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This is a blog by Alexandra Penney – artist, best-selling author and a fixture at New York society functions – upon learning recently that her life savings had been wiped out in Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme.
Color Clues From a Past Economic Crisis
For those who didn't live through the Great Depression and World War II, there's a tendency to paint the era in funereal tones of black and gray. So it might be natural to wonder if our own financial and military turmoil will soon find us dressing ourselves and our homes in a similarly somber color palette. But before you break out the mourning attire – or recommend that your client repaint their fiesta-red dining room – remember that the predominantly black-and-white movies and photographs from that time are what have fostered this monochromatic impression. But the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division has preserved 1,615 color photos of the era for posterity. Be warned: While our modern eyes, accustomed to saturated hues and daring color combinations, might still read pessimism in the color palette, no matter how subdued, these color photos represent an irrepressible, if restrained, hope. Even the Sherwin-Williams Streamlined Preservation Palette®, featuring historically accurate paint colors of the 1930s, presents a range of understated and sophisticated tones designed to provide a cozy sense of home.
The main lesson to be learned from the Great Depression and the WWII era is that while economic events may cause us to adopt a more sober and serious color palette, the human craving for color is universal, ever-present and unquenchable.
Feathering Your Nest for Recession, Stagflation and More
Today, more and more Americans are looking at their homes as a place of refuge in a stressful world of challenges and economic instability. Instead of going out to dinner or social events, they're cocooning with their families. Now, more than ever, they want their homes to be restful and soothing, yet stylish and chic.
Interior designers and industry experts across the country have noted this trend, along with an increased focus on cost-consciousness as homeowners become more selective about how their money is spent.
So with this in mind, here's a look at some home décor color trends for 2009.
- Dress your recession in purple. This past fall, when Michelle Obama made an appearance in St. Paul, Minn., during the 2008 election season in a purple dress, she almost single-handedly assured us that this popular color, called a "new neutral" by some because of its versatility, would not be considered played out anytime soon. And for her President-elect husband, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and virtually every news anchor and talking head, purple has usurped red as the color of the power tie. The color of royalty and enchantment is the "it" color this winter. Its many shades and hues are showing up in fashion apparel, accessories, cosmetics and personal-care products. Its hues range from deepest amethyst, grape and plum to delicate lilac, wisteria, orchid and pansy. Depending upon the shade, purple can be formal (eggplant), feminine (lavender), or warm and cozy (violet).And purple's popularity doesn't end there: The royal hue is popping up on walls, textiles, tabletops and even home furnishings. "Purples, especially red-cast purples, are going to be important in 2009," said forecaster Michelle Lamb, editorial director for The Trend Curve. "I'm seeing dark, passionate plums, used along with black, and layered purples. It's a feeling of luxe. Think purple velvet." Why? Because purple symbolizes both luxury and fun – both things that people feel they can use more of these days.
Got the financial blues? Try color therapy. Residential interiors are incorporating more intense paint colors – not only as accent walls, but throughout entire rooms. Deep shades of blue are in demand by customers of Jan Hubbard, ASID, and Candice Mathers, Allied Member of ASID. And on a brighter note, both Mathers and Susan Pantaleo, ASID, see yellow emerging as a very versatile color. Popping up in every shade from Sunlight to Dijon Mustard, Pantaleo lauds yellow's attention-getting appeal and ability to add life to any room.And here's a way to not only go energy-efficient, but color-cool as well: Purchase a front-loading washer and dryer from LG Electronics. Delivering on its promise to bring stylish design to all of its home appliance products, LG Electronics recently added Bahama Blue and Emerald Green to the color palette available for its front-loading washers and dryers. Choices already included Wild Cherry Red, Midnight Blue, Stainless Steel, Titanium and Pearl Gray.Not for the color-phobic, these saturated hues make a major color statement and go a long way in elevating the humble laundry to a room of distinction. Gerald Celente, director of trend research with the Trends Research Institute, says this type of color push by product makers is a "smart and timely move" during an economic downturn."People want to be cheered when the economy is in a slump," says Celente. "It's like how the greatest time for music was the Swing era during the Great Depression."
- When all else fails, go practical. With the economy on a downswing, you can anticipate that neutrals will be a safe choice through the economic recovery and beyond. Neutral tones – from gray and camel to cinnamon and mocha to bisque and green-gold – have become a mainstay in home décor, providing a solid foundation for the brightest of accent colors – or for a comfortable monochromatic color scheme. And black-and-white patterns, popular in Europe for the last couple years, are anticipated to make a big impression stateside very soon.Let's just hope that 50 years from now, when historians are mulling over color photos documenting our current period of economic turmoil, they'll see we picked colors that spoke of hope and optimism. Color trend experts are banking on it.


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» Freeport Official Paper FREEPOBT, N. T., FRIDAY, JAN. 7, 1910 =*«=^=^=^f'-^— Sbiide oopien of the Nassau Coanty Review can be sectured of Willet C. Ravnor, at the depot: Wm. Qroenblatt, Rdiroad Ave.; at Oobetz's or the Re¬ view Offlce, South Main St., and I>ftSil- va'g, West Merrick Koad. News items rec«ive<l up to o o°clo<:k Thursday uii^lit; advertisement form kept open till 9 o'clock Friday mominf;; papers n^ady for rtftliverv I o'clock Friday. FREEPORT POST OFFICE Time of Mails Open A rrive from WeM Arrive from East Rufus Rhodes is to open a photo stu¬ dio at Ocean Side. The Villaf^e Board of Trustees will hold its firet regular meeting for 1910 to-night. News of the Churches Local Topics At the Baptist church the pastor will I We acknowledge with thanks an in- speak Sunday morning on the theme, i vitation from J. A. Bassett, chairman' "The Cost"* of Progres.s." vited. All are in- Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company j Watch night services were held in will hold its annual dinner next the Methodist and Episcopal Churches Wednesday evening. 7:80 A 8:30 •• «:80 P. fi:30 ¦' Ooiog T:50 A. l'i:IO P, 5:10 " 7:riO " M " '• We.-t M '• '• 8:30 A. 12:30 P. «:30 " M. Cl(>s»> <Toiug EuMt 7:60 A. M. •2:45 P. " /\rlO " '• Arthur Keens has bought Mordecai Post's house on Grand Avenue and took possession this week. S. A. Williams has purchased the for-1 mer Ditmus Pearsall homestead on j South Main St., of Smith & Levy. '- Mrs. R. M. Kolisch and daughters Rose and Marion have been spending a few days with Mrs. Kolisch's parents, ! Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller. Friday night ending with the opening ; i of the New Year. I Mrs. W. A. Richard is announced to; I entertain the W. C. T. U. at the regu- j iar monthly meeting next Monday, j This is al.><o the meeting for election i of officers. Mrs. J. E. Mount is announced Ui lead the Young People's meeting in : the Presbyteran Church Sunday even-' ing; topic, "Bring others to Christ;; Who shoukl do it? How is it to be done?" to attend the exercises of the laying of the comer stone of the new Odd Fel¬ lows' Temple at Rockville Centre on New Year's Day. The attention of the village officers is respectfully called to the group of ' us recently, young lads who hang around the L. I. R. H. depot evenings, u.sing such vile talk that ladies stand in the cold out¬ side rather than stay inside iind be obligeri to lisien lo the boys. School Notes j Elizabeth Hammond has entert-d the eighth griule. I The December number of the Student was issued this Tuesday. Bessie Smith has left school anil gone with her parents to live in Florida. Mrs. Gaynor, formerly Miss Wilbur, German teacher at this school, visited Helen V. Smith of the '09 Class, af¬ ter a half year post-graduate course in this school, has enteretl Wilson College of Chambersburg, Penn. Enough slate has arrived for use in two rooms at the Grove Street .school and will be put in place ofthe old Carrier Serviee lifilivories are made startiiiK fnun the Post Office at 0 a. m. aud HiTO p. m., and colleetious are made on the same trip from mail boxos along the routes. Fnrtlior information rcirarding free de¬ livery will bo ohwrfuUy given by the carriers or the Pofitmastor, Robert G. Anderson. / Ht^LIDAYK. "*, Post offiee closes at9:30a. m.; <-Hrrier.« make one deUvery, iu moruiug. FREEPORT NEWS Smith & I^evy have purchased a Buick auto. "Doc" Vandewater slipped on the ice on Church Street laat Tuesday af¬ ternoon and fell, breaking his ankle. Deputy A. B. Wallace and staff will inetall the officers of Freeport Lodge I. O. O. F.. on Monday evening, .Ian. 17. The annual dinner of the Freeport Club will be held at the Club House on Wednesday evening, Feb^ 2. Tickets are now on sale. Freeport Lodge, I. O. O. F., mem¬ bers' attended the dedication of the new Odd Fellows' Hall at Rockville Centre on New Year's Day. The regular monthly meeting of the Freeport Board of Trade will be held at FVatemity Hall next Wednesday January 12, at 8.15 p. m. Important business will be brought before the meeting. Fraternal Council, No. 1962, Royal Arcanum, will hold a public installation next Thursday evening, January 13, at Odd Fellows' Hall. An interesting program has been prepared, and friends of the members are cordially invited to attend. .1. Dargan, of Russel Place, an em- A suhscriber remarked to us the other day "You will have lots of news black boards as .soon as po.ssiblo. with such heavy storms this week, 1 suppose." He mi.-ant of course regard¬ ing the storm and its detail but a stormy week is not a picnic in the re- VOL. XV, NO. 11 WANTAGH The Schuman Orchestra met Tuesday evening with Mrs. Edgar J. Seaman. Frank C. Young, who has been quite seriously ill, is considerably improved. .A regular meeting <if the Wantagh Hook and Ladder Co. was held Thurs¬ day evening. The Ladies' Aid Society will meet next Wedne.sday afterniHin with Mrs. Chas. W. Abrams, Park Ave. .Mrs. A. E. Hunt and Mi.ss Alice Sutherland spent the holidays with Mrs. Hunt's sister. .Mrs. Sherer. at Ir¬ vington. N. .1. Dr. W. A. Richard will preaci ployee of the telephone company, fell | the Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday porting line and news is more difficult to from a pole Monday morning, 'badly morning at 10.3*o'clock; at 7:,30 p. m. get than iit other times. spraining his back. He is improving the congregation wlil unite in the nicely and expecUs to be at work next, Evangelistic .Services in the Presbyter- xi,^. Review was "beut out" on a week. ian Church. news item last week. Village Trustee "Young Men'.s Dangers" will be the Sigmond pron^ist to give us a list of •* We have received this week calendars from Ross & Randall Company and C. I ^"nday moming sermon theme of Rev Milton Foreman, our local lumber ^^arle.s Herber Scholey at the I-ir.st dealers, John D. Gunning, plumber, and I'resbyterian Church. The evening service of the church Wll K be a Union at which the The Freeport Club holds its annual «lection next Monday evening. The nominating committee has posted the following nominations: President, Fred A. Hart Jr.; vice-president, Er¬ nest S. Randall; Secretiuy, J. Huyler Ellison; treasurer, John L. Raynor; members of Board of Directors—to ^erve two years, H. P. Lfbby, Werner Nygren, Henry L. Maxson, ~-W. D. Finch; member of Board of Directors to serve 1 year, D. A. Kennedy. At the meeting of Freeport Chapter No. 302, R. A. M., Tuesday evening Ex. Comp. A. E. Barnes installed the following ofHcers for the ensuing year: H. P., Austin Adams jr. ;K., David Sutherland jr.; Ser., John D. Gun¬ ning ; treasurer, H. P. Libby; secre¬ tary, Wm. H. Sammons; chaplain, Pel¬ ham St, George Bissell; C. of H., Thomas Spence; P. S., Clinton M. Flint; R. A. C, S. F. Pearsall; M. of 3d v., Piatt Conklin; M. of 2nd V. John L. Raynor; organist, C. H. Reach. The newly appointed enter¬ tainment committee finnnished refresh- caaata after the busineas session. 1910 diaries at Review Stationery Store. It. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes for 1910 now on sale at the Raview Sta¬ tionery Store. It Thomas Johnston tells you of his plan for the coming year in his adv. this weeK; read it It There is an acknowledgement in Smith A Bedell's ad that will be appre¬ ciated by their frienda and customers. , .., .-<¦ . , It Mne Ceelie, femierly eaniMcted with A large New York draHmsking inn, ia willing to takes few taatp patNoa, todies, missss and diiidran. Bast Oaan dt, FMsport. L. L . tf. Ansel Raynor. Seaford, carpenter and builder. Mary E., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Raynor of Raynor Avenue, was married Wetlnesday to Wilbert F. DeMott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jere De¬ Mott, at Hempstead, by Rev. W. H. Burgwin, pastor of the M. E. Church of Hempstead. The Freeport Bank and the First Na¬ tional Bank will hold their annual meetings next Tuesday evening, for 8-15, services the election of officers and the transac- ^^e German language. The first an- tion of other regular business. The nual meeting of the Congregation takes meetings are from 7:30 to H-.^O. and place at 8.1.5 next Thursday evening. 8:30 to 9:30 respectively. Evangelistic Meeting pastor will preach. At Christ Lutheran Church, after a preparatory service on Fridayof this week, at 8.15 p. m.. Holy Communion will be celebrated at next Sunday's moming service at 10.30. The Sunday School meets at 2.30 p. m. The even The following High School teachers went to their homes for the holidays: Misses Cummings. Fitch, Shanley, Coojier, and Southwell. Arthur Thompson, fonnerly science teacher in this sehool, has procured a position as mathematics and science teacher in thi- college ;it fond Beach, Florida. The Cla.ss of Illll have phiceil on the wall of the High School a very neat and attractive class banner of blue and gold with their motto "V'incit Qui Patitur," and 1911 on it. Harold Kropp, Harold Wilson, .lames Stiles, Ralph Crandell, Clinton Story, , excejitionally tine onli'r and reflects _,, ,,, , , . , .Stanley Armington, and Mary Davis great credit uiion the choir as well a.s ^uf';r^"\''''T""""''I visited the school this week, wihie on to the Unider, Mrs. Rhoda Jackson, week about the tax sale advertising. ^^^.^. ..^..^tions from College. Miss Laura Cowles sang a solo and the contributors to his fund for the "Christmas tree" at his Opera House on Christmas Day. He probably was so busy taking care of the 258 young¬ sters that he forget us. We will watch for him next time with n big stick. "Bringing Others to Christ" will be the topic of the C. E. Meeting this Friday evening; leader. Wm. (Jarner. Following the ilevotioii;il nieeting a business meeting will be held. The iiaslor will preach in the Me¬ morial (.'hurcii iii'.\t .Sunday, morning and eviMiing; morning tofiic. "The Preparation of .lesus for Ilis .Ministry ;" evening ; ^'The Duty of Forniiiii;- Right .ludgments." The Christmas music in the Memorial Church last Sunday e\eiiiig. wa.s of an 'gratulated u(Kin their success. nesday evening will be conducted It reminds us of an incident some six ¦ f""o^i",, p^,,,i|" "f the H S re- members of the choir were heartily con weeks ago when they claimed the sale ! ^"^ louuwiu}, (ju|jii» ui loe n. .^. n. , _^__^^ _,__^ _, ____^_^ ,u..:. was publisht in papers not as widely i '"'^'veii merit canls for the past month : I Henry Kreuzweiser, Austin Adams, lace Guest, Theodore Andrews, Beatrice Vail, Fanny Devlin. Ruth Carlson. Mary Norton. Both teachers and puplis I ing service, devoted to the Laymen's j Circulated as the Observer. Only 0"^ | n^n'^ ^^reuzwese I Missionarv Movement, will be held at I Ob.server reader wrote for a copy «f | w;"Iin« William 7 :30. Next Wednesday evening at: the sale, and .she didn t send the money | .V'.^^'"''_", "',,",, to pay for it. The .school children had all last w'eek. The snow could not j ^"^V Pr7«'-'"fJ«^ Regents exams _^ have been arranged nicer and all the beheld from the 17th to the 2l8t ofL^ j , Frank S. Snedeker was presented week the young lads and la.ssies enjoyed f ^^"« T"^^", following is the program ^^^^j ,, for the week: Freeport Council No. 57, Jr. O. U. ^ «ionaay n.gni wiin a nanosome cnarm ; the sleighing. It was a common thing | *"j ¦;•: "—" ,Jf sueinne drawlnir' A. M., will celebrate their fourteenth ^f f "»k flag by Eagle Counci No 1 to see from six to a dozen sleigh riders «°'^ ^^ Amer hi" t civics Tuet anniversary this Friday evening at its ^5 Jr. O. U A. M. of Amityville of | jn back of one large sleigh or wagon. ^^^ ..'^"^'^^'"tnth Vi geZ' trig council rooms in the Realty Building. J^'hich council he is deputy^ The charm | And the drivers of hor.ses seemed im- J^^ «• ^^; arith' ' T EiiS' An appropriate celebration is being bears the inscription "To Frank S. ; bued with the Christmas spirit, stop- ^'^- ^"'^''"^- ^"*''-' ''• '"' •^"K"'"''. nlnnned for the occasion bv the com- Snedeker, Sr.. D. S. C. trom Eagle ping if need be to let the "hitchers" planned for the occasion by the com . ,, mittee in charge. The Council will/^«""<^''^o. 4o, 1909. hold a class initiation on Friday even- ,. r> v . . .,_ T" »-.. Ol ".u<." "".,"-"i 1- -Henry Dunbar, a carpenter, brother ing, January 21, when several candi- . , . ^t\ u -nr a . .u xs J...L ".:ii i.J. i**itLhr.A of John Dunbar, Warden at the Nas.sau dates will be initiated. " . t ¦, l i u- t . -ii County Jail, had his pocket picked John Plunkitt, a plumber, started for «^,554 on the trolley between Mineola Rockville Centre Wednesday moming. I ^nd Hempstead last Friday evening, ping get a gooil hold before starting. He got on the 7:45 train, and, whsn he found the first stop was Jamaica, jumped off aa the train slowed down for an instant. He landed on an ice bed and was badly cut and bruised, so that he will be laid up for several weeks. Pespite the slippery walking Sig¬ mond Opera Hall was over half filled Wednesday evening for the entertain¬ ment and minstrel under a-ispices- of the Guild of the Eypiscopal Chjrch. A first-class program was provided. Much applause was given Jos. Czukor^ violinist, from New York, whose ren¬ dered "Melody in F," Rubenstein, and "Cavatina", Raff, in artistic musical style. The Union Meetin^j^s Under the heading "Are you a Church Member Gambler?" the Brook¬ lyn Times publishes the following terse paragraph: "Nearly every day reports are sent adv. bookkeeping. Wed.—a. m., | physiol., Eng. lit., Lat. 1st, .Id and I grammar, economics, com'l law; p. m., ' U. S. hist., phys. geog., chem., adv. bot., adv. zoology, Eng. hist., Euro-; pean hist., elem,. bookkeeping. Thurs¬ day—a. m., Caesar, el. Lat. comp., ' Virgil, Lat. prose comp., com. geog., ' stenog.; p. m., biol., bot., zoology,: physics, adv. draw., typewriting, hist. I com. Friday—a. m., Greek, German, ! bus. corres. ; p. m., Greek, French, ! Spanish, bus. writ. The Gun Club held a shoot on their grounds New Year's morning with the following leading scores: Class A Walter Ashdown 21, Fred Wiebel 21, John Box 20, Peter Avagadro 20. James Seaman 19, Wm. Dean 18, Grover Siems 14. Class H-- Henry Ultsch Fussell 12, Elliott VanNos- Charles Allen 10. In the afternoon a shoot was held between two teams picked from the local club and the score at the finish stWKl 85 to 87. A regular meeting of the club was held Monday night when the following officers were re-elected: President, Wm. Dean; vice-pres., George Box; treas., J. J. Fussell; sec, C. W. Allen. BELLMORE OBITUARY THOMAS G. HAYES Mrs. Anna Coakley su.^tained several cuts and bruises by a fall on the ice Wednesday. Church services were resumed in the Bellmore Avenue Presbyt^'rian Church on Sunday evening last. Dunbar stood up In a car holding *. . .. , . atrap. The car was crowded and the '« ^o the newspapers of women and roll of bills was taken from his trou- ™*" ""' °" . '^"8 ,^.'''f "'^ , *** P'«y sers pocket He remembers being' K".'"*" ^«'- P^^es. Lists of names of jostled several times, but did not give i P'"® wmners are .sent to the newspa- the matter any thought at the time.- ' ?«" ^" Publication. Presumably Hempsteaad Sentinel. ^^^ ^°!"«" and men would not object to the printing o. their names, yet un- THOMAS C. HAYFS H. Von Avery and family havt moved John B. Cartwright has been ap. i der ¦ ruling of the Post Office Depart- inwm j> v^. ; to the city, where they will remain pointed under sheriff of the County of i went a game played for prizes comes , Thomas G. Hayes, for many years , ^^^ ^^^. balance of the winter. NewYork, commencing Jan. 1,1910. , under the head of gambling, and a i identified with the storage warehouse, A few of his friends have conceived ' newspaper that reports such a game is ¦ business in Manhattan, and from which > The new house of William Arkles on the idea of tendering Mr Cartwright'''"hie to be barred from the mails. 1 he recently retired, died Wednesday at Bell-Tagh Avenue is now enclosed. Mr. a complimentary and commemorative j What have the good church members j his residence, 404 South Ocean Avenue, I Arkles exrK-cts to oc.upy it about dinner to he held at the Garden City to say to that?" ag«i b4 years, leaving a wife and one March lst. Hotel, Garden City, Saturday evening. ' And the peculiar part of it is that! ^^aughter. Funeral sen^ices will be January 15. The price per plate wHI ! Papers which set themselves up as m.Kl- : held Saturday moming at 11 o clock at be jlQ els for newspaperdom run such lists of ; his late residence and at the Church The' Committee in charge of ar- "'"ner^ even when they know they are j of Our Holy rangementsare Arthur J.ptforgan; John I openly violating the law Ginnane, Treasurer; Conunu nication Dec. 29., 1909 Gentlemen: Here is a little article that I would; School openetl on Monday morning i Retleemer. Interment j will be in Calvary Cemetery. J. BALDWIN like to have inserted in your paper! after a week's vacation for the About quarter of nine last night the \ showing how the L. I. treats its pas-! days. holi- The sleighing has been excellent dur¬ ing the past week and large numbers have taken advantage of it. R. A. Mans " , . .,. d . ct , .. ¦ i field Hobbs, Secretary. The Commit- Sunday next, the first Sunday of thei ^^ ^ arrangements consists of James Union Meetings, promises to be one of | p Keenan. Mathew T Murray. David the red-letter days of the series. The, Kennedy. Floyd Grant and Major three churches will each hold their reg- George E Libbev ular services in the morning. But aJ ' 7:30 in the evening all will join in oii^ service in the Presbyterian Church. | fire whistle blew the out of town call, j sengers. Should this church prove inadequate to No. 6. The firemen responded and re- j On taking the 3:20 P. M. trolley at accommodate all who attend, an over- j ceived word that some one had sent in I Freeport on Tuesday Dec. 28th was in¬ flow meeting will be held in the chapel.' an alarm for "Russell Park," north of | formed by the conductor that cars only Rev. C. H. Scholey will preach and the 'Seaman Avenue. It was decided to an-1 went to New York Ave. and we might large choir will lead the sinigng. 1 swer the call and all the apparatus | get a car there to take us to the City A unique service, the only one of the went up. When they arrived at Lillian I •'"«', he took 15 cents fare which should -kind during the series, will be held at Avenue a two story dwelling was about^pay for whole distance, but just before 3 o'clock Sunday aftemoon in the Pres- burned down. Two lines of hose were [reaching New York Ave. he demandetl byterian Church, for young people be- j laid apd water turned on the blaze. j another fare and said if not paid we tween the ages of 12 and 30. - Alpha Hook and Ladder Company, of I would have to get out and walk. He There will be brief addresses by the Roosevelt in whose territory the fire i was very impertinent, both in manner three pastors, and special music will was, arrived shortly after the Freeport! and speech. On reaching New York be provided also. Admission to this Fire Department and were the first to ! Ave. the car there was already crowd- . " , f. service will be by ticket These tick- get water on the fire, from hydrants ; ed, and we were obliged to stand, and next luesday aiternoon ets may be secured from the pastors ioaned by the Roosevelt Water, Light I to get out in the snow twice more than ! ———^——— or Sunday School teachers or at the and Power Company. There was noth-! usual—after being subjected to these i ^A number of telephones are still cut A Rosenberg and family have moved their iron holder manufacturing busi¬ ness from the former location on the Mill Road, to New York. Amos Schneider has removed his tail¬ oring establishment to Smithville South from the building formerly occupied by the .South Side Messenger. Several of the residents of this sec¬ tion who have private ice houses, have taken advantage of the recent cold snap and filled their buildings with ice measuring from eight to ten inches. Samuel Self has sold a number of lots on his new development on Wilson Ave- — nue to a city party, and Fred Wood haw On Wednesday evening the Fourth the contract to erect a large factory Quarterly Conference of the W. E. Church was held, District Superinten¬ dent Charles S. Wing presiding. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church will be entertained by Miss thereon. The business will be the manufacture of pins, needles and small novelties. The reception ofthe Smithville South Engine Company on New Year's eve , was well attended and a decided succeaa or ounusy iocuuoi leitcnerB or ai ine ana rower «.H>mp8ny. i nere was noin- """*•¦ —•»-• *r^...f, ..•.., j—..^^ — ^ eu • il ¦ u — various jneeUngs. The Sunday School ing to do but put out the fire in the re- changes, this extortion of fare, on ap-1 off on account of the wires having been will meet as usuaL at 2:30 p. m., in maining part of the bnilding and one proaching the City Line we saw a Free-j broken by the storrn. 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The Board of County Commissioners has been looking back to move ahead on a new travel policy for all employees, including commissioners.
That did not sit comfortably with the father of a former commissioner.
Commissioner Joanna Bryan asked more than a month ago for figures relating to travel by commissioners over the past several years.
Before the BOCC at the time of her request was consideration of approval of travel for Commissioner Warren Yeager over the next two years to meetings with organizations such as the Florida Association of Counties, of which Yeager is an officer, the FAC Small Counties Coalition and the Gulf Coast Consortium.
Yeager is also an officer in the latter two organizations.
At the time, Bryan said she would like to look at the cost of travel over the past two years, including that of former commissioner Bill Williams, who Bryan noted did a lion's share of the travel in response to work on the aftermath of the BP oil spill.
Yeager, Bryan said, was assuming much of the responsibilities Williams had held and Bryan asked to take a look at the whole picture of county travel.
The requesting of Williams' records was questioned during Tuesday's regular bi-monthly meeting by his father, Bill
Williams, Jr.
Williams was at the podium to discuss drainage and mosquito issues in Overstreet when he began to talk about the need for commissioners to set aside specific meeting time to rebut "attacks" from the community, naming Jim Garth, Tom Semmes and the political action committee Citizens Improving Gulf County.
"There is a morality problem going on that is harmful," Williams said. "You have the right to defend yourself."
Bryan asked whether the meeting was the appropriate setting to attack citizens when Williams questioned her about her requests for records concerning his son's travel.
"I will look at any information on any issue relating to spending," Bryan said. "That was all the request for numbers was about.
"It has nothing to do with your son. It is about investment of dollars that belong to the people of the county and the best use of those dollars. Your son was doing a lot of the travel. We need to see the investment we are making is bringing a bang."
Williams continued his probe until he was finally cut off by Commission chair Tan Smiley, who said being a politician meant you were fair game for attacks and that a tough skin was necessary for the job, while praising Bill Williams for his work as a commissioner.
The issue came up later in the meeting when Port St. Joe resident Bill Koran took the podium.
Koran said the issue was not so much the travel, which he acknowledged as a necessary part of the job.
But he said the county spent more than $200,000 in travel in 2011 and that commissioners should weigh the cost of travel, room nights, meals, etc. against the perception of citizens making, on average, $18,000 a year.
"This issue is very important," Koran said. "A lot of the travel is justified. But it should it cost more than the school board pays for travel, what a state employee is paid for travel?
"People are looking for accountability and responsibility in government. When you travel make it worth it."
Koran said he had yet to see a cost/benefit analysis that demonstrated certain trips with several county employees traveling – such as last week's National Association of Counties meeting in Washington, D.C. – brought tangible benefit to the county.
Commissioner Warren Yeager agreed in substance.
"We need to be doing it as efficiently as possible," he said. "We need to find the most efficient way. We need to figure out we are getting the bang for a buck."
Commissioner Ward McDaniel said the travel issue was simple.
"We've got two choices," McDaniel said. "We can select where to put the headstone of the county or we need to go. You've got to go to (federal and state elected officials). Government moves slow."
Issues such as CBRA and FEMA funding require that county officials meet face-to-face with their legislative delegations, he added.
"If you think you can sit here and not go to those meetings and still get things done for the county, I have some swamp land I could sell you," said resident Pat Hardman. "You need to bring home the bacon. You need to be at the meetings."
As a result of a Bryan's inquiries the BOCC has launched a review and rewrite of the county travel policy.
The updated policy was in the consent agenda for Tuesday's meeting, but Bryan asked that commissioners table it for full review and consideration before moving ahead. The policy will be taken up at the next regular meeting.
County attorney Jeremy Novak said the intent of the update was to visit some issues and problems that have surfaced with travel in the past several years and provide a more "robust" policy.
"This is a big issue for our constituency," Bryan said. "I don't feel comfortable approving a policy I haven't had time to properly review."
Only Commissioner Carmen McLemore dissented on the motion to table the policy.


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Caño Island is an amazing Biological Reserve in Costa Rica. Located in the Pacific Ocean, about 20 Km Offshore of the Osa Peninsula. This place is also considered the best snorkeling and diving area of the country, especially because of the visibility of about 20 meters deep (65 feet). In the crystal clear waters lives a great variety of different species such as: turtles, whales and reef sharks. Also, a quiet path on the island will lead you on a beautiful walk exploring the island. Caño Island is also known for being an ancient indigenous cemetery.
We depart early in the morning between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. The meeting point and departure point is the Marino Ballena National Park in Uvita. From Dominical it takes about 20 minutes (18km) to get there by car. (Transport is not included). Then you will take a comfortable boat ride to Caño Island. We will enter the Pacific Ocean, passing very close to places with a fascinating view such as: Isla Ballena, Las tres hermanas, Isla Violines, Bahía Drake y La Reserva de Marenco. The boat ride will take about an hour and a half to reach Caño Island.
During the boat tour we will have the opportunity to watch some birds (pelicans, frigates of the South, gulls etc…) also depending of the season we hope to have the opportunity to observe whales: Humpbacks, the killer, Pilot whales and of course turtles and dolphins.
Once on the island, the guide will explain the itinerary and give some instructions for an even more enjoyable and safe snorkeling experience, this session will last one hour.
Access to land part of the island, is lately being highly regulated. The island doesn't offer bathrooms or picnic areas at this moment; Authorities have reported recently that not allowed eating on the island, which is why the tour operators serve the food in the boat. So, you will do the first session (snorkel), a lunch will be served (between the two sessions), then you will land on the island for a break, you can relax, take a nap in the shade, next you will do the second session (snorkel).
Finally, we'll start heading back to Uvita…
Return time: between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 pm
Costs of the tour: $130.00 per person.


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Romesh Angunawela, BM, MD, FRCOphth, FRCSEd, is a full time Consultant Eye Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, where he specializes in complex corneal disease, corneal transplantation surgery, cataract surgery and laser eye surgery.
Dr. Angunawela graduated from Southampton University Medical School (BM) where he was awarded the Altounyan Prize for research into the prevention of stroke related brain injury. He did his ophthalmic training at prestigious institutions, including St Thomas' Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. In 2003, he was selected by Professor John Marshall, one of the pioneers of laser refractive surgery, as a research fellow and spent two years researching novel mechanisms to alter the corneal wound healing response to laser eye surgery. He received a doctorate (MD) from the University of London for his thesis on corneal wound healing after refractive surgery and has published nearly 50 scientific papers in peer reviewed medical journals, largely focusing on laser vision correction. Following his residency training at Moorfields Eye Hospital, he went on to advanced specialization as a fellow in corneal and laser refractive surgery in highly sought after fellowship programs at Moorfields Eye Hospital and at the Singapore National Eye Centre. He was given a full Pfizer fellowship award by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (London) to complete 18 months as a corneal and refractive fellow to Professor Donald Tan in Singapore (Current President of the Cornea Society). Mr. Angunawela is one of the few eye surgeons to have completed more than two years of advanced specialization in cornea and refractive surgery in the UK.
Dr. Angunawela is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth) and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd). He is a member of the American, European, and UK and Ireland Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS, ESCRS, UKISCRS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). He was awarded an Achievement Award by the AAO in 2009. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and teaches on a number of cataract surgery and refractive surgery courses for other ophthalmologists. He is currently Corneal Section Editor for Current Medical Literature - Ophthalmology.
Dr. Angunawela is a member of several professional organizations.
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Cataract surgery is a modern miracle. Intraocular lens implantation at the time of cataract surgery was first performed by the British surgeon, Sir Harold Ridley, who worked at both Moorfields and St Thomas' Hospital in London, and his legacy has improved the lives of millions of people around the world. Modern cataract surgery is painless, micro-incision surgery that is performed in around 20 minutes, allowing the patient to walk out of the theatre with new sight. Advances in lens development now offer the possibility of astigmatism correction and multifocal lenses for distance, intermediate and near visual correction.
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Heinlein was motivated to write the story by a contest in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine promising $50 US to the winner, but ended up submitting it to a rival magazine, Astounding, and was paid $70. It made a later appearance in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, a collection of short stories published in 1966, and his Expanded Universe in 1980.
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The Rise of Distributed Cloud ComputingIn our minds, hitting this mark really just lays down a marker on the start of new era of distributed cloud-based messaging and event-handling. We frequently hear people in the space saying the cloud changes everything. And while it's true, we're only at the beginning of what cloud computing and elastic services can truly provide.
Much of the news on cloud computing these days is focused on PaaS and IaaS. In other words, it's about launching servers and deploying runtime apps. But behind every cloud-application of any complexity or size lies a number of independent processes, task workloads, and connections to other systems. All this activity needs a way of gluing these pieces together. Hence, the message queue.
[Y]ou can find a message queue in nearly every major architecture profile on HighScalability. Historically they may have been introduced after a first generation architecture needed to scale up from their two tier system into something a little more capable (asynchronicity, work dispatch, load buffering, database offloading, etc). If there's anything like a standard structural component, like an arch or beam in architecture for software, it's the message queue.
From HighScalability's repost of Top 10 Uses for a Message Queue
From Monolithic to Distributed – From the StartIt's not just second generation architectures deploying message queues. We're seeing more and more developers start out with a distributed application in mind and including message queues and asynchronous processing right as a core part at the onset.
Besides the ability to scale workloads more easily, one of the bigger advantages of starting with a distributed app in mind is it makes it easier to build features and expand capabilities. Instead of having one process directly invoke another process, it's much cleaner to use a message queue to keep the processes separate and independent. Need to post a notification about an event – easy, just add a message to a queue and a separate notification process can pick up messages from the queue and take care of the task.
By putting in a middle layer between processes – instead of invoking the second process directly – the processes become independent of each other. The first process above doesn't need to know how to post a notification and it doesn't have to monitor the process flow of that second task. It's just puts a message on the queue and continues on with its processing.
Putting in this type of design up front results in code that's far less brittle and much easier to maintain and expand. Which is a huge benefit regardless of whether you're just getting to market or are already a hit and growing 30% month-to-month.
Benefits of Cloud-Based Message QueuesAdding message queues to cloud applications only really makes sense though if there's a net gain in terms of installation and operation. Adding a messaging layer by having to stand up servers and deal with reliability (servers, api connections, monitoring, log files, etc..) is not an easy task for most teams, even ones with dedicated sysops team.
When message queues are easy to set up, simple to use, highly available, and extremely reliable, a whole new world opens up. The analogy is the generation of power. The progression moved from water-driven mill stones to individual coal-fired factories and ultimately to industrial-scale power plants and transmission lines. This last step – the industrialization of power – transformed the industry and the world. It lowered the cost of building and making things, revolutionized cities, factories, and homes, and ushered in new inventions, services, and businesses.
Similarly, by plugging into elastic messaging services, developers will no longer have to maintain large sets of queues running on multiple servers. In an elastic world, service providers like Iron.io take on the responsibility for seamlessly managing servers, API endpoints, multiple zones, and other infrastructure resources and abstracting away most physical constraints.
Benefits of the shift to cloud-based messaging include:
- Speed to market: applications and systems can be built much more quickly
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- Increased scalability: ability to seamlessly scale throughput and functionality
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The ease of an HTTP/REST API, the simplicity of string and JSON message formats, and the flexibility of OAuth security bring messaging to many more people and far sooner in the development cycle. Add in high availability and the ready throughput of an elastic service, and you get production-scale use within hours and awe-inspiring apps within days.
Just as VMs have made it easier to create new applications, elastic on-demand message queues and asynchronous processing will power another era – large-scale distributed cloud-based systems where message passing is abstracted away from servers and where ease of use, reliability, monitoring, and features specific for cloud apps are key.
Developers will win because they will be able to build and scale applications much more quickly, at a lower cost, and with far less complexity. Iron.io's mission is to drive this shift in computing and deliver this higher value.
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I love the idea of a brightly colored, chilled and refreshing soup for the holidays this year. There is plenty of cool weather coming during which I can eat heartier hot soups, but rarely do you get to show off gorgeous produce in holiday china.The color of this soup, alone, will kick the meal off to a great start. Details count on the soup, so go crazy with garnishes and seek out the best tasting produce you can find.
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Garnishes: diced heirloom tomatoes (lots of colors here!), beet slices*- thinly sliced on a mandolin, fresh herbs, sliced cucumber, micro diced green and yellow beans**, extra virgin olive oil, edible flowers, diced figs, diced watermelon, pomegranate arils/seeds (if you can find them!)
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Feb 23, 2006
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Comments on what View or My Files would be? The others, I think, are probably self-explanatory... maybe not. Then again, the options might have changed since this video was taken, too.
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- Filip said...
What do those self-explanatory menu's do?
- Feb 23, 2006, 7:57:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
Well, maybe 'self explanatory' was the wrong words to use...
My thoughts:
NXT Program - probably a selection list to pick the program (from multiple if memory allows)
Try Me - I'm guessing this is the launch button?
Settings - My guess is this controls things like volume, screen brightness, etc.
Bluetooth - settings for BT!
I'm probably completely wrong on all of them :)
- Feb 23, 2006, 8:39:00 AM
- Koshdukai Yordarth said...
Did you see the BT icon on the upper left corner ? :)
What about the NXT "name" in the center ? Maybe that's the NXT's BT device name. If true, that's a big help on a multiple NXT setup using BT, to quickly know who's who.
About the menu, I'm curious about the "My Files". Maybe that's how we browse any file sent/saved on NXT memory through USB or the Blutooth's "File Transfer" service. If this is true, I truly hope that the digital protocol used in the sensor ports is flexible and open enough for a 3rd party (HiTechnic?) to make an adaptor for accessing cheap slower but bigger flashmemory cards for extra storage of data.
hmmm... I wonder what's the "View" option for ?
- Feb 23, 2006, 9:32:00 AM
- Koshdukai Yordarth said...
AH! Maybe "View" mimics the RCX View button ?! By entering the NXT in "View" mode, the screen should be big enough to show various data about all the 7 ports, like angle/speed and direction of each motor and the 4 sensor type and real-time values.
eh :)
- Feb 23, 2006, 9:35:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
Yeah, that may be it... the screen is certainly at a higher resolution! Data output could be formatted to fit the screen in numerous ways, maybe even customizable.
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Next for RaSPy...
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Hi, Jim, Brian, Chris, and Matthias.
First I want to thank you all for the blog. I'm new to TNS but I really enjoy the news and pictures.
I don't mean to be negative (don't you hate when someone starts out with that), but I do have some complaints that I hope you will take as constructive criticism and ways to improve the blog.
First, it seems like the past week has been mainly about this new robot you have designed. I like the photos of the software and the commentary, but isn't there anything else going on in the Mindstorms world?
Second, successful blogs tend to have constant updates. TNS seems to be more active than the other Mindstorms sites, but I've noticed sometimes only 1 post on a certain day and somedays no posts. For people to keep coming to your site, all of you need to be posting new material daily. I don't even check the other NXT blogs anymore because I'm tired of no new content. NXTCLUB.com hasn't posted anything new since April 23!
And finally, there's a lot of other robot content out there. There is the Robo1 and VEX and others. I would certainly like to hear about these products and maybe see comparisons on how they measure up to each other.
Please don't flame me for my opinions. The best blogs are those that allow readers to comment without fear of attack. I've been lurking for a bit and felt it was time to give you some feedback. Please take it and use or discard as you see fit.
- May 13, 2006, 2:23:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
Hi, B.D.
I promise, no flames from me, okay? But I do want to address some of your comments... and I invite my blog-team to also chime in if they would like...
So, I'm going to go straight down your letter... here goes:
1. Yes, I hate when someone starts out with "I don't mean to be negative" :) A better opening (the English major in me) is this:
"I would like to offer some constructive criticism to an otherwise EXCELLENT blog that, quite honestly, I find difficult to find any way to improve upon..."
:) he he he, just teasing you.
2. Yes, over the past 2 days (not a week), we have focused the block on the RaSPy. There are a number of reasons I had for doing this, and I'm sure my other bloggers will have their own reasons. I started out with just sharing a small project that developed when I was demo-ing the NXT. I posted some pictures and the code. Brian chose to improve the code and post it, which is one of the functions of The NXT STEP... to share with others what we're doing (as MDPers).
From there, the project just took on a life of its own... we began to work together to improve upon the bot... since that was our main focus for a few days, there really wasn't anything else I could post from personal experience with the NXT since this WAS my focus at the time.
Yes, plenty is going on in the Mindstorms NXT world (you didn't specify NXT, but I'm assuming that's what you meant). But some of it is still private (in terms of MDP work going on) and cannot be posted. Other stuff is already out there (such as posts on Bnxt.com by Filip) and I see no need to duplicate posts at this point unless I have something truly unique to say. Early on, when NXT news was rare, Filip and I would reference each other quite a bit... but now that info is flowing faster, there's really no need for that... Filip posts things that I miss and vice-versa. And this is the case with other NXT blogs.
3. I'll disagree with you on the statement that successful blogs tend to have constant updates. Many blogs will have ONE, and only one, post per day... some of these are political blogs, others are summary-type blogs, but frequent postings does NOT a good blog make (in my best Yoda voice). People continue to come to The NXT STEP and I'm not concerned if I miss a day or 2. I have a 'real job' that allows me to work from my home-office... thus I can monitor comments and news and post when I get a free minute. If I were working in an office-environment for another employer, I simply would not be able to do this... and TNS might never have actually come into being. I'm sorry that you don't check other sites anymore... I do, even if they aren't blogging daily. I just check in once a day or so and move on if there's nothing new to see... I have the time, maybe you don't. But one thing I can't do and won't do is critique other blogs - I don't know the work or home situations these bloggers are in and don't hold it against them. (BimP blog had a family medical emergency a while back and that blog was stopped for a bit... simply something out of their control).
4. Yes, there are a LOT of other robot kits out there. This blog focuses on NXT. When TNS was started, the decision was made to focus on NXT and ONLY NXT. I don't have the time or finances to buy and play with and research every robot kit... trust me, I wish I did, but the reality is I enjoy the NXT and focus my time on it. (You might also notice that TNS doesn't go too deep into the hard technical stuff - the site was created for LEGO's intended audience - kids.)
I'll delete any comments that appear that flame you... I appreciate your comments and thank you for checking in often. TNS has plenty more to say and that's one of the reasons for adding some additional members to the blog-team. I'm sure you'll be hearing from the others as time moves on (Chris is expecting a baby - SOON - and may not be contributing often... and I can certainly understand why!).
Thanks again, B.D. - don't ever fear to post your comments. I read them all.
- May 13, 2006, 2:42:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Hallo B.D.,
> Please don't flame me for my opinions.
Well, "there's nothing like the smell of Napalm in the morning" (which movie?), har har!
Seriously, I always liked commenters best who do not beat around the bush (as long as they aren't just spilling foolish bushwa around).
> but isn't there anything else going on in the Mindstorms world?
As Jim already pointed out, it decidedly is. Yet, no blog that has no full-time employees paid for blogging can afford to pound the streets of the whole world, can it? Anyone of us is to earn his living with things not related to NXT (sad to say!)...
> For people to keep coming to your site, all of you need to be posting new material daily.
Well, I have to say I don't agree. Should be eager to hear your reasons for thinking so.
As a matter of fact, compared with most other blogs I think worthwhile to visit, I consider The NXT Step pretty active - Jim is doing a great job in my opinion!
As for me, I decidely do find interesting things here any day.
> I don't even check the other NXT blogs anymore.
Sad business. What of the non-blog NXT related web sites Jim posted some days ago?
> There is the Robo1 and VEX and others. I would certainly like to hear about these products.
Now come, B.D., I'd like you to take one minute and reconsider. How were we to accomplish that without a noticeable amount of resources (money, time) for that? I strongly back Jim's decision to focus on NXT to prevent us from getting bogged down. As for me, I prefer quality and some depth over quantity and necessarily staying on a superficial level.
Thanks for your comments - I'm looking forward to your feedback to this.
Matthias Paul
- May 13, 2006, 7:28:00 AM
The content timing and level is fine. There's generally something new every day, and I don't think you've missed a single day this month, or if you have it was after a GLUT of new information.
Sometimes information has to be created, and RaSPy is a GREAT example of thinking outside the box for the NXT. KIDS came up with the concept and we've seen a few refinements and how that process has occurred. That's better than finding out that Mike Myers is going to star in a movie based on a humor book about 'how to survive a robot uprising'!
Through the process of this collaboration, you've shown us that robotics is never right the first time and that unless you have others to help you think outside the box that you may be afraid to undo and redo what had been done. Different people have different focus. Some of us are software guys, some of us are hardware guys, others worry about asthetics... it's all part of a greater whole.
As to other robotic content, let someone else handle it. As far as I can tell, this is supposed to be a blog about MDPers getting to play with toys the rest of us can only dream about for another month or two, and that means LEGO NXT.
In short, keep up the GREAT work!
- May 13, 2006, 12:53:00 PM
Jim and Matthias and Byron,
Thanks for the personal responses regarding my post. After rereading my original post I think it definitely came off as too critical. I apologize.
Your responses were logical and I am looking forward to more material on TNS. There is just so little information out there right now on NXT that when we, the readers, find a great site we just want more and more.
One suggestion for you if you don't mind. Why don't you petition Lego to make TNS the official NXT blog? Then you might get some inside information and early news. It never hurts to ask. When you go to the Mindstorms website your blog is listed with nxtbot.com. Your blog contains so much more information and regular updates; Lego is, in my opinion, missing an opportunity to use your blog as another form of advertising and marketing.
All of you are doing a great job and I'm sure you probably feel it's a thankless job after reading posts like my earlier one. It's not. Thank you thank you and thank you.
- May 13, 2006, 11:36:00 PM
As you note, The NXT Step is on the official LEGO page. It wasn't there a few weeks ago, so I think that's as official as it gets.
As to them getting 'exclusive content', don't worry about it. Do what I've done, go pick up some of the current Technic sets and play with them, or break out your older books on RCX techniques, much of the PROCESS of designing robots will be the same, only the pieces will differ.
Or, pull down the LDRAW files that are out there and play virtually. Sort your unsorted technic pieces so your ready when your preorder shows up. Clean your workroom or table area or wherever you plan on playing with your NXT.
Plenty to do before that package arrives at the door. Anticipation is good for us.
- May 14, 2006, 2:50:00 AM


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The Akashic Experience, edited by Ervin Laszlo
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The Akashic Experience presents a series of accounts dealing with the intrusion of nonlocal events into everyday life. Ervin Laszlo, systems theorist, philosopher of science, concert pianist and recipient of two nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, has gathered individual contributors from a range of fields to recount their experiences. Contributors include Alex Grey, Stanislav Grof and – most surprising to me – Raffi Cavoukian, the children's musician.
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'Star Trek: Next Generation': Where are they now?
POSTED: 12:39 AM PDT Sep 28, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT May 22, 2014
It's been 20 years since "Star Trek: The Next Generation" aired its final episode on May 23, 1994. With two decades having passed since the show left the airwaves, take a look at where its stars are today.
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I like the look and placement of the department global navigation that Melissa designed.
While this navigation looks good and solves some navigation issues within departments, certain proposed current UNL global navigation links will cause problems with more than one department.
I propose dropping the UNL global links titled Research & Faculty/Staff. I would drop those links from the UNL global navigation to the department level navigation to allow departments to use links titled Research & Faculty/Staff to direct to those areas of their departments.
As currently proposed, having the UNL global links titled Research and Faculty/Staff, will result in not allowing any department to be able to use the link titles 'Research & Faculty/Staff' within their own departmental pages.
Accessibility issues will not allow us to use the link title twice in the same page if the link goes to different locations.
If we're not going to be able to have a departmental link that says 'Research' what does the group suggest we label Research? ....Areas of Focus, Stuff We're Studying....???? If we can't use the link title 'Faculty/Staff' for our departments and college what are we going to use for a faculty/staff link title? ....People? ....teachers and workers?