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They may be a big deal these days—the prelude to the Oscars, like that's something to brag about—but some of us remain secure in our knowledge that the Golden Globes are a joke. Not the judgment by one's presumably qualified peers that gives the Academy Awards their claim on validity, the Globes aren't the verdict of particularly qualified critics either; the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which bestows them, is notoriously a pack of nonentities. All in all, the GG's might as well have been named for the late, great Anna Nicole Smith's not-found-in-nature gazongas.
So it logically follows that last Sunday's Cecil B. De Mille Lifetime Achievement award to Woody Allen should be a joke as well. But it wasn't one to Mia Farrow and her family. Both during and after the show, they took to Twitter for their latest commando raid on a rehabilitation that leaves them understandably indignant.
"Did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?" tweeted Ronan Farrow, Mia and Woody's lone child together during their long cohabitation. On Sunday, Mia herself only indulged in a joke about switching over to Girls when Woody's segment came on. By Monday, however, she was loaded for bear: "Is he a pedophile?" she asked on Twitter. Then she directed her followers to the 2013 Vanity Fair piece by Maureen Orth in which the former Dylan Farrow went public about Allen's alleged abuse of her—incidentally the same one that featured the sweet revenge of Mia's speculation that Ronan's real father might be none other than Frank Sinatra.
The whole war goes back to Mia's 1992 discovery of Allen's nude photographs of her then 20-year-old adoptive daughter, Soon-Yi Previn. Mr. Take The Nookie and Run soon decamped—he and Soon-Yi have been married since '97—but call Farrow's disgust obsessive at your peril. The man's yen for the young stuff is on display in his own movies, most notoriously Manhattan (it's an open secret that the underage bedmate played by Mariel Hemingway in the movie had a real-life original). Since Farrow had once been the young stuff—she'd married a then 51-year-old Sinatra when she was barely old enough to vote—her rage has a distinctive POV.
What's remarkable, however, is that—so far as I know—the Farrows were the only people to protest Allen's C. B. DeMille award. Apparently, it didn't occur to anyone else that there was anything unusual or unseemly about it. Compare Woody's free ride to the outrage over onetime House Un-American Activities Committee "friendly witness" Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar in 1999, or the brawls guaranteed to erupt on film-oriented websites whenever someone has a good word for Roman Polanski. True, Allen was never charged with molesting Dylan, let alone convicted. But a court was nonetheless concerned enough to deny him visitation rights he fought hard for—maybe oddly, since he'd never been the legal stepfather to Mia's brood of adopted children.
Then again, Polanski—always something of an interloper in his Hollywood days—never had the kind of media fan base Allen enjoys. People just have too much invested in clinging to him as a distinctively New York-y cultural icon to want the other stuff dredged up. Never underestimate how the Big Apple takes care of its own; if Woody had been just another L.A.-based movie director, he'd probably be much more of a pariah today. At best, the revelation of his pervy side—not to mention his chilling indifference to wrecking other people's lives as he followed his bliss—is treated as ancient history, and at worst it's simply ignored. When he was past 70, he spent no less than three movies letting his camera drool all over the youthful lusciousness of Scarlett Johansson, who's half a century his junior—and you'd have to look long and hard for a review that noted Allen hadn't exactly changed his spots or even turned tactfully abashed about showing them.
If I revered his work the way many of my colleagues do—and/or felt the kind of wishful affinity (he doesn't reciprocate) that makes cherishing him part of their self-image—I might be more conflicted. But despite my regard for more than a few of his movies, including a couple of those that drooled over Johansson, I haven't been a Woodyphile for a long time now. If his devotees quarrel with that judgment, fine, but I'll never be able to sympathize with how protective they are of him. Few people need protection less—or deserve it, for that matter.
Fri, 2014-01-17 14:34
There wasn't anything unseemly about the award. Whatever you think of his personal life, he's made a bunch of great films and certainly deserves to be recognized for that.
He and Soon-Yi have been together for over twenty years. Whatever you think about how they got together, it's past time to get over it.
Sun, 2014-01-19 14:05
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Sun, 2014-01-19 15:52
"He made a bunch of great films" - and Joe Paterno won a lot of football games - He didn't molest anyone but his reputation (and statue) was destroyed for not reporting it. So if a filmmaker make as you say "a bunch of great films" and then you state "he deserves to be recognized for that" - just wondering how you feel about Paterno? Is there enough grace to spread around?
Fri, 2014-01-17 16:05
People are protesting because he hasn't done much of anything. He made a movie that you could blame on Nabokov more than anything. He married his ex-girlfriend's adopted daughter and he makes wonderful films. He was accused of child abuse and thoroughly interrogated by police and the DA and never charged. He's a mess, but who cares? I get why most of us like his movies, I don't understand the hysteria and dysfunction of the Farrows and pieces like this.
Fri, 2014-01-17 16:12
Farrow's antics at the time she leveled her accusations against Allen were of the type that both make prosecution extremely difficult and cast a continuing shadow over the veracity of the child's statements and memories. Those antics continue on through what you describe as her "sweet revenge". How, may I ask, was that "revenge" helpful to anybody?
I've seen first-hand how antics of that sort can torpedo what would otherwise likely be a successful child abuse prosecution. When a guilty person walks away as a result, it's not me who is put in peril by that form of obsession - it's children.
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The 2010 NCAA football betting campaign wrapped up its fifth week of play on Saturday night. Here at Bang the Book, we've got you covered for all of the most important news and notes from Week 5 college football betting action!
Gator Bait: If there was any doubt that the Alabama Crimson Tide had the best team in the country, we can remove those doubts right away. Not only did the Ohio State Buckeyes struggle last weekend in their first road game, but the Tide absolutely rolled over the Florida Gators 31-6 in one of the more powerful displays of the weekend. The offense for Alabama looked sparkling, especially in the first half, while Florida couldn't get out of its own way down near the goal line. Two more TD runs for Mark Ingram suggests that he is firmly back in the Heisman Trophy race once and for all.
Nightmare Weekend for Undefeated Teams: There were six teams that came into this week that were undefeated ATS. However, the Virginia Cavaliers, Central Michigan Chippewas, Ohio State Buckeyes, and North Carolina State Wolfpack were all covered this weekend. The other two undefeated ATS teams, the San Diego State Aztecs (4-0 ATS) and the Utah Utes (3-0-1 ATS) were both off in Week 5 and will return to action this coming Week 6. Central Michigan was a 19.5 point home favorite against the Ball State Falcons, but was ultimately crushed 31-17 in a game that was never really that close.
Winless Woes Still Continue for Four: Save the Pittsburgh Panthers, the rest of the teams that were winless ATS coming into the season still remain that way. All four of the New Mexico Lobos, New Mexico State Aggies, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and Boston College Eagles were bounced once again. Things were especially embarrassing for Rutgers, as it was the subject of the second biggest upset of the weekend, a 17-14 loss to the Tulane Green Wave as 17 point favorites.
Saturday Night Delights: The Auburn Tigers started off the parade of 50+ point scoring teams on Saturday afternoon when they posted 52 on the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks. After that, the Baylor Bears (55), Northern Illinois Huskies (50), Iowa State Cyclones (52), Oregon Ducks (52), and Boise State Broncos (59) all followed suit. This was the first week of the year in which there were no teams that ended up scoring at least 60.
Falling Out Party: After their defeat at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners, the Texas Longhorns ended up crashing out of the Top 25 for the first time since October 2000. They had the longest streak of Top 25 appearances in the Associated Press Poll, but they now turn that title over to the Ohio State Buckeyes, which have 90 straight weeks inside the Top 25.
Still Waiting for Touchdowns: We've already discussed just how bad the Florida Gators were against the Alabama Crimson Tide this weekend. HC Urban Meyer had four chances for his team down by the goal line in the game, but all he had to show for it was two field goals and two turnovers. Remember the infamous "Jump Pass" that QB Tim Tebow used to throw? Apparently, that play will be leaving the playbook. Trey Burton tried the exact same thing on 4th and Goal from the 1 yard line, and the Tide not only stopped it, but they picked it off as well. Florida was one a ton of teams that failed to score a TD yesterday. Joining them were the Penn State Nittany Lions (3), New Mexico State Aggies (0), Florida Atlantic Owls (3), Colorado State Rams (0), Navy Midshipmen (6), and the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks (3).
West is Best in SEC: The SEC still has three teams that are undefeated, but all three of them are in the SEC West. The Alabama Crimson Tide, LSU Tigers, and Auburn Tigers still have donuts in their loss columns. With Florida's loss, not only do all six teams in the SEC East have losses to speak of, but they all have losses in conference as well! The East division only has four wins to speak of this year, two of which belong to the Gators, while the West has a whopping ten victories. Needless to say, the winner of the West should be considered a real threat to take down not just the SEC Championship, but the National Championship as well.
Top Passers: For the second straight week, Hawaii's Brett Moniz leads all passers in the country, as he came up with 532 yards through the air in a 41-21 win for the Warriors against La Tech on Saturday night. Indiana's Ben Chappell (480), Texas A&M's Jerrod Johnson (409), Baylor's Robert Griffin (380), Idaho's Nathan Enderle (380), Texas Tech's Taylor Potts (377), SMU's Kyle Padron (371), NC State's Russell Wilson (362), and Duke's Sean Renfree (351) were the other eight 350+ yard passers for Week 5.
Running All Over the Competition: This week, there were so many 150 yard rushers that we are going to boost the rushing total to make to 200 yards! With Dion Lewis sidelined, U-Pitt's Ray Graham took charge, rushing for a whopping 277 yards and three TDs against Florida International. LaMichael James probably made himself one of the Heisman Trophy frontrunners as well after picking up 257 yards and three scores in a triumph over the very physical Stanford Cardinal. Other 200+ yard rushers include Temple's Matt Brown (226), USC's Allen Bradford (223), Michigan's Denard Robinson (217), and UCLA's Johnathan Franklin (216).
Receiving the Top Prizes: There were six receivers that accounted for at least 150 yards this week through the air, but we have to take a moment to recognize the pair of Warriors that got the deed done. Kealoha Pilares and Greg Salas both had huge games, as they combined for 28 catches, 414 yards, and four scores between them. However, the leading receiver on the day was Indiana's Tandon Doss, who caught 15 passes for 221 yards against the Wolverines. Other 150+ yard receivers include UNLV's Phillip Payne (170), Baylor's Josh Gordon (161), and SMU's Cole Beasley (158).
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Dean Thomas Mengler has announced two new staff appointments for the School of Law - Dave Bateson, previous Director of Mentor Externship, as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Artika Tyner as Interim Director of Diversity.
In his new role, Dave Bateson will work to advance the School of Law's mission and vision as it relates to students, student life, and student services. He will serve as the primary advocate for law students, student government and student organizations, and he plans to work with these groups to enhance the professional development and leadership of its leaders and members.
Dave Bateson has served as Director of Mentor Externship for the past 6 years and has helped propel the School of Law's mentor externship program into a national leader. In his announcement to students, faculty, and staff, Dean Tom Mengler stated, "It is accurate to say that Dave Bateson has become this country's leading expert on law school mentoring programs. I am impressed with Dave's fine track record in working effectively and sensitively with our law student community, as well as his success in doing the same with our 500 mentors – leaders in the Twin Cities legal community." Prior to joining the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2005 he practiced as an attorney with Rider Bennett in Minneapolis, MN.
As the Interim Director of Diversity, Artika Tyner will be responsible for developing and implementing a variety of initiatives to advance a strategic and integrated approach to diversity in all aspects of student life at the School of Law. She will continue her role as chair of the Committee on Multicultural Affairs and lead the committee's efforts in strengthening the diversity, the multicultural awareness, and the inclusive nature of the law school community as guided by its mission of faith, service, and community.


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Ok I'm just convinced that something deep inside this carb is fuxored. I've solved the main problem with fuel delivery but I can't get this thing to run consistently smooth no matter what I have done and this is just about everything imagineable.
I know for a fact that the original owner though only putting 500 miles on it managed to screw up the jetting and fill the carb with dirt and sand. I've cleaned the piss out of this thing repeatedly, replaced all the jets in many configurations including stock setup, inspected every possible issue I could think of and it still acts wonky. It will run perfectly one day then bog or surge the next. I'm sure that some debris got into this carb and is stuck way up where I can't clean it out and I'm not sure the intake boots are sealing correctly to the carb.
I'm just going to buck up and get either a flatslide or utilize a carb from a different bike (just ran into a free carb off a klx250) and go from there.
I've done alot of research on this bike and just about nobody seems to be having the problems I am experiencing so I'm confident the bike is not inherently flawed but it's vexing cause my girl spent alot of money on this bike and of the 1000 miles put on it only a couple hundred were ridden by her. I'm feeling guilty as I kind of pushed her to get this bike and though we technicaly got a smokin deal on it (the year she wanted with only 598 miles on it for less than blue book) it goes to show how decieving things can be and how badly and quickly people who don't know shit about their bikes can screw things up.
It makes sense now why the second owner who purchased it at 500 miles and did not even put 100 miles on it just wanted to unload it. The first owner screwed it up and the second got stuck with a lemon that she never had fun on cause it ran like shit. Her local shop where we picked the bike up was a bit scetch too.
I'm a mechanic and have been rebuilding and tuning carbs for a good while now and this thing is frustrating the hell out of me.
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Professor of Law; Affiliated Faculty Member in Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, and History
Areas of Expertise
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Professor Ruskola's scholarship addresses questions of legal history and theory from multiple perspectives, comparative as well as international, frequently with China as a vantage point. He is the author of Legal Orientalism: China, the United States, and Modern Law (Harvard University Press 2013), co-editor of Schlesinger's Comparative Law (with Ugo Mattei and Antonio Gidi, Foundation Press 2009), and co-editor (with David L. Eng and Shuang Shen) of a special double issue of the journal Social Text on "China and the Human" (2012). His publications have also appeared in Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law Review, UCLA Law Review, and Yale Law Journal, among other places.
Ruskola is the recipient of several national awards, including two fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ (School of Social Science and School of Historical Studies); a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC; a Law and Public Affairs fellowship at Princeton University; as well as a Senior Fellowship and a Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies. An elected member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Ruskola has taught and lectured on Chinese law, comparative law, and international law in the United States and Canada as well as in Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia.
Ruskola is currently working on a book entitled China,For Example: China and the Making of Modern International Law, which analyzes the history of the introduction of Western international law into China, and the implications of that process for the theory and politics of international law.
After graduating from Yale Law School, Ruskola worked as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Emory, he was professor of law at American University in Washington, DC. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Education: JD, Yale Law School, 1995; AM, Stanford University, 1999; Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies, Taipei, 1992; AB, Stanford University, 1990
Legal Orientalism: China, the United States, and Modern Law (Harvard University Press, 2013).
Schlesinger's Comparative Law: Cases, Text, Materials (7th ed., Foundation Press, 2009) (with Ugo Mattei & Antonio Gidi)
Edited Collection
China and the Human (special double issue, co-edited with David L. Eng & Shuang Shen), 109 & 110 Social Text (2011-2012).
Journal Articles
"A Response to Professor Tan's Review of Legal Orientalism," 128 Harvard Law Review Forum 220 (2015).
"What Is a Corporation? Liberal, Confucian, and Socialist Theories of Enterprise Organization," 37 Seattle University Law Review 637 (part of Sixth Annual Adolf A. Berle Jr. Symposium).
"Where Is Asia? When Is Asia? Theorizing Comparative Law and International Law," 43 UC Davis Law Review 102 (2011).
"Raping Like a State," 57 UCLA Law Review 1477 (2010).
"Gay Rights vs. Queer Theory: What's Left of Sodomy After Lawrence v. Texas?," 84-85 Social Text 235 (2005).
"Conceptualizing Corporations and Kinship: Comparative Law and Development Theory in a Chinese Perspective," 52 Stanford Law Review 1599 (2000).
Book Chapters
"China and the Making of Modern International Law," in Oxford Handbook on International Legal Theory (Florian Hoffman & Anne Orford eds., Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2015).
"The East Asian Legal Tradition," inCambridge Companion to Comparative Law 257 (Mauro Bussani & Ugo Mattei eds., Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Presentations and Media Appearances
"Serving the People? Conference on Comparative Perspectives on Corporate Governance and Employees' Role in the Corporation," University of Helsinki (May 7, 2015).
"Asia Time(s): The Question of Futurity" (Presidential Roundtable, Annual Meeting of Association of Asian Studies) Chicago (March 28, 2015).
"The Politics of Law and Development in the PRC" (International Relations Seminar at the School of Historical Studies' Institute for Advanced Study) Princeton, New Jersey (February 18, 2015).
"Comparative Law Expanded: Methodology and Public Law in Nontraditional Comparative Legal Systems," Works in Progress Program (commentator and discussant) at The Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 3, 2015).
"Toward a Global History of Chinese Law," (roundtable), at The American Historical Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY ( January 2, 2015).
"Legal Orientalism: China, the United States, and Modern Law," at the Centre for South Asian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada (November 11, 2014).
"China and the Making of Modern International Law," at the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study's weekly colloquium, Princeton, NJ (November 6, 2014).
"China, for Example: A Genealogy of Chinese Sovereignty Since 1492," at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California at Berkeley, California (October 31, 2014).
- Also presented on this topic for the law faculty of National Taiwan University in Taipei (October 15, 2014).
"A Tale of Two Chinas: The Law and Politics of Economic Development," at the East Asian Studies Seminar, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (October 27, 2014).
"Object Lessons: The Macartney Embassy," (keynote) at "Envisioning 'Things': An International Conference on Material Culture," held at National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (October 18, 2014).
"Legal Orientalism," Video interview: China File, https://www.chinafile.com/library/books/Legal-Orientalism »
"Race and Empire in East Asia. Race Across Time and Space," Mellon-Sawyer Seminar: University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA (April 11, 2014).
"Raping Like a State," Research seminar: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emory University. Atlanta, GA (February 25, 2014).
"Extraterritorial Courts Before Guantánamo," Section for Legal History, annual meeting of Association of American Law Schools. New York, NY (January 4, 2014).
"The Moral Responsibility of Firms," Wharton-INSEAD Corporate Ethics Conference, INSEAD European Campus. Fontainebleau, France (December 13, 2013).
"The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power," Panel discussion: Emory Law School. Atlanta, GA (November 4, 2013).
"Onko Kiinasta tulossa oikeusvaltio?" Panel discussion: China Law Week, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland (October 8, 2013).
"Legal Orientalism," Faculty seminar: Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, Finland (October 7, 2013).
"American Orientalism in Action," Faculty workshop: UCLA School of Law. Los Angeles, CA (September 13, 2013).
Law and Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop, Georgetown University Law Center (senior commentator). Washington, DC (June 4, 2013).
"The Political Economy of Corporation Law in China," Fifth Annual Adolf A. Berle Jr. Symposium on Capital Markets, the Corporation, and the Asian Century. Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia (May 14, 2013).
"Secrecy and the War Powers," War and Security Workshop Series, Emory Law School (moderator). Atlanta, GA (April 8, 2013).
"Legal Orientalism," Symposium on Social Text special issue on "China and the Human," Institute for International Law and the Humanities, University of Melbourne Law School. Melbourne, Australia (December 5, 2012).
"Legal Orientalism: A Global Genealogy of Chinese Law," East Asian Studies Roundtable, Emory University. Atlanta, GA (October 26, 2012).
"Legal Orientalism: A Global Genealogy of Chinese Law," Annual Meeting of European China Law Studies Association, University of Helsinki (keynote). Helsinki, Finland (September 24, 2012).
"Legal Orientalism: The District of China Is Not the Disctrict of Columbia,"Post-Colonial and Colonial Studies Workshop, Emory University. Atlanta, GA (September 18, 2012).
"Law and Being Human in the World," Law & Humanities Senior Scholar Workshop, University of California at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA (June 11, 2012).
"Mapping Chinese Sovereignty," Conference on Cartographies of Legal Pluralism in a Transnational World, Center for Transnational Legal Studies. London, United Kingdom (April 27, 2012).
"Genealogies of Chinese Sovereignty Since 1421," Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA (April 23, 2012).
"The State of Transnationalism," Conference on "Transnationalism: A Useful Category of Analysis?" Department of English, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA (March 15, 2012).
"The District of China Is Not the District of Columbia," Faculty Workshop: School of Law, University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX (February 27, 2012).
"Janet Halley's Family Law Genealogy," Symposium on "From the Household to the Family." Harvard Law School. Cambridge, MA (February 23, 2012).
"The District of China Is Not the District of Columbia," Faculty Workshop: School of Law, Washington University in St. Louis. St. Louis, MO (January 24, 2012).


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The Carolina Opry Christmas Special
The Carolina Opry Christmas Special, "The Christmas Show of the South" and the first nightly Christmas Special on the Grand Strand - and still the grandest of them all. The Carolina Opry has been a family tradition for 28 seasons, bringing the spirit of Christmas to life with music, comedy and dance. The 2014 season of the Christmas Special brings time-honored traditions blended with stunning changes, combining the traditional music of the season with Yuletide comedy for an evening of holiday entertainment you'll long remember
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This show is seasonal and only operates from November through to early January.
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With the recent passing of Ray Noorda (10/9/2006), I spent some time reflecting on his legacy. Noorda was often hailed as "The Father of Network Computing." It was 25 years ago (1981) when the SuperSet from Novell Data Systems released their first product called NetWare. Twenty-five years! In 1981, I was still in high school playing on my friend's Apple II. Now, my temples are showing signs of gray, my body is growing too tall for my hair, and I am suffering from various computer-related ailments, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and poor eye sight from squinting at computer monitors. I remember that the year before NetWare was introduced, Sony introduced the Walkman. Also born the same year as NetWare were the IBM PC and the Compact Disc (CD), demonstrated by Phillips.
We have come a long way in 25 years. From NetWare, installed from a tall stack of floppy disks, to Linux, installed from a DVD, from the network, or even over the Internet. We changed from a 16-bit file system to a 64-bit file system that allows a file size of up to 8 TB and supports up to 8 trillion files per volume. Yes, we truly have come a long way in the last two and a half decades. Thanks, Ray! Thanks for giving us all a choice.
Freedom Of Choice
This is the second article in a four-part series on the Novell Open Workgroup Suite. The first article in the series (novell.com/connectionmagazine/2006/q3/tech_talk_5.html) was focused on helping administrators understand that they had a choice when it came to desktop and server operating systems. It talked about getting all systems under management by deploying the ZENworks agent, collecting a comprehensive hardware and software inventory, and securing the desktop environment by implementing system-wide patch management.
This article focuses on the migration of servers and workgroup services to Linux, based on the technology included in the Novell Open Workgroup Suite. The introduction was my way of illustrating that many of you have already been playing with Linux for several years now. To some, Linux has been a hobby; an after-hours time killer. For others, Linux sneaked in the back door, seemingly overnight, systematically taking over the primary servers and services of their companies, unbeknownst to the network users or executives. The fact is, Linux is real; it is already within the walls, and it is here to stay. Many of you who have been using NetWare for years want to know what to move to Linux, and how. But, you also may not know just how to go about doing it. In this article, I identify solid reasons why your core workgroup services, which are included in the Novell Open Workgroup Suite, should be moved to Linux, and I'll identify the plethora of recently published resources to help you along your way.
Why Linux?
Are there still some out there who don't know why everyone else is doing it? The reasons are deep and profound. One reason alone will usually justify the move. For a real-life example, see Taking Novell Open Enterprise Server To The Bank! If you're still struggling to understand and justify moving your servers and workgroup services to Linux, consider this short list of benefits:
- cost efficiency
- cost savings
- stability and productivity
- tighter security
- improved manageability
- customization and OSS (open source software)
What Should I Do First?
The hardest part of any project, both great and small, is getting the project started in a meaningful way. Analysis paralysis can wreak havoc on IT departments that look at a wholesale back-end server migration. For others, simple fear stands in the way of taking the first step. For others yet, anxiety is king when they try to "flip the switch" over a weekend in an attempt to avoid end-user disruption. Whatever ailment might be keeping your feet nailed to the floor, realize that the transformation of your back-end servers and services to Linux does not have to be that way. Migration is not an immediate act, but rather a journey and a process. Every company's migration plan will be different; however, if you don't know where to start, it's always best to start with the basic elements of your network, which are file, print, directory and collaboration services. To start, this means systematically replacing or migrating operating systems from NetWare and Windows to Open Enterprise Server on Linux.
Customer Profile: Metropolitan Bank
- 85 Branches
- US$3 Billion in Assets
- 2nd largest privately held holding company in Illinois
Results and Customer Quotes:
- Concerned about the escalating administrative costs of Microsoft Windows, Metropolitan Bank Group made the move to Linux-based Novell Open Enterprise Server.
- "Linux is so stable that we just don't have to worry about it. Our previous Windows environment was a constant concern for us as we always wondered when it was going to go down."
- Migrating its IT ticketing system from Microsoft SQL on Windows 2000 to MySQL on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server reduced its software costs from $18,000 to $600. "The cost savings from moving our Windows applications to Linux seems almost ridiculous, but it's true!"
- The bank also rolled out the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite. With its employee growth in the past two years, the bank has saved more than $100,000 in licensing fees.
To read the full success story, visit novell.com/success/metropolitan_bank_group.html.
File Services
Starting with file sharing services, you might wonder if there are any reasons to justify moving those services to Linux. File sharing services go hand in hand with the operating system and reflect the same core benefits outlined above. But there are other reasons as well. Advanced file sharing services are dependent on the file system underneath. Novell has one of the best file systems available in Novell Storage Services or NSS.
Novell Storage Services is a secure and manageable file system that provides an efficient way to use and protect your storage device space. As the default storage and file system for Novell Open Enterprise Server, Novell Storage Services allows you to store data securely in the long-honored Novell trustee access control model. Novell Storage Services also boasts unmatched security and visibility, fast recovery in the event of the system going down and excellent manageability. And when you couple Novell Storage Services with the advanced management capabilities included with Open Enterprise Server, you get the best platform for file sharing services available.
At the core of the Novell Open Workgroup Suite is Novell Open Enterprise Server. It, along with Novell Storage Services, provides the foundation upon which all of your migrated services will run. Most will probably start by migrating existing NetWare servers to Linux. Others might also want to migrate Windows servers to Linux. Both groups may determine that they want to consolidate some of the servers during the process. To facilitate, streamline and simplify the process of moving NetWare or Windows servers to Open Enterprise Server, Novell has provided a utility called the Novell Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit.
The Novell Server Consolidation and Migration Toolkit (Version 1.1) combines the Novell Server Consolidation Utility 4.11 and the NetWare Migration Wizard 8.1 in a single interface. It prompts you for the type of consolidation or migration project you want to perform and then launches the appropriate utility automatically. For your NetWare- or Windows-to-Open Enterprise Server migration project, you would use the Server Consolidation Utility.
In a nutshell, this utility is a file-and-print consolidation tool for copying data between existing servers, including Open Enterprise Server for NetWare and Linux, as well as Windows servers, and migrating network printers. In addition, the Server Consolidation Utility automates key tasks, such as migrating users and their trustee assignments, assigning passwords, and migrating the NetWare or Windows file system data to Open Enterprise Server in an eDirectory tree. One more key aspect to the consolidation utility is the ability to model the actual consolidation and movement of data without actually doing it. This allows you to identify the best combined data structure if data from more than one server is being consolidated to the same machine.
When the actual consolidation takes place, the Consolidation Utility verifies the copy of data to help prevent errors and correct mistakes as the consolidation takes place. Also, don't forget the powerful OS deployment capabilities embedded within Open Enterprise Server for automating the installation using YaST, or the power of ZENworks (also included in the Novell Open Workgroup Suite) that you can use to deploy operating systems.
You might wonder whether migrating file services to Open Enterprise Server can be done without affecting end users. The answer is yes, if done correctly. You can flip the switch without end users knowing their data now resides on an Open Enterprise Server server. (For more resources, see Additional File and Open Enterprise Server Deployment Resources.)
- Open Enterprise Server Planning and Implementation Guide: novell.com/documentation/oes/index.html?page=/documentation/oes/implgde/data/front.html#bktitle
- Upgrading Your Business To Open Enterprise Server: novell.com/collateral/4821012/4821012.pdf
- Open Enterprise Server Migration and Deployment Strategies: novell.com/connectionmagazine/2005/02/tech_talk_4.html
- Open Enterprise Server Server Migration Guide: novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/docs/oes_migration.pdf
- Automated Installations with AutoYaST: novell.com/connectionmagazine/2006/03/tech_talk_1.html
- Workgroup Consulting Services: novell.com/consulting/expertise/workgroup.html
- Free NetWare-to-Linux training: novell.com/netwaretolinux
- Installing iFolder 3.x on Novell Open Enterprise Server: novell.com/connectionmagazine/2006/07/tech_talk_2.html
- How, Where and Why to Stash Your Stuff: novell.com/connectionmagazine/2006/06/tech_talk_2.html
Linux provides one of the most scalable and stable platforms for printing services of all operating systems. Various tests reveal that response time on Linux was half what it was on Windows 2003 Server, and throughput was almost two-thirds greater on Linux than on Windows. In addition to better response time and performance, Novell also has iPrint.
Novell iPrint is a printing solution that enables you to send documents to IP-based printers using the Internet Printing Protocol. Novell iPrint provides global access to printers and customizable views of any print environment. It also provides flexible print deployment configurations and secure printing. Novell iPrint is based on Novell Distributed Print Services, known for its manageability, scalability, reliability and ease of use.
Open Enterprise Server now includes a utility to simplify the process of migrating your Novell Distributed Print Services system on NetWare to iPrint on Linux. The Novell Print Agent Conversion Utility is a Windows utility you can use to enable iPrint on all Printer agents on the selected Novell Distributed Print Services Manager and to configure the iPrint security options.
If you're migrating and consolidating your Windows servers to Linux, Novell also provides an iPrint Migration Utility. The iPrint Migration Utility allows you to remotely connect to a Windows server and read the configuration of the printing environment. The utility then creates the same printers on an Open Enterprise Server Linux server.
For iPrint to work properly for end users, a workstation must have the iPrint Client installed. You can distribute the client to your workstations in many ways, including the iPrint Printer List Web page, using the ZENworks component of the Novell Open Workgroup Suite, via login scripts and more.
To install an iPrint client from the Open Enterprise Server server where iPrint services have been configured and enabled, navigate to the DNS name for the server at http://OES-dns-name/ipp. This will bring up the iPrinter List Web page.
To install the iPrint client, just click the Install iPrint Client link located in the top right corner of the screen. If you want to add a new printer, just click on the desired printer in the list. It will install the drivers and configure the printer for you. Other than the need for the new iPrint client, moving your print services from NetWare or Windows to Linux is a fairly easy and straightforward process and can be done with very little disruption. (For more resources, see Additional iPrint Resources.)
- The Perfect Connection (iPrint): novell.com/connectionmagazine/2005/09/tech_talk_2.html
- Printer Agent Conversion Utility: support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2971536.htm
- iPrint Migration Utility download page: support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973426.htm
- Cool Solutions–ZfD iPrint Mover: novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/17147.html
- The World's Biggest Rollout of Novell iPrint: processingtalk.com/news/bas/bas128.html
If you are a Novell Administrator, I probably don't need to spend much time selling you on the advantages and benefits of eDirectory. But for those of you who may not know, eDirectory is the most widely deployed and versatile high-end directory service available. Novell eDirectory helps companies manage and secure business resources and simplify complex networks by acting as a repository for user identity information and access rights. It serves as a foundational piece in solutions for secure identity management, provisioning, e-commerce and access management. The directory also plays an important role in the emergence of Web services, adding management and access control to Web services deployments. Here are some interesting statistics on eDirectory:
- More than 568 million Novell eDirectory licenses have been distributed worldwide.
- Novell eDirectory is the only directory service to demonstrate scalability beyond 1 billion objects, and it has been proven on Intel and UNIX platforms.
- Novell eDirectory supports more operating systems than any other directory service, including NetWare, Windows, Linux, Solaris and AIX.
- Novell eDirectory supports many existing and emerging standards such as LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), SSL (Secure Socket Layer), DNS (Domain Name System), LDIF (Lightweight Data Interchange Format), HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) and many others.
Because of the broad cross-platform support, eDirectory allows you to transition your servers and services to Linux and keep them under the same management umbrella the whole time. (For more resources, see Additional eDirectory Resources.)
- Installing or upgrading eDirectory on Linux: novell.com/documentation/edir873/index.html?page=/documentation/edir873/qsedir873/data/ahna86a.html
- eDirectory Toolkit: support.novell.com/subscriptions/subscriber_resources/highlights/2006/edirtk_highlights_jun06.html
- Cool Solutions (eDirectory): novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/byproduct/48.html
If you are already running GroupWise on a Windows or NetWare platform, you might wonder whether moving the current installation to Linux is worth the effort. The Novell IS&T team made the move to Linux and observed some compelling benefits–beyond the standard benefits for moving to Linux in general. The following is a list of a few of their observations and is based on moving GroupWise from NetWare to Linux. (You can extrapolate the benefits if you're looking to move GroupWise from Windows to Linux.)
- even greater overall system stability than on the NetWare platform
- faster, more automated GroupWise agent restarts
- no database corruption when an agent crashed and minimal database problems when a hardware or power failure occurred
- automated scripts for loading and unloading agents
The experience of the Novell IS&T team fed the development of a customer utility that automates the process of migrating GroupWise to Linux. In fact, the wizard-driven GroupWise Server Migration Utility makes it easy to make the move to Linux. It allows you to select the relevant GroupWise components that you want to migrate, such as Post Office agents or Message Transfer agents, from NetWare or Windows, installs and configures the appropriate software, and then moves the data for you automatically.
You can choose to migrate one service at a time, or the entire GroupWise system. The utility helps take the worry out of the move because it will maintain the migrated services on the original system during the process to ensure uptime and availability for end users. Once the migration is done, the utility will walk through a test and validation stage to verify that the services on the new Open Enterprise Server Linux server are functioning properly, and that the data has been migrated correctly. Once you feel good about the move, the utility goes back to the original server, grabs any new or altered data from the time the first move was made, and then it activates the new services on Linux. At this point, the Post Office agents will restart and the migration is complete. This last step is the only time during the entire process that an end user might experience a disruption. Very cool! (For more information on the GroupWise Server Migration Utility, see Migrating GroupWise to Open Enterprise Server on Linux online at novell.com/connectionmagazine/2006/07/tech_talk_1.html and an article on the same topic in the November 2006 issue.)
What if you are running Exchange 5.5? If you have been a Novell customer for a while, you are most likely using eDirectory. You might not know that upgrading Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 will require you to install Active Directory. Before you do that, consider moving to GroupWise. As part of the Novell Open Workgroup Suite, GroupWise provides a feature-competitive, highly scalable (up to 200 times greater than Exchange) and easier-to-manage collaboration solution that eliminates the pain, cost and management issues of the Microsoft upgrade. And, Novell offers a utility that makes the move from Exchange to GroupWise almost painless. For a real customer example, see A GroupWise Today Keeps The Exchange Headaches Away.
Customer Profile: MeritCare Health System
- 2 hospital facilities serving 2 million patients a year
- 46 total sites with 6,500 employees
- Largest medical group practice in North Dakota
Results and Customer Quotes:
- Migrated 6,500 users and cut back-end administration time by 50 percent.
- Dramatically improved e-mail reliability and the necessary security to comply with health care privacy requirements.
- MeritCare has had no unexpected downtime since its installation of GroupWise, which has increased both user productivity and confidence.
- "From a technical standpoint, we just don't have to worry about our e-mail system every day," said Chip Bartunek, project consultant at MeritCare Health System. "It's always up and we don't have to spend time applying patches. It just works."
- "As we comply with new health care regulations, security is critical," said Erickson. "Because GroupWise is so secure and reliable, it prevents a lot of headaches."
To read the full success story, visit novell.com/success/meritcare.html.
The GroupWise Migration Utility for Microsoft Exchange makes it easy to move data from Exchange to GroupWise in three easy steps. When you launch it, the utility walks you through the first step of moving mailboxes, the second step of moving groups and distribution lists, and the final step of migrating public folders. The utility also automatically creates user accounts in eDirectory, if they don't already exist. To help you maintain continuity, compatibility and happy users during your transition, you can also use the Outlook plug-in or the WebAccess client during and after the migration.
For those of you who might want to go all the way from Exchange on Windows to GroupWise on Linux, run the GroupWise Migration Utility first. This will move your Exchange data into the GroupWise database. After that's complete, run the GroupWise Server Migration Utility to move your services and data to Linux. Remember, the GroupWise Server Migration Utility lets you be selective on how fast or slow you move your services and data to Linux. (For more resources, see Additional GroupWise Resources.)
- GroupWise ROI Tool: novell.com/collateral/gw_roi_modeling_tool.sxc
- GroupWise to Exchange: novell.com/connectionmagazine/2005/05/tech_talk_2.html
- Migrating GroupWise to Linux: novell.com/products/groupwise/migrate_tolinux.html
- GroupWise Migration Utility for Exchange: download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WC0VW8QFyS4~
- GroupWise Server Migration Utility: novell.com/products/groupwise/docs/migratetolinux.pdf
- Migrating GroupWise to Open Enterprise Server on Linux: novell.com/connectionmagazine/2006/07/tech_talk_1.html
Upon evaluation, each core workgroup service (file, print, directory and collaboration) has obvious benefits when moving to Linux. The Novell Open Workgroup Suite forms the fundamental foundation of products and services to help you systematically migrate your back-end servers and services to Linux. And Novell offers the tools and utilities you need to make the move as painless as possible. Once you have your back end in shape, it will be time to look at your front end. In the next article, I'll begin to investigate the process of replacing expensive proprietary applications with open alternatives that run on a Windows desktop. In the final article, I'll look at what it takes to shed a few more unneeded pounds and go all the way to Linux on the desktop. So stay tuned.


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Generally speakers stay in either the Best Western Greentree Inn or the Best Western New Oregon Hotel. Both hotels are right next to each other (go figure) and a short 5 minute walk to the Department of Physics in Willamette Hall.
The Department of Physics is located in Willamette Hall. A campus map can be found here which also shows the location of the Best Western Greentree (and right next to it, the Best Western New Oregon) hotels.The University of Oregon is located in the beautiful city of Eugene, about 100 miles south of Portland. Here is a map showing Eugene relative to I-5 and I-105. Getting Here
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Circa 1842 esta habitación cinco B & B fue una vez una parada de la diligencia a lo largo de "The Great Glades Road". Ahora el corazón de una finca de 200 hectáreas ubicado cerca de: Fallingwater, Seven Springs, Estados Flight 93 Memorial and 5 parques estatales. Caminar por los senderos escénicos para una granja estable y lechera local por un día en el país.
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5 en mayo 05, 2014
This was my first stay at a Bed and Breakfast - I'm sold and will do it again. Thanks for the hospitality.
5 en marzo 26, 2014
We felt very welcome, and part of the family in just one overnight stay. We planned on leaving early the next morning, but ended up around the sumptuous breakfast table chatting for nearly 2 hours! House is gorgeous with old quality furnishings. Large bedroom with plenty of blankets, quilts, and pillows on a very comfortable bed. The house was beautifully warm (frigid outside when we were there), and we had no need to use the stocked fireplace in the bedroom. Janet recommended The Pine Grill restaurant - had a terrific meal there.
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Thanks....I enjoy Inn-keeping!
5 en junio 09, 2013
Janet made us feel at home from the moment we arrived. The rooms were SPOTLESS – Canopied beds, cozy fireplaces, elegant furnishings and old-fashioned cupboards full of vintage magazines. After an amazing nights sleep on premium mattresses we awoke to the smell of bacon, And as scrumptious breakfast followed. Janet's genuine hospitality won us over immediately. Glades Pike Inn tops our list of bed-and-breakfast experiences! Dakota, Heidi, and Sam
5 en julio 19, 2012
Last summer we made a reservation, and absolutely loved it. The innkeeper is so personable and down to earth. Even our teenage daughter loved it there. Quiet, cozy, clean, good food, what else could you want. We are definitely staying again this summer.
5 en agosto 05, 2011
Our family had a wonderful stay at Glades Pike Inn. We were exhausted after a long day of biking from Ohio Pyle to Rockwood. Janet picked us (myself, my husband and our two kids, bikes and all!)and transported us to her beautiful bed and breakfast. She even stopped at a nearby farm that a friend of her's owns to let the kids pet the baby cows. The room was beautiful and comfortable. The blueberry waffles were delicious and we had nice conversation at the breakfast table with the other guests. We highly recommend galdes Pike Inn. We will definitely be back again!!
5 en junio 12, 2011
After calling Janet to get a room in the B&B, we found out that she also has a cabin about 7 miles into the Laurel forest. Perfectly secluded, the beautiful spot provided just the right amount of access and isolation. We couldn't have asked for better accommodations or comfort...two bedrooms, fully equipped kitchen, fireplace, balcony, and skylight...a little luxury in the dense, rural woods. Janet made us feel completely welcome, and the cabin was the ideal location for a romantic and private getaway. We will only return to the Glades Pike Inn and Cabin while traveling through Pennsylvania.
5 en mayo 16, 2011
My husband and I stayed at the Inn on a stopover to Ohio because we wanted to see Fallingwater and we wanted an Inn convenient to the PA Tpk. We were pleasantly surprised by the Inn and its rooms (spacious, comfy, historic, and with the modern convenience of cable TV. wifi and a ceiling fan) and delighted by Janet's hospitality. Not only was she a delightful hostess, she had great suggestions for dinner and local activities, and the breakfast she made for us and the other two guests was delicious and filling. Her homemade berry jam was an extra treat. She was right on time with early coffee, too, a MUST for me. My husband is a picky traveler, most comfortable in chain hotels and luxury resorts, so I always hold my breath when I book a B&B, but Janet made him right at home and made the stay great for both of us. We'll stop again the next time we are in the area, for sure. Not only did we really love our stay, I thought it was a great value as well. Now I'm thinking of booking the whole place for a family reunion sometime in the future.
4,4 en enero 01, 2011
My husband and I stayed here 3 nights on a x-country ski vacation. The location was so convenient, close to ski rental and ski trails. Room was nice, clean, comfy. Breakfast was plentiful, healthy and delicious. Janet was very easy-going, accommodating. The ONLY problem was our room was cold. Probably because Inn is old, drafty, hence thermostat was kept very low. Other than that, we loved our stay here.
5 en junio 18, 2010
My children and I first started staying at the Glade in 1990. They went to Summer's Best Two Weeks, a christian camp in Boswell every summer. And I have to say we always looked forward to staying at the Inn and getting to visit with Janet and her mother. Over the years we have many great memories. I want to say the Inn is beautiful, cozy and very inviting. Janet always goes the extra mile whether it's her attention to details, fabulous breakfasts made from scratch or the wealth of information she offers. You will definitely leave grateful for the experience of meeting her and visiting her Inn.
5 en noviembre 03, 2009
There I was at the doorstep of The Glades Pike Inn with my car broken down.Yes I reach my destination but to my surprise and dismay my car decided it would no longer move.Yes Janet both Innkeeper and Angel came to my aid on a Sunday in Somerset.Her caring is what made all the difference.Surely I could of been put out about my car but Janets smile turned what could of been awful into a nuturing stay.Thanks for being more then just an Innkeeper!!!
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Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) 75 miles
Glades Pike Inn está ubicado en la Ruta Estatal 31, también conocido como Glades Pike Road, a 13 millas al este de la salida 91 de la autopista de peaje de Pensilvania y 6 millas al oeste de la salida 110 de la autopista de peaje Pa.. Nuestra ubicación GPS es: 40 grados 01.297N; 079 grados 10.655W.
Parque de Atracciones, Compra de Antigüedades, Galerías de Arte , Cenas Elegantes/Gourmet, De Interés Histórico, Lago, Museo, Parques Nacionales, Área natural, UAL Flight 93 Memorial de Shanksville Pa, Teatro, Servicios Religiosos, Area de esquí , Bodega
Bed and Breakfast, Cottage, Country Inn, Historic Inn
Aire acondicionado, Barbacoas , Juegos de mesa, Reproductor de CD, Ordenador, Fotocopiadora, Reproductor de DVD, Escritorio, Biblioteca, Entrada privada<br /> , Juegos de videoconsola, Teléfono, VCR, Vídeos, Lavadora/secadora, Internet con conexión de cable
Despertador, Ventiladores de techo, Chimenea, Servicio de Internet, Radio, TV por Satélite/Cable, TV, Wi-Fi
Alquiler de bicicletas, Pistas para bicicletas, Bicicletas, Observación de aves, Pistas para esquí de fondo, Esquí Alpino, Pescar, Jugar al golf, Pistas para senderismo, Montar a caballo, Cazar, Pasear en kayak, Pistas para Mountain Bike, Comprar, Visitar lugares de interés, Pistas para andar con raquetas de nieve, Pistas de tenis, Deportes acuáticos, Rafting en los rápidos
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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Adrienne Maloof Compares Herself to Madonna and Jennifer Lopez: "I Don't Think I Am a Cougar at All"
Adrienne Maloof hasn't exactly been shy about her hot new relationship with Rod Stewart's son Sean Stewart (who happens to be 19 years her junior), but she's not about to call herself a cradle robber.
Speaking to Life & Style, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star likened herself to stars like Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, and Demi Moore.
"I don't think I am a cougar at all," Adrienne told the mag. "It's a trend now. Men do it all of the time, so I guess now I am a trendsetter too."
She and her younger beau are just casually dating at the moment, and even ex-husband Paul Nassif has given his seal of approval. But even Adrienne herself had no idea she would cause such a stir by hooking up with Sean.
"I honestly had no idea what kind of buzz this was going to get — not just here — but around the world."
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My mom has a raging addiction. She is currently addicted to buying Christmas trees of all shapes and sizes and giving them to me. I, on the other hand, have a problem telling people I don't want their Christmas trees. So basically, our relationship is perfect.
I have four Christmas trees and no, I am not Martha Stewart, thank-you-very-much. I've had them for a few years, but have only put up two. This year, seeing that my children at ages 5 and 2 are 3% less needy than last year, I decided to throw sanity to the wind and put them all up.
We have a tall one in the front foyer and then we have a more "homey" one in the family room. Then I came across this 4.5 foot tree in the bowels of the basement and was stumped for a second. Stumped because 4.5 feet for a Christmas tree is weird. It's too short to play basketball, but too tall for gymnastics. It's just in between. Story of my life.
I decided to pawn it off on the children. When we were putting the ornaments on the other trees, I found myself nodding enthusiastically to the question, "Can I put this ornament on myself?" But then diving face first under each ornament to shield its inevitable fall to the ground. Most times I pretended to let them hang the ornaments. They were on to me. They are not stupid.
This is what led me to my decision to let them have this tree -- make the ornaments, hang them. I gave them executive rights to the tree. All decisions became theirs. With that being said, they "decided" to color these pictures I reduced down to 50% and printed.
They cut them out and then we popped a hole in the top with a hole punch, cut some yarn, tied a knot and voila! We have ornaments to their liking. (My high school French impresses both you and my 5-year-old who loves to watch the French black and white duo Gaspar and Lisa.)
Since my oldest daughter is in kindergarten, coloring and cutting are the fine motor skills we're trying to develop. My youngest daughter just rolls with it.
So if you know anyone with a tree-buying and tree-giving addiction, this is an easy, fun and ongoing (that word being very important now that it's winter) project that should help develop some skills.
Au revoir!


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GEA Barr-Rosin has enjoyed a strong relationship with APC since supplying a number of dryers and a cooler back in 2006. The plant is located on the Dead Sea in Jordan and is operating in harsh, desert conditions where temperatures soar in the day and can plummet to near freezing at night. The GEA Barr-Rosin heavy-duty, rotary dryer is designed to withstand these arduous conditions and the corrosive environment experienced at APC.
"We have built a very close working relationship with APC," said Dominique Kuehner, sales and marketing manager at GEA Barr-Rosin. "We provide reliable, high specification equipment that is tough enough for this demanding duty and extreme environment."
Dominique also explained that the continuous support and service provided by GEA Barr-Rosin has developed and strengthened ties with APC and that these components are key to the ongoing relationship between the two companies. "We are very careful to make sure that the servicing needs of the equipment are kept up to date and support is always on hand," said Dominique. "When you are working by the Dead Sea and face pressure to meet production commitments, the last thing we want is an unscheduled stoppage."
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Youngest granddaughter of Bernie Tiede's murder victim speaks out
By Craig Hlavaty | May 8, 2014 | Updated: May 8, 2014 7:30pm
Marjorie Nugent (Courtesy of Nugent Family)
Marjorie Nugent, seen here as a high school student in the 1930s.(Courtesy of Nugent Family)
Photo By LM Otero/STFFormer mortician Bernie Tiede, who was convicted in 1999 of killing his companion Marjorie Nugent, 81, was released because of new evidence in the case.
Photo By HOADVANCE FOR SUNDAY JUNE 28--FILE--This is a 1996 file photo provided by the Panola County Sheriff's Department of Marjorie Nugent, right, and her former escort Bernie Tiede. Ms. Nugent's body was found wrapped in a white sheet in the deep freeze at her home near Carthage, Texas, in August 1997. Tiede has been charged with her murder. (AP Photo, File)HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/03/1999): 02031999 Bernie Tiede, 40, is being tried on charges of killing his best friend, 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent. HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/10/1999)(02/12/1999): Tiede HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/10/1999): Nugent
Photo By Van RedinJack Black stars as the title character in "Bernie."
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In this film publicity image released by Millennium Entertainment, Shirley MacLaine portrays Marjorie Nugent, center, and Jack Black portrays Bernie Tiede, right, in a scene from "Bernie." (AP Photo/Millennium Entertainment, Van Redin)
The youngest granddaughter of the elderly Carthage woman shot and killed by Bernie Tiede in November 1996 is troubled that the district attorney who prosecuted the assistant funeral director from Carthage agreed to let him out of a life sentence.
"We fully feel like justice has been cut short by all the influence and celebrity around the case," says Shanna Nugent, 40. She was a senior in college when her grandmother was killed and is now a business and corporate attorney in Dallas.
Tiede, now 55, was convicted in the slaying of Marjorie Nugent, 81, his companion, who was found dead in her freezer months after disappearing in 1996.
According to the Texas Tribune, psychiatrists who examined Tiede learned he had been sexually abused from the age of 12 until he was 18. The suppression of this, they say, led him to be able to disassociate himself from reality, including a murder by his own hand.
The story of Tiede and Nugent's relationship was made into the 2011 movie, Bernie, based on a Texas Monthly article and directed by Texas' own Richard Linklater. It starred Jack Black as Tiede and Shirley MacLaine as Nugent.
Tiede was set free Tuesday after a judge who recommended his prison term be reduced set a $10,000 bond. A state criminal appeals court still must formally sign off on the sentence reduction. Special Judge Diane DeVasto also agreed to let Tiede live in Austin with Linklater, who volunteered to take Tiede in. Tiede will be under strict bond conditions and is barred from talking to the media.
Tiede had met the elderly Nugent in 1990 at the funeral of her husband, R.L. "Rod" Nugent, and the pair grew close. Tiede struck up a friendship with Nugent and they began living, traveling, and shopping together. Nugent signed a will leaving her estimated $10-million fortune, left to her by her late husband, to Tiede.
"Any time that justice is not served correctly you have a degradation of the rule of law," contends Nugent. In an interview, she says that her concern now is that a convicted murderer who shot an 81-year-old woman in the back four times at close range has used Hollywood influence to get away with it.
"He had a three-week trial, he had the opportunity to defend himself, and a jury unanimously convicted him and sentenced him to a life in prison but a backroom meeting nullified the whole jury," Nugent says.
As of now, the family hasn't discussed any legal action, if any to bring against Tiede, according to Nugent.
Meanwhile Nugent still has warm and wonderful memories of her late grandmother. She doesn't recognize the prickly person in the film that MacClaine portrayed.
"She came of age in the Great Depression, she worked in her garden and canned every summer. She was very much a lady of her era," says Nugent.
When the movie was released her family didn't speak to the press much at all, so the Hollywood narrative took over, Nugent says. She gets frustrated when news outlets use scenes from the movie to depict the things that happened to her family.
Nugent says that her grandmother was still reeling from the loss of her husband of over 60 years when Tiede came into her life.
"She was extremely lonely and vulnerable, and it is horrific that someone took advantage of her in her weakest moment and has been made into a hero," Nugent says.
Nugent and her family don't want this to happen to other families, so they hope to start a foundation to educate widows and their loved ones on how to not to become crime victims.


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The World Travel Awards were launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. Now celebrating its 19th anniversary, it is regarded as the very highest achievement a travel product can receive.
The win tops off a hugely successful month for WAYN having won the Most Popular & Best Website at The Website of the Year Awards 2012 in the UK and India, as well as announcing a multi-million pound partnership with India Today Group.
Jerome Touze, CRO and Co-Founder of WAYN said: "We are absolutely delighted to have been recognised as the World's Leading Travel Social Network, winning this award tops off a phenomenal year for WAYN and demonstrates how far we've come. Next year our aim is to refine the user experience and ensure that WAYN continues to be the number one choice for travelers around the world'
Thank you to all our users for your continued support – we can't wait to see what 2013 brings!!!
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I am a freelance photographer based in Springfield, Illinois. I enjoy taking storytelling photographs and lit portraits for a variety of publications and organizations, as well as working on independent documentary projects. I strive for beautiful photos that are smart and caring -- and sometimes funny. My work has appeared in publications ranging from the New York Times and the Washington Post to the Chronicle of Higher Education and the St. Anthony Messenger. My clients include the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. I have received national awards from the National Press Photographers Association, CENTER in Santa Fe, American Photography 27 and FRESH/Klompching Gallery. Previously I was a staff photographer at The State Journal-Register. I have a master's degree from the Missouri School of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Art from Stanford University. I am a California native now at home in the Midwest with my husband, Ted, and our sons, Sam and Eli.
"Father to Son" explores the way my husband relates to our sons as a male parent, and in turn teaches them what it means to be men. This documentary project is ongoing. I am interested in the ways Ted, 34; Sam, five; and Eli, two; interact, and how that changes over time. My husband's job allows him to spend more time caring for our children than if he had a traditional schedule. He is figuring out how to be a modern dad. I photograph situations that convey what I know to be true and important about these relationships, and that describe their broad emotional spectrum. I am also drawn to what I am surprised to find is true, by what is "natural" for my husband as a father that is different from what I would do as a mother: greater physicality, stronger discipline, more playfulness. The nature/nurture debate is now personal. Which, if any, of my husband and sons' behaviors are part of being male, and which have they learned from their culture and their families? Other photographers have mined the domestic landscape, creating interesting and meaningful work: Elinor Carucci, Sally Mann, Julie Blackmon and Jessica Todd Harper, to name a few. I am photographing the dramas and comedies of our home to reveal parenting's quiet everyday struggles and triumphs, and how gender shapes them. The project is long-term. My goals are to exhibit the project and to create a book. The photographs will chronicle Ted's evolution as a father, the boys' growth into men, and their developing relationships.


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A lot of things come and go. Whether it's in the automotive or plastic cup industry, old trends get knocked off and new trends become the "King of the Mountain." One trend that hit the scene years ago was the installation of an Air Ride Technologies system under your ride. Unlike most trends, this one has done anything but diminish. In fact, it seems every year Air Ride ups the ante with its latest products, creating an airbag phenomenon that can't be ignored. One area on which Air Ride has taken aim is the Tri-Five market. Sure, it has always had products for shoeboxes, but lately it's taken the performance, ride quality, and all-out cool factor to a whole new level.
Air Ride Technologies makes performance its premier design criteria and has shifted its '55-'57 suspension program into high gear. New to the Tri-Five scene is Air Ride's latest addition to its arsenal of front suspension kits-the StrongArm kit with ShockWaves. The StrongArm and ShockWave combo is a direct bolt-in replacement of the original coil springs, shock absorber, and upper and lower control arms. The StrongArm tubular control arms are built using CNC-bent, 0.219-inch wall DOM tubing, and laser-cut bracketry to ensure lasting strength and reliability. Each individual arm is JIG-assembled and welded by certified Air Ride craftsmen. The StrongArms have been engineered to optimize suspension geometry, ball joint angles, and wheel alignment at your new lowered ride height. The proven reliability of the patented ShockWave O-ring sealing technology and new 16-position adjustable valving let you fine-tune your car for racetrack precision, comfortable cruising, or anywhere in between.
For the rear, Air Ride has added an AirBAR application to the '55-'57 lineup. The bolt-on four-link system is a direct bolt-in replacement of the original leaf springs, and requires no custom fabrication to install. The ride height of your car is typically lowered by approximately 2 inches, and the fully deflated height is typically 5-6 inches lower than stock. The area with the most improvement is the handling and cornering performance because the AirBAR eliminates the OEM leaf spring and replaces them with a four-link rear suspension. The four-link bars offer more precise positioning of the rear axle to eliminate flexing, and increase stability through the corners. The AirBAR is then equipped with the new ShockWave 7000. Like the ShockWave up front, the slender 4-inch-diameter ShockWave 7000 delivers performance, ride quality, a low cool stance, and the ShockWave O-ring allows fine-tuning.
Controlling air pressure at each corner of the car is Air Ride's latest and greatest control system, the RidePro e, was created for one purpose-to control air suspension. The system is a no-hassle one with membrane switches and digital readouts enclosed in a small case. Air Ride has made the case easily mountable because so many users are looking for that "specific" look. The control case can be flush-mounted, surface-mounted, or left unmounted. Every RidePro e system is built with the "ride height on start" feature. The preset function will automatically raise your ride to a safe, user-programmable air pressure every time it is started. The system is also plug and play. Weatherpak connections are used where the wiring harness will be exposed to the elements and all connectors are self-indexing and locking to ensure proper connection. The RidePro e system is compatible with several Air Ride compressor systems.
Like a kid in a candy store, we had to get our hands on these new products from Air Ride. We found a bare-bones '57 that is in the process of a ground-up restoration to install these cool new parts from Air Ride. Along with the AirBAR, StongArms, and RidePro e, we're also going to install the BigRed four-way air compressor system.
Because the four-link will rub, the parking brake brackets and the rear brake line bracket on the passenger-side framerail must be removed before any installation can occur.
When installing the AirBAR crossmember, slide it forward until it hits the edge of the body mount. Then, drill holes in the frame using the required bit and secure the crossmember in place using the self-tapping screws.


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If ever there was a reason to stay away from Africa and its mines, the disgusting spectacle of the welcome accorded to Mugabe in Egypt is it.
Archive for June, 2008
Colonialism a poor excuse for medieval African robber barons and continent-wide mining veniality
Posted in About the news, Africa, tagged Africa, mining, Mugabe, robber baron on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
India and Mittal to gate-crash the BHP-Rio dance; and call the tune?
Posted in Investing & Finance, tagged BHP. Rio Tinto, India, Lakshmi Mittal, mining, Resolution Copper on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some countries just do not get it. Zimbabwe is the most egregious example affecting honest mining. But on a much lesser scale, take a look at the Education News Site in India. Here is how they describe mining engineering:
Mining in lakes and canyons heads to Washington and supreme decisions
Posted in Uranium, tagged Alaska, Gand Canyon, lake disposal, mining, supreme court, Tailings, Uranium on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Not in my backyard, or national park, or lake. That is the fight being fought in the United States about mines. Consider:
Grand Canyon and uranium: a majority of democrats used an obscure provision of the law to try to stop the staking of new mining claims for uranium near the Grand Canyon—leaving in place about 10,000 claims staked before the politicians got around to acting.
Alaska Lake Tailings Disposal: The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a ruling by the Ninth Circuit court which essentially stopped plans to dispose of tailings in a lake off Juneau, Alaksa by Coeur d'Alene mines.
In the first case there is a clear statement that mining uranium adjacent to the Grand Canyon should not occur. Personally I would like to know who the mining companies are that have staked 10,000 claims in the area. Are any of them majors or is this a case of thousands of juniors seeking an ephemeral dream?
Alaska to Zimbabwe: Anglo American pursues mining to benefit the locals?
Posted in Africa, tagged Alaska, Anglo American, Cynthia Carrol, Oppenheimer, Pebble Mine, Zimbabwe on June 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the old days of mining in South Africa, Anglo American was the revered giant. From those mighty lion-statue-defended doors of their downtown Johannesburg offices they ruled the South African mining industry. I vaguely recall they also controlled something like sixty percent or more of all the companies on the local stock exchange. They may still do for all I know. Now they seek to be the same dominating presence from Alaska to Zimbabwe.
Sudbury as a stand-in for dispossed, deprived, and despoiled local mining communities
Posted in Human relations and mining, North America, tagged greed, mining, money, Ontario, Republic of Mining, Sudbury on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Republic of Mining is a Sudbury, Ontario-based blog on mining. I recommend it if you are interested in a quiet and sober view of a segment of mining—focussed on Sudbury and the greater Canada. Unlike this blog, The Republic of Mining in uncontroversial. Their world perspective is respect and praise. Seems I grew up and live in a different time and place. California is its own place and breaks most rules usually in the lead. And Vancouver is branded the banana-belt Republic in the rest of Canada. So I am explained, if not excused.
Thus I was neither surprised nor distressed to see no mention on the Republic of Mining about the city manager of Sudbury demanding more money from the province and the feds for Sudbury. The report reads:
A passionate presentation before North Bay city council, Sudbury mayor John Rodriguez explained how his city and many other northern communities are not getting their fair share of resource revenue sharing from the federal and provincial governments. He says it's essential and urgent to get a funding framework in place so that more tax revenue from the mining sector flows back to municipalities such as Sudbury, Timmins and Kirkland Lake. He says in the last ten year Sudbury has seen a half a billion dollars of deficit in infrastructure. To put is simply says Rodriguez, "They're not sharing in the wealth".
There but for the grace of God go we all: MSHA on mine safety
Posted in Church, health and safety, safety, tagged mining, MSHA, safety, W.R. Grace on June 24, 2008 |
No doubt the facts are complex and at least can be argued either way. Yet this morning's two news reports, make you wonder about the tendency for people to do wrong:
W.R. Grace and asbestos: "The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear an appeal by W.R. Grace & Co. in a case that involves criminal charges brought by the government against the company and six of its executives for Clean Air Act violations in the release of asbestos from a vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana."
Obama against Canadian mining; C. McCain against Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Posted in People, tagged Cindy McCain, Cline mining company, Flathead Valley, Obama on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The news item tells us that Obama opposes the Cline Mine. I quote: "Barack Obama has joined the list of prominent state and federal officials who oppose a proposed coal mine in the Canadian Flathead Valley. On May 29, Obama's Montana campaign manager Matt Chandler sent an e-mail to Will Hammerquist of the National Parks Conservation Association announcing the presidential candidate's opposition to a plan by the Cline Mining Corporation to begin an open-pit coal mine in the headwaters of the Canadian Flathead River drainage."
Now Obama is on record as opposing NAFTA and Canadian mining. Will Canadians soon be e-mailing their American cousins asking them to support McCain. That will be a hard sell: the weekend Los Angeles Times reports on Cindy McCain and her running of a company that opposes efforts by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Not to speak of her extensive drug use. But I suppose she will be the first lady, not the president, and she will probably not seek the nomination any time soon, so leave her and Mrs. Obama alone.
What a choice for president? Maybe we can elect McCain and get Cindy to Vancouver to change the way booze is sold in that repressive system. I bought drinkable wine in California for less than $3 a bottle this weekend to drink to drown the sorrow of Cindy. Try doing that in Vancouver; I have to make my own at a neighborhood store to get that price to drink to Canadian mining.


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Winter Olympics: Stray dogs still popping up around Sochi
- A stray dog walks past the Olympic Rings in Olympic Park, three days before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years told The Associated Press on Monday that it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Olympics. (Photo: Associated Press)
SOCHI, Russia (AP) - Sochi's stray dogs keep popping up in unwanted places, this time on the cross-country skiing track.
In another incident that highlights the possibility of the uncontrolled animals interrupting an Olympic event, a dog was filmed by a Russian website barking at skiers at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon center during Thursday's training session. As skiers turned their heads in surprise, the dog walked alongside the track while three security guards watched a few meters away.
Pelle Johansson, a Swedish newspaper journalist who was by the finish area at the time, said the dog later walked down into the stadium, where a number of skiers were training, and marked his territory next to the main bleachers.
"He stayed out of the skiers' way," Johansson said Friday. "He was very calm."
Thousands of stray dogs live in and around Sochi, and have already been spotted in the Olympic Stadium, inside security zones and even in a hotel. Local organizers declined to give details on their measures for preventing a similar incident during a race, but said any dogs found on an Olympic venue are captured and given a full veterinary check, then released if healthy.
U.S. cross-country skier Kikkan Randall, one of the favorites in the women's individual sprint, said she hasn't seen any dogs during her training sessions - "or any other wildlife" - and wasn't worried they might interrupt the races.
"I grew up in Alaska where you have to be prepared for a moose running out of the forest," Randall said. "So I feel like I'm ready for anything."