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Instant Sikuli Test Automation [Instant]
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- Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
- Write simple tests using the Sikuli IDE
- Construct a framework for running your tests and reporting results
- Learn best practices for building reusable Sikuli scripts and sharing capabilities between them
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Release Date : July 2013
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Table of ContentsInstant Sikuli Test Automation
- Instant Sikuli Test Automation
- So, what is Sikuli?
- Installation
- Installation on Mac OS X
- Step 1 – what do I need?
- Step 2 – downloading Sikuli
- Step 3 – extracting the Sikuli IDE
- Step 4 – starting Sikuli
- Installing Sikuli on Windows 7
- Step 1 – what do I need?
- Step 2 – downloading Sikuli
- Step 3 – extracting the Sikuli IDE
- Step 4 – starting Sikuli
- Quick start – writing your first script
- Your first script with Sikuli on Mac OS X
- Step 1 – starting an application
- Step 2 – checking whether the application has started
- Step 3 – providing input to the app with type()
- Step 4 – using the modifier key with type()
- Step 5 – clicking on buttons with click()
- Step 6 – closing the application
- Your first script with Sikuli on Windows
- Step 1 – starting an application
- Step 2 – checking whether the application has started
- Step 3 – providing input to the app with type()
- Step 4 – using the modifier key with type()
- Step 5 – clicking on buttons with click()
- Step 6 – closing the application
- Top 13 features you need to know about
- The basics
- Finding things on the screen and how to use regions
- Flow control in Python using loops
- More flow control techniques and interacting with scrollbars
- Utilizing Python in your Sikuli scripts
- Event-driven workflows
- Test automation
- Assembling a testing framework
- Debugging Sikuli scripts
- Capturing images using capture()
- Accessing Java from Sikuli
- Searching for and decoding text on the screen
- Extracting text using the clipboard() method
- People and places you should get to know
- Official sites
- Articles and tutorials
- Community
- Blogs
- Summary
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- Drive applications using screenshots and Sikuli's simple syntax
- Build a library of reusable test fragments to manage large test suites
- Access Java from within Sikuli to leverage Java's power within your Sikuli scripts
- Debug tests through video logging for later analysis
- Learn techniques for making tests fault tolerant
- Build up an automated test suite for an application
- Understand performance optimization of Sikuli tests
- Develop a comprehensive framework for managing and executing tests
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Automated testing of applications is a hot topic in software development, but doing it effectively and flexibly is a difficult task. Sikuli provides an excellent balance, leveraging the simplicity of constructing tests using screenshots and the expressive power of the Python programming language to construct automated tests.
Instant Sikuli Starter: Effective Test Automation presents a series of examples that build on one another to demonstrate the key features provided by Sikuli. You will also learn additional techniques that will allow you to construct effective automated application test suites quickly and easily.
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Traverse City Record-Eagle
---- — BUCKLEY — Rosalene "Rosie" Weaver, age 74, of Buckley, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013, at her home. She was born Sept. 27, 1938, in Buckley, to Marion and Viola (Middaugh) Kellogg.
Rosie graduated from Buckley High School in 1956.
On July 7, 1977, Rosie married the late Sam Weaver.
She worked for the State Hospital for over 17 years until its closing in 1989. She then went to work for the Buckley Schools as a cook and bus driver. Rosie was the head bus coordinator and drove for many of the school events over the years.
She was an active member of the Buckley Old Engine Show, 4-H Leather and Laces group, treasurer for the Buckley Alumni Association and treasurer for the Cornell Cemetery Association.
Over the years she enjoyed playing cards with family, racing stock cars, snowmobiling, the Hayloft, the casino, and there was rarely an auction or yard sale that she would miss. Rosie loved to spend time camping at the lake lot on Bass Lake, but there was nothing she enjoyed more than spending time with her family. They were her true passion. There wasn't an event or holiday that she would miss. Her passing will forever change family gatherings and grandchildren's school events.
Rosie will be greatly missed by her children, Amos Nickerson, of Buckley, Andrea (Robert Weber) Nickerson, of Buckley, Samuel (Patti) Weaver, of Mesick, Wanda Weaver, of Traverse City, and Pamela Weaver, of Traverse City; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; siblings, Karen Weber, of Buckley, and Robert (Sandra) Kellogg, of Buckley; first husband, Amos Nickerson; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides her parents, Rosie was preceded in death by her husband, Sam in 1996; children, Susan Marie Nickerson, Debra Lynn Nickerson and Cynthia Weaver; and a sister, Sandra Harris.
A visitation will be held Friday, April 19, 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Covell Funeral Home in Kingsley. A funeral will be held Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 2 p.m., at the Buckley High School, with visitation two hours prior. Burial at Cornell Cemetery will be held at a later date.
Memorial contributions in Rosie's name may be directed to My Sisters House, 1093 Fenton Road, Kingsley, MI 49649.
Please share a memory of Rosie at www.covellkingsley.com.
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Yvor Winters
Allen Tate once commented on Yvor Winters the poet thus: "If he has been neglected—when he has not been ignored—the reasons are not hard to find. He has conducted a poetic revolution all his own that owes little or nothing to the earlier revolution of Pound and Eliot, and that goes back to certain great, likewise neglected Tudor poets for metrical and stylistic models." Winters commented to Contemporary Authors: "Tate is wrong about this, but in general my admirers have read me as carelessly as my detractors."
Winters' early poems are written in a highly imagistic free verse that was admired by many of the experimentalists of the 1920s and 1930s. In a major mid-career re-orientation, he abandoned free verse entirely, and took up the formal austerity on which his current reputation—and in some circles his notoriety—now rests. But near-mystical identifcation with the natural world and immediate physical surroundings in which his early verse was steeped remained a characteristic of much of his later verse."
Winters writes, says William Troy, "like a combination of a medieval scholastic and a New England divine." ("Twaddle," said Winters.) Keith F. McKean asserts that "Winters defends reason and warns against certain aspects of romantic philosophy," and explains Winters's approach thus: "First, Winters believes, the critic should record any historical or biographical data necessary to understand the mind and the method of the author; second, he should analyze the literary theories that are relevant to the work; third, he must make a critique of the paraphrasable content; and fourth, he must make a critique of the feelings motivated by the experience; and last of all, he must judge the work."
Though his approach to literature has been called "narrow" and "dogmatic," he has, as Troy admits, sharpened the focus on certain problems and formulated useful distinctions. Poet Hayden Carruth has the highest praise for him: "I admire Winters, and what he has done for American literature; no one else could have done it—I mean aside from his own poems, some of which are superb. There's no one like him for making a simple declarative sentence crackle under your eyes like a burning apple-bough. Such magnificent wrath. . . . Of course, Winters is as insane as the rest of us, but he has made a whole career out of covering it up. . . . Winters is able to prove—demonstrate irrefutably with step-by-step arguments and copious illustrations from line and stanza—that our favorite poets are idiots, and in the process show us just why we like them so much."
Winters recorded his poems for the Library of Congress and the Yale Series of Recorded Poets.
Taught in coal camps of Madrid and Los Cerillos, NM, two years; University of Idaho, Moscow, instructor in French and Spanish, 1925- 27; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, instructor, 1928-37, assistant professor, 1937-41, associate professor, 1941-49, professor of English, 1949- 61, Albert Guerard Professor of Literature, 1961-66.
- The Immobile Wind, M. Wheeler, 1921.
- The Magpie's Shadow, Musterbookhouse, 1922.
- The Bare Hills, Four Seas Co., 1927.
- The Proof, Coward, 1930.
- The Journey, Dragon Press, 1931.
- Before Disaster, Tryon Pamphlets, 1934.
- Poems, Gyroscope Press, 1940.
- To the Holy Spirit, California Poetry Folios, 1947.
- Three Poems, Cummington Press, 1950.
- Collected Poems, A. Swallow, 1952, revised edition, 1960.
- The Early Poems of Yvor Winters, 1920-1928, A. Swallow, 1966.
- The Selected Poems of Yvor Winters, Swallow Press/Ohio University (Athens, OH), 1999.
- Selected Poems, The Library of America (New York, NY), 2003.
- Twelve Poets of the Pacific, New Directions, 1937.
- Elizabeth Daryush, Selected Poems, Swallow Press, 1948.
- Poets of the Pacific, Second Series, Stanford University Press, 1949.
- Notes on the Mechanics of the Poetic Image, [Vienna], 1925.
- (With Frances Theresa Russell) The Case of David Lamson: A Summary, Lamson Defense Committee, 1934.
- Primitivism and Decadence: A Study of American Experimental Poetry, Arrow Editions, 1937.
- Maule's Curse: Seven Studies in the History of American Obscurantism, New Directions, 1938.
- The Anatomy of Nonsense, New Directions, 1943.
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, New Directions, 1946.
- In Defense of Reason, Swallow Press, 1947 , 3rd revised edition, A. Swallow, 1960.
- The Function of Criticism: Problems and Exercises, A. Swallow, 1957, 2nd edition, 1966.
- (Contributor) Irving Howe, editor, Modern Literary Criticism, Beacon Press, 1958.
- On Modern Poets: Stevens, Eliot, Ransom, Crane, Hopkins, Frost, Meridian Books, 1959.
- The Poetry of W. B. Yeats (pamphlet), A. Swallow, 1960.
- The Poetry of J. V. Cunningham (pamphlet), A. Swallow, 1961.
- The Brink of Darkness (pamphlet), A. Swallow, c. 1965.
- (Contributor) Paul J. Alpers, editor, Elizabethan Poetry: Modern Essays in Criticism, Oxford University Press, 1967.
- Forms of Discovery: Critical and Historical Essays on the Forms of the Short Poem in English, A. Swallow, 1967.
- (Compiler with Kenneth Fields) Quest for Reality: An Anthology of Short Poems in English, Swallow Press, 1969.
- The Selected Letters of Yvor Winters, Swall Press/Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 2000.
Work represented in many anthologies, including Robert Frost: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by James Melville Cox, Prentice-Hall, 1962; A Dial Miscellany, edited by William Wasserstrom, Syracuse University Press, 1963; and The Structure of Verse: Modern Essays on Prosody, edited by Harvey Seymour Gross, Fawcett, 1966. Contributor to Poetry, New Republic, MS, Hudson Review, Dial, Transition, American Caravan, Modern Verse, New Mexico Quarterly, Southern Review, American Literature, Kenyon Review, Sewanee Review, American Scholar, Arizona Quarterly, and other publications. Co-editor, Gyroscope, 1929-30; western editor, Hound and Horn, 1932-34.
Further Reading
- Bogan, Louise, Selected Criticism: Prose, Poetry, Noonday, 1955.
- Comito, Terry, In Defense of Winters: the Poetry and Prose of Yvor Winters, University of Wisconsin Press, 1986.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale, Volume 4, 1975, Volume 8, 1978, Volume 32, 1985.
- Davis, Dick, Wisdom & Wilderness: the Achievement of Yvor Winters, University of Georgia Press, 1983.
- Deutsch, Babette, Poetry in Our Time, Columbia University Press, 1952.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 48: American Poets, 1880-1945, Second Series, Gale, 1986.
- Glicksberg, C. I., American Literary Criticism, 1900-1950, Hendricks House, 1951.
- Hyman, Stanley Edgar, The Armed Vision, Knopf, 1948.
- Isaacs, Elizabeth,, An Introduction to the Poetry of Yvor Winters, Swallow, 1981.
- Matthiessen, F. O., Responsibilities of the Critic, Oxford University Press, 1952.
- McKean, Keith F., The Moral Measure of Literature, A. Swallow, 1961.
- Moore, H. T., editor, The World of Lawrence Durrell, Southern Illinois University Press, 1962.
- Nemerov, Howard, Poetry and Fiction: Essays, Rutgers University Press, 1963.
- Powell, Grosvenor, Language as Being in the Poetry of Yvor Winters, Louisiana State University Press, 1980.
- Pritchard, John Paul, Criticism in America, University of Oklahoma Press, 1956.
- Whittemore, Reed, The Fascination of the Abomination, Macmillan, 1939.
- American Quarterly, fall, 1967.
- Bookman, June, 1928.
- Centennial Review, fall, 1970.
- Commonweal, October 20, 1967.
- Criticism, fall, 1968.
- Hudson Review, summer, 1968.
- Nation, February 20, 1937.
- New Republic, July 12, 1943, March 2, 1953, March 2, 1968.
- New Statesman, September 24, 1960.
- New York Review of Books, February 29, 1968.
- New York Times Book Review, August 24, 1947.
- Partisan Review, summer, 1968.
- Poetry, August, 1958.
- South Atlantic Quarterly, April, 1951.
- Southern Review, winter, 1969.
- Spectator, July 1, 1960.
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Poems By YVOR WINTERS
- "Aere Caliginoso"
- "The Fragile Season"
- A Nocturne for October 31st
- A Requiem for the Memory of Bees
- A Song ("These walls are brown...")
More poems by Yvor Winters (60 poems)
- A Summer Commentary
- An Epitaph for the American Dead
- An Ode ("This was our heritage...")
- At the San Francisco Airport
- At the Site of the Murphy Cabin
- Ballad ("I sat alone...")
- Ballad of Men
- Chicago Spring
- Concerning Blake
- Death Goes Before Me
- Defense of Empire
- God of Roads
- Hawks' Eyes
- In Praise of California Wines
- John Sutter
- Lament, Beside an Acequia, for the Wife of Awa-Tsireh
- Late Winter
- Little Rabbit
- Monodies
- Montezuma
- Moonlight Alert
- Much in Little
- Night of Battle
- Old Spring
- On a View of Pasadena from the Hills
- On Teaching the Young
- On the Mesa
- On the Portrait of a Scholar of the Italian Renaissance
- Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight
- Song for a Small Boy Who Herds Goats
- Static Autumn
- The Dry Year
- The Fable
- The Far Voice
- The Immobile Wind
- The Journey
- The Little Deity Alone in the Desert
- The Moralists
- The Old Weep Gently
- The Priesthood
- The Schoolmaster and the Queres of the Mines
- The Schoolmaster at Spring
- The Schoolmaster Writes to a Poet
- The Silent Days
- The Slow Pacific Swell
- The Solitude of Glass
- The Upper Meadows
- The Walker
- Time and the Garden
- To a Young Writer
- To Emily Dickinson
- To the Holy Spirit
- Two Songs of Advent
- Where My Sight Goes
- Wild Horses
Articles By YVOR WINTERS
- It is Life; It is Not an Ivory Tower
Letters to a Young Poet.
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CLINTON — Further discussion involving the Local Options Sales Tax (LOST) referendum and Capital Improvements tax levy headlined the Clinton City Council and Committee of the Whole meetings Tuesday.
The council decided to approve a motion to allow the decision to allocate the funds to be made by the public in a vote on Nov. 5.
Also included on the Nov. 5 ballot will be the ability to levy the Capital Improvements tax levy. With the voters approval, it will state the purpose, amount and the duration of the levy.
The council knows how difficult of a sell it will be to voters, but with a $23 million sewer work mandate looming for 2018, the city needs to find a way to pay for the work.
Mayor Mark Vulich made it clear to the council that he would not allow the city to raise any more taxes for residents to pay for the sewer work, but knows the options are becoming slim.
"I think we have a very uphill battle here," Vulich said. "It's going to be a hard sell."
Councilman John Rowland agreed with Vulich but added that the council needed to reach out to the public to see how they felt about the future of the mandated sewer work.
"They want to be involved in making big decisions...well here's a big decision," Rowland said.
If the vote is passed, the 50 percent of the current LOST funds associated with sewers, storm sewers and streets will be used to pay back more than $20 million the city will need to borrow for the sewer repairs.
According to City Administrator Jessica Kinser, by taking away that 50 percent "effectively means we have defunded the pavement management program."
In a letter to Vulich, Kinser referenced the city's continued priority for street repairs, citing that as a major reason to request the voters to allow all of the LOST funds to be used for sewers, streets and storm sewers.
"If none of those options pan out, we need to have a serious conversation about the franchise fee," Kinser said.
Although the future lies within the hands of Clinton voters, the council made it clear that further taxation is not an option.
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Threat made toward Olympic High School
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The teen arrested and charged for making threats against his school says he did no wrong.
Tristan Lloyd, 16, spoke with NBC Charlotte after his release from jail.
"I didn't do it because there was another person involved," he said.
Lloyd says the threats were made on a graphing calculator used in his algebra class. According to Lloyd, the author of the message stated he was going to "bring a gun to school and shoot everyone in the cafeteria, and it was going to be worse than Sandy Hook."
CMS reports a student alerted a teacher to the threat and the teacher called police Thursday afternoon.
Lloyd says he used the calculator in first period, and believes someone from another period left the message. Lloyd says the class-issued calculators are used by many students. In fact, he says it was being used to bully him at school.
"It said you are stupid, dumb you are crazy… the next one said, he was going to kill me."
He thinks he is being targeted by students because he is bi-sexual. He is also a 16-year-old freshman, who was held back several years because of a learning disability.
His father, Cecil, is demanding a full investigation saying it is far from complete.
"These are calculators the school has now and anyone can use. The person who wrote this message is still in that school, and the parents need to know this," he said.
Police are standing by the investigation. A spokesperson for the department says numerous students were interviewed as part of the investigation. Police says Lloyd confessed to leaving the threat as a prank. He tells us, it isn't what happened.
"I confessed because they pushed me, they were saying you are a liar you are not telling the truth. I did not do it at all, they pressured me, I didn't know what to do and I stuttered and said something. I said I did it because I wanted to get rid of them," says Lloyd.
Lloyd has been charged with misdemeanor communicating a threat, and felony making a false report of mass violence at a school.
Extra security was on hand Friday at Olympic High School. The district says at no time were students in danger.
Lloyd is due back in court on Monday. His parents have scheduled a meeting with school administrators and staff to discuss the incident and his future at the school.


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By KATE COIL
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
TAZEWELL, Va. —
Approximately 100 people attended the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors to discuss the implications of a new amendment to the county's animal control ordinance Tuesday regarding the prohibition of nuisance barking.
The board opted not to vote on the ordinance in light of the volume of comments on the ordinance and said they would vote during the February meeting. The ordinance would update some terminology in the county's ordinance as well as clarify animal cruelty, adoption and animal care related to laws already in place under the Code of Virginia.
Local attorney Eric Whitesell, who also drafted the ordinance, made a presentation to the board including playing audio clips of barking dogs he said interrupt the tranquility of Tazewell County.
"These people are victims of irresponsible dog owners," he said. "It is the same as school yard bullying. It disrupts the peace and has a victim: the tax-paying resident of Tazewell County. The responsibility of owning a dog is not buying a dog, attaching it to a chain and leaving it in the yard. This ordinance exempts hunting dogs while they are hunting, agriculture dogs used for herding and guarding livestock, and for training dogs."
Whitesell said county residents could bring a civil suit against the owners of barking dogs but he felt protecting the peace is the "purpose of the government." Whitesell said the cost of a private lawsuit to a citizen would be a minimum of $10,000 and could spend months in the courts. Eastern District Supervisor Charles Stacy said several residents had mentioned to him concerns that county law enforcement would be distracted from protecting homes and businesses in favor of handling nuisance barking complaints. Whitesell responded by stating residents could record the barking on their own and that nuisance barking would be enforced at an officer's discretion.
Betty Wallace of Tazewell, Va., is a dog owner but is in favor of the ordinance.
"We cannot have friends over because of the noise and the smell," Wallace said. "I have my dog trained. He will let us know that someone is at the door, but beyond that he doesn't bark."
Gary Shrader of Tip Top, Va., said he owns eight dogs and rescues them from abuse.
"These dogs were not properly socialized, but they are turning into good dogs," Shrader said. "The reason I am here is because my neighbor had a dog tied up in a cage, it's aggressive and when it gets loose it attacks other dogs and people. This is what this nuisance ordinance is about. It is not about dogs barking when someone is walking up the road. This is for when the dog is being neglected. We attempted to talk with neighbors and my reward was a no trespassing notice."
However, many residents said they felt the nuisance barking ordinance would do more harm than good. Bill Buck of Richlands, Va., felt the ordinance was violating the rights of dog owners.
"I can tell you he doesn't own a dog," Buck said. "My neighbor's dog woke me up two months ago, but I was glad because there was a man trying to steal from my wife's car. There are fellows in this room who love our dogs and who love our peace, too. I like to keep my dogs under control. We are responsible dog owners and take care of our dogs as good as we do as our families. We spend money in this county buying tags, buying dog food and we shouldn't have one neighbor who tells us whether or not our dogs can bark."
Leroy Long of Tazewell, Va., also disagreed with the ordinance.
"I moved here in 1980 and I feel very blessed to be able to live in this community," Long said. "I vehemently disagree with what Mr. Whitesell had to say. I take an exception to being called a bully because I am a dog owner. Being a dog owner is a responsibility but is also a right. I know 90 percent of the gentlemen here tonight are hunters who take care of their dogs. I would also like to say we are talking about a noise ordinance. I choose to live in the county because it is a rural agricultural area. I accept this noise as part of the community in which I live. It is just the way things are. I chose to live here, so I accept that. The next step is enacting a mooing cow ordinance or a crowing rooster ordinance. We have to make sense." Kim Richards of Bandy, Va., said his dog is a house dog and does bark on occasion.
"I went to my neighbors to ask them if my dog was bothering them, and they said they thought their dogs were bothering us," Richards said. "The people who have proposed this don't have dogs. Our police force has more important things to do in this county than chase down barking dogs. We have children screaming because they are being beaten that neighbors turn away from, but they are angry about barking dogs. My dog may be a nuisance, but that is none of my neighbor's concern."
After being ceded two minutes from his wife, Whitesell spoke to rebut some of the concerns expressed, saying the ordinance was more focused on nuisance than prohibiting all dogs from barking.
"I have nothing against dogs and nothing against dog owners as long as they have due regard for the constitutional rights of others," Whitesell said. "Right now I can't hear the sound of cows mooing and roosters crowing because of all the dogs barking. It goes on for hours and you don't hear anything else. It's not right."
Northwestern District Supervisor Seth White said with or without the ordinance the sheriff's department can already investigate cases of animal cruelty and said he was certain the sheriff's department would be willing to investigate any incidents of cruelty.
The board also unanimously passed the second memorandum of understanding with Bluefield College regarding the new dental college to be built at the Bluestone Regional Business and Technology Park.
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This week, I spent a day wandering around SoHo with nothing but a pen, notepad, camera and mind full of questions for street vendors: Do they enjoy working outdoors? What if a vendor needs a lunch or bathroom break? What are their relationships with the law like? Passing by countless snack stands, I was determined to speak with artistic vendors, hoping to uncover details such as these.
Pepe was the first vendor I encountered. He and his wife, Eva, (who was home painting, so I didn't get to meet her) emigrated from Amsterdam five years ago. They both make artwork using paint, steel, crystals, wood, stone and resin, and named their stand "Studio Marmalade," to reflect their appreciation of mixing mediums. Every night they pack up all of the artwork into the stand, with its hidden trolley underneath, and wheel the load back to their apartment on the Lower East Side.
I asked Pepe if the challenges involved with vending – manual labor, limited space and advertising capabilities, weather issues — are worth it to him. His face went from bubbly to stern. "To be clear, I do this by choice." He sells various pieces through galleries in Europe for extra money and exposure, but enjoys being on the sidewalks day after day. "I like being outside because it's more lively. I love watching peoples' faces as they walk by and seeing their reactions to our work. It's the best feeling."
During our discussion, Pepe excused himself to use the restroom. Two things struck me about this. Firstly, his mere gesture to the surrounding vendors before leaving his stand unattended without a worry was surprising. Being 5'1 and not particularly beefy, I was feeling pretty ill-equipped to defend his thousands-of-dollars-worth of artwork (his street pieces range from $35 – $5,000). I hoped he wouldn't be gone for long, wherever he was going to go find a public restroom. But then a second point caught my attention, interrupting my worries: He casually walked right into the imposing high-end retail store that sits about ten feet away from his stand – apparently he was going to use their bathroom?
Indeed, he was. When Pepe returned, he explained that the ritzy store loves him. "I attract people here for my artwork, and I get more customers from their visitors. It's a win-win situation." The store's employees will even welcome him inside for an air-conditioned break. According to Pepe, its management wants to keep the existing vendors around, aware that other businesses down the block have asked him to consider moving his stand closer to them.
Still curious about my first observation, I asked Pepe how he could desert his possessions, leaving them unattended when he walked away. He explained that when one person wants a drink or a bathroom break, the others will guard that person's stand. "That's one of the best parts about being so close [to the other vendors]. We all look out for one another." I could feel the sense of comradery among the vendors — the laughing, joking and mingling. Pepe recommended I go check out his friend Paul's (name has been changed) stand next, and I was enthused, having eyed Paul's pieces while chatting with Pepe.
I walked a few feet and approached Paul, the man with neon genie pants. Like Pepe, Paul's stand is a two-person affair. He runs it with a friend, who is a Vietnam War veteran. Because Paul's goods – consisting of oversized gemstone rings and beaded necklaces – are legally categorized as "jewelry" and not "artwork," Paul needs a Vending License. In New York City, unless you are lucky enough to be chosen from a lottery, only war veterans can obtain licenses. Therefore, non-veteran aspiring vendors often team up with veterans for their permits. Pepe needs no such license because his products are "artwork," and are protected by the 1st Amendment Right to Freedom of Expression, whereas jewelry falls under "merchandise," even if it is handmade and visually unique.
Feathers dangling from his long hair, Paul showed off some of his favorite pieces. I'm not sure how he managed to do it without three hands, but he modeled a few rings for me – a freshly-rolled cigarette in one hand, tea in the other. Paul, like other jewelry-makers, regards his work to be artistically valuable, although it is legally considered to be "merchandise" and not "art". Having been arrested twice this past week, Paul is constantly on the watch for police officers. Because they ask to see permits on a daily basis, it's important to have veterans around. He explains, " Cops hide behind parked cars to see if the licensed veteran or the 'other guy' (real jewelry maker) is selling the goods." If an officer sees a non-veteran making a sale, there's a good chance an arrest is coming, on the grounds that the jewelry-maker is the real owner of the stand and is unlicensed.
Next Next, I spoke to another vendor on the block, Enrique, of Dirty Jewelry. Enrique makes one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces that range in price from $150 – $450, and sells about 6 items on the average day, mostly to tourists. Enrique is in the same situation as Paul – he has a licensed veteran (who wished to remain anonymous) there at all times to whip out a permit when officers come and ask to whom the stand belongs. Given the touchiness of these legal topics that could potentially destroy a vending business, I was very careful to make sure that the vendors were okay with the publicity. Enrique was bold, urging me to use his real name in the article and hold no information back. "Nothing I am doing is wrong. I pay taxes on my profits – plenty of taxes. I make beautiful jewelry and I work with a permitted veteran."
Although the majority of the jewelry vendors I met expressed pride and integrity in their businesses, all except Pepe — the one who didn't need a license to sell — insisted on speaking with me in privacy, away from the stand. If an officer were to see a reporter speaking with a jewelry maker, he or she may have reason to assume that the stand primarily belongs to the jewelry-maker, and not the permitted veteran. Still, most vendors were willing to share information with me, knowing that I was going to publish. In practice, many officers avoid making arrests on grounds concerning the relationship between a stand's veteran and merchandise creator due to the lack of legal clarity in this area. Still, there are occasional crackdowns, warnings and arrests (like Paul's) depending on the neighborhood and officers' interpretations of the laws.
This cautious attitude that most vendors have reflects the grey areas in the vending world. The difference in legal requirements among vendors is one point of tension: Food vendors need two permits (Vending License and permit from the Dept. of Health), merchandise vendors one, and artists none. Obtaining a license poses another issue: They're difficult – nearly impossible – to get as a non-veteran in New York City. Because females make up less than 10% of the veteran population, this statute inherently favors males. It also forces merchandisers who want to sell but aren't veterans, and veterans, who hold the power to obtain a [free] license, to engage in dubious behaviors and alliances.
Great stuff Rachel!
It's no secret that vendors make the best deals in Soho. After visitors to our fair city from all over the world have found they can't afford any of Soho's super-expensive shops ( prices inflated by the high rents as well as salaries of salespeople), they check out the vendors where they can find affordable, unique souvenirs or cool things to buy from emerging artists, designers, jewelers or five dollar umbrella salesmen. Vendors humanize the streets. Since the city has stopped giving out licenses to all but veterans, it becomes necessary for to hire a veteran to run the shop and greet the police checking licenses. One doesn't need a license to sell on the net, so why on the streets of New York? Why this legal harassment and bullying of New York's bravest, tiniest still independent merchants? Want to practice the ancient art of bargaining? Want to talk to a human being? Visit the vendors of Soho.
"Hurt the other businesses?" What about the the other businesses hurting them? Why pick on the smallest of the small? "Too many could overcrowd streets." Why not object to overcrowding on 34th Street from Macy's during Christmas time? "Also, without any license requirements, anyone could sell on the streets and a lot of fraud could occur." Anyone can sell on Ebay, Etsy, Facebook, etc. etc. without a license. Anyone can sell in a store, street fair or flea market without a license. Why do you assume that licenses control fraud or that people selling without paying a landlord have any less integrity than people who pay them huge sums? Fortunately, not everybody has fallen victim to the indoor peddler's (store's) brainwashing war against the outdoor peddlers, or there would be no Soho vendors.
Interesting insights into the veterans permit scam.
What was not emphasized in the article is that these parasites are making a killing (Enriqure admits to making between at least $250,000 to $500,000 a year) and NOT a single one:
collects sales tax to pay for our kids' schools, our roads, our police and firemen, etc.;
pays rent;
offer refunds or issue receipts as is required by law;
provide unemployment or workmen's benefits;
pay income tax to support our country's and its citizens' needs, etc, etc,
They clog our congested sidewalks; scam the system and then like, Thelma Blitz, try to justify their parasitic behavior.
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The NFC East stands as one of the toughest divisions, top to bottom, and there are not a lot of quality sleeper candidates with so many established stars.
Redskins suffer loss with OL Williams out
The Redskins are facing an OL picture without Mike Williams, who was an unexpectedly strong contributor inside last season.
Reports: Redskins OL Williams likely out for season
Redskins OG-OT Mike Williams, who was to contend for a starting job at right guard, is expected to miss the 2010 season due to blood clots near his heart, The Washington Post reported Friday night, citing "two people familiar with ...
Snyder not culprit in Haynesworth mess
Daniel Snyder has repeatedly thrown good money after bad, writes PFW's Hub Arkush, yet he's not the bad guy in the Albert Haynesworth dispute.
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The Lions made it public that they have no intention of dealing for DT Albert Haynesworth, and our sources say they never came close to a trade.
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Reports suggest that the Redskins are one of the teams that are interested in acquiring disgruntled Chargers WR Vincent Jackson, but that interest might have changed following Jackson's three-game suspension.
Redskins CB Westbrook acquitted of drunken driving
Redskins CB Byron Westbrook, the brother of free-agent RB Brian Westbrook, has been acquitted on all charges from a February arrest for suspicion of drunken driving.
Haynesworth says he'll be at training camp
After having missed all of the team's offseason activities thus far, disgruntled Redskins DL Albert Haynesworth says he plans to show up for training camp despite his ongoing unhappiness with the team.
As forecast, Haynesworth signing backfiring on 'Skins
Despite numerous warnings about the dangers of signing Albert Haynesworth last year, Redskins owner Daniel Snyder did so anyway. Now Snyder must deal with the mess Haynesworth has created in Washington.
Saints trade OT Brown to Redskins
The Saints traded OT Jammal Brown to the Redskins on Saturday for a 2011 draft pick, Saints executive vice president and general manager Mickey Loomis announced in a team-issued statement on Saturday.
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Morgan is running, and even sprinting, again on the surgically repaired right leg that limited him to only five games in 2011 for the NFC West champions.||||||| Morgan broke a bone in his lower leg Oct. 9 against Tampa Bay, had surgery to have screws inserted and was placed on season-ending injured reserve. While Morgan is set to become a free agent, coach Jim Harbaugh has said the team plans to bring him back for next season.
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With depositions continuing concerning the litigation between Bridgewater Township and the Al Falah Center regarding the center's efforts to renovate a former inn as a mosque, the council approved a resolution Thursday to hire more professionals in the township's defense.
The township opted to authorize a contract with Dennis Kowal, of Dennis Kowal Architects, for an amount not to exceed $28,000.
Township attorney William Savo said the costs will be paid for by the township's insurance company that is already paying for the defense. "The team evaluated the Redwood Inn, but they need an estimator," he said.
The litigation process has been continuing for more than a year, since the Al Falah Center filed suit against the township, planning board and township council in April 2011.
The suit is seeking to require the town to allow the Al Falah Center to move forward with plans to renovate the former Redwood Inn on Mountain Top Road to be used as a mosque and community center.
The plan for the mosque was brought before the planning board in February 2011, but was sent over to the zoning board after the township approved a zoning ordinance that requires houses of worship and other buildings to have entrance on major roads, of which Mountain Top Road is not one.
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A classic Seuss book introduces toe-tapping babies to the concept of opposites with colorful illustrations and such memorable text as, "Wet foot, dry foot/Low foot, high foot." For children under three.
Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, and the world of children's literature was changed forever! In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of Random House's best- selling series, Beginner Books. This popular series combined engaging stories with outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basic reading skills. Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped kids learn to read.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards, Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children's books, some of which have been made into audiocassettes, animated television specials, and videos for children of all ages. Even after his death in 1991, Dr. Seuss continues to be the best-selling author of children's books in the world.
Seems the latest trend in baby showers is to select your favorite childhood book to give to the baby, instead of spending money on a card. Nice idea that immediately fills the bedtime story library. I remembered this particular Dr. Seuss's book being a personal treasure since I had big feet as a kid. Thankfully I grew into my "paws" but this book made feet fun.
My 6 yr old grnddaughter noticed right away the words were different than her book @ school. It was her favorite Dr. Seuss book that was why I got it for her as a gift. The description should have stated it was small and cardboard like a baby book and that the words were not origional to the "story".
This book was smaller than I thought, but it is still a good size board book for my 2 year old son. He loves it when I read it to him every night. Hopefully he'll learn his Left Foot from his Right Foot pretty soon.
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All in his feet
When it comes to being more accurate as a passer, Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder says it all starts with his feet.
This comes courtesy of Ponder, who talked about his accuracy issues of the past week – particularly in the Washington game Sunday – with the media. He talked specifically about passes he missed to tight ends Kyle Rudolph and John Carlson and the pass intended for wide receiver Michael Jenkins that was intercepted by Madieu Williams and returned for a score.
"The one I threw short to Kyle, I flipped my feet around and I should have just stayed on the run and threw off-balance," Ponder said. "I had a missed throw to John Carlson on a little corner route that I didn't really set my feet. It's all footwork. ... The one to Jenkins I was hitching up because I was looking left and he was on the right and I never got my foot all the way to the right and that's why I kind of dropped the ball and it sailed on me."
Ponder has four interceptions in his last two games.
"I think when I get myself in trouble is when I get to the top of my drop and just kind of hop there and sit back there rather than moving forward," Ponder said. "I definitely make a lot of my better throws when I move forward and that's something I've got to continue getting better at, making that a habit rather than hopping at the top of my pocket. That's what I did in college and got away with it. Obviously the ends are rushing upfield a lot more and they're a lot better (in the NFL). So I've got to keep doing a good job moving forward."
So working on his footwork has become a priority for Ponder.
Postgame snapshot from FedEx Field in Landover, Md., where the Redskins beat the Vikings 38-26.
Good news: The Vikings are not in the NFC East. It's safe to say they'll be glad they won't have to face Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III very often. After a lethargic first quarter, RG3 got into a groove, leading Washington to scores on four straight drives in the second and third quarters. Griffin finished the day 17-for-22 passing for 182 yards. That included a 6-yard touchdown toss to Darrel Young. Griffin also ran the ball 12 times for 139 yards, scoring on a 7-yard run in the third quarter and the electrifying game-sealing 76-yard score with 2:43 left.
Bad news: The Vikings fell apart in the second quarter. Offensively, they had just one first down in three possessions. They were also outgained 115-9 in the quarter. Washington scored 17 unanswered points to take a 17-9 halftime lead. That included a pair of touchdowns just 13 seconds apart. After Alfred Morris delivered a 1-yard touchdown run with 2:27 left before halftime, quarterback Christian Ponder lost a fumble on the next play from scrimmage. The Redskins quickly capitalized with the TD pass to Young. Ponder had a shaky outing. He was 35-for-52 for 352 yards with a 9-yard TD toss to Michael Jenkins midway through the fourth quarter. Ponder also had three turnovers, including an atrocious fourth-quarter interception that former Viking Madieu Williams returned for a score to put Washington ahead 31-12.
Extra point: Truth be told, rookie kicker Blair Walsh didn't make an extra point Sunday. But he did make field goals from 20, 27, 27 and 37 yards. Walsh is now 16-for-17 on field goals this season. He has also produced touchbacks on 23 of his 33 kickoffs.
Next up: The Vikings will host Arizona in Week 7. The Cardinals hosted Buffalo this afternoon and were tied 16-16 in overtime after Jay Feel's 61-yard field goal at the end of regulation.
As the Vikings prepare for Sunday's game with Washington at FedEx Field, we asked Mike Jones, the Redskins beat writer for the Washington Post, to give us his up-close-and-personal scouting report. Here are four things you need to know …
1.Believe the hype. Redskins rookie Robert Griffin III is quickly emerging as a big-time difference maker.
Jones points first to Griffin's 69.1 completion percentage through five games, tops in the NFL. Then there's the fact that the rookie quarterback has thrown only one interception in 139 pass attempts.
Indeed, the intelligence NFL folks raved about before the draft is being shown.
"The way he's been able to read defenses and take care of the ball has been impressive," Jones said. "We knew of his great athleticism and knew he'd be able to make plays with his legs. But there was a question on whether he'd be dangerous right away with his arm. Now he's come out and hasn't been limited in the passing game at all."
Griffin reached 1,000 yards passing in his fourth NFL start, a feat only two other rookies in league history have accomplished. He was also named the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Month in September.
2.That RG3 charm that you've heard so much about over the last year has been well received in Washington.
It's not just Griffin's magnetic smile and natural charisma. He's also shown a superb work ethic and a sincere willingness to learn. That has only heightened the respect he's gained from the Redskins.
"His teammates have embraced him," Jones said. "They all will tell you that even though this kid has become a star overnight, he doesn't act like it. He has a laid-back but confident manner. And that's had guys rallying behind him."
The biggest fear with Griffin is that his ability to make plays on the run will expose him to too many brutal hits. That was evidenced against Atlanta on Sunday when a kill shot from Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon forced Griffin out of the game with a concussion.
A week earlier, the Bengals sacked Griffin six times and delivered countless big hits as Griffin ran a flurry of option plays as well.
Said Jones: "The thing he's still learning is that in college, you could carry out some of those fakes and still make that option pitch and be OK. Well, in the NFL, defenders are so much faster, they're going to get to you sooner. So I think he's learning to not sell those fakes quite as hard."
The beating Griffin has taken has also maybe put the Redskins coaching staff on higher alert.
"Since then they seem to have gone to a much more vanilla approach," Jones said, "much more in line with the traditional Mike Shanahan-Kyle Shanahan offense. So you can guess that they're trying to protect him a little bit more."
3.Running back Alfred Morris has had a surprise breakout as a rookie.
In April, 11 running backs were drafted before Morris was taken in the sixth round with the No. 173 overall pick. Even the reporters in Washington saw an uphill battle for the power back out of Florida Atlantic to make the roster considering the Redskins had Tim Hightower, Roy Helu and Evan Royster in the mix.
"We were thinking Morris was a practice squad guy," Jones said.
Then the preseason arrived. Hightower was slow in recovering from the torn ACL he suffered last October and was eventually released.
Helu was bothered by toe and Achilles tendon injuries. (He's now on injured reserve.) And Royster developed knee soreness that kept him out for spurts.
So an opening was there and Morris pounced to win the starting job.
"He runs hard. He's incredibly physical. He doesn't dance around," Jones said. "He just hits the hole and drives his legs. This is a guy who squats 645 pounds. He has a ton of power and he just doesn't mess around."
RG3 + Morris = jackpot.
"That's two huge building blocks for an offense," Jones said.
4.The Redskins defense has been hindered greatly by injuries.
Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Orakpo was lost for the season in Week 2 with a torn pectoral muscle. Defensive end Adam Carriker also suffered a season-ending injury in that game, tearing the quad tendon in his right leg.
Brandon Merriweather, who was supposed to be the starter at strong safety, injured his left knee in the preseason and has yet to return. And fellow safety Tanard Jackson has been sidelined by a suspension related to his latest violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy.
No wonder the Redskins have had such difficulty defending the pass.
They've allowed an average of 328.6 passing yards per game and 13 touchdowns. Plus they have only eight sacks.
Defensive linemen Stephen Bowen and Barry Cofield have stabilized the defense against the run. But with Orakpo out, Rob Jackson and Chris Wilson haven't supplied nearly the same pass rush from the edge.
And Ryan Kerrigan has drawn added attention on the other side of Washington's 3-4 defense.
"Kerrigan was the Robin to Orakpo's Batman," Jones said. "But now he's having to step up and be the leading pass rusher. And that means he's the one drawing the double-teams now."
Oh, and that familiar face on the back end of the Washington defense? That's nine-year vet Madieu Williams, who spent three seasons with the Vikings (2008-10) but has been just OK for Washington.
"He's a very smart guy," Jones said. "But he's still limited in pass coverage and gets beat on double moves and things like that too often."
The Vikings cleared salary cap space by releasing safety Madieu Williams, restructuring wide receiver Bernard Berrian's contract and releasing left tackle Bryant McKinnie.
But even with those moves the Vikings remain second-to-last in the NFL when it comes to available cap room, according to Pro Football Talk. The Vikings are only $380,000 below the $120 million cap, putting them ahead of the St. Louis Rams ($270,000).
Those are the only teams that don't have available cap room in the millions. The Atlanta Falcons, who are $1.1 million below the cap, are third from last in the league.
Two big issues remain the cap hits of linebacker Chad Greenway ($10.1 million on a one-year franchise deal) and running back Adrian Peterson ($12.775 million in the final season of his rookie contract). That's why it makes sense for the Vikings to get one or both of those players extended as soon as possible.
It would keep the players' happy and create more salary cap room for 2011, just in case that is needed.
MANKATO -- It was 10 years ago today that Vikings right tackle Korey Stringer died of heat stroke following a training camp practice.
The Vikings have painted Stringer's number, 77, on the practice field closest to the stands in Mankato and have planned a moment of silence before today's opening practice of camp. Coach Leslie Frazier talked today about Stringer at a team meeting.
The Vikings also are doing everything in their power to make sure a tragedy like Stringer's death never happens again.
Eric Sugarman, the team's head athletic trainer, addressed players today for about 20 minutes on the issue of proper hydration and what happens if they get dehydrated. That is even more important this year because there are so many new players in camp -- rosters will start at 90 players -- and the Vikings were unable to communicate with players all offseason because of the lockout.
"I show them some studies on if you lose a certain percentage of your body weight then your performance goes down a certain percentage," Sugarman said. "I don't just make it up, it's from studies that have been done. ... Try to educate them on that. Then I go through basically the process of what we do here at Mankato and throughout the course of the season when we're not in Mankato to help these guys fight heat illness and fight dehydration."
After Sugarman spoke to the players, strength and conditioning coach Tom Kanavy addressed the subject of nutrition. Sugarman later spoke to the media about exactly what the Vikings do to not only encourage proper hydration but also how they deal with any potential heat issues that might occur.
This includes using urine testing, having water and Gatorade available just about everywhere a player can look and having some players ingest a pill that enables the Vikings to monitor their core body temperature with a personal digital assistant.
"I can't prevent someone from getting an ACL injury, I can prevent someone from getting heat illness most of the time and that's really important," Sugarman said. "That the first thing I told these guys in my talk today. The second part of that I tell them, 'It is impossible for me to do it without your help.'"
Sugarman said the topic of what happened to Stringer does come up. "You have to," use that as an example, Sugarman said. "It's not to demean or anything. It's a shame that it happened and you don't want for it to ever happen again. ... Coach talked to the team about Korey today."
Single-game tickets to go on sale
Vikings single-game tickets and multi-game packages will go on sale at 9 a.m. Wednesday in person at the team's ticket office at Mall of America Field at the Metrodome. Cash or credit cards will be accepted but no checks.
At 10 a.m. tickets will be available in person at all Midwest Ticketmaster locations, by phone through Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, or via the internet at www.ticketmaster.com.
Single-game tprices range from $39 to $143. Single-game tickets will be available for all preseason and regular season games with the exception of the Green Bay (Oct. 23) game. Anyone buying a ticket to the Packers game also will have to buy one for the Sept. 1 preseason game against Houston. Two-game packages range from $78 - $286.
Williams joins 49ers
Safety Madieu Williams, who was released by the Vikings last week, has agreed to terms with the San Francisco 49ers according to Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com.
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Two months ago in this space, I wrote about the best five players I've seen in the area since becoming the Item's boys basketball writer.
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If Eldon Hoy wasn't already a fan of the 1987 ballad, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," he probably is now.
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When Line Mountain's last game of the season had ended -- a 54-50 loss to North Schuylkill — first-year coach Jeff Lagerman began hearing talk of "Newport."
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Mifflinburg captured its second consecutive Heartland Athletic Conference Division I championship this past weekend. One could certainly argue that the Wildcats grabbed control of the league race with a pair of three-point road wins just 10 days apart in January.
Todd Stanford's column on boys basketball: Aaron's memory lives on
As a member of Milton's boys basketball team from 2001 to 2005, Justin Jarrett won four District 4 Class AAA gold medals -- only three of which are in his possession.
Todd Stanford's boys basketball column: Getting inside their head
It's that time again: Time to look at the season through the eyes of coaches and players.
Banter from the bleachers
A few years back, I wrote a column about the ideal warm-up song for each area team. I caught a little flak for it because people thought it wasn't about basketball per se.
Sterry: keeper of the books
Richard Sterry and Lou Gehrig have a lot in common: Both were midseason replacements who took over and made a particular job their own.
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SHE'LL TAKE MANHATTAN a gifted gothamite maps a master plan for urban self-development Before the blue-green eyes of a chestnut-tressed, twenty-year-old native New Yorker named Sheralee Conners -- as before the unswerving gaze of thousands of female fame-and-fortune-seekers from shore to shore -- Gotham shimmers like a modern-day Xanadu of fifty-storied pleasure domes, antenna-spired TV tabernacles and long-green mansions of high fashion and finance. These naive newcomers to the Unforbidden City ordinarily arrive with little more than a pocketful of hope for a well-padded niche in the fashion, publishing, or communications kingdoms. Sheralee, contrarily, pursues her aspirations with a city-hipness that would leave these Janies-come-lately olive with envy. Perspicaciously, she chases after three simultaneous dreams, on the worldy-wise theory that at least one of them is even money to come true. Hankering to fly high as a big-time thrush, she sings willingly for the nonce as an off-screen oriole in sixty-second TV sales-pitches. One of a lithe-limbed modeling elite, Sheralee labors Dior to Dior in Manhattan's well-groomed world of haute couture. A long-time scholar of cakewalk, charleston and gavotte, she also teaches terpsichore, wants to start a summer camp seminar in the Berkshires for serious students of modern dance. Amidst all this job-juggling, she still manages to steal moments for surf-splashing at nearby Jones Beach; for alfresco listening in Lewisohn Stadium; and for Sunday afternoon canters along Central Park's meandering bridle paths, pursued by galloping huntsmen eager to lead her down the bridal -- or primrose -- path. The end of this long but lively journey into night finds her lampably lamplit and birthday-suited for forty well-earned winks.
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The quotes that stood out to me after Sunday's 2-1 OT loss came from Kevin Constantine and Wade Dubielewicz. KC was asked about the injuries and he said it was the team's "low point of the year" in that regard. Lots of regulars out of the lineup, and it could be that way for the forseeable future.
The other great quote was from Doobie (has anyone else pointed out that the Aeros goalie's nicknames are Doobie and Dobby?) He said that Mike Brennan's OT goal was a one-in-300 proposition. From where I was sitting, that sucker was going three feet wide. But when you have a major problem playing 4-on-4 hockey, those kinds of things are going to happen to you.
Right now the Aeros are a bad 4-on-4 team. That needs to be fixed and fast, because playing with six regulars out of the lineup this week could produce more OT games, especially on the road.
Another troubling trend is the Aeros' home record to this point. They are 11-9-3-0 at Toyota Center. Technically, that puts them over .500 at home, but really, they are 11-12. When someone asks you who won the game, you can't say, "The Aeros did."
The West Division is a grind right now, and Milwaukee is now the overall points leader in the division. In less than three months, they have erased a 15 point deficit to rise to the top. And there are a lot of team right behind them because the Texas Stars have only played well against the Aeros since about Dec. 9 (2-1 against the Aeros, 1-8 against the field).
The Aeros start a stretch Wednesday that will have them on the road for seven of eight.
When they get back from Peoria on Jan. 30, they'll have played one more road game than at home. There will be 31 games left on the slate to close out there, and if they survive the next three weeks, they'll be in a good spot to get into the playoffs.
Milwaukee has the best schedule the rest of the way and should be able to lock up one of the four spots. Texas, I have to believe, will right the ship soon, and will be the other team to get it. As for the other two spots, who knows? The West is very tight from top to bottom and even San Antonio, a team that lost 11 in a row (and 16 of 19!!) at one point, is still very, very much a part of the playoff picture.
The team will be in survival mode this week, the last three games before the All-Star break. Then, just maybe, they'll get a few guys back when the team makes their cross-continent trek over to Abbotsford.
If the Aeros can steal three points against the IceHogs and Marlies this week, a moral victory will be acceptable. After that, though, the clock will be ticking.
Monday, January 11, 2010
View from the Press Box - Aeros 1, Rockford 2 (OT)
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Will we ever win an OT game again?
- January 12, 2010 at 4:17 PM
who knows, but you might be able to watch on Fox...go to aeros.com for details.
THE word reran..;-)funny, eh?
- January 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM
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TRAVERSE CITY — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Buzz Bissinger didn't pick an easy topic when he decided to take his son on a cross-country trip and write a book about it.
His son, Zach, now 29, is a savant who suffered trace brain damage caused by lack of oxygen during his 13-week-premature birth.
The mini-van trip from Philadelphia to Los Angeles that occurred five years ago took two weeks. The book took four years.
Bissinger is the National Writers Series' guest author Tuesday evening at the City Opera House and will talk about his 2012 memoir, Father Days: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son. He also is the author of five highly acclaimed nonfiction books: Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City, Three Nights in August, Shooting Stars, and Father's Day.
The former journalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer received a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting of a story about corruption in the Philadelphia court system.
Bissinger initially thought it might take 18 months to write Father's Day, but he put it aside half-way through the first draft.
"It was lousy," he said. "That kind of writing is close to the bone, and my son doesn't have the defense mechanism to tell me he didn't want something in the book. I worked really hard to get it right. I tried to make it poignant, funny and relied heavily on dialogue."
He also wanted the book to be honest about Zach's reality and his own. Reviewers believe he succeeded. Their descriptions of his honesty ranged from "remarkable," "wrenching" and "brutal," yet also "funny and painful with something that will resonate for every parent."
Bissinger said reader reaction has been strong.
"A lot has been extremely positive, and a lot has come from the parents of special needs kids who thanked me for being honest," he said. "I didn't want to sugarcoat it. I knew that people would have strong opinions about the book and that's how writers should write. Too much writing is soft and needs to take chances."


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Looking for the ultimate Black Friday shopping experience? Consider West Edmonton Mall in Alberta's capital city.
With 800 stores (Minnesota's Mall of America boasts 520), West Edmonton Mall (in Alberta, the province east of British Columbia) is said to be the largest shopping center on the continent and the province's biggest tourist attraction. It's an ideal place to hunt for holiday gifts, including European fashions not easily found in many American malls.


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Wednesdays: July 3; 10; 17; 24; 31, 8:30 -9pm
Night Time Stories
The Children's Garden
Summer nights are a magical and memorable and stories can enhance our experiences. Bring the family and join us for story time in the Children's Garden each Wednesday night this July and August. Suitable for children of all ages. At 9, head to the Great Lawn for SONIC Summer Movie Nights!
Where: Myriad Botanical Gardens
Phone: 445-7080
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Sony Pictures close to deal for film rights to Steve Jobs biography
Sony Pictures is reportedly very close to securing a deal for the film rights to the Steve Jobs biography. The deal Sony is tabling is said to be $1 million against $3 million and that Mark Gordon will be in line to produce the film.
The book which will be called simply Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacsson was initially due for release in November. That date has now been pulled forward and it is set to hit shelves real and virtual on Oct. 24.
Sony Pictures has already made successful films from business related books so should be a good fit for the project. It has already had success with Moneyball and of course, Oscar nominated The Social Network.
Source: Deadline
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So who's gonna play Steve?
no way he'll play steve again....
na, you know who? its the guy right now on sons of anarchy who is playing the d.a.
G.bye Steve jobs
Wow! didn't take long.
We've been talking on Quora since a few days now about the best actor to play Steve http://qr.ae/74f5T
I really wish Pixar got the job.
1 film is not enough to depict the true steve jobs saga. It must came in at least 3 episodes
I honestly think that Luke Wilson should play Steve. I see some similarities when i watch Luke's movies


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These frozen melon-margarita pops are tangy, hand-held treats that make you feel grown-up and kid-like at the same time.
Some fruits and vegetables signal when they're ripe by changing color. But it can be tricky to know when other edibles are ready to harvest. Read our tips to learn when to pick.
The summer heat can bake your plants, causing them to wilt or die. Protect them with a drip irrigation kit that waters your garden even if you're on vacation.
While it's not possible to turn down the thermostat for your outdoor plants, there are a few steps you can take to keep them from baking in the sun.
Raise your curb appeal with a mailbox garden that matches the style and personality of your home.
Ready to beautify your curb with a mailbox garden? The next step is to decide what to grow.
Maintaining a healthy landscape is tricky business when you live in a region prone to drought, but these tips can help.
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Even homeowners in climates with average levels of rainfall can save money and contribute to their environment by conserving water whenever possible.
When the temperatures rise, beat the heat with a container garden planted with cool, refreshing edibles like melons, cucumbers, strawberries, and mint.
Spice up your outdoor spaces with bold, vibrant color, or cool things off with quieter, calmer hues. It all depends on the color of flowers you choose.
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More changeable weather this week - Warm again today, and then COOLER tomorrow and Wednesday, especially.
Highs today likely get close to 70, with a mixture of clouds and sun. Tonight, the cool front gets thru - not a lot of moisture for it to work with, so likely no rain chances. Temps will drop a bit tomorrow morning and the cool breeze will takeover for the first half of Tuesday. Lows Tues in the mid and upper 30s, highs Tues low 60s but will feel cooler than that. Tuesday night, the winds calm down and it gets colder... likely near or below freezing in many spots Wednesday morning...
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Klette Electric: young blood with veteran values
By Melissa Huber, I-O Reporter
Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was once quoted in The News of the World as saying, "My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay . . ."
It is this same belief that has inspired a strong work ethic in Aaron and Mary Klette, founders of Klette Electric, PLLC, who say putting their best foot forward and working diligently were things they learned from their parents and growing up in rural Montana. "Customer satisfaction is paramount in our company," they say, "and we always go the extra mile to ensure that everyone is satisfied with project results."
Gabbard enters race for sheriff
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
If one is good, then four must be great. That's the number of candidates that are vying for the county sheriff's position.
The latest to join the race is 40-year-old Shannon Gabbard, who resides in Valier.
Although he was born in Michigan, Coldwater, Gabbard has spent most of his life in the Big Sky Country.
He has been a deputy with the PCSO for 12 years, and before that he worked at Crossroads Correctional Facility and was a hired hand with the Ninemile Ranger District. He is a high school graduate, and also a graduate of the Montana Law Enforcement Academy.
Bar and grill clean up under discussion
Dupuyer resident Rita Christiaens read her letter addressed to the Commissioners regarding her concern over the Pierre's Bar fire debris, its health hazards, and unsightliness and its effects over the entire community.
Ted and Vickie Beck, property owners around Pierre's Bar and Grill in Dupuyer, were also in attendance to voice their concerns about the hazards of fire debris.