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FUQUAY-VARINA — For the second time in three years, Fuquay-Varina is looking for a town manager.
But this time, town officials are taking a more hands-on approach.
The Board of Commissioners decided Monday not to hire an outside firm to recruit a new manager. Instead, Mayor John Byrne, interim Town Manager Andy Hedrick and Human Resources Director Dan Gray will look for candidates.
Applicants will be vetted by the town's Law and Finance Committee, which is made up of three commissioners. The committee will then make recommendations to the full board.
Hedrick recommended using internal resources to search for the next town manager. He described the head-hunting approach as being the "point of the spear."
"(It allows) for us to go out and shake trees for apples," Hedrick said. "We can be more of a head hunter than just a gatherer. We can bring some more quality applicants in here."
The Law and Finance Committee will meet Monday to draft a job description and come up with a method to evaluate candidates.
Commissioner Charlie Adcock said the process may be time consuming, but he was willing to put in the work.
"I do think it's the most important thing we're going to be doing in the next six months," Adcock said. "I think we know this town better than anybody."
In its quest to find a new administrator, Fuquay-Varina could face plenty of competition from towns and cities across the state.
Throughout North Carolina, 40 towns, cities and counties are looking for new leaders to guide their day-to-day operations.
In the Triangle, Raleigh, Morrisville and Holly Springs are on the hunt for managers. There will also be openings in Orange, Durham and Wake counties, where county managers have announced plans to retire.
In Fuquay-Varina, Jon Barlow abruptly resigned his town manager post June 28 after about two years on the job. He didn't give the town two weeks' notice or a reason for his quick departure.
Commissioner Bill Harris was the only town board member to vote against an internal search.
"I prefer we hire a professional search committee, so we can make sure we have a wide enough search to ensure we have the talent we need," Harris said. "One of the benefits is it keeps the process objective."
In 2010, the town paid Developmental Associates of Durham $18,900 to perform a nationwide search for a town manager. Barlow was selected out of a pool of 79 candidates.
Commissioner Jim Abernethy said he respected Harris' view but was fine with an internal search group.
"We are still a small town. We're willing to put the personal time and effort," Abernethy said. "It's important we have our own people out there leading the charge, having our own people picking the cream of the crop. It seems a little outside the box. I like hands-on and personal (approach)."
Staff writer Martha Quillin contributed to this report.
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Barbara Jean Smith, age 87, of Joplin, passed away at 4:07 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born July 24, 1925, in Joplin, to the late Ralph B. Johnson and Clarabelle Pabst Johnson and has lived in Joplin all of her life.
Barbara married Richard Earl Smith Dec. 2, 1944. He survives her at the home.
Barbara was a homemaker and had an outstanding interest in her yard and her flowers and raised prize winning Irises. She hosted Home Tours for the American Heart Association and for the Iris Society. She had been a board member for the Joplin Humane Society and currently is a member of Chapter GA, P.E.O. Sisterhood and St Paul's United Methodist Church. Barbara and her husband, Richard, enjoyed their world travels, 99 Club, 44 Club and their Dinner Club.
In addition to her husband, Barbara is survived by four children, Richard D. Smith and his wife, Deborah, of Joplin, Steven A. Smith and his wife, Christine, of Webb City, a daughter, Karen J. Smith, of Joplin, and David W. Smith and his wife, Jill, of Joplin. She has 12 grandchildren, Rusty Smith and his wife, Vanessa, Dusty Smith and his wife, Jennifer, Jodi Mouton and her husband, Paul, Laura Rathmann and her husband, Jeremy, Kari Wilcox and her husband, Jim, Brady Smith and his wife, Alyssa, Jon Longenecker and his wife, Stacy, Margaret Prince and her husband, Rusty, Jacqueline Smith, Amber Duncan and her husband, Corey, Spencer Smith and his wife, Abby and Sam Smith and his wife, Kate; and 33 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Barbara was preceded in death by a great- granddaughter, Ellie Noel Smith.
Services for Barbara will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Statler officiating. Burial will follow in Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery with grandsons Dusty Smith, Brady Smith, Spencer Smith, Jon Longenecker, Rusty Smith and Sam Smith serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Parker Mortuary and request that memorial contribution be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Association in care of the mortuary.
Online condolences may be made at www.parkermortuary.com

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Sex Advice from a Loser!
This is something I wrote on a whim last night. It's a joke, obviously, and I really do respect women! Honest! Anyways, here it is:
by Jake DiLucia
There are many things not to do while having sex with a woman. I will now list them in numerical order.
1.) Flexing - Flexing is very taboo while physically getting pleasure from and possibly, though very unlikely, giving pleasure to a woman. Every guy wants to recreate his favorite scene from American Psycho (no, not the one where he does the moon walk and the little jig while Heuy Lewis and the News play in the background, the sex-flex scene) but it's out of the question. It's completely obscene.
Avoid fornication in a room with mirrors; large mirrors - where you can see yourself and your awesome muscles. You will feel an extreme urge to lift your hand above your head in a fist and, quite metaphorically, put on your own gun show. This is not what you want to do because your girlfriend will inevitably start to look at herself in the mirror also, and she'll start doing her own flexing. And girl's muscles are totally gross. Remember Chyna from the WWF? Yeah, that shit is horrid. Avoid the woman flex.
Solution: There is a simple solution to this age-old problem. Simply tape your act of lovemaking (it's better if the girl doesn't know, and also, if she doesn't know...you can pretend you're a spy - spies are a very respectable people.) Tape the fun-bump, watch it later, and flex all you want! You can also grunt as much as you want during the film! It won't affect the outcome. Pun intended. Just make sure you post the video on MySpace so we can all flex to it, too.
2.) Talking of Historical Disasters - It's true that a conversation about the morality of the Hiroshima attacks is very intriguing and interesting, but it's not admirable dirty-talk. No one wants to hear about the destruction the a-bomb caused when they're trying to drop a bomb of their own. Save it for after-sex talk. That is, if you don't fall asleep immediately after the sex.
Major Historical Events to Avoid:
-As mentioned before, Hiroshima
-The Holocaust
-Italy Winning the World Cup
-9/11 (obviously)
-Arrested Development's Cancellation
-and The Black Plague
Solution: There is a solution to this little quirk. If you replace keywords with sexy substitutes it can keep you in the game. For example: Don't say "Did you know Hitler slaughtered a lot of Jews during the Holocaust?" replace those keywords like so: "Did you know [Jenna Jameson] [got Eiffel Towered by] a lot of Jews (I like to keep Jews in there) during the [sexy orgy of '97]? How could that question not turn a person on?
3.) Writing Lists About ' Things Not to Do While Having Sex' - Seriously. This girl is almost losing interest. But whatever, this list is fun.
Solution: There is no [free] solution to this problem yet. Sorry.
4.) Discussing More Kinky Ways about Sex - Of course a threesome with Carrie from the Bowling team would be awesome, but that's (probably) not what a girl wants to hear when you're participating in a humpsicle. If you're interested in uping the ante in the bedroom, don't talk about it when you're getting physical in the bedroom, it will most likely end in a frustrated girlfriend and a handshake with the sherrif (you'll be doing the rest on your own if your girlfriend is pissed off.) That's a very dishonorable way to finish.
Also, if you're considering anything out of the ordinary (like something with no. 1 or no. 2 involved) please, do us a favor and stab yourself. I think I'd sleep better knowing that disgusting shit does not go on in the world. Outside of the internet, of course.
Solution: Kinky ideas, as aforementioned, should not be presented during sex. It's better received over a nice dinner. A nice Chicken Alfredo might get you that threesome you've always wanted.
Those are a few bedroom tips for you. Hopefully my advice works for you and your endeavours in the bedroom are more pleasurable! Bye for now!
Jake DiLucia
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Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers Recipe
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 3 small tomatoes, chopped
- 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
- 1 small sweet onion, chopped
- 3/4 cup cubed Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 can (4-1/4 ounces) chopped ripe olives
- 1/3 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/3 cup canned red beans, rinsed and drained
- 4 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 6 large sweet peppers
- 3/4 cup meatless spaghetti sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, divided
- Place the first 12 ingredients in a large bowl; mix lightly to combine. Cut and discard tops from sweet peppers; remove seeds. Fill peppers with rice mixture.
- In a small bowl, mix spaghetti sauce and water; pour half of the mixture into an oval 5-qt. slow cooker. Add filled peppers. Top with remaining sauce. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese.
- Cook, covered, on low 3-1/2 to 4 hours or until heated through and peppers are tender. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Yield: 6 servings.
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Delicious as-is! Have made this dish several times. It is a go-to. Always have extra stuffing & I mix in some salsa and dip tortilla chips in it for lunch the next day.
Absolutely delicious! Was looking for a vegetarian entree, and this was perfect! I substituted a can of drained garlic/onion diced tomatoes for the fresh tomatoes, Mexican 4-cheese blend for the Monterrey Jack, and then baked for 30 minutes (foil covered with a bit of water in the pan) at 400 degrees, and then removed the foil, added more cheese to the top, and then baked for another 10 minutes. Will definitely be adding to our repertoire!
It was good, just not quite as good as the reviews made it sound
I made these and my husband loved them. I did not use a slow cooker - I baked them in the oven for 45 minutes at 350. Because we had only four peppers I took the rest of the stuffing and filled two small baking dishes. These were cooked along side the stuffed peppers. I ate them with tortilla chips. Yummy!
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I write about the cross-section of technology, media & human nature
Facebook are looking for employees to switch to Android from iOS, presumably so they can improve the Facebook experience on the smartphone platform with the largest market share. In black and white terms, that's a smart move by Facebook, but it also illustrates one of the biggest challenges that Android has a platform.
The decision makers in large Silicon Valley companies are predominantly iOS users, and that means the cool toys are going to make their debut on the handsets in their pockets. When you are starting a company it's advisable to solve a personal problem… and that means your personal tools will be the platform of choice for the initial application.
Android may have a global market-share in excess of any of the competition, but volume does not win hearts and minds. If there are resources for a second platform at launch, or a follow-up release after a successful iOS exclusive period, then Android is the obvious choice, but when the decision on one device has to be made, it tends to be iOS.
Mike McCue and Evan Doll's Flipboard set out to solve the problem of presenting aggregated content from the web in a fashionable way and make reading something exciting, rather than navigating a tree of RSS feeds. It made a huge splash when first released on the iPad in July 2010. An iPhone version followed a few months later.
The Android debut? May 2012, and even then it was with an exclusive arrangement with Samsung to put the app on the Galaxy S3 before becoming available for the rest of the Android platform a few months later.
Take Instagram, who made it a virtue of being an iOS only platform for as long as possible before allowing Android users in to the network. Time and again you see popular web services focusing on iOS and having Android pushed back to second place. It continues to happen to this day.
Thanks to a raft of low-end low-margin smartphones, Android is established as the dominant consumer platform around the world. But it is not established as the dominant platform with the people who will drive development forward. The people who will bring smart ideas to the app economy are not following the consumers, they are following the platform that lets them express themselves. Yes, in some cases that is Android, but the innovators are all sticking with Apple.
"The decision makers in large Silicon Valley companies are predominantly iOS users"
This is a bit like Petraeus, head of the CIA, using draft Gmail to conspire with his lover.
Any self-respecting techie uses android, if only to have access to the directory structure. If Silicon valley decision makers are IOS users, then Silicon valley is now officially an offshoot of wall street: creativity is dead, and farming the lemmings is in. Actually I suspected this much, since we are getting milked by silicon valley to purchase the 8th version of windows, the 6th version of IOS, the 10th version of OSX, etc… Everyday I wonder how come I still use a PC the same way I used it 28 years ago: with a small screen, a mouse, and a keyboard.
Jet, you call yourself a techie then complain about OS upgrades that cost somewhere between free and $30. Ewan, you're right, any self-respecting 'techie' does have a few devices, but many more VMs.
There's other things I don't like about iOS, like the lack of a built-in ssh terminal. But that won't deter the less techie buyer. The market is now very like when Microsoft started to dominate the PC space. The number of DOS-first then Windows-first apps skyrocketed, then became Windows-only, and the competition, whittled down to Apple, had to argue that a platform with some advantages wasn't worse just because it had fewer apps. iPad suits me fine for when I don't want a whole computer. When I do, a Mac or Linux box works pretty well. Digital logic is cheap enough now that you don't need every device to do everything.
Pardon me but the 6th version of IOS was free, just as all of their OS upgrades are. If you purchased Mountain Lion or Windows 8, those were "choices" that you made. If you are using the same small monitor on an old PC, that is your choice also.
With the large number of Android phones said to have been sold, I wonder how many are in use? I have 3 dead Android phones sitting ——>which I am donating to the Battered Women's Shelter. They are given a phone that can only dial 911, a worthy cause. They were never upgraded, as they were supposed to be, so we do not want them, and are not going to purchase another Android phone for the latest OS. I feel the same prospect is likely regarding Android tablets. Also, with 60%+ of the market being Android users, I highly doubt that they are all "techies." IOS was the very last OS that I tried and I like it very much. I've used Windows PC's since 1995, but a year ago after buying my first iPhone, I decided to order a Mac online. I'd never seen or used one. Happily the family, we have 5 kids, loved the Mac. We are upgrading our new PC's to Macs, and we have purchased them, along with iPads for our business. It's worked out very well. Thanks.
"Android may have a global market-share in excess of any of the competition, but volume does not win hearts and minds."
There wouldn't be the relentless bickering between iPhone and Android fans if Android didn't have it's fair share of of those with hearts and minds won over.
"Thanks to a raft of low-end low-margin smartphones, Android is established as the dominant consumer platform around the world."
Are you sure it's due to low end phones? Can you back that up with some statistics? I've yet to see a single report that differentiates between high and low end phones. From various 'best sellers' reports however, the indications are that it's the high end phones that are being bought in preference to the low end. I'd love to see someone clear this up because unless they're privvy to data I haven't seen, as far as I can gather, journos are just making assumptions here.
"Android is established as the dominant consumer platform around the world."
Since when does being the king of BOGO (buy one get one) and throwing your phones away each year to get the new shiny plastic, make one the dominant platform.???
PS, which Android platform,,,, 1.3, 2.2, 3.2, 4.0, 4.1..??????, Which maker,,,????
Sorry, but when people start making such wild claims or like how Apple only patented flat rectanguar with round corners devices, then I have to stop reading. BS comments show the author's lack of understanding of the actual world.
With Samsung's CONSECUTIVE multiple Quarters of OUT SELLING the iPhony, I'm sure Samsung could care less if the tards at Farsebook anyway, because when Farsebook doesn't work well on the Android phone people prefer, Farsebook is toast. CrAppe runs a big Propoganda machine (helped by media Hacks like you) and that's ALL they got.
Delusional. So much anger about a phone. What does your therapist say?
"…innovators are all sticking with Apple." Too bad there are no innovators at Apple.
I feel it's too bad that Android users feel that they have to be Apple haters, to the point that it is like saying THERE IS ONLY ANDROID! USE IT! What happened to innovation and competition in the market? There's no need to make a hater comment regarding Apple any time an article mentions their name.
I dont complain about upgrades. I complain about the lack of true development. Upgrades are exactly that: upgrades, incremental upgrades often of dubious value.
My complaint is the lack of vision, and I am sorry but money managers are only concerned about ROI.
Here is an example of a technological development which should be here but is not:
A) Today fiber optic is cheap, cheaper than copper cable. Yet North America has almost 0 fiber penetration into homes and businesses.
B) Today, 60" flat screen are cheaper than a 1990′ 17" monitor. Yet we still work on small monitors, with cramped keyboards.
C) Today we have road congestions, and high oil price.
20 years ago I expected that by now, we would all be working from home with wall sized monitors, crystal clear voice and video communication. The objective being that we conduct most of our business remotely in an effective and transparent manner (skype and webex do not fulfill this). No more traffic jam, or oil crisis.
It is feasible if we would make good use of A and B, and it would alleviate C.
If the world was driven by visionaries and techies, a la Steve Wozniak, or Nikola Tesla, we would be there today, and we would be driving the technological revolution. But it is driven by marketers like Steve Jobs, and Edison, and we are left with planned obsolescence and fashion statements.
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Ah, but Android does not have the largest Marketshare where it counts – actual usage amongst end-users.
IBM reports that the iPad has a massive 88.3% share of all online tablet e-commerce and the iPhone has 58% larger share of mobile e-commerce than all Android devices (phones and tablets combined).
Rich Relevance confirms that the iPad has 90% share of e-commerce revenue.
Opera reports that iOS has captured 41% of all mobile ad traffic and generates 64% of all mobile ad revenue.
iOS has between 2-3x the web browser share of Android according to just about all web Analytics figures.
OnSwipe reports the iPad has 98.1% of all tablet ad traffic.
Distimo reports that iOS developers make 4x the revenue of Android developers
Now which platform would you choose if your platform relied on web browsing, app usage, ad income and mobile e-commerce?
That's the irony of it all. Last year it was reported that Google made more money from IOS users than it did from Android users, and that fact carries over through 2012. The figures from Black Friday had iPad users as the highest number of shoppers, and IOS has the highest percentage of web traffic, yet again. What are people doing with their Android tablets and phones is my question.


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Update: I will begin a tenure-track assistant professor position in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington in September.
I've just completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, advised by Tadayoshi Kohno. My research interests are in security and privacy. My Ph.D. work focused on security and privacy for modern and emerging client platforms, specifically in the domains of third-party web tracking, permission granting in modern operating systems (such as smartphones), secure embedded user interfaces, and most recently, emerging augmented reality platforms.
I am affiliated with the UW CSE Security and Privacy Research Lab and the UW Tech Policy Lab.
TrackingObserver: A Browser-Based Web Tracking Detection Platform. [TrackingObserver's Homepage]
Franziska Roesner, Chris Rovillos, Alisha Saxena, and Tadayoshi Kohno. (Initial public release: December 3, 2013)
LayerCake: Application Embedding for Android. [LayerCake's Homepage]
Franziska Roesner and Tadayoshi Kohno. (Initial public release: July 26, 2013)
ShareMeNot (Extension for Firefox/Chrome). [ShareMeNot's Homepage] [BoingBoing, EFF]
Franziska Roesner, Chris Rovillos, Tadayoshi Kohno, and David Wetherall. (Initial public release: July 19, 2011)
* Merged with the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Privacy Badger in July 2014.
World-Driven Access Control for Continuous Sensing. [To Appear] [Preliminary Tech Report]
Franziska Roesner, David Molnar, Alexander Moshchuk, Tadayoshi Kohno, and Helen J. Wang.
21st ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2014). Scottsdale, AZ, November 2014.
Collaborative Verification of Information Flow for a High-Assurance App Store. [To Appear] [Preliminary Tech Report]
Michael D. Ernst, René Just, Suzanne Millstein, Werner M. Dietl, Stuart Pernsteiner, Franziska Roesner, Karl Koscher, Paulo Barros, Ravi Bhoraskar, Seungyeop Han, Paul Vines, and Edward X. Wu.
21st ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2014). Scottsdale, AZ, November 2014.
Augmented Reality: Hard Problems of Law and Policy. [To Appear]
Franziska Roesner, Tamara Denning, Bryce Clayton Newell, Tadayoshi Kohno, and Ryan Calo.
Workshop on Usable Privacy & Security for wearable and domestic ubIquitous DEvices (UPSIDE 2014). Seattle, WA, September 2014.
Security and Privacy for Augmented Reality Systems. [Official Link] [Local PDF]
Franziska Roesner, Tadayoshi Kohno, and David Molnar.
Communications of the ACM (cover story), April 2014.
Sex, Lies, or Kittens? Investigating the Use of Snapchat's Self-Destructing Messages. [PDF] [Slides: PDF, PPTX]
Franziska Roesner, Brian T. Gill, and Tadayoshi Kohno.
18th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Barbados, March 2014.
Securing Embedded User Interfaces: Android and Beyond. [PDF] [Webpage] [Talk Video] [Slides: PDF, PPTX]
Franziska Roesner and Tadayoshi Kohno.
22nd USENIX Security Symposium. Washington DC, August 2013.
Operating System Support for Augmented Reality Applications. [PDF]
Loris D'Antoni, Alan Dunn, Suman Jana, Tadayoshi Kohno, Benjamin Livshits, David Molnar, Alexander Moshchuk, Eyal Ofek, Franziska Roesner, Scott Saponas, Margus Veanes, and Helen J. Wang.
14th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HotOS XIV). Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, May 2013.
User Interface Toolkit Mechanisms for Securing Interface Elements. [PDF] [Slides: PDF, PPTX]
Franziska Roesner, James Fogarty, and Tadayoshi Kohno.
25th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2012). Boston, MA, October 2012.
User-Driven Access Control: Rethinking Permission Granting in Modern Operating Systems. [PDF] [Slides: PDF, PPTX]
Franziska Roesner, Tadayoshi Kohno, Alexander Moshchuk, Bryan Parno, Helen J. Wang, and Crispin Cowan.
33rd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland 2012). San Francisco, CA, May 2012.
* Best Practical Paper Award.
Detecting and Defending Against Third-Party Tracking on the Web. [PDF] [Talk Video] [Slides: PDF, PPTX]
Franziska Roesner, Tadayoshi Kohno, and David Wetherall.
9th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 2012). San Jose, CA, April 2012.
Comprehensive Experimental Analyses of Automotive Attack Surfaces. [Link to PDF] [NY Times, Slashdot]
Stephen Checkoway, Damon McCoy, Brian Kantor, Danny Anderson, Hovav Shacham, Stefan Savage, Karl Koscher, Alexei Czeskis, Franziska Roesner, and Tadayoshi Kohno.
20th USENIX Security Symposium. San Francisco, CA, August 2011.
Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile. [Link to PDF] [NY Times, BBC, Zeit, Slashdot]
Karl Koscher, Alexei Czeskis, Franziska Roesner, Shwetak Patel, Tadayoshi Kohno, Stephen Checkoway, Damon McCoy, Brian Kantor, Danny Anderson, Hovav Shacham, and Stefan Savage.
31st IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland 2010). Oakland, CA, May 2010.
Counting Dependence Predictors. [PDF]
Franziska Roesner, Doug Burger, and Stephen W. Keckler.
35th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2008). Beijing, China, June 2008.
Late-Binding: Enabling Unordered Load-Store Queues. [PDF]
Simha Sethumadhavan, Franziska Roesner, Doug Burger, Stephen W. Keckler, and Joel Emer.
34th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2007). San Diego, CA, June 2007.
ShareMeNot: Balancing Privacy and Functionality of Third-Party Social Widgets. [Link to PDF]
Franziska Roesner, Christopher Rovillos, Tadayoshi Kohno, and David Wetherall.
USENIX ;login: Magazine. August 2012.
Security and Privacy from Untrusted Applications in Modern and Emerging Client Platforms. [PDF]
Franziska Roesner. Advised by Tadayoshi Kohno.
University of Washington, Computer Science and Engineering, PhD Dissertation. June 2014.
User-Driven Access Control: A New Model for Granting Permissions in Modern Operating Systems. [PDF]
Franziska Roesner. Advised by Tadayoshi Kohno and Helen Wang.
University of Washington, Computer Science and Engineering, Qualifying Examination Project. April 2011.
Counting Dependence Predictors. [PDF]
Franziska Roesner. Advised by Doug Burger.
The University of Texas at Austin, Tech Report #HR-08-08 (CS Undergraduate Honors Thesis). May 2008.
* UTCS 2008 Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award.
I work with high school student Alisha Saxena (July 2013 - Present). Previously, I worked with undergraduate Chris Rovillos on ShareMeNot and other web tracking topics (January 2012 - May 2013).
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CSE 564: Graduate Computer Security and Privacy (Spring 2011)
Instructor: Tadayoshi Kohno
Distributed Systems (CSE 552): Autumn 2013, instructor Tom Anderson
Special Topics in Wireless and Mobile Systems (CSE 599N1): Winter 2013, instructor Shyam Gollakota
Ubiquitous Computing (CSE 599U): Winter 2012, instructor Shwetak Patel
Software Engineering (CSE 503): Spring 2011, instructor David Notkin
Human-Computer Interaction (CSE 510): Winter 2011, instructor James Fogarty
Computer Networks (CSE 561): Spring 2010, instructor David Wetherall
Operating Systems and the Web (CSE 599W): Winter 2010, instructor Steve Gribble
Design and Analysis of Algorithms (CSE 521): Winter 2010, instructor Paul Beame
Programming Languages (CSE 505): Autumn 2009, instructor Dan Grossman
Computer Architecture (CS 382M at UT Austin): Fall 2006, instructor Doug Burger
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Special to the Tribune-Star
It was either Romeo or Juliet who said, "What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Unfortunately, a good many of us don't particularly like the name bestowed upon us at birth. Some of us take refuge in a nickname and others go to court as soon as they can afford to do so and pick their own name.
I'm open about Elizabeth, although the name on my birth certificate reads "Elizabethann" — all one word. Apparently my parents were exhausted by the effort so did not give me a middle name. I tried to explain this for years and was frustrated trying to cram all that into the little bit of space allotted on forms requesting my full name. So, I arbitrarily made "Ann" a middle name. It gave me a middle name like everyone else, and Mom and Dad seemed OK with it.
I have a cousin who went the cute route. Rua, my cousin, married a young man whose last name was "Harris." When their daughter was born, they named her "Scarlet O."
It got a few laughs, but Scarlet wasn't amused and as soon as she got old enough to appeal to the courts, Scarlet O became "Sandra." I don't know how Rua took the change and, as for Scarlet's father, he was long since left by the wayside in a divorce court. Maybe he didn't get the joke either.
I know of another couple who named their daughter "Montana." That is an attractive word and, I'm told that Montana is a beautiful state, but kids inevitably get tagged with a nickname and there doesn't seem to be anyplace to go with Montana.
My Grandma stuck with good old names for her three sons, but went off track when it came to middle names. Dad was named for his father so someone else had chosen "Dominic" as his middle name, but Grandma let loose with Uncle Jim whose middle name was "Hartsell" and Uncle William who drew "Leonidas." I never asked how they felt about it. Maybe Rua was on the family radar with Scarlet O?
Maybe a rose with any other name would smell as sweet, but if we called a rose a skunk cabbage, I, for one, would not want to sniff it to find out.
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This is currently what I'm working on. Looking for feedback to make it better so it can possibly be my first teefury shirt. the watermark at the bottom will not be in the final design.
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TheBensanity155 weeks agoI love the concept! A WW2 style propaganda shirt with Captain America is a great idea! Looking at it now, I would try to do something else with the cut-off under Cap's torso. Maybe place him in a circle with the shield popping out from there? I'm sure there are a lot of different ways you could do it though.
AlphaHotel155 weeks agoThe only thing I'm opposed to with this is the color scheme. Captain America is a flashy, very colorful superhero and this is just green and black with a dash of white.
yannmanu03155 weeks agohow do u create a shirt....computer website or paper. Please help so shoot me up and email [email protected] Also that is so SICK!!!!!!!!
I use photoshop on my computer. I have banners on the top and bottom now and I've changed the font. I'm toying with puttIng some red and blue on it but I don't want it be on his costume. I like just having the stars the only thing visible
a simple update. should i go back to my original design with the lettering or just keep it simple. Feedback please.
TonksieFea155 weeks agoI like the new one better though I would try to add some kind of tilt on the star in the middle of his chest because not it just looks off center. that might just be me but yeah
MRogo155 weeks agoOooh, I like this concept!
Not sure about Cap being cut off at his torso, though. It looks a little odd to me, considering the placement of the shield. It makes for a rather strange silhouette - he's still discernible as Cap, but it's a bit off-putting.
Maybe try doing the full body, but with colours highlighting different parts of the uniform? That would keep the flashy feel while still maintaining your original concept. Just a thought!
MightyRain155 weeks agoWhat if you placed Cap inside of a star and have the shield hanging out of it. The shield hanging below the cutoff point of the body is killing an otherwise fun design.
bruceleeroy155 weeks agoI think you need to add more detail to Captain America. You have the white stars and I think you need to finish filling in the white areas such as adding the white stripes on his abs, the white rings on his shield, and the white A on his forehead.
Petrichor155 weeks agoI agree with bruceleeroy about the white, and I think his silhouette looks much better with the white accents.
I don't really like the stars in the background, it looks too busy. I really liked your original "buy war bonds" idea though, maybe it would look better now with the white accents?
Surfercat35155 weeks agoI agree, the new one with the white stars in the background is too much white I think. What if you had Captain America just like that but with the background stars red again? It's looking great otherwise!
Slogan or no Slogan?
Surfercat35155 weeks agoOoh I like the slogan personally, that looks awesome!
Petrichor155 weeks agoSlogan, definitely!
Pacman81155 weeks agohmm, i dunno, i think it'd be good with just the silhouette.
Pacman81155 weeks ago
Pacman81 said: hmm, i dunno, i think it'd be good with just the silhouette.
But either way that last one looks great.
SeckzBobOmb155 weeks agoI like the Slogan, keep it for sure. And I have to say, Joseph, you seem to be one of the best artists on here with adjusting your designs based on our feedback. This is a home run in the making, I'd say just a few more tweeks to that awkward cut off at his torso and you'd have a winner, for sure.
I like the design and the slogan really ties it together with the early days of Cap very well. nicely done, and keep up the great work.
Thanks for the kind words SBO. Hopefully this design or my Scott Pilgrim one will be my first t-shirt on here. They both seem to be getting good feedback on the forum, I just hope Teefury likes one of them enough to put it on a t-shirt.
CharlotteC155 weeks agoCool idea. Liking the original design the best. Simple silhouettes look cool.
I agree that the look of the star on the original art is a bit awkward.
So awesome, though! Great job.
frottle155 weeks agonice concept. I like it with the slogan, maybe you can tweak the torso's cut off, looks a bit awkward. just my personal opinion though :) overall it's great
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Amid the noise of barking from dogs of all shapes and sizes, Deacon Juan G. Rojas-Hernandez jokingly called for silence—from the humans.
Some 40 animals and their owners gathered in the parking lot of St. Catharine's Roman Catholic Church in Holmdel on Sunday, Sept. 30 for the Blessing of the Animals. The service is held annually around the time of the Feast of St. Francis, which falls on Thursday, Oct. 4 this year. In Catholicism, St. Francis of Assisi is regarded as the patron saint of animals.
St. Catharine's has held an annual Blessing of the Animals service for at least 10 years, according to Pastoral Associate and Youth Ministry Director Kathy McBurnie.
The recipients of this year's blessing were predominantly dogs, though a few cats joined in the service. McBurnie provided treats to the four-legged visitors following the Blessing of the Animals service.


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Welcome here, i hope you stay around for awhile. It sounds like you have tried everything i could have suggested? You must find a pain specialist that will listen to you, or make him. Do not leave until you have had your say, and feel understood. Dr.s are not supposed to judge us, but they do. They are scared.
Have you tried the local D.H.S.? Department of human serices? Perhaps your own church? Free clinics? There has to be something in your area, that might at least help with the costs?
I hope you get the job. But, how long will you suffer before you get medical insurence? Throw yourself on the mercy of the state, until you can cover it yourself. No shame, ok? You are in pain, and need the help. Go for it, what do you have to lose, except the pain?
I hope i helped, at least a little, Dennis
I'm a little confused by your posts though as you say that no one is willing to help you with your pain and you've never gotten any prescriptions for pain meds...
But then you mention literally every type of pain med from Vicodin, Lidocaine, Dilaudid, Oxycodone, and then all the NSAIDS, steroids, muscle relaxers, etc.
As well as all the types of treatments you have tried..And you list many test that the Drs. have done as well.
So it seems as if Drs have been prescribing medications left and right and trying every treatment, and doing a lot of tests but you are saying that nothing is working...or nothing has been found concretely to continue treatment.
None of us with chronic pain find just one thing that is going to take it all away...
And many Drs. can only do what they can to try and find out what is going on. If there really isn't a firm diagnosis with something...then many are going to be reluctant to just prescribe medication if you tell them nothing has worked.
I know it's frustrating...but hopefully you will find a job that provides insurance for you to be able to try and see a Dr. that maybe you haven't seen before...
I didn't see you list any nerve pain meds like Lyrica, Neurontin, or Cymbalta...these medications along with certain exercises and stretches can help with the sciatic nerve pain and disc issues since you don't seem to be emergent for any surgery based on the MRIs.
Again...Drs. are humans too and it seems as if they have been doing a lot to try and figure out what is wrong and prescribe lots of different medications.
So that is why I answered as I did.
If the medication shot of Solu-medrol worked so well from the ER...then that was a corticosteroid. This means then that a lot of your pain is from inflammation. This is where Ibuprophen can be very helpful..
If you don't have any insurance...I would stay out of the ER as that is for life/death or true emergency situations. They usually don't see chronic pain as an emergency...
What Dr. are you seeing now that is prescribing the Tramadol?
And if Neurontin didn't work..then there is Lyrica or Cymbalta to try...
Again...with chronic pain it's a goal to get to a 5 or so on the pain scale...
As well as make sure you are eating well, maintaining a healthy weight, don't smoke, drink plenty of water each day..cut out sodas...real or diet...Limit sugar, alcohol, salt....And then get exercise each day...even if it's walking 5 -10 minutes at a time. As well as doing stretching..
It is also a good idea for those in chronic pain to seek out counseling...Many of them have sliding scales for fees so you pay what you can afford. Learning to handle the stress emotionally with pain is important. As well as many people have been diagnosed with depression so medication can be helpful both with the pain and your mood.
Keep us posted..
First of all,I think you have found the right place to talk to others about your pain issues!There are alot of around,that in itself helps me know that I am not alone!
I also started having pain at a young age!I was about 15 when I starterd to get severe headaches,maybe younger!!I would be sick with them for days!So I know how draining it is!
I too am a Christain and thank God because that pulls me through all this!!!!I have tumors that grow on the nerves on my spine and it causes alot of pain from my neck down to my Hip on the left side!!!!Try to remember that God will pull us through,it takes alot of faith and patience!Try to find Dr.s that will listen to you,explain that you can't help being young ,you are in severe Pain and need help now!!!
Why did you take mes before and not now???What is Solumedrol?I have never heard of it ?Does it help??
I am here for you,stay in touch!
Love and Blessings 77grace
I'm just curious,I notice in this post you seem a bit Stern ,maybe Harsh! I'm not sure how that helps,but I definatly don't know everything!
I just feel that we need to be understanding,not judgemental!If I read you wrong,I'm sorry,it's just my feeling!
Have a good one !77grace
I post the same towards everyone...We are not Drs. here...and awe try to offer suggestions/thoughts based on our own journey with chronic pain..
I was just trying to help her by saying that it's hard for Drs. sometimes to find out what is wrong with someone...they get frustrated as well...And it seemed as if she had had lots of tests and tried numerous medications to have none of them work at all...
So...that is a hard place to be for her...I was also saying that most Drs. without strong diagnoses won't like to continue to write prescriptions as she even said..it just masks the issue.
I'm sure she wants to figure out what is wrong...
So...you handle your posts differently than mine...but we both care about the people we write to. I just am more direct in what I write...
Your right,we all handle things differently but now that you explained I understand totally,sorry bout that!
We are here for the same reason,to help eachother!
Good luck with the chiropractor, be careful.
Take care, Annette
I didn't read Pesky's reply as stern, just as direct. Certainly not harsh. I saw some of the same inconsistencies in Kim's post, so she was pretty much saying what I would have said.
It is hard dealing with just the written word and not having facial expressions, etc. It is good to ask for clarification whenever one does not understand.
Take care, Annette
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On this day, 68 years ago, soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, taking Hitler's Nazi forces by surprise in one of the greatest examples of military courage the world has ever seen. Remembered as D-Day, the success of the Allied invasion marked an important turning point in World War II, which led to the eventual victory over Hitler's Germany. Thousands of American servicemen lost their lives that day, and countless others were wounded in the fight to liberate Europe from the evil grip of Nazi Germany.
As the number of veterans from World War II dwindles, I fear that the commemoration of D-Day, and the important sacrifice those who served on that day made is being diminished in the American psyche. As I meet and speak with veterans of World War II, they express this same concern, and fear that the lessons of the Second World War are being lost among many in government today. For veterans of war, being forgotten by ones fellow countrymen is the greatest tragedy of all.
It is imperative that on this day, we remember the sacrifices that the 'Greatest Generation' made for our freedoms all those years ago. Take a minute, sit down with your children, or grandchildren, and tell them the story of the brave soldiers, sailors and airmen, who fought and died so that America could remain free.
As a 24 year Army Officer who still wears our country's uniform, I see a similar greatness in the eyes of our current generation of warriors. Today's servicemen and women continue the heroic tradition of their predecessors in wars past.
Nearly 11 years after the September 11th attacks, it is important to remember that we are still a nation at war. Military hospital beds are just as full today as they were three, five, and seven years ago. For many of our servicemen and women, the battle continues long after they've left the battlefield.
Thank you to all those who have served, and who continue to serve, and today, let us all give a special thanks, to the brave men who served on D-Day.


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Seven near tears left my eyes writing this. For the first time in a thousand, my heart had been dashed with a dagger which struck a harder blow than any man's sword could. A beautiful young girl did it. Whether or not this dagger stayed in was my choice. Since leaving us, the pain was the only way I could remember her.
Jane Berra was her name. My age. In my English, Maths, and Languages class. Friends with everyone, enemies only to people smeared in animosity. Jane was still kind to those people. She was kind to everyone. Everyone wanted to know her. I admired her and oft hoped she'd become my friend one day. Staring affectionately in sight of her strolling down the hall with her stockpiled friends mobile each time languages class began, served to remind others they bloody well treat her nicely, or else.
"Buenas tardes clase binevenido a la clase de Espanol. Lean los libros y pronto, hablar con las parajas," the teacher hiccuped through two blue festered lozenges. I poked holes through the foreign textbook. An adventure waited through thick snubbed grammar. Spanish was a brilliant language, boasting a fine sound of rhythmical run ons and grand floating words you hoped wouldn't end to avoid the rush each ring brought. Nobody else took such a joy. They consumed their minds in the bottom of their pockets, with stories of their weekends, past or forthcoming. Or they stared menacingly at me. I took no notice, which confused them a lot more. A hot headed response was what they wanted. I took no notice.
The teacher woozled three stars in a finger, stealing all distractions out the sky. "Never get's old does it. Right, we're moving onto group discussion. We're going to mix it up though. You boys go and pair up with the girls over there. Eric, Sandy and Cheyanne go pair up with those people. And ah Mr. Coy, you can pair up with Miss. Berra. For the rest of the lesson while I make a call elsewhere, practice your Espanol." He wizzled his hands again, all the way to the office. Not all teachers were unique like Mr. Rodrigo. Unashamed of using flailing arms to grab attention there was a certain respect students had for such ambiguous mannerisms because so often they dared to be different to hide their own insecurities.
Jane shuffled in alignment with me. This was the first time I'd ever been so close to her. Too embarrassed to try any talk in English, I hid under the Spanish flower bed, gathering a bouquet soft, warm, full of care.
"Buenas tardes, me llamo Jim y todos los dias me encanta leer en la biblioteca. Mis novellas favoritas son historias con jiros y se convierte. a ademas quedaba dormido. Y tu? Te Gustas hacer en el libro tiempo?" When learning a foreing language, speaking slowly seemed made the whole process simple and relaxing. Trying to eclipse the Native speakers in speed talk...well first I better dam well know how to speak the language. If it comes out wrong, fast or slow, you'd see a lot of people with warm teeth looking at you. I could see Jane's teeth now; they were crystal white, perfectly aligned.
"That was really beautiful Jim. You've got a lovely voice. It's well suited to speaking Spanish," she said, with a wide eyed smile.
I stared at the ground. It was the first time anyone had ever said something nice to me in High School. "Thank you." She seemed a bit bewildered so, without pause and assessing the potential consequences, I spoke again. "I'm really sorry. It's my fault for using vocabulary that won't be used until Semester 4. I really shoul...."
Jane raised her hand giggling innocently. Her face had gone cuddly, as if she were holding a teddy bear as the words trickled out sweetly into the air. "Oh don't be sorry, you did great. It's so cute that you read so far ahead to learn that Spanish. Just by what you said, I don't think anyone here could speak the language better than you." Her face had gone cuddly, as if she were holding a teddy bear as the words trickled out sweetly into the air.
I stared down again, gathering thought. Here was the most popular girl in school, complementing me.
"Thank you" I muttered quickly again, diving onto the cushioning grace of a hardback text book. "Te gustar ver las peliculas con los amigos?"
We stared in polar opposite directions, meeting in the middle; Jane was ready. "Si, en el fin de semana, con mis amigos veas las peliculas en mi casa porque mi dinero gastaba en ropa."
Falling in love takes time. Falling for a girl can happen in an instant. Jane had managed to chime that small bell inside of me, more so than she had done with others. It was amazing she could speak with such fluidity. The upper four inches searched for ideas into how such brilliance of a foreign language could be mastered. Nothing. She was still smiling. Oh the joy of having such a beautiful girl smiling and staring at you.
The next six weeks of school melted up into a hazy recollection of daydreams and rather forgetful moments. I finished Call of the Wild three times; centred around a dog called Buck, who gets smuggled and sold into a life of hardship as a sled dog; over time, Buck becomes accustomed to the hard life, developing into the leader of the pack but is unable to resist the calling he feels to be a wild dog. I developed a fond respect and admiration for Buck because he bore resemblance of somebody I so badly wanted to be; the leader who people revered, someone adept to the conditions, capable of blending into any environment he's shoved into. Books may be make believe but what we can learn from them is amazing. After the Spanish class with Jane, her persona stood out to me a lot more. You never needed to glance far without seeing the influence she had made on others. Such a bright, quick loving soul, full of energy and vigour, qualities so many people lacked, she popularized them. She was the real life version of Buck. Adaptable, a natural leader, caring and honest.
Walking home three weeks before break, there was an incident at the intersection on the main road. Frankie, one of Jane's best friends thought it funny to let out a million papers, effectively making it someone else's problem. A small crowd had build up to witness the huge catastrophe. People that do silly things are annoying but oddly the scene seemed beautiful, with hundreds of loose leaf paper flying about in the swirling wind. I watched from afar, to make sure Frankie or his friends saw me. They didn't really like me too much, which was fine. Not liking unpopular people was part of their reputation. Turning around for the round trip home, I silently humiliated myself by walking into a pole. From a walk to a jog, it was about time to walk those 10 blocks home.
"You really are the most innocent little boy around Jim," a gentle voice said from behind. Jane stood there, three books in her hand, a green backpack on. "Such a shame isn't it," she nodded in the direction of paper flow, "Frankie isn't a bad guy Jim, he's a wonderful young man. Just misunderstood that's all."
I loved how she always saw the good in him, despite his notoriety for bullying quieter people like me.
"Say, we're heading in the same direction. You want to join me on the walk home?"
"Uh, I don't know. You'd get very bored around me. I'm not very interesting."
Jane ambled down the road majestically, oblivious about Jim's remarks. In that moment it became clear she'd had a go at collecting every experience she could, squeezing everything into her life jar. Beauty pageants likely came first. You got the feeling Jane didn't have pushy parents, else she wouldn't have that kind of elegant strut. I watched her walk but kept my guard up. Looking at her gave away cues about her life, family and experiences. I hoped she didn't notice things as easily as it seemed. Her hair was perfectly aligned and her books neatly ordered in her arms. Not a speck of dust on the pink swirly, where she stood proud with her parents.
"I like the way you walk."
Jane nearly dropped her books. Her face became mysterious. She looked up at the sky.
"Oh Jim you are one funny guy. You really do notice things many people don't, I like that. What else do you notice when you look at me?"
"Um, I dunno if I can do this Jane. What if you go about telling people these things. I'd never be left alone by Frankie and his buddies. So I'm not sure."
"Oh Jim don't be silly."
It seemed sincere enough how she said it. The tone people communicate in is a dead giveaway on how truthful they are. Too unnaturally monotonous or pitchy patchy and they're lying. Jane didn't alter at all. Scared stiff and completely lost track of how I'd even ended up walking with her. After a few deep breaths, I lowered the plates of inner protection and went for it
"I see a girl that likes to try new things. You were in beauty pageants from a young age and sometimes when you're alone; pretend to be on the catwalk in your mirror." Jane smiled and affirmed this. "Your parents have never been pushy and always trusted you a lot more at a young age than other parents, which is why everyone likes you, even people who don't like you find a way to love you. Trusting and loving. During the morning you always tie your hair up. I think you like being organised. And you like to spend money too. You said so in Spanish class six weeks ago."
Taking in heavy breaths, my heart nearly came out my mouth. What was Jane thinking? My gut told me she was trying to think of something nice to say but really she thought I was a creep. I was a creep. What use is it having these gifts? No good. A good memory is good for nothing more than memory snap. An ability to read body language ain't much use considering I could hardly string two sentences together. And we're not even living in a Spanish speaking country so learning a language faster than others wasn't much help. I wasn't brave, strong, charming or rich, which seemed to be what everyone in my class liked in others. Jane snapped me out the goggled thoughts.
"Oh Jim, that's amazing, I don't know how you managed to figure all of that out. But what you said is so right. I was in beauty pageants, have very supportive parents, keep everything very clean and spend money on clothes. All girls love to."
My heart sang a song for her which she could not hear
Long and romantic, it sailed out from my heart
It ran to her in silence, from my panic and fear
It was scary talking to her from the start
I was shy and she was not
Onwards and forwards, out of the trot
Poetry is beautiful. Just throwing words up into the sky, they fall down suavely into symbolic poetic majesty. My heart became a poem for Jane. I knew her. I wished she could know me. But I had to retreat once again behind the corrugated iron walls. Being out in the open was unnerving and drained me of my energy, despite enjoying Jane's company.
"You know what Jim. I really like you. There's something different about you I really can't figure out and I enjoy that. You've got a great niche for languages, a memory which never fails and an ability to see things about people in the smallest things. I really like that. You're a really great person. I'll see you around. This is my street."
As her perfectly arranged hair bounced up and down, tramping onwards towards my place, I looked at the ground. Perhaps some things weren't so bad after all.
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George's Café - Albert's Café, 627 Cherry St. (2 Critical) No full-time employee as certified food handler; dirty knives stored with clean utensils.
The Rafters, 2918 Wabash Ave. (2 Critical) Handwash sink disconnected; mold observed in soda fountain nozzle holder.
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President and GOP nominee differ markedly on policies and leadership styles.
With the election a week away, Americans are about to choose between the competing visions of President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a center-left agenda versus a center-right agenda. Here's a primer on their priorities and how each would govern:
First and foremost, this is not only a competition between two political philosophies. It's also a choice between the candidates' approaches to leadership, their governing styles, and which interests each man is closest to and would be most likely to represent.
Obama, as has become clear over the past four years, has governed as an advocate for a prominent role for government in national life. He won congressional passage of a massive overhaul of the health-care system, known as "Obamacare," which is a lightning rod for criticism from Romney and the right. And, with his massive economic stimulus package designed to lift the economy out of recession, Obama has presided over a huge increase in federal spending. The government's debt is estimated at $16 trillion.
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Although Obama has been promising to tackle the deficit, he is also pledging to reorganize the federal government. "I truly believe," he said this week on MSNBC, "that if we can get the deficit and debt issues solved, which I believe we can get done in the lame-duck [session of Congress, after the election] or in the immediate aftermath of the lame-duck, then that clears away a lot of the ideological underbrush." Then, Obama said, "we can start looking at a whole bunch of other issues that... historically have not been that ideological."
He added: "I want to consolidate a whole bunch of government agencies. We should have one Secretary of Business, instead of nine different departments that are dealing with things like giving loans to SBA or helping companies with exports. There should be a one-stop shop."
If he is re-elected on Tuesday, Obama will push for more of the same center-left policies that he implemented in his first term. He is expected to return to the issue of immigration reform, advocating a path to legal residency for many people who entered the United States illegally. He will also use his executive power and the government's regulatory authority to take action on a variety of fronts, from protecting the environment and preserving public land to advocating for consumers.
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In foreign affairs, Obama has been aggressive in using military force abroad, deflecting conservative charges that Democrats are too timid in projecting American power. As he continually reminds voters, it was Obama who launched the mission that killed terrorist leader Osama bin laden, and it is Obama who is increasingly using drones to kill other terrorists. Obama would continue these approaches. At the same time, he is ending the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan and wants to shift resources to "nation-building" at home.
Obama would also stay close to a far different group of interest groups and constituencies than Romney. The interests that Obama listens to would include leaders of African-American and Latino groups, women's groups, organized labor, and gay-rights organizations, who are among his strongest advocates. The result would be not only another campaign for immigration reform, but also more efforts to protect the rights of women, unions, African-Americans, and gays.
On the other hand, Romney would by all indications run a government of the center-right. He took very conservative positions during the Republican primaries, opposing abortion rights in most cases and taking a strong stand against illegal immigration. In fact, his stance on immigration was so severe that it spawned enduring distrust among many Latinos. But during the general-election campaign, he has moved in some ways to the center and tried to show his caring, empathetic side.
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Still, his agenda is basically conservative. Speaking to a rally in Avon Lake, Ohio Monday, Romney promised to reduce taxes on corporations and small businesses, which he argued would allow firms to generate more profits and use the money to hire more people and expand. "If you want good jobs when you get out of school...you have to see entrepreneurs starting businesses and big companies growing," Romney said. "And what you've seen over the last several years is the opposite of that."
"I'll make those proposals to our Congress on Day One" of his presidency, Romney said.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, also pledges to repeal Obama's health-care law, reduce the deficit, balance the budget, cut regulation, promote energy independence, and increase trade.
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Just as important, Romney made clear in the campaign that he is most at home in the world of corporations and business leaders. This is where he developed his economic expertise as a successful investor, and this is where he would turn for advice and probably for appointments to his Cabinet and his White House.
Much will depend on which party controls the House and Senate, and this won't be known until Election Day. Neither Obama nor Romney are naturally confrontational, and both promise some form of outreach to their opponents.
But if Obama wins, and the GOP controls one or both houses of Congress, it's likely that the two sides would remain at loggerheads. If Romney wins, it may be possible that he can move beyond the bitter arguments of the past four years and find new paths to compromise, with a conservative tilt. He would have the advantage of bringing a fresh approach. That, at least, is what his supporters argue.
Of course, it may be that Romney, facing a divided Washington, would do no better at fostering a spirit of cooperation than Obama has. This could mean more stalemate, more partisan bickering, and more disenchantment from the American public.
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The Winner:
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One of the most coveted awards by athletes, Full Throttle is for the calculated charger that skis everything with speed, fluidity, and stomps or comes close to stomping all the big airs. And no surprise, Mr. Seth Morrison takes home the prize with his jaw-dropping performance in Teton Gravity Research's Under The Influence. Sending big airs, outskiing his slough, straightlining the steepest of lines, and integrating a degree of fluidity and control makes Seth the winner for 2009.BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
The Winner:
Sean Pettit
Sean first appeared in Powder Magazine as a quiet 11 year-old full of potential. Now 16, Pettit has just begun to realize that potential. Pettit put produced the closing segment for Matchstick Production's Claim featuring a combination of big mountain and freestyle that almost secured a Best Male Performance. Throw in Pettit's segment from The Massive, and you have a collection of work that's well worthy of a Breakthrough Performance.
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Poor Boyz Productions
Undoubtedly, Movie of the Year is the toughest category to judge. It's not only skiing talent or the cinematography or the concept. It's entirely encompassing. Ultimately, though, it's the story. And Johnny Decesare, Tyler Hamlet, Cody Carter, J.P. Auclair, and Riley Poor told the all-encompassing ski story better than any of the other 20-plus ski movies of 2008. This is Poor Boyz' second Movie of the Year award. In addition to the filmers, editors, and producers, an all-star athlete roster that included J.P. Auclair, Chris Benchetler, Tanner Hall, Sammy Carlson, Jon Olsson, Mike Douglas, Mark Abma, Simon Dumont, Jossi Wells, Andreas Hatveit, Eric Pollard, Andy Mahre, and Pep Fujas made it happen for PBP in 2009.
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Maybe more than any other PVA category, Best Manmade Air seems to be the innovation award. Each year, skiers boost a park or backcountry kicker and spin inverted in some weird way while grabbing in a new, wild way leaving any spectator completely baffled. How in the world they visualize and, subsequently, perform these tricks is mind-blowing. Add in the element of height and distance, hence risk, and it makes for an innovative category. Although his trick has been done before, no one has ever gone higher in a quarterpipe than Simon Dumont. So high, 35 feet, that he was able to spin a cork 900 while grabbing tail. Who does that? Simon Dumont, the world-record holder for a quarterpipe air that's now a Guinness World Record by beating out snowboarder Terje Haksonen. Oh yeah, he's now a first-time winner of Best Manmade Air.
The Winners:
1. Seth Morrison
Seth won the Full Throttle award at the 2008 Powder Video Awards.
He has finished first or second in all nine Powder Reader Polls. This is the third year in a row he has won the Reader Poll.
Last season, Seth filmed with Teton Gravity Research, where his big-mountain footage from TGR's Under the Influence is some of the best ever caught on film. .
2. Tanner HallTanner is 25 years old originally from Kalispell, Montana, and he could be the most versatile skier of all time.
He now lives outside Park City, Utah.
As of 2008, Tanner had won seven Winter X Games medals, tied for the all-time lead.
He is also a two-time Powder Magazine Male Skier of the Year, whose film Believe won Movie of the Year in 2008.
5. Pep Fujas
Oregon native who now resides in Utah, Pep has gone from WX Games Slopestyle medalist to one of today's most influential skiers.
As part of Nimbus Independent, Pep has joined Eric Pollard, Andy Mahre and Chris Benchetler to expand on their vision that ski films should be about sharing the experience of sliding on snow.
Also filmed with Poor Boyz Productions last season.
The Winner:
Seth Morrison
Under the Influence
Teton Gravity Research
Eliciting some of the loudest oohs and ahhs from the audience during the red-carpet event, this award goes to the skier boosting the biggest air. In years past, the winner was usually the person who sent the biggest cliff, windlip, or cornice. But like every Powder award, a trick thrown off said geologic feature now requires a trick. Although 16-year-old Sean Pettit, Mark Abma, and Tanner Hall all trick off cliffs, perennial Natural Air winner Seth Morrison reigns again in 2009. Who else throws a giant front flip into a steep Alaskan spine line and stomps the landing? No one. And that's why the 35-year-old Morrison takes home another Best Natural Air award.
Grete Eliassen placed third on the Powder Reader Poll


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Dec. 18, 1987
The Oneonta school district will be searching for a new superintendent in the new year.
School board President Suzanne Hollist said she expected to receive a letter today from Superintendent Lowell Foland announcing his resignation effective March 16. She will accept Foland's resignation when she receives formal notification, she said.
After Foland leaves, Assistant Superintendent John E. Lutz will probably fill in as an interim superintendent, said Mrs. Hollist.
"John's very capable. The district will run very well," said Mrs. Hollist. "I have no qualms."
Foland departs the Oneonta district to become the superintendent of the Center Moriches school district, located on the South Shore of Long Island near Westhampton.
Whether Lutz is named superintendent is up to the Oneonta board as a whole, and Mrs. Hollist wouldn't venture to assume that the members would appoint Lutz as its next superintendent.
However, Lutz expressed interest in working with the board members as superintendent.
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SIDNEY — Capt. Carl Lawson of the Troop C Barracks announced that Fred W. Leibe was promoted to sergeant, Dec. 17, 1962.
Sergeant Leibe enlisted in the troopers Sept. 1, 1955 and has been assigned to the State Police Academy for the past year. He has been stationed in Sidney for a total of five years and resides on West Main Street in Unadilla.
A native of Queens, he is the son of William and Charlotte Leibe, who also reside in Unadilla at this time. Sergeant Leibe's most recent assignment is assistant to the director of the Police Academy at Sidney. Director of the Academy is Lt. Walter Donegan.
Sergeant Leibe and his wife, Marilyn, have four children, three boys, Fred, 9, Kurt, 4, Karl, 6, and one girl Jeannine, 7.


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Other: You need 14500s? Buy these.
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Pros: -Cheap as dirt. -Fairly high energy density -Around 4.0V after full charge. Remained around 3.7V for most of its charge. Only declined to ~3.2V when near empty. -Can handle fairly high discharge rate.
Cons: -Unprotected -Failed after more than a year and at least 40 cycles... For $2.20 per battery it was still worth it in my opinion. -Probably not actually 900mAh
Other: If you need a cheap, unprotected battery. Buy this!
Involvement Level: Expert (understands the inner workings)
Pros: This is a great quality battery. It has a very good charge lifetime, doesn't drain quickly at all. It fits an AA size battery slot perfectly, so it is very easy to use.
Cons: I haven't found any cons at this time.
Other: Great quality battery with good charge lifetime. I love them and will be getting more in the future.
Involvement Level: Expert (understands the inner workings)
Pros: -Super cheap -Fits in a lot of consumer products(though not always compatible) -Higher max current and voltage than alkaline batteries -Higher max current than protected li-ion
Cons: -No discharge protection -Require specific li-ion charger
Other: These are great if you need high current or high voltage batteries in either a DIY project or simple consumer electronics. But, you might want to consider protected batteries if you don't need current quite this high.
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