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When doing the post-install setup of postgresql default database using initdb, you may hit this error:
FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: Cannot allocate memory
DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1646592, 03600).
You can either change the postgresql configuration to use less shared memory, or increase the system setting.
I suggest the latter, because this problem seems to stem from other running apps using some of the shared memory allowance, and I'd be nervous about them running out anyway if postgresql was still using a decent amount. IMHO, the default OS X limit is way too low.
Easy to fix; run:
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=65536
sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=16777216
This changes the limits in the currently-running kernel. To make these values stick across reboots, add them to /etc/sysctl.conf, like this:


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Gmail as the Netscape alternative mail client
Are you frustrated with the 'Mickey Mouse' mail client in Netscape?
Gmail can now be used as the alternative mail system for Netscape. This allows you to directly call Gmail for all Netscape e-mail functions.
Instead of starting up the Netscape e-mail client your Netscape will magically bring up the Gmail you know and love; with your Gmail address directory available and all the other features of the Gmail user interface from the 'create message' dialog box. Your messages sent from Netscape will be logged in your Gmail 'mail_out', and if you ask for a delivery report or receipt notification, and by some miracle the recipient has Gmail or some other top-of-the-line e-mail system that knows how to do these things, then the acknowledgements will come back to your Gmail client, and be correlated with your copy of the message you sent.
A preview of the Gmail 5.1 functionality that allows Netscape to become Gmail aware is available as a free-standing utility, compatible with Gmail 5.0.1.
This new functionality is a standard part of the next release of Gmail (then in the options menu) and allows you to:
Only versions 4.x of Netscape are supported. Both 32-bit and 16- bit versions of Netscape 4.03 have been tested. The small setup program supplied with the DLL verifies the validity of the version, and installs or deinstalls Gmail as the Netscape alternative mail client.
You can pick-up the self-extracting files:
GNS32.EXE is for use with 32-bit versions of Gmail and Netscape, it self-extracts to 2 files, GNSAPI32.DLL and GNSSETUP.EXE. Extract or copy the files to the 5.0.1 gmail\bin32 directory.
GNS16.EXE is for use with 16-bit versions of Gmail and Netscape, it self-extracts to 2 files, GNSAPI16.DLL and GNSSETUP.EXE. Extract or copy the files to the 5.0.1 gmail\bin directory
To install, STOP NETSCAPE! then execute the GNSSETUP program: gnssetup.exe
and to deinstall, STOP NETSCAPE! then:
gnssetup.exe -u
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Credit Impact – Why could your credit scores go up in the next few months?
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Stephen Lesavich, PhD, JD @SLesavich
Do you have tax liens or civil legal judgments on your credit reports? If so, you credit scores could go up in the next few months.
The three major credit reporting bureaus in the United States, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion have recenty indicated they are going to remove tax liens and civil legal judgments from credit reports if they do not include certain required information, starting July 1, 2017.
Tax liens and civil legal judgments are to be removed from consumer credit reports in some instances starting July 1.
A tax lien is a lien imposed by law upon a property to secure the payment of taxes. A tax lien may be imposed for delinquent taxes owed on real-estate or personal property, or as a result of failure to pay income taxes or other taxes.
A civil legal judgement is a legal decision by a court or other tribunal that resolves a controversy and determines the rights and obligations of the parties. Civil legal judgements on credit reports include litigation matters in which collection firms initiate litigation against borrowers over an unpaid debt. However, civil legal judgements are not limited to debt collection actions.
Tax liens and judgments will only be removed from credit reports only if they don't include a complete set of information comprising: (1) a name, (2) an address, and (3) either a date of birth or a social security number.
Most tax liens and civil legal judgements included on consumer credit reports do not include this new required information.
As I wrote about in a recent blog post, the average adult consumer in the U.S. has four credit scores, one from each of the credit reporting bureaus, Equifax, Experian, TransUnion and a FICO score.
FICO scores are used in the automobile, banking, credit card, mortgage, and retail industries.
About 90 percent of all lenders use FICO credit scores to determine creditworthiness.
Creditworthiness is how likely you are to repay any money lent to you.
Like it or not, decades of research have shown that a person's creditworthiness can be used directly to predict risk in underwriting of both credit and insurance.
Your credit scores from the three credit reporting bureaus and your FICO score will vary by a number of points because the proprietary scoring models for each of these credit scores were developed separately and different factors are used to calculate the credit scores.
Many lenders argue that they may not be able to accurately assess a borrower's creditworthiness if tax liens and civil legal judgements are removed from credit reports and argue that removing tax liens and civil legal judgements from credit reports will make all lending more risky.
These lenders also argue that lending costs may increase as they will have to complete additional research on potential borrowers in addition to reviewing their credit reports and credit scores to accurately determine lending risks.
However, many consumers have been denied loans or additional credit based on mistakes on their credit reports including false or inaccurate entries added by the unscuperlous debt collectors.
So how many consumer's will benefit from this new practice?
It has been reported by the Washington Post that about eight to ten percent of all consumers have either a tax lien or civil legal judgement on their credit reports.
How will your credit scores change if tax liens and civil judgements are removed from your credit reports?
So if you have a tax lien or civil legal judgement on your credit report and it does not include the required information, your credit scores are likely to up by 20-40 points depending on your original credit scores and credit history.
Join the conversation on this topic by leaving me comment below or join me on @SLesavich with the hashtag, #creditimpact.
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Hi, what is the cut off mark expecting for getting interview letter for BC.?ReplyDelete
what is the cut off mark for MBC
Respected sir
Thank u for your guidance
what is the cut off marks for MBC,When results published
Sir, some of the answers here are wrong.... how can we approach TNPSC regarding this issue
hi all of you send your expected marks from the tnpsc answer key...ReplyDelete
I am MBC catagory Getting 290/500,i there any chance for me?.. plz tell me cut-off for MBC (men)..
Civil answers are OK, but some of answers in GK is wrong.. they are change it in future are not??
Dear Friends,
If u find some answers are wrong, Kindly make a written representation with proper justification to TNPSC immediately. They will revise this tentative key..
Regarding Cutoff..
We dont know performance of all students...
We can only guess..
Our Guess is
325 is safe score for BC men,
320 for MBC
315 for SC men and BC , MBC women candiadtes..
What is the cut off for ece Bc. Myself 268 marks. Is there any chanceReplyDelete
in civil wat r the question answers found wrong in the released tnpsc key.let us discuss here. for example
1. slenderness ratio is eff length by minimum radius of gyration. so answers s none of these
2. slack is.difference between latest allowable time and earliest expected time
3. road connecting one town with another town s called district roads
4. standard key board has 104 keys
1. The void ratio of soil can exceed unity. This is the only correct answer. So the option is 1 anly
2.Bearing capacity refers to Shear only. Bearing pressure means settlemennt criterion. so the answer is A
3.Rapid test to determine the pollution status of river water is COD
4. Early strength of cement concrete is by Tricalcium Silicate. Only initial hardening is done by Tricalcium aluminate. There is no connection for tricalcium aluminate with respect to strength.
5.When the coefficient of friction is neglected, the ans. is V2 /127R
If there are any correction in these pls let me know
hi prashanth
for bearing capacity its shear and settlement oly
for rapid test it is DO to find pollution
coefficient of friction is v2 /227R
Hi siva., only if design speed is considered max. super elevation is V2/225R.., so the ans is v2/127RDelete
a)Bearing capacity depends on both shear and The probable settlements, (differential as well as total, of the foundation must be limited to safe magnitude)
b) Rapid test is COD
c) Slack is Latest allowable and earliest expected
d)slenderness ratio doesn't depends on maximum radius of gyration
e) Obviously C3S only plays major role in early strength
f) void ratio can exceed unity
water content can be greater than 100 ( Ex bentonite)
SM means Silty sand ( Not sandy silt)
g) Not sure about a) No of keys b) Road connecting towns max super elevation
sorry. I ve wrongly entered as v2/227R. its actually V2/225R. so its given.Delete
Thank u Sivamani for ur Initiative... Good Discussion..How are You ?Delete
i am fine maam. jus like that came into the discussiom maam. whether the questions which i have mentioned above were right maam?. to which address the grievances should be addressed. wat is the highest mark reported in the institute maam.Delete
Dear sir,how much seats are available for MBC (men)Ae civilReplyDelete
in pyramidiasacademy wat s the average score one getting acccord to the key released. in both civil and general knowledge.ReplyDelete
Bearing capacity question is correct, C3S is answer, Void ratio is exceed unity so tat question is wrong, slack question is wrong ..ReplyDelete
What abt probbable cutoff for MBC Men for attending interview....ReplyDelete
Frnds kindly make written justification for the wrong answers to tnpsc.. or else they will keep these rubbish answers only..!!!ReplyDelete
Hi madhan
Can u pls tell me, how we have to send the correct answer
Write a covering letter and write the correct answers & the questions with justification.. Send it to the following address..
Grievence Redressal Cell,
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Frazer Bridge Road
V.O.C.Nagar, Park Town, Chennai-600003.
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Hi rajesh, With the current Tnpsc Key i'm getting 305.. What about You..Delete
hi madhan i am getting 290.ReplyDelete
In Tnpsc they told correct answer send via mail or letter, or in personal in tapal section, address to chairman ....ReplyDelete
Respected Sir,
Could you please advise on ece cutoff as well. I am expecting 275 and from general category.request your valuable opinion..i will be highly obliged to you for this.
Bhabtosh Ojha
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Hi@bhatosh. Cut off might be atleast 300. Myself 105 ece 56 gk .ReplyDelete
hi viji,
Is this your guess for cutoff or you are dictting based on the performance of other candidates of ece.plz respond would be highly obliged.
HI, what is the maximum mark reported from pyramid academy?ReplyDelete
Dear Madam,,,
How are you and your family madam,,,?
Here i would like to thank you and sir for your wonderful guidence for TNPSC AE exam,. I'm SC candidate. i got 330 marks in cut off, Shall I expect call letter? Kindly inform me madam,,
Once again I thank you and our staff member for useful guidence. Thank You madam.
Its my guess only. Don know what ll happen. Lets hope the bestReplyDelete
Hi bhabtosh, nearly 52000 engineers attende the exam.ReplyDelete
my expected score is 310.. MBC... any chance...?ReplyDelete
any chance to increase the no of post madamReplyDelete
I am expecting around 280 in ECE. How about Electrical stream ?ReplyDelete
in gk guestion... gandhi ji attended only second round table conference.... so answer given by tnpsc is wrong....
In gk. B complete work only 120 days (.25x120=30days)ReplyDelete
The following answer key of the questions need to be rechecked:
Civil Engineering:
1.The roads connecting one town with another town is designated as
District road(answer key;C)
2.slack is defined as the difference between latest allowable time and
earliest expected time(answer:C)
3.A standard Keyboard has 104 keys(answer:D)
4.Chemically,Marble is known as Metamorphic rock(answer:A)
5.The following compound helps in early strength of
concrete:Tricalcium Silicate(answer:A)
General Knowledge:
Wound-Traumatotrophism(answer key:C)
2.A and B can together do a piece of work in 30 days.B alone can do it
in 40 days.A alone can do it in 120 days:120days(answer:C)
All are right except 4. for 4 you are saying about physical classification. But they asked chemical classification so the key is correctDelete
Also friends, dont publish your correct answers here alone... send it to commission office... so that they may considerReplyDelete
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when the Results are publised
Now the predicted cut off marks for PYRAMID
Thank u
A+B can do a work in 30 days.
---> (A+B)'s one day work = 1/30
B alone can take 40 days to complete a work.
---> B's one day work = 1/40
(A+B)- B = A's time taken to complete the work.
1/120 = A's one day work.
Therefore, "A" alone can take "120 days" to complete its work.
Plant - "Phototropismm".
Touch - "Thigmotropism". It is a movement in which plant moves or grows in response to "TOUCH" or contact stimuli. 'Thigmo' is a greek word meaning 'Touch'.
Gravity - "Geotropism".
Wound - "Traumatotropism". It is a response to 'WOUND' lesion.
TNPSC answer : option A
CORRECT answer : option C
Hi sir I am ST category getting 270/500. I there any changes.
please send me the cut off ST category
what about result???????????ReplyDelete
Could any one tell us, when is the result will come?
can u tell us the tentative date for AE exam results?
sir can u tell when the results for AE exam will come?ReplyDelete
Sir/Madem when will come the AE (civil)exam result? and expected cut off mark for MBC men
HI dear friend today 9 o clock result will be announced


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A couple of nights ago, Ethan once again asked if he could turn the lights out. I saw this as a perfect opportunity to get out the overhead projector. While Ethan turned out the lights, I set up the projector & my husband put a white flat sheet over our curtains. I started to get out my transparent objects to show how color shows up on the white sheet as well as make pictures out of objects, but Ethan found my bag of transparent numbers...0-100. "Numbers, numbers, numbers....." So, he played with numbers.....for about 2 hours! Daddy tried to play with him, and Ethan obliged for awhile. Then, he said, "All done sharing numbers with Daddy." It was hilarious because we are always trying to get him to "use his words"....and he definitely conveyed his wants with his words that time!!! We are still working on sharing...
The pictures are hard to see, but he was pulling out a transparent number tile one at a time, saying the number & then putting it on the overhead. When all the tiles were on the projector, he would look at us and ask, "We do it again?" After receiving an okay from us, he would push all the tiles off the overhead onto the floor & do it all again. After awhile, he did include us by asking us if we knew the number he was holding up. If we knew it, he would say, "Daddy got one!", and if we didn't know it, he would say, "Mommy missed it, and that's okay." He loved this game so much that he asked to play it as soon as he got out of bed the next morning. Out of pure selfishness of not wanting to add to the craziness of our mornings, I told him that he had to be dark outside for the game to work. He was satisfied with that answer.....otherwise I believe he would play it all day.
|Here is Ethan looking at one of the transparent number tiles next to the overhead projector. There are several tiles already on the projector, but it is hard to see it in this picture.
|Again, it is difficult to see, but you can tell that there are more tiles on the projector by looking at the "screen".
|More tiles...and Ethan knew every single number. Amazing!
Here is a short video of Ethan playing with the overhead projector.


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The range of applications for the enzymes in this section is extensive. Polymerases are useful for labeled DNA probes by nick translation, second-strand cDNA synthesis, strand-displacement amplification and PR and multiplex PCR amplification. Ligases can be applied to ligation of blunt or cohesive-ended DNA fragments, ligation amplification (LCR), repeat Expansion Detection (RED) and molecular cloning of single stranded and double stranded DNA. Other molecular cloning enzymes listed are useful for DNA repair research and study of UV damaged DNA.


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Shall I or shan't I is the question I used to start off my presentation which is what Macbeth thinks in his soliloquy in act 1 scene 5 which was followed by a little introduction about Macbeth and how he was ambitious in life. Continued from that I gave an outline of act 1 scene 5, which was the main part of the play I had focused on.
"Un sex me" and "Come to my woman's breasts and take my milk" are two examples of the quotes I had merged into my presentation to support what I was talking about, which was the theme of evilness. To add to this I gave an opinion on what I thought William Shakespeare was trying to put across to his audience, this being that evil can change human feelings and resort to doing things which you are persuaded into doing, for example Lady Macbeth persuading Macbeth to kill king Duncan, I believe she did this out of pure evilness.
Symbolism, shown itself in many different forms such as nature, the characters such as the witches and the angels from heaven. All of these symbols were mentioned in my presentation as well as referring to the religious time back then when they all believed in hell and heaven.
The structure in which I had presented it in was different from the others were as I had jumped back and forth to explain my thoughts and to give a quick review of the play. I would talk about a character then move onto a theme and then the symbol which might have been used for that theme and then my thoughts on it.
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Ellen Hopkins Quotes About GivingQuotes about: Giving
Me? Beautiful? I'm plain as cardboard. That may be how you see yourself, but the rest of the world would be hard to agree. You shine brighter than the Milky Way. Now there are those who might try to take that from you, but you don't have to give it away. Keep on shining Pattyn. And when the right young man comes along, he'll love you all the more for giftin' this sad planet with your light.
You are a gift to all who know you, whether or not they realize it. If they don't, they are blind. You have a special place in this world. All you have to do is find it. Do not give up on yourself, or the truths you have realized. Do not give in to those who could crush your dreams like nutshells. And never turn away from forever love.
The problem with being grounded is it gives you a whole lot of unavoidable time to think. NOt even pulling weeds can take away your ability to plot all the varied and wonderful things you might do to get even, or at least to make up, just get a smidgen for time lost to TV and yard work and house cleaning.
Too many people believe they can control their drug of choice. But the drug is almost always in control. If an addict truly wants help, it is available, but it is a rocky path. The monster always calls. Never give an addict money. Clothe them. Feed them. But enabling them is the quickest path to watching them fade away completely. This may seem harsh. But I've watched my own child relapse, after six years sober. I love her. Always. But I can't help her die.
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Rio speeds up the data processing workflow by making seismic data ready for processing faster. Rio finds corrupted or duplicate field data. It efficiently finds and fixes problems with source, receiver, and patch positioning. Rio analysts can generate near surface models for calculating refraction or tomography. Finally, Rio can be used to generate a true, processing-ready seismic data set with correct geometry and statics in the trace headers with the data sorted into any desired gather type in a variety of output formats.
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Currently offered as a service, Rio consists of three components: hardware, software, and trained personnel. Using specialized software, the technician implements quality controls at various intervals throughout the acquisition. Rio locates corrupt or duplicate field data, and fixes problems with source, receiver and patch positioning. Analysts can generate near surface models for calculating refraction statics or refraction tomography. Finally, Rio can be used to generate a true, processing-ready seismic data set with the correct geometry and statics.


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Some time ago I was invited to a Rotary Lunch with a well-known female Muslim speaker. In the course of discussion following her presentation, the ex-Governor General, Archbishop Peter Hollingworth, who was also in attendance, made reference to the importance of distinction between cultural religion and religion of faith. I have used this distinction in my reflections I've shared with you over the past weeks.
Jesus teachings were primarily about addressing the problems that arose out of the misconceptions that surrounded these two perspectives of religion. He lived in a society highly shaped by religion as culture.
- We can remember, the cleansing of the temple, where sacrifices of animals meant the temple had become a market place for selling animals as opposed to being a house of prayer.
- Also Jesus confronting the religious leaders who loved saying prayers in public while dressed in religious garb rather than retiring to the privacy of their own hidden room where only ones heavenly father truly knew what was ones heart.
- We could name many other examples, but suffice it to say Jesus constantly sought ways to bring before people the reality that there was so much more to faith than merely conforming to the religious ethos of their national religious culture.
The heart of the problem of cultural religion is found in the story of his instruction to Nicodemus, where he points out that one must be born again to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Let's pause for a moment and reflect upon this notion of being born again. I would want to start by observing that the process of life is a continuous process of being born to newer and greater potentialities of human experience. Physical birth is really only a moment in a process. Life has been developing in the womb for 9 months. Birth is a moment in a greater process.
Hence birth is the process of life. A child learns one step at a time to walk and talk, to dream and imagine, to accomplish a range of basic skills, transform into puberty, grow into adulthood, fall in love, give birth, mature with wisdom, review one's life and prepare for one's final departure. Each step is a birth to something newer and greater about the process and possibilities one might discover about the human experience along the way.
Jesus was adamant that spiritual awareness was the heart of human experience and the life of faith.
For the fullness of human life we need birth or an awakening to this awareness of experience.
This is his born-again experience. However, it is not the end in itself...
It is the vital birth that provides the key for meaningfully integrating all of life's experience into the cohesive unity that is the essence of our Christness nature.
Sadly conflict has arisen in the Christian community over this issue. I contend that the difference of opinion has emerged over failing to distinguish between experience and life style.
Some people have found that for them the notion of being born again has arisen out of a pronounced experience of spiritual awakening, so powerful that they determine that anything less than something similar to their own is disingenuous. They immediately reject others claims to a genuine spiritually shaped faith experience.
The positive of their approach is that they continue to highlight the possibility of ever deeper and broader spiritual gifts. The danger in this position is that experience itself has become the object of their religion.
Life Styles
The different approach to being born again as simply experience, is focusing upon an awakening to the spiritual perception of life that transforms one's life style. Being born again is merely the beginning, and means little if one does not grow in the way of a spiritually shaped life.
Far more than noting the gifts of the spirit, if these gifts are not developed and incorporated into the fullness of life style, then one would have to question what the point of them was.
We would be talking about a still-birth
The spiritually awakened life is in fact a friend of the total human experience. It has the potential and means to enhance and enrich all life experience. It is the gift that integrates all of life as a harmonious unity, for life is spirit. There is danger in this approach for it is vulnerable to merely blending into the cultural norms of behaviour that can far too easily be no more than a representation of the popular culture.
If we are to seriously reflect upon this teaching of Jesus to be born again, we probably need to learn from both views I've spoken of.
The notion of being born again as experience is important, but never as one approach. It may start as a sudden awakening, but it needs to be continually refreshed though the regular engagement with spiritually renewing practices throughout ones' life. For some people they were always drawn to a spiritual experience but in a gradual and regular encounter with the divine.
The notion of being born again as a process of living is vital for we are talking about a spiritually shaped life. Grounded in the humble laying of ones' life daily before the Lord so that all that we do is seasoned by this encounter will impact upon the way we live.
Being born again and again and again becomes our process of ensuring we remain the salt of the earth.
A light of the world.
We learn to walk the way of the cross.
Various terms are sometimes used to speak of a life without the grounding in spirit; such as, the non-spiritual being a 'flatland world'. A world without its full dimension. Sometimes a world that is 'spiritually bankrupt.'
It is a great tragedy to witness people using religious labels from a cultural point of view for their own ends. And too often for negative or destructive ends.
Jesus saw the danger of this in his day. Sadly the same hazard continues in our own day.
To be born again to a whole new world of love and faith is a wonderful gift when you capture Jesus vision.
It opens ones' mind to seeing heaven actually already in our midst as we enter more deeply into the life of spirituality.
He who has eyes to see with let him see
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Campbellsville Independent Schools
During his last meeting as Campbellsville Independent Schools' superintendent, Mike Deaton received the highest evaluation possible.
At Campbellsville Board of Education's special meeting on Monday, June 19, Deaton thanked the District's staff members, parents and students for the opportunity to be their superintendent.
CHS Principal Kirby Smith will become superintendent on Saturday, July 1.
Mike Deaton Kirby Smith
"I want to make sure that I offer my congratulations and support to Mr. Smith," Deaton said.
He said he will be available as a resource for Smith as he transitions from Campbellsville High School principal to superintendent.
"I've done all I can to set the bar as low as possible for him to succeed and be successful, so I think everything is in place for him to have a great run as superintendent," Deaton said. "I know he will do well."
Deaton said staff members are supportive of Smith and will help him move the District forward.
"I see nothing but great things ahead, and I think the District will be well served with him leading us forward," he said.
Deaton expressed his sincere appreciation to Board members and the school community for having the opportunity to serve as superintendent for the past eight years.
"It seems like it's gone by fairly quickly, now that it's over," he said. "We had a lot of trials and tribulations as we tried to move our District forward and get ourselves in good position."
Deaton said the District has had to deal with several naysayers who believed the school system couldn't get to where it is academically or financially.
"I can't express my gratitude enough for the staff and what they've been able to do over that time."
"I hope that time will be kind to my tenure here," he said.
Deaton said he has spent lots of time working and will now spend time working at living as he retires.
"Thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart," he said.
"Especially, I've got to thank our staff. I certainly am only a part of what's been accomplished here."
Board Chair Pat Hall said many tears have been shed since Deaton announced his intention to retire at the end of June.
"It's something we knew was going to happen eventually," she said. "And eventually seems to catch up with us."
Hall said the Board members know Deaton has not only accepted accolades on the District's behalf, but also fought for what's best for the school system.
"But he's done it for the District," he said.
"And we've supported him. We hope we've supported him well. We're going to continue to support him in whatever choices he makes down the road."
In one of his last official duties as superintendent, Hall said, Deaton must have a final evaluation.
"Mr. Deaton has always done very well on his superintendent evaluation, because he's deserved it," Hall said. "Everything has been earned."
There are seven standards in the superintendent evaluation, she said, and Deaton received the highest mark – "exemplary" – in all seven.
Deaton's complete evaluation is available on the CIS website, www.cville.kyschools.us, by clicking the "Board" tab and looking at the Board meeting documents on the right side of the page.
Hall announced that Smith's contract should be completed in the next few days, so he can officially become superintendent on Saturday, July 1.
The details of Smith's contract, she said, will be released at an upcoming meeting.
Deaton became superintendent in 2009 and has served in that capacity ever since. Before that, he served as CHS principal for two years.
Smith, who is originally from Taylorsville, graduated from Campbellsville University in 1993.
He completed master's degrees at Asbury College and Eastern Kentucky University, and later superintendent certification.
Smith worked for Spencer County Schools from 1994 to 2004.
He began working for Campbellsville Independent Schools in 2004 as a special education teacher at CHS.
In 2008, he became assistant principal, under then CHS Principal Mike Deaton.
A year later, Smith became CHS principal as Deaton became superintendent.
In addition to being principal, Smith is the head CHS baseball coach, though he officially resigned that position in a letter dated Tuesday, June 6.
"I have enjoyed my tenure as the baseball coach and look forward to the many more successes the program will have," Smith wrote.
"I hope to stay involved in the program in some aspect, but due to my new job as superintendent with the District, I will need to devote all my time and energy to this new position."
Smith is married to Andrea Deaton-Smith, and they have three children, Kameron, a freshman at Campbellsville High School; Kaylyn, an eighth-grader at CMS; and Karsyn Smith, who is a second-grader at Green County Primary School.
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SOUTHPORT'S town centre ambulance station is to close - with emergency vehicles being relocated as far as Formby.
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has confirmed the Court Road station will cease to exist by November.
The NWAS are studying alternative relocation options despite concern from town centre residents who fear increased waiting times.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "There is a notice period on the ambulance station, but there has been no decision made at present in relation to moving staff to Formby ambulance station."
See Wednesday's Midweek Visiter for further details and keep checking www.southportvisiter.co.uk for the latest news updates.


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Over 1,000 people turned out for a rally outside the San Diego County Administrative Center February 26 at noon to support Wisconsin's unionized public workers against the threat by Governor Scott Walker and the Republican majority in the state legislature to pass a bill essentially eliminating the right of the state's public employees to unionize and bargain collectively. A wide range of speakers, including union activists, community leaders and elected officials, said that if Walker's bill and similar ones in other states pass, it will essentially mark the end of the American middle class. The rally was part of a nationwide mobilization, and many of those who braved the cold and the rain to attend mentioned that the protesters in Wisconsin itself are sleeping out in the cold and snow in weather far worse than that in San Diego.
Over 1,000 Turn Out in San Diego to Support Wisconsin Workers by MARK GABRISH CONLAN Copyright © 2011 by Mark Gabrish Conlan for Zenger's Newsmagazine • All rights reserved Braving cold weather and the threat of rain, over 1,000 San Diegans — many, but not all, of them union workers — turned out at noon Saturday, February 26 to the back lawn of the San Diego County Administrative Center in downtown San Diego for a rally in support of public employees in Wisconsin. The issue began when Republican Scott Walker, recently elected governor of Wisconsin, and the state's Republican-dominated state legislature first enacted 7 million in state tax giveaways to business and wealthy individuals, and then Walker put a bill before the legislature that would not only cut the state employees' health and pension benefits but would effectively strip them of the right to union representation and collective bargaining. Wisconsin state workers and their supporters in the private sector responded by holding mass demonstrations in Madison, the state capital, and occupying the building where the legislature meets. What's more, the 14 Democrats in the Wisconsin State Senate left the state for Illinois to make sure the Senate couldn't convene a quorum to pass Walker's so-called "budget repair" bill. Workers have come from all over the country to Madison to support the demonstrations. Some of them have been recruited to do so by national unions, but they've had to pay their own way to get to Wisconsin — and they've been told that there's no place to stay in the city and they need to bring sleeping bags and plan to sleep outdoors in the cold and snow of a Wisconsin winter. Support rallies have been held throughout the country, and a nationwide call went out for people to meet in their own state's capitals for demonstrations backing Wisconsin's workers at noon on February 26. Because of California's size, the demonstrations here were held not only in Sacramento but in the state's larger cities, including San Diego. The San Diego rally was called not by the city's labor leadership but by veteran activist Frank Gormlie, who published an alternative newspaper called the O. B. Rag in the 1970's and early 2000's and now operates a local news Web site under the same name, http://obrag.org/ The rally was MC'd by Lorena Gonzalez, secretary-treasurer of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council. "It's snowing in Wisconsin, so it's much better out here," she said. "We're standing in solidarity with every state employee currently threatened with the loss of collective bargaining rights. We worked hard in the last election to make sure we'd have a governor in California who would protect our collective bargaining rights — and it was Jerry Brown, the governor who signed them into law in the first place — but in San Diego we have our own Scott Walker: Carl DeMaio, a City Councilmember who's every bit as bad." Like many of the subsequent speakers, Gonzalez portrayed the conflict in Wisconsin as not an isolated clash between public employee unions and a Republican governor, but as part of a nationwide movement to demonize public workers and unions in general so rich people can make themselves even richer. ""Big corporations have billion and they're going to demonize a teacher who makes ,000 a year?" Gonzalez said. "This isn't about public employees. It's about politics. In the 2010 election, only three out of the top 10 political action committees (PAC's) gave to Democrats — and they were all members of public employee unions. Businesses have a collective effort to get rid of those PAC's so they can get rid of Democrats and every value they stand for, including the rights of workers." Gonzalez mounted an energetic defense not only of public workers but of unions in general. "When people report crimes, who sends out the call, and who answers it? Public employees," she said. "When there's a fire we can call a dispatcher, a public employee, who sends out firefighters — public employees. When I send my kids to school, teachers — public employees — spend more time with my kids than I can. When my family members have to be cleaned up after by a nurse's aide, they are public workers." Pointing out that some members of the audience were not represented by unions, she said, "If you have an eight-hour work day and a 40-hour work week, thank a union worker. If you can go to the bathroom at work without being docked, thank a union worker. If you're grateful for the minimum wage, unemployment insurance, Social Security and [the promise of] affordable health care, thank a union worker." "Right now the American dream is slipping away from all of us," said Brian Marvel, president of the San Diego Police Officers' Association (POA). "In state capitals and Washington, D.C., Republicans are using a ripped economy to go after union workers and the middle class. [Walker's bill] isn't a budget, it's a naked power grab to go after middle-class workers everywhere." Commenting on a Sign On San Diego Web poster who said he resented his tax money being paid to public workers who then donated it to a union PAC that used it to advance liberal candidates and issues, and therefore public employees shouldn't be allowed to have unions or PAC's, Marvel called it "bullshit. … Is he saying private-sector workers shouldn't have bargaining rights because we pay their salaries as part of everything we buy? Because organized labor supported Social Security and civil rights, is he saying they shouldn't exist?" California State Senator Juan Vargas, along with Assemblymembers Toni Atkins and Ben Hueso and San Diego Unified School Board member Richard Barrera, spoke as elected officials ¬— and Vargas delivered a militant pro-union speech confounding progressive Democrats who had supported his primary opponent and ridiculed him as a "DINO" [Democrat in name only]. "We are going to stand with the workers of Wisconsin and the Democrats in the state legislature," he thundered. "We are going to stand up for the rights of a middle class. Unfortunately our budget troubles in California are worse than Wisconsin's, but our unions are willing to stand up and say they're going to be part of the solution." Like a number of other speakers, Vargas mentioned the controversial Koch brothers, Charles and David, who own Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the U.S. According to New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer, Koch Industries "owns Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Stainmaster carpet, and Lycra, among other products." Mayer's article, published August 30, 2010, was many people's first source of information about the Kochs and their political activities. "The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry — especially environmental regulation," Mayer wrote. "These views dovetail with the brothers' corporate interests. In a study released this spring, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's Political Economy Research Institute named Koch Industries one of the top ten air polluters in the United States. And Greenpeace issued a report identifying the company as a 'kingpin of climate science denial.'" The Kochs also launched a political action group called Americans for Prosperity, which made large donations to Governor Walker and other anti-labor Republican politicians and, according to Mayer, helped finance and promote the "Tea Party" movement that mobilized opposition to President Obama and helped the Republicans take over the U.S. House and many state governments in the 2010 election. A number of speakers on February 26 made puns on the Koch name — it's pronounced "coke" — and one person at the rally carried a sign reading, "Gov. Walker, Your Koch Dealer Is On Line 2." This was a reference to a prank carried out the week before by an Internet blogger who called Walker's office, impersonating David Koch — and actually got through to the governor and discussed his plans for suppressing the demonstrations. "Boycott Koch, just as we boycott Wal-Mart," Vargas said at the February 26 rally. "We've seen an unprecedented attack on the middle class ever since President Reagan changed the tax code in the early 1980's. If we don't fight back, the middle class will disappear completely." "You look beautiful from up here!" Assemblymember Atkins greeted the crowd. "We are a union town! This week we stand with you in Sacramento. It's not just about workers in Wisconsin. It's about all of us. My parents were union members. My dad was a coal miner; my mom was a seamstress. They worked hard so I could go to college and be a middle-class American." Recalling that she and Hueso had been key votes on the San Diego City Council to pass a living-wage law covering city contractors before both of them moved up to the Assembly, Atkins said, "There are elected officials who will scapegoat public employees. I will not do that. People around the globe are fighting for the right to speak. … We are going to stand with people in Wisconsin and all across the country. We're not going to forget where we came from." Before introducing San Diego Firefighters' Union president Frank DeClerq, who spoke right after Vargas, Gonzales said that Walker had tried to split labor's ranks by exempting the police and fire unions (both of which supported him in his campaign) from his bill to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights — but it hadn't worked. DeClerq denounced the "orchestrated and careful" tactics the Republicans are using in their attacks on labor, but said they won't work. "We will fight, and put our money and resources behind it," he said. "They're not going to take us down. We've got to organize and get to the grass roots. People have the right to be in a union and to fight for fair wages and benefits. We will not let them destroy the middle class. We will unite with the poor and take them down at the polls." "It's not greed for teachers and school support staff to have collective bargaining," said Tierra Gonzalez Evans, Lorena Gonzalez' 15-year-old daughter and a student at Mission Bay High School. "Greed is not our science teacher who went for a week without pay to chaperone us to Washington, D.C. Greed is not a counselor who's so dedicated they see students during their lunch hour and on weekends. Greed is the CEO's who make billions off workers. Greed is a corporation that doesn't pay workers living wages or health benefits. Greed is developers in downtown San Diego who won't allow redevelopment money to go to schools." "I want to give a shout-out to our brothers and sisters in Wisconsin," said Bill Freeman, president of the San Diego Education Association and last year's Teacher of the Year in the San Diego Unified School District. "It's a dreary day when Americans attack Americans. We are under attack by the elite wealthy. Those officials did not get into office by chance. Wealthy people are beginning to run for office not because they feel it is their time to give back to society, but to further their own greed." Freeman said that if Republican Meg Whitman had won her largely self-financed campaign against Jerry Brown for governor of California, "we would be just where Wisconsin is." Freeman said he blamed the economic crisis on "greedy bankers who made loans they shouldn't have made … [and] greedy investors who bet against their own securities." After the government bailed them out with the TARP program, according to Freeman, "someone had to replace the tax base. So they're coming after us union workers and asking for more." He also said that the No Child Left Behind act, passed under President George W. Bush with bipartisan support, will ultimately brand every public school in the U.S. a "failure," scapegoating teachers when the real cause for students' failure to learn is poverty. "It's hard being a teacher when both your students' parents are working low-wage jobs and not reading to their kids or even buying them warm clothes," Freeman said. "Last year I had three students in my class who were homeless." "I know the role unions have played in keeping higher education affordable and available," said Amanda Ferry, graduate student at San Diego State University (SDSU). "As CSU [the California State University system, of which SDSU is a part] looks to cut custs, teachers, graduate students and unions have fought back. Governor Walker and big business want to silence students and workers. It is a bleak prospect, an attack on public education. Students are here ready to show solidarity with Wisconsin. It's time to save the middle class." "Scott Walker lit a fire under people like you here and everywhere to get them to fight back," said Art Pulaski, secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation. "Your being here today is important because this battle is not about one state, one governor, one bill, and it's about more than public employees. It's even about more than unions. It's about the great American right of freedom of association: to fight for a better wage for yourselves and your family. We across America are one." He read a letter from Pam Perask, a school counselor from Wisconsin, and said, "When Scott Walker tries to silence the voice of a guidance counselor in Wisconsin, the people stood up and said, 'Not here!' When he tries to silence a firefighter or health care worker, we say, 'Not here! Not anywhere!'" "I know what unions have done to keep our health care system running," said Tim Newlis, nurse at Kaiser Permanente and member of a nurses' union affiliated with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). "Nurses and unions are part of the solution, not the problem. 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St Louis Rams: Friday's Rams News and Notes at NoonMay 25, 2012
Welcome to Friday's St. Louis Rams "News and Notes at Noon", the one-stop destination for all major Rams related headlines and other items of interest to the passionate people of Rams Nation. I would like to briefly thank Steven Gerwel for pinch hitting to produce yesterday's noon column.
Brian Quick Is Mike Sando's Early Favorite for Top NFC West Rookie Wide Receiver
According to this piece from Mike Sando of ESPN, Sando expects Rams rookie Brian Quick to make a bigger impact this year than any other rookie receiver in the NFC West, including Arizona Cardinals first round rookie Michael Floyd.
In the above-linked piece, Sando shares his reasoning for the high expectations of Quick in the coming campaign. Rams fans would love this to come to fruition.
Thus far, many reviews of Quick have been exemplary, including this one via quarterback Sam Bradford.
Joe Long Looks To Make His Mark in the NFL
According to an article from Nick Wagoner of stlouisrams.com, Joe Long is looking to make his own mark in the NFL. Long is following in the big footsteps of elder brother Jake, the four-time Pro Bowl left tackle of the Miami Dolphins.
Joe was an undrafted rookie free agent addition for St. Louis this year. He is anxious to make his mark for the Rams:
I knew coming from a Division II school it's kind of hard to get drafted. That's fine. I just wanted to have a shot somewhere. When the Rams called me up, I was really excited and I really wanted to be a part of this organization. Just to be out here with the team working out and practicing, that's all I wanted so I'm happy with it.
Long, 6'5" and 304 pounds, plays tackle and will be fighting for a backup spot. If he does make the final roster and finds himself on the field at some point, look for him to fit right into an offense that is expected to emphasize the running game:
"I love run blocking, anytime I can get off the line and put someone on the ground and keep shoving them down, that's what I like to do," Long said. "Double team, anything where I can just pummel somebody."
Sam Bradford Adapting to Brian Schottenheimer's Offense
Former NFL executive Tony Softli shared this fantastic submission for 101sports.com regarding Rams third-year quarterback Sam Bradford and asserts that Bradford could be the best QB in the NFC West.
In the above-linked article, Softli looks at Bradford's career to date, among other things, and Bradford himself shares various thoughts, including these regarding the return to a full offseason:
It's just nice to have an offseason to be able to come out here and make mistakes. You learn from your mistakes. Coaches have been great about that. They're not pressing. They're not screaming. As long as we learn from it, I think we're doing the right thing. It's just good to be out here going through those things.
St. Louis Rams Dream and Nightmare Scenarios
In a series of blog posts predicting dream and nightmare scenarios for every NFC West team in regard to the 2012 season, Mike Sando of ESPN shows himself to be less dreamy and more nightmarish in regard to the Rams than any of their NFC West opponents.
Sando has every NFC west squad besides the Rams in the playoffs under his dream scenario.
I could be wrong, but I believe the ceiling for St. Louis is higher in the coming campaign than that of the Seattle Seahawks or the Arizona Cardinals.
Steven Jackson Offers Insight Into the Rams' New Offense, Leadership and More
Steven Jackson is liking what he sees at Rams Park thus far under head coach Jeff Fisher and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, as reported in this article by Kathleen Nelson for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
According to the aforementioned article, Jackson feels the new offense of Brian Schottenheimer is similar to that of former St. Louis offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur:
"This offense is very similar, not identical (to Shurmur's.) The learning curve has not been too harsh on myself. Sam (Bradford) is looking good, our receivers, we have a deep group that is very competitive that's going to not only help us, but is also going to bring the best out of each individual guy. All in all, as an offense we're looking good. And especially Coach (Paul T.) Boudreau up front, what he's doing with the offensive line is very impressive as well.
Please check the above-linked piece for Jackson's thoughts regarding his rookie counterparts in the backfield, Jeff Fisher, leadership and more.
Plethora of Updates Via Ron Clements of CBS Sports
Throughout the week, Ron Clements of CBS Sports has offered some outstanding reports regarding a plethora of Rams related topics including the ongoing team OTAs, as you can read here.
Clements offers quotes from the likes of Sam Bradford, Steven Jackson, Brian Quick and head coach Jeff Fisher, who says the following regarding the instillation of the offense:
We did a lot of two-minute (Wednesday) and we're going to do more two-minute on Friday and just adding more and more to the package.
Crowded Competition in the Making at Tight End
Kathleen Nelson details the battles at hand at the tight end position in the Gateway City in this piece for stltoday.com.
Nelson quotes Jeff Fisher in regard to the current situation regarding the Rams tight ends:
We've got all shapes and sizes. You need flexibility, and they need to be able to be interchanged, sometimes at the fullback position, sometimes you spread them open. We're pleased so far.
With nine players competing for roster spots, it would be expected that every shape and size would indeed be represented from among such a large group of players.
With a maximum of four tight ends expected to land on the active roster this fall, the competition should be fierce for those highly coveted spots.
Early Expectations for NFC West Standings
ESPN's Mike Sando offers yet another submission of interest to Rams Nation in making his early win-loss predictions for each NFC West team.
Sando uses Las Vegas' over-under as a basis for his picks, but, once again, the Rams come up short in Sando's eyes.
Sando could be right, and I could be wrong, however, I will be surprised if St. Louis finishes last in the division this year.
Time and time alone will be able to prove who was correct in this regard.
Have a great day as always, STL Rams Nation.
Shane Gray covers the St. Louis Rams daily as a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. You are encouraged to check out the rest of his work here. Gray also owns and operates stlramscentral.com.


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Sunday, March 25, 2012
The Rope by Nevada Barr (Anna Pigeon Prequel)
*Genre* Mystery/Suspense
"Us poor mortals live under the 'shit happens' rule of nature. Life doesn't make sense. Unearned guilt is hubris, a claim to powers you don't have. I understand the temptation. It's less scary than admitting shit happens, because if shit does just happen, it can happen again and tomorrow your sister or your dog gets run over by a cab." Jenny Gorman in a scene where Anna and her are nearly killed by the villain who truly has it in for Anna.
The Rope, by Nevada Barr, takes Anna Pigeon back to the year 1995 in what's being called the Anna Pigeon Prequel. (In series order this would be right before Track of the Cat which released almost 20 years ago.)
This is Anna's first adventure with the National Park Service and it is the link to how Anna ended up being a law enforcement ranger with the NPS. The mystery of the actual villain isn't all that shrouded in mystery since the person ends up being in their fair share of scenes and is often found as jealous or disturbed.
The story itself is set in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona and Utah as well as Lake Powell. Of all the things I love about Nevada Barr's books, it's her ability to put the reader into the actual scenery where the story takes place. Being a former NPS worker has a lot to do with that fact. One day, I would love to visit the parks that Barr has written her stories in. They truly do fascinate me to no end.
Anna is a recent widower and is feeling as though she was to blame for her husband Zach' death by taxi cab. Taking the first bus out of NYC, and away from her older sister Molly, she takes a job as a seasonal interpretive worker for the NPS where she works closely with Jenny Gorman scooping up human feces and ensuring the area remains clean for others to use.
Anna wakes up in a solution hole and it appears she has been attacked, the word WHORE has been cut into her thigh, and she is naked and without any sort of memories as to how she ended up there in the first place. Upon arriving back in her barracks that she shares with Jenny, nearly all her belongings have been packed up except for items no woman can truly be without.
This should have been a clear indication that something was truly wrong and that Annya didn't just walk away!
Why would anyone push Anna in the solution hole? Who packed up all her things and tried to mail them back to her sister Molly in NYC? Who among the NPS workers has it in for Anna and for what idiotic reason does Anna's very existence exudes the feeling of hostility and jealously from others?
Anna Pigeon often finds herself in more pickles than any one person is allowed to have in one lifetime. I'm actually glad to see this version of Anna Pigeon, rather than the depressed and PTSD suffering Anna we've been reading about over the last five or six books.
I really truly enjoyed Jenny's character in this story. She was funny, had the best lines, and wasn't closeted about who she really is and what she wants from her relationship with Anna. Some will complain about the close relationship between the characters, but, in essence they are just saying that two women can't be close like that without being lovers and having sex all.
The only real complaint I had was the changing of POVs from Anna, to Jenny, to Regis who seemingly comes out of nowhere and stops the villain in their tracks.
As one who has read every single book in this series now, I can only keep my fingers crossed that we see this version of Anna Pigeon again soon.
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Clever, amusing, and memorable your cellphones' ring tone may be. But new research claims that it may be so distracting that it causes those around you to remember less information, and need more time to get back to top speed after it stops ringing!
The study was published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. It was based on research with college students, who were asked to take some tests that would require them to concentrate. During the tests, a cell phone would ring, playing either a standard ring, a repeated single tone, or a recognizable song. Any ringing slowed down the students' ability to concentrate. But the recognizable song proved to be most distracting.
Another test had students listen to a lecture, followed by a quiz. One group of students had their lecture distracted by a cell-phone ringing, while the other had no call. The students who had a call scored up to 25% lower than those who had no distractions.
Knowing this, how can you be a more polite phone user at work or in group settings? Obviously, turn off your ringer if you can. If you can't-
Lose the attention-getting ringtone.People frequently get intersted in a popular song used as a ringtone. Switch over to one of the tones provided with your phone;
Warn people that you may be getting a call.This is especially important in group meetings. Knowing a ringtone may go off at any moment makes it less of a distraction;
and finally, Turn off your phone while drivi9ng when possible. Seems pretty obvious. But the study team speculates that, if a phone ringing distracts students taking a test, it's quite likely to do the same to people at the wheel.
What's the most annoying ringtone you've heard? It's not yours, is it? Well, tell us anyway, either here or on our Facebook page...
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Aug. 30, 2011
Northridge Volleyball Notes
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Cal State Northridge (1-2, 0-0 Big West) continues tournament action this weekend as the Matadors venture to the State Capitol to play in the Sacramento State Invitational. Northridge opens the tournament Friday against the Marist Red Foxes (1-2) before taking on Fresno State (1-2) and the host Hornets (2-1) on Saturday. The Matadors finished with one win in three matches last weekend at the Utah Classic after topping Weber State in five sets on Saturday. CSUN has played in the Sacramento State Invitational in three of the last four years, finishing 1-2 in 2007, 2-1 in 2008 and 2-1 in 2010.
Fans can follow all three of the Matadors' matches of the Sacramento State Invitational via live stats at hornetsports.com. There will also be live video of the Northridge-Sacramento State match Saturday night. All Matador home matches will be part of the Big West live streaming package and will also feature live stats via Gametracker at GoMatadors.com. The Big West Conference and the CBS College Sports Network are partnering to bring fans exclusive coverage of Big West sports, press conferences, interviews and features into your home via the Internet. Now in its seventh year, BigWest.TV covers every home and conference contest in women's volleyball.
Sophomore Mahina Haina pounded a career-high 28 kills to lead Cal State Northridge to its first win of the 2011 season as the Matadors defeated Weber State in a five-set thriller (25-19, 27-25, 23-25, 21-25, 15-11) Saturday at Utah's Crimson Court. Haina, who's previous high in kills was 19 against Loyola Marymount in 2010, hit an impressive .468 in 47 swings. The sophomore from Honolulu, Hawai'i committed just six hitting errors and also added three digs and one block assist. After struggling on the offensive side over their first two matches, the Matadors also got 16 kills (.083) from senior Una Siljegovic and 12 kills (.118) and 11 digs from sophomore Britney Graff. Freshman Casey Hinger also chipped in nine kills (.115), four digs and four blocks. Earlier on Saturday, the Matador hitters struggled for the second straight match as CSUN dropped a straight set decision (25-18, 25-14, 25-16) to the host Utah Utes. Freshman Casey Hinger's six kills (.188) were enough to lead the Matadors who also got five kills apiece from Haina (.045) and Natalie Allen (-.044). Cindy Ortiz and Sydney Gedryn each had two aces while Ortiz added a match-high 15 digs. The Matadors opened the tournament Friday with a 25-20, 25-22, 25-15 loss to Northwestern.
The Matadors will meet Marist for the first time in school history on Friday. The Red Foxes, from the Metro Atlantic Conference, are 1-2 after falling to Duquesne (3-0) and Pittsburgh (3-0) and defeating St. Francis (3-1) last weekend at the Pitt-Duquesne Invitational. Marist is at Hartford on Wednesday before heading to the West Coast ... Fresno State is also 1-2 after falling to No. 20 San Diego (3-0) and Cal Poly (3-2) and defeating Long Island (3-0) at its own Fresno State Classic. Junior OH Marissa Brand is averaging a team-high 3.64 kps ... Tournament hosts Sacramento State are 2-1 after topping Murray State (3-1) and Belmont (3-1) and falling to Western Kentucky (3-0) at the Belmont Invitational in Nashville, Tenn. The Hornets, a former Big Sky Conference foe, are led by sophomore OPP Kayla Beal who averages 3.00 kps.
Sophomore outside hitter Mahina Haina (Honolulu, Hawai'i) picked up Northridge's first All-Tournament accolade of the season last weekend at the Utah Classic. Haina, who also earned All-Tournament honors at the UNLV Classic during her freshman season, averaged 3.91 kills per set while hitting .265 over three matches. Her all-tournament performance was capped with a career and tournament-high 28 kills in 47 swings (.468) in the Matadors' 3-2 win over Weber State. Haina's 28 kills are the most by a Northridge hitter since Jen Ryan put down 31 kills at Loyola Marymount on Nov. 23, 2004.
Several first-year Matadors made their CSUN debut over the weekend. True freshman Casey Hinger (Fullerton, Calif.) started all three matches in the middle and tied for second on the squad with 20 kills in three matches. Hinger also added nine total blocks and eight digs over three matches. Sophomore transfer Kelcie Randazzo (Whittier, Calif.) appeared in two of the three matches and had 12 digs and two aces against Weber State. Fellow true freshmen Sam Kaul (Canyon Country, Calif.) and Mariah Counts (Poway, Calif.) also saw their first collegiate action. Sophomore Britney Graff (Canyon Lake, Calif.) made her return to the lineup after missing the entire 2010 season due to injury. Graff, who was a Big West All-Freshman Team selection in 2009, averaged 2.00 kps in three matches in her return to the court.
In the 37th season of women's volleyball at Cal State Northridge, the Matadors are now within two wins of reaching 700 wins in program history. 698 wins in 36 years averages out to just over 19 wins per season which was largely achieved during the programs heyday as a Division II school (1975-1989). Under the direction of Walt Ker, the Matadors posted 401 wins from 1979-1992, an average of nearly 29 wins per season. Since moving up to the Division I level in 1990, Northridge has 294 wins, including 29 in Ker's first Division I season (1990).
Five opponents on Northridge's 2011 schedule received votes in this week's AVCA Top-25 poll. USC (1-1) is the highest ranked team on the slate as the Trojans received 1356 points and are ranked third this week. UCLA (3-0) received 880 points this week and is ranked 12th followed by Long Beach State (2-1) which received 205 points and is ranked 23rd. Cal Poly (2-1) received six points are listed among the schools "receiving votes" as is Northwestern (3-0) which received defeated the Matadors in straight sets on Friday.
As a team, the Matadors are averaging the identical 11.55 kills per set as their first three opponents but are hitting just .092 as a team compared to .203 for the opposition ... typically one of the stronger serving teams in the Big West, the Matadors rank at the top of the conference after one week with 16 aces (1.45 saps). UC Irvine also has 16 aces in 11 matches ... Sydney Gedryn (San Jose, Calif.) has a team-high five aces followed by Cindy Ortiz (Los Angeles, Calif.) with four ... Gedryn started all three matches at setter and posted a career-high 61 assists against Weber State. Gedryn also had a team-high 13 total blocks in the three matches ... Nicole Jarvis (Oxnard, Calif.) matched her career-high with seven kills against Weber State.
Following a 13-19 season in 2010, Northridge was picked to finish eighth by the conference's coaches in the Big West Preseason Poll. The Matadors picked up 20 points to finish ahead of UC Riverside who garnered 11 points. Long Beach State was picked to reclaim the conference championship crown after Cal State Fullerton captured the title in 2010. The 49ers tallied seven first-place votes and 78 points to finish ahead of Cal Poly who garnered a pair of first-place votes and 72 points overall. UC Santa Barbara (53 pts.) was tabbed third followed by Fullerton (52), Pacific (51), UC Davis (38), UC Irvine (30), the Matadors and Highlanders.
Matador head coach Jeff Stork shares his thoughts each week on the team, this week's opponents and other topics.
On the team's performance at the Utah Classic:
"I think the team trained very hard during double days and going into Utah we knew we were going to play two difficult teams in Northwestern and Utah. Those two teams did not allow us to establish any kind of the rhythm that we saw during the preseason. We found out there's some other things we need to focus on and get better at. We were able to regroup and figured out what we wanted to do against Weber State and several players responded in a big way and the team responded in a good way as well."
On the play of sophomore Mahina Haina:
"Mahi was unbelievable against Weber State. Midway through the third set she was hitting around .600 so obviously teams will start to make small adjustments but at the end it was just an unbelievable night for her. Everything she was touching was golden and had it not been for her effort in particular, the outcome may have been different."
On the upcoming tournament in Sacramento:
"We certainly had good play from several different players last weekend but we're still searching for our offensive rhythm. Our serve-block defense, even against Northwestern, was reasonably good and we will need to continue that this weekend. I think the Utah tournament was the strongest tournament we're going to enter into. This weekend at Sac State and the following weekend at UNLV are tournaments that I'm hopeful that this team can excel. We found out a little about ourselves last weekend and we know that the challenges ahead are not going to be easy but I think the girls are up for it."
The 2011 home opener is on the horizon. Following this weekend's tournament in Sacramento, the Matadors host third-ranked USC on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in The Matadome.


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Last week some people in the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall twenty years ago. The timing of its fall was unexpected but the energy leading to its end had been building from its beginning. On August 12, 1961 the East German government signed the order to build the wall. The wall lasted for 28 years probably above average for walls. Rulers have been building walls since the beginning of empires. Today sentries, hidden cameras and steel gates help wall off gated communities and corporate or government buildings to keep out people like terrorists, activists, street people and low-class sales persons.
A few barriers like the Great Wall in China built over centuries are now landmarks for tourists. The Chinese government is not interested in the Great Wall for security purposes. Reports today indicate that President Obama may pay the customary presidential visit to the Great Wall or the forbidden city. Yesterday he delivered advice to the Chinese, bring down the internet firewall. Perhaps a visit to the Great Wall could jog his community organizer imagination so that when he returns he will order the transformation of the 700 mile long border wall now under construction between Mexico and the US, into a tourist attraction where visitor fees could help pay off the deficit. Technical support for modern wall construction at the US Mexico border was provided by Israeli corporations who have considerable experience building their own wall to keep Palestinians out.
The barrier under construction by Israel to wall off Palestine is more than half completed. It will eventually be 436 miles long. Built to stop angry Palestinians from entering Israel, the wall traverses Palestinian villages, farms and property and is a source of great Palestinian inconvenience.
In February of this year I was in Northern England where one can view what is left of Hadrian's wall developed after 122 AD. Actually I didn't stop to look at Hadrian's Wall but instead looked over Antonine's Wall built across the Central Belt of Scotland 20 years later and 100 miles to the north of Hadrian's Wall. Construction of Antonine's turf and wood barrier took 12 years. It had 12 major forts plus many additional outposts for the imperial Roman defence force. It proved impossible to staff and maintain, served little strategic value and like many other past and future weapons was abandoned after 20 years. A city park now surrounds the part of Antonine's wall that I saw. Unless someone told me I would not have known I was viewing a one time security border designed to keep bad people or terrorists on one side and protect the wealth of empire on the other.
A wall runs through the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland today, the remnant of a waning British empire. It divides Protestants and Catholics and provides an excellent opportunity for graffiti artists, though some of the panels are alarmingly racist. According to some local people it still serves a security function although the unguarded gates may suggest that its usefulness for any past or future kingdom may be limited.
Chunks of the Berlin wall are sought after as souvenirs usually by people like me who see the end of walls to be a symbol of a better way. Selling off wire clumps of the U.S. border wall with Mexico could be a promising industry. But good as the sales of that wall might be, the enterprise will lack in the special market appeal of chunks of concrete wall direct from the Holy Land.
A question that will probably require mediation for both the U. S. and Israeli walls is who will get the profits from wall sales, the people who ordered the walling or the people who were walled out. I assume that President Obama's staff will be looking for advice on these details this week as he visits the people who built the Great Wall of China, the biggest and most elaborate wall of all. I am confident President Obama remembers that in Chicago where he once organized, the mayor built walls to hide poor communities from world-class convention goers, royal families, presidents and empire builders.
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For two years from 1966 to 1968 I lived with Gene in Nha Trang South Vietnam as a member of International Voluntary Services. He guided me in my volunteer efforts and I will forever remember his friendship.
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What a powerful witness you have been, Gene, and will always be. I too remember well the Martyr Mirror and its horrors, but not until you brought this connection in this and other writing did I ever link that to the torture victims of our day. So may you rest in peace, but may we remain restless from the many challenges you have given us. Until we meet again, Willi


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