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PHILADELPHIA – In a tale of two halves, the Charlotte women's basketball team pulled away in the second half riding a career day from Jennifer Hailey to post a 73-56 victory at La Salle Sunday afternoon, equaling the school record for consecutive wins with 11. The 49ers' senior notched her 12th-straight, which is one in every Atlantic 10 contest this season, the 21st of the season and 41st of her career double-double with a career-high tying 27 points and a career-best 18 rebounds.
Hailey's career day effort came while she connected on 11-of-15 field goals and 5-of-9 at the foul line, while she also extended her streak to 38-straight games with at least one blocked shot.
As a program, Charlotte now has won 11 in a row for the third time in school history and the first since between Dec. 8, 1980, and Jan. 21, 1981.
Also aiding the Niners cause Sunday was a 10-point effort from senior Jai Forney, while classmate Amanda Dowe added a near double-double of nine points and nine rebounds. Junior Ny Hammonds handed out eight assists, one-half of the team's total, and just one shy of the Explorers team total.
Ebonee Jones paced La Salle with 20 points, although she made just eight of 22 field goals. Shanel Harrison, a co-Atlantic 10 Player of the Week this past week, chipped in 16 points and a team-high six boards. One-half of Harrison's points came at the charity stripe.
The 49ers overcame a sluggish start and took advantage of a series of scoring lulls by the Explorers to take a first-half lead. La Salle (8-19, 4-8 A-10) had jumped out to an early 7-4 lead, utilizing a pair of old-fashioned three-point plays from Ebonee Jones and Indigo Dickens to force a Niners timeout at 18:15.
Charlotte responded after the timeout by continuing to find Hailey on the low block, as she netted 10 of the team's first 12 points. The basket that pushed her scoring total into double figures at 15:02 knotted the game at 12-12 by the first media break a dozen seconds later.
As the Explorers offense went cold for a few minutes, the 49ers located their other post option, Amanda Dowe, for the next four. Following a Jones field goal to tie it up again at 16-16 but Hillary Sigmon dropped in a 3-pointer at 12:13 to pad the Charlotte (22-4, 11-1 A-10) cushion. It would be the start of a 9-0 run as the 49ers opened a 25-16 advantage.
Two Jones runners kept La Salle close before it saw its offense again struggle for a near-four minute span. Meanwhile, Charlotte tacked on just six more points, the last on a pair of Hailey free throws, to expand its margin to 11, 31-20, as the teams entered the final five minutes of the half.
It would be during those five minutes when the Explorers took advantage of a cold shooting stretch for the Niners, outscoring Charlotte 12-4 in the waning minutes, to close within three, 35-32, at the intermission.
The 49ers came out of the break with renewed intensity, focus and energy. Seven-straight points provided a 10-point cushion by the 16:42 mark but two Jones field goals and a Siobhan Beslow jumper helped trim the deficit to six just under a minute and a half later.
With Charlotte maintaining the 44-38 edge, the 49ers would use a 13-2 spurt over the next seven minutes to pull away and take a 57-40 lead. The lone La Salle points during the stretch came at the foul line. Hailey netted six, Hammonds and Forney poured in four apiece to expand the margin to its largest lead to that point of the game.
The closest the Explorers would close the gap down the stretch would be 13 after a Jones jumper for a 59-46 score with 6:21 to play. Hailey added back-to-back layups on Hammonds assists before being removed with 3:09 remaining as Charlotte emptied its bench.
With the four freshmen and a sophomore on the floor in the last few minutes, a Shequana Harris layup with 38 seconds to go gave the Niners their largest lead at 19, 73-54, before a Dickens layup on the ensuing possession decided the final outcome.
Charlotte returns to action at 7 p.m. Thursday when it closes the home regular-season slate against Atlantic 10 newcomer VCU. It will be Senior Night inside Halton Arena, as a pregame ceremony will recognize the on and off accomplishments of this year's class of Dowe, Forney and Hailey. Manager Corey Grady will also be honored.
Thursday's contest can be watched live on Charlotte49ers.com with Josh Feldman handling the play-by-play duties.


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CARSON, Calif. — Landon Donovan scored two goals, Robbie Keane added a third, and David Beckham notched two assists as the surging LA Galaxy outclassed SuperClasico rival Chivas USA for a 3-1 win on Saturday night at The Home Depot Center.
The Galaxy (9-10-3) claimed their sixth victory in nine games since MLS' minibreak ended in mid-June to pull seven points clear of Chivas (6-8-5) in the race for the Western Conference's fifth playoff spot.
Keane scored from Beckham's through ball in the 14th minute and Donovan tallied from feeds by the Irishman in the 46th and 78th minutes. Beckham's three-game goalscoring streak came to an end, but he picked up two assists, his eighth and ninth of the year.
Former Galaxy midfielder Paolo Cardozo netted his first MLS goal in the 52nd minute for Chivas, which suffered just their second loss in 10 league games.
Full Highlights: LA 3, CHV 1
LA were without left back Todd Dunivant, who exited Wednesday's victory at Vancouver with a calf strain, and midfielder Mike Magee, who missed his fourth straight game.
Chivas, meanwhile, had to do without the services of holding midfielders Osvaldo Minda, who dislocated his shoulder in training last weekend, and Peter Vagenas, who suffered a hamstring strain in Wednesday's victory over Portland. Juan Agudelo, nearly over a knee injury, sat out for the fourth straight game.
The Galaxy had the better of play in a testy first half. Keane, who has scored nine goals this season and has five in the past four games, put LA in front in the 14th minute when he ran onto a through ball from Beckham and slotted past Chivas 'keeper Dan Kennedy.
The Ireland international nearly had his third two-goal game in as many weeks just six minutes later. In a play similar to his first goal, Keane took a through ball from Donovan, rounded Kennedy, and then deposited the ball into the net only to see the offisde flag cancel out his strike.
The teams went into the break still 1-0 in LA's favor, but just three minutes into the second half, Donovan took a pass from Keane, sped past the Chivas defense and then fired past Kennedy for the 2-0 lead.
Donovan then rattled the uprights in the 62nd and 76th minutes, and Keane rung the crossbar in a spectacular volley attempt in the 75th minute.
Donovan finally added the insurance tally from a goalmouth scramble after a Beckham corner kick in 78th minute.
OPTA CHALKBOARD: Galaxy win the duels
Chivas, who have a league-worst 13 goals this year, struggled to create chances after Cardozo's goal.
Omar Gonzalez made his second appearance of the season for LA — and first since the Fourth of July — coming on for Hector Jimenez in the 68th minute.
The Galaxy play Tottenham in a friendly on Tuesday night at The Home Depot Center. Their next league game will take place against FC Dallas on July 28 (8 pm ET/5 pm PT, NBC Sports Network).
Chivas, meanwhile, will travel to face the Portland Timbers next Saturday (11 pm ET, MLS Live).


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Sullivan's pave: Whose road is it anyway?
Can one wealthy landowner trump public debate over land use?
For some Albemarle residents, that's the question that lurks beneath every conversation about the paving of the last gravel stretch of Blenheim Road. To state and county officials worried about shrinking transportation funds, telecom magnate Thomas H. Sullivan's offer to pave the road that fronts his farm is a million-dollar gift. To some of his neighbors in this peaceful Scottsville-area hamlet, however, his free road is no free ride.
"It's such a peaceful place, such an unspoiled road," says Peter Mellen, a retired filmmaker who moved to the area six years ago for the bucolic setting. Now, he believes everything he values about the place is about to change.
The issues go beyond protecting a private paradise 16 miles southeast of Charlottesville. County supervisor Sally Thomas, in a March memo, says the 3.7-mile stretch of Blenheim Road, also known as Route 795, "has no business being paved."
Thomas notes that it wasn't in the county's six-year secondary roads plan, and the surrounding land wasn't intended for development, which she believes paving will surely invite. In a few years, Thomas warns, the area could "look like any subdivision or Fairfax County setting."
Besides the threat of unplanned growth, many residents don't relish a faster, wider road replacing the country lane. They say there are safer alternatives that would better preserve the environment as well as the area's rich history. But Mellen and others say these concerns are being ignored as a private plan alters the public path.
Sullivan is no stranger to controversy. As one of the two top executives at a wireless company called TeleCorp PCS, he fought off two class action lawsuits.
One suit alleged that the company's 1999 IPO, or initial public offering of stock, misled eager investors. The suit alleged that the prospectus contained false statements and also alleged conflict of interest. Then, when AT&T Wireless acquired Telecorp PCS in 2001, another class action targeted Sullivan as one of the leaders who allegedly failed to win full value for the shareholders.
At the time of the sale to AT&T Wireless, while Sullivan's own stock had dipped about 25 percent below the $20 IPO price, he still– at just 38 years old– held stock worth a cool $45 million. That can cover a lot of pavement.
The local conflict began not long after Sullivan purchased the sprawling Mt. Pleasant farm in 2002. He paid $6.75 million for 2,300 acres and soon began acquiring additional property along Blenheim Road, eventually doubling his holdings.
Then, late last summer, says Mellen, whose farm lies across the road from Sullivan's, "the bulldozers appeared."
What had once been a quiet lane where trees embraced the sides of the road and created a solid canopy overhead, suddenly looked, in the words of one witness, "like a moonscape."
A road no wider than 15 feet was now the center of a 50-foot clearing. Mellen says the workers– in cutting trees and grading soil– made no distinction between Sullivan's land and public right of way, not even private property containing a historic slave cemetery. And that's how Sullivan got sued again.
When they reached Leslie Jones's property, site of the slave cemetery, the dozers kept on digging, churning up a gravel path leading to the family cemetery where grave markers, the earliest from 1879, reveal a link to the Redlands Plantation.
A distraught Jones allegedly ordered the contractors off his land, a request that was denied, according to the $410,000 suit Jones recently filed in Albemarle County Circuit Court. When the job was done, the path to the cemetery was gone, the suit alleges.
No one knows what other damages might have been inflicted. Archeologists say the boundaries of slave cemeteries from this period were generally not well defined.
Neighbors were incensed. They wanted to know who had authorized the destruction. They feared bulldozers might mysteriously appear on other private property when no one was looking.
"That was a subcontractor error," explains Sullivan's spokesperson, Kim Atkins, who is also an attorney. As for complaints about the new road, Atkins says, "People have to move on."
That's just the sort of remark that riles residents like Laura Dollard, one of several landowners who have refused to sell the front of their property to allow the road widening. The gravel surface and buffer zone of trees, says Dollard, are the reason she and her late husband moved here in the first place. For now, the half-mile stretch that fronts her property will remain unpaved, soon to be sandwiched between nearly eight miles of asphalt.
Not everyone dislikes the paving project. Gene Crenshaw, who built a home here in 2000, cites several reasons: the road is dusty, school buses have a hard time turning around in his driveway, the trees make it difficult to see around curves, and development was coming anyway.
"I didn't think it would stay gravel for long because of all the development going on," says Crenshaw.
Sullivan's talents
Sullivan knows how to get his way.
Back when his various titles at Telecorp included secretary and CFO, as well as a seat on the board, Sullivan shared a special privilege with CEO Gerald Vento. Although holding less than five percent of the company's stock, they held a special class of shares that consolidated voting power. With only their five percent, the two could outvote all other shareholders.
It was in the fall of 2003, several weeks after the demolition had begun, when Mellen finally caught up with his wealthy neighbor. Sullivan allegedly told Mellen he wanted to pave the road for "safety" purposes, Mellen says. This surprised Mellen, who has driven gravel roads all over America and who thought Blenheim was in "very good shape."
If anything, many neighbors considered Blenheim Road's gravel surface one long, traffic-calming speed bump. For that matter, Mellen adds, a wide paved road is hardly an invitation for motorists to slow down. Some surmised the project had more to do with keeping the dust off Sullivan's Lamborghini, a charge his spokesperson Atkins dismisses, saying Sullivan only drives an SUV– "his Suburban or his Hummer"– on the road.
By December, the bulldozing was making the road unsafe, neighbors complained. Ditches had been created on either side that made it difficult or impossible to pull over. It was clear that the work was happening within the public right-of-way. But it wasn't until January that the work was halted– temporarily.
Green Light for Growth?
Scottsville, a historic town on the James River founded in 1745, was the original seat of Albemarle County, and Blenheim Road was the route used by Thomas Jefferson to travel to and from Monticello. With its rich history, lush farmland, and small population of 600, it lies well outside the county's targeted growth areas.
Sullivan isn't the first high-roller to discover its charms. Musician Dave Matthews recently founded the Blenheim Vineyards winery at his mother's historic estate, "Blenheim," which gave the road its name. Fellow vintners Patricia Kluge and William Moses operate the upscale Kluge Estate Farm Shop across Blenheim Road.
When Thomas Sullivan began preparations for the paving in the summer of 2003, the road wasn't in the county's six-year road plan. VDOT representative Jim Bryan, the resident engineer for Albemarle County, found Sullivan's proposal to pave the 3.7-mile state road at his own expense "unusual."
Critics of the paving say that widening and smoothing a road running parallel to Route 20 can only mean one thing: a three- to four-mile shortcut to Charlottesville. Whether serving commuters eager for a by-pass, or tourists headed for the nearby Kluge Farm Shop, the road, critics fear, could soon become an artery for through traffic. And neighbor Dollard says the inexpensive land values here will have developers "flocking."
Perhaps they've already arrived.
Those who suspect development motives in Sullivan's paving plan point to three new brick-pillared entrances to parcels – each under 100 acres that Sullivan has allegedly listed for sale by McLean Faulconer. Atkins says another 877 acres may also go on the market.
In addition to his land holdings, Sullivan has purchased the Vintage Market– a gas station and convenience store on Route 20. Although he referred all questions for this story to Atkins, Sullivan has told the County Board of Supervisors he is not a developer but is merely putting fragmented farms back together.
Although Mt. Pleasant is only a vacation home for the Washington D.C. area-based Sullivan, says Atkins, he cannot be interviewed because he is currently "on vacation"– although not at Mt. Pleasant farm.
According to Atkins, Sullivan is now "working with" the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) to put some of the land into a conservation easement, which would restrict its development potential.
Jeff Werner of the PEC pauses over that claim. "Well, yes and no," Werner says. "We've mailed him some stuff...." Currently, while not a single acre of Mt. Pleasant has actually gone into easement, "We're ready and waiting to discuss it with him," Werner says.
In the meantime, other developers are moving forward. In March, D.C.-based Republic Land Development tried to persuade Scottsville's town council to accept "Mink Creek," a 700-home subdivision to be built on a lot with existing rights for only 113. The rural land is bordered by Albevanna Spring Lane, Pat Dennis Road, and Blenheim Road.
It was just the sort of proposal Supervisor Sally Thomas feared was coming when she voted against paving. "It goes against our growth management policy, it goes against our six-year road plans; to my mind it was an all-around bad idea," she says.
The Road Less Traveled
In a January letter to Thomas Sullivan, Mellen proposed a way to both pave and preserve Blenheim Road.
A month earlier, the state had unveiled its "Rural Rustic Roads" program. Far cheaper than covering with conventional asphalt, the program involves a lighter paving without widening– a "blessing for rural Virginia," according to a VDOT release.
Some Blenheim Road residents rallied around the idea, but the County would first have to pass a resolution declaring Blenheim a Rural Rustic Road.
A group of neighbors presented Supervisors with data claiming it would make the road safer than the proposed two-lane surface, and pointing out that the single fatality on Blenheim Road in the past 12 years occurred on a paved portion.
Sullivan's spokesperson Atkins, however, contends that the process would take the county "far too long." But residents say they wouldn't fight for a delay. The actual paving of Rural Rustic Roads takes just about a week, while conventional widening can take months, according to the VDOT website.
Surprisingly– given that VDOT was promoting the new program resident engineer Bryan opposed it, he says, "from a safety and cost standpoint."
When Mellen pressed the agency for specifics, he was told that the Rural Rustic Roads program is designed for local traffic only and that paving might draw non-local traffic from parallel routes, making it more dangerous.
Puzzled by this apparent contradiction, Mellen argued that these would be local commuters, familiar with the road– and even VDOT's 15-year traffic projections of 300 cars per day still put Blenheim safely within the Rustic Road standard of 50-750 cars per day.
When asked about it today, Bryan says, "It didn't meet the criteria." He declined to give specifics.
Whose project is it?
When VDOT issued its permit on June 15, the paving of Blenheim Road officially began. But residents believe that VDOT has been pushing this process for much longer.
VDOT's Bryan flatly denies the agency was working with Sullivan– but a December 5, 2003 letter to the County from private surveyors Roudabush, Gale and Assoc., Inc., suggests some sort of confab.
In the letter, firm principal Tom Gale describes having met with VDOT's assistant resident engineer on November 21, 2003 to discuss ways to proceed with the paving. In other words, while residents were puzzling over the bulldozing in the fall of 2003– and the Board of Supervisors had yet to consider the proposal– VDOT was advising Sullivan how to pave Blenheim Road.
While the agency does consult with property owners who want to pave, rarely if ever do such requests involve paving miles of state roadway where other land owners will be affected, Mellen says. More importantly, with Blenheim's low traffic volume, state code doesn't even consider it eligible for paving unless the county makes a specific request.
Why didn't VDOT confer with the County or with residents who might be asked to cede land to widen the right-of-way?
VDOT points to three county board meetings to support its claim that public participation has been allowed. The initial meeting on January 7, 2004, was the first time county residents had a chance to discuss Sullivan's request.
But this was nearly two months after the bulldozing had begun– after the road was "ruined," according to resident Virginia Fulcher.
Resident engineer Bryan contends that Sullivan wasn't grading, but was merely "clearing his land."
But that's not what the county's director of engineering, Mark Graham, said upon discovering that over 10,000 square feet of soil was being displaced. "They were grading and pushing stumps" without an erosion control permit, he says.
The extensive tree-cutting along the road has also gone forward without a required state permit.
On January 14, the County issued a stop-work order.
Since the County had no long-term plans to pave Blenheim– and VDOT claimed it wouldn't consider paving for another 40 years– Supervisor Thomas urged the Board to treat it as an issue involving growth, not just traffic engineering.
Initially, says Dollard, the Supervisors "were all with us." It wasn't until the vote was finally cast on March 3, 2004 that the 150 residents who petitioned to stop the paving learned that County officials had accepted Sullivan's proposal.
Resident Swaha Woodward, who defends the County's overall performance on growth management, believes the problem lies with the state.
"What I find objectionable," says Woodward, "is that VDOT made a private deal with an individual."
Was it simply the state agency's zeal for blacktop that caused Bryan to recommend paving? Bryan was quoted in a Daily Progress story saying that VDOT's "stated policy" is to eventually pave all roads.
Yet, the December 2003 press release announcing the Rural Rustic Road program states, "VDOT does not seek country roads to pave." And VDOT spokesman Jim Jennings says VDOT won't pave "unless requested by the County."
But the County had not requested it. Nor did they seem to know what to do with Sullivan's offer, except fall back on the engineer Bryan's recommendation and the opinion of Scottsville Supervisor Lindsay Dorrier. In support of his pro-paving vote, Dorrier echoed Bryan's disputed claim, saying, "It is the highway department's policy to pave unpaved roads."
Despite the ongoing widening project, some residents say they still have reason to feel encouraged. They've found a mediator who believes the VDOT permit isn't valid.
"I knew we needed help," says Dollard, "someone who could get through to the transportation department." A friend referred her to Peter Kleeman, a Harvard engineering Ph.D who was formerly employed by VDOT.
Kleeman– sporting a baseball cap emblazoned with the word "citizen"– owns a Charlottesville consulting firm called Techniquest, and Mellen describes him as "a sort of Don Quixote."
While initially a group of 15-20 residents paid him for his services, Kleeman says he's now donating his time because he finds the issue a provocative "test case" with implications beyond this one small community in a cash-strapped state.
"This is the battleground all citizens have to recognize," he says, "to know they have rights and privileges."
The key sticking point, according to Kleeman, is the divergence in standards for public versus private paving. Had VDOT initiated paving, a much tighter set of regulations would be applied. But because this is a private project merely being overseen by the agency, he says that rules designed to protect the public– such as public participation– were twisted to suit the needs of a private citizen.
Kleeman claims the three County board meetings didn't come close to meeting state standards for a public hearing, which require the issue to be well advertised in advance and allow sustained debate.
"Hardly anyone even knew it was on the agenda," says Dollard.
In addition, two of the meetings were simply updates– meaning no one has a chance to speak, or only one person is allowed to speak for everyone.
Another concern was Sullivan's failure to submit written plans that would have enabled the County Supervisors to assess the project. It was Sullivan's word versus those of a handful of unhappy residents in a forum that gave speakers only two minutes to be heard.
"There was a surreal nature to the whole debate," says PEC's Werner, describing the tense atmosphere of the County Board meetings.
Kleeman also bemoans the lack of any environmental review. If this were a VDOT project, he says, it would require review by numerous resource agencies, including the Department of Forestry.
He estimates that at least three acres– thousands of trees– have been destroyed without oversight.
The only permits Sullivan has had to obtain are from the Army Corp of Engineers and one from the Department of Environmental Quality concerning drainage. The code pertaining to the Corp of Engineers permit is already being violated, says Kleeman, because no investigation has been done of historic properties that might be affected, such as the African-American cemetery.
Because "no one is taking administrative responsibility," according to Kleeman, he has asked the deputy state transportation secretary to withdraw Sullivan's permit.
But what may be the most serious alleged flaw in the plans involves an old bridge and a deep ravine. The state is ignoring both, and both may come back to bite when VDOT gets invited in to improve them, says Kleeman.
"It's not a VDOT project," explains VDOT's Bryan.
Under the current permit, the paving project ends smack in the middle of the Hardware River, marooned on a skinny steel truss bridge and a 7-ton limit. Yet upgrading the bridge isn't part of the plan.
Atkins claims VDOT has told them the bridge– which is eligible for designation as a historic landmark– is fine. "Absolutely don't do a thing with the bridge," she says Sullivan was told.
But residents say once the road is paved, drivers barreling up to the bridge will find their two-lane passage suddenly narrowed from 18 feet of asphalt to a 12.5-foot-wide creaky wooden deck. Kleeman believes the bridge which Dollard says broke twice last year– will have to be rebuilt to match the road.
Beyond the bridge lies another roadblock: an environmentally sensitive ravine where Kleeman says VDOT has proposed building a retaining wall or applying a massive amount of fill. Since it's on Sullivan's property, he's liable but the ravine isn't mentioned in the current plans.
To by-pass such sticky issues, says Kleeman, VDOT has split the project into two phases. The first phase is the easy part the second, well, they'll cross that bridge when they come to it.
As it now stands, Sullivan's company, Murcielago LLC, has purchased a permit for "phase I" only. What about the $1 million Bryan told the Daily Progress it might cost if VDOT were doing the work?
The VDOT permit, signed by Sullivan, estimates the construction cost at $100,000 for phase 1.
Thus, three miles of work for which the state estimates it would pay $350,000 per mile– if VDOT was doing the paving– is being done privately for $100,000. Dirt cheap– about what it would've cost to preserve the last gravel stretch of Route 795 as a single-lane Rural Rustic Road.
Will Blenheim Road become the next mini bypass? Since Route 20 now carries 7,000 cars per day, residents fear the spillover may be significant. Based on "normal historical growth," VDOT estimates that traffic will increase over the next 15 years from 49 to 300 cars per day. But development is the unknown variable. "Any larger than normal growth could increase the projection significantly," according to VDOT.
For residents– at least those who aren't employed by Thomas Sullivan– it's the many unknowns that have left them wary of the project. Atkins' assertion that the main reason for upgrading is to enhance the road's safety doesn't convince them. They've driven Blenheim for years without incident. Their concern is for the possible loss of the unspoiled landscape. Residents say the new road is simply paving the way for developers.
While Atkins insists believes everyone will be happy when the work is done, critics worry that the real work may lie ahead, and at a greater cost than the cash-strapped state bargained for.
But Sullivan's camp says it's a free road.
Sullivan wants to pave the 3.7-mile stretch of Blenheim from Glendower Road to Route 708.
Peter Kleeman has donated his expertise to the pave-averse neighbors.
Laura Dollard says she won't sell her front yard.
The entrance to Mt. Pleasant underscores the fact that Sullivan owns most– but not all– of the road-hugging land.
Wayne Hall, part of the paving crew from Pearson Construction Co., gets back to work after a lunch break earlier this week.
Formerly a country lane, Blenheim Road is getting the cut-and-fill treatment in some spots.
Sullivan has said he's stitching old farms back together and then selling them.
Critics contend that the bridge won't be able to handle the fatter road.


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Learning to recognize letters is an integral part of most kindergarten programs. The challenge is to keep students' interest while practicing until they are fluent. This lesson meets that challenge using a variety of activities. Your students will apply their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they play games and interact with letters online, using what they see and learn to create their own ABC book.
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- My ABC Book: This handout allows your students the opportunity to visit different alphabet sites and go on a letter hunt to find different words that begin with each letter.
Duffelmeyer, F. (2002). Alphabet activities on the Internet. The Reading Teacher, 55(7), 631-635.
- Most letters' names are similar to the sounds they make, so knowing the names of letters leads to a better understanding of letter sounds.
- Understanding letter sounds helps young children with beginning reading and writing skills.
- Becoming fluent in letter recognition helps children to become more familiar and at ease with the alphabet.
- Allowing students to interact with letters in a variety of learning experiences helps to build their letter recognition fluency.


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Is NSYNC Performing With Ariana Grande At Coachella?
By Lauren Crawford
April 13, 2019
All signs are pointing to an NSYNC-Ariana Grande joint Coachella performance!
Amid speculation that the '90s pop band has been rehearsing for a reunion show, a source told TMZ, NSYNC is "definitely" joining Ariana on-stage during her headlining Coachella performance on Sunday (April 14).
While the insider added that Justin Timberlake "will not" be involved, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and JC Chasez are reportedly set to take the stage.
Ariana appeared to tease the boys' upcoming Coachella appearance when she shared not one, but two NSYNC-inspired videos to Instagram earlier this week. First, she posted a throwback video of her in the crowd of one of their concerts, singing the lyrics to "I Drive Myself Crazy" as a young girl. In a second video, which Ariana captioned, "the best medicine 🖤 90s baby 🎧📹," she showed herself in present day dancing to "Tearin' Up My Heart" in her dressing room.
As fans know, Ariana sampled an old NSYNC hit for her chart-topping smash "Break Up With Your Girlfriend?"
Sunday's concert will not be Ariana's first time taking the Coachella stage. Last year, she surprised the crowd during Kygo's set with a performance of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing."
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In a large PDF document with several hundred pages there are abour 10 embedded fonts used.
Can I exchange a specific embedded font against a system font (like Arial or Courier) with a single command everywhere in the document?
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St. Joseph wins Class M state championship
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NEW BRITAIN -- The seniors on this year's St. Joseph football team were eager, wide-eyed freshmen in 2010 when the Cadets won their last state championship, and they've spent the three years that followed relentlessly climbing to reach the football summit the way their predecessors had.
On Saturday, they stood alone atop the snow-covered peak.
Jordan Vazzano threw four touchdown passes and Mufasha Abdul Basir ran for two touchdowns and scored on a 54-yard screen pass as the Cadets defeated Brookfield 54-16 in the Class M state championship game, played in a snowstorm at Central Connecticut State University's Arute Field.
"There's no better feeling than winning a state championship in high school," said St. Joseph senior offensive lineman Steve Hashemi. "I've been dreaming about this, and the dream came true."
The climb back to the top wasn't exactly an easy one for the Cadets, who basically had to rebuild after that 2010 title.
"In 2011, we lost a lot of players and a lot of these kids had to play as sophomores. We got beat up a little bit," St. Joseph coach Joe DellaVecchia said. "To make the playoffs last year and get knocked out early (with a 34-14 quarterfinal loss to Hillhouse), we had a little bit of an attitude coming into this season that we were better than that and we were going to finish it off."
The victory caps a remarkable run through the state tournament in which the second-seeded Cadets piled up an eye-popping 200 points in three games. Much of the Cadets' horsepower is generated by their massive and athletic offensive line, led by Saturday's starters Chris Taylor at left tackle (6-foot-2, 298 pounds), Troy Vazzano at left guard (6-2, 252), Tom Adzima at center (6-1, 243), Pete Mestre at right guard (6-6, 295) and Hashemi at right tackle (6-6, 265).
"It was a great game for them," Abdul Basir said. "They were just moving people out of the way and they made great running lanes for me. They work hard all week and they were really serious about this game. They wanted to leave with a big statement, and they made it today."
For Brookfield, it was a disappointing ending to a magical season. The fifth-seeded Bobcats reached the championship game by pulling out back-to-back last-minute wins in the first two rounds of the state tournament. On Saturday, however, the magic simply ran out.
"We got beat by a better team," Brookfield coach Rich Angarano said. "They were as advertised. There was not much we could do as an offense, and they ran the ball down our throats."
St. Joseph set the tone from the outset, feeding the Brookfield defense a steady diet of Abdul Basir on the game's opening drive, which was capped by a 3-yard run by the explosive junior running back. He finished the Cadets' second drive with a 1-yard touchdown run and finished the game with 166 yards on 19 carries.
The Cadets scored on each of their five first-half possessions to take a 38-0 halftime lead. They stretched that lead to 54-0 with two third-quarter scores. In total, St. Joseph scored touchdowns on its first six drives and added a defensive touchdown, all while holding the Brookfield offense scoreless until the waning minutes.
That's a tough hand to beat.
"It was a great team effort," Abdul Basir said. "The defense did their job, and on offense, we did what we've done all season."
In the second quarter, Vazzano hit Lars Pedersen with a 30-yard touchdown pass and Mark Hirschbeck with a 21-yard scoring strike, then dumped a quick screen pass off to Abdul Basir, who raced 54 yards for another score.
On the third play of the second half, Jack Yerxa scooped up a Brad Westmark fumble and rumbled 40 yards for a touchdown. St. Joseph finished its first offensive drive of the second half with another score, this one a 46-yard touchdown pass from Vazzano to Shane Miller.
Vazzano completed just five of seven passes for 168 yards, but four of those completions went for touchdowns. Miller led the receiving corps with two catches for 63 yards. Cameron Ryan led the Cadets on defense with 11 tackles and Pedersen chipped in with eight.
Brookfield got on the board with two touchdowns in the final minutes, as Westmark ran one in from 27 yards out and Bobby Drysdale scored on a 50-yard run. Drysdale finished with 167 rushing yards on 21 carries. Westmark ran for 52 yards on seven carries and Austin Reich gained 44 yards on nine carries. Westmark completed three of 12 passes, one each to Liam Clancy, Drysdale and Nick Seis. Gabe Pompette and Reich led the Bobcats on defense with five tackles apiece.
St. Joseph's only two losses this season came against New Canaan, which was busy defeating rival Darien in the Class L title game at Boyle Stadium in Stamford while the Cadets were hard at work against Brookfield.
St. Joseph 54, Brookfield 16
SJ--Mufasha Abdul Basir, 3 run (Basir run).
SJ--Abdul Basir, 1 run (Mark Hirschbeck pass ordan Vazzano).
SJ--Lars Pedersen, 30 pass from Vazzano (pass failed).
SJ--Hirschbeck, 21 pass Vazzano (Hirschbeck pass Vazzano).
SJ--Basir, 54 pass from Vazzano (Hirschbeck pass Vazzano).
SJ--Jack Yerxa, 40 fumble return (Joey Civitella run).
SJ--Shane Miller, 46 pass Vazzano (Civitella run).
B--Brad Westmark, 27 run (Austin Reich run).
B--Bobby Drysdale, 50 run (Drysdale run).
Records: Brookfield 11-4; St. Joseph 13-2.


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FamilySearch.org has been undergoing substantial changes the last few weeks. Some of the sections of the website remain untouched, but others have changed several times and continue to change regularly. All of the resources are still there, but it takes some persistence and a little imagination and clicking to find some of the previously more accessible resources. Here is a breakdown of the major resources and some hints about how to find them on the website:
Historical Record Collections
Previously prominently displayed on the startup page, now the Collections are on the "Search" page. The link to the Search page is on the main startup page. Here is a screenshot showing the link to the Search page with an arrow:
Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File et al.
When you get to the Search Page you have most of the frequently used resources in a menu bar. The links are as follows:
Records -- Historical Record Collections
Genealogies -- Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File
Catalog -- FamilySearch Library Catalog
Books -- Scanned books online
Wiki -- Valuable resource for finding types of records and where to research
There are still a few things hidden away in other locations. The Learning Center with all the hundreds of educational videos is accessible from a link from the Help Center. To get to the Help Center you have to click on the link for "Get Help" in the extreme upper right-hand corner of the startup page.
The documentation for all of the programs, including FamilySearch Family Tree and the Photos is located in the Help Center under the category of Products.
Most of the recent changes to the website are focused on the Photos program. The links to Family Tree and Photos appear on every single page of the website (except when they don't). The main change to Photos is to the People view from the main menu where you can see all of the photos contributed by others to those in your ancestral lines.
Millions of free records are still being added regularly to the Historical Record Collections. The focus of the newer records seems to be Europe with a few from other locations.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Update on FamilySearch.org -- Where are we with this website today?
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Thank you, Ron for all you do for everyone all around the world who uses familysearch.org. I love the changes on FamilyTree and I am looking forward to the day when new.familysearch disappears (waiting to merge some over-large individuals). Anyway - I don't know if you get enough gratitude - so THANK YOU!ReplyDelete
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Crockett And Schram Score Chamber Night Wins At Grays Harbor Raceway
Submitted By Ben DeatherageRoger Crocket Wins at Grays Harbor SpeedwayPhoto Courtesy Of Fletcher Motorsports PhotographyA wonderful second night of racing was on hand at Grays Harbor Raceway on Saturday June 29th for Elma Chamber of Commerce Night. The American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region and Northwest Extreme Late Model Series were once again in action.Defending American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region champion Roger Crockett found himself back in victory lane at Grays Harbor Raceway in night two of the 2013 Bully Dog Performance Speedweek Northwest presented by Contingency Connection on Saturday June 29th. The Medford, Oregon maestro would become the second different winner in as many nights with Speedweek Northwest this year.Starting the feature out though in the desired top spot would be Garen Linder of Central Point, Oregon setting the pace in the early goings in his Linder Powdercoating/Rodgers Racing Engines #22L KPC.Linder would stay out in front until lap seven when the SKS Racing/Al Parker Racing Engines #11 KPC of Roger Crockett would earn the race lead. Crockett would complete the rest of the distance in first place by mastering lapped traffic to win his second race with ASCS-Northwest in 2013 and his fifth career Speedweek Northwest win at GHR.Garen Linder would end the evening in second followed by Princeton, California's Mason Moore in the Moore Insurance Services Inc./LRB Race Products/ Rodgers Racing Engines #22 machine in the third. Completing the top five finishers was Stanwood's Jared Peterson driving the Island Muffler and Brake/All Points Petroleum #7N KPC, for car owner Roger Henderson, in fourth and Trey Starks from Puyallup in fifth in the Starks Timber Processing/Blue Dot Fabrication #55 Schnee.Three heat races were ran earlier in the evening with victories going to Jay Cole of Shelton in his Our Community Credit Union/Bulldog Trailers #0J XXX, the Great Western Transport/Elma Lanes #9R Eagle of Reece Goetz from Snohomish, and Garen Linder. Colton Akerstrom of Bawlf, Alberta was the winner of the consolation feature in his Oil Drop Consulting/Midnight Oil #31 XXX.After leading much of the feature on Friday night Vancouver's Jerry Schram was bound and determined to leave Elma with the winner's trophy Saturday. Jacob Myers of Salem was the early race leader for the first few laps in his Baxter Auto Parts/Powell Motors #9 Rayburn before being overtaken on lap three by Jason Johnson.Jason Johnson, of Gresham, set a good pace in his Jackhammer Trucking/T&G Trucking #76 Rayburn leading for some time until being passed on lap fifteen. That is when Jerry Schram entered the scene as the race leader.Once the Schram Brothers Excavating/Century III Stables #16 MasterSbilt got to the front he would not look back. Schram would score the victory and became the third different winner in seven events. It also marked his first series win at the Grays Harbor Raceway.Greg Walters from Banks, Oregon would finish in the runner-up position in his T&G Trucking/American Landscaping #97 Victory Circle followed by Jason Johnson. Night one winner Collen Winebarger of Corbett, Oregon was fourth in the Discount Race Car Parts/All In Property Investments #1 MasterSbilt while the Smart Windows/A.B. Graphics #88 MasterSbilt of Brush Prairie's John Gamell in fifth.Earlier in the night Collen Winebarger was quickest in time trials at 17.121 seconds. Winebarger and Greg Walters were heat race winners while Winebarger would win the trophy dash.Both the staff of Grays Harbor Raceway and the American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region would like to extend a huge special thanks to Barry Martinez and the entire Speedmart Inc. crew for making it down and help make the weekend a wonderful success.Next Saturday July 6th GHR will have their Mid-Season Championship with a massive fireworks display taking place once all of the racing is complete. Classes on hand will be the Shipwreck Beads IMCA Modifieds, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, Cut Rate Auto Parts Street Stocks, and Hornets. The Shipwreck Beads IMCA Modifieds will take part in the second and final round of the 2013 IMCA Modified Madness mini-series between Grays Harbor and Sunset Speedway Park in Banks, Oregon.Pit gates open at 2:30, front gates, 4:30, and racing starting at 6:30.Tickets prices for Saturday are $15.00 for Adults, $12.00 for Seniors/Juniors (13-18)/Military, $7.00 for Youths (6-12), and Children 5 and Under are FREE. Premium Seats are $25.00 and Family Passes (Two Adults and Up To Four Youths) are $45.00. For more information be sure and log on to www.graysharborraceway.com.Race Summary:Elma Chamber of Commerce NightSaturday June 29th, 2013Grays Harbor RacewayElma, WashingtonASCS-Northwest Region23 EntriesB-Feature: 1. Colton Akerstrom, 2. Seth Nunes, 3. Luke Didiuk, 4. Allison Journey, 5. Jesse Thistle, 6. Kelly Miller, 7. Jason ReedA-Feature: 1. Roger Crockett, 2. Garen Linder, 3. Mason Moore, 4. Jared Peterson, 5. Trey Starks, 6. Henry Van Dam, 7. J.J. Hickle, 8. Reece Goetz, 9. 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Welcome to my blog! I'm a Sr. Software Development Engineer in the Seattle area, who has been performing C++/C#/Java development for over 20 years, but have definitely learned that there is always more to learn!
All thoughts and opinions expressed in my blog and my comments are my own and do not represent the thoughts of my employer.
Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to write and maintain. The index of all my past little wonders posts can be found here.
Today I'm giving a brief beginner's guide to LINQ and Lambdas at the St. Louis .NET User's Group so I thought I'd post the presentation here as well.
I updated the presentation a bit as well as added some notes on the query syntax.
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I hope I am not repeating earlier questions... I have tried to search through the forums, but nothing seemed to be appropriate. It's a tricky concept to word, however, so I may be duplicating the idea referred to by a different phrase.
My challenge is thus: I work for a software testing department for a software company. We produce software that goes to end users, middle-tier operators and our own internal teams.
While our IT department handles our network-level security (rather efficiently) at all tiers, our produced applications get a fairly cursory test from a security perspective.
Most sites/books/tutorials/etc deal expressly with network-level security testing (with possibly the exception of web forms)... it would appear that application-level testing is a new and growing specialisation within the field. I am aware that there are tools specifically designed to test applications fro security flaws, but I have also been assured that they are not worth teh disk space they occupy.
Would anyone have any further comments, or sources that I might peruse for more information on this shard of security testing?


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SPRINGFIELD -- On Monday,
Illinois Department of Insurance Director Andrew Boron announced
that free counseling assistance is available to help educate
Medicare-eligible individuals and their caregivers about available
Medicare Part D insurance options. The department's Senior Health
Insurance Program, known as SHIP, provides free counseling for
Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers. The Medicare Part D
open enrollment season runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.
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Top 10 scams targeting seniors
From the
National Council on Aging
Financial scams targeting
seniors have become so prevalent that they're now considered "the
crime of the 21st century."
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Nursing home oral health care matters
Elderly people who live in
nursing homes are at greater risk for oral health problems compared
with elderly people who live independently, according to a study
published in the July-August 2002 issue of General Dentistry, the
clinical, peer-reviewed journal of the Academy of General Dentistry.
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Atlanta Public Library announces new program for seniors
The Atlanta Public Library invites the community to a series
of monthly events for seniors. The series is called "This Golden
Age" and is about making life matter no matter how old you are. This
Golden Age tackles topics of particular interest to people over 50.
The monthly events begin Oct. 16 and are scheduled for nine
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the Lincoln Police Department
Beware of door-to-door handymen preying on seniors
The Lincoln Police Department
has taken several complaints from senior citizens over the past
several months regarding lawn care companies and tree trimming
businesses that are not performing the amount of work they are being
paid for. These complaints have involved large amounts of money, and
the scamming companies appear to be targeting seniors.
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Medical identity theft rising: Steps to protect yourself
(ARA) -- Two million Americans
fall victim to medical identity theft each year, according to a
study by the Ponemon Institute, commissioned by Experian's
ProtectMyID. While medical identity theft costs victims an average
of $22,346, the potential impact can be far greater -- medical
identity theft could cost some victims their health, or even their
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Medicare fines over hospitals' readmitted patients
-- If you or an elderly relative have been hospitalized recently and noticed extra attention when the time came to be discharged, there's more to it than good customer service.
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-- The issue: Unless Congress acts, the trust funds that support Social Security will run out of money in 2033, according to the trustees who oversee the retirement and disability program. At that point, Social Security would collect only enough tax revenue each year to pay about 75 percent of benefits. That benefit cut wouldn't sit well with the millions of older Americans who rely on Social Security for most of their income.
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retirement? If you retire at age 65, are you financially prepared to
live 30 more years? Or, will you outlive your money?
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Local caretakers learn how to prevent falls in the home
The Oasis Senior Center in Lincoln was
the location for a "Lunch and Learn" seminar over the noon hour on
Tuesday. The program was entitled "Minimizing the Risk of Falls in
the Home by Implementing Simple Changes."
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Think you've won the lottery? Think again
(ARA) -- You've probably dreamed about
what you'd do if you won the lottery -- quit your job, build your
dream home or even donate a large sum of money to your favorite
charity. The allure of a huge amount of money falling into your lap
cannot be denied. Scammers know these dreams and feelings well, and
prey on them, making lottery and sweepstakes scams one of the most
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Once again another self-serving celebrity has opened his mouth and said something cruel and insensitive. Today's it's Johnny Depp on his first trip to China.
My expectations were very high. From the very first second, I was impressed. It's beautiful, the foliage is different, the styles of architecture are different.
I would love to make a film here and spend time here. I could live here, easily. It's a very warm experience.
Much like Dennis Rodman in North Korea, Depp cannot honestly believe that he's getting the "normal" Chinese experience. Celebrities who travel abroad, especially to promote something in counties that have shady human rights, will never, ever get the real experience and moreso if they're personally profiting from the trip. (Depp is.)
The megalomaniacal dictators and governments just love people like Depp because those celebrities are guaranteed a top notch experience in that country so they can come back to the Western world to brag about it. It's a nice way for global assholes to thumb their noses at the Western governments that frequently chide them.
China is using you, Johnny, like you used the Native American culture to make a terrible movie last summer.
Maybe Depp should talk to this guy first to get the real scoop on life in China, although no one ever learned this guy's name or knows if he's even alive today. (Probably not.) Depp could learn a lot of things like how China has oxymoron free speech policies. China is also the global leader in executions, and that number is on the rise. China has a terrible record on women's rights, but Depp is a man so he'd never have to worry about that. Careful, Jack Sparrow! Don't breathe in the air because 16 out of 20 of the world's most polluted cities are located in China. It's a good thing Depp is a celebrity and making mad cash because over 70% of the Chinese population lives on less than $5 a day. One thing Depp wont' have to worry about is torture because the police supposedly stopped doing that.
But Depp wouldn't be aware of any of this because he's a celebrity and not a regular citizen. Perhaps this is why he he gets to be so cavalier about how "easy" it is to live in China. I wonder how the half million individuals who are currently detained without official charges or a trial in China feel about Depp's glib assessment.


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Award-winning Lawyer Brings Broad Experience in Finance, Litigation, M&A
ASHBURN, Va. – November 13, 2012 – Jefferson V. Wright, a thirty year veteran of the law firm Miles & Stockbridge P.C., has been appointed executive vice president and general counsel to government contractor and cybersecurity leader Telos Corporation. Mr. Wright will assume this role on January 1, 2013.
Listed in Best Lawyers each year since 2003 and named Banking and Finance Litigation Lawyer of the Year in Baltimore in the 2013 edition, Mr. Wright is an accomplished litigator and business consultant.
"Jeff has a deep knowledge of, and passion for, our business," said John B. Wood, Telos Corporation chairman and CEO. "Telos has worked with Jeff as outside counsel for over 15 years and he has been a highly regarded and trusted advisor throughout. We will be very fortunate to have him at Telos."
In his new position, Mr. Wright will lead the team that supports Telos' corporate legal matters. He will report directly to the CEO. Mr. Wright will remain in an "of counsel" role with Miles & Stockbridge.
From his tenure with Miles and Stockbridge Mr. Wright has extensive experience in complex business litigation for clients involved in industries as diverse as cybersecurity, financial services, telecommunications and information technology, manufacturing, insurance, real estate, and the public sector. He has handled hundreds of cases at all levels of state and federal courts and in commercial arbitrations.
Mr. Wright received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1977 and completed his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center in 1980. Prior to joining Miles & Stockbridge in 1981, he clerked for J. Dudley Digges on the Court of Appeals of Maryland. He is a member of the bar in the state of Maryland, where Telos is incorporated.
About Telos Corporation
Telos Corporation has provided innovative IT solutions and services to the federal government for more than 30 years. Telos solutions ensure that the government's most security-conscious organizations comply with demanding federal and DoD information security mandates. Offerings include Xacta® IA Manager and other solutions for cybersecurity and information assurance, secure networks, network management and defense, mission applications and development, secure communications, and identity assurance and access. Solutions are represented to the federal government on Telos' GSA schedule. For more information, visit www.telos.com.


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Stars across America were left riveted by the Casey Anthony trial in Orange County, Fla., and they hit Twitter in droves as the verdict was announced on Tuesday afternoon – not guilty in the death of her daughter, Caylee.
"WHAT!!!!???!!!! CASEY ANTHONY FOUND NOT GUILTY!!!!" Kim Kardashian, whose father was part of the O.J. Simpson defense team, Tweeted in all caps. "I am speechless!!!"
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Also shocked by the verdict was "The Voice" host Carson Daly, who wrote, "This is bull[expletive]!!"
Former "Charmed" actress Holly Marie Combs shared her opposition to the outcome after Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder, child abuse and manslaughter.
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"Outraged. Out. Raged," she Tweeted.
Former "Bachelor" star Tenley Molzahn shared her feelings on the verdict, writing, "Wow. #CaseyAnthony is not guilty! This woman is being shown some amazing grace. We all know guilt plays it's own punishment.Wow wow."
"I just hope #CaseyAnthony changes her path in life now that she's been shown this grace," she added in another Tweet. "I'm shocked."
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Comedienne Roseanne Barr was another star upset over the verdict, and wrote, "Kids only matter in this country when they are fetuses."
"The Real Housewives of New York City's" Jill Zarin compared the Casey Anthony trial to the O.J. Simpson trial.
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"I can NOT believe Casey Anthony was found NOT GUILTY! What..the glove didn't fit? The is terrible. I am SHOCKED," she Tweeted, a sentiment echoed by "American Pie" star Jason Biggs.
"I guess the glove didn't fit," he chimed in.
Atlanta "Housewife" Kim Zolciak just wrote, "Wow!!!"
Mandy Moore Tweeted, "Woah! Shocked about the verdict in the casey anthony trial! Thought she was guilty for sure! Either way, tragic story."
Returning talk show host Ricki Lake was left in disbelief by the verdict.
"I'm disgusted! #notguilty? Oh come on," she wrote.
CNN newsman Piers Morgan Tweeted, "Not guilty of murder…but still guilty of being a shockingly bad mother. #CaseyAnthony."
Aubrey O'Day was left stunned, as was "Dancing with the Stars" professional dancer Cheryl Burke.
"They said she's Not Guilty guys. The jury was her maker & that's the law. I don't know,my heart hurts. I don't feel like justice was served," O'Day Tweeted.
"Not guilty? Wow! Speechless!!" Burke wrote.
Comedienne Kathy Griffin was drawn into the story as the verdict news broke.
"Wow. Ok, now this case has my attn. Not guilty? Really? I just assumed," she wrote.
Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden offered a prediction for the woman's future.
"Casey Anthony looks Crazy man. like real Crazy. like street rat Krazy. Kray Kray. 100$ says she moves to LA in 30 days or less," he wrote.
While she was found not guilty in the muder of her young daughter, Anthony was, however, found guilty on four counts of providing false information to a law officer.
The judge will sentence her on Thursday at 9 AM EST.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – When Jon Busch made multiple one-on-one stops against Colorado Rapids rookie Deshorn Brown to preserve a 1-1 tie last month, the San Jose Earthquakes veteran goalkeeper didn't think much of the suggestion that he was responsible for earning the club a point.
"My job is to make saves," Busch told reporters that night. "I'm not ever going to be the one saying, 'Oh, I did this, I did that.' I did my job."
Little wonder, then, that Busch has thrown his support behind the Navy SEAL Foundation. The 36-year-old describes those elite soldiers with language that could, in another context, be easily applied to him.
Busch combined with San Jose's Earthquakes Community Funds to raise more than $8,000 for the NSF last season and hopes to better that number this year with the addition of the Saves for SEALs section at the Quakes' game against the LA Galaxy on June 29.
For his work, Busch earned the MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Month award for June.
"For me, first and foremost, it's the way that they go about their business," Busch told MLSsoccer.com about why the SEALs drew his charitable attention. "They're the silent professionals. They do their work, and then they go home. And nothing's ever said, nothing's ever done. They don't talk about anything. To me, I'm attracted to that demeanor."
Busch said his support crystallized after hearing about the events of Aug. 6, 2011, when a US helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan by Taliban forces. Thirty-one American service members died in the resulting crash, including 25 SEALs and support personnel.
Against the Galaxy, Busch plans to wear specially made cleats bearing the date "8/6/11" in memory of those deaths.
"That was when I had my moment of clarity, to say, 'This is the direction I need to go in,'" Busch said. "I need to support these families – the wives, the kids – after these soldiers are gone. ... The soldiers obviously make a huge sacrifice, but so do the families. It's not an easy life for them."
Busch said he didn't pick the SEALs based on any personal ties to the military, although he has since met what he calls "some of the Navy boys, and it's changed my life."
"I take my job very seriously as a professional, like I've done for 17 years now," Busch said. "But [the SEALs' work] puts it into perspective. I play a game for a living, and I'm blessed to play a game for a living because of those guys. If you think about it, in reality, [if] we lose the game or we give up goals or whatever – at the end of the day, I've got nobody trying to kill me. And I'll be able to come back tomorrow and train hard again and focus on my job again."
Fans will have a chance to see that focus up close on June 29. Those who buy seats in Section 125 at Stanford Stadium will take part in a postgame Q&A session with Busch.
"At the end of the day, this whole project is so much bigger than winning and losing a soccer game, and that's what'll drive me," Busch said. "That's what will keep me in the right frame of mind. We're doing something so special here."


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JASPER, Ind.-National Office Furniture, a brand unit of Kimball International, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBALB), announces that its casegoods and tables manufacturing facility in Santa Claus, IN, has been awarded LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED EB: O&M) Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The certification marks National's seventh facility to earn a LEED green building rating. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) EB: O&M is a rating system for existing buildings; operations and maintenance.
National's Santa Claus facility is the first LEED-certified office furniture manufacturing facility in Indiana and the 11th location in the state to earn a LEED certification in the industrial manufacturing category. Of the more than 12,000 LEED-certified projects globally, only 540 reside under the industrial manufacturing category.
With an ISO 14001 registered Environmental Management System already in place, National pursued the LEED EB: O&M rating to increase the facility's sustainable performance. National's LEED Silver certification was based on a number of green design and maintenance implementations that positively impacted the project itself and the broader community. These include:
Increased recycling areas at individual workstations, break rooms and coffee stations where paper, plastics, metals, cardboard and other materials can be recycled.
Implemented a Green Cleaning Policy, 97% of cleaning products used meet LEED green cleaning requirements.
Carefully selected interior finishes and products with high recycled content including furniture components consisting of over 82% recycled content (by weight) and regionally manufactured within 500 miles.
Reduced water usage by 34% due to the installation of new low-flow water fixtures and fittings in restrooms.
Implemented exterior building cleaning and maintenance best practices which utilize only eco-friendly and minimal impact cleaners and supplies.
On-going maintenance of a roofing system that meets the Energy Star Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) requirement, California Title 24, and is LEED compliant. The maintenance plan calls for cleaning the roof every two years to ensure continued high reflectivity.
Diverted 90% of construction debris from office renovation project.
97% of on-going consumables (e.g. paper, toner cartridges, office supplies, batteries) contain sustainable attributes that meet the LEED requirements.
Prioritized on regional priority credits to support environmental improvement for the local environment.
"National Office Furniture has proved their leadership in the manufacturing sector through their LEED Silver certification," said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council. "By targeting sustainability, National has raised the bar for manufacturing facilities everywhere. We commend them on this great achievement."
"At National, we are never satisfied when it comes to safety, quality and sustainability. Our Santa Claus facility earned previous sustainable accolades, but we knew we could improve, and we did in achieving LEED Silver. We're very proud to be a good corporate neighbor and operate a high-caliber, green certified facility in the community," said Mendy Claridge, Director of Sustainability, LEED AP ID+C, National Office Furniture.
Constructed in the early 70's to manufacture electronic entertainment equipment, today the Santa Claus facility produces wood and laminate office furniture solutions. The facility is ISO9001, ISO14001 and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certified. Products produced in Santa Claus meet stringent indoor air quality requirements and achieve the furniture industry's highest sustainable product certifications, level® 2 and level® 3. In addition, the facility is a member of Indiana's Environmental Stewardship Program and is an OSHA Voluntary Protection Program STAR (VPP) site.
Source: Kimball International, Inc.
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Chicago Metallic Plain or Glazed Single Loaf Pans 9 X 4-1/2 Aluminized Steel 40561 & 40565
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Chicago Metallic is a manufacturer of high quality commercial metal bakeware serving the foodservice, supermarket and retail baking markets. Founded in 1898 by the Debs family, the firm has established itself as an expert in metal bakeware.
*Seamless construction, curled rim, no wire in rim, 40411 replaces 40401 and 40415 replaces 40405
Residential Delivery Available at Additional Cost.
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Pan Use & Care Guidelines
Daily Use
LUBRICATE PANS - Apply a baking pan lubricant to the baking areas of the pan prior to each use. Brand new pans, once seasoned, do not require as much lubrication as older pans.
DE-PAN PRODUCTS QUICKLY - Baked products should be de-panned while the pan is still hot or warm. If baked products are allowed to cool in the pan, steam from the product will penetrate the glaze and may cause glaze lifting, premature glaze failure and damage to the Pan's surface.
DO NOT SCRATCH OR SCRAPE PANS - Do not sue metal utensils or other objects that could scratch the glaze. Deep scratches may cause surface corrosion on the pan.
Daily Cleaning
CLEAN AS YOU GO - Wiping still-warm pans with a clean towel, or a towel that has pan lubricant on it, usually provides adequate cleaning. Avoid pan washing whenever possible.
WASH WITH MILD SOAP AND WATER - Commercial baking pans can be washed with pH-neutral products, but only when absolutely necessary. Do not use acidic cleansers, alkaline detergents or abrasive scrubbing pads. Use of these materials will cause the glaze to fail prematurely and may cause corrosion. Do not soak pans in water. Do not wash in automatic dishwashers.
THOROUGHLY DRY PANS IMMEDIATELY AFTER WASHING - Warm ovens work best.
SEASONING PROCESS - Apply a baking pan lubricant to both sides of the pan and place in an oven until the pan is hot to the touch.
New pans must be seasoned before first use.
ONCE DRY, STORE PANS UPSIDE DOWN -Do not nest pans immediately after towel drying. Keep pans away from moist and humid storage environments. The best storage areas are dry, warm storage areas or still-warm ovens.
Sure Bake and Glaze
Most Chicago Metallic baking pans are available plain or with Sure Bake and Glaze. Sure Bake and Glaze (SB&G) is a two part process developed to provide the best possible surface for baking. The first part, called Sure Bake, is an electrolytic bath process that prepares the pan's surfaces for the application of glaze by providing a little "tooth" to the surface of the pan. This preparation allows the glaze to adhere tightly to the pan's surface providing a longer glaze life.
The second part of the Sure Bake and Glaze process is the application of the silicone coating itself (Glaze) to the prepared surface. The purpose of the glaze is to promote the easy release of baked products from the pan. Although glazing is not a permanent coating, commercial reglazing facilities are available.
Pan glaze and pan life can be prolonged with a preventative maintenance program designed for each particular pan. The key to success of any baking pan maintenance program is that management must first develop a philosophy about the care of pans, establish a definitive pan-care training program, and insist that all associated with the use of the pans follow the designed program, including periodic pan reglazing cycles.
Fore more information on Bakeware Handling and Cleaning Guidelines, please see the Specification Sheet PDF File.


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Membership Meeting - Wednesday, 06/06/2019, 7:30 pm
Location: 9701 Dessau Rd #304, Austin TX 78754
- Schedule to install the Security Cameras
- All ordered components are now in the ATX Hackerspace Office
- State of the front door, schedule to install push bar + card reader on Reception Door
- In theory we have all the parts in the hackerspace now
- Shop Air Kit
- Purchased from Northern Tool, expected arrival date this Friday or this coming Monday
- BIG kit ( hundreds of pounds ) needs a truck for pick-up at the store. Pipes are very long.
- SawStop : Brake Cartridge Fired -- new blade + cartridge needed
- Purchase a cartridge ( ~$80 ) to keep on standby
- Purchase a blade ( ~$30-60 ) to keep on standby
- Should we have mandatory training / key-lock-out for the SawStop? This is getting expensive in time/money.
- Dan DeFellipi @driverdan is now the defacto "Door Access Software" lead.
- Slack channel for coordination is #access-control
- Looking at fixing current software, and next-gen issues
- Stay compatible with the current keyfobs
- Goal is access locks on doors + Shop entry door + Bio Lab, some cabinets, some tools
- Vehicle Parking Issues at the Space
- We have a Parking Policy : Vehicles and Vehicle Projects
- be authorized in writing by Danny Miller ( Director of Facilities )
- be actively worked on, daily
- be operable/moveable and currently registered
- unpermitted member vehicles cannot be
parked longer than 24 hoursleft while you are not here
- must not obstruct a door/parkway/roadway
- must be parked in an ATXHS parking spot only.
- must not be in handicapped space without appropriate state-issued permit. A vehicle with ATXHS-issued project permit must not be in the handicapped space even with the appropriate state permit.
- Any vehicles in violation of this policy will get a Vehicle Ticket and be towed after 72 hours
- We have a Parking Policy : Vehicles and Vehicle Projects
- Andrew Cottrell is running for the currently vacant position of Director of Administration. We need a second, and a vote.
- Brad Selph proposes:
- I want to propose making a drying rack so we can free up limited table space. I have calculated the cost of this project to cost $210 + TAX from Home Depot. The drying rack can also be moded to have a dedicated charging station, clamp storage on the side & broom storage.
- The drying rack will be approximately 6' high,8' long, and 4' deep, have adjustable shelving.
- So that we can move expeditiously on items like purchasing equipment, perform electrical and structural renovations, improve the space by paying contractors to do work, and generally have more flexibility to match our income and our need to grow, Martin Bogomolni proposed to amend the OA regarding Board Expenditures on the Members Mailing List as follows:
- 3.1(b):
- Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 3.1(a), the approval of the Class B Members shall be required prior to the Company taking any action requiring the expenditure of more than five hundred dollars ( $500 ) of Company cash in any single, or series of related transactions.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 3.1(a), the approval of the Class B Members shall be required prior to the Company taking any action requiring the expenditure of more than Four Thousand ( $4000 ) of Company cash in any single, or series of related transactions in a fiscal year. Expenditures at or above five hundred dollars ( $500 ) of Company cash up to the aforementioned limit in any single, or series of related transactions in a fiscal year require the approval of the majority of the Board of Directors. Expenditures below five hundred dollars ( $500 ) of Company cash and above the petty cash policy of one hundred fifty ( $150 ) in any single, or series of related transactions in a fiscal year and the signed written approval of two other board members.
- 3.1(b):
- Since ATX Hackerspace is growing rapidly ( 40+ people in the last couple weeks! ) and our laser cutters are currently quite used and scheduled heavily, Martin Bogomolni proposed we rent the Epilog Legend EXT36 75W Laser for Six Months w/ Purchase Option on the Members Mailing List as follows:
- Martin Bogomolni has a laser cutter in pristine condition, with a fresh new laser tube w/ 2 year warranty, brand new honeycomb bed, and brand new engraving bed. It uses Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, and the printer has built-in memory so jobs can be spooled to it like any network printer.
- The proposal is that the hackerspace rent the laser cutter for six months at $350/mo.
- ATXHS has a purchase option for $14,400 when the rental period ends. The Hackerspace will need to purchase it using a lease from a lender ( ~$400/mo - 48 mo )
- If ATXHS chooses not to purchase the laser, it will be returned to Martin in the same clean condition it was brought in, with a new honeycomb, and ready for immediate use.
- The hackerspace is responsible for all costs and maintenance while renting the printer, including
- professional transportation of the laser to/from the facility
- providing clean, humidity free, regulated air for the air assist
- providing proper ducting and a venting fan for the laser cutter to Epilog specifications ( 800 CFM at 6" of static pressure )
- cleaning and maintaining the laser to a high standard ( daily maintenance / weekly cleaning / monthly deep clean )
- Information on the Legend 36EXT
To use the Epilog requires a class on it's operation and use, and the course and handout materials are ready. Martin / Rob / Harlan will teach the first classes.
- Again, since we are growing rapidly, and our lasers are being used constantly, Brad Selph proposes that we purchase his 130W laser as follows:
- Brad Selph has a 2'x3' bed, Chinese glass-tube laser cutter in nearly new condition. He proposes that the ATX Hackerspace purchase the laser cutter in full for $5000 plus 1 year of membership in the space at the student rate.
- Brad has a truck and will bring the laser to the shop for the cost of renting the trailer.
- Included in the sale of the laser cutter
- Tube is new and has ~150 hours of time on it. The tubes last between 3000 and 8000 hours of use ( usually about a year of constant use )
- The bed is 2' x 3' and there are two extra, smaller honeycomb beds included
- Rotary Attachment
- Spare Parts ( mirror & lens )
- Original blower that came with system
- Original hoses and ducting that came with system
- Required water pump needed to keep the laser cool. It's a fan/heat exchanger, not a chiller.
- Laser Cutter Information Page
To use the 130W laser cutter requires a class on it's operation and use as it is different than the others in the space. Brad will teach the first classes, and it will require new class materials to be written, and a new handout.
- Brad Selph proposes
- Purchase a Replicator 2X Experimental ( new, in box, no modifications or upgrades ) for $1500.
- Retail value was $2499 new
- eBay value is ~$900-$1500 for similar units
- Willing to break it into payments
- Makerbot Website for Replicator 2X
- Purchase a Replicator 2X Experimental ( new, in box, no modifications or upgrades ) for $1500.


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Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn, No. 22-16751 (9th Cir. May 9, 2013)
The copyright holder in certain newspaper articles granted to Righthaven the awkwardly-articulated rights "requisite to have Righthaven recognized as the copyright owner of the [articles] for purposes of Righthaven being able to claim ownership as well as the right to seek redress for past, present, and future infringements of the copyright . . . in and to the [articles]."
After the district court dismissed some of Righthaven's cases for lack of standing, saying that Righthaven was not an owner of an "exclusive right" as required by the Copyright Act to maintain the suit, Righthaven sought review with the Ninth Circuit. On appeal, the court affirmed the lower court's holding that Righthaven lacked standing.
The court found that the language used to grant rights to Righthaven did not in itself prove that Righthaven owned any exclusive rights. It held that the language in an assignment agreement purporting to transfer ownership is not conclusive. Instead, a court must consider the "substance of the transaction." Since a separate agreement between Righthaven and the copyright holder placed limits on what Righthaven could do with any copyright assigned to it, Righthaven did not actually possess the required exclusive rights under the Copyright Act, and therefore lacked standing to sue.


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Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Posted by Brodd Family at 6:50 PM 1 comments
The title of this post is perfect considering what is going outside our window this moment...
First of all, our appologies for the delay in new posts. We had some sicknesses move through the house and also had some technical issues with the blog. But we are back!
A couple weeks ago, we got hit with yet another Spring Blizzard. Unlike those in the middle of the winter, these have been followed by sunny skies and temps in the high 30's to even lower 50's. Pretty crazy stuff...
Sylvia has become a master of the snow angel
Violet was checking out the construction of the snowman
More snow angels...
Why not some chalk time after a blizzard?
Well, at some point this spring we hope to enjoy the 70's and play out in the yard, but until that day happens, we will make the most of what we have!
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In its Global Data Cloud Index released Oct. 15, Cisco forecasts that global cloud traffic will grow 4.5-fold, a 35 percent combined annual growth rate, by 2017. Today's data centers in which rows of servers sprawl over hundreds of thousands of square feet already consume some 30 billion watts of electricity, The New York Times reported last year.
And this is all the more reason to rethink data center design and size so they require a lot less power and space, said two University of California, San Diego researchers in the Oct. 11 issue of the journalScience.
Cloud computing is the fastest growing segment of data center traffic, approximating 1.2 zettabytes of annual traffic in 2012, according to Cisco's annual report. Meanwhile, overall global data center traffic will grow threefold to 7.7 zettabytes by 2017. Cisco provides a little social math to illustrate just how much data traffic we're talking about.
"A zettabyte is one billion terabytes. For context, 7.7 zettabytes is the equivalent to:
- 107 trillion hours of streaming music -- about 1.5 years of continuous music streaming for the world's population in 2017.
- 19 trillion hours of business web conferencing -- about 14 hours of daily web conferencing for the world's workforce in 2017.
- 8 trillion hours of online high-definition (HD) video streaming -- about 2.5 hours of daily streamed HD video for the world's population in 2017."
|Graduate student Qing Gu at work in the Fainman lab in the ECE dept. at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering.
In their commentary, electrical engineer Yeshaiahu (Shaya) Fainman and computer scientist George Porter proposed replacing the racks and racks of servers in today's data centers into a single chip. "These 'rack-on-chips' will be networked, internally and externally, with both optical circuit switching to support large flows of data and electronic packet switching to support high-priority data flows," Fainman and Porter write.
Fainman is professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Porter is a research scientist in the Center for Networked Systems at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
Their proposed solution will require several significant technology advances. The most significant are how to network all the individual processors on a single chip as well as how to network multiple rack-on-chips to each other, said Porter. "To handle Big Data processing and data-intensive applications, you've got to have an enormous amount of network bandwidth, and we're developing new technologies to deliver that bandwidth cheaper, with less power and heat, and in a smaller form-factor than existing approaches," Porter said. Fainman's lab has been developing several aspects of the dense integration of electronics and photonics and nanophotonic technology required to achieve this vision in collaboration with several other universities as part of the Center for Integrated Access Networks. Fainman's lab last year built thesmallest no-waste laser to date, a significant step needed to enable future computer chips with optical communications. Their breakthrough was reported in the journal Nature.
Motherboard reported on Fainman and Porter's idea for "nanoservers" this week:
"But the meat and potatoes of Yeshaiahu Fainman and George Porter's server-rack-on-a-chip vision is really about taking the existing framework for a server rack and recreating it at the nano-level. They say that miniaturizing all server components so that several servers can fit onto a computer chip would increase processing speed. Making circuit systems to support all these mini-components using advanced lithography is already feasible, but scientists have yet to realize nano-transceivers and circuit-switchers—the key components that transmit data. And while silicon chips are increasing being used to transmit data-carrying light waves in fiber optic networks, efficiently generating light on a silicon chip is still early in its development. The researchers offer some solutions, like including light generating nanolasers in the chip design."


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The Specktator is thrilled to have European Street Cafe as title sponsor of the online calendar!
As one of my favorite places to eat, drink and socialize in the the city, "E. Street" (as the cool kids call it) makes the perfect partner to help promote the best events happening in the city.
NOTE: This is a "curated calendar," meaning I have personally reviewed each event and consider it to be of interest to the general public and/or something particularly compelling. It is important to know that businesses cannot buy a calendar entry. That said, if you have an event you would like considered for the calendar, send the pertinent information to email@example.com.
And by the way, be sure to change the view from "month" to "stream" below. Unless you like being really annoyed.
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I would like to refer to two postings on this board, related to efficiently using graphical displays, and in particular, rendering fonts. One of them is quite old, in which @pythoncoder was circulating his idea of storing fonts in the flash viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2667&. He also presented a python implementation, which, however, suffered from the fact that it is interpreted, therefore, relatively slow. I mentioned some weeks ago that this issue can be alleviated in a C module, and set out to implement it. I wanted to retain the elegance of Peter's font description, so the C code is really nothing else than an almost literal translation of the relevant parts of https://github.com/peterhinch/micropyth ... /writer.py This also means that the font generator routine in https://github.com/peterhinch/micropyth ... t_to_py.py should still be applicable.
I have dumped my code onto https://github.com/v923z/ufont-micropython. If someone doesn't want to compile the code, I can upload the binary firmware to dropbox or something similar.
Since one of the typical uses of a microcontroller is to display the results of measurements, the module contains a scalable set of seven-segment fonts for numbers. These can be rendered by calling
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from ufont import seven_segment
buffer = bytearray(1000)
memview = memoryview(buffer)
foreground = bytearray([200, 200])
background = bytearray([0, 0])
size, weight = 20, 3
seven_segment(memview, '1', size, weight, foreground, background)
By calling the render method, arbitrary fonts can also be generated, if one passes the font description to the method as
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from ufont import render
buffer = bytearray(1000)
memview = memoryview(buffer)
pattern = get_character_from(character, font_descriptor)
height = 20
foreground = bytearray([200, 200])
background = bytearray([0, 0])
render(memview, pattern, height, foreground, background)
Typical rendering times are 200 us for a 20-point font, thus one should be able to display a single character in less than a ms. As far as I remember, Peter mentioned 10 ms rendering times for colour displays.
A complete high-level implementation of the driver, as well as detailed speed test can be found under https://github.com/v923z/micropython-te ... test.ipynb
I would appreciate any comments or recommendations.


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Iowa got some good news on Monday when its All-Big-Ten left tackle, Brandon Scherff, announced he would return for his senior season.
Scherff had a stellar junior year, starting every game for a unit that allowed just 12 sacks (tied for tops in the Big Ten). He had been projected by some as a potential first round pick in the next NFL draft (the Hawkeyes have had six OL selected in the past five drafts).
His return gives Iowa (8-4) a big boost in 2014 as two starters must be replaced on the offensive line as it is. If the Hawkeyes can find a way to make up for the loss of all-star tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz, their offense could be much improved.


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A new video has surfaced showing Jon Gosselin and Hailey Glassman are still together contrary to reports of their breakup. The duo definitely wants the public to know they are happy together.
According to RadarOnline, the couple was spotted in New York state coming out of a Starbucks yesterday.
Even though Jon has been seen with other women, he made it clear on Thursday that for him, it's all about 22-year-old Hailey. This is the same Hailey who's past reveals drug use, an arrest, and a ton of classy photos.
Both Jon and Hailey denied a breakup with Hailey saying, "Don't believe everything you read." Umm really Hailey, even if there's photographic evidence?
When asked about reports that Jon was dating other women, Hailey said, "Oy vey."
So the countdown begins until we see Jon out with another new "girlfriend." Wonder how Kate Major and Stephanie Santoro feel about this new tidbit?
In other news, Kate Gosselin is set to make her first live appearance on the Today Show since announcing her divorce. She is scheduled to appear this Monday.