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The Global Crisis: Lessons from the Middle Ages
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A mad, wonderful adventure
In her first book, Parched, Heather King documents twenty years of worshipping alcohol to the point, as she says, she was "willing to sacrifice everything: career, family, money, health, reputation, my life, and what is far worse than any of those, my soul, for alcohol." Her second book Redeemed – A Spiritual Misfit Stumbles toward God,… READ MORE >
Magazine > Life
The Christian religion is only for one who needs infinite help. That is, only for one who feels infinite anguish. The whole earth can suffer no greater torment that a single soul. The Christian faith—as I see it—is one's refuge in this ultimate torment. Anyone to whom it is given in this anguish to open his heart, instead of contracting… READ MORE >
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Mission Impossible
Norman Mailer's The Castle in the Forest was a novel about Hitler narrated by a demon, who writes: "Most well-educated people are ready to bridle at the notion of such an entity as the Devil…There need be no surprise, then, that the world has an impoverished understanding of Adolf Hitler's personality." I was… READ MORE >
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The Ugly Truth
When Caden Cotard wakes up, the first thing he does is look in a mirror. He sees a pudgy, middle-aged, balding, sad-sack of a human being. The rest of the movie will be like that: a merciless self-examination. Neil Gaiman, sci-fi and fantasy author, described most current literary fiction as "miserable people having small epiphanies of misery."… READ MORE >
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Burgeoning Beats
A legendary manuscript co-written by Beat Masters, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, has finally come to light as And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks. Written when both were unknown and unpublished, leading hardscrabble lives in wartime New York, the real-life story centers on the doomed relationship between Lucien Carr and… READ MORE >
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Blood Lust
Twilight begs the question, why do girls always go for vampires? Is it the Byronic good looks? Or perhaps because they're given to lines like, "You don't know how long I've waited for you," and "You're my own personal brand of heroin." Bella, a junior in high school recently relocated from Arizona… READ MORE >
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After the Disaster: Back to the Family and Localism
The rules of capitalism are being re-written. Banks are being nationalized. Governments are pouring money and incentives into the economic system. Interest rates are being lowered towards zero. Consumers are being asked to buy more in order to re-start the cycle of consumption-driven production, while Barak Obama gets on with saving the planet.… READ MORE >
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Mercy Knows My Name
There's a pseudo-myth in rock music that drug-abusing artists lose their edge when they clean up their act. Their music, once forged in the crucible of angst and addiction, is softened and sanitized by sobriety. It's a popular theory, especially among would-be rock stars without a label contract but with a dealer contact. To paraphrase… READ MORE >
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Why Prop 8 Won: TV Commercials Based on Reason, not Fear
To understand why Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that banned gay marriage, won in California, watch the campaign's TV commercials at the What Is Prop 8? website. Not only were they well-made, featuring a multi-ethnic cross-section of very normal, quasi-hip, young to middle-age Californians, the commercials were models of serious, rational… READ MORE >
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Guy Movie
Who or what is a RocknRolla? Someone born to be in a Guy Ritchie flick, that's who. An amoral member of the criminal class doing bad things in stylish threads and an expensive pair of shades, spouting tough-lout talk like a Cockney at a Tarantino casting call. Ritchie's first and best movies were Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels… READ MORE >
Opinion > Politics
After Obama: Why Catholics should open a 'second front' in the Democratic Party
I have a commentary in this week's National Catholic Register entitled "What Now? Will New Voters Refashion the Democratic Party?" I argue that the election had a silver lining for Catholics: the same voters who turned out in large numbers for Obama—blacks and other minorities—voted strongly for California's Proposition… READ MORE >
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Reading through this I see I hijacked a thread. I apologize for that and would like an update on the OPs beer.
I am convinced there is no such thing as a perfect brew day. I have done 57 batches and haven't had a day go without incident yet. Often the mistakes or catastrophes actually improve my product.

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2012-11-28 / Columnists
Pets pets pets
When I take my Afghan Hounds to the groomer in East Islip, I often wait for them, meandering through a nearby cluster of church thrift stores looking for "treasures." My groomer is so skilled that she and her staff can bathe, dry and brush out both my Babylon beauties in about two hours, which is quite an accomplishment, considering the amount of hair they have.
Last week when I stumbled on a copy of the classic Walden on the St. Mark's bookshelf, I couldn't help but ponder what Henry David Thoreau would have had to say about our post-storm struggles, especially our new natural disorder and the bare essential existence that thousands of Long Islanders have endured for the last month; and many will continue to weather with no idea of when "normal" living conditions will return. Would Thoreau approve of the back-to-basics survival strategies forced upon storm victims?
Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. At the age of 16, he went to Harvard. He taught for a short time after graduating before becoming a full-time writer. In 1845, he began his famous twoyear experiment, immersing himself in nature and personal introspection, while living simply and alone in the tiny cabin he built by Walden Pond within woods owned by his mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thoreau's whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, part of the American Romantic Period. His book- Walden or Life in the Woods- detailing his experiences in solitude, communing with nature, wasn't published until 1854. He died in 1862 at the age of 45.
Thoreau listed food, shelter, clothing and fuel as the "four necessities." Depending on their proximity to the bay, South Shore residents may well have lost all four. Yes, there are parallels to Walden, but there are huge differences too. Thoreau entered his simple lifestyle willingly; whereas on Oct. 29 Mother Nature thrust this harsh reality upon Long Islanders who abruptly lost technological advantages a century and a half beyond any convenience that Thoreau would have known, and then snubbed.
Let's take a look at a few of Thoreau's comments from Walden to see how his preaching compares to life lessons derived from the super storm: First his thoughts about comforts- "Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind." Oh, really? Did Thoreau the prolific author ever try going without a computer for a month? Feelings of frustration mount when you fret about what you should be writing.
My computer is essential from a pet rescue perspective. It didn't survive the storm, but since that surge was electrical, not salt water, the computer's demise was unknown until the power came back on. A smart phone offered limited internet access, spotty usage, since the phone's operator isn't so smart. 'Twas 27 days until I had a replacement computer with all my files and photos, thanks to those good folks at Carbonite, and a friend in the marine biology department at Stony Brook. In between fixing tidal gauges, he worked on restoring my online identity. In the mean time, I probably wore out my welcome at the library and Amityville Record office typing the column, while Last Hope and Babylon Shelter Petfinder and Facebook posts, website blurbs and press releases were put on hiatus. It's one thing to borrow the shower at a relative or friend's house, but a bit much to monopolize their computer for hours on end. Even the Last Hope fall dinner with District Attorney Kathleen Rice as keynote speaker was postponed from a week after the storm until this Thurs., Nov. 29 because Woodbury Country Club had no power.
Last Hope committed to taking several West Virginia dogs before the storm but delayed their transport for two weeks during the gas shortage. There was no way we were venturing to the New Jersey meeting spot. We also needed to leave room for an influx of local dogs. One dark, powerless afternoon, I got a surreal call from a West Virginia clinic about paying spay charges, only to ask the receptionist to wait while I found a flashlight so I could read her my credit card number. It was as if Long Island had switched places with Appalachia.
Since Sandy decided to burst upon the East Coast so late in the hurricane season, long after summer's end, going without heat or hot water became a real issue. When addressing the four necessities, Thoreau stresses how important it is for us to keep warm, when he writes: "…man's body is a stove, and food the fuel which keeps up the internal combustion in the lungs. In cold weather we eat, in warm less." There's something about walking around the house wearing layers topped off by two coats that works up an appetite; plus there's probably a correlation between prolonged power outage and packing on pounds. The lower thermostat turned my dogs into chow hounds too.
Could any good rise from the devastation of this storm? Perhaps. Each day we learn of the many kind people, some traveling great distances, who have reached out to strangers during such distress. If nothing else, the aftermath of Sandy has been an eye opener, allowing some once-comfortable folks to get a glimpse of how less-fortunate families cope, and to empathize with daily trials imposed by poverty. As Thoreau states: "Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? …I know of no reading of another's experience so startling and informing as this would be."
For Adoption at Babylon Shelter (631-643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: "Snookie" #12-661 a young Shepherd/Sharpei was surrendered a week before the storm with her twin sister who has since been adopted. "Snookie" spends a lot of time in the shelter office, rolling over for belly rubs. Poor "Mickey" #12-710, a one-eyed Chihuahua mix, came in right after the storm. He belonged to an elderly person who can no longer care for a pet.
Cats: beautiful dark calico #2-505; black declaw in Cat Colony.
More Dogs: "Jack" #12-727- charcoal wirehaired terrier mix; "Barney" #12-726- apricot Lhasa mix; "Bruce" & "Emma" from the patient Pit contingent… long timers.


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Beyond Good & Evil 2 'not possible' before Xbox One, PS4
Ubisoft's development legend Michel Ancel has said that only the next-generation consoles could handle his ideas for Beyond Good & Evil 2.
The sequel to the acclaimed 2003 title has been teased for years now, and it was confirmed in 2011 that the game would not be coming out on current consoles.
Now the game's creator has told IGN why.
Players will once again play investigative reporter Jade, but this time Ancel wants to give them the change to actually feel like they're in charge of their investigation, rather than follow a storyline written by developers.
Ancel also teased the possibility of flying between cities and even planets.
"I think we were doing something too big for this period," Ancel said. "Honestly, it was too challenging to put that on [current] consoles.
"I don't say the consoles were not good enough, I don't say the team was not good enough, but you have to scale what you want to do and the console itself.
"I think now with those new consoles arriving, yes, we want to try again making that game. I would say it's surprising, as we want it to be. Not just a sequel, but something that really makes all the ideas that we had for the first one possible now with these consoles."
Of course, there's still no word on when (or if) Beyond Good & Evil 2 will even be reelased.


text: >> When googling for "pxe boot over infiniband" it seems this is not >> possible >> for all types of hardware. Is this correct? And if so, are there other >> solutions (except connecting all nodes to a gigabit switch as well)? > > Go back to basics - get a keyboard/monitor and a USB CD drive. well, maybe a usb flash stick. I think that's what I'd do, and it would be pretty cheap, reliable, fast, etc. the only thing on the flash stick would be to fetch and boot the usual kernel/initrd configuration, so the flash image would never need to change (and would be read-only, so presumably not prone to wear. might need kexec if syslinux/etc can't be persuaded to behave quite like this. > Then again this means running network cables for your BMC/IPMI cards... virtual media via BMC is a good idea, but sounds fragile and vendor-specific to me.


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The ferry toll issue continues to grow in the General Assembly, with the filing last week of a Senate bill calling for uniform tolling of all coastal ferries.
The ferry toll issue continues to grow in the General Assembly, with the filing last week of a Senate bill calling for uniform tolling of all coastal ferries.
It is the fourth piece of legislation introduced this session on the issue, but it is the first that did not oppose the upcoming increase and new tolls on the seven Eastern North Carolina ferry routes.
The bill � Senate 660 � was co-sponsored by Republican senators from the coast and Piedmont � Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, and Sen. Kathy Harrington, R-Gaston.
The bill is three paragraphs and states "The Board of Transportation shall establish tolls for all ferry routes."
Attempts to reach the sponsoring senators by telephone and email were unsuccessful.
The ferry toll changes were first mandated by the 2011 General Assembly budget. After delays, including an executive order by then Gov. Bev Perdue to halt the implementation of the changes, the General Assembly ordered the state Department of Transportation to move forward.
Beginning July 1, it would increase tolls on a number of ferries and add first-time fees on others, including the Minnesott Beach-Cherry Branch route across the Neuse River and the Aurora-Bayview ferry across the Pamlico river.
Two weeks ago, identical companion bills were introduced in the House and Senate, calling for no tolls on any of the seven routes. The Senate version � S524 � was sponsored by coastal lawmakers Norman Sanderson, R-Pamlico, and Bill Cook, R-Beaufort.
An earlier House bill by Rep. Michael Speciale, R-Craven, sought to abolish the proposed new tolls on only the ferries that cross the Neuse and Pamlico rivers.
Rabon, a veterinarian whose district includes Brunswick, Bladen, New Hanover and Pender counties, lives in Southport.
House bill 475 introduced two weeks ago calling for no tolls included Southport area Rep. Frank Iler as one of its sponsors.
Currently, the paid ferry routes include Southport-Fort Fisher; Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke. Free ferries include Minnesott Beach-Cherry Branch; Bayview-Aurora; Hatteras-Ocracoke; and Currituck-Knotts Island.
Proposed tolls on the Cherry Branch route would go into effect July 1 without legislative action. The cost would be $4 for the typical passenger vehicle, but each passenger in a vehicle would also pay a $1 fee to ride the ferry. An annual commuter pass would be $150.
The idea of tolls on the currently free routes has drawn some heated opposition, including those who call the tolls an extra tax on workers who rely on the ferries to get to jobs at Cherry Point or at the Potash Corp., in Aurora.
Other protestors have complained that North Carolina workers are being unfairly targeted by the proposal, as the Hatteras-Ocracoke route � used mostly by tourists � would remain free to all users under the current proposed system.


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A Woodruff police officer will not be charged in the shooting death of a pregnant woman last October.
A Woodruff police officer will not be charged in the shooting death of a pregnant woman last October.
The S.C. Law Enforcement Division closed its investigation of the officer–involved shooting earlier this month, according to documents obtained from the agency.
Lacey Denise Lamb, 28, died after she was shot following a traffic stop.
According to an incident report, Woodruff Police Officer William T. Knight initiated the stop on McArthur Street at 1:40 p.m. Oct. 25. Matthew Drake Simmons, 34, got out of the car and ran, the report states, and Knight started chasing him.
"While chasing Simmons, the female passenger tried to assault the officer with the suspect vehicle. Officer Knight reacted and medical assistance was called," the report states.
After reviewing details of the shooting, the state Office of the Attorney General declined to prosecute, Assistant Attorney General J. Andrew Ritter wrote in a letter to SLED and Woodruff Police Chief Darrell Dawkins.
An attempt to reach Dawkins Tuesday was not immediately successful.
In his statement to SLED, Knight said he was patrolling the North Main Street area when he saw a male driver not wearing a seatbelt and attempted to stop the vehicle. After a brief vehicle pursuit, the driver, later identified as Simmons, got out of the car and began to run, Knight said in his statement.
Knight stated that he got out of his police car to chase Simmons and saw a female, later identified as Lamb, climb in the driver's seat. He said he told her to cut off the engine as he continued chasing Simmons.
Knight thought he heard the vehicle go into gear and spun around to see the vehicle approaching him, before he placed his left hand on the hood of the car and repeatedly told Lamb to stop, according to his statement. Fearful that Lamb was going to run over him and believing that he was in danger, Knight pulled his weapon and fired two rounds, he said in his statement.
Lamb was airlifted to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after the shooting. She was about five months pregnant. Neither she nor the unborn child survived.
Simmons was jailed after the incident and remains in the Spartanburg County Detention Center charged with driving under suspension, third or subsequent offense, first offense trafficking in methamphetamine, 10 grams or more but less than 28 grams, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.


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Grown Ups (UK - BD)
Marcus goes away with Adam Sandler and his friends and feels a little left out
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider star as old school friends who all meet up again at their old basketball coach's funeral. After catching up, they all decide to spread the ashes of their coach at the old lake house together. So taking all their families along, the group reminisce about old times and how different they all are now—all while chuckling, ripping into each other's faults and watching Kevin James get hurt.
Grown Ups feels an awful lot like Sandler wanted more of the same after making Funny People to me. Funny People was a delight, with Judd Apatow mixing some of his and Sandler's old stories with a genuinely moving and enjoyable story. Sadly Grown Ups misses that target by quite a way and comes down to a one note affair that consists of a forced plot and this group of comedians riffing for over long scenes to break it up a bit.
The cast, the majority of who I've enjoyed in various other movies, are a little too clique-y in their relationships on screen for me. I enjoyed the laid back approach to the story but I sometimes felt as if I was missing out on the in-joke. I get that their jokes were funny (sort of) but I didn't really get trail the riffing went on most of the time and it just felt a little bit forced rather than friends naturally taking the piss out of each other.
As the set pieces flow out in the expected nature trails, water parks, family meals etc., the laughs are more miss than hit. The odd cameo raises the bar (Steve Buscemi's supporting role all but steals the show) and the odd touching moment works, but generally everything feels undercooked and Grown Ups starts to rely on tried and tested movie clichés and one liners to close sloppy scenes as opposed to utilising the cast's comedy range.
Really Grown Ups felt like Sandler was trying to pack in as many hark backs to his childhood, teenage years and "good times" as he could. All the cast seem like they're on the same page and they too are in on the agenda of reminiscing on "the good ol' days". This isn't a bad thing and in lots of ways it's what made Grown Ups work better than it should but weirdly despite all of this the story is just too run of the mill to love, the character are too thin and one note and somehow it feels like the cast are enjoying themselves enough not to worry if the audience are as well.
Grown Upsglows throughout with that Sony HD shine much akin to the other Sandler comedies on Blu-ray. It's almost totally unnatural but there's no denying the transfer looks pretty great in HD (even if it's not to everyone's tastes). The colours are vibrant to the power of ten with skin tones looking almost orange, grass greens looking like something out of a sci fi, and there's so much lighting, everything has a reflection, even some of the wood surfaces.
All of this is obviously intentional to give the audience that warm fuzzy feeling of friends and family having a good lake house weekend together, but for the sake of all the colours and uber sharpness there seems to be something amiss in regards to real detail. Everyone's face barely has a wrinkle and the backgrounds are so full of colour that they can sometimes become a blurry mesh of greens and bright white sunlight.
Overall Grown Ups looks fantastic within the realms of its style choices and it really is a show room show off style disc that TV salesmen like to use to highlight the basics of what HD can do (mainly due to the poppy colours) but for people who like natural looking filmmaking this could be a little to sugary sweet for their tastes.
Grown Ups is pretty straight forward with the front speakers doing most of the work with the dialogue. There's little in the way of rear speaker action outside of the odd piece of music or forced atmospheric but honestly there's not much going in this lifeless DTS-HD Master Audio track. Again this is obviously all by choice as the movie is about the friends and family catching up and not about any action, so criticising the track on what it isn't ever going to do seems a bit harsh. That said the word 'bland' springs to mind.
The commentary with Dennis Dugan gets the job done in the commentary department providing everything you'd expect (in jokes, cast info and the riffing of scenes etc.). It's a perfectly listenable track but with a cast like this I couldn't help but think the disc was missing a very obvious cast commentary.
There are ten deleted scenes (10:15 HD) that add a few extra character bits as well as a few more lukewarm laughs.
'Laughing is Contagious' (04:08 HD) is a collection of clips showing the cast and crew falling apart on set intercut with the everyone talking about how much fun filming the movie was. It's pretty one note with no real direction outside of the chuckling and that follows through to the 'Gag Reel' (03:49 HD).
'Riff-O-Rama' (04:37 HD) focuses on how the cast of comedians were allowed to just chat on screen and how director Dennis Dugan simply had to point the camera. This is followed by a long scene with the group sitting in garden chairs just riffing off each other. It sort of highlights what the movie was good at but what works for five minutes was never going to carry a 100 minute movie.
'Dennis Dugan: Hands on Director' (04:38) gives the director a bit of a spotlight and shows how he got in on the films good times while 'The Lost Tapes of Norm MacDonald' (06:46 HD) features the bit character "Geezer" and a collection of scenes (that aren't in the movie).
'The Cast of Grown Ups' (07:08) has the cast telling us about each other's characters loaded with plenty of mutual pats on the backs once again intercut with clips to show all the fun.
'Buesy and the Monkey' (03:24 HD) features a Gary Buesy scene with... you guessed it, a monkey (amongst other bits) which leads us into the trailers for Eat Pray Love, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Smurfs, and The Social Network.
I didn't not like Grown Ups—in fact I could find myself easily watching this again when it starts showing on TV because it's a dead easy watch—but it's nothing compared to comedies I love with the same themes. In the end the movie comes off as a slightly more adult Cheaper by the Dozen, something that is inoffensive enough. Hard-core Sandler fans will more than likely eat it up as honestly this is no worse than most of his filmography and I know there's a faction out there that love Sandler's humour, but for me I only really enjoyed the laid back approach from the cast and the all too short moments where their time together on screen actually worked.
As for the disc, it's packed full of candy floss features that you'll gobble down before you know it and an uber glossy transfer that will look vibrant to the point of insanity on your flatscreens. So all in all what' you'd expect from most high profile comedies on Blu-ray.
* Not a guarantee. The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Marcus Doidge
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Disc Details
Release Date: 17th January 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS-HD Master Audio 51 French, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 German, English Audio Description Track, Dolby Digital 5.1 Turkish
Subtitles: English, English HOH, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Turkish
Extras: Commentaries, Fesaturettes, Gsg Reel, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Length: 102 minutes
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BATON ROUGE — With the regular session scheduled to end next week, the Senate voted unanimously Monday to require at least one more public hearing for a resolution that asks Congress to prohibit diseased shrimp imports from certain foreign countries.
BATON ROUGE — With the regular session scheduled to end next week, the Senate voted unanimously Monday to require at least one more public hearing for a resolution that asks Congress to prohibit diseased shrimp imports from certain foreign countries.
House Concurrent Resolution 120 by Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, has already been passed without objection by the House and following suit more recently was the Senate Natural Resources Committee.
The resolution, which generated very little discussion, was up for final approval on the Senate floor Monday when the change was made.
It now needs to be passed by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs before being sent back to the floor.
Sen. Danny Martiny, R-Metairie, urged his colleagues to send the bill to the commerce committee, on which he serves as chairman.
"I was contacted by restaurants in New Orleans that use this imported shrimp, and they believe the resolution is overkill," Martiny said.
If adopted, Harrison's resolution would authorize a written request to be sent to Congress from the Louisiana Legislature urging federal lawmakers to ban the importation of shrimp from countries that have experienced early mortality syndrome.
Harrison said there have been large losses reported on farms in China, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, and that early mortality syndrome is to blame.
While explaining he supported the intent of the resolution, Martiny added it's a topic that should be discussed more and not treated like a routine resolution.
Unlike bills, most resolutions introduced during regular sessions do not have the force of law. Rather, they express the sentiment of lawmakers at that given time.
"I think what we're doing here is making a statement on behalf of the state," Martiny said.
Harrison argued during the resolution's last committee hearing that early mortality syndrome, especially while it's still being studied, is not something Louisiana's residents want brought inside the borders.
The governments in the Philippines and Mexico have reportedly already taken steps to protect their markets by prohibiting imports from Asia.
"I'm just looking out for the well-being of our people when there could be products coming into our country that aren't safe," Harrison said.
While his resolution cites anecdotal information suggesting the disease may be consistent with an infectious agent, it qualifies that "it is thought that the disease is caused by toxins."
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, researchers at the University of Arizona actually cracked the case this month and identified the culprit as a "strain of a bacterium commonly found in brackish coastal waters around the globe (known as) Vibrio parahaemolyticus."
Aside from gastrointestinal sickness from under-cooked or raw shrimp with the bacteria, the strain has not yet been a factor in other human-related illnesses.
The United Nations's FAO has also found that early mortality syndrome affects only certain species of shrimp commonly raised around the world, the giant tiger prawn and whiteleg shrimp.
Giant tiger prawns, a non-native species to Louisiana's waters, have been reported in Vermilion and Barataria bays in the past.
In ponds overseas, the mortality rates have been fast and widespread, ranging from 80 percent to 100 percent.
In his resolution, Harrison writes that Gulf of Mexico's shrimp industry is still "reeling" from the "impacts of hurricanes, riverine flooding, and the impacts of the BP Macondo well disaster, and could not withstand the impacts of a disease causing massive mortality in the shrimp stock."
It's unknown if the disease can be spread across species, or what the best treatment might be moving forward.
In recent years, the domestic shrimp industry, like the fishermen and processors in Louisiana, have been forced to compete with the shrinking prices of foreign imports.
In 2012, the U.S. imported more than $4 billion worth of foreign shrimp.
Jeremy Alford can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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As a general rule, Japanese rock bands are pretty great. If they are psychedelic in any way, they tend to be completely fucking insane and heavy.
I by no means pretend to be an authority on this. In fact, I'm still listening through albums by a lot of these bands. But the scenes (at least the psych scene) seem to be pretty insular. A lot of these projects share members, and if you like one, you will probably like the other. For example:
These guys are fucking nuts. Keiji Haino is a guitar god and is the main dude. He has played with all sorts of other bands, including Boris. Fushitsusha make really out-there improvised psychedelic noise rock. I mean, watch these guys jam the fuck out:
This is a little less freeform, but equally awesome:
These guys, Les Rallizes Denudes, do the Spacemen 3/krautrock thing really well, only they were doing it in the 1960s and being totally fucking batshit back then. This video is from the 80's.
Some of these groups do the Blue Cheer/Sabbath thing really well. I'm sure most of you are familiar with Boris. But there are also great bands like these, most of which are interconnected in ways I don't want to explain right now. they were doing the lo-fi thing before it was fucking cool to make shitty-sounding records. The other difference is they fucking rip on their instruments:
High Rise
Subvert Blaze
Sometimes the bands get kinda pastoral and mystical and shit. For example:
White Heaven
White Heaven's Michio Kurihara has also recorded with this band, Ghost, who are totally fucking amazing:
Plus Boris and a whole bunch of others.
Then there are bands like Acid Mothers Temple, who are kind of a combination of all of those things:
Basically, these bands all destroy. I'll post more later.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Thursday will mark the unofficial start of competition for the men's basketball team at Tennessee Tech University. Although the team has been training regularly at three-a-day practices with the school year still two weeks ahead, the coach Mike Sutton's Golden Eagles leave Thursday to take a break from technical workouts to play in a foreign tour in the Dominican Republic.
G.O. Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to the ministry of short-term missions, sponsors brief trips to numerous countries around the world with the goal of preparing participants to support the efforts of Christian leaders abroad.
The TTU team learned of this opportunity to travel abroad through team connections with G.O. Ministries' founder Brooke Brotznan of Louisville, who coordinated the trip for Tech with a missionary in residence, Will Partin, in the Dominican Republic. The team will be staying in Cabarete, on the northern coast of the DR.
"We're very thankful that our team has the opportunity to travel to the Dominican Republic with G.O. Ministries as well as the opportunity to play basketball against the various teams from the DR," said head coach Mike Sutton. "A lot of people have assisted in this process and the trip is a good way to start off pre-season and see how the team can bond and come together in preparation for the upcoming season.
"It's going to give us a lot of different experiences at once," Sutton continued. "I think we will benefit from seeing a part of the world that is extremely different from our country and people who haven't been as fortunate as we are. That's a big part of it. It will be good for the guys to be able to use basketball as a venue to learn about the people of the Dominican Republic, while also working on their own skills as a both people and student athletes representing Tennessee Tech and Cookeville."
Under the sports outreach program, the team will spend a week playing against different teams from the Dominican as well as participating in various activities with G.O. Ministries. They will compete in a total of seven games during their time abroad, generally playing games twice daily against some of the best competitive teams in the Caribbean. On Friday they will match up against two semi-pro teams in ABASACA and Sameji in Santiago at Club Sameji.
On Saturday, the Golden Eagles will take on the Indios of San Francisco de Marcois, another semi-pro team, and the Metros of Santiago, again in Santiago but at Arena Cibao. Sunday will bring just one contest against a fourth semi-pro team in Marineros of Puerto Plata in the Puerto Plata Pro Arena.
Monday will be an off day, and on Tuesday the team will go up against Villa Gonzalez and the Puerto Plata 22-under team, again at the Pro Arena in Puerto Plata.
The stiff competition in the DR is something that Sutton believes will undoubtedly benefit the team in the coming season, as the teams that Tech will be going up against are comprised of professional athletes, rather than college students.
"These are some of the best players from that part of the world," Sutton said. "We're certainly going to have our hands full competitively."
Additionally, the team will handle other minor obstacles that they aren't accustomed to:
"We also have to deal with a couple other things like the 24-second shot clock in international play, and the rule changes," Sutton said. "The rules aren't that difficult but can be a little tricky Since we have (German newcomer) Dennis (Ogbe) and Coach Beasley with their international experience we have tried to tap into their experiences to help with nuances of international play. The shot clock makes a big difference, but hopefully our players will be able to adapt."
The team will return to Tech on Thursday Aug. 26, just in time for the start of the 2010-2011 academic year on Monday, Aug. 30.


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Posted: June 27 2008 at 12:48
Man, what a reunion: Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White... WHOO!!!!
Last night, June 27th, Return To Forever played an outdoor show in a park in Ottawa, for the Jazz fest. It was only 30$ to get in, and it was the best 30$ i have ever spent... There were no chairs, just find a spot closest to the stage. I was lucky enough to get about 100 feet back, although I was standing on the side (regardless it was awesome!).
All the musicians were playing to their maximum capabilities, with a true jazz/rock fusion passion. They began the concert by playing some RTF favourites, then after a two or three songs, they all switched to their signature brand "acoustic" instruments. After the switch, each member performed a mind boggling solo; Al Di Meola did what he usually does best, a blazing fast acoustic bombardment. After that Stanley Clarke performed my favourite part of the show, an amazing classic upright Bass solo, that lasted in between 15-25 minutes long (i lost track of time during this one). And of course Chick did little jazzy solos every now and then, to get the crowd roaring. Lenny White also performed immaculately...
This concert was the best one I've been to for a while, the musicians were having a blast, and so was the crowd. 30$ for RTF...
I'm going to try and catch them in Montreal again tonight, but I think its sold out (and 100$)
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It must have been really impressing!
I missed to go for a ticket for the Essen/Germany show
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|Posted: July 18 2008 at 12:11
I attended their gig in Warsaw on 4 July (with my friend lucas):
and it was indeed a great performance (albeit quite expensive...)!
Well, that description applies to the Warsaw gig too. I remember especially Stanley Clarke's double-bass solo - man, that was amazing!
I also saw John McLaughlin in May (which was even more expensive...) with his 4th Dimension Band. That was a good show too!
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I've come out of reitrement simply to say that I saw RTF in London last night and they were f**king fantastic, virtuosity at its very best.
a MAN band indeed.
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they gonna be in NYC on friday and their ticket are from $60 to $150.00
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Tell me about it! I had to pass on seeing RTF, as I'd already splurged on tix to see King Crimson next week.
I saw McLaughlin with his new band when they came through NYC and was a bit underwhelmed. Great players, no doubt, but they just seemed a tad off that night.
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haha i forgot about that, man band...
mature like the best cheese, funky as the mouldiest vein.
probably the best gig i have ever had the pleasure of attending.
please god let them do another album!
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Any other reviews from the tour....would love to hear about the highlights of some shows and some set lists? I was in the States over the summer but unfortunately had to pass....tickets were just waaaaay to much for the east coast shows. RTF is a band you want to experience up close so you can feel a part of the whole. It just isn't worth $60 to stare at a megascreen from 300 feet away, and I can't afford the $250 for good seats.
Good on the guy earlier in the thread who got $30 seats at a festival.....hopefully it won't be the last chance to catch these guys together.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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February 22, 2016
We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy
by Gaines, Caseen
Back to the Future is one of those movies that keeps you guessing. It's good clean 80s fantastic movie-going entertainment. No matter how many times you see the film, even 30 years after it was first released, the film's depiction of time travel is still fascinating.
I found We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy to be incredible and mesmerizing. The book, by Caseen Gaines, perfectly captures the fundamentals of what made the Back To The Future films such iconic films in movie history. From the very first chapter, the author takes the reader on a gripping incremental journey, delivering behind the scenes facts on casting changes, pitching, script revisions, stunts, special effects – yes, the Hover Board is finally explained! - and other eye-opening aspects about the production process. The attention to detail concerning the preproduction, casting decisions, creative flexibility, studio involvement and salary negotiations make this book, indubitably, one of the best behind-the-scenes books I've ever read.
We Don't Need Roads is also available as an audiobook on CD.
--Recommended by Montoya Barker, Lawrence Library
February 15, 2016
Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time - and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything
by Musser, George
The first part of that title is from Albert Einstein. He was uncomfortable with the idea of two particles influencing one another without coming into contact. It was the logical result of theories he was working on, but he didn't like it, and called it "spooky action at a distance."
George Musser has now written a witty history of the concept of "nonlocality," and the way physicists are always challenging their past ideas about how the universe works. There are subject headings like "Farewell to Fields" and "Parting with Particles" and, a few pages earlier, "Space is Toast No Matter What."
No mathematical equations appear in the book, which makes it easier for shnooks like me to read this narrative about how thinkers--philosophers and physicists--have viewed the world.
Does matter in the universe consist of billiard ball-like objects bouncing off one another, causing reactions? That's a popular age-old view; but the way magnets pull on other objects, and the way static electricity messes with your hair, didn't quite fit the billiard-ball picture. As George Musser says, "Aristotle dealt with the problem by the time-honored strategy of ignoring it."
And "entanglement," as it's sometimes called, the way objects in different parts of the universe may be acting in harmony, is quirkier than magnetism. This photograph of a Web Content Specialist was taken using infrared heavy-iron sensoring--many lives were at risk--but do you see how the atoms on either side of his head are "as one," despite the vast empty space between them?
To be honest, I don't follow everything Musser says, even though he's skipping the math. But Spooky Action is still a lot of fun.
— Recommended by Glenn Halberstadt, Web Content Specialist
February 8, 2016
A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction
by Kennedy, Patrick J. & Stephen Fried
The Kennedy family has been larger than life in the history of our country and we have looked to them with admiration and intrigue. They have had many accomplishments, politically and socially, often putting their name behind causes close to their hearts. With Steven Fried, Patrick Kennedy has co-authored the book "A Common Struggle," in which he opens up about many of the struggles his family has endured and that were kept secret for many years.
He details his immediate family's battles with alcoholism, and mentions his Aunt Rosemary 's mental illness, which was exacerbated when she was given a lobotomy as a "cure." Patrick writes of his own mental illness that was not diagnosed properly for many years. He describes his life path of overcoming drug addiction and trying to control his illness.
Having had these experiences, and with his political family background, Patrick has set out to fight the stigma of mental illness for all. He has been an advocate in mental health legislation--as were his Uncle, John F. Kennedy, and his father, Ted--trying to make health care available for those who have not been considered ill due to the definition of an illness in the eyes of the medical community. The Kennedy family has really put mental illness in the forefront, by creating legislation that has helped with insuring the mentally ill and by creating events like The Special Olympics that offer a sporting event for the mentally challenged.
Patrick shows us just how far health care for the mentally ill has come and how far it still has to go. "A Common Struggle" is an intriguing read that is concluded with the information for supporting different mental illness organizations that Patrick Kennedy supports and promotes with all of his heart.
A Common Struggle is also available as a downloadable e-book, a downloadable audiobook, and an audiobook on CD.
--Recommended by Kris Gould, Nora Library
February 1, 2016
Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story
by Rice, Anne--art and adaptation by Ashley Marie Witter
A parent's worst nightmare is a willful child, but what if the body of said willful child is harboring the resentful embodiment of a woman named Claudia? This adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire focuses on Claudia, a woman vampire trapped in a child's body. Claudia is highly intelligent and well versed in the ways of the world around her, and 65 years after her turning she has questions that Lestat refuses to answer. Claudia is no longer the child that Lestat made all those decades ago. She is a clever and cunning advisory who will stop at nothing to cease being Lestat's living doll. Claudia's resentment toward Lestat fuels his ire towards her, building in fervor until they finally reach the age-old showdown between male and female. Who will win; centuries-old Lestat or the dangerously small powder keg known as Claudia?
--Recommended by Vanessa Jamerson, East 38th Street Library
January 25, 2016
Land of Shadows
by Hall, Rachel Howzell
When Monique Darson is found dead, it brings back painful memories for Detective Elouise Norton. Her own sister, Tori, went missing years before when Lou was a spindly teenager, and Lou is still bitter over the way the case was handled. She determines to find Monie's killer—and perhaps the person responsible for Tori's disappearance as well. Lou's partner is Colin Taggert, freshly arrived from Colorado Springs and with no L.A. experience, so it will be up to Lou to train him even as she searches for a killer. And just because when it rains it pours, Lou is also dealing with an absent husband, gone on a business trip that she suspects may involve more than business. Hall excels at pace and plotting, and brings a fresh, new voice to the mystery genre. The second book in the series—Skies of Ash—was published in 2015, so there's still time to get in on the ground floor with this series, one that will hopefully have many more installments in years to come.
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It seems like only a short time ago when I started writing a op-ed column for the Times-News. In fact, it has been nearly four years, and during this time I ended up writing 134 columns. Today's is my last.
It seems like only a short time ago when I started writing a op-ed column for the Times-News. In fact, it has been nearly four years, and during this time I ended up writing 134 columns. Today's is my last.
What began in early 2010 as my first-ever letter to the editor of any newspaper ended up becoming one of my life passions. I enjoyed the entire creative process of coming up with topics I believed most readers would consider timely and of interest, and then doing my very best to express my personal opinions as clearly as I was capable of doing.
I also tried my best to avoid favoring or blaming either political party — because I remain angry at both for their self-serving actions, which have increasingly harmed average Americans. I must have been reasonably successful at political neutrality because I often was accused of being a shill for both parties — based on the very same column!
What I enjoyed most were the thousands of email exchanges I was privileged to have with readers. When I submitted my very first column, the editor asked me what I wanted it to be called. I immediately responded, "Let's call it 'Just My Opinion' " since that's really all I was sharing. This stuck in my mind while writing the first column, and I ended up closing with, "These are my opinions. What do you think?" I closed this way for nearly all of my columns.
The invitation to share opinions resulted in many readers responding. Some actually agreed with what I had written. I always deeply appreciated these super-intelligent folks. For those who disagreed, I was never offended — after all, they couldn't help not understanding the wisdom of my version of truth. Even though they didn't get it, I always thanked them as politely as possible for taking the time to share their opinions.
My wife and I decided to downsize from our too-large, three-story home earlier this year. We made no relocation plans because we weren't certain we would be able to sell in the current economy. As the year wore on, I realized having to keep a home ready to show at a moment's notice was really taking a toll on both of us, and I did not want to extend the process into another year. So I did the one thing I had control of — I lowered the asking price enough to attract buyers. It worked, and we ended up selling the house and furniture and closed on Nov. 6.
I look at any monetary loss as one of the prices one must pay to accomplish more important objectives. As the credit card commercials used to say, getting my wife into a safer environment was "priceless."
With the objective of also seeking warmer winter weather, we drove directly to Arizona, arriving homeless on Nov. 11. We have rented a small, furnished condo to provide a nest while we explore the Phoenix area in general and evaluate longer term housing options.
Our initial assessment has been positive overall. The area sort of reminds us of Southern California with much less traffic. Major city streets are wide with fairly high speed limits. As with most places, we do see a few selfish people who are in way too much of a hurry.
The Phoenix airport is a nice bonus with lots of nonstop flights to Indiana, so we can easily visit our family. And health care is enhanced with the Mayo Clinic only minutes away.
The number of really good restaurants is incredible. Imagine a food type you enjoy, and you will find multiple choices. We already have favorites that include steakhouses, Mexican, Italian, pizza, several breakfast options, and if you have never been to an In-N-Out hamburger place, you have missed burger heaven.
I have had a concealed weapon carry permit for about 30 years, and I still have one for North Carolina. I called the county sheriff's department when we first arrived in this area to ask about concealed carry permits. She explained that Arizona law does not require a permit for anyone to carry a concealed weapon in most cases, although there are restrictions pertaining to entering certain establishments. I will pretend we are in Texas, which has similar laws, and never get visibly angry with rude drivers — because they most likely will be armed.
The weather has been spectacular since we arrived, with only a few rainy/cloudy days. Of course, this accounts for the reason Arizona is so brown and North Carolina is so green — the rainfall differences. Everyone here has warned us about the three or four hot months during summer. They usually add, "Don't worry, it's not humid."
We sold our home completely furnished and have cut our living space by nearly 75 percent in our rental. We haven't missed the extra wasted space one bit, and it's actually very convenient living in a smaller footprint.
It's fun re-inventing our lives once again. It reminds us that any place has pros and cons, but the most important pro for us is being together.
I miss all of my friends in Hendersonville. Thanks for the wonderful memories, and have a happy new year!
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A few photographs of Henderson's historic residential district
I took these photos of handsome old homes in Henderson, KY, when my son Isaac and I visited the town last fall. Henderson has a great number of buildings, commercial as well as residential, that date back to the great days of tobacco shipping on the Ohio River.
It was hot on the afternoon we visited Henderson's historic residential district, and my companion was a little impatient. I didn't do the walking tour as I had hoped. Rather, I drove through the district and got out of the car a few times to take photographs of the luxurious homes built in Henderson's past.
It would be better to walk the tour than drive it as I did. It's often difficult to find a parking place, and some of the streets are heavily traveled. I didn't get to find and identify most of the houses and commercial buildings on the tour brochure.
Henderson is an interesting town. We would still have several days of things to see and do if we were to visit again. Maybe we'll go again this spring, with Dennis this time, so we can take him to the LST memorial just across the river in Evansville, Indiana. Dennis is a Navy veteran, and he would really enjoy touring the ship. I'm planning to post some photos of our visit to the LST later this week.
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Merrimack College is the Editorial home of HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy Professor Rose-Mary Sargent, Editor-in-Chief, and Jonathan Ravenelle '11, Philosophy major and Editorial Assistant, successfully completed work on the inaugural issue of HOPOS that was published May 1, 2011 by the University of Chicago Press.
Jessica Bruso has taken over from Kiara Huntress as Editorial Assistant for the 2015-16 academic year. Volume 5, issue 2, is now in process and will be published October 1, 2015.
The journal serves as a forum for the many members of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, which began at a Philosophy of Science Association meeting in Minneapolis in 1990. A formal launch event took place at the June 2010 HOPOS meeting in Budapest, Hungary.
HOPOS, which appears online and in print, features international, peer-viewed scholarship concerning the history of philosophical discussions about science. HOPOS scholarship is firmly concerned with situating understandings of science within the broader historical and philosophical settings in which they were developed, and against the backdrop of mainstream issues in philosophical thought, covering epistemological, methodological, metaphysical, and moral issues relevant to the growth of our knowledge of the world and human nature.
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There is that inevitable time during a junior hockey career when a young man must assume a larger, more significant responsibility. In Chase Lang's case, that time is now.
The Calgary Hitmen put a capper on their training camp on Tuesday at the Don Hartman Sportsplex with their annual Black versus White intra-squad game, Team Black eking out a 6-5 victory. Lang contributed with a goal and an assist and earned kudos from his head coach, who is expecting big things this season from the soon-to-turn 17-year-old.
"I'm definitely very eager," admitted the 6-foot winger. "Coming from last year, I wasn't getting a lot of ice time. But getting a bigger role on the team would definitely mean a lot to me. Just keep working hard and earn my spot.
"I definitely have a lot more experience. I picked up from what (the veterans) taught me; keep working hard over the summer and come to camp ready."
Lang was one individual singled out by Mike Williamson, along with 18-year-old winger Elliott Peterson, as a couple of guys to watch in 2013-14, if camp is any indication.
"In the second half of the (last) year you could argue that Chase Lang was our most improved player," the Hitmen head coach noted. "He seemed to get confidence and really earned some ice time. He seems to have taken that confidence into the summer and into camp and he looks really good right now."
With a number of key individuals having left the team, it'll be incumbent on the younger kids to follow in those footsteps, try to mould themselves after the departed.
"We lose a lot of leadership with the guys that are gone . . . Cody Sylvester, Brooks Macek and Spencer Humphries, not to mention Alex (Roach) and Victor (Rask)," said Williamson. "So just that component, the leadership on and off the ice, we've got guys we're comfortable with, but it's a different role and expectations."
Lang watched and learned from those individuals in his rookie campaign and hopes that some of the savvy has rubbed off.
"Small things they do, like how hard they work defensively," he explained. "The big thing on this team is defensive work and the coaches trust you and you earn more ice time. I feel like everyone on the team needs to move up, take over their roles. For me, I'll try to move up and fill in the slots and contribute where those guys left off."
Calder Brooks also pitched in with a goal and an assist in Team Black's triumph, while Jake Virtanen added a pair of helpers. Chase Clayton and Greg Chase (Chase being the nom de rigueur on the Hitmen this season) each had a goal and assist for Team White.
Russian 17-year-old Radel Fazleyev — picked up in the 2013 CHL import draft — contributed a couple of assists.
Forty-four players took part in the intra-squad game; that number will be trimmed to the 30 mark for the start of the six-game pre-season schedule this weekend in St. Albert.
"I've been really happy with the depth of our camp," related Williamson. "I think our scouts did a fantastic job not only with the players on our list but a lot of really quality invites as well. There's been lots of good debate and that's what you want to see. We're very optimistic right now. Fazleyev, we didn't know a lot about, but it looks like he'll fit in very well. Things will get tougher once exhibition starts, but I think we have a good base to work with.
"A strength is who we have coming back in net, Chris (Driedger) and Mack (Shields) are very good goalies. You can't be successful without good goaltending and I think we'll have that this year."


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GNU Common Lisp is the official Common Lisp implementation for the GNU project. "Its design makes use of the system's C compiler to compile to native object code, providing for both good performance and facile portability." It is not yet fully ANSI compliant. It is distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
Web site: http://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/
Version: 2.6.7 Tuesday, 09 August 2005
Maturity: Stable
Mailing list: http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=gcl
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Heya folks! Here's the skinny: I'm terrible at pet battle games. I love them to pieces, but I'm just no good at the things! As such, I tend to find myself getting... well, smushed. If anyone could provide some assistance in getting my team a little less... crap, it would be hugely appreciated! My team listing follows!
1: Terrible Turnip - Weakening Blow, Inspiring Song, Sunlight. Level 18 (I'm really bad at this ><)
2: Soul of the Aspects. Love this little guy! Claw, Reflection, Surge of LIght (Will replace with Solar Beam)
3: Darkmoon Zeppellin. Missile, Flyby, Bombing Run.
I know this team is just ick for what I need it for (slaughtering/capping wild pets), but I had no idea how to fix it up. My collection is publically viewable! Please, help me people of the forums! You're my only hope!


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Corporate and Broadcast Style Background animation in two Colors. It is done in Full HD Resolution 1920×1080 @29.97 fps. It can be used for corporate presentation videos, broadcast news, event backgrounds or any broadcast purpose.
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Nerd Year's Eve: A New Nerd Year's Hope [GALLERY]
On December 31st, 2012, Chicago's geek and nerd community welcomed the new year at Challengers Comics + Conversation. The theme of the evening was "A New Nerd Year's Hope" and folks were encouraged to come dressed to the nines or in their fave Star Wars costumes. the event was hosted by Singer/Songwriter Jess Godwin and the Redeye's resident geek Elliott Serrano. (If you have any photos from the event that you would like to share, please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.)
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Today we had a visit by animation designer, Katie Rice. Katie is the latest in a long line of artists like Grim Natwick, Freddie Moore and Mary Blair… she specializes in drawing girls. I can tell you from personal experience that Katie's girl drawings were just as popular among the artists at Spumco as "Freddie's girls" were at Disney.
I asked Katie to bring her drawings by the archive before she sells them, so we could include them in our database. I think you'll agree, they're pretty remarkable. You should bookmark Katie's blog, Funny Cute.
Katie never seems to draw the same shapes twice, yet her sense of proportion and her eye for posing is unfailing. Katie's ability to translate real-world personalities into appealing cartoon drawings sets her apart. Like Mary Blair, I can't imagine anyone not loving her work.
Thanks to Katie Rice for allowing us to scan her sketchbooks.
Stephen Worth
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This posting is part of the online Encyclopedia of Cartooning under the subject heading, Animation.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Dec 2010 23:10 UTC, submitted by brewmastre
"A divided Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules meant to prohibit broadband companies from interfering with Internet traffic flowing to their customers. The 3-2 vote Tuesday marks a major victory for FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who has spent more than a year trying to craft a compromise. The FCC's three Democrats voted to pass the rules, while the two Republicans opposed them, calling them unnecessary regulation. The new rules are likely to face intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill once Republicans take over the House. Meanwhile, public interest groups decried the regulations as too weak, particularly for wireless systems."


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Note: Although E seems to install fine on Win95, Win98 First Edition, WinNT, and Win2000, as explained here, it fails to install on Win98 Second Edition. This has not yet been diagnosed.
Installing The Java Runtime
See the Dependencies section for information on obtaining an appropriate version of Java and Swing.
Installing E
E releases through 0.8.4 had a rather manual install process involving unpacking into "c:/erights.org" and running various *.bat and *.pif files. Unfortunately, we've discovered that *.bat and *.pif files don't work reliably on across various configurations of Windows. Due largely to the stimulus of Mark Shepard (Thanks!), we have replaced the entire Windows installation process with an approach closer to something conventional. If you have installed a previous version of E, you probably should remove the directories "c:/erights.org" and "c:/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/erights.org".
For Windows users, we recommend downloading the zip of E binary distribution.
Unpack the distribution and double click on the file named "setup.exe". If you are unpacking using WinZip, it should notice the existence of a top level setup program and either prompt you to run it directly or provide an enabled "Install" button. Feel free to accept or press the button, or to decline and run Setup.exe yourself.
When Setup runs, it will prompt you in a black MSDOS window for installation information. For all questions, you can accept the default by simply hitting the Enter key. On all systems, it should be safe to accept all the defaults. To install using other than the default settings, answer "n" to the above question, and proceed from there. We do not yet have an Uninstall program.
Once this is done, from your start menu you can start up E by selecting either the "Programs >> erights.org >> e" or the "Programs >> erights.org >>elmer" menu item. See the E Tutorial to make progress from here.
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Style # 211464
With sheer pointelle knit, nude lining and heavy drape, this bebe maxi dress is a gorgeous way to update your summer wardrobe. Try yours with a pair of wedge sandals and gold add-ons to dress it up.
- 100% rayon
- Center back to hem: 57" (145 cm)
- Rayon lining
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" is wearing a US size S
Maxi Pointelle Dress is rated out of 5 by 8.
Rated 3 out of 5 by TanyaH from Okay Dress But Not Great I bought this dress because I thought it would fit & look like my 3 previous purchases. I bought the same exact Maxi Sweater Dress in Turquoise & White last summer. Probably the best Bebe Maxi Dress ever! I also got the Spaghetti Strap version in Coral & in Beige the summer before that & love them. This dress fits nothing like the 3. It runs big. I usually buy small in all my Bebe Maxi Dresses. The small in this black dress fits like a medium & I've gained weight & it's still not form fitting. I'd need a xs for it to fit tight but not purchasing another. This dress is also 4" shorter. I'm 5'6 & I like my Maxi dresses to hit the floor when I'm wearing flats this black dress hits me at the ankles. So no way I could wear wedges with it like the rest. It's also is missing the stretch & shine the other dresses had. Even in an xs I don't believe it would fit tight to the body like the others. It's an average dress but I expect more then average at this price & from Bebe. When you have a good thing don't change it. I'd love to see an improved version of this dress because it would be amazing.
Date published: 2013-08-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by Maxidressaddict from Sexy and Comfortable This dress is awesome. I couldn't wait to receive it in the mail. Wore the same day and received many compliments. Looked and felt great, inner lining is super soft and comfortable. Highly suggest not to hang it on the hanger so it wont stretch, unless you are super tall and want it to stretch. I usually wear Size M in BEBE but purchased this dress in S followed another reviewers advice and it worked out perfectly. Love Love Love
Date published: 2013-07-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by StephMun from Pretty Summer Maxi I am 5-4 and weigh 118 pounds. This dress fit perfectly. The length is just above the ground with 4" wedges. I bought the black and it is very slimming. The material is soft. This dress is very casual pretty that can be dressed up for dinner. I am very happy with this purchase especially since I got it online on sale for $75.00.
Date published: 2013-07-09
Rated 5 out of 5 by GlizNGlam from Beautiful Maxi Dress Elegant, comfortable, has the expensive look. loved that its lined dress. hugs your figure tons of compliments.. bought it in black. BEBE come out with more solid colors in this dress..
Date published: 2013-07-06
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mooty from Elegant summer dress My husband loves this somewhat clingy dress. I bought the Caribbean Aqua color and just love the subtle sheen of the fabric. (It is a little easy to snag, though.) It makes me feel attractive while not showing off too much skin - always the way a lady feels most beautiful!
Date published: 2013-06-25
Rated 5 out of 5 by Panda123 from Great dress The dress is more beautiful than the picture, the color is a bit darker but it's better, in my opinion. It's a bit long to me since I am 5'3, but it works well with high heels. Material is very silky and comfortable, has the expensive look, worth the money! If you have a lot of curves, I think this might work even better.
Date published: 2013-06-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by Oshun from Amazing! The pictures don't do this dress justice. This dress is gorgeous and I bought it in the carribean sea color size small even though I'm usually a size medium, but i chose size small coz it accentuates my curves further. The medium fits equally the same but is a bit big around the shoulders. Those are the two differences i saw. Size small is equally comfortable coz the lining and the crochet stretch and adjust to your body. so you can do a size small or medium depending on how much of your form you want to show. . I'm 5'5, 150 lbs DDD/E chest curvy bottom. My weight fluctuates between 140 and 155. The material looks and feels wonderful, very light and airy. Lining is soft and comfortable. This is the best maxi dress in my closet. It covers all bases, ill give it a 12 out of ten!
Date published: 2013-05-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jamer80 from Gorgeous!!! I ordered this dress in a Medium in the Caribbean Sea color and it is perfect! I'm 5'5" and about 145 lbs and it fits just right! Length comes just to floor but for me that is perfect..I can still wear it with flats or a heel. Also the lining underneath is more of a slip because it has straps which are adjustable. Love that feature! Color is more of dark teal in my opinion compared to what it looks like online but I still love it! The only downside I can see is that it may snag but I figure that's only expected with the pointelle type material. Can't wait to wear it out!
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Insurance company says it will cover Groton teacher's kidney transplant
Mystic — Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield told Groton teacher Brad Vernet Thursday afternoon that it will fully cover his April 10 kidney transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
On Wednesday, Vernet had said he was considering delaying that surgery and facing the prospect of going on dialysis after Anthem told him last week he was not fully covered for the procedure because the hospital is not in his insurance network for kidney transplants.
That meant he was facing a bill of $50,000 to $100,000. Vernet, whose kidney function has dropped to 8 percent, said postponing the surgery would give him a chance to find an in-network hospital to do the transplant.
Vernet, who lives in Mystic, said that last July he received a letter from the hospital saying he was "adequately covered" for the surgery. When he and his wife Katy questioned the financial counselor for transplant surgery about what that meant, they said they were told that meant there was 100 percent coverage.
Thursday afternoon, one day after U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., pressed Anthem to fully cover Vernet, Anthem called Vernet to tell him it would do so.
While Brigham and Women's is usually considered out of Anthem's kidney transplant network, Anthem spokeswoman Sarah Yeager said there are some unique aspects of the contract the company has with Groton teachers that call for the surgery to be covered in full.
"Upon further review and closer scrutiny of the unique language of Mr. Vernet's benefits plan, we have confirmed that his benefits cover the kidney transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital as an in-network benefit. We have contacted Mr. Vernet to let him know that the surgery will be covered at an in-network benefit level. We at Anthem take seriously our commitment to delivering quality products and service," she wrote in an email.
Vernet said he was "really relieved" to get the news.
He added it was an even bigger relief knowing he can have the transplant on time and avoid going on dialysis.
Blumenthal, who Vernet contacted for help on Wednesday afternoon, said Thursday afternoon that Anthem's review and decision were the direct result of the intervention of his office.
Blumenthal contacted a high-ranking Anthem official immediately after receiving Vernet's call, and his staff forwarded information stressing the immediacy of Vernet's situation along with media reports to Anthem. Blumenthal's staff also stressed Vernet's coverage was a priority for the senator.
"This was very much the result of our coming down hard on them and persuading them to do the right thing," Blumenthal said. "We're proud to have intervened on Mr. Vernet's behalf."
Blumenthal said he frequently receives calls from constituents looking for help with health insurance problems, and he and his staff try to help them get the coverage they need.
"There's a real lesson here for people. They should not take no for an answer and insist their insurance company give them the benefits they deserve," he said.
Insurance issues may put Groton teacher's kidney transplant on hold
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Style # 209623
Luxe sheer polyester chiffon ruffle paired with the sophisiticated silhouette of a shift dress make this bebe style perfect for rooftop cocktails or a night of dancing. Try it with a pair of metallic heels and a tiny minaudiere.
- 100% rayon
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Center back to hem: 32" (81 cm)
- Model is 5'9" and wearing a US size S
Shoulder Drape Dress is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Christy from Beautiful dress, but try a size down I love the idea of this dress! However, there is a little too much of the sheer flowy fabric. What happens is that when you see the dress from the front, it makes your body look square and boxy. It looks great from some angles, not so great from others. I am going to try a smaller size and see if it looks better.
Date published: 2013-07-16
Rated 5 out of 5 by SlimThickumz from BEAUTIFUL!! I was looking for a dress that can be worn while walking the beach, something that was airy and light, & I found just that in this dress. It is a beautiful coral and fits true to size. Im 5'3 115lbs and the XS fits me poerfectly. If you want to ditch the sandals and dress it up with a nude pump its just as stunning. Defiinitely a must have for the BEBE lover's closet.
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Australopyrum Pectinatum
Plants perennial, cespitose.Culms 30-100 cm tall, erect, lowest internode 0.9-2.1 mm thick, 1-2 nodes exposed, glabrous, internodes usually pubescent.
Leaves chiefly basal; sheaths striate, smooth, glabrous; auricles 0.2-0.5 mm long; ligule 0.2-0.5 mm, truncate; basal blades 6-21 cml ong, 1.5-3.9 mm wide, minutely and densely scabrous on both surfaces, upper surface with 10-16 veins.
Inflorescence spikelike, erect, 2.5-7.5 cm long, with 9-17 spikelets; rachis antrosely hairy, terminating, prolonged 0.5-2.8 mm beyond the base of the distal spikelets; middle internodes 2-3 mm long; disarticulation below the florets.
Spikelets (5)11-18 mm long, solitary, tangential to the rachis, strongly divergent to reflexed, with 3-8 florets.
Glumes 8-9 mm long, 3-5-veined, tapering into short, sharp points. Lemmas lanceolate, 7-13 mm long, hairy, tips sharply acute to awned, awns to 5 mm long. Paleas glabrous between the veins, keels coarsely ciliate, cilia 0.25-0.5 mm long, tips separated by 0.25-0.5 mm. Anthers 1.3-3.8 mm long.
Chiefly on black, fertile soils flats, often on swampy land.
Australia: NSW (NT, ST); Victoria, Tasmania.
New Zealand: Introduced and established. North Island - Hawkes Bay; South Island - Central Otago.
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Haplomes present
Henwood, M.J. and C.M. Weiller. 2009. Australopyrum, Flora of Australia 44A: 107-110. ABRS/CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.
Jacobs, S.W.L., R.D.B. Whalley, and D.J.B. Wheeler. 2009. Grasses of New South Wales, ed. 4. University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.


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The arts of Africa are diverse and powerful vehicles for creative expression. Artistic traditions reach back 70,000 years to the time of rock art but are also vital, new, and ever-changing in the present world. The Art Institute's collection, widely recognized for its fine quality, features noteworthy examples of wood sculpture, masks, ceramics, furniture, textiles, and beadwork from western, central, southern, and eastern Africa. (Art made north of the Sahara Desert, as in Egypt, is often kept in other areas of the museum.) While some of the art forms in the collection are no longer produced, others remain vitally important in community life. Although we do not know that names of many of the artists who created these objects, we should not assume they were anonymous.
Museums often give incomplete pictures of objects of African origin. In the galleries, one may quietly contemplate a work of art, but in its original context that same object might have been encountered in a whirl of dance, costume, song, and crowd. Some objects were not meant for public display and might only have been taken out on special occasions, seen by privileged individuals or kept in a private residence. Because many materials used in African art are ephemeral in nature, museums tend to favor durable wooden and metal works.
The works included in this unit include those from the western Sudan, Guinea Coast, central Africa, eastern Africa, and South Africa. The selections range from the late 14th century to the mid-20th century. The Art Institute's collection also includes works by contemporary African artists, including Teardrop I by Kenyan artist Magdalene Odundo and Feather Pink by Nigerian-born artist Yinka Shonibare.
The Art Institute has a diverse collection of African art, one that continues to grow to this day.
Pair of Headdresses (Ci Wara Kunw), Mid-19th/early 20th century. Bamana; Baninko region, Mali. Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment.


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Hi all,
I have been getting nosebleeds since I was a teenager. Lately though, they seem to come on when I get a really bad headache, something that has never happened before. I've had bad headaches, and nosebleeds, but never together. Is this just a coincidence or does this happen to other people, too? I do not have CM.
Thanks in advance for any replies!