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He was born Oct. 3, 1918, in Brewster, Neb., to Orville A. and Alice (Chamberlain) Johnson.
He married Liona Ann Watkins on Sept. 8, 1939, in Hoxie. She preceded him in death Dec. 28, 1975.
Survivors include four sons, Darryll Johnson, Bellevue, Wash., Richard Johnson, Pavillion, Wyo., Roger Johnson, Hoxie, and Bob Johnson, Maple Hill; a daughter, Barbara Johnston, Tulsa, Okla.; 15 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hoxie Presbyterian Church; burial in Hoxie City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, P.O. Box 987, Hoxie, KS 67740.
Memorials are suggested to Hoxie Masonic Lodge or Hoxie United Methodist Video Fund in care of the funeral home.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.mickeyleopoldfuneral.com.


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So you prefer older games to newer ones yet you dislike virtual buttons and want swipes etc ?
I'm confused, i thought we were talking about retro games and getting the devs to 'run with it' ? Retro means proper retro, 80's/early 90's, you have controls , you dont have silly swipes etc. I cant stand games with swipes, give me virtual controls anyday of the week. You may be '21' (you 'must' remember retro then , i'm older and i've been gaming on 8 bits, original Gameboy, NES, Genesis and others. Virtual buttons all the way for me I love retro games as they prove its not about the graphics, its all about the gameplay, i dont care for photo like quality graphics or 3d this and that, often a game might have great graphics but it'll be about 1.4 gig on iOS and i'll get bored of it within hours. A much smaller filesize, decent graphics but addictive gameplay is what keeps me coming back. Look how popular MAME is, those old arcade games, many have bad old graphics or sound but the gameplay is what keeps us coming back 25 years later etc. Modern games dont suck, its like some kid saying all retro games are rubbish despite only trying a few. Virtual buttons 100% work, i've got 700 games on my device currently, completed lots of games previously which work so well with virtual buttons. SOME virtual buttons dont work and thats often because the dev has tried to be 'clever' and changed the control scheme slightly which backfires. You admitted games like Mage Gauntlet and that work fine, again a dev doing it right. If Mage Gauntlet had crazy swipes or touch where you want to move it would have ruined that game. You talk about 'back in the day' ? You're 21 ? When i talk about back in the day i'm talking 30 years ago in the 80's ! I'm glad more and more people realise smartphones arent just 'back in the day 15 minute games' as you put it, you can get very complex games now on iOS which work very well. I would hate it if people/devs thought 'its a smartphone, lets do a 15 minute angry birds style game for a bus journey and use swipes'. Yuck. iOS is so successful as it has the right blend, games with different control schemes, some like swipe, some dont, nice old retro games, some modern games, short puzzle games, huge long RPG's. I'm glad theres a mix and they dont try and merge them altogether. When done right by a dev virtual buttons work perfectly (League of Evil, Mage Gauntlet as you say etc). |
It really does not matter if the game is retro or flash 3d. What's important is whether the game is any good.
One of the best 16bit games was Yoshi's Island on the SNES (Nintendo System - for those that were not born) and if a game like that ever graced iOS it would be a hit. In my opinion developers use Retro as an excuse to knock out a game in a few months. There's no fine tuning to the gameplay and such - usually the playability curve is crap, the levels feel disjointed - just basically rushed. Now if you spend the development time on the above mentioned SNES game then that would of taken a year to make - probably longer knowing how much effort Nintendo put into making games - then you would get a better product. And the same goes into 3d games on iOS. Most are pretty much rushed out to make a quick buck. So the argument that 3d is better does not ring true. So what I am saying is if the game is good then word and mouth will spread the game around. Last edited by NinthNinja; 05-27-2013 at 10:53 AM.. |
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Louise Hindsgavl's white porcelain figurines (seen here at the Mindcraft exhibition at Zona Tortona in Milan) could seem to be typical at first glance, but it does not take long until the viewer realizes that the uncomfortable feeling that is creeping over is there for good reason. Hindsgavl's work depicts creatures that have distorted human bodies and heads of animals, out of proportion. They are shown committing a variety of unusual acts: handling mirrors or ripping the heads off other smaller yet similar beasts. Is one saving others that are falling, or yanking them out of a hiding place? At first one wants to turn away, but is slowly overcome by a need to know more.
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MAP: £50m flood schemes to protect homes in the South West postponed, but others get go-ahead
Posted: February 12, 2013
|Construction will begin this year on seven major Westcountry flood defence schemes to protect thousands of properties – but vital regional schemes to safeguard 2,500 homes have been shelved for five years.
The Government also yesterday confirmed the go-ahead for £26 million of flood protection in Exeter, seen as the most important project in the Westcountry, with work beginning in mid-2014.
Meanwhile, flood resistance in Redruth, Barnstaple and five other locations in the region is to be shored up this year, protecting 3,700 homes, ministers said while announcing £294 million would be spent on defences nationally this year.
Labour criticised the Government, claiming less is being spent this year than in 2008, blaming cuts for 63 Devon and Cornwall schemes being delayed until after 2018.
But the Department for the Environment (Defra) said it would be spending more over five years.
The cash comes as communities across Devon and Cornwall have been battered by flooding in recent months.
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson gave 93 schemes the green light to build this year, bringing "huge relief to tens of thousands of homes and businesses that have lived with the fear of flood waters hitting their doors".
As deluges hit last year, the Treasury promised an extra £120 million from April to get more schemes built. The injection has helped deliver the long-awaited Exeter scheme. The project, expected to be complete by late 2017, will create 1,000 jobs, protect businesses employing 4,700 staff and safeguard 2,000 homes.
Devon County Council and Exeter City Council have committed £3 million each on top of £14 million of state funding already in place. The deal-breaker was £6 million extra from Whitehall. Floods split the city in 1960 and ageing defences have not been upgraded in more than 30 years.
Exeter City Council leader Pete Edwards said: "After recent events we all know that a major flood could be just around the corner and that is something Exeter needs to prepare for."
Seven regional schemes will start this year:
The £8.6 million Dawlish Warren and Exmouth beach management scheme will reduce flood risk to 2,881 homes, businesses and the peninsula's main railway line.
£3.7 million will be spent on 355 properties and businesses in Devon and Cornwall hit by floods last year.
£3 million will be invested at the former Redruth brewery quarter to protect 28 properties and clear the path for regeneration.
The other four schemes are at Barnstaple's Rolle Quay, Whimple near Exeter and Marsh Mills and Millbay in Plymouth.
The Environment Agency has indicated a further 42 flood schemes across Devon and Cornwall will get cash from this year and for five years. Some £25 million will be spent in the South West in total this year. However, 63 proposed schemes will "not proceed" until after 2018 – defences totalling £50 million and protecting 2,500 homes.
Mary Creagh, Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary said: "Flooding is the biggest threat the UK faces from climate change, yet the Government will spend less on flood defences next year than Labour invested in 2008. Every £1 invested in flood defences saves £8 later and prevents untold human misery."
A Defra spokesman said the schemes on the blocks until 2018 are either still in developmental stage or as yet do not deliver value for money, but "may be able to proceed from next year" if costs can be reduced.
She added: "We've transformed the system to make clear how much Government money would be available for a flood defence scheme, if costs can be reduced or other funding found to meet the difference. We expect that 25% more flood defences will go ahead thanks to this partnership funding approach."
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Crackington Haven Flood Alleviation Scheme
Falmouth Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme
Fowey Flood Alleviation Scheme
Gilberts Coombe Flood Alleviation Scheme
Gunnislake Drakewalls Stream Flood Alleviation Scheme
Hayle Foundry Square Flood Alleviation Scheme
Hayle River flood banks refurbishment
Heamoor Chyandour Stream Flood Defence Scheme
Kingsand Fluvial Flood Alleviation Scheme
Kingsand Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme
Looe Flood Alleviation Scheme
Lostwithiel River Fowey Flood Alleviation Scheme
Lostwithiel Tanhouse Stream Flood Alleviation Scheme
Mevagissey Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme
Mevagissey Fluvial Flood Alleviation Scheme
Millbrook Banks Flood Alleviation Scheme
Newlyn Fluvial Flood Alleviation Scheme
Newlyn Fluvial Flood Alleviation Scheme
Par Moor Diversion Culvert Scheme
Penryn tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme
Penzance Wherrytown and Harbour Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme
Portreath Flood Alleviation Scheme
Saltash Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme
St Mawes Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme
Tredenham Close pumping station and drainage improvements
Wadebridge flood defence improvements
Wadebridge sheet pile wall refurbishment
White River flood defence re-alignment
Crooklets Beach Sea Defence Refurbishment
Downderry Coast Protection Works Phase 2
Halzephron Coastal Adaptation Works
Kingsand Coast Protection Works
Long Rock Revetment Extension East
Long Rock Revetment Extension West
Mevagissey Harbour Victoria Pier Refurbishment
Penzance Promenade Refurbishment
Porthleven Harbour Walls Refurbishment
Praa Sands Coast Defence Works Phase Two
St Ives Wharf Road Sea Wall Improvements – Option 1 Raise Sea Wall
St Ives Wharf Road Sea Wall Improvements – Option 2 Individual Property Protection
St Mawes Sea Wall Refurbishment
River Plym Improvements Project
Alfington Individual Property Protection Scheme
Fenny Bridges Flood Alleviation Scheme
Old Feniton Village Flood Alleviation Scheme
Exeter Red Cow Flood Alleviation Scheme
Camels Head Wolseley Road carriageway reprofiling
Embankment Road by Haywoods pumping and attenuation improvements
Keyham, Saltash Road surface water capacity improvements
Plymouth Barbican Phoenix Wharf renovation
Plymouth Marshall Road Culvert renewal/relining
Plymouth The Cattewater Teats Hill slipway refurbishment
Plymouth The Sound Jennycliff cliff stabilisation
Plymouth The Sound, West Hoe Pier renovation
Plympton Drunken Bridge Hill additional highway drainage
Plymstock Alexandra Close surface water flood protection
Plymstock Vinery Lane additional highway drainage
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I'm putting up Galleries from my many years of gourd painting and teaching. We are going through so many pictures from my old site at www.justgourds.com. Plus I have standard photos, negatives, slides, and other digital files. Its really interesting to go back through and select the items and make them so much easier to view and search.
If you arrived here by clicking a link to a page on my old site www.justgourds.com, then you have come to the right place. As of September 14, 2013 my gourd art and design is officially located at www.enchantedgourdart.com. If you are looking for something that we have not yet put up under my new name, please Get in Touch and we will help you. And please bookmark my new home on the Internet.
Now the fun begins! I have many resources for kids and adults alike that want to dip your toes into gourd art. Or maybe you have fallen in love with the idea and want to follow me step-by-step on video and with written directions to make so many different projects. That's all coming yet. For now, here's a story how I got started on my gourd journey.


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The new MacBook Pro 2013 comes with OS X Mavericks and sports a lightweight design and boosted battery life. T3 went hands-on
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Alongside the new iPad Air and the iPad Mini Retina, Apple took the wrappers off its new MacBook Pro 13 and 15-inch models for 2013. Both come with brand-spanking new Intel processors, a lighter design and improved battery life. We went in for a closer look.
MacBook Pro 2013: Size and Build
As with the iPad Air, the MacBooks have been slimmed down. The 13-inch model now measures an incredible 1.8cm thin and weighs just 1.57kg with the 15-inch model coming in at the same thickness but weighing a tad more at 2.02kg.
Both are 25 percent lighter than their previous models. They are incredibly light, and almost as thin as the first generation MacBook Air at it's thickest point - pretty impressive.
In terms of other design points, the keyboard remains as standard, the optical drive is remains gone but they have added two Thunderbolt 2 ports and you'll also fond two USB 3 ports, HDMI port, headphone socket an an SDXS card slot.MacBook Pro 2013: Screen
No change when it comes to the screen, both MacBooks remain with Retina with resolutions of 2560 x 1600, 227ppi on the 13-inch model and 2880 x 1800, 220ppi on the 15-inch. It's crystal clear, with apps popping out of the screen and contrasts in videos and images being particularly impressive.
MacBook Pro 2013: Perfomance
It's all new when it comes to performance on the new MacBook Pros. On the base 13-inch model you' find fourth generation dual-core Intel Core i5 processors with speeds of up to 2.6GHz and 3.1GHz with Turbo Boost or upgrade to Intel Core i7 processors and you'll get up to 2.8GHz and 3.3GHz with Turbo Boost. On the graphics front it's the new Intel Iris graphics taking care of business.
Inside the 15-inch base model, you'll find a fourth generation quad-core Intel i7 processors clocking-up 2.3GHz and up to 3.5GHz with Turbo Boost upgrade and you'll get up to 2.6GHz and 3.8GHz with Turbo Boost. It's the Intel's Iris Pro chip taking care of graphics here.
Both models are lightning fast, editing video in a flash and also opening multiple windows simultaneously and slicing through editing and viewing the new updated iLife and iWork apps, more on those later.MacBook Pro 2013: OS and Apps
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The new MacBook Pros land with the new OS X Mavericks with all the new functionality including the ability to add Tags to finder, new maps, shared links in Safari and also the bonus of free iLife and iWork apps. We had a play with the new OS on the MacBooks and the updates are impressive and all, of course, look pin sharp on that Retina screen.
One of the highlights was the update to pages and the ability to drag and drop images or texts and also collaborate editing in the Cloud. It worked with ease and the contextual editing panel is another bonus.
MacBook Pro 2013: Battery life
Apple is quoting nine-hours for 13-inch, upped by two hours from the previous model, and eight hours for the 15-inch, adding an hour to the battery life of its predecessor. As Phill Schiller said in the keynote, on the 13-inch, you'll be able to watch all the "Black Knight" films in one sitting.
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Subject: here today gone tomorrow My mum died of cancer on the 26th may 2007 A few days later and not long after her funeral I had a dream which lasted maybe a few minutes due to my alarm going off and waking me up (I wish I had the alarm turned off) because in this dream I was all of a sudden in a grey looking room or area I noticed a tall slim figure standing to 1 side but couldn't make out what it was and what looked like my dad (still alive) sitting or squatingdown on the floor (but I cant be sure if it was my dad but I got the feeling it was him) I was walking towards who I knew was my mum She was sitting down in what I believe was a chair or on a bench, mum had the look of peace and curiosity on her face (she looked happy but curious) as I approached my mum and saw her smiling face I teared up and started hugging her telling her I miss her and I love her so very much, she was smiling, she was happy. Moments later my alarm went off, and I felt over whelmed with sadness, I wanted to go back and be with her again, I tried going back to sleep but nothing happened I get up and get ready for work and thought about what I had experienced for the rest of the day and still to this day I think about that dream. It felt so real and there is no doubt in my mind I got the chance to say a final goodbye to my mum and it was her way of letting me know she is okay. I have not had any similar dreams since and as much as I want to see my mum again in my dreams it never happens. All I know for sure is I love and miss my mum with all my heart and soul and I struggle everyday with the sadness of her death. I just want her back and for everything to be the way it was before, but I know it will never be the same again. I have pretty much had to deal with my mums death by myself as we as a family never try to show our emotions and I have no1 I can share my pain with or talk about it with so I keep it all inside. Maybe Im dealing with some kind of depression and constant sadness. I really don't care if I live or die, I feel like ive had enough of life and would give almost anything to be where ever it is my mum is. I do believe eventually I will take my own life as I think about it more and more these days the only reason I haven't as yet is because of my dad and the heart ache it would cause him, he deserved better in life and did not deserve to lose his wife and it breaks my heart because I know the pain hes going through and I can do nothing about it. 1 thing I know now is I do not care about life or if I die. I don't care about the way of the world etc…Maybe im selfish but its how I feel on a daily basis and its tearing me apart. From RD4U: We are sorry to hear that your mum died of cancer. It is good that you have posted this message and then other young people can reply. In addition to our website we also have a Freephone Helpline on 08088081677 which is open from 930am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Another helpful helpline is Childline on 0800 1111 which is open 24 hours a day. If you want to see one of our bereavement support workers, please click here for details of our branches. We hope this is helpful.
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The Gordon Lee case ended in a mistrial due to jury contamination that the defense is asserting was induced
on purpose, because we had a jury that looked more defense oriented. We're prepared to quickly file a motion to argue that no new trial should be scheduled because this mistrial was intentional and constitutes prosecutorial misconduct.
It does seem that the prosecution shouldn't get an infinite number of new chances and re-dos — a year and a half ago, "prosecutors dismissed and re-filed the charges because their facts were wrong." Which makes them sound like idiots, albeit vengeful ones.
Steve Flanagan reminds us that today is Guy Fawkes Day, a peculiar British holiday dedicated to burning things and exploding as many fireworks as possible. He uses the day to discuss the use of sound effects in comics. Me, now I've got that "gunpowder, treason, and plot" couplet running through my head.
The Marvel costume contest winner was announced… and no surprise, it was the "professional booth babe" (as a previous commenter had it) dressed as green Phoenix.
I was wondering the other day what happened to Joanna Sandsmark (one of my roommates at my first ever San Diego con almost 15 years ago). The Howling Curmudgeons were kind enough to provide the answer: she's got a new blog retelling old comic stories. She's great at it!
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At present there is no cure for multiple myeloma. Treatment aims to keep symptoms under control for as long as possible. If you are not having symptoms, the doctor will probably recommend holding off with treatment. Studies show no increase in survival rates with early treatment. Therapy typically begins when the disease progresses to the point that complications, such as fractures, are likely or you experience symptoms that decrease your ability to function or to enjoy life.
The main treatment option is chemotherapy. This is an appropriate treatment because multiple myeloma is a systemic disease, meaning that it affects the entire body. Chemotherapy is a systemic treatment.
Doctors often recommend bone marrow transplantation for patients younger than age 65 and who meet other criteria for this treatment. Although transplants seem to increase survival for some patients, these treatments do not cure myeloma, and they have had limited success.
Chemotherapy for Multiple Myeloma
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Unlike radiation and surgery, which are localized treatments, chemotherapy is a systemic treatment, meaning the drugs travel throughout the whole body. This means chemotherapy can reach cancer cells that may have spread, or metastasized, to other areas. Because myeloma is a systemic disease from the start, chemotherapy is the main treatment.
Currently, there is no cure for myeloma, so treatment is designed to prolong life by reducing the effects of myeloma on body functions and reducing discomfort. Chemotherapy is usually given after symptoms or complications develop because there has been no evidence that early treatment alters the course of the disease. Chemotherapy drugs are usually used in combination and given in cycles. The drugs can be given intravenously (IV) or by mouth. The IV drugs may be administered at the doctor's office or in the hospital. Oral drugs may be taken at home. The type of chemotherapy often depends on the amount of tumor present in the body and how well the kidneys are functioning.
Chemotherapy is given until the abnormal antibody-like protein produced by myeloma cells decreases and reaches a plateau. Complete remission is rare.
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Fifty to sixty percent of patients reduce the amount of abnormal protein in their blood by half. But, fewer than one in twenty has a complete remission. Typically, multiple myeloma recurs within 1-2 years of ending chemotherapy. At this point, the doctor will usually recommend trying a different chemotherapy regimen. Typically, the combination therapy of melphalan and prednisone is given first. The combination therapy of vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone is given if the cancer returns.
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Melphalan may increase your risk of developing leukemia or myelodysplasia (a disease that affects bone marrow). If you have been given melphalan, you will be closely monitored by your doctor for signs of these conditions.
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Radiation therapy is the use of penetrating beams of high-energy waves or streams of particles called radiation to treat disease. Radiation therapy destroys the ability of cancer cells to grow and divide.
There are a few cases in which radiation may be used to treat multiple myeloma:
If the tumor returns to one site and is causing symptoms
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If a bone marrow transplant is to be done—Total body radiation may be given prior to this procedure to eliminate the myeloma cells and prepare the bone marrow for transplantation of the new, healthy stem cells.
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External radiation is used to treat multiple myeloma. In external radiation therapy, rays are directed at the tumor from outside the body. Treatments are given at a hospital or radiation center once a day, five days per week. The daily time spent receiving external therapy is short.
Radiation therapy does not cure multiple myeloma, but may be able to decrease symptoms.
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Gros Morne National Park is a world heritage site located on the west coast of Newfoundland. At 1,805 km2 (697 sq mi), it is the second largest national park in Atlantic Canada (surpassed by Torngat Mountains National Park at 9,700 km2 (3,700 sq mi).
The park takes its name from Newfoundland's second-highest mountain peak (at 2,644 ft/806 m) located within the park. Its French meaning is "large mountain standing alone," or more literally "great sombre." Gros Morne is a member of the Long Range Mountains, an outlying range of the Appalachian Mountains, stretching the length of the island's west coast. It is the eroded remnants of a mountain range formed 1.2 billion years ago. "The park provides a rare example of the process of continental drift, where deep ocean crust and the rocks of the earth's mantle lie exposed."
The Gros Morne National Park Reserve was established in 1973, and was made a national park in October 1, 2005.
The park was the subject of a short film in 2011's National Parks Project, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and scored by Melissa Auf der Maur, Sam Shalabi and Jamie Fleming.
The park's rock formations, made famous by Robert Stevens and Harold Williams, include oceanic crust and mantle rock exposed by the obduction process of plate tectonics, as well as sedimentary rock formed during the Ordovician, Precambrian granite and Palaeozoic igneous rocks.
The many soil associations mapped in the park reflect the wide variety of bedrock. The Silver Mountain soil association, dominant in the northeastern area, is a very stony sandy loam developed on glacial till overlying granite, granitic gneiss and schist. Similar rocks underlie the St. Paul's Inlet association farther west. Sedimentary rocks (including some dolomitic limestone) in the southeastern sector support the North Lake association of stony sandy loam. An association of mostly-shallow loam, the Cox's Cove, occupies a discontinuous band over shale, slate, limestone and sandstone near the coast. The coastal strip north of Bonne Bay is mostly underlain by the peaty Gull's Marsh association and the coarse Sally's Cove association except for an area of clay (Wood's Island association) around Rocky Harbour. The stony infertile soils of the ultramafic tablelands south of Bonne Bay belong to the Serpentine Range association.
Western Brook Pond is a fresh water fjord which was carved out by glaciers during the most recent ice age from 25,000 to about 10,000 years ago. Once the glaciers melted, the land, which had been pushed down by the weight of the ice sheet, rebounded and the outlet to the sea was cut off. The 30-kilometre (19 mi) long narrow "pond" then filled in with fresh water. The water in the fjord is extremely pure and is assigned the highest purity rating available for natural bodies of water. Pissing Mare Falls, the highest waterfall in eastern North America and 199th highest in the world, flow into Western Brook Pond.
The Tablelands, found between the towns of Trout River and Woody Point in Gros Morne National Park, look more like a barren desert than traditional Newfoundland. This is due to the ultramafic rock – peridotite – which makes up the Tablelands. It is thought to originate in the Earth's mantle and was forced up from the depths during a plate collision several hundred million years ago. Peridotite lacks the usual nutrients required to sustain most plant life, hence its barren appearance. The rock is very low in calcium, very high in magnesium, and has toxic amounts of heavy metals. Peridotite is also high in iron, which accounts for its brownish colour (rusted colour). Underneath this weathered zone, the rock is really a dark green colour.
The most notable animal in the park is the moose, part of a booming population that was introduced to Newfoundland around 1900. Other common wildlife in the park include caribou, black bear, red fox, snowshoe hare, red squirrel and beaver. Harbour seals are common in St. Pauls inlet, and whales may be in the area especially during the capelin season in early summer. Many bird species can be found in the park, from shorebirds along the ocean to birds of the bogs and interior forests.
In 1987, the park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for both its geological history and its exceptional scenery. The geology of the Park in particular illustrates the concept of plate tectonics, and has shed important light on geological evolution and its processes.
Hiking the trails is a popular activity at Gros Morne. There are about 20 marked day trip trails, exploring coastal and interior areas of the park. One of the more strenuous dayhikes is the 16 km hike over Gros Morne Mountain. This trail is also called the James Callaghan Trail after the former British Prime Minister, who visited in 1976, in recognition of his conservation efforts. A small controversy arose after the Prime Minister did not visit the trail that had been named in his honour.
The interior of the park can also be accessed, notably through the multi-day Long Range Traverse between Western Brook Pond and Gros Morne Mountain.
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While huge progress has been made toward "user-centric" identity, I still have problems with "user-centric" anything. The point-of-view is still outside the user. It's still organizational, corporate. If you're "centric" about users, where are you? Right, outside the user. And inside something that's, well, not quite human. Or worse, that's super-human. Not a peer, but a superior.
Think about it: Are you "user-centric"? Reminds me of a line in the movie "The Rose". (Good movie, by the way.) Bette Midler, playing the title character, keeps saying "The Rose wants" this and "The Rose thinks" that. The character Houston, a limo driver (played perfectly by Frederick Forrest) finding himself in bed with the The Rose, gets tired of hearing her self-centric vanities and says, "I think anyone who talks about themselves in the third person is Looney Tunes."
Identity is a first-person matter. It comes from the inside, not the outside. So does everything else we do as individuals. Which is why I'm not just talking about identity this time. I'm talking about everything that's missing in everything we've been doing ever since we first started calling computing "personal", way back in the late Seventies. (Dick Cavett, voice of early Apple commercials, called the Apple II "the most personal computer".)
Computing may be personal, but a lot of stuff that should be still isn't. Three examples:
- Identity
- Data
- Conferences
First, identity.
All the identities in our wallets and purses, from social security numbers to credit card numbers to library and museum memberships, are given to us by organizations. More importantly, they represent "customer relationship management" (CRM) systems that at best respect a tiny fraction of who we are and what we might bring to a "relationship". What CRM systems call a "relationship" is so confined, so minimal, so impoverished and so incomplete that it insults the word.
No matter how "user-centric" we make our CRMs, the fact that we burden the vendor side with the entire relationship reveals how one-sided and lame the whole system really is. Also how antique, in a time when individuals are only becoming more empowered by digital technology and networking. It doesn't matter how respectful we make "federation" between CRMs of different companies. The CRM system will remain broken until it appreciates, embraces and truly relates to customers not just as complex human beings, but as 1) entities with many other relationships, and 2) potential sources of highly useful intelligence, as well as money.
Two years ago at Digital ID World, Drummond Reed (a prime author of the XRI/XDI standard that may some day underlie the DataWeb) said what we need is CoRM, for "Company Relationship Management". On the latest Gillmor Gang, Mike Vizard called it "VRM", for Vendor Relationship Management. Whatever we call it, we need to equip it on our side: the customer side, the citizen side, the member side. "Vendor" may not be a broad enough label to include government agencies, public radio stations, museums and the other noncommercial organizations we relate with, but it applies to the place to where we need the most help in the marketplace.
VRM needs to do more than contain the virtual equivalent of credit and membership cards. It needs to contain (or hook into) our transaction histories, our reputations, our preferences, our intentions. A few months ago in Linux Journal I wrote about "The Intention Economy" that will grow from equipping sellers to meet customer demand after customer minds are made up and they're ready to buy a territory still sorely lacking in existence.
A key capability here, for the customer, is the willingness and the ability to remain anonymous, and to do so selectively. For example, an individual should be able to reveal to the market that he or she has a good credit history, belongs to relevant membership clubs (such as those of airlines, public broadcasting stations and rental car agencies), and intends to do serious business for example, by expressing the intention to rent a certain brand and model of car in Salt Lake City for the week of January 7th without revealing his or her name. The system should support anonymity, in any level of detail, on the customer's terms.
The value here, from the customer's side, is not "user centrism" by vendors, but values that are equally deep on the human and personal levels. Not coincidentally, they are the freedoms we fight for: independence, freedom, liberty.
No matter how "user centric" systems may get on the vendor's side, we need a system, or set of systems, on the individual's side, that is at least as powerful that supports and enables the full measure of independence, freedom and liberty. And as long as we lack that system, we will only have partial solutions to a larger problem, and partial steps toward the last stage of the personal computing revolution.
Second, data.
Steve Gillmor, father and prime mover behind Attention Trust and Gesture Bank (and, more importantly, the prime advocate of individuals' rights to own and control their attention and gesture data, which are both currently accumulating in countless silo'd CRM systems, with near-zero accountability to the individuals being tracked, whether we like it or not), says both those efforts are actually about "user control, pure and simple". He adds, "The user is in charge now. History to come will proceed from that fact."
What Steve looks toward is not a market that's built bottom-up. Because there is no bottom. There is no top. It's not about vendor sports or who's biggest. It's about the individual's ability to bring his or her unique values and choices to vendors who are ready to relate on equal and mutually beneficial terms. Those terms include the individual's right to do what they want with their data including data accumulating in vendor databases. Because Steve knows what the Industrial System still needs to learn: that customer control of customer data will be good for the vendor as well as the customer.
If this new movement in the marketplace is not top-down or bottom-up, which way is it going?
The answer is inside-out. It's going from the individual out to the marketplace. Individuals needs to be in charge of their independence, their freedom, their liberty, their assets, their choices, their relationships. They will drive market growth in businesses that appreciate how much more can come from independent customers than from dependent ones.
The tools Steve's working on in both Attention Trust and Gesture Bank are wrenches and screwdrivers in a toolbox that still hasn't been developed. Maybe his colleagues in those efforts will develop that toolbox. I don't know. I do know we need it.
Until then, we need to depend on, and support, vendors that respect the individual's ownership of data they produce especially if those vendors also understand that markets are built on maximized production ability by every participant in that market, including the human gullets we call "consumers".
The best market example I know is digital photography. Who is a digital photo "consumer" any more? Nobody consumes film, and relatively few consume print processing. Instead everybody is a producer in that marketplace. I have close to eleven thousand pictures up on Flickr now. From the start Flickr (a terrific Linux/LAMP hack) and I have both understood that those pictures are my data, and that the two of us are making the most of that fact. Same goes for Tabblo*, a new company that does stuff with photos that Flickr doesn't. Because Flickr has open APIs, and welcomes customers who also work with other vendors, I am able to make montages for printing and sharing, on Tabblo's site, with my Flickr photosets. As a result, Flickr, Tabblo and I all make money off each other, and enjoy productive symbiotic relationships that grow the new photography marketplace.
Meanwhile, where is Kodak, owner of one of the world's largest patent portfolios and leader of the photography industry since the dawn of the category? You tell me. Where I contribute to the market, their name almost never comes up.
In the past we understood market growth largely in terms of "consumer choice" among silo'd competitors. Virtual motto: May the best jail win. In the future we'll understand market growth in terms of conversations and relationships because markets will increasingly reward companies, and customers, who make the most of both. Virtual motto: May the best relationships win.
As a way of pulling together both independent identity and data ownwershp, Matt Mower wants to turn around the concept of the end user license agreement (EULA), all of which he says "are drafted by a party in a monopoly power position and thus unfair to one party". Instead he sees "a great opportunity to turn the tables on businesses that have been exploiting us. Our persona's should come with an EULA that determines the rights those businesses have with respect to the data we are publishing (which might turn out to be no rights at all). Four posts on this are: Accept my EULA (or... turning the tables), Making personal EULA's work, Fair use in Identity and Life's better when you're in control.
Third, Conferences.
After the latest Linux World Expo, I became more convinced than ever that The System is broken. Cases in point:
- Nokia loaned out Model 770 Internet Tablets for press people to try using on the show floor, where the show's wi-fi connections barely worked.
- While leading vendors such as HP, Novell and IBM (where was Red Hat?) had large platoons of professionals on the floor, precious little actual help for actual customers was available. As with every other standard same-old trade show, LinuxWorld is now mostly about sales and marketing. Engineering talk seemed subordinate to sales and marketing functions.
- Serious geeks, who are still the heart and soul of Linux and the whole free software and open source movements, were at low ebb. You could find them in the .org pavilion and walking around. They weren't gone. But this used to be their show, and it isn't anymore.
And LinuxWorld is hardly alone here. We need trade shows that are put together by whole trades, and by leading practitioners of trades (including leading individuals), rather than just by Big Players who can afford to pay the big bux for the hotel and convention spaces.
I'm not saying that there isn't still demand for booths and sales people and demonstrations and the rest of it. I am saying that the system is hollow if it excludes the most original participants among the ranks of engineers, customers, engineers and thinkers like Steve Gillmor -- who contribute enormously to the market conversation yet don't fit neatly into any of the old categories (customer, vendor, analyst, editor).
Unconferences are off to a good start. Dave Winer invented the category, and his BloggerCons have provided a good example for several years now. The BarCamp movement (kind of an open source movement for conferencing) is growing rapidly. Open space methods are widely used too.
But all those are carefully non-commercial, even when sponsorships are involved. We also need something that brings vendors and users into the same place, to build conversations, relationships and products driven by both. For that the best step may be what Dave calls "HyperCamp"."It's totally commercial, unlike an unconference. The idea is to put commerce together with the media. This is the press room for the 21st century," he writes.
We need to start building markets from the inside out, in every market category that depends on relationships between creators of stuff and the people who use that stuff. Because markets aren't just corporate habitats anymore. They're personal.
[Note: This post began as yesterday's SuitWatch newsletter, emailed every other Thursday. Subscriptions are free.]
*Disclosure: I'm on the Tabblo advisory board. It's a position I probably wouldn't hold if I wasn't a photographer who makes the most of Flickr. DS
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal
Feeling left out
Ok, this is marginally on topic at best but I find that portions of this article touche on my personal situation; my personal frustration. I first got involved with Linux in November 1991. Over the next few years I spent my time evangelizing Linux and, by extension, Open Source/Free Software. I've had articles published in Linux Journal and Linux Weekly as well as Federal Computer Week. I have personally "infected" a number of US Military organizations with Linux (just ask the guys at Army Knowledge Online). There's even bits and pieces of code wandering around out there with my name on it. Now, I'm not claiming to be of the stature of a Donnie Becker, Michael K Johnson, Matt Welsh or HJ Lu. No Alan Cox nor maddog Hall am I. About 15 or so years ago my health started to take a downturn. By the beginning of 1999 I became unable to work full-time. By late 2004 it became impossible for me to work at all. My income is limited to a disability annuity and my mobility to within 15 or 20 minutes from where I live (I don't say "my home" because I am, in fact, legally classified as homeless). So what's my point with all this?
Today I have no way to attend conferences. Not only can I not afford it I am physically unable to get there and stay. My identity is cloudy at best. My ability to participate in the online communities has been carved down to nearly nothing due to my inability to sit at a computer for any reasonable length of time. In our world, especially the techie world, we are often defined by our work. Not necessarily our job but out productivity within the community. And as for data, no one wants my data because I have no assets for anyone to compete for.
I happen to think I can still have some useful function in this world. I just don't have the resources to be productive in any reasonable way. What can be done to change my situation? Not much. I am not looking for a handout, though. I don't expect anything from anyone with but one exception. In the future, could some of the enormous resources of the community be set to helping those who are limited, and often isolated, by their physical disabilities? We are helping the underprivileged and getting laptops to kids and technology to those who are without. This is, I believe, the next step on the path. But it's not just making technology accessible to people who can't see or have limited use of their appendages. It's about getting them involved in a personal way. Helping make them useful, productive members of the community would bring benefit to both sides.
Ok, that's enough of my ranting.
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--Steve Daniels 2013
Indepence vs. Advertising
I did want to add one observation to Doc's argument: the reason why metadata is so important to the "vendors" he describes is because they are all wed to an advertising model that implies monetizing eyeballs. Though this "media model" is often shrouded in all sorts of false complexities, the core levers behind it are very simple: you need increasing returns in the ability to get more eyeballs (which is why raising switching costs is so important) and a deeper understanding of those eyeballs than any of the competition who might also have access to them. With those two things you get more inventory and have the ability to charge more for it.
While this model continues to work, I find it pretty difficult to believe that anyone is going to make significant inroads putting the user in charge of anything that so core to it's continued success.
Interesting. I've always hoped that advertising and individual independence could ultimately support each other. And I've gone back and forth in wondering if the result would still be advertising at all.
At its base, advertising is still speculative. What happens when the customers, sure of what they want, remove the speculation? Or, in cases where customers aren't quite sure what they want yet, they guide vendors by making clear exactly what kind of information they want? Is the result advertising? Or something closer to conversation?
And, if we're turning markets inside out, do we need a new word for I-side out advertising?
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal
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Mmm, this year's film slate made us hungry. From New York classics to current food movements, here's a list of films to add to any foodie's wish list. (To check screening times and add a film to your wish list, just follow the link to the film's page.)
Jon Favreau returns to his indie roots in this food-centric comedy starring Sofia Vergara, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Oliver Platt, and Amy Sedaris - delivering an honest take on our media-driven world through the lens of chef culture.
Directed by the grandson of "Nathan" himself, Handwerker delivers the 100-year-old family history of the New York City icon through rare archival footage, a nuanced editing style, and the most endearing of characters.
An insightful documentary unveiling of the origins of one of the most popular Chinese dishes that might be more American than you would think.
Executive produced by Eva Longoria, this powerful documentary gives unprecedented insight to the abuse and turmoil of thousands of farm factory workers within the American agricultural system.
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BAUXITE – A hot start on offense in the first half and stingy play on defense in the second half helped push the Bauxite Lady Miners (4-2) past the Pottsville Apaches by a score of 50-38 on Tuesday night. Despite the win, head coach Joshua Harrison still felt his team didn't play their best ball. "It was an ugly game to say the least," Harrison said. "Pottsville is a good team who is constantly in the 4A state tournament. We looked sluggish tonight. We didn't execute like we normally would, but I thought defensively we played pretty hard."
BRYANT- The Bryant Hornets led early and often in cruising to a 56-38 victory over the Fort Smith Southside Rebels on Tuesday night. The Hornets improve to 2-0 on the year. "I'm pleased," Bryant Coach Mike Abrahamson said. "I thought we played really hard. I thought they played hard and they did what they were coached to do. That's encouraging to me."
BRYANT- After trailing nearly the whole game, the Bryant Lady Hornets battled back to a hard-fought 35-34 victory over Mount Saint Mary Academy on Tuesday night at the Bryant Gym. The Lady Hornets improve to 2-1 on the year. "I thought our kids played well," Bryant Coach Brad Matthews said. "We found a way down the stretch to fight back." Bryant was led by junior guard Dezarea Duckworth, who finished the night with 20 points and grabbed six rebounds. Senior post player Whitney Meyer played a huge part in the rebounding game with eight boards to go along with two points.


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This report examines 17 high-performing and fast-improving schools around the country that have taken advantage of expanded school schedules to provide students with more time for engaging academic and enrichment classes and teachers with more time to collaborate with colleagues, analyze students data, create new lesson plans, and develop new skills. On average, U.S. teachers spend approximately 80 percent of their time on instruction, while the international average for countries is 67 percent. Meanwhile, teachers in the schools featured in Time for Teachers spend 60 percent of their expanded school schedule on direct instruction with 40 percent of their time on collaboration, coaching, one-on-one support, and other activities.
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Time for Teachers: Leveraging Time to Strengthen Instruction and Empower Teachers
Claire Kaplan, Roy Chan, David A. Farbman, and Ami Novoryta (2014) Time for Teachers: Leveraging Time to Strengthen Instruction and Empower Teachers. National Center on Time and Learning and Teach Plus.
PreK-3rd: Getting Literacy Instruction Right
Lifting Pre-K Quality: Caring and Effective Teachers
Fuller, B, Gasko, J, Anguiano, R. (2010). Lifting Pre-K Quality: Caring and Effective Teachers. Children's Learning Institute.
This report focuses on helping pre-K teachers develop skills that matter for early learning. The researchers identified mentoring and training for preschool teachers as important tools to help them enrich their instructional activities in classrooms and boost the early language and preliteracy skills of 3- and 4-year-olds.
Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
Shanahan, T., Callison, K., Carriere, C., Duke, N. K., Pearson, P. D., Schatschneider, C., & Torgesen, J. (2010). Improving reading comprehension in kindergarten through 3rd grade: A practice guide (NCEE 2010-4038). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from whatworks.ed.gov/publications/practiceguides.
This practice guide focuses on three areas that current research on reading indicates are critical to building a young student's capacity to comprehend what he or she reads: knowledge and abilities required specifically to comprehend text, thinking and reasoning skills, and motivation to understand and work toward academic goals. Five recommendations: (1) Teach students how to use reading comprehension strategies; (2) Teach students to identify and use the text's organizational structure to comprehend, learn, and remember content; (3) Guide students through focused, high-quality discussion on the meaning of text; (4) Select texts purposefully to support comprehension development; and (5) Establish an engaging and motivating context in which to teach reading comprehension.
The Positive Effects of Literacy Collaborative on Teaching and Student Learning
Literacy Collaborative. (2009). The Positive Effects of Literacy Collaborative on Teaching and Student Learning. Cambridge, MA: Literacy Collaborative.
New results from a four-year longitudinal study of 17 schools in the East Coast suggests that in-school literacy coaches can help boost student reading skills by as much as 32 percent in three years. Teacher expertise increased substantially, and the more coaching a teacher received the stronger the growth. Additional benefits: communication among teachers increased and the literacy coordinators became more involved in the critical conversations.
Teaching Reading Well: A Synthesis of the International Reading Association's Research on Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction
International Reading Association. (2007). Reading Well: A Synthesis of the International Reading Association's Research on Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction. Newark, DE: Author.
This report synthesizes the findings of research efforts focused on identifying essential qualities of effective teacher preparation programs for reading instruction. It finds that good teacher prep programs provide students with excellent instructional content; faculty and teaching; apprenticeships, field experiences, and practica; diversity; candidate and program assessment; and governance, resources, and vision.
Research to Practice: Phonemic Awareness in Kindergarten and First Grade
Abbott, M., Walton, C., & Greenwood, C. R. (2002). Research to practice: Phonemic awareness in kindergarten and first grade. Teaching Exceptional Children, 34 (4), 20-26.
Teachers attend a workshop and learn about a research-based practice. A consultant works with the teachers for a while to set up the program and maybe even conduct an evaluation and follow-up instruction. The consultant leaves; the teachers are on their own. A couple of years later, nobody can find evidence the program ever existed. Does this sound familiar? Why does this occur? What happens to make teachers drop programs that may even be excellent? The secret may lie in what does not happen. We set out to discover the secret to successful research-based practices as teachers use them in real life. The example we chose was a phonemic awareness program; this article describes how phonemic awareness research and intervention knowledge was successfully translated for teacher implementation over 3 years.
Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension
This research article summarizes much of the research about reading comprehension and what good readers do when they read. While the article does not specify that it is intended for adults and draws from research in the K-12 field, it has the potential to be useful to adult educators. The article makes a strong case for balanced comprehension instruction (explicit instruction and time to practice) and the need for a classroom that supports reading, provides real texts, provides a range of different genres, and provides an environment rich in language experiences including discussion about words and their meanings and text (meaning and interpretation).
Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able to Do
Moats, L. C. (1999). Teaching reading is rocket science: What expert teachers of reading should know and be able to do. Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers.
This foundational report reviews the reading research and describes the knowledge base that is essential for teacher candidates and practicing teachers to master if they are to be successful in teaching all children to read well. Developed by the American Federation of Teachers(AFT).
The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early Reading Instruction and Achievement
Garet, M., Stephanie Cronen, Marian Eaton, Anja Kurki, Meredith Ludwig, Wehmah Jones, Kazuaki Uekawa, Audrey Falk, Howard Bloom, Fred Doolittle, Pei Zhu, and Laura Sztejnberg. The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early Reading Instruction and Achievement (NCEE 2008-4030). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
The report describes the effectiveness of two specific professional development strategies in improving the knowledge and practice of 2nd grade teachers in high-poverty schools and the reading achievement of their students. Both the 8-day content-focused institutes series (treatment A) and the institute series plus in-school coaching (treatment B) produced positive impacts on teachers' knowledge of scientifically based reading instruction and on one of the three instructional practices promoted by the professional development. However, neither intervention resulted in significantly higher student test scores at the end of the one-year implementation period. The institute series plus in-school coaching did not produce a significantly greater impact on teacher practice than the institute series alone.


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The Building includes Engineering Collaboration Spaces; Offices; a Multi-Media Production Suite; a Full-Service Cafeteria including Food Preparation, Dining and Serving Areas; an Education and Training Center; and a Theater, Conference and Meeting Facilities.
This project is the second Cooper Carry Project at the Center and is part of what is expected to be a phased, 12-year Modernization program (referred to as New Town) involving up to six new buildings worth an estimated $250 Million.
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Eighteen felony charges have been filed against Damodar Chandradas, 25, for the October 29, 2013, vehicular crash on Highway 121 in Sonoma.
The case alleges that the San Francisco man was driving on a suspended license when he passed on a blind curve at an excessive speed, lost control of his car and swerved into oncoming traffic, the which caused the victims' vehicle to collide with the defendant's. Sergei Beoglozan, the defendant's passenger, died at scene of blunt force trauma.
The male driver of the victim vehicle suffered broken legs and his 5-year-old daughter, who was in a car seat, suffered a spinal cord injury.
The charges include: vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and with gross negligence; driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and causing great bodily injury and or death; possession for sale and transportation of methamphetamine, cocaine and MDMA; felon in possession of a loaded firearm; and various great bodily injury enhancements, including causing paralysis, gun charges, and driving on a suspended license, as well as allegations that he committed these felonies while on probation for a felony.
In the defendant's vehicle, officers found cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and a loaded semi-automatic long-rifle which contained 53 live rounds of ammunition.
Defendant has prior felony convictions and has been convicted of driving on a suspended license on three prior occasions, which are alleged on the criminal complaint. He is housed at MADF and bail will be set at over $1 million. In addition, he has a no bail probation violation hold in place out of San Francisco County.
District Attorney Ravitch stated, "My office has worked tirelessly in conjunction with the Napa C.H.P. to gather the evidence necessary to bring these charges and place this man in custody." As with all allegations of criminal conduct, Damodar Chandradas remains innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The case is being was prosecuted by Chief Deputy District Attorney Diana E. Gomez, assisted by District Attorney Investigator Denise Urton. Officer Phil Ross of the California Highway Patrol, Napa Division, is the investigator.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- They grow up so fast. It was only yesterday -- wasn't it? -- that eBay (EBAY - Get Report) was a cute toddler -- doing all sorts of tricks to make the adults laugh.
Everyone liked to pat it on the head and give it a piece of candy, but a big, serious company with earnings and shares and revenues and growth and all those other grown-up things?
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That was in the late '90s after eBay was founded in 1995. eBay is a teenager now: 17 years old.
My, how it has grown. And like an elderly aunt hugging a reluctant nephew, the market has embraced this once unruly child. eBay today has a market cap of $68 billion. That's almost twice the size of General Motors (GM). Data from Best Stocks Now App Over the last three years, eBay has returned 30% per year to investors. Compare that with the market return of 8.4%. Over the last 12 months, eBay has returned 75%, while the market has returned just 13%. In my Best Stocks Now app, eBay gets a momentum grade of A minus. Sorry about the minus, but remember, we are talking about a large cap stock here. Data from Best Stocks Now App While I like performance and momentum, and all that good stuff, I also like value! So what are we paying for this performance at eBay? Data from Best Stocks Now App Nineteen times forward earnings. That compares with a market average of about 17, so that is what it is. But how about comparing it with Amazon -- the stock everyone likes to put eBay next to: Amazon is selling at 144 times forward earnings. Wow. Don't get me wrong. I like Amazon (AMZN - Get Report). It is ranked No. 94 out of the 3,212 stocks I follow. I also own it in the Conservative Growth portfolios I manage. But eBay is much cheaper and has a better chart. It is also ranked -- No. 148 and rising fast! Data from Best Stocks Now App I am also long eBay in the Conservative Growth accounts that I manage at Gunderson Capital Mgt.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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