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Founder's Day Award Reception honors Alumni Leaders
POSTED ON: February 6, 2012
Each year in February, Cooper Union honors the accomplishments of its alumni in an annual Founder's Day award celebration. This year the award ceremony took place at the historic Guasatvino's in Manhattan. Situated under the arches of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, Guastavino's features a dramatic landmark-designated interior in which we honored our four alumni of the year. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres were served to a crowd of alumni and friends as the institution honored five leaders in their respective fields.
John Leeper (AR'85) received the Alumnus of the Year award, an honor designated for outstanding dedication and commitment to both the Alumni Association and Cooper Union. In his professional life, Mr. Leeper is the Project Executive for the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse Renovation Project. He is Senior Vice President at Lend Lease (US) Construction LMB Inc.
The Gano Dunn Award for Engineering this year goes to Morton Lippmann (ChE'54), a Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Lippmann is a leader in the fields of human exposure assessment and air pollution health effects, and has authored or co-authored more than 330 research articles as well as two books.
The Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award for Art goes to Carin Goldberg (A'75), an educator, consultant and designer whose work can be found in several permanent museum collections around the world.
And finally, the John Q. Hejduk Award for Architecture goes to two recipients this year. The first is Lee H. Skolnick (AR'79), a widely recognized architect and designer who sits on the boards of various arts and design organizations and has published and lectured internationally on the topic of architecture and design. The second is being posthumously presented to Ralph Lerner (AR'74), an architect and former faculty of Princeton, Harvard, the University of Westminster, Polytechnic of Central London and the University of Virginia. Mr. Lerner's widow Lisa Fischetti accepted the award.


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Things Falling Apart (also known as Halo 16), released on November 21, 2000, is described as a collection of "various manipulations of songs recorded from The Fragile sessions." An official website was set up for its release. A two-track promotional version of Into The Void was released in the US and was incorrectly labeled as Halo 16.
Track Listing
CD Release
Vinyl Release
A1 "Slipping Away" – 6:11
Album Credits
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additional production: Adrian Sherwood and Mark Stewart engineered by Alan Branch
production: Joshua Eustis, Turk Dietrich violin: Steve Hakel cello: Marc Paradis
production: Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis, Charles Cooper Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper appear courtesy of Hefty Records (www.heftyrecords.com)
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Although originally the breed was smooth coated or rough coated, only the rough coated variety exists today. It is thought that Phoenician sailors brought dogs of greyhound type from the Middles East to Ireland and these dogs were crossed with Mastiffs to produce a dog of gigantic size with the speed and strength to see off wolves which were a great threat to livestock in Ireland. By the end of the 18th century the wolf was extinct in Ireland and breed numbers dwindled. With the Great Famine in Ireland 1840s the breed became very rare.
However, a group of devotees lead by the Scotsman Captain George Augustus Graham developed a breeding programme to revive the breed, with the few Irish Wolfhounds which had survived using outcrosses with the heavier type of Deerhound, the Great Dane and the Tibetan Mastiff. The Irish Wolfhound is reputed to be the tallest of the hound breeds and the biggest of all breeds. Despite his size he is gentle and calm: truly a gentle giant.
Breeds originally used for hunting either by scent or by sight. The scent hounds include the Beagle and Bloodhound and the sight hounds such breeds as the Whippet and Greyhound. Many of them enjoy a significant amount of exercise and can be described as dignified, aloof but trustworthy companions.
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Posted by Editoress on 05/30/99
Women's World Cup Montreal May 30, 1999: Reports of the race in progress
The weather is HOT and sunny, with a bit of a headwind on the climb, for today's start of the Women's World Cup in Montreal. This weather is much to the liking of Linda Jackson who really did not like the cold and wet that Montreal forced the riders to endure here last year.
Linda predicts that there will be an early break. "Saturn has been riding very strong and agressively this year, so I expect they will try early to set up Lyne."
Lyne Bessette is very popular in her home province. The hill is covered with "Allez Lyne" painted in the pavement.
At the end of lap 4 ....... there is little to report. There is a main group of about 40 riders, who are staying together. Saturn has pushed the pace a bit on the climb, but all this has resulted in is a minor thinning of some of the weaker riders.
There are 7 laps yet to go, so the tactics should start soon...........
Nearing the end of lap 5 and still no action. The group is down to 35 riders, and it has become a race of attrition. Elita is taking the lead on the climbs, Linda Jackson appears to be struggling a bit onn the climb, Kupfernagel and Greenery-Hawk just seem to be sitting in and waiting.
Whether it is the heat, or just too much waiting for "the other guy" to make the move - this has all the makings of a non-race.
At the end of lap 6, Linda Jackson has decided to try and heat this race up a bit. On bottom of the climb, she went to the front and started to push the pace. Barbara Heeb responded and had taken over the front position at the top of the climb. Other riders who also responded were Cybil DiGuistini, Tracy Gaudry, Suzi Pryde and Mari Holden. It looks like the riders have decided to make a race of todays event after all?!!!! The group is now down to about 20 riders.
It appears that the "Big Guns" have decided now is the time to race. At the end of lap 7, there is a hardcore group of 12 riders who have started to do a push. There is no break, just a hard, steady pace.
Linda Jackson, who tried to initiate a tempo increase at the end of lap 5, has had to stop for a mechanical, and has been left behind. Sue Palmer has also been dropped, but it is not clear whether she has a mechanical problem or is just not able to keep the pace being set.
At the end of lap 8 (at the top of the climb), Linda Jackson managed to get back in with the lead group. Sue Palmer had managed to get back on shortly before the climb began.
As lap 9 begins, Leigh Hobson is at the front setting the pace, with Tracey Gaudry fixed to her wheel and Diana Ziliute and Lyne Bessette on Gaudry.
Bessette has made her move! At the end of lap 9 (with 2 to go), Lynne Bessetee launched an attack and has put 18 seconds between her an a small chase group. Only one rider was able to go with her and that was Australian Tracey Gaudry.
There is a second chase group at 45 seconds that Linda Jackson is trying to bridge from to get up to the 1st chase group. This is where any counter attack will come from and Jackson wants to be there.
Last Lap. Bessette and Gaudry have put nearly a minute between themselves and a chase group of 9. In this chase group, the main 2 riders are Ziliute and Heeb, who are attempting a chase and have reeled in the leaders by 10 seconds in the last 1/4 lap. Jackson and DiGuistini are behind them in another group.
Of the 2 leaders, Bessette is doing most of the work, but she must be aware of the fact that Gaudry is the Australian National Road Champion.
2:50pm Tracey Gaudry takes Montreal World Cup, Bessette second
Australian Tracy Gaudry takes the race. Lyne Bessette "ran out of gas" on the final climb to the finish, but held on to take 2nd place.
1. Tracey Gaudry (AUS) EBL
2. Lyne Bessette(CAN) Saturn
3. Anna Wilson (AUS) Saturn
4. Suzy Pryde (NZL) Saturn
5.Catherine Marsal (FRA)
3:40pm Post Race
Tracey Gaudry was "Very pleased" with her win today. She flew in yesterday after racing all last week in the Tour of Bretagne in France, where she was 5th. She was supposed to ride for Timex. Her team (Ebly) had released her and Timex paid all her expenses to get to Montreal, but at the last minute the UCI refused. So, today she rode in her Australian national colours with no team support or other riders to support. Tracey said her tactic was to stay near the front, and go with any break that looked like it would establish itself.
Todays negative racing may have actually been in Tracey's favour. There were no breaks attempted until the last few laps. When Anna Wilson attempted, Tracey went with her. When Anna couldn't hold it, Tracey found that Lyne Bessette had come up and the two stayed together and were successful staying away. With about 600 metres to go to the finish, she noticed that Bessette was starting to slow down. She figured she'd try to go and see what happened and was surprised when Bessette didn't counter. Tracy Gaudry was 3rd at the World Cup Held in New Zealand earlier this year
Lyne Bessette was "Very Happy" to place 2nd today. She started to cramp up on the final climb and attributes it to not drinking enough water.
Linda Jackson had her rear wheel loosen and jam in the frame, throwing her over the handlebars at the end of lap 5. She made it to the pit and got the wheel fixed. She then had to chase to get back on "This is not a course where you want to chase hard" she said "it took too much out of me."
Hanka Kupfernagel finished in the 2nd chase group, but will hold onto her over all World Cup lead.
1. Tracey Gaudry (AUS) 2:43.07
2. Lyne Bessette(CAN) Saturn 2:43.18
3. Anna Wilson (AUS) Saturn 2:44.09
4. Suzy Pryde (NZL) Saturn s.t.
5. Catherine Marsal (FRA) s.t.
15. Linda Jackson (CAN) 2:44.24
24. Cybil DeGuistini (CAN) Elita 2:47.08
25. Sue Palmer (CAN) Elita s.t.
31. Erin Carter (CAN) 2:51.09
Leigh Hobson and Sophie St. Jacques finished, but where outside the time allowed. All other Canadian riders abandoned. We hope to have full results later today.
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A recently discovered treatment by noir master Jim Thompson that had been commissioned by the late Stanley Kubrick is getting a second chance at life on the big screen, with Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson.
Having already worked with Thompson on "The Killing" and "Paths of Glory," Kubrick turned to him for "Lunatic at Large," the story of a prone-to-anger ex-carnie who strikes up a relationship with a smalltown barfly. One of them may or may not be an escapee from a nearby mental institution.
This sounds like it could be right in Rockwell's wheelhouse, the man does crazy/manic/demented with a deftness and gravity, as witnessed by his great turn in his dual roles from last year's overlooked "Moon."
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Kubrick's son-in-law/archivist Philip Hobbs came upon the writing in 2006 and turned into a script by Stephen R. Clarke. Whether that script is still in play is unclear, and it seems doubtful that British commercial director Chris Palmer is still onboard.
But Kubrick abandoned the film around the time he did "Spartacus" (1960), having gotten swept up in a number of other projects.
"The Getaway," "The Killer Inside Me," "The Grifters" and "After Dark, My Sweet" are among the films that have been made from Thompson's novels.
If you've only recently returned to Earth, Rockwell and Scar-Jo both appear in "Iron Man 2," which comes out May 7.


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With only 22 days to go before the GRAMMY nominations are announced in Nashville, TN, the event's concert has added two more big names to its lineup.
The show, which airs live on Wednesday, December 5, will now include performances from fun. and Ne-Yo. The two acts join previously announced guests Maroon 5, country singer Luke Bryan and Taylor Swift, who is handling the night's hosting duties.
Adam Levine and the guys of Maroon 5 will also perform a special post-show concert for all those in attendance.
Fans can get their tickets for The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!- Countdown To Music's Biggest Night here.
Watch the show live on December 5 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBS.
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Tagged: Social Capital
The facts about Orrin Woodward, Team and MonaVie – Once and for all – Part 5
Part 5 – Orrin Woodward, Chris Brady, Social Capital and the Test of True Friendships
"We few, we happy few, we Band of Brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother.." – William Shakespeare from King Henry V
Social Capital
True leadership only shines in difficult times. There are many points in history where only a strong leader who is unwavering in their principles will be followed. To a non-leader, this type of leader is, at best an anomaly and at worsts a pariah. George Washington was chosen to lead the Revolutionary War and the Presidency not because of how tall he was, how wealthy he was nor where he went to school. He was chosen to lead because he was a man of iron principle, integrity and honor. This type of person attracts and builds something called social capital.
When the Quixtar letters were sent out, I can only imagine that the owners and legal staff concluded that they had financial capital to use as leverage to force members to capitulate to their demands. I imagine that Quixtar staff and legal council suggesting "nobody would dare give up their income and their entire business that they worked so hard for, just to follow Orrin and Chris into the unknown!" The rule in the Quixtar Member Contract was that you could not join another networking company for 6 months – so who would be crazy enough to give up their income and potentially start from scratch after 6 months? This is were Quixtar brass missed it – they were all about to witness the true power of social capital. Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady followed the judges TRO completely (phones and computers were seized for discovery by the lawyers, and proved in court there were no traces of down-line communication whatsoever). Not even the lawyers could understand why, in the days and weeks that followed, an avalanche of resignation letters were submitted to Quixtar. What began as a few member resignations led to dozens, which led to hundreds, which led to many thousands of resignations sent in to Quixtar. It was estimated that, within 60 days, Quixtar had managed to scare away almost $200 million in annual market share and an incalculable amount of potential growth revenue in years to come (full article reference here).
It was argued over and over, "They had to have communicated somehow!" Nope. The fact remains that Orrin and Chris did no such thing. To the mass of Team members who were in the dark, two facts were all that were needed. Fact #1: 'Orrin and Chris were no longer a part of the Quixtar business.' Fact #2: 'Orrin and Chris were (and still are today) men of iron principle and integrity who have served a group of men and women for over a decade. As a result, they have earned a tremendous amount of social capital.' This is all that was needed for the first wave of Team members to logically conclude that, "if Orrin and Chris are no longer in Quixtar, then I don't want to be either." This first wave of resignations to Quixtar was not a blind leap by mindless drones. This was social capital in its finest form. Through deductive reasoning, members could discern the facts concerning the status of Orrin and Chris at that time: (1) they are no longer with Quixtar, (2) they have always had a vision serve a million person team, (3) they have a track record of good character, integrity and service to others, (4) they have always adapted in adversity. Therefore a leader could conclude that there must be another 'mountain top' on the other side of this impending 'valley'. The first wave of resignations led to an exponentially bigger second wave following the same explanation of social capital at other levels within the Team organization. Wave after wave of resignation letters crashed the membership department at Quixtar. Just like a scene out of the stock trading floor in Wall Street when there is panic in the trading markets, I imaging Quixtar staff frantically yelling and scrambling for answers to why, oh why, in a matter of 3 months, did they lose tens of thousands of distributors and a $200 million per year portion of their North American business… The answer is clear looking backwards: Social capital trumped financial capital.
The phenomenon of social capital can only be understood by studying those rare events in history: the Biblical account of David and his Mighty Men, the Greek history of Achilles and his Myrmidons, the original signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the WWII paratroopers of Easy Company portrayed in the movie series Band of Brothers (to name a few examples). It is something that is built and earned over time by adhering to the laws of leadership. Period. In addition, those who don't have social capital have a very difficult time understanding those who do. Case and point: Quixtar's next move.
The battle is about to begin – stay tuned for Part 6!


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- Authorities say they went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods, seeking donations
- One would then funnel the funds to the terror group using various remittance companies
- Both women have maintained the funds were for the poor
A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants.
Authorities said the two women went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada, seeking contributions.
Amina Farah Ali, 36, got two decades in prison on 13 terror-related counts that include providing material support to Al-Shabaab.
Hawo Mohamed Hassan, 66, got half of that on one count of conspiracy to support a terror group and lying to authorities.
Both women, naturalized U.S. citizens from Somalia, were convicted in October 2011. They were sentenced Thursday in Minneapolis.
Evidence presented at their trial showed they supported the terror group between 2008 and 2009, according to B. Todd Jones, a United States Attorney.
Teleconference appeal for Al-Shabaab
"Ali communicated by telephone with Somalia-based members of Al-Shabaab who requested financial assistance on behalf of the group," Jones said in a statement. "Ali often sought the money under false pretenses, contending that it was to help the poor."
In both years, authorities said, she hosted teleconferences and urged listeners to give money to the terror group instead of the poor.
In one instance, she recorded $2,100 in pledges at the conclusion of that teleconference, according to officials.
She would then funnel the funds to the terror group using various remittance companies under false names.
'Questioned by the enemy'
Ali has maintained that the funds were for the poor, but authorities said monitored phone calls reveal otherwise.
"On July 14, 2009, the day after the FBI executed a search warrant at Ali's home, she telephoned her primary Al-Shabaab contact, saying, "I was questioned by the enemy here . . . they took all my stuff and are investigating it . . . do not accept calls from anyone."
Hassan, on the other hand, made false statements when questioned by federal agents about international terrorism, Jones said.
From Minneapolis to Somalia
The sentencing Thursday is the latest in federal investigation in Minneapolis -- home to the nation's largest Somali population.
The women were among a group sentenced this week in the federal government's probe focusing on Al-Shabaab, which is believed to recruit young men in the Minneapolis area. The U.S. has designated it a terrorist group, and has said it has ties to al Qaeda.
In recent years, about 20 Somali-American men have traveled from the area to Somalia to train with the terror group, and some have gone on to fight with the militants, according to U.S. officials.


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YouTube Jihadi Mohammed Gul Gets 5 years in Her Majesty's Prison
He's young – I'm sure the old boys who've been in a while will love having him around.
From Undhimmi.com:
A 'YouTube terrorist' who put Islamic extremist videos online is jailed for five years.
Videos included images of Osama bin Laden, bodies of children and a coalition Jeep being blown up
Police say conviction is one of the first for spreading terrorist publications via the internet
A law student dubbed the 'YouTube terrorist' who posted Islamic propaganda on the internet after becoming radicalised was jailed for five years today.
Mohammed Gul was 'pouring petrol on the fire' and his actions could have spurred others to commit acts of terror, the Old Bailey heard.
Gul, 23, of Hornchurch, Essex, who has since graduated, was found guilty of five counts of disseminating terrorist publications following a retrial at the Old Bailey.
Word to the wise: you think that just because you post inflammatory stuff on the internet and don't actually, you know, kill anyone yourself that you'll get off Scot free? The wheels of justice grind VERY slowly it seems – especially to those of us who are taking notice and documenting what you do. But it looks like the law enforcement agencies are seriously paying attention finally!
So who's next? Smackdown Crew has dozens of potential candidates. And we're considering every one of them. If you've been engaging in similar activity, maybe you should quit while you're ahead.


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New online Wisconsin map pronounces names
Allows users to hear pronounciation
MADISON, Wis. — Have a hard time pronouncing Oconomowoc?
How about Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest?
The State Cartographer's Office is here to help.
It has released a new online map called Pronounce Wisconsin that allows users to click on a place name and hear how it is pronounced. More than 1,700 Wisconsin places are on the map, including counties, cities, villages and unincorporated communities.
Pronounce Wisconsin was created jointly by the cartographer's office as well as Wisconsin Radio Network reporter Jackie Johnson. She created the MissPronouncer.com website more than six years ago that lists hard-to-pronounce names of places, elected officials, parks and other Wisconsin-specific phenomena.
The new map allows users to run a computer mouse over a place name to hear how it sounds.


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Eric Garner Murdered by NYPD No Guns Required Mayor De Blasio
Bill Bratton and Chief Reznick resign.
It is time for new Police Commissioner Avenue commission into NYPD an internal affairs corruption.
NYPD kill man in Staten Island today, police brutality
NYPD kill man in Staten Island today, police brutality.
Video of murder...
You can hear the victim state repeatedly he can't breathe but the NYPD in green shirt does not listen and appears to have a death lock around his throat.
The NYPD interfere with good Samaratian filming making him move further away when there was no need to but he has the evidence needed to prove NYPD had this man in a death grip and did not listen to his repeated warnings that he could not breathe.
The NYPD cannot be policed by the police other it's brutality or theft or taking gifts. Internal affairs Bureau told me that NYPD Chief Chuck Dowd do not steal millions so he can retire and that's that over and out. We need the new commission into the police corruption and violence which includes internal affairs who cannot police the police.
Eric Holder's office tells you to contact the FBI and the FBI tell you to contact the DA.
I was a victim of NYPD corruption and literally a crime commited by Det John Vergona who coerced me but Internal Affairs let him walk even after he threatened me told me he did not care if I had two black eyes told me I would have to wait until Saturday to be arrested for being punched and kicked and threatened , my eyes damaged he told me he did not care if I had two black eyes ...
I caught Internal Affairs fixing crime for the corrupt NYPD involved including supervisors.
The New York Police Department and the internal affairs Bureau did everything but help my attacker to murder me.
IAB let Det John Vergona and Lt Angelo Burgos retired and did not punish any NYPD involved including Det Andy Dwyer and his partner as well as Vergona's partner and I don't have names or badge numbers including for Sgt Chen of the first precinct detective squad. I caught IAB Sgt Mary O'Donnell lying to me and repeatedly stating case closed. IAB Lt Fikru stated the video speaks for itself but he was only investigating O'Donnell and it was clear to me that he was going to let odonnell walk.
My attacker was and is employed by dr. Andrew Fagelman he did not fire her so they corrupt NYPD and internal affairs sure did him a favor because she committed a crime and I caught the beginning of the crime on video.
please help this go viral so shame MD, my attacker, NYPD and IAB thank you.
June 19, 2014 learned even more about Internal Affairs Corruption do created new blog goal to sue Mr Bratton and Mr Reznick 2015.
The NYPD an internal affairs fix crime in my opinion based on my own experience.
Dr Andrew Fagelman Delita Hooks Violence Lies New bad Yelp Review Not ADay @ The Beach!


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The song "Survival" from the British rock band Muse has been named as the first official song for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
"We are very excited to announce that a Muse song, 'Survival,' has been selected by the London Olympic committee to be the main official song for the London 2012 Olympic Games," the band said on its website Wednesday.
The song will be played throughout the games including when athletes enter the stadium and as the lead-in to the medal ceremonies, according to the site. Frontman Matt Bellamy "wrote the song with the Olympics in mind," and told the BBC that the track "expresses a sense of conviction and determination to win."
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News from around the country and around the globe
Bellamy formed the rock group in 1994 with band mates Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme. Hailing from from the small town of Teignmouth, Devon, the band has released five studio albums and sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Muse was also nominated for three Grammy Awards in 2011, of which they won Best Rock Album for "The Resistance."
The song will get its first play on England's Radio 1 Wednesday night and will then go on sale to the public via iTunes.
The announcement comes in the wake of the band taking part in the official torch procession in which they carried the Olympic flame through their home town on day two of the 70-day relay.
"Survival" is the first of five official Olympic songs. The next offering comes from Elton John vs. Pnau (an Australian dance music group) and will be released on July 16. Following at weekly intervals after that will be music from Delphic, the Chemical Brothers and finally Dizzee Rascal on August 6.
Olympic organizers have also revealed that there will be 13 surprise performances from different bands hidden across the 650 sport sessions during the big event. Bands include Scissor Sisters and Rizzle Kicks, with other groups remaining a secret until the performance times.


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2009-11-17 Links: Minor league free agents, Adrian Gonzalez, Hermida
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The Red Sox lost a number of players to minor league free agency this week. These players are no longer a part of the organization, though I wouldn't be surprised to see some of them come back:
P Devern Hansack, P Charlie Zink, P Jose Vadequano, SS Angel Chavez, SS Iggy Suarez, P Dave McKae, 2B Travis Denker, P Jarod Plummer, P Derrick Loop, OF Brad Correll
The Red Sox also lost a number of players when they were taken off the 40-man roster and they opted for free agency:
RP Takashi Saito, RP Javier Lopez, 2B Nick Green, C George Kottaras, 1B/OF Jeff Bailey, 2B Gil Velasquez, RP Marcus McBeth, RP Billy Traber, RP Enrique Gonzalez
No one expected Saito to return, but the loss of lefties Lopez and Traber means that we have to sign at least one lefty reliever this offseason. There are a number of quality major league free agents available, and names like Casey Fossum and Chris Capuano are available as minor league free agents.


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The second SportAccord World Mind Games (SWMG) will be held December 12-19 in Beijing, China. The multi-sport event is intended to highlight the value of mind sports and features five games: bridge, chess, draughts (checkers), go and xiangqi (Chinese Chess). Coverage will be provided on the SWMG website, Ranka Online and in the E-Journal.
The SWMG go tournament is held under the auspices of the International Go Federation (IGF), and 28 players — 16 men and 12 women — will participate. The competition format includes Men's Individual and Women's Individual events and a Pair Go event. The Individual events feature a double elimination in seven rounds, a time limit for each side of 1 hour, with three 30-second byo-yomi periods. Eight pairs will compete in the Pair Go event, a single elimination with two rounds each day and three rounds in total. The time limit is 1 hour each side, with three 30 second byo-yomi periods.
The surprise this year is that nearly 80% of the field is new: the only returnees from last year are Li He (China), Choi Chulhan and Park Jeonghwan (Korea), Mukai Chiaki (Japan), Joanne Missingham (Taipei), and Vanessa Wong (Great Britain). This reflects the astounding rate at which young players have been rising to the top all over the world during the past year or so. Nearly one-third of the contestants are under 20, and all but five of the rest are under 30.
In the Asian zone, China used its internal rating system to select its two best women and two best men, and added LG Cup-winner and world meijin Jiang Weijie as its third man. Korea and Chinese Taipei held qualifying tournaments in which young players did conspicuously well. Japan followed their lead by entering five of its best young players. In the European zone, three men selected in a special qualifier held in Lille in August are joined by the top three finishers in the recent European Women's Championship. In the North American zone, two young Canadians — Tianyu Lin and Irene Sha — won the men's and women's qualifiers, shutting out the United States. Only in South America was youth denied: Argentina's famed veteran Fernando Aguilar rebuffed five rivals from Argentina, Mexico, and Chile to become the first South American go player to compete in the SportAccord World Mind Games.


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I think one of the hardest parts about photography is editing and deciding how to share it with others. A little separation to detach myself from the experience usually helps, a chance to reflect, some time to digest all of the stories. There's a fine line between waiting too long as the memories fade or being so excited I can't distinguish between good composition or just being stoked on the experience. I'm not sure where I'm at with my Nepal trip. I returned to Alaska at the end of October and jumped straight into the whirl wind of my other life - a ski patrol supervisor. Like every season the winter has consumed most of my time as it should. I love the excitement of big storm cycles, long days and tired nights... but it sure hasn't helped me to share my work. My goal was to have a slide show together by mid December and here it is the end of January and I'm just starting the process. Already names and locations are fuzzy and I'm a little overwhelmed by the 3000 pictures and hours and hours of video. Here's my first attempt at a small series of portraits.
I'm the first to admit my discomfort on the other side of the lens. It's awkward when someone points their camera at me, especially a big one like mine. There is a certain amount of trust one must have for the person behind the lens. This is an interesting dynamic in travel photography when you don't know your subject or even speak the same language. Everyone responds differently. Some have no choice; their actions are candid and my camera is unbeknownst to them. Some have a natural ability to relax and smile. Others are serious. And most turn their head and try to ignore my presence. I love people, their expressions, their environment, their emotions, their bashfulness, their boldness... and even their reluctance. This photo essay is mostly about me and my interaction with my subject.
Our beautiful hostess with fresh apples for our departure, Chhokang Paro, Tsum Valley. I hope to get a copy of this picture to her someday.
Our hosts making some tea in Nile, Tsum Valley
I found photographing children to be quite fun along the Manaslu Circuit. Many would approach me and ask for chocolate, pens and sometimes balloons. I would offer them a photo, and many would accept knowing they would get to see themselves on the LCD screen of my camera.
At 12,713ft (3875M) in Samdo this women invited me into her home to sell me some of her beads and jewelry. I purchased a few things and she graciously let me take her picture.
Tsum Valley Homestay guide, Fupu Tsering Lama
Boys will be boys. Serval of these wild ones started out throwing rocks at myself and my treking partner, Julie. They followed us for awhile as we hiked up to a small Gompa. Julie finally stopped and started singing to them. They watched in amazement and eventually she had them singing, dancing and performing for us.
Every child needs a pet monkey!
A neighbor child of the family we stayed with in Chhokang Paro, Tsum Valley
Pemba and Fupu
Pemba the Porter


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Per a blog reader's request, I made a Valentine's Puppy Bouquet. I love it!
It is so adorable. See below…
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OTTAWA — The Friends of Lansdowne have fought a good fight but should stand down now that the Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal effort to stop the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park, Mayor Jim Watson said Monday.
In a unanimous ruling delivered Monday, three judges agreed with an earlier ruling that the city legally entered a partnership with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group for the project and that the deal doesn't constitute an illegal subsidy for a private business. They comprehensively rejected the case brought by the Friends of Lansdowne.
"It is not for the courts to second guess or reweigh policy and financial considerations that informed the city's decision to advance this development," the ruling says. Whatever the merits of the Lansdowne plans, it says, there's no proof the city conceived them improperly or did a dirty deal with OSEG to make them happen.
The unanimity means that the Friends of Lansdowne don't have an automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada: a further appeal is still possible, but it would require the Supreme Court's permission.
Don't do it, Watson said at a lunch-hour news conference.
"Both sides together have spent close to $1.5 million in total and we have two unanimous decisions that allow the work will proceed," Watson said. "I believe it's time to accept and respect the court's validation of city council's decisions and move forward with this important city-building project."
The Friends' opposition is genuine and passionate, Watson said, but enough is enough.
Friends of Lansdowne president June Creelman said the group hasn't made a quick decision about an appeal, but hopes to decide in the next few days.
"We always knew this would be a difficult legal case because there's so little precedent for bringing a city council to court over these issues," she said.
The tone of the Friends' press conference made it sound as though the group is beginning to think about what it can do to improve the redevelopment plan rather than how to stop it. A formal statement talks about "refocusing our efforts on asking the province to reform the Municipal Act to better protect the public interest, and to ensure that proper heritage and environmental approvals are obtained before the City begins any construction."
Creelman was accompanied by Carleton business professor Ian Lee, who's previously been fierce about taking the case as far as it could go. Monday, he was philosophical.
"Today, we lost our appeal, and I'm certainly not going to sugar-coat or give you spin, because we are not professional politicians," he said. He said a top priority is to seek reform of the law governing Ontario's municipalities.
Both Lee and Creelman said whatever happens at Lansdowne, the Friends have won a significant victory by teaching the city it can't barge ahead with sole-sourced deals and expect nobody to object. "We've raised the bar," Lee said. "I don't think that any municipal politician would ever do again what they did three or four years ago."
City lawyer Rick O'Connor said if the case continues and the city wins, he'll follow a recently revised policy that says the city should seek to have its legal bills paid by the other side. He estimated the city's costs at $25,000 to deal with an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, and a further $50,000 if such an appeal went ahead.
Creelman said the Friends have raised about $300,000 over the last few years and have spent almost all of it on legal bills. Their deal with lawyer Steven Shrybman is that they pay him what they can raise, she said.
Financing an appeal hasn't entered their thinking yet, she said — they're focused on whether they have any legal basis.
The case, a challenge of the city's plans to work with a group of private developers and sports businessmen to renovate Frank Clair Stadium, add a park to part of the property and commercial and residential buildings to the rest, was heard in November. Residents and politicians alike impatiently awaited the three-judge panel's decision ever since.
Councillor Tim Tierney clapped his hands and pumped a fist when he heard the judges' decision was unanimous. "Yes!" he said. "Let's get going!"
The Friends of Lansdowne argued that the deal with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group amounts to an illegal subsidy of their business, that the agreement was reached in bad faith, and that it violated the city's own procurement bylaw. After a trial last summer, Justice Charles Hackland ruled comprehensively in the city's favour, but the Friends appealed on the grounds that Hackland made numerous legal errors in his decision.
He didn't, says the ruling from the three judges — written by Justice Susan Lang and agreed with by Justice Robert Blair and Chief Justice Warren Winkler — which supports Hackland's findings in every respect. On the key question of whether a complex public-private partnership breaks the provincial law against municipalities' subsidizing businesses, the appeal court said the deal has to be considered in its totality, not piecemeal. So even if parts of the Lansdowne plans do appear to give OSEG an unusual advantage, they're permissible in the context of a larger deal.
Increasingly anxious city staff have been urging the city to move ahead with parts of the Lansdowne project that can be done independently of the partnership with OSEG. A final vote by city council is due in June; the hired-gun lawyer who handled the case for the city, Peter Doody, said that without a live court case over the plans, there's no legal barrier holding them back.
The whole thing is to be done by summer 2015, but court delays are squeezing that timeline hard. The city hopes to have Frank Clair Stadium in shape for an international soccer tournament in 2014 (Watson said a decision about which Canadian cities will host games as part of the tournament is expected from FIFA, soccer's global governing body, within a week or so).
It's not clear what would happen to the plans if the Friends do try to take the appeal court's ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada. As far as the developers are concerned, it's full speed ahead.
"The goal is to try to stay as best as we can on the construction schedule to be open for the summer of 2014 for football, soccer and lots of other stuff," said Roger Greenberg, the head of the Minto empire and the front man for OSEG. "I think that this is the final level of appeal that makes any sense to my mind, at least."


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In 1965, in an attempt to preserve the scenic beauty of America's highways, Congress passed the Highway Beautification Act (HBA), one of the first modern environmental laws. The Act was originally designed to prohibit construction of new billboards on scenic and rural federal-aid highways, and to require the removal of illegal billboards (those erected without proper permits). Billboards that do not meet the standards of the HBA are designated as nonconforming and marked for removal.
Thirty-two years after its passage, the Act has become little more than a billboard protection program. On average, new billboards are twice as big as they were in 1965, and there are fifty percent more of them than 30 years ago when Lady Bird Johnson championed highway beautification. Today there are an estimated 450,000 billboards on federal-aid highways, compared to the 330,000 billboards that first inspired the Act. Between 5,000 to 15,000 new billboards - 3 and 10 million square feet of new advertising space - are added to the nation's roadsides each year.
Rural and scenic areas are not protected from billboard blight by the HBA. Most states allow construction of new billboards in unzoned rural areas, in direct conflict with the original intent of the law. Twenty-four (24) states allow billboard operators to cut down trees on public rights of way to improve the view of private billboards. Nationwide, taxpayers provide a $6-10 million subsidy to the billboard industry each year because fees for billboard permits do not cover the full costs of controlling the industry.
What's more, the HBA actually protects billboards from community efforts to remove them. Until 1978, communities that decided to remove billboards could choose any constitutional means to do so, from up front cash payments to amortization, which allows billboard operators a grace period of five to eight years to recoup their investment and make a profit, at the end of which the billboards come down. In 1978, however, Congress derailed this process. It amended the HBA to require that communities pay cash compensation for removal of billboards on federal-aid highways - and shortly thereafter stopped providing money for billboard removal.
Nationwide there are 73,000 billboards that do not conform with HBA standards. In 1995, just 503 were removed.
The industry claims that billboards are necessary for travelers, yet logo signs along highways (Gas at this exit: ...), state tourist information programs (Country Inn 2 miles), and advancing technologies make this notion obsolete. Indeed, cigarette and alcohol advertising provides as much as one quarter of all billboard industry revenue, and six of the top eight billboard advertisers are tobacco or alcohol conglomerates. According to advertising industry sources, cigarette companies are pouring tens of millions more dollars into billboards. Why? Because billboards are a sure way to reach kids. After the Joe Camel cartoon was introduced, Camel's market share among underage smokers jumped from 0.5 percent to 32.8 percent
Given this history, it is not surprising that the Highway Beautification Acti is strongly supported by the billboard industry.


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BERLIN — Worcester has seen the greatest incoming migration of taxpaying citizens among all jurisdictions in Maryland, and subsequently the largest percentage of growth in the assessable income tax base, over a recent two-year period, according to an independent study released last week.
According to study released by Change Maryland, based on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) figures, more taxpaying citizens migrated to Worcester County over a two-year period from 2009 to 2010 resulting in the largest percentage growth in assessable income tax than any other jurisdiction in Maryland.
The inflow of 2,528 tax filers and their dependents into Worcester over the two-year period resulted in an increase in the county's gross aggregate income of $72.2 million. While an almost in-kind number of tax filers and their dependents, 2,408, leaving Worcester over the same time period, resulted in a decrease in the county's gross aggregate income of around $50 million, the net result is an increase in the county's aggregate income of over $22 million, the highest level of increase in the state.
The $22 million increase, or 2.07 percent, represents largest tax base increase in Maryland during the study period. By comparison, neighboring Wicomico saw its income tax base decline by .77 percent.
While most counties in Maryland, along with Baltimore City, experienced an exodus in the number of tax filers, and a subsequent decline in their income tax base, a handful of counties on the Eastern Shore, most notably Worcester, saw their tax rolls increase, taking its assessable tax base with it.
"Clearly, Worcester County is a success story in an otherwise bleak picture around the state," said Change Maryland spokesman Jim Pettit yesterday. "The positive migration Worcester experienced during the study's time frame has resulted in the largest percentage increase in the income tax base of any county in Maryland."
Simple geography is partly responsible for the migration of tax-paying citizens into Worcester. For example, the largest number of taxpayers migrating into Worcester came from Wicomico County with 317 individual tax-filers, or 570 when their dependents are added. The second largest group entering Worcester came from Sussex County, Del. with 103 individuals, or 171 when dependents are included.
However, the contributions to the tax base of Worcester by those taxpayers tell a different story. For example, the 570 filers and their dependents from Wicomico during the study period added $10.6 million to Worcester's tax base.
By comparison, the 77 taxpayers who migrated to Worcester from Anne Arundel County, the third largest number, added $5.3 million to the county's tax base. Even more pronounced, the 40 taxpayers who migrated to Worcester County from Montgomery County added $7.3 million to Worcester's tax base. In short, 317 taxpayers from Wicomico added $10.6 million to Worcester's tax base, while 40 from Montgomery contributed $7.3 million in new taxable income.
"When you look at the contributions to Worcester's tax base from the migrations of certain other counties, the numbers are even more distorted," said Pettit. "In most cases, far fewer migrations resulted in the largest contributions to the county's tax base."
Pettit said Change Maryland analyzed the migrations of taxpayers from one county to the other and determined a root cause for the pattern. Most of the highly populated counties in the center of the state, including Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore County and Baltimore City, for example, experienced huge migrations, and consequently saw their income tax bases decline.
However, Worcester is one of the few success stories on the Eastern Shore and other rural areas of the state. Pettit said Change Maryland concluded the migration patterns of taxpayers from one county to another, particularly from the highly populated counties in the center of the state to the smaller, rural counties in Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore, including Worcester, is rooted in the tax-friendly policies of the recipient states.
"What we tend to see in the outlying, smaller counties is a viable two-party local government with more give and take on tax and spend issues," he said. "The bigger, more populated counties are often dominated by a single party and have less give and take on tax issues. The result is a less tax-friendly approach in the larger counties."
Pettit said the relative tax-friendliness of a county or jurisdiction is directly related to the migration patterns of taxpayers from one county to another.
"People tend to vote with their feet," he said. "If they get taxed enough, they're going to move to a more tax-friendly location. That's why we believe Worcester and some of the other counties are seeing positive growth in their tax base. Clearly, there's a pattern with Montgomery and Baltimore, for example, where people are leaving those counties."


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Jónas Þór Guðmundsson re-elected Chairman of the Board.
Jónas Þór Guðmundsson re-elected Chairman of the Board.
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Landsvirkjun's unguaranteed senior unsecured debt ratings from Baa3 to Baa2.
Landsvirkjun has reached an agreement with US and UK institutional investors to issue its debut US private placement ("USPP") in Green Bond format, for a total amount of USD $200 million.
Norsk Hydro ASA has made a binding offer for all shares in Rio Tinto á Íslandi hf., the owner and operator of the aluminium ÍSAL smelter in Straumsvík, Iceland.
Record breaking year in energy production and operating performance.
Landsvirkjun and the high-tech company Advania Data Centers have signed a power contract for the supply of 30 MW to the data center at Fitjar in Reykjanesbær.
Highest sustainability score in 11 categories.
The current power contract between the companies dates from the year 1975 and expires in 2019.
Revenue increases between periods.
The first geothermal station to be entirely constructed by Landsvirkjun.
S&P Global Ratings confirms Landsvirkjun's credit ratings, with stable outlook.
Credit rating without the guarantee of collection is Baa3 and with the guarantee of collection Baa1. Outlook is stable.
The preparation stage for the Þeistareykir Geothermal Power Station has mostly been successful and in accordance with the principles of sustainable development
Acceptable results in the first quarter.
A new report on Landsvirkjun's CSR progress and focus for the year 2016 has been published.
At the Annual General Meeting of Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, held today, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs appointed Board members and reserve members for Landsvirkjun's Board of Directors.
The protocol was developed as a partnership project of Landsvirkjun, Reykjavik Energy, HS Orka and the Icelandic Environment Agency.
Acceptable earnings in a demanding business environment.
Hörður Arnarson, CEO, Landsvirkjun, explains how the power company's ongoing innovation allows it to maximize the sustainable harvest of natural resources and add value to the economy in an interview with Country Reports in partnership with Newsweek.
" The current economic situation has shown us that supporting innovation and improving the utilisation of natural resources in Iceland is more important than ever" says Kristín Linda Árnadóttir, Deputy CEO of Landsvirkjun.
Landsvirkjun, Norðurorka (Utility Company), Húsavík Energy and SSNE have signed a new contract to continue their cooperation on the EIMUR innovation project which was formally established in 2017.
Landsvirkjun has started the process of developing a hydrogen production facility at Ljósifoss Hydropower Station.
Acceptable first quarter results under challenging external conditions.
At Landsvirkjun's board meeting, on April 20, 2020, the board of directors agreed on a new dividend policy for the company.
Landsvirkjun has exercised an issuer call option to redeem a bond on 28 October 2020 of the amount of USD 50,000,000.
Landsvirkjun's contribution to reigniting the economy.
Jónas Þór Guðmundsson re-elected chairman of the board.
Landsvirkjun and MýSilica join forces to support innovation and development in the Mývatn area.
The offering was very well received, with an order book which was multiple times oversubscribed.
Landsvirkjun will deliver 100% certified renewable energy to the high-performance computing data center.
The visitor center is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. This is only a precautionary measure.
The ratings apply to long- and short-term commitments, with and without the guarantee of collection.
Acceptable results in challenging external conditions.
A dialogue between the companies amid challenging conditions in aluminium markets.
An open meeting presenting the details of a new action plan.
Landsvirkjun's results for the first nine months of the year 2019.
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Lindsay Lohan's messy personal life finally seemed to be on the verge of stabilizing after fulfilling her probation obligations and scoring a hefty paycheck to pose for Playboy magazine. There was even talk of her playing Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime movie.
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According to Curbed, the Baltimore home that F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in with his wife Zelda has hit the market. After penning "The Great Gatsby," he moved into the home in 1932. His time there was not a happy one though. While attempting to finish "Tender Is The Night," he experienced a bout of depression and drinking which drove him to produce his most dark and dismal works.
Built in 1900, the Bolton HIll home retains its original elegance, with many of the details untouched, like ornate mantels, velvet Louis chairs, floral wallpapers, and timeworn valances. Inside the 3,600 square feet, there are four spacious rooms with generous closets, and large first and second floor porches overlooking a private garden and garage accessible by double French doors.
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Worst lost-teen story: Eric Gordon Murphy, 17, was last seen at 8am February 13 near his Lakeside Apartments home off Avon Street Extended. At press time, the Murray High student had not been found.
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Best blessing for Obama: Kaine endorses presidential candidate Barack Obama at a Richmond fundraiser February 17.
Best blessing for Claytor: Dem sheriff candidate Larry Claytor snags the endorsement of former delegate Mitch Van Yahres February 19 at a campaign kick-off.
Best sign all is not well in the 24th District: Buena Vista businessman Scott Sayre announces his intention to challenge fellow Republican and three-term incumbent State Senator Emmett Hanger.
Best sign it's local election season: Albemarle School Board at-large member Brian Wheeler, director of growth-watchdog Charlottesville Tomorrow, tells citizens he plans to run again. And Albemarle Board of Supervisors Chairman Ken Boyd is also seeking another four years.
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Least collegial armed robbery: A UVA professor and student are robbed near Scott Stadium around 9:30pm February 16, and one of the victims is struck on the back of the head, according to NBC29.
Worst news for beginning readers: Charlottesville will eliminate four reading specialists from the popular Book Buddies program because of a cut in federal funding, according to a Matt Deegan story in the DP.
Biggest conundrum: Charlottesville projects school enrollment will decline by 86 students, but Superintendent Rosa Atkins' proposed $65.7 million budget is a 6.3 percent increase from last year, according to another Deegan article.
Best back dating: The Jefferson School, already a historic landmark, now dates its historic significance to 1894 instead of 1926 following last summer's excavation of the site of the Old Jefferson Graded Elementary School in its parking lot along Fourth Street NW.
Newest pancreatic transplant: UVA surgeons cure 15-year-old Ashley Lilly of pancreatitis, a serious inflammation of the pancreas, by transferring islet cells from the pancreas to her liver, the first time this surgery has been performed in this region, the Cav Daily reports. The procedure makes it less likely that Lilly will get diabetes, a side effect of pancreas removal.
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Most snow angels: Nearly 9,000 people lie down in the snow in Bismarck, North Dakota, February 17, to break the old snow angel record of 3,784.
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The QuickQuery component enables a user to perform a quick search for a textual string against the selected criterion belonging to the QueryDescriptor as specified by the value property. The quickQuery component is a composite of other web components some rendered implicitly, others as specified by the facets of the component. The quickQuery component is usually used along with a table/treeTable component, that displays the results of the search. Developers can set the partialTriggers property of the the table component to the id of the quickQuery component, in order to see the results of the search, each time the user performs a query.
The following web components are generated as part of a quickQuery component.
Search Label is specified using the label property on the quickquery Component and it is displayed at the beginning of quickQuery component as per the specified layout.
This facet specifies a component that displays the list of criterion associated to the QueryDescriptor. Usually a select component is used for this purpose, but if the facet is not defined, a selectOneChoice component will be generated by default. Developers can use other components using this facet in which case they will be used in place of the selectOneChoice. Developers are responsible for wiring the value property to a valid QueryDescriptor instance and register a QueryListener that performs the query.
Based on the criterion that is currently selected in the criteriaItems select component, a value component, appropriate for the type of the criterion, is dynamically rendered. For e.g., if the criterion selected happens to be of type Date, an inputDate component is rendered. A type Number yields a inputNumberSpinbox. For more information on how this is determined, refer to the QueryDescriptor, ConjunctionCriterion, AttributeCriterion and AttributeDescriptor model interfaces.
User enters a value that will be used in the search criteria.
A Search icon link that allows the user to perform the search against the selected criterion using the value entered in the value component. This button will be made disabled if the descriptor is null (iow, 'value' property resolves to null) and no 'criterionValue' facet is specified, or if criteriaItems resolves to null.
This facet usually specifies a commandLink component that is used to toggle between quickQuery and query component.
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|The component used to display a list of criterion. A select component can be specified and by default, if a criteriaItems facet is not defined, a selectOneChoice component is created. A quick search is performed against one of the criterion, using the values entered in "a dynamically generated" value component.
|The component to be displayed at the end of the quickQuery component. For e.g., it is used to display a commandLink that toggles between quickQuery and query components, when component is configured using ADF-DT.
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|the identifier for the component. The identifier must follow a subset of the syntax allowed in HTML:
|the CSS styles to use for this component. This is intended for basic style changes. The inlineStyle is a set of CSS styles that are applied to the root DOM element of the component. If the inlineStyle's CSS properties do not affect the DOM element you want affected, then you will have to create a skin and use the skinning keys which are meant to target particular DOM elements, like ::label or ::icon-style.
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|a QueryModel object that collectively represents the entire model for the query component. The QueryModel manages QueryDescriptors, iow, supports methods to create, clone (from an existing), delete, reset and update a QueryDescriptor. For details about QueryModel, please refer to the Javadocs for oracle.adf.view.rich.model.QueryModel.
|the IDs of the components that should trigger a partial update. This component will listen on the trigger components. If one of the trigger components receives an event that will cause it to update in some way, this component will request to be updated too. Identifiers are relative to the source component (this component), and must account for NamingContainers. If your component is already inside of a naming container, you can use a single colon to start the search from the root of the page, or multiple colons to move up through the NamingContainers - "::" will pop out of the component's naming container (or itself if the component is a naming container) and begin the search from there, ":::" will pop out of two naming containers (including itself if the component is a naming container) and begin the search from there, etc.
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An AccessKey is equivalent to a logon password, but they are used in different scenarios. AccessKeys are used to directly call APIs, while logon passwords are used to log on to the console. You must create an AccessKey only if you must call APIs.
You can use the AccessKey to construct an API request (or use the cloud service SDK) for operating resources. An AccessKey is composed of an AccessKeyID and an AccessKeySecret.
- The AccessKeyID is used to identify the user.
- The AccessKeySecret is used to verify the user's key, which is highly confidential.
Warning Do not use the AccessKey of the primary account. If it is disclosed, all your resources may be unsafe. Use the AccessKey of an RAM user account to reduce the risk of AccessKey disclosure.
- Log on to the RAM console.
- Click User on the left-side navigation pane.
- Click a target user to go to the user details page.
- Click Create AccessKey in the User AccessKey area.
- In the Create User Access Key dialog box, expandAccessKey Details to view the AcessKeyID and AccessKeySecret. Click Save AccessKey Information to download the AccessKey.
Notice You must save your AccessKey as it is required in future and must keep it confidential.


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First we need to have companies update their websites so that long passwords are even a possibility. Some banks still limit you to 12 characters!
Ten and no special characters. Haven't checked in a while, but Sun Life was very bad about that. USAA was also pretty low (about 12) but at least they have a second "pin number" section. Of course, that's no good if people make that pin section the same as their ATM card pin number, but oh well.
Can we as a society please realize that phrases aren't sufficient? Minimum of 15 characters with 2 upper, 2 lower, 2 number, 2 special. Unfortunately, not everyone can easily remember these.
Or just start using driver's licenses with smart chips in a common registry for everything.


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This year the 'Super Two' cutoff was 2 years and 146 days of service time (it was rather late). Gordon Beckham had 2 years and 123 days of service time.
Alejandro De Aza missed by 7 days! He had 2 years and 139 days of service time.
As MLBTR says:
Some players with more than two and less than three years of service time go to arbitration, while others don't. Going to arbitration an extra time, the right earned by baseball's super two players, is a clear advantage; super twos earn more than others in their service class.
BTW, Dayan Viciedo has accumulated 123 days of service time.


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Perhaps the once-fallen flagpole that was erected behind the Tri-City Elks in Warwick is living proof that Lodge 14's membership will never forget the nation's veterans.
The flagpole that …
Perhaps the once-fallen flagpole that was erected behind the Tri-City Elks in Warwick is living proof that Lodge 14's membership will never forget the nation's veterans.
The flagpole that carried old glory and MIA-POW flag once stood in front of Lodge 14 at 1915 West Shore Road, but during Hurricane Sandy of 2012 broke off from its concrete base and went toppling to the ground.
But its remains, which were patched up and erected in front of Lodge 14 back then, were moved last week to what the Elks call Rossi Park that overlooks Tri-City's self-named Golden Pond.
On Friday, the flagpole was officially dedicated to the men and women from the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol.
It was all part of the Tri-City Elks' second annual Veterans Appreciation Day that included two separate dinners, two special flag pole dedication ceremonies and salutes that Exalted Ruler Mark Eaton said is part of Lodge 14's creed: "The Elks never forget a Vet!"
Eaton said the event was also held "to honor all those troops that served in World War II and D-Day on June 6, 1944." The event was free and sponsored by the Elks National Foundation.
Eaton and Tri-City officials rolled out the welcome mat for the men and women from the Veterans Home in Bristol. A volunteer staff of 25 did everything from helping vets off the bus to serving them lunch. The vets were also treated to music by a special military band.
"This event gave the vets an opportunity to talk to some young military and share stories and experiences," Eaton said. "It was really special when they learned the flag pole was gong to be dedicated in their honor."
Several hours later nearly 200 people took part in Tri-City's second annual Veterans Appreciation Day, which included a dinner, music and flag raising ceremony.
But perhaps Whiskey Road – a local band featuring Tim Yuettner on bass and vocals, Jon Corvi on bass, Jason D'Aguanno on sax and David Goldman on drums – may have best set the tone for what current military called "an extraordinary evening."
Around 6 p.m., Yuettner flipped a switch and suddenly the sounds of the "Star Spangled Banner" echoed through Lodge 14's nearly full and recently remodeled downstairs dining room.
After which Eaton asked Reginald A. Centracchio, retired Adjutant General of Rhode Island, to lead the group in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
"We were thrilled with the turnout," Eaton said. "What a great collection of our troops; World War II, Korean, Vietnam and Gulf War veterans. We also had members and non-members – more than two-dozen people – step forward because they wanted to honor our veterans."
The night got more impressive when Eaton requested all attendees join outside for a flag pole dedication and flag raising.
U.S. Army soldiers Adam Hudgins, Brendon Howland, Christopher Murdock, Jarred Grindstaff, Ryan Nyhus and Army Staff Sergeant Rambo Tran created goose bumps during their flag unfolding and flag raising sing.
The new flagpole was a gift to Lodge 14 from Dr. Patrick T. Conley and his wife Gail and once sat on the couple's property on Allens Avenue in Providence. It was officially dedicated in honor of all past and present veterans.
"This event was heart-warming and very patriotic," said Centracchio, who told an attentive audience that he is also an Elk and just how important D-Day is for our country. "Especially when we had young soldiers there participating and listening to stories of older vets and families who had served in previous wars. Some of those stories were never told before and even family members were amazed to hear them."
Centracchio, who belongs to the Coventry-West Greenwich Elks lodge, continued, "I was honored to be part of the ceremony and asked to participate. God Bless our soldiers."
To which Richard N. St. Louis, commander of the Northern RI Chapter 3 CID 259 of Korean War Veterans, added, "It was an honor for our chapter to be part of the celebration to remember and celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The raising of the flag and General Centracchio's speech was most impressive; a great night for all veterans and current military, as well."


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We'll give you a hint: The first of these 2,300 data points appeared at the intersection of Yonge and Bloor back in 1924.
If you guessed traffic signals you're absolutely correct. This beautiful map of Toronto was created by Redditor William Davis by using information from the city's open data portal. You can find a full-size version of it here.
Not surprisingly, the downtown area is the most signal-dense part of the traffic network. And as Chris Bateman points out in BlogTO,
What's really amazing is that Toronto, zoomed out and reduced to a collection of dots, is still easily recognizable. The negative space created by the Don and Rouge river valleys is also visible, if you look carefully, so are winding Weston Road and Dundas Street.
Redditor redkulat uploaded the data to Google Maps to create this unique perspective:
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Last year, Turbulence.org partnered with NewMediaFix, Telic Arts Exchange, and Freewaves to create an online book on interactive and participatory art titled "Networked." The organizers felt writing on this type of art work necessitated a forum that itself was open and interactive, thus they set out to design a site for the publication that would be as dynamic as the work discussed. The "Networked" site, built by Matthew Belanger, is now open for comments, revisions, and translations. Click the below for essays by Kazys Varnelis, Anne Helmond, Jason Freeman, Anna Munster, and Patrick Lichty.
Murmur Study (2009) - Christopher Baker and Marton Andras Juhasz
Murmur Study from Christopher Baker on Vimeo.
Murmur Study is an installation that examines the rise of micro-messaging technologies such as Twitter and Facebook's status update. One might describe these messages as a kind of digital small talk. But unlike water-cooler conversations, these fleeting thoughts are accumulated, archived and digitally-indexed by corporations. While the future of these archives remains to be seen, the sheer volume of publicly accessible personal — often emotional — expression should give us pause.
This installation consists of 30 thermal printers that continuously monitor Twitter for new messages containing variations on common emotional utterances. Messages containing hundreds of variations on words such as argh, meh, grrrr, oooo, ewww, and hmph, are printed as an endless waterfall of text accumulating in tangled piles below.
The printed thermal receipt paper is then reused in future projects and exhibitions or recycled.
Endnode (2002) - MTAA
Endnode is a networked sculpture in the form of a large tree. Printers nested within the sculpture's plywood branches produce hardcopy of email communication that fall to the ground like leaves or apples; the branching of the Internet is literally and figuratively brought into physical space. As the leaves/apples/email fall to the ground, they become end nodes in the worldwide information flow.
Poemfield No. 2 (1966) - Stan VanDerBeek with Kenneth Knowlton
A Trip to Governors Island
To get to "PLOT 09: This World & Nearer Ones," situated within the architecture and verdant landscape of Governors Island, you make your way to the southern tip of Manhattan, board a ferry decorated with signs that read "SHEEP" and "GOATS" (Mark Wallinger's cheeky contribution to the exhibition), and cross the mere half-mile stretch of water known as Buttermilk Channel. The journey is long and elaborate enough to make you feel like you have embarked on an exciting, uncertain adventure. The island is decorated with a pastiche of architectural styles that indicate its rich history; Victorian houses mingle amongst an abandoned movie theater, an 18th-century fortress, an Episcopalian Chapel, a castle, and stern, seemingly haunted brick abandoned military and coast guard housing. PLOT09 is Creative Time's new public art quadrennial, and for its inaugural exhibition curator Mark Beasley invited nineteen international artists to respond to their surroundings. In an environment decidedly marked by its 400-year history, several of the strongest works in the show used this history as a point of departure.
Adam Chodzko's video installation Echo tells an imagined story about the children of the military personnel who once occupied Governors Island. According to the film, the children often gathered in the basement of the Officer's Club, directly below the ballroom in which the film is screened, to play an invented game where participants attempted to shed their material possessions through trade. In opposition to a capitalist logic, objects of high value were swapped for ephemera. The fictional trades made in the film recall the seeming improbability of unequal transactions made in history, like the initial trade of Governors Island by Native Americans to Dutch settler Wouter van Twiller for two axe heads ...
HTML, The Movie -or- The Resolution Will Not Be Televised (2009) - Jesse Hulcher and 'Pony Eyelashes'
Covert Channels
A small but international group show organized by Mireille Bourgeois and Anais Lellouche, "They Told You So" takes its inspiration from the Situationists' concept of détournement, reusing existing media to convey an opposing or alternate viewpoint. Here sound installation and video are the primary forms utilized. Purporting to address and ensnare the viewer, and using deliberate miscommunication to examine rhetoric and technologies that are oriented towards control, the works achieve varying degrees of success.
Binary cross-stitch (2004-2006) - Cody Trepte
The literal translation of the title into binary then stitched into fabric; black for 0 and white for 1.


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A 22-year-old student fell 11 stories from a residence hall at Washington State University in Pullman and survived, according to a university spokesman.
The student fell from an 11th-story window of a room in Orton Hall about 10 p.m. Wednesday, the website of campus radio station KQQQ reported.
University spokesman Darin Watkins told the Spokane Spokesman-Review that the male junior was flown by helicopter to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
"It's almost miraculous he's alive and we're really hoping for the best," Watkins told the newspaper.
The Spokesman-Review said that trees beside the building broke the student's fall and that he landed in grass. The student was conscious when emergency crews got there, the report said.
Campus police said alcohol was not involved.
It was the fourth fall this semester involving students at WSU or the nearby University of Idaho, according to KQQQ and the Spokesman-Review.
WSU is a public university based in Pullman in eastern Washington about 75 miles south of Spokane near the Idaho state line. There are about 21,000 students on the Pullman campus.
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Parallel Histories and Alternative Voices
Organized by the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, this exhibition broadly chronicles the historical presence of four of California's major ethnic groups, namely African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos/ Latinos, and Native Americans. The exhibion offers a visual chronology of notable eras in California's history, focusing on UCSB faculty and student projects that centered on local and California ethnic history, complemented by departmental holdings that give it a broader context. While conquest, subjugation and protest are inevitable recurring themes in California's past, the exhibition also situates the historical presence of ethnic cultures within a broad timeframe that pre-dates the white settlements by close to one hundred years, back to about 1769. In the case of the indigenous populations, these civilizations had flourished for close to 40,000 years. The exhibit challenges the popular beliefs that the people who made California history came from the east and moved westward, pursuing Manifest Destiny. The exhibition's use of facsimiles of historical documents, digitized images, and maps also is also compelling, as it visually documents the superimposition of an expansionist culture upon much older cultures that were subdued. Finally, the exhibition offers a glimpse of the recent history of cultural minorities in the local community. Selected texts are used to explore alternative perspectives and address the ethnic and racial dialogue.


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My list of books to read before I am 30; any book can be added, none can be removed.
Idea lovingly yoinked and modified from Simon's 40 before 40.
- Behind The Scenes At The Museum by Kate Atkinson
Recommended by Elena.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen– Finished reading 03.06.12
I have only read one Jane Austin novel, Persuasion, I would like to read her earlier work.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen– Finished reading 06.12.12
Recommended by Crissy.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen– Finished readiong 25.12.12
Recommended by my friend Xena.
- Silk by Alessandro Baricco
Recommended by Crissy.
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks– Finished reading 19.01.13
My friend's band is named after this book.
- The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen
Recommended by The Northern Reader.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte– Finished reading 06.10.12
I loved the BBC adaptation; I know I will love this book.
- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Recommend by Crissy as her favourite book.
- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John Le Carre
Recommended by Dan
- Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins– Finished reading 23.08.13
I studied The Moonstone at University and loved it, I've heard The Woman in White is the superior novel.
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
This will be h only Dickens on the list. Charlie has read this one; 'I would suggest adding Dickens, but from what I've read (Great Expectations) and what I've heard from others, while the stories are good, if you're looking to find hope in the classics, the extreme number of unnecessary words can be very off-putting – worth adding later, perhaps.'
- Birdsong by Sebastian Faulk
My friend Harriet adored it and recommended it to me.
- The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
As with Hemingway. I had also heard his other novels were never as good as Gatsby.
The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald– Unfinished 03.02.14
Recommended by EmilyBooks.
Dune by Frank Herbert– Unfinished 22.06.12: I just could not get through it; perhaps I will come back to it later.
Recommended to me by many friends as the ultimate science fiction novel
- Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
I remember a guy I went to school naming his band after this book. It is also a term commonly used, I would like to discover its origin.
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
I have thus avoided this book because it is set in a situation I know nothing about. I loved his writing style in The Sun Also Rises, so I need to try his other works.
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Recommended by Crissy.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier– Finished reading 19.02.13
Both my parents have read and enjoyed this book, this is their recommendation.
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The film doesn't interest me at all, but once I discovered there was a book I was intrigued.
The Blue Castle by L M Montgomery– Finished reading 14.07.14
Recommended by Charli
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Practically every girl who has read this has said they loved it, and that it made them cry, I like a book that makes me emotive.
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara– Finished reading 01.07.12
Because of the Paul Thomas Saunders of the same name
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell– Finished reading 25.03.13
This is a book everyone talks about, I would like to understand what they are saying.
- Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
- The Tunnel by Ernesto Sábato
Recommended by Crissy.
- Blindness by José Saramago
Recommended by Crissy.
- Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith– Finished reading 06.04.13
Recommended by Charli
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Recommended by Anna.
- The Warden by Anthony Trollope
- Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Trollope is mentioned off hand by Dylan Moran's character Bernard Black in one my favourite comedy series, Black Books; how else to choose literature but through comedy. The reason I have also listed The Warden is that this is the first book of the series, but of what I have read, people prefer Barchester Towers.
- Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
I find the 20s and the hedonistic Bright Young Things fascinating
Small Island by Andrea Levy– Finished reading 04.10.14 Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons– Unfinished. Not my cup of tea.
- The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- The Trial by Franz Kafka
Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee– Unfinished. Not my cup of tea.
- A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne
- When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe– Finished reading 21.07.14
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway– read!
- Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
- The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
- Oroonoko by Aphra Ben
- On Writing by Stephen King
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
The Fingersmith by Sarah Waters– Read!
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making


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Forget mother knows best. On the set of The Voice, it's baby knows best!
New coach Shakira tweeted a series of photos of her and her 2-month-old son Milan on the set of the hit singing competition. As it turns out, Milan is just as expressive as his mother!
Shakira vs. Britney: The ultimate face-off (in GIFS)
"Uh oh, I don't think he liked that performance!" Shakira tweeted, along with a photo of an adorably unimpressed Milan.
"Clearly Milan's intrigued by this performance," she captioned another.
Milan is Shakira's first child with her boyfriend, Spanish National soccer player Gerard Piqué.
Do you want Milan to join Team Shakira full-time?


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The Blathering: Part Deux
So Chicago? Was a MAJOR whirlwind. I truly can't believe that less than a week ago I hopped on a plane and flew halfway across the country to hang out with a few people that I had met once before, and some that I had never met at all. Does that sound strange to you? Because when I actually write it down it sounds strange to me. But in reality, it made so much sense it was scary.
About a week before the trip I started telling friends and co-workers that I was going to Chicago to hang out with my "friends inside the computer" when they asked about my trip. We'd all have a little chuckle but there would always be a pause because, "Wait…what? Was she serious?"
Yes, totally serious.
But you see, that's the thing about the blogging and the internet — if you're not that into it, it kind of does seem totally strange and abnormal — like football or boxing or Snooki. But when you really get into it — it totally makes perfect sense. For me, I think my attitude about blogging and the internet all changed at The Blathering last year.
I've been blogging since 2006, and reading blogs since, well..forever, it seems. Being a person who loves to write, it's just kind of hobby that makes sense to me. But I had never really embraced "the culture of blogging." Yes, I know that was a totally douchey phrase. What I mean is I had never gone to BlogHer, I wasn't dying for Dooce to send me a tweet, I didn't consider Maggie Mason my mentor. I was just a blogger, I wasn't a Blogger…you know? And then along came The Blathering – 2009. Being that it was in Sacramento, I told myself that I was just meeting up with some other writers in my hometown, no biggie. Nothing out of the ordinary. Sure it was a bit anxiety inducing, but I was mostly in my comfort zone. I was at home and if it was awful I could just hop back in my car and drive back to my house rolling my eyes at all the weirdos I left behind. But then, the exact opposite happened.
Every single person that I met in Elizabeth's backyard last Fall was a delight, and after that weekend, opening my Reader and following the happenings of all of their lives last year made me absolutely fall in love with the way this silly blogging community connects people. It's more than stats and traffic, drama and popularity. It is extraordinary people living ordinary lives and sharing their stories with each other, something that happens so infrequently in our busy everyday lives. Really sharing. It tugs at my heart strings a little when I think about all of the experiences and changes that this small group of women went through this past year, and I feel overwhelmed with gratitude that I got to be a part of it all just because of this little blog right here.
So this year, when the opportunity presented itself to buy a stupidly expensive plane ticket to Chicago, and fly half way across the country to spend a weekend with people I didn't know at all in the hopes that there would be that thing — that intangible element of humanity and friendship and connection that writing this blog has introduced me to before — I obviously jumped at the chance. And because I did, I met some delightful, intelligent, hysterical, and exciting ladies whose lives I cannot wait to watch unfold this year. Friends that I'm excited to share my own stories with. Women who I know will provide fantastic advice. Ladies who I know will cheer me on through the highs and lows of this coming year — and for which I hope to do exactly the same.
So as much as The Blathering was about this past weekend — eating deep dish pizzas, navigating public transportation, searching for the perfect pair of jeans on Michigan Avenue, having late night conversations in bars listening to David Bowie, drinking one too many cocktails, laughing until my stomach hurt over the stories of our lives — what makes me the most excited is the future. Where will we all go? What will we do? How will our lives be different a year from now?
What will happen because of this one strange weekend with a bunch of friends from inside the computer?
I'm so incredibly lucky that I get to find out.
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