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Mr. Ananthanpillai is the Chairman, CEO and President of InfoZen and has been with the company since January 2004. Previously he was a Partner at The MIRA Group LLC, a Business Strategy and Financial Consulting Firm. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Strategy Officer of ePlus, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUS), a business process automation, asset management and financial services company, responsible for technology, marketing, analyst relations and business strategy. Prior to that, he was the president and CEO of NetBalance Corporation, a venture capital backed multi-million dollar software products and services company, which was successfully sold in February 2000.
Before founding NetBalance Mr. Ananthanpillai was the Vice President of strategy and marketing at I-NET, Inc., a $300+ multi-million dollar company, where he was responsible for developing new products, services, markets, strategic business alliances and overall strategy. He had also served as the Vice President and General Manager of one of I-NET's business units, growing a multi-million dollar IT outsourcing and managed services business offering to Fortune 100 and public sector customers. Prior to joining I-NET, Mr. Ananthanpillai spent several years at AT&T and was responsible for directing and managing the company's global messaging system managed services.
Mr. Ananthanpillai holds an M.S. in Engineering Physics, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and Executive Management degrees in International Business Management and Financial Planning. He is also a Certified Financial Planner (CFP ®), with a US Patent on managing networked systems, and the author of two books in the area of Systems Management and Managed Services. Additionally, Mr. Ananthanpillai is a frequent speaker at executive forums and universities and is widely profiled in industry trade and business publications. He has appeared on business television programs, and mentors several emerging companies. Mr. Ananthanpillai is also a practitioner faculty at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, teaching in the University's MBA program.
Mr. Carmichael is responsible for directing and overseeing all financial and accounting activities for InfoZen. He has 20 years of experience in chief financial officer positions and 11 years of Big Four public accounting experience. He has extensive experience in government contracting with midmarket companies including chief financial officer positions with American Institutes for Research, DCS Corporation and two divisions of Computer Sciences Corporation. Prior to becoming a chief financial officer, Mr. Carmichael was a senior audit manager with Arthur Andersen & Co. for five years and held controller positions with two companies.
Mr. Carmichael received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Manuel Miranda is Senior Vice President for Program Operations. In this position, he is responsible for ongoing operations including delivery of mission critical IT services and development of solutions to a diverse set of clients in the public sector. Among the solutions developed is InfoZen's RapidAdjudicator suite which is at the forefront of the automated screening and risk assessment of millions of people to protect critical infrastructure and support national security.
Prior to joining InfoZen, Mr. Miranda spent nearly 30 years at Unisys, Identix, UNITECH and other companies providing senior leadership to Engineering and Information Technology programs for Federal Government, State & Local Government and International programs in Japan.
The wide span of technical organizations that Mr. Miranda has led includes Information Technology Services, Software Application Development, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Distant Learning Software Solutions, Biometric Security Solutions and Product Life Cycle Development. Some of the programs and customers that he has worked with include NASA, USDA, ATF, Army, USMC, Navy, TSA, CBP, DHS, DTRA, White Sands, National Guard, State Department and DOE.
Mr. Miranda has over 30 years of innovative, entrepreneurial, collaborative and customer partnering leadership experience. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and completed postgraduate work in Biomedical Engineering at George Washington University.
Mr. Penyak is responsible for developing and executing Capture strategies and managing all aspects of Capture Management including Proposals. He has over 30 years of IT and Business Process outsourcing and consulting experience serving the commercial and public sectors, including a track record of winning key contract opportunities. His greatest satisfaction is contributing to the capture of a business opportunity and then successfully serving the customer in the execution of the contract. He has managed operating units serving many customers and delivering various types of IT and business process services, as well as, managed specific contracts. Mr. Penyak previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for ACS Education Solutions, a subsidiary of ACS, Inc. He has managed very large programs including successfully managing a $1B IT and Business Process Management program for the U.S. Department of Education. Under his leadership and in working with the customer they significantly improved service delivery – reducing cost and improving customer satisfaction.
Prior to ACS, Mr. Penyak served as a Senior Manager for Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture) primarily serving the Federal Government and the financial services sector. He served in a key management role in winning and then delivering on the first Edgar electronic filing and business process system contract for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mr. Penyak holds a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, both from Virginia Tech. He is PMP and ITIL v3 certified. He is a member of numerous professional organizations and is an ACT/IAC Fellow having graduated from the Partners Program in 2000.
As InfoZen's CTO, Christopher provides leadership for technical architecture and enterprise systems while engaging customers to transform their current operations to meet Federal mandates through strong innovation and operations management. Christopher brings over 15 years experience in the non-profit, public, and private sectors which includes 10 years in medical education, 7 in the public sector, and 6 in the commercial world. Prior to working in the private sector, Christopher was the founding CTO for Arlington County, Virginia where he headed technical operations for the County's 15 departments. In addition, he was the onsite CTO for the Arlington's September 11, 2011 field operations at the Pentagon where his team earned the County a CIO Top 100 award in 2007 by pioneering the use of mobile technology for First Responders.
Christopher is a native Washingtonian and received his BA in Experimental Psychology from the George Washington University and a Master's in Information Technology from the American University where he taught graduate school for twelve years through the Kogod School of Business.
Greg Mundell is InfoZen's Senior Vice President for Business Development. Mr. Mundell is responsible for developing, overseeing and directing new business growth for InfoZen. Mr. Mundell possesses a broad network of senior-level contacts in government and industry. His experience is a balanced combination of business development, capture management, teaming, and delivery in Federal IT.
Previously, Mr. Mundell was a Vice President at Pragmatics. There he was successful in growing Pragmatics to be a top contractor at DHS on the EAGLE contract through wins at several of the DHS components, as well as improving the overall Pragmatics BD capability. Prior to Pragmatics, Mr. Mundell was a business development manager at Deloitte LLP and Titan Corporation and made several key sales at DHS and DOJ. He was instrumental in establishing Titan as a key alliance partner with Accenture for the multi-billion dollar DHS United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) contract. Mr. Mundell has held various information technology and management consulting positions for Commerce One, James Martin Government Consulting, and Computer Data Systems, Inc.
He is active in several professional associations including the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), the Industry Advisory Council (IAC), and Tech America. For the Bethesda chapter of AFCEA, Mr. Mundell is the Vice President of Breakfast Programs and for IAC he is a graduate of the Partners Program. In 2008, Mr. Mundell was chosen by 1105 Government Information Group as a Rising Star Award winner.
Mr. Mundell has a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.
Mr. Stull is the Senior Vice President for Capture and Proposal Management at InfoZen. Mr. Stull has 20 years of progressively responsible IT experience supporting both commercial and federal customers. He has extensive experience in systems infrastructure and operations, software development and systems lifecycle management methods, and management consulting services.
As an InfoZen Vice President, he managed key projects and programs, providing project leadership, program control, and customer satisfaction for federal customers over the past few years including, GSA, USPTO, DHS/ USCIS, CMS, DoD customers and others. This work has included management and technical support in areas including large Web portals and Web infrastructure, complex data warehouses, organization planning and development, data center planning and operations, and mission-based services including counterterrorism and Intel support.
Mr. Stull began his career in the federal sector planning enterprise-wide new technology rollouts, then worked as a Sr. Consultant for Booz, Allen & Hamilton(BAH) supporting the information technology and management requirements of both federal and commercial customers. He subsequently founded an e-Healthcare and Health informatics-related startup organizations after leaving BAH to better connect large health providers with physicians and consumers. Prior to joining InfoZen in 2004, Mr. Stull consulted to federal and commercial organizations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia regarding strategic planning, global partnerships, and large web presence and knowledge management initiatives. He has significant IT experience in emerging markets including Russia and China, and speaks a number of foreign languages.
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Sir William Armstrong's presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science has been dramatically revived by the actor Chris Connel. Connel's highly acclaimed performance – recorded live – took place in King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, as part of the British Science Festival 2013. It marked the 150th anniversary of the original speech, delivered in 1863.
'Armstrong's Admirable Speech', as Charles Darwin called it, covers a truly astonishing array of subjects, including the future of coal mining and the need to develop sustainable energy sources such as electricity and water power.
The event was chaired by Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Central and a shadow cabinet office minister. Dr Andy Kerr, executive director of the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) gave a short talk about the extraction and use of carbon today and took part in an audience Q&A.
The 17-year-old musician Tristan Selden, from Longframlington in Northumberland, played the Northumbrian pipes to welcome audience and speaker to King's Hall, the heart of Newcastle University. A carbon-themed artwork by Jennie Speirs Grant of Armstrong Studio Trust, Newcastle, accompanied the presentation.
The event was filmed by Lodestone Studios, with the aim of creating a lasting educational resource. The organisers would like to thank Barbour and the British Science Association for their generous sponsorship.
More information about the Admirable Speech is available in the programme (click left).
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[Video Link] Brendon Grimshaw lives alone (with some giant turtles) on the island of Moyenne in the Indian Ocean. The spry gent reminds me of Tom Neale, who wrote a book I love called an Island to Oneself.
Brendon Grimshaw purchased the island for £8,000 in 1962 and set about making the island habitable. He did this with the help of one other man, Rene Antoine Lafortune….
Grimshaw and his friend planted sixteen-thousand trees, built 4.8 kilometers of nature paths, and brought and bred giant land tortoises, creating an island of incredible beauty now worth 34 million Euros. Apart from a wide variety of plant and bird life, the island is home to over 100 land tortoises….
After 20 years of persistence, Grimshaw and his assistant achieved their goal of making Moyenne Island a National Park in its own right, separate to that of the St. Anne marine park. Now known as the Moyenne Island National Park, it is the smallest national park in the world, harbouring more species per square foot than any other part of the world.
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Turtles? Turtles?! Mark, they're tortoises! If those tortoises heard you call them turtles they'd chase you down and… and… Oh, wait. Maybe they wouldn't.
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tortoises are land dwelling turtles. it's perfectly fine to call them that. i've owned a few of the little buggers for many years.
Martijn Vos says:
Thanks for that clarification. I never really grasped the difference. In Dutch they both use the same word "schildpad", and the land/sea distinction is made by prefixing "land" or "zee".
Romeo Vitelli says:
There are days when I see the appeal in this. How much does an island cost?
awjt says:
34 million euro. But Greek Isles can be had for far less, and you can find em in remote spots out in western USA for even cheaper, and in Siberia: CHEAPER STILL.
Brian David S says:
"…remote spots out in western USA"
awjt says:
Utah, dude.
Jonathan Roberts says:
I wouldn't mind a Greek Isle myself, do you think they have any around the UK?
freshacconci says:
An island paradise? That'll be pricey. A cold desolate rock on the other hand could probably be picked up for very little.
moiremusic says:
If he paid £8,000 in 1962, that's the equivalent of about $12,800 in 1962 dollars, which is roughly the equivalent of $95,000 in 2012 dollars. While that says nothing about the changing value of the land since then, it shows you relatively what it cost him at the time.
awjt says:
Dude looks and acts like he's in his late 60′s, early 70′s. It's an island of youth. There's something to be said for hard work with relaxation. 8-8-8… work, play, sleep
Antinous / Moderator says:
Or….or….all those 'tortoises' are really young people whose life force he's sucked out.
SomeGuyNamedMark says:
Island of Dr Moreau?
Antinous / Moderator says:
More like the Island of Dorian Gray.
awjt says:
"Here, suck this turtle if you want to live."
rocobo9 says:
8-8-8 i like that. i know i'm giving 8 hours work and getting 8 hours sleep. somehow i'm lacking in the 8 hours play. 3 hours of commuting probably has a lot to say for that.
interesting… so basically i need to cut down on commuting and get a job nearer to home to improve my quality of life. right! this is now my goal.
thanks for clarifying my life awjt! :)
Antinous / Moderator says:
I've never lived more than a couple of miles from my job. For much of that time, I walked, which meant that I had a longer commute, but it was either through Golden Gate Park or over Corona Heights. Now I work about two feet from my bed. I can't imagine long commutes, but half of my co-workers spent two to five hour a day commuting from the ex-ex-urbs one or two counties away.
awjt says:
I'm in total agreement. Work is about 30 mins away, but it's programming and analysis. So I can do it anywhere, anytime; it's just faster in the office. When I had a 1 hour commute, talk about misery. I like 'books on tape' and music, but it can only take you so far… If I had a 3 hour commute, I would deffo be looking for a way to get that off my schedule!
rocobo9 says:
for me it's 1.5 hours each way door to door. but that's still a 3 hour chunk of my play time. the issue with the 8-8-8 rule is your 8 hours of work in uncompromising. it's the the play and sleep that are compromised. the only way to truly stick to it is to work from home or at least very close to home. it's something i've always aspired to but this has clarified it for me.
immuno says:
Welcome to Kame House.
pablohoney says:
Gotta admire the guy for not selling out. He's totally right though, someone would just want to stick a hotel there if they bought the island.
Martijn Vos says:
What would you need $34 million for when you're 86 and you've got an island like that?
Spinkter says:
awesome, awesome, awesome
Tim H says:
I like that he bought an island and turned it into something that the government was willing to make it into a park. Hell with preserving nature, we can build our own better.
SomeGuyNamedMark says:
I'd send someone to investigate. If I've learned anything from the movies is that private islands are used for secret bases to take over the world.
mistergoofy says:
There's a documentary about this chap available to download at http://vodo.net/agos. Haven't watched it so can't vouch for it.
Webbie says:
"Grimshaw and his friend planted sixteen-thousand trees.."
bcsizemo says:
I know. I wanted to know some details about that. Are we talking like 3 footers here by hand? Machine, what? Some type of seed?
Johnny Appleseed would be all kinds of jelly, apple that is.
Antinous / Moderator says:
If you don't have deer or other sapling eaters, you could probably plant three-inch sprouts.
smoovjay says:
He is the Turtle Hermit from Dragonball!
bluest_one says:
I hope he's made plans for when he … 'moves on'. Those asshole developers are going to be all over that once he's nolonger around to tell them where to stick it.
Hanglyman says:
It's a National Park now. Surely that at least will keep people from building hotels on it?
Jonathan Roberts says:
I love the feeling that in a few places around the earth, there are a number of awesome octogenarians with impeccable British accents being delightfully crazy.
buddy66 says:
I don't know about awesome or delightful, but I've got papers to prove I am 1) octogenarian, 2) crazy, at least briefly, and 3) sort of British (Canadian). But I tend to believe whichever Mitford girl it was who owned an island and said, "Only a person who has never lived on an island would want to."
Noctilucent Studios says:
Little known fun fact about this story: Dude is alleged to be Prince Phillips crazy long lost twin. True story. Read it right here on the internets.
Antinous / Moderator says:
Those Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgs really get around.
Sharondippity says:
He does look like him a little bit.
KanedaJones says:
This story is a lesson of the internet.
If you use the Google time search feature to *exclude* the last month, which gets you several hundred copypastas of this exact story, the scattered history is much clearer:
He had not lived there alone, he is almost *literally* Robinson Crusoe, with LaFortune as his boy Friday, and something happened to him in the last 2 years. Left? Died? Who knows? In any case, now he's lonely.
In the early 2000s, he wrote a book, that a Canadian filmmaker turned into a documentary in 2009.
In 2008, he got annoyed that the neighbouring island in the maritime national park, which had housed a prison for most of his time there, was suddenly having a hotel built on it. This being 2008, his getting a declaration of his island as a separate national park (sort of) was secondary to the real estate collapse and the only evidence left of the hotel was the foundation. I think he was worried about traffic and loss of revenue and company.
Because he was running a mini-resort of his own. He only allowed day visitors, charged them a dozen euros just to walk in, and then served them overpriced food and drink.
By all accounts a pleasant character, but I wonder what his current goal is?
buddy66 says:
Brad Zimmerman says:
€12 to visit anything/where is a reasonable deal and virtually all touristy places have overpriced food (especially when they are on some tiny little island somewhere).
I'd happily pay it, assuming I could afford the costs of getting to the physical point where I was allowed to pay.
Nick Eden says:
Interesting that there's no obvuious attribution to the BBC show this is taken from.
Well worth watching the whole thing assuming you're able to convince it that you're in the UK.
Ryan Lenethen says:
That is quite the achievement, not to mention dedication. Most would likely be hard pressed to do something as meaningful in their lifetime.
Did the video (can't watch) mention when in his life he bought the island?
Sharondippity says:
It says he bought the island in 1962. He's going to be 86. Figure it out…..


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Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club serves up tasty hot dogs; holiday music by Salvation Army Brass Ensemble
Celebrating Bartell Drugs' dramatic remodel, customers are invited to join in the festivities on Saturday, November 24 from noon to 4 pm.
Shoppers can experience the store's new interior with product offerings, bright new displays, décor accents and other improvements designed to enhance the total shopping experience.
Saturday, November 24; noon to 4 pm
- Free grilled hot dogs served by Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club (noon to 4 pm).
- Lively holiday music by the Salvation Army Brass Ensemble (1 to 2:30 pm), spotlighting Bartell's Toy 'n Joy drive with the Salvation Army.
- Product sampling throughout the store including Cascade Ice and Lindt Chocolates, and enter to win a SodaStream Soda Maker.
- 'B' Caring Card sign-ups—a great fundraising tool for local schools, athletic groups, churches and other qualifying non-profits to earn money for their organizations.
Founded in Seattle in 1890, Bartell Drugs owns stores in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Family-owned and operated, it is the nation's oldest drugstore chain. For more information on Bartell Drugs, visit www.bartelldrugs.com.


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Reality Check: Mitt Romney's Campaign Is Not Over
The media is acting like the presidential race is over for Mitt Romney, but polling and reality don't support this claim.
To read Politico, The Washington Post, and just about every publication in the MSMosphere, the Romney campaign is over. Done. Running 4.1 percentage points behind the president, as of Friday morning in the RCP average he is deader than a doornail.
I don't believe it.
[Check out editorial cartoons about President Obama.]
Yes. Yes. I've seen all those polls in the average: Rasmussen, Fox, Gallup, Bloomberg, Politico, National Journal, Associated Press. Today, only Rasmussen and AP show the race effectively tied. Politico shows a three-point spread, but with the president ahead and receiving that magical 50 percent level of support. National Journal also shows Obama at 50 percent, as does Gallup. Meanwhile, Fox, Gallup, Bloomberg, and National Journal all record the gap between the candidates between 5 and 6 percentage points, easily outside the margin of error. If you are a Republican (no surprise for anyone, I am) the response to such numbers is a massive gulp. Somebody hand me smelling salts.
Still, I see those numbers, and I scratch my head. For Rasmussen this morning reported that, of the two candidates, 51 percent of voters trust Mitt Romney more on the economy. Only 44 percent trust Barack Obama more. Wasn't the economy supposed to be driving this election?
Well, maybe all those preparing to cast their ballots feel Obama will keep them and their families safer than will Romney. But that's not what people are telling Bloomberg pollsters. Again according to reports out Friday, the GOP nominee has a six percentage point (48-42) advantage over the president on which candidate would be tougher on terrorism.
[Read the U.S. News Debate: Can Mitt Romney Best Barack Obama on Foreign Policy?]
The president was leading by a mile on the handling of terrorism until the Libyan attacks, the murder of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and the all but total discrediting of his policies on that score. It probably doesn't help Obama either to have delivered a major address to the United Nations this week continuing to blame a YouTube film. Then the next day the Fox News reported that the White House knew from day one that the film had nothing to do with the assult the day after it happened. Al Qaeda-associated jihadists had staged a well-planned, carefully organized, heavily armed, highly sophisticated attack to—as the Libyan president told reporters—coincide with the anniversary of the 2001 attack on New York City and Washington, D.C.
Of course, the same could be said of the president's economic policy. What was he thinking? As Jay Leno put it Thursday night, "We wasted four years waiting for Obama to do something about the economy," and he didn't. He dithered away the months imposing on the country a mandatory and bank-breaking health program that the country didn't and still doesn't want. In an economy that depends for its growth on new business creation (100 percent of the net new jobs in the United States since 1980 have come from companies that are five years old or less), he wants to raise taxes and impose even more onerous and capricious regulations, crushing for small firms.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the 2012 campaign.]
The other big driver of the economy all these decades has been global trade, both imports and exports. Nearly 30 percent of American manufacturing output is currently exported. And now because of the changing value of currencies, transportation costs and the increased productivity of American manufacturers, we are seeing U.S. companies expand stateside output and contract operations overseas.
Yet even as, under the imperatives of a difficult international economy, U.S. producers have become more globally competitive, the Obama administration has not negotiated a single new free trade agreement with any country on earth. China has concluded something like 21.
The consequences of this feckless frolic through economic wonderland was evident this week in the revised GDP growth numbers. The original numbers were bad enough. The revised numbers showed effectively no growth: 0.1 percent in July.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the economy.]
How do you have comparative trust numbers on the most urgent issues of the day like those of Romney and Obama—along with such a sorry performance in one policy area after another—and expect anything other than a tie or lead in the race for Romney? It is not plausible.
Ah, but the swing states are for the president, Friday's Washington Post told us. Really?
In recent years the pollster who most nearly hit the final voting results and had the least volatility in his numbers was Scott Rasmussen. What spreads is he showing in the key battlegrounds?
Let's see: Florida, two percentage points separate the candidates; Virginia, one point; Ohio, one point; New Hampshire three points (Romney ahead); Iowa, three points (Romney ahead); Missouri, three points (Romney ahead); Colorado, two points (Romney ahead).
[PHOTOS: Obama, Romney Chow Down on the Campaign Trail.]
To me, this does not sound like a race that is almost over. Maybe it's time for our friends in the MSMosphere to take a break for a reality check.
Big issues of the day are at stake. When it comes to electing a president, Americans are a serious minded people. Our current administration has been a failure. The people are thinking seriously of calling for a change.


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What can people expect from The Quarantine Haunted Theme Park, which is scheduled to open in Columbus on Oct. 17?
The city should look forward to what I consider the most active haunted house in over 15 years. We have different themes for different days. We have a "Carrie" scare, a paranormal activity scare and more.
It will be held at 901 Veterans Parkway. You will never see the same scare twice. People can choose their level of scare. We will be open for 19 days strong. We have "scare care" (daycare) for kids as well. I'm expecting to give the city something to look forward to yearly. This will be an annual event.
What's the toughest part of creating a haunted attraction?
The toughest part is actually doing the work. My team has been at it for months -- setting up perfect mazes, twisted corners and ridiculous scares. About 10 people did the hard labor work for the event.
The difference with The Quarantine is that everything we do will be based off real events. Each daily theme is based off of an actual incident or happening. I know Columbus has been dying to see something worth dying for so I am excited to be the first one to get that done in so long.
Your theme park includes a Killer Clown Maze. Why are clowns so darn scary?
I personally feel clowns are scary because of their innocent smiles, their sneaky glares, their big feet. The whole demeanor of a clown terrifies people -- the mysteriousness of it all, not knowing whether that smile is friendly or not. One movie that I can refer to that has people on the edges of their seats was the movie "It," and that is a classic clown scare.
What -- if anything -- scares you?
What a question. If I have to say, I'm not much of a clown fan. But not much scares me. However, I know very well what scares others from a general standpoint.
Most people fear the same things or close to the same things. I know that my personal goal with this haunted attraction is to make three grown men wet their pants before it's over. That would be super. So hey, on that note I am scared of The Quarantine.
Aside from your business, what's the best-kept secret in the Chattahoochee Valley?
Seriously, there are a few secrets in Columbus. Many of them of them I should probably leave as secrets so I can be the one to reveal them later.


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Kirk Demarais is the author of the delightful-yet-innocence-crushing book, Mail Order Mysteries. I interviewed him about the book, which reveals the disappointing truth behind fantastic-sounding products such as X-Ray glasses, voice throwers, 7-foot remote control monsters, and secret spy scopes, on our Gweek podcast, episode 19.
On his Secret Fun Blog, Kirk has posted a lengthy entry about the items that arrived too late to be included in the book. He also shows how he took photos of the often-tiny items for the book.
The Lost Mail Order Mysteries Discuss
12 Responses to "Photos of disappointing items from old comic book ads"
ahecht says:
What is b'g a contraction for? If it's supposed to be "big", I can't imagine it saved them much space at all.
Handletag says:
b'g = Bending?
Navin_Johnson says:
Ha, I've got that "Spook Hand" stashed away somewhere. More appreciated for its packaging than anything else. As kids we stupidly bought the chest of army men too, it was a good lesson in life.
EH says:
It only took a crappy rubber cockroach to cause me to smash a pellet-gun stock into my face last week.
tristan eldritch says:
A point raised endlessly, I know, but no mail order disappointment will ever top the realization that sea monkeys are by no means a species of tiny aquatic ape.
Christopher says:
You know what's really disappointing? He has a picture of the hover car ad but no picture of the hover car itself. Not that I blame him, and I'm really not surprised. The lack of a picture of a "real" hover car" helps deepen my belief that those things were never real, and that if you sent money you'd either get (a) plans to build one but no materials or (b) some cardboard and a fan.
jackbird says:
Yes, you got plans to build one – i believe you were supposed to use one or more vacuum cleaner motors to generate the thrust.
An elementary school friend was working on one with his high-school age brother and they had a big roundish bumper car-looking thing framed out in the basement. Then his brother died and they moved away, so I have no idea if it worked or not.
millie fink says:
Of course, this is all happening again with stuff bought online. For many consumers, there already isn't a big-box store nearby, where they can check out the real thing before buying it cheaper online.
neurolux says:
I also like that it's "skin colored". That description really narrows it down.
kartwaffles says:
A b'g disappointment.
SoItBegins says:
Looks like a new crop of entrepreneurs should give the old novelty makers a hand.
20 Minute Jan says:
Someday, I need to write in defense of the other side… about the time in the 1960′s when my then-teenaged big brother ordered a baby Great Horned Owl from the back of a comic book– and got a baby Great Horned Owl!


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Islam, you've colored my heart with all that's good in this world. You've reminded me of what's good, helped me differentiate between right and wrong, and you've made me stronger. You colored my heart white, made it pure, so I can pray with passion. You've colored it red, so I can feel the love of my religion. You've colored it yellow and helped me get lost in the beauty of everything I see. You've colored it green, and helped me become a cleaner person for the environment and myself.
You've infected me with bliss and I promise you, Islam, I'll keep on coloring.
Always have a forgiving heart.
Realize that, to be able to forgive and be forgiven, you have to accept that you're not perfect and that you make mistakes, just like anyone else.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ once said;
"Allāh the Compassionate bestows mercy upon the merciful people. So, have mercy upon the inhabitants of the earth, the One in the Heavens will be merciful to you."
[ Abu Dāwūd ]
And we pray that our brothers and sisters who went for hajj are in good health and iman and that they are being forgiven like how they are being rewarded as well, and may Allāh accept it from them. Amīn.
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Project: One Ummah
Our beloved Prophet (PBUH) was sent as a source of mercy and as Muslims we should follow in his footsteps, that is why for this month we will be focusing on unity. A very beautiful hadith: Abu Hurayrah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Do not envy one another; do not inflate prices by overbidding against one another; do not hate one another; do not harbor malice against one another; and do not enter into commercial transaction when others have entered into that (transaction); but be you, O slaves of Allah, as brothers. A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim; he neither oppresses him nor does he look down upon him, nor does he humiliate him. Piety is here, (and he pointed to his chest three times). It is enough evil for a Muslim to hold his brother Muslim in contempt. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother-in-faith: his blood, his property and his honor."
For this coming month we will be posting challenges for you to take on and we want you to share your stories with us! We will also be holding an SMS campaign where we will be sending you daily reminders about unity for you to pass it on to your friends. (Note: Girls will be getting messages from girls and guys will be getting messages from guys)
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**Important Fasting Dates:
First 10 days of Zul-Hijjah: Sunday October 6th- Tuesday October 15th
- Every Monday & Thursday: October 7th, 10th, 14th,17th, 21st, 24th, 28th, 31st
قال صلى الله عليه وسلم : تعرض الأعمال يوم الإثنين والخميس فأحب أن يعرض عملي وأنا صائم
Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) said: "Deeds are shown (to Allah) on Mondays and Thursdays, and I like my deeds to be shown when I am fasting."
13th, 14th, & 15th lunar days: October 18th,19th, 20th
The Prophet (PBUH) said: "Fasting three days of each month is fasting for a lifetime, and ayaam al-beed (Lunar days) are the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."
But looking back, I realize that there were times when I really messed things up. It's ok as long as I learn from my mistakes. But then I thought that I needed some kind of guidance. Things can't be this random all the time. I know I must be missing something. And then it hit me, I am missing the most important thing. I'm missing a relationship with Allah.
I've totally been ignoring the role of religion in my life. Religion for me meant praying, fasting in Ramadan, and occasionally reading Quran without understanding most of it, and I think that's the case with most of the Muslims today. They set their own standards and they follow them. But the thing that we don't realize is that our standards get affected by the things and the people around us. Even though we try to set some sort of rules for ourselves, these change too with time.
What is fascinating about Islam is that it gave us guiding lines to everything in life. There's not a thing or a situation you'll find yourself in that is not addressed directly or indirectly in the Quran or Sunnah. Whether it's the way we should dress or talk, or the way we should treat others, or the way we should act during war, whatever comes to your mind, you'll find it in the Quran and Sunnah.
People spend most of their lives feeling lost, not knowing what this life is about. Some live and die without knowing the answer. Some just live on and try to persuade themselves that there's no bigger purpose for living, it's just one life to live and when it's over it's over.
We were given everything we need to live a peaceful and a happy life and what do we do with all that? We just live like we don't have a clue about anything. We throw away all these blessings that we have as Muslims; we pretend that all these guidelines we're given are not applicable in the situations we face every day even though that's not true at all.
We have to realize that we're blessed and we can lead happy lives even extraordinary lives if we hold on tight to the Quran and Sunnah.
Allah says in Surat Taha "And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind - He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?" - [Allah] will say, "Thus did Our signs come to you, and you forgot them; and thus will you this Day be forgotten." (1)
For us to be true Muslims, we must realize and fully understand that Islam is not limited to a certain aspect of our lives, on the contrary Islam is a way of life. It's part of our daily lives and our decisions.
So starting today promise yourself that you won't be blind and remember Allah only when you're praying. Remember him when you're eating, working and travelling. Remember him in everything you do or say. Hold on tight to the Quran and Sunnah. Make Islam a way of life.
(1) Holy Quran, Surat Taha, Verses (124,125,126)


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Annual Homeless Count
January 23, 2013
Pictured left to right: Joanne Massimo, Program Director, Suffolk County United Veterans; and Ruth McDade, Director of Development, Clubhouse of Suffolk and Suffolk County United Veterans
Submitted by Ruth McDade, our Director of Development:
On a cold and blustery January 23rd morning when the temperature outside was 19° but felt like 8° with the wind chill, Joanne Massimo from Suffolk County United Veterans and I headed out to take part in the Annual Homeless Count.
The nation-wide one day Count is mandated by HUD (Housing and Urban Development) and is coordinated locally by the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless Continuum of Care, which recruits a cadre of volunteers to go out and document the homeless population across Long Island. This process helps to measure Long Island area's progress in addressing homelessness, strategize for the future, and ultimately, raise funding to combat homelessness.
Joanne and I began our day a little after 10am, thinking with the bitter cold, we would not find any visible homeless people. Rather, they would have found refuge in the local shelters and avoid the intense cold. We were wrong.
Within two minutes of arriving at the Ronkonkoma Railroad Station, we came upon a woman dressed in a large puffy winter jacket and ski cap standing outside by the ticket area. What drew us to her was her face; it appeared she had not bathed for some time. Walking closer, Joanne realized she had met this woman over a year ago at the first annual Chili Cook-Off, hosted by us, Clubhouse of Suffolk. The woman, Joanne recalled, was not a client (known as a member) of Clubhouse, had lent Joanne bungee cords to secure their chili tent to the ground. We offered the woman a MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat) containing food and hand warmers donated by the Veterans Administration, which she graciously accepted. Joanne reintroduced herself, we all shook hands, and then we asked Sue (not her real name), if we could buy her a cup of coffee and ask her some questions. Sue agreed and the three of us went into Dunkin' Donuts.
At the counter, Sue knew exactly how she wanted her coffee, a blend of two flavors with milk and sugar. We all sat down and Joanne and I explained our purpose. Sue's finger nails were caked in dirt, but she remained friendly and was agreeable to answering questions. She described how now at age 45, she had been homeless for seven years. Sue had built herself a "house" in the woods, which she shared with two other people. Sue denied having a psychological or physical illness, or that she drank alcohol or used drugs, but did say how she was saving her monthly checks (source unknown) for another place to live. We thanked her, handed out resources for shelter and urged her to use Charlotte's Table, one of Clubhouse's food pantries, which was just down the road and open today, and left her there inside Dunkin' Donuts.
Joanne and I returned to the car and decided to drive along the woods by the train station. We pulled over upon seeing footprints in the snow and waited. Again, with a matter of minutes, an unshaven man with faded grey pants came walking along the roadside towards us. As the man approached we exited the car, greeting hello and offering food and supplies. The man stopped, and agreed to accept a MRE and personal care items, but declined a scarf, hand made by students at the local Duffield Elementary School (maybe because the scarves were all brightly colored and would attract attention). The man, who told us his name is Kenneth, informed us he is a U.S. military Veteran who had been homeless for one month. He told us he is currently living in the woods but has at times, slept on the outdoor concrete. Joanne offered Kenneth emergency shelter at The Vets Place but Kenneth politely declined, saying only "I'm stubborn sometimes." It was a difficult moment as Kenneth thanked us again while becoming tearful. His words were slightly slurred. We drove away and left Kenneth alone, walking down the road, to where?
Joanne and I decided to drive around looking for any encampments hidden in the woods. Within minutes, Joanne noticed a movement in the woods. We stopped and got out of the car and began entering the wooded area, coming upon an open air enclosed structure with a small wooden building within its walls. We walked a little closer repeatedly calling out, "Hello, we have food and blankets to give you," but there was no reply. Suddenly, a large dog came running out of the structure heading directly towards us. I found it funny in some odd kind of way, as the dogs tail was wagging and I petted her head. The dog then headed back "home" and we walked away, giving whoever lived there not a thing.
We were planning on meeting some other volunteers in Brentwood so we then headed west to meet at the library. Joanne and I walked in and noticed an unshaven, poorly dressed man sitting beside the fireplace, surrounded by an assortment of small bags. We approached the man, with noticeable body odor, and asked if we could give him some food. The man stood up while responding "yes" and together we began to walk to the car where we left our food and supplies. I stopped and asked the man about the bags he was leaving behind and was told not to worry. I noticed there were other people sitting in chairs around the fireplace, one who appeared to be sleeping and another who avoided all eye contact.
The man identified himself as Gary, a 62 year old thin, frail looking man who had been hit by a car while riding his bike. It had happened right after the tragic events of nine eleven. Gary walked with a noticeable broken gait, telling us he had been a laborer but with slipped and bulging disks in his back, he was unable to work and had been homeless ever since his accident. On one occasion he had to be hospitalized for two weeks due to a bacterial infection. Joanne and I gave Gary a MRE but he declined a blanket, informing us he used two sleeping bags to sleep in the woods each night. Joanne told Gary about the River of Life Church, which operated a program called, "Almost Home." Three nights each week, the church van stops at three different locations in Western Suffolk, picking up people who are drug/alcohol free and providing them a cooked meal and a warm place to sleep. Luckily, one of the locations was right down the street from the library, and Gary said he would take advantage of the services. We then wished Gary all the best and said our goodbyes.
We then met up with Migali and Vivian from the River of Life Church, who were also conducting the homeless count. It was decided Joanne and I should split up and pair with the women from the church, as this was their area and both spoke fluent Spanish. I went with Migali, who drove us all over Brentwood showing me all the known homeless locations. We stopped at the Brentwood train station, but all we saw were homeless cats, obviously tame. Migali told me people fed the cats, but it made me sad to see the poor creatures outside in the bitter cold.
Migali and I went to the shopping center next to Ross Park. There, hidden by a recycle bin in front of the Compare Foods store was a man seated on a chair with an open can of beer. Migali approached him, inviting him to the church. The man, who said his name was David and was 30 years old, declined all offers of help. Migali and I went into the Laundromat where she talked to another young man who told her in Spanish there was a homeless woman who begged for money each day at the shopping center, and become angry if people would not oblige her. Migali and I never found the woman that day. Another two men standing on the corner, that Migali spoke to were angry about matters unrelated to homelessness, they were invited to come to the church. Everyone Migali met with that day spoke Spanish and wherever the homeless people were that day, we could not find them. Joanne and Vivian did not find anyone either.
After Joanne and I left Brentwood, we drove back to the Ronkonkoma train station. There we met up again with Sue and Kenneth (who had a beer in his hand) along with Donald, who told us he had been "kicked out of his girlfriends Section 8" housing and that he was currently living in his car with his three small dogs. Donald was seeking help, and soon. He told us how he was in need of medication for his bipolar disorder and needed to be hospitalized for a couple of days. He added he had a sleep disorder and had a history of drug abuse. The problem was, he needed a place for his dogs while he was in the hospital but had nowhere to take them. I gave Donald my card and asked him to call me; maybe I could do something to help Donald, and his dogs. Later that day, Joanne and I drove around the Ronkonkoma area, visiting Laundromats and shopping areas, but there was no one about.
Notes: Names have been changed to protect privacy. Donald did, in fact, contact Ruth and Joanne and asked for their help to go to a hospital on the condition of finding temporary care for his dogs.


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Twitter reaction to Super Bowl power outage was pretty hilarious
Feb 3, 2013, 10:15 PM EDT
Wouldn't you know it? Just as Manti Teo's girlfriend was about to make her appearance at the Super Bowl, the lights went out (see photo below). What a shame: will we never get to see her? Still no official word on what caused the 30-plus minute power outage at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome during the third quarter, so we're left to draw our own conclusions. The popular theories are:
- Jim Harbaugh found the breaker box and went at it with a hammer. The momentum shall be changed, and it shall be changed now.
- Squirrels. These furred anarchists are known to frequent sporting events, and enjoy chewing wires.
- David Ortiz.
Whatever the reason, it did give players and viewers alike a chance to catch their breath. As for myself, I made a quick run to the store. By the way, there is nothing more deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness than a Home Depot during the Super Bowl.
Hard to say if the power outage affected the game, but it did affect the viewers. Here are some of their tweets.
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- alligatorsnapper - Feb 4, 2013 at 4:34 AM
The best one I heard was that fans of the 49ers in Silicone Valley crashed the computers that regulate the power into the SuperDome. Intention: To change the Big Mo, which is exactly what they did. If not for a last moment goal line stand by the Raven defense which was largely absent after the blackout came forth to be noticed the "domestic terrorists" from Silicone Valley may have been successful. Congratulations to the Ravens. Enjoy a well deserved win.
- binarymath - Feb 4, 2013 at 9:10 AM
Snapper – Sili-CON Valley is the one in the Bay area with all the high-tech companies. Sili-CONE Valley is Orange County…
- skids003 - Feb 4, 2013 at 10:58 AM
Easy answer. The crooked mayor of New Orleans embezzled the utility bill money.
- gerryb323 - Feb 4, 2013 at 11:19 AM
This mayor isn't crooked…just every other one before him was!
- skids003 - Feb 4, 2013 at 11:47 AM
I mean the one being indicted right now.
- klownboy - Feb 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM
HIlarious! Maybe it was a little voodoo?
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Hi all,
I am developing an application in J2ME for capturing images using camera. I have tested it on 6110 navigator phone and it works allright.
I want to know whether the following models support image capture so that my application works properly
1) Nokia 3110 classic
2) Nokia 3120 classic
3) Nokia 7310 Supernova
thanks and regards,


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New dating for Resistance on the PSP
Insomniac's new Resistance game for the PSP handheld moves a step nearer to our (small) screens today, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe revealing that the game will arrive on the 13th of March.
Sony had previously only stated that the new handheld take on the popular FPS will be with us in the 'spring', so this concrete dating is welcome news - especially to the many crying out for new PSP games.
Retribution has been designed from the ground up to take advantage of what the PSP has to offer, while Sony are assuring us that 2009 will see the renaissance of their handheld (which only seems to have done well in Japan over the last year or so).
Update: My apologies, this game is of course not developed by Insomniac, but rather by SCEA's Bend Studio.
More on this as we get it.


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Steven Spielberg's "Hook" maintained its position as the No. 1 filmat the nation's box offices during the weekend, despite competition from such major new films as "Father of the Bride," "JFK" and "Bugsy."
Analysts said Sunday that the weekend's box-office results bode well for the industry this holiday week, when even more movies open, including "The Prince of Tides," starring Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte, and Lawrence Kasdan's ensemble piece, "Grand Canyon." After all the gift shopping is done, presents unwrapped and family traditions observed, they said, ticket sales are expected to rise sharply beginning Christmas Day and maintain a crisp pace through the New Year's holiday.


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Among the available academic programs are majors like Cinematography, Nursing, Computer Science, Business Administration, Management, Human Resources, and Administration of Healthcare Organizations.
There are also online course options for the student who doesn't have a very flexible schedule or wants to complete a degree within his or her own time frame.
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If you need help finding funds for tuition, fill out the FAFSA to apply for loans and grants.
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Jackie Nared, Danielle Mauldin and Kate Gaze combined for 68 points and 30 rebounds to help the Saint Mary's College women's basketball team survive a scare from Loyola Marymount 78-74 on Saturday at McKeon Pavilion. Nared led the way with 28 points
The Sheldon High senior headed to Sonoma State scored 31 points to lead Sacramento back from an early deficit and to a 73-65 victory. Sacramento outscored the Bay team 19-7 in the fourth quarter to earn the win. Early on, it looked like the Bay team
Mary's High girls basketball team never trailed in a showdown with Salesian at Contra Costa College on Jan. 28, but the Panthers had to hold off the Pride to win 43-39. Salesian narrowed the score to 41-39 with 53.5 seconds left, but free throws by
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Renton Police are investigating a fatality collision that occurred early Friday.
Police say at 2:20 a.m., officers responded to a witness report of a collision in the 1100 block of South Carr Road.
A witness saw a vehicle, which had been travelling westbound at a high rate of speed, leave the roadway and collide with a utility pole. The lone occupant of the vehicle, a 21-year old Renton man, died at the scene.
Police said speed appears to have been a factor in this accident; but it's not yet known if drugs or alcohol were factors.
South Carr Road near Mill Avenue was closed. Puget Sound Energy responded to assist with concerns related to the utility pole.
Metro Route 169 was being rerouted off of Talbot Rd. S. Metro said shuttles operate via Lake Av S, S Grady Way, Benson Dr S, S 21st St, Talbot Rd S, S Carr Rd, 98th Av S and S 177th St.
The stops on SE Carr Rd between 98th Av S and 108th Av SE will not be served during the revised routing.


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"Interpreting Life along the Pacific Coast" is a theme that can be expressed in numerous ways: a mosaic-crystal female form, a quilted field of dreams, a magical night on the Esplanade.
Works exploring coastal life by 112 artists from 41 cities—from Santa Barbara to San Diego—are on display as part of CA 101, a juried exhibition held in three "pop-up" (temporary) galleries in South Redondo Beach this weekend and next.
One of the local artists exhibiting, Jerry Neill, a world-traveled photographer/designer, wanted to capture the uniqueness of Redondo Beach with two views of the Esplanade at night and one of a Riviera Village carnival.
A 30-year resident of the South Bay, Neill, who graduated from the University of Southern California with an MFA in theater, fell in love with photography at age 16 after receiving a Super 8mm movie camera for Christmas.
Through his photography, he came to the conclusion that Redondo is a city like no other along the coast, he said. The realization sprung "from watching the joggers; the hundreds of hardcore bicyclists in the wee hours of the weekend; the surfers at sunrise on a school day; Sunday church worship services on the beach in the summer; the beach camps, boot camps, yoga camps, surfing camps…"
It boiled down to one thing, he said. "Redondo Beach is a city about a beach."
Other cities have beaches, said the photographer, an avid runner who lives one block from the ocean on Avenue H. But they lack the "modern mythology" Redondo residents unconsciously create via their lifestyle.
'A voyage through Southern California'
On Thursday morning, as artists and volunteers busily hung hundreds of works in the pop-up galleries, exhibition director Sandra Liljenwall said the goal of the exhibit was "to get representation from a large selection of artists expressing their various creative interpretations of the theme (and) to promote Redondo Beach as a burgeoning center of arts and culture."
That she was elated with the turnout is an understatement. A member of the Redondo Beach Public Arts Commission, Liljenwall said that although she has only lived in the city for a few years, "I've been to a lot of exhibitions, seen a lot of good things, but this is the best I've really ever seen."
Exhibit curator Nina Zak Laddon was equally thrilled. She credited one of the five sponsors, Lagado Companies Redondo Beach, for donating the gallery locations and making the show possible. (Other sponsors include the , Friends of Redondo Beach Arts, Redondo Beach Art Group, and South Bay Brokers.)
Darren Embry, director of communications for Legado, the company planning to revitalize the Palos Verdes Inn and develop the surrounding area, said, "We love the theme of 'Interpreting Life along the Pacific Coast.' Such a large part of the appeal of Southern California is the quality of life and lifestyle anchored by the Pacific Coast Highway."
Embry, whose father and grandmother were artists, said he thoroughly enjoyed working with the Redondo Beach Art Group and Friends of Redondo Beach Arts. "Nina and her group are fantastic—once I met them, she didn't have to say much," he said.
Attendees of the exhibit will visit three pop-up galleries, including the Lobby Gallery in the lobby of the Palos Verdes Inn; the PVI Gallery in one of the hotel's meeting rooms; and, two doors down, the 1704 Gallery in the former Book Again storefront at 1704 Pacific Coast Hwy.
"I have asked artists to work big," Laddon said. "We live in a big state … I wanted the vastness and diversity of California to be represented in their work."
Selecting art for what Laddon called "the biggest exhibition in the history of Redondo Beach," was a matter of selecting "works that will create a voyage through Southern California," she said. "I especially like some of the night scenes captured by photographers, the world of freeways and bridges, large abstracts (and) local landmarks as seen with an artist's eye."
'How could one not be inspired?'
Jean Schultz, a 30-year Redondo resident and graphic designer (JS Design), sees coastal life as having it all from "the ocean to the mountains."
When she thinks of the South Bay, she thinks of "growing cactus next to roses; succulents next to tomatoes. Colors, patterns and clean air. How could one not be inspired?"
Her two works in the CA 101 exhibit, "Coastal Adaptation" I and II, are layered watercolor, she explained. "The background is on watercolor paper and the upper layers are on yupo—a transparent plastic paper—which is woven in and out, creating layers and open spaces."
Alternating between realistic and abstract images, her work is "always influenced by what surrounds me," Schultz said, including her family, husband, Bill, two sons and a daughter.
"My daughter, Lisa who lives in Goleta, also has a painting in the show," the artist said. "This is a thrill for me as it is the first time we have both been in the same show."
Although she's been a graphic designer "forever," she said she kept postponing painting until about 18 years ago. "I kept saying, 'When I retire, I'll paint …' Then I realized, waiting was wrong for me."
Schultz treasures her memberships in the South Bay Watercolor Society, Experimental Artists of South Bay, Studio 1613 and Redondo Beach Art Group.
"The blessing of the groups is getting to spend time with other creative souls whose lives are driven by the passion to create," she said.
Artists Joe Kelly and Kristina Christian-Kelly met in a jewelry class at El Camino College about 12 years ago. Whether it is oils, prints, ceramics, glass or silver, both are inspired by their South Redondo hometown.
"How lucky we are to live here," Joe Kelly said. "To go to the beach whenever we want. It's a wonderful life." Since he works at a restaurant at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles, Kelly enjoys the "calmness" of Redondo and how "great it is to always come home, which is by the beach."
It makes sense that "Shades of Blue," one of two abstracts Kelly is exhibiting in the 1704 Gallery, is an oil of the sea. "I really like blue," he laughed. The other painting, "Crossroads," is "like a street grid in the background, lines, roads, freeways, a mixture of blue, purple, green."
Christian-Kelly primarily a jewelry-maker, produced an abstract print for the exhibit, a crystal-like pattern of pastel pinks, blues and white.
The CA 101 exhibition runs two consecutive weekends, July 27-29 and Aug. 3-5. The opening reception scheduled for Friday from 7-9 p.m. at the Palos Verdes Inn, located at 1704 Pacific Coast Hwy. in South Redondo Beach. The exhibit will be open for viewing: Fridays from 5-10 p.m., Saturdays from noon-8 p.m.; and Sundays from noon-6 p.m.
For more information and to see a list of participating artists, visit friendsredondobeacharts.org or call 310-720-4943.


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Several people have asked me to republish historic information on Scrum. This was posted on my website in 1995 after Agile Manifesto signatory, Bob Martin, sounded off on project management.
Group: comp.lang.smalltalk
From: firstname.lastname@example.com Robert Martin
Org: R. C. M. Consulting Inc. 708-918-1004
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 16:05:49 GMT
Subj: Re: OO Project Management
The question has been asked: "How do we use our standard project
management tools to help manage OO projects?" On the surface of
things, this appears to be a significant problem. We have used the
normal suite of tools for managing "waterfall" projects, and it is
difficult to see how they can be used to manage "iterative" projects.
However, the standard suite of project management tools (e.g. PERT and
CPM and Ghant) are not incompatible with iterative development. They
are designed to model the schedules of projects, and iterative
projects still have a schedule.
The difficulty is that the items on the schedule are different. In
waterfall project management, the items on the schedule are
"Analysis", "Design", "Implementation", "Test", etc. However in
iterative development it does not normally make sense to use such
items. What items should we use?
There is a common myth that iterative projects are projects without
schedules. They ramble about, hither and yon, until some techie
decides that they have done enough work and declare the project
complete. This is not the case. An iterative projects has a schedule
just like any other project, and that schedule can be modeled with
standard project managment tools
When an iterative project begins, the application is broken down into
many sub-projects, each with a very small number of features. These
sub projects are sometimes called vertical slices, or just slices.
Each slice represents a small amount of work that needs to be
accomplished. It must be possible to array the slices in time, such
that the features implemented in earlier slices do not depend upon the
features implemented in later slices. Thus the slices can be
implemented in a chronological order.
Once the slices are allocated, each can be estimated as to the
resources that will be required to implement it. Then these slices
can be arrayed on a PERT chart, or any other project managment tool to
produce a complete project estimate. However, this estimate is
extremely unreliable.
When the project begins, the time required to implement the initial
slices is recorded, and fed back into the schedule. Each time a slice
in completed we learn more about how much time the other slices will
take. Thus our schedule becomes more and more accurate as time goes
on. The end date on the schedule will change (probably recede) as
more data on the implementation of the slices is gained.
Fred Brooks once said: "Adding manpower to a late project makes it
later." This is certainly true when 80% of the schedule has been
exhausted and only 40% of the project has been completed. The benefit
to iterative scheduling is that feedback concerning the accuracy of
the schedule comes back very early. After the first few slices,
project managers can begin to measure the error in their initial
estimates and plan for resource changes. Thus they can add manpower
to an early project so that it does not become late. (Or they can
decide to scrap the project altogether).
Note, that the items that are placed into the project management tool
are not "Analysis", "Design", etc. They are the slices themselves.
In projects that are really big, the slices should be broken down into
sub-slices, using exactly the same scheme. The schedule for these
slices should also be broken down into sub-schedules, and the process
repeated in a hierarchical fashion.


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CNHI News Services
The No. 14-ranked Northeastern State men's soccer team wrapped up its exhibition campaign with a convincing 13-2 victory over Bacone College Thursday night at DeLoache Field.
The RiverHawks were coming off two losses in exhibition play and picked up a win on the strength of hat tricks from three players.
Sophomore forward Joel Mendoza, sophomore midfielder Paul Samia and freshman forward Roberto Soares each found the back of the net three times. Soares even had time to collect an assist.
Others to score in the match were senior midfielders Juan Gonzalez and Edgar Gonzaga, junior forward Jordan Schmoker and junior defender Eric Crawford. Junior midfielder Josue Morales and freshman midfielder Jonathan Guzman also added two assists.
"After our first two matches, this was a great way to close out the exhibition season," NSU coach Rob Czlonka said. "We only scored once in our first two matches, and I'm happy a lot of guys were able to get touches and get some confidence heading into the beginning of the regular season."
NSU outshot the visitors 40-5, dominating possession for the majority of the contest. The home side also held a 14-2 advantage in corner kicks.
Sophomore goalkeeper Eric Shephard played the first 45 minutes and recorded one save. Redshirt freshman Jackson Biles finished the game and did not record a save. Both conceded a goal.
BC's Erick Medina's finished with 12 saves and 13 goals allowed.
Northeastern State will now prepare for the beginning of the regular season, which is set to kickoff at 2 p.m. Sept. 6 with a road contest at William Jewell College.


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According to ZD Net, it had been intended that Vista would be tough on security and tough on the causes of security, but alas it only took four weeks for independent third parties to find a hole.
To be fair to Vole it is not much of a security flaw. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with Finnish security company F-Secure said that the hole means that a user with standard system privileges can gain wider access to system tools and settings without the approval of a network administrator.
Attackers would need to already have access to the system to take advantage of it and while this is annoying it does not mean a hacker is going to release a serious number of worms to take advantage of it.
However the flaw is symbolic, given that Microsoft did promise us that Vista was going to be more secure than Windows XP.
More here. µ
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text: Good golly what a backwards world this place used to be! From the 1930s to the 60s, calling someone skinny was rude. Seriously. Skinny was so undesirable that they started selling weight gain accelerators. Ads that read like, "New easy way adds 5 to 15 lbs. Quick!" were splayed all across the pages of magazines and newspapers. They touted rumors that men wouldn't look at your if you were skinny. What we've learned here today kids, is that that the mindset from the 1930s-60s is completely opposite of that which we subscribe to today. And considering that the diet industry in the US moves more than $60 billion today, we've taken a cultural leap since those days. Take a look at this nonsense.


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Summer in the city
…And the livin' is not so easy. We have been getting some figures from Coloradans for Responsible Reform ( CFRR) on the impact of Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101.
They estimate that, when fully implemented, these three initiatives can kill as much 100,000 jobs – many of them private sector –primarily because when public entities bond capital investments (construction projects) much of that work goes to the private sector.
It just makes me shake my head—Colorado is finally coming out of the recession, and these three killers show up on the scene.
Colorado has already lost over 100,000 jobs in this recession, and to lose 100,000 more would absolutely devastate our economy. (As my Grandpa used to say, "it would really give us something to cry about.")


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Tonawanda News — The Buffalo Bisons maintained their two-game International League North Division lead over the Pawtucket Red Sox, splitting a doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Coca-Cola Field.
The Bisons (14-5) were six outs away from from extending their winning streak to 11 and pulling 10 games above .500 for the first time since 2010, but they gave up eight runs in the top of the sixth inning of game one en route to an 8-3 seven-inning loss.
Moises Sierra doubled in Anthony Gose in the first inning, and Mauro Gomez and Ryan Langerhans both hit solo home runs in the bottom of the second to give Buffalo a 3-0 lead.
That's all, it appeared, starter Dave Bush would need. Bush (2-1) retired the first 13 batters he faced before giving up a ground-ball single up the middle to Pawtucket (13-8) right fielder Bryce Brentz in the top of the fifth. He then walked left fielder Jeremy Hazelbaker, but escaped by inducing a 5-4-3 double play from shortstop Jose Iglesias.
In the sixth, Pawtucket catcher Dan Butler led off with an dribbling ground ball in the infield that went for a single. After second baseman Jonathan Diaz lined out to second, center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr., of short-lived Boston Red Sox fame, hit a sinking liner to short that went off the glove of Buffalo's Ryan Goins for an error.
Pawtucket third baseman Drew Sutton followed with a hard fly ball to right that dropped under a diving Sierra's glove for a two-run triple. First baseman Brandon Snyder followed with a single, and then a walk to designated hitter Mark Hamilton ended Bush's day.
Reliever Mickey Storey took over from there and immediately induced a fly out from Brentz to right. Hazelbaker followed that with a three-run homer to right, Iglesias hit an infield single and Butler homered to extend the lead to 8-3.


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One night dinner and other recommendations
I'm going to Portland with a group of people (seven total) next weekend for only two days.
We don't have much time and we're trying to decide where to go for a delicious dinner that's good for a big group and won't be extremely expensive (portions/quality worthy of the price).
We were thinking of trying either Tasty n Sons or Toro Bravo for dinner. Which would be better?
And if there's any other recommendations for dinner or even lunch/food trucks/sweets that we can consider for our second day, feel free to add!
We are staying in Downtown so nowhere too far, please.
Are you looking for dinner only for one night (Saturday)?
Expensive/Inexpensive is subjective. An idea of price per person for food only to indicate what your approximate budget might be?
If you are staying downtown and the two restaurants you mentioned are within your budget, you might think about Tasty & Alder, which you probably could walk to.