
2013 The applicant pool for admission to Carleton exceeds 7,000 for the first time.
2016 Carleton celebrates its sesquicentennial.


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This is the title of a book by Jim Bouton about baseball managers. The quotation is from Rocky Bridges, the legendary ex-major league utility infielder and minor league manager. I thought of Bridges when I read this obscene piece of "analysis" in the Washington Post about the apparent failure of the road map for peace. The article suggests that the road map (at least as drafted by the State Department and its European pals, before the Israels imposed conditions) offered the real prospect of succeeding where past initiatives failed, but came a-cropper because "none of the participants — including the United States — did what was expected of it or accepted responsibilities critical to advancing the peace initiative."
Actually, this description is a bit misleading. The article doesn't really contend that the Israelis, the Americans, and the Palestinians all played equally "bad." It finds Israel and America to be the main culprits ("from the beginning, the plan suffered from a lack of enthusiasm from the United States and Israel"). And it isn't quite as gushing about the road map as I implied. It argues that the road map probably relied too much on incremental measures — it should have exacted major territorial concessions by Israel, required full dismantling of settlements, and resolved the issues of the final status of Jerusalem and the return of Palestinians to Israel straight-away, before the Palestinians were required to do anything at all.
The article purports to rely on "Israeli and Palestinian officials, diplomats and analysts. But the Israeli sources turn out to be Yossi Beilin and his crowd. Beilin is identified as having "played key roles in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations for the past decade on behalf of Israel." He might more usefully have been identified as the guy who brought us Oslo.
So the Post offers us an "analysis" that consists only of uncritical reporting of whining by the Israeli "peace" faction and the Palestinians, with the U.S. State Department perhaps in the background. The authors never seem to have asked themselves why the Israelis should have taken the road map seriously, once Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would not take on Hamas and other militants. Or why Israel should have taken seriously the cease fire Abbas offered instead, once the Palestinians killed 21 people in Jerusalem and Abbas still balked at taking action.
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He lost weight after the birth and my milk coming in was delayed by him not suckling and sleeping too much. i double pump after each feed so he gets supplement through a syringe. problem is he forgets how to suck after feeding from syringe so its a vicious circle! i've so much milk and cannot spend hours on feeding him as my other two children are totally neglected.
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he's currently at 3kg460
i pump betwen 70-100ml after each feed
is there any other way to supplement?
is there any quick solution to this as time is limited and my DH returns to work soon and I'll have to cope with 3kids?
Feeding currently takes 1-3hrs as I give the breast (he instantly falls asleep so its a question of me spending most of the time trying to wake him up), then I give supplement and then I pump. I've tried many positions and found the rugby hold and the sitting in front to be the best ones. I wear nipple shields as have one inverted nipple and he seems to get latched easier since I wear them.
Please help!