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Posted 26 October 2004 - 01:52 PM
#2 Guest_corvette1972_*
Posted 26 October 2004 - 01:57 PM
Posted 26 October 2004 - 03:39 PM
Ok I had this pic up on the ezboard. Many of our members said that they saw somethign in the left side window. They asked if there was statues in the windows, I don't believe that there is. So since then I have downloaded adobe photoshop to try and see things better that what I was able to see with the paint program. I have found that I am completely retarted when it comes to photoshop and I don't believe I will ever understand how to use it. So those of you that might be able to figure out what is in the window, please take a stab at it.
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 03:59 PM
This pic was taken at a university in Arkansas. The campus was completely closed, except for middle school children to attend band camp. There were no classes offered at this time, nor were there any other activities going on at this time. This was taken from the end of a hall on the 2nd floor. Yes, it was taken from indoors, but the hall behind me was dark with the only source of light being the window from which this pic was taken, and I used no flash. You can also see where they seem to 'enter' or 'exit' from the trees.
The weather that day was mostly sunny, no rain, no wind (maybe slight breeze now and then). It is not smoke, as it is on campus. Plus, if it were smoke, it would dissipate as it rose. They're not trees, as they would be dead and way too tall to sustain themselves. They would also be cut down as they would pose a hazard, besides just being an eyesore on a university campus.
The first is the original, and the second has the area in question cropped and enlarged w/in the photo.
Thanks ahead of time for any input.
Posted 26 October 2004 - 05:33 PM
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 06:42 PM
No. I was standing at the window for quite some time, and would have seen that. The campus was closed. So although, it may be possible, the chance is slim to none. I was kind of thinking that if it were smoke, whether from bottle rockets or another source, it would still dissipate at one end or the other. But there doesn't seem to be any dissipation.
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 06:51 PM
LOL! I have a new program, and am having trouble, too! I see something in the window, but am unable to get a closer look. Although it looks like reflection from this point, there may be something else I'm not seeing. I'm sure you'll get better input from others. I'm not much assistance.
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 07:17 PM
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 08:21 PM
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 08:28 PM
Thanks, GRC!
Wow! I do see something. But as this is for photo analysis, I'll have to say that it's difficult to rule out reflection. We can't see what's actually reflecting from the window, as the range is out of the pic (make sense?), and it's quite far away. After enlarging, there appears more pixelation, making it difficult to make a sure determination.
(But, as a non analytical opinion, i think it looks like a girl/woman in a gown looking out the window with her right hand on the windowsill).
Posted 26 October 2004 - 08:36 PM
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 08:43 PM
I want it analized. It is a leaf. Floating in the same spot in the air. It was flipping and turning. Sideway's, up and over and back the other way, but in no specific pattern. It didn't move more than four inches in any direction while doing so. I watched it for a good 10 min., then drove slowly away. When I came back 5 min later it was gone.
It was a very foggy morning. The condensation was high, and any spiderwebs I saw were very clear to the naked eye. I have a picture of one taken on the same day for comparison sake if anybody wants to see it.
When I stood under it it was about ten or eleven feet off the ground and there were none of the higher stones near by.
It was close to center between rows of trees approx. thirty to fourty feet apart.
This next one shows the distance b/w the trees taken the next day per request of board members.
Thank you for your time.
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 08:53 PM
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Posted 26 October 2004 - 08:57 PM
Posted 26 October 2004 - 10:26 PM
first off, i wanna thank jeepers for getting this started again.
now for my opinions on what I'm seeing, ill start from the top and work myself down.
to me, i can see what some would think is a figure in the window. honestly, i think we have an illusion caused by the reflective surface of the window. maybe there is something in side showing part way through the window, i cant say for sure. i did notice though in the center windows above the doors there appears to be something white on the inside there with the same coloration as the white that shows in the left window. i personally think in the left window we have the sky showing itself on the window peeking through the trees.
sheesh, this one again...lol. i had held my comments on this one from the other board cause quite frankly, it has me puzzled. i honestly have looked and studied this image considerably, racking my brain to come up with a plausible explanation. however, short from it being bottle rockets, or possibly those little hobby rockets, or a natural weather anomaly, i am still puzzled. those explanations just seem lacking to me.
of-course I'm not willing to label it as paranormal, as in ghostly at this time. i really wish you had a control image. I'm thinking of something now, but it would be hard to prove with out the control shot. ill say this though, the one on the left, that at first would appear to be going through the tree, i don't believe is. i think the white thing on the bottom part of the tree is something else, possibly a light pole. but this will be hard to confirm with out a control shot. are you planning on going back any time soon? i would like to see a pic of the same area and relative angle.
as of right now i would label this one as "unexplained".
first off....i love the misfits, although they were far better when Glen was with them.
now to the picture.
i honestly think you may have caught a real tv ghost here. but i honestly can not be positive. i wasn't there and can only take your word that the television was turned off, and that nobody was reflecting themselves into the tv just out of frame. honestly i don't see how a person could reflect them self onto the tv screen as brightly as that with out being right up on the tv, or any other object for that matter. for it to be so bright and clear they/it would have to be directly in front of the tv just a few inches away. so anyway, if the tv was truly not on, and no image manipulation done (not in anyway a accusation) then i would say you have a positive capture here.....for me to say that is a very rare thing...everybody take a picture.
i honestly never posted on these images before because, to me it seemed you were unwilling to except the idea of the leaf being connected to a web that you couldn't see. i know in the past you questioned the idea of a spider being able to get a web that long. but they can and do. i myself just the other day seen a web stretching from one side of my yard to the other side. at the start of the web i looked to see if i could see it all the way across, and actually to my surprise, the web was unable to be seen less than 10 feet from where i stood. but if i walked up closer to it i could see it and follow it. it also was spanning a gap of nearly 30 or 40 feet, but only about face high. i studied the web especially due to this photo. so i can say for sure that a spider is very capable of spanning a single web strand 30 or 40 feet. this is actually what i believe you have captured, a leaf tangled in a spider web spanning from one side of the cemetery to the next.
so anyway you all, thats how i see things right now. i make no claim to be an expert, and i admit i could be wrong. its just the way i see these images right now.
i hope i helped.
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Posted 27 October 2004 - 12:46 AM
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Posted 27 October 2004 - 04:38 AM
As to recient1's photo...this one still keeps me wondering...I love it!
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Posted 27 October 2004 - 06:06 AM
Reticent, yes it was a very calm morning with no wind.
GRC, I am not dismissing the notion hun.
Eclectic, thank you for your post.
I am sorry you didn't respond on the other board.
I am in no way saying that this wasn't a spiderweb.
The main reason that that doesn't fit though is the way the leaf was turning.
If something is caught in a web, the most it can do is go around and around it.
This leaf was not only going end over end, but side to side, diag., vertically, horizantally... ervery which way the dang thing could turn. lol
And it was turning FAST.
With no wind.
As I said, I watched it for a good 10 minutes. If it was a web, wouldn't it have broken with all the flipping and turning???
For comparison sake, this is what the spiderwebs looked like that morning. They were all clearly visible.
Thank you all for examining my pictures.
I posted them here, simply wondering if anything besides a spiderweb could have done this.


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Why is it always the same ol' thing
Want to be a man yet you playing games,
If you got a kid act a father,
If the baby ain't yours then hey why bother,
Don't try boy I don't buy it boy,
And if you don't change, you'll be crying boy,
'Cause something ain't right
And you know it sport,
That's probably why she taking your behind to court,
"You got more hoochie mama's than the 2 live crew"
Now, who that is?
Now, who that is? My baby mama (x 8 times)
Now, yesterday you said you was with your boys,
But I saw you and Gina so hold the noise,
You know, the girl that I'm talking about,
That's right I'm calling your sorry butt out,
Now I think it's about time that I put you in check,
Buying 2 live tapes at the local space,
For all you fella's this is just a game,
Making to the ladies trying to build your name,
"Wanna be a player trying to get a piece,
I'll break your neck if I catch a disease,
Round Town Stores seems like a farmer,
You better be aware of your baby mama"
Now, who that is? My baby mama (x 8 times)
Now here's what's next a perfect example
Buy your baby food and a box of pampers,
See, you don't want a mama who's always tippin'
Keep yourself going while me and you dippin'
Do the right and keep it out of court, and
Every 2 weeks pay your child support,
Be kind to yourself and just save the drama,
'Cause a man's worst nightmare is his baby's mama,
Now, who that is? My baby mama (x 8 times)
See, it takes feelings to raise a child,
So, my brother make it worth your while.
See, some brothers wouldn't even bother,
Takes a real man to be father
So, um, how about having your check
Here on the first and 15
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I need my hair done, in other words,
I need to go shopping, Okay?
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'Cause I know you know what I'm talking about
Now, who that is? My baby mama (x 8 times)
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EQEmu Project Update 2016
It's been a while since I've done a community update, but its time people get an update of the massive amount of work that continues to drive this project.
We should all be very thankful to have such an amazing community with all of the extremely talented and driven individuals that encompass it.
With that being said, there are so many things that have been done in the past year or so that I will do my best to go over as much of the things that I've seen happen, and I can guarantee you I will miss a bunch of things cause there is just that much going on.
I will also be posting more regular updates so we can have more updates on the things we are doing and plan on doing community wise.

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EQEmu Server Installer

Server Performance (Dramatic Improvements)

Server Development, Management and Tools

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It's great to see things coming along.
I would have loved having that tools cheat-sheet, not to mention the tools themselves, when I first started tinkering around here.
The 3D editor probably belongs in the DB/Server editor section though. It can't actually do anything to mod the client and works directly with a server database.
Keep up the excellent work!
I wish I could have time to get back to my server idea - a lot of things would have been so much easier now! ;)
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In a now-famous experiment, Sheena Iyengar and her research assistants offered jam samples to supermarket shoppers at two different tables. One table had six different jams and the other had 24.
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This film goes to Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards racial discrimination against black people that brought this town into the news. After a round-up of the opinions of individual citizens, white and black, commentator Gordon Burwash joins two discussion panels, presenting opposite points of view. The rights and wrongs of the quarrel are left for the audience to decide.
I see my family in this doc.None, 12 Feb 2019
This film is interesting because over quarter of a century after it was made, the same issues around racism and discrimination are still being discussed and dealt with in both Canada and the U.S. I liked it, though, because it's definitely of major historical interest regarding black Canadian history,sheaves, 7 Feb 2014
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Them Crooked Vultures is a supergroup comprised of John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age). They have an album coming out tomorrow, and it's one of the more highly anticipated rock releases of the year. Of course, if you're aching to have the album, you don't have to wait anywhere near that long, because the leaked album has been online for days now, there for anyone to instantly download and enjoy.
This is thanks to a group of file hosting sites known to the entertainment industry as the MEGA sites. Today's issue of Forbes has a lengthy article about the Mega sites, which are now more popular than Facebook:
Internet research firm Arbor Networks and the University of Michigan released a bandwidth usage study reporting that the little-known Web hosting firm generated 0.6% of all online traffic in July. That's twice as much as the bandwidth consumed by Facebook and half as much as is used by all of Microsoft's Internet properties combined, including Hotmail and Bing.
The source of Carpathia (Hosting)'s booming popularity? Arbor researcher Craig Labovitz points to a new set of customers that switched to the hosting service a year ago and caused its traffic to jump a hundredfold. They include Megavideo.com, Megaupload.com, Megarotic.com, Megaclick.com and other "mega" sites. "Forbes readers probably haven't heard of them," says Labovitz. "Almost every teenager has."
Indeed they have, because those sites are, bar none, now the easiest way for anyone to steal music online.
Here's how it works. Sites like Rapidshare, Yousendit, and Megaupload are essentially giant online storage facilities. You upload a file to it, and they will house it for you. Then you can send the link to people, and they can grab whatever you've stored. This is a useful service, naturally, because it means you don't have to sit there for nine hours trying to send a 50MB email to someone that will bounce back to you and cause everyone in your office to kick you in the head. Portfolios, PowerPoint decks, etc. Yousendit and the like are quite useful for sending large files like that.
Megaupload, according to Forbes, pays its users to post popular content. So, you can upload, I dunno, the new Adam Lambert album, and be rewarded by the site for having people find it and download it. And, if the record label issues a cease and desist, you can upload it to a new link and do it all over again.
Most of these albums and films come in a compressed file, with a ".rar" suffix. So, all you need to find the album you want is to Google the name of the artist and album, along with that suffix. That search will take you to any number of sites that will link you to posted files on Rapidshare and Megaupload. Many of these files have been removed, but not all of them. With a little persistence, you can easily find files that are still active. After that, you type in a word verification, wait 70 seconds, and then hit download. You're done. In minutes, the album will be yours. It's easier than buying it in the iTunes store.
If you're wondering how sites like these are allowed to stay functional and not get their pants sued off, it's because they aren't registered here in the US. They're registered in Hong Kong, which makes nailing them a wee bit more difficult.
The MEGA sites represent, at least to my knowledge, the fourth iteration of how music is stolen online. This whole affair began in 1999 with Napster. Napster housed every uploaded song on its central server and then allowed you to peruse for songs in its database via a search. After many a lawsuit, that server had to be shut down. Then came the Gnutella family of programs (Bearshare, Limewire, etc.), that allowed you to search for music, movies and porn that was housed on the machines of anyone using the network at the time. So, if someone in Norway was on Gnutella the same time as you, and had a library of 1,000 songs, you could peruse that library and take what you want. Many of those sites are still operational.
The next iteration was BitTorrent, which allowed users to download large files from a collective pool of hosts (or seeds) online. Like the Gnutella pirates, there is no central server to shut down, but files in BitTorrent are downloaded faster (and can be larger) because they are taken from multiple users, and not just one place.
And now, we're back to stealing music from a single, hosted place, which is not exactly the turn you would expect in this little story. Indeed, ten years after Napster, it's pretty amazing that the entertainment industry can't find a way to shut down a group of sites that are blatantly hosting stolen content.
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Will content owners try to come after illegal downloaders? If history is an guide, yes. What the Mega sites represent is the next evolutionary step in how pirates have, and always will, stay one step ahead. Them Crooked Vultures don't have a chance.
Drew Magary is a writer for Deadspin.com and the author of Men With Balls: The Professional Athlete's Handbook.


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Are these made only in the spring, or can they be made in the summerr? I really want to build the apiary, and I must confess my ignorance about how to go abouth this.
Quote from: Pond Creek Farm on June 10, 2009, 12:22:41 amAre these made only in the spring, or can they be made in the summerr? I really want to build the apiary, and I must confess my ignorance about how to go abouth this. This year I made a split (nuc) in early April and will be making another 1 or 2 around the 4th of July. I'll actually be using frames from the April split to help make the July split(s) as I make splits (nucs) using a frame of brood from each hive in the yard. With 5 hives, pulling 2 frames from each hive I end up with 2 5 frame nucs or I can place them into a single 8 frame but I'll be building the splits up for winter in double or triple stacked nuc boxes. That will build my bee yard to 7 hives.Using a frame of brood frame each hive mixes mostly nurse bees into the splits and they then make their own queen. The mixed frames insures I get genetic diversity even if I were to move the split out someplace where it couldn't find a different drone source that itself. The crapshoot is that I don't know if I will get a Russian, Carnie, or Cardovan queen, but each queen will hold the genetics of all 3 in her sperm storage ducts.
Do I understand correctly that you will be stacking 5 frame boxes on top of of the original nuc box and overwintering in this configuration? Is there an advantage to this over filling an 8 frame box and stacking another on top? Do the bees simply not ave time to fill two (or three) boxes before winter? Could (or should might be a better question) a beekeeper pull several frames of brood from various hives in July and then add a queen that has been bought rather than raised? Are there advantages to either approach? I am resigned to not getting a huge honey crop this year, but I really want to build the yard. If I can split the packages and nucs I got this year, it would really expand the yard. Thanks for the advice.
Are you letting the bees create an emergency queen cell then? Jez


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What Exactly the V.P. Does Every Day
Last July, when Alaska governor Sarah Palin was a long shot at being chosen for the Republican Vice Presidential nomination, she said this on C.N.B.C.'s Kudlow & Co.:
As for that V.P. talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the V.P. does every day? I'm used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that V.P. slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we're trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.After John McCain picked Palin as his running mate, some opponents criticized her question "what is it exactly that the V.P. does every day?" as showing ignorance about the position she was seeking. But in fact that question has bedeviled every American Vice President.
Discussing the start of two-party politics in the U.S. of A., Vice President John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail on 19 Dec 1793:
I am very apprehensive that a desperate Antifederal Party, will provoke all Europe by their insolence. But my Country has in its Wisdom contrived for me, the most insignificant Office that ever the Invention of Man contrived or his Imagination conceived: and as I can do neither good nor Evil, I must be born away by Others and meet the common Fate.And three days later:
My office renders me so compleatly insignificant that all Parties can afford to treat me with a decent respect which accordingly they do, as far as I observe, or hear or suspect. They all know that I can do them neither much good nor much harm.Indeed, for many decades Vice Presidents were widely thought to do "neither much good nor much harm"—unless they actually succeeded to office. Becoming President because of the death of one's predecessor was usually the end of a political career; not until 1904 did a party or voters think that such a President should remain in office. And when Woodrow Wilson was incapacitated because of a stroke, his wife and aides bypassed the Vice President to govern in his name.
That pattern changed with Walter Mondale in 1977. He understood Congress better than his President, and he became a significant voice in the Carter administration. In the last thirty years, only one Vice President has fit the previous mold of an ineffectual placeholder chosen for political reasons. Mondale, Bush, and Gore were important advisors to their Presidents who oversaw particular agencies or initiatives, and Cheney reshaped the executive branch to consolidate great power beneath him, as Barton Gellman's book Angler shows.
We should therefore interpret Palin's July question as asking what responsibilities McCain expected to assign to his Vice President, especially if she were to take that office. What exactly would the Vice President do in a McCain administration?
Having accepted the nomination, Palin has been cramming on a lot of subjects. Unfortunately, the role of the Vice President isn't one of them. In an interview on Monday with the Colorado television station KUSA, Palin gave this answer to a third-grader's question:
A vice president has a really great job, because not only are they there to support the president's agenda, they're like the team member, the teammate to that president, but also they're in charge of the United States Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better...Video here.
That's a profound misunderstanding of what the U.S. Constitution states about the Vice President and the Senate in Article I, Section 3:
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.Being President of the Senate doesn't mean that the Vice President is "in charge of the United States Senate." The framers' model for a presiding officer was George Washington chairing the constitutional convention: he said almost nothing about the issues, but simply used his authority to ensure delegates respected the process and rules.
The framers didn't anticipate the quick rise of political parties, which changed everything. Originally the Vice President was elected independent of the President, but the Twelfth Amendment reflected how parties were pairing candidates for the two offices. Meanwhile, as Adams and every succeeding Vice President found out, the number-two job brought no control over the Senate's rules or agenda. Senators—especially senior ones like John McCain—are very protective of their privileges and independence.
"President of the Senate" quickly became a courtesy title. Vice Presidents rarely even attend Senate sessions anymore. Even third-graders can understand the difference between a ceremonial role and being "in charge."
So we're back to the question of what exactly the V.P. would do every day in a McCain-Palin administration. If Vice President Palin really would help "make a lot of good policy changes," she'd do that through responsibilities granted by President McCain, not through her courtesy post on Capitol Hill. Palin's misguided and non-specific answer to KUSA implies that McCain hasn't informed her of any role beyond being "a team member." And the running mates' differing statements on other matters (e.g., increasing funds for special education, campaigning in Michigan) imply that they have yet to discuss a lot more things.


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7-18-11 PNC Park
I was ready to get back into ballhawking this homestand, however, a rain cloud moved by the stadium.
There was some lightning off in the distance, but it never rained.
So, of course, the tarp came out and BP was over before the gates opened.
The ushers had picked up every ball from the Pirates BP. Every one.
I walked around and asked some ushers if they had found any baseballs, hoping they'd give me one.
No luck.
The Reds came out and threw, but they wrapped it up for the most part before 5:30, when the rest of the stadium opened.
I had a good spot for the lone ball still in play at 5:30, but Bronson Arroyo tossed it to a 14 year old who appeared out of nowhere right next to me, and called out for it at the exact right time.
At least there was good music playing.
It eventually did rain, a bit after 6 PM, which would've given both teams more than enough time to hit.
That was the first rain delay.
There was a second delay in the first inning
My strategy was to ask Heberto Andrade for a ball between innings. Andrade warms up outfielders in between innings, and then takes the balls back in with him to the bullpen. Pirates outfielders don't throw up balls every inning like the used to thanks to what happened a couple weeks ago in Texas.
Andrade turned me down every time.
How many times should you ask a player for a ball? It gets old. Its stupid. Andrade hates me because he saw me in opposing teams uniforms. Twice. The first was with Diamondbacks gear in early June, and then about 10 days later he saw me in Cleveland with Indians gear on and shouted 'What the f***!" I haven't gotten a ball from him since, but he has made sure to hook up fellow ballhawk Nick with a ball almost every day, almost to punish me for changing uniforms. I guess he's never seen Nick change.
I gave up on Andrade and just waited until the end of the game. I have a very special person that could hook me up, and I just needed to wait for her to wrap up at her post. After she disappeared into PNC Park she emerged with a ball.
And here it is. One ball to show for hours and hours of time at the ballpark.
Game: 1 ball1 (1 thrown)
Season: 292 balls (128 hit, 62 thrown, 68 device, 34 found)
Games: 53 games
Career: 1,414 balls
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It's Saturday night on Main Street in Fitchburg, and the Common Ground Coffeehouse is bustling with noise, laughter and in the back room, the clack of billiard balls across a pool table.
It's Saturday night on Main Street in Fitchburg, and the Common Ground Coffeehouse is bustling with noise, laughter and in the back room, the clack of billiard balls across a pool table.
In the main room, audience members pile onto plush sofas or congregate around tables.
The chatter dies down when Scarlet Fade takes the stage.
They look like the model 1980s hard rock ensemble, with shaggy hair, striped socks, and black vests and eyeliner.
Their sound is tight, powerful, exuberant and no-nonsense, alternately melodic and aggressive as befits a proper power metal band.
They sing about the adolescent experience – of longing, solitude, redemption, fear and hope.
But the music and lyrics are all infused with a common message of faith the band – a brother and sisters, all in their teens – say sustains them through the challenges of growing up.
In addition to their many original tunes, the band's repertoire includes a few covers, including a revved-up version of The Beatles' "Let It Be," played in tribute to a paramedic who saved bass player Ali Hoffman's life in a medical emergency.
Members of the band – whose name was inspired by a passage from the Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament of the Bible – said their music's message of faith is one they plan to take with them through all their travels in life.
The audience responds like any audience at any high-powered rock concert – with enthusiastic clapping, cheering and hooting.
At intermission, a tiny girl in braids makes the rounds with an enormous ceramic coffee cup to collect a free-will offering.
At Common Ground, it's all about high-octane entertainment, but it's also about providing a bit of sanctuary in a busy urban area.
And, while it's a faith-based endeavor, it's a place where those of many faiths – and those with no particular faith – come to find a safe place to socialize, listen to music and have fun.
Common Ground Christian Coffeehouse opened its doors about two years ago, said Tara Lappas of neighboring Leominster, who runs the coffeehouse with her husband, Ted, and their partner, Jean Rogers, also of Leominster.
In addition to hosting live entertainment, the coffee house is also a center of ministry services and offers to support to people and families in crisis, said Lappas. "We have people struggling, who have loved ones dealing with drugs and alcohol, any situation." "We provide support for them and their families and healthy ways to cope."Live music
The live entertainment has provided an added attraction, with local performers as well as those with a national following.
Lappas said the entertainment encompasses all genres, from hard rock, such as Scarlet Fade, to softer folk music, such as that of Kate White, set to perform Friday, June 27.
For their part, Scarlet Fade – members of the Hoffman family of Connecticut – say they are seeing a growing following of Christian music reaching a mainstream audience, and make its way into venues that are faith-based as well as secular.
The band of siblings includes guitarist Jordan, 17, drummer Jake, 12, bassist and lead vocalist, Ali, 19, and keyboardist Jaimee, 14, who have been playing together as a band for seven years after getting a start singing at church socials and other events.
Backstage between sets, they talked excitedly about their already-storeyed career as a band – although as home-schooled siblings, they admitted that being together all the time, they do get on each other's nerves as well as sharing many great experiences together.
The band is truly a family affair, with grandparents, decked out in Scarlet Fade T-shirts, overseeing "the merch," including posters and other mementos.
"We like people to see how we live," said Ali. "We don't want people to say, 'Oh, they're Christians.' We want them to hear how we live positively, and what our music is all about."
And, it's worth noting – faith and popular music have been mixing for a long time, with rock music owing its origins in part to Gospel music.
The late Johnny Cash, emulated by performers from country to punk rock, openly professed his religion while maintaining a rebellious look and attitude with his moody black attire.
The members of Scarlet Fade – which has released an award-winning single and expects to release a full-length CD in the near future -- understand the weighty legacy, and believe that bands such as theirs are reversing common stereotypes about Christians with music reflecting a range of emotions and sounds.
Lappas said the Common Ground organizers are filing for non-profit status, and that the coffeehouse and its related services are provided in conjunction with a board of directors representing eight area churches of various Evangelical and Protestant denominations.
The space now occupied by the coffee house has seen its share of turnovers of various businesses in recent years.
Lappas said she understands the obstacles faced by efforts to revitalize Fitchburg's downtown, but said the coffee house is succeeding because it is filling a need.
"It's an economically depressed area, but here, it's been steady. The longer we're here, the more we see a need for a place like this," Lappas said. "When we first opened, we kept hearing over and over and over that people had always wanted a place like this."
And, in an area that has struggled to maintained vitality, Lappas said the coffee house has continued to attract growing participation.
Among other things, Lappas said the coffeehouse is a safe atmosphere for children and families. "There is no alcohol. You are not going to get hit on," Lappas said. "There are families, children, singles, couples, teens."
But it is not a place to evangelize in the traditional sense.
Lappas said the goal of Common Ground isn't to preach about religion, although she said many people who are not actively part of any religious group – or a religion outside Christianity – often come and socialize and ask many questions about Christianity.
It's also not a place to pass judgment on beliefs, or behaviors, said Lappas. As just one example, she recalled a young woman who identified herself as a lesbian, who frequently came and visited and became a friend.
"We're not waiting inside the door with tracts," Lappas said. To put it another way, she said, "If you had cancer, and I had the cure for cancer, why wouldn't I share it with you? We let people come to use and initiate the discussion."
Common Ground Christian Coffeehouse is open Thursday, Friday and Satur5day, 5 to 11 p.m. at 480 Main St., Fitchburg. For more information, call 978-345-4673 or visit www.commongroundhope.com.


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H U B E R T ' S F R E A K S(click here for video presentaion)
This is the story of Bob Langmuir, a brilliant but troubled rare-book dealer whose headlong pursuit of an archive from a 1960s Times Square freak show leads to the discovery of a trove of hitherto unknown photographs by the great American genius Diane Arbus. The find is so exciting that Bob commences an affair with Arbus, even though she's been dead for 35 years. When he is released from the intensive treatment area of the Behavioral Health Evaluation unit, Bob determines to redeem himself and the Arbus archive by finding a home for it in New York's high-end art world.
"Uncommonly moving, and utterly engrossing."
--Luc Sante, author of Low Life
"A real cliffhanger."
--LA Times Book Review
Mariner Books ° April 15, 2009 ° $14.95 ° ISBN: 978-0-15-603308-4 ° 282 pages


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All parents lie. My parents, your parents, your grandparents, me, and, if you're a parent, you. This is not, as our teenage selves suspect, due to any malicious desire to manipulate and deceive. Lying to our children is a goodamn necessity to make every day existence not only a harmonious as possible, but bearable. To wit, please find lies I regularly tell my child.
"We're all out of [desired item]."
If it were up to my child, he would exist solely on berries, graham crackers, scrambled eggs with spinach, and pasta e fagioli. I try to be honest, I do. Most of them time, when he asks for one of these items for the third meal that day, I calmly inform him "No, my dearest darling. For you see, you have already consumed that item, and now it is time for you to partake of another nutritious food so that you have the necessary vitamins and minerals you need to grow and be strong and not get scurvy." Because, you know, it's important to demonstrate that your child won't always get what he wants. It's also important to instill healthy eating habits and a basic knowledge of nutrition early on. But sometimes, your child whines that he waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaants iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, and holy shit that whine is really annoying today. Maybe it's more annoying because you are standing there in your bra and underwear, because his infant sister shit all over you and you haven't had two minutes to put on another outfit yet, and the floor is covered in the crumbs of the last several nights' dinners because you haven't had a chance to sweep, and the cat is still mad at you for taking it to the vet and you swear to god he is shedding more in retaliation, which is just more shit to sweep up. In those moments, it's really just so much easier to say "Sorry buddy. We don't have strawberries. Here's some yogurt. I'll let you put jelly in it."
"One more episode of Curious George."
Like any other smug hippie trying to do the best for her children, I do make an effort to limit my kid's TV time. I'm not draconian about it, but the boy is not allowed to sit in front of the television for hours. But let me tell you, aside from getting a babysitter, nothing buys a parent "me time" quite like a child's favorite TV show (in the case of my kid Curious George, which is surprisingly tolerable). Luckily for me, George is available on Netflix. So when I need a little while to kick back, we hunker down on the couch, the little man becomes engrossed in the misadventures of the hyperintelligent monkey, and I in my book or the wonders of internet cat videos. Before I know it, I'll hear my son say "I watch one more episode. Okay?" I look up only to see the credits rolling and think "Well shit: that wasn't very long at all. I'm only halfway through this video of a kitten riding on a tortoise." "Okay buddy," I'll reply. "One more episode." Dudes: it's never "one more." Ever. And that is on me. (Sidebar, George's abilities are grossly overestimated by everyone in his world. Why did Professor Wiseman trust George to go into space on an important mission? Why did that chick behind the candy counter trust him to mind the store for the afternoon? He's a MONKEY! He's a monkey and they're all idiots.)
"It's time for mommy and daddy to go to bed, too..."
Ha! Are you fucking kidding me? Kid, it's 8:30. Despite what I say, your father and I will not be going to bed for at least another three hours. In that time, we are going to do all kinds of shit that you can't. We're going to watch R rated movies. We might even do the sex. We are going to eat whatever we want. Remember a couple weeks ago when we got a Fudgey the Whale cake for daddy's birthday and you ate a piece? Did you ever wonder what happened to the rest of it? We devoured it over the next several nights while you were sleeping.
"In two minutes, it's time to..."
Most kids have difficulty with transitioning from one activity to another. Many experts recommend giving your kid "warning" before transitioning to get them used to the idea of the next activity. Without these warnings, you often run a higher risk of tantrums. My son's tantrums are something I really, really like to avoid. 90% of the time, the boy is pure sunshine: well-behaved, friendly, sweet, loving. But 10% of then time? Imagine... Gollum fighting Frodo in the fires of Mount Doom for possession of the one ring... now imagine that Gollum had just done a mountain of cocaine and was also a super saiyan. Anyway, I generally take the whole transition thing pretty seriously, because it's a very useful parenting technique. When I say "In five minutes, we are going to..." I almost always mean "In five minutes, we are going to..." But when I start with "In two minutes..." what I mean is "I am super bored with this activity and I want to stop now, but if I cut you off cold turkey it's going to be a fight. I will avoid this by giving you approximately 45 second's warning but say you have two minutes, taking advantage of your inability to tell time."
"Oh look at the [petting zoo goat]/[airplane]/[bird on the lawn]. It's saying hi to you!"
Pfft. Bullshit. Those animals are stupid and don't have a concept of 'hello' and even if that plane were sentient, it would be far to high up to even notice you let alone say hello. The world does not revolve around you, child. Not everyone knows you.
...But isn't it sort of awesome that you are so young and innocent and happy that you believe that to be true?
A lot of people, including yours truly, are annoyed and vocal about entitled children these days. You see them all the time, and if you are a halfway decent human being, you make it a point to do everything in your power so that your kid doesn't become one. I repeat: the world does not revolve around you, child. But every now and then that self-centeredness is really beautiful. Because when your child is the center of the world, everything about the world is as rosy as he imagines it. That goat isn't just saying hi to him. That goat loves everyone! And that goat is loving because your child is loving and he is projecting that into everything in the universe. I'm okay nurturing that just a little bit for just a little while.
So: what convenient, necessary, or beautiful lies do you tell your children?


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Cooper Lumen Design Challenge Announced
POSTED ON: December 13, 2013
The Villager has written a story about the The "Cooper Lumen Design Challenge," the online campaign started by Paul Garrin (A'82) of WiFI-NY. The challenge looks to raise $10k for materials costs so that Cooper Union students of all three schools can collaborate on designing and building a standalone wifi / charging station / emergency lighting hub prototype for potential use around the Lower East Side. The project will be part of Toby Cumberbatch's Sustainable Design course in the spring semester. "It presents a lot of stimulating challenges," Prof. Cumberbatch is quoted as saying. "But the big thing is that this involves real people and a real need on the Lower East Side, and it'll push students to provide a great benefit to the neighborhood." Read the full article.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - photoshop versions Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "photoshop versions" SPike.CoMmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 194Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 1:03 pm Don't forget the addition of ImageReady 2.0... It totally rocks(!). I especially like the 4-up preview display. And technically, there weren't any text layers in 4.0. It was a damn making new layers for texts if the old one wasn't satisfying. Blech! Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Mon Nov 08, 1999 1:32 pm That's what I meant about the text. also, I sort of overlooked the fact you use 5.5, but from what I hear it's not that different from 5.0, anyhow. ------------------ Affected http://affected.cjb.net Back to top JAGOVjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 21Location: WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 12:30 am I am pretty sure this has come up before, about diffrent photoshop versions, but i have signed up for a photoshop course. The problem is the course is useing Version 4.0, and i have been useing version 5.5. Will any of the things i learned in 5.5 be relavent to the 4.0 class? And i want to do alot of the work at home, where i use 5.5. Anyone with any info on this please respond. Thanks, and no more CAPITOLS! sorry 'bout that. ------------------ JAGOVVVVVV Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 12:58 am you shouldn't have too much trouble. The most obvious changes are the addition of the history palette, and changes to the text tools. (In 4.0, the text is automatically rendered, not placed on a special text layer) ------------------ Affected http://affected.cjb.net Back to top ShrimpishGuestMember # Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 4:08 am Everybody says that the older the PS version, the better. I've been using 5.0 so far, and I gave 3.0.5 a spin the other day at my friend's work. I totally hated it. The selection tool sucks, the text on the same layer is totally lame, and the lack of history undo was the one that bummed me the most. I know that a lot of ppl out there including Dhabih prefer 3.0.5, probably cuz they got used to it like that, but 5.0+ makes your work a lot faster and easier. Back to top nic-on-flyjunior memberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 1999Posts: 39Location: Munich, Germany Posted: Tue Nov 09, 1999 4:43 am I agree with shrimpish. The history is a bliss for us all. I started working with PS 4.0, now i have 5.0 and I welcome the changes they made. For example the automatic effects. I think there are some pros and cons about doing the effects by own hand or using the automatic effects, but for simple improvements on text or sth like this the AE are pretty good. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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As always, it was the middle of the night and I heard the window open and felt the breeze on my face. It was my grandfather, long dead but an occasional visitor from God-knows-where, who comes to see me whenever he and his friends are perplexed by the doings here on Earth. I wiped the sleep from my eyes and sat up in bed.
As always, it was the middle of the night and I heard the window open and felt the breeze on my face. It was my grandfather, long dead but an occasional visitor from God-knows-where, who comes to see me whenever he and his friends are perplexed by the doings here on Earth. I wiped the sleep from my eyes and sat up in bed.
"Grandpa, is that you?"
"You were expecting maybe Millie Cyrus?"
"It's Miley, Grandpa. But never mind. What can I do for you, Grandpa? It's late."
"You can explain something."
"Bingo! You got it. What's with all the shooting, boychick? Rat-a-tat-a-tat. Look what happened in Chicago, twice in one week. First 13 people get shot and later five more — one here and two there, some with an assault whatchamacallit and some with a six-shooter or something."
"Yes, there's not much we can do about it."
"Just keep your mouth shut for a second."
"And then, just a bit earlier, 12 people were shot to death at the Washington Navy Yard."
"Listen. Take notes or something. And then on the other side of the world, some maniacs creep into a mall in Nairobi and kill dozens of people. Just like that. Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Terrorism, Grandpa. The scourge of our times."
"No, boychick, the scourge of your times is the weapon. The scourge is not realizing that it's all terrorism. What's the difference between being shot in Chicago and being shot in Nairobi? Dead is dead. Believe me, up here we know that."
"OK, but what about the Second Amendment?"
"Hoo-ha! This I've been waiting for. The Founding Fathers didn't mean for everyone to have a gun. They wanted a militia."
"That's a matter of interpretation, Grandpa."
"Not for me it isn't. I play pinochle with some of the Fathers. They're sick at what they see. Bang! Bang! No militia. People shooting up playgrounds, movie theaters, the Navy Yard. Ya think that's what they wanted? They wanted guys with funny hats and muskets."
"OK, but how do we get around the Second Amendment?"
"Easy. Write that all this is terrorism. To fight terrorism, Americans will permit anything. The government can read your emails and listen to your phone calls and know where you go in the car and probably how long you take in the bathroom. That's OK. But stop some schmuck with orange hair from buying an assault weapon, an AR something or other, and that's a constitutional matter? Listen, who do you fear more — the Taliban or the NRA? Which one has cost more lives since Sept. 11? This is what you should write."
"I can't do that. Everyone would laugh. I'd never get on 'Morning Joe.'"
"This is bigger than some show. Listen! Pay attention. Start with that Wayne LaPierre, the head of the NRA. Whenever he's on TV, have those special-effects geniuses in Hollywood make him look like a terrorist. Call him Mullah Wayne. Get the idea across. And when that happens, the courts will say, hoo-ha, we've got to reinterpret the Second Amendment. The justices, they've got their finger to the wind, too, believe you me."
"Grandpa, that's crazy."
"That's crazy? But all these shootings aren't crazy? Dead little kids in Chicago, that's not crazy? Think about it, boychick. Make your mother proud."


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IMAGO makes paying with your phone at every merchant a reality today.
Los Altos, CA QSecure, Inc., the leader in powered payment cards, announces IMAGO (pronounced ee-ma-go), a powered payment card and mobile app for iPhone, Android, and Windows phones.
With IMAGOS patent pending technology, users program their IMAGO card with their smartphone screen and can use IMAGO at existing credit card terminals. IMAGO accepts all major credit cards, gift cards, and loyalty cards and helps users maximize gift card redemption while radically slimming down their wallet or pocketbook. To see an IMAGO video, visit www.qsecure.com.
Using your phone to make payments and manage your cards is widely believed to be the Next Big Thing, but progress is stalled because merchants dont have the type of credit card terminals that the phone companies need them to have, a technology called NFC. IMAGO solves the problem because it can communicate directly with regular credit card terminals and with smart phones, forming a bridge between the two.
"The war of the wallets is on between big players like Visa, MasterCard, Google, Square, and Apple, but merchants and consumers are waiting to see which of these platforms will become predominant," explains QSecure CEO Mike Cummings, "Because our solution uses the phones display to communicate with the card, it can be used with any smartphone running our IMAGO App. There is no need for consumers to wait for the next generation smartphone or for merchants to change their credit card terminals to take advantage of mobile wallets."
Security is a big concern in the mobile payment industry and IMAGO took special care in this area. Each IMAGO card can only communicate with a paired IMAGO App and the user can lock the Card at any time with a long press of the button. The IMAGO App uses bank-level encryption to store sensitive user data in the phone and never uploads any personal user information to the cloud like the Google and PayPal wallets do.
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When is food less about what we put in our mouths and more about a work of art? In a third world country there is no doubt about the answer, but here in the States, for some people, the answer is harder to discern. It's not only how we present our food, but increasingly, where we buy it and where they bought it! (Think egg recall…) My mom, one of the world's best cooks, can take a pot off the stove and plunk it on the table. God bless her, she did it for three meals a day for 25 years, and I am proof that we never went hungry. I, on the other hand, think first about what flowers I can pick from the garden, what china they go with, then what food would look good on that china! I'm glad I have the luxury of being able to think that way.
As the world becomes more and more aware of the origins of our food, I'm happy to say at age 11, Jake Molina, the nephew of my friend and Gracehill Wizard Extraordinaire, Julie, has started raising chickens. We are the grateful recipients of the product thereof! Jake's mom Dawn says, "I don't know if ours could be called free range chickens because they are not always free to range. We have lots of coyotes and neighborhood dogs that want to eat them. They have their big yard to roam and scratch in, but we only let them range when we are outside. They definitely could be called cage free though!" Beside the Americaunas, Jake also has Buff Orpington, Rhode Island Reds, Silver Laced Wyandottes and Golden Comets. They hope to get some Black Copper Marans that are prized by French chefs. Ooh la la! (Americanized version. My sister the French major says they would say, Oh la la la!)
In little ways, with our herb garden, veggies, and fruit we pick locally, we are trying to bring fresher food to the table. You all know my love affair with blueberries. I'm lucky the three couples who checked in a few days ago for four nights liked them also. I made a new recipe, Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast in a 9X13 pan which I posted on my recipe page with a photo. This year we've put about a 100# in the freezer, but will continue using fresh for another couple of weeks. In the past two weeks, my five attempts to make a decent blueberry cobbler have been dismal. It's nice that I have wonderful friends, who tell me otherwise, but alas, they are lying through their teeth, and I am moving on to try other things… blessings, mizkathleen@ Gracehill Bed and Breakfast


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text: The Aquarium Conservation Team (ACT) took "spring cleaning" to a whole new level, taking part in two large-scale debris cleanups in April. The first was part of a joint effort between the Curtis Bay and Brooklyn Coalition, Port of Baltimore, Living Classrooms Foundation, Maryland Conservation Corps, ACT, and Baltimore City to revitalize Farring-Baybrook Park, in south Baltimore. The cleanup started with a day of work with the Maryland Conservation Corps to clear invasive vines and downed trees from along the main walking path in the park, which follows a small stream. As part of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Project Clean Stream efforts on April 2, 75 volunteers collected 150 garbage bags full of debris and hoisted various objects like couches, mattresses, and bicycles out of the streambed. In total, the hard work resulted in 6 tons of debris and plant materials removed from Farring-Baybrook Park! Our contribution was a valuable addition to the 4,900 volunteers and 150 tons of trash collected at 217 Project Clean Stream sites on April 2. On April 16, as part of National Volunteer Week, 105 dedicated volunteers braved the wind and rain to help us collect debris at a Field Day at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. Despite a thorough drenching, volunteers picked up enough plastic bottles, polystyrene foam products, aluminum cans, and driftwood to fill a huge dumpster, adding to the overall Project Clean Stream impact. Special thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bank of America, Constellation Energy, and Solo Cup Company, whose groups could not be deterred by the weather and came out to the event in force! Our next Fort McHenry Field Day will be held on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 24. We hope you'll join us! Tags: baltimore-city, Conservation, conservation-events, volunteers Categories: Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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The publication of a monograph based on his scholarship in Holland this past summer coincides with Dr. Peter Ester's appointment as an adjunct research professor at the Van Raalte Institute of Hope College.
The publication of a monograph based on his scholarship in Holland this past summer coincides with Dr. Peter Ester's appointment as an adjunct research professor at the Van Raalte Institute of Hope College.
Ester, who is a professor of sociology at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, was a Netherland-America Foundation Visiting Research Fellow with the institute during the summer of 2007, when he conducted the research that led to the monograph, "Growing Up Dutch-American: Cultural Identity and the Formative Years of Older Dutch-Americans." Through his new appointment, the institute hopes not only to continue its relationship with him but also to build ties with other scholars in the Netherlands, according to Director Dr. Jacob E. Nyenhuis.
"This appointment will further strengthen our relationship with scholars in the Netherlands," Nyenhuis said. "Dr. Ester will serve as our liaison with other universities in the Netherlands, as we work with Dean Alfredo M. Gonzales, associate provost and dean for international and multicultural education, to develop exchange programs. These relationships will enhance our ability to fulfill the mission of the Van Raalte Institute."
Ester's research interests include how ethnic-religious communities create and maintain sustainable social capital and the role of generations in transferring social capital. During his time in Holland this past summer, he interviewed more than 20 older Holland residents regarding their memories of how their identities as Dutch descendants were shaped during the period in which they grew up. He asked them about topics such as typical Dutch customs, manners, and habits they learned, typical Dutch phrases they were taught, memories of the "old" country that were conveyed, and participation in Dutch-American civil and church associations.
The monograph is based on a lecture he presented at Hope on Tuesday, Aug. 28, concerning his research. The publication includes the residents' responses, without identification.
The monograph has been published by the newly-established Van Raalte Press, a division of Hope College Publishing. Those interested in obtaining a copy may do so at the TheilResearchCenter (9 E. 10th St.) at no cost, or they may send their request, along with $5 to cover shipping costs, to the same address.
Ester has authored more than 200 publications, including more than 50 books, on cross-national and intergenerational cultural and religious changes. Recent books in English include: "Culture and Sustainability" (2003), "Comparing Cultures" (2004), "Amish People" (2005), and "Globalization, Value Change, and Generations" (2006).
He has directed a number of research institutes in the Netherlands: IVA (Institute for Social Research), GLOBUS (Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development), and OSA (Institute for Labour Studies. He is the former chairman of the Dutch Association of Social and Cultural Sciences.
Ester received an M.A. from UtrechtUniversity in 1976 and a Ph.D. from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1984. He is a former Fulbright scholar at both Claremont Graduate School in Los Angeles, Calif., and Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. In 2001 and 2004 he was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.


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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Bret Bielema has been one of the most visible proponents of slowing no-huddle offenses in college football.
But throughout his public stance, backlash after comments regarding recently-deceased Cal player Ted Agu last month and criticism that he is using player safety to disguise a schematic agenda, Bielema stressed his motivation has never changed.
"Obviously, the part that I've been a proponent for the whole time was player safety and I'm not going to waver on that," Bielema said. "I think that's the only thing as coaches we should be able to commonly say. People can interpret what I'm trying to say, but I know this: Grandma always said, 'If you tell the truth, you never have to remember what you said.' I know what I've said the whole time through."
Bielema briefly touched on the topic once again during Arkansas' pro day inside the Walker Pavilion on Thursday. His comments came roughly an hour before the NCAA Rules Committee voted unanimously to throw out a proposal that would require teams to wait until the 29-second mark on the play clock to snap the ball.
The decision took the potential rule — which South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier recently referenced as the "Saban Rule" after Alabama coach Nick Saban — off the table before it was scheduled to be voted on by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel today. Air Force coach Troy Calhoun, who is the chair of the rules committee, told USA Today that the members listened to comments from head coaches and conference commissioners after the proposal was initially introduced on Feb. 12.
Only 25 of the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision coaches supported the proposal, according to a survey conducted by ESPN. There were 93 coaches against it.
Bielema said in Searcy he feared for players with the sickle cell trait, believing they could be in danger playing against no-huddle offenses. Teams that run no-huddle offenses — which include Auburn, Texas A&M and Ole Miss in the Southeastern Conference Western Division — make it difficult for defenses to substitute players.
Bielema was not available for comment after news of the proposal being tabled broke, but spoke about the intense debate that carried on the past three weeks.
"What it's brought to light is the game of football is very popular," Bielema said earlier Wednesday. "We've been able to argue different points. The whole thing, I've stayed … It's hasn't been a schematic (issue) or anything. It's all been about player safety, and I'm not wavering from that because that's all it's about."
Loewen Tears ACL
Bielema said Arkansas has only endured one significant injury during offseason work this winter. Tight end Mitchell Loewen suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee during and will be sidelined for several months.
"He has already had his surgery and I saw him up in the weight room (Tuesday)," Bielema said. "Our goal is hopefully to get him back for the opener."
Loewen's injury will test Arkansas' depth at tight end this spring. Sophomores Hunter Henry, Jeremy Sprinkle and Alex Voelzke are the top players returning at the position. Loewen was primarily used as a blocking tight end last season, but caught two passes for 29 yards and a touchdown.
Marshall on Offense
Korliss Marshall has not moved over to defense. Marshall — who was expected to slide over to safety after helping the Razorbacks at running back last year — remains on offense as Arkansas closes in on the start of spring practice.
Bielema indicated Marshall will continue to work with a group that includes Jonathan Williams, Alex Collins, Kody Walker and Denzel Evans.
"I don't know how much I will practice J-Will in live scrimmage situations," Bielema said. "But Alex, Korliss, Denzel Evans, Kody Walker — we are going to use him at tailback. We are going to use Kody a little bit we used Kiero (Small) a year ago where he will be lined up at fullback and tailback. So those guys we want to get in some work."
Recruiting Coordinator
Bielema said he's moving closer to hiring a new recruiting director after Chris Hauser's departure last month. In fact, Bielema said he would have one candidate on campus Tuesday night.
"I have got a good group of probably four people that I am going to bring on campus and have a chance to sit down with our staff and go over and meet with them the next two weeks," Bielema said.