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Condé Nast Traveler presents the 12th annual Green List
Our top twelve destinations, hotels, and outfitters in the world of ecotourism—one of the best ways to preserve the environments and cultures that make this planet worth exploring. Brook Wilkinson reports
The Green movement has arrived. Want proof? Americans buy organic, locally grown produce. We drive hybrids. We spend $10 to watch not a Hollywood superhero but a politician with a PowerPoint presentation. And travelers are increasingly looking for options that keep the earth and its occupants in mind: More than 75 percent of Condé Nast Traveler readers recently surveyed deemed it important for hotels near impoverished areas to help local people obtain education, clean water, food, and health care.
In this, our twelfth annual tribute to ecotourism, we present a smorgasbord of choices that can make you feel downright virtuous about your next trip. Covering every continent, these hotels, tour operators, and destinations are the best of more than 80 candidates who applied this year. Our panel of judges gave each of the top candidates a score (out of a possible 100) for their environmental initiatives, their contributions to local communities, and the quality of the guest experience. The overall score is an average of the three.
LODGES/RESORTS: Nihiwatu, Indonesia
Environmental Initiatives: 80
Local Contributions: 89
Guest Experience: 74
Overall Score: 81
"Surf slums" is what Claude Graves calls them. Places where an outsider discovers the perfect wave, builds shoddy accommodations, disregards the natural surroundings, and shares the wealth from the venture with foreign investors and workers. The first part of that scenario—the perfect wave—applies to Graves himself, but after that his story veers off in a different direction.
In the 1990s, Graves built Nihiwatu on the remote island of Sumba—among the poorest in Indonesia, and one where the people only recently gave up head-hunting. The resort is famous among surfers for the fat left-hander that breaks off its beach. But Graves's proudest success is the Sumba Foundation. Helping his neighbors was always part of Graves's plan, but this nonprofit organization became possible only when Sean Downs arrived at Nihiwatu for a two-week stay. Transformed by his experience and by the people he met—147 of the resort's 150 employees are Sumbanese—Downs left a lucrative software job to establish the foundation in 2001.
Visiting Nihiwatu, I get an idea of the powerful forces that drove Downs to reprioritize. After a flight from Bali and a 90-minute drive, my first view is of a mile-and-a-half-long crescent of sparkling sand, bordered by dense forest on one side and a curl of foamy sea on the other. I'm led past the yoga studio, the infinity pool, and the spa villa to my air-conditioned bungalow—one of just ten on 440 acres. Soon after, I meet my fellow guests over lunch in the sandy-floored open-air dining area. Most are here primarily to surf but also to experience the local culture (several attended a funeral—complete with a water buffalo sacrifice—the day before I arrived), to work on foundation projects, and also to disconnect from the twenty-first century. Indeed, no one here seems to mind being cut off from world events, but the South Pacific surf reports that come with every new batch of guests are eagerly anticipated.
When the waves aren't up to snuff, there are plenty of other things to do: horseback rides along the beach, rain forest treks to a stunning waterfall, massages, fishing, diving and snorkeling right off the beach, and visits to local villages and markets. Nihiwatu bills itself as a luxury surfing enclave—although the staff are notable more for their constant smiles than for white-glove service. Still, the raw, undeveloped beauty here easily makes up for the fact that the bartender serves my cosmopolitan in a highball glass—and it's the color of a Long Island iced tea.
Health, education, and clean water are the Sumba Foundation's current initiatives, and to date it has raised $1.4 million—more than a third of that donated by Nihiwatu guests. In five years, those funds have produced several achievements: lowering the malaria rate in children under five, from 62 percent to 10 percent, by distributing mosquito netting; saving 34 children who would likely have died without the medication that the foundation provided; performing structural repairs and distributing supplies and uniforms to seven nearby schools; and constructing 13 wells that supply potable water for 5,200 Sumbanese.
Downs ascribes many of the foundation's accomplishments to the groundwork laid by Graves during the seven years he and his wife, Petra, lived in a grass-roofed bamboo hut on what is now the site of Nihiwatu, slowly winning the local villagers' confidence. When Chinese developers proposed building on the land, Graves flew several tribal elders to Bali to show them the results of rampant growth. They quickly agreed to Nihiwatu, his eco-friendly alternative. Downs told me, "You could throw millions of dollars at a place like Indonesia and have very little to show for it—unless you have somebody who, like Claude, knows the culture and has the respect of the people.
"If we were outsiders," he continued, "the money would be squandered just in transit. Our success is the result of the goodwill Claude built up by being part of this culture, participating in its rituals."
Graves's next step is to hand over Nihiwatu's ownership to the Sumba Foundation, with profits from tourism earmarked for long-term humanitarian aid. Once that is complete, he plans to bring this model to other parts of the developing world. Transforming the living conditions of an entire island may seem a mammoth undertaking, but to Claude Graves it is just the beginning (62-361-757-149; nihiwatu.com; doubles, $390).
Tour Operator: Natural Habitat Adventures
Environmental Initiatives: 80
Local Contributions: 69
Guest Experience: 69
Overall Score: 73
This company goes where the wild things are—and with stringent enough standards to have won the business of one very knowledgeable customer: the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). NHA's scheduled and customized trips to 30 countries run the gamut from Galápagos cruises to African safaris, all led by naturalists who are retrained annually by WWF scientists. The tour operator's Boulder, Colorado, home office runs entirely on alternative energy, and NHA matches clients' contributions to offset the trips' carbon emissions. Not neglecting the species Homo sapiens, during its Canadian polar bear expeditions NHA offers talks by members of three aboriginal tribes and gives empty seats on its flights between Churchill and Winnipeg to local residents (800-543-8917; nathab.com; seven-day Classic Polar Bears excursion, $3,795 per person).
Destination: Aspen Skiing Company, Colorado
Environmental Initiatives: 70
Local Contributions: 68
Guest Experience: 60
Overall Score: 66
Skiing doesn't have the greenest reputation: Clear-cut trails break up wildlife habitats, and snowmaking drains water from already-low streams. But ASC leaves patches of trees within the runs on its four ski mountains so that animals can cross slopes, uses purpose-built reservoirs to supply snowmaking needs, runs its Sno-Cats on biodiesel, and fashions jumps out of dirt. At the company's Snowmass site, it cut the Long Shot run in an S-curve to prevent erosion and installed the state's first wind-powered chair lift. ASC donates one percent of all profits—$200,000 annually—to various charities, from prenatal counseling to wildlife protection. And at Aspen Mountain's Little Nell hotel, $2 of each guest's bill goes to the Aspen Valley Land Trust—comprising half of the trust's annual contributions (800-525-6200; aspensnowmass.com; lift tickets, $74).
LodgeS/ResortS: El Nido Resorts, Philippines
Environmental Initiatives: 74
Local Contributions: 76
Guest Experience: 63
Overall Score: 71
Sister properties on Miniloc and Lagen islands, these two resorts have taken a leading role in protecting the area's greatest assets—its coral reef and marine and forest habitats—by helping to secure governmental protection, collaborating on scientific studies, and planning low-impact development and activities. Every staff member, from gardener to dive guide, has taken classes in ecology, geology, and history. Miniloc, which is in a cove bordered by limestone cliffs, attracts families with kayaking in two lagoons and snorkeling among manta rays, clown fish, and dugongs along natural and ceramic reefs (the latter rehabilitate coral damaged by dynamite fishing). Jungle-fringed Lagen has a more serene, laid-back feel and a spa. Both resorts offer mangrove tours, hiking, and private-island picnics (63-2-894-5644; elnidoresorts.com; doubles, $224–$285, all-inclusive).
Tour Operator: G.A.P. Adventures
Environmental Initiatives: 68
Local Contributions: 71
Guest Experience: 69
Overall Score: 69
After running this successful travel company for 11 years, Bruce Poon Tip wanted to give back to the communities his clients visited. The result: the Planeterra Foundation, which supports grass-roots projects worldwide. Since G.A.P. pays Planeterra's administrative costs, every penny donated—plus a matching gift from the tour operator—helps people in need: Ecuadorian schoolchildren, Honduran women seeking small-business loans, and survivors of the Asian tsunami, among others. Many G.A.P. itineraries include visits to the foundation's beneficiaries, with travel styles that cater to everyone from families to gourmets to serious adventurers. Clients on an Ecuadorian trip overnight in a Quichua home, visit a women's weaving cooperative, and go climbing in the Andes (800-708-7761; gapadventures.com; 18-day Ecuador Experience trip, $645 per person).
Destination: La Ruta Moskitia, Honduras
Environmental Initiatives: 78
Local Contributions: 76
Guest Experience: 67
Overall Score: 73
Said one guest of this locally owned tour collective in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, "The trip was a great opportunity to see such an untouched spot, but it caps it off to know that our money is going to the right places." Seven communities run the excursions: Kayak through a pine savanna under monkeys and toucans, watch Garifuna dancing, go nighttime crocodile spotting, volunteer with a sea turtle project, and see ancient petroglyphs while guided by likely descendants of the carvers. In addition to what they charge travelers, members of the collective earn bonuses for improving the palm-thatched guest cabanas and other parts of the tourism infrastructure. Ten percent of profits also goes to conservation and community development (504-443-1276; larutamoskitia.com; eight days, $510–$595 per person).
LodgeS/ResortS: Tenuta di Spannocchia, Italy
Environmental Initiatives: 71
Local Contributions: 70
Guest Experience: 79
Overall Score: 73
The Tuscan countryside may be dotted with villas, but the farmhouses and castello apartments at this twelfth-century complex come with several unusual extras: an organic farm specializing in heirloom produce and almost-extinct animal breeds, a wildlife preserve with hiking trails, and an educational center whose curriculum runs from archaeology and architecture to painting, literature, and cooking—the latter taught by a chef born on the property. In 2005, tourism contributed almost $162,500 to the farm and its sustainable forestry project, both of which serve to promote ancient and earth-friendly methods among locals. The nonprofit Spannocchia Foundation (which every guest must join, at a cost of $60 per family) supports an educational program for interns and local kids (39-0577-75211; spannocchia.com; doubles, $102–$122; houses, $615–$3,075 per week).
Destination: North Island, Seychelles
Environmental Initiatives: 77
Local Contributions: 56
Guest Experience: 63
Overall Score: 65
Looking at North Island today, you'd never know that just a decade ago it was an environmental disaster. Abandoned after the collapse of the coconut industry in the 1970s, though, the reef-fringed isle came under the control of developers hoping to create a "Noah's Ark." Their plan was to turn the clock back 200 years by reintroducing native plants and animals that had been driven out by alien species, while also building a 500-acre resort comprising 11 butler-tended villas with Robinson Crusoe privacy and five-star luxury. So far, 20 giant tortoises have been reintroduced and more than 100,000 indigenous plants cultivated. And last June, the resort hosted 36 disadvantaged Seychellois kids, teaching them life skills and building awareness at the site of an environmental success story (248-293-100; north-island.com; doubles, $3,430, including meals and dives).
LodgeS/ResortS: Lenox Hotel, Boston
Environmental Initiatives: 73
Local Contributions: 71
Guest Experience: 61
Overall Score: 69
Ecotourism in the heart of a big city? That's no contradiction for the Lenox, a leader in such efforts since 1990, when it was the first North American hotel to institute a towel- and linen-reuse program. This August, the Lenox (with its three sister properties) became one of the first hotels to offset the carbon emissions of all its electricity usage. Unbeknownst to guests, the polyester upholstery is spun from recycled soda bottles, and fireplace logs are a cleaner-burning pressed variety. The hotel's Swan Fund for the Environment, established in 1992, has donated more than $180,000 to local and national organizations. Concern for humankind also ranks high: The Lenox has given $14 million for affordable housing in Boston and funds two college scholarships (617-536-5300; lenoxhotel.com; doubles, $308–$348).
Destination: Grootbos Nature Reserve, South Africa
Environmental Initiatives: 82
Local Contributions: 73
Guest Experience: 71
Overall Score: 76
No other tourism operation combines environmental and humanitarian aid as deftly as Grootbos. The owners of this 3,900-acre protected area, a hundred miles from Cape Town, run its two lodges and a neighboring non-profit Green Futures Horticulture and Life Skills College. All 23 graduates are now employed, and the college will soon be supported entirely by students' plant sales and landscaping projects. Part of the Cape Floral Kingdom, Grootbos includes such vividly named species as fire lilies and paintbrush flowers. Southern right whales breed just off the coast from June through December, and guests can walk or ride horses in the reserve year-round (27-28-384-8000; grootbos.co.za; doubles, $685, including meals).
Tour Operator: Cruise North Expeditions, Canada
Environmental Initiatives: 62
Local Contributions: 77
Guest Experience: 64
Overall Score: 68
You'll find no umbrella drinks or Wayne Newton revues on these cruises. What you will get are polar bear and whale sightings, millennia-old archaeological ruins, cold-water kayaking and diving, and firsthand insight into Inuit culture. With nine departures in July and August—plus a cleanup mission in an abandoned mining camp—this Inuit-owned company sails into Canada's extreme north. In the 2005 inaugural season, trainee Inuit and experienced "southern" guides led excursions to wildlife habitats and remote villages and lectured on global warming, Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, and Inuit life. This new interest in native culture even motivated one town to reopen a mothballed museum (866-263-3220; cruisenorthexpeditions.com; eight-day Baffin Adventure, $3,895–$4,795 per person).
Environmental Initiatives: 63
Local Contributions: 66
Guest Experience: 69
Overall Score: 66
ALJ operates trips in Latin America and Antarctica only and sponsors (with additional donations from travelers) the Earth Family Fund, which concentrates on three projects: a shelter for teenage mothers in Peru, a community near the Inca Trail, and an Ecuadorian orphanage. In addition to working exclusively with local guides and support staff, ALJ chooses its destinations carefully, including a private reserve in Costa Rica that has started its own nonprofit foundation and invented a wastewater-purification system using water lilies. The company also prints brochures on recycled paper with soy ink—even though this raises costs by 20 percent (800-344-6118; adventure-life.com; eight-day Costa Rican tour, $1,345 per person).
Adam Aron, former chairman and CEO, Vail Resorts
Ralf Buckley, director, International Centre for Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Mark Conroy, president and CEO, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Louis D'Amore, founder, International Institute for Peace Through Tourism
Martha Honey, executive director, International Ecotourism Society
Sven-Olof Lindblad, founder and president, Lindblad Expeditions
Ron Mader, founder, Planeta.com
Stanley Selegut president, Maho Bay Camps, St. John
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So, I've heard that many considered Xaldin a tough boss. Thus, I decided to hack the game and fight against FIVE Xaldins. Not only that, but I'm playing on Critical Mode, a highly challenging difficulty level only found in the Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts II. Well, now that I'm done showing off (LOL), I'd like for you to click on the following image in order to [b]JOIN THE PHENOMENAL FUTURE OF KINGDOM HEARTS FACTION[/b]: [url=http://fokhf.faction.gametrailers.com/base/index.php][img]http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq125/Darth_Xehanort/01f31158-1.jpg[/img][/url] Enjoy! Please leave a rating and comment. ^_^
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Mushroom cosplay creeping out the neighbours lol xD Stay tuned for the next video that I am about to upload if you want to see the mushroom cosplay in action at KumoriCon 2010. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XMvzOC90Q4&feature=related
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AYSO recommends that all children under the age of 12 play short-sided (less than 11 players per team) soccer. As such, the Region is supplementing the Regional Guidelines with the following small-sided guidelines for the specified age divisions:
Why Small-Sided Soccer?
Small-sided soccer is about what is best for young soccer players. It's for AYSO coaches, referees, administrators, spectators, and anyone else concerned with the development of 5 to 12 year old soccer players.
For more information about why AYSO recommends small-sided games, please visit the AYSO webpage.
Clarifications to the Small-sided Guidelines
Under-6 Division
AYSO Region 213 is going to slightly modify the standard Under-6 guidelines in the following ways:
Goal Keeper Guidelines for Under-10 and Under-12
The current Regional Guidelines are new for this Membership Year and they are based on the AYSO Standard Regional Guidelines. The new Regional Guidelines do not have provisions or restrictions related to goal keepers. The only provisions in the new Regional Guidelines include: 1) All Players must play at least half of the game (with exceptions related to players sent off for misconduct and for injury); and 2) A Region-specific rule which states no player may play the entire game until all players have played three-fourths (3/4ths) of the game.
The Region placed restrictions on players playing in goal in the past. The goal was to ensure players get to play some of the game on the field. The Region determined it still wants to require players play part of the game on the field prompting this additional clarification: any player who plays in goal must play at least one-quarter (1/4) of the game as a player on the field (not a goal keeper. Here are some examples to illustrate:
Coaches will need to closely monitor player playing time to ensure this guideline clarification is being followed.
Note: This clarification only applies to the Under-9 through Under-14 core program divisions.
Player Safety and Slide Tackles
General Information
All coaches and officials should make every effort to make the games safe and fair for all players and spectators. In particular, in those rare cases where one team is substantially dominating the game, coaches should do all they can to minimize the chances of lopsided scores by adjusting the lineup accordingly and deploying other tactics to limit how many times players move to goal. This also will minimize escalated emotions during these matches. Few teams really like to win 10-0 and none like to lose 0-10.
Slide Tackles for U10 and up
Slide tackles should be discouraged as a part of the game. They are difficult to execute properly and they are often dangerous and lead to a high degree of injuries. The referee shall remain the sole judge in deciding which plays are fouls and whether or not a player merits a Caution (yellow card) or Send-off (red card) for misconduct.
Slide Tackles in U7 and U8 Games
For player safety, no "slide tackles." The Referee will stop play for any slide tackle, inform the player slide tackles are not permitted, and award a DFK to the opposing team.


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Two Western Carolina University students have pleaded guilty to charges related to dumping a dead bear with Barack Obama signs on its head on campus.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that brothers Marvin Caleb Williams and Mathew Colton Williams will be sentenced Tuesday on
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Marvin Williams was 20 years when he was arrested and his brother was 18.
Maintenance workers found the 75-pound bear cub in front of the school's administration building in October. Obama campaign yard signs were stapled together and placed over the bear's head.
Western Carolina University authorities said at the time that the incident was a student prank, not a political statement.
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Now that we've experienced the full force of the Great Winter Storm of 2012, we should all look back and say "thank you" to the many hardworking and patriotic weathermen and women who devoted every second of the last seven days to warning us that THE SNOW IS COMING, and who, as a group, have single-handedly caused climate change through their undisciplined use of hair spray.
Northwest weather people normally get no respect. Because, let's be frank, how hard is it to predict the weather around here? If you can't see Mount Rainier, it's raining. If you can, it's going to rain. What else do you need to know?
Weather people prefer to be known these days by their scientific name, "meteorologist" – meaning, literally, the study of meteors, such as the piece of Mars that fell on Morocco recently.
It no doubt played a key role in last week's STORM OF THE DECADE.
Having launched satellites to spy around in space, meteorologists detected that snow clouds were forming over some areas of the Puget Sound, enabling them to accurately predict that some areas of Western Washington would experience cloudiness, while other areas would not.
Our highly trained weather scientists, such as you might see on a Seattle TV station pretending to point to Olympia on a map while looking off-screen to realize that she actually has her finger on Raymond (the town, not the anchorperson), have used this satellite information to state unequivocally that we would receive precisely between 2 and 356 inches of snow. Plan accordingly.
With meteorologists screaming THE SNOW IS COMING every 11 minutes, it's no wonder a few Olympians overreacted.
I'm referring, of course, to those who got on Interstate 5, put on their 4-way flashers and proceeded to drive 25 mph in the center lane. And to those who loaded up our cars with extra clothing, blankets, bottled water, food for a week, shovels, chain saws and battery-powered radios, just in case.
There were also some adults who couldn't seem to get over the fact they don't get snow days anymore.
EMPLOYEE: "Hey, Boss, there's 2 inches of snow on my road. Guess I'll have to stay home in my pajamas today and watch SNOW TRACKER 2012 coverage on the TV."
BOSS: "If you aren't here by 9, I'm giving your paycheck to the people who did show up."
EMPLOYEE: "Should I grab you a coffee on my way in, boss?"
Looking out over my snow-covered driveway, it seemed so peaceful and calm Wednesday morning until I realized, "Sheesh, I have to shovel this stuff!"
Don't listen to those people who tell you that shoveling snow is great exercise. Did you ever hear of a "shoveling machine" at the fitness center? No. That's because nobody would ever use it.
Personally, I enjoy the snow, but ice belongs in a drink.
As alarming and corny as the TV weather people can be when THE SNOW IS COMING!, don't we all long to hear them say, "You may not love my '80s hair-do, but you'll love these 80s."
The winter weather has slowed the donation rate of blood to the Puget Sound Blood Center, creating risk for patients in surgery and receiving cancer treatments. It usually takes 900 donors per day across Puget Sound to meet the need, and since the storm hit, the rate dropped to fewer than 150 donors each day. The Olympia branch of the Puget Sound Blood Center at 1220 Eastside St. S.E., Olympia, is normally open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.
George Le Masurier, publisher of The Olympian, can be reached at 360-357-0206 or email@example.com.


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Date: 2/24/2014
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Let us spark your curiosity. Come twice a month after school to explore something new at the library. We'll be learning, crafting and creating together as we get curious about our world. We will explore science, art, math and of course plenty of the best books. For children in grades K - 2nd.Library: 95th Street Library Map
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Release: Statement on Assault on Workers' Rights in Wisconsin
PSN on February 18, 2011 - 6:15pm
Friday, February 18, 2011
CONTACT: Charles Monaco, Press and New Media Specialist, Progressive States Network, 212 680 3116 x115
Progressive States Network Statement on Assault on Workers' Rights in Wisconsin
New York, NY -- Today, Progressive States Network released the following statement in support of the actions of progressive state legislators in Wisconsin:
Progressive States Network joins state legislators around the nation in supporting the courageous and historic actions of many Wisconsin state senators in recent days. As Wisconsinites defend their state from an assault on workers, we stand in solidarity with workers and state legislators across the nation who know that similar attacks are likely to arrive in their states soon.
At a time of historic income inequality and job losses in America, conservatives have clearly decided to launch a destructive ideological crusade targeting the rights of workers in statehouses across the nation. In Wisconsin, this assault has come in the form of an all-out attack on the rights of public workers to collectively bargain -- rights that people fought and died to attain throughout our nation's history. This attack has been justified by its backers as being a necessary response to a budget 'crisis,' yet their proposals save the state almost nothing, and the 'crisis' itself was provoked by passing tax giveaways.
Make no mistake: this coordinated nationwide effort is an attack on the middle class that is part of an ongoing conservative agenda in the states that serves only the wealthy and big business.
Across the nation, it is becoming clear that conservatives have no interest in policies that will actually create jobs or rebuild prosperity in our states. Progressive States Network will continue to work with legislators and advocates across the fifty states who are advancing a different vision for our nation's future -- one that will ensure the economic security of the vast majority of middle- and working-class Americans who have been left out of the economic recovery.
About Progressive States Network:
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In early 2011, Progressive States Network released its Blueprint for Economic Security 2011, comprising a series of messages and specific policy solutions that state legislators and advocates across the country can advance to help build security into three broad issue areas that affect people's everyday lives: our state economies, our jobs, and our health.


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A family friend of Fisher Floyd tells The Dallas Morning News (http://dallasne.ws/UFIZXu) that Floyd won at an auction the chance to fly in a single-engine L-29 Delfin plane with 77-year-old Noell Rather, an experienced former commercial pilot.
Neither Floyd nor Rather survived the crash Thursday morning in Kaufman County near Scurry, about 30 miles southeast of Dallas.
The newspaper reports Floyd attended high school in Highland Park, an enclave within Dallas' city limits. He has two young sons, ages 1 and 2.
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A Farmersburg man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a rape that occurred at his parents' residence in May 2012.
Matthew James Maxwell, 23, was given concurrent sentences on charges of class-A felony rape and class-B criminal confinement. He also was ordered to serve 10 years in prison, with two years suspended to probation. He was given credit for 386 days already served in jail since his arrest.
Maxwell was arrested last year after the victim told the Vigo County Sheriff's Department that Maxwell invited her to his house to watch a movie, and while there, he pulled out a hunting knife and forced her into his bedroom.
The victim told police that Maxwell became increasingly violent when he smoked synthetic marijuana while they were watching the movie. She stated that he also handcuffed her for a while during the incident and refused to let her leave his parents' home.
Farmersburg man sentenced after guilty plea in rape case
A Farmersburg man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a rape that occurred at his parents' residence in May 2012.
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Historic Ohio Boulevard house inspired by 1948 Cary Grant movie
Spurred in 1948 by a newly released movie staring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, coupled with a growing post-World War II housing market, General Electric partnered with Hollywood's RKO Studios to build "dream homes" throughout the country.
Detour ahead
A panel of public and private officials is calling for $10 billion in projects to upgrade Indiana's aging roads and bridges, but its members concede there's no money to pay for it all.
MARK BENNETT: Making road work a barrel of fun for drivers
We're lucky orange barrels can't talk.
City Council to take up city finances tonight
The Terre Haute City Council will have a chance in a special meeting tonight to delve deeply into the city's financial health. However, council members are being asked to avoid raising the most controversial subject of recent weeks: The city's use of Redevelopment Commission tax increment finance (TIF) money.
Bennett accepts $5,000 fine in ethics settlement
Former Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett has agreed to pay $5,000 as part of a settlement with Indiana's ethics watchdog in which he admits to using state resources for campaign work but is cleared of formal ethics violations in the grade-change scandal that cost him his job as Florida's schools chief last year.
Vermillion Jail trusties face new charges
Two former inmate trusties at the Vermillion County Jail face new criminal charges after a recently discovered security breach at the jail.
Lawrence police acquire armored military vehicle
A central Indiana city has acquired an armored military vehicle for use in highly dangerous situations.
Free carwash for law enforcement
Mike's Carwash locations in Central Indiana, including Terre Haute, will honor the sacrifice of IMPD Officer Perry Renn and thank all those who serve and protect our communities with a free carwash for police and emergency personnel today and Friday.
Hitting a high note
A 17-year-old from Casey, Ill., won "The Voice of the Valley" Tuesday night, singing and shaking his hips and legs to an Elvis Presley song, then wooing the grandstand audience at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds with a country tune.
Clay County residents clean up debris, get power back
Several power outages still affected hundreds of Duke Energy customers on Tuesday, more than 24 hours after storms and strong winds swept through west-central Indiana, leaving a swath of damage in the Staunton, Brazil and Center Point areas.
Return to Indiana?
Evan Bayh is keeping Indiana Democrats on hold.
Planning under way for 2014 Downtown Block Party
Wabash Avenue will be full of activity Aug. 23 as the 2014 Downtown Terre Haute Block Party takes over five city blocks in a celebration of music, food and events.
VIDEO UPDATE: Guys give food bank a lift
A $14,000 donation Tuesday from Guys Who Give enables Catholic Charities to be at nearly 75 percent of its $2.5 million goal to purchase and operate a new, larger food bank near Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field.
'Dangerous' suspect in police custody
A man sought by the Vermillion County Sheriff's Department has been nabbed by police in Indianapolis.
eBus brings financial empowerment to town
A 40-foot long mobile classroom is scheduled to roll into Terre Haute today, carrying what its sponsors call "financial empowerment."
Maker of history
A humble man with a heart for helping others is an apt description for Terre Haute resident Curtis B. Culver.
Culver died July 2 at age 94, leaving behind a legacy of missionary work and social involvement.
Petitioners push for recycling at fair
A Vigo County environmental activist hopes to convince the Vigo County Fair Board to start recycling, especially during the county fair, and has started an online petition.
Veterans call on commissioners to protect war memorial
Installing a camera on the second floor of the Sullivan County Courthouse may be one solution to curtailing what several veterans are calling a disgrace to a memorial that honors Americans who gave their lives in service to the country.
Schools ethics case: Proposed deal to be reviewed
The State Ethics Commission is set to review a proposed settlement Thursday in the ethics case against former Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett.
Man airlifted to Indy after early morning crash
A Clay City man sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a head-on collision early Monday morning on Indiana 46 at Riley Road southeast of Terre Haute.
Man agrees to plea on youth sex charges
A Terre Haute man received a suspended sentence in a plea agreement signed Monday as his jury trial was about to commence in Vigo Superior Court 1.
Downtown fire victim ID released
Carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death for 61-year-old William Sonnefield, a resident of Deming Center who died in a late Thursday night fire inside his apartment. The Vigo County Coroner's office released the victim's name Monday.
Farmyard games
Susan Ooley-Viray's love of tractors started as a Christmas gift about five years ago from her husband, John.
St. George's: Century of faith
From its formation in a sewing circle of European immigrant women, surviving a fire that destroyed its building, to expanding with a new parish hall, St. George's Episcopal Church has endured to celebrate its 100th anniversary next Sunday.
MIKE LUNSFORD: Wet in Wyoming, wandering turtles and other tales of the road
It is an odd thing, after all the miles I drove a few weeks ago — to the mountains of Wyoming and back again — that today I remember most of all stopping along the road in two places nearly 600 miles apart.
STATE OF THE STATEHOUSE: Financial hardships mount for military families
Days before the July 4th holiday, Holly Petraeus stood on the steps of the imposing Indiana War Memorial, in front of a bank of cameras, and made a plea to military families: Don't let pride stand in the way of asking for help.
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: July 7, 2014
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Man in critical condition after July 4 stabbing
A Sullivan County man remained in critical condition Sunday at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after being stabbed on July 4.
Day at the fair
Though the Vigo County Fair officially opens today, Saturday was a busy day around the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds as open class exhibits were entered and judged and commercial vendors made final adjustments to their stands.
Finding a meth lab
Finding out if a property has been the previous site of a clandestine methamphetamine lab has become easier through a new online database recently rolled out by the Indiana State Police.
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BARBERTON: More than 20 people showed up in opposition of a law passed unanimously at Barberton's City Council meeting Monday night that prohibits the feeding of stray and wild animals at night in open or enclosed areas.
The nuisance-prevention ordinance has been in the works since Sept. 4 and comes in the wake of complaints from Barberton residents regarding odors and unsanitary conditions. Under the new law, residents can feed stray animals during daylight hours, but food must be removed before dark. Violations will result in a $50 fine.
"Feeding bans do not work," said Louisville resident Toby Franks. "[Animals] do not disappear just because people can no longer legally feed them."
Franks said he is worried this could open a Pandora's box to more restrictions on animals. Several residents capture stray cats, neuter and then release them back into the wild. With this law, Franks said, those residents will be unable to do such, which could lead to the reproduction of more cats.
Barberton resident Nancy Somerick, along with several others, has worked vigilantly against the ordinance during the past several months. Somerick believes council is moving too quickly to pass the law.
"You people are being paid," Somerick said. "You should have taken as long as necessary to answer our questions, to provide the explanations. We still don't have that, and I think that is really sad for our community residents."
She said the situation should be used as an educational opportunity rather than a punitive one.
Other concerns discussed Monday include trespassing by law enforcement to check for food left out, the cost to enforce and maintain the ordinance and cruelty to animals. Bird feeders, squirrel feeders, vegetable gardens and fish-stocked ponds were also addressed as sources of food for strays and wild animals that are not included in the ordinance.
Barberton resident Jerry Fox supports the ordinance and wants cats and dogs off his property. He said the law needs some refinements but to him, "you have to start somewhere."
Council member Craig Megyes stressed concerns about wild animals harming pets, adding that many residents he's spoken with support the law. Council member Terry Avant commended his fellow members, specifically council member Carol Frey for taking the load of the process of several meetings, readings of the ordinance and "a lot of abuse.
"I believe it should be a total ban on outdoor feeding," Avant said amidst groans from the audience. "We're just trying to protect people from the wild animals that do come in from the outskirts of town. We have to respond to everybody, not just a loud minority."


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By Saumya Vaishampayan and Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar fell sharply against major rivals on Wednesday, especially against emerging-market currencies, after the Federal Reserve made no change to its monthly asset-purchase program.
The Fed was widely expected to begin reducing the pace of its monthly bond purchases, but it kept them at $85 billion a month. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in the subsequent press conference implied he is no longer committed to slowing purchases this year and any move would depend on economic data.
• Live blog and video of the Fed decision and press conference
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"This is a surprise," said Robert Savage, chief strategist at FX Concepts, about the Fed decision.
The immediate reaction was a dollar selloff and "massive rally" in all the carry currencies, such as the Brazilian real, said Savage. Interest-rate differentials are going to hurt the greenback, he added.
The ICE dollar index /quotes/zigman/1652083/delayed DXY -0.18% , a measure of the U.S. currency against six rivals, plunged to its lowest level in seven months. The dollar index fell to 80.081, its lowest level since Feb. 13, from 81.167 late Tuesday.
Similarly, the WSJ Dollar Index /quotes/zigman/9625991/realtime XX:BUXX -0.14% , which uses a wider comparison basket, dropped to 72.45 from 73.46.
The British pound /quotes/zigman/4867886/realtime/sampled GBPUSD -0.3832% surged above the $1.60 level, rising to $1.6149 from $1.5904 late Tuesday. That's the highest level since Jan. 10, according to FactSet.
The euro /quotes/zigman/4867933/realtime/sampled EURUSD +0.2612% rose to $1.3533 from Tuesday's $1.3355.
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"This is a dovish action, when people were expecting a tepidly hawkish action," said Savage.
The central bank cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth in 2013 , now expecting growth of 2.0% to 2.3%. The cut was the third this year as the Fed cited risks from a decline in federal spending and rising mortgage rates.
The latest economic forecasts mean the Federal Reserve won't raise short-term interest rates until 2015.
The decision to make no change in monetary policy is bad for the greenback, said Kit Juckes of Société Générale in a note.
Three of the biggest takeaways had to do with forward guidance, the larger-than-expected size of quantitative easing now that the Fed seems less willing to taper this year, and the declining likelihood of an end of asset purchases by mid 2014, said Eric Green, global head of rates, foreign-exchange and commodity research at TD, in a note.
"Bernanke has effectively shattered the 6.5% unemployment benchmark as meaningful forward guidance," said Green. "Tapering in the current year is now a low probability event."
The dollar fell against the Japanese yen /quotes/zigman/4868099/realtime/sampled USDJPY -0.1744% , fetching ¥97.86 compared to ¥99.16 late Tuesday.
The Next 24: Fed react, part two
Overseas markets react to news the Federal Reserve will hold bond purchases steady. Oracle is in focus after the close, having taken a beating for the last two quarterly earnings reports. Rite Aid and ConAgra Foods report before the open. Victor Reklaitis reports.
There was a strong reaction to the Fed news in emerging markets as a benchmark for those stocks surged to the highest level in nearly four months. The MSCI Emerging Markets exchange-traded fund /quotes/zigman/322623/delayed/quotes/nls/eem EEM +0.55% rallied 4.2% to end at $42.28 on Wednesday. That's the highest close since May 21, according to FactSet.
"What we're trying to do with our monetary policy here, as I think my colleagues in the emerging markets recognize, is trying to create a stronger U.S. economy," said Bernanke in the press conference. "And a stronger U.S. economy is one of the most important things that could happen to help the economies of emerging markets," he added.
The dollar /quotes/zigman/4869237/realtime/sampled USDBRL -0.2386% fell more than 3% against the Brazilian real, fetching 2.185 real in recent trade from 2.2563 late Tuesday. The dollar /quotes/zigman/4867991/realtime/sampled USDMXN -0.2688% fell to 12.651 Mexican peso from 12.92 peso late Tuesday, according to FactSet.
The Aussie dollar and British pound have been the two strongest performers this week, said George Dowd, head of Newedge USA's foreign-exchange trading desk in Chicago.
The pound is up 1.7% this week to date. The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously in September to keep both interest rates and the asset-purchase program unchanged.
The Australian dollar /quotes/zigman/4867876/realtime/sampled AUDUSD +0.2253% jumped to 95.18 U.S. cents after the Fed news from 93.53 U.S. cents late Tuesday. The Aussie has gained 1.8% this week.


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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WSAZ) -- A Kentucky doctor will no longer be able to prescribe pain pills after surrendering her DEA registration.
According to a news release from U.S. Attorney Kerry Harvey, Dr. Laura Hazeltine, of Prestonsburg, Ky., paid the government $50,000 to settle claims that she failed to account for nearly 5,000 prescription pills.
From June 2009 until May 2012, according to the release, Hazeltine failed to maintain accurate inventory records of controlled substances.
According to the release, an audit was conducted by the DEA and it revealed that Hazeltine couldn't account for 4,967 pills and at least 10 purchasing records for controlled substances.
In addition to paying the $50,000, Hazeltine also surrendered her DEA registration -- which means she will no longer be allowed to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
The investigation was conducted by the DEA. Assistant U.S. Attorney Valorie D. Smith represented the U.S. Attorney's Office in this case.


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Quote:Bruce, For the benefit of other readers, could you outline the method for finding the minimum separation?
Quote:Why do you suppose it likely that one of the stars is a very close binary? I don't see any difficulty in imagining two single, early A stars of this separation being reasonably securely bound. Or if their separation along the line of sight is considerable, they could be unbound, now sharing common space motion.
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Get her a dance coach please. She's so stiff and moves like a bull in a china shop. She has the technique but really needs to work on her presentation.
Get her a dance coach please. She's so stiff and moves like a bull in a china shop. She has the technique but really needs to work on her presentation.
I quite enjoy Meite; her stiff, powerful skating, and interesting costuming is a a breath of fresh air after an hour of waify, slow, pretty, powerless GFBs (did I use enough adjectives there? Ha).
Silete is nice, too, but the French girl I like the most right now is Léanelle Gilleron-Gory. Her SP at Europeans was a revelation. Definitely deserved to be ahead of the Helgesson sisters. She almost beat Meite overall, too. Somehow her SP isn't on YouTube(?!?), but it was powerful, skary, voidy, and very different than anything I've seen in ladies in quite a while. She reminds me of Gusmeroli with a little dash of Hubert. Her LP wasn't nearly as impressive, quite sleepy, but I'm very excited to see her progress next year.
I agree that Meite is generic in style, and can look methodical, but Bonaly was really way too rough no matter how much she attempted to sell her programs. It's very much like comparing a suit designed and made by Walmart and one that is designed and made by some drunk people trying their best. Maybe I shouldn't say "has much more purpose and conviction" as just "has more".
If Mae Berenice had been born earlier, do you think judges using 6.0 would reward her big and solid jumps more?
I feel like we need to give some cheers to Meite for what had to be a frustrating worlds. Is it true that she will be going to Robin Cousins to work on her style?
I saw Maé at the SA LP this year and that girl can be so electrifying and interesting when she nails it. I'm definitely a fan and can't wait to see what she'll come up with next.
I really enjoyed her skating at SA too.
Silete's injury has really benefited Mae. She has developed into a pretty consistent and prominent skater in the past year. I like her but I dont love her - I am not sure she has much artistry or artistic range, and she needs better programs and packaging, IMO. But her big jumps are great. I was really hoping for a lot from Silete. I wonder if she will ever make it back to competition. Not familiar with Gilleron-Gorry yet.
Mae must have have felt pressure to earn France 2 spots for 2015 Worlds. I think she should be proud of her results at Europeans and Olympics this season. Unless Lecavillier or Gilleron Gory can make strides next year, I think Mae is still the odds on bet to continue as France's #1.


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Portrait of a random face found in Google Images.
Approximately 3 hours with Photoshop and a Wacom.
Fantastic video put together by KreativMagazin on what a time constraint does to creativity. I really enjoy the fact that playfulness and fun are mentioned as these are some of the main reasons why we got into art in the first place. Originally viewed at Drawn.
A quick 40 minute painting focusing on values.
Awhile back, I was asked to paint a mural for my cousin. The painting was to be based off of a popular book about a little brown bear who wears a floppy red hat. As I began to flesh out the idea and draw various sketches, I realized that it had been quite some time since I had painted anything traditionally. Not wanting to use my cousin's walls as a guinea pig, I thought I would use my own. More specifically, my son's.
I got an idea from a local comic book shop to paint Spiderman swinging into the room while shooting a web across the room.
Now that I had an idea, I needed the paints and paintbrushes to bring my idea to life. Again, not having painted for a very long time, I started to do my research for the best paints for murals. After a couple of quick trips to the local art store, I had the paint and brushes needed.
My process was going to be as follows:
Step 1 - Draw the image in chalk.
Using the image on the left as my reference art, I began to sketch out the drawing in chalk.
Step 2 - Paint a base coat of white.
Using leftover house paint, I filled in the chalk drawing to create a silhouette. This step was done to ensure that my final colors would be as true as possible without the wall color interfering.
Note: This step worked well for keeping my colors pure, but created a problem. All the lines and proportions I had worked out in the chalk drawing were now gone and would need to be re-worked.
Step 3 - Paint flat colors to define shapes.
At this point, I began to paint the various red shapes of Spiderman. I quickly realized that my bare bones purchase of a single red color was not going to be enough.
Step 4 - Paint highlights and shadows.
Learning a little something from my previous step, I decided to paint the blue of Spiderman to include shading and highlights from the beginning. This technique allowed me to combine steps and save a little time. Because I had already painted the red, I had to go back over that color with a various shades to create depth and dimension.
Step 5 - Paint the details.
At this stage, Spiderman is pretty much complete. The only thing that remains is the web pattern that covers his face and body.
Step 6 - Finishing touches.
The last step was to use house paint that matched the room to touch up any areas around the edges of Spiderman that were white from the original silhouette.
In closing, I am very happy with the way this projected turned out. It gave me a great deal of experience to better prepare me for painting my cousins wall and also taught me a few things along the way.
A continuation of my previous perspective work. Not really sure where this is going, but we'll see what happens.
A continuation of my previous perspective work.
Having a little fun with perspective after watching an awesome video by Martin Perhiniak over at psd.tutsplus.com.
Thank you to all who participated in the DotNetNuke case study presented this past Monday at the St. Louis DotNetNuke User Group meeting.
I wanted to include my slide deck for any of you who are interested as it contains a couple of items that were not mentioned in the meeting.
I also wanted to answer a couple of questions that were not answered Monday. Mainly in terms of the navigation.
If you have any further questions, please leave a comment.
Due to time constraints, we were unable to cover all the challenges faced in building out the client's new DotNetNuke site during Monday's User Group meeting.
I am happy to elaborate on the items that were not touched on, but would like to say that some of the challenges are more in line with feature requests. However, they are worth mentioning as they come from individuals who are utilizing DotNetNuke Pro in a real world environment on a daily basis.
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As a kid, I would come home after school, open up my favorite comic books, and draw what I saw. I spent countless hours drawing characters and even going so far as to draw copies of entire pages of comic books. As an adult, I find myself with little time to draw, but I want that to change. The following drawing is an exercise for me in patience and technique as well as an effort to make time to draw. It is a drawing of Spawn created by Todd Mcfarlane (who happens to make some pretty amazing toys). I used Todd's artwork for reference.
Line Art - 7.25 hours, Colors - 4.25 hours, Total - 11.5 hours
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---- — The event drew its share of chuckles and the participants became the target of some good-natured ribbing. It was the final dual meet of the season and Selinsgrove boys coach Ryan McGuire finally relented and allowed his throwers to have some fun at their own expense.
When I saw the likes of Harley Stahl, John Daku, Andy Rhein and Mike Walter run an exhibition 4x400-meter relay, I knew I had to write something about it in a future column. The sight of a serious-looking Stahl chugging toward the finish line on the opening leg was something to see. But two columns later, I had not written about it.
Then in Saturday's District 4 Class AA 4x100 relay, I got a reason to reprise that earlier performance (the Seals' throwers ran the race in 4 minutes, 38.32 seconds).
Not only was this one for real, the imposing (for their physical builds) team of Nick Troutman, Eric Joraskie, Elijah Duran and Christian Kelly won the district gold medal with a clocking of 43.85.
Mount Carmel coach Mike Farronato said they had been thinking about putting the unit together for a few weeks. Farronato said that when his bulking relay team lined up for a race out of the area earlier this year, there were some surprised looks by the competitors.
Joraskie admitted they got a few laughs from the other teams -- but not after they ran.
Farronato saw all three of his relay teams advance to the state meet this week, something he doesn't recall ever happening at Mount Carmel.
ANOTHER DOUBLE: Because of errors by district meet officials, Lewisburg senior Udoka Eze was credited only with a win in the triple jump on Saturday. A teammate was listed as the winner of the long jump, but, in reality, Eze was also the long jump gold medalist.
COME ALONG WITH ME: Shikellamy's Ryan Wary, who had a huge day in the D4 Class AAA meet, winning the 100 and 200 dashes and the 300 intermediate hurdles, found a surprise passenger on the team bus on Saturday morning.
Wary said he was nervous about his races but when he got on the bus, he was joined by East Stroudsburg University sprinter and Shikellamy grad Brett Yeomans.
"I was surprised. I was really nervous sitting on the bus waiting for us to leave and he came on the bus and sat right next to me. He's my motivation. I only got to run with him for one year and I've always looked up to him."
Wary added the best comment he heard Saturday was from Brett's father. "He said I remind him of Brett running, that he has flashbacks of Brett and I really took that to heart."
With Yeomans holding his blocks, Wary repaid him by breaking Yeoman's school record in the 100 with an 11.06, and is one-tenth of a second off Yeoman's school record in the 200.
Not surprisingly, Wary and the Shikellamy coaches have asked that Yeomans go along to Shippensburg this weekend.
THE GANG'S ALL HERE: Wary was glad to win the 300 hurdles, but nearly as excited that his friends and rivals, Selinsgrove's Mike Ede and Weston Cuozzo, also qualified and will be there with him.
"That was awesome. We talked about it at the Selinsgrove (High School) Classic, we all said that we all wanted to make it. Every time we talked about it we would say 'we are all making it to states' so this is great," Wary said.
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Three of MLB's bigger stars will miss significant time due to injury.
The New York Yankees will be without their Japanese ace Masahiro Tanaka for at least six weeks. He went on the DL yesterday with elbow trouble following a poor outing against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. A MRI revealed a partial tear of his UCL. The Yankees are hoping Tommy John surgery won't be required. Even if their optimistic projections are correct the loss of Tanaka is a big blow. He led the AL with 12 wins. As of this writing, the Yankees are 46-44 and 3 1/2 games back of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. If not for Tanaka the Yankees would be nowhere.


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Your Friendly, Price-Gouging Cell Phone Data Provider
This is sort of relevant, because it involves an incident that I recently experienced with an application on my Android phone. Android runs the Linux kernel, so this is peripherally a Linux issue.
I started having problems with Good for Enterprise – Android v1.7.1 yesterday. Good is a corporate PDA email client often used by corporations, such as the one that I work for. I noticed that my inbox had stopped updating, and that I could no longer send mail from the client. I had my admin reset my account and reset my pin, and I uninstalled Good completely from my Android phone, then reinstalled. I got the setup screen again, and entered my email and pin, but this time I got an error code: An unknown error occurred. (Error: 0x90047). I did some searching and discovered a reference which suggested that I needed to call Verizon and request that feature code 73666 be added to my data plan.
I thought to myself, I have a $30 unlimited internet data plan, but if Verizon wants me to request this feature in order to use the Good client, ok. I guess.
I called Verizon and mentioned the feature code 73666. The friendly account representative initially said I'd have to upgrade from the $30 data plan to the corporate data plan for another 15 bucks, but if I would hold for a minute she would verify this. The same story came back: apparently in order to access the Good server, Verizon now required me to have the more expensive corporate data plan. Because I was using the service on my personal device. You can guess my level of excitement for paying Verizon even more than I already do just for the pleasure of my workplace.
My coworkers on Sprint with Android don't have this issue. If there are any other Verizon/Android/Good users out there who have experienced their Good email service being silently turned off, you might want to check in with your friendly, price-gouging data provider.
Other oddities
For some reason, VZ doesn't block Good for iphone. Just android. I'll enjoy the iphone access while I can.
Also, my co-workers who have android tablets with 3G service cannot access Good through wifi! Somehow VZ can block the tablet's wifi access, even though the home ISP is not VZ. I guess they can set a flag on the tablet to block "good" even through wifi. Weird.
Finally, Good is a terrible email client. Often crashes, mixes up contacts together, slow response. They have managed to convince corporate IT people that it's more secure than Exchange. Since the IT people care more about security than usability, they will then choose good. But seeing how the visible parts of it are terrible, it seems likely that the invisible parts like security are also buggy.
The bad part is that all the
The bad part is that all the terms and conditions come into play only once you're already signed up with a contract. It's frustrating, and why do they behave so cheap.
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Same Problem... Same Feature Code.... Still Doesn't Work
I have exactly the same problem as the original post. Same error message. Same carrier. I added the corporate data plan online, and called to have feature code added (which they said they did). I re-installed Good.
It still gives me the same error code. Why can't this stupid thing just work?
I was thinking on buying
I was thinking on buying Android v1.7.1 ...
maybe later after hearing Doug story..
i'm kind a new here..:-)
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David Pogue from the NYT has
David Pogue from the NYT has repeatedly documented Verizon's various stunts like this. It's enough to keep me away from them. I've been pretty happy with Sprint, they don't even seem to care (or notice) when I run Android on what was originally a WinMo phone.
TOS Revisited
Sidestepping most of the "issues" in the other TOS thread, I appreciate the frustration with the "unlimited" data not really being unlimited. Like it or not, all residential data services have similar wording. Typically, the providers only enforce this provision when capacity becomes an issue. You may recall similar incidents in the dialup days and occasional incidents in the broadband era. It is frustrating, but the carriers are trying to provide reasonable accommodation to all users. As most here should appreciate, bandwidth demands of enterprise use are, on average, significantly higher than that of residential use.
Rather than flame Verizon for trying to provide equitable access to all its users, why not ask your company for a stipend to cover, at least, the up charge? Surely, it saves them money versus providing you with a corporate device.
Thanks, but it's not my company's fault that Verizon has a fee structure that surpasses those of all other carriers. However, I probably would not have chosen to flame Verizon had they not chosen to silently turn my service off without warning. That behavior was unacceptable.
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Cell phone companies have become much like credit companies — always trying to get more money at the expense of the customer. There really needs to be tighter regulations.
Thx, good info to share
Thanks for sharing this info -- it serves as a nice reminder that even a died in the wool Linux bigot like Doug has to interact with the outside world sometime using propriety SW, subject to the whims of corporations. The environment at my work is migrating to Exchange and offering the Good technology solution as an enticement for the Linux and Unix users to make the move. It'll be nice to know in advance what Verizon may do to us if we try to use our personal devices.
Blast from the past
Thanks for the comment, John. It's nice to hear from one of my old LANL colleagues!
Some of you folks are too conditioned to accept "the rules"
Maybe there is a TOS section that says he shouldn't have been doing what he was doing.
If so, the TOS is crap, even if he did agree to it.
Data is data is data.
Does it cost Verizon more to provide 10MB of data under his unlimited plan when that 10MB is between his phone and his corporate email than if it's between his phone and Gmail? No.
Is he using a phone that is paid for by his company specifically for corporate business (and where the Corporate plan might bring a better SLA than the residental plan)? No.
There's absolutely no reason that they should care where he's sending and receiving data from. This is like my cable provide telling me I can't tunnel into my employer when I work from home because I only have a residential plan.
It's CRAP, and since the US .gov seems hell bent on killing competition (see ATT + Tmobile) then we need to do the only other thing we do -- remind them that many of their users are savvy enough to fully recognize the shafting they are giving us -- and to recognize competing comapanies with policies and pricing that are reasonable and logical, not transparent money-grabs.
Vote with your dollar, this
Vote with your dollar, this is the only "Regulation" that is needed. No need for more government screw-ups. If you don't like the way a company is doing business, use another company.
Nice sentiment
But unrealistic: Verizon is the only carrier that reaches my home out here in the country north of Santa Fe, NM.
Check with your IT dept about tunneling
If you can access a port then you can do just about anything with tunneling.
I used to use ProxyTunnel to break through corporate firewalls but I guess you could just use it to access your 'unlimited Internet data plan'.
I do use a "Corporate Proprietary" version of Juniper's Network Connect on my home and laptop machines to tunnel in to the corporate email server. My company disallows tunneling in from a cell phone. "Good" is their cell phone email solution.
This is how the conversation went
So, after I had finally agreed to submit to Verizon's price gouging policy, I called them and asked, "Could you please add feature #73666 to my data plan?"
The friendly Verizon representative said, "Sure."
"Oh, I see that this feature requires that you upgrade to our Enterprise Unlimited Data Plan, which is an additional $15 per month."
"Really?" I said. "Why is that? I already have an unlimited $30 per month data plan."
"Well, your plan is incompatible with the Good service."
"Incompatible, how?"
"Well, it's ... just incompatible."
"You mean that you want to charge me an additional $15 to upgrade to another unlimited data plan that offers the same service as my current unlimited data plan, right?"
"Well, yes."
"Please tell your management that we are on to your price-gouging tactics. Thank you!"
Did you read the TOS?
I'm almost positive the $30/mo data plan explicitly denies using it to access corporate email services like Exchange. It's possible that they aren't price gouging you, but rather they caught you mis-using the service against the TOS that you agreed to when you signed up.
I'll be the fist to agree, though, that Internet access prices are higher than they need to be because of a lack of competition.
Corporate Exchange Access via the Web
I thought the $45 plan was for some sort of explicit "push" arrangement between Vzw and corp Exchange servers ala Blackberry, but not sure.
Anyway, my employer has set up Outlook Web Access (OWA), so we can access from just about any kind of browser however it connects (unfortunately it works best with Internet Exposer, but is still usable with Firefox/Chromium/etc).
Not an option
My company has it's mail server tucked away behind a fire wall that can only be accessed via SecureClient.
FWIW, we do have to use
FWIW, we do have to use SSL/HTTPS, and authentication against our Active Directory ID is done.
The point is that it does not require any "special access" plans/upgrades with any cellular carrier beyond standard SSL Internet access.
Show me the proof
I'd have to have that proven to me. There was absolutely no mention that my $30 "unlimited" data plan excluded the use of the "Good" email client on my own personal cell phone. No mention made of this when I signed up for the data plan.
And to top it all off, Verizon's action of silently turning off my Good mail access with no warning was unethical.
I completely agree with
I completely agree with grandparent post. I'm pretty sure I remember seeing corporate email as a difference between the personal data plan and the corporate data plan. I somehow doubt that you took the time to read the T&C when you signed your contract.
In addition, do you really think VZW is going to keep a list of every app that gets created that may require the user to change their plan? What if this was an app that was out for one day, would you complain about that too and claim that it should have been on VZW's list? Should there be a list of any app that could cause you to download enough data that you would exceed the silent cap? And at that point, would you again complain that the list is too long and it's impossible to read through them all?
Your original blog post was written in poor taste. This isn't about Linux, this is about your gripes with your cell provider, and as such I will be discontinuing my RSS subscription to your site. I know you won't miss me, but in the future try not to let your personal problems interfere with your business.
Your Opinion
You are of course entitled to your opinion. However, you seemed to have missed the part about Verizon's action of silently turning off the Android "Good" app.
The mail client was working previous to having updated my phone to the latest version of the app. As the reports that are emerging about Good silently failing to work on Android devices demonstrate, this is a serious failure on Verizon's part to inform their customer's of a change in policy with the latest version of Good. Prior to v1.7.1 Verizon had no issue with their customers using the email application on their personal equipment.
And you seem to have missed
And you seem to have missed the part that this article is irrelevant to Linux. If you intend to use this site as a sounding board for your non-Linux related gripes, please consider me another reader lost.
Actually it is relevant.
Actually it is relevant to linux as "Good" in this case is running on an Android mobile device; that and android is basically a linux distro. The service provider in this case Verison; should have stated in there terms of Use and Service of the plan that connecting back to a corperate email server violates the plans terms. This is the way things were done in the era of small startup ISPs; they would through in these wierd terms and when someone tried running a webserver or email server off them they ran into the ISPs firewall. As far as I'm concerned data is data; if they want to have different plan types do it realistically by limiting the max bandwidth rate to the device and put a cap on the amount of data that can be transfered each month. That's how most providers here in Canada do it; at least Bell, Telus, and Rogers.
Linux Related. Not in the least.
The problem Doug is ranting about here has nothing to do with the android operating system or its linux underpinnings. This is a rant about Verizon and price gouging.
I think a more interesting aspect of this type of vendor behavior is the fact that closed source, proprietary software (like exchange) allows this flavor of price gouging to occur in the first place.
Kevin Bush is a Linux systems admin, dad and book-lover who spends far too
much time tinkering with gadgetry.
Almost, but not quite
It has something to do with how a provider (Verizon) is able to remotely disable an application running under a Linux distribution (Android) silently and without warning.
My gripe is more about that than the price gouging factor.
Although the price gouging does in fact piss me off.
Again I just don't see the connection here. "Good" is a closed-source mail app that also runs on Windows Mobile and Symbian. The fact that your phone has a linux based kernel is simply coincidental.
What is most interesting here is what users give up when they use closed source software and corporate controlled networks. We all do it, and often it's a necessity; but what we are giving up in exchange (pun intended) needs to be examined and discussed. Channeling my inner RMS...
Kevin Bush is a Linux systems admin, dad and book-lover who spends far too
much time tinkering with gadgetry.
Linux-OS users are generally
Linux-OS users are generally more tech savvy than users of more mainstream OS's. Having an ISP sleight a program based on draconian, corporate principals is something everyone should know about, but it generally falls to savvy users to understand and distribute the information.
There is a connection in that the author is communicating to more savvy users that there are potentially illegal / unfair practices going on and it is fair to say that linux users are most familiar with getting this short-end-of-the-stick.
By saying his experience is related to Linux, it's not just the physical hardware and software running on his phone, it's the ideology and psychological similarities between other linux-based os users that he is communicating.
Most people would be pissed off, but not all would make the connection with the technology and actual costs associated.
Verizon has always been bad for this sort of thing.
Closed, open, so what?
And I don't see the significance that you seem to be placing on the fact that Good is a closed-source app. It happened to me on an Android device, that's why I wrote about it.
Your problem is not with android...
Your problem has nothing to do with android or its underlying linux based kernel. The problem you experienced was due to Verizon's policies on enterprise exchange based communications. So we are back to my original statement that this rant is not related to linux.
Not that it's that big of deal either way. I love Linux Journal and will continue to read linuxjournal.com despite the occasional off topic rant. ;-)
Kevin Bush is a Linux systems admin, dad and book-lover who spends far too
much time tinkering with gadgetry.
I agree. They may not have
I agree. They may not have even disabled the app on the phone. Could just be blocking a port. File a complaint with the FCC and the public service commission if you are not happy.
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More than half of Americans don't like their jobs, according to a recent poll (pdf). What's more, up to one in five aren't just uninspired at work but are actively damaging their companies by draining resources and lowering morale.
According to polling firm Gallup's survey of about 150,000 full and part-time employees in 2012, 18% of employees could be characterized as "actively disengaged." These employees take more sick days, monopolize their managers' time, and perhaps more significantly, spread their discontent among the staff.
"Actively disengaged employees aren't just unhappy at work; they're busy acting out their unhappiness. Every day, these workers undermine what their engaged coworkers accomplish," the report concludes (p. 21). Gallup estimates that this class of workers costs the US between $450 billion and $550 billion a year in lost productivity.
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Just inside the door of in Washington Square is a brilliant carnivale of color. Sunlight fractures through dozens of pastel cellophane bags, filled with springtime goodies.
A freezer case full of gelato reminds me of a painter's palate, from its bright, glistening purple blackcurrant and deep mauve raspberry, to rich browns and beiges with undertones of cocoa or nuts. From the shelves beckon little chocolate pyramids and hearts and bars wrapped in fine gold foil. The urge to run around touching everything, to plunge my hands into the bins of cookies like a kid in a toy store, hits me hard.
And the cakes—oh, the cakes! Curlicues of icing dance over dark, velvety chocolate. Snow-white frosting peeks out between toasted almonds the color of amber, the gold and brown overlaid like layers of a pine cone. There is a heart-shaped confection, no larger than the palm of your hand, with a chocolate disc like a beret perched jauntily over a cloak of raspberry mousse. Some have whimsical names, like the 'Sarah Bernhardt,' that Venus of the stage, known in her day as 'The Divine Sarah.'
If only all of the sweets were as divine as the true Ms. Bernhardt. The flavors within that heart-shaped framboise dainty are pale reflections of its rosy pink and umber facade. A mango cake tastes more like a discordant buttercream than the sweet fruit for which it is named.
One glorious exception is the 'Jamaica,' a union of rich chocolate mousse, a few liquor-soaked cherries, and chocolate cake with a fine crumb. The server hasn't a clue about the Caribbean moniker (she doesn't know who Sarah Bernhardt was, either), but the Jamaican effect is intense and decadent while still surprisingly light.
Likewise, the chocolates made in-house can be more capricious than steadfast; a chocolate pyramid with almond paste felt crumbly and aerated, rather than smooth and luscious like a bourbon-filled heart.
At the cafe tables, in a warm room filled with sunlight from large windows, a few students pore over laptops. They nurse cups of milky cappuccino, each crowned with about two inches of foam, and perhaps a flaky croissant tasting of butter and air. Most baked goods are made in the larger kitchen space at the Athan's in Brighton, and then transported across the city to emerge, golden and crispy, from the oven just as the rest of us get the hankering for a morning pastry.
A few salads, sandwiches, and wraps draw in some lunchtime visitors to Athan's Brookline, while the Brighton location offers more expansive choices for breakfast and lunch, as well as dinner entrees like braised lamb shank or hearty spaghetti bolognaise.
In Brighton, a plate of brioche French toast is unremarkable; even if the thick slices of bread are day-old, I'd rather not be able to taste it. A breakfast panini topped with bacon, cheddar, and a fried egg is dragged downwards by its bread, an imitation ciabatta without any of the chewy crust or character. This bread is dense, thick, and tasteless, and there's far too much of it to build a successful sandwich. A turkey panini suffers from the same problem, though the turkey is high-quality and a drizzle of rosemary-infused oil perks things up.
But it's really the sweets that are the star of the show, and Athan's can sell you enough colorful cakes and chocolates to build a gorgeous springtime dessert table. Just choose carefully if you want a feast as delicious as it is beautiful.
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