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WOODSTOCK, VT. — It's that time of year when leaf peepers head for the hills to soak in the rich ombre of color Mother Nature faithfully delivers each autumn. But the eagerly anticipated palette is not the only reason to head out this season. There are other sights to be seen as you travel around New England, places rich in history and architecture and culture, places to see no matter the season.
And among those yearround landmarks is the Woodstock Inn & Resort in Woodstock, VT.
As a fan of "old places," it was its history, not autumn hues that drew me to the stately Federal-style inn. Nestled in the lush Green Mountains, it majestically sits at the town green, postcard picture perfect and setting the tone in a town National Geographic once described as "One of America's Most Picturesque Villages". The American Architectural Society characterized Woodstock as "…perfect – if any town in any country can be."
I was not at all familiar with the charming Vermont town when I headed there, but was more than pleasantly surprised upon my arrival after a drive up I-91, then driving the last few miles along Route 4, which was a pleasant rural road into town. You can't miss the Woodstock Inn as you drive into the tony town that revolves around its classic town green. The inn's address? "14 The Green."
The inn is a grand old place that stirs the New England in your soul with its expansive yet welcoming front lawn, manicured gardens and oversized front porch, set smack dab in the middle of a quaint downtown that is very inviting. There is a Greek-Revival courthouse, Romanesque-style library and assorted mansions, historic buildings, storefronts, restaurants and galleries that give guests dozens of reasons to meander about.
And, oh those rooms. But first a little history lesson.
Rockefellers To The Rescue
The parcel has always housed an inn with the first one built in 1793 by Capt. Israel Richardson. Decades went by and a larger inn was built closer to the street. But the aging inn fell on hard times, and in 1968, philanthropist, conservationist and business mogul Laurance S. Rockefeller purchased the property. When it was determined the 1891 building could not be saved, Rockefeller built the new Woodstock Inn on the very spot where Richardson's original inn was located.
The result is a wonderful blend of country charm and contemporary amenities in a 142-room gem that goes above and beyond when it comes to hospitality. I was there on a beautiful sunny day so my first challenge was walking inside. The front lawn, with its white picket fence, gardens in bloom and clusters of Adirondack chairs strategically placed to look out onto the green, was so inviting I just wanted to dump the suitcase, and sit and soak in the ambiance.
Staff is knowledgeable and friendly and check-in was quick. Rooms are quaint, what you would expect in a traditional New England inn, with lots of dark woods, finely crafted architectural details and soft colors and prints. Rooms range from standard single rooms to suites that include fireplaces and porches. Marble bathrooms, organic bath products, pillow top mattresses and 600-thread- count sheets are among the standard amenities.
For those who must, there is Wi-Fi and cable television but if you can bear to unplug, even for one day, please do. The inn has a beautiful new spa that offers an array of services as well as indoor and outdoor pools. While there are many places to dine in Woodstock, the inn has it owns AAA Diamond Award winning The Red Rooster, a restaurant that like everything else at the inn, underscores the best of Vermont in its décor and service including a menu featuring local cheeses and fresh, local artisan and heirloom ingredients. Enjoy products from Cabot Cheese, Thomas Dairy, Maplebrook Farms, and Vermont Shephard. The inn also has its Richardson's Tavern for those who want more casual dining that includes patio seating, weather permitting. There are other amenities like live music that is regularly featured in the tavern, a well-stocked library and the daily Tea Time.
Also a popular wedding and conference venue, guests can also golf or skiing, as well as fish, hike or go canoeing and hunting.
But make some plans to poke around the town, for beyond fine dining and shopping, there is something more — the legacy of Laurence Rockefeller and his wife, Mary French Rockefeller.
In 1992 Rockefeller and his wife Mary donated their Woodstock summer home and farm to the National Park Service. The result is a the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, a short walk from the inn and well worth the stroll across the iron bridge over the Ottauquechee River to the preserve.
The park is dedicated to conservation efforts, efforts that began in the late 20th century when Mary Rockefeller's ancestors, George Perkins Marsh and Frederick Billings, began the quest to restore Vermont's stripped down forests, educate the public, and conserve natural resources. Today, the 550 acres include a working farm, forest center, gardens, greenhouse, dairy, farmhouse and the 1800s-era Queen Anne style Victorian mansion. All are open for tours and beyond being a tourist attraction, the effort is a gentle reminder that there would be no colorful foliage if there were no advocates to protect the land and its assets.
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It was a lesson I was glad to be reminded of during this getaway.
The inn's director of sales and marketing W. Courtney Lowe, stressed the inn is a combination of the best New England has to offer when it comes to gracious hospitality, impeccable lodging and a commitment to respecting the environment.
It was all that and more for me, a reminder of what I like best about my corner of the nation.
WOODSTOCK INN & RESORT: For reservations visit http://www.woodstockinn.com or call (855) 319-1324.


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The 678 kilometer West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) links into the existing Escravos-Lagos pipeline at the Nigeria Gas Company's Itoki Natural Gas Export Terminal in Nigeria and proceeds to a beachhead in Lagos. From there it moves offshore to Takoradi, in Ghana, with gas delivery laterals from the main line extending to Cotonou (Benin), Lome (Togo) and Tema (Ghana). The Escravos-Lagos pipeline system has a capacity of 800 MMscfd, and the WAPCo system will initially carry a volume of 170MMscfd and peak over time at a capacity of 460MMscfd.
The main offshore pipeline runs East to West at an average water depth of 35 metres though some sections such as the south east of Ghana, south of Lome and the Benin – Nigerian frontier ranges between 50 to 70 meters. Its range from the coast is as varied as the depth. South of Cape St. Paul in Ghana, it is as close as 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 kilometres) while at its widest section south of Winneba also in Ghana, it is 17.5 nautical miles (32.5 kilometres). The ranges of the Tees from the coast are approximately as follows:
Cotonou - 7 nautical miles (13 Km).
Lome - 10.3 nautical miles (19 Km).
Tema -7.8. nautical miles (14 Km).
The main pipeline is 20 inches in diameter. Cotonou and Lome laterals are 8 inches respectively while the Tema lateral is 18 inches. The termination point at Takoradi (Aboadzi) forms part of the main pipeline.
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WAGP transports purified natural gas free of heavy hydrocarbons, liquids and water, ideally suited as fuel for power plants and industrial applications. Eighty-five per cent of the gas is for power generation and the remaining for Industrial Applications. The Volta River Authority's Takoradi Thermal Power Plant in Ghana, CEB of Benin and Togo are WAPCo's foundation customers.

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Efforts on to put out Nuristan forest blaze
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A fire in the Noorgram district of eastern Nuristan province has gutted a three kilometers forest of pine nuts, officials said on Thursday.
Noorgram district chief Naimatullah Muslim told Pajhwok Afghan News the blaze erupted in Malika and Tongarat forests, raising concerns about its spread to other areas. He said they lacked modern equipment to put out the blaze and the forest was situated in an area where no road existed.
"About 60 to 70 policemen led by a commander have been sent to the area along with civilians to extinguish the fire. Mobile phones don't work in the area and we are contacting them via satellite phones. The fire will be put out until evening."
The forest blaze, meanwhile, worried the local people. A tribal elder, Khuda Dad, said: "The fire has erupted in pine nut forest which is the only livelihood of area people. Residents have suffered losses."
Provincial council head Saadullah Payendazai asked the government to extinguish the blaze through aircraft and prevent the forest from being reduced to ashes. He said residents could not tackle the fire.
But Governor Hafiz Abdul Qayyum believed only local residents would extinguish the fire. "The government has no facility to spray water from the air; but people have reached the area and are making efforts to control the blaze. We have also sent residents of other areas to help control the fire."
The fire is raging in an area haunted by a large number of insurgents. With a reason yet to be ascertained, officials alleged shepherds set up a fire in the forest last night.
According to another report, a fire eruption in Kot and Rodat districts of eastern Nangarhar province gutted 75 homes, inflicted heavy financial losses on people.
The Nangarhar governor's spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok the fire erupted in a home in the Tirili area of Kot district. Later on, the blaze spread to the Baro area of neighbouring Rodat district.
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We're calling the Suzuki Sidekick JLX 4WD small because it has the smallest wheelbase of any four-door on the market. We found it to be a great value-ours had a sticker price of $15,429 with standard features such as power steering, cruise control, rear wheel anti-lock brakes, a security system, a locking spare tire case and power windows and locks. It is one of the more complete four-door four wheelers we've sampled.
Another big advantage is its fuel economy, with EPA numbers of 23 mpg city/26 mpg highway. The downside here is performance. The 1.6-liter 95-hp four has to make man noisy revolutions to get this vehicle going. Even then, "go" seems on the meager side.
Somewhat narrow and erect, the Suzuki Sidekick handled like it looks. There was body roll or lean in sharp cornering-more than on other four-door 4WDs we've tried, but not excessive or dangerous. A pleasant surprise was the lack of pitching on bumpy roads, despite the short wheelbase. We attribute this to some solid engineering in the front MacPherson strut/rear coil springs with stabilizer bar suspension.
Comfort and convenience in the Suzuki Sidekick JLX was excellent. We found it a pleasure to drive and ride in day and night, and in all but severe off-road situations. One negative is the steering wheel position. Even with the tilt column feature, it was too flat, making it almost bus-like. We liked the fact that rear windows went all the way down, thanks to Suzuki Sidekick's upright stance; you can, however, lock the windows to prevent kids from lowering them. Many four-door four-wheelers have rear windows that only go part way down because of the incursion of the rear wheel well into the rear door area.
What we didn't like was the meager power of the 1.6-liter 16-valve electronically fuel-injected four. It meant slow acceleration from a stop and for passing. We found we could compensate some with the five-speed manual transmission, but this might be a bigger negative with the four-speed automatic.
We drove through our secret off-road course after some heavy rains. Shifting into 4WD high (the front hubs, called "automatic free wheeling," lock automatically), the Sidekick churned through some deep muddy ruts with no problem. It negotiated our now-slippery narrow two-track very well, but we did have to kick the engine rpms up with a lot of shifting. We noticed the same for our hill climb, choosing 4WD low.
We liked the Suzuki four-door VW Sidekick JLX for what it is-a small light-duty 4WD vehicle that likely will be used for casual off-roading but is more at ease just doing everyday driving. It's our impression that Suzuki decided to market the Sidekick to further take advantage of the popularity of Geo Tracker and its own 4WD fun vehicles.
But mericans get very serious when it comes to sport utility vehicles. We want power, comfort, cargo capacity and towing capability. The Suzuki Sidekick is lacking in these areas-particularly in power, room and towing. Head out on a serious hunting, fishing or camping expedition and you'll probably have to cut back on what you want to take along. And you may even have to make other travel arrangements for some of your party.
It is also under-powered. That little 1.6-liter 95 hp four-banger is really working most of the time. You probably can strap a light canoe on top or maybe tow a light pop-up camper, but that's about it.
On the plus side, the Sidekick rides and handles well in spite of some body roll and lean in cornering. It is fun to drive because of its compactness and maneuverability. We also like the 4WD capability for handling bad weather and for occasional off-road use.
The price seems right too: Our test model carried a sticker of $15,429. However, you can buy a Jeep
Cherokee for close to this, and the Cherokee has more power, room and towing capability. But for what it is, the Sidekick is a very acceptable compact sport utility vehicle.


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This is going to General since although it's predominantly about TM1 compatibility, it's broader than that.
As some of you know I have kept every version of Office on my notebook from 97 to 2010. Even the much loathed 2007 is on there. This is essentially a hangover from my old days on what were then the Excel Usenet newsgroups, when I would have to answer questions and sometimes test answers across multiple different versions. Of course, I think I may need to dump that practice since Office 97 won't run on my 64 bit notebook (because of a missing DLL). Though I just went on a nostalgia bender and revisited 2000 and XP, and even re-met Rocky, my office assistant after Power Pup was spiked in Office 2000. Ah, simpler times... (Granted XP looks awful with the column letters not sitting correctly, but aside from that... in fact it even loaded the CAFE add-in correctly, though I didn't try to use it.)
Anyway, I thought I'd better get 2013 on there quickly for test purposes since I had heard that 2016 was being released.
Too late; when I ran my Office 365 install it brought down 2016. Which, I suspect, would have overwritten 2013 anyway. You get no choice in the version that comes down. You get no choice in where it is installed. You do get a choice of 32 or 64 bit but if you have an Office 365 subscription you need to go into your Office account and change that selection before you do the download. MS recommended 32 bit for me predominantly because of the compatibility issues with 64 bit; in fact I'll only be loading the latter in a VM to update TM1 Tools. (No, I haven't forgotten, I just haven't had time.)
So how does it look?
Promising, so far. On the superficial side the menus no longer YELL AT YOU IN ALL CAPS the way they did in Office 2013. I have no idea who thought that was a good idea to begin with. The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) seems to be a bit chunkier than in 2010 (and, from what I saw of it, 2013); slightly higher with larger icons. The icons are now almost wire frames rather than being real icons; they're devoid of any colour unless colour is an integral part of the function, such as with the Fill Color command. That contains a narrow band indicating the currently selected colour if you add it to the QAT.
The ribbons seem more or less the same as 2010/2013 except for a new help feature at the far right of the tabs; "Tell me what you want to do..." This is the latest attempt to get Rocky and Power Pup right, albeit without a cute animated figure. OK, not so cute if you remember Clippy. When you type something in there it will try to find a matching help topic. It hasn't done too badly so far though when I replied to its question with "Win Powerball" the best it could offer was a Win/Loss Sparkline topic. It did offer the additional options of "Get Help on 'Win Powerball' " which takes you to the main help file (and unsurprisingly had nothing to offer) and "Smart Lookup on 'Win Powerball' " which is essentially a Bing search, though it asks you to agree to it first.
It certainly beats the idea that some genius had about burying the Help command on the File / backstage menu in 2010.
Unfortunately another piece of 2007-legacy idiocy - not having an always accessible option to change and arrange windows - has not been rectified. The Switch Windows command is therefore always the first one to go onto my QAT. (No, showing worksheets on the taskbar is NOT an adequate replacement, especially when you have a lot of them open along with non-Excel windows like Server Explorer, Cube Viewer or the VBA IDE, all of which appear in the same stack.) The Excel icon in the far top left (which contained Restore / Minimise / Close etc options) is gone, replaced by a disk icon for Save. (Visible only if there is an active file.) Speaking of which the 2007 irritation of changing the function of the close button in the top right remains; it still closes the document, not the application. Unless it's the last document loaded, in which case yeah, it takes out the application which as often as not you don't want. Using Close on the File menu or [Ctrl]+[F4] remains the workaround to keep Excel open with no workbooks.
Finally there's a new item on the QAT by default; the touch / mouse mode. Essentially if you toggle it from mouse mode to touch mode it spreads out the menus and icons a little bit to give your fat fingers a chance to hit the right one. (No, not your fingers, of course, dear reader. Other people's fat fingers, I mean.)
There seems to be a little animation that plays when you click on a different cell. Rather than just re-rendering with the selection on the new cell it looks like the cell cursor "slides" across the screen. (Very quickly; it's barely perceptible but definitely there.) I suppose it makes a cue for the eye but essential or even truly useful? I doubt it. But I doubt it slows things down appreciably unless you're still running an 80386, so it does no harm.
Autorecovery seems a bit wonky in Excel; it continues to insist that it has found some documents! Saved them from going over a cliff! Yet they were documents that had either saved correctly in the previous session or I had told Excel that I didn't care about. On one occasion it popped open the autorecovery panel to tell me with delight that it had saved no file at all for me to recover.
Slices, snapshots and active forms all seem to work as expected. (OK, ActiveForms won't work properly for Wim but that's only because they really, really don't like him or his football team.) The only eccentricity that I've noted to date is that the question of whether focus goes to the new sheet, or whether it stays with Server Explorer or perhaps another workbook that's open in Excel all seems to be a tad random. But the features all seem fine.
OK, you know that as soon as I typed that I created an Active Form into an Excel session with no other workbooks, and got an error message telling me that I had an error 1004 "Method 'Calculation of object 'Application' failed" followed by one of my personal favourites 91 Object Variable or With Block not set". This leads to ye olde problem of having all of the descriptive text disappear from the TM1 ribbon tab and, best of all, the active form is completely cactused. The Rebuild menu items are greyed out (once you get them back by faffing around with other workbooks while on other tabs for a while), and double clicking on a consolidated row does not work. Creating new active forms then generates random errors like Invalid Command ones.
It looks like the old, old problem where an unhandled VBA error de-initialises all add-ins and causes the TM1 add-in to lose all of the references that it needs. Once I reopened Excel again, though, and created an active form while there was another document loaded, everything worked fine.
My conclusions? Either:
(a) There is a bug in the add-in when it comes to creating an active form into Excel 2016 if there are no other documents (including blank, unsaved documents) open; or
(b) The Active Forms are sending me a message to never again discuss their Anti-Wim vendetta.
I can't connect this thing to CAFE at the moment so I'll have to test that out later.
I know many people don't use these (more's the pity) but the way that personally customised templates are handled in both Excel and Word has changed. In older versions any custom Excel templates would need to be installed in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Templates. Now they're in a folder named Custom Office Templates under your Documents folder. I always love it when programs feel free to barge into my Documents folder and stake out a bit of space for themselves. Nothing like an extra bit of clutter to scruff up the place that I theoretically use to store my own documents. I haven't checked out whether there have been any changes to the default workbook / worksheet, but shall. A link to personal templates only appears after you've saved one. Before then all you get are hundreds and thousands of ("Featured!") Microsoft-supplied templates, each one more garish and less flexible than the last.
OneNote seems improved over the immediately preceding version. I share a couple of notebooks between several work and home machines via OneDrive and it worked well with OneNote 2010.Then on one machine I got a notification that there was an update to OneNote available (presumably to 2013) and made the mistake of installing it. "Nuuuh-uuuhhh!", it slobbered, "ya can't share loike that no more!". So I knocked it on the head, went back to 2010 and looked for the "Go To Hell" button whenever the "update" notification came in. So as you can imagine there was a sharp intake of breath when I saw that you were given no option about which applications to install, meaning that both OneNote and Outlook (both of which can have only one version at a time on) were getting updated whether I wanted it or not. Outlook I don't care about; it's a geriatric trainwreck anyway and is just as screwed as GMail and Google Calendar are, just differently. I don't think Microsoft realises just how much of an Achilles heel that thing is. Mind you, in 2016 I get... the weather in a bar at the top of the calendar! The weather for Washington DC, which is where my avatar works, I don't. Ah, but I can change it, and get Sydney's weather! In degrees Fahrenheit, a system that we and most of the world haven't used for 40 years this year. (It can be changed in Outlook Options => Calendar.) Oh, and look; all of my category colour codings have vanished from my calendar, thanks for that guys. Oh, and this is good! A whole raft of birthday reminders are spread over 2 days because they start at 01:00 and finish at 01:00 the following day. I smell the dead hand of daylight savings time here.
OneNote I was dreading. And yet... it loaded up the shared notebooks easily and seamlessly. The only issue that I encountered was that the other machines reported corrupted caches after the upgrade (probably to do with a change to the formatting) and required the whole notebooks to be re-synched. The other thing is that an embedded workbook couldn't be opened without me confirming that I trusted the author. Which was of course me. Do I trust me? I dunno, I can be pretty sneaky sometimes... yeah, whatever, go for it. And I see that there are still no insertable fields like time and date. (As opposed to insertable time stamps.) It's very little different to OneNote 2010, which, while it could be much better, is good enough.
That's about it for the moment... as any more cheery news comes my way I'll pass it on.
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What a pity they still won't work for meAlan Kirk wrote:Slices, snapshots and active forms all seem to work as expected. (OK, ActiveForms won't work properly for Wim but that's only because they really, really don't like him or his football team.)
I almost thought that MS not renewing my Excel MVP title was the worst news this week, but yes, things can still get worse.
Thank you for your findings so far.
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This Tech Tip reprinted with permission by java.sun.com
Variable arity methods, sometimes referred to as varargs methods, accept an arbitrary set of arguments. Prior to JDK 5.0, if you wanted to pass an arbitrary set of arguments to a method, you needed to pass an array of objects. Furthermore, you couldn't use variable argument lists with methods such as the format method of the MessageFormat class or the new to JDK 5.0 printf method of PrintStream to add additional arguments for each formatting string present.
JDK 5.0 adds a varargs facility that's a lot more flexible. To explore the varargs facility, let's look at a JDK 5.0 version of one of the printf methods in the PrintStream class:
public PrintStream printf(String format, Object... args)
Essentially, the first argument is a string, with place holders filled in by the arguments that follow. The three dots in the second argument indicate that the final argument may be passed as an array or as a sequence of arguments. Note that the three dots are similar to how variable argument lists are specified in C and C++ programming.
The number of place holders in the formatting string determines how many arguments there need to be. For example, with the formatting string "Hello, %1s\nToday is %2$tB %2$te, %2$tY" you would provide two arguments: the first argument of type string, and the second of type date. Here's an example:
import java.util.*; public class Today { public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.printf( "Hello, %1s%nToday is %2$tB %2$te, %2$tY%n", args[0], new Date()); } }
Provided that you pass in an argument for the name, the results would be something like the following:
> java Today Ed Hello, Ed Today is October 18, 2005
Autoboxing and unboxing allow you to provide primitive type arguments (as in the following printf method):
System.out.printf("Pi is approximately %f", Math.PI, %n);
Here, Math.PI is of type double. Autoboxing converts it to an object of type Double. (For more information on autoboxing, see the April 5, 2005 tip Introduction to Autoboxing).
If you create your own methods to accept variable argument lists, only the last argument to the method can be declared as accepting a variable list. You can't put the variable-length argument first. For example, the following method declaration is valid -- it defines a method that has one parameter which accepts a variable number of String arguments:
private static void method1(String... args)
The variable argument parameter doesn't have to be the only argument. For instance, the following method takes one integer argument followed by an arbitrary number of arguments.
private static void method2(int arg, Object... args) {
Putting methods that have the two formats shown above into a sample class allows you to call the methods with a different number of arguments:
method1("Hello", "World"); method1(args); method2(12, 'a', "Hello", Math.PI, 1/3.0); method2(18, 94.0);
The last call shown above is slightly different than the others. It takes the String[] argument that comes into the main() method. Because the varargs facility is just implicit syntax for creating and passing arrays, an array can be passed directly. In this case, the compiler will simply pass the array unmodified.
Here's a sample class, MyArgs, that includes the two types of methods:
import java.util.*; public class MyArgs { public static void main(String args[]) { method1(12, 'a', "Hello", Math.PI, 1/3.0); method1(18, 94.0); method2("Hello", "World"); method2(args); } private static void method1(int arg, Object... args) { System.out.println(Arrays.asList(args) + " / " + arg); } private static void method2(String... args) { System.out.println(Arrays.asList(args) + " // " + args.length); } }
Here's a sample run of MyArgs:
> java MyArgs x y z [a, Hello, 3.141592653589793, 0.3333333333333333] / 12 [94.0] / 18 [Hello, World] // 2 [x, y, z] // 3
MyArgs accesses the variable argument list by passing it to the Arrays.asList() method. In other words, the argument is accessed just like an array. Normally, you would do something more like the following in an enhanced for loop:
for (String arg: args) { ... }
This would allow you to process one element at a time.
As you can see, without much programming effort, the varargs feature allows you to define methods that accept a variable number of arguments. For more information about varargs, see Varargs.
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tragedy, form of drama that depicts the suffering of a heroic individual who is often overcome by the very obstacles he is struggling to remove. The protagonist may be brought low by a character flaw or, as Hegel stated, caught in a
collision of equally justified ethical aims.
See also drama, Western ; comedy .
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Renaissance and Later Tragedy
- Ancient Tragedies
- Moral, Domestic, and Political Tragedy
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Students must complete a total of 120 credit hours in the specified areas, which includes a Liberal Studies Requirement of 42 semester credit hours. Each Option will require 43 credit hours of required and elective courses, as well as 9 credit hours in supporting courses. Whitney Young Students must complete a total of 121 credit hours in the specified areas; with each Option requiring 43 credit hours of required and elective courses, as well as BIO 111 (4 credits).
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SEATTLE -- The Angels have a potential opening in their rotation on July 23 and right-hander Tommy Hanson appears to be on track to fill it.
Hanson, placed on the 15-day disabled list May 21 with right forearm strain, threw a simulated game Saturday and appeared to be healthy.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (October 9, 2011) – Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger, earned a hard-fought third-place finish in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. After starting from the 12th position on the grid, the Penske Racing driver worked his way steadily through the field, passing cars on the track and on pit lane to earn his third top-five result in the Chase for the Championship. With the finish, Keselowski is now ranked fourth in the Chase, positioned just 11 points outside of first place.
Fresh off a win in Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Kansas, Keselowski ran inside the top-10 for most of Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 and he ran as high as second in the latter stages of the race. The Miller Lite Dodge was running in third place with just three laps to go in the race when a caution flag was displayed as the No. 24 car of Jeff Gordon had engine problems. This set up a green-white-checkered flag finish that saw Keselowski push Kasey Kahne to a second-place finish as he brought his Dodge Charger home third.
Early in the race Keselowski radioed to the No. 2 team that his car was loose-handling in the exit of the corners and he didn't have forward drive off of the turns. The winner of the Spring Cup Series race at Kansas, Keselowski was running in the eighth position on Lap 19 of the scheduled 267-lap event when the first caution flag of the race flew. This allowed the Miller Lite crew to go work on the car – making a track bar adjustment to address the car's handling issues. When the green flag waved to restart the race on Lap 23, Keselowski was shown in seventh.
After just five more laps of green-flag racing, Keselowski reported that the condition was the same on the Miller Lite machine, but he continued to turn competitive lap times despite having an ill-handling car. The Michigan-born driver continued to run solidly in the top-10 all afternoon as crew chief Paul Wolf and the No. 2 team made adjustments with each pit stop. Over the course of the race the team was able to improve the car's drive off of the corners, but it fell just short of the performance Keselowski needed to contend for the win.
By Lap 175 the Penske Racing Dodge had moved up to third on the race track with inspired driving and excellent service by the team on pit lane. Debris on the racing surface brought out a yellow caution flag on Lap 204, which enabled the Miller Lite crew to once again make adjustments to the car. The "Blue Deuce" restarted the race in fifth place behind Tony Stewart, who fell of the pace on the Lap 210 restart, which caused Keselowski to lose track position as he fell to eighth.
The No. 2 Dodge caught a break when two caution flags were displayed in close succession. This allowed the team to take two tires during the first yellow flag and stay out on track on the second, which put them at the head of the field and allowed Keselowski to garner a valuable point for leading a lap. Keselowski gave it everything he had in the closing laps but he was not able to hold off eventual race winner Jimmy Johnson and from there he battled insidethe top-three positions until the checkered flag.
"Another solid day for us," said Keselowski. "It just makes you kick yourself for last week at Dover for having the trouble that we did. We've had top-five cars each and every week. We're executing very well as a group and as a team. The things that we can control, we're doing very well. I'm proud of everything and our efforts. We were about a third- to fifth-place car today. We brought home a third, so I'm proud of that effort. Kasey (Kahne) looked really good there at the end. I told Roger Penske to check the No. 22 (Nationwide Series) hauler from yesterday because I'm pretty sure that Jimmie (Johnson) stole the car and put new decals on it because he was gone. He was fast. I'm proud of the effort and proud that we were able to get a solid run out of it again. I just wish I could have beat Jimmie – he just had a little more in the tank than we did. We gave it our best effort."
Keselowski and the Miller Lite team will compete next Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 500. The race will be televised live on ABC at 7:30 p.m. ET. The race will also be broadcast on PRN and Sirius 90.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Midwesterners who had briefly swapped puffy coats for sandals and shorts switched back today as balmy conditions gave way to severe storms that carried a risk of tornadoes, freezing rain and, later, snow.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Midwesterners who had briefly swapped puffy coats for sandals and shorts switched back today as balmy conditions gave way to severe storms that carried a risk of tornadoes, freezing rain and, later, snow.
Record high temperatures across a swath of the central U.S. were being followed by thunderstorms and strong winds from Texas to Alabama and as far north as Michigan.
The temperature in the central Missouri college town of Columbia reached 77 degrees on Monday, a record for January, and students exchanged their winter coats for shorts and flip-flops as freezing rain gave way to spring-like conditions. The cold was expected to make a quick return, however, with early-morning snow on Wednesday.
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A system pulling warm weather from the Gulf of Mexico was colliding with a cold front moving in from the west, creating volatility.
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DENVER -- Medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug, even if it was used off duty, according to a court ruling April 25.
The Colorado Court of Appeals found there is no employment protection for medical marijuana users in the state since the drug remains barred by the federal government.
"For an activity to be lawful in Colorado, it must be permitted by, and not contrary to, both state and federal law," the appeals court stated in its 2-1 conclusion.
The ruling concurs with court decisions in similar cases elsewhere and comes as businesses attempt to regulate pot use among employees in states where the drug is legal. Colorado and Washington state law both provide for recreational marijuana use. Several other states have legalized medical use. Police departments have been especially concerned since officers are sworn to uphold both state and federal laws.
The Colorado case involves Brandon Coats, 33, a telephone operator for Englewood, Colo.-based Dish Network LLC (Nasdaq: DISH). Coats was paralyzed in a car crash as a teenager and has been a medical marijuana patient in the state since 2009.
He was fired in 2010 for failing a company drug test, though his employer didn't claim he was ever impaired on the job.
Coats sued to get his job back, but a trial court dismissed his claim in 2011. The judge agreed with Dish Network that medical marijuana use isn't a "lawful activity" covered by a state law intended to protect cigarette smokers from being fired for legal behavior off the clock. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, more than half of all states have such laws.
Dish Network did not return a call seeking comment.
Coats' attorney, Michael Evans, issued a statement saying the ruling has wide implications for Colorado marijuana laws.
"This case not only impacts Mr. Coats, but also some 127,816 medical marijuana patient-employees in Colorado who could be summarily terminated even if they are in legal compliance with Colorado state law," Evans noted.
Evans plans to ask the state Supreme Court to review the case.
Morgan Fox, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, called it a setback.
"It's unfortunate, considering how much support there is for medical marijuana, that employers don't see this like any other medication," Fox said.
The Marijuana Policy Project said the ruling appears to be limited to state law because it does not fall under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Judge John Webb dissented in the split decision, saying he couldn't find a case addressing whether Colorado judges should consider federal law in determining the meaning of a Colorado statute.
Marijuana supporters say the courts are discriminating against them because Colorado's Lawful Off-Duty Activities law protects workers being fired for legal behavior off the clock, citing cigarette smoking as a protected activity.
The court said lawmakers could act to change the law to protect people who use marijuana, but there have been no plans to do that at the state Capitol.
Colorado's amendment legalizing recreational marijuana doesn't give people a constitutional right to smoke pot and doesn't protect users from criminal prosecution, from being fired or from other negative consequences. Backers said smoking off the job was a gray area and warned people to be familiar with their employers' drug policies.
Coats told reporters on April 25 that he obtained a prescription for medical marijuana to deal with debilitating muscle spasms that would otherwise prevent him from working. He has been looking for a job ever since being dismissed by Dish.
"I'm not going to get better anytime soon," Coats said. "I need the marijuana, and I don't want to go the rest of my life without holding a job."
The Washington state Supreme Court also has found that workers can be fired for using marijuana, even if authorized by the state's medical marijuana law.
Last year, a federal appeals court ruled against a cancer survivor in Battle Creek, Mich., who was fired from his job with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) after failing a drug test for marijuana. Joseph Casias had a medical marijuana card and said he used pot to alleviate symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor.
According to the Marijuana Policy Project, the California Supreme Court also has ruled that people could be fired for testing positive for marijuana. The Legislature passed a bill to change that in 2008, but it was vetoed.
In Arizona, however, a law approved by voters in 2010 forbids employers from terminating someone who possesses a state-issued card allowing them to use marijuana medically.
Associated Press writers Colleen Slevin, Peter Banda, Nicholas Riccardi and Eugene Johnson contributed to this report.
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It has been in the cards for a while, but now it's been shown off for real: the Kinect SDK is coming to Windows. The beta will be available some time in the spring, with an eventual release later in the year. The SDK will give Windows developers access to the Kinect's array of sensors, and will make both low-level sensor data and high-level skeleton tracking available.
Developers have been interested in Kinect since it launched, with third-party drivers being developed just days after the device hit the market—a swift response that surprised even Microsoft. The company is keen to capitalize on this considerable interest, hence the SDK release. Initially the SDK will only offer noncommercial usage terms; commercial licensing is on the cards, but the company is not yet sure what the terms will be.
Exactly what the SDK will be used for is an open question—in a way, it's part of the fun. Kinect is a pretty versatile piece of kit, combining directional audio, cameras, and depth perception, and there's sure to be a lot of experimentation involved in producing effective software interfaces built on the technology. Some demos shown off at the MIX conference included a system to provide navigation cues to the blind and partially sighted, and perhaps less usefully, a Kinect-controlled recliner. The most impressive demonstration was a Kinect interface to the WorldWide Telescope.
Looking into the future, Microsoft envisages Kinect-like technology being available more widely, perhaps even built into monitors or laptops, along with modifications to allow users to be closer to the sensors. Kinect is just the first step towards a world of more natural user interfaces.


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While "Dark Horse" is the latest offering from our goddess Katy Perry, and while it might not be the next single off her album, and while it is chock full of the usual Katy Perry cliches and overused phrases, the track, featuring Juicy J, is great. As Perry reminds us, "Mark my words."
Maybe we're hearing hoofbeats where there aren't horses or whatever that saying is, but the beat does have a particularly galloping rhythm to it. And Juicy J's rap leaves nothing to be desired: it contains the line "She eat your heart out/Like Jeffrey Dahmer." It could be those the ominous clouds in the background you can practically hear rolling in, but "Dark Horse" might even be better than "Roar". It might even be better than "Teenage Dream." It might even wipe away the sickly sweet cotton candy cloud that was "California Girls", a feat never considered possible by mankind until this moment.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Wordless Wednesday - Icing on the Cake
B-day bliss! Frosting galore! Grandma made a cake; now it is time for some destruction.
Find more of this week's Wordless Wednesday posts at 5 Minutes for Mom and MomDot.
32 comments:
- Michele said...
Hey thanks for the comment! My daughter likes to take off the keys from our laptop too. She took the shift key off and now it no longer works.
So did you see my post about sugar-free frosting? I'm making some for my daughter on her birthday. I'm giving her normal cake but wanted to cut back on some of the sugar. I also already tried the frosting and it's sooo yummy. Just an idea for next time if you are interested!
- March 4, 2009 at 1:28 AM
- Census said...
It looks yummy!!! I bet it won't last long!!
- March 4, 2009 at 3:47 AM
- Angela said...
Beautiful cake! Happy Birthday!
- March 4, 2009 at 6:50 AM
- Secret Mom Thoughts said...
Yum. Beautiful cake. Next week you should post the after photo.
- March 4, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- jen@odbt said...
Oh boy - I think I know what comes next. Hope he enjoyed the cake.
- March 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
Great pic! Pretty cake too - I wish I knew how make frosting/icing decorations like that. Happy Wednesday!
- March 4, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- Abby said...
That is a great looking cake! Yum!
- March 4, 2009 at 10:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
That cake looks so delicious and I'll bet it was! I love when we let them just go after it with their hands. It's the best!
- March 4, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- tiarastantrums said...
looks yummy!!
- March 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- MOMMY-MOMO said...
soooo fun!!!
- March 4, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow. Grandma made that cake? It's gorgeous! Birthday photos are my favorite.
Happy WW!
- March 4, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- Ryan@Cool Dad Central said...
Yeah, that cake doesn't stand a chance...
- March 4, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- Staci A said...
It looks yummy (and beautiful). I'm sure the after shot was drastically different!
- March 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Liz said...
I think the cake looks yummy! And I'm sure it didn't stand a chance!! :-)
- March 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM
- Kristie said...
Wow-Grandma is very talented! I bet he had a blast tearing into it! :-)
- March 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Kimmie said...
What an adorable pic...but now I'm hungry for cake. *sigh* lol
- March 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- The Mud Bug said...
That looks like the best first birthday cake ever to destroy. Yum!
- March 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Dee said...
WOW Grandma did a great job......now I want cake!
- March 4, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love that first birthday and all of the icing that goes with it. Thanks for sharing.
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- March 4, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Ladybird said...
Ooooohhh! I can't wait to see the AFTER pictures! What a beautiful cake to destroy and enjoy! Happy WW!
- March 4, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Sarah said...
It's a lovely cake, kind of sad to see it destroyed. But that's the fun of birthdays! I bet he loved it.
- March 4, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Shannon said...
Oh I love it. We are having a first and second bday party in April. I bet my youngest would love that cake!
- March 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Jennifer said...
The cake is absolutely spectacular! How long did it last?
- March 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- Nicole (Linus's Blanket) said...
Great picture. I love the profile shot.
- March 4, 2009 at 3:30 PM
- MMJ said...
What a sweet picture (no pun intended...lol) and what a beautiful cake!! Happy WW!!
- March 4, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Colette S said...
Oooh pick me! Can I help destructing :)
- March 4, 2009 at 5:47 PM
- A Psych Mommy said...
Your mom made that? That's pretty impressive!
- March 4, 2009 at 6:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Very nice picture!
- March 4, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- Beth @ TheAngelForever said...
What a fabulous 1st birthday cake. Did a lot end up in the mouth or all over the place? That is always the "fun" part of those days.
- March 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM
- Muthering Heights said...
Yum, that looks like some tasty fun!
- March 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
Cute! Next time please post the aftermath, lol.
- March 5, 2009 at 5:25 AM
- Michelle said...
Look like a first birthday. The cake looks so yummy. I bet baby had a great time making a mess. My little one always loves being the first one to dip her finger into the frosting. Thanks for sharing this adorable photo.
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Current event: Noel Schulz takes helm of international electric energy society
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University now has two President Schulzes: one who leads the university, and the other who leads a major electric power industry organization.
First lady Noel Schulz has just begun a two-year term as president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, Power and Energy Society, a worldwide, nonprofit association of more than 28,000 individuals engaged in the electric power energy industry.
Schulz, the wife of university president Kirk Schulz, is also the Paslay professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering. She just completed a two-year term as president-elect of the society; when her term as president is finished in 2013, she'll serve a two-year term as the society's past president.
Schulz is a nationally recognized expert in power systems engineering who researches the use of computers, including intelligent systems, to solve problems in power system design, operations and controls. Her research has been funded by a variety of agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. departments of Defense, Energy and Homeland Security. She also works with electric utilities and power equipment manufacturers.
"I am privileged to lead the IEEE Power and Energy Society during this exciting time in our technical field," Schulz said. "IEEE PES members are working to solve challenges in many state-of-the-art areas, including electric vehicles, the integration of renewable energy and smart grid technologies. Through my international travels during the next two years, I will have a chance to promote PES as well as represent Kansas State University."
John English, dean of the university's College of Engineering, said Schulz's presidency will provide many benefits to the university.
"Noel Schulz's leadership and research expertise in this important area is just one example of how the College of Engineering will play a vital role in reaching the goal of K-State 2025," English said. "Professor Schulz is touting the accomplishments of the electrical and computer engineering department, the College of Engineering and Kansas State University as she carries out her presidential duties in the worldwide IEEE Power and Energy Society."
Schulz joined the Kansas State University faculty in 2009 when Kirk Schulz became the university president. She came from Mississippi State University, where she held an endowed professorship as the Tennessee Valley Authority Professor in power systems engineering.
As an administrator, Schulz has been actively involved in recruiting and retaining women in engineering, promoting faculty development and encouraging international experiences in education. She has initiated faculty networks for women at three universities. She served as director of faculty development and women in engineering at Mississippi State for several years.
Her teaching interests include power systems, energy conversion, application of computer programs to power engineering, application of intelligent systems to engineering problems, fundamentals of electrical circuits, renewable and distributed generation and smart grid technologies.
Schulz has received a number of awards and belongs to the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering, both from Virginia Tech, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota.


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The Trelawny Association of Volunteer Organizations (TAVO) continues to honour unsung heroes in the parish for their dedicated contribution to nation building through volunteerism.
To this end a banquet and awards ceremony will be held at the Starfish Hotel on Monday, December 5, under the patronage of the Custos Rotulorum of Trelawny, Royland Barrett.
TAVO's Chairman, Carlton Gordon, told JIS News that seven persons would be gaining recognition at the function.
"The areas that will be given special consideration this year are, HIV/AIDS support, the development of youth, the advancement of women, care of the disabled and elderly, protection and preservation of the environment, social development at community and national levels, promotion and preservation of our culture, and the promotion of peace and outstanding service in disaster assistance," he informed.
The theme for this year's International Volunteer Day is 'Volunteer and Secure Jamaica's Future' and the guest speaker will be Dr. Hopeton Dunn, Chairman of the Creative Production Training Centre (CPTC) and Director of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Telecommunications Programme.
"The official sponsors for this banquet and awards ceremony are Air Jamaica, Bank of Nova Scotia (Falmouth Branch), Trelawny Credit Union, Point Village Resort and the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica in collaboration with the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS)," he said.
Noting that the aim of the banquet was to honour awardees, Mr. Gordon stated that it would also serve as a fundraiser for a central information centre in light of the current developments within the parish.
He is appealing to the residents of Trelawny to support TAVO in this venture and help in securing a bright future for the parish and the country as a whole.
Worldwide, December 5th is celebrated annually as International Volunteer Day having been designated as such in 1995 by the United Nations General Assembly.
The Trelawny Association of Volunteer Organizations (TAVO) continues to honour unsung heroes in the parish for their dedicated contribution to nation building through volunteerism.


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Metal mesh replacement humidifier filter fits Aprilaire furnace mount humidifier models 110, 220, 550, 550A, 558.
Replaces original Aprilaire part number 10.
The filter is also industry defined as a water panel, water evaporator pad, or media filter, and is sometimes noted as being manufactured by April Aire, Aprilair, or April Air.
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Few videogame mascots have endured as tenaciously — or as dubiously — as the once-proud Sonic the Hedgehog. Unlike Nintendo's Super Mario, to whom Sega's speedy blue anthropomorphic hedgehog was a worthy rival in the early '90s, Sonic has largely failed to adapt with the times. With "Sonic Chronicles," Sega makes the somewhat bizarre choice of abandoning high-speed action and putting Sonic in the hands of role-playing games developer Bioware, best known for detail-intensive, character-driven epics like "Mass Effect." The result is surprisingly fun and competent, though far from the shot of adrenaline the franchise needs to return to its former glory.
"Sonic Chronicles" is essentially a traditional RPG, hallmarked by exploration, fetch-quests and turn-based battle. It's all driven by Sonic's convoluted and weakly motivated attempt to regain the powerful Chaos Emeralds and solve the mystery behind a dark force infiltrating the land.
Despite past widespread fan complaints about Sonic's cast of pals, Sonic is once again rejoined by Tails the machine-savvy fox, Knuckles the surly echidna and Amy Rose the pink hedgehog. In "Chronicles," each one at least has a useful role to play. Amy's giant Piko-Piko hammer can smash through obstacles, for example, and characters like Tails and the unsettlingly sultry Rouge the Bat can fly, steadily opening new areas of the world as their skills evolve and new characters join Sonic's party.
Aside from the exploration, the core gameplay is very much RPG-lite: Arrange members of party for optimum advantage, level them up through battles, and teach them signature techniques that exploit enemy weaknesses. Result is a nicely balanced game that's engaging but not too demanding, accessible while still challenging, and colorful without being ridiculous.
Turn-based battles can be a repetitive snoozefest for some, but "Sonic Chronicles" changes it up by using the DS's touchscreen for "Elite Beat Agents"-style timed, rhythm-based minigames that determine the success or failure of special attacks, keeping players on their toes. Many will find it odd, however, to control speedster Sonic via exact timing, instead of lightning-fast reactions.
The game world wisely encourages visual touchstones to the series' earliest installments, with familiar aesthetics and nostalgic sound effects.
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