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Young botanist blossoms in school program
- Written by Chanel Hill
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When Isaiah Nelson enrolled in W.B Saul High School, he new very little about plants, and had no idea that botany would become a significant part of his life. Nelson went to Saul with the goal of starting to prepare himself with a career as a veterinarian, all of that changed once he took a class with Jessica McAtamney.
"I wanted to go to Saul because it was a hands-on school, but little did I know the decision that I made has changed my life," he said. "After taking a science class with Mrs. McAtamney, I realized how much I like working with plants and that I was actually good at. From there my passion grew. I knew then that I no longer wanted to be a veterinarian, but a botanist."
Nelson was inducted into the Nationals Honors Society in 10th grade. He has made honor roll since entering Saul. He is the president of Engineers without Boarders (after school program at Saul) and Future Farmers of America (FFA) Advisor. Nelson's school has Pennsylvania's largest chapter of FFA and of the biggest chapters in the country. Nelson is also junior ambassador for the Philadelphia Zoo, where he volunteers his time on a monthly basis.
Last year, Nelson won first place for the regional and state competition during the Agricultural Science fair that was held in Harrisburg and Penn State University. The science project was titled: "Can Pokeweed Be Used As A Natural Dye?" Nelson was also chosen to compete in the National's at Indianapolis, Ind., where he won silver.
"The whole concept of my first science project started in one of Mrs. McAtamney classes in 2011," he said. "I asked her about this particular weed that I found on the farm at school. My teacher didn't tell me what it was, instead she told me to do research and figure it out on my own, and I did. "I not only identified the name of the weed, but also created my own dye from it. I was able to go to city, state, and nationals with this project. It was a new experience for me, but it was also exciting.
This year, Nelson has a new science experiment called "Do Flowers Yield Emotions." The project has already won first place for city in Harrisburg. Nelson is hoping to go to nationals again for this project.
"As far as the topic for my latest science experiment I kind of did it on a whim," he said. "I started doing floral arrangements and I was thinking to myself do people who receive flowers feel happy afterwards. I then started conducting my experiment from there. Depending on the person, whether its male of female, receiving flowers omit positive and negative reactions.
"In my findings with men, they sometimes give off negative reactions. They might take offense to someone giving them flowers because it insults their masculinity. Where with women and the elderly, they love floral arrangements and we're happy when they received them.
Nelson says that his experience with his first science experiment helped prepare him for his second.
"My ultimate goal is to compete again in states and go on to nationals," he said. "I would like to come in first place for both. With my experience with Nationals in Indiana, I didn't know what to expect. I was just taking everything in. This time around I know what to expect. I know what I have to do to improve and what the judges are looking for. I will continue to work hard. I'm proud of what I accomplished the first time around, but this time I want to wow the judges."
Nelson recently started his own floral business. The business is called In Perfect Bloom Florist. The goal of the business is to supply affordable and professional floral arrangements for anyone who is interested.
"I have always been eager to learn about the preservation of our environment and what we can do to take of it," he said. "I receive enjoyment by working with my hands and making others happy. After accepting the challenge of producing arrangements for special occasions for my family and friends, I wanted to share my talent with others through my own floral business.
"I sell and make all of the floral arrangements. I wanted all of the prices to be reasonable for everyone. My business offers me more knowledge about flowers. The business teaches me how to manage my time, and how to identify a variety of flowers that is used in floral culture. Having my own part time business is hard because I already have a busy schedule with school, but it's also the ultimate learning experience for me. This is what I love to do."
For more information on Nelson's floral business, visit Inperfectbloomflorist.weebly.com.


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Thomas Davis - #58 - LB
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|2005, 1st round, 14th pick by Panthers
Shorts and Shells: Week 15
Examining the ramifications of a number of shocking losses by favorites; why the Saints won't stop pushing; how the Patriots survived defensively; and more.
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Texans WR Johnson remains out
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Panthers sign kicker to compete against Mare
With Olindo Mare struggling, the Panthers added some competition for him Tuesday.
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Matt Ryan led Atlanta to another comeback victory over the Carolina Panthers, keeping the Falcons in the playoff chase with a 31-23 victory.
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The Panthers have lost their top three defensive tackles to injuries after making big changes at the position last offseason.
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Cowboys-Giants could change the tide in the NFC East; the Saints and Packers face unfamiliar AFC foes; and lots more in this early look at Week 14.
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Cam Newton ran for three touchdowns to set the NFL single-season record for rushing TDs by a quarterback, leading the Panthers to a 38-19 rout of the Buccaneers on Sunday.
Bucs QB Freeman out; Johnson to start
Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman will not play in Sunday's game against the Panthers. Josh Johnson will get the start.
Panthers' Connor ideal as backup
Panthers MLB Dan Connor is getting a chance to showcase his ability in the final year of his rookie deal.
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Davis is expected to play Sunday night against the New York Jets - his first action since tearing the ACL in his right knee last September - his third such significant injury. If he can make it back he'll become the first NFL player to return after tearing the same ACL three separate times.||||||| Davis missed the first two preseason games with a strained calf, but coach Ron Rivera says he expects he'll play.
Coach Ron Rivera says he's "relieved" that medical tests on Davis' right knee were negative. Rivera says an MRI on Thursday revealed no damage and that Davis has a strained right calf.||||||| Davis will not participate in Saturday's Fan Fest back in Charlotte but could return to practice next week. He hasn't practiced since Sunday.That's encouraging news for Davis, who's trying to become the first known NFL player to return from three torn ACLs to the same knee. Davis tore his right ACL last September for the third time in three years and missed 14 games on injured reserve.
A person familiar with the situation says Davis has agreed to forego his $8 million signing bonus and take a pay cut to return to the Panthers.||||||| The person spoke to The Associated Press Tuesday on the condition of anonymity because no public announcement has been made. Davis, who is trying to comeback from three torn ACLs in three years, has agreed to forego the signing bonus he was due and has taken a cut in base salary from $2.25 million to $700,000.
Davis has torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee for the third time in less than 23 months. Davis shared news of the injury on his Twitter account. "I would like 2 take the time and thank every1 that has supported me over my career," he wrote. "Unfortunately, I have re torn my acl. Thx 4 da prayers!!"||||||| Davis first tore his right ACL on Nov. 8, 2009 against New Orleans. He tried to make it back for the next season but re-tore his ACL in the June minicamps. Davis had more than a year to recover from that second surgery and the Panthers felt like he'd be ready to go this season.
Davis says it "wasn't worth the risk" to try to play this season after two major knee surgeries in less than a year, but is confident Carolina will re-sign him.||||||| Davis tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last November, then suffered the same injury seven months later in an offseason workout. Davis had said he was determined to play this season, but acknowledged he isn't 100 percent.


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Syracuse is set up to fail this year. There really is no other way to put it. I'm not trying to be negative or pessimistic. Scoop is known more so for his boneheaded plays than for his positive contributions. KJo, the guy who is expected to be our crunch time scorer has been an enigma. Admit it, you would check the boxscore after some games last year and see KJo had 22 and be like, "Wow, I can't remember a single significant basket he made all game." It might not be fair and just reflective of the expectations placed on him. He flourished in a bench role in the 2009-2010 season, but last year suggested that he didn't want to be "the guy" for the team. Triche could hit five 3s in one game and then not take a shot the next.
We are LOADED with young talent. No one would deny that. Fair, Waiters, Carter Williams, and Cooney could all start for a fair amount of D1 programs. This is Boeheim's golden era of recruiting and it shows. We've had a top 10 recruiting class the last two years and won the Big East regular season title in 2010. Fab looks like he's in great shape and dropped 14 in tonight's exhibition, and I think Fair and Waiters will show drastic improvement from last year. Christmas, as long as he can stay in shape and not wear down towards the end of the year, will have an impact.
That being said, I don't think a plethora of young talent and veteran leaders NECESSARILY equates to postseason success, but they are definitely correlated. I think the biggest thing for the team will be recapturing the offensive flow the 2009-2010 team had. Last year, the offense stalled for stretches and often when we needed a crucial bucket. That can't happen this year. And obviously our last second shot offense needs to be worked on for reasons that don'y need to be addressed.
But old habits die hard. I don't think its easy to change the way you've played for years and eliminate mental mistakes that plagued the team like Scoop's did. Joseph might have the nicest J on the team and look like he should be dropping 25 a night, but if that's not the player that he wants to be then it won't happen. Triche might be our best deep threat but if he doesn't shoot the ball then it doesn't really matter does it? I'm saying the mental aspects of each player's game are going to be what needs to change the most from last season to this season if we're going to go deep into the tournament.
I'm not trying to say that this team can't be successful, because we clearly have the pieces to be a great team. No one questions the talent that each player has. We're deeper than we've ever been, and we're number 5 in the polls and a co-favorite to win the big east. I just don't know if we can throw around "Final Four" when we have such fundamental problems to address. I don't like the expectations for this squad, and if we're successful it's going to be because one of the younger guys.


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While we patiently await Alejandro González Iñárritu to get moving on his next feature -- and he's got options with "The Revenant" and "The Flim-Flam Man" both brewing -- he's taken a quick time out to go experimental on us.
Teaming with Benjamin Millepied -- the choreographer best known as Mr. Natalie Portman who met her on the set of "Black Swan" -- he has directed "Naran Ja," a "Trash Humpers"-esque, super lo-fi, avant garde dance short that's....interesting.... We can't really describe it, you'll just have to watch it yourself, but the summary and video are below.
After being invited by Benjamin Millepied to a rehearsal for the L.A Dance Project's premiere performance, Oscar-nominated director Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Biutiful (2010), Babel (2006)) was inspired to make a video-exercise that documents movement and dance in an experimental way, with a stream of consciousness narrative. The result is NARAN JA (One Act Orange Dance).
The film, produced by The Amoveo Company, was shot outside of L.A. and features excerpts of the new choreography Benjamin Millepied crafted for Moving Parts. The story takes place in a secluded, dusty space and centers around LADP dancer Julia Eichten who seems to be on an eternal search... for herself.
lilhuxtable | October 29, 2012 1:44 PM
Is that the camera that was used? LOL
Alexa | October 27, 2012 10:00 AM
Archer Slyce | October 27, 2012 6:27 AM
Isn't it a bit too flawless to actually be VHS recording ? Kinda reminds me of Ultima Vez's movies by the way.
Riba | October 26, 2012 9:21 PM
This is sooo coooool !!


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1960 model Cessna 150. First registered in Australia 1961. Cancelled from the register in 2009. Hopefully it is simply stored safely in the corner of a hangar under going restoration.
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Dr Annette Lankshear, former Reader at the School of Nursing & Midwifery Studies, has been awarded an Honorary Visiting Professor position at the School of Healthcare Sciences.
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My thoughts on UFC 112
First and foremost-Frankie Edgar is a beast. I, along with 95% of the MMAMania community thought this was going to be even less of a challenge for BJ than Diego turned out to be. As a the littlest guy in my gym, I always use a lot of footwork and movement to maintain and advantage-since "big power" isn't an advantage that I can boast.
Speed and accuracy, however, is.
And Frankie proved on Saturday that it can be a bigger advantage than many thought. He fought an amazing battle, and looked just as fresh at 4:30 of round 5 as he did at 0:30 of round 1.
I know there are already questions about Penn's kneebrace, but the thing that I noticed most was the small spare tire around his waist. He looked in the worst physical condition he has looked at 155 since his destruction of Pulver at the TUF 5 finale.
The two things might be related, but I doubt it. If they are, and he ended up blowing out his knee in training or something like that, I give him mad props. I had to pull out of a fight scheduled for May 8 since I dislocated my hip last week. And I cant even walk without a painful limp, much less do any type of cardio workout or throw a right cross. So if he did tear up his knee, and still step in the cage against Edgar, he has my respect for it.
However, I think the end of the fight is a result of Edgar not being intimidated and sticking to an excellent gameplan.
Hughes made me proud last night. I almost feel as if I'm one of the last of a dying breed when it comes to Hughes fans, judging from the hate I see him getting from the internet community. But I have always been a fan of him, and seeing as how I started following MMA right at the time he choked out Trigg with an amazing standing RNC, he has always had a fan in this fighter.
And last night, he finally got something he has been wanting for a long time-a TKO as a result of his stand-up abilities.
Renzo impressed me with his respect and his heart, but his actual skills displayed during the fight left something for me to be desiered. However, I do very much hope we get to see him against someone like George Sotiropoulos or Joe Daddy before Zuffa decides he's too old.
Those two fights would make for an amazing grappling exhibition, and I feel like Renzo could make 155 seeing as he looked very small next to Hughes, and made the statement that he had to eat a lot to stay in the welterweight class
Dos Anjos-I have a bone to pick with you. You ruined the bet I placed with a training partner, and once my hip heals up I get to suffer a 10 minute pickle at the hands of the rest of my team.
I thought Etim would be able to have his way with you, but you wouldn't hear of it. And that armbar was beautiful-couldn't have been more by-the-book. My hat's off to you.
Joe Lauzon vs Terry Etim anyone? Or Dos Anjos vs Gomi?
There is a reason I left this fight till last-because the only place it belongs is at the very bottom of a long write up, where it will get as little attention it deserves. Maia earned all of my respect last night, and Silva lost all of it.
I couldn't care less if a champion stops his contenders in the first 30 seconds, or if he plays it rather safe and out points him to a decision. The champ is the champ, and its his choice of what game plan to use. However, dancing around, hiding behind the ref, swearing at your opponent, mocking your opponent during the fight, then going on camera and repeatedly complaining about how your opponent disrespected you?!
What did Maia say or do before, during, or after the fight that could be seen as disrespectful?
Deciding not to charge forward and swing slow punches while out of range a la Forrest Griffin is NOT disrespecting you. And that's the only thing I can think of that Silva found disrespectful-Maia refusing to play into Silva's hands.
But it's a freaking fight.
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I saw him on the beach on that warm August afternoon, walking along the water alone, his head lowered.
He was tan, fit and beautiful, his hair shinning in the sun's rays.
He was dressed in baggy surfer shorts while I was dressed in black jeans, tee shirt and sneakers, not liking the whole sunshine thing.
But the way it bounced off of his tan shoulders was making me like it more and more.
His name was Mikey, the boy from Mc Donalds.
I really wanted to talk to him.
Damn my shyness.
I watched as this boy walked up the sand, on to the boardwalk, and out of sight.
Great, I thought to myself. You blew your perfect chance.
I never imagined that my perfect chance would come again.
I was sitting on a railing up on the boardwalk just watching the people come out of the restaurants after dinner and heading to the rides on the pier.
The boy had added a black Iron Maiden tee shirt and red flip flops to his baggy surfer shorts, but was even more beautiful the closer he came to me.
He looked like everyone else, but then again so did I, so that was no indication.
I decided to follow him. I stayed about ten feet behind him as he strolled along the boardwalk, looking like he did this every single night.
I followed him until he got in line for a very large, very high roller coaster.
I took a deep breath and got in line right behind him, despite my fear of heights, going fast, and roller coasters in general. I had never been on one before, and the prospect was scaring the living shit out of me.
"God, that looks high..." I mumbled.
The boy turned to me. "You afraid of heights?"
"Yes," I said nervously.
The boy giggled.
Oh my god, I thought I was going to faint dead away.
He had most beautiful laugh I had ever heard.
"If you're afraid, then why are you in line?"
"I'm trying to be brave." I felt myself doing some serious blushing.
From behind me, some jerks were messing around and I felt myself being shoved forward, pushing me into my perfect guy.
I grabbed his shoulders as we were forced together, trying to keep us both from tumbing to the hard ground.
I realized that I still had my hands on his shoulders and pulled them away quickly.
"Sorry," I lowered my head.
"I kinda liked it...ummm?" he smiled seductively. He obviously didn't remember.
"Frank," I said softly.
"Mikey." He smiled what was possibly the most adorable smile that I had ever seen, his beautiful perfect white teeth gleaming in the neon pier lights.
"Do I know you?" He asked.
"I don't know. You know, after this I really want to get McDonalds to go." I said smirking. He smiled.
"You never called. Why?" He asked. I sighed.
"Long story. Just some family drama. I really did want to call." I said.
"Its okay. Better late than never." He said smiling.
I had to take my eyes off of his face before I melted like a snowman in August.
"You like Iron Maiden?" I pointed to his tee shirt.
"My favorite band," Mikey smiled again.
He was gonna have to stop that if he expected me to stay upright.
"Mine too," I smiled back.
"No way."
I nodded.
"Holy shit." I saw Mikey looking over my shoulder.
I turned to see what he was looking at. "What?"
"Is that Springsteen?" Mikey asked me.
"Over there, with that group of people."
"Sure looks like him," I said.
Mikey turned back to me. "I think it is. Too cool. That was my very first concert."
"I saw him three years ago at the Meadowlands," I said, trying hard not to stare at Mikey's perfect face.
"Oh my god...I was there!" Mikey almost screamed.
"Nuh uh," I said in disbelief.
"Yuh huh."
We both laughed at the same time.
His laugh being much cuter than mine of course.
When it was our turn for the ride, Mikey turned to me.
"Wanna share a car?"
I nodded.
Like the answer was gonna be no, right?
This was my perfect chance.
Mikey got into the car first. I sat next to him and waited for the attendant to lower the bar over our heads.
It was possible that everyone in New Jersey could hear my heart beating from the combination of fear and excitement.
You can guess which emotion Mikey was causing.
It wasn't the fear.
My eyes closed tightly, I didn't see Mikey take my hand.
When I felt his warm fingers laced with mine, I looked up at him, questioning his actions.
I saw that beautiful smile again.
"Just in case you get scared."


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Volkswagen showcased the latest evolution of their W12 Concept launched in 1997 and 1998 at the 2001 Tokyo Motorshow. This third phase evolution is very close to being production ready.
Performance and Features
The W12 Coupe showed its strength at the Nardo test track a week before the Tokyo show where an unmodified W12 broke the world 24 hour endurance record. The 24 hours were covered with an average speed of 185.45 mph breaking the old record by 17.5 mph. The total distance covered was 4402.8 miles.
The Volkswagen W12 engine is made up of two very thin V6 four-valve modules which are configured at an angle of 72 degrees with a joint crankshaft with seven main bearings to make up a V-V arrangement, i.e. a W. The cylinder angle is just 15 degrees Within the two V6 banks. This makes the construction, which is very compact in comparison to V12 engines, possible. A modified version of the W12 engine will also power Volkwagen's upcoming luxury sedan.


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1. T.J. Watson, Father, Son, &Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond, Bantam Books, 1990, p. 175, Watson Jr. made this comment after learning his father's plan to carve out IBM World Trade for his younger brother, Arthur K. Watson. Thomas Watson Jr. was angered by this decision, and we must view his comment in this context, although it does not diminish the fact that he viewed the Latin American market as a boondoggle.
2. IBM Archives, Frequently Asked Questions, June 2004, http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/ pdffaq.pdf; "Buenas Ideas, Pilares de IBM" [Good Ideas: Pillars of IBM], Diálogo IBM Chile, Sept.-Oct. 1977.
3. Among the most cited works are those of Emerson W. Pugh, a former IBM employee who wrote several detailed histories of the company's organization and product line. An overview of company history can be found in E.W. Pugh, Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and its Technology, MIT Press, 1995. The memoir by Thomas Watson Jr. provides an insider view of the company as seen from the top. The recent biography of Thomas J. Watson Sr. by the journalist Kevin Maney is the first to use Watson père's papers to tell the IBM story. See K. Maney, The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr., and the Making of IBM, J. Wiley &Sons, 2003, and T.J. Watson Jr., Father, Son, &Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond, Bantam Books, 1990.
4. The article by Corinna Schlombs in this issue of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is one example. Others include the controversial E. Black, IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation, Crown Publishers, 2001; J. Vernay, "IBM France," Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 11, no. 4, 1989; R. Sobel, IBM vs. Japan: the Struggle for the Future, Stein and Day, 1986; S. Usselman, "IBM and Its Imitators: Organizational Capabilities and the Emergence of the International Computer Industry," Business and Economic History, vol. 22, no. 2, 1993. The literature on IBM World Trade is small but useful and includes work by the journalist Nancy Foy, The Sun Never Sets on IBM, Morrow, 1975, and a memoir by the former president of IBM World Trade, Jacques Maisonrouge, Inside IBM: A Personal Story, McGraw-Hill, 1989. The journalist Rex Malik uses documents released in connection with the antitrust suit brought by the US Department of Justice against IBM. Those documents paint a more negative picture of corporate strategies for international expansion. See Rex Malik, And Tomorrow ... the World? Inside IBM, Millington, 1975.
5. The memoir published by Luis Lamassone is a notable exception. In addition, IBM Chile has produced several short company histories by company employees. These histories are cited throughout the article. Studies of computing in Brazil and Argentina have addressed IBM's activities during the 1970s and 1980s, but have not documented the early history of the company in these regions. L.A. Lamassonne, My Life with IBM, Protea, 2000, and E. Adler, The Power of Ideology: The Quest for Technological Autonomy in Argentina and Brazil, Univ. of California Press, 1987.
6. The firm of Buchanan, Jones, &Co. acted as the agent for CTR machines in Chile from 1921 to 1929. In addition to tabulating machines, Chileans could purchase scales, time clocks, mechanical punches, reproducing punches, and vertical sorters. IBM Chile, "Edición Especial de Aniversario, IBM 70 años en Chile," [Santiago de Chile: IBM Chile, 1999]; "Hablan los precursores" [The Predecessors Speak], IBM Diálogo, July 1987.
7. IBM Chile, "Edición Especial de Aniversario, IBM 70 años en Chile." The Chilean experience with tabulating machines parallels that of the US. In the US the heavy data processing needs of government agencies and railroad companies made them among the first purchasers of Herman Hollerith's early tabulating machines. Hollerith's background at the US Census Bureau and his involvement with the US censuses of 1890 and 1900 have been well documented. The importance of information technology to the railroad industry may appear less obvious. The economic historian Alfred Chandler cites the US railroad industry, which depended heavily on new innovations in information technology, as the prototype for modern business organization. Hollerith actively sought the railroad companies as his first clients after he left the census bureau. He also dedicated a number of years to reforming railway administration methods to incorporate the benefits of tabulating machines.
8. "Hablan los precursores," IBM Diálogo, July 1987, Sydney Wharin also served as the general manager of IBM Argentina.
9. "Hablan los precursores," IBM Diálogo, July 1987, p. 4.
10. However, Thomas J. Watson Sr. himself called Santiago in 1930 to inaugurate the new radio telephone service between New York and Santiago and to congratulate the branch office on its successful year. Watson also sent a letter to the Santiago office on the inaugural flight of Pan-American Grace Airlines (Panagra). The plane was piloted by Charles Lindbergh. IBM Chile, "Edición Especial de Aniversario, IBM 70 años en Chile."
11. "Máquinas especiales se emplearán en el escrutinio del censo general [Special Machines Will Be Used in the Counting of the General Census]," El Mercurio, 6 Mar. 1930.
12. Tabulating machinery was not the only office machinery shipped to Chile in 1930. Judging from the advertisements of the period, Burroughs calculating machines, National Cash Register's cash registers, and Remington typewriters all managed to secure a client base within Chile. Burroughs, for example, claimed that with 42 years of experience, it could offer a "Burroughs machine for any business." In 1929 alone Chile imported 282 calculating machines, 786 adding machines, 390 cash registers, and 4,368 typewriters from the US, sales totaling approximately $560,000. "Hay una maquina Burroughs para cualquier negocio" [There Is A Burroughs Machine for Any Business], El Mercurio, 12 Oct. 1930; US Dept. of Commerce, Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the US, US Government Printing Office, 1929.
13. B. Loveman, Chile: The Legacy of Hispanic Capitalism, 3rd ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 2001, p. 183.
14. However, he also dealt aggressively with his political opponents and oppressed dissenting voices.
15. The General Statistics Office expanded to become the General Statistics Bureau in August 1930 and welcomed additional labor and technical resources, such as Hollerith machines, to complete the population census in a timely fashion. The results of the 1920 census were published in one volume five years after the census was conducted. In contrast, the results of the 1930 census occupied three volumes, published in 1931, 1933, and 1935, respectively. Hollerith machines generated the various configurations of data that comprised the second and third volumes.
16. Within this new labor force engineers gained considerable respect and influence and ascended to key posts in the administration. For example, the treasury minister, Pablo Ramirez, assembled a group of talented engineers from the State Railroad Company (Ferrocarriles del Estado) and placed them in a number of high-ranking positions throughout the government, including director of the Budget Office, director of the General Accounting Office, superintendent of customs, and director of the Internal Revenue Service, as well as in several crucial positions within the Ministry of Development. For more on science, engineering, and the growth of state administration during the Ibañez period, see M. Góngora, Ensayo histórico sobre la noción de estado en Chile en los siglos XIX y XX [Historic Essay on the Notion of State in Chile in the 19th and 20th Centuries], 2nd ed., Editorial Universitaria, S.A., 1986; A. Ibañez Santa Maria, "Los 'ismos' y la redefinición del Estado: tecnicismo, planificación y estatismo en Chile, 1920–1940" [The "isms" and the Redefinition of the State: Technicism, Planning and Statism in Chile, 1920–1940], Atenea, no. 474, 1996; and A. Ibañez Santa Maria, Herido en el ala: estado, oligarquías y subdesarrollo [Wounded on the Wing: State, Oligarchy and Underdevelopment], Universidad de Andres Bello, Santiago, 2003.
17. "Loveman," Chile, p. 188, 98.
18. Ibañez resigned on 26 July 1931 and temporarily sought exile in Argentina. After he resigned, Chile slid into political disarray. For all the dictator's attempts to create an administration that imposed order and abhorred chaos, six different governments came to power in 1932, including Chile's first "Socialist Republic," headed by Marmaduque Grove. It lasted only 12 days. By the end of 1932 members of the military were calling for civilian elections, which initiated a period of uninterrupted democratic rule that lasted until 1973.
19. B. Loveman writes, "These developments provided a basis for the consolidation of a bureaucratic 'middle class' associated with an interventionist state Loveman," Chile, pp. 199-200, See also K.A. Rosemblatt, Gendered Compromises: Political Cultures and the State in Chile, 1920–1950, Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2000.
20. Loveman, Chile, p. 200.
21. "Hablan los precursores," IBM Diálogo.
22. IBM Chile, "Edición Especial de Aniversario, IBM 70 años en Chile [Special Anniversary Edition, IBM 70 Years in Chile]; Cartulina para tarjetas de IBM [Cardboard for IBM Cards]," Diálogo IBM Chile, Nov.-Dec. 1976, In 1966 the card factory produced 25 million cards per month.
23. T.J. Watson Sr. wrote editorials on Theodore Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy (1940) and "world peace through world trade" (1953). These were later reprinted in T.J. Watson Sr., "As a Man Thinks": Thomas J. Watson, the Man and His Philosophy of Life as Expressed in His Editorials, IBM, 1954.
24. The company also named Carlos Vidal as the special representative for Latin America. Vidal worked for IBM Peru, but took on the responsibility of promoting the company throughout the region.
25. Lamassonne, My Life with IBM, p. 77.
26. Maney, The Maverick and his Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr., and the Making of IBM, p. 371, Watson Sr. met the Chilean president again in April 1950 at a black tie dinner held in González Videla's honor in New York. The friendship between the González Videla family and the Watson family continued in the next generation. Watson Jr. stayed in contact with González Videla's daughter and her husband, the wealthy businessman JoséClaro Vial. I thank Cristóbal Joannon of IBM Chile for sharing a 2005 interview he conducted with Claro Vial that contains many details of this friendship.
27. The details of the family drama surrounding the formation of IBM World Trade appear in Watson Jr., Father, Son, &Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond, and Maney, The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr., and the Making of IBM.
28. Maney, The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr., and the Making of IBM, p. 377, Maney describes Arthur Watson as having a weak character and an uncontrollable temper. IBM banned alcohol, but Arthur Watson reportedly developed a drinking habit that embarrassed his father on numerous occasions.
29. However, Arthur Watson later went on two US government missions to Latin America, including a 1964 trip to Lima, Peru, where he started an investment group that funded local Latin American businesses. IBM Archives, Arthur K. Watson, IBM Builders Reference Room, 2008, http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/ buildersbuilders_watson.html.
30. Foy, The Sun Never Sets on IBM, p. 42.
31. IBM Archives, IBM Highlights, 1885–1969, IBM Archives Documents, 2004, http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/ pdf1885-1969.pdf; IBM Archives, IBM Highlights, 1970–1984, IBM Archives Documents, 2004, http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/ pdf1970-1984.pdf.
32. Watson, Father, Son, &Co., p. 344.
33. Foy compares World Trade to a "dumping ground," "a place to send people who didn't quite fit." Later on, "good World Traders were wooed to Domestic for choice positions." Foy, The Sun Never Sets on IBM, p. 41.
34. Arthur Watson served as the director of IBM World Trade from 1949 to 1954, the president of IBM World Trade from 1954 to 1963, and the chairman of IBM World Trade from 1963 to 1970. Details on how Arthur Watson managed the System/360 project are in EW. Pugh, L.R. Johnson, and J.H. Palmer, IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems, MIT Press, 1991.
35. Lamassonne added, "In spite of [these coordinated translation efforts], I was never able to get people in Spain to use the word 'computer.' To this day they still say 'ordenador' in Spanish, rather than 'computador.'" Lamassonne, My Life with IBM, pp. 86-87.
36. By 1985 IBM had expanded its operations to fill eight floors of the building, plus six other offices in Santiago. "Recuerdos de cambios de morada" [Memories of Changing Homes], IBM Diálogo, July 1987.
37. The transition from tabulating machinery to computing machinery is actually more gradual than this sentence implies. During the 1950s IBM began introducing electronics and electronic programmability into its electromechanical tabulating equipment. For this reason Usselman writes that "computers ... called for many of the same qualities as the older technology." Usselman, "IBM and its Imitators: Organizational Capabilities and the Emergence of the International Computer Industry," pp. 8-9. IBM announced the 1401 model in 1959. There was a three-year lag before the machine arrived in Chile.
38. IBM Archives, IBM 360 Announcement, http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/ mainframemainframe_PR360.html.
39. IBM helped prepare the voter registration lists.
40. President John F. Kennedy introduced the Alliance for Progress in 1961 with the outward goal of improving economic and social conditions for Latin Americans and the unstated goal of curbing the spread of communism in the region. From 1961 to 1970 Chile received $720 million in aid money from the Alliance for Progress. See AL. Michaels, "The Alliance for Progress and Chile's 'Revolution in Liberty,' 1964–1970," J. Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, vol. 18, no. 1, 1976.
41. For example, Frei's finance minister, Sergio Molina, theorized that "the science of informatics with its technological element the electronic computer has come to revolutionize administrative techniques." S Molina Silva, El proceso de cambio en Chile: la experiencia 1965-1970 [The Process of Change in Chile, the 1965–1970 Experience], Editorial Universitaria, Santiago, Chile, 1972, p. 177.
42. The System/360 was a new family of computers with compatible software and peripheral components.
43. Despite IBM's dominant position in the Chilean market, the first electronic computer at the University of Chile was not an IBM machine. The Department of Mathematics purchased a German-made Standard Electric ER-Lorenz in 1959.
44. This was logical since France provided technical support and foreign aid to modernize Chilean public administration. France was also the center for IBM World Trade operations outside New York.
45. E. Frei Montalva, Discurso del Presidente Frei en inauguración computador electrónico [Address of President Frei in Inauguration of Electronic Computer], Oficina de Difusión y Cultura de la Presidencia de la República, Archive of the Fundación Eduardo Frei, Santiago, Chile, 1969.
46. A. Acle, interview by E. Medina, 18 Dec. and 23 Dec. 2003, Santiago, Chile.
47. Other IBM offices referred to the company as "Mother IBM." See Foy, The Sun Never Sets on IBM, p. xiv.
48. F. Villanueva, interview by E. Medina, 9 Dec. and 16 Dec. 2003, Santiago, Chile.
49. During Frei's presidency the number of industrial unions doubled and the membership in agricultural unions grew from 2,118 organized workers to 136,984. In 1966 employees in the IBM department of the Yarur Textile Mill staged the first successful white-collar strike in the mill's history. Other Chilean firms also had strong white-collar (empleado) unions. In this context, it is even more significant that IBM Chile never had a unionized workforce. See P. Winn, Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile's Road to Socialism, Oxford Univ. Press, 1986; A. Valenzuela, The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Chile, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1978, p. 29.
50. The IBM training programs raise an important point that is frequently overlooked by historians of computing: training a computer-literate workforce did not entail only the education of programmers, systems analysts, and later computer scientists, positions that were usually held by men, but also the training of card punchers and data entry operators, clerical tasks usually performed by women. The gendered division of labor found in Chilean IBM departments is quite apparent in Figure 4.
51. Some of Chile's first computer scientists studied in the Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Chile, then went to Canada on IBM scholarships to train at Waterloo. This institutional connection most likely came about in 1967, when Wes Graham of the University of Waterloo traveled to South America from 30 Mar. to 11 May 1967. He spent 10 days in Brazil, 4 in Uruguay, 4 in Argentina, 3 in Chile, and 2 in Peru under contract with IBM World Trade Corp. to participate "in a university and postsecondary school curriculum program as an independent consultant." I thank Jane Britton, archivist at the University of Waterloo, for locating Wes Graham's travel schedule in the university archives (file 384, Wes Graham Papers).
52. "Valioso aporte de IBM a la 'U' [Valuable Contribution of IBM to the 'U']," La Nación, 23 Mar. 1969, R. Peralta, interview by E. Medina, 12 Jan. 2004.
53. H. Kissinger, White House Years, Little, Brown, 1979, p. 671, Cited in Davis, The Last Two Years of Salvador Allende, p. 6.
54. J.D. Cockcroft ed. Salvador Allende Reader, Ocean Press, 2000, p. 60.
55. Moreover, it would allow the company to maintain the promise of "full-employment," upholding IBM's reputation of providing its employees with lifetime job security. Although this article presents relocation as serving company interests, it is important to remember what job security, benefits, and a stable income meant to IBM's Chilean employees, especially when other foreign-owned companies closed their Chilean offices and government economic policies caused runaway inflation and contributed to massive consumer shortages.
56. The building team used an IBM 360 mainframe that ran Project Control System software. IBM Chile, "Edición Especial de Aniversario, IBM 70 años en Chile." For more on the construction of the UNCTAD III building, see D.F. Maulen de los Reyes, "Proyecto Edificio UNCTAD III: Santiago de Chile (junio 1971-abril 1972)" [Project UNCTAD III Building: Santiago, Chile (June 1971-April 1972)], De Arquitectura: Revista de Arquitectura de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Chile, no. 13, 2006, pp. 80-92. An IBM 360 mainframe was also used to process the economic data collected through Project Cybersyn, a technological system built to regulate the public sector of the economy in real-time. However, the project did not receive direct support from IBM employees. E. Medina, "Designing Freedom, Regulating a Nation: Socialist Cybernetics in Allende's Chile," J. Latin American Studies, vol. 38, no. 3, 2006.
57. Acle recounted the misfortune of this particular employee, who spent three days holed up in the downtown IBM office eating crackers and other food items he found in the desk drawers of his co-workers.
58. By 1975 Pinochet had decided to back the neoliberal "shock treatments" proposed by the Chicago Boys, a group of economists who had studied either with Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago or with professors at the Catholic University in Santiago who were well versed in Friedman's monetarist economic theories. The plan for the economy called for continuing cuts to public spending, now by an additional 15 percent to 25 percent; freezing wages; privatizing the majority of the firms nationalized by the government; reversing the agrarian reform carried out during the Allende and Frei administrations; raising income taxes by 10 percent; and laying off 80,000 government employees. See J Gabriel Valdés, Pinochet's Economists: The Chicago School of Economics in Chile, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995.
59. Ministerio de Hacienda, Rebaja derecho ad valorem a bienes de capital que indica, Decreto 1130 [Ministry of Finance, Lower ad valorem Duty to Capital Goods Indicated, Decree 1130], 19 July 1974.
60. Several individuals whom I interviewed put tariffs at 200 percent or 300 percent of purchase price before the junta instituted Law 1130. The 120 percent figure stated in the text comes from a letter sent to Jorge Cauas, minister of finance, describing the effects of Law 1130 and signed by Chile's top computer professionals in government, industry, and academia nearly a year after the law took effect. Regardless of the exact figure, the change to 10 percent was a considerable difference. Letter to Jorge Cauas Lima, 28 May 1975, box 754 08R-0101 SECICO 1973 a 1983, folder "Correspondencia recibida y despachada, memorandos e informes. CECICO 1974-1979," Archive of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
61. This comment reflects the one-year lag between the time that Chilean customers placed orders for computer machinery (1974) and when these machines actually arrived (1975).
62. S. Prenafeta Jenkin, "IBM, bastante más que computación [IBM: Much More than Computation]," Informática, April 1979, p. 17, On 1 Jan. 1975, the tariffs levied on imported computing machinery returned to 100 percent. However, Law 1130 proved that Chileans wanted to invest in computing technologies and encouraged others to enter the market. Unfortunately, the need to buy machines within the four-month period resulted in hasty purchases of inappropriate machines that businesses were stuck with and created a shortage of those trained to operate the new machines—members of the computer community put the shortage at about 1,500 computer specialists. Letter to J.C. Lima.
63. For example, see Foy, The Sun Never Sets on IBM.
64. Of this total, $6 million resulted from sales to customers in Chile while the remaining $50 million came from sales to clients in other Latin American countries. "Cartulina para tarjetas de IBM."


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The drab Amtrak depot in Detroit, Michigan, was recently the venue for a truly surreal scene: A Republican governor accepted—gratefully—a check from the Obama administration. This was not just any federal funding, either, but $200 million for that most Europhiliac of abominations: passenger rail. Wisconsin's Scott Walker, Ohio's John Kasich, and Florida's Rick Scott had all rejected the money. But here was Rick Snyder, the state's new Republican governor, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Carl Levin, John Conyers, and John Dingell, beaming genially and brandishing a giant check.
The Not Very Scary Israel Lobby
May 31, 2011
Andrew Sullivan recently posted an item titled "How The Pro-Israel Lobby Works," continuing with his explanation, "By fear, threats, and stigmatization." The item links to a Media Matters blog post by M.J.
More Questions Than Answers
March 22, 2011
Fittingly enough, the world's first airstrike came exactly a century ago, on an autumn day in 1911. Eerily enough, it came in Libya, where, one day during the Italian-Turkish war of 1911-1912, Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti flew his paper-thin Taube monoplane over a camp of Turks and Arabs, dropped four hand grenades (having pulled the pins out with his teeth), and generated headlines such as this: "AVIATOR LT. GAVOTTI THROWS BOMB ON ENEMY CAMP.


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Welfare cuts have a 'devastating impact' on people's lives
– Richard Hawkes, chief executive of the disability charity Scope
Disabled people and their families are at breaking point because their vital support is being stripped away.
How many more wake-up calls do we need? Report after report tells the same damning story. Welfare cuts will have a devastating impact on people's lives.
It's time to start focusing on what support and services disabled people need to live decent lives, rather than what can be taken away.
The new Disability Minister wants to be a 'champion for disabled people'.


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Courtesy of David Barkhausen
As part of its recently launched "Clean Communities Coalition" litter clean-up initiative, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club has "adopted" 2-mile segments of both Route 176 in Lake Bluff and Waukegan Road in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff.
The Route 176 portion stretches from the Lake Bluff Village Green beyond Waukegan Road. The Route 60 segment runs from Route 176 south to Route 60. Signage indicating the Rotary Club's role in maintaining the cleanliness of these roads is posted at both ends of each of these highway sections.
"Our 'Clean Communities Coalition' project is special in two different ways," said Club president Tim Newman. "It will be ongoing, and it will involve a large number of volunteers from the community as well as our members."
Newman pointed out that the "adoption" of these sections of local highways was a small portion of their overall project. "Our goal is to condition our members and community residents to go out of their way to pick up litter when they see it as they make their way around town and in their own neighborhoods."
The Rotary Club will be stepping up its appeal for individuals to join their Clean Communities Coalition by a taking responsibility for portions of their streets and neighborhoods. They can volunteer by signing up on the Coalition's website – www.lflbrotaryccc.org, sending an e-mail to email@example.com, or calling the Rotary Club's project chairman, David Barkhausen, at 847-482-1605.
"Our essential message is: 'Don't Let Litter Lie,'" Barkhausen said, "'Please pick it up.' We will be taking our campaign to groups of potential volunteers with a natural interest in joining our Coalition. Ultimately, if more residents develop the habit of picking up litter in their own neighborhoods and as they make their way around town, we will be successful in enhancing the natural beauty of our towns."


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They say that rain at a wedding is good luck and if that is the case, they are the luckiest couple I have met because it rained the entire time (July 14th, who would've thought?). This wedding was one of my favorite of the year. I got to know Liz very well and she became one of my good friends. On top of that, she is literally one of the MOST creative and artistically talented people I know. She hand painted all the signs and decorations at her wedding and added the special details that are so vital to a lovely wedding. Her family also had a HUGE collection of family heirloom silver that she wanted to use in the wedding. I thought this was so special, some of the pieces dated back to 1877! We used all of the silver on the long tables and brought in soft elements of fruits mixed with ethereal blushes, lilacs, peaches, and creams. Best part of the wedding? The petting zoo. Really. She had a farm dog (my favorite!), bunnies, pigs, goats, and a horse! There was a wash station for the guests to clean up at before devouring the delicious food and cotton candy! Second best part of her wedding? She let me do a floral crown for her hair, she made the base with wire and pearls and I added the garden roses and blackberries. Stunning. I can't wait to share more photos from the pre-wedding session. I wish Liz and Jordan the most happiness! Thank you to Jaclyn Davis Photography for the gorgeous photos! You can see her fascinating work here: http://www.jaclyndavis.com/blog/
Lovely Liz
Kelly and Dom
Love, Love, LOVE this video by the talented Cameron Stephens. Check out this adorable couple and their gorgeous wedding by moi! Just click on their name below to see the magic.
Pinks and Stripes
Everything Jaclyn Davis does is pure gold. Here are some pre-bridals she shot of my adorable bride. The color palette included shades of pinks with accents of golds. I used peonies, garden roses, sweet peas, fillipendula, and peiris buds. Feast your eyes!
Gorgeousness Part Deux
As promised, here is another bundle of stunning images by Jaclyn Davis Photography. These images literally make my heart skip a beat. I love how crisp and American our models look. I love the striped tan and cream ribbon on the bouquet, I love the hairpiece, I absolutely adore the horse, and I love the romantic bench. This is the epitome of beautiful.
French Countryside Romance
It has arrived! My beautiful photoshoot with the amazingly talented Jaclyn Davis is here. We used a delicious color palette of creams, greens, tans and taupes, with slight hints of lavender and red. The flowers were a melody of vibernum, filipendula, garden roses, lysimachia, clematis, jasmine vine, and dogwood foliage. Thank you to the lovely Paige and her husband Chris for being our talented models; they own the Nayborhood, the best skate shop in Idaho Falls. Feast your eyes on the gorgeousness of that evening!
More to follow tomorrow!
Lemon Blossom Designs was featured on Elizabeth Ann Designs! I will do a full post on this adorable wedding later, but for now go here: http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/blog/2012/06/19/peach-sage-green-whimsical-wedding/ to see all the juicy details!
Here is a sneak of my bride Shelby by Jaclyn Davis Photography, Shelby is getting married today! Congratulations to her and her new husband. I adored her color combo, all shades of pink with accents of gold. It was such a rich color palette and it gave me so many new ideas. If you want the most bang for your buck, go with shades of a color with a nice neutral to accent. I can't wait to see more from this cute girls' session!
I have so many different things to feature, four weddings, one surprise birthday party, and this styled shoot! Here is a sneak peak of the shoot I did with Jaclyn Davis Photography, I can't wait to show you the rest. I will say though that we got a tan horse with blonde hair! Thank you to Jaclyn Davis for this gorgeous image.


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Post Co-Founder Speed Dating #2
With another Co-Founder Speed Dating over, we are excited to see what comes of these newly formed relationships!
Last night's event brought out a few Startups we had never heard of, which is amazing! We always enjoy meeting new faces and helping to unite Calgary Startups. A big thanks to everyone who came out. These are some great people looking to build great tech companies!
There are three big things to mention that we think you and your startup may appreciate:
- If you have a job you are looking to fill, make sure to post it on the Startup Calgary linkedIn group under the jobs section! We are beginning to promote it and encourage all startups to use it. It can be found here
- For several months, Startup Calgary has been compiling a public list of Calgary Startups and showcasing them on our website for all to see. If you have not yet submitted your information to be listed, please do so! To check out all of the great startups on the list and view the the submission info (at the bottom of the page), click here!
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Judge Steven Rhodes pulled the plug Wednesday on the week's bankruptcy trial. The move comes on the second day of the proceedings and after Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr took the stand. At issue is a deal Orr says would give the city a much needed $350 million in financing from London-based Barclays. But, instead of hearing more arguments from the city and those opposed to the deal, Judge Rhodes halted the trial. Judge Rhodes is ordering the city to renegotiate deals with Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and UBS.
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Google Ads gives me a Charlie Crist election ad next to this article, interesting!May 9, 2010 at 10:31 p.m.
So sad the level of apathy. 8% of the population actually bothers to vote. Embarassing~May 9, 2010 at 9:01 p.m.
What happened to all of the college students that were going to vote for Nickerson??? The election results come as no surprise to me and a complete relief as well.May 9, 2010 at 3:04 p.m.
Now that the mayor has won reelection I wonder if the Advocate is going to run the names of his contributors????May 9, 2010 at 2:43 p.m.
armstrong beat a teenager and a mental person, i hope he isn't doing too much celebratingMay 9, 2010 at 2:31 p.m.
This is a sad day for Victoria! Slick Willie and the lap dog live on!May 9, 2010 at 1:46 p.m.
Bah, humbug! Armstrong and cronies continue their way this town and taxes go up and up and up.May 9, 2010 at 10:56 a.m.
Tom, I knew exactly what I was voting for when I voted for Holy -- the only candidate who was honest about his mental divergence.May 9, 2010 at 10:39 a.m.
Congratulations to the winners. This is democracy in action, there were no losers. Elections matter, whether local, state, or national.May 9, 2010 at 9:26 a.m.
At least more than 1,900 citizens in Victoria know that Will Armstong and most of the present council are keeping Victoria on the right course. The one council member most often seen posturing has created several unwarranted controversaries, but the Mayor and rest of the council members have, in the main, been able to overcome the publicity-grabbing individual. The fact that one unfortunate candidate has repeatedly stated that he has a mental problem only indicates that a large percentage of the very small turnout of voters don't have any idea what or who they're voting for.May 9, 2010 at 8:17 a.m.
"Armstrong said he intends to relax now that the election is over."
If I were the mayor, I wouldn't feel very good about 60% versus a "mentally disabled" man and a "shift supervisor at Starbucks Coffee", with all due respect to those folks. I can't figure out if they got the anti-Armstrong vote or if he got the anti-mentally-disabled and anti-coffee vote.
Indeed, "the next three years are going to be very exciting."May 9, 2010 at 12:40 a.m.
Yes, very good VictoriaMay 8, 2010 at 11:06 p.m.


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Design organizations inevitably run across the debate of Visio versus HTML wireframes. The decision for one over the other is never a clear-cut one since, as with all things IA-related, it depends. This article seeks to sort out the issues by describing the pros and cons of each and identifying situations where one may be more effective than the other.
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(I'm no RonFromNM here. I certainly can't question the stats and efficiency ratings of Demetrius Bell. All I can say is what warrants concern from what I've seen. Just a student of the game, former player, current Michigan team manager, that has watched each Bills snap once or twice this season.)
Abstract: While many consider our current line to have some upside, the majority of the players we have used are fringe NFL players and have not displayed any sort of "flash" beyond flashes of inconsistency. Shown below are the reviewal of those who played in 2009, outlook to 2010 concerning each of 2009's players, the implications of 2010 outlook, recommendations and conclusion made for optimal improvement based on the implications. A progressive (as opposed to conservative) approach is taken.
In my mind,
- Hang has ranged between serviceable (read: Trey Teague) to slightly above serviceable. I believe this will be a constant.
- Levitre is the only player on the line who has shown the capability to be brilliant at his position. Wood showed this to a limited degree but his leg has complicated his potential for an excellent 2010 campaign.
- Scott joins Kiwi Mitchell as the two players that should never be in the starting lineup again.
- Bell's only saving grace has been the play of Scott, he's merely been the lesser of two evils (plus he's got the injury excuse as well).
- Butler's play has been solid, but with his tendency for injury (documented since the draft), he's been even less useful than Scott (and that's saying a lot).
- Jury is out on Meredith. Certainly his breakdowns are the most justified because of his rawness and I've actually liked what I've seen. I don't know if he can or should start 2010 but he's a good developmental player that should stick around after the axe falls.
- You could do worse (and slightly better) than Chambers in the reserve tackle spot. A worthy 1st or 2nd lineman off the bench as a stopgap. Miles ahead of McKinney.
- Simmons came in as a stopgap player and has fulfilled his role with mediocre play in a situation designed for failure. Should not be a starter in 2010.
- Jury obviously out on Incog (excited to see him play). Could be around in 2010 competing for a starting spot if he keeps his head on.
In recap, I divide all the relevant Oliners into three categories:
Shown to be part of the answer
I feel players Levitre, Hangartner, and Chambers (reserve) are the players we have now that we can win with.
Jury is out OR have NOT shown that they are NOT part of the answer
The jury is out on Wood, Incog, Meredith. Wood belongs in the higher category if he can return and stay at full health. These are players who have not shown failure or have not shown culpable failure and may belong in the above or below categorization- we just don't know.
Have shown culpable failure and should not be counted on (with potential replacements to be sought out)
Counting on players such as Scott, Bell, Butler, McKinney, Simmons in any role incurs a great deal of risk as they have shown sufficient inadequacy in their roles. In an ideal world, these players will not be considered "the answer" in 2010 and replacements will be attained.
Note: I know there are a lot of Bell fans out there who'll put him in the "jury is out category" but in my mind he has shown enough to make me believe he'll never be in the top half of LTs in terms of consistency. He's got the talent, but like Scott, just has a strong tendency for mental breakdowns.
- Between 4 players Hantgartner, Wood, Levitre, and Incog, I assert we have an interior set.
Seek: One capable backup, possibly two in the case of a Wood health setback or Incog departure
- Meredith should be in the competition at RT with FA/draft prospect to take over if/when Butler gets hurt. Low potential here that Butler gets beat outright.
Seek: One RT competitor
- LT is biggest area of concern.
Seek: HIGHEST caliber player via draft rounds 1/2 or 1st Tier-FA to A. start at LT or B. Force Bell to play at a highER level in order to play.
CONCLUSIONS: THREE additions: high player at LT, moderate player at RT, average player along interior. Make everyone not mentioned here walk.
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KFIX Rock News: Statue Of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott Damaged, Two Men Held
Two men in their 20s were arrested, then subsequently released without charge, over damage caused to the Phil Lynott statue in Dublin, Ireland.
The pair turned themselves in at Pearse Street Garda station after an investigation was launched into the incident.
An official statement from Irish authorities reads, ""They were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, and have since been released without charge,"
In an interview with Hot Press magazine, Lynott's mother, Philomena, indicated she had already forgiven the culprits, saying, "It seems now that it was just a bunch of high spirited boys, who meant no harm,"
"So I am not annoyed with them. I'm only hoping that none of the lads got hurt."
She added, "It means so much to fans of Philip's to make the pilgrimage to Dublin, so I know that fans all over the world will be anxious to hear that everything is going to be alright."
A file on the matter is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, and have issued an appeal for information.
The bronze, life-sized statue was damaged Friday (5/10) at approximately 4:15am, Dublin time (Thurs. 5/9, 10:15pm central).
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I just wanted to let everyone know about my new baseball CD, Baseball's Greatest Hits, Volume 2. Four of the six tracks have Red Sox connections.
I'd personally recommend "It's the End of the Curse and We Know It," an R.E.M. parody about the Sox championship in 2004.
Also on the CD are "Why Did You Go, Johnny Damon?", "Weekend Warrior," "Mendoza Line,"
"Doug Mientkiewicz," and the Fenway Park classic "Blasted in the Bleachers."
See www.geocities.com/howie.newman/baseball for lyrics, personnel and more info.
"End of the Curse" and "Mendoza Line" can be previewed at www.myspace.com/howienewman
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Swoboda: R. Moldova is confronted by two risks – Traian Basescu and Russia
The Republic of Moldova presently is confronted by two risks: Russia and President Traian Basescu, socialist leader Hannes Swoboda said yesterday in Bucharest quoted by Mediafax, while criticising the president's statements on uniting Romania and its neighbour country.
"Moldova presently is confronted by two risks, one is Russia and the other is President Basescu. And this is slightly odd for the president of a neighbour country," Hannes Swoboda said in the conference dedicated to the inauguration of the project "Relauching Europe".
Asked why he considers that President Basescu is a risk for the neighbour country, Swoboda explained that Moldova needs "its sovereignty being respected, needs solidarity against the Russian pressure that is visible once again," and such statements can be interpreted as asking Moldova not to maintain its sovereignty and autonomy.
Hannes Swoboda visited yesterday the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HN) and the Magurele research platform (near Bucharest), where he found out about the current stage of the Romanian laser project. Swoboda also visited the micro- and nano-materials research platform of the University 'Politehnica' of Bucharest (UPB).
Costoiu: Romania will become full member of CERN in 2015
The scientific research field is one of a great importance for the Executive as Romania is to become full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 2015, Mihnea Costoiu, Minister-Delegate for Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technological Development, said on Monday, quoted by Agerpres.
'According to the existing agreements with the CERN, Romania is currently an associate member of the European body and is to become full member in 2015. What we requested, the same as other European states did, is that our future investments should return in part to Romania. This is what we are negotiating right now for the manner in which Romania will contribute to the CERN,' Costoiu said, during the visit at National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering together with Hannes Swoboda.


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I think the biggest misconception out there is that the Terps guard/sf's are hurting them the most. It is my opinion that the guards/sf's are carrying the load for this team, which in turn only adds more pressure. Not only are some playing out of position because of the point guard situation; I would suggest they have been tasked to mask this team's biggest deficiency, their big men.
Shaq Cleare and Chuck Mitchell are holding this club back.
Shaq to date is a huge disappointment. His defensive rotations are pitiful and he is too slow to guard quicker PF's or C's. Not to mention, his hands are terrible and his overall offensive skillset is lacking (and I am trying to be nice here). I would guess that 95% of Shaq's career points have been easy put backs. Chuck has shown to have a knack for rebounding and flashes of post game ability but his defense is suspect at best. He is a below the rim, undersized power forward who cannot keep up with rotations as well. Furthermore, both Shaq and Chuck are bad passers in the post. You cannot run an offense without your Big's making efficient passes from the post. These two have not shown me the ability to keep the ball moving. They literally CLOG the offense because of this. Ball movement from any position on the floor is critical to the success of any offense. These are two critical recruits who are not producing and even worse not coming close to expectations.
Honorable mentions go to Evan Smotrycz and Jonathan Graham. While Evan has proved he can score and rebound consistently he has also proved a consistent defensive liability and poor decision maker on offense. His effort and body language the past two games were an embarrassment and I would have benched him just for that. The only positive I see right now is J Graham. His energy and court sense are an unexpected boon for this team. Too bad he should be our 4th or 5th option and is slowly creeping up to 1 or 2.