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I love her books and can't wait to read the newest one "Trace"!
I love her books and can't wait to read the newest one "Trace"!
Piel, I love her books but haven't read any for a while now. The one I'm reading now is R by Sue Grafton. Do you read any of Grafton's books?
I LOVE Patricia Cornwell. I never got Blow Fly though, so I don't want to get Trace yet. I'm still missing her first one Postmortem. So I need those three to complete the Scarpetta series. And I need to get Southern Cross too (the second in the Andy Brazil series). I read Hornet's Nest (the first in the Andy Brazil series) and I bought but haven't read Isle of Dogs (the third one because I want to read Southern Cross first! LOL! I read the Scarpetta series all out of order. My favorites are From Potter's Field, Cruel and Unusual and Black Notice.
I've read all of the Scarpetta novels, and one other. I used to be a big fan, but I found the books got rather repetivie after a while. I think they killed off one of her employees in each book. Who would want to work for her?
I use to love her Scarpetta series but stopped reading after about the 5th or 6th one. It became less about CSI and more about her depressing personal life. Once her niece went off the deep end and Kay started down the dismal spiral of not being able to find happiness, I lost complete interest.
I have all of her books except for "Trace" & I've read all of Sue Grafton's (she's one of my favorites) except for "R". Anyone read Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie Brown books? I have all of them too except for the newest "Whisker of Evil". Currently, I'm reading an older Linda Barnes book "Cold Case". Very good. Love Tamar Myers, Nevada Barr, Anne Perry, Julie Smith & Janet Evanovich. Evanovich is hilarious. I do love Stephanie Plum, her heroine.
I always get her books when they hit paperback, and enjoyed the first few hugely. However, I agree that Scarpetta needs a lift in her personal life soon.
Did you read her investigative book about Jack the Ripper? I found that truly fascinating. If you didn't, she used CSI techniques to prove who he was, annoying almost everyone in Great Britain who treat the Ripper as a cottage industry.
The few reviews I've seen of trace seem to imply that "Trace" is a better read than "Blowfly", so I'll probably read it. I just have no interest in who Jack the Ripper was, and the interviews with her in which she was so sure that she had solved this 100 year old crime just convinced me not to read that book. I hope that Trace is back to the style of writing that made the original set of Kay Scarpetta books enjoyable.
In my opinion it is, so I think you'll enjoy it. I'm also a big fan of Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovitch (with a little preference for Stefanie Plum over Kinsey Millhone, she is just so funny). I'm currently reading Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs and I really love it. But it surely doesn't beat Patricia Cornwell.Originally Posted by bronxgirl
Yep, pick me.Originally Posted by merrywidow
I have read Cornwell, Grafton ( a fav), Rita Mae Brown - really like this series.
I really like Jill Churchill's series - very light and entertaining. I believe the first one is Grime and Punishment.
I like the Annie Darling series, Joan Hess and the Magoody series........
I guess I like mysteries.
Hey "Pat C," you're not "Patricia Cornwell" are you?????????
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No. I just read her books, don't write them.
Never realized until you posted that the intials are the same.

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Sunday, February 9, 2014
By the time you are reading this, I hope you will have recovered from any ill effects - frustrations, damage, or even relationship stress caused by Winter Storm Leon. Like many, I lost income, had long treks across town, used up half of my winter feed for my critters and even am grieving a broken crepe myrtle or two, broken from the weight of the ice. Feel very blessed. I'd love to hear about your experiences, and especially creative ways you entertained the children while out of school. About that - bear with me as I express an opinion - our community was ridiculed from outside and even from within - "over-reacting," closing schools before a drop had fallen, carefully monitoring roads and bridges, and emptying grocery shelves. But I commend our leaders because they prevented frightening, life threatening hardships as were faced in Alabama and Atlanta. It is traumatic to have to keep warm in your stuck car - or school bus - all night. I pray all are ok. And that many lessons about being prepared and self sufficient were learned.
Dear Liz,
We had the scare of our life, driving several cars behind those hit by ice on the Ravenel bridge. It happened so fast and out of nowhere. Luckily we cleared the bridge and made sure officials were notified and had our statement of what we saw. The problem is, not only are my kids now scared to go back over the bridge, I am too. Suggestions?
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Dear "Close Call,"
That had to have been terrifying. It is scary enough to be involved in a wreck, or to witness one. But this was a unique cause and effect...hard to know when you are finally in the clear. Post Traumatic Stress can be triggered by 1. Fear that you or loved one could die (and the length of that risk); 2. Sudden frightening event; 3. Fear of injury 4. Long or short term risk --and depends on the emotional wellness of the person involved. What you and your children are experiencing is normal, but if exaggerated fear lingers more than a few weeks, I'd seek some assistance with a licensed professional who deals with PTSD. Some simple things to try - 1. Armed with crayons, markers and paper have each of you draw the event, then share what you drew and how you felt. You can make this project as artistically complex as the abilities and interests of your family. 2. Gather facts about the event, the bridge and what transportation and law enforcement will be doing to make sure this doesn't happen again. You may even arrange for the children to meet with such officials and prepare questions in advance. Share what you learn in a family meeting. 3. Have a field trip to the bridge and have a picnic near or under it at Waterfront Park in Mt. Pleasant. If this generates too much anxiety, have the picnic as far from the bridge as needed, but where you can see it. Keep moving closer. Do not minimize the children's fears because what happened was real. Let them talk about it as much as they need to - you too. Many of these same kinds of interventions are helpful in the aftermath of any emergency or traumatic event. Please don't try to handle it alone. There is a lot of help available - and the sooner you seek it, the easier it is to remedy. Lastly, prayer is a wonderful thing. Apply it liberally. Teach your kids how to talk to God. All the time. So glad you are otherwise safe. Best wishes to any and all involved with an unfortunate events from the storm. Try also to focus on the humorous aspects. Like now called "ninja Jim Cantore" from the Weather Channel, here in Charleston covering the storm - which was both funny and scary at the same time. (Google it if you missed his self defense move on a student out to interrupt a live shot at the College of Charleston). I'll never forget it.
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When the child can sit it will do it on the chicken, and later stand and walk on it. When used as a step stone the advantage is the fact that it does not slide. Another benefit is that the material is soft, which makes it nice to use even with bare feet. When the rocking function is used it is demanding for the balance, but just to stand on it will also place a demand on the musculature/stability of the foot. Subsequently the chicken has a very usable see saw function, since it lies very stable and secure, easy to control and has a good angle in relation to the stretch/movement of the ankle joint.
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The Columbian High School Quiz Bowl team lost to Findlay High School, 37-24 in round four Saturday at the OAC 2013 Northwest Regional Tournament at Calvert Catholic High School.
Sixteen teams from Northwest Ohio competed. Columbian went 2-2, after a loss to Bowling Green High School.
The team, made up of Scott Bryant, Chris Daniel, John Obringer, Dylan Knaplund, Hunder Stark, Nathaniel Gilmore, Nate Ramdell, Katie Repp and coach Len Donaldson.
"I am proud of my guys and gal and their efforts," Donaldson said. "They represented Columbian well."
Senior Chris Daniel, captain of the team, said, "(We) are happy to have this opportunity. It was a great experience."
"We want to thank our coach, Mr. Donaldson. With being his first year we were unsure how it would go. With the 7 a.m. practices it was worth it," Daniel said.
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Seneca East tops junior high competition
The North Central Ohio ESC Junior High Academic Challenge was April 12 at First Lutheran Church in Tiffin.
More than 100 7th and 8th graders from Tiffin Middle School, Bridges Community Academy, Calvert, Fremont Middle School, Hopewell-Loudon, Mohawk, New Riegel, Old Fort, St. Wendelin and Seneca East participated in the tournament.
Seneca East was first, followed by St. Wendelin at second and Tiffin was third.
Dublin Scioto High School took first place, follwed by Blowing Green with second and Findlay took third.


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LISBON - Investigators continued Tuesday to investigate a shooting Monday afternoon which killed a state Route 45 woman and left her 5-year-old grandson injured with head wounds.
The woman has been identified as Melinda Todd, 43, and the boy as Cole Tyler Reed.
Monday afternoon, the boy was transported to Salem Community Hospital and flown to Akron Children's Hospital where he underwent surgery.
Chris Milsom, a grandfather of the boy, said Tuesday night the boy was in "very critical" condition and had been baptized at the hospital that evening. Milsom, who had just returned from the hospital, said any reports the child had died are erroneous, although the left side of the boy's head was "shot off."
"I hope everyone is praying for him," Milsom said. "He's critical, but he's a tough little guy."
Milsom identified his stepson as the boy's biological father, but said the father has not been in the boy's life. Despite that, Milsom said the boy's father was released from jail Tuesday due to his son battling for his life in Akron. The grandfather credited the staff at Akron Children's Hospital with giving the boy the best care and said he has hopes the sheriff's department can track down the person responsible for the killing of Todd and injuries to the boy.
Milsom has spoke with investigators himself, reportedly telling them about two green vehicles which had been at the home. The first he described as a green SUV was there on Sunday when he and his wife dropped off Cole at Melinda's home.
"There was a guy there with nasty tattoos, who wouldn't even look at my wife," Milsom said.
Secondly, Milsom said another person saw a man with a three-day beard in a four-door, green car, possibly a Chevrolet, "beating the crap out of the steering wheel" and talking on a cell phone in the area of Melinda Todd's home on Monday. When the man saw someone watching him, he reportedly took off at a high rate of speed.
Sheriff Ray Stone said Tuesday the department was looking initially for a green SUV on Monday, but had already started on other leads. He had four investigators continuing to follow up on leads and reinterview people throughout the afternoon on Tuesday.
Investigators from the Ohio Bureau of Identification and Investigation continued to look for evidence at the house, located at the intersection of state Route 45 and Salmar Drive.
Both Stone and the county coroner's office refused to identify the victims of the shooting at this time. Stone said he wanted to be certain all family members have been notified by the coroner's office before any confirmation could be made. Various news media outlets identified the two early in the day Tuesday.
WKBN reported a 911 call came from a neighbor's house where two small girls ran after discovering the body of their mother. Stone had confirmed a 12-year-old girl had discovered the scene.
"My mother and my brother ... bleeding really bad, too," the voice of a girl reportedly told dispatchers.
Unfortunately, the family has already known tragedy in 2010. Cole is the eldest son of Miranda V. Todd, 24, who was convicted in June of murdering her youngest child, 7-month-old Derek Dennison in 2010. Todd is currently serving 18 years to life in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. An appeal of her conviction is still pending.
Melinda Todd had testified during her daughter's jury trial, stating at one point Miranda Todd had gone out about two weeks after Cole was born and then called Melinda to say she was not coming back. Cole had been raised by his grandmother, who in court said Miranda would come to visit on occasion, but Cole considered her as more of a sister.


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Healing Tender Hearts, a grief group for children ages 12 and older who have lost a family member, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Circle of Daughters Inc., 4263 St. Francis Drive, Athol Springs. The cost is $10. Call Day Cummings at 627-4934 for required registration or information.
The Schofield Adult Wellness Center in the Schofield Residence Nursing Facility, 3333 Elmwood Ave., Town of Tonawanda, will host a free program titled "What You Can Do About Anxiety and Depression" at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Cheryl Eberl, licensed social worker and owner of Wellness Connection, will give a general overview of anxiety and depression, what their symptoms look like in older adults, how to ease them, and share standard treatment protocols. For reservations or information, call 995-3851 or visit www.schofieldcare.org.
A six-week "Living Healthy" program will be hosted by the Schofield Adult Wellness Center. Beginning Thursday, sessions will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. each Thursday through March 28. The program aims to help people who are living with a chronic health condition such as osteoporosis, arthritis, heart disease and diabetes to learn to manage their health condition. For required reservations or information, call the American Red Cross at 878-2371.
The Living Healthy with Kidney Disease support group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the third-floor conference room in Erie County Medical Center, 462 Grider St. All kidney, dialysis and transplant patients, as well as donor families, living donors and supporters, are welcome. For information, call Barbara Breckinridge at 885-7215 or Dan Tomczak at 553-6055.
Free Heart Healthy Month health screenings will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Grand Island Family Practice, 1801 Grand Island Blvd., Grand Island. In addition to cardiac function, blood pressure, EKG, body mass index and carbon monoxide screenings, there will be information on health and wellness. For information, call 278-4300 (option No. 1).
Support groups, and phone numbers to call for information include: Co-Dependents, fellowship of men and women whose purpose it is to develop healthy relationships, 7:30 p.m. today, Trinity Old Lutheran Church, 3445 Sheridan Drive, Eggertsville, 864-0746 or 609-3022; anxiety self-help, 11 a.m. today, participants must be chem-free and refrain from using scented items while in the building, WNYIL, 3108 Main St., 836-0822, Ext. 118; Helpmates, for those who have lost a loved one through divorce, separation or death, 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Salem Lutheran Church, 10 McClellan Circle, 824-2787; Gam-Anon, for family and friends of gamblers, 7 p.m. Thursday, Weinberg Campus, 2700 N. Forest Road, Amherst, 254-4941; Reformers Unanimous faith-based addictions program, 7 p.m. Friday, Hedstrom Baptist Church, 55 Losson Road, Cheektowaga, 818-1012; Alcoholics Anonymous First Step, 8 p.m. Friday, auditorium, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Niagara Falls, 278-4569; Alcoholics Anonymous International Group, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, 278-4569; Narcotics Anonymous, 5 p.m. Sunday, Memorial Medical Center Auditorium, 278-4569.


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Tori Spelling recently spent several days in a Los Angeles hospital, PEOPLE has confirmed. "She was in the hospital for over a week being treated for a severe migraine," a source tells PEOPLE.
A second source adds that she continued to film her new docu-series True Tori throughout her stay.
The actress and her estranged husband Dean McDermott have been trying to work through their issues following McDermott's cheating scandal and stint in rehab.
An additional source close to Spelling said the actress has been in "total crisis mode." "There's just too much pain," the source added. "Tori is very, very upset and angry."
The actress recently expressed gratitude to her fans for their support on her blog.
"I also wanted to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for your unconditional love, positivity and support over the last several months," she wrote. "I'm forever thankful for the support."
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It looks as though we haven't seen the last of the notebooks
battery recalls -- not by a long shot. So far in the past two months, we've
seen recalls from Dell,
Apple, Toshiba,
IBM/Lenovo and Matsushita/Panasonic.
It now looks as though Sony has set up the Global Replacement Program for its defective batteries used in notebook computers.
The company outlined its plan for a Global Replacement
Program for its notebook batteries and again restated the cause of the battery
pack failures. From Sony's press
Sony Corporation will
initiate a global replacement program for certain battery packs that utilize
Sony-manufactured lithium ion cells used by notebook computer manufacturers in
order to address concern related to recent over-heating incidents. Sony always
strives to deliver the highest level of satisfaction to its customers and all
consumers. We believe that this program is in the best interest of both our
customers and all consumers. Sony is discussing this plan with the US Consumer
Product Safety Commission and will coordinate with other government authorities
as required. We will announce details of the program in the near future.
Companies like Dell and Apple are taking a hit from
customers over the recall even though they didn't actually manufacture the
batteries. Sony, which is already fighting off bad press over its PlayStation 3
and Blu-ray now has yet another fiasco on its hands and is ultimate damage
control mode. As for customers, they're left to use faulty batteries as they
wait to receive replacement batteries from their notebook manufacturers -- and some
airlines are throwing their weight around by banning certain notebooks
with Sony-produced batteries. It's a tough situation for all parties
involved, but hopefully within the next few this whole matter will be behind
quote: I notice that Sony hasn't recalled any of its own Vaio batteries, and find it hard to believe that they used this battery for every other manufacturer besides their own. It may very well be a combination of this battery and something that other laptop manufacturers are doing that causes the battery to be unstable.


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For lovers of Design & Lifestyle
Sleeping at the Mountain Hotel Schynige Platte is a special treat: before dinner go for a brief stroll at an altitude of 2000 m.a.s.l. and once more look at the mountain triumvirate Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau which reign in majestic silence after the last train has departed. The only sound one can still discern are the cowbells. Far away, one can see the glittering strips which are the Lakes Biel and Neuchatel.
At dawn, try to get up early and watch the spectacle in reverse: slowly the first rays of light hit the mountains bringing them into focus slowly. What a way to relax and escape the everyday! The hotel is right next door to the more than 100-year-old rack-and-pinion train which makes for an easy transfer.


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The Other side of the Water
Here's a trick for a journalist like me who's stuck for an intro. You can always find a simple and obvious comparison. For example, if you're talking about Irish politics the easiest thing to do is have a look across the water and say, God, what's happening over there is happening here too, or is just about to happen (expenses scandals; three wins on the trot for Bertie's bestest friend in the world Tonee Blair).
And to make it look like your really clever, you can use that most-frayed of quotes from Don Scottus: All comparisons are odious. To excuse the odious comparison that you have made.


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Over the weekend, I saw an article in the Hollywood Reporter (which incidentally likes to quote our very own Catlan McCurdy, like here and here) discussing the copyright dispute over the 1966 Batmobile. Warner Brothers and its subsidiary DC Comics sued the owner of Gotham Garage for trademark and copyright infringement of the Batmobile design. … Continue Reading
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Since the 2006 Transportation Security Administration (TSA)'s ban on liquids in passenger carry-ons, travelers nationwide have faced the issue of getting anything from bottled drinks to expensive skincare tossed in the trash before being allowed to board the aircraft. Combine this with the rising fares of checking bags, bringing liquids on a flight has become an increasingly frustrating and expensive task. That's why a company in the United Kingdom developed a laser scanner that could potentially assess the danger level of liquid containers so passengers may once again carry liquids onboard.
The INSIGHT100, created by Cobalt Light Systems, utilizes laser light to perform a process called Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy, or SORS. The screening begins with a security personnel placing a container inside the machine and letting light do the work. This microscopic scanning method shines certain spectra of light onto the test subject and reads the wavelengths that bounced back to determine if the liquid is deemed potentially dangerous. Because different substances reflect different arrays of wavelengths, the INSIGHT100 is programmed to sort the safe liquids from harmful ones. The library of liquid SORS signatures can also be updated to scan for other substances should authorities want to add new security threats in the future. Still with me? If not, you can watch Cobalt's video demonstration here.
So far, developers report the machine's false alarm rate of less than 1.5 percent, which is rather impressive. The scanner can also see through clear, colored or opaque plastic or glass containers measuring up to three liters, or 0.8 gallons, and is able scan each container within a mere five seconds to maximally expedite the process. While the INSIGHT100 will not be able to determine exactly what kind of liquid is inside the container, this technology could help both passengers and the TSA feel safe about having liquids inside carry-on luggages.
The INSIGHT100 was recently approved by the European Civil Aviation Conference to use as an alarm resolver in conjunction with the required pre-boarding X-ray machines, or as a standalone screener. If the scanner is successful in Europe, we hope to see it make its way to North America in the very near future.
But while passengers may rejoice over this piece of information, retailers may want to rethink their sales strategies. Since the post-9/11 regulations, a new market expanded for companies to create miniaturized products measuring less than 3.4 ounces, the maximum size of liquids allowed onboard. These smaller items generally cost consumers a premium for the relief that their liquid products have been previously measured to guarantee passing through security. Travel accessories companies have also begun to make stylish clear pouches or toiletry sets that are carry-on safe. And of course, let's not forget the high prices of beverages inside airport terminals after the security checkpoint. With the possible introduction of this laser scanner, the INSIGHT100 might just foil the way retailers have been banking on the new regulations.


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Not long ago, I had an interesting meeting with Tim Rodgers, a retired schoolteacher and avid historian who lives in Hubbard.
Tim grew up in a North Bloomfield home in the muck area that was known as Ruetenik Gardens. As a boy and young man, he worked in those gardens until he went off to college. In retirement, he has written an interesting history of that once prosperous area.
Once the swamp was drained, according to Tim's history, it was divided up and rented to individual farmers. They raised potatoes, celery, asparagus, strawberries, spinach, head lettuce and especially onions. At one time, the area was known as the "Onion Patch."
Produce was trucked from the farms, and eventually a railroad siding was built on the Pennsylvania Railroad about a half mile west. As many as 150 loads of produce were shipped in good years. Eventually, the area became known as the Ohio Muck Farming Company.
Martin Ruetenik, from Cleveland, was a director of that company and would sometimes bring his son, Howard, with him when he would come out to visit the operation. Howard had a special interest in agriculture and when 225 acres south of the Ohio Muck became available in 1926, he bought it at sheriff's sale.
Howard immediately got busy getting the soil on that farm ready for planting that spring. He borrowed equipment from his father's Cleveland farm and started the North Bloomfield/Orwell Ruetenik Gardens.
Building a solid road back to the farm was first priority. More land was cleared, drainage ditches dug and permanent drain tile installed. Ruetenik grew onions and carrots on the muck in his early years. Christmas trees were grown on some of his non-muck or upland.
Howard Ruetenik was an agricultural innovator. He designed and built much of his planting, cultivating and harvesting equipment to handle the crops he was growing in the muck soils. He built greenhouses to start celery seed and, after he drilled a high volume water well, put in irrigation lines. In the 1930s he built two large walk-in coolers to store crops.
In 1950, he bought 1,000 acres of land owned by the Ohio Muck Farming Company, which made a farm of 1,225 acres. After making several changes, he expanded his production of onions, carrots and parsnips.
Since he lived and worked at Ruetenik Gardens, Rodgers' history vividly describes what it was like to work on a muck farm. Hundreds of young people worked in what was known as the "Kids Gang." If there was not enough local labor, a bus would bring help up from Warren. You would have worked eight-hour days, six days a week in season, paid hourly or by "piecework." Wages were 25 cents an hour in the 1940s and 50s up to 50 cents in the 60s.
Much of the time you were on your knees weeding crops or harvesting them. Wet muck would stick to your hands and knees. At day's end, you would have to wash and scrape the muck from your knees before going home. When the muck was dry, it was dusty and dirty.
During the 1950s and 60s, every acre of tillable land was put to use. But things were changing. Big refrigerated trucks from California farms would bring in produce on interstate highways year-round. Labor was hard to find because jobs in industry were plentiful and paid more than farm work.
Mother Nature at work was a bigger challenge. Rich, black organic muck disappears about an inch a year. Bloomfield mucks were not what they were at one time.
Sadly, Reutenik Gardens ceased operations in 1975, the passing of a well-run enterprise. A group of investors bought the property to go into aquaculture, but that didn't work out. Today, a company called PVP has several acres in the area and processes perlite and vermiculite.
The story of Ruetenik Gardens and the swamp and muck is a fascinating one. Thanks to Tim Rodgers for putting it together for our interest and historical purposes.
Parker is retired from Ohio State University and an independent writer for the Tribune.


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Top Definition
1. To pardon oneself, as to interrupt or get another's attention;
2. The amalgamation of the words "excuse" and "me", as spoken in urban environments.
2. The amalgamation of the words "excuse" and "me", as spoken in urban environments.
Scume, how much is this radio?
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Although it has probably been accidentally and infrequently used for centuries by uneducated english speakers, this degraded form of "excuse me" came into widespread use in the middle class area of the city of chicopee circa 1993. Scott Reed and his friends apparantly recorded the expression for the first time while creating sounds to import into a computer game they were working on. It has since gone into history as an expression used when immitating a retarded person. The expression can still be heard in it's original dialect in the local "food bag" store near the Chicopee Country Club. The Slushy Artist still chants "Scu me...scu me....scu me" each and every time he pulls the slushy lever.
the original recording: "Scu me why my shed burning?"
Harrison Reed tarafından 29 Mayıs 2004, Cumartesi
what began as an uneducated, ignorant form of "excuse me," the beauty bitches of richmond, va started using the term in excess after hearing it multiple times a day at their mutual place of beauty employment.
scu me, you got any samples?" "scu me, you not cute." "scu me, did i stutter?
harshlove tarafından 7 Aralık 2010, Salı


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Here is a really cool video of Formula One racer David Coulthard introducing Texas and the US to Formula One racing. The new track, going in down by our beautiful international airport south of town, is first class and cost a LOT of money. This video did, too, I am sure.. but shows some gorgeous footage of Austin and the track in progress.
I am not a big fan, but i have to admit this is pretty exciting for the city and the sport, if you're into it.
Edited by puckloo39, 18 August 2012 - 09:19 AM.


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The APWA Board of Directors believes that institutionalizing the diversity concept takes a commitment from all levels of the association. Most importantly, it must be embraced at the top level in order to empower the concept throughout APWA. The concept involves constant introspection and attention to the ways we all communicate and work with one another. APWA needs to be proactive in making sure the APWA leadership will be as diverse as the membership.
Diversity means, "All the ways in which people differ from each other." How we accept and use those differences depends on whether diversity becomes an asset or a liability for APWA and its chapters.
We can either embrace and celebrate diversity and use it to APWA's benefit, or we can fail to recognize the world's demographic future and lose out on valuable resources and contributions to the association.
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Systemwide Events Calendar
Chess Exhibition with WGM Jana KrivecFebruary 9, 4:45pm - 8:00pm
Honolulu Campus, Washington Middle School, 1633 S King St.
Challenge an exceptional female player to a game of chess! Visiting International Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Jana Krivec will be taking on up to 30 players at the same time! This event will be a 'Clock Simul'; participants and Ms. Krivec will both get 45 minutes to start the game and an additional 30 seconds added per move. Open to all ages and skill levels! This event will be taking place on Saturday, 2/9/13 at the Washington Middle School (WMS) Library from 5:30 - 8:00 PM. Registration is from 4:45 - 5:15 PM. Please visit www.hawaiichess.com for more info. Presented by the Chess Club at UH Manoa.
Ticket Information
Cost to participate is $25, of which a portion will go to benefit the WMS and Chess Club at UH Manoa
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|Saturday, February 9
|The Wellness Center - Fitness Class Schedule
Maui Campus, Pilina Bldg., Wellness Center
|University of Hawaii Cancer Center presents XCEL Race Against Skin Cancer
Manoa Campus, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
|Recreational Thrill Craft Operators Safety Educational Course - Oahu
Windward Campus, Hale Alaka'i 101
|Ocean Safety Educational Course - Oahu
Windward Campus, Hale Alaka'i 101
|Words in the World: Literatures, Oratures, and New Meeting Grounds
Manoa Campus, Art Auditorium and the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
|Wow! That's Engineering!
Waipahu High School Cafeteria, 94-1211 Farrington Highway, Waipahu, HI 96797
|Free Commuter Cycling 101 Workshop
Manoa Campus, Moore 112
|Chess Exhibition with WGM Jana Krivec
Honolulu Campus, Washington Middle School, 1633 S King St.
|Taiko Drum and Dance
Manoa Campus, Kennedy Theatre on the Mainstage
| Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Manoa Campus, Late Night at the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre
- Highlighted dates have scheduled events.
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Ongoing Events
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- Lineage : A Family Tree of Printmakers
- The White Rose : nonviolent resistance against the Nazi regime
- Arts Exhibition: Ainu Treasures: A Living Tradition in Northern Japan
- Biggest Loser Challenge
- SAPFB Fall 2013 Funding Applications Available
- Picturing the Ryukyus: Images of Okinawa in Japanese Artworks from the UH Sakama
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pan + cakes = pakes. Clearly pancakes is too long thus creating the shortened version of pake or when in more than one pakes.
Dude Ihop has the most amazing pakes ever.
af eaglecom93 29. juli 2009
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Pronounced "pa-kay". This word is only commonly known in Hawaii. Person who is frugal. Someone who will not make a purchase at an excessive price. A person reluctant to spend money.
He no like buy, because it is not on sale, he so pake, yah? (Hawaiian pidgin English)
af JCL 28. januar 2006
Word used as a sort of ethnic slur in Hawaii to describe a Chinese person. Pronounced paw-kay. May also be used to describe a person who is stingy with his or her money.
"Eh, look at those pakes over dere playing majiang."
"Ho, Jeffrey, quit being one pake wit yo' cash brah!"
"Ho, Jeffrey, quit being one pake wit yo' cash brah!"
af Jimmy Hapa 27. juli 2005
Frisian word for grandfather
that old man is my pake
af Fünke 8. maj 2009
the ingenious mixture between pie and cake. cake baked in a cookie crumb pie crust then frosted.
she baked him a scrumptious pake for his birthday
af gracecar 19. juni 2005
A Pake is a body of water that is smaller than a Lake but larger than a Pond. Hence there can be not be an un-known body of water, the term Pake was created to define something that is To small, but to big to be a Lake or Pond.
Naomi: "Hey guys! Look a Lake!"
Chris, James & Tony: "Dude, it's to Small to be a lake, but it's not a pond, dude it's a Pake!"
Chris, James & Tony: "Dude, it's to Small to be a lake, but it's not a pond, dude it's a Pake!"
af Pakemaster P 16. september 2008
1. Noun: Ejaculatory fluid (cum).
2. Verb: To ejaculate.
2. Verb: To ejaculate.
1. After intercourse, there was pake all over the back seat.
2. Richard paked all over Emily's skirt.
2. Richard paked all over Emily's skirt.
af Chase Cheffe 11. august 2007


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About the Event:
Want to master design? Discover the why! This 4 day session lays the foundation for our entire Principle Based Design system. Redken's PBD is not about how to memorize a haircut, it's about understanding the big why in haircutting. Understand the why and you'll understand the how.


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Technical information
|Starting point:
|Il Fuorn
|Getting to the starting point:
|Train to Zernez and post bus direction Müstair to Champlönch
|Getting to the destination:
|Post bus from Il Fuorn
|Physical fitness:
|Hiking time:
|June till October
The cuckoo calls at just the right moment, not long after leaving Parking Lot 1 on the way to the Hotel Il Fuorn. On the "WebPark" GPS device, which can be rented from the National Park Centre in Zernez for 19 Swiss Franks, the first of ten virtual mountain guides appears and tells a story coordinated to match your exact location.
The children's curiosity is aroused, and the National Park becomes an "emotional park". The little ones find it exciting to listen and they page through the accompanying booklet, in which a CD with all the texts is included (for listening to again at home) as part of the package. Children can hardly wait until the cuckoo announces the next virtual host – perhaps Marmotin the marmot, or Tumasch the red deer, or Tina the chamois.
The wonderfully simple and beautiful hike includes crossing "the long meadow" (Champlönch) to Alp Grimmels, zigzagging down to the Ova da Val Ftur and then running comfortably along the slopes of Piz dal Fuorn.
The short tour ends in the romantic Hotel Il Fuorn, in former times a favourite stopover for travellers, mule trains and smugglers and today a kind of base camp for visitors to the National Park. It is still the only hotel in the 100 year old nature reserve.
Tour map
Tour Overview
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The careful planning of a tour will ensure that you also derive the maximum pleasure and enjoyment from it. Please take the time to contact the local information centre and enquire about route and weather conditions before setting off. Your intended trail may be fully or partially closed, depending on the time of year and weather conditions.


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An unbelievable statement. Synonymous with hogwash or bullshit.
Don't give me that crapspackle.
af SmokyJoe 28. december 2007
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The high velocity projectile shit spray that bounces off toilet water and covers one's ass cheeks and/or inner toilet bowl. Crap-spackle dries almost instantaneously on whatever surface it lands on.
Yo, as soon as I put that toilet seat around that bitch's face, I knew what time it was. It was time to crap-spackle. I turned that sliz from Vanna White to Jackie Brown before she could even say please.
af schluss 15. marts 2008
Crapspackle: 1)overheated molten polypropylene extruded from a big shoe welder. Also known as a "shit" weld. 2) Any spoken or written word(s) coming from a politician's mouth.
Dude, the damn welder did a crapspackle.
af AmericanStrega 28. februar 2010
After pounding a chick in the butt, anywhere you blow your load would be "crapspackle"
Jason: "Baby, I totally crapspackled your face"
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What better way to start off the second half of the year for Ol Pejeta than by the sighting of African Wild Dog (or "Painted Wolf") at the Conservancy! A pack of the very rare endangered species (Lycaon pictus) was sighted on the North Western side of the Conservancy on the 2nd of July.
The species, also known as the African Hunting Dog, was last seen on the Conservancy 3 years ago. The Wild Dog's endangered status is owed mostly to habitat loss and hunting. Moving in packs of up to 20 individuals, they travel over very large territories and, in the process, tend to wander into human settlements where they may prey on goats and sheep, therefore endangering themselves at the hands of the farmers.
The above photo was taken by Stephen Siapan of Ol Pejeta, who spotted this pack last Thursday.


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on February 24, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Scarlet: The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer; Feiwel & Friends, 453 pages ($17.99) Ages 12 and up.
Marissa Meyer offers a marvelous sci-fi take on the Red Riding Hood story, complete with endangered grandma, beguiling Wolf and gutsy heroine, the Scarlet of the title, who wears a red hoodie. This fabulous sequel to "Cinder" offers the same wondrous blend of fairy-tale romance, dystopian setting and pulse-pounding suspense, cleverly weaving in the plot of the first book, a Cinderella update featuring a cyborg named Cinder who left her robotic foot behind at the ball.
"Cinder" was set in a New Beijing in the grip of a plague and threatened by evil lunar queen Levana. This one takes us to the countryside of France and to Paris with landmarks including the Louvre and Opera House in ruins after a Fourth World War. Scarlet's grandmother is missing, and a young street-fighter named Wolf may know where she has gone. Little does Scarlet know that her grandmother, a former military pilot, has been hiding a dangerous secret all these years about Princess Selene, true heir to the lunar throne and believed to have been murdered by Levana.
Meyer, a gifted writer, amps up the suspense from the first book as genetically modified beasts mount an attack and beleaguered Prince Kai believes he must sacrifice himself to save Earth. The ending offers some sweet resolution to part of the story, as fans await Meyer's next enchantments: "Cress," inspired by Rapunzel, in 2014, and "Winter," inspired by Snow White, in 2015.
– Jean Westmoore
Phantom by Jo Nesbo; Knopf, 400 pages ($25.95)
Jo Nesbo and other Scandinavian crime writers are often praised for casting a harsh light beneath the idyllic surface of the welfare state.
Nesbo's police and politicians are corrupt, and he portrays that corruption more entertainingly than many writers do. That old standby, the right-wing nut, is the weakest part of "Phantom," ninth of Nesbo's novels about Oslo police inspector Harry Hole.
Our first glimpse of Harry, freshly back from Hong Kong, is easily the best part of the book, and it reflects Nesbo's interest in ghost stories.
How does Nesbo keep things fresh? A damaged, brilliant, ungovernable police detective can get kicked off the force only so many times, lose only so many women he loves because of his own flaws, and drink himself into only so many alcoholic stupors.
Having placed Harry's on-again, off-again lover, Rakel, in danger in a previous book, Nesbo here puts her son, with whom Harry has formed a bond, in peril. Therein lies the risk of the series form, centered on one character, in noir fiction: How many perils can the author put his protagonist through before the whole thing starts to seem like a soap opera? Don Bartlett has done his usual fluent, unobtrusive work of translation.
– McClatchy Newspapers


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The hanging of ones balls in disbelief
Neil, you may think your the great Nez-Nello but that's just ballhang
viết bởi Blindboy 16 Tháng sáu, 2004
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The words used to describe something that sucks!
Chris, you can't sleep through your shift tonight i'm afraid, there's loads of work to do!
Oh man, That's fuckin' ball hang!
Oh man, That's fuckin' ball hang!
viết bởi Phatzoot 23 Tháng sáu, 2011
Basically the same sort of meaning as Bullshit
John: Yo dude I got laid by 7 girls last night!
Mark: Ball Hang!
Mark: Ball Hang!
viết bởi MechUltra 21 Tháng mười một, 2010


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'Green Day: Rock Band' got it right
New 'Green Day' game has no filler songs — are you listening, 'Guitar Hero'?
Green Day: Rock Band is exactly what a band- specific music game should be.
It comes as no surprise that the minds at Harmonix and MTV Games succeeded, given their terrific work on The Beatles: Rock Band.
The Guitar Hero franchise should take note, because Green Day fans got what Van Halen fans wanted with Guitar Hero: Van Halen. And what would that be? Their favorite band.
It sounds simple.


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Poll results: Citing your sources
I will be the first to admit that this week's poll wasn't the most successful we've run on the blog- somehow citations didn't elicit a particularly raucous response from the community! That said, of the 123 responses that we did receive, it was clear that views on the subject were fairly polarised.
25% of respondents deemed that if a source isn't cited, it doesn't constitute research. The largest group of respondents (38%) agreed that "most" of their sources were cited. Surprisingly, over 33% had either "tried their best" or seemingly didn't know what a citation was.
For the ease of effort that goes into citing sources (especially with modern software tools) you can benefit from the peace of mind and the ability to share your research with professionals and others. I'd highly recommend starting to cite your sources from day one, however.
Fortunately, MyHeritage products make citing your sources a cinch. Here are a few useful pointers for getting started: Continue reading "Poll results: Citing your sources" »


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on February 5, 2013 - 9:52 PM
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Scale back your police department. Start charging fares to ride the downtown section of Metro Rail. And cut more bus routes.
If you do that and more, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority was told in a new state audit, you could save about $3.3 million a year.
The top-to-bottom review of the local transit agency was prompted by a 2012 financial crisis that threatened much of the Metro Bus and Rail system.
The audit by the Authorities Budget Office recognizes that the NFTA has significantly overhauled its operations in the face of declining state assistance, but it suggests even more changes, and the Transit Authority Police Department is at the top of the list.
"We found that other upstate transportation authorities do not employ their own police officers," the report said, "but instead rely upon municipal law enforcement agencies to ensure that transit riders and authority property are safe and secure."
The NFTA responded with a spirited defense of its practices, insisting that the auditors do not fully grasp the authority's mission or its need to employ its own police officers.
"They directly contribute to the provision of safe transportation on the bus and rail lines," the authority said. "In fact, in a 2001 study, safety and security ranked as the most basic need for a transportation provider."
The NFTA also noted that no other upstate transit authority is responsible for ensuring safety for a subway system and two airports, and pointed to a consultant study commissioned two years ago that concluded charging fares on the downtown surface section would result in no appreciable return.
The authority also dug in its heels over a recommendation that janitorial services be farmed out to a private contractor. "Clean facilities are as much a part of providing transportation service as driving a bus and negotiating an airline lease," it said.
The review was requested almost a year ago by Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan, D-Buffalo, who began raising questions about basic NFTA functions when it threatened a massive cutback in service without increased state assistance and a fare increase.
Ryan said Tuesday that his two main concerns – the lack of a permanent board chairman and the NFTA's ownership of 384 acres of waterfront land – recently have been addressed to his satisfaction.
But he said the audit was still necessary in the face of what he called "scare tactics" that he contended the authority employed to eventually obtain a fare hike and more state operating funds.
"They've inflicted a lot of this on themselves," Ryan said of the NFTA. "They've been guilty of mismanagement, and the board [has been guilty] of its own political missions."
He said he is especially intrigued by the auditors' recommendation to at least scale back NFTA police operations, maintaining that transit officers would be better used riding trains and guarding stations rather than duplicating Buffalo Police Department functions like issuing traffic tickets above ground on Main Street.
"The public has confidence when they see an NFTA officer on the subway and in the station," he said. "Without coordination of these efforts, it just leads to duplication, and duplication is costly."
Some of the auditors' other recommendations include:
• Reduce or eliminate low-performing bus routes.
• Discontinue hiring part-time or retired employees without job descriptions or employment contracts to prevent duplicating the functions of full-time staff.
• Increase rates for the college pass program to fares paid by the average transit rider.
• Increase fines for fare evasion to better deter potential violators.
• Improve fine collection procedures to increase revenues.
• Re-evaluate the policy of providing unlimited free passes for NFTA employees and retirees.
• Increase lease rates charged to bus companies using the downtown Metro Transportation Center.
Kimberley A. Minkel, executive director of the NFTA, found little in the report that has not already been addressed by the authority in the past year.
Along with Chairman Howard A. Zemsky, she said many of the auditors' findings "validate" steps the authority took to realize $7.7 million in savings, including reducing or eliminating poorly performing bus routes.
She said the new recommendations for further bus service cuts do not reflect the need to provide some service even if it does not pay for itself.
"They simplify a bit about cutting services," she said. "We don't cut service just because of low ridership. We have to ask if there are alternatives."
"It's always difficult for someone to come in from the outside for a short time and make an assessment," she added.
In one of its most far-reaching conclusions, the auditors estimated the authority could make more than $1 million a year in additional revenue by collecting fares on the surface section of Metro Rail or, to a lesser extent, charging assessments to entities like Buffalo Place.
"Transit systems in Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., have opted to eliminate their free-fare zones in recent years," the report said. "We believe that NFTA should evaluate whether it can afford to continue providing this service."
Minkel said a study the NFTA commissioned in 2010 concluded that instituting fares on the surface section would result in little new revenue, since most passengers would opt to walk. At least $700,000 in fare equipment would also have to be installed on the inbound line, she added.
Minkel noted that the need for a separate transit police department has frequently come up for discussion but that for almost 30 years the authority has determined that its own operation remains the most cost-effective way of providing security.
She said a 2012 proposal to merge the Transit Authority Police Department with the Erie County Sheriff's Office was dismissed because it offered no savings and because major questions about civil service status presented impediments.
She added that although the authority studied the idea of relinquishing its airport security functions, it concluded it could not do so because of Transportation Security Administration requirements.
Minkel also noted that auditors who advocated the elimination of transit police from the airport cited shared services at the Ogdensburg International Airport in St. Lawrence County. But that airport accommodates 2,300 passengers a year compared with 5.2 million at Buffalo Niagara International.
"I don't think that's a fair comparison," she said.
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Though the auditors found no illegal or noncompliance issues, Minkel said her staff would review all the recommendations.
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The Wando High School angling club looked outside its college-sized campus in Mount Pleasant and helped do something bigger than themselves.
On April 30, eight Wando anglers, two club sponsors, three members of the Department of Natural Resources and three other community members placed a reef off Shem Creek made up of 214 large bags of recycled oyster shells.
"When I agreed to sponsor the angling club a year and a half ago, I told the students that the only way that I would do so was if they agreed to have some sort of community service associated with the club," Nancy Platt said. Her husband, Gordon, is the other sponsor of the club. "They agreed, and we partnered up with Coastal Conservation Association and started gathering shucked shells at the local oyster roasts."
Last year, the Wando angling club went to Bear's Bluff to visit a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services hatchery and students built a reef there. They also participate in a year-long trout fin clipping program for USFWS, according to Platt.
Prior to building at Shem Creek, the group held an oyster shell bagging at school ponds on March 21 to gather enough material for the reef.
"The reefs are so beneficial to our coastal communities; they promote the growth of and provide niches for all sorts of plants and animals as well as oysters themselves – gotta' love that," she said. "This Wando reef will be something that all the kids can fish and eventually take their kids to fish."
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Open source applications in libraries
How do you educate others on what open source really is?
I've been educating library professionals about open source software for nearly seven years now, and sometimes I feel like I've made huge strides and other times, like today, I feel like I have so much more work to do.
I recently offered to teach a workshop for a local organization on open source software for libraries and received this reply:
The "open source" topic suggested might not be relevant to us as most of our members work in an environment where the selection or application of the open source technology is not within their decision-making authority.
Additionally, open source requires tremendous amounts of customization. Although, "open source" is a technology oriented topic, it is not quite relevant to our member community.
Where to I begin?
As an educator I strive to teach people both what it means for an application to be open source and what it means to adopt open source in your organization. I actually start my talks not with "What is open source?" but with "What isn't open source?" so that I can get all of the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) out of the way.
So, let's start with the simple fact that just because you aren't in a decision-making position you do work for the organization and have to use various bits of software as part of your daily responsibilities, so you should be able to bring recommendations to the decision-makers that might make your day-to-day a little bit more efficient. And, even if you aren't in an environment where sharing and outside opinions are welcome, you should never turn down an opportunity to learn about something new—something I feel very strongly about.
That said, how is it that people still think that open source requires so much additional work? Have they not heard of Firefox or LibreOffice or Ubuntu? All of these applications work right out of the box and I have never had the need to ask a developer to customize them further—not that that has stopped the developers from constantly improving these products. That's not to say that all open source applications are like this, but I do make a point to teach newbies about these types of applications first before talking about the freedom to develop and improve upon open source applications.
Obviously, I think the aforementioned group is the perfect candidate for my workshop because they need some help understanding exactly what open source software is and what it means to adopt it. But, I'd love to hear from all of you on how you combat FUD like this in your communities and fields.
What techniques do you use to educate others on what open source really is?
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Hi Nicole,
For OSS Watch, I think the answer has been:
1. Educate, don't advocate
People are still surprised when I turn up to give a talk on OSS with a Mac running MS Office!
Focus on making effective choices and getting the best solutions, which means considering a wide range of solutions, including open source.
Never disparage closed-source solutions or use FUD to counter FUD; that's the easiest way to lose trust. Be balanced.
2. Understand the context of the audience
While audience members may not have the power to replace the LMS, there are things they can do - e.g. set up a library blog with Wordpress - see how you can empower them to take those smaller steps, as these will build confidence.
Sometimes you can involve someone directly from the audience's community in your session - perhaps as the lead speaker - to help break the ice and establish a sense of familiarity.
3. Show rather than tell
Examples help, particularly if they involve their peers rather than completely different industries or sectors. Sometimes you can also enlist audience members too.
4. Never give up
Mark Taylor from Sirius recently used a quote from Schopenhauer at a government OSS event:
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
I'm sure you do all this already..but I hope it helps!
See, that's my point. You're running MS Office with Apple's proprietary OS) because you've been indoctrinated by the Open Source campaign. If instead of pragmatism, you valued freedom, you wouldn't have these problems and you'd settle for nothing less than taking real ownership of your computing.
With my colleagues and coworkers I constantly point out that suspensor software is the most interoperable, saving us from the problems that come with any proprietary vendors closed file formats that limit our options in working with our technology. We all have bitter experience getting burned by vendors of closed source software where we can't get our data out of their proprietary format after our contract with them has ended. Open source is the best safeguard against that.
Additionally it seems that open source software is more compatible with end users' rights. As closed source vendors have been steadily eroding what you can legally do with a book you "own", open source is the only area that continually develop tools to empower users to read, remix, and reuse content.
I recently presented at my state library conference about my pragmatic, positive experiences with open source software and how my library uses it.
The presentation went very well, but it felt like I was preaching to the choir. Everyone in the room seemed like an open source advocate / fan.
So we are making some progress.
Are you kidding me? For starters, how about using real language? The term "Open Source" is a complete scam since it teaches people to value pragmatic aspects of software alone while completely ignoring freedoms and ethics.
In other words, "Open Source" isn't anything... at all. Never has been, never will be.
If you want to help teach people something of value, you should be talking about "Free Software". RMS does an excellent job of explaining this important difference...
so why do you use (and therefore, advocate the use of) freedom-restricting software? Again, I suspect it's because you do not understand and/or value freedoms 0-3. This lack of understanding and appreciation is a direct result of campaigning for the "Open Source" crowd. You're being taught to value 4 things:
1. More powerful software
2. Cheaper software
3. More secure software
4. A distributed development model
Again, everything listed above is subjective (at best). Microsoft and Adobe can give you more powerful and secure software (so long as you believe it) that's been developed across a distributed environment at no cost. That doesn't mean you're winning or are in more control of your computing.
There's really nothing so terribly confusing about the word "free" when used in the context of "free software". Is your audience too dense to understand it? Probably not. I suspect we're still just feeding into the "let's not ask people to think about the important issues" copout.
I recently gave a workshop on Zotero to group of librarians at Uni of London. I've been trying for years and never bypassed IT service suspicion. Then the suspicious guy went elsewhere and at the end of my demo they were like : "where we've been so far? " Quality in Foss matters but also institutional prejudice.
I recently gave a workshop on Open Source in Education where I tried to explain the values of Free Software and the practical advantages that they bring besides the usual $0 price tag.
I'm afraid that I'm with some of the above commenters: using commercial proprietary software to develop and deliver a presentation can only be negative for your goals. "Why is she promoting this for us when she turns around and chooses Apple and Microsoft? So this thing she is talking about is only worth checking out if you are broke???"
I know that I wouldn't want those ideas to even come near the minds of the audience.
Here is the page of resources that I used for my workshop:
You can find my LibreOffice slides there, with notes.
I think you need to promote the practical advantages that users obtain from choosing software that respects the 4 freedoms: future-proofing your work and your effort. Time spent learning Free Software will never be wasted. You will always be able to access that software and use it for your purposes. You will never force your friends to make tough financial and moral/ethical decisions.
Commercial software (and web 2.0 sites) can hardly promise you all this.
That said, keep fighting the good fight!!!
I don't actively speak against commercial software or products the audience is using. And I don't actively highlight what I use. I just prefer to know that I'm using Ubuntu and LibreOffice, in case someone notices. I got quite a few comments about my use of Ubuntu, LibreOffice and the Android Impress Presenter app after the workshop, even though I didn't mention anything about it.
My approach is to address what I think are the most common topics: price being one of them, pretending it isn't there makes me feel uncomfortable.
In my workshop I encourage baby-steps, and I described how we did it that way at my school: never directly replacing software without user input, always starting by simply including the open source alternative alongside the commercial one.
It is the future-proofing for me that makes the huge difference: open source software lasts longer, and lets you grow to newer versions on your own terms, or to more users and computers without any artificial restrictions. Unexpected surges in demand are no problem at all when you base your work around open source. Sudden changes of commercial companies' strategies have no effect on your work and productivity. You set the rules, you set the schedule, you set the direction. Empowerment.
Finally, please don't focus only on my comment about your choice of computer :) You feel it is an appropriate choice, and that the possible negative impact of this choice on your goals is negligible. That's a valid opinion.
For me, I feel I can get away without using commercial software for my presentation, fully getting rid of that possible, unmeasurable negative impact. So I make that choice, based on my own opinion.
An effort to promote Free Software, even if this effort uses some commercial software, is obviously much better than no effort at all!
So keep up the good fight! :)
I think you have to be careful with how you discuss cost issues - when that comes up I focus on TCO, which is *usually* less for OSS solutions, but not always, and local factors are important in areas such as support and hosting, particularly with organisations that have very limited internal technical capacity. Overall I find that licensing costs are less critical as a factor compared to sustainability and avoiding lock-in.
Again, failed language....
There is nothing wrong with "commercial software" since, depending on the license, it can respect and protect your freedoms.
In other words, Free Software can be sold commercially. When you position your argument(s) in a "commercial" vs. "non-commercial" approach, you are basically revealing your lack of understanding to the people you're talking to. Anyone who has taken the time to develop an understanding of the ecosystem and its history now knows they're being engaged by someone who is simply not informed.
There are only 2 kinds of software: freedom-granting and freedom-restricting. Either one can be sold commercially.
I think it is also about Free as 'free beer' because public money in education is very little and shrinking. So, the objection to the use of 'free' Zotero over copyrighted Endnote (Thomson Routers) was that this was given for free to the Uni. My argument was also the cost for the students ass soon as they leave Uni and of couurse the issue related (accusation to George Mason, behind Zotero, of reverse engineering, for instance). The 'free' as for 'no money' is also more understandable for people that are not involved in any kind of development. This is also why I always (always) use it as FOSS and not OSS.


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Despite what a previous entry wrote concerning alcohol, a "double duce" is, in my predominantly black neighborhood, 22 ounces of liquor, (rather than 40). A "40" is a "40" no matter what, and the "double duce" is nearly half that amount.
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As she lay in a hospital for 23 days with second-degree burns, caused by an allergic reaction to chemotherapy, Deirdre Johnson took comfort in knowing her husband Jeff never left her side.
That was last August, and even though there was still a month left in the minor league season, baseball was the furthest thing from Jeff Johnson's mind. His beautiful wife, just 35 years old and battling cancer in her chest, and two precious daughters -- who look just like their mom -- were the only priorities in Jeff's life.
So, the pitching coach took a leave of absence for most of the 2011 season to look after Deirdre and the girls, going from teaching young men how to throw fastballs and curveballs to becoming Mr. Mom. That meant having to learn how to do the girls' hair, take care of the laundry and do everything else Deirdre has always done primarily by herself as a baseball wife.
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"He was a tremendous help because he basically did it all," said Deirdre, whose cancer is in remission. "I was not able to do anything with the kids and was basically bed-ridden all summer. I was very sick, so he took care of the kids and took care of me.
"He's been my rock. I feel very blessed to have him by my side."
Johnson, in his first season as the Curve's pitching coach and a former New York Yankees pitcher, speaks with a serious tone about his craft. Ask him anything about the game or one of his pitchers, and you always get a straightforward answer.
Ask him about his wife and daughters, however, and the guy everyone refers to as "JJ" can't hide his smile or twinkle of love and pride in his eyes.
Last week, following a Curve game at Peoples Natural Gas Field, Johnson left the clubhouse as soon as his postgame duties were finished and jogged down the tunnel to the field, where kids were allowed to run the bases. He didn't want to miss a single moment with daughters Jaden, 9, and Sarah, 7, as they raced around the infield until they were out of breath.
"It brings all the perspective back to where it needs to be," Johnson said of spending those rare and precious moments with his daughters during the season. "These games that we play, all these things are important to try and develop players, but at the end of the day, this is what's important."
It's just as important to his little girls, who don't get to see their dad much because of the demanding grind of the baseball season.
"It's a lot of fun," Jaden said after running the bases and then running into her dad's arms. "I love it."
Given everything they've been through in the past year, the Johnson family members have come to love simply being able to spend time together.
Deirdre first learned she had cancer on May 13 last year, and three weeks later she was diagnosed with a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma called anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
The cancer is in Deirdre's chest wall muscle, said Jeff, who was with low-A West Virginia early last season before taking a leave of absence the final three months to be with his wife. That leave came with the Pirates' full blessing.
"The Pirates have been tremendous with me," Jeff said. "They've been tremendously supportive, from [president] Frank Coonelly, [owner] Bob Nutting and all the way down."
When he went home to Charlotte, N.C., to take care of his family, Jeff quickly had to adapt to a much different lifestyle than that of a baseball coach.
"Now he knows what it's like to actually be here with the kids by yourself because we're away from him for basically eight months out of the year," Deirdre said.
"To be here taking care of everything and running the whole house by himself, he has changed tremendously. So he has a whole new respect for me and how he looks at things with me being here by myself taking care of the kids."
Deirdre's health is much better this year, so Jeff was able to return to work and was promoted by the Pirates to be the Double-A pitching coach.
Johnson has faced adversity from a sports perspective, but the family adversity has made him look at life much differently.
"We work our butts off here with players, and in the earlier years, it was hard not to take it personal if their development didn't go the way you thought it should go," he said. "But once we've gone through this, you don't take it personal.
"Actually, I've learn to appreciate the players more because I know how important their lives are other than baseball. So you do more character building and long-term focus and things like that with them about what's important to them. You can relate stories and experiences with them that way."
The Johnson family still has some tough times ahead as doctors plan to have Deirdre undergo a stem cell transplant beginning in a month or two.
Since she initially wasn't responsive to chemotherapy, the doctors said she would need stem cells from a donor. To help find a match for her or other cancer patients, more than 100 Pirates minor league players submitted cheek swabs late in spring training in Bradenton, Fla., with all results going into the national stem-cell registry.
The Johnsons are extremely grateful the players agreed to take part, and Deirdre said one of the players might be a stem-cell match, not for her but for someone else on the registry. She doesn't know the name of the player, and more tests need to be done to prove it's a match.
Deirdre, it turns out, may not need a donor after all. She recently has been responsive to the chemotherapy, and if her stem cell count gets high enough, the doctors may be able to extract enough of them to complete the transplant.
The procedure will take place at Duke University in Durham, N.C., about 2 1/2 hours away from the Johnsons' home. Jeff may need to take a leave of absence from the Curve to be with his wife at the beginning, and Deirdre's mom also will be there to help as much as possible.
"I will take some time early as she starts it because it's pretty ugly to start with from what I understand," Jeff said.
Deirdre has a rare form of cancer and said there hasn't been much research done on it, but she's wonderfully optimistic and determined to beat it.
"I think I'm going to pull through it, and everything's going to be fine," she said. "I have faith in God, and I believe that he's going to pull me through this. My family's come together and grown, and I do believe that I am going to be healed."
Jeff believes that, too, and he's spent the past year doing everything a husband and father can do to be the anchor when his family needed him most.
"He's an awesome dad," Deirdre said. "He's loving, supportive, encouraging and very protective of his girls. They love being around him. I love the look on their faces and in their eyes, and their smiles just light up when they see him."
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