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At its Dec. 6 meeting, La Jolla Community Planning Association trustees found two points of contention in proposed amendments to the city's land development code, taking exception, in one case, to a proposed amendment that would change the permitting process for the establishment of sidewalk cafés. The proposed code change would reduce the minimum path of travel from 8 feet to 5 feet, allow sidewalk cafes to set up a single row of tables and chairs within a 4-foot-6-inch extension of the establishment without the need for a barrier and reduce the process level from a neighborhood-use permit process 2 to a process 1, which would cut the community-level input out of the process.
"It loosens the standard and I don't see any reason for it," said trustee Jim Fitzgerald, who proposed rejection of the planned amendment.
Trustees also opposed a proposed code change that would allow new development in all zones to observe a previously conforming side setback for up to 50 percent of the length of the building envelope. Presently, only new developments in RM-1 zones are permitted to adhere to previously conforming side setbacks for up 50 percent of the length of the building. The new standard would extend the rule to all zones. Trustees rejected the proposed amendment, emphasizing that there should be no extension of existing previously conforming setbacks.
The LJCPA also motioned to request an adequate definition of "fuel-efficient vehicles" for one proposed parking amendment. Other proposed parking amendments were directed to the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board for review.
Some of the 52 proposed changes clarified inconsistent language in the code, while others amended permit processes, parking, green building regulations, measurements and planned districts. To view a full summary of the amendments, visit www.sandiego.gov/development-services/industry/landdevcode.
Landscape architect envisions slice of Torrey Pines at Goldfish Point
Jim Allen, owner of Sunny Jim Cave Store, retained landscape architect Jim Neri to re-vegetate Goldfish Point, the coastal bluff area adjacent to Allen's store, which has eroded over the years.
"About 200 years ago, this area looked a lot more like Torrey Pines State Reserve than it does today," Neri said. "This was a vegetated point, undoubtedly, because if you look at the areas around it, they're all vegetated. It was just be-cause of human use that has occurred in the last 150 years or so that it was diluted."
In 1993, a group of community members committed to preserving the land, while also providing safety to pedestrians visiting the area, resulting in the construction of a stairway and an observation platform on the bluff. Additionally, in order to cater to divers who use Goldfish Point as an entrance point to the ocean, the city built a fence and gate providing a designated area to access the water.
"The plan is to re-vegetate it for the sake of beauty, for the sake of erosion control and re-vegetate it the way that it was rather than the way that it has been re-vegetated recently," Neri said of recent attempts to re-vegetate the area using non-native plants. "The intent of this plan is to remove all of the vegetation that has been recently planted there and to re-plant it with a native vegetation that we find growing in that area."
Neri's plan also includes filling a deep eroded gully with cobble to allow the sediment to erode into the surrounding rock.
"We're not going to stop erosion. What we're trying to do is slow it down, take it back to square one," he said. "The other thing we'd like to do is to encourage people to be safe without curtailing public access, including diver access down to the rocks below."
The LJCPA-approved conceptual plan calls for the removal of the gate in the existing fence and the installation of a post and chain outside the fence. The existing public access trail to the water will remain accessible by simply stepping over the low hanging chain.
"We want to let people out there. We want them to see what they want to see. We want to keep them safe, but we don't want to have them run over the entire bluff and further the erosion that has occurred there," Neri said. "Like at Torrey Pines State Reserve, they have very subtle signs that say 'area closed for plant rehabilitation.' That's the kind of subtle cues we'd like to give people who choose to head down there — that they stay on the beaten path and let the plants establish. Hopefully, it becomes a little piece of Torrey Pines State Reserve right here at Goldfish Point."
Neri has agreed to return to the LJCPA after the city's Park & Recreation Department reviews his plan.
In the neighborhood
• The city's new council District 1 boundaries took effect Dec. 3, consolidating all of La Jolla into one council district.
"We're really excited to have all of La Jolla reunited under one council district," said Erin Demorest, representative for District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner. "Thanks to everybody here who worked hard on that project to get all of La Jolla together under one council district."
• La Jolla resident Gail Forbes commented on planned road improvements at Seaweed Canyon at UCSD, stating the changes could potentially be intrusive and "may not be as benign as described."
• The San Diego City Council voted to dedicate nearly 6,600 acres of additional open space, adding extra layers of protection from development on those lands.
"Through the efforts of councilmember Lightner, they managed to squeeze an additional 800 acres, so about 6,600 acres citywide is to be dedicated," said LJCPA vice president Joe LaCava. "Unfortunately, our Fay Avenue bike path was not on that list for legal and technical reasons that could not be solved, but we can come back to that."
LJCPA news
• The Planning Commission will hear a request on the Tong residence for an extension of time at the City Council Chambers on Dec. 13 at 9 a.m.
• CD recordings of the LJCPA meetings can be picked up in-person at the LJCPA office. For more information, call (858) 456-7900 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
• LJCPA president Tony Crisafi requested that a representative of UCSD Physical and Community Planning provide a formal presentation to summarize development plans for the area around the MESOM building. The purpose of the regularly scheduled presentation is so LJCPA trustees and community members are informed about any public view issues and future development, he said.
Development projects
• Coastal development permits (CDP) and site development permits (SDP) for the Roberts, Butterfield and Rickards residences were approved.
• Trustees approved the removal of handicap parking at 7525 High St.
• Applicants for the Gaxiola residence, located at 2414 Calle del Oro, were asked to return to the LJCPA meeting in January with more accurate renderings of their proposed project to demolish an existing one-story, 3,178-square-foot residence to construct a new two-story 11,696-square-foot residence, two-car garage, pool and attached guest quarters on a 29,120-square-foot lot. Some neighbors were concerned that the flat-roof, contemporary-style home would compromise the neighborhood unity of the area, which they say are primarily one-story, ranch-style homes with gabled roofs.
Trustee Laura Ducharme Conboy also emphasized that the amount of hardscape covering the street-facing portion of the site was excessive and unappealing, and the project renderings shown at the meeting were not up-to-date or accurate.
"I would recommend that you take your drawings back and correct them. Maybe go back to the committee level and try to get more of a consensus on it," she said. "It just seems that there is not enough information here that I can rely on. What is accurate, what's not accurate, we don't know."
City news
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• The Community Forest Advisory Board has vacancies on its board. The city's 14-member board advises the mayor on all policy issues relating to urban forestry. Anyone interested in filling the vacancies can contact Alissa Gabriel at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (619) 236-6460.


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Let's talk about public forums on the Internet.
I'm a staunch believer in freedom of speech, and the information superhighway is quickly becoming the preferred way to communicate. Unlike telephones, the exchange can be permanent, and unlike newspapers or books, it allows for instantaneous self-expression, followed by instantaneous reaction and response.
Never before in the history of the world have people been able to express themselves so easily and quickly.
Perhaps too quickly.
An unforeseen phenomenon sprung shortly after the first chat rooms and message boards appeared. A specific type of person who used the Internet not as an open means of intelligent discourse, but to call people names, cause trouble, and refuse to listen to reason or apologize for their behavior.
We call these people trolls.
Trolls enjoy causing trouble. They like the attention they receive from being insulting, demeaning, and provocative. The name troll comes from the fishing lexicon--to troll means to cast out your lure and wait to see what bites.
Unlike real life, where calling someone a nasty name, or pointing a finger and shouting untrue accusations might get you into big trouble (and perhaps even force you to defend your words) the Internet is the perfect venue for cowards such as trolls.
In short, there is no accountability. A troll can make wild claims, attack people and organizations, and do it from the safety of their own home, never having to personally confront the people they condemn, or take responsibility for the harm they've caused.
Let's use a hypothetical example. Let's say someone used a blog to level some serious accusations against, oh, let's call it a group of writers. In this person's perception, this writing group has done something really bad, something really unforgivable, such as nominate writers for some awards.
Wait, that's not really unforgivable, is it? Well, what if we make all the nominees... MEN.
I know, I know---what a despicable assortment of scoundrels this writing group must be. But try to bear with me for a moment.
At first glance, you might look at this nomination list and think, "Well, this writing group must be excluding women."
While this conclusion might not be particularly well thought out, it is a legitimate perception.
Now, if you're a staunch support of women's rights (as we all should be), you'll be angry that no women are represented on this ballot. So angry, in fact, that you decide to use the Internet to vent your anger.
So you do what any smart person would do. You go to the organization's web site, looking for information about how this could have happened. You contact the co-presidents and board members, demanding an explanation. You speak to the judges to seek the reasons why there are no women on...
Oh, wait. I take that back. What you do is write a blog entry calling the organization bigots, sexist, and stupid, without any hard facts to back up this belief.
But we can chalk that up to passion, right? After all, sexism exists in the world, and it is an important issue, and if it has teeth and eats sheep it has to be a wolf, right?
But what if the organization comes forward, and politely points out that they are not, indeed, a wolf? They are a teddy bear. And they didn't kill your sheep. They're actually very sensitive to the needs your wooly friends. And they have proof, facts, and evidence to back this up.
That's when you be a woman and admit to your mistake, right?
Or do you cling to your original, erroneous perception, show no remorse for the people you've insulted and the harm you've caused, and continue to stick to your prejudices?
What would you do?
The funny thing is, the Internet is partially responsible for this situation. If I were to pick a random person, say, bestselling author David Morrell, and call him a bigot to his face, chances are he'd get mighty angry and demand to know why I said such a thing. I might have to use things like facts and logic to back up my rudeness. I might even have to defend my position and my original argument.
But not on the Internet. Because on the Internet, any coward can say whatever they want to say, without accountability. They can hurl insults without having to look into the face of the person, or people, they are insulting.
When these people can't even respond or defend themselves, such as judges who have signed non-disclosure agreements, it must feel particularly self-righteous and liberating, because you don't have to face them, and you don't even have to read their objections.
That's how you know the true troll from people who have simply made honest mistakes. The trolls never admit they are wrong.
I wonder how libel laws apply to blogs? I wonder if an organization can prove damages if some motormouth makes untrue accusations? I wonder if big writing organizations with big coffers ever hire big lawyers?
Hypothetically, of course.
On a completely unrelated topic, I've heard there have been some accusations against (coincidentally enough) a writing organization called ITW. Co-President Gayle Lynds has issued a statement, which I'm happy to repeat here:
My name is Gayle Lynds, and I'm co-founder and co-president of ITW, with David Morrell. I've been following with interest the queries that have arisen about the nominees for the first ITW Thriller awards. As an individual --- not representing ITW, its board, or its officers --- perhaps I can shed some light on the subject.
I was as surprised as anyone by the results of the ITW Thriller nominations. But then, ITW deliberately built a firewall around the award judges, so none of us knew the outcome in advance. At the same time, no panel of judges knew the results of any other panel's deliberations.
Let me tell you a little about the firewall: Any author or person speaking on behalf of an author who tried to influence any of ITW's judges would have had that author's books disqualified for two years. This was so that the judges could work in private and in secret. All board members as well as the chair of the Awards Committee --- James Rollins --- were ineligible to be considered for the awards. Again, this was to protect the judges and to avoid any accusations of favoritism toward ITW's leaders. This information is available in ITW's bylaws at http://www.thrillerwriters.org/bylaws.html.
In short, ITW's board worked very hard to make certain the awards were as fair and as impartial as possible, and so did the judges, as you will see.
Since this was ITW's first year, the judges faced the monumental task of creating systems that would be the foundation for all future awards. Because of the boxes of books that arrived on their doorsteps to be read, several had to delay their own deadlines and make sacrifices within their families in order to fulfill their very serious responsibility to judge well. This sort of selflessness is to be lauded.
I personally am proud of every book and film script that was nominated. All are excellent works from the thriller field.
Now about the accusations I've read recently about sexism in the awards....
If you go to http://www.thrillerwriters.org/awardslist.html you'll see a list of all submitted books. Only 29% were written by women. For the Thriller Best Novel, only 17%.
At the bottom of http://www.thrillerwriters.org/awards.html, you'll see a note to authors: "If your book is not on the list, please contact your publisher to remind them to submit your book as quickly as possible."
So what happened?
The chair and judging panels showed their concern that they be able to consider every thriller published in 2005 in several ways. The chair and several chief judges contacted all publishers --- both publicists and editors in each house --- to alert them that ITW was in the process of judging its first awards and to ask them to submit all thrillers.
I stress that not just one person was contacted in each house, but several, to ensure that the house understood that ITW really wanted each and every book in all of the subcategories of thrillers, from adventure to medical, romantic to espionage, legal to historical, and every other permutation. No one should be left out of the race.
Still, books were not always submitted. The judges worked closely with the chair, alerting him when they saw new books coming out. At the same time, he was on the watch, too. He went back time and again to publishers.
When it became apparent that few novels by female authors were being submitted, he redoubled his efforts, often contacting a house four times on behalf of novels that were clearly thrillers written by women.
At the same time notices were sent to ITW members reminding them to check the website to make certain their 2005 novels had been submitted.
In the end, the responsibility for having books submitted rests on the shoulders of the publishers. That's their job. At the same time, authors had the option of submitting copies of their books themselves.
As an author (not as a woman who has spent her life battling sexism), I could complain that no women were nominated. At the same time, I could also complain that no people of color were. I'm not sure whether any Muslims or religions other than Christian or Jewish were nominated, but I think they weren't either. There also might be a preponderance of nominees from one section of the United States, which could be taken as a prejudice favoring that area.
As long as awards are given in whatever field, there are always going to be those who say, "I wish it were otherwise. And because it isn't, it's prejudice."
The only time there's really an institutional problem, at least in my mind, is when there is a history of one group of people being disenfranchised.
Since this is ITW's first year, the organization can have no track record of institutional prejudice. ITW has worked diligently to avoid prejudice. The judges by their actions have indicated they have also been diligent in trying to create a level playing field.
My hat is off to ITW's judges, who worked very hard and read many fine books. All are excellent authors in their own rights, too. They did a sincere and worthy job, and they deserve not only our respect but our appreciation.
By the way, the awards chair for next year is a woman. She is not a person of color. Her religious background is unknown to me. I'm not even certain where she lives. She is a fine author and a wonderful human. Her name will be announced at ThrillerFest.
Anyone who would like to attend ThrillerFest --- it's going to be a blast --- should visit www.thrillerfest.com. You can learn there at the Awards Banquet who the winners for the Thrillers are. ThrillerFest begins next week. As I said, all of the nominees are excellent. I congratulate them on creating superb works.
Gayle Lynds
Friday, June 23, 2006
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech men's and women's tennis were both represented on Ohio Valley Conference all-conference teams which were released by the conference office on Thursday.
Nick Stafford of the men's squad was named the OVC Freshman of the Year in addition to garnering All-OVC second-team honors. Alex Chen and Josh Girling were both named first-team all-OVC as the Golden Eagles were one of just two teams to have multiple players appear on the top honor squad.
On the women's side, Leydi Zora picked up All-OVC second-team honors in her first season as a Golden Eagle.
Stafford finished his freshman campaign with a 17-6 record overall, combining his fall and spring season records. Stafford had an impressive fall as he compiled a team-best 7-2 record during the team's tournament schedule. This spring, Stafford has gone 10-4 in dual meet matches including a 5-2 mark in conference action.
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Stafford played primarily at the No. 3 singles position while teaming with Girling at No. 1 doubles. Girling and Stafford went 5-1 in doubles during OVC play, the best mark on the team.
Chen also earned the first all-conference honor of his career as he played atop the TTU lineup nearly the entire season. A sophomore from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Chen had a 9-3 dual meet record at No. 1 singles and a 15-9 overall record between the fall and spring seasons. In doubles action, Chen teamed with Lloyd Harris for much of the dual meet season as the tandem finished 3-2 at the No. 2 position.
Zora was the lone women's player to earn all-conference honors after she went 4-5 at the No. 1 singles position during conference play for the Golden Eagles. A junior transfer from Arkansas State in her first season at Tech, Zora went 7-13 overall in singles action and finished her season on a high note with a straight-sets win in her final match. A Floridabianca, Colombia, native, Zora also went 4-8 in dual meet doubles matches, including a 3-5 mark during OVC play.
Women's 1st Team All-Conference
-Vanja Tomic, APSU
-Carolin Weikard, APSU
-Martina Dessbesell, JSU
-Viviane Marani, JSU
-Martie Wahl, UTM
-Anna Winkelmann, UTM
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-Michelle Liew, APSU
-Mariana Pagan, APSU
-Myriem Mhirit, EKU
-Madeleinne Antero, MOR
-Ashley Canty, MUR
-Nikole Novikova, SEMO
-Leydi Zora, TTU
Women's Player of the Year - Vanja Tomic, APSU
Women's Freshman of the Year - Carolin Weikard, APSU
Women's Co-Coach of the Year - Malik Tabet, APSU and Steve Bailey, JSU
Men's 1st Team All-Conference
-Henrique Norbiato, APSU
-Jeff Rutherford, EIU
-Alex Das, EKU
-Hugo Klientovsky, EKU
-Nik Schroeder, EKU
-Axel Sunberg, JSU
-Alex Chen, TTU
-Josh Girling, TTU
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-Sean Bailey, APSU
-Carles Pons, EKU
-Brian Kenyon, JSU
-Nenad Marcec, JSU
-Nathan Martin, MOR
-Renaldo Domoney, MUR
-Nick Stafford, TTU
Men's Player of the Year - Alex Das, EKU
Men's Freshman of the Year - Nick Stafford, TTU
Men's Coach of the Year - Rob Oertel, EKU


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i saw some lagoons between Vung Tau and Mui Né.
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The Liberty Bowl honored ninety-two members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives who refused to rescind a letter sent throughout the colonies protesting the Townshend Acts (1767), which taxed tea, paper, glass, and other commodities imported from England. This act of civil disobedience by the "Glorious Ninety-Two" was a major step leading to the American Revolution. The bowl was commissioned by fifteen members of the Sons of Liberty, a secret, revolutionary organization to which Revere belonged; their names are engraved on the bowl as are references to Englishman John Wilkes, whose writing in defense of liberty inspired American patriots. The Liberty Bowl, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution have been called the nation's three most cherished historical treasures. The bowl was purchased by the Museum in 1949, with funds that included seven hundred donations by Boston schoolchildren and the public.
Inscribed below the rim: "Caleb Hopkins, Nathl barber, John White, Willm Mackay, Danl Malcom, Benjn Goodwin, John Welsh, Fortescue Vernon, Danl Parker, John Marston, Ichbod Jones, John Homer, Willm Bowes, Peter Boyer, Benja Cobb."
One side, in a circle with a scroll and foliated frame topped by a Liberty cap flanked by flags is engraved: "Magna/Charta" and "Bill of/Rights." Inside the circle is inscribed: "No45. /Wilkes & Liberty" over a torn page labeled "Generall/Warrants."
Inscribed on the other side, a Liberty Cap in a wreath above leafy scrolls: "To the Memory of the glorious NINETY-TWO: Members/of the Honbl House of Representatives of the Massachusetts-Bay/who, undaunted by the insolent Menaces of Villains in Power/from a Strict Regard to Conscience, and the LIBERTIES/of their Constituents, on the 30th of June 1768 /Voted NOT TO RESCIND."
Engraved in script below the rim "Caleb Hopkins, Nathl Barber, John White, Willm Mackay, Danl Malcom, Benjm Goodwin, John Welsh, Fortescue Vernon, Danl Parker, John Marston, Ichabod Jones, John Homer, Wilm Bowes, Peter Boyer, Benja Cobb." On one side in a bright-cut circle with a scroll and foliate frame topped by a Liberty Cap flanked by flags inscribed, respectively, "Magna / Charta" and "Bill of / Rights" is "No 45. / Wilkes & Liberty" over a torn page labeled "Generall Warrants."
On the opposite side, a Liberty Cap in a wreath is centered above horizontal and longer vertical leafy scrolls partly enclosing the famous inscription, "To the Memory of the glorious NINETY-TWO: Members / of the Honbl House of Representatives of the Massachusetts-Bay, / who, undaunted by the insolent Menaces of Villains in Power, / from a Strict Regard to Conscience, and the LIBERTIES / of their Constituents, on the 30th of June 1768, / Voted NOT TO RESCIND."
There is no lower line for the frame but a vertical device of conjoining open loops in below "TO." Beginning at the right of this scroll has been added since 1875 in script and block letters: "This BOWL commemorative of Events prior to the American Revolution, was purchased of the Associates whose names are inscribed upon its surface, by Wm MACKAY, one of their number, from whom upon the demise of the latter, in Feby 1832, it became the property of Wm MACKAY, his Grandson in direct line, a Resident of the City of New York."
In small script beginning under City: "The Associates were Citizens of Boston." On the bottom above the center point: "at whose death in 1873, it / passed into the hands of his / Brother Robt C. MACKAY on Mar. 11, 1902 / transferred it to MARIAN LINCOLN PERRY / of Providence, Rhode Island / a great great grand-daughter of JOHN MARSTON / one of the fifteen associates."
: See inscription. When the bowl was to be sold in 1948, Mark Bortman of Boston headed a committee to purchase the piece for the Museum. Purchased from Marsden J. Perry of Providence in January 1949 for $52,500.
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Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) is a time to honor the many contributions and achievements of Hispanics throughout the world. The Learning Resource Center is celebrating this important month with the following activities and materials:
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Test Driven Development, a Portable Methodology
The Pitfalls of TDD
Practitioners of TDD say that the advantages of it become clear once the developer gets into it. But what about pitfalls? A couple of areas of concern are with applying TDD on multi-threaded code or where a working system with much legacy code is involved.
The FAQ on testdriven.com, written by Jim Dixon, mentions that there are practitioners who say that TDD can't be used in developing multi-threaded code. Jeff Langr, author of several books on Java development, including Agile Java(TM): Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development, explains why multi-threaded code is a consideration.
With respect to multithreading: The core of the problem is that the execution sequencing of multi-threaded code is non-deterministic. Differences in things like current processor load, Java VM implementation, and OS can mean that concurrent code interleaves differently each time an application is executed.
In general, most developers have little experience in writing thread-safe code. Understanding how to write tests against multi-threaded code is even more difficult. The tests can be written, but they generally require executing multiple threads on the test side itself. There are a number of patterns that will help you write tests for things like deadlocks and race conditions. These aren't trivial tools to build. It's a significant investment, and most developers figure it's not worth the effort.
Another area where one might hesitate to rush in with TDD is an environment where a large amount of legacy code exists. Langr says that it's feasible to implement TDD in such an environment, but not without good cost. "If we never start to cover a system with unit tests, we won't be able to improve its design much (via refactoring) without high risk. Almost by definition, our system will continue to degrade in quality."
Langr says that he would introduce TDD by covering any new code with unit tests. "We won't make the system any worse than it is," he contends. Eventually, the code will be infused with pockets of tested areas. Langr recommends doing a cost analysis before attacking a project involving legacy code, the main consideration being whether or not the system will be around in six month's time.
Scott Ambler, a software process improvement (SPI) consultant, trainer and mentor of a variety of development methodologies he has founded, has his own take on tackling the challenge of legacy code. Ambler feels that it is absolutely feasible to introduce TDD into a system with a considerable amount of history. "The strategy that you want to take is to introduce your tests as you touch the code," Ambler says. The time to write the tests is whenever a procedure is updated. This way, the test suite to validate the system is built up incrementally over time. "If you have some legacy code that is mission critical, or that you're afraid to touch because it's very brittle, then you desperately need to start migrating towards a TDD-based approach for it."
Overall, the practice of TDD is becoming so widespread that no developer can afford to avoid learning it. At the very least, a future job prospect or contract gig might come down to whether or not a given developer understands TDD. "Good, clean code that works" is an attractive promise. Software development can build a foundation with unit testing, whether using XP as a development methodology or plucking TDD from its crown.
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- http://www.testdriven.com
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/testdrivendevelopment
- Test-Driven Development by Example by Kent Beck
- Test-Driven Development, A Practical Guide by David Astels
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A Tale of Two Chairs
Graphic designer and painter Ricky Watts spends the workday in a studio in Sebastopol, CA, that he once shared with his grandfather, Arthur. Today, Ricky's Embody Chair shares the space with an Eames Lounge and Ottoman first owned by Arthur and his family. Take a look at the workshop and hear the story behind the Eames piece -- as told in a charming recollection from Ricky's mother.
Give us a little insight into your background. I am an artist by nature and a graphic designer by profession. I've been drawing as long as I can remember. My earliest memories are of my mother drawing words in bubble letters and me coloring them in. As a child, I was an avid comic book collector, often doodling my own comics mostly consisting of army ants and nuclear dinosaurs. After high school, I enrolled at the Art Institute of California's San Diego campus. I knew I wanted to do something creative for a living and I liked working with computers, so it was an easy decision to major in graphic design.
While in school, I worked part-time for a print shop near campus, learning the in-and-out's of the print industry. The hands-on experience I was learning at the shop was more than I was learning at school, so I left college after two years and returned home to the Bay area. I put together a portfolio of school projects so I could look for a job. It turned out the print company who printed my portfolio was looking for a designer, so I began working for them. I bounced around different print shops for about eight years before starting my own business as a freelance graphic designer and print broker.
What year was your studio established? What led to that point? I began working in my current studio in 2004. While in college, I began experimenting on canvas. I was interested in showing art in galleries and began submitting my work to group shows in the area. The living room of my apartment quickly became my studio: art on one side, design on the other, somewhere in the middle was the couch, TV, and other clutter. It was obvious that I needed a dedicated creative space, but I didn't have much money, as the print shop I worked for wasn't paying much.
My grandfather, a retired general contractor, built a workshop in the early 1980s for his wood-working hobbies. The space was perfect -- he had everything an artist needed: a light table, a projector, a large drafting table, and a wood-burning stove to keep warm on cold days. He loved working with his hands and his personal projects kept him young. We ended up sharing the studio for few years until he passed at the age of 92. Times working next to him, often on the same project, are some of my fondest memories with him. I've continued to work in the studio, transforming it to suit my needs, but still leaving room for his wood-working tools.
Tell us what you're passionate about, what inspires you, and where you're going. Art and design consume most of my time. When I'm not creating, I'm studying other artists work and technique, researching future pieces, and day-dreaming about what they might look like. I also love baseball. I find it most relaxing to work in the studio with a Giants baseball game on the radio. Though I wouldn't consider myself a math brain, I'm fascinated by the statistics and percentages in sports.
What inspires me is always hard to answer. The world around me is inspiring. Daily experiences, my friends -- most of whom are artists and designers. I'm inspired by books because I like to imagine what the story looks like. Dreams often find their way into my work. Architecture blows my mind, especially Victorian-era buildings.
I can't tell you where I'm going because I don't think I know myself. I love being creative. I'm fortunate to have the resources and space I have. Art has taken me on some incredible experiences. With every show and mural, I become more confident that art is where I need to be focusing my time. Not knowing what's next inspires me to work harder. I have faith that everything will work out and that if you concentrate on something long enough, anything is obtainable.
Were there any special considerations that influenced the studio's set-up? What would you change if you could? The studio space is special to me for the very fact that I'm carrying on something my grandfather started. The space itself isn't very big. One room, about 400 square feet. No running water, but lucky for me, there's a faucet nearby to wash brushes. The heater is a wood-burning stove, but the climate in California is pretty mild and I don't build a lot of fires. The space is perfect for what I need it for. I have room to paint, shelves for supplies, and desk for my computer. Yogi, the sweetest 13-year-old dog ever, keeps me company every day, often laying at my feet while I work. I wish the space was a little larger and had more natural lighting, but I make it work.
You have an Embody Chair and your grandfather's Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman in the studio. Tell us how these both came to be. I do design work for Trope Group in Santa Rosa, CA. On occasion, I go into the office to discuss design and marketing strategies. They have a showroom where I enjoy test-driving the chairs on display. I'm not one to splurge on office furniture. Most of what I have now are hand-me-downs or pieces donated from past employers. I liked to imagine how nice it would be to have a real office chair. And then I sat down in an Embody chair and fell in love. The relief it gave my back was instantly noticeable. So I bought one and use it every day. I've yet to regret the purchase for a second. I love the look on someone's face when they sit in the chair for the first time.
The Eames Lounge is something that I've known my whole life. It's been in the family longer than I have. As a child, I remember curling up and napping in it, waiting for the adults to finish talking about things I didn't understand. I never knew anything about the chair until a few years ago. It was always just a comfortable leather chair that was great to sit in with a good book or listen to music. So out of curiosity, I asked my mother about chair. This is the story she told me.
"In the summer of 1963, we moved into a 1940′s stucco house in San Anselmo. It had a large, well-lit area -- empty except for a dining table and three chairs at one end, a hi-fi at the other, four Parsons-style end tables, and a matching coffee table (made by my cabinetmaker grandfather). It was the heyday of Swedish modern, and my parents were both working and had saved enough money to have -- for the first time in their lives -- a living room that was in style.
So off we went one Saturday to buy furniture in San Francisco. It's probable that from his former profession in architecture, my dad had cards that got him into high-quality showrooms.
I was 16, the decorating gene had skipped me. What I loved were books, so armed with a copy of 'Betsy in Spite of Herself' by Maud Hart Lovelace (Betsy and I were the same age), I planned to spend the day reading in comfortable chairs.
They bought, that day, a mustard and grey Swedish modern sofa, a black Swedish modern chair, and a 3″ x 5″ red Rya rug. I was underwhelmed: they were uncomfortable and, to my eyes, ugly; the mustard was a disgusting color and all three items were wool -- to which I was allergic.
However, I'd had a splendid time with Betsy, curled up in a seriously comfortable chair. When they were ready to leave, they came to find me. 'Do we have to leave?' I asked, stretching in the Eames Lounge.
They looked, not at me, but at the chair. They knew what it was; they'd admired Charles and Ray Eames for years. And they needed one more chair.
The rest is history. If you look at the feet, you'll see scratch marks from Jack, the Springer spaniel puppy who hated being left alone and took it out on the furniture: he gnawed the Eames Chair legs, jumped on the coffee table so often his claws gouged out long tracks, and tore up feather pillows on the Rya rug. So much for style."
(Images: Ricky Watts)
Republished in partnership with Herman Miller Lifework. Originally posted by Amy Feezor.


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|The CPSR Newsletter
|Spring 2001
National Missile Defense: The Trustworthy Software Argument
by William Yurcik
The National Missile Defense (NMD) system being developed by the U.S. revisits many of the technical software engineering arguments surrounding the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, or known as "Star Wars" to critics). Unfortunately in the public NMD debate thus far, questions of technical capability have been ignored focusing instead on non-technical factors. While acknowledging non-technical factors are relevant and perhaps predominant in the final decision-making, we feel a special obligation to specifically raise technical software engineering issues in this CPSR forum because the NMD policy-making process needs input from computing professionals who both understand and can communicate these issues. I have included a list of these non-technical factors for completeness.
The stated purpose of NMD is to protect the US from a limited attack by strategic (long-range) ballistic missiles armed with weapons of mass destruction (conventional, nuclear, chemical, biological). The scenarios for such a limited attack of a few to tens of missiles include: (1) an accidental or unauthorized launch from Russia; (2) an accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate attack from China; or (3) a deliberate attack from other countries that have or may acquire long-range missiles (e.g., North Korea, Iraq, Iran). Ballistic missiles are rocket-driven missiles that have three distinct stages: (1) the boost stage from launch within earth's atmosphere to space; (2) the midcourse stage in the vacuum of space; and (3) the terminal stage reentering the earth's atmosphere to the target. Ballistic missiles propulsion occurs only in the boost stage then the missile follows a path according to the laws of physics in the Earth's gravitational field to its target. Thus NMD has only limited capability and is vulnerable to both being "underflown" by short-range missiles and cruise missiles as well as being "overflown" by intelligent ballistic missiles that do not follow the laws of gravity but rather can intelligently maneuver.
The NMD system being developed would use a combination of ground-based radars and satellite-based sensors to detect a missile launch and track the missile and its warhead(s). The ground-based missile interceptors will be layered to engage incoming attacks at different stages in their flight paths to enable a shoot-look-shoot strategy [9]. If one system fails to stop a missile at one stage, other systems may have another chance to shoot it down. Small land-based, aircraft-based, and sea-based interceptors will engage attacks closer to the source at the boost stage. Theater defenses are focused on defense at the terminal stage. Although space-based lasers are still many years away, the intermittent research of the past two decades seems likely to continue.
The NMD software engineering issues revolve around the issue of trustworthy software. The term "trust" in software can have different contexts. The oldest use of the term refers to the DOD "Trusted Computer Systems Evaluation Criteria" (the Orange Book) which defines levels of trust protection (C to A). To address software integrity issues during SDI, the Trusted Software Development Methodology (TDSM) was developed to define trust levels (1-5) based upon 25 trust principles [2]. TSDM has much in common with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for software development in that rather than being based on product testing it is focused on the software development process. It is generally accepted that reliability cannot be "tested into" a software system but rather planned and developed in parallel with the software system itself. Unfortunately, risks in the software development process have gotten worse since SDI with many examples of complex system software failures [4].
Even critics now concede that an NMD system is a possible task but the over-riding question is whether the software can confidently be expected to work when it is needed. If the NMD system cannot be trusted then it may actually reduce strategic security since subsequent actions by other nations will be based on prudent assumption of reliability. Factors that inspire human trust in software include: (1) extensive past experience under actual working conditions; (2) ultimate safeguarding of critical operations by human operators; and (3) a fully specified, predictable, and stable environment for design, testing, and actual operation. None of these factors will be present in the final NMD system.
Some may argue that NMD testing is currently taking place. On closer inspection, the tests thus far have not been very meaningful. The tests are actually "hardware-in-the-loop" simulations with unrealistic conditions (reduced closing speeds, lack of credible countermeasures) and very few unknown variables (known launch times, target trajectories, target and decoy signatures) [8]. So far, 2 of 4 NMD tests have failed to intercept, 1 had a successful intercept despite a software failure, and 1 test was completely successful. For perspective, military systems that require destructive testing are rarely tested enough to provide a statistically significant measure of their reliability so this information must be gained from combat experience. Ironically, it is reasonable to assume that NMD will receive little if any combat experience but its development test schedule is being compressed. For perspective, the submarine-launched Polaris missile system (the backbone of US Cold War nuclear deterrence) failed its first 11 tests. On the other hand, the NMD requirement for an interceptor 85% kill probability can be contrasted with the well-maintained B-2 bomber which is capable of performing its mission only about 45% of the time. The Patriot anti-missile system actually had a perfect test record (17 for 17) but in the Gulf War the Iraqi Scud missiles did not fly predictable smooth test trajectories - they broke apart upon reentry and the Patriot success rate estimates vary widely from 70% to below 10% despite military and media hype [7].
The con-SDI trustworthy software argument first stated by David Parnas in 1985 [1,6] and later echoed by others (including CPSR [5]) are still valid for NMD [3]. Parnas stated in 1985 that it is not possible to construct SDI software that could confidently be expected to work when needed [1,6]. He makes this argument, independent of software size, based on (1) lack of specifications, (2) lack of realistic testing, and (3) lack of backup system capability given time constraints (no "real-time debugging" is possible). Since 1985, not much has changed to nullify this argument. Software engineering principles are still based on precise specifications for requirements. Although computing power has improved and formal methods have been introduced, testing multi-million line programs is still beyond our current capability. Errors in large software system is still the norm, Peter Neumann has a large archive of examples [4].
A new trustworthy software argument that was alluded to by Parnas in 1985 [1] has been introduced for NMD. This argument is based on the fallacy that since NMD is a subset of the SDI mission then it is possible to "overengineer" NMD into being trustworthy. "Overengineering" is based on the continuous system concept of tolerance in which small system changes do not result in large changes in output behavior due to overcapacity protection (e.g., extra safety margins for bridge construction). For discrete systems, the concept of tolerance does not hold -- an error of one bit may be as catastrophic as an error of 1000 bits. While new fault tolerant software techniques have been introduced to address software decay and software aging the dilemma is that adding functionality to solve these problems results in software that is even more complex and thus difficult to verify and validate [10].
Finally, NMD has the unique requirement that it must work perfectly on first use. This is an unprecedented requirement for any system approaching the size and complexity of NMD. Comparable systems include the US Navy's Aegis anti-missile system, Lucent's 5ESS telephone switch software, and the Microsoft Windows operating system. These systems have had decades to find and debug errors and yet all have had, and continue to have, significant failures. In fact, new software upgrades on these proven systems rarely perform reliably despite rigorous testing and simulation. Thus it is indeed likely that NMD will experience a software failure upon first use -- the question is will this software error prove catastrophic to overall intercept functionality.
In conclusion, an NMD system can be built but will its software ever be trusted? The idea of a national shield is a simplistic solution to a complex problem with many factors. Non-technical factors will dominate the final political decisions unless technical factors are introduced into the debate. I urge CPSR members to look closer at the technical software argument I have raised here and get involved in the policy process. There is the dual responsibility to protect against massive loss of human life, terrorist blackmail, and strategic military interests if it can be accomplished and yet the responsibility to prevent dependence upon untrustworthy software that actually decreases national security. The administration's current position is the rapid deployment of an expanded version of NMD regardless of test outcomes.
William Yurcik (firstname.lastname@example.com) is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Applied Computer Science at Illinois State University in Normal Illinois USA. Prior to his academic career, he worked for organizations such as the Naval Research Laboratory, MITRE, NASA, Verizon, and MITRE.
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Purchase includes:
-Charger unit in excellent condition (this was originally a BML 16167/32, but I swapped out the charger cup, so it is now a BML 16167/72)
-Remote control cable (RPM1132864/2)
-Power cable (19B801358P2)
-System control head (in good condition)
-Remote speaker (not pictured)
-Microphone (not pictured)
-Owners manual/Installation guide
-Mounting bracket and screws for charger unit
I assembled this unit by purchasing the aforementioned separate items, and used it for approximately 1 year. The charger unit will only charge NiCAD batteries; however, you can still use it with a NiMH battery until said battery dies.
SOLD! February 2013
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Orthographic Slices of Nuke Sim from Eyal Gever on Vimeo.
Artist Eyal Gever mixes two and three dimensions to capture the movement of destruction. For these installations Gever begins with a three dimensional model of an explosion that is split into ten layers. The layers are transformed into inkjet prints on acrylic, hung, and lit from underneath. Combining the ten layers gives the piece a strange sort of depth and seems to freeze time. Viewing the sculpture, though motionless, you begin the anticipate the motion and unfolding of the explosion as if it were a running algorithm. Gever explains the technology and concept behind his work saying:
"My sculptures are created from software I have developed. I am influenced by the destructive impact within our environment. Uncontrollable power, unpredictability and cataclysmic extremes are the sources for my work. They inspire, fascinate and remind me of the constant fragility and beauty of human-life. Beauty can come from the strangest of places, in the most horrific events. My art addresses these notions of destruction and beauty, the collisions of opposites, fear and attraction, seduction and betrayal, from the most tender brutalities to the most devastating sensitivities. I oscillate between these opposites. Using my own proprietary 3D physical simulation technologies, I have developed computational models for physical simulation, computer animation, and geometric modeling. Combining applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering, my work captures and freezes catastrophic situations as cathartic experiences."
Check out the videos above and after the jump to see how the three dimensional images are sliced.
Large Scale Smoke Orthographic slices from Eyal Gever on Vimeo.


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you guys probably have me pegged as a stripe addict already, so confessing that I'm excited to dress my little man in stripes that just *might* match mine might not seem too crazy… or does it? hehe.
hop over to Babble to see three mama and baby striped outfits I put together.


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The game of roster roulette will begin in earnest after final cuts this weekend, but it's already starting in some precincts.
The Buccaneers announced they have signed wide receiver Jordan Norwood, who was just cut by the Browns.
To make room for him on the roster, the Bucs released defensive end Aaron Morgan.
Norwood caught 13 passes in two games last year before a foot injury landed him on injured reserve. He's shown some flashes as a slot receiver, and now the Bucs get a free look at him, at least for the week.


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#if (C# Reference)
When the C# compiler encounters an #if directive, followed eventually by an #endif directive, it will compile the code between the directives only if the specified symbol is defined. Unlike C and C++, you cannot assign a numeric value to a symbol; the #if statement in C# is Boolean and only tests whether the symbol has been defined or not. For example,
#define DEBUG
// ...
#if DEBUG
Console.WriteLine("Debug version");
You can use the operators == (equality), != (inequality) only to test for true or false . True means the symbol is defined. The statement #if DEBUG has the same meaning as #if (DEBUG == true). The operators && (and), and || (or) can be used to evaluate whether multiple symbols have been defined. You can also group symbols and operators with parentheses.
#if, along with the #else, #elif, #endif, #define, and #undef directives, lets you include or exclude code based on the existence of one or more symbols. This can be useful when compiling code for a debug build or when compiling for a specific configuration.
A conditional directive beginning with a #if directive must explicitly be terminated with a #endif directive.
#define lets you define a symbol, such that, by using the symbol as the expression passed to the #if directive, the expression will evaluate to true.
You can also define a symbol with the /define compiler option. You can undefine a symbol with #undef.
A symbol that you define with /define or with #define does not conflict with a variable of the same name. That is, a variable name should not be passed to a preprocessor directive and a symbol can only be evaluated by a preprocessor directive.
The scope of a symbol created with #define is the file in which it was defined.
// preprocessor_if.cs
#define DEBUG
#define MYTEST
using System;
public class MyClass
static void Main()
#if (DEBUG && !MYTEST)
Console.WriteLine("DEBUG is defined");
#elif (!DEBUG && MYTEST)
Console.WriteLine("MYTEST is defined");
#elif (DEBUG && MYTEST)
Console.WriteLine("DEBUG and MYTEST are defined");
Console.WriteLine("DEBUG and MYTEST are not defined");
DEBUG and MYTEST are defined


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
An award-winning Israeli journalist was seriously wounded by a Russian mortar shell in Georgia on Tuesday.
Tzadok Yehezkeli, a reporter for Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper, was traveling through the center of the Georgian town of Gori with a group of Dutch journalists when the shell hit.
Yehezkeli suffered serious shrapnel wounds to his chest and abdomen, and a Dutch colleague was killed.
The incident occurred as international media reported that Gori was being overrun by Russian forces, and that Georgian civilians and soldiers were fleeing from the besieged city.
Yehezkeli was evacuated to a hospital in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, where two top Israeli doctors met him and transported him back to Israel. He is currently listed in serious condition at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
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By Pamela Pattison Lash
Ida (Triplett) Huffman McCurdy v Irving McCurdy
Bryan Democrat, 11 Feb 1908 p1 c1
"The Edon Commercial said last week that Mrs Irving McCurdy of Jackson, MI accompanied by two of their children arrived at Edon on Tuesday in search of her husband. He had secured a divorce, had remarried, and lived nearby. She hired a rig and drove to his home but she found herself rejected by her former husband whereupon Constable Dagen brought her back to Edon. A purse was raised by Mayor Lacer and she was sent back to Jackson.
Irving McCurdy was granted a divorce from Ida McCurdy by Judge Killits on 30 Dec 1907. He charged that she left his home in St Joseph Twp on 28 Oct and went to Michigan in the company of another man. The couple was married on 17 June 1907."
This newspaper account was all I had to go on, so here's what I discovered while trying to untangle the data:
Irving McCurdy (Jan 1868 OH – aft 1914) son of James McCurdy (Sept 1843 OH/PA – 18 May 1905, Edgerton, St Joseph Twp, Williams Co, OH ) and Eliza Miranda Cornell (17 Nov 1843/1845 St Joseph Twp, Williams Co, OH – aft 1910)
Parents, James McCurdy and Miranda Cornell, were married in Williams Co, OH on 8 Nov 1866; Amanda McCurdy, the daughter of Benjamin Cornell and Elizabeth Bowersox, married Benjamin H Smith on 9 Sept 1909 in Williams Co, OH – he was 54 and she was 64 and they appear together in 1910 St Joseph, Williams, Ohio; Roll: T624_1241; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0131; Image: 968; FHL microfilm: 1375254.
Note – Amanda McCurdy is the mother of Irving McCurdy; she's identified in different records as Eliza, Miranda, and Amanda, which could confuse a researcher.
Note – In 1910 census Mrs. Miranda McCurdy was a widow, 64, and Benjamin Smith, who lived with her, was divorced and 56 years of age. They should have been M/M Smith but were not so identified.
Note – There is a Miranda Smith probate in Williams Co, OH so it's likely they did marry. Anyone looking for her should check out the probate data.
Ida Triplett Huffman McCurdy (June 1878, prob Indianola, Warren Co, IA – aft 1919); she was the daughter of George W Triplett and Minerva McClintock
1870 St Joseph, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 233A; Image: 471; Family History Library Film: 552781.
h/h 32/32 McCurdy, James 24 OH farmer
Miranda 24 OH
Irvin 1 OH
1880 Saint Joseph, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1078; Family History Film: 1255078; Page: 585B; Enumeration District: 009; Image: 0031.
h/h 13/13 McCurdy, James 37 OH-MA-PA farmer
Eliza wife 37 OH-MD-MD
Irvin son 11 OH-OH-OH
Adrian son 7 OH-OH-OH
1880 Indianola, Warren, Iowa; Roll: 368; Family History Film: 1254368; Page: 386D; Enumeration District: 232; Image: 0394.
Triplet, Ida 4 IA with parents and siblings
1885 Indianola, Warren Co, IA State Census
Ida B Triplett 8 IA with parents and siblings
Erving McCurdy married Anna Skelton on 25 Dec 1894 in Williams Co, OH
1900 St Joseph, Williams, Ohio; Roll: 1332; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 114; FHL microfilm: 1241332.
h/h McCurdy, James 56 (Sept 1843) mar 33Y OH-OH-OH farmer
Eliza wife 56 (Nov 1843) 3/3 ch OH-MD-MD
Benjamin J son 32 (Jan 1868) mar 5Y OH-OH-OH day laborer
Nathan H son (May 1883) single OH-OH-OH day laborer
Joanna dau-in-law (Oct 1873) mar 5Y 1/1ch OH-OH-IN
Wanda granddau (Nov 1898) OH-OH-OH
Note – Benjamin J McCurdy is Irvin so maybe it's an I and not a J; Joanna, his wife, is Anna (Skelton) – again confusing the data
Children of Irving McCurdy and Anna Skelton
1. Wanda (Nov 1898, Edon, Florence Twp, Williams Co, OH - ) mar Floyd E Poole on 20 Mar 1917 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI; on her marriage license her parents are listed as Erwin McCurdy and Anna Skelton
2. Goldy/Goldie (21 Sept 1900 Edon, Florence Twp, Williams Co, OH - ) mar Charles A Garnett, 27 Nov 1918, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI; her parents named on the marriage license were Irving McCurdy and Anna Skelton; on 3 Dec 1927 Goldie married August Stephen Dyke in Steuben Co, IN – on this marriage license she stated her birth date as 21 Sept 1906 with Irving McCurdy and Anna Skelton as her parents.
Note – if she was born in 1906 she would have been 12 years old at the time of her first marriage, so obviously the second marriage info has some errors.
1900 Indianola, Warren, Iowa; Roll: 463; Page: 33A; Enumeration District: 146; FHL microfilm: 1240463.
h/h 742/760 Triplett, George W
Minerva A wife
Ida B dau 21 single (June 1878) IA-IA-IA
Connie C son
Charles D son
Ida Triplett married Arthur Huffman on 20 Jan 1902 in Iowa. Arthur was the son of Samuel Huffman and Clara Taylor, born 1868; he was 34 and she was 27
Mrs. Anna McCurdy (widow) married Edward Siebenaller on 10 June 1903 in Edgerton, Williams Co, OH; it looks like Anna Skelton McCurdy divorced Irvin McCurdy sometime between 1900 and 1903.
Irving McCurdy married Mrs. Ida Huffman on 17 June 1907 at Indianola, Warren Co, IA; she was a widow and 27 years old, born in Indianola, IA, the daughter of GW Triplett and Minerva McClintoc(k); Irving, the son of James McCurdy and Eliza Cornell, was 37 years old and born in Williams Co, OH
From the original newspaper account:
1. Ida left Irving on 28 Oct 1907
2. Irving divorced Ida on 30 Dec 1907 in Williams Co, OH
3. Irving married again sometime between 30 Dec 1907 and 11 Feb 1908.
1910 Superior, Williams, Ohio; Roll: T624_1241; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0137; Image: 1104; FHL microfilm: 1375254.
McCurdy, Jevan 40 mar 2x mar 1Y OH-OH-OH stationery engineer…….Jervan is Irving
Louise C 29 mar 2x mar 1Y MI-MI-IL
Manda E 11 OH-OH-OH………probably Wanda
Golda F 8 OH-OH-OH
Sometime between 1910 and 1914 Irving married again.
Irving McCurdy married Lena Fisk Tool on 8 Aug 1914 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI. Irving was 39, born in Williams Co, the son of James McCurdy and Miranda Cornell' Lena was 22, born in Chicago, IL, the dau of Sherman Fisk and Emelie Heintz. Their marriage license states they were each married once before and both are housekeepers. Their witnesses were Mrs M and Mrs L Lybarger with Roy M Young as officiating clergyman.
Meanwhile, back to Ida, after her return to Jackson, MI she evidently left her children with her parents back in Iowa.
On 19 May 1908 Ida (Wilson) McCurdy married Thomas S. Robinson in Jackson Co, MI; he was 45, born in Detroit, MI, son of Thomas Robinson and *** Hall; he was married once before; she was 30, born in IA and was married twice before; he's an engineer and she's a domestic. She did not identify her parents and they were married by a JP, so it almost seems like Ida wanted to hide this marriage. (Wilson) was inserted into the record after her name, Ida McCurdy.
1910 Indianola Ward 1, Warren, Iowa; Roll: T624_426; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0220; Image: 1246; FHL microfilm: 1374439.
h/h 17/17 Triplett, George W 70 IL-KY-IL mar 37Y cattle and hog dealer
Minerva wife 60 9/6 ch IA-IL-IA
Charles A son 21 IA-IL-IA
Huffman, Paul grandson 8 IA-IA-IA
Huffman, Harold grandson 5 IA-IA-IA
So now we know the identity of Ida's children (newspaper article stated that she came to Edon with two of her children):
1. Paul Huffman, born 13 Mar 1902, Indianola, Warren Co, IA, son of Art Hoofman and Ida Triplett
2. Harold Huffman, mar Margie Van Tyl, 10 Nov 1930, Springport, Jackson Co, MI
Ida Triplett took out a marriage license with Henry Hoff on 19 July 1919 in Genesee Co, MI; she was 43, born in Iowa, the daughter of George W Triplett and Minerva McClintic; she was previously married three times; Henry was 62 and born in Holland; both were residents of Eaton Rapids, MI
Note – the license was not returned so this might indicate there was no marriage performed


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Red-light Camera Safety Program
Red-light cameras operate 24 hours a day and capture still photographs and video of vehicles that run a red light. A notice of violation is sent to the vehicle's owner. Owners may view the photo and 12-second video clip at www.ViolationInfo.com.
Civil Penalties
Civil penalties are $75. A $25 late fee is added if the vehicle owner does not pay the penalty, request a hearing or submit an Affidavit of Non-Liability (with the appropriate paperwork) by the due date.
Violations are considered civil and are not reported to insurance companies or driver's license bureaus. If you receive a citation from an officer for the same violation, normal traffic violation penalties apply and take precendence over the civil violation. You must request a hearing with the adjudicative hearing officer and present both your notice of violation and the citation.
Online Payments
Visit www.ViolationInfo.com to view information about notices of violation or pay civil penalties online. A $4 service fee is added to online payments. You will be asked to enter your notice number and PIN number. These are found on the front of your notice of violation, in the upper right corner inside the red box.
Pay in Person or by Phone
Civil penalties can be paid in person at City Hall, 200 Texas St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To make payments by phone, call toll free 1-866-790-4111 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. A $4 service fee will be added to phone payments.
Pay by Mail
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
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Contesting a Violation
If, after viewing your video at www.ViolationInfo.com, you feel a violation does not exist, you may contest the violation in writing by completing the coupon on the back of your notice and returning it back by the due date. All contests must be made in writing.
The vehicle owner will be notified in writing of the date, time and location of the hearing. If the vehicle owner is found liable or fails to appear, the civil penalty must be paid within 30 days. No additional fees will be added.
If you receive a notice of violation for a vehicle you do not own or was reported stolen at the time of violation, submit an affidavit of non-liability by the due date. Affidavits are available at www.ViolationInfo.com and must be completed, notarized, and mailed to:
Violation Processing Center
P.O. Box 22091
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If you have sold the vehicle, visit the Texas Department of Transportation Web site to ensure your vehicle's title was properly transferred.
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CHARLOTTE �The Big South Conference unveiled its first Football All-Decade Team Thursday, featuring nine former Gardner-Webb standouts.
The team was selected by Big South Conference administrators and a fan vote. The All-Decade Team represents seasons 2002-to-2009.
GWU and Coastal Carolina tied for the most honorees with nine each. Liberty (8), Charleston Southern (6), Stony Brook (1) and VMI (1) were also represented. The Runnin� Bulldogs won the first two Big South Conference football trophies in 2002 and 2003, posting undefeated league marks each season.
Receiver Duvaughn Flagler (2004-07) and offensive lineman Demario Deese (2005-08) earned a spot on the All-Decade offense for Gardner-Webb.
Flagler (Norcross, Ga.) finished his career with 188 career catches for 2,552 yards and 31 touchdowns. Flagler was an All-America selection in 2005 and earned All-Big South honors three times.
Deese (Charlotte) was the league�s first four-time All-Big South pick on the offensive line, starting at guard for GWU as a freshman in 2005 and moving on to a successful career at tackle for his final three seasons.
Defensive linemen Brian Johnston (2004-07) and Harold Wells (2001-04) headlined Gardner-Web�s group on the All-Decade Defense.
Johnston (San Diego, Calif. / Madison HS) was the Big South�s Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007, earning All-America honors in each of those seasons. He was a consensus FCS All-America selection in 2007. Johnston went on to be drafted in the 7th round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Wells (Lilburn, Ga.) played both nose guard and end for the Runnin� Bulldogs, while also moonlighting as a fullback on the offensive side. He became the Big South Conference�s first consensus All-America selection in 2004 when he also earned the league�s Defensive Player of the Year award. Wells was a three-time All-Big South Conference choice.
GWU�s strong history at linebacker was evident with Mario Brown (2005-09) and Jeffery Williams (2007-10) selected.
Brown (Greenville, S.C.) totaled 312 tackles during his time with the �Dogs, earning All-Big South honors three times and All-America honors in 2007. He returned after a medical redshirt in 2008 to earn Capital One Academic All-District III honors as a senior. Brown was also named the league�s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the sport in 2009.
Williams (Frisco City, Ala.) earning the league�s Freshman of the Year award in 2007 after totaling 120 hits. He earned All-America honors in 2008 as Gardner-Webb held seven of 11 opponents to less than 100 yards rushing. Williams was named the Big South Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 and earned All-Big South honors three times.
Gardner-Webb cornerback Cedric McGowan (2006-10) and safety Mario Williams (2001-04) earned positions in the secondary.
McGowan (Greer, S.C. / Greer HS) was named All-Big South three times and was an All-America selection in 2007. He finished his career with 26 career pass break ups
Williams (Ninety Six, S.C.) earned All-America honors in 2002 and 2003, when he was also the league�s Defensive Player of the Year. Williams finished his career with 326 career tackles � most in school history for a defensive back. Williams remains the GWU career leader with 35 pass break ups.
Punter Graham Whitlock (2001-04) remains at the top of the league�s career punting average chart with 42.6 yards/kick from 2002-2004. Whitlock led the nation in punting average in 2003, when he earned All-America honors.
Big South Football 2002-2009 All-Decade Team
QB � Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern
QB � Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina
RB � Dre Barnes, Liberty
RB � Patrick Hall, Coastal Carolina
RB � Rashad Jennings, Liberty
FB � Mike Tolbert, Coastal Carolina
WR � Duvaughn Flagler , Gardner-Webb
WR � Maurice Price, Charleston Southern
WR � Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina
WR � Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern
TE � Chris Luck, Liberty
OL � Demario Deese , Gardner-Webb
OL � Mike Godsil, Liberty
OL � Eddie Pinigis, Liberty
OL � Brad Poston, Coastal Carolina
OL � Antwon Trice, Coastal Carolina
DL � Adrain Grady, Coastal Carolina
DL � Brian Johnston , Gardner-Webb
DL � Harold Wells , Gardner-Webb
DL � Dennis Justianini, Charleston Southern
LB � Mario Brown , Gardner-Webb
LB � Jada Ross, Charleston Southern
LB � Tyler Santucci, Stony Brook
LB � Jeffery Williams , Gardner-Webb
DB � Patrick Calvary, Liberty
DB � Ced McGowan , Gardner-Webb
DB � Quinton Teal, Coastal Carolina
DB � Mario Williams , Gardner-Webb
PK � Josh Hoke, Coastal Carolina
P � Graham Whitlock , Gardner-Webb
LS � Dan Pope, Liberty
RS � Dominic Bolden, Liberty
RS � Tim Maypray, VMI
RS � Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern
Head Coach � David Bennett, Coastal Carolina