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Waste in the Foresty IndustryAlternative Energy, BC Economy, Burns Lake, Economic Development, Employment, Forest Industry, North Central Sunday, November 4th, 2012
When Burns Lake logging contractor Klaus Posselt hears of the shortage of wood caused by the mountain pine beetle and provincial efforts to ensure enough sawlogs to keep the Interior's major sawmills in timber, he shakes his head in dismay.
There's no question that the beetle has struck a horrendous blow to Interior forests. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations estimates 40 per cent of the timber supply has been affected. Despite those losses, Posselt said, wood that could be salvaged is still being wasted because government policy has not adapted to the new reality of B.C.'s dying pine forests.
When Posselt's company, Tahtsa Timber, logs a stand, his crew will leave 30 per cent of the volume of timber behind because it's too decayed or dried out for sawmilling. He sees it as a symptom of a deeper forest management problem that the devastation caused by the beetle has exposed: The primary resource from B.C.'s Interior forests has always been sawlogs and at a time when forest health is declining, forest management policies still revolve mainly around sawlogs. Little is known about how much wood is really left because inventories are a decade out of date. But as the quality of the timber declines, the waste log piles grow bigger.
Loggers stack the timber deemed unfit for sawmilling into roadside heaps and burn it, following a ministry policy designed to prevent the timber from fuelling a wildfire. If Posselt doesn't burn what isn't used in the sawmills, he loses his deposit on the timber sale and has to pay double the deposit on the next sale.
The log piles are only one small indication of the devastation the mountain pine beetle has inflicted on Interior forests. The province has spent $884 million since 2001 attempting to manage the beetle attack and assist the hardest-hit resource communities.
And now that the infestation is ebbing, leaving an ocean of grey snags in its wake, demand is growing for a clear strategy from Victoria on the next step: How do we restore health to our forests, find other uses for the dead pine, and maintain a timber supply for the region's sawmills from a resource that has experienced an unprecedented ecological disaster?
On Oct. 9, Forests Minister Steve Thomson released the government's response: a 16-page document titled Beyond the Beetle, the result of recommendations tabled last summer by a special legislative committee on timber supply which held public hearings earlier in the year throughout the Interior. The committee was the legislature's response to a disastrous explosion that destroyed the Burns Lake sawmill last January and brought the issue of Interior sawlog supply into sharp focus. The owners required a guaranteed timber supply before rebuilding.
Beyond the Beetle's prime focus is finding enough sawlogs to keep mills open in four of the hardest-hit timber supply areas. Without access to more timber than is currently believed to be available, an estimated eight Interior sawmills may shut down. At the peak of the infestation, companies invested heavily in advanced sawmilling equipment to deal with the additional pine they were harvesting. Now they want the government to respect those investments, the B.C. Council of Forest Industries said in its brief to the standing committee.
Some of the more controversial government strategies include finding wood in stands that had previously been considered uneconomic and floating a trial balloon on logging in stands set aside for their biodiversity, old-growth or viewscape values.
Thomson said in a recent open letter that the government is not advocating logging reserves but has not closed the door to it.
"Along with having community support, any proposed changes must be ecologically sound and supported by science. Any such proposals will be considered on a case-by-case basis," he stated.
The reserves contain a lot of sawlogs. A ministry report notes that removing constraints on riparian zones and stand-level biodiversity would add 13 per cent to the midterm timber supply in the Quesnel forest district alone. Removing constraints on old-growth would add another 11 per cent to the timber supply, while removing visual quality objectives would add another five per cent, for a total of 29 per cent more timber available to sawmills. In Prince George, it is even higher — an estimated 38-per-cent more timber if all three constraints were removed.
Raising the possibility of logging forest reserves or marginal stands (much of which is on steeper slopes) has prompted environmental opposition. The industry believes a science-based examination of the values being protected in the reserves may show that some logging can take place without compromising them. But it opposes logging if it risks the industry's reputation as a supplier of sustainable forest products.
"Through the nineties, we worked long and hard to restore our place in the market," John Allan, president of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries, said in a recent interview with host and Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer on Shaw TV's Voice of the Province. "We were toast in the marketplace for many years, and under threats and boycotts — and we do not want to do anything to go back to those times."
Less controversial but equally significant measures outlined in Beyond the Beetle include:
• Committing the government to begin an inventory of what is left of B.C. forests, post-beetle.
• Increasing reforestation and silviculture.
• Reviewing measures around what it calls unsalvaged losses — wood left behind after the loggers leave, something that would please Posselt. The ministry is considering supplemental forest licences that would overlap licences for sawlogs, to increase bioenergy opportunities.
Posselt has already proven that there is more value left behind than the forests ministry realizes by sorting through his company's debris piles and taking out logs that are not good enough quality to go to a sawmill. He pays stumpage on them, trucks them to one of two small mills he owns and cuts the round edges off, creating a square log called a cant. They can be as small as 75 millimetres square
"I have brought in tens of thousands of metres of this stuff that the sawmills didn't want and I am making cant logs out of it, employing people here steadily, and supplying a niche market for it."
If the province considered the leftover wood piles as an asset — rather than waste to be burned — then entrepreneurs like himself would sharpen their pencils and find markets for the wood. For example, he said, if those log piles were inventoried as an asset, they would cumulatively add up to enough fibre to feed a biomass plant or pellet plant. Just as sawmills need a guaranteed supply of sawlogs to justify investments, so do biomass companies need guarantees of enough fibre.
Posselt is not familiar with the province's plan laid out in Beyond the Beetle, but his life experience tells him forest policy in B.C. needs more of an overhaul than the government is willing to risk.
He is not alone. "We are without question, in my opinion, confronting the reality that what was once a plentiful resource is no more. Government, quite understandably, doesn't want to face up to that harsh reality," said Ben Parfitt, resources analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. "I really think the solution begins with the acknowledgment that it is a public resource and the government has to show some leadership."
Parfitt said by putting the quest for more timber ahead of forest health, the province is simply kicking the problem down the road.
The proposed strategies in Beyond the Beetle are moves in the right direction, say professional foresters, but the plan doesn't back up its commitments by dedicating money to do the job. And that causes concern. The first step, said Mike Larock of the Association of B.C. Forest Professionals, is to find out what is left of the forest by getting provincial inventories up to date. The foresters' association has told Victoria the needed inventory work will cost $10 million a year, but the province has committed only $3 million.
It's a very, very big ecological event," Larock said of the beetle-damaged forests. "As foresters we have to try to tell the message that this is a problem of huge magnitude and really requires our attention with respect to forest health. We really need to start talking about a greater investment in the forest because we will rely on it in the future."
The province did not begin inventory work earlier because the beetle epidemic was rapidly altering the forest, said Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad, who chaired the legislative committee on timber supply. Since the impact is diminishing, now is the best time to begin a new inventory, he said. Beyond the Beetle commits the government to updating its inventories over a five-year period beginning in 2013, but Forests Minister Steve Thomson admits there could be a snag: needed funding will be determined in the context of "the current fiscal challenges within government.
COFI president Allan raised the industry's concerns about the lack of specific funding for actions like inventory work in his Voice of the Province interview.
"What we need is dedicated action. We need resources," Allan said. "The government is saying the right things, but what I don't see in any of the government reports is the dedication of funds, whether it's dollars, or labour, or employees, to implement all these plans that are now being put into paper and reports.
"I read the ministry's response to the legislative committee report, and they were dedicating money in the year 2013-14. I thought it was a typo."
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In Other Santa Monica Alternative Transportation News, Big Blue Bus Still Not On Google Transit, Continues To Repeatedly Push Back A Potential Launch, And Now A Petition Has Begun To Demand It Get Done
As the title of my blog obviously suggests, I write mostly about bikes. In the big picture though, all modes of transportation are interconnected, and if we want sustainable, and less auto-centric transportation for our cities, better and more user friendly public transit is an absolutely essential component of that. Buying a Prius won't save the world, but riding the bus would certainly help a lot. The Big Blue Bus offers a lot of great local service, as well important connections to key regional destinations like LAX, Downtown LA, and UCLA. I've depended on BBB long before I moved to Santa Monica, when I was going to college at Otis along the number 3 route and living in Westchester. The problem is the ol'BBB is still living in the past when it comes to how potential customers figure out transit service in 2010.
Increasingly in this web 2.0 world and smart phones becoming common place, mobile apps running open source, private or google data have largely replaced traditional time tables and route building for many transit users. MTA's old trip planner and route builder always sucked, for a number of reasons. So of course many rejoiced when they could finally use google transit instead. Burbank, OCTA and Metrolink were all a step ahead of L.A MTA in getting to Google. The old online Metro trip planner has all the other local agencies like Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus service as well, and is still around, but google has become the route builder of choice. The Bus Bench blog just yesterday did a look at some of the terrible route choices made by Metro Trip Planner compared to the new google recommendations.
Yet entire bus fleets have now dropped off the map many people use to figure out public transit now. It's because the data of some local agencies like Santa Monica is locked up in red tape. Though the majority of L.A. and SoCal transit agencies are on board now, save a few hold outs like Santa Monica.
This data gap creates serious repercussions for how people plan trips. To an old user of the Big Blue Bus, they obviously know BBB exists, and probably already know many of the routes, and how to track down the information. To the newer transit user, one unfamiliar with our system, perhaps tourists Santa Monica would like to attract to our little beach town, or drivers who haven't set foot on a bus in years but might want to give it a shot, they may skip over the very existence of our bus fleet as they browse google to find their way around. I know before I touch ground in new places, the first thing I do is look up routes on google and search for any iPhone apps for local transit service.
The #10 BBB is a hidden gem of transit service, running from Santa Monica to Downtown LA and back with no stops at any cities or neighborhoods in-between, running express right on the 10 freeway. For anyone using Google to plan their trip between downtown and Santa Monica, they will be directed to use inferior and slower service options with Metro that use transfers and slog through surface street traffic. The number 3 and 3 rapid are essential links between Santa Monica and the airport, and sadly one many google transit users may not realize exists.
Green LA Girl has covered this topic since she was still blogging for the LA Times. That was back in 2008. She followed up with BBB several times since, but the missing transit data is still lost in the shuffle. Obviously quite some time has passed now, and the list of cities that make their data available to Google has grown to include places you might not think would be ahead of "progressive" Santa Monica. Places like Covington Kentuky are now on Google Transit.
I've been told in an e-mail exchange by a representative from the Big Blue Bus that the Santa Monica hold up has to do with complicated contractual agreements with software venders. I'm sure other agencies had issues with data and software vendors, but have managed to work it out. Google has done all the real hard work of programming route building algorithms and a user friendly graphic interface, they just need the data in their format. Google has a big office right down the street from BBB headquarters. This shouldn't be so difficult.
To me the real sting comes from not only dropping the ball on making the transit data accessible, but constantly pushing back when they would finally get it done, when it seems apparent they have no idea when it's going to happen. July 6th 2009 it was announced that it was expected it to happen within the calender year.
I was getting frustrated with this whole thing my self recently after trying to plan some trips that used Metro and BBB, and I did not want to dig up the old Trip Planner beast. So I started writing in to complain and find out more. On June 16th of this year I was told "..we have reason to believe it might be available as early as the next two weeks". Fast forward to August 18th, and I was told after following up and making further complaints "..we are preparing to go live on Google Transit in the early part of September 2010".
We are on the last day of September now. Will it be early October, will it be Halloween? Christmas? Will our civilization be slipping down the backside of peak oil while Santa Monica is still figuring out how to make their transit data easily accessible for route building over the internet. When is it finally going to happen, for real?
On that note, a group of citizens have started to mobilize on this. Back in 2008 a group organized on Facebook to put pressure on Metro to provide their data to Google, back when that agency was still late to the Google party, and unsure it wanted to give up the information for another website to use. The group is now going after L.A. area local agency hold outs like Santa Monica and has now started a petition to get the Big Blue Bus to get their act together on providing it's transit data. And to be transparent about the process. I encourage everyone to sign it, although I think the petition's date of demanding a publicized plan with a launch date by 10/30/10 is going easy on the agensy considering how long they've already been working on this, and how many empty promises have already passed. Maybe if enough people sign it, they'll wake and realize what a serious priority this is for the transit using public.
If Santa Monica wants to really make this city sustainable, putting solar panels on the upgraded bus yard and maintenance facility is nice, but making transit service planning easily accessible to drivers is much better. Many drivers may never see the Big Blue Bus website, but already know how to navigate with google maps. I'm no longer surprised when I talk to people who have lived a car centric and sheltered life in the L.A. area for years, and have no clue that we have train service in some places or that a subway even exists in L.A. So many people have no clue at all what's going on outside their car, and we aren't going to reach those people with timetable charts and archaic route building software from the 90's, buried in a website many people will never go to.
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- Alex said...
Why do we have to resort to petitions for force public agencies to do their job?
- September 30, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- BBB: Dan D said...
Regarding your concerns about BBB not being on Google Transit yet, we had expected to go live a few months ago but encountered some software issues. We had to go to the people who developed the software to have this issue correct. We now think the issue has been resolved, and the data is currently with Google Transit for their review.
I thought you might also like to know Big Blue Bus is working to implement several new technology programs that will put transit information at riders fingers tips, and not just scheduled times, but real time info. We are working on a bus stop redevelopment program that will include real time signs at over 94 of our busiest bus stops in Santa Monica, a new automated voice automated system that will give cell phone users real time bus arrival info 24/7, a new website with trip planning function and real time information, a phone version of the website where web-enabled phones can get real time info, and aps for the i-phone and other devices. We'll be sure to let you know when these become available.
- September 30, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- Allon Percus said...
Perhaps I can add some perspective. On March 9, 2004 (no typo there), Kevin Keenan from Big Blue Bus sent me an e-mail regarding a project to make real-time bus arrival information available to the public on the BBB web site. The e-mail states: "The implementation will be phased-in and is scheduled to be completed by early 2005."
Generally I try to be an optimist. But given the dates above, you can well imagine that the pressures towards cynicism are monumental.
- October 1, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Juan Matute said...
Yes, the petition is lightly worded, not demanding. However, it builds awareness of the issue, and puts names on the problem. If Big Blue Bus does not definitively respond with a Go-Live Date on their web site or via press release (and appearing in the Santa Monica Daily Press) by 10/30/10, there will be escalation.
- October 1, 2010 at 10:50 AM
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- jericho1ne said...
You could always bombard Big Blue Bus with your comments:
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Frosty Tree in Penrose Winter
Labels: Penrose, Penrose Home
8 comments:
- Judy said...
I can't remember what kind of tree this was, but it supplied welcomed shade from the summer heat, and this frosty beauty in winter.
- July 14, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Louise Blood said...
I have always loved this picture.
- July 14, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Ann said...
The icing on the trees was always so spectacular. It seemed as though the mornings after were extra quiet and when the sun hit, everything sparkled like diamonds. The magic of a life that holds such warm memories never wears off.
- July 14, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Steve Blood said...
Chineese elm? I think that's all we had around the house except for the Russian Olive by the barn.
- July 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- Judy said...
I think you are right, Steve. (again)
- July 14, 2011 at 9:08 PM
- Elizabeth said...
It was always lovely when the fog came from the river and left a shiny, glittery, frosty surface on everything.
- July 15, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Ann said...
Yes to the Chinese Elm.
- July 15, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Elizabeth said...
I never knew Chinese - just elm.
- July 18, 2011 at 8:34 AM
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He wasn't an urban dweller. At least that's what the owner of this circa-1865 townhouse in Philadelphia's Center City had always thought. Though he ventured downtown for his work as a commercial–real estate developer, home was two acres in the suburbs with a contemporary house he describes as "all glass and polish, and very precise."
He and his wife built that house in the early 1970s, and over the next 30 years they raised three children there and filled its rooms with Continental antiques they collected in their travels. When his wife died in 2001, the children, grown and with families of their own, tried luring him into the city, but he was convinced that high-rise apartments were not for him and that townhouses were much too dark and narrow.
That is, until he saw a four-story, 11,000-square- foot Greek Revival house on what he considered to be the city's best block. At 37 feet wide, it felt unusually spacious; light filtered in through nine-foot-tall parlor-floor windows and a stairwell skylight. And with six bedrooms, there would be plenty of space for his children and their families to visit. Still, the developer resisted. Although structurally intact, the interior was a shambles. "I was very nervous about it," he says. "I asked myself, 'Does this place just need a lot of care, or is it too far gone?'"
That's when he called in New York City decorator and family friend Thomas Jayne, whom his late wife had met on a 1995 trip to Holland with the Furniture History Society. The property was too good to pass up, Jayne assured him, and they could most definitely restore its former glory. Jayne could not, however, predict how captivating—and ultimately how healing—the project would turn out to be for his new client.
To get their bearings, the men commissioned an architectural historian to trace the house's past. A 1931 renovation by architect Herman Louis Duhring Jr. had given the residence its most dazzling feature: a solarium, with walls of Texas shell limestone, that connected the dwelling to a study built over the rear garden. A myriad of further accretions had also popped up in Duhring's time, as decorator and client made careful note. (He added a mosaic-tiled taproom, for instance, and several elaborate bathrooms featuring pink marble and gold-plated fixtures.) If subsequent owners had done the house no favors, at least their changes were easily reversed. From 1949 until the mid-'70s, the building was loosely divided into four apartments and a doctor's office. Another occupant, a colorful bon vivant, stitched the place back together and made it the setting for boisterous parties filled with famous guests—and even engineered a star turn for it in the 1983 movie Trading Places.
The current owner, though, had different priorities—ones centered on conservation, restoration, and minimally invasive updates. Jayne, a graduate of the decorative-arts program at Winterthur, proved an adroit accomplice. While his client masterminded moving the garden-level kitchen up to the parlor floor, to make space for a garage, and adding central air-conditioning and an elevator, Jayne sketched out the aesthetic next steps, which included painting the hall floors an aqueous blue-green to unify the space and installing a striped runner on the neoclassical central staircase. To replace the damaged floor of the solarium, Jayne chose gray-and-white Mexican stone and devised a geometric pattern that would pull the room together; his client puzzled out the math to make it fit.
The collaboration went without a hitch—except when the owner, dating again, would bring various girlfriends by to take a look at the progress. "They wanted to get their hands in the pie," he recalls. "Thomas used to say to me, 'Please don't bring her back.'"
Jayne had challenges enough as it was. In addition to working around all the structural upgrades, the decorator was trying to synthesize the disparate array of art and antiques collected by the client and his first wife with furnishings acquired from the house's former owner. There were also strictly sentimental attachments to consider and incorporate, such as a mauve Parsons-style dining table that made the trip in from the suburbs. Freshly lacquered blue to echo the color of the floor in the adjacent entrance hall, the table now takes its place in the dining room, surrounded by 18th-century Portuguese rococo chairs and set amid neoclassical Italian marquetry commodes, a French Empire console table, and an Italian Empire chandelier. Most unexpected is one of the few touches with local provenance: Hanging over the drawing-room mantel is The Odalisque, a circa-1845 oil painting by the Philadelphia portraitist Rembrandt Peale.
By the time the house was completed in 2004, the owner had finally met a woman who passed what could be called the Thomas test. They were married a year later. "She loves this place," says her husband, pausing. "It's hard not to love."


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Whole Wheat, Teff, and Flax
I gave up on this bread completely not so long ago. The dough always started out OK, but by the end of the bulk ferment it would be extremely slack and sticky, and by the time it went into the oven it was essentially a puddle.
After several attempts it became clear that it was simply not going to work so I trashed the paper copy and deleted the spreadsheet and that was that. Two days later I happen across this Farine blog post and learn that teff flour will do awful things to bread dough (of this fact I have become keenly aware) unless it is cooked a bit first. So simple! I would not have thought to try that in a million years. (I had forgotten about theTFL thread on this subject I had read. During this whole process my computer was having some kind of disagreement with the TFL site and wouldn't let me look for help here. It's better now:) )
So I gave it another go and, hey, it's a loaf of bread this time! Still not the strongest dough, it is manageable at least.
Now that I have a starting point it's time to start tinkering and asking questions. First off, I wonder if adding the flax meal to the scald is helping, hurting or having no effect? I will likely leave it out next time. I think I forgot to add the salt to the scald, so that's another change to try next time.
The hydration felt pretty good, I don't think I would go any higher.
The mixing... the dough was pretty slack by the time I shaped, so I can't decide if I want to try being gentler next time or try to develop more strength.
Fermentation time was, I think, at about it's maximum. I imagine the overnight scald helped speed things up - another reason I'm thinking about leaving the flax out of the scald next time.
So many questions, can you tell I think this bread could be better? Still, it's pretty good. There's an extra sweetness and nuttiness in this bread that works for me. Definitely one worth tinkering with.


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I want to make XAMPP public so people can visit my site when they type my public IP into their browser. I've read about this issue and have tried multiple fixes, but I still can't access my personal server from the internet. Here is some general info regarding my setup:
OS: Windows 7
Windows Firewall: Disabled
Linksys Router: Port 80 has been forwarded
When I type 192.168.1.1 OR localhost OR 127.0.0.1 OR [My Public IP] into my browser, I get the XAMPP server page as expected. However, when I try to visit the Public IP from outside my network, I get a Server Not Found page.
I suspect I need to edit a conf file, but haven't been able to find the correct settings.
So, what should I do next to make this server accessible by the public? Any help would be appreciated.


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How did the book launch go, Gary?
How did the book launch go, Gary?
Ha! Yeah, it is better to skip the food in those situations. I'm glad to hear it went so well and people bought the book.
Should pack some snacks next time. Don't need to be getting a headache from not eating. Just remember not to bring anything that would give you garlic or onion breath. (:
Glad your weekend went well.
Even those who make their living in dreamland must do their chores in the real world.
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I'm happy it went so well for you.


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Ireland goalkeeper Keiren Westwood is determined to regain the number one shirt at Sunderland after the club sold Belgian international Simon Mignolet to Liverpool.
Westwood spent all of last season on the bench as Mignolet's understudy and is keen to make a fresh start after failing in his bid to leave last year.
"It would have been a wrench to leave, but on the other side of it, I have to think of my career," Westwood said.
"I have to play games and have something to look forward to during the week, putting all that work in on the training field to send fans home happy on a Saturday.
"I didn't have that last year, but I still carried on going. At times, it was mentally demoralizing.
"I want to play. Everybody knows I want to play. It's not in my nature to sit on the bench. I would rather go and play for a Championship team on less money and play every week, just so I get that buzz on a Saturday.
"Sitting on the bench in the Premier League and picking up money is not my desire or attitude. It's a trap I don't want to fall into."


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Brad Botwin's recent letter to the editor urges voters to overturn the Maryland Dream Act in November, but he misinforms your readers to make his case ("Dream Act a poor investment for Md.," July 31). A diverse coalition of leaders and organizations are working to defend this common-sense legislation because it reflects the value we place on education.
Mr. Botwin claims that tuition costs will go up for all students if the Dream Act is sustained by voters. But the University System of Maryland has supported this legislation from the beginning, and no college president has indicated the law will require a tuition increase.
Mr. Botwin also suggests that undocumented students will displace out-of-state students at Maryland colleges and universities. This idea is based on his speculation that the immigrant student population will "explode." But the claim is not supported by the facts from the 11 other states that have passed similar legislation.
In none of those states has the proportion of Dream-eligible students equaled more than 1 percent of the student population, even in states like Texas and California, which have had Dream Acts for a decade. Moreover, Maryland is the only state to have a taxpaying requirement, making it even tougher to qualify.
The law is also very clear in specifying that Dream students who apply will only be competing against out-of-state students in the admissions process. They will not take slots that otherwise would go to native-born Maryland residents.
And while Mr. Botwin is correct that the bill requires applicants to "file" tax returns rather than "pay" taxes, the distinction ensures that no one is excluded by qualifying for the low-income tax credit in the current federal and state tax codes. Dream Act students must meet the same tax-paying requirements as other Maryland residents.
Because of President Barack Obama's recent directive, Dream students will be eligible for work permits. This will enable talented young people to pursue a higher education that allows them to become assets to the state's economy when they enter the workforce.
The Maryland Dream Act aims to help kids who have lived in Maryland for most of their lives and who want the opportunity to contribute to the only place they know as home. It's a wise investment for the state and it's also the right thing to do.
Jody Olsen, Baltimore
The writer is a visiting professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.


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Mixed reaction from players, managers to collision rule
Major League Baseball's official announcement on Monday to implement a ban on home-plate collisions for the 2014 season was met with mixed reaction from players and managers.
"There is nothing more sacred in the game than home plate, and baserunners want to do all they can to score a run while catchers want to do their best to defend the plate -- in many cases at all costs," Tony Clark, executive director of the MLB Players Association, said in a statement. "Therefore, as one might imagine, the issue of home-plate collisions is one that generates spirited debate among the players. Because of this, coming up with a rule change that allows both the runner and catcher a fair and equal opportunity to score and defend was our mandate."
Major League Baseball's official announcement on Monday to implement a ban on home-plate collisions for the 2014 season was met with mixed reaction from players and managers.
"There is nothing more sacred in the game than home plate, and baserunners want to do all they can to score a run while catchers want to do their best to defend the plate -- in many cases at all costs," Tony Clark, executive director of the MLB Players Association, said in a statement. "Therefore, as one might imagine, the issue of home-plate collisions is one that generates spirited debate among the players. Because of this, coming up with a rule change that allows both the runner and catcher a fair and equal opportunity to score and defend was our mandate."
Rule 7.13 will go into effect on an experimental basis this season and will "prohibit the most egregious collisions at home plate."
If the umpire determines that a runner has initiated contact with the player covering home plate and/or deviated from his direct pathway to do so, the umpire will declare the runner out. If the catcher blocks the runner's pathway without holding the ball, the umpire will call the runner safe.
"The big thing we are trying to eliminate, and I wholeheartedly support it, is the cheap-shot collision," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter. "[A] guy, completely exposed, doesn't have the ball, and some guy hunts him. We've had it happen with Matt [Wieters] a few times; if you remember, we were real unhappy about it."
The Giants and their fans were unhappy when their star catcher, Buster Posey, broke a bone in his left leg after being run over at the plate by then-Marlins player Scott Cousins on May 25, 2011, and the issue was examined with more fervor as a result of such a high-profile collision.
Posey was asked recently if he thought the new bylaw would be known as the "Posey Rule," and he wasn't too verbose in his response. "I try to keep myself out of the conversation as much as I can," Posey said. "Because I know people are going to connect me to it regardless."
To make their determination, umpires will consider whether runners have made an effort to touch the plate, and whether they lower their shoulders or push through their elbows, hands or arms. The rule does not mandate that a player slide or that the catcher cannot block the plate, but runners who slide and catchers who allow a lane to the plate will never be found in violation.
"The biggest thing is, if you have a place to slide, you really need to slide," Yankees manager -- and former catcher -- Joe Girardi said. "We don't want any of these unnecessary collisions, because we want our players on the field, and we don't want the health issues to come back and haunt players 10, 20, 30 years from now. We just don't. ... I think it's a good rule, and I think it's a really good step in the right direction."
Indians catcher Yan Gomes agreed, emphasizing how much of a target the catcher is on close plays at the plate.
"We're at a standstill position, and no matter how big or how small anybody is, the guy that's coming in is going to win the battle," Gomes said. "So I'm glad that at least that is gone. Kind of like a play coming in from right field, I don't have my eyes on the runner, so if I'm in front of home plate, they're not coming out and letting me have it."
Such a play would have had a profound impact on the Pirates in 2013, as their postseason berth was clinched on Sept. 23 with a home-plate collision. Catcher Russell Martin blocked the plate against the Cubs' Nate Schierholtz, and held the ball after the collision. Schierholtz was called out.
"Good timing, I guess," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of the new rule. "But you know what, the 'lane' thing has always been in the rules, [it] just wasn't enforced."
A Note addendum to Rule 7.06(b) in the current Official Baseball Rules states: "The catcher, without the ball in his possession, has no right to block the pathway of the runner attempting to score. The base line belongs to the runner and the catcher should be there only when he is fielding a ball or when he already has the ball in his hand."
Instant replay will be available to review potential violations, with the crew chief given the discretion to invoke replay if such a situation arises.
"The goal is to have runners approaching home think 'slide' first," Martin said. "I'm sure some super-aggressive players have the mindset, 'I'm destroying this guy.' That's what they want to take away."
Brewers catchers Jonathan Lucroy and Martin Maldonado began preparing for the rule change on Sunday, working with catching coordinator Charlie Greene, bench coach Jerry Narron and Triple-A manager Rick Sweet on swipe tags.
"I'm a conservative-type guy. I like keeping things the way they are," Lucroy said, "although I do understand where they're coming from. I understand the owners who voted on it want to maintain their investments, and catchers are investments. So are the players who hit catchers. I understand the importance of [avoiding] concussions. I get it. It's just really hard to break old habits. Yesterday, we were thoroughly confused, trying to figure out ways to do it. There were so many issues as far as, 'Will this be legal? Would that be legal?'"
Rays manager Joe Maddon is also hesitant to embrace the change. He noted that the rule protects the catcher but, in doing so, can put the runner at risk. He's also concerned that some players may not have a clear interpretation of what's legal and what's not.
"I still think there's some ambiguities about it that I think we need to learn better," Maddon said. "I think the in-season game is going to teach us more. I think with all these new rules, whether it's instant replay or the positioning of the catcher, I think it's got to be a very fluid, almost living kind of organism when it comes to rule changing.
"So [there needs to be] a lot of flexibility -- not tabling, not revisiting -- [but] addressing almost immediately when you know something about this isn't right. [Like] obviously, something about this isn't right. Boom! We've got to do something right now. Which is going to play havoc with players' heads, I think. And that's the part I really don't like."
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, also a former Major League catcher, said he feels the catcher is the one who will have to adjust more to the new rule but that it shouldn't be a major adjustment.
"They're so used to guarding that plate there," Gibbons said. "In a lot of ways, I really don't know if it's going to be a big difference. A lot of catchers don't hold their ground at the plate anymore anyway. A lot of them leak out and use the swipe tag to begin with. It will be a small adjustment. I don't think it will be that big a deal."
Said Clark: "It's in large part what has been part of the challenge, making sure that something can be put together that guys can appreciate, understand, interpret and apply while also taking into account and respecting the fact that the game, for a lot of these guys, has been played one way with one mindset and one focal point. That doesn't change overnight. A lot of that comes into play with the rule itself is perhaps looking to change some habits. That's going to take time."
Many around the game appreciate that the rule is designed to help curb concussions. Cardinals manager and former catcher Mike Matheny went so far as to say that he hopes "the league comes down hard" on any player who "does go out of his way" to initiate a collision at the plate.
"I'm not on a mission here to try to do anything except do what's right," Matheny said. "First of all, make people aware that the concussion thing is real and not just in football and hockey. It's real in baseball. ... And the other thing is, let's take a risk-reward analysis of this thing. What is the risk of the good of the game, let alone the individual, and the long-term repercussions? And what's the reward?
Two-time All-Star catcher and former FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver would like to see the rule go even further.
"It's a step forward, but I think it's an incomplete rule, because it doesn't protect the catcher above the shoulders," McCarver said. "That is what needs to be addressed, to protect the catcher so he doesn't get his head [injured]. Like a lot of rules, you're going to have to see how it's enforced. But the key thing for me is that it prevents concussion."
Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis took part in the conversations with the union about the rule change, and he believes it's more about orthopedic injuries than concussions. He also fears that the change will take away game-changing or game-saving plays that affect a contest's outcome. His backup, Tim Federowicz, is also skeptical.
"I don't agree with it, but I guess we have to live with it," Federowicz said. "I didn't think it was going to pass. Guess I've got to learn a new technique tagging guys out. But when the ball takes you into the path of the runner, our priority is to catch the ball. There will be a lot more ejections and arguments."
MLB and the Players Association will form a committee of players and managers to review the rule as the season goes on and discuss permanent application starting in 2015.
"We believe the new experimental rule allows for the play at the plate to retain its place as one of the most exciting plays in the game, while providing an increased level of protection to both the runner and the catcher," Clark said in his statement. "We will monitor the rule closely this season before discussing with the Commissioner's Office whether the rule should become permanent.
"During these negotiations, one thing became very apparent. Serious discussions over potential rules changes must include the input and feedback from those with the best vantage point -- the players. With that in mind, I would like to thank those players involved in helping us navigate through this process."
Some catchers expressed general feelings of acceptance with the wording of the rule. Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco, for example, said he had heard that any type of contact at the plate would be disallowed, so he's in favor of what has been passed.
"I think it makes a lot of sense," Mesoraco said. "It takes away those unnecessary collisions. It's a play that's a lot of fun. I think nothing really gets a team going a whole lot more than a play at the plate. I didn't want them to take away any contact at all."
Added Royals catcher Ramon Hernandez, a 15-year big league veteran: "I wish when I was coming up, this rule was coming in because I'd have had fewer injuries. For years, that's what people always loved to see -- the catcher getting run over. But I think, in a good way, it's going to save a lot of injuries, especially to catchers. You see a lot of guys in the past get their careers ruined by a collision and they could never be the same after that. Even runners can run into the catcher and injure themselves."
A's catcher Derek Norris, who broke a toe last year in a play at the plate, said that any time you're looking out for someone's safety, it's a good thing.
"You can't sit there and give catchers free range over home plate and take away the whole thing," Norris said. "A guy can't do anything about that then. I think it plays fair to both sides and I think that's the most important part."
Added Astros backstop Jason Castro: "I think those are positive changes. I don't think they'll change the game, just some safety stuff that will keep guys on the field a lot longer."
Overall, the prevailing attitude might have been offered by Angels manager Mike Scioscia, a former All-Star catcher, when he said that it doesn't matter how you feel about the rule -- just that it's in the book and that makes it a very real part of the game until further notice.
"I don't think anyone knows exactly how the play is going to evolve from now on," Scioscia said. "But if the guidelines are clear, we'll live by the guidelines."
And White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers said that certainty is what means the most going forward.
"I don't know all the details, but at least a decision was made," Flowers said. "At least we know what we need to practice every day."
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak.


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Kristin, 23, of Orland Park, Ill.
At only 23-years-old, Kristin is already a successful designer and businesswoman. After graduating from the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago in only three years, Kristin began her own label, organiK Revolution, where she specializes in creating eco-friendly apparel for contemporary women. Born and raised in Chicago, she draws her inspiration from both the city and her rock-star family. Her husband and two brothers are in local Chicago bands and she likes to describe her style as feminine and fun with a rock-n-roll edge. Often considered "headstrong" by her friends and family, Kristin says she knows who she is and what she is capable of. She may be young, but that will not stop this rising Chicago star.
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For the true baseball fan, Cuba is a mecca. There are no giant video screens with animated hands demanding that you clap. There are no overcaffeinated and
overamplified cheerleaders pressuring you to make some noise.
In Cuba, there is no artificial passion. The excitement comes from within the hearts of the fans, and from the joy of the players.
That is the essence of watching Yasiel Puig, and the Dodgers are more than happy to put up with the occasional culture clash. He plays in a way few others can, celebrates in a way few others do, ignites this city in a way few others have.
America could have enjoyed all this in the All-Star game. America passed, in favor of a guy from the Atlanta Braves.
What America missed could be seen in one play on Monday, in the Dodgers' 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. Puig hit a drive deep to right field, so deep he assumed the ball would clear the fence.
Puig flipped his bat, and threw his arms high to celebrate the home run. Alas, the ball hit the wall, and Puig charged around the bases and into third base, with a stand-up triple. He put his hands together in applause even before he hit the base, then thrust his arms skyward after he did.
He ran so fast that Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, sitting in the box adjacent to the home dugout, seriously thought Puig might get an inside-the-park home run — after Puig had stopped to admire the flight of what he thought would be an outside-the-park home run.
Let us not lose sight of the primary point. Puig's triple was his first hit of the NLCS. He had no hits in 10 at-bats in the first two games of the series, both losses. He had two hits in three at-bats on Monday, in the Dodgers' first victory.
His talent is so extraordinary that the Dodgers can marvel at any facet of it on any given night. On this one, the box score showed that Puig and A.J. Ellis each tripled, even though Puig hit the pause button before running.
"He got his triple easy," Ellis said. "I started running when I hit the ball, and I barely made it."
But the play sparked another chapter in the running debate about whether Puig simply plays with flair, or whether his actions disrespect the other team.
Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran, an eight-time All-Star, went with the latter take.
"As a player, I think he doesn't know," Beltran said. "I think he still thinks he's playing somewhere else. He has a lot of passion, no doubt about that, a lot of talent.
"I think with time he will learn that sometimes you have to be a little more calm, not only with not showing up the other team, but with the umpires, and the way he plays the game."
Don Mattingly, the Dodgers' manager, sighed at the topic. He said he would have preferred that Puig run out the play, at least until the ball actually clears the fence.
"We've been dealing with this all year," Mattingly said. "He's just emotional."
Ellis said he did not believe Puig was showing up the other team. The kid just does not have an off switch for his energy, he said.
What, we wondered, would constitute showing up the other team? "Barking at people," Ellis said.
"Pimping a home run," he said.
Wait a second. That is what Puig did, except for the detail about the ball not going out.
"He pimped it a little bit," Ellis conceded, "but then he took off and he got a triple. You've got to play with a little bit of individualism, a little bit of flair. It's good for the game. He didn't show up the other team, in my opinion."
Not that the Dodgers are worried about etiquette at the moment. They are 69-35 when Puig starts, 27-38 when he does not.
Their two best hitters, Puig and Hanley Ramirez, play with flair becoming of the co-owner who flashes a championship smile and five rings. Puig is magic, and this is showtime.
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Officials in Glassboro cut the ribbon Tuesday on the $35 million mixed-use Enterprise Center, a 53,000-square-foot building that will serve as the new home for Rowan University's College of Graduate and Continuing Education.
Part of the ongoing $300 million Rowan Boulevard Project, the five-floor building features classrooms, a 1,194-space parking garage and 9,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space. It is situated between a recently opened Marriott Courtyard hotel and the school's Barnes & Noble Collegiate Superstore, which opened in 2011.
According to Gloucester County freeholder Heather Simmons, the retail and parking components of the building are expected to create 90 jobs.
"Of all the projects we've done on Rowan Boulevard, this is my baby," university President Ali Houshmand said of the Enterprise Center in a release.
Mercer County-based developer Nexus Properties built the building and will continue to own it, thus keeping it a ratable property for Glassboro.
Dante Germano, Nexus chief operating officer, said in the spring, the developer expects to break ground on Penthouses on Rowan Boulevard, a 300,000-square-foot mixed-use building featuring residential, retail and healthcare amenities.
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Blogger Outs Anti-Gay Republican U.S. Senator
Blogger Michael Rogers who famously outed anti-gay Republican politicians like Senator Larry Craig, Rep. Ed Schrock, Rep. Mark Foley and has a 100 percent accuracy rate has now outed yet another allegedly gay politician with a decidedly homophobic voting record.
Rogers tweeted on Sunday:
@senjohnbarrasso on Chris Wallace had the chance to come out as gay on @foxnewssunday out and be proud. #maybenexttime #bustthehatecloset
— Michael Rogers (@MichaelRogersDC) September 29, 2013
According to The New Civil Rights Movement, Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso (pictured), 61, "is a Presbyterian, divorced, remarried, and has three children. He is up for re-election in 2016."
Sen. Barrasso previously stated in 2004: "I believe in limited government, lower taxes, less spending, traditional family values, local control and a strong national defense. In the state Senate, in addition to receiving an 'A' rating from the NRA, I have voted for prayer in schools, against gay marriage and have sponsored legislation to protect the sanctity of life."
He also has a zero rating with the Human Rights Campaign and voted against the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Michael Rogers hasn't stated what evidence, if any, he intends to present regarding Barrasso's alleged homosexuality. He says simply, "My tweets stand on their own."
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He would be less suspect if he wasn't so homophobic in his voting record and public statements. Will they never learn? If you can't come out, and many just can't, at least keep your mouth shut. Homophobic comments do not cast suspicion in another direction. It just makes those of us in the know that much more suspicious.


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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The Israeli navy took control of a boat that violated an Israeli blockade and crossed into Gazan waters Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said, while a Gaza group said the ship was carrying humanitarian aid, a former U.S. congresswoman and a Nobel laureate.
The boat's crew included former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, according to the Free Gaza Movement, a human rights group that sent the boat it calls "Spirit of Humanity" from Cyprus.
Along with McKinney, who served six terms in the House of Representatives from Georgia and was the Green Party's presidential nominee in 2008, Israeli authorities took 20 people into custody, the group said.
Also aboard, the group said, was Mairead Maguire, who co-founded a group that worked for peace in Northern Ireland. Maguire and co-founder Betty Williams received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for their work.
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Cynthia McKinney and Gaza reminds me of a dog that chases cars.....i.e...if the dog caught one what would it do with it?
Same with McKinney and Gaza....some photo ops and then Palestinians would figure out how useless she really is to their cause.Hey careful man! There's a beverage here!
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Driving a car versus using a computer
Forget everything about IT for a moment. Go back to your driving lessons. During your first steps, driving a car was full of small details. Turning the wheel, hitting the brakes, using the clutch and so on. After a while however, as experience was accumulated all these things became minor. An experienced driver thinks in a much higher level. "I use the car for transport". A driver enters a car thinking that he/she wants to get from point A (e.g. home) to point B (e.g. work). Using the car is an intermediate stage which serves this higher goal. Using the car is a temporary low level task which fulfills the high level need of transportation.
Now come back to computers. Think the user. If you are reading this you may be more experienced than the user I am talking about. Think your grandmother or aunt who uses a computer for basic things (email/surfing/word processing). This is type of user I mean. A user as described above always boots a computer for a high level task. "I will prepare my presentation for tomorrow". "I will search the Internet for information on the Roman Empire". "I will write a mail to my cousin". No user boots a computer in order to partition a hard disk, or download new security updates. Unfortunately every user soon realizes that things are not so simple and in order to reach these high level goals there are many boring details that need to be examined first.
Thus the user is forced to learn basic things like screen resolutions, folders and files, formatting floppies, installing programs, Menus, double clicking and a bunch of other details that (guess what) nobody cares about! Even simple actions like opening a document in an application are more complex than they seem. One has to remember the exact location of the file (its position in the file system) in order to retrieve it. Search functions and "recently opened" lists solve partially this, but the problem never disappears. Imagine a user who inserts a DVD full of digital images in the drive and wants to show a specific image to his/her friends. The search function will be slow (4.5GBs hold many images), the "recently opened" list doesn't apply (since the DVD has never been inserted before).So the user will spend several minutes to find manually the requested image. If the user is smart enough the descriptions will be hard coded in the names (John-and-Mary-beach.jpg) or the folders will have some meaning (d:\holiday\beach\whatever.jpg). In most cases however, the images will have cryptic names like DSC06458.JPG and the directories will show just the model of the camera. The user ends up manually searching all the images previewing them in one of the zillions programs that exist for this kind of boring operation.
Users think in high levels
The situation I just described is totally unacceptable. Users don't have to be tortured like this. It is true that graphical user environments (GUIs) have improved computer usability but this is certainly not the end of the story. Additionally all these flames between Linux zealots and windows fanatics are completely useless. I hope that after reading this article you will agree with me that all operating systems are inefficient. And that includes the Apple stuff too. Just think of all the amount of information a naive user must digest before finishing any work. I don't mean the usual suspects (defragging? drivers? divx codecs?) but more basic things. The whole concept of different programs and windows that need to be resized and moved (isn't this the job of the window manager?). The whole interface is a mess. The WIMP interface has been criticized long before this article and will also be in the future. Ask the users themselves. Most of the times they will surprise you. The classic one is "why do I need a thing called Nero to write a CD and can't just drag and drop the files on the CD as I do with the floppy?". Yes I know that windows XP does this but still the process takes two steps (1.drop files 2.write CD). This is something completely strange for the naive user. (Other solutions which involve different CD-Writing technologies are unknown to the common public.)
If you write down all complaints from casual users most of them follow two principles. 1) Users work with a high level goal in mind. Every task which is not directly related to this goal is a distraction which needs to go out of the way as soon as possible. 2) Users expect the computers to be intelligent and take decisions in the background for them. They get very frustrated when they realize (as they become experienced) that computers are stupid machines that need to be told what to do.
I haven't said anything really new at this point. Most readers who know anything about human-computer interaction or have programmed guis know all this. The usual answer for the situation is that computers are complex machines, blah blah, they are not a VCR blah, blah, or a washing machine blah, blah. Basically that since computers have multiple roles, their interface cannot be too simple and so on and so on. Well I disagree.
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If Instagram needed a hip hop theme song, Willie Taylor of MTV's Making the Band 4's Day26 just accomplished such thing. According to the singer's tweet earlier today, his latest single featuring "Birthday Sex" singer Jeremih will highlight one of the most popular source of digital romance by begging the ladies to let him "Instagram [your] body."
Does it really matter what the song is about? Clearly, a dude's trying to mack on a girl and seducing her to let him take advantage of his digitally advanced photography app. The chorus even comes complete with Instagram shutter sounds! Willie also wants to be able to share with his Instagram followers the beautiful lady in his life so he can work on those Like's and comments. Nothing wrong with a little social media activity right? Hashtag big pimpin'.
"I never seen a picture on my phone come out like this," Willie croons. "Done took a lot of photographs but none quite like this." Rest assured, Willie, your pictures are most definitely supposed to come out quite washed out like that.
If this isn't 21st century love, we don't know what is. Staff writer Jeff Van Camp's reaction concludes that the song would have gone a little more like "Let me Kodak disposable camera all over ya baby" or "Let me Polaroid yer body" to fit his generation. Unfortunately, this seems a little less catchy than Willie Taylor and Jeremih's rendition. That's probably why we're not songwriters.
What musical superstar doesn't want to make his girl feel like a model? Be sure to put "Instagram Ya Body" on your radar, people. You're about to hear all the hipsters and teen girls bumpin' to this summer anthem joint when the song officially releases tomorrow. Wonder if the music label got the copyrights to use Instagram's logo on the single cover?
In the mean time, hear it for yourself right here and tell us what you honestly think. My personal opinion? Yes, a bit ridiculous, but also ridiculously catchy. Be forewarned: Some not safe for work language.
Update: According to our commenter, another hip hop artist also recently released a single based on Instagram. Here's the NSFW video of DeStorm's "Instagram" below (thanks, Marko!). This version is a little less romantic and more about being famous enough to earn a spot on Instagram. How do these two songs compare?


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hmm...by looking at the Futaba-chan image board, I sincerely hope they didn't cut out the scene where Rena kicked some verbal whoop-ass towards Kei in that scene. It seems the part where Satoko cries on things that implies the type of abuse has been cut out. But at least the images seem to show heart thumping moments where people can finally cheer for Kei's actions (even though they are out to the extreme...).
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Spoiler for complaints:
The Teppei scene was shortened down, as expected, and I'm not going to blame the anime for shortening it since the whole chase WAS dragged out pretty long in the novel.
But there was one particular section during that scene in the novel that really burned an image into my head:
On the other hand, the Takano scene near the end of this episode was really nicely done. Itou Miki-san's voice is as sexy and creepy as ever. ^^; Hard to believe she's the same person doing Fuji-nee's voice in Fate anime.
Again, the episode sort of got cut off at an odd spot (in the middle of a scene). But this one's not as bad as the last episode cut-off point (omitting the whole scene where Keiichi went into KOOL-mode after witnessing Satoko's breakdown).
Oh well, there's going to be 5 episodes for Tatarigoroshi-hen, so hopefully they won't have to rush the ending. I mean, this chapter's ending was absolutely overwhelming, so I pray they won't mess it up... too much.
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K1, next time you want to kill someone, use a crowbar instead!!!! one hit and they die, no need to run all over the place lol
And the blonde chick...she is so evil, I don't think she die in any of the scenerio at all, she probably murders that stupid photographer everytime lol.
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While it did seem a bit out-of-the-blue without KOOL-mode Kei, surprisingly it still was done plausibly. While yes they did again cut out some scenes that might've created a larger impact, it is not too big of a deal to get in a ruff about. They did what they were supposed to do - covering the main points.
They coolness factor diminished ten-fold when Kei said "Higarushi no naku koro ni" in the anime compared to the game. In the anime, it felt too rushed and the result was corniness. In the game...it sent chills down my spine.
And Takano was portrayed beautifully here...very creepy. Itou Miki's shallow voice brought up the creep factor five-fold at the end. Great episode.
Now, we're on to the next episode where the REAL stuff starts to happen (remember - each chapter goes into full-gear always after the Watanagashi Festival).
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Well, I was one of the lucky ones who got the episode before it was pulled back. I was getting frustrated how Higurashi was advancing in ep 5-8 (because of animation/direction/voice acting etc..) and now after watching 9-11, I've become a fan of this show once more. Yet I still ponder if a studio like KyoAni handled this show, could this show have been turned out differently?
After episode 1-2, episode 11 has been another episode that really freaked me out. It's not because what happened in those episodes, rather, the freaky part comes out when one reflects on it. For example, Keiichi in one part of the episode is talking to his mother about what she considers a good murder mystery novel, where the criminal gets away with it. Actually he wants know how he can get away by killing someone and his line of thinking wasn't hypothetical either. Calm, calculating pre-meditative murder is always creepy. I'm used to this guy loosing his nerve, acting like an idiot as he got himself too much in it because the dude was too nosy. In this episode, he is a cold blooded killer, so the change in attitude of Keiichi was refreshing.
Give this episode an 8.
P.S. As I read Sushi-Y, I've this urge to see of this hi-speed-thinking Keiichi.
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Seen as it seems to be getting asked every 2 minutes in the channel, to save them having to answer any more of the same question:
The torrent's been dropped because a translation comment was left on the final release, as shown here, and should be available by this time tomorrow. Probably. It's better than the usual saturday/sunday release date anyway
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Great episode.
Yes, Kei's development felt like being a little too fast. I'm not say surprising, as far as I'm concerned, but just it's like there may have been some temporal jump.
I feel so sorry everytime by reading that important things have been left off , but still, chapeau to this episode.
Excellent rendering of all the Kei's actions.
The quote, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni", yes ... maybe a bit.. out of the blue? But very impactful nonetheless.
Takano, lol, she's so magnificent.
And now, since the hot stuff still has going to start, I'm really looking forward for how Tatarigoroshi will proceed.
I wish this anime would never end.
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Can someone give some insight on the important parts from the game that were left out of eps 11?
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DALLAS - David Perron scored two goals and had an assist, and Wade Redden notched his first NHL goal in almost three years to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
Both of Perron's goals, as well as Chris Stewart's third of the season, were part of a three-goal second period that turned a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead for St. Louis.
Ryan Garbutt's first goal of the season pulled Dallas to within one 2:24 into the third, but the Stars' late charge fell just short.
Their best opportunity came with 1:06 to go when a Vladimir Sobotka turnover led to Ray Whitney's uncontested wrist shot from the slot that beat Blues netminder Jaroslav Halak, but clanked off the left goal post.
Dallas also had a power play for the final 14.3 seconds, but time ran out.
Michael Ryder and Tomas Vincour also scored for Dallas, which fell to 2-2-1.
Halak, coming off a 13-shot shutout Tuesday in a 3-0 win over Nashville, had a tougher night this time, making 20 saves as the Blues improved to 4-1-0.
Dallas was missing star forwards Jaromir Jagr (strained back/hip) and Derek Roy (groin) due to minor injuries, while recently-signed centre Jamie Benn's immigration/work visa issue still hasn't been worked out, so he was not in the lineup.
Goaltender Cristopher Nilstorp was forced out of the contest late in the third period with an undisclosed injury. Nilstorp, who stopped 30 of 31 shots in a 1-0 loss to Minnesota in his NHL debut last Sunday, got the start after usual starter Kari Lehtonen was held out as a precaution after he 'tweaked something,' according to coach Glen Gulutzan.
Nilstorp allowed four goals on 29 shots through 52 minutes.
Lehtonen came on in relief with 7:41 remaining in regulation and turned aside the only three he faced before coming off for an extra attacker for the final 1:38.
Dallas, coming off a deflating 3-2 overtime loss to Chicago on Thursday in which they squandered a 2-0 second period lead by allowing three power play goals, let a 2-1 second period lead slip away in this one.
Perron tied it at 2 at 10:51 of the second period with a highlight-reel goal in which he stick-handled his way from the right face-off circle behind the net, out through the left circle and into the high slot before his wrist shot beat a screened Nilstorp past the blocker.
Nilstorp had no chance when Stewart hammered home Patrik Berglund's cross-crease pass at 16:32 to put St. Louis ahead 3-2.
Perron completed the second period barrage with just 15.8 seconds left when his wrist shot from the high slot, set up by a Trevor Daley turnover, beat Nilstorp low on the stick side.
Redden, skating in just his second game back in the NHL after two years in the minors, gave the Blues a 1-0 lead 5:31 into the opening period when his slap shot from the right point beat a screened Nilstorp just inside the right post. It was Redden's first NHL goal since March 18, 2010, when he scored for the New York Rangers against the Blues.
The Stars answered just 26 seconds later. Vincour, who was just called up from AHL Texas Thursday, grabbed the rebound of his own one-timer off Halak's pad and rifled it just under the crossbar.
Dallas took a 2-1 lead on the power play at 12:40 of the first when Ryder's backhander from in front squeezed between Halak's pads and in. It was Ryder's 200th career goal.
NOTES: After going 7-for-13 on the power play, for an NHL-leading 53.8 per cent efficiency, the Blues were 0-for-3 with the man-advantage. . Dallas, which entered the contest allowing an NHL-high 38.2 shots against per game, allowed 32. . The Stars entered the contest having given up just one goal this year during 5-on-5 situations, then surrendered four.


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The Grand County High School basketball team had a rough weekend on the road last week, losing to the South Sevier Rams and the Emery Spartans.
On Friday, Jan. 11, the Red Devils traveled to South Sevier, where they were trampled by the Rams, 72-34.
The Red Devils fell behind quickly, allowing the Rams a 24-3 lead by the end of the first quarter. During the second quarter, Grand played slightly better, but still trailed 42-13 at halftime.
The Rams once again outplayed the Red Devils in the third quarter, ending the period with a 63-19 lead. South Sevier coasted through the final quarter to hand the Red Devils the loss.
"We were out of it," said Grand County head coach Travis Clark. "We lost the game in the first four minutes. I don't know if they got intimidated, but we were not mentally ready. I didn't feel like we were there to compete and honestly, I think we just sat there and watched them play. In order to compete we definitely have to change our attitude. Win or lose, we need to compete better."
While the Red Devils lost their next game on Saturday, Jan. 12, to the Emery Rams, they did show stronger play. The Spartans led from the first quarter and held a 37-22 lead at halftime. Emery capped the game off with an even stronger second half to cruise to a 77-42 victory.
Despite the 35-point loss, Clark said he was happier with how the team played.
"I feel like we actually came out and played with some intensity against Emery," he said. "I think we played well, but we just got outplayed. I think we had good defense down the middle of the key but we really didn't defend the shooters well. Emery is a very talented team, and we've got one more home game against them. We'll have to play better as a team if we want to beat them."
The Red Devils were scheduled to play their rivals, the San Juan Broncos, in Blanding on Tuesday, Jan. 15. After that, Grand's next game will not be until Jan. 23, against the Monticello Buckaroos in Monticello. That contest will begin at 7 p.m.