We are pleased to bring to print a new, more user-friendly edition of this wonderful classic.
A Pastor's Sketches: Conversations with Anxious Souls Concerning the Way of Salvationby Ichabod Spencer (1798-1854) is in our opinion one of the finest books ever written on the subject of evangelistic and pastoral ministry. It should rightly take its place on the desk of every pastor, but its usefulness is in no way limited to pastors. Any person wanting to know how to engage lost people better in evangelistic conversations or how to help souls carefully find rest in Christ will be tremendously helped.
The book consists almost entirely of private conversations had by the author with individuals concerned about their souls. Spencer made it a practice to carefully record his conversations of this nature in order to assist him in his pastoral work. These two volumes (now published together) were selected from those records in order to provide an example for others, and also to deal publicly with a very wide range of objections to the Christian message. The accounts are not dressed up in any way, and Spencer's simplicity and earnestness with others are evident throughout. There are so many things in the Christian life that are easier caught than taught, and being written in this way, you are able to catch some of what Pastor Spencer is doing as he counsels souls.
Some of these accounts are long, about 40 pages, and others are only about three pages. But each account stands on its own, so you can pick up and read only a chapter if you like, or you can skip forward to something that grabs your attention. But regardless of the length, each and every encounter demonstrates utter faithfulness, love, and patience with concerned souls. His methods are extremely faithful to Scripture and his zeal for the glory of Christ is as clear as his dependence on the guidance and help of the Holy Spirit.
Spencer does write from a Presbyterian perspective, so his views on infant baptism come into play in one or two chapters, as well as his views on Covenant Theology. We disagree with his views as stated, but have no hesitation heartily recommending such an masterful book.
At Granted Ministries we strive to offer the best material available on the subjects we address (hoping all the time to expand our scope). This book by Spencer is simply one of the most amazing and remarkable books on personal evangelistic counseling we have come across. We know of no other more helpful book than this one for the subject matter covered. But at the same time, we saw ways to improve its value to the reader, and have moved ahead to address these.
First, the book has two new appendices. The first contains sketch summaries in which each chapter, or sketch, is given a brief summary along the following three points: (1) a recount of the reservations/hesitations/problems of the person; (2) Spencer's method of treating him/her; (3) the chief point to be learned from the sketch. The second appendix is a subject index of every sketch, based on the summary index. These two appendices makes it much easier to locate sketches which correspond to difficulties and subjects with which you may be dealing at any given time as you counsel with others.
Second, we felt that while the book was already offered by Solid Ground Christian Books at a very reasonable price, jointly publishing the book with them would allow us to feature a much more attractive and durable hardback edition while at the same time keeping the cost low for you. We don't want you to have to spend any more than necessary for good books that last.
So our hope is that this new edition will provide more useful content and will last longer as a much-consulted reference for your kingdom work.
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Gary Brown, aide to Baltimore Mayor Pugh, charged with making illegal campaign contributions
Gary Brown Jr., a campaign aide to Mayor Catherine E. Pugh, has been indicted on charges that he violated election laws during her campaign. (Baltimore Sun video)
A campaign aide to Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh has been indicted on charges that he violated election laws during Pugh's campaign — and his swearing-in as a state delegate has been called off.
Gary Brown Jr., who was selected last month to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates, was indicted by a Baltimore grand jury Friday on charges of making illegal campaign contributions, court documents show.
Prosecutors say Brown deposited cash into the bank accounts of his mother, stepfather and brother before the Democratic primary for mayor last year and then immediately contributed that money to the Pugh campaign in their names.
The contributions totaled $18,000. The maximum amount an individual can give to a candidate during a campaign cycle under Maryland law is $6,000.
"Election laws are in place to maintain the integrity of the electoral process and foster transparency in the regulation of campaign contributions," state prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt said. "Illegal straw contributions in names other than one's own to evade such laws cannot be tolerated."
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Brown faces six counts. He could face penalties that include up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $25,000.
Brown, who worked for Pugh as a campaign spokesman, said Monday he hadn't yet seen the charges and declined to comment.
Pugh said she was "saddened by the allegations."
"Still," she said in a statement, "Mr. Brown is presumed innocent while the investigations continue."
Later, in an interview, Pugh called Brown a "nice young man."
[More Maryland news] Eight Carroll County residents died of COVID-19 this week »
"I've known him for quite some time," she said. "He's always worked hard."
She said she planned to review her campaign finances in light of the charges.
"I have a mechanism in place to make sure that everything is done properly," she said. "We'll go back through the process, and make sure that every 'i' is dotted and 't' is crossed."
Before working on Pugh's mayoral campaign, Brown served as her legislative aide in the state Senate.
He sits on the Democratic Central Committee for the 40th Legislative District. That body recently nominated him to replace Del. Barbara Robinson, who was selected to replace Pugh in the state Senate. Brown beat fellow committee member Arlene Fisher by a 5-2 vote of the panel.
Brown's swearing-in as delegate, scheduled for Tuesday, has been canceled, an aide to House Speaker Michael E. Busch said.
A spokesman for Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said the administration has "rescinded" a letter appointing Brown to the House.
"He will not be moving forward," spokesman Doug Mayer said.
Scherod C. Barnes, chairman of the Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee, said he is waiting for a legal opinion from the governor's office about how he should proceed. He said the committee wants to nominate a new candidate for the open seat.
If convicted, Brown could be declared ineligible to hold any public or party office for up to four years from the date of the offense.
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State prosecutors were asked to investigate the Pugh campaign in March after a Maryland resident complained about $66,000 in checks sent to Pugh's campaign that bounced. Some mayoral opponents alleged that those contributions came from phony companies, which would have been illegal.
Davitt would not discuss that investigation.
Davitt said Monday it was "unknown" where Brown got the $18,000 he is accused of funneling through family to the Pugh campaign. He said the investigation is continuing.
Campaign finance records show Brown donated about $300 in his own name to the Pugh campaign during this past election cycle.
In 1996, former Maryland Jockey Club chief executive Joseph A. De Francis was found guilty of similar charges.
[More Maryland news] Baltimore County's first immigrant affairs coordinator to fill critical gap in services, advocates say »
De Francis, who owned the Pimlico and Laurel racetracks, was charged with funneling $12,000 in campaign donations through his grandmother, aunt and uncle to the campaign of Democratic Gov. Parris N. Glendening.
He pleaded no contest to making illegal campaign contributions. He was fined $1,000 and received probation before judgment.
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Hundreds Protest Against Racism, anti-Semitism at Brooklyn's Adam Yauch Park
Beastie Boys rapper Adam Horovitz, Ben Stiller join local politicians to denounce the recent uptick in hate crimes throughout New York and the United States.
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People at an anti-hate rally at a Brooklyn park named in memory of Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch after it was defaced with swastikas on November 20, 2016 in New York City.Spencer Platt, AFP
Hundreds, including former Beastie Boys rapper Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, actor Ben Stiller and various local politicians, rallied on Sunday denouncing racism and anti-Semitism at the recently vandalized Brooklyn park dedicated to late Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch.
Outbreak of anti-Semitic graffiti in Ottawa; suspect arrested
Right-wing Israeli minister defends Bannon, praises Breitbart
Jon Stewart rips liberal media 'hypocrisy' in calling Trump supporters racist
A playground at the Brooklyn Heights park was vandalized with graffiti reading "Go Trump" alongside two swastikas on Friday. The defaced equipment has since been covered with hearts and flowers
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Short clip of Ad-Rock's speech. Kathleen Hanna in the foreground (brown fuzzy hat) #adamyauchpark #beastieboys #adamhorowitz #adrock
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"He was someone that taught non-violence in his music and his life, to all of us and to me," Horovitz said. "But, this is more about someone in New York City linking Nazi Germany to Donald Trump in a 'hell yeah' kind of way."
Activists protest racism and Hate after swastikas found in Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn, New York on November 20, 2016.Angela Weiss, AFP
"As a New Yorker and a parent and an American, I thought it was really important to stand up and say this isn't OK," Stiller said, according to NY1. "Hate crimes aren't OK, and especially this happening in Adam Yauch Park when Adam Yauch was so about peace and non-violence."
There have been over a dozen instances of swastikas appearing across the city since Donald Trump's electoral victory. The Southern Poverty Law Center has noted a drastic uptick in hate crimes, receiving nearly six months' worth of reports of hate crimes in a one-week period.
People at a Brooklyn park named after Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch after it was defaced with swastikas on November 20, 2016 in New York City. Spencer Platt, AFP
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Ski season started early in South America this year, as Pacific storms blanketed Chile's side of the Andes with snow, and more than enough made it across the cordillera into Argentina. Skiing, though, is not the theme behind Argentine director Martín Hodara's Nieve Negra ("Black Snow"), which has recently turned up on Netflix (while the trailer below is in Spanish, the Netflix version has subtitles). Rather, to make a somewhat misleading generalization, it's a family drama about an inheritance. In fact, it's more than that, and I'll try to suggest that without revealing any spoilers.
Presumably set in Patagonia's "Lakes District"—the film never mentions a specific location—the story centers around a forested property owned by a family whose father has died. In any film about southernmost South America, I always try to identify the locale but, in this case, I noted that the trees along the road to the homestead appeared to be pines or other Northern Hemisphere conifers. Later, researching the film's antecedents, I learned that it was shot at least partly in the Pyrenees of Andorra and Spain, whose terrain resembles that around Bariloche or San Martín de los Andes, which I expected to be the likely setting.
In the aftermath of the patriarch's death, the younger brother Marcos (Leonardo Sbaraglia) has returned from Buenos Aires, with his Spanish wife Laura (Laia Costa), to try to convince the rest of the family—including his mentally disturbed sister Sabrina (Dolores Fonzi, in what is barely a cameo)—to sell the property to a forestry company. However, the family lawyer Sepia (a small but noteworthy role played by Federico Luppi) also obliges him to try to obtain the consent of his older brother Salvador (Ricardo Darín), whom Marcos prefers to avoid.
Darín, probably Argentina's best known contemporary actor, plays a role far removed from his early romantic leads (mind you, at age 60 he's certainly reached the upper limit for that). Here, instead, he's a scruffy hermit who has issues with his siblings, particularly his brother. There are issues that deal not just with family secrets, but also on how those secrets fit into a larger context—in this case, I would suggest, the context of public and private corruption in Argentina.
Saying anything more might give away the ending but, in my judgement, it's more than just a tale of sibling rivalry. Arguably, one might say, it's an allegory of how Argentine society works, at several levels—until it doesn't—and its victims are not always obvious at first. In the end, co-optation becomes the default option.


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St. Patrick's Day snow shows warmth of Howard's shelter program
By By Amanda Yeager and ayeager@tribune.com
It was a morning to stay inside and enjoy a pancake breakfast. And that's exactly what participants of Howard County's cold weather shelter program did on Monday.
The rare mid-March -- March Madness? -- snow closed Howard County schools, the Howard County Library System and put liberal leave into effect for the county's government employees. (Schools will open two hours late on Tuesday.)
It also brought out the best of members of the Linden Linthicum Church, who kept their doors open until 10 a.m. and cooked breakfast for those who had spent the night to escape winter's lasting grip.
Perhaps as something of a surprise, Howard County's Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center hasn't noticed an uptick in people using its cold weather shelter program this winter, even though there have been many more nights that participants have needed a warm place to sleep.
But because of the snow, many of the congregations who participate in the shelter program -- which runs for a period of 18 weeks and rotates among hosts every one or two weeks -- have been allowing people to stay later in the morning or throughout the day.
"Our congregations have been very, very flexible," said Anna Katz, the administrative coordinator of
Grassroots' cold weather shelter program. "That way, our folks don't have to be out in the elements."
Katz said the program usually accommodates about 75 people a year, and this year they've had 74.
"It's been pretty much the same -- the only issue has been all the snow we've been getting," she said.
Snow on Mondays can be particularly challenging, Katz added, because that's when the shelter program moves to its next location.
She said churches can accommodate between 20 and 25 people, and the rest are put up in motels to keep warm. Grassroots is reimbursed by the county for the cost of the rooms.
The cold weather shelter program will end this year on March 30, but Katz said Grassroots will continue to shelter anyone who needs it if there is a declared code blue emergency.
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By: Alan Hollinghurst
Narrated by: Alex Jennings
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By: Douglas Stuart
Narrated by: Angus King
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.
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By Cameron on 29-12-2020
The Swimming Pool Library
Narrated by: Samuel West
This novel centres on the friendship of William Beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and the elderly Lord Nantwich, who is searching for someone to write his biography.
Glorious! Extraordinary writing, wonderful reader
By finnea on 31-12-2020
Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
This Audible Exclusive performance features a unique introduction written and narrated by Miriam Margolyes. Recognised as one of Dickens' most accomplished titles, Bleak House has impressed critics and audiences alike since it was first published in 1852. The novel boasts one of the most intelligent and engaging plots in all of English literature and is sure to engage the listener's imagination as it transports us back in time to the seedy, grimy and hazardous streets of Victorian London.
A Phenomenal Performance
By David Bell on 01-07-2018
Narrated by: James Daniel Wilson
In the late summer of 1913 the aristocratic young poet Cecil Valance comes to stay at 'Two Acres', the home of his close Cambridge friend George Sawle. The weekend will be one of excitements and confusions for all the Sawles, but it is on George's sixteen-year-old sister Daphne that it will have the most lasting impact, when Cecil writes her a poem which will become a touchstone for a generation, an evocation of an England about to change for ever.
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By: Michael Ondaatje
Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle
The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to her last surviving patient. Caravaggio, the thief, tries to reimagine who he is, now that his hands are hopelessly maimed. The Indian sapper Kip searches for hidden bombs in a landscape where nothing is safe but himself. And at the centre of his labyrinth lies the English patient, nameless and hideously burned, a man who is both a riddle and a provocation to his companions - and whose memories of suffering, rescue and betrayal illuminate this book like flashes of heat lightning.
By: Julian Barnes
Narrated by: Richard Morant
Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour, and wit. Maybe Adrian was more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired.
it is the best book ever I've read till now.
By Asim A Mohanty on 17-10-2015
By: Aravind Adiga
Narrated by: Bindya Solanki
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2008.
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. Too poor to finish school, he has to work in a teashop until the day a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. Balram becomes aware of immense wealth all around him, and realizes the only way he can become part of it is by murdering his master. The White Tiger presents a raw and unromanticized India, both thrilling and shocking.
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
By: Benjamin Alire Saenz
Narrated by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship - the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.
100% Loved it!
By: James Joyce
Narrated by: Colin Farrell
This quintessential coming-of-age novel describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus. It is set in Ireland during the 19th century, which was a time of emerging Irish nationalism and conservative Catholicism. Highly autobiographical in nature, the work is also notable for its being the first one in which Joyce uses innovative "stream of consciousness" writing style. A Portrait... follows Stephen Dedalus from his babyhood into early adulthood.
The Sparsholt Affair
Narrated by: David Dawson
In October 1940, the handsome young David Sparsholt arrives in Oxford. A keen athlete and oarsman, he at first seems unaware of the effect he has on others - particularly on the lonely and romantic Evert Dax, son of a celebrated novelist and destined to become a writer himself. While the Blitz rages in London, Oxford exists at a strange remove: an ephemeral, uncertain place in which nightly blackouts conceal secret liaisons....
Artful subtlety
By B_R on 22-05-2018
By: Iain Reid
Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
Jake and his girlfriend are on a drive to visit his parents at their remote farm. After dinner at the family home, things begin to get worryingly strange. And when he leaves her stranded in a snowstorm at an abandoned high school later that night, what follows is a chilling exploration of psychological frailty and the limitations of reality. Iain Reid's intense, suspenseful debut novel will have listeners' nerves jangling. A series of tiny clues sprinkled through the relentlessly paced narrative culminate in a haunting twist.
The Folding Star
Edward Manners - 33 and disaffected - escapes to a Flemish city in search of a new life. Almost at once he falls in love with 17-year-old Luc and is introduced to the twilight world of the 1890s Belgian painter Edgard Orst.
By: Philip Roth
Narrated by: Ron Silver
Philip Roth presents a vivid portrait of an innocent man being swept away by a current of conflict and violence in his own backyard - a story that is as much about loving America as it is hating it. Seymour "Swede" Levov, a legendary high school athlete, a devoted family man, a hard worker, and the prosperous heir of his father's Newark glove factory comes of age in thriving, triumphant postwar America. But everything he loves is lost when the country begins to run amok in the turbulent 1960s. Not even a most private, well-intentioned citizen, it seems, gets to sidestep the sweep of history. American Pastoral is the story of a fortunate American's rise and fall ... a strong, confident man, a master of social equilibrium, overwhelmed by the forces of social disorder. For the Swede is not allowed to stay forever blissful living out life in rural Old Rimrock in his 170 year-old stone farmhouse with his pretty wife (his college sweetheart and Miss New Jersey of 1949) and his lively albeit precocious daughter, the apple of his eye ... that is until she grows up to become a revolutionary terrorist.
By: André Aciman
Narrated by: Michael Stuhlbarg
In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the nuances of emotion that are the substance of passion.
Not Much to add
Narrated by: Ben Allen
The Spell is a comedy of sexual manners that follows the interlocking affairs of four men: Robin, an architect in his late 40s who is trying to build an idyllic life in Dorset with his younger lover, Justin; Robin's 22-year-old son, Danny, a volatile beauty who lives for clubbing and casual sex; and the shy Alex, who is Justin's ex-boyfriend.
The Velvet Rage
Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World
By: Alan Downs Ph. D
Narrated by: Alan Downs Ph. D
The most important issue in a gay man's life is not "coming out", but coming to terms with the invalidating past. Despite the progress made in recent years, many gay men still wonder, "Are we better off?" The byproduct of growing up gay in a straight world continues to be the internalization of shame, rejection, and anger - a toxic cocktail that can lead to drug abuse, promiscuity, alcoholism, depression, and suicide.
Good advice with dubious overreach.
By: Helen Garner
Narrated by: Helen Garner
In October 1997 a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests - most of them university students - had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a massive dose of rohypnol and heroin. His girlfriend and her best friend were charged with murder. Helen Garner followed the trials in the ACT Supreme Court. Compassionate but unflinching, this is a book about how and why Joe Cinque died.
Heartbreaking. So touched.
The Sea, the Sea
Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
By: Iris Murdoch
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
Charles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of his days in hermit-like contemplation. He buys a mysteriously damp house on the coast, far from the heady world of the theatre where he made his name, and there he swims in the sea, eats revolting meals and writes his memoirs.But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley, and memories of her lovely, younger self crowd in - along with more recent lovers and friends - to disrupt his self-imposed exile. So instead of 'learning to be good', Charles proceeds to demonstrate how very bad he can be.
By Paul on 27-08-2020
With an introduction by Sebastian Faulks.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize, The Line of Beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in Margaret Thatcher's 1980s Britain.
There was the soft glare of the flash - twice - three times - a gleaming sense of occasion, the gleam floating in the eye as a blot of shadow, his heart running fast with no particular need of courage as he grinned and said, 'Prime Minister, would you like to dance?'
In the summer of 1983, 23-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the wealthy Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious Tory MP, his wife, Rachel, and their children, Toby and Catherine. Innocent of politics and money, Nick is swept up into the Feddens' world and an era of endless possibility, all the while pursuing his own private obsession with beauty.
The Line of Beauty is Alan Hollinghurst's Man Booker Prize-winning masterpiece. It is a novel that defines a decade, exploring with peerless style a young man's collision with his own desires and with a world he can never truly belong to.
©2018 Alan Hollinghurst (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio
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What listeners say about The Line of Beauty
Thatchers Britain
The novel gives an insight into Thatchers Britain, through the eyes of the Nick Guest. Nick's observations of the family and the times in an exploration of rich and poor, gay and straight gives a good understanding of living in London in the 1980s.
Obvious and lusty
I'd heard many good reports of this....but after three hours all I could discern was a flimsy narrative linking the lusty thoughts and dabblings of a young Gay adventurist. Tedious repetition of the words penis, bulge, snog, hole, etc. Bored by the boring. And so it was abandoned.
excellent writing and urgent listening
If you want to understand the political landscape of 1980s Britain, this is the novel. If you want to understand the history behind the current media morality panic about trans people, this is the novel. If you want to understand our current government, this is the novel.
Excellent prose - but do we really need all that detail?
On reflection, I enjoyed listening to this. The narration was excellent - just the right sardonic time for the times. The writing is very beautiful too. The story moves slowly, but everything falls into place at the end, which is satisfying. But there is just too much explicit description of sex... it seems on every page. I do understand that this is an important theme... and I'm no prude, or I wouldn't have chosen this book at all... but too much detail and too frequently just gets really tedious. If it was a paper book, I'd just skip those sections, but more difficult with audio.
Pavarotta
I had high hopes of this novel as I love this narrator, who can usually bring anything to life, and I liked the sound of the storyline. However, I found it at best unengaging, at worst tedious and mannered.
Aimed at a limited interest group. Cliche ridden. Hardly of interest to a wide audience.
Holds your attention
Well crafted story from a good author. Very good reader. Enjoyable commentary on the 80's.
"adam_gc"
A masterpiece!
Exquisite writing. Not a short book, but I was left longing for more! Highly recommended


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EU & PSU collab for chamber music recital
Category: The Arts
Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 at 5:04 PM
By Rick Chernicky
Published in: Vol. 117, No. 21
Professors Anthony J. Costa, Sarah Schouten and Amber Shay Nicholson performed at the Alexander Music Center on March 23 as a collaborative performance between Edinboro University and Pennsylvania State University (PSU). The afternoon of chamber music began with "Suite," a classical piece, originally composed by Alec Wilder.
Audience members sat patiently in the near full recital hall, as eyes were attentively fixed on the artists that proclaimed their significance without words. Melodies soft and high took viewers by surprise and reverberated against the brown wood floor that laid beneath the musicians.
The "Allegro Moderato," an Italian musical phrase used to identify tempo, indicated the progression of intensity with every note exerted by the professors. The speed of the music began to increase while the professors rapidly changed their finger placement around the instruments. Not one performer looked into the crowd while playing, as their full attention was required to avoid the slip in fluency.
"I like the music, especially the piano in the background," said Ricardo Rivera, a freshman at Edinboro. "Their ability to play is really good," he continued.
The stage that held the musicians glistened against the yellowish lights while the professors transitioned into their second composition, "Der Stucke," initially written by Felix Mendelssohn.
Nicholson anchored the composition with her straightforward style of orchestration and demeanor, which added a sense of elegance to the chamber music. Nicholson was composed and confident in the message she conveyed with her piano. The musician has served as a keyboardist for both Slippery Rock University and the University of Southern Mississippi, and she performs frequently as a collaborative artist and independent pianist.
Schouten, currently an instructor of high brass at Edinboro University and lecturer of horn at PSU, balanced the piece with a deep symphonic element resonating throughout the tightly packed room; it was the type of sound that could be felt inside your chest. Her instrumental approach was relaxed, yet assertive. The professor is a frequent lecturer and musician and has even participated in the Penn's Woods Festival.
The liveliness given by Costa, associate professor of clarinet at PSU and clarinetist with the Pennsylvania Quintet, produced an immense amount of energy that could be noticed from the back of the audience. Costa is primarily a teacher and has taught clarinet and other music courses at Otterbein College, Ashland University and the college of Mount St. Joseph before working at PSU.
Before entering into "Trio, Op. 274," Costa solemnly addressed the audience and expressed his remorse for the situation at Edinboro regarding the music department. The professor went on to say that music is communication which serves as a living, breathing telephone line through time, which is why he believes it's important to preserve music on any campus.
"This next piece is by a German composer, Carl Reinecke, [who had] a long career in music and wore many hats. He was a conductor [and] he was an amazing pianist. This piece he wrote when he was about 82 years old and this is a monumental work," said Costa.
He and his team of performers situated themselves for their final composition after the professor finished speaking, which then led the team into synchronized harmony.
Rick Chernicky can be reached at ae.spectator@gmail.com.
Artist Spotlight: Kat Charnley loves the process
By Hazel Modlin
"As long as I'm in the art world and I'm making art, I'm going to be happy."
Review: Teddy Rankin — Is Enough
"Therapeutic" is the perfect word to describe "Is Enough." The mellow beats and calm vocals provide a relaxing backdrop for a study night or a Sunday stroll.
The Final Movement: How orchestral musicians have kept music alive during COVID-19
By Thomas Taylor
"For most of us musicians, it's not just the job. It's our whole identity, it's our whole world, it's an extension of our personality."
Erie Philharmonic tops holiday watchlist, along with TSO, Groban and 'Best of Broadway'
By Margeaux Dase
Starting in the local area, the Erie Philharmonic will continue their annual Holiday Concert Tour of Homes. The series gives tours of decorated homes, along with Philharmonic performances in that same location.
Kimberlyn Bloise's exhibition asks us to accept imperfection
On the show title, "Perfect," she said: "It's a little bit tongue-in-cheek. On my poster and where I posted the title on the wall, it's a little bit askew."


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Air NZ Delays Biofuel Flight Due To A320 Crash
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Air New Zealand has postponed an historic biofuel test flight, originally scheduled for this Wednesday, as the airline comes to terms with the tragic loss of four employees in an Airbus A320 crash off the coast of France.
The world-first biofuel flight will now take place in early January next year.
The two hour 747-400 flight from Auckland had planned to use a jatropha-based fuel, sourced from seeds grown on environmentally sustainable farms.
"The full efforts and resources of Air New Zealand will be focused over the coming days on providing support to the family members of the missing New Zealanders and to our people, and assisting in the investigation of the A320 accident in France," Air New Zealand says.
French authorities have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the A320 aircraft that crashed into the sea on Friday morning (NZ time).
The plane had been leased from Air New Zealand by XL Airways Germany, which was operating it at the time of the crash.
The flight was to check that the aircraft, which had been repainted in Air New Zealand livery, was operating smoothly before Air New Zealand took the plane back and returned it to service.
Seven people died and it is not yet known what caused the accident.
The plane went down after an hour-long flight as it was approaching the airport at the city of Perpignan, and there was no radio correspondence between the pilots and air traffic control about any problems on board.
The incident was the 10th fatal accident involving the A320 aircraft.
The A320, first delivered in 1988, is one of the world's most popular and respected aircraft.
It was the first commercial aircraft to use digital fly-by-wire flight control systems, and 3652 planes in the A320 family (which includes several other variants) have been built.
Of those, 19 have been involved in "hull loss accidents" – where the plane is completely destroyed or so badly damaged that it has to be written off – and these incidents have resulted in 631 fatalities.
The worst crash occurred last July, when a TAM Airlines flight was not able to stop while landing at an airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
All 187 passengers and crew died, as well as 12 people on the ground.
Brazilian and international authorities are still investigating the accident.


While most comparisons of provincial legislatures focus solely on differences in size, we looked more broadly to see how the whole range of factors listed above can interact to potentially shape the overall level of capacity available. For instance, while the Legislative Assembly of Ontario has fewer members than the National Assembly of Quebec, it spends more time in session, with the result that Queen's Park has more "legislator-hours" available each year. Similarly, while the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia legislatures are quite close in size, the former sits over 50 percent longer on average each year, while the latter has a much more elaborate and active system of standing committees.
We hope that our chapter starts sparks further research into Canada's provincial legislatures. While we identify potential differences in capacity, additional study is needed to see how such differences translate into actual performance in terms of amendments to bills and other measures of legislative productivity.
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1. New protection system with a "one skinpack per model" check.
1. There will be a new anticopy protection system that will let install the skins only on the specific model of the buyer.
The buyer perhaps will have to provide me his model number Cxxx and I'll send him an unlocking file with a special code. Without this code it will be not possible to install any skin.
In the same time I'll stop using dropbox to share my files and the next skinpack will be released only on my Google Drive folders and the access will be granted only to the buyer email.
2. There will not be anymore different versions of skinpacks for each firmware, the skinpack now is just one and you'll be prompted to select the firmware version between the availables 1.7.9, 1.10.9 and 1.1.10. according to your choice the skins, patches etc.. will be adapted automatically to the choosen firmware.
3. In skintool there is the new nice feature for the firmware switch. Yeah you read it right! It's possible to switch between firmware versions directly from skinmanager and everything will be automatically adapted to the choosen firmware.
4. My good friend EAC has rewritten almost completely the Skinmanager scripts, taking it to an unprecedent level, more interactive, verbose, comfortable and smart.
6. With the newcoming MyDean/Skin6 I decided to start selling an even cheaper Skinpack for the price of 10 euros. This "mini" pack will include all the skinpack features but only one skin, selectable between Skin3, Skin4 and Skin6.
In this way i'm covering all ranges of prices.
Old Full" skinpack" (5 Skins Package) upgrade NEW "Full Skinpack (6 skins) 10 euros?
Good work again! But I bought carplay skin pack yesterday. Should I pay to update the skin? Or to have spotify nitrogen skin? What about carplay skin for audio settings or gps tool display?
You don' t have to pay more, only if you want to buy other skins you'll have to pay.
Nitrogen skin and carplay updates are included.
The update will be free for everybody who already paid so you will have the skins you bought updated as well.
The new skins are not free so you'll have to buy the skin6 if you wish.
Presence of DSP depend on the hardware of your unit, not on my skins.
I skinned DSP screens in skin5, skin6 have also a different theme.
If you don't see a DSP screen on your unit means you don't have the board with DSP.


An innovative scheme will be launched in an area of Hartlepool on Monday (14 April) which offers free help to businesses.
Estates Excellence is a multi-agency initiative which aims to improve health and safety practices within individual businesses as well as promoting good health among employees.
The first initiative in Hartlepool is covering the Longhill and Sandgate Industrial Estates which incorporates dozens of businesses in areas such as Burn Road, Mainsforth Terrace, Green Street and Bertha Street.
It involves numerous organisations working together providing support, training and assistance to local companies in the area.
The organisations include Hartlepool Borough Council, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Public Health England, Cleveland Fire Brigade, Northumbrian Water, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust.
Local firm Seymour Civil Engineering is assisting by providing a base for the project while EDF Energy will be one of the organisations delivering the free training to companies.
Councillor Robbie Payne, Chairman of the Council's Regeneration Services Committee, said: "This is a fantastic scheme which offers a wide range of advice, training and support to local businesses.
During the coming weeks, officers from the various organisations will be encouraging businesses to get involved in the scheme.
Paul Baldwin of the Health and Safety Executive, added: "HSE is delighted to bring this initiative to Hartlepool. This is not a traditional health and safety inspection. The aim is to support local, small businesses by raising awareness of the common health and safety challenges they face in their workplace, providing a range of support, free information, advice and health and safety training workshops.
Note to News Editors – The media are welcome to attend Havelock street on Monday 14 April at 11.30am. There will be photo/interview opportunities with key partner organisations present.
Press release PR16557 11 April 2014.
Issued by Alastair Rae, Public Relations Manager, on 01429 523510.


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Q: understanding mapDispatchToProps in redux i want my code to listen the choice(on list page) and then display the data by getting data from node server on another page
import React from 'react'
import {Link} from 'react-router-dom'
import {connect} from 'react-redux'
import {loadBickes} from './../../reducers/itemsGet.js'
import axios from 'axios'
class Hello extends React.Component{

constructor(props){
    super(props)
    this.handleBick = this.handleBick.bind(this)
}

handleBick(){
    console.log("demanding bickes")
    //loadBickes();
    axios.get('/getBike')
        .then((response)=>{
        var dataP = response.data
        console.log("data set")
        console.log(response.data)
        console.log("redy to b dispatched set")
        {this.props.setState(response.data)}
    //    dispatch(setState(response.data))
    })
}
//
<Link to="Bike" onClick={this.props.Bike}>Bicycle</Link>

    render(){
        return(

Items

<button onClick={this.handleBick}>Bicycle</button>

<Link to="Calculator" onClick={this.props.Calculator}>Calculator</Link>

        )
    }
}

const mapStateToProps =(state)=>{
    console.log("state"+state.item.name)
    return {
       user : state.item
    }
}

const mapDispatchToProps =(dispatch)=>{
 return {
    Bike : () => dispatch({
      type : "LOAD_BIKE"
    }),
     Calculator : () => dispatch({
      type : "LOAD_CALC"
    }),
        setState:(data)=>dispatch({
            type : "setData",
            payload : data
        })
  }
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps,mapDispatchToProps)(Hello)

i mAke axios call to server and then i want to dispatch action to set state of my reducer and then i will try to redirect it to other page
is their any other way
or
i need 1) to give data of axios to dispatcher
2) way to redirect it after
help please

A: import React, { Component } from 'react'
import {Link} from 'react-router-dom'
import {connect} from 'react-redux'
import {loadBickes} from './../../reducers/itemsGet.js'
import axios from 'axios'

class Hello extends Component {

    constructor(props){
        super(props);
        this.handleBick = this.handleBick.bind(this)
    }

    handleBick(){
        axios.get('/getBike').then( (response) => {
            let dataP = response.data;
            this.props.setState(response.data);
            this.props.history.push("/route_you_want_to_go_too");
        });
    }

    render() {
        return(

Items

                    <button onClick={this.handleBick}>Bicycle</button>

                    <Link to="Calculator" onClick={this.props.Calculator}>Calculator</Link>

        )
    }
}

const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
        user : state.item
});

const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
        Bike : () => dispatch({
            type : "LOAD_BIKE"
        }),
        Calculator : () => dispatch({
            type : "LOAD_CALC"
        }),
        setState:(data)=>dispatch({
            type : "setData",
            payload : data
        })
});

export default connect( mapStateToProps,mapDispatchToProps )( Hello );

You should think about working on writing cleaner code, it will make it easier to help you.

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VIDEO: Garden Tour to feature flatlands, waterfronts and 50-year-old rhubarb in Jamestown, N.D.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. - A more than 50-year-old rhubarb plant, two river-front garden areas and a smoke bush are some of the sights people can see on the AAUW Garden Tour on Wednesday.
A wide-spreading cedar tree provides a shady canopy for hostas and other shade-loving plants in Gerhardt and Gayl Lange's yard. John M. Steiner/The Sun
By Chris Olson, Forum News Service
This is the 27th tour sponsored by the Jamestown branch of the American Association of University Women. Proceeds from the garden tour support the AAUW Educational Foundation, AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund and the AAUW Endowment Fund at the University of Jamestown. The tour will be held from 4 to 8 p.m.
There are four stops on the tour this year: Gerhardt and Gayl Lange, 901 2nd Ave. SE; Ken and Rosemary McDougall, 1605 9th Ave. SE; Gary and Jill Riffe, 220 9th Ave. NE; and Al and Renaye Wartner, 602 8th Ave. NW. Refreshments for those taking the tour will be served from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Arts Center, 115 2nd St. SW, in Jamestown.
Gerhardt and Gayl Lange
Gerhardt and Gayl Lange moved into their 2nd Avenue Southeast home 18 years ago after their son took over the family farm north of Eldridge. Gayl Lange said the main layout that makes up the garden at their home was there when they moved in.
"We changed a lot of what is within the layout," she said.
Lange said one of the bigger changes they made was creating a water feature – a pond. She said there was a low-growing cedar bush in that part of the garden layout along with some other plants.
"We didn't have any sort of overall plan for our garden," she said about changes she and Gerhardt have made over the years.
Lange said they chose a pond because water features were becoming popular in the area at the time. They took out the cedar plant and dug out the area for the pond themselves. Once the pond was installed, Lange said they took some rocks from the family farm and used them to create a walking path by the pond, then planted hostas around the pond, as well as ribbon grass and irises.
Lange said the garden is a mix of hostas, perennials, decorative grasses and ferns. A unique item in their yard is a rhubarb plant Lange said her mother gave to her shortly after she was married to Gerhardt.
"That was over 50 years ago," she said.
The rhubarb plant was replanted from the family farm and Lange said she likes it for the large, green leaves it produces.
Al and Renaye Wartner
Having property along the James River can be a challenge, according to Al and Renaye Wartner. Al Wartner said in 2009 and 2010, their yard along the river was destroyed when a flood-control dike was installed.
"It was quite a project to redo," he said.
The first thing he had to do was get the river bank solidified by installing new boulders and rocks.
"All of the boulders from the hillside had to be replaced," Renaye said. "It was impossible to retrieve the (old) boulders from the river."
Al said it took two years to get the river bank secured. Once that was done, he restored the underground sprinkler system and replanted the lawn that had covered the yard around their house.
"I had never planted a yard before with grass," he said. "It seems to have worked."
Since 2011, the Wartners have replanted two mature evergreen trees on the east side of their property. They have prepared flower beds and planted shrubs along the river bank to go with the perennial and annual flowers planted there as well.
Al and Renaye said they have been on the AAUW Garden Tour themselves and got some ideas for their garden.
"Anyone looking for ideas on what to do with their yard or garden should go on the tour and see (what other people have done in their yards)," Al said.
Gary and Jill Riffe
The Riffes took two lots to create the home and yard they want to spend their time in. Jill Riffe said the original lot was forested, and they removed 15 to 18 unhealthy elm trees but kept a healthy buckeye tree on the corner of their property.
"In the fall, the red coloring (of the leaves) is amazing," she said.
Gary said the tree is popular with school children who have to collect different kinds of leaves in the fall for a science project.
With the exception of the buckeye tree and a couple of smaller trees, Jill said every tree and shrub on their property was planted by them.
The Riffe's yard is terraced behind their home, a feature that was there when they bought the property. Jill said the "crowning glory" of their yard is their flagpole, which has white and red blooming flowers next to it, part of a patriotic theme around the pole.
Jill said she has worked at the Flower Power Greenhouse, which is next to Cash Wise, for 15 years where she learned a lot about annuals.
"I love to mix them up," she said about her potted plants. "I move them around like furniture."
Jill said as of last week she had over 100 different perennial flowers in the yard. Riffe's yard features a wide variety of plants, including a smoke bush, a split-leaf philodendron that has been a part of the couple's garden since 1979 and a crabless crabapple tree.
Like other stops on the tour, Riffe's garden and yard includes repurposed items from stones on the walking path to old sewer pipes used as planters.
Ken and Rosemary McDougall
Rosemary McDougall said she and her husband, Ken, built their home in 1996.
"We started with a clean slate," she said about their yard and garden.
McDougall said they hired some professionals to help with the landscaping of their yard. They had the lawn seeded, some trees planted and a patio built. But she said the original plan didn't work for them, so they redid most of the work themselves, including creating a new larger patio and using the stones from the old patio and creating raised flower beds.
McDougall said she likes all the elements of the yard and garden, but especially favors the window boxes on the house.
"They (the flower boxes) are characteristic of my German background," she said.
Most of the window boxes on the front of the McDougall home are planted with flowers, while one in the back is used for growing herbs.
The McDougall yard includes a flower bed along the river with a decorative red pump and sitting area by the river as well. She said they had been asked to be on the AAUW Garden Tour before, but this year they felt their yard and garden were complete enough to show to the public.
"Our major projects, the patio and sitting area down by the river, our raised garden beds, are all complete," she said.
colson@jamestownsun.com |
What: AAUW Garden Tour When: 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday Where: There are four stops on the tour: Gerhardt and Gayl Lange, 901 2nd Ave. SE; Ken and Rosemary McDougall, 1605 9th Ave. SE; Gary and Jill Riffe, 220 9th Ave. NE; and Al and Renaye Wartner, 602 8th Ave. NW. Refreshments for tour participants will be served from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Arts Center, 115 2nd St. SW, in Jamestown. Details: Tickets are $8 in advance and may be purchased at the Arts Center, Country Gardens Floral, 106 Business Loop W.; Don's House of Flowers, 1107 7th Ave. SE; the Buffalo Mall; The Garden District Inc., 1602 Business Loop E.; Lloyds Toyota, 500 17th St. SW; the Garden Gate, 208 1st St. W; and from AAUW members. Tickets are $10 the day of the tour and after 3 p.m. and are only available at the Arts Center or at each stop on the tour. Info: For more information about the tour and a map of the tour, go to jamestown nd.aauw.net.
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Lawyer up and get the compensation you deserve.
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Задіяний у таких біологічних процесах як метаболізм жирних кислот, метаболізм ліпідів.
Локалізований у мітохондрії, пероксисомах.

Література

Примітки

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Are Winona Ryder And Keanu Reeves Married? Exploring When Movies Got Way Too Real
By Holly Mosley in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 August 2018
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Sometimes actors are not acting.
Sometimes acting on a movie gets way too real. Simulations can become real-life sitations - which can be both entertaining for the viewer and traumatic for the stars. Or just a big source of amusement for everyone involved. Winona Ryder recently confessed that she might genuinly be married to her 'Dracula' co-star Keanu Reeves.
The pair wed as Mina Murray and Jonathan Harker in the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola movie 'Bram Stoker's Dracula', but Winona reckons there nuptials were valid because a real Romanian priest oversaw it at a Greek Orthodox church.
Continue reading: Are Winona Ryder And Keanu Reeves Married? Exploring When Movies Got Way Too Real
Winona Ryder Says It Was "Overwhelming" To Find Fame Again
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 October 2017
Ryder's career got a dramatic shot in the arm with the runaway success of Netflix's 'Stranger Things' last year.
Following her career revival that happened in the aftermath of cult Netflix smash hit 'Stranger Things', actress Winona Ryder has reflected on what it's been like finding fame for the second time in her life.
The 45 year old actress originally became a teen sensation back in the late '80s, starring in a number of critically acclaimed films and Hollywood blockbusters, before a shoplifting arrest in 2001 put something of a spanner in the works. She's starred in plenty of films subsequently, but her star had been on the wane until 'Stranger Things' seemed to revive her career overnight.
In a new interview with Marie Claire, ahead of the return of 'Stranger Things' to our screens at the end of October, Ryder has reflected on her unusual career arc – or the 'Winonaissance'.
Continue reading: Winona Ryder Says It Was "Overwhelming" To Find Fame Again
Stranger Things Series 2 Release Confirmed And What We Know So Far
By John Tindale in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 July 2017
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Stranger Things Is Back And Looking Better Than Ever
The anticipation has been growing, but we finally have confirmation of when Stranger Things will return to our screens. The hit Netflix series has been confirmed for an October 27th release via a poster showing our four main boys looking at an ominous red storm that's forming over the small town of Hawkins, Indiana.
In addition to the poster, we have also had more confirmation of just what to expect in the upcoming series - but it looks like it will be more than just a case of whether Will Byers will survive life in the retro sci-fi production.
Continue reading: Stranger Things Series 2 Release Confirmed And What We Know So Far
What Have The Cast And Creators To Say About 'Stranger Things' Season Two?
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 June 2017
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The Duffer Brothers and their actors talk about the forthcoming Netflix show.
We're drawing ever closer to the season two premiere of 'Stranger Things' and now the cast and the Duffer brothers have opened up about what we can expect from it. They've upped the ante on the horror, and they're answering a lot of questions raised at the end of the first season.
What happens to Will in 'Stranger Things' season two?
The cast and creators of 'Stranger Things' showed up to Netflix's FYSee Space to speak about the hugely anticipated second season, which comes to screens this Fall. We already know to expect the return of Millie Bobby Brown's character Eleven, as well as a host of new characters, and they've insisted that this new season will be 'scarier', 'darker and more eerie'.
Continue reading: What Have The Cast And Creators To Say About 'Stranger Things' Season Two?
First Look At Dustin And Will's New Friend In 'Stranger Things' Season 2
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 February 2017
Eleven is nowhere to be seen.
New teasers for season 2 of 'Stranger Things' have arrived in the form of five first-look stills from the series featuring all your favourite characters with one notable exception. The Dungeons & Dragons playing foursome is back together, and Nancy and Jonathan are still bosom friends. So where is Eleven?
The cast of 'Stranger Things' return as Ghostbusters
It looks like the producers of the 80s-style sci-fi show is trying to keep the fate of Millie Bobby Brown's star character a mystery as much as possible, despite it already being known that she will in fact be making a return. Meanwhile, we can see what the other kids are up to a year on from their battle with the demogorgon.
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Edward Scissorhands - Clips
Edward Scissorhands is no ordinary boy, as his name may tell. Created by a genius inventor who passed away before his subject was completed, he seems doomed to a life of solitude in a dilapidated castle. That is until the local Avon lady named Peg Boggs calls round and willingly takes the poor boy under her wing. Integrating him into civilised society isn't easy, however. While many neighbours are deeply accepting and impressed by his ability to cut hair and trim hedges, others see him as a danger with his bladed fingers that could easily cause some damage. Peg's daughter Kim is a little uneasy, despite how immediately taken Edward is of her, and her friends recognise this weakness and aim to exploit it to their advantage. Predictably, Edward's mistakes get him into a lot of trouble and he soon finds that the novelty of his presence is wearing thin.
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Our Favourite Pictures From The Sundance Film Festival 30th Anniversary [Photos]
By Stephen Caswell in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 January 2015
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Happy 30th Birthday to The Sundance Film Festival! A whole host of stars and celebrities flocked to have their pictures taken at Sundance.
The Sundance Film Festival is currently in full swing, having begun on 22nd January, and wrapping up on 1st February. This year, something particularly special is in the air at Salt Lake City, as the festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. That's right, the Sundance Film Festival has been running for 30 years! Starting out back in 1985, Sundance screened 86 films with the help of 13 staff members. Last year, the festival showcased 186 films of 12,218 that were submitted. That sort of growth has helped Sundance become one of the biggest independent film festivals in, not only North America, by the world.
Kevin Bacon at The Sundance Film Festival, 2015 (Credit: Larry Busacca - Getty Images)
This year, 54 first-time filmmakers are having their films premiered at the festival, but there are plenty of well-known faces there, as well, as 200 films are being shown this year for the monumental anniversary. For the 12th year running, The Village at the Lift has been set up in Park City with a café, restaurant, nightclub and photo studio. And this photo studio has seen a host of celebrities for the festival flocking in to pose for pictures in promotion for their various films, taken by Larry Busacca.
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Scarlett Johansson To Star In 8-Part Drama Adaptation Of Edith Wharton's 'The Custom Of Country'
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 October 2014
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Scarlett Johansson will be starring and producing in a television adaptation of Edith Wharton's 'The Custom of Country'. It will be Johansson's first major television role.
Scarlett Johansson is making the jump from the big screen screen to the small when she stars in an adaptation of novelist Edith Wharton's The Custom of Country.
Scarlett Johansson will star in The Custom Of Country.
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Michael Keaton May Reprise His Role As The Eponymous Bio-Exorcist In 'Beetlejuice 2'
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 February 2014
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Michael Keaton has revealed he had been in contact with Tim Burton about reprising his role as Beetlejuice in the sequel to the 1988 comedy.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetle... For fans of the 1988 comedy, repeating the name of the mischievous bio-exorcist three times is not something one should take lightly. Especially if you're dead! Although Beetlejuice has been banished to the waiting room of death, he may be heading back to earth as Michael Keaton has revealed he is in contact with Tim Burton, the original film's director.
Keaton starred as Beetlejuice in the 1988 supernatural comedy, centred on a deceased couple who attempt to regain possession of their house once a living family move in. Geena Davies and Alec Baldwin play the ghostly couple who request Beetlejuice's help and after a number of complications, including Beetlejuice's attempted elopement with the family's daughter (Winona Ryder), successfully regain control of their home. Ryder is also rumoured to be reprising her role.
Keaton, speaking to MTV, discussed the possibility of a second film at the Robocop junket in Los Angeles on Thursday (13th February). Although rumours of a sequel have been circulating since 2012 when it was revealed Seth Grahame-Smith was working on a script for Beetlejuice 2, Keaton has not mentioned the possibility of his involvement before. In the interview he said "I've e-mailed Tim a couple of times, talked to the writer a couple of times, but all really, really preliminary stuff. I always said that's the one thing I'd like to do again, if I ever did anything again. But it kind of required Tim to be involved some way or another."
Continue reading: Michael Keaton May Reprise His Role As The Eponymous Bio-Exorcist In 'Beetlejuice 2'
Homefront Review
By Rich Cline
With a powerhouse cast and an anaemic script, this violent revenge thriller never quite gets off the ground. It's watchable for the character detail, but resolutely refuses to make any logical sense as it charges through its corny plot. Fortunately the slick filmmaking and charismatic acting hold our attention, adding a hint of sophistication to the bluntly brutal story.
It's set in the Louisiana bayou, where former undercover agent Phil (Statham) is trying to have a quiet life with his young daughter (Vidovic). But the locals are wary of outsiders, and a schoolyard confrontation escalates into a feud between Phil and a resentful woman (Bosworth) who calls her gangster brother Gator (Franco) for help in getting even. Gator quickly discovers Phil's past, then enlists his trashy pal Sheryl (Ryder) to contact Phil's old enemies. But as these ruthless thugs descend on the bayou, they fail to take into consideration the fact that Phil has nearly super-human fighting skills.
There's plenty of possibility in this rather tired premise, but Stallone's boneheaded script never bothers to make things believable, skipping over key details and indulging in trite coincidences. Fleder manages to obscure this with his fluid, pacey direction, and the cast is unusually good for such a simplistic thriller. The charismatic Statham doesn't stretch himself much, occasionally attempting a bit of real acting in the father-daughter scenes (his romance with LeFevre's teacher is never developed). Bosworth and Ryder add some unpredictable edges to their stereotypical roles. And it's Franco who steals the film as an unusually thoughtful redneck thug. Although his moral quandary doesn't put off any of the nastiness.
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Despite substantial efforts to recruit and train U.S. workers, horse farms, ranches, horse shows, trainers and others must rely on foreign workers and use both the H-2B and H-2A temporary foreign worker programs to meet their labor needs. For this reason immigration polices have a profound impact on the horse industry.
In 2011 numerous bills were introduced in the 112th Congress concerning immigration, most enforcement oriented. Most notably, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the Legal Workforce Act (H.R.2885), which would require all employers to use the federal E-verify system to make sure their workers are authorized to work. The House Judiciary Committee held hearings on this bill and reported it out of committee on September 21.
"In the Summer and Fall we saw a lot of action in Congress on immigration. Committees in both the House and Senate held numerous hearings and the House Judiciary Committee approved a mandatory E-verify bill. Since then however, there has been little movement on the issue because even Members of Congress who are in favor of beefing up enforcement and passing mandatory E-verify can't agree on the best way to proceed," said AHC Legislative Director Ben Pendergrass.
In response to concerns that mandatory E-verify would cripple the U.S. agricultural industry several bills, like the American Specialty Agriculture Act (H.R.2847) and the Legal Agricultural Workforce Act (H.R.2895), were introduced. These bills would create new, less burdensome temporary foreign agricultural worker programs to replace the current H-2A program. However, no consensus emerged on which of the many proposals on the table would best accommodate the needs of agriculture.
"It is likely more immigration bills will be introduced in 2012 and there maybe action taken on specific issues like the H-2B wage rule, but right now it doesn't look like Congress will take action on major legislation like mandatory E-verify," said Pendergrass.


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CSAF visits Kadena Air Base
By Staff Sgt. Savannah Waters, Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac and Airman Alexis Redin
18th Wing Public Affairs
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) --
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., visited Kadena Air Base, Aug. 11, to meet with Team Kadena face-to-face, learn more about the base's mission, and share his strategic insight with Airmen delivering airpower every day in support of a free-and-open Indo-Pacific.
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., speaks to Airmen during an all-call at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11, 2022. Brown stressed the importance of empowering Airmen to deliver innovative solutions to keep pace with the complex operational challenges that shape U.S. military operations in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac)
At an all-call with Kadena AB personnel, Brown stressed the importance of empowering Airmen at all levels to deliver innovative solutions to keep pace with the complex operational and strategic challenges that shape U.S. military operations in this region.
"Good enough today will fail tomorrow," Brown explained. "As Airmen, we need to integrate and accelerate the changes necessary to develop our talent and maintain our advantage. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable; we cannot rest on our laurels … we must change and evolve to the threats we face today."
Brown's strategic approach emphasizes the need to accelerate change to control and exploit the air domain in an environment that includes, but is not limited to, declining resources, aggressive global competitors, and rapid technology development and diffusion.
"The key aspect is mission command," he said. "Successful operations and combat support in a contested environment demand maximum delegation, trust, and empowerment of Airmen before conflict starts."
Brown also emphasized the value of strengthening relationships with regional allies and partners, while maintaining a long-term "campaigning" mindset toward upholding regional stability. He closed the all-call by answering questions about leadership, families, and future challenges, while hitting on the importance of keeping up with individual mental health and resilience.
Throughout the day, Brown recognized numerous star performers while visiting units across the base. When he stopped by the Innovation Lab to see current Shogun Spark projects, Brown presented the eighth annual Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award to Master Sgt. Jason Yunker, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron section chief of fuels quality and compliance.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Yunker, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels quality and compliance section chief, explains his Spark Tank invention to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. during his visit to Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11, 2022. Yunker's project, which won first place in the Pacific Air Forces Spark Tank 2022, repurposed pieces of unused equipment to create an additive injector which converts commercial fuel into military-grade fuel acceptable for aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac)
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., has lunch with junior-enlisted Airmen during his visit to Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11, 2022. Brown spoke with Airmen about issues that affect them closely and their impact toward the Pacific Air Force's mission of maintaining a free-and-open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sebastian Romawac)
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., speaks with Airmen during an all-call at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11, 2022. Brown emphasized the value of strengthening relationships with regional allies and partners, while maintaining a long-term "campaigning" mindset toward upholding regional stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Alexis Redin)
The award recognized Yunker for his work on the Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling kit and other on-going efforts to enhance the Air Force's ability to flexibly refuel aircraft in austere locations anywhere in the world, exemplifying Brown's vision of leveraging Airmen innovations to accelerate change.
Brown also visited the 18th Wing Agile Combat Employment office to discuss how Team Kadena is executing and refining local ACE concepts while developing multi-capable Airmen ready to rapidly deliver sustained, survivable airpower from dispersed locations across the Indo-Pacific should the need arise.
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{
    /// <summary>
    /// Class contining the number of objects FalconPeer will create on construction to mitigate
    /// later allocations and
    /// </summary>
    public class FalconPoolSizes
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Number of <see cref="Packet"/>s to pool. The optimal number is the maximum number in
        /// use at any one time - which will be the number received between calls to <see cref="FalconPeer.Update()"/>.
        /// </summary>
        public int InitalNumPacketsToPool = 64;
        /// <summary>
        /// Number of Pings to pool - an internal object used whenever a Ping is sent. The optimal
        /// number is the maximum in use at any one time - which will be the number of outstanding
        /// (i.e. haven't received Pong reply or timed-out) pings.
        /// </summary>
        public int InitalNumPingsToPool = 10;
        /// <summary>
        /// Number of DiscoverySignalTask's to pool - an internal object used to track a discovery
        /// process initated from calling one of the Discover or Punch through methods on
        /// FalconPeer. The optimal number is the maximum number of discovery process you will
        /// have outstanding at any one time.
        /// </summary>
        public int InitalNumEmitDiscoverySignalTaskToPool = 5;
        /// <summary>
        /// Number of internal buffers to pool used to store packets enqued but not yet sent per
        /// peer. The optimal number is the maximum number of unsent datagrams at any time which
        /// is: one per channel (i.e. 4) plus the number of packets enqueued to send minus the
        /// number that can be "packed-in" existing datagrams.
        /// </summary>
        public int InitalNumSendDatagramsToPoolPerPeer = 8;
        /// <summary>
        /// Number of interal data structures use to save ACKknowledgement details to be sent in
        /// response to receiving a Reliable message. The optimal number is the maximum number of
        /// ACKs oustanding resulting from incoming reliable packets between calls to
        /// <see cref="FalconPeer.Update()"/> and <see cref="FalconPeer.SendEnquedPackets()"/>
        /// </summary>
        public int InitalNumAcksToPool = 20;

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        /// Default pool sizes.
        /// </summary>
        public static readonly FalconPoolSizes Default = new FalconPoolSizes
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                InitalNumPacketsToPool = 64,
                InitalNumPingsToPool = 10,
                InitalNumEmitDiscoverySignalTaskToPool = 5,
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                InitalNumAcksToPool = 20,
            };
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}


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Mom at 85: A model for healthy living and independence
By Mark T. Ryan
Guest Columnist |
June Ryan still cuts her own grass at age 85. (Mark Ryan / Courtesy photo)
If staying active translates to longevity, my mother may live to be 130.
Going strong at 85, she continues to work two jobs — substitute teaching and selling real estate — while also keeping busy on the home front doing chores and taking care of her beloved-but-demanding pets (four cats, two dogs).
This time of the year, mom, a Buffalo, N.Y., resident, is transitioning from gardening and lawn work to clearing the driveway of snow. She gets some help from the nephews, but she tends to be independent. Maybe a bit too independent.
Mark Ryan (Courtesy photo)
Steven Zarit, a professor of human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University, described the need to maintain autonomy in an article, "What Aging Parents Want From Their Kids," and published in The Atlantic in 2016.
"One of the scariest things to people as they age is that they don't feel in control anymore," Zarit told writer Claire Berman. "So if you tell your dad not to go out and shovel snow, you assume that he'll listen. It's the sensible thing. But his response will be to go out and shovel anyway ... It's a way of holding on to a life that seems to be slipping back."
Mom could probably make a case for snow-shoveling as an additional topic for a Denmark epidemiological study that analyzed the relationship of one's participation in a sports activity with one's life span. Danish researchers published their findings for the Copenhagen City Heart Study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings in September. They found that playing tennis improved the life expectancy of men and women by 9.7 years when compared to a "sedentary" participation group.
Other sports noted to correlate with longevity were badminton (6.2 years), soccer (4.7 years), cycling (3.7 years), swimming (3.4 years) and jogging (3.2 years).
Tennis anyone? Mom's mobility is good, but, given that she has a problematic shoulder, she'd probably have to opt for a two-handed backhand.
Dad, who died at 87 from kidney disease two days before last Christmas, had been a big advocate of bicycling and soccer. He was still riding his bicycle daily in his mid-80s.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on regular exercise as one general category in its research on life expectancy earlier this year. The Boston group concluded that five "low-risk lifestyle factors" — regular exercise, healthy diet, healthy body weight, moderate alcohol consumption and smoke-free living — can have a dramatically positive impact on life expectancy. They found that women adopting all five of the healthy lifestyles in adulthood lived an average of 14 years longer than those who did not. For men, the gain from adhering to the same five low-risk lifestyle factors was 12 years.
The Harvard report indicated that those having these lifestyle traits were also less likely to die from cancer or cardiovascular disease.
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I believe researchers in both recent studies would give Mom a good prognosis. She is a nonsmoker who watches her weight and enjoys a glass of wine with dinner. She has no history of cancer, cardiovascular disease or kidney disease.
Hopefully, she will keep busy and remain healthy — but also be receptive to a short break. Family members have arranged for a pet sitter so she can make her annual winter trip to Florida.
While trying not to be pushy or overprotective, we will ensure that Mom is provided the same kind of care she provides her finicky pets.
Mark Ryan of Tallahassee is a registered nurse in Gainesville.
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For architectures supporting Unified Memory GPU-host copies for short-lived data (e.g. temporary copies of data during phase_space sampling) can be avoided by directly accessing host memory from the GPU and vice-versa.


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Answering a question about safety of the nuclear assets, Dr Khan said neither the Taliban nor any external force could seize them because of a "highly secured system which has been improved gradually." - Photo by Reuters
ISLAMABAD: The country's nuclear programme has been "running without any break" for the past 10 years and the process of uranium enrichment is in progress, too, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan claimed in an interview with Dawn on Saturday.
"Although I have not been associated with the programme for the past 10 years, I know that it has been running without any break and the process of uranium enrichment is in progress," the nuclear scientist said.
He said although the departments concerned were not giving "final shape to new nuclear weapons", the material was being prepared and they could be assembled any time if required.
Answering a question about safety of the nuclear assets, Dr Khan said neither the Taliban nor any external force could seize them because of a "highly secured system which has been improved gradually."
He said the county's nuclear assets were safe from day one and no country should be worried about them.
"We know how to protect our strength (nukes)," he said in reply to a question about statements from Washington and New Delhi that terrorists could seize Pakistan's nuclear arsenals.
He said nuclear weapons were not stored at one place and very few people knew about their location. "You can count these people on fingers who exactly know about the location of nuclear arsenals," he said.
Most of the nuclear weapons made by the Khan Research Laboratories and other departments concerned had been handed over to the military authorities and the practice still continued.
"These weapons are lying in tunnels and safe houses where no one can access them, except very few relevant people," Dr Khan said.
In reply to a question, he said Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had made the security system of the country's nuclear programme and nuclear assets foolproof and with the passage of time Gen Ziaul Haq, Gen Mirza Aslam Beg and Gen Abdul Waheed Kakar further beefed up security around them.
"Finally the Strategic Plans Division upgraded the system, making it inaccessible to any one inside and outside the country," he said.
Asked if the country's nuclear programme was running satisfactorily, Dr Khan said it was running well.
In reply to another question, the nuclear scientist said he often moved out of his residence because he had no fear about his security. "I have faith in Allah because no one can harm me if He protects me."
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Dennis Miller went on with Bill O'Reilly Wednesday after the Super Tuesday primaries.
Bill O'Reilly: Let me tell you something about Trump. He's essentially a blue collar guy. I sit there at the game with him and, I mean, we're not eating caviar, we're eating hotdogs. And he's an ex-shortstop. He played baseball.
Dennis Miller: All of that seems superfluous. But he's starting to make some good enemies. And that always intrigues me. Listen Ted Cruz seems like a smart guy but he's stiff, man. They got to pump some goose grease into those armpits and get him moving. Rubio I'm almost afraid to talk against now. Because I thought I knew him a week ago. I didn't know him at all. He is a nasty piece of work. And I find it interesting that Rubio only found his voice when tellingly the higher ups in the GOP told him to find his voice. It's weird to me.


Tuesday's debut of Brighton Field was historic, given that it hosted the second-longest game in Boston College baseball history. Friday's game, on the other hand, was memorable for other reasons.
The Eagles outlasted Virginia Tech, picking up their third ACC win of the season, and, more importantly, their first at the brand new stadium.
This day has been a long time coming, especially after the tail end of a New England winter postponed BC's first few home games. On Friday, the inaugural home victory finally came, as the Eagles came back to defeat Virginia Tech, 7-4, thanks to late heroics from Jack Cunningham, who recorded a career-high four RBIs. BC pitching bent but did not break, allowing eight hits and stranding nine Hokie runners.
The Eagles' (8-11, 3-4 Atlantic Coast) ace, Jacob Stevens, came out looking dominant in the top of the first, needing just 12 pitches to retire the side in order. After two quick flyouts, the junior pitched VTech (9-11, 3-4) three-hole hitter Luke Horanski backwards, starting with two backdoor breaking balls before getting a weak swing-and-a-miss on an outside fastball.
After falling behind, 2-0, to Jake Palomaki, VTech starter Connor Coward settled in to match Stevens with a one-two-three inning of his own. Dante Baldelli just missed one, sending a 1-0 fastball to deep left center before it was pulled in just shy of the warning track.
Stevens surrendered the first hit of the game in the second—a two-out flare to Sam Fragale—but Gian Martellini picked up his pitcher by gunning down Fragale as he tried to steal second.
Both teams threatened in the third, when a base hit and a hit by pitch gave the Hokies their first chance with a runner in scoring position. Stevens buckled down, however, forcing the VTech leadoff hitter, Tom Stoffel, to pop up a 2-0 fastball, escaping the jam.
The Eagles loaded the bases in the bottom half of the frame—the rally started with a two-out single by Anthony Maselli, who finally broke an 0-for-19 start to the season. Palomaki reached on an infield single, and a free pass to Baldelli set the stage for Cunningham.
The sophomore took Coward to a full count and, with the runners in motion, ripped a bases-clearing double to stake the Eagles to a three-run advantage.
It was a welcome sign to see Maselli playing a vital role to jumpstart the team's offense. The senior only had four starts prior to Friday, but head coach Mike Gambino didn't hesitate to turn to him in this game.
The Hokies immediately started chipping away at the deficit in the top of the fourth, benefitting from a Fragale two-out double that barely slipped past the glove of Eagles' third baseman Jake Alu. A Darion Jacoby leadoff double in the fifth and a subsequent sacrifice bunt allowed Jack Owens to drive in another run with a groundout, cutting the BC lead to one. VTech was drawing deep counts as opposed to BC attacking early in the sequence. After five innings, Stevens had thrown 72 pitches, compared to just 58 for Coward.
BC had the opportunity to extend its lead in the bottom of the fifth, when Mitch Bigras was hit by a pitch, and Palomaki drew a base on balls. A heads-up steal with Coward focused on the batter gave the Eagles two runners in scoring position with Cunningham at the plate. This time, however, Coward got Cunningham to chase a breaking ball in the dirt to keep the deficit at one.
In the top of the sixth, Cam Irvine and J.D. Mundy recorded back-to-back singles, the sixth and seventh hits off Stevens. Relying on small ball to tie the game, Fragale squared around, laying down a safety squeeze that brought Stevens just far enough off the mound to score Irvine. Stevens stranded the runner on second by striking out Nick Menken.
Coward logged another shutdown inning in the sixth, but not without a little drama. After a walk, Alu attempted to advance to second on a pitch in the dirt. The throw clearly beat him, and Alu slid hard, taking out Hokie second-baseman Owens. VTech head coach John Szefc argued for Alu's ejection, to no avail.
After a leadoff hit by pitch in the seventh, and another bunt to get Jacoby to second base, Gambino went to his bullpen. He called on the big righty, Sean Hughes—BC's best reliever this season, as far as ERA is concerned. But Hughes immediately surrendered a hit to Owens, and in deja-vu fashion, Stoffel laid down a safety squeeze just off the first base line to give the Hokies their first lead of the game. After pitching around and walking the strong Horanski, Hughes, who would ultimately get the win, averted danger by forcing Irvine to fly out.
In the bottom of the frame, BC struck in unusual fashion. Brian Dempsey drew a leadoff walk, chasing Coward. Reliever Andrew McDonald faced just two batters, hitting Bigras and walking Maselli, both of whom were trying to bunt to move the runner over. Nic Enright came on in the hardest possible situation: bases loaded with no outs.
The pitch after Palomaki hit a frozen rope that landed two feet to the wrong side of the right field foul line, he tied the game on a sacrifice fly. But Bigras was another victim of aggressive baserunning, getting thrown out at third trying to advance on another dirt ball. Now with two outs, Baldelli took four balls and made his way to first.
Cunningham came through yet again, muscling a single into short center field, bringing home the go-ahead run and notching his fourth RBI of the afternoon. Even though the Eagles made two baserunning mistakes in the previous two frames, the Hokies couldn't capitalize, all because of two defensive miscues. A throwing error on a first-and-third steal play brought home one, and a passed ball from Horanski capped off BC's four-run, one-hit inning.
BC relievers Will Hesselink and Thomas Lane combined for an eventful, but scoreless, eighth. They combined to walk three, but Lane fanned Owens with the bases loaded to preserve the three-run lead.
Lane stayed on for the ninth, and in a game that featured so many base runners, it was a relief for Eagles fans to see him retire the side in order, securing the BC's first victory on the turf of Brighton field.
All season, the Eagles have been leaning on their offense, but on Friday, the pitching staff—although far from perfect—pulled through when it mattered most. That said, VTech's four runs are slightly misleading. Its eight hits, on the other hand, are an indication that the ACC foe has the potential to get the bats going at any time, as evidenced by their four 10-plus run performances this year. Whether or not BC records its first ACC series victory of the year could very well come down to hill.