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Paclitaxel, Carboplatin and Gemcitabine in the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Transitional Cell Cancer of the Bladder
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This trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination chemotherapy (paclitaxel, carboplatin, and gemcitabine) prior to surgery in the treatment of patients with locally advanced transitional cell cancer of the bladder.
Bladder Cancer
Drug: Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, Gemcitabine
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|Phase II Trial of Paclitaxel, Carboplatin and Gemcitabine in Patients With Locally Advanced Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder
- To assess the overall response measured as complete pathologic response and conversion to resectability of the combination of paclitaxel, carboplatin and gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
- To explore the relationship between response and tumor expression of molecular markers including p53, retinoblastoma protein (Rb) and p21, and the relationship between overall survival and expression of p53, Rb, and p21
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|November 1999
This is a Phase II trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel, carboplatin and gemcitabine in the treatment of locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Patients will be stratified based on extent of disease. Patients with T3, N0 disease will receive 3 cycles of chemotherapy and then proceed to cystectomy. Patients with T4 disease or any patient with N1-3 disease will receive 3 cycles of therapy followed by assessment of response. Patients with evidence of response will then receive an additional three cycles of therapy with reassessment of resectability after cycles #6. Correlative Studies: Tumor specimens obtained at initial biopsy will be assayed for expression of p53, Rb and p21.
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- Patients must have histologically proven locally advanced (T3-4, N0 or Tany, N1-3) urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Patients with local disease and unilateral or bilateral hydronephrosis will be eligible and included in the T3 arm of the study.
- Tumor specimens must be available for assay of molecular markers.
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- Patients may not have had prior systemic or intra-arterial chemotherapy and no prior radiotherapy. (Patients may have received intravesicular chemotherapy.)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00136175
|United States, Michigan
|The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
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|David C. Smith, MD
|The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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|August 25, 2005
|Last Updated:
|January 19, 2006
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|United States: Institutional Review Board
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Urinary Bladder Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Urologic Diseases
Urologic Neoplasms
Anti-Infective Agents
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
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Mitosis Modulators
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Blessed Beautiful Star...
I am blessed to be so fortunate to have friends like Jillayne in this creative blog community we enjoy.
Thank you dear friend. I cherish these gifts hand made by you for me.
We had some more rain overnight...3/4 inch. Today was fairly sunny yet cold. Mr. C and I got two roses transplanted and two new David Austin bare root roses planted yesterday. We were both pretty much covered in mud but glad we got so much done before more rain. I must add we have planted new roses only because last year we put up a very tall deer fence and so far the deer have not eaten what roses we had left. I shall stay vigilant and watch to see that they don't get in to eat the new roses. I can't even count the number of rose bushes they have eaten and killed in the past. I did see a family of four munching along the outside of the fence and practicing their running and circling and jumping. They can really jump like a Pogo stick. I tried to shoo them off but they just looked at me and stayed their ground.
As Easter approaches may you enjoy your candy or chocolate of choice as it is so available right now. I know I am eating my share of all the bunny goodies. Creative Bunny Hugs...
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- Brynwood Needleworks said...
Such a lucky girl! Jillayne's handwork is beautiful and couldn't have gone to a more deserving person. xoxo
- April 4, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- Scrappy Pink Corner said...
You really are a blessed person to be sorounded by so many good friends. Perfect word to choose.
Her work is very nice. Love the flower.
TFS. Ana
Hope you have a beautiful Weekend. Lets hope the deer stay away.
Happy Easter
- April 5, 2012 at 4:03 AM
- elle said...
These are a wondeful blessing. Lovely but then they speak back to your own generosity, Sherry. Bless you.
- April 5, 2012 at 5:45 AM
- Dorthe said...
Dear Sherry, yes isen`t Jillayne`s stars just so wonderful, and sweet. I also love mine. And your flower and card are also beauties from her hands. She is such a lovely friend- just like you are.
Happy easter , and hugs,Dorthe
- April 5, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Kathy, PaperPumpkin said...
A beautiful, blessed star for a beautiful lady!! The deer here are so bold, too, Sherry. My little Ellie terrior barked up a storm at sunrise today, as four of them stood at our window. Easter joy and many blessings to you!! Love roses...
- April 5, 2012 at 1:47 PM
- Terri said...
Blessed, is a fab word! What she made for you is amazing! I am thrilled for you!
Oh I think I would be pretty bummed if deer got my DA roses! I love his roses. I think the dear might have an appreciation too! Lol!
Hugs to you,
- April 5, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Mrs A. said...
Absolutely lovely and such an honor to be given a beauty such as this, Hugs Mrs A.
- April 5, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- Suztats said...
How Jillayne managed to make so many beautiful stars is a wonder. Sending you wishes for a Blessed Easter.
- April 5, 2012 at 6:10 PM
- Jillayne said...
Thanks Sherry, for such a lovely commentary on my work - the real joy is to be able to make a simple thing that makes people happy - so glad you like it and I hope it will charm a blessed life for you!
Sad about the deer eating your roses - but then, isn't it wonderful that you have given them such delightful repasts - a meal of roses? How divine is that!?!
- April 5, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- Gaby Bee said...
Indeed, these are a wonderful blessing.
Happy Easter!
- April 5, 2012 at 11:59 PM
- Dogwood said...
Precious. I love the little stars made out of old fabric.
Have a wonderful Easter weekend.
Hugs, Dogwood
- April 6, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- Sherry Edwards said...
What a lovely thing to do and your blessed heart is wonderful!
Happy Easter SSD to you and Mr C xx
- April 6, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- vicki said...
Sherry- wow- I do love that Beautiful little star- its so clever and unique. Your friend Jill is so generous and talented. I could think of a million ways to display that little star!
Have a wonderful Easter Sherry!
- April 6, 2012 at 12:56 PM
- Bead and Needle said...
I see we run in the same circles...I cherish one of those little stars from Jillayne, as well. She DOES do beautiful work, doesn't she! Hope the deer stay out of the roses...sounds like you have a good head start on them!
- April 8, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- oldgreymare said...
I too was blessed with a star, my chosen word was grace. Jillayne is truly a gifted and dear friend <3
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Square announced earlier this month that we'd be receiving plenty of DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Today they've actually detailed some of what we'll be getting, pre-release anyway.
For pre-ordering the game at Lawson's or HMV in Japan, customers will receive a download code for a bonus weapon for Serah. The weapon itself is described as an angels bow which drains the damage it causes and converts it into HP for Serah. An image of the new weapon will be released in the future. It's fairly likely the same DLC will be available as pre-order bonuses in other countries as well.
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This trophy is just a little cheeky, no? Canadian Tristan Zimmermann, grad of Ontario College of Art and Design, invented, ahem, Plastidermy, seen here in this life-sized trophy head, lasersmithed of pure Swiss glacial acrylic. Sending $485 to A+R (a terribly fun and pricey shop) will net you a flat pack parcel of crystal clear deer head parts that are easily slotted together and mounted to the nearest wall.
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Project BMX Part 1
January 19, 2013 at 12:18 am #93577Keymaster
I've sometimes been asked how we come up with the ideas for our project builds. Somehow the ideas just seem to find us, and being one who is willing to try most things we play with the idea until it either materializes or it becomes too absurd to pursue anymore. To show more how the whole process works start to finish, over the next several months I will chronicle a project start to finish and post updates here as it progresses.
The idea, it has to begin with the idea. Sometimes I try to give myself ideas by leaving things on my desk or hanging on the wall where I can see it in hopes that at some point the idea comes. This fails as often as it succeeds, as an example I have a 50th anniversary Colin Lange custom that's been hanging on the wall for almost 10 years waiting for the idea to come, which it still hasn't. Other times it seems to come quick. The quick ones tend to be the best as everything just seems to fall into place easily and naturally.
This project is one that came quickly. A new frame had just shown up and I was trying to come up with a wheelset and found myself frustrated by the lack of light parts for pure race bikes. Why in the 30 years that I've been riding Bmx bikes has the weight of a race bike not changed like it has in other categories of cycling. Sitting on my desk at that time was a Tune Mag150 hub, that's when the thought came, "If this is suitable for mountain biking, why can't a version be done for bmx?" So with that thought and the notion of cost be damned, this project to build the worlds lightest Pro XL bmx bike for a grown up was born.
Keeping motivated can sometimes be a challenge with a long project build so it's important to feel some progress right away to get excited. That means this was the time to start, besides it gave me less of a chance to think that maybe this was an absurd idea. I took the hub in hand, thought for a few minutes and then headed to the work bench to start.
The first thought was the freehub body, both size and durability were an issue. As a solution I grabbed a Tune Single speeder hub and removed the single cog titanium freehub body to see how it fit to the 150, the fit was perfect as I thought it would be. Next the axle length had to be considered, because the 150 uses a carbon fiber axle with press fit end caps, shortening the length would be easy. The bigger challenge was coming up with proper length end caps to allow the hub to stay without dish and keep a proper chainline at the same time that the overall length was decreased. I had an assortment of Tune end caps from road and mtb hubs to work with and made up the difference with a fairly minimal custom spacer. At this point it was just a matter of assembling the hub and checking the dimensions to make sure everything was correct. It wasn't. Measure twice cut once, there's a reason that's a good rule, this time at least it was only a $100 screw up. Double check my numbers, grab another carbon axle and cut it. Check again to see if it was proper and this time It was, which meant the hub could be taken back apart and the details could be considered. Again with durability and performance in mind the skyline titanium pawls were removed and replaced with stainless steel. The stainless bearings were also removed and replaced with HSC full ceramic. The last piece was the titanium drive ring. The stock 24 tooth drive ring was removed and replaced with a custom made steel 36 tooth drive ring, producing faster engagement of the freehub body. (Special thanks to Jeremy at Alchemy for producing the custom drive ring.) The hub was reassembled and of course the weight was checked, 146.3 grams, definitely the lightest cassette hub ever made for bmx.
At this point I sent pics and specs to Harry at Tune to show him what I had come up with and ask his opinion. He took them over to Uli (owner and engineer at Tune) and together they looked at it and decided that it was a solid start. The one concern which we all shared was the carbon axle. Uli offered to produce a one-off version of the hub for me using the changes I had made. The new production hub was changed to a custom made alloy axle and end caps that did not require a spacer to attain the proper spacing. This one off hub also had to be reinforced and drilled for the appropriate 32 spokes.
While making the new rear hub, Uli also came up with a matching Mig45 front hub. At 60.7 grams the front is heavier than a stock Mig45 but it's reinforced to handle the rigors of bmx racing. Remember this is a without regard to budget build so here's how the pricing breaks down. The stock Mag150 was $785, the Singlespeeder which was salvaged for parts was another $615, misc end caps for $30, custom drive ring at $60, the extra axle to replace the one I cut wrong added $100 and 4 HSC full ceramic bearings at $90 each puts the retail price of the rear hub at a pretty staggering $1950. Tune will in all likelihood begin to offer this hub as a stock item, with stainless bearings and without having to use two hubs to build one, the pricing should drop to just a little more than a stock Mag150.
Of course now that we have the hubs, we have to do something equally special for rims, spokes and nipples. A couple calls were placed to see what we could turn up and we've got what we consider to be worthy components to finish this build, but that will have to wait for another day.January 31, 2013 at 2:14 pm #93578Chris Rishell
Been out of BMX for about 4 years now but am very excited to see what else you come up with. Can't wait for the next installment.March 20, 2013 at 3:45 am #93579kim neuendorf
nice .with the new frames ,they are using either 15 mm axles or 20mm ,good time to design hubs with those stiffer axles .sinz makes a 20mm carbon fork
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Here's a collage of images as my last roundup 2013 post:
a half dozen working tugboats and a covered barge as seen looking east from the Second Street Bridge,
a float plane that might have imagined this to be a different type of gathering,
a swimmer in the water either doing a northern style Richard Halliburton re-enactment or setting out to do an underwater survey mission as the lock is –unbeknownst to her–about to open,
(For more complete info on what's going on here with the swimmer, check this post by bubbling-blowing bowsprite.)
my possible future employer shoehorning an Eriemax passenger vessel into the first lock in the flight,
waterdogs go fishing,
Onrust resplendant,
a Dutch barge,
Urger dried out for some emergency surgery along
with Tappan Zee II,
Eighth Sea and Bill's exercise machine,
Stu's Dragonfly,
the pilot's understanding of the pushoff contest,
and in Troy, some public art designed to assist memory . . . the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument with goddess Columbia blowing her horn high above Troy, as seen from Tug44.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp. See you in Waterford in 2014, I hope.
And I thought I was a solitary tourist wanting to see the sights here? I always do bring outatowners here to my "offices" for the scenery.
And to think that he too thought a maritime center devoted to contemporary shipping is sorely needed along the busy channels of the sixth boro.
First, Noble Maritime IS open this Saturday and Sunday, Labor Day. More than half the fotos in this post are from the well-worth-seeing display called "Tides of 100 Years." Snug Harbor also caught some attention in the New Yorker this week.
The KVK always intrigues and amuses. Like, this tanker . . . made me think Torm is mini? No way . . . it's heavily-laden, it's rusty,
it's orange (or would you call that cantaloupe?).
Over beyond it at Bayonne's dry dock, USNS Dahl is getting a make-over.
Farther west, Maersk Phoenix is transferring a petroleum product and soon to head into the Mediterranean.
John Noble is the godfather of this blog. And this exhibit helps you form a fuller idea of the artist.
And lest you think, it's only his fabulous artwork, it's more . . . like this manual below. John Noble had a Jeepster, one of my all-time to-be-coveted vehicles! See the flickr image to the left margin of this blog. Anyone remember his topless Jeepster around Staten Island?
And here's a taste of his workshop . . ..
If you have a chance this weekend or soon, come to see this exhibit. Spend some time in the museum, and then find a place across the road to sit and watch his inspiration.
Tangentially related: My Jeepster story does NOT involve John Noble or even NY. I was born in coastal North Carolina, a marshy farming area where deep ditches tend to outline roads. My slightly older relatives–who will stay unnamed–used to waterski behind the Jeepster. Run the tow line from the car to the ditch, where the skiier crouches at the ready hoping to begin the ride before a snapping turtle, alligator, or water moccasin happens along. Once the tow gets going, keep your skis cranked forward in the ditch, not toward the car. Can be done. Has been. Wish I had fotos!
If anyone has Noble Jeepster stories, please leave a comment.
I'm back, with lots of gallivanting to catch up, but first . . a whole lotta fotos from this morning in the sixth boro. Any ideas what's going on here? What is that gray blur in the center of the foto and why are the gulls so frenzied? Be forewarned . . . this post has so many twists/turns . . . it's divided into parts, even though I took all these fotos in the span of less than an hour.
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Answer: It's how over three million cubic yards of sand is being added to Rockaway Beach . . at least for a while. Here's what the NY Daily News says about it. Here's an article and video from Dredging Today.
And here . . . off in the Rockaway Inlet are the machines mining and pumping the sand, seen closer up in this recent tugster post.
Part 2. Notice the piping coming from the stern of McCaskill.
I could not resist wondering about these birds whose name rhymes with "lovers."
Part 3. Follow this sweep of fotos as I turn to the left.
An Atlantic City billboard on Far Rockaway? Is a mixed up sense of geography part of Sandy's legacy? I keep turning left.
A Potemkin village and that's an A Train station to the right?
See the silvery cars of the A train? It's a Boardwalk Empire set in the wasteland of eastern Rockaway Beach . . . . I was hoping to buy some of that food at those prices!
Of course, I had to look behind.
I half expected to find some Aral Sea boats back here too.
Part 4. Once back on the boardwalk, I saw this fishing boat about a quarter mile from shore. I'm guessing it's unrelated to the sand piping and pumping, but . . . who knows.
All fotos today by Will Van Dorp.
River traffic travels in all weather and times of day. So at first I was dismayed to be without my camera, but fortunately Elizabeth had hers when Timothy McAllister came past and got
really close. Thanks to the crew, whose demonstration probably inspired some young'uns to want to grow up and be mariners.
Earlier Madeline had moseyed past, checking out Gazela and all else along the PA side while
Captain Harry did the same on the NJ side.
While the rain fell, Caspian Sea headed out as
Teresa McAllister headed upriver.
as did Reid McAllister.
Art and reality mimic each other. At the Independence Seaport Museum, you have just over a month left to see the exhibit of friend and marine artist Dave Boone's work and wit.
You'll be thrilled by the paintings and the biographical materials.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, except the first two by Elizabeth Wood, who had a charged phone.
This is NOT Rockaway or Queens or any other boro of New York City. This residence is a post-hurricane structure. The location will be identified at the end of this post.
For the previous installment in this series . . . Sandy to Nemo . . . from four months ago, click here.
Here's a March foto taken by Barbara from her 7th floor terrace, showing water/land edges in southern Queens. In fotos farther down, you'll see this reinforced building now painted greenish yellow.
Early April 2013.
Mid April.
The rest of these fotos I took today at sea level. Note the lifeguard on duty, bundled up for morning 60-degrees beach. In the foreground beyond the fence is one of the concrete supports for the boardwalk Sandy peeled away. Maersk Denver, anchored on the horizon, will serve as a reference point. When Nemo happened, this vessel was in port in Taiwan.
And now in situ are the bathrooms that Ashley send a foto of about a month ago here. Foto looks roughly north.
Same bathrooms, looking roughly south.
Beachside view of the bathrooms and yellow structure housing life guard offices/concessions-to-be . . . looking northeast.
Click here for more info on the artwork created from portions of Sandy-splintered boardwalk.
Looking southwest.
Where once a mosaic covered cetacean I dubbed "rockawhale" resided,
construction trailers now stand. A geodesic dome marks the intersection of Shore Parkway and Cross Bay Parkway.
A closer look showed it to be part of another artistic response to Sandy's devastation. I wonder what will happen after June 30.
I took the top foto in this post in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, where the Make It Right project is attempting to do just that. I hope we make it right too.
Here are some more fotos by Seth Tane in the late 1970s /early 1980s.
Foto#1. Princess Bay just south of the Old Bay Draw, placing her about a mile of her place of construction. Anyone know what happened to her, last known as Mabel L? She was launched from Elizabethport the same year as Coral Queen.
Foto #2. Jet Trader heads for the Arthur Kill. Today Jet Trader has a new life as . . .
reef, among sunken NYC subway cars and army tanks off Atlantic City. Here's a foto of her last voyage on the hip of Taurus. Click here to see fotos of motor tankers, subway cars, and army tanks being reefed. Have you or someone you know had the experience of diving on these reefs and care to share the experience?
Fotos 3 and 4. Mystic Sun waited in the Morris Canal for its last voyage to the scrappers in Kearney. Click here for fotos of some of the Sun fleet including Mystic Sun in better days. Can anyone identify the tugboats here?
Here's the bow of Mystic Sun. Here's a detailed history of Sunmarine. Mystic Sun started life in 1944, launched from East Coast Shipyards in Bayonne as AOG 38 and was scrapped in 1981, dating this foto. Here are other AOGs in dazzle paint.
Last foto, #5. Mary Gellatly, the tanker incarnation. Click here and scroll for a recent foto of the current Mary Gellatly in the sixth boro. Who was the long-revered namesake? And anyone know the details of the launch and demise of this tanker?
Many thanks to Seth Tane for these fabulous fotos of sixth boro history.
Here is just one of the many posts I've done on Janice Ann Reinauer, now working in Nigeria under new ownership. Here's a post I did featuring her and siblings about to leave almost exactly two years ago, high and dry on Blue Marlin. Of course, the skyline in the background shows that here–about 30 years ago–she was getting some attention at the drydock over in Jersey City just north of the Morris Canal.
Here's a closer-up of the yard tug on the shoreside of the drydock. Can anyone fill in more info on this fairweather vessel?
Here are two shots looking at what is now a very different Jersey City bank.
Only the lettering Bert Reinauer II offers clues here. Anyone know the vessel to the left? Bill Lynch speculates it's pilot boat New York (1972), and I'm inclined to think he's right.
And finally, a repeat foto from yesterday . . . in addition to the identification sent through comments by tugboathunter and jeff s, here's what Harold's eureka moment came up with . . . revealing a bit of his process: " I finally cracked the case on that green unidentifiable tug. I looked at that photo, got away from it several times after tearing my hair out, and finally went back. Saying to myself, 'That boat looks familiar. I've seen it in the last few years painted a different color. The Tug Races, that's it, the Tug Races.' " Interjection: here's a post I did in 2007 showing what Harold remembers.
Harold continues: "She was built in 1959 in Norfolk, Va. (yard unknown) as SHRIKE. She was later renamed SALLY, and then BILL MATHER (that's where the MATHER comes in from my observation). I couldn't make out the name BILL. She was MONAHAN before becoming LONG SPLICE. Her owner in 1993, as MONAHAN according to Carl's records was Monahan Towing Co. I looked in a 1978 MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES, under BILL MATHER, and found her owners as Tug Leasing Corp., Delaware. A final look in a MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES 1965 under SHRIKE shows her owners as Southern Tug Corp."
Again, all these vintage fotos, which allow this time travel, come compliments of Seth Tane. Click here for his current endeavors.
Here and here are two posts I've done on Harold.
Finally, I've written to folks in Nigeria to attempt to get fotos of boats there formerly here . . . still to no effect. Anyone help?
In May six years ago, I posted these fotos of a relatively new NCL vessel called Norwegian Spirit. Yesterday morning at 0615 . . . l'amiga caught this view of sunrise looking over toward Jersey City.
It's Breakaway's inaugural entry into the city . . . Here's an article about some of the related welcoming events.
Here's the full monty, and about twelve hours later, here she
exits as captured by John Watson from his cliff over on Staten Island.
Thanks to l'amiga and John Watson for these fotos. Here's an article about building this vessel; this series on building her goes all the way back to 2011. Anyone explain why it's called Breakaway?
I'll try to catch her entering the Narrows one of these days.
After these were taken down from along the paths of Central Park eight years ago, it was reported they were "industrially recycled." I'd not til now thought to ask what recycled meant, but yesterday I saw this:
do you suppose . . .
reused was the solution . . . ?
All these were on a single outbound ship yesterday . . .
Ohio, here escorted around Bergen Point by Gramma Lee T Moran.
Top foto by Elizabeth Wood. All others by Will Van Dorp.
What is this tow . . . eastbound on the East River? Clues: The year is 1948 and that's Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport, and lower Manhattan in the background. Also, the Staten Island ferry has operated a +1100-passenger vessel since 1986 named in honor of the builder of this tow, former resident of Opossum Acres, and built of this tow out of available flotsam and jetsam.
Answer: It's John A. Noble's houseboat, featured in a tugster post here a year ago. And there's a party/fundraiser at Sailors Snug Harbor in his honor . . . details below. Click on the foto/poster below for more info on Sailors Snug Harbor.
What follows is the press release. Consider participating in some way.
On Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 8 PM, the museum will host a birthday party and premiere the new documentary, Tides of 100 Year: Remembering John A. Noble, by filmmaker Michael McWeeney.
On Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 2 PM, the museum will host a free public reception that will include two showings of the new film and refreshments.
The Saturday evening celebration will also mark the opening of a biographical exhibition, with family memorabilia, photographs, and art that describe Noble's career. Rare pieces, including plein air drawings he did from his rowboat while studying New York Harbor, as well are formal drawings, photographs, and paintings, will highlight it.
Eccentric features of his former home at 270 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, will shed light on Noble's personality and many talents. His basement workshop and the interior of his home, with maritime artifacts and tools he collected and lamps and furniture he made, have been recreated.
Noble and his wife Susan Ames Noble decided to "burn their bridges," and devote their lives to his artistic career, and the exhibition focuses on their single-minded devotion to it. "No teaching. No retreat," was their philosophy. Susan was Noble's advisor, agent, secretary, and companion on his explorations. "It took Sue and me about 10 years to know New York," Noble said. "We rowed, we walked, we bicycled—about ten years. Then we had a little fundamental idea of the vast thing."
The birthday party, which will take place on the eve of Noble's St. Patrick's Day birth in Paris, France, in 1913, will feature cocktails and hors d'oeuvres and dancing to the music of Queen Tipsy and her band. Tickets are $100 per person, $90 for museum members and seniors.
The Sunday afternoon reception will include two showings, at 2 PM and 3 PM, of Tides of 100 Years: Remembering John A. Noble, by Michael McWeeney.
Funding for the exhibition was provided, in part, by the Trustees and members of the Noble Maritime Collection, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Michael McWeeney is the recipient of a DCA Premier Grant from the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI), with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
The Tides of 100 Years exhibition will remain on view through 2013. The Noble Maritime Collection is located at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden and is open to the public Thursdays through Sundays from 1 until 5 PM. Tours of the museum and school programs are welcome weekdays as well.
For information, call the Noble Maritime Collection at (718) 447-6490 or visit www.noblemaritime.org
Click here for a sampling of Noble's work. Click here for info on a profusely-illustrated biography. Click here for info on a Snug Harbor project to transform Robbins Reef Light.
Unrelated but similar to the top foto, click here for a tugster post from almost three years ago.


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Get Over Your FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
Obsessing about the party you skipped, the after-work drinks with colleagues you passed on, the second date you decided not to accept? The latest syndrome plaguing do-it-all women is the nagging fear that everyone else is in on something that they're not. Anna Pursglove reports.
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I AM CURLED UP ON THE SOFA, ready for a DVR marathon of my favorite showswhen my iPhone presents me with a slew of new Facebook updates. A group of girlfriends is also catching up on episodes of New Girl and Revenge, but they are all together ... with wine ... just a few miles away. Before you waste your sympathy on me, the shunned friend, you should know that I was actually invited to the TV viewing party. I chose not to go. It was a perfectly sensible decision given the circumstances (weather: awful; workload: massive). So why, when presented with uploaded photographs of my friends having fun, did I suddenly feel panicky? As though I'd missed out on something infinitely more important than sharing laughs over the antics of Jess Day and Emily Thorne and too much red wine on a school night? What revelations or connections were made? Opportunities presented? What other plans could develop out of this one evening? The mind reels.
I can, at least, take comfort in the knowledge that this form of social anxiety is common. It's been discussed so often recently that it even has its own acronym: FOMO (fear of missing out). The symptom? A nagging suspicion, fueled by the forensic details of other people's lives we are privy to on social media, that our own existences are somehow lacking. If only we'd made the right decisions, we berate ourselves, we'd have the fascinating careers/relationships/opinions/offspring/social lives that we perceive others all around us to have.
Canvassing other women on the issue, I discover that many of my friends are also wrestling with FOMO. Holly, a 30-year-old TV producer, tells me, "I spend far too much time worrying about what others are doing. Media people love using Facebook and Twitter to show off, so I have this constant sense that I'm not in the loopnot doing the cool thing. I have this ridiculous feeling that if I could just behave a bit more like them, then I'd suddenly become some kind of Oscar-winning director. It's as though other people have this magic formula for a successful life that is eluding me."
Meanwhile, Katy, 34, a nurse, says FOMO has her worried that she's missed the opportunity to have kids. "I've risen up the ranks fast, and I love my job," she says. "As a result, I guess I haven't exactly prioritized my relationships, and they've all fizzled. Recently I've been spending more and more time analyzing my friends' lives, mostly via social networking sites, and questioning decisions I made in my 20s. If I'd gotten to know such-and-such guy better, would I be the one tweeting about which school my kids had made it into?"


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The accident airplane had not flown for an undetermined period of time, and the pilot was planning to conduct a 30-minute local flight. The pilot's mechanic attempted to prepare the airplane for the flight, and while prepping the airplane he drained water from both fuel tanks for approximately 45 minutes. He started the engine and let it run for 15 minutes. During that time the pilot arrived at the airport, and the mechanic suggested to the pilot that he allow him to fully drain the fuel tanks prior to his flight. The pilot refused and he and the passenger boarded the airplane. The flight departed, and shortly after the pilot reported a loss of engine power and ditched in the Gulf of Mexico. Examination of the airplane revealed water contamination of the fuel. Review of the pilot's toxicology report revealed the use of controlled substances. Post mortem toxicology testing performed on the pilot was consistent with the regular use and very recent smoking of cocaine, likely within 1 hour of the accident. The pilot's medical certificate was expired at the time of the accident.
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Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time Readers Poll: Elite Eight — "Stairway to Heaven" (Jimmy Page) Vs. "Hotel California" (Don Felder, Joe Walsh)
August 31, 2013 at 8:55am
No comfortably numb ?
Darth Compton
August 31, 2013 at 11:35am
It's still in the tournament. It'll be coming against Mr. Crowley. Whenever this one's done (it's been up since Wednesday), it'll go against whatever GW deems the next match.
August 30, 2013 at 4:28am
i don't care to give away my age!! but I've been playing both of these songs since i was a kid. i take NOTHING away from Stairway To Heaven, but the solo on Hotel California is a song within a song with it's a well written melody alone! there will NEVER be a time when everyone agrees on who is the better player or what song is the best.
Mr. Crowley has a 2 killer solos that are songs within a song. my personal favorite is anything by Steve Vai!!!
but once again, that's my personal opinion!!!!
September 01, 2013 at 12:49am
Yes, that's true about Mr. Crowley, but Comfortably Numb also has two insanely perfect solos that are songs within a song. Even though David Gilmour wrote them, it's almost as if the solos and the song were around since the big bang and David just allowed them to come together. The Comfortably Numb solos are so perfect and fit together so well, I compare it to two hydrogen atoms combining with an oxygen atom to form water, which without, there would be no life in the universe. I feel that Comfortably Numb holds the same place in the music universe, that water holds in the natural universe!
Darth Compton
August 28, 2013 at 9:20pm
Could there be a surprise shootdown of Stairway eminent?
I voted Stairway To Heaven. It may not be my all time favorite, but I do prefer its solo (and overall composition) to Hotel California.
August 28, 2013 at 7:09pm
Robin Trower's 'Daydream' trumps both of these iconic songs.
August 28, 2013 at 9:38pm
No argument here. One of my all-time favorite Trower songs.
August 29, 2013 at 1:57am
For sure, his whole catalog could be in this poll really haha!
August 28, 2013 at 4:43pm
OK let's see how many people vote with their heads and not their hearts. Both of these songs and solos are GREAT. But only one can win and, in my opinion that song is Stairway. While I love the solo to Hotel ,the solo to Stairway is the most iconic of all guitar solos. How many of us picked up a guitar for the first time because of this song. I know the Metal guys will never admit this but, Led Zeppelin is The Greatest Rock band in history. But this is just my opinion.
Joe Barnes
September 09, 2013 at 12:42pm
Zep was great but they were afraid to follow Freebird...
There were negotiations going on in 77 for Skynyrd to open for Zep on some American shows.
Zep was afraid Skynyrd would steal the show like they did to the Stones at Knebworth so they rejected the plan. Zep would have to be on the VERY TOP of their game to avoid that same fate with Skynyrd opening. I would have loved to have seen it.
I like Hotel California much better anyway.
August 28, 2013 at 11:50pm
Where does this idea that "metal guys" never give any credit to the classics come from? Outside of 14-year-old fanboys who don't know any better, I barely ever see guys/gals who like primarily heavier stuff disrespecting classic and hard rock, yet I see old schoolers put down newer heavy metal almost every day. It seems to me like it's another head-scratching claim of persecution that's ironically the other way around.
August 29, 2013 at 11:56pm
That's because a lot of today's Metal is crap. The worst thing to happen to Metal is what I call Cookie Monster singing. It seems like most Metal fans have embraced this lack of talent.
August 29, 2013 at 4:12pm
Look at the total votes for a non metal poll, then a metal guitarist against someone,the difference is average 4 or 5,000 votes
August 30, 2013 at 11:16pm
Imagine if Justin Beiber played guitar ? Id bet he'd win all tho Lady Gaga would make it good battle... that's how bad this poll could get. Id bet theyd be in the 25,000+ vote range..lol
August 30, 2013 at 12:18am
So sue them for voting for their preference. That doesn't mean they're actively disrespecting the other guy, like so many classic rock diehards do whenever the opportunity arises.
The worst thing you old schoolers do is treat your opinions that the best stuff came out of the 60's and 70's and anything else is inferior like they're fact. Don't get me wrong, I agree that some GREAT stuff came out of that era, and guys like Hendrix, Clapton, and Page were/are amazing guitarists and musicians. But just because you like those guys and not newer stuff doesn't give you right or reason to put the newer stuff down. Just praise what you like and let everyone else enjoy what they like.
And don't be surprised that newer players and styles get more votes on the website of a magazine that caters a good bit to current trends and heavier stuff.
August 31, 2013 at 10:55pm
Lets be real here, you'd be a mug if you thought the stuff from the 80's up until now could even compare to the 50s 60s 70s groups/artists in general.
September 02, 2013 at 11:22am
Now that's a matter of what you were raised with. Anyone born after 1970 obviously won't have as much of a taste for Hendrix or Clapton, and would prefer a guitarist like Slash or Randy Rhoads. It's not fair to generalize an entire decade as bad simply because it doesn't fit your taste.
I, myself, am far, FAR too young to remember anyone prior to the rise of shred, but that doesn't mean I go around bashing on Cream or SRV. I have found that I rather enjoy a lot of music that is WAY out of my time frame.


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The process of getting over the break-up wherein you need to cleanse and purify your heart and soul, peeling off all the negativity of the relationship that has ended.
Nolana thought, "I should take Barbara's advise, and do some kind of cleansing ritual to get over that sad excuse for a fiancee. I know! Why don't I book myself a trip to Tahiti where I can properly de-ex myself? I'll swim in the Pacific, dance with the sexiest Tahitian dancers... eat wonderful food... ahhhh. I"m starting to feel rejuvenated already."
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Hearty vegetables are flavored with honey and tahini, then roasted for this side dish from our Test Kitchen. It's perfect for light and bold entrees alike.
6 Servings
Prep: 25 min. Bake: 25 min.
1 medium eggplant, peeled
2 medium sweet red peppers
1 medium zucchini
1 medium onion
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon tahini
2 teaspoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons honey
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
Cut the eggplant, red peppers, zucchini and onion into 1-in. pieces.
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spray. In a small bowl, combine the oil, tahini, vinegar, honey,
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Bake, uncovered, at 450° for 25-30 minutes or until tender,
stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley before serving. Yield: 6
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Sep 14th 2009 By Jeremy Taylor
Men in Relationships Lie Twice As Often As Women
Males lie to their partner six times a day, while females only tell three fibs.
This from a survey of 2,000 adults, which also found "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine" is the lie most common to both sexes.
Interestingly, women tend to misrepresent the financial nature of their clothing purchases, while men make up excuses as to why they didn't answer their partner's phone calls. Male participants also frequently copped to the classic white lie, "No, your butt doesn't look big in that."
Then again, there's always the possibility that women are twice as likely to lie to a survey taker.
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Monday 14 September
By Bill West
BULL! Women lie all the time! What's wrong? Nothing- yeah, right!
Monday 14 September
By Glenda May
He's lying when he answers a question with a question!!
Monday 14 September
By King of Stone Mountain
...something women never, EVER seem to do...RIGHT? Stop kidding yourself. Regardless of gender, we've all been lied to countless times by the opposite sex. Interesting though, more people tend to blame EVE more than ADAM, for all the negatives. :)
Monday 14 September
By scammedbyawoman
Here's a common lie men hear from women, but women seldom will acknowledge it. When a man says ALWAYS, it usually means 100% of the time. But when a woman says ALWAYS it usually means at least this last time. When a man says NEVER, it means usually 0% of the time. But, when a woman says NEVER, it usually means at least not this last time.
If a man questions a woman's use of ALWAYS or NEVER, providing a counter-example to prove her statement false, she will typically counter this by saying that that's the way she FEELS and don't her FEELINGS count for anything. Women need to realize that when men hear such emotional BS, it makes men feel LIED TO and, even worse, makes them feel like they are expected to believe the LIES. Woman FEEL that their ALWAYS and NEVER statements are justified because that's they way they FEEL. Their statements are based on perceptions which are not accurate, but they don't care and they don't view their false statements as being lies. When men hear women's ALWAYS and NEVER statements, men feel LIED TO, and these feelings of being LIED TO are perceptions which ARE completely accurate, but again women don't care. Women act like any false statements they make are not really a lie if they are in an emotionally charged state.
Monday 14 September
By proud2Bwoman
Honey, YOU NEED A THERAPIST. I don't know what she did...ok, well it's obvious what she did, but, please don't put all of us in one category. I have told lies-show me one person who hasn't-we won't go there, but I've also learned that you may as well tell the truth up front because a lie always comes back on you. Just because some PEOPLE can't learn from mistakes (or are possibly looking for a way out of a relationship the hard way) doesn't mean that ALL of us are that way.
It's so fun to read these comments and see how neurotic some people are!!!!!!!
AND YES I'M A B*TCH and proud of it...so is my husband.
Tuesday 15 September
By npsuffield
Proud2bewoman - Your first line . . LOL! I love it!
Tuesday 15 September
By frmldy2btchn2sec
You are generalizing. Not all women do that. You are obviously bitter towards some woman or women. It has nothing to do with gender, It all depends on the individual.
Wednesday 16 September
By unknown
Hopefully someday you will feel how to love yourself. ALWAYS BUT NEVER TO MUCH!
Monday 14 September
By Vince
Women lie more hands down, if they say anything for example: Mom day-where were you me and the kids were waiting, I went out with my girlfriend. Dad day-Same thing except we did not wait. My bday next day: I didnt kno it was ur bday why did you keep it a secret? weve been together 10 yrs. You get off work at 4:30 and its a 30 min drive home were did you go. the lie I worked late, the truth slipped my partner took me to the Elephant bar, she disappears. But I keep hearing how the men cheat and lie.
Monday 14 September
By Emma
I'm not sure exactly what the scenario was that you wrote about but I just wanted to respond. I don't think women lie more than men, nor do I think men lie more than women ~ the Entire topice revolves around LYING so who can honestly know or judge?
Men lie, women get hurt; women lie and men get hurt, maybe it's time to concentrate on 1.) Yourself and what you're willing to give, take, put up with and seek in a partner. The first responsibility is your own acting as your own advocate for happiness. 2.) If your 'partner' is making you so unhappy then it's time to grow up, make a change and move on towards. 3.) Consider where you're 'looking' for your partner, if it's in the local gin mill, meat market club, at a social picnic, a farmers or flea market... think about it because where the good time starts is usually where it lands and stays.
Pearls O' Wisdom from,
Monday 14 September
By been there
been there done that got the t shirt,, 9 times out of ten when a man says he is working late,, he is not,, he is somewhere else, seen it myself and seen it to many other times,, and the honey I didnt hear the phone ring excuse is way to old, or the look I dont have any missed calls.. of course he doesnt he erased his phone call log before he got home,,, sheesh give me a break
I do not believe that women lie more,, now or ever.
Tuesday 15 September
By MommyMe
This battle of the sexes that has commenced is ridiculously amusing. I hope you all know how stupid you (who are fighting) look.
Monday 14 September
By been there
and I have been married for 24 yrs,, I think I have seen a lot of BS
Monday 14 September
By scammedbyawoman
Here's the lie that women tell that can have the biggest impact on a mans life, at least it did on mine. My wife pretended to be interested in all my interests before we were married. I was athletic and wanted to share my life with a woman who was also athletic so we could do fun athletic activities together. But then, after the "I do's" were over I found out that she was merely pretending to share common interests. She quickly became a couch-potato, and gained a lot of weight. This caused her to lose her libido by making sex fall outside of her psychological comfort zone. So now I'm stuck in a loveless marriage because she is content to go the rest of her life without ever again having sex. The reason is NOT because I did anything wrong. It is because sex fell outside of her psychological comfort zone when she looked in the mirror one day and considered herself no longer sexy enough to have sex. It took me years of her rejection before I finally gave up, and it took me years of reading books on womens psychology to learn that what women think of their own appearance has more influence on their sex drive, than what a loving husband thinks. She has killed my love and desire to be married by her continuous rejection, NOT by her changed appearance.
Monday 14 September
By whatever
some women are silly. sorry you have a loveless/passionate marriage. i can understand why it would give you a negative outlook on women but i hope that you that not all women lie about the way they are, maybe about other things. personally, i plan on turning into a more responsible adult but i never want to pretend to be something for any man. i don't know how shrewd your wife is but maybe get her a spa day and a gym membership for the two of you? most women would get the hint or at least put out for the spa day lol. just know that all women aren't horrible creatures of the devil and we do need need NEED to feel like the most beautiful girl in their man's world.
good luck
Tuesday 15 September
By Marie
Your SN is very telling. You seem to blame your wife for everything that's gone wrong in your marriage. Me, I'm NOT buying it. I think you sound like a shallow, selfish man who made your wife so miserable that she stopped trying to please you, and instead of getting the hell out of your sorry marriage, she internalized the nagativity by over-eating to dull her pain. She let herself go since she felt so bad about herself, which just fed your need to criticize and denigrate her. How do I know so much about your fat, sloppy, lazy wife? Because I was lucky enough to get the hell out before I became like her. Stop blaming someone else for your misery and accept responsibility and consequences for your behavior. My heart goes out to your poor, depressed wife for her passivity and acquiescence. See a counselor and learn something. But you won't, will you?
Monday 14 September
By Donielle
This doesn't surprise me. I have observed that guys have to lie all the time just to be happy with their woman. However, I've never been in a relationship, so I might be mistaken...but I doubt it.
Monday 14 September
By manda
my bf lies even when i have the facts and show him the evidence! I never thought he was like this until i caught him. But he is soooo good at lying that i got to kinda respect that he could make me believe. I love him and thats the truth. even his stupid lies.
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Google to ICO: We had no idea Street View data slurp was happening
Google has denied that it tried to cover up certain aspects of its Street View data slurp as the UK Information Commissioner's Office reopens its investigation into the incident. The ICO recently cracked open its cold case files on the Street View cars' sniffing of data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks. This was a result of the US …
Destroying evidence
Asking Google to destroy the data was a major mistake, it's basically destroying evidence. That this was requested by the office that would probably be responsible for a prosecution against Google is quite troubling. Does the regulator have a clue?
I still think that people that leave their wifi open are asking for trouble - in all likelihood the cars were looking for BT openzone and the like.
I think it would be too much hassle adding all the ssid names to the data slurper due to the vast number. Much easier to slurp all unprotected ssid so that you can build a hotspot map that includes all providers. At least that way you won't run into a legal entanglement when you miss off a provider.
Data Capture
It still wouldn't account for why they actually captured and recorded data that was being sent by any users of the WiFi access point.
In reality nothing that was too confidential would have been captured and the capture so brief as to not provide anything meaningful. Which makes it all the more bizarre that it was captured in the first place. I can only think that there was an excitable young engineer who was adding more and more features to the smart bit of coding he had done and went a bit over spec.
The idea that it was a pre-meditated idea and a feature requested seems far fetched due to the extremely limited use of the data and the risks involved.
The cars were looking for wifi networks of any type (encrypted included), mostly to build a database for agps.
The issue is that instead of just writing packet headers to the hard drive on the streetview cars, they wrote out entire packets, which in the case of unencrypted networks included private data.
My personal feeling is that if you transmit unencrypted data on a public channel then it's your own bloody fault, and frankly google grabbing your private data and not using it for anything is the least of your worries.
Still, the whole thing is entertaining to read about, not least for highlighting quite how clueless the people responsible for policing this stuff are.
"google grabbing your private data and not using it for anything is the least of your worries"
Exactly this.
Seriously, people worried about Google while they're broadcasting everything in plaintext? Are they fucking mental, or just looking for a scapegoat?
Wardriving should not ever be a criminal offense. Not securing your network then calling the waahmbulance because somebody listened in to your porn surfing damned well should be.
@M Gale
So you wouldn't mind if Google drove around with an array of directional microphones recording everyone's conversations?
It would be your damn fault for not whispering.
To be charitable to you I will assume you are clueless. Too much trouble adding all the SSIDs to the data slurper? Have you ever written a computer program? Computers are FAST, they have VAST memories. They handle data such as strings and hex integers very adeptly.
Companies have built global maps of Wireless MAC addresses of peoples home WiFi linked to GPS. It's how a non-GPS smartphone can bring up a map of where you are.
However I suspect that Google did not hack peoples passwords. I feel that they 'admitted' they did just to see if they would get into trouble. Having established that they can get away with the crime they will now feel free to indulge in these crimes.
Icon = Google pick pocketing
Re: Clueless @ Wayland
WIFI vs GPS - Thats not entirely true. Afaik the main non-gps location technology is Cell tower triangulation not Wifi.
re: "asking for trouble"
I still think that people that leave their wifi open are asking for trouble - in all likelihood the cars were looking for BT openzone and the like...
Very true, but that still doesn't excuse what Google was doing. Unlocked door, burglar, etc. We've been through all this.
Re: @M Gale
Why yes, if I was broadcasting stuff on CB channel 19 and Google recorded it, I would only have myself to blame.
As for directional microphones, how do you think investigative journalists work?
Re: @M Gale
The analogy of someone using a directional microphone is a particularly bad one. It implies an effort to target you specifically.
If you want an analogy, how about you standing on your front doorstep and having a shouting row with your other half and then complaining that your neighbours overheard you.
"how do you think investigative journalists work?"
Given recent news, not sure if investigative journalists are the best example to make your point http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/18/phone_hack_cps_mulls_over_11_suspects/.
@Tim Brown
I said an array of microphones. Just like the Streetview cars have an array of Wifi antennas.
It's irrelevant.
If you've got location services enabled, all it has to do, is pass in all the SSIDs it can here, and ask where they are.
Over time, some phones will know where they are, and once they do, if they still hear the SSIDs they know where the SSIDs are.
The real issue is intercepted emails and the like.
Looking for BT Openzone? Was that a troll? Or was it irony?
Re: @M Gale
Well, just to toss a couple of SWAGs out there, if the car is going 30 miles an hour, and your microphone array has, say 100 foot range, that means the car records about a 4 second snippet of your oh-so-important conversation.
If you routinely make four second statements that, as a complete standalone entity even make sense, let alone divulge anything 'private', then you need to spend less time on Twitter.
Besides, you just *know* that 90% of the audio recorded is going to be: "Hey, is that one of those Google Cars? Quick, yell something dirty!"
Not just hotspots
Android (and iOS for that matter) use SSIDs to improve location fix from GPS in addition to old good cell site data.
In order to have a usable database for this you have to do some slurping first and not just open APs - you slurp all SSIDs and MACs as well to distinguish between hotspots and remote offices.
I suspect that they do not need to do that any more as the phones provide enough data to keep it up to date.
Re: re: "asking for trouble"
> Unlocked door, burglar, etc. We've been through all this.
Yes we have so you should know by now that the unlocked door, burglar analogy doesn't apply. Google did not have to enter any private property.
Dear Google..
We think you might have lied to us before, so we want you to tell the truth this time, did you do it on purpose?
Dear ICO,
No one knew anything, for realz!
Other purposes?
This reminds me of the "TV Detector" vans that prowled the streets of Britain in the 1950s/60s. Their ostensible purpose was to detect unlicensed (i.e.untaxed) televisions. Years later, it was claimed they were really secret police vans looking for radio systems used by spies.
Did the Google streetcars have some other purpose?
Raw Data
I am astounded that the ICO did not secure an original Google disk or a bit-for-bit copy of one. How can anyone rely on data that have been "processed"?
The ICO seems to be stuffed with lawyers rather than people who actually know about computing.
Re: Raw Data
The request seems to have been for something with a few readable words in it.
"We had no idea Street View data slurp was happening"
Pardon me while I laugh until I piss myself.
Beyond Belief
That they had a car with hard and software setup to grab the data.
But then the ICO are particulary gullable and useless, so nothing will happen.
Particularly since Cameron appears to be in Google's pocket.
Whilst Google's pockets are closed to the UK tax man.
The ICO is right to resume this
The ICO detected an interesting difference between what they were told, and what Google has formally stated elsewhere. For those with a minimal command of the English language I'll translate that: they lied, and were stupid enough to prove that by means of statements elsewhere. Thus, the ICO correctly calls them on it.
Secondly, the German defence ("Ich habe es nicht gewusst" - I didn't know) hasn't worked since WW II, in Google's case you'd end up with having to believe that their software release model is so bad that they failed to detect code that was AND in the vehicles AND in the back end to store that data. Not a chance in hell.
Thirdly, it is immaterial what you think to be private or not. You can argue until the cows come home, but the ICO and the law define that, and in their eyes it is private information, so Google was flagrantly in breach. Not that that is a surprise, the US model seems to be to break the law and trying to get away with it instead of paying any attention to it. Worked well for Wall Street too, that's why the global economy is in such a mess, but I digress.
Instead, let me adjust your insight a bit. The good folks here generally have a degree of technical competence, but a lot of people at home do not. This means that quite a few of those WiFi access points are still left at their default settings and passwords, much like VCRs used to blink 12:00 in many homes. Those people are as much entitled to their privacy as you are, and this is why the law considers this data private. The law is to protect a basic human right, for all of us.
I have no idea how it will pan out, but I hope Google gets a fine that actually *hurts*. It's time they realise that laws exist to be complied with, not to be creatively avoided like tax payments..
Re: The ICO is right to resume this
Which still will get you nowhere.
ICO can resume the rap and throw a tantrum all it likes. Result will be zero if not subzero.
UK Is not USA. In the USA if you ie to the regulator or lie to a question formally asked while under oath in a congressional inquiry you get a more or less automatic perjury investigation and prosecution asks for maximum tariff.
In the UK (as the current press "ethics" inquiry shows) you can lie until your pants need the whole London fire brigade to extinguish them and there will be no consequences. The fact that the ICO "is reopening" the inquiry instead of asking the CPO for a perjury investigation is a good example of this "subtle" difference.
Re: The ICO is right to resume this
Fine. Let's all screw Google for this.
Meanwhile, I can carry on finding people's public APs and using them to DDoS the shit out of your email servers. How does that sound?
If the ICO was to publically say that Google did nothing wrong and you idiots should set your public routers to private if you don't want them broadcasting publically, then I bet about 90% of those public APs would be private inside of a month.
But hey, let's just carry on blundering, eh?
Re: The ICO is right to resume this
It appears you didn't manage to get to my 3rd point: not everyone has the technical nous to set up WiFi security, but that doesn't automatically deprive them of their right to privacy.
In addition, I personally don't even WANT Google to store my SSID and router MAC address, but I have had no say in the matter.
*not* good.
Re: The ICO is right to resume this
But you are broadcastng your SSID and MAC address into public airspace. As for technical nous, most routers these days tend to be set up something along the lines of "press button on router, press button on device, there you go".
And really, if you don't have the technical nous to type a password into a textbox, how in hell did you manage to turn that computer on?
I guess you wouldn't want people recording CB conversations, or logging IRC chats either?
Ignorance isn't an excuse.
My belief is if you leave your wifi wide open it's your fault however if what they did is deemed wrong then saying they didn't know any better isn't an excuse.
Oh, cute. So ignorance is no excuse for the home owner, but is a perfectly acceptable defence for a company that has the technical people and the lawyers to know better?
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Thornton Burgess Museum/Society
The Thornton W. Burgess Society is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1976 to carry on the pioneering conservation work of author/naturalist Thornton W. Burgess (1874 - 1965). Mr. Burgess, who was born and grew up in Sandwich, MA., went on to achieve national and international recognition for his childrens' stories that teach lessons of conservation and love of wildlife. Over 170 books and 15,000 stories by Burgess chronicle the tales of Peter Rabbit and his animal friends, including Jimmy Skunk, Grandfather Frog, Johnny Chuck, Sammy Jay, Reddy Fox, Hooty Owl and many others. Through these engaging stories, generations of young people have learned about the natural world and have developed an understanding of the importance of conservation of our natural resources. The Thornton W. Burgess Society operates two facilities: the Thornton W. Burgess Museum on the shores of Shawme Pond on Water Street (Rte 130) in Sandwich village and the Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen at 6 Discovery Hill Road (off Rte. 6A) in East Sandwich. NEW NEW NEW! You are now able to order jam kitchen products and books directly from our web site on a secure server. Each is on a separate shopping site because of the way we calculate the shipping charges so cannot be combined. Members now receive their 10% member discount on the Jam Kitchen products!


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The Hermitage is just 20 minutes from downtown Nashville and 5 miles from the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and the Nashville International Airport. Take I-40 East to exit 221A and follow Old Hickory Boulevard north until you see the entrance sign on the right hand side of the road.
If you are travelling on I-40 west, exit on 221 and follow Old Hickory Boulevard north until you see the entrance sign.
Please note that Rachel's Lane is not accessible from Lebanon Pike.
Parking at The Hermitage is free. This site is easily accessible for buses and motor coaches. Coaches unload and load guests at the entrance of the Andrew Jackson Visitor Center and then park in the Bus Parking Lot.