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Winter attacks! New sidewalk-clearing law focuses on fees, not jail
No one teaches a lesson quite like Mother Nature, and last winter's epic snowstorms revealed flaws in the city's snow removal laws that Charlottesville officials hope have been addressed in a new ordinance approved in August.
"We absolutely think it's going to make a difference," says Jim Tolbert, head of the Neighborhood Planning Department on Wednesday, December 15, the eve of the area's first snowstorm.
The old snow removal ordinance required residents and business owners to clear the sidewalks around their properties within 24 hours of the last snowflakes falling. Failure to do so was considered a crime, a Class One misdemeanor carrying the possibility of a jail sentence up to 12 months and a fine up to $2,500.
As it turned out, the threat of jail didn't have the desired effect. After the city failed to clear its own properties, police enforcement was practically nonexistent. Sidewalks remained impassable for weeks following the December 18, 2009 storm dubbed "Snowpocalyse" that dropped around two feet and the 18-inch February 6, 2010 "Snowmageddon."
When police finally did begin to issue citations in February, the charges didn't stick after judges ruled the ordinance was in violation of state law.
"Public Works did a terrible job and didn't seem to learn lessons from the first snowfall," says Kevin Cox, an avid pedestrian and outspoken critic of city's handling of snow issues last year. Cox says he's now hopeful that this is the year snow removal will finally be taken seriously in Charlottesville.
"I think they'll make some effort to enforce it," he says of officials. Public Works boss Judith Mueller did not return a reporter's call.
The new ordinance requires Charlottesville residents and business owners to clear the sidewalks around their property within 48 hours of the snowfall ending. Failure to do so will result in a $75 "administrative fee," and that won't be the only expense a violator will incur: while city officials once ignored the snowcovered sidewalks, now they will use public resources to clear them– and then pass on the bill to the violator.
Cox believes the new ordinance improves the old–- but he says there are questions that haven't been answered. Among them is the problem of snow plows–- operated privately or by the City's Public Works–- pushing snow onto sidewalks that a resident has already cleared.
"Who's responsible then?" he asks, noting that he and others have been asking this question since February but have not been given an answer.
Tolbert has the answer: the property owner is responsible, he says, regardless of how many times it happens. Even if they're diligent about clearing initially, repeat shoveling may be necessary. Failure to re-clear the walkway within 24 hours of receiving a citation will result in the same fee.
Tolbert acknowledges that if we get another massive storm like last year's, there will be challenges all around–- for residents, businesses and government–- and he suggests there may be some flexibility in requirements in unusual circumstances. In addition, he says the warning citations issued 24 hours before the fine is levied, will contain contact information to be used by anyone who is physically unable to perform their required sidewalk clearing duties due to age, illness, or disability.
The best test of the new ordinance, of course, is another significant snowfall, and it's too early to say whether this year will be snow heavy, brutally cold, or neither.
"The mid-Atlantic is notoriously difficult to predict," says state climatologist Jerry Stenger. While the Northeast has experienced massive snowfalls due the so-called "lake effect," when moisture from the Great Lakes is pulled up into the atmosphere, then dropped as snow once it reaches land, the mid-Atlantic is too far away to feel such effect. Stenger says the position of the Jet Stream–- with well defined peak and trough–- has been pulling Arctic air down into our area even as the states in the Southwest are recording record high temps.
"It was 80-some degrees in Arizona!" exclaims Stenger, noting that temps at UVA's McCormick Observatory–- 15 degrees recorded the morning of Wednesday, December 15–- are running more than five degrees below average for December.
Despite difficulty predicting weather patterns for this area of the country, Stenger says there are some models that suggest we could be in for a colder and wetter winter than average, including, he says, a "better than average chance" at a white Christmas.
Snow or not, Charlottesville residents are gearing up to get snowed in after learning tough lessons last year–- including those last-minute searches for shovels when stores all over town had sold out. According to Dinah Jarrell, office manager at Martin's Hardware, the store saw brisker shovel sales earlier this year and has stocked up.
"We have 1,000 shovels, 1,000 sleds and one and a half tractor trailer loads of ice melt," she laughs. And unlike those who are dreading the prospect of another year buried in snow, Jerrell says she and her colleagues have their fingers crossed.
"We're hoping for another winter like last one!"
Anyone share her sentiment?
Correction: Low temps were recorded at the McCormick Observatory.
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"Me" and "Oh" and anyone else who doesn't know:
Sam has both a demanding day job and a demanding hobby. On his own time, with no compensation and with very little recognition, he has for years done the heavy lifting of history. That is, he digs deeply and methodically through the primary sources -- legal records in particular -- that many would-be historians ignore but which often contain informational gems as well as truths all need to know. In that regard, he has contributed immensely to our understanding of what really happened in our past.
As for the matter of the Tonsler brush pile: I have no doubt that Sam has personally cleaned up many a mess in a local public cemetery as have I and others who care. But cleaning up messes ad hoc doesn't eliminate the need to bring to public and official attention the appalling lack of maintenance of sites that should manifest maximum respect. The City has booted its responsibilities vis-a-vis cemeteries for years and should be called to account.
This should and only be a courtesy of the citizens of charlottesville. I think no one should be fined for what mother nature brings. Its laws like this that cause so much hostility and negativity toward goverment.
I tried to use my leaf blower on the snow on my sidewalk, but it doesn't seem to be working.
What action is the city going to take upon themselves? They did not clear sidewalks well last time, and some of the "city maintained" sidewalks didn't even get cleared. How can they impose anything on anyone else when they can't do their job? I did not see any mention of how they are going to remedy their own problem.
Sarah, the two department heads mentioned in this article are the problem. Any chance of a remedy to that went out the window when go-with-the-flow-Mo was hired as City Manager.
If a city snow plow driver dumps snow on a sidewalk that a citizen cleared, either that driver simply doesn't care to do his job right, or he was instructed not to bother to do it right. The solution to that problem is simple, get rid of whoever made that decision and replace him or her with someone who does care to do things right.
The problem is that NO ONE who works for the city is ever held accountable and that is true all the way to the top. Tolbert's belief that citizens are responsible for the failure of another city department head to manage her staff effectively is a perfect illustration of that.
Keep in mind also that the ordinance and the VA Code that it reference only allow for the city to clear snow from a sidewalk at least 24 hours after proper notice of a violation has been given and then to charge for that removal. There is no other penalty. If the city started sending crews around to do that before taking care of its own responsibilities, then I think they would have a revolution on their hands. That's especially true if they tried charging to clear once cleaned sidewalks that they had just blocked again themselves.
Sam, you need to be raising heck with City Hall. Right this moment they are tearing up perfectly good sidewalks and replacing them on my street. It makes no sense whatsoever.
The City has never put the money up to put a sidewalk on our street and there are no plans for it either. So the City better be "diligent about clearing initially [the street] repeat shoveling may be necessary [of the street since that is where people walk]. Go to City and fine yourself if you don't do a good job.
Yeah, I have a comment...the UVa Observatory is the MCCOFMICK Observatory, not the McIntire. Please use the correct names and spellings of the Charlottesville buildings, parks, etc. for accurate reporting.
I just feed my Commodore 64 all the pertinent info and it forecast a winter that will be.. wait for it....wait for it...50% chance of above average temps and the other model was 50% chance below. Glad to help you all with some high tech accurate forecasting.
My TRS-80 confirms your prediction.
"Tolbert has the answer: the property owner is responsible, he says, regardless of how many times it happens. Even if they're diligent about clearing initially, repeat shoveling may be necessary."
That is a mighty bold statement coming from the Neighborhood Planning Department. Sounds like they may come and open up a can of whoop arse if you don't clear their sidewalks.
Sarah, sadly enough, the judge is going to say, "the city is not on trial here, were YOUR sidewalks clear or not?"
Why doesn't the city clean it? I don't get it. If a piece of property is not your property to begin with, why are you required to clean it. I can understand its a neighborly thing to do but I don't understand why it would be illegal not to do it.
I have wondered that myself AJ. I realize it's for the safety of mailmen and pedestrians, but I don't own the sidewalk, the city does.
What would be nice if neighbors would all chip in and get it done in a flash. In my neighborhood those days are long gone of neighbors being neighbors.
I haven't had too much contact with the City but:
-A Street light down the street burned all day we called the City and they said for us to contact Dominion power, it wasn't their job, only if the street light was burned out not if it burned all day.
-James Bailey who lived at Monticello during the civil war with Joel Wheeler is buried in Maplewood with a tombstone and "B" concrete corner markers. The City says the "Happy" family owns the section (based on a 1920s map that says so) and refused to change the records. Since 1963 they lost/destroyed the old Maplewood Cemetery book but I found a copy at Alderman. Theodore "Hoppe" did own the section in 1890s (I figured the Baileys must have bought it from them and the City map shows "Happy" instead of "Hoppe". The City refused to change their records from "Happy" to "Hoppe" or Bailey and said if a Circuit court ruled the Baileys owned it (by a Civil case) they would change their records then.
- I pointed out to Channel 19 news some weeks ago that Ben Tonsler's grave had a brush pile piled on it while we have a park and commissioned an oil painting of him in the park building. So when Jefferson School gets restored we will spend $ having a monument to him while his actual tombstone is a brush dump two blocks away?
Sam - why would you go through all that trouble over a street light? Seriously who cares? When it's on all day are you paying for it? No. When the bulb burns out is it your problem to fix? No. It sounds like you're one of those people who just sits around looking for petty problems to bother people about, just so you can then have something to complain about. Time to get a hobby! I can understand if somebody has a true problem that the city didn't address, you hear about that sort of thing a lot, but a single streetlight? whoop de doo.
Oh and Sam, in the time it took you to complain to Channel 19 about a so called "brush pile" on Ben Tonsler's grave you could have moved that brush pile out of the way yourself. But I guess that's not as much fun as calling Channel 19 and then moaning and groaning and complaining later on the internet. If you'd moved it out of the way yourself the problem would have been resolved right there and it would have been the end of that, instead you left it the way it was and could now milk the situation for three times what it's worth.
Oh and Me, I didn't complain to Channel 19 Jessica Jaglois called me up out of the blue to meet them down there. They were already working on the story, more about whiskey bottles there etc. And yes the street light is of minor value, and I mentioned I hadn't had too much contact meaning major problems with the City.
I think whenever there is too much snow for kids to go to school, they should be required to shovel their neighborhood sidewalks. They don't have anything else to do... how about a little exercise and some lessons in community service?
Just another reason not to live in the city of C-Ville
Tolbert has the answer: the property owner is responsible, he says, regardless of how many times it happens. Even if they're diligent about clearing initially, repeat shoveling may be necessary. Failure to re-clear the walkway within 24 hours of receiving a citation will result in the same fee.
What about the elderly, individuals with health problems, and sick that cannot shovel themselves or that cannot afford to pay someone to shovel multiple times? If someone dies of a heart attack due to shoveling - is there potential for a law suit?
Enforcing this will be like enforcing the "red light challenge"...
by the way- how is the "red light challenge" working these days?
The City has arranged (same as last year) for a volunteer snow shoveling program to help the elderly and invalid. It's there on the city's website under "I Want To..." then "Register for Snow Removal" or "Volunteer for Snow Removal."
And that's fine that you don't want to live in Cville. Less traffic on the roads, and we don't have to deal with your charming personality. :)
And P.S. on Sam's report of a City official's refusal to correct a flawed cemetery record:
Though the example may seem minor to many, how flawed City records are is not a minor matter, nor is its unwavering resistance to correcting errors when they are pointed out. City Assessor online records are particulary rife with misinformation -- a problem in that they are regularly used by everyone from real estate agents writing advertisements to planning commissioners making decisions.
Charlotteville is about to mark the 250th snniversary of its founding. So, of course, the City has spent taxpayer money to hire a consultant as, essentially, a party planner. I would submit that the best birthday present Charlottesville and its citizenry could have is a public record set straight by those already on the payroll.
P.S. The ordinance changed from 12 hours to 24 hours after snowfall. The violation gives another 24 hours if it is not corrected. Maybe you should reference it, it's public record. http://library1.municode.com/default-test/home.htm?infobase=12078&doc_ac...
How about you shovel your sidewalk when it snows? If you have a neighbor who is elderly and you're concerned for their health, then shovel their sidewalk for them. If you're not in town and you find out that it snowed, have someone shovel your sidewalk for you. And for those of you who want the City to shovel the sidewalks for you... I hope you enjoy the tax increase if that ever happens. Do you realize how much overtime, and wasted resources/materials it would take to clear roads and sidewalks?


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Speaking at a ceremony in the Slovak town of Martin, Mr. Zeman said that Czechs had been threatened with Germanisation in 1918 and Slovaks with Magyarisation. However, thanks to the Martin Declaration the two people's had not lost their nationality or language and could develop freely, he said.
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Sunday should be clear to partly cloudy with day temperatures between 13 and 17 degrees Celsius.
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Brussels has sent Prague a new assessment pertaining to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's possible conflict of interest.
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The current report now assesses the Czech Republic's compliance with the recommendations made and whether they are sufficient, according to a source familiar with the document Neovlivni writes.
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In Prague it will be Petřín Tower, the Dancing House, the Žižkov transmitter and the British Embassy.
The city of Olomouc will light up the Cathedral of St. Wenceslas and Ostrava its New City Hall building.
The tradition of lighting up iconic landmarks in blue is observed around the world.
October 24th marks the 75th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945.
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The last changing of clocks has been scheduled for October 31, 2021, but EU member states have so far failed to agree on whether they will adopt summer time or winter time and it is not clear if the pandemic will not interfere with these plans.
Surveys have shown that 80% of people in the EU oppose the time switch.
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Earlier this week EC President Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU would send 30 ventilators from rescEU - the common European reserve of medical equipment.
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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Interior Minister Jan Hamáček have both expressed gratitude for the assistance.
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Close to 145,000 people are currently fighting the infection, over 5,000 are hospitalized, of those 751 in a serious condition. The death toll is close to 2,000.
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Mr. Babiš said the president had accepted his decision and would meet with the given candidate on Tuesday. He said he hoped to see the new health minister appointed next Thursday.
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M. Prymula refused to resign, saying he had not breached the restrictions he himself ordered, since the meeting with another politician and the head of a hospital had been private and the facility had been closed to the public.
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Health Minister Roman Prymula, under pressure to resign after having been photographed leaving a Prague restaurant that should have been closed due to anti-coronavirus measures, told reporters on Friday he had done nothing wrong.
"I stand here looking like a person who is preaching water but drinking wine. … Based on the photos that appeared in [the tabloid] Blesk today, it looks like I broke some rules. I'm honestly saying that I did not," Prymula told a press conference at which questions were not allowed.
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The president has been highly critical of the BIS in highlighting the activities of Russian and Chinese agents on Czech territory. Zeman has five times rejected the government's proposal to name Koudelka a general.
Zeman has accepted other nominees on the government's list, including Police President Jan Švejdar and Prison Service head Petr Dohnal.
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We hit a snag the other day with the development of Tiny Ears. Our strategy to save space on the animation in each storybook was to create lightweight movies to play at the appropriate moment, rather than to have to implement large quantities of frame animation with all of the assets involved (including now retina support with the new iPad). To save further space we decided that we would like to animate only those things that moved by creating a video animation with an alpha channel to make the background visible through the video.
Problem was, when it came to implementing this strategy on the device itself, the transparent .mov file renders with a black background. Why? AVPlayer and MPMoviePlayer do not have alpha channel support. Desperate not to have to change our strategy and recreate our animations complete with background or return to frame animation I spent some time researching a possible solution on the Internet. After 1 day of looking the best I had come up with was a solution suggesting we use OpenGL to sample the video as it played and turn certain colours transparent I was ready to give it up for lost.
Then, at last, I came across AVAnimator. Hidden in the depths of Google lay this single page site detailing this wonderful library that seems to do pretty much everything that you would want to do with movies in iOS but can't. There is little documentation and that single page is the only information that exists, but it was enough. Here was a native movie player for iOS with alpha channel support (and a lot more besides but we won't go into that now).
The code itself was really simple to implement, but in order to play the movies you have to do a little bit of transformation first to turn them into the .mvid format that AVAnimator requires. The tools you need are qtexportani and QTFileParser.
Unpack qtexportani. Open a terminal in that location and type the following:
./qtexportani <name>.mov
This will create you a file in the same directory called export_<name>.mov.
Now unzip QTFile112.zip. Go into QTFileParser and open the XCode project. Build & archive the app and select Distribute. Select Save Built Products and choose somewhere to save it. Then, with the terminal in the same location as the app you just built, run the following command:
./qtaniframes -mvid export_<name>.mov
This will save you a file called export_<name>.mvid.
At this point, don't be afraid of the fact that your new .mvid file is substantially larger than the original .mov. We're gonna 7Zip it to make it nice and small. The nice thing about AVAnimator is that you can 7Zip all of your .mvid media into one archive and use that in your app, making all of your media have a delightfully small footprint. I'm not gonna tell you how to 7Zip your files – you're geeks you should be able to handle that on your own. But at the end of it you should have something like <name>.7z that contains all of your mvid media.
Now comes the fun bit. From the AVAnimator site I could not find just the source file download, but you can grab it by downloading any of the links from their website. I grabbed StreetFighter cos that was the example app that did exactly what I wanted.
So, in your xcodeproj, import all of the files in the AVAnimator folder that you will find in your downloaded project. You will also need to import all the files inside the folder called LZMASDK. In the UIViewController where you want to play your animation then add the following code:
// create the animator view
AVAnimatorView *animationView = [AVAnimatorView aVAnimatorViewWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,1024,768)];
// create a new object to store your media in
AVAnimatorMedia *media = [AVAnimatorMedia aVAnimatorMedia];
// Create a 7Zip resource loader
AV7zAppResourceLoader *resLoader = [AV7zAppResourceLoader aV7zAppResourceLoader];
// tell the resource loader what the name of your 7Zip archive is, and the name of the media file inside it you want to play
resLoader.archiveFilename = @"media.7z";
resLoader.movieFilename = @"export_video.mvid";
resLoader.outPath = [AVFileUtil getTmpDirPath:animationFilename];
// tell the media holder which resource loader to use
media.resourceLoader = resLoader;
// Create decoder that will generate frames from Quicktime Animation encoded data
AVMvidFrameDecoder *frameDecoder = [AVMvidFrameDecoder aVMvidFrameDecoder];
media.frameDecoder = frameDecoder;
media.animatorFrameDuration = AVAnimator30FPS; // this is a constant I made for the frame rate
[media prepareToAnimate];
// request to be notified when the movie is played
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
// you have to add the AVAnimatorView to the superview before you can attach the AVAnimatorMedia
[self.view addSubview:animationView];
[animationView attachMedia:media];
// play the movie
[media startAnimator];
And that's it. Everything to you need to play a movie animation while preserving the alpha channel creating a transparent animation. In a few short lines of code. Thank you AVAnimator, you wonderful thing you. It's astounding that more people don't know you exist.


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The Copernicus programme, previously known as GMES, Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme, has been established to fulfil the growing need amongst European policy-makers to access accurate and timely information services to better manage the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security.
Under the leadership of the European Commission, Copernicus relies largely on data from satellites observing Earth. Hence, ESA – in accordance with the European Space Policy – is developing and managing the Space Component for the initiative. The European Commission, acting on behalf of the European Union, is responsible for the overall initiative, setting requirements and managing the services.
To ensure the operational provision of Earth-observation data, the Space Component includes a series of six space missions called 'Sentinels', which are being developed by ESA specifically for Copernicus.
In addition, data from satellites that are already in orbit, or are planned, will also be used for the initiative. These so-called 'Contributing Missions' include both existing and new satellites, whether owned and operated at European level by the EU, ESA, Eumetsat and their Member States, or on a national basis. They also include data acquired from non-European partners. The Space Component forms the European contribution to the worldwide Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
ESA's new Sentinel missions will provide information for all domains for Copernicus, starting with the all-weather, day and night radar imaging from Sentinel-1 for land and ocean services. Sentinel-2 delivers high-resolution optical imaging for land services and Sentinel-3 provides services for ocean and global land monitoring. Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 will provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring from geostationary and polar orbits, respectively. Sentinel-6 will provide radar altimetry data to measure global sea-surface height, primarily for operational oceanography and for climate studies.
A Ground Segment, facilitating access to Sentinel and Contributing Mission data, complements the Copernicus Space Segment.
The acquisition of reliable information and the provision of services form the backbone of Europe's Copernicus programme. Services will be based on data from Earth observation satellites, as well as a wealth of measurements taken in situ from instruments carried on aircraft, floating in the oceans or positioned on the ground.
The Copernicus in situ component is based on an observation infrastructure owned and operated by the large number of national and European stakeholders coordinated, in some cases, within the framework of European and international networks. The in situ component is under the coordination of the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The resulting services will bring a broad range of socio-economic benefits to many sectors of society. Policy makers will have ever-better information on which to base decisions for the protection, preservation and management of the environment as well as benefit from related cost savings.
Services provided through Copernicus fall into six main categories: services for land management, services for the marine environment, services relating to the atmosphere, services to aid emergency response, services associated with security and services for monitoring climate change.
These services have the potential to significantly improve many environmental concerns such as natural resource management, food security, biodiversity and air-quality forecasting. In addition, information through Copernicus will lead to a better understanding of climate change issues. The services component of Copernicus is under the responsibility of the European Commission (EC).
In essence, Copernicus will help shape the future of our planet for the benefit of all. ESA is contributing by providing a proven framework for the development of operational systems on behalf of the user community, paving the way for investment in future generation systems. ESA is exploiting its 30 years of expertise in space programme development and management to contribute to the success of Copernicus.


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November 10-11, 2011
Desire: From Eros to Eroticism
Keynote Speakers: Peter Brooks &David Konstan
The students of the Department of Comparative Literature at the City University of New York Graduate Center present an interdisciplinary graduate student conference on November 10-11, 2011.
The concept of desire has been the subject of much examination throughout centuries of literature. From the ancient Greek idea of eros to psychological analysis of the subject through contemporary negotiations of love and desire, the interpretation of desire has evolved, but it has always held a central role in literature and discourse. Desire serves as the motivation for action, and yet the most satisfying desire is often the one that remains unfulfilled. This conference will explore desire as it impels us forward in our pursuit of an end that may ultimately be unattainable.
We invite papers from all disciplines focusing on works from any period that explore desire as it is portrayed in literature, philosophy, theory, art, film, or society. Some of the questions this conference seeks to answer include, but are not limited to:
• How does desire serve as a motivating force?
• Must desire be fulfilled or does it serve another purpose?
• In what ways are the repercussions of desire demonstrated?
• How has the definition of desire evolved between different cultures or time periods?
• In what way does desire figure into political landscapes, contemporary or otherwise?
• What is the relationship between desire and cultural production and entertainment in the age of the Internet and other technologies?
• How does an author's desire factor into the creation of a text?
• How does a character's lack of desire affect the text?
• How does comprehension of desire help us to explore the human psyche?
• How is desiring the "undesirable" presented and addressed?
• How does desire relate to discussions of gender, sexuality, race, and other intersections of sexual politics?
• How does desire relate to other concepts such as love, seduction, intoxication, and pleasure?
Please submit a 300 word abstract for a 15-20 minute paper by September 15, 2011 to email@example.com. Proposals should include the title of the paper, presenter's name, institutional and departmental affiliation, and any technology requests. We also welcome panel proposals of three to four papers.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Writers' Institute at the City University of New York Graduate Center, an un-MFA program devoted to bringing together the country's most talented writers and today's most celebrated editors, and by the Doctoral Students' Council, the sole policymaking body representing students in doctoral and master's programs at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.


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WATCH THE FULL SHOW HERE: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/perilous-journey/ Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, the investigation and the book "Finding Fernanda" will be featured in an hour-long CBS special episode of "48 Hours" called "Perilous Journey." Featuring investigative journalist Erin Siegal McIntyre, Betsy Emanuel, Mildred Alvarado, Alvarado's children,…
Fighting Child Trafficking, Around the World & in Guatemala The New York Times recently published an interactive infographic by Sarah Wheaton entitled "Fighting Human Trafficking, Country by Country," on Monday August 30, 2011. You can click on a country, and an anti-trafficking poster created specifically for that country by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will pop up. The IOM anti-trafficking posters... 01 Sep 2011 No comments Read More
Feature Q & A, The Crime Report The Crime Report has a front-page feature on Finding Fernanda today, an in-depth Q & A about the book. The full piece is available here: http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/inside-criminal-justice/2011-11-babies-for-sale-looking-at-the-adoption-industry-in... 21 Nov 2011 No comments Read More
Inside the Investigation: On Sources, Confidentiality, & Process I've been doing research on Guatemalan adoptions since 2008, which grants me the privilege of having relationships with my sources that are based on trust built from repeated interviews, informal conversations, and interactions. Initially, I began general reporting on Guatemalan adoptions for my Master's thesis at Columbia University's Graduate School... 23 Aug 2011 No comments Read More
Finding Fernanda in The New Yorker "I never meant to write a book; the story simply demanded it." The New Yorker has a blog post up featuring 16 behind-the-scenes photos taken during the reporting of Finding Fernanda. Mildred Alvarado and one of her daughters during an interview,... 12 Nov 2011 No comments Read More
Finding Fernanda among Kickstarter's First 10,000 Successful Projects A year ago, a Kickstarter campaign in support of Finding Fernanda was in full swing while I tried to raise enough money to cover my expenses for one final month-long reporting trip to Guatemala. Within a week, so many people had chipped in that the campaign surpassed its $3,000 goal.... 09 Aug 2011 No comments Read More
"Baby trafficking: 10-day-old for 5,000 euros," Emirates, 1/18/2014 "Police in central Greece on Saturday said they had arrested seven people including five Bulgarians for attempted baby trafficking. "A police operation prevented the illegal adoption of a ten-day-old baby for the sum of 5,000 euros ($6,800)," police in the central city of Larissa said in a statement. The authorities... 18 Jan 2014 No comments Read More
"Child Abduction for Adoption: Poverty and Privilege Clash as a Child's Return to Guatemala is Blocked" A reflection on the Karen Abigail case over at RH Reality Check, by Karen Smith Rotabi: "Last year, a Guatemalan court ruled in favor of Loyda Rodriguez, who had asserted that her daughter had been kidnapped into child adoption, by ordering the that the child be returned to her biological... 26 Jul 2012 No comments Read More
Finding Fernanda in The American Prospect: "Adoption Fraud in Guatemala" On September 29, 2011, EJ Graff's blog over at The American Prospect's website has an entry today entitled "Adoption Fraud in Guatemala" that talks about Finding Fernanda, and the US Embassy Guatemala cables I've obtained. An excerpt: Last week, I discussed some of the fraud and corruption that haunt international... 29 Sep 2011 No comments Read More
Under Threat of Lawsuit, Celebrate Children International becomes "Celebrate Children" Another surprise in the latest batch of public records from the Florida Department of Children and Families: Celebrate Children International, Incorporated has shortened their name to "Celebrate Children" after another nonprofit, Children International, Incorporated, threatened them with a lawsuit. Here's what the note in the state of Florida's licensing file... 19 Jul 2011 No comments Read More
Mexico Adoption Bust Reveals Vast Child Trafficking Ring A child trafficking ring uncovered by Mexican police in mid-January in Guadalajara, Jalisco, has not only operated since the 1980′s, a decade earlier than previously reported, but has also provided hundreds of children to adoptive families in other countries. The story began unraveling on January 9, 2012, after 21-year-old Laura... 09 May 2012 No comments Read More
20+ Ethiopian Orphanages Reportedly Shut Down Four days ago, the US Department of State issued an adoption alert about the alleged closing of the Mussie Child Care Center (also known as the Mussie Orphanage) in Hosana, Ethiopia. The State Department said they were simply relating info from adoption agencies, expressing that there hadn't been any kind... 25 Jul 2011 No comments Read More
Sue Hedberg of Celebrate Children International and "Florida Trend" The piece "Whose Standards?" by Amy Keller was published in Florida Trend, November 1, 2010. Click here to read the whole article, which focuses on lapses in regulation, and Celebrate Children International. For this piece, Keller asked me some questions about CCI, and also interviewed Sue Hedberg via email (among... 09 Jun 2011 No comments Read More
Book Review: "Finding Fernanda" in the Miami Herald The Miami Herald says that Finding Fernanda is "comprised of heavy-duty investigative reporting and compelling personal testimony." Here's an excerpt from their great review: "But the book — comprised of heavy-duty investigative reporting and compelling personal testimony — also examines another mystery: How could so many people in Guatemala and... 11 Dec 2011 No comments Read More
Book Review: "Finding Fernanda" in the Christian Science Monitor A lengthy new review in this week's Christian Science Monitor says of Finding Fernanda, "…Reads like a mystery novel, but the facts it reveals are hauntingly true… Siegal does a fantastic job of breaking down a complicated story… "Finding Fernanda" is a gripping read that offers glimpses of hope in what... 28 Nov 2011 No comments Read More
Interview on CBS Radio News Dan Raviv, CBS Radio News correspondent, calls Finding Fernanda "a moving story" and says it will "really tug at your heartstrings." To listen to Raviv's interview with me, click here: http://audio.cbsradionewsfeed.com/2011/12/05/22/05CBSNEWSINTERVIEWRavivwithErinSiegal_1801_1971925.mp3... 05 Dec 2011 No comments Read More
Full Court Order on Return of Adopted Guatemalan Child "Karen Abigail" DOCUMENTS: Full 7/29/2011 court orders from Judge Angelica Noemi Tellez Hernández in Guatemala, ordering "Karen Abigail" returned to her birthmother (19 page .pdf). Provided courtesy Fundación Sobrevivientes. Click to download (español).... 05 Aug 2011 1 Comment Read More
"David v. Goliath, or birth mothers v. attorneys" -US Embassy Guatemala, 1996 From a November 1996 US Embassy cable: "…According to US immigration law, a child whose mother refused to voluntarily consent to an adoption clearly would not qualify as an "orphan." As such, when a birth mother changes her mind and refuses to sign a relinquishment for the Embassy it generally... 01 Oct 2011 1 Comment Read More
"Congo suspends international adoptions, leaving dozens of children in limbo," AP, 12/20/2013 "KINSHASA, Congo — The Congolese government has suspended international adoptions of Congolese children, following allegations that some were abandoned by their adoptive parents, while others were "sold to homosexuals." The move by Congo further restricts foreign adoptions, following similar decisions by Russia and China." Read the full story here: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/6dd4ce06e9b1448eaff1935c998bff69/AF-Congo-Adoptions-Suspended... 21 Dec 2013 1 Comment Read More
Guatemalan Judge Mario Fernanda Peralta Castañeda "Captured," Found with 15 Illegal Weapons, Charged with Trafficking At 6:00 a.m. this morning in Escuintla, Guatemala, a coordinated team consisting of agents from the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), the Ministerio Público, and the Guatemalan National Police (PNC) went to Judge Mario Fernando Peralta's home and "captured" him, charging him with the following: "asociación ilícita, trata... 12 Aug 2011 1 Comment Read More
A Closer Look at Theresa Erickson's San Diego "Baby-Selling Ring" A "baby-selling ring" has been busted in Southern California. Here's an excerpt from the FBI's announcement yesterday: "…Theresa Erickson entered a guilty plea before United States Magistrate Judge William McCurine, Jr., in which she admitted to being part of a baby-selling ring that deceived the Superior Court of California and... 10 Aug 2011 1 Comment Read More
"…The great unanswered question has been what happened to the children." -U.S. Embassy Guatemala Excerpts from a February, 1995 cable from the US Embassy in Guatemala: "Post has been using DNA genetic testing in adoption cases for more than 18 months now, and thought it would be beneficial to share both our criteria for requesting testing as well as the results themselves with the... 28 Sep 2011 1 Comment Read More
A State Investigation of the State Investigations into CCI? Carrie Hoeppner, spokesperson for the Florida Department of Children and Families, has been dealing with my numerous public records requests since January 2009. She's somehow managed to be professional and helpful, no matter how much I ask for. Last week, I contacted DCF to inquire about the standing of Celebrate... 02 Aug 2011 1 Comment Read More
More surprises in latest batch of Celebrate Children International documents The Florida Department of Children and Families provided 323 pages of new documents to me, containing the latest licensing information on the adoption agency Celebrate Children International. I've only begun sifting through everything, but this passage immediately jumped out at me from page 8. It's information excerpted from a financial... 18 Jul 2011 1 Comment Read More
Inside the Courtroom: Anyelí Rodríguez/ "Karen Abigail" Human Trafficking Sentencing Video from Prensa Libre, reported by Antonio Ixcot, photos by Érick Ávila, video by Daniele Volpe: And here's a long clip of the judges reading the charges and sentence, posted by the nonprofit providing free legal counsel to the mother of the stolen child, Loyda Rodríguez:... 24 Oct 2011 1 Comment Read More
Is Celebrate Children International's License Suspended in Ethiopia? UPDATE 7/27/2011, 8:53 am: The Embassy is now saying that CCI's is in fact still licensed. Breaking news this morning: according to the US Embassy, the Ethiopian government has suspended Celebrate Children International's operating license. According to Celebrate Children International, this is untrue. Subject: FW: adoption/ orphanage closure Date: Tue, 26... 26 Jul 2011 1 Comment Read More
"Both alleged mothers met untimely and violent deaths soon after our investigation…" US Embassy Guatemala cable, June 1995 An excerpt from a June 1995 Cable from the US Embassy in Guatemala to Secretary of State in Washington, US Embassy Mexico, US Embassy Guangzhou, ARA Central America, American Consulate Rio de Janeiro, US Embassy Moscow, American Consulate Madras, US Embassy Bucharest, US Embassy Asuncion, & INS Washington DC. Subject: "The Integrity of Int'l Adoptions... 04 Oct 2011 2 Comments Read More
Q&A with Dawn Embrey, Caught in 5+ Year Irregular Adoption The Embrey family began adopting two young sisters, ages 4 and 6, from Guatemala in 2007. The older girl was able to immigrate to the US in 2008, but the younger girl couldn't. Her identity had been used once before in the adoption of a third child to a different... 03 Oct 2011 2 Comments Read More
Breaking: New Charges in Yajaira Noemí Muyus kidnapping for adoption case Today, International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) released a statement today about progress in the "Yajaira Noemí Muyus" case. Juzgado Duodécimo de Primera Instancia Penal charged Guatemalan lawyer Juan Carlos Pinillos García and Procuraduría General de la Nación (PGN) official César Augusto Galicia Prera with conspiracy and trafficking in relation to the... 08 Jul 2011 2 Comments Read More
Florida Family Files Lawsuit Against Celebrate Children International; Alleges Misconduct Adoptive parents Jeanna and Michael Malota filed a lawsuit on September 21, 2011 against Celebrate Children International (CCI), the adoption agency in my book, Finding Fernanda. The Malotas have accused CCI of false reporting, saying that the agency had hidden the fact that one of the children they offered to the... 03 Oct 2011 3 Comments Read More
Associated Press reports US "won't return adopted girl snatched from Guatemalan mother;" Loyda Rodríguez may sue Today, the Associated Press reports, the spokesperson for Guatemala's Ministry of Exterior Relations, Celeste Alvarado, stated that the United States has presented a diplomatic note refusing to return the child now known as "Karen Abigail" to her mother in Guatemala. The objection, the AP reports, is based on the fact... 15 May 2012 4 Comments Read More


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Immigration overhaul backers dominate on ad spending
- Kantar Media analysis shows 3-1 ad advantage this year for supporters
- Proponents of an overhaul have spent more than %242.4 million so far
- Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is prominent in the ads
WASHINGTON — As the Senate begins debate on an immigration overhaul, proponents say the political winds are at their back — not to mention the airwaves.
An analysis of TV advertising nationwide this year by Kantar Media finds supporters of the sweeping bill outspending opponents by more than 3-1, an advantage not enjoyed by such prior Obama White House initiatives as Wall Street regulation and the Affordable Care Act. Backers, led in spending by an advocacy group called the California Endowment, have laid out a total of more than $2.4 million. Foes, led by a group called Numbers USA, have spent a total of more than $717,000.
"It's rare for the 'pro' side of an advocacy fight — and the president's side, to boot — to be the dominant advertiser," says Elizabeth Wilner of Kantar's Campaign Media Analysis Group, though she notes the numbers aren't huge. "Think about health care reform, Wall Street reform, the broad fiscal fight, energy interests battling EPA regulations — all fights in which critics have dominated. Not this time."
On immigration, much of the business community supports the proposal while Republican-leaning groups are divided.
Financing ads on behalf of the bill are groups aligned with leaders of the GOP establishment, among them Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and Americans for a Conservative Direction, which includes former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour. Both men have argued that the Republican Party has to make up lost ground among Hispanic voters if it hopes to win national elections in an increasingly diverse electorate.
On the other side are groups including Numbers USA and the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which support proposals that would reduce immigration levels.
Democratic-leaning groups such as the AFL-CIO, which has spent about $419,000 as of Monday, are solidly on the side of the overhaul. The Service Employees International Union announced Tuesday it was launching a "seven-figure" advertising campaign on cable TV, which started Wednesday morning.
The language used in the ads underscores the politics: 41% of the "pro" spending was for Spanish-language ads. None of the "anti" spending was for Spanish-language ads. The California Endowment, a foundation which has spent nearly $920,000, has aired ads that link immigration to the health care overhaul, two powerful issues for Obama among Latinos. They feature Hispanics who identify themselves as in the United States illegally.
The stakes in the immigration debate loom particularly high for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican member of the bipartisan Gang of Eight and a favorite of conservatives. The Cuban-American freshman senator has emerged as a key negotiator and critical proponent of the bill, and the issue looms as a testing ground for his possible presidential ambitions in 2016.
His central role is clear in the ads themselves. Rubio is mentioned or depicted in more than $500,000 worth of ads about immigration, in ads both for and against the bill. Favorable ads showing him have aired in Iowa, site of the opening presidential caucuses; in South Carolina, site of the first presidential primary in the South; and on Fox News Channel, an influential news outlet for Republicans.
"Anybody who thinks what we have today on immigration is not a problem is fooling themselves," Rubio says, speaking to the camera in an ad financed by American for a Conservative Direction, which counts Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg among its founders. The ad focuses on provisions tightening border security. "Stand with Marco Rubio to end de facto amnesty," the narrator concludes.
But an ad by the Federation for American Immigration Reform shows Rubio standing beside a grinning Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. "Remember the broken promises of the 1986 illegal alien amnesty? Sen. Marco Rubio is making the same promises," a narrator declares. "Shouldn't politicians make good on old promises before they make new ones?"
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Seven months after being stopped with his favorite choke by Chan Sung Jung and seeing his featherweight title hopes get backburnered for the time being, Poirier got back in the win column – forcing "TUF 12" winner Jonathan Brookins to tap to a D'Arce choke in the first round.
The featherweight bout opened up the main card of The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale event at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It aired on FX following prelims on FX and Facebook.
Brookins landed an early body shot, and Poirier fired back. But it was Brookins who was landing more often – and landing at a fevered pace. Poirier was left holding on, trying to regain his composure so he could restart.
But once they did, it was Brookins again landing a right hand before they reset in the middle. Midway through, Poirier landed a good right hand, but Brookins answered back and pushed Poireir to the cage. After a brief stalemate there, they again started measuring bombs against each other – with Poirier appearing to regain his composure before dropping Brookins with a right hand.
Up against the fence, Poirier landed a few more power shots. As Brookins got defensive and dropped to the floor for a takedown, Poirier landed his favorite submission.
"The Diamond" locked on a D'Arce choke – the same submission he lost with in May – and fairly quickly forced a tap from Brookins. The end came 4:15 into the first round.
"We only have 15 minutes to get it done, so I'm not trying to waste any time," said Poirier, who recently moved his training home to American Top Team in Florida. "It's been seven months since I fought 'The Korean Zombie' and I wanted to make a statement here. He hurt me early on against the fence, and luckily I clipped his chin and made him back up a little bit.
"It's redemption, but something even cooler than that is I tried out for 'The Ultimate Fighter' the season that Jonathan Brookins won. So this was my Ultimate Fighter Finale."
Poirier (13-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) is back on the good side after a May loss to Chan Sung Jung and improves to 5-1 in the UFC. Brookins (13-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) now has dropped two and a row and three of his past four since winning Season 12 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
Up-to-the-minute TUF 16 Finale results include:
- Dustin Poirier def. Jonathan Brookins via submission (D'Arce choke) – Round 1, 4:15
- Mike Pyle def. James Head via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 1, 1:55
- Johnny Bedford def. Marcos Vinicius via KO (punches) – Round 2, 1:00
- Rustam Khabilov def. Vinc Pichel via KO (slam, punches) – Round 1, 2:15
- T.J. Waldburger def. Nick Catone via submission (triangle choke) – Round 2, 1:04
- Hugo Viana def. Reuben Duran via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:05
- Mike Rio def. John Cofer via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 4:11
- Tim Elliott def. Jared Papazian via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
For complete coverage of the TUF 16 Finale, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.
(Pictured: Dustin Poirier)
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As 2007 comes to a close, at least 9,430 Illinoisans are due state income tax refunds, but the Illinois Department of Revenue has not been able to track down the residents.
As 2007 comes to a close, at least 9,430 Illinoisans are due state income tax refunds, but the Illinois Department of Revenue has not been able to track down the residents.
The state revenue agency originally had nearly 17,000 refund checks this year that were kicked back as "undeliverable," but the department found updated addresses for about 7,400 recipients, spokeswoman Katherine Ridgeway said Wednesday. She said the rest of the checks have been voided and sent to the state comptroller's office; recipients can still get their refunds.
Ridgeway said taxpayers may check the status of a refund by calling a toll-free number, 1 (800) 732-8866, or by going to the revenue agency's Web site, www.revenue.state.il.us. There, visitors can click on the link "Individuals" to select an option called "Where's My Refund?"
Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service reported that it could not find 4,200 Illinoisans who are owed federal income tax refunds worth a total of $4 million.
U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Chicago, said his northwest-side congressional district has about 800 potential recipients who are owed an average of $1,000 by the federal government.
"A thousand dollars ain't chump change (with) rising gas prices, rising college cost, rising health-care costs, the cost of raising a child," he said Wednesday at a news conference to publicize the unclaimed refunds.
Emanuel's congressional Web site, www.house.gov/emanuel, includes a text file with the names of the 4,200 Illinoisans and links to the IRS' Web site. He said many on the list probably have moved to new addresses since they filed their taxes earlier this year.
Nationwide, the IRS said more than 115,000 Americans are due a total of $110 million in unclaimed refunds.


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ShoreSlayer wrote:1. 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise from Miami to Mexico and back with 40 bands and 2000 psychos - Open Seas - January 24th - 28th, 2010
Michaelage wrote:uhm do i count the bands i have seen and not seen at a festival? damn that list would be a page long alone:O
a couple of years ago i tried compiling lists like this... it ended with word imploding on me:O
local metal venue's almost around the corner are not good for these kind of lists:P
TOM CRUISE wrote::lol: I know huh? Just my 4 trips to Holland (Dynamo 97-98-99, Cradle of Filth/Old Mans Child @ Paradiso and No Mercy's 2002 at O13 in Tilburg) would muster up about 170 bands or more. Not to mention Wacken 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
Then there is Party San 2002, 2004
Inferno 2002, 2004
Hole in the Sky 2009
Probably seen 500 + bands at all my euro festival jaunts.
Then there is Milwaukee Metalfest 97, 99, 00
March Metal Meltdown 2000
November to Dismember- 2000
Maryland Deathfest 2009, 2010
Another 500 probably with all the US festivals. Oh and Lollapolooza 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
When you have been going to concerts for 32 years, it really adds up
tyrwoman wrote:ok - you win Tom I would bet money that you have seen more bands, been to more festivals, been to more shows than anyone on this forum -
TOM CRUISE wrote:Deb- did you see that I saw Heart in August of 1980 in Phoenix? The song "Mistral Wind" live appears on the "Heart Live" album from 1980..
I saw Aldo Nova in 1992 in Seattle. We met him afterwards and my friend Allison had him sign her arm (upper) and then she had me take her up to Seattle Tattoo Emporium and she had it tattooed into her skin.
Yeah, we had been drinking Jager in 95 degree weather and thought it was a good idea.
She covered it up within a year
TOM CRUISE wrote:Thanks but I doubt that. Metalwrath lives in Europe and has been to quite a few festivals but he is only 26 so he might not have been to as many as I have.
debborah1 wrote:Ive been to a plethera of concerts...My first being Aldo Nova and UFO in 1982....(hey I was 16...and it was awesome! LOL)
of course it doesnt even begin to measure up like Rob, TYR, and Scotts lists here...but neverthless....MANY good shows.....My list however would have been fulfilled for me if I ever had the chance to see LED ZEPPLIN!! Other than that....I have been blessed to see ALL!
tyrwoman wrote:LOVE UFO!!! - saw them in the late 70's with Peter Frampton , Rick Derringer, and Bob Seger, and also last fall. Never heard of Aldo Nova - need to look them up. I agree about Led Zep - I did see Robert Plant on a solo tour in the early 80's though and he was awesome!!
TOM CRUISE wrote:Actually Aldo Nova's album after that one got MTV airplay quite a bit
ShoreSlayer wrote:133. Judas Priest & Bon Jovi - Pacific Coliseum – July 14th, 1986
134. Dio & Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force – Pacific Coliseum - December 28th, 1985
135. Iron Maiden & Twisted Sister – Pacific Coliseum – December 9th, 1984
TOM CRUISE wrote:If i did something like this it would probably shut down the boards. Seriously, I have been to 700 to 800 concerts.
I have seen every band imaginable live except for The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
Goddess of Metal wrote:TOM CRUISE wrote:If i did something like this it would probably shut down the boards. Seriously, I have been to 700 to 800 concerts.
I have seen every band imaginable live except for The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
Ditto! I know that I saw over 70 just in one year that I actually counted and I have been going to shows for 40 years. I started going with my mom at age 10.
Goddess of Metal wrote:Yes to these...
August 1978. REO Speedwagon. Alpine Valley, WI
Summer 1978. Rolling Stones. Soldier Field.
December 1978. UFO. Randhurst Ice Arena
June 1979. Yes. Chicago International Ampitheater
I was also at Sly and the Family Stone with my mom at Grant Park when a riot broke out and we had to run for our lives! I was 10 years old! I guess I would say that was my first moshpit.
http://blast-from-thepast.com/blog/?tag ... stone-riot
tyrwoman wrote:GIG.OVERLOAD
love the last posts of Goddess of Metal, Evican, and Slaytanic Erik! Too much to comment on and too little time, so I'll leave it at that for now,
Evican wrote:But mine doesn't stand up to the variety nor quantity of some of the other lists here, yours especially.
Sometimes it sucks being an island continent!
ShoreSlayer wrote:Sometimes less is more!
Okay, I know that doesn't really apply here but I thought I'd try....
(how is it that I so often find myself trying to convince women that this expression is true?)
Evican wrote:tyrwoman wrote:GIG.OVERLOAD
love the last posts of Goddess of Metal, Evican, and Slaytanic Erik! Too much to comment on and too little time, so I'll leave it at that for now,
But mine doesn't stand up to the variety nor quantity of some of the other lists here, yours especially.
Sometimes it sucks being an island continent!
tyrwoman wrote:Hey Rachel,
I'm guessing you're in your 20's, right? I think all of the shows you've been to at such a young age is amazing! Absolutely LOVE the fact that you have travelled overseas to see Epica and P!nk! That shows awesome dedication and passion - I love that in a person. And seriously, what is life without passion and adventure?
I tell my young daughters this all the time - follow your passions, follow your dreams (whatever they may be), make grand future plans, yet don't forget to love where you're at today.
I jokingly asked on some other thread who would be up for the 25th anniversary 70k tons of metal cruise in 2036. I suspect you'll be there!
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184.108.40.206 RX FIFO SizeSPI supports up to 16-bit frame size during reception.
43.3.7 DSPI PUSH TX FIFO Register In Master Mode (SPIx_PUSHR)PUSHR provides the means to write to the TX FIFO. Data written to this register istransferred to the TX FIFO . 8- or 16-bit write accesses to the Data Field of PUSHRtransfers the 16 bit Data field of PUSHR to the TX FIFO. Write accesses to theCommand Field of PUSHR transfers the 16 bit Command Field of PUSHR to the TXFIFO. The register structure is different in Master and Slave modes. In Master mode, theregister provides 16-bit command and data to the TX FIFO. In Slave mode, the 16 bitCommand Field of PUSHR is reserved.
TOP TEN THINGS ENGINEERING SCHOOL DIDN'T TEACH YOU (from Rich Ries via Embedded Muse)10. There are at least 10 types of capacitors.9. Theory tells you how a circuit works, not why it does not work.8. Not everything works according to the specs in the databook.7. Anything practical you learn will be obsolete before you use it,except the complex math, which you will never use.6. Always try to fix the hardware with software.5. Engineering is like having an 8 a.m. class and a late afternoon labevery day for the rest of your life.4. Overtime pay? What overtime pay?3. Managers, not engineers, rule the world.2. If you like junk food, caffeine and all-nighters, go into software.1. Dilbert is not a comic strip, it's a documentary.
Figure 43-1. DSPI Block Diagram - shows 32bit data path to the shift register (and and extra for command)
43.1.2 "SPI frames longer than 16 bits can be supported using the continuous selection format"..
CONTContinuous Peripheral Chip Select EnableSelects a continuous selection format. The bit is used in SPI Master mode. The bit enables the selectedPCS signals to remain asserted between transfers.0 Return PCSn signals to their inactive state between transfers.1 Keep PCSn signals asserted between transfers.
43.4.2 "The SPI frames can be 32 bits long."..
inline uint16_t RF12_T3::rf12_xfer(uint16_t data) {// digitalWriteFast(10, LOW); SPI0_PUSHR = (1<<26) | (B11111 << 16) | data; // send data (clear transfer counter, select all CS) while (! SPI0_TCR) ; // loop until transfer is complete// digitalWriteFast(10, HIGH); return SPI0_POPR;}
// enables and configures SPI module // 16MHz 16bit transfers on CTAR0 SPI0_CTAR0 = 0xF8010000;
Chapter 10Signal Multiplexing and Signal Descriptions10.1 IntroductionTo optimize functionality in small packages, pins have several functions available viasignal multiplexing. This chapter illustrates which of this device's signals are multiplexedon which external pin.The Port Control block controls which signal is present on the external pin. Referencethat chapter to find which register controls the operation of a specific pin.
Chapter 11Port control and interrupts (PORT)11.1 IntroductionNOTEFor the chip-specific implementation details of this module'sinstances see the chip configuration chapter.11.1.1 OverviewThe port control and interrupt (PORT) module provides support for port control, andexternal interrupt functions. Most functions can be configured independently for each pinin the 32-bit port and affect the pin regardless of its pin muxing state.There is one instance of the PORT module for each port. Not all pins within each port areimplemented on a specific device.


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You thought things were tense at the office when you hit 'Like' on the Team Edward Facebook page when your boss was overwhelmingly Team Jacob. This case involving a sheriff's election might just make your office politics seem benign by comparison.
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<a href="">Courthouse News explains:
As November 2009 elections loomed, B.J. Roberts, the sheriff of Hampton, Va., allegedly learned that six of his employees were actively supporting one of his opponents in the election, Jim Adams. Several employees had recently expressed their support for Adams by clicking the "like" function on Adams' Facebook page and by attending a barbeque fundraiser.
Uh-oh. I sense an awkward The Office-like moment coming...
Roberts then called a department meeting in which he advised the staff to get on the "long train" which him, rather than ride the "short train" with Adams, according to the six employees' complaint. After Roberts won re-election, he fired several employees, including three civilian workers and three uniformed deputy sheriffs who supported Adams.
These six booted workers, thinking their Facebook 'Like' was the cause of their dismissal, sued Roberts for violating their First Amendment rights. Their position: a Facebook 'Like' is protected free speech. U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson's position:
It is the Court's conclusion that merely "liking" a Facebook page is insufficient speech to merit constitutional protection. In cases where courts have found that constitutional speech protections extended to Facebook posts, actual statements existed within the record.
Judge Jackson made it clear that Facebook posts (e.g. status updates, comments, etc.) "...constituted enough speech to be considered speaking out as a matter of public concern." This wins Facebook posts that coveted "protected speech' status. In other words, posts contain "actual statements", but Facebook "likes"? A Facebook like "...is not the kind of substantive statement that has previously warranted constitutional protection."
An appeal is in the works, and meanwhile legal scholars are debating Judge Jackson's ruling. What is 'substantive'? Will it be overturned? Will "likes" get you fired?). But for now, you may want to stop "liking," but keep posting.
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A hard day's night
Concordia research station in the heart of Antarctica witnessed its last sunset for over three months last Sunday. From here on they will work and live under artificial lighting as they survive and conduct research at the remotest base on Earth.
As the Sun sets the crew's adventure really starts, putting a strain on morale and the team but with the promise of beautiful night skies. Crewmember Antonio Litterio describes his feelings on the Concordia blog: "The night brings darkness, promising a blackness to put fear in us, but also supplying a great spectacle – the stars, the Milky Way and something even more amazing."
From glaciology to seismology and astronomy, scientists spend time in secluded Concordia because its environment is preserved from the effects of human civilisation. The nearest living beings are some 600 km away at the Russian Vostok base.
ESA sponsors a research doctor each year to study the effects of isolation on the crew. Living in isolation without sunlight in small quarters is similar in many ways to a long voyage on a spacecraft.
Read about the experience of extreme living from the crewmembers themselves on the Concordia blog.