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At the turn of the 19th century, a game of 3D chess was invented by the name of Raumschach. Soon after this, coffee houses were opened specifically for the playing of the game. But what has happened to it since? Here is a new Raumschach board, ready for you to bring it into the 21st century 100 years later.
The board is made of crystal clear acrylic, and the pieces in two shades of tinted grey.
(note: this item will eventually be offered for sale. It is currently in development to ensure ease of assembly.)
Reviews of 3D Chess Set
I would REALLY love to see this design or finished product go up for sale. I am really intrigued no only by this board design but also by the pieces themselves.
I too am especially interested in this board as apparently they are impossible to find elsewhere :/ lol


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Peak & Prairie
Mountain Chapter's
Online Newsletter
April / May 1998
Letters Needed to Expose Senator Campbell's Environmental Voting Record
by Brian Mohr, SW Office
Throughout this year's Environmental Voter Education Campaign (EVEC) in Colorado, the Sierra Club needs your help to expose Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell's relatively poor environmental voting record. One way in which we can do this is by writing letters to the editor and sending them to the Denver Post, the Rocky Mt. News and your local newspapers. Writing letters to the editor is just one tactic we are encouraging our members to pursue in an effort to raise awareness about how little our Congress is doing to protect Colorado's environment, our families and our future. Senator Campbell's votes in Congress have put Colorado's environment and people at risk. We deserve better. We must hold our elected officials to a higher standard. Each year the League of Conservation Voters scores our members of Congress based on their performance related to a variety of significant issues that Congress voted on. For example, here's how Colorado's members of Congress were rated in 1997:
US Senators
Ben Nighthorse Campbell 29%
Wayne Allard 0%
US Representatives
Diana DeGette - CD1 94%
David Skaggs - CD2
69% Scott McInnis - CD3 13%
Bob Schaffer - CD4 6%
Joel Hefley - CD5 13%
Dan Schaefer - CD6 6%
For more information about this scorecard, please contact Brian Mohr at the Sierra Club SW Regional Office at (303) 449-5595. What sort of votes have been used in these evaluations? Here is a sample of Senator Campbell's environmental voting record to help you with your letter:
1990 Organic Foods --- Campbell voted against the amendment that established national standards for organic foods, and so voted against expanding the market for farmers who opt to produce crops without pesticides.
1992 Wetlands Destruction --- Campbell cosponsored a bill that would have gutted the Clean Water Act and endanger millions of acres of wetlands across the country.
1995 Right to Know Less --- Campbell supported a amendment that allows industries to conceal toxic chemical release amounts (known as the Toxic Release Inventory or TRI), previously made public under the 1986 Community Right to Know Act.
1995 Crippling the EPA --- Campbell supported a bill which would hamper EPA's ability to carry out environmental protection by eliminating EPA's role in protecting wetlands, prohibiting EPA from regulating arsenic drinking water, and blocking enforcement of clean air regulations.
1996 Endangered Species Standstill --- Campbell voted once again against a moratorium that would restore funds for listing species on the Endangered Species Act.
1996 Logging Without Laws --- Campbell voted against an amendment that would suspend salvage logging provisions, permit environmental challenges to salvage logging and allow the government to buy back timber contracts.
1997 Logging Roads Subsidies --- Campbell voted against an amendment that would have cut the Forests Service's funding of logging roads and a subsidy to loggers.
These examples provide just a small sample of Senator Campbell's extensive anti-environment record. Although he has been supportive of the environment on some issues in the past, his present record is not protective of the natural resources most valued by his constituents.
TIPS for writing letters:
Call the newspaper editor after sending in your letter to ensure that they received
Keep your letter short and concise - 250-300 words
State why the environment is important to you, and why you feel Campbell's record is posing a threat to it.
Sign the letter with your name, address and phone #
Try to incorporate the Sierra Club name into your letter somehow
(please use this only as a model for your own personlized letter)
Dear Editor,
As a Coloradoan, I place a high value on the preservation of our natural heritage and the health of our communities. The Sierra Club and other environmental groups have been working hard to clean up our community's air and water, to fight urban sprawl and to protect what's left of Colorado's wildplaces. But politicians willing to weaken environmental protections in return for campaign contributions are threatening the progress we've made. In the last two years, Senator Campbell received an "F" on his environmental voting record, according to the League of Conservation Voters. I am deeply concerned about his negative environmental voting record generally, and specifically, his lack of support for the protection of our endangered species and his votes that put our national forests at risk for more roads and logging.
It's time to hold our elected officials accountable -- to expose politicians who put the places we live and the places we love at risk, and to applaud lawmakers who protect Colorado's environment, our families and our future.
Your name
Your address and phone
Statewide newspaper contacts: (contact the Sierra Club SW Regional Office at firstname.lastname@example.com or (303) 449-5595 for more newspaper contacts)
Rocky Mountain News,400 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80204, ph: (303) 892-5000, FAX: (303) 892-2568,email: email@example.com.
Denver Post, 1560 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202, ph: (303) 820-1010, FAX: (303) 820-1369, email:email@example.com

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Hidden Frontier is proud to announce that we have made our episodes even more accessible to the viewers, thanks to the project that Jonathan Connor-Foertsch and HF forum member Michael Hudson (also of fellow fan-film Star Trek: Intrepid) have been coordinating with volunteers for the past few months.
Starting today, All 50 episodes of Star Trek: Hidden Frontier are available in English and German subtitles, and all episodes of Star Trek: Odyssey will be subtitled shortly after each episode releases! Each download page has already been updated; all you need to do is select the version you want, and you're on your way!
We'd like to extend a hearty thank you and extend our congratulations to the beta testers who helped us out and kept the surprise to themselves as we prepared everything for general release:
"Mighty" - HF Forum Member
"USSFiredrake" - HF Forum Member
"SFFilk" - HF Forum Member
"Rockytop62" - HF Forum Member
Karl Puder - HF Forum Member, "Korg" (HF/ODY)
Barbara Puder - HF Forum Administrator, "Odyssey Crewman" (ODY)
as well as our subtitling team, who have tirelessly worked to get this new feature ready for everyone to enjoy:
Michael Hudson - English Subtitles
Bodo Hartwig - German Subtitles
Stefano "The Raven Man" M. - Italian Subtitles (
Coming soon to Star Trek: Odyssey and Star Trek: Hidden Frontier!
Alain Kemp - French Subtitles (
Coming soon to Star Trek: Odyssey!
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Coming soon to Star Trek: Odyssey!
We're absolutely ecstatic to offer these episodes to our fans, and we hope to offer even more to the fans as we charge ahead at slipstream speeds into the new series, Star Trek: Odyssey!
-- Jonathan Connor-Foertsch, Content Manager
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It's been a bad month in the Fetlife zodiac. Fetlife is a social networking site for kinksters and perverts. It houses discussion groups, hookups, events, and endless ranting. I don't go often but I'm increasingly picky about any message boards or social hubs. "Don't Read The Comments" includes websites dedicated to commenting. The party might be fun at first but it all takes a harrowing turn and you start to see the things that drove Nietzche mad.
Here's one problem of Fetlife: Deification. Every social scene from model trains to modeling naked on trains has the tendency to forge a social hierarchy of some kind. What constitutes an alpha will vary from culture to culture and what this proves to us is how stupid our rules are regardless of whatever bullshit we try to put on top of it. John Baku started a website for kinksters, kinksters rallied and named him a king of kink land for his digital prowess. In theory, he created great unity in the many tribes of perverts and perhaps greater social progress could be cultivated in a new website.
There is a sexual assault allegation against John Baku from a night that might as well be considered a major group fail. It starts with a fail: he gets off a plane and is heralded as a king. It no doubt felt spectacular to have other members of the pervert Mt. Olympus greet him and give him much wine and mead, indeed. And he got fucked up in one of those embarrassing ways that many of us can still recall like a bruise in our cerebrum. He gets taken to a dungeon for more fail: he shouldn't have been brought and he should not have been admitted and anyone who was present that night would agree. He was brought downstairs and then was surrounded by a crowd of people ostensibly keeping him out of trouble but in effect were conjuring it.
He was drunk, he got grabby, and a bunch of people decided not to call it out or cause a fuss about it at the time because, well, it was the exact reason why the whole situation was a problem from square one and we hate being reminded of things like that. The person who was assaulted had to register a few thoughts in quick succession: that there was someone clearly heralded as the selected alpha for the night and they got out of line and moreover people knew but decided that they should just let it go to keep the peace, to take one for the team.
That is not our decision to make. We do it often.
As this discussion was coming out, someone decided to jump into the center of attention with a nuisance problem of Fetlife security. In theory it was done "for" kinky people and in "opposition" to abuse. This individual has explained it here ad naseum but I'll explain why these actions are problematic regardless of the technical details. In fact, let's just call it a [hex]. An angry blogger, in a rage of fury, let loose a hex upon the community and did so "to help it." It was to highlight security issues with the website. The blogger explains the tech behind it as a means of denying a "hack" or "making data public." This entry can be found here.
In the name of transparency, I want to do something awkward here and say that I have had a personal relationship with our kinky Bane, Maymay (Meitar). It goes back a couple of years when I called them out on a blatant whorephobic stance in theirwriting and did so in person. Given their preference for digital encounters, I can see that my error was looking them in the eye with my criticisms. Before that moment, we could drop hours exploring ideas. We hooked up. I think we had a lot of fun. I was deeply hurt and devastated by the end of that relationship and I thought I was the only one. Turns out, as these stories of charismatic dudes often do, that I was not the first and nowhere near the last. If they're an activist, they are one of the "slash and burn" variety with absolutely no qualms about co-opting the words and work of others to their own ends.
That exchange (screen shot from December 2011, close to the 25th) had not been the first time my words had been used by them. I have email records going back to August asking that our personal exchanges not be used (often word-for-word) in their writing without citations. Having my request turned around in a weird sort of victim blaming (I should have known better than to parade those juicy words around where they might be a temptation…) was bizarre.
Farther back, I received an email from them stating that I was "emotionally dangerous to them" and that they would have to "keep their distance." Several weeks later, they emailed me asking to attend a kinky party I hosted at Mission Control. When I declined, I did so with this entry of theirs in mind, with these words ringing out in my head, "You have a choice: look within yourself and excise that which is toxic, or watch me tear it out of you. I have already begun. I will not stop. I will not play nice. I will not be quiet. I will not mourn you. And, be warned, I am no longer alone."
Right off the bat, the guy I hooked up with who told me under no uncertain terms that they found me personally "unsafe" over email was asking to attend a party I was hosting and I've read those words on their blog. You're goddamn right I told them that they would not be admitted. I watched them twist the story into their hard work as an activist.
This individual then sent people to report back on the party in detail.
This is first and foremost, creepy. Given that there was no concrete attack on me or my hosting abilities, it only served as surveillance of someone they dated and an invasion of the privacy of the attendees and a violation of the venue rules. Moreover, it is frightening to have someone boast of their prowess as an activist with success being gauged by making a party host
To this individual, there is only anger and there is no analysis of the context and in their mind there is no such thing as collateral damage.
In this instance, you can see that triggering or harming an abuse survivor in a social space would be totally appropriate to this individual. That's because they aren't fighting back against abuse, they are fighting in the name of blind rage that isn't looking at a nuanced context any more. This individual loves to proclaim themselves as dangerous and as someone who worked in social services for a long time, I think it's important to take that claim seriously. When someone is using heavily violent language and practicing strategy, there is sound reason to be alarmed.
I think that Molly Ren's piece hit on a lot of important points, even if the blogger in question disagrees with the tech analysis. "What really blows my mind about Maymay's actions last week is the anger he displays at not being listened to…" This quote matters. This quote matters a lot.
The [HEX] that the blogger cast upon Fetlife probably won't do much but the blogger is kidding themselves when they try to act as if it were done with love. It was done very specifically when an abuse claim came up and now this conversation has become what everyone is talking about. It was a practical joke done for attention and the person behind it had been waiting for the right chance and took it, on the backs of a serious topic to be discussed. Moreover, they continue to fan the discussion, eager to have their tech observations take center stage and likely basking in every piece of negative attention.
All of that negative attention "proves" that everyone is out to "get" them for "no good reason."
It's trolling but it's been escalating and it has been for several years. There is undeniable malice attached to these actions and playing with tech jargon is a distraction from the motivation behind it.
I am also a little unnerved by the fact that the blogger in question calls Molly Ren's writing an attempt to be popular, and then links to a tweet of hers announcing surprise that she was RT'ed by me for writing.
Be angry, if you're angry—cast me as Bane if it makes you feel better, or if it makes you popular. No one's saying feelings are invalid, or recognition isn't valuable. But at least take responsibility for knowing shit. Because many things many people are saying right now are just that: shit.
It makes me wonder what I should expect from this individual. In retrospect, I probably should have spoken up but it's been far from the worst kind of harassment I've received. But when you add it up: plagiarism, fixation, and party spies it doesn't make for a very pretty picture, especially after criticizing this individual for whorephobia and having them burst into tremendous and frightening anger in person. Having been the recipient of their rage, I felt obligated to email and smoothe it over because I was afraid and because I felt that if my criticism made them verbally blow up at me, I should be the one to fix it. When you're 5'2 and 120 pounds, it's scary to have someone scream at you when you point out their blog contains serious anti-sex worker sentiments. I am a sex worker, I was sleeping with them, I felt dehumanized by their thoughts on sex workers and so I spoke up. Big mistake. What I've learned is that if I'm dating someone and they respond to criticism about dehumanizing my occupation, I should not fall into female socialization and make them feel better for their own verbal violence.
I avoided the tech conversation but what kills me about the circles that this blogger is trying to spin in their description of how and what they did is tantamount to playing the "I'm not touching you" game. Anyone with a sibling or anyone who has driven a pair of small children in the back seat of the car knows what I'm talking about here. It's when you're not technically in their space, you're just harassing them at the technical "border."
It's amazing how isolating it feels to blog about a very negative personal experience with someone. For a year and a half, I've been overwhelming patient with this individual's attacks on my parties and my writing. I don't know how long it would be professional of me to wait but when this person is making it clear that they don't believe in collateral damage and when their behavior is escalating, well, here it is I guess. I think a lot of people would suggest I continue being quiet but I'm not willing to put up with it any more. Obviously being quiet and patient with this individual did not make them go away and stop attacking me. Maybe speaking up will.


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The Automotive Accessories Network was established for organizations, manufacturers, dealership personnel and all of those who are influenced through the accessories business.
Current Articles
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Courtesy of Insignia's Guest Blogger: Jason Lancaster President of Spork Marketing, LLC
With the ability to reach almost half of the U.S. population1, YouTube.com offers tremendous opportunities for dealers. By observing a few Internet video best practices, you can promote vehicles, sell accessories, and build a fan base. Here are two examples of auto dealers that promote vehicles and sell accessories with video that we can all learn from.
Auto Styling by Berge Ford
With more than a dozen videos that have 10k+ views, Berge Ford of Mesa, Arizona, boasts solid YouTube stats. Here's their most popular video (40k+ views):
What they've done right:
Finally, the fact that Berge's video has achieved success with low production values should prove once and for all that any dealership can make videos that get attention on YouTube.
Big Bad Trucks at Paddock Chevrolet
Paddock Chevrolet of Kenmore, New York, has uploaded almost 1,000 videos to YouTube, and this one has more than 10k views:
If they've done anything wrong, it's that they didn't spend enough time and energy on the "big bad Chevy," which is the search term people used to find this video. One of the keys to YouTube is to be as informative and entertaining as possible. If you have to choose between one or the other, choose to be informative – that will build your dealership's credibility and establish you as an authority on accessories.
Questions? Comments? Feel free to leave a link to your video in the comments for a free critique!
Author Jason Lancaster is the President of Spork Marketing, an Internet marketing and consulting company, as well as the editor of ExhaustVideos.com, a website dedicated to exhaust sound clips.
1. comScore January 2012 U.S. Online Video Rankings show that 47.3% of the U.S. population watches Internet video.
Insignia Group, the leading provider of accessories sales systems and training has helped dealers maximize profits for over 10 years. Supporting 20+ brands and dealerships nationwide, we help our customers establish and grow their Accessories Profit Center. Call 888-579-4458888-579-4458 to learn more or schedule a demo.
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Tag: Google Mobile Search
Google Updates Google Mobile Search Again To v3.6.13, With Love For The Storms
Google updated their mobile Search app, and this time there was love for the BlackBerry Storm and Storm2. I've even included what Google said in their blog about the changes for the new morning update. So if you updated last night, it's time to update once more.


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Letter to the 52nd Assembly District Regarding Firehouse Closures
June 29, 2011
Dear Neighbor, I am writing to inform you that the twenty New York City firehouses that were slated to be closed have been saved. The final version of the city's 2012 budget includes funding to keep all of the firehouses open including Engine Company 205 in Brooklyn Heights. These firehouses were saved because of the determination of community activists such as yourself who came forward to stand with me and rally against these closures. I spoke at two rallies at Engine Company 205 and as I stated, I was ready to be arrested once again to save our firehouses from being closed. Thanks also to all of the elected officials who supported our fight. Thank you for writing to me to express your concerns and please do not hesitate to contact me again. Sincerely,
Joan L. Millman
Member of Assembly
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Mita Williams
User Experience Librarian
B.Sc. (McMaster), M.L.I.S. (McGill)
Phone extension:
(519) 253-3000 ext.3855
Email Address:
103 West
Office Hours:
on sabbatical leave
I am currently on sabbatical leave and will be returning to Leddy in January 2015.
After graduating from McMaster University with an Honours B.Sc in Geography and Environmental Science and acquiring a M.L.I.S. from McGill University, I was employed in a number of contract positions in public, corporate, non-profit, government, and academic libraries before joining the Leddy Library as Science Librarian in 1999. In 2010, my position evolved into my current role as User Experience Librarian.
Research and Professional Interests
- Open Access and Open Data initiatives
- web mapping
- bibliographic software
- social justice librarianship
- collaborative software and colloborative practice
Publications and Presentations:
"Grinding the Gears: Academic Librarians and Civic Responsibility" with Lisa Sloniowski (York University) and Patti Ryan (York University), Urban Library Journal. Vol. 19. No.1 (2013). Special Issue: Libraries, Information and the Right to the city: Proceedings of the 2013 LACUNY Institute.
"The Social Life of Digital Reference: What the Technology Affords [doc]" in Digital versus Non-Digital Reference, Edited by Jessamyn West, Haworth Press 2004 -a monograph published simultaneously as The Reference Librarian, Vol. 41, No. 85.
Non-peer reviewed
- Social Justice Librarianship for the 21st Century by Mita Williams and Lisa Sloniowski ; Access: The Magazine of the Ontario Library Association Vol. 18, No.3 ; Summer 2012; p 9-12
- Scholr 2.0 : a white paper by Scholars Portage (with Stacy Allison-Cassin, York University), August 2007
- New Jack Librarian (2006-) :: Impact Story
"Blogs: Postcards from the Web" ; Access: The Magazine of the Ontario Library Association; Vol. 9, No. 2 ; Winter 2003 ; p 14-17.
Invited Presentations
- Keynote : "The Origin of the Future is in the Present", Library Technology Conference, March 19, 2014, slides and text
- panelist, ALA Annual Conference's Top Tech Trends Panel, American Library Association Annual, June 29, 2014, text
Papers and Presentations
- "A field guide to reading and writing ecosystems", Leddy Library Open Access Week, October 25, 2013, slides
- "Zotero: Your research a click away", University of Windsor GATAcademy, September 4, 2013, slides
- "The Future of the Library (and How to Stop It) : Conference on Teaching and Learning, University of Windsor, May 1-2, 2013, slides and talk
"Grinding the Gears: Academic Librarians and Civic Responsibility" with Lisa Sloniowski (York University) and Patti Ryan (York University), The 2013 LACUNY Institute: Libraries, Information, and the Right to the City, April 5, 2013, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York.
- "Zotero: Your research a click away", University of Windsor GATAcademy, September 5, 2012, slides
- "Title and Statement of Responsibility", code4lib North, May 25, 2012, slides and text
"My god! It's filled with
starslists!", code4lib North, May 24, 2012, slides and text
- "Scholarly Communications and Digital Technologies", panelist, Campus Technology Day, May 17, 2012, slides and text
"The Library as Interface between Public Space and Public Self", Leddy Library Research Series, April 13, 2012, slides and text
- "Organizing is what librarians do". TEDxLIbrariansTO, June 25, 2011 ; text
- "Making eBooks from Wordpress to EPUB". University of Windsor Digital Humanities Summer Series (Leddy Library and the Humanities Research Group), June 15, 2011: slides
- "The popularity of eBook readers and the Implications for Canadian Libraries" (panelist), OLITA Digital Odyssey, June 10, 2011
- "Build your own library with Zotero", University of Windsor's Campus Technology Day 2011, May 25th, 2011 : slides
"We're Jamun and We Hope You Like Jamun Too", Code4Lib North 2011, McMaster University, May 6, 2011 : slides
"Not library games. Libraries *in* games", WILU 2010, McMaster University, May 14, 2010 : slides and speakers notes
"Games Without Frontiers: using games to discover new geographies and generate new futures", University of Windsor's UWin Week, October 14, 2009 : slides
"OK. Sure. But what does all of this have to do with OLPC?", "One Laptop Per Child: Open Source, Open Access, and Open Library", January 28th, 2008
- "Scholr 2.0" (with Stacy Allison-Cassin), OCUL Scholars Portal @ Five, December 14, 2007 : slides • video stream (37 min)
"Inside Out Library" (with Peter Zimmerman), University of Windsor's Campus Technology Day, May 22, 2007: stream (59:23) • download (23 MB) • ppt
- "Promoting and Positioning RefWorks At Your University", OCUL RefWorks Forum, University of Toronto, August 15, 2005 • ppt
- "The Great Debate: Be it Resolved that we Teach them Nothing - Library Instruction Doesn't Work", Canadian Library Association, Calgary AB, Thursday, June 16, 2005
"Making Links with SFX"; NAAUG-SMUG 2005 Annual Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, June 10, 2005 • ppt
- "RefWorks and GetIt - Making Links"; OCUL Forum; Guelph-Humber, December 8th, 2004 • ppt
- "Weapons of Mass Instruction" w/Lisa Sloniowski ; Ontario Library Association Superconference ; January 29, 2004
"Blogging and The Reference Librarian", (panelist) ; Ontario Library Association Superconference ; January 30, 2004 • ppt
- "The use of the Internet to reach beyond mainstream sources and to connect activist communities." w/Lisa Sloniowski ; Zap Your Pram, October 24-26, 2003
"Blogapalooza" ; Ontario Library Association Superconference ; February 1, 2003 • ppt
- "Classifying Web Resources" w/ Wayne Daniels, Jeanne Enright, and Scott Mackenzie; Ontario Library Association Superconference; February 6, 1997
Professional Organizations
- member of CLA-RSC response team which contributed to The Canadian Library Association's Response to the Consultation of the Royal Society of Canada's Expert Panel [pdf]
- OLITA Councillor, Ontario Library Association, 2010-2012
Conferences and Events
- Code4Lib North, Leddy Library, University of Windsor, May 24-25, 2012, lead organization team
- Digital Humanities Summer Series, sponsored by the Leddy Library and the University of Windsor Humanities Research Group, May - August, 2011, organizer with Candace Nast
- Windsor-Essex Change Camp, May 8, 2010, organizer with Nicole Noel, Art Rhyno, and Jean Foster:
- "One Laptop Per Child: Open Source, Open Access, and Open Library", January 28th, 2008; organizer
- "Press Coverage of the Iraq War", Panel Discussion at the Leddy Library, organizer with Lisa Sloniowski, March 26, 2003
Web Portfolio
- Leddy Library, Chair of Leddy Library Web Team (2007, 2009-2013)
- Making Links blog (2004-2005)
- Iraq 2003: Sources of News with Lisa Sloniowski (2003)
- OOPS (Ontario Online Product Support) for CNSLP (Canadian National Site Licensing Project) (2001)
- Bata Library, Trent University (1999)
- Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (1997-1998)
- Expanding Universe: a Classified Search Tool For Amateur Astronomy, Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (1997)
Community Work
- May 14, 2014: Windsor-Essex Maptime, organizer : slides
- May 2, 2014: "Putting Food, Art, and Bicycles on the Map", FAB Ignite, City Cyclery : slides
- March 14, 2014 : BookFest Windsor. Freedom to Read Forum: Science & Public Understanding, Science City, panelist : slides and text
- February 2, 2014: International Open Data Day, Hackforge, organizer and speaker: slides
- 2013 - : lead, Open Data Windsor-Essex, Hackforge
- March 7, 2013: Hackforge Talk: Libraries Everywhere
- 2012- : Board member of Hackforge
- 2011 - 2012: founding board member and Treasurer of The Olde Walkerville Resident's Association
- 2010 - 2011: game runner and community guide for EVOKE
- April 9, 2011: Ignite Talk: "Re:Wild Windsor: Celebrating Local Distinctiveness" : slides
- May 8, 2010: co-organized Windsor-Essex ChangeCamp
- May 2, 2009: hosted a Jane's Walk of Walkerville, Windsor, Ontario with Chris Holt and Andrew Foot
- February 19, 2009: Pecha Kucha presentation: "The City As Playground", Talk20 Night at ArtCite, Windsor
Creative Work
- "Title and Statement of Responsibility" : printed work : SoVa Projects Gallery. SPREAD (exhibition curated by Nadja Pelkey, Victor Romao and Julie Sando), February 2013


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State Data Center
Business and Industry Data Center Network
2001 Annual Report
Submitted to the State Data Center/Business and Industry Data Center Network
by Renee Jefferson-Copeland
Program Administrator, State and Governmental Programs,
Customer Liaison Office, Census Bureau
October, 2001
State Data Center/Business and Industry Data Center
2001 Annual Report
Executive Summary
The Census Bureau's State Data Center (SDC) program was created in 1978 to provide an effective vehicle for the dissemination of Census Bureau information and data to state and local governments. The SDC program component, the Business and Industry Data Center (BIDC) Program, was added in 1988 to meet the needs of local business communities for economic data. The SDC/BIDC program is one of the Census Bureau's longest and most successful partnerships.
The Census Bureau's Customer Liaison Office (CLO) administers the SDC/BIDC program.
To create a SDC/BIDC program that is a model of Federal-State cooperation by being well managed, providing efficient and timely access to data and meeting the needs of the government partners and the ultimate customer, the data user.
To efficiently provide access to Census Bureau data and data products through a wide network of SDCs, including lead, coordinating, and affiliate partnerships in each state.
Program Core Competencies (established in 1998) and activities for program year 2000.
The network and the Census Bureau have adopted core competencies to insure the effective operation of the program. These competencies define a minimum level of participation for each state's SDC/BIDC network. The core competencies and the network's year 2000 activities are as follows:
SDC/BIDCs and Census Bureau Programs
The network has actively supported Census Bureau programs. A few program areas that have benefited from SDC/BIDC involvement include the:
CLO and SDC/BIDC Coordination and Cooperation
CLO convenes meetings and conferences with the SDC/BIDC steering committee and the entire SDC/BIDC network. CLO supports the program by offering on-site training and program assistance and by disseminating products to the network. In fiscal year 2001, CLO provided the network with 67,000 data products at no cost to the network. CLO also arranged for the network to receive data on an embargo basis to allow them time to prepare for local data user and media inquiries.
State Data Center/Business and Industry Data Center
2001 Annual Report
I. Background
A. General
The Census Bureau's State Data Center (SDC) program was created in 1978 to provide an effective vehicle for the dissemination of Census Bureau information and data to state and local governments. The SDC program sub-component, the Business and Industry (BIDC) Program, was added in 1988 to meet the needs of local business communities for economic data. The SDC/BIDC program is one of the Census Bureau's longest and most successful partnerships.
The SDC/BIDC network includes lead organizations in each of the states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. There are 56 lead organizations, 148 coordinating organizations, 1,174 affiliate organizations, and 401 BIDCs. The network has an elected steering committee that consists of a chairperson and 8 network representatives. Each SDC and the Census Bureau enters into a Memorandum of Understanding that defines each organization's roles and responsibilities.
The Census Bureau's Customer Liaison Office (CLO) administers the SDC/BIDC program.
B. Vision
To create an SDC/BIDC program that is a model of Federal-State cooperation by being well managed, providing efficient and timely access to data and meeting the needs of the government partners and the ultimate customer, the data user.
C. Mission Statement
To efficiently provide access to Census Bureau data and data products through a wide network of SDCs, including lead, coordinating, and affiliate partnerships in each state. The network accomplishes this mission by working in partnership with CLO and the Census Bureau's 12 regional offices.
Each SDC/BIDC is an official source for the Census Bureau's demographic, economic, and social statistics. The Census Bureau makes these data available to the network at no cost(fees may be charged for customized products). The SDC/BIDCs make Census Bureau data accessible to state, regional, local, and tribal governments and to non-government data users at no charge or on a cost-recovery or reimbursable basis as appropriate.
D. Core Competencies of the State Data Center Program
The SDC/BIDC network and the Census Bureau have adopted core competencies to insure the effective operation of the program. These competencies define a minimum level of participation for each state's network. The 2000 SDC/BIDC annual report information (see Section II below) is based on the following core competencies:
The core competencies provide the SDC/BIDC network and the Census Bureau with a mechanism to evaluate the program as a whole, its individual partners, and the Census Bureau's support of the program.
II. 2000 Annual SDC/BIDC Report
For 2000, the most recent reporting period, the SDC/BIDC network provided information for their program year activities. The SDC/BIDC reporting periods vary. Depending on the requirements of their authorizing agencies, lead organizations report their activity on a calendar year, fiscal year, or school year basis.
A. Program Administration
The lead organizations, along with their other responsibilities, act as managers to ensure state-level administrative functions are performed. It also is the responsibility of the lead organization to ensure that the remaining core competencies are performed by either the lead, coordinating, or affiliate organizations. The lead also has the option of arranging for another data center to perform functions other than those designated as administrative in nature.
For 2000, the network reported the following information:
B. Data Dissemination
The lead and/or coordinating (and affiliate as appropriate) organizations provide technical assistance and consultation in locating and understanding data from the Census Bureau and other data sources.
The network provides information services to customers through the use of Census Bureau and SDC/BIDC publications, CD-ROM's, on-line services, mail, e-mail, and FAX. They also provide data to the public through newsletters, press releases, and specialized data products. The SDC/BIDCs ensure that reasonable walk-in access to data is available to the public.
For 2000, the SDC/BIDCs reported the following information:
C. Data Analysis, Technical Assistance, and Consultation
The lead and/or coordinating (and affiliate as appropriate) organizations prepare data products based on Census Bureau data.
For 2000, the network responded to about 416,000 requests. These data requests included more in-depth work than those reported in section II B. above. This included verbal consultations, assistance with databases, data extraction, and data dissemination data through the Internet.
D. Customized Programming and Product Development
The lead, coordinating, and affiliate organizations prepare data products based on Census Bureau data. In 2000, the network prepared 24,000 customized products, the majority of which were based on Census Bureau data. This activity required extensive programming on the part ofthe network staff. It also included products developed and disseminated in a form other than the product's original format.
E. Training, Education, and Promotion of Census Programs
The lead and/or coordinating (and affiliate as appropriate) organizations provide periodic training for their subordinate organizations as well as the public. They conducted informational meetings for affiliate SDC/BIDC personnel and promoted training activities for their local data user communities.
In 2000, the network conducted the following activities in support of the Decennial Census:
In 2000, the network conducted the following activities in support of the Economic Census:
In 2000, the network conducted the following activities in support of other Census Bureau programs:
F. Assistance with Census Bureau Operations
The network assisted the Census Bureau by supporting data collection and geographic updating operations. They supported the Census Bureau's Geographic, Economic, and Demographic programs, including the American Community Survey, by conducting training sessions, preparing news articles, and locating and providing training space.
In 2000, the network reported the following:
G. Web Presence
As a condition of their Memorandum of Understanding, each SDC/BIDC network is required to maintain a Web (Internet) presence.
In 2000, the network reported the following:
H. Regional and National Conferences
At least one organization in each state's network must participate in regional and/or national conferences.
In 2000, about 60 SDC/BIDC representatives attended either an annual or regional conference.
I. Technology
The SDC/BIDCs reported having the following technological capabilities:
J. Network Comments for Program Improvements
In addition to reporting their program activity, the network organizations provided comments about the SDC/BIDC program. Some of their comments included suggestions that the Census Bureau perform the following activities:
The CLO will determine the feasibility of their suggestions.
III. SDC/BIDC and Census Bureau 2001 Activities
SDC/BIDC Support of Census Bureau Activities
In 2001, as in years past, the network organizations participated in Census Bureau product review and evaluation and served as beta testers of Census Bureau software and products. They participated in testing the software for the Census 2000 Summary File 1 CD-ROM. They also continued to assist in the development of the American FactFinder (AFF). The AFF staff received useful comments from the West and East regional SDC/BIDC conferences and the Census Bureau implemented several of the network's suggestions. The suggestions that were implemented included: a notation to users to indicate which version of Netscape was compatible with the American FactFinder, graphical enhancements, the restoration of the block level Public Law Quick Table as a selection item, and the addition of county subdivisions to "Basic Facts for Quick Tables."
In 2001, the Census Bureau began to release Census 2000 data. The network was actively involved in preparing local data users for the receipt of the first Census 2000 data products. This included analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating Census 2000 Public Law and short form data. Several SDCs were instrumental in assisting their states in preparing for their redistricting activities. The SDCs also played an important role in preparing their states for their legislators' receipt of the Demographic profiles and the Summary File 1 data. Several SDCs combined their technical expertise and resources to write programming code to produce generic Summary File 1 profiles to meet their local data users' needs for immediate access to Census 2000 data. In addition, the state networks served their local media by assisting in the preparation of news articles and participating in news conferences. They also assisted their communities by helping them interpret the Census 2000 Summary File 1 data and its impact on local population and housing issues. They provided assistance to those communities that questioned their Census 2000 population and housing counts by advising them about the Census Bureau's Count Question Resolution program. In addition the SDCs participated in the Census Bureau's internal review of the Summary File 1 data.
The SDCs assisted in disseminating American Community Survey and Census 2000 Supplemental Survey data to their communities. They conducted informational meetings on these topics and assisted their local media in analyzing and interpreting the data. In addition to their support of the demographic programs, the SDC/BIDCs provided support for the Census Bureau's Economic surveys and programs. They were instrumental in disseminating 1997 Economic Census data and other economic data to their communities. The BIDCs made economic data available to their communities for local planning and small business development.
Eighteen SDC/BIDCs assisted the Manufacturing and Construction Division's Residential Construction Branch update the sample frame for the 2003 Building Permits Survey. They identified 6,000 places out of the approximately 22,000 active governments that the Census Bureau will contact in 2003 to obtain building permits data.
Geography Division also benefited from the support of the network. Fifty-one out of 52 eligible SDC/BIDCs participated in the Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) Delineation Program. Of particular note was the work of Carol Rogers of the Indiana SDC/BIDC. Ms. Rogers and her staff made extraordinary efforts to ensure that Indiana's delineation process was open to the public by working with various local planning organizations to define the PUMA boundaries. The Geography staff was extremely pleased with Ms. Rogers' contribution and recognized her efforts at the October 2001 SDC/BIDC Annual conference.
B. Census Bureau Support of the SDC/BIDC Program
In fiscal year 2001, CLO provided on-site training and support to the network by convening monthly Census Bureau and SDC/BIDC steering committee telephone conferences, a National conference, two Regional conferences, and two formal steering committee meetings. These conferences provided the organizations with opportunities to learn about the full range of Census Bureau programs and products and to inform the Census Bureau on how they can assist in program planning and implementation. (Note that the SDCs cover their costs for their participation in National and Regional conferences. The Bureau incurs the cost for Steering Committee meetings.)
CLO and the regional office staff provided on-site training and consultation at 16 SDC/BIDC data user conferences and seminars. They presented training and information about Census 2000 data products, the American FactFinder, Census Bureau geography, the American Community Survey, Census 2000 Supplemental Survey, Economic Census data, the Census 2000 Count Question Resolution Program, and other Census Bureau data information. In addition, CLO convened two joint SDC/BIDC and Census Information Center conferences in January and February 2001 for the Texas and Puerto Rico-based data dissemination organizations, respectively.
In fiscal year 2001, CLO provided the network with Census Bureau data products. CLO provided, at no cost to the network, approximately 67,000 data products (including paper products and CD-ROMs). The retail cost of these products was about $2.0 million. Geography Division provided the network with paper copies of the Public Law 94-171 County Block maps, Voting District/State Legislative District maps, and Census Tract Outline maps. In addition to mailing products to the network, CLO also released data to the network through the Census Bureau's embargo, File Transfer Protocol, and the CLO-controlled SDC/BIDC secure server sites.
In 2000, CLO and the steering committee worked together to obtain the Census Bureau's approval to allow the network's lead organizations receive Census Bureau data on an embargo basis. This allowed them to receive data prior to dissemination to the general public, and in some cases, the media. In 2001, CLO extended the embargo agreement to allow the lead organizations to, with the Census Bureau's approval, extend their embargo privileges to their coordinating and affiliate organizations. This arrangement allowed the organizations the additional time they needed to prepare for media and public inquiries about Census Bureau data. Thus, saving Census Bureau headquarters and regional office staff the need to expend budget and staff resources necessary to respond to local data inquiries. At no time did the Census Bureau provide the network with Title 13 or confidential data.
Over fiscal years 2000-2001, CLO arranged for the network to receive 181 used personal computers from the Census Bureau's surplus inventory.
In addition to CLO's support, each of the Census Bureau's 12 Regional Offices provided the SDCs with on-site support, product and program information, training, and technical assistance. CLO, the Regional Offices, and the network worked together to support the network's organizational needs and to meet the needs of their local data user communities. These data users included local governments, planning agencies, academic institutions, local business communities, profit and nonprofit organizations, and local media and citizens with an interest in Census Bureau programs and data. CLO staff, Regional Office Geographers, and Information Services and Partnership Specialists held workshops, participated in media events, and made presentations at SDC-sponsored workshops throughout the nation.
In 2002, the Census Bureau will continue to support the SDC/BIDC program and thecommunities they serve. In addition to the continued emphasis on the network's support of the demographic and geographic programs, CLO will work to enhance the BIDC operations to coordinate their support of economic programs and surveys. Special emphasis will be placed on keeping the network informed and involved in support activities for the American Community Survey, the Economic Census, and planning for the 2010 Decennial Census. CLO will explore the development of generic training materials for the network and will continue to market the program to the Census Bureau's internal and external audiences. CLO will continue to provide program management, technical assistance, on-site consultation, and training. CLO also will continue to disseminate Census Bureau data to the SDC/BIDC network so that they may further disseminate the data to state and local data users.


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The MSU Alumni Association and its over 129,000 alumni worldwide are excited to announce the dates for the 2014 Send-off Parties. This year, local chapters, in conjunction with the Alumni Association and the Office of Admissions and Scholarships, will host these exciting events that bring together alumni and friends with current, incoming and prospective students and their parents.
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Welcome to another edition of the Castle Round Table!
In the following Q&A, panelists Jim Garner, Chandel Charles, Courtney Morrison and Christine Orlando delve into "Eye of the Beholder," the latest installment of this TV Fanatic favorite. Join in below, readers...
What was your favorite scene?
Jim: Michael Dorn as Dr. Burke working with Beckett over her feelings for Castle while Castle talks to his mother. The seemless back and forth was very well done. It ending with Burke asking his patient if she was more afraid of Castle waiting for her, or not waiting for her, was the icing on the cake!
Chandel: My favorite scene was Beckett talking with her counselor. It was a very emotional moment for her and it played really well with the interjection of scenes of Martha and Rick talking about Serena. I felt really engaged in the back and forth going on there.
Courtney: Obviously the ending was great with Beckett and Castle heading off to get burgers. But Kate being annoyed and jealous with her snarky one-liners was awesome. I dont know Castle, maybe she'll kiss it out of him. Priceless.
Christine: There were so many it's difficult to nail down, but I loved Kate's reaction to finding them kissing. She really yelled when she saw them. Then the argument she and Castle have afterwards about Serena and his mock chocking her was hysterical.
Do you think Martha was right to push Castle to play the field?
Jim: I don't think she was pushing him to play the field as much as get off his ass and do something. Serena was an ideal catalyst for Beckett to realize how much Castle means to her. Martha is no dummy, she was working as a Castle catalyst from the other side.
Chandel: I am not sure what her aim was. She knows how Castle feels about Kate, knows he has professed those feelings and it's obvious he's crazy about her. I am not sure why Martha thought it appropriate to push him elsewhere when it's clear his heart is with Kate. Then again, he didn't seem to reject Serena's advances, so maybe Martha was right to suggest he explore other options.
Courtney: Martha definitely knows that Beckett is right for her son, but she also understands that it is right... right now. You can't wait on someone forever and I think she was correct to give him a nudge to say hey there are other people out there. I mean he is a famous writer, it's not like he's a nobody.
Christine: As much as I didn't like it I understood it. She want to see her son happy and he's moping a bit because he can't be with the woman he loves. Martha's a very seize the moment, love the one your with type. She's simply giving the best advice she knows how to give.
Was Kate giving out mixed signals to Castle and Serena? And is she more afraid that Castle won't wait for her, or that he will?
Jim: There was nothing mixed about the possessive "he's mine" vibe that Serena picked up on. Honestly, I thought she was going to say that very thing to Burke when he asked "what is he suppose to be?" - and she is way more afraid that he won't wait.
Chandel: Yes. She was jealous in his pursuit of Serena, but trying to let Castle do what he thought was best when asked. I'm not sure what she's afraid of. It's clear he is going to help her solve her mother's murder, no matter how complicated that's gotten, and it seemed to me like Castle was telling Kate he was going to wait in the season opener. So I think she was just blindsided when he appeared so attracted to Serena, and she spent the entire episode trying to pay them both back for their attraction. In the end, they did go out for a hamburger. That feels like a good sign.
Courtney: She pushes him away because she's not ready but she doesn't push him far enough that he wont be there for her. I think she is more afraid that he will wait for her because that shows just how much she means to him.
Christine: I think there's still a part of her that, despite everything that's happened, still remembers his playboy, chest signing days. She doesn't know Meredith cheated on him and left him. I think that as beautiful and smart as Kate is, she thinks she's broken and that the moment she goes all in, she'll get the rug pulled out from under her like she did at the end of season two. It's something these two will have to talk about, eventually.
Is Esposito a Castle/Beckett shipper?
Jim: Oh yeah! This isn't the first time he has poked at the edges. The only person who's not a Shipper is that Gestapo Captain, and even then after Serena looked to have embarrassed the department I think she is a closet shipper.
Chandel: That's a resounding YES. And I think he has been for a while, most notably since season two. Remember how he cornered Kate about Demming in the season two finale?
Courtney: Absolutely, how could he not be?! He is both of their friends and wants them to be happy, I don't think he would mind if it was with each other!
Christine: Yes, but he's still a little protective of Beckett, hence his snarky lines to Castle about kissing Serena. Beckett's like his sister and he feels guilty for pushing her to make a move in season two and having it blow up on her. Thankfully he still seems willing to give these two a nudge when they need it.
Took me a bit to watch this... The promos were AWFUL. The best scene was the therapist..a close second was Esposito's non-comment m to Castle: When Castle says to him "She's with us now" Esposito just looks at him a moment, then turns directly to Beckett, "Anyway..." LMAO! In the therapist room, I couldn't help but think that the option KATE was thinking about was that even if he did wait for her he'd still end up hooking up with some other woman. Christine talks about this, and I do think this episode would have brought that up for her. The unspoken Beckett line "he's supposed to be...in love with me" was telling. As Christine pointed out, Beckett thinks Castle cheated in his marriages. Her mixed messages I think were about not wanting to lose him as a friend if his feelings for her weren't real (again, I think she had to be wondering "how deep is your love" for me) and trying to be "fair" since she thinks she's not ready anyway. Yet, she was unable to completely hide her own feelings, or tell him to just after someone else. In a way I thought that was good, because it made Castle actually makes a choice. Beckett was surprised he DIDN'T choose Serena. I think Castle's comment of 'I can't afford it" was really about feeling it would cost him Beckett - and thus wasn't worth it. Beckett needed to see him do that, walk away from something easy and available. I think it helped quell her doubts - being that her next move was to ask him out for a burger. I didn't totally get Martha. She knows one of the reasons Castle isn't going after Beckett is because she knows Castle's dilemma around Beckett's mom's case. It made me think that Castle's playboy tendencies were encouraged by her. It was also REALLY interesting that she was the one who got him involved with Meredith...perhaps after Kira left him? (Apparently hoping he would follow...) It makes me think when it comes to Beckett perhaps Castle should steer clear of his mom's advice! LOL!
Took me a bit to watch this.
The best scene was the therapist..a close second was Esposito's non-comment m to Castle: When Castle says to him "She's with us now" Esposito just looks at him a moment, then turns directly to Beckett, "Anyway..." LMAO! about slipping Serena tongue. I loved his overall attitude towards Serena in the
Well, seemingly Kate only wants the ones she can't have, although she's dated before she's always been defensive. I mean it's a writers ploy to keep us watching, will they, won't they thing? Which I hate... But as Courtney? and Stana have pointed out the will get together just not yet.
So until that day :)
Real world these two would have moved on ages ago even if Kate's not calling Rick for 3 months was payback for the three months he spent in the Hampton's with no contact with her :P
Can someone please tell me what the first song playing in the opening scene is? (the one in the art gallery)
1. Kate's reaction to Castle kissing Serena. classic. Her being jealous was hilarious to see. 2. mom is always right. I love Martha, her advice was what anyone who cares about a person would say. She isn't disapproving of Castle's love for kate. She's just trying to make sure that he's not moping around while waiting for her. 3.Kate's the Queen of mixed signals. She doesn't want him with anyone else but she isn't ready to take the dive either. She's actually better with Serena then she was with his ex. I think she's afraid of both. She's afraid that he won't wait for her because she knows she isn't giving him much to work with right now. She's also afraid that he will wait for her and she will never be ready and subsequently destroy his chances of being happy in the longrun.Damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. 4.Esposito ships Caskett hard!Lol! So does ryan though. I love that Esposito is like her protective older brother and he's like Castle's close friend. So his loyalties tend to be divided. I think initially he was more loyal and more protective of Kate, like when she put herself out there and Castle left with his ex. But now, it's fair game, because he nudges Kate and seemingly disapproved when she was giving Castle the cold shoulder. I love it.
-Loved their fight about him kissing Serena and him wanting to strangle her he's so frustrated. Nathan Fillion was great in that scene. -Ugh. Hated that Martha was pushing him to ask Serena out but I liked that he didn't jump at it. He really did seem more intrigued by her than smitten. -If I were Castle my head would be spinning. She's so jealous but tells him he can date Serena if that's what he wants. I love Kate and I know she's got things to work through but she can be really frustrating sometimes. -Esposito is great for calling them out on their feelings and their nonsense. He generally looks as though he'd like to smack some sense into them both.
My perspective from a 59 year old male, married for a second time for 25 years. I just started viewing Castle a month ago, and am really into it, that is I first saw the last few episodes of season 3...bought the whole season of 3 on dvd...watched it...started watching season 4...watched entire season 1 and am now working on season 2. Mixed up viewing, but I get the gist of the situation. Castle is in love with Beckett and she with him, but neither one is at the moment willing or able to take the next step or cross the line into intimacy. Castle is afraid of rejection or pushing Kate into doing something she is not ready to partake. He can't really feel too comfortable in his ability to start and sustain a relationship with the way his two marriages have turned out. However, seeing the relationship he has with his daughter and the way she is turning out, I have to believe his failed marriages can't be all of his fault. Still, I think it has to have an effect on his psychy in pursuing Kate. He finally is really in love and he does not want to fail in it. As for Kate, she finally has found her true love, one who will put her first in their life. It seems the guys she has had relationships with (Sorenson and Josh), have not placed her number one in their relationship. Being she really loves Castle, she tries to deny it because she knows how much it hurts to lose someone you love (her mother) and she does not want that to happen..either by her own failure to make the relationship work, or by Castle the "playboy" not being able to commit, or once the two get together and take it to the next level... it just doesn't work out. The other caveat to an intimate relationship is the upheaval it might cause to their current formerable crime-solving relationship. Just from my short,but concentrated viewing, I really am looking forward to them getting together. I think the writing to this point has been good and I think the writers as well as the actors can hold the show together once they have put them together. I also have observed they they have been slowly moving in that direction. I know it frustrates a lot of people including myself, by the comments I have been reading, but I think by this approach it lays the foundation for a very deep and lasting love that will be able to sustain itself over time. Too short a period of time of wooing, and the relationship becomes an exercise in passion alone. Don't get me wrong, it really bothered me to see Josh come into the picture at the most inopportune time...I really cursed him out ( the same for Sorenson), but I think as well as hope that this will make Rick and Kate's coming together more rewarding, passionate and sustaining for seasons to come.
i don't know what Beckett's was afraid of!! she's single now. Castle can't wait for her forever!! if she wants him, take a next step!! i can understand why Castle's mom set him up! she's worry about him!!
1 - While I loved several of the scenes, I think my favorite was when Kate and Castle were arguing outside the interrogation room and Castle wanted to strangle her. We seldom get to see Castle so worked up and Nathan has all the moves and facial expressions to make it hysterical.
2 - I can understand Martha thinking Castle needed a little more pizzaz in his life but I can't say it was RIGHT for her to suggest a setup. He has confided in her that he loves Kate so I thought it was inappropriate for her to suggest that. She might be thinking it, but should have kept it to herself.
3 - Kate's signals to Serena were clear but it was mixed with Castle. I think Castle could tell that Kate felt threatened by Serena but then she left him very confused when she seemed to open the door for him to pursue Serena. I think she's afraid he won't wait for her right now.
4 - Yes, Esposito is a shipper and he's sort of holding them both up to behaving properly in view of what he's sure they feel for each other. He's not afraid to call either of them out on doing something that would sabotage their relationship.
Yay Round Table... 1. I think the counselor/Beckett/Castle/Martha scene was really well executed. But my favourite scene has to be Esposito and Ryan digging on Castle. When the line "did she tell you to use tongue?" was said, I almost choked. Best zinger on the show in a long time LOL Oh: HONOURABLE MENTION - Elevator scene with Girl from Ipanema. Blues Brothers homage, John Landis staple. Love it! 2. I'm with Christine. Martha's disheartened to see her son go from being a social butterfly and NY's eligible bachelor to a lovesick man married to his job and to homicide scenes. It must be hard for her watching Castle just put his life on hold for a woman who isn't available. 3. Kate definitely sent Castle mixed signals. Poor Rick looked so confused when he asked Beckett if she wanted him to pursue Serena...
Kate definitely didn't play around with Serena - no mixed signals there! Serena knew from day one that she was on Kate's territory...it just took her a while to realize that territory was both the precinct AND Castle 4. Oh yes, Epsosito's been a shipper since season 2!! I don't think he's more protective of Beckett though. I think he watches how they treat each other closely. He takes shots Castle when he thinks Castle's done wrong LOL. But he was also clearly annoyed with Beckett for not calling Castle at all after she was shot, in the season premiere.


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Now, there have been police chiefs and marshals before and after these two (the marshal is elected, but the chief doesn't have to be the same guy), but since they are now directly accountable to the voting public, they ought to be forthright with our newspaper about how members of the Castillo family, according to federal indictments handed down recently, got away with running drugs out of ABC Tire.
The indictments, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney's office in Dallas, allege rampant drug crimes. How come Ennis' department wasn't the lead agency in this thing? How come it took outside agents to crack down on these crimes?
There's a ray of hope in Ennis, though. City Marshal John Erisman, who prided himself on his Christian values and ethics when he was elected last year, has fulfilled campaign promises of ridding the streets of drugs (we can argue the merits of the drug war in a later issue), and so far, it's working.
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Sulawesi island is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands.
Sulawesi is the world's eleventh-largest island, covering an area of 174,600 km². The island is surrounded by Borneo to the west, by the Philippines to the north, by Maluku to the east, and by Flores and Timor to the south. It has a distinctive shape, dominated by four large peninsulas: the Semenanjung Minahassa; the East Peninsula; the South Peninsula; and the South-east Peninsula. The central part of the island is ruggedly mountainous, such that the island's peninsulas have traditionally been remote from each other, with better connections by sea than by road.
Geographically, strait of Sulawesi (Makassar) is known as the border of Wallace Line which separates two different kind of fauna, between the eastern ans western part of Indonesia. It has a specific flora and fauna such us ebony wood, hog-deer and maleo bird which has large eggs.
The island is sub divided into six provinces: Gorontalo, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South East Sulawesi, and North Sulawesi. West Sulawesi is a new province, created in 2004 from part of South Sulawesi. The largest cities on the island are Makassar, on the southwestern coast of the island, and Manado, on the northern tip.
The people of Sulawesi are famous for their dedication to their diverse art abilities, which include pottery, weaving, and dancing. The Sulawesian people also excel at intricate weaving, and repeat the same pattern at least once in every project they do. Although the women are predominantly weavers, both genders dance. The male dance is rigid, mechanical and robotic, while the female's dances are fluid and smooth. They combine these aspects to tell a story.
The name Sulawesi probably origins from "sula" which means island and "besi" which means iron, which was formerly known as Celebes were found many deposits of nickel-iron, copper and gold. Sulawesi Island area is about 227,000 km² with the long and narrow peninsulas. There is more than 90 km spot of land from the seashore, this make the island has along beach line. It is an island with very beautiful seashore and highlands scenery. One can see and enjoy the uniqueness of this culture such as ceremonial, traditional dance, carving, beautiful weaving from cotton and silk, traditional house and the fascinating natural tropical scene.
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West Sulawesi :Mamasa.
South East Sulawesi :Wakatobi Island, Toli toli Conservation Giant Clam Marine Park, Southeast Sulawesi Museum, Moramo Waterfalls, Batugong Beach, Nambo Beach, Tanjung Taipa Beach-Maleo Bird Habitat, Keraton Buton Hill Fort and Museum, Lake Napabale, Fighting Horses, Malulo Dance. Read More »...
Central Sulawesi :Togian Island, Lore Lindu National Park, Kadidiri Island. Read More »...
Gorontalo :Potanga Pool, Pentadio Resort, Fort Otanaha, The Sacred Graveyard of Ju Panggola, Olele Sea Garden, Olele Beach, Boalemo Beach, Dunu Beach, Leato Beach, Hunto Mosque (Sultan Amai Mosque), Lake Limboto, Tower of Majesty, Central of Kerawang. Read More »...
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Elephant Hill is long, but the best scenery, including some hikes. A lot more fun for the family (IMHO) than sitting in a line of rigs waiting for people to clear obstacles.
I definitely agree with that, and even an easy run like Fins can be just excruciating if the leader isn't keeping eveyone moving- parking to watch 20 trucks go off the same rock gets really old, particularly for the passengers. Porkupine rim is probably one of the better family runs since there really aren't that many obstacles worth stopping and watching.. so it's pretty tough to not keep moving (can still happen though).
I think this is one of the things that has made WipeOut so hill popular, it's definitely one of the reasons that I like it. It's got a faster pace to it than just about every other run out there, and the times you do stop everyone knows it's coming so there aren't as any "ah man, why are we stopping again?" cries from the passenger seat that are almost inevitibale on some of the other runs.. and fins is the worst for that, IMO. But it's also super fun when you are moving, so you kinda need to run it anyway!
and X2 on what Corbet said, "no trail run" is one of the best selections you can do with a family. You're still at the event, but it's still a family vacation and a day to not all be in the car is very well spent.
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