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Department of Defence Hot Issue Briefs
In keeping with improved accountability within the Department of Defence, from 20 January 2012, Hot Issue Briefs submitted to the Minister for Defence by the Department of Defence will be publicly released.
On 20 January 2011, the Minister for Defence released 116 Hot Issue Briefs from the period 14 September 2010 to the present, as listed in the table below. Summary information about the briefs is provided below.
Together with the 138 Hot Issue Briefs released under Freedom of Information provisions on 9 January 2012, this places on the public record 245 of the 248 of Hot Issue Briefs submitted to Minister for Defence Stephen Smith. There are selected briefs not being released at this time as they would prejudice ongoing matters. They will be released once those matters are finalised.
In the future, Hot Issue Briefs to the Minister for Defence will be released below in Portable Document Format, usually within one week after submission to the Minister.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is a Hot Issue Brief?
- Why is Defence publicly releasing Hot Issue Briefs?
- Why have some Hot Issue Briefs been redacted?
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What is a Hot Issue Brief?
A Hot Issue Brief provides initial and early advice to Ministers and Defence senior leaders on sensitive or complex matters or incidents that may require their immediate attention. Due to the immediacy of preparation of Hot Issue Briefs, the advice provided can sometimes prove to be inaccurate or require further clarification once the situation has stabilised.
Hot Issue Briefs do not represent the full and complete facts associated with an incident or issue. This should be borne in mind in reading Hot Issue Briefs.
Public Release of Hot Issue Briefs
The Black Review of the Defence Accountability Framework challenged Defence to enhance individual and collective accountability. Placing on the public record Defence's advice to the Minister for Defence on these issue - including instances of inappropriate behavior - is a part of that accountability.
From 20 January 2012, Hot Issue Briefs will be released on the Defence Website, usually within one week after submission to the Minister. The only exceptions to that rule will be individually and personally approved by the Secretary of the Department of Defence or the Chief of the Defence Force, and based solely on criteria that public release would:
- endanger operational outcomes,
- prejudice legal proceedings, or
- impede or frustrate ADF Investigative Service or civil police investigations.
In those circumstances, the Secretary or the Chief of the Defence Force will be required to set an expiration date on the information in that Hot Issue Brief, after which time the brief will be publicly released.
This approach is consistent with the key changes to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 that came into effect on 1 November 2010, and the Information Publication Scheme.
Redaction of Hot Issue Briefs
Hot Issue Briefs redactions are undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1982, and are based on the removal of information that may:
- Identify an individual without their consent;
- Contain commercial-in-confidence or legal-in-confidence elements; or
- Release operational or classified information.
Summary Information about the 116 Hot Issue Briefs released on 20 Jan 2012
Personnel Related
There are 58 HIBs on personnel related issues.
The breakdown is as follows:
- 17 HIBs related to sexual and indecent assaults. These included sexual or indecent assaults committed by ADF personnel; sexual assaults on minors committed by ADF personnel; issues related to the ADFA Skype incident and Cultural Reviews; and assault on ADF personnel by non-ADF members.
- 8 HIBs on alcohol and drug related incidents committed by ADF members.
- 19 HIBs on physical assault and inappropriate behaviour. These include: theft; allegations of murder; and domestic dispute involving ADF personnel.
- 12 HIBs on accidents, illnesses, deaths and suicides.
CapabilityThere are 21 HIBs on defence capability related issues. These include: lost and stolen materiel; materiel deficiencies; materiel incidents such as fuel contamination; industry support incidents; and concerns about defence projects.
The remaining 39 HIBs cover a range of matters including: security breaches (ICT and base security); lost and stolen property; industrial action; Defence assistance to the community; occupational health and safety issues that include gas leaks, training incidents, crocodile relocation; and complaints about accommodation.
Status of Investigations
Sixty-seven of these incidents were reported to civil police or the ADF Investigative Service (ADFIS) for investigation and 3 were reported to the Defence Security Authority and relate to the potential theft of documents.
Of the incidents that were reported to civilian police or ADFIS, 15 are now closed and the remainder are either under investigation or waiting disciplinary or civil court action.


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Definitions of calk
v. t. - To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch. 2
v. t. - To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice. 2
v. t. - To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. 2
n. - A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin. 2
n. - An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping. 2
v. i. - To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox. 2
v. i. - To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet. 2
The word "calk" uses 4 letters: A C K L.
Direct anagrams of calk:
Words formed by adding one letter before or after calk (in bold), or to ackl in any order:
a - alack b - black c - clack f - flack h - chalk n - clank o - cloak p - plack s - calks lacks slack u - caulk
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- Nov 18:
- Deadline for flood victims to apply for relief in Superior extended to Dec. 9
- Nov 14:
- Sunshine Canyon Drive, Flagstaff Road to reopen to all users Saturday
- Nov 6:
- Superior Chamber establishes relief fund for residents affected by floods
- Oct 15:
- Boulder County homeowner haunted by mysterious concrete block
- Oct 5:
- Boulder area car buyers warned how to avoid flood-damaged autos
- Boulder Reservoir draws 300 volunteers for flood clean-up, repairs
- Oct 4:
- Vail Resorts to put 150 employees to work fixing flood-ravaged Coal Creek Trail
- Oct 3:
- Superior launches Flood Buster program to match volunteers with victims
- Oct 1:
- Superior to hold rescheduled flood repair volunteer project Saturday
- Superior to hold flood impact public meeting tonight
- Sep 25:
- Superior to host volunteer project day Saturday to repair flood damage
- Sep 22:
- Boulder County flood victims facing housing crunch
- Sep 21:
- Boulder ceremony honors memory of couple lost in flood
- Boulder begins inspections of flood-damaged properties Monday
- Sep 18:
- Collection for flood relief at final Art Night Out on Friday in Lafayette
- Sep 15:
- 'Camp Erie' to provide activities for kids during flood-related school closure next week
- Sep 14:
- 234 people remain unaccounted as rescuers gain ground
- Residents, officials: We will come back.
- Road closures in Boulder, east county and surrounding area
- Closings, cancellations and re-openings post flood
- Boulder area canyons remain isolated
- Fifth-graders stranded at Cal-Wood near Jamestown return to Louisville
- Officials: Extensive road damage still being assessed
- Boulder County to provide community dumpsters for flood cleanup
- 234 remain 'unaccounted for', rescuers slowly gain ground
- Boulder remains under flash flood watch through Sunday afternoon
- Sep 13:
- Rescue crews help Lefthand Canyon residents evacuate
- St. Vrain schools closed until Thursday, BVSD officials still deciding when to reopen
- In the mouth of Boulder Canyon: The aftermath of a 100-year flood
- Football: No make-up date yet as CU postpones game against Fresno State because of flood
- East Boulder County emerges from a tough night of evacs, road closures
- Boulder to see some relief, but more rain in forecast
- U.S. 36 reopened in both directions between Denver and Boulder
- 181 'unaccounted for,' at least 3 dead in Boulder County
- Flood-related closures in Boulder County for Friday, Sept. 13
- List of Boulder County road closures due to flooding
- Boulder police chief tours flood damage, says 'things are looking better'
- Eldorado Springs residents ordered to evacuate due to high waters, mudslide risk
- Sep 12:
- Surge of water carrying cars, other debris flattens in Boulder Canyon
- Evacuations ordered for 4,000 residents along Boulder Creek
- Flooding claims at least 2 lives in Boulder, Jamestown
- RTD suspends numerous bus routes in Boulder
- 2nd Boulder flooding fatality was recent Centaurus grad Wesley Quinlan, friends say
- 100-year-flood: Boulder rainfall records swamped in dueling weather systems
- Louisville, Lafayette open shelters as creeks swell; downtown Superior under evac order
- Homeless people turned away from Boulder flood shelter
- Flooding prompts evacuations near Erie; community center to serve as shelter
- BVSD: Students at Jamestown's CalWood Education Center are safe
- Closures: Host of area roads closed, as well as CU, Naropa, Boulder Valley, St. Vrain schools
- Firefighter trapped by 'wall of water' rescued, suffers severe injuries
- Boulder registers wettest 24-hour period, and month, on record
- Sheriff asks Boulder County residents to stay home today, keep roads clear
- 500-year flood nearly cuts Longmont in two, forces evacuations
- National Guard carries evacuees from Lyons, delivers supplies
- Boulder flood: Live social media coverage of flash-flood emergency
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State dam safety experts and local public works officials said Friday that despite the 100-year flood that has wrought havoc on Front Range communities and turned countless lives upside down, area dams and reservoirs have performed well and are not at risk of failing.
The one local exception to the glowing report is the Lafayette-owned Baseline Reservoir. But even though that body of water has posed some management issues in recent days, its overall integrity was termed "excellent" by that city's public works director.
"If it starts to rain like a son of a buck again, then we've got other issues -- as does everybody," said Lafayette Public Works Director Doug Short.
Short said that there are two dams at Baseline Reservoir, one on the east side and one on the north, alongside Baseline Road. The north-side dam, he said, showed some "sloughing-off" caused by the deluge Thursday, leading dam managers to put down an expanse of tarp to prevent further degradation at that point.
"And then we had public works staff stay overnight, just to be on site and walk the dam continuously, to monitor the condition and see if it sloughed off anymore," Short said.
The on-site monitoring will continue through the weekend.
Additionally, Lafayette opened outlets Friday to periodically release water at about 100 cubic feet per second into an emergency spillway along Baseline Road and into a neighboring dog park just to the east -- already inundated in past days -- to prevent the reservoir from experiencing a damaging breach.
Bill McCormick, chief of the Dam Safety Branch with the Colorado Division of Water Resources, said his staff has had personnel at Baseline, tracking Lafayette's efforts to manage it.
"We are pretty comfortable with where they're at, with the monitoring and what they've done to prevent any further degradation of that embankment," McCormick said.
Sitting at the top of Boulder Canyon at Nederland is the far larger Barker Reservoir, which is owned by the city of Boulder, as is Boulder Reservoir and Kossler Lake, an off-stream reservoir west of Flagstaff Mountain.
All three, as well as Baseline Reservoir, are designated as "high-hazard" reservoirs -- which reflects the potential consequences should they fail, rather than a rating of their safety or integrity.
A failure of Barker Dam would be catastrophic. But McCormick and Boulder officials agreed that Barker Dam and the rest of the city of Boulder's reservoirs were in good shape on Friday.
"I did talk to the utilities director. We're actually continuously monitoring all dams that are under the purview of the city of Boulder," said Mike Banuelos, spokesman for Boulder's public works department. "At this point, Barker is functioning as designed, and Barker reservoir isn't even full at this point."
McCormick, speaking of Barker and Boulder reservoirs, said, "Those are both excellent structures, and we would tend to agree with their assessment, there. We don't have any reason to dispute what they have told us."
Gross Reservoir, which is located just northwest of Walker Ranch but owned by Denver Water, is also performing well, McCormick said.
"A lot of these reservoirs were relatively low at the beginning of this cycle and now they are filling up. So they have some new loading, and that load is going to stay there, even after the rain stops and the creeks come down," McCormick said.
"So, we are going to be very much aware, and we want the public to not forget about that either. We just need to be vigilant, until we have time to get all of our post rainfall inspections and assessments done, to not let our guard down just because the sun comes out."
Dams, as part of their design, are equipped with spillways, which are used to keep their volumes within established limits. Sometimes, utilization of those spillways can trigger public concern.
"Water flowing from spillways is an unusual event at many locations, and the public may mistake spillway flows for a dam failure," said state Department of Natural Resources spokesman Todd Hartman.
"Because of the large volumes of water associated with this event, the spillway releases will likely cause or exacerbate localized flooding, creating hazardous conditions and damage."
Water was trickling over the spillway at Boulder Reservoir late Friday, Short said.
"This will go on for weeks, until we get that reservoir level down," he said.
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Friday, January 08, 2010
Gingerbread Ricotta Cheesecake
This recipe is targeted more to my Northern European readers, who just might have a small disc of gingerbread dough hiding in the back of the fridge. (You know, for those who were just too busy during Christmas to "bake through" all the home-made gingerbread dough they made in early December). This is a great way to use up any leftovers. I've made it with both proper curd cheese and the ricotta that's becoming widely available here in Estonia, and actually prefer using ricotta here. Instead of individual spices, feel free to use a mixed spice, apple pie spice, pumpkin pie spice or gingerbread spice of your choice.
The cake is excellent with some lingonberry jam.
Gingerbread Ricotta Cheesecake
(Kohupiimakook piparkoogipõhjal)
Serves eight to ten
about 350 g gingebread dough
500 g ricotta cheese
4 large eggs
85 g caster sugar (100 ml)
0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
0.25 tsp ground cloves
a sprinkling of cardamom
Roll out the gingerbread dough into a circle about 28 cm across, then use this to line a 24 cm buttered and lined springform dish.
Whisk eggs and sugar until pale and frothy, fold in the ricotta and the spices. Spoon the filling over the gingerbread base.
Bake in a pre-heated 200 C oven for about 40-45 minutes, until the filling looks more or less set (yet still slightly wobbly - it'll cool and set once out of the oven).
Cool completely before cutting into slices and serving with lingonberry jam.
4 comments:
- Heatherfeather said...
This looks great! Your photos are lovely too.
- 3:26 pm, January 08, 2010
- kitty said...
ma mõtlesin oma taignajääkide kasutamiseks sellesama asja täitsa ise välja, aga lisaks segasin kohupiimasse ka eggnogi-jäägid:) sai väga hea.
- 3:42 pm, January 08, 2010
Ah sa raks! I just threw out my last bit of leftover dough last week. I will have to remember this for next winter!
- 3:54 pm, January 08, 2010
- Alanna said...
What a great idea -- and the lingonberries have me longing.
PS Says the pal from St. Louis whose toes are all cozy in red socks and who's drinking tea out of a gorgeous red mug which arrived yesterday, in perfect condition! :-)
- 11:11 pm, January 08, 2010
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Cain helps Royals slip past Tigers
Kansas City, MO – Lorenzo Cain's RBI single capped a three- run third inning and proved to be the difference in the Kansas City Royals' 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers Monday in the opener of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium.
The Royals did all their damage in the decisive third frame, with Salvador Perez plating a pair of runs with a triple before scoring on Cain's base hit to provide just enough run support for starter Jeremy Guthrie.
Guthrie (7-3) limited the potent Tigers lineup to two runs on six hits and three walks over 6 1/3 frames to help the Royals notch their sixth straight victory, the club's longest win streak since taking seven in a row from Sept. 10-17, 2011.
Three Kansas City relievers combined for 1 2/3 scoreless innings before Greg Holland hurled a perfect ninth to nail down his 13th save.
Miguel Cabrera clubbed a two-run homer to account for Detroit's offense, while starter Doug Fister (5-4) went the distance in defeat, giving up three runs on nine hits over eight innings.
"I felt like I made some timely pitches when I needed to, but they hit a couple balls that found holes," Fister said. "That's what they needed to do."
Cabrera got the Tigers on the board in the top of the third when he followed Torii Hunter's one-out double with a towering fly ball over the left-field wall to make it 2-0.
The Royals quickly responded in the bottom half, as Alcides Escobar smacked a leadoff single and moved to third on Eric Hosmer's one-out base hit to right.
Perez then ripped a triple to the gap in right-center field that landed just out of the reach of a diving Avisail Garcia, allowing Escobar and Hosmer to score and tie the game at 2-2.
After Billy Butler grounded out, Cain legged out an infield single to plate Perez for a 3-2 lead.
"With a runner on third and the game tied, 2-2, I'm thinking as soon as I hit it about getting down the line as fast as possible," Cain remarked. "I was able to get a hit out of it."
Guthrie kept the Tigers out of scoring position over the next three frames before running into trouble in the seventh, when he served up a one-out single to Garcia before plunking Andy Dirks.
Aaron Crow entered from the bullpen and quickly quelled the threat by flying out Hunter and striking out Cabrera to end the inning.
Tim Collins and Kelvin Herrera combined to keep the Tigers off the board in the eighth before Holland retired the visitors in order in the ninth.
Game Notes
Guthrie has pitched at least six innings in 12 of his 13 starts this season ... It was Fister's sixth career complete game ... Prior to the game the Royals announced the team has signed infielder Hunter Dozier, the eighth overall pick in last week's First-Year Player Draft ... Detroit went 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.


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GFS now carries Pillsbury Bakery Flour
I finally found what I was looking for at GFS. It is a Pillsbury brand Short Patent Flour. It is unbleached, unbromated and unenriched. I actually like it better (and have had better results) than KA Bread Flour.
They don't however, stock it in many of the stores, so you have to call and ask them to order it in. In Cincinnati, that means a 24 hour turn-around. I ordered 100 pounds yesterday at 3:30 and picked it up this morning at 8:05.
It is $18.99 for a 50# bag, or a total of $0.38 per pound.
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Myanmar denies Buddhist mob kills Muslim villagers
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's government denied that security forces and a Buddhist mob attacked a village in an isolated corner of the country this past week and killed Muslim women and children. A rights group said more than a dozen people may have died and that hundreds of people have fled their homes.
The United States and Britain called on the government to investigate and to hold those responsible accountable.
"We have had no information about killings," Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut told reporters Friday on the sidelines of a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Myanmar's ancient city of Bagan.
His comments were echoed by other government officials.
Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million people, has been grappling with sectarian violence for nearly two years. More than 240 people have been killed and another 250,000 forced to flee their homes, most of them Muslims from the western state of Rakhine.
The northern tip of the state, where Tuesday's violence occurred, is home to 80 percent of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, considered by the United Nations to be one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Foreign journalists cannot travel to the area and the work of humanitarian aid organizations is restricted.
Chris Lewa, director of the Thailand-based advocacy group Arakan Project, which has been documenting abuses against Rohingya for more than a decade, said details about the violence in Du Char Yar Tan village were still emerging, with many conflicting reports.
The death toll could be anywhere from 10 to 60, said Lewa, whose sources range from a village administrator to witnesses. One described the slashed-up bodies of three acquaintances — two women and a 14-year-old boy — found in their homes.
Some of the victims also were hit by bullets, the group was told.
Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, which runs a nearby clinic, said it was concerned that residents who are in hiding may not be getting the medical care they need.
"MSF confirms that on Wednesday it saw two wounded people suffering from injuries inflicted as a result of violence — one from a gunshot wound and the other exhibiting injuries consistent with a beating," said the group's Myanmar head, Peter-Paul de Groote.
Tensions have been building in northern Rakhine since last month, when monks from a Buddhist extremist movement known as 969 arrived and started giving sermons by loudspeaker advocating the expulsion of all Rohingya.
One resident said by phone that the flare-up in Du Char Yar Tan village began following allegations by police that residents had abducted, and possibly killed, one of their officers, triggering a security crackdown.
Soldiers and police surrounded Du Char Yar Tan, breaking down doors and looting livestock and other valuables, said the man, who works as a volunteer English teacher. Worried they would be arrested, all the men fled, leaving the women, children and elderly behind, he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisals.
That some of the victims appeared to have been stabbed with knives, not shot or beaten, "would clearly indicate the massacre was committed by (Buddhist) Rakhine villagers, rather than the police or army," the Arakan Project wrote in a briefing Thursday.
The U.S. and Britain put out a joint statement Friday condemning the violence.
"We are particularly disturbed by reports that security forces used excessive means and thus perpetuated some of the violence," the statement said, calling on Myanmar's government to do more to address the root causes of ongoing violence, lawlessness and rights abuses in the state.
Ye Htut, the deputy information minister, said the reports of deaths this week "might be a cover-up, because of the policeman going missing."
Shwe Maung, a Muslim Lower House lawmaker who represents Buthidaung Township for the Union Solidarity and Development Party, told the local news agency Irrawaddy he had received conflicting reports about the numbers of casualties.
"A lot of people are missing," he said. "Normally when they are missing family members, Rohingya people think they are dead."
Some of the Rohingya in northern Rakhine descend from families that have been there for generations. Others arrived more recently from neighboring Bangladesh. All have been denied citizenship, rendering them stateless.


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Describing his new play, John Cariani cites this quote by the French poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery: "A garden wall at home may conceal more secrets than the Great Wall of China."
Which is to say, the suburban homes that look so tidy and happy on the outside often are beset by acrimony, conflict and discord.
To put it less eloquently than the French poet, the Boston rock group J. Geils Band said it best: Love stinks.
It's at least very complicated.
Portland Stage Company gives Cariani's play "Love/Sick" its world premiere this month. It opened Friday and will play through April 21. It's a set of 10 short plays similar in format to Cariani's breakthrough work, "Almost, Maine," which also got its premiere at Portland Stage before flopping in New York on its way to becoming a worldwide theatrical phenomenon.
Like "Almost, Maine," "Love/Sick" is a romantic comedy — only it's not all that romantic.
The Maine-bred playwright explained over breakfast at Hot Suppa in Portland.
"I was just surprised when I settled in a relationship how much you can love a person and how difficult that love can be. There is nothing better than being in a relationship, but it's hard sometimes," he said, noting that he has been with his partner, a New York City police detective, for 14 years.
"Love/Sick" is mostly about the hard times, or at least the hard work that's required to get to the good times. There are moments of happiness, and to be sure, some of the couples that Cariani portrays are very much in love for the long haul.
But true love ain't easy. The take-away from this show: Bad times get better; good times get worse.
Cariani, 43, is at an interesting point in his life and career. Born in Massachusetts and raised in the northern Maine town of Presque Isle, he has made his home in New York for more than a decade. By any measurement, he is successful at his craft.
As an actor, he has been nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Motel the tailor in the Broadway revival of "Fiddler on the Roof," and won an Outer Critics Circle award for that role in 2004. He has appeared on numerous TV shows, including most recently the season finale of the ever-popular Showtime series "Homeland." For many years, he made regular appearances on "Law & Order" as a lab tech.
Cariani has also had minor forays in film. Last summer, he filmed a feature-length comedy, "Sleeping with the Fishes," which is in post-production and slated for release later this year.
Perhaps his best exposure currently comes in the form of a television commercial for TD Bank. He plays a frustrated customer in a cold, nameless bank who can't effectively use the courtesy pen because the chain is too short.
Cariani gobbles up commercial work when it comes his way. He treats it like grant money.
"I have to hustle to get money together so I can work on my plays," he said. "That money gives me the chance to focus on my writing and not worry about making a living so I can write."
And writing is where his heart is right now.
"Love/Sick" is Cariani's third full-length play he has worked on with Portland Stage. After "Almost, Maine" came "Last Gas," which also was set in Maine.
"Love/Sick" is not a Maine play, per se. He wrote some of these scenes for "Almost, Maine," but cut them. People who saw that play at Portland Stage in 2004 might recognize the opening scene of "Love/Sick," which finds two people who share a diagnosis of "obsessive impulsive disorder" as they meet in a big box store and fall instantly in love — and entwined limb-to-limb on an aisle floor surrounded by coffee makers and teapots.
Another scene has a bride bowing out of a wedding while her groom pleads with her in the bathroom to follow through on her commitment. She gets cold feet, evidenced by the powder blue slippers that she has traded for her wedding shoes.
And then there's the lesbian couple struggling to find their balance between work and domestic duties. One is searching for herself among the boxes in the garage. She used to know who she was, but lost herself in their struggle to build a home and family.
The scenes are connected by the characters' common pursuit of happiness, which proves elusive.
"I had this collection of plays that were a little surreal and funny," Cariani said. "They were love stories and anti-love stories, all set in an alternate suburban reality. While 'Almost, Maine' was set in an alternate rural reality, 'Love/Sick' is set in an alternate suburban reality. It's kind of the flip-side of 'Almost, Maine.' "
If "Love/Sick" has anywhere near the success of "Almost, Maine," the show will be a hit. The latter has proven itself as an unprecedented phenomenon, said Craig Pospisil, director of non-professional rights for Dramatists Play Service, a New York-based publishing and licensing house.
"Almost, Maine" is a play about finding love in a rural community and all that it can entail. It's funny, quirky and sweet.
Since its debut at Portland Stage in 2004, the show has had more than 1,400 productions, of which 70 have been by professional theater companies. It has been translated into nine languages and played in Russian, Hungary and Germany, Pospisil said.
"We had just over 500 productions of it in the last fiscal year," he said. "That outstripped the highest that I had seen before, which had been about 440 productions. That's just phenomenal.
"Year in and year out, classics like 'Arsenic and Old Lace' and 'The Crucible' hover around the 400-production mark. That's a pretty high benchmark. For 'Almost, Maine' to have been our most-produced play for a couple of seasons in a row and hit a number like 500 is such a testament to what a chord that play has struck."
Interestingly, it bombed in New York. After Portland Stage, the show moved Off-Broadway and had a short, inglorious run and a lukewarm review in The New York Times.
If not devastated, Cariani was at least disappointed. But he licked his wounds, reasoning, "Maybe I'm not so good at this playwriting thing. Oh, well. I tried."
But a funny thing happened. "Almost, Maine" caught fire. Dramatists Play Service published the play, and it was picked up by high schools, colleges, community theaters and regional theaters across the country and eventually overseas.
"The play has a lot of heart," Pospisil said. "It's funny and it's touching. It takes audiences to a world a lot of them have not seen before, and that's important in a lot of stories — that you take the audience somewhere new and yet make it somehow universal and familiar. That's what John has done in that play."
Cariani is proud of the play, of course. He liked "Almost, Maine" when he wrote it, and thought he had hit on something that audiences would relate to. He also wasn't all that surprised that it did not do well in New York. He wrote it, in part, because he felt that most of the plays that are produced in New York do not reflect how he grew up in northern Maine.
But his northern Maine could be Anywhere, USA, that's rural, remote and rugged — which is much of America west of the Hudson River.
"I want people from Maine to know that it didn't do well in New York (but) people from other parts of the country would seem fascinated by the place. It was not just a cute little play that did well at Portland Stage," he said.
He also got some sweet revenge. While the Times barely blinked when "Almost, Maine" opened in New York, the paper just gave it a very good review for a recent production in Hartford.
"That's crazy," Cariani said, noting the irony of the conflicting reviews seven years apart in the same esteemed newspaper. "It was neat to feel like a failure — and then not."
One more note about "Almost, Maine." Cariani said it is being readied for a movie production, most likely to be shot in 2014 in upstate New York.
He had hoped to shoot in Maine, but the financing and tax incentives offered by the state of New York are enticing, he said. "It's tough to make a movie in Maine," he said.
He's trying to recruit actress and former Portland resident Anna Kendrick for the film.
The fate of Cariani's other play, "Last Gas," evolves. It will get a professional production at Geva Theatre in Rochester, N.Y., next winter, and is slated for an Off-Broadway opening in 2014 as well.
Among the companies that have produced "Last Gas" is Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House in Deer Isle. Cariani has an association with Stonington, as well as Portland. Several winters in a row, he has led writing workshops in the community. This year, he worked with high school students.
Cariani is an influential role model, not just for Stonington but for the state as a whole, said Linda Nelson, Opera House Arts' executive director.
"It's important that people of all ages can see what it means to come from Maine and come from a very rural place and make a living in the arts," she said.
Most important, Nelson added, Cariani has not forgotten his roots. He celebrates them in his work and with his actions.
"He's committed to the state of Maine and committed to high-quality art that reflects what happens in rural places and not just New York," Nelson said. "There's not enough drama on stage that reflects Maine experiences and rural voices. John's work does that."
Staff Writer Bob Keyes can be contacted at 791-6457 or:
Twitter: pphbkeyes
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This wiki brings together the Tribal Library Advocacy Team members to collaborate and communicate about developing advocacy tools for tribal libraries.
- To collaborate on the revisions of the TRAILS (Training and Assistance for Indian Library Services) Tribal Library Procedures Manual.
- To collaborate on the revisions of the online and printed Tribal Library Advocacy toolkit
- To collaborate on content of the tribal libraries portion of the ALA Committee on Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds website.
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- Small is Powerful Online Toolkit
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- TRAILS pdf document
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For the Trill symbiont of the same name, please see Dax (symbiont).
Crewman Dax was a Megazoid Starfleet enlisted crewmember serving aboard the USS Enterprise-A under Captain Kirk.
In 2293, Dax was briefly suspected of participating in the assassination of Klingon chancellor Gorkon, but his innocence was proven by the shape of his feet, which would not fit into the magnetic boots that were believed to have been used by the perpetrators.
The boots had actually been planted in Dax's locker by Lieutenant Valeris, a member of the conspiracy. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
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Something told me, a small voice inside my head,
Sunday, February 14, 2010
A Real Life Valentine's Day Story. Beating Cancer Together.
15 years ago, on February 13th, 1995,
I got a phone call in my Virginia dorm room from my mom.
She told me that a boy from our church, was recovering from surgery.
It was in our church newsletter and they were asking people to send him get well cards/notes.
He was the older boy from church, (the one she knew I thought was cute.)
He was the one I started sitting up front to watch every Sunday singing in the choir.
He was the one who played beautiful trumpet solos in front of the painted scenery
I was forever painting for summer VBS plays.
The boy with a head full of curly dark hair and green eyes who made me blush,
but I was never brave enough to actually talk to.
He. had. cancer.
He was only 20 years old.
He had a malignant brain tumor (an anaplastic astrocytoma.)
He had just had brain surgery over Christmas vacation to remove it
and was back at school in Wisconsin undergoing radiation treatment.
I wrote down his address on a scrap of paper on my desk.
Something told me, a small voice inside my head,
Something told me, a small voice inside my head,
that this was the start of something that would change my life.
I bought a card at the campus bookstore. I wrote a note inside, something along the lines of,
"You don't know me, but we attend the same church and we went to rival high schools..."
"I hope you are doing well, I'm here if you need a friend to talk to." etc.
I put it in the outgoing mailbox, not realizing the date.
The card arrived later that week, it was postmarked February 14, 1995.
He wrote back. (this was before we had email accounts)
We continued writing back and forth for
the rest of the school year, throughout his treatments and recovery.
We became really good friends.
We agreed to meet and hang out when he came back home to Virginia in June.
It was love at first sight. We were both smitten.
We did not know what kind of future awaited us.
We have been together 15 years, since that fateful first lunch date....
and really, if I'm being honest, he's had my heart since I mailed that first
Valentine's Day Get Well card.
He still writes me beautiful love letters.
He still gets an MRI every year to recheck his noggin.
He is still cancer free.
He is my best friend, the father of our two beautiful daughters,
the best daddy in the world, my partner in crime, my one and only valentine.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Ricky Rubio figures to be a lot of things when he finally returns to the Minnesota Timberwolves' lineup nine months after knee surgery and rehab: A hardwood savior. A gate attraction. An emotional boost. A coaching challenge, however welcome, as far as blending Rick Adelman's new with his existing.
Most of all, Rubio's 2012-13 debut – expected to come Saturday night when the team plays host to the Dallas Mavericks at Target Center – figures to be a big happy headline for a franchise rather lacking in those across its 24 seasons.
Here are three more things the charismatic second-year point guard will be when he plays for the first time since tearing the ACL and MCL ligaments in his left knee in an innocent-looking collision with Kobe Bryant back on March 9:
- A diversion (from the Kevin Love hubbub that flaired up Tuesday over an Internet story full of unhappy quotes from the Wolves' power forward).
- A one-man cavalry (shoring up a backcourt thinned by injuries to Brandon Roy, Josh Howard and Malcolm Lee).
- And … an unfair advantage?
It almost seems that way. The Timberwolves are 11-9 despite playing a quarter of their season without Rubio and the first 10 games without Love, the All-Star power forward who broke two bones in his right hand in training camp. They have weathered other injuries, too, but there they sit in the seventh spot in the Western Conference standings, generally getting healthier and positioned to climb even higher.
When Rubio went down last spring, the fear within the team was that his knee injury would cost Minnesota not just a run at the 2012 postseason but possibly a shot at getting there in 2013, too. If the Wolves started, say, 6-14 through their first 20 games, they might find themselves too far back, needing too many breaks and coincidences, to climb back above .500 to chase down even the eighth seed.
Well, look at them now. With Adelman doing a masterful job of plugging holes and finding mismatches, the Wolves are off to their best start since Kevin Garnett's last season with them. They have won five of their last six games and are 6-6 against teams that are .500 or better. If the goal was to stay competitive and viable as a playoff challenger while Love and Rubio were out, the Wolves have overachieved.
The schedule is a grind at the moment. The back-to-back this weekend vs. the Hornets and Mavericks is followed hard by an Orlando-Miami swing Monday and Tuesday, during which Rubio's minutes – or even involvement in one or both – likely will be carefully managed. (A confab of team and medical personnel Saturday morning was expected to give him the green-light to face Dallas.)
After this stretch, though, Minnesota plays just four games in a stretch of 14 days, three across the 12 days from Dec. 21 through Jan. 1. It is 9-5 when getting at least one day of rest between games.
Rubio's impact could be profound. He returns to an overhauled roster, with only six faces back from the group that went 5-20 after he went down.
The team's two Clydesdales up front – Nikola Pekovic and Love – should get more opportunities at the rim, with Rubio's interior passes and the defensive attention he'll draw. In particular, Love – who might have come back too soon, judging by his continued hand discomfort and miserable shooting percentages — should get more open looks as he and the point guard sync up their games again.
The pressure Rubio puts on the defense and the angles he sees could be golden for shooters such as Chase Buddinger and Roy, if only they were healthy now. Luke Ridnour will benefit in their absence. And so will the team's Russian connection. The way Andrei Kirilenko moves without the ball and uses the baseline, he and Rubio could be good for a couple highlight set-ups per night. And teaming Alexey Shved – no longer a mere Rubio placeholder – with him in the backcourt hints at some crafty ball-sharing and scoring chances at one end, better-than-expected defense at the other.
"He's one of those kind of guys who can make a difference in the game," Kirilenko told reporters after a Wolves practice this week. "In practice you see that every attack, every possession offensively and defensively. Those guys are pretty rare. … He's just adding some more something to the game. He can run the ball, he can really create that up-tempo and his passes are unbelievable."
And they'll be coming now to rev up, rather than just rescue, the Timberwolves.


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BikePassport brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 99 Designs von 23 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
BikePassport is looking for a logo that matches the theme of its website: to inspire people to ride their bikes around the world.
BikePassport (or Bike Passport)
By connecting riders and providing information on bicycling events worldwide, BikePassport hopes to inspire people to participate in events, meet fellow riders, and experience the world on their bicycles. This site is for all styles of riding (road, mountain bike, BMX, track, cyclocross, etc) and for all experience levels (beginners riding in charities to professionals looking for the next big ride). Bike riding is fun and BikePassport is a fun site, so please be creative and think outside of the box! We want the logo to exemplify that fun-feeling that people get when they ride and travel the world.
- 2-3 colors used in the logo - colors, combination and style is completely up to you
- The logo needs to be able to have a black and white alternative
- Must include the name "Bike Passport" (with space) or "BikePassport" (without space)
- Logo should be provided in an editable, layered PSD (Photoshop) file - the layers MUST be editable
- We want to have the logo designed with multiple formats in mind - meaning a logo that can be used on the web, but translates easily over to a t-shirt, embroidered shirt, etc
- We would like to see designers heavily play around with the idea of travel in addition to a bike for the logo. Think about what you relate to traveling (i.e. maps, compasses, languages, stamps, patches, gear, postcards, passports, etc). Please do not restrict yourselves to globes.
- Concerning using riders in the logo (if you choose to do so) - we would like to keep with simplicity and avoid using very detailed images/shadows of riders. An example of simplistic riders can be found on street signs, on bike paths, etc.
- Please do not make the logo complex and cluttered with various items, whether travel related or bike related.
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We Compare 14 Soft-Sided Tackle-Storage Systems That Make Carrying Gear A Snap
" Do you remember your first tackle box? I remember mine. It was a battered, old, Army-green metal box passed down from my father. It had a single metal latch on the lid, a thin, bent-wire handle and three rickety, fold-out trays. It wasn't pretty — but it served me well, toting what few lures I owned safely back and forth to the water.
Things have a way of changing over time, though. Today, metal boxes are a thing of the past. And while the hard-shell, molded-plastic tackle box that took its place is still used by many anglers, fishermen are turning more often to soft-sided tackle-storage systems.
There are many compelling reasons why "


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While Giants running back Brandon Jacobs referred to a death threat on Twitter as "just a kid being dumb," he also thinks fantasy football has gotten away from the fun hobby it used to be.
Jacobs posted a photo on his own Twitter page of a message he received demanding two touchdowns and 50 yards, followed by some inarticulate but obvious threats against him and his family.
The account from which the threat was sent has apparently been deleted, but Jacobs said the underlying importance on his individual stats has made some fans lose sight of the big picture, calling fantasy football a "huge problem."
"When you say stuff like that and think it's a joke, it's a problem," Jacobs said, via Ebenezer Samuel of the New York Daily News. "It's a good thing he was where he was at that time. . . .
"That's all people ever talk about. You sit down to eat at a restaurant and people say, 'Hey you, I got you on my fantasy team, you gotta do something for me.' Come on, I'm trying to enjoy my dinner.
"Players don't want to hear anything about fantasy football. We're not living fantasy football. As far as anything else, we don't owe anybody."
Jacobs is fortunate the guy yelling at him didn't see fit to go to his house, which has happened before.
And the guy who was doing the threatening should probably reassess his life choices, and not just because Brandon Jacobs hasn't had value in fantasy football for years.


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Waste not, want not
Earth-friendly living starts at home.
My family's attempts to lessen our impact on the earth remind me of driving a car with a manual transmission for the first time: When you finally take your foot off the clutch, the car lurches forward with a screech, then stalls. Eventually you get the hang of that third pedal and start to enjoy the ride. We, too, have alternately leaped forward (often with a screech) and stalled as we make our way toward a more harmonious, environmentally conscious way of life.


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J.R. Smith scored 13 points on 6-16 from the field and hit the game winning shot at the buzzer.
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks in scoring with 23 points on 8-22 shooting but scored only 3 points after halftime and had to leave the game after getting a laceration on his left middle finger with two minutes remaining in the fourth.
Tyson Chandler was 8-10 from the field with 18 points and had a season high 17 rebounds which was almost half of the Knicks 36 for the game.
Bronx native Kemba Walker led the Bobcats in scoring 25 points on 8-15 shooting and had a career high 11 assists. Mount Vernon native Ben Gordon added 18 points off the bench
The Knicks took a season high 41 three pointers, making only 13 which was good for only 32%.
The Knicks are now alone at the top of the Eastern Conference for the first time since the 1993-1994 season.
The beauty of writing post games is that there are games where the recap is easy and everything is going smooth and then there are games like tonight. With the score 96-90 late in the fourth, I'm thinking the Knicks are in serious trouble of losing this game. Then they lose Carmelo Anthony late in the game with a hand injury that required five stitches, still end the game on a 10-2 run in spite of losing Melo and get a game winning shot from the same guy who passed up a 2-on-1 fast break seconds earlier to hold for that final shot. It shouldn't have been so hard against the Bobcats, but a win is a win, and what a win it was.
J.R. Smith is a character. After starting the game 0-7, he hits a three in the third quarter and looks to the heavens thanking God that he got one to go in. Later, after a great read on a poor pass from the Bobcats he gets a steal and starts 2-on-1 with only seconds remaining. But then he decides to back out and try to set the offense for the game winning shot before a time out was called. Then what happens next? This of course....
Carmelo Anthony was the only reason the Knicks didn't get run out of the arena in the first half tonight. His 20 points in the first half helped keep the Knicks in it after blowing an early six point lead and falling behind by 10 in the 2nd quarter. His great shooting in the first half gave way to some poor shooting in the 2nd half, as he only had one field goal and three points overall in the 2nd half. His defense and hustle both helped the Knicks but almost led to a more serious issue when he hurt his finger after diving into his bench with 2 minutes left in the fourth. He did only need five stitches and is expected to play tomorrow but Melo, after the game, did caution that he wasn't sure for now.
Tyson Chandler has been playing at an All-Star level since his poor performance against the Rockets a few weeks back. His great shooting continued as he was 8-10 from the field for 18 points and even showed off some post moves during the Knicks comeback in the fourth. He had 9 rebounds in the first quarter alone and ended with a season high 17, which amazingly was almost half of the Knicks total. He is such a catalyst for the Knicks defensively but the offense he has provided has been invaluable to the Knicks during this winning streak.
Raymond Felton was pretty bad in the first half when trying to play with his injured left hand wrapped up but was very good when he played without it in the second half. Felton ended up shooting 7-19 with 17 points and nine assists but started off ice cold from the floor including an air ball on a wide open three. But when the Knicks needed to tie the game, Felton, the former Bobcat, drove the lane and hit a layup to make it 98-98. Jason Kidd returned from his back injury to once again play brilliant basketball, forcing steals, making big shots when his number was called and just overall being the future Hall of Famer that he is. Seven points, three blocks, two steals, two rebounds and one assist off the bench for Kidd tonight as it was just another day at the office for him.
The Bobcats are going to be really good. Sometimes when rebuilding you gotta hit rock bottom before getting back up and after last season, the Cats are getting back up. Kemba Walker and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist are a good place to start a rebuild and Walker in particular was pretty impressive tonight. Walker, the former UCONN and Rice HS star has really adjusted well to the point guard role and has taken a big step forward to being a big time player in the NBA.
The Knicks missed a lot of good looks at the basket and seemed to let the Bobcats dictate the tempo of the game and drive the lane at will. But with all that, it just takes some great defense down the stretch and one clutch shot from J.R. Smith to get the Knicks their East leading 13th win of the season. Now with Miami looming on the second night of a back to back, we will see how they carry the momentum from this game into tomorrow on the road, in a place where the Heat haven't lost all season.
Coming up next, the Knicks take their talents to South Beach for the first time this year as they take on Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and, the rival Miami Heat at the American Airlines Arena. The game will begin at 8:00 pm and will be shown on TNT


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As Mexico's government stumbles in dealing with the massive damage caused by Hurricanes Manuel and Ingrid, organized crime groups are trying to fill the void.
Members of the Gulf Cartel allegedly posted the video above to YouTube showing how a caravan of their pickups brought disaster relief to the town of Aldama in Tamaulipas state after it suffered flooding from Hurricane Ingrid.
One slide in the video says, "Helping out – something politicians and governors haven't done." And it adds that members of the cartel "are people like you and I."
There's some bogus religious imagery in it but the joy of people receiving the aid seems genuine.
One of Mexico's most incisive columnists, Raymundo Riva Palacio, went further in a column here (in Spanish), saying that the extent of storm damage will have the Pena Nieto administration on the ropes, what with 58,000 people homeless, tens of thousands of head of cattle killed and more than 1.3 million acres of cropland destroyed.
He calls it a "dangerous cocktail" – in part because drug gangs are poised to benefit by offering aid to stricken communities and winning their affections.
"The federal forces do not have the human capacity to simultaneously deploy across the country in rescue and evacuation operations and offering care to communities. The cartels, however, operate surgically with their potential clientele. Criminals will benefit proportionally from the discomfort of those affected by delays in relief or no relief at all …"
Riva Palacio notes that the ports where precursor chemicals come in on the Pacific side for manufacturing methamphetamine weren't damaged, and that while marijuana and poppy crops were hit the cartels will charge more for the scarcity, reaping benefits.


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Karen Gillan — Crush of the Day
Fans went wild for 'Doctor Who' star Karen Gillan last weekend at the San Diego Comic-Con. The Scottish actress, who plays the red-hot Amy Pond on the BBC sci-fi series, appeared with co-stars Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill and show runner Steven Moffat at the yearly celebration of all things geek.
The sexy Scottish redhead told Con-goers that she "cried for two weeks" after filming her final 'Doctor Who' scenes for the show's upcoming series. We may just shed a few tears ourselves when Gillan leaves the show. She's arguably the hottest companion The Doctor has ever had, after all. We're really going to miss her short skirts.
The 24-year-old started modeling before becoming an actress. She appeared in a number of BBC projects and landed her most famous role, Amy on 'Doctor Who,' in 2009. (Gillan had previously appeared on 'Doctor Who' as another character in 2008.)
Gillan's other projects include the BBC movie 'We'll Take Manhattan' and the indie flick 'Not Another Happy Ending.'
The actress recently landed the lead role in a U.S. horror film, 'Oculus,' which is scheduled to begin filming in Alabama this fall. We're looking forward to seeing Gillan's stateside big screen debut, and hopefully it'll lead to many more U.S. projects. And I'm sure you'll agree — she's one of the most crush-worthy redheads in the entertainment biz.


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Wine lovers Melissa Singer and Adam Bernard fell in love and made their home in New York City, but when it came time to plan their big day, they booked it to the other coast, trading metropolitan glitz for the refined charm of wine country. They chose the Carneros Inn, a resort in California's Napa Valley that offered these vino connoisseurs a chance to create pairings for the reception meal from the area's vast number of vineyards. The inn, located on 27 acres, also provided the right ratio of rustic allure and cushiness. "We appreciated the natural landscape but also wanted luxurious accommodations," says Melissa. "It was like being on a farm—but one with chic interiors!" —Anna Jane Grossman
Creative Customizing
Beyond the Pail: Instead of an escort card, each guest received a small galvanized bucket filled with jelly beans; his or her name and the table assignment was on a tag tied to the handle. The place cards were pinned to limes.
Bottle It Up: Melissa and Adam had a clever "guest book": using a glass marker, everyone signed a six-liter bottle of cabernet from 2001, the year the bride and groom met. Continuing the wine theme, the twosome named each table after a variety of grape, from pinot noir to sauvignon blanc.
Moonstruck: For maximum drama, the couple timed their big night to coincide with an almost-full moon. After the moon was up, Adam doled out cigars, guests indulged in dessert, and one inspired group hopped in the hot tub.
Best Money Savers
Powerful Petals: Rather than splurge on ornate flower arrangements, Melissa chose affordable, full-bodied blooms, including brightly colored chrysanthemums and spider mums, and had them arranged by single shades in vases. "Not mixing colors gave each a bolder look," she explains.
Less Is Less: Having a wedding so far away from home meant a manageable number of "yes" RSVPs. A smaller guest count also kept overall costs down—Melissa and Adam needed fewer centerpieces, meals, and favors.
Pick of the Week: The couple's wedding consultant at Alison Events in San Francisco suggested filling simple glass vases with green and red apples as an easy, inexpensive way to decorate the drinks table at the orchard ceremony site.
Wedding Dress
Junko Yoshioka, junkoyoshioka.com
Canali, canali.it
Ceremony and Reception Site
Carneros Inn, thecarnerosinn.com
Event Planning
Alison Events, alisonevents.com
Jesse Leake Photography, jesseleake.com


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April 29, 2009
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Schedule
Games No. 46-48
Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Campus Diamond
UCSB (23-22, 6-9) vs. UC Davis (16-27, 1-11), 12 p.m. & 2 p.m.
Available on Gametracker
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at Campus Diamond
UCSB vs. UC Davis, 12 p.m.
Available on Gametracker
Broadcast on KCSB 91.9 FM
The Opening Pitch
After playing six straight Big West games on the road, the UC Santa Barbara softball team will finally return to the friendly confines of Campus Diamond this weekend for a three-game set with conference foe UC Davis. The Big West series will begin with a noon doubleheader on Saturday and conclude with a single game on Sunday.
Gauchos Win Third Big West Series
Last weekend, the Gauchos won a conference series at Pacific. UCSB shut out the Tigers by way of 3-0 and 5-0 scores, but dropped game two in a narrow 3-2 defeat. Santa Barbara currently holds a 23-22 overall record and is 6-9 in league pairings. UCSB has won three Big West series, taking two out of three against UC Riverside, Cal State Northridge and Pacific.
No Place Like Home
The Gauchos hold an 8-2 record at Campus Diamond this season. At home, UCSB is outhitting its opposition .350 to .214 and has outscored its opponents 50-25. The Gaucho pitching staff owns a 1.62 ERA in their home circle.
Cobb's Complete Games
Freshman Krista Cobb (16-8) tied Jennifer Davis (2004-07) for the most wins by a UCSB rookie pitcher on Sunday as she recorded her 16th victory over the season. She is just two wins away from tying the school record of 18 wins in a season, set by J. Davis and Sandy Ortgies (1984-87). She has recorded eight shutouts this season - ranking 17th nationally - and is two shutouts away from tying Loren Thornburg's record school record of 10 in a season. During the weekend, Cobb posted two shutout wins over the Tigers. She allowed just five hits and six walks, hit three batters and struck out 12 during the pair of complete-game performances. For the season, she ranks fifth in the Big West with her 1.88 ERA and first in opposing batting average (.204). In conference games, she has posted a 6-5 record with a 1.57 ERA. She is second in the league with 41 strikeouts against Big West opposition.
Leader Of The Pack
Senior second baseman Christine Ramos leads the Gauchos and the Big West, batting .394 this season with 63 hits - hitting .407 with 22 hits in Big West games. She is tops among the Gauchos with 70 total bases and a league-leading 14 stolen bases. She has had hits in all but seven games this season and has had multiple-hit games on 16 occasions, including six three-hit games. If the senior finishes the season as the Gauchos' hits leader (she is currently 10 hits ahead of Jessica Ziegler), she will be the only player in program history to lead the team four consecutive years. She has already set the school record for career hits with 246 and now ranks 10th in the Big West record book. Ramos' .357 career batting average is on pace to set the school record and she currently ranks second in at-bats (689), fourth in runs (112) and stolen bases (50), and tied for fourth in triples (6).
The Galicinao File
Now in her second season as the Gauchos' head coach, Brie Galicinao won the 50th game of her career when UCSB defeated Northridge on April 11. She has compiled a 53-46 record in her two seasons and reached 50 wins quicker than any previous softball coach at UCSB. Last season, Galicinao was named Big West Co-Coach of the Year after guiding the Gauchos to a 30-24 record and a second place finish in conference.
Offensive Behavior
The Gauchos currently are second in the Big West with their collective .283 batting average. They are second with a total of 347 hits and 47 stolen bases. UCSB ranks third for runs scored (182) and total bases (448), and leads the conference with 10 sacrifice flies.
Wright Over The Fence
Senior Tiffany Wright made her plate appearances count last weekend at Pacific. The center fielder went 3-for-10 with two home runs, four runs, five RBI and a .900 slugging percentage. This season, she is batting .272 with a team and Big West-leading 31 runs, six home runs and 34 RBI - six shy from her 2008 total. In her final season, she is making her mark on the Gaucho record books. She currently ranks third in career RBI (120), fourth in doubles (33) and is now fifth in hits (185). She is also third all-time for career runs with 113, surpassing teammate Christine Ramos (112). Wright already owns the UCSB record for career home runs with 29 and is now tied for sixth on the conference's all-time list. She currently ranks third in the Big West this season for RBI and sixth for home runs.
Katie McWhirter, the Gauchos' designated player, is currently third on the team with her .316 average and is batting .357 in conference games - good for second on the team and fifth among Big West players. At Pacific, she went 3-for-9 with two stolen bases and a sacrifice bunt. She has now had hits in 11 of the 15 conference games.
Beristianos' Bruises
Sophomore Jessica Beristianos continues to lead the Gauchos and the Big West with her single-season program record 14 hit-by-pitches, which ranks her 21st nationally with a 0.31 per game average. Not all of her at-bats result in a welt though. The shortstop leads UCSB in doubles (10), walks (18) and is second with 29 RBI - ranking sixth in the Big West. She is batting .260 overall this season in the clean-up spot and her .409 on-base percentage is 10th in conference.
Ziggy, Ziggy, Ziggy, Sometimes Your Hits Just Hypnotize Me
The Gauchos' number two batter, Jessica Ziegler, is currently second on the team and 10th in the Big West in batting average (.333). She is also second for hits (53) and runs (28). Against Pacific, she posted her fifth three-hit game of the season during the series finale. At first base, she has posted a .997 fielding percentage - ranking seventh in the conference - and has committed just one error. She ranks fifth in the Big West for chances (304) and putouts (275).
A To The Z
Jessica is not the only Ziegler tearing up the diamond this season, freshman Amanda Ziegler is also representing the family name in fine fashion. The third baseman is currently fourth on the squad, batting .295 and ranks in the Big West's top-10 with her nine doubles (sixth) and conference-leading three sac flies. She had one hit in each of the games last weekend including an RBI double in the 3-0 shutout on Saturday. In Big West games, she is batting .333 and is tied for second in the conference with 16 hits and is first with five doubles in league pairings.
Pitching Points
Currently the Gaucho pitching staff owns a 2.76 ERA, an improvement upon last season's collective 3.82 ERA. Cobb has made a team-leading 29 appearances, but junior MeLinda Matsumoto (2-9) isn't far behind with 21. The junior is second on the team with her 3.20 ERA and has posted 41 strikeouts. She has allowed the second fewest walks (24) among Big West pitchers this season.
Scouting UC Davis
UC Davis enters this week with a 21-26 overall record and a 5-10 Big West mark. The Aggies will play No. 13 Cal on Wednesday before making the trip to Santa Barbara. UCD is struggling as of late, dropping 10 of its last 11 contests, which included a sweep at the hands of league-leader No. 22 Cal Poly last weekend. At the plate, Kelly Harman leads the team with her .304 average, 21 runs and 23 RBI. Jessica Hancock (13-10) has posted a 1.78 ERA with 161 strikeouts during her 32 appearances. Alex Holmes (8-16) has a 1.98 ERA with 98 K's.
Against The Aggies
The Gauchos hold a 9-4 advantage in the all-time series with UC Davis. Last season, UC Davis won the first two games of their Big West set with the Gauchos by way of 2-1 and 4-1 scores. Santa Barbara took the final game, 6-2.
Coming Soon
UCSB will remain at home next week for its final regular season series of 2009 - a three-game set with conference foe Cal State Fullerton. Next week's series will take place on Friday and Saturday since the NCAA Tournament selection show is on Sunday. The series will begin with a noon doubleheader at Campus Diamond on Friday, May 8 and conclude with a noon game on Saturday.
Getting To Campus Diamond
Getting to UCSB softball games is easy! From Highway 217, veer right at Steck Circle onto Mesa Road, and take a left onto Stadium Road. Campus Diamond is on your left just past the lacrosse field, and you can park at Lot 30 which is right outside the stadium. There are two kiosks that accept cash and credit card to pay for parking.
Teachers Appreciation Week
UCSB Athletics is happy to announce that it will be offering free tickets to local educators for this weekend's Big West Conference home softball series against UC Davis in honor of Teachers Appreciation week. For more information, click here.


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Rudy Teagarden dies at age 80
Teagarden, of Lake Ozark, Missouri, formerly of Chesterton, Ind., died
Friday, February 22, 2013 in Fort Myers, Florida. He was 80.
was born January 12, 1933 in Gary, Ind., the son of Harold and Anna (Kienzynski)
Teagarden, both of whom preceded him in death.
is survived by his wife, Louise (Drummond nee Walton).
surviving are his children Laureen (Scott) Fanning of Lone Jack, Mo.;
Richard Teagarden of Cameron, Mo., Steven Teagarden of Prescott, Ariz. and
their mother Patricia (Smith) Sondergaard of Kincaid, Kan.; his brother
Harold "Arvid" (Niki) Teagarden of Plano, Texas; nephews James
Teagarden, Alex Teagarden and niece Christina (Stephen) Baldwin, all of
Plano, Texas; step-children Steven Drummond, Overland Park, Kan.; Kathleen
Weatherson, Las Vegas, Nev. and Dan Drummond, Englewood, Colo.;
grandchildren Heather (Augie) Guerrero; Melissa (Justin) Hickman; Jacob
(Sharon) Teagarden; Zach Teagarden, Jed Teagarden; step-grandchildren Lane
Weatherson, Landon Weatherson; Andrew Bougher and Christopher Bougher and
nine great-grandchildren.
is survived by several cousins, including Ed Gustafson of Chesterton, Ind.
preceding him in death was a step-daughter, Nancy (Drummond) Bougher.
was a Class of 1951 graduate of Chesterton High School. He worked for US
Steel in Gary from 1951 to 1956; served in the US Army during the Korean
War; and worked for Amoco Oil in Chicago and Kansas City, retiring in
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on March 1, 2013 at Our Lady of
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The exams are remarkable for their cynical lack of ambition about how literature and language could and should be taught. They are unpopular with teachers, students, employers and universities. They simultaneously bore and patronise students. Of all the subjects that my daughter is taking, English GCSE stands out as a beacon of mediocrity.
A bit of history: back in the 1970s I took English Language O level. I had to answer comprehension questions on a piece of prose, and then had the choice of an essay or a story. I still remember enjoying writing my story, about a child's attempts to marry off her mother (a recycled effort from earlier in the year. For English literature O level I studied A Midsummer's Night's Dream, EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread (a bizarre book for teenage girls to study, featuring as it does the passion of a middle-aged English woman for a young Italian man, a story we found baffling and disgusting) and Flora Thompson's From Lark Rise to Candleford, which was terribly dull. I enjoyed English Literature A level, was sad that I couldn't take English Language in the sixth form and left school for a job in journalism.


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Five minutes before the first number was called, three Charlotte women – "old retired broads," they call themselves – sat ready, waiting.
At their sides were bottles of lemon Lipton iced tea. In front of them were stacks of dollar bills. One of them had a $20.
Those three ladies, all of them friends, were among the 150 players who came to a former Bi-Lo grocery store on Cherry Road in Rock Hill for the grand opening of the Catawba Indian Nation's bingo hall.
The new hall, met the three Charlotte women's approval. It's nice, clean, beautiful, they said.
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Best of all, "it's smoke-free," Carol Leandro said. "That's so important."
Saturday was the first time the Catawbas have offered bingo since 2006 when they closed the Nations in Rock Hill bingo hall amid allegations of money mismanagement, tax problems and competition from the state's education lottery.
A 1993 land settlement with state and federal government allows the Catawba Indian Nation to offer high-stakes bingo in York County. Construction on the new hall at the Northeast Plaza began in February.
Saturday was a scouting expedition for Leandro, 65, and her friends, Gloria Sekulski, 77, and Veronica Donath, 71. If they enjoyed themselves – even if they didn't make money – the three retirees said they will likely drive to Rock Hill during the week to play bingo. They said they might even come back at night and use the computer bingo machines.
Leandro and Sekulski have played bingo for decades. Donath said she isn't that much of a fan. But, what binds them, she said, is "we're gamblers."
They went Saturday with enough money to play until "our money runs out," Sekulski said.
Still, the women are waiting to spend even bigger bucks at a Catawba-run casino. The U.S. Department of the Interior is reviewing the Catawba's application to put land in a trust, the first step to building a casino in Kings Mountain, N.C.
The tribe is considering its legal options for a casino at its York County reservation. The S.C. Supreme Court has ruled the state's ban on video poker machines applies on the reservation.
On Saturday Catawba Chief Bill Harris' focus wasn't on just the tribe. He honed in on the players themselves.
"Can you feel the positive energy in the room?" he asked. "I can only feel good about this. It's been a long time coming."
When he arrived at the bingo hall just before the the doors opened at 1 p.m., the line of people stretched from the sidewalk to the parking lot, Harris said.
"They are excited to see what Catawba has to offer," he said.
Oneill Vinson, of Indian Land, drove to Rock Hill to earn a "big moment." She said she has played the game for 16 years.
"It's a gamble," said Vinson, 50. "I do it to relax me. I take bingo-for-me time."
After the doors opened, workers at the Catawba hall moved through the rows of tables, grabbing cash players held in the air to replenish their paper cards for new games. For several hours, the shouts of "Bingo!" rang through the hall that can seat up to 1,300.
The first bingo belonged to Rock Hill's Barbara Bryson, 49.
There's no secret to winning the game she's played for 30 years, she said.
She said she never goes into a game expecting to win, "I just hope."
On Saturday, she won her first $100.
She aimed to win much more before she reported to work at 5:30 p.m. She works at a different bingo hall.


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I'm not sure if anyone has any good tips on yard sales but I would appreciate them. I'm a level 98 thrift store hunter but I don't have the best of luck on yard sales.
I get up early, even map out a direction, the main problem that I have, is I can only hit or two until I'm part of this huge ass caravan traveling from yard sale to yard sale picking over scraps.
The biggest tip I can give (and the one I see around here most often) is to always ask the person running the sale if they have what you're looking for. Even if they have video games sitting out for modern systems, ask if they have older stuff (if that's what you're looking for.) Even if they don't look like they would even in a million years have video games, ask for video games. These people are the ones who give you the most deals, because if they have no knowledge of the stuff, they'll sell it for a good price.
I once asked an elderly woman if she had old video games, and she brought out a box of probably 40 NES games. I asked how much per game, and she told me I could take the lot for $5. Had most of the games, but was able to sell a few to some friends for a decent price.


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The Velo 2G gripper, which we are presenting today, has two fingers with two joints each, and is tendon-driven. Aiming to reduce the complexity and potential cost, we used a single actuator, resulting in an underactuated design. The gripper executes fingertip or enveloping grasps by passively adapting to the shape of the grasped object. Extension is passive, provided by springs.
The route of the tendons and the magnitude of the extension forces are optimized to execute both types of grasps, and to passively transition from one to the other based on the shape of the grasped object. The forces applied to the target object are also optimized to result in stable grasps in a large set of possible configurations. The kinematic parameters, such as the dimensions of the links and the joint limits, are optimized to execute enveloping grasps on a large set of common household objects. Passive adaptation also allows the gripper to conform to asymmetric or irregular shapes.
For building the prototypes shown today, we explored multiple emerging 3D printing technologies. The palm and fingers are 3D printed in nylon using an SLS process. The actuator module consists of a single motor attached to a transmission built around a 3D printed recirculating ball screw. The use of 3D printing technologies has allowed us to quickly iterate over design improvements, while still providing the robustness needed for integration on mobile manipulators and early application research and development.
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Lilikin & Friends: Adorably Organic Pals for Your Child
By: Nicole Pelletiere Stuffed animals are timeless treasures, but why is it that the poor little guys spend most of their time on a bed, or in a toy box, rarely ever to be played with? That all changed when Lilikin and Friends arrived at the scene. Far from the same old boring teddy bears, these adorably exciting animals come as your child's friends—already named with fascinating stories of adventure behind them. What New Parent loves about Lilikin and Friends are the 1-pound, 18-inches of cuddliness that your little boy or girl will receive from them. Also, each one is certified organic by the Global Organic Textile Standard and is suitable for ages 0 and up. They are stuffed with polyester fiber and recycled polyethylene pellets for added weight, which allows flexible posing for a more lifelike, imaginative, playtime experience. Lilikin—the Melancoly Grey Kitten, Mollycoddle—the Ultra-Dainty Albino Bunny and Eleven—the Small-for-his-Age Monkey, all have quite the personalities and judging by their titles, intend to send the positive message that it is okay to be different. These lanky little creatures are simply darling—never will you most appreciate that your child has a unique, eco-friendly pal until you meet Lilikin and his friends. Another exciting benefit is how interactive your little one can be with these dolls. Help them to send an e-mail to whichever friend they choose and a response will be sent back.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lab celebrates Earth Day
Great Garbage Grab
From April 1 - 12 employees were encouraged to don work gloves and very attractive orange vests to pick up litter around their workplace—both on and off Lab property. This year's winner of the coveted Traveling Trash Trophy (for picking up the most litter) went to the Worker Safety and Security Team within the Information Technology directorate, which picked up 137 bags of litter. (For more on the downside of littering, visit Keep America Beautiful at http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=focus_litter_prevention.)
Pollution Prevention awards
This year's Pollution Prevention awards focused on waste minimization efforts. It is estimated that the 47 teams' activities represented an estimated $8 million in annual savings for the Lab. Green projects were submitted through 104 different Lab groups. Fittingly, the awards were presented on Earth Day, April 22. Several of the top winners will be entered into the National Nuclear Security Administration's annual Pollution Prevention competition. Last year Los Alamos had a good showing and garnered three of the nine Best in Class Awards and another three Environmental Stewardship Awards.
Management walkarounds
Termed MOVs (Management Observation & Verification) managers have been asked to pay special attention to environmental topics including such things as waste minimization, recycling and even carpooling options as they make their rounds.
Dedicated web pages
Internal web pages kept employees informed about all the Lab's Earth Day activities and highlighted a volunteer opportunity to help plant trees on Santa Fe National Forest land for Las Conchas fire remediation.
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) support
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (the Lab's managing organization) provided funding for PEEC's annual Earth Day event where participants were able learn about Earth-friendly products and practices. The Lab was there too, sharing the current site sustainability plan.
Hear from employees regarding their environmental commitment
To hear and see how Lab employees help protect the environment at work and home, watch this 3.5 minute video.
Learn more about the Lab's environmental stewardship efforts.
For more information on the Pajarito Environmental Education Center, go to http://www.pajaritoeec.org/.