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The New Berlin West girls used excellent defense to defeat Shorewood, 31-27, on Friday on the road to improve to 12-3 overall and 8-3 in the rugged Woodland Conference West Division.
The Vikings held the Greyhounds to four points in the first quarter and then shut them out in the second period. Unfortunately, the Vikings only scored five and nine points to lead 14-4 at halftime.
West coach Jef Radtke, who isn't much for superlatives, commented on his team's excellence defensive performance.
"I guess you can say we played pretty good 'D,'" he said. "Yeah, we D'ed it up pretty well.
"We struggled to score in both halves, but we did enough to give ourselves some breathing room. Shorewood is vastly improved and they played well."
The offense improved in the second half, as the team battled to a 12-12 third quarter as West took a 26-16 lead into the fourth quarter. The good first half helped hold up the lead, as the Greyhounds had an 11-5 final period, but it was too little, too late.
Seven Vikings scored, but junior Rachel Novotny led the way with 11 points.
"Rachel has been a cornerstone for us," Radtke said. "She played well. She is good at taking advantage of her shots inside. She is a hard rebounder.
"But she is unique because she can guard inside and the run outside and guard. She has done a wonderful job for us."
No one had more than sophomore Claire Radtke's five points. Sophomore Jada Stackhouse had 18 to lead Shorewood.
Sophomores Sarah Meleski and Lizzie Liska each had four points, senior Anne Radtke had three and junior Nicole Holstein and senior Cheyenne Pasdera each had a basket.
The Vikings faced Mukwonago (12-5) of the Classic 8 on Tuesday now travel to first-place Pewaukee (15-0, 10-0) on Friday. They then host Greendale (7-7, 5-5) on Tuesday.
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PINK re-visits Detroit with her 2013 tour "The Truth About Love". Up and coming trio New Politics opened the show with their high energy set to fire fans up. PINK's show is no ordinary show, its part theatrical and aerobatic with her telling a story through singing and also flying through the air with bungie cords. Pink is nothing less then high energy and she makes the fans feel as though they are part of the show by high fiving and signing autographs while she sings. Plain and simple, if you are looking for entertainment then this is the show for you.
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I got really excited tonight when I had an "aha" moment. I take a number of pills each night and usually take them all in one big swallow of water. Tonight I took them individually and consumed 2 cups of water...woo hoo.
With all my medicines.i can't lose.Alli do is gain198
I always have trouble with water I just dont like plain water its boring to me. So I treat myself like a child when it comes to water I put a drop of food coloring in it just to add alittle color and make myself think its flavored water :) it may sound silly but it works for me!! Or when Im taking my medicine in the morning I have a rule of drinking a cup of water with it instead of just a sip.
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As soon as next week, tenants could be moving into new apartments at the corner of Sixth and Vine streets.
Called The 300, the new 108-unit development that has been under construction in the former St. Barnabas independent and assisted living facility is geared toward young professionals.
"We've basically stripped down everything but the walls and replaced the counters, appliances, toilets, vanities, flooring and light fixtures," said developer Bob McKenzie. "The only thing that hasn't really changed is the floor plan. The building is still a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments."
He said studio apartments will rent for $575 monthly and one bedrooms will rent for either $750 or $875 depending on the model. McKenzie said one of the main goals with this development is to help people achieve the downtown lifestyle they have been looking for without charging too much.
"We've known for a long time there's a pent up demand for downtown living," he said. "UTC student housing has a real shortage, plus there are so many condominiums that were built downtown and a lot went into the rental market because they couldn't sell. They're very nice and very large, but just too expensive. Your average young professional fresh out of school with their first job can't necessarily pay $1,500 a month."
For more information about leasing or to tour a model unit call 710-6337.
In addition to the apartments, McKenzie said he is leasing the four-story building adjacent the apartment complex to Chris Thomas with the Chattanooga Market. Thomas is planning to use the space to create artists' studios for current vendors at the market.
"We're really excited about that great synergy between the two buildings," McKenzie said. "Not only is Thomas helping with the downtown economy, but he's helping improve local artists' situations by providing a space that is functional for them."


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Forcing a Real Business Model Upon Pro Sports
defenestrate and cwthrash got me thinking about the current economic model of today's NHL in d-strate's latest article. During the thread the topic slightly veered from the Problems in the league right now, to the Business portion and how it's all-dominant, all-consuming, and really just a big mess. And the more I got to thinking about this area of the NHL and pro sports in general, the more I realized something.
(NOTE: This is a slightly-modified version of an article I wrote earlier today on my own website. It's more about pro sports in general, but is applicable to the NHL's current situation in particular. You can find the original article at:
http://www.priomh.com/comments.php?id=4_0_1_0_C .)
If sports wants so badly to be a business, then they'd best start operating like one.
What do I mean? Well let's break everything down and take a long, hard look at what a professional sports league really is, and the environment in which the league exists.
Here in America we are a capitalist economy. Capitalism is supposed to encourage competition, so that anyone with enough drive and an idea can fight their way into the marketplace and make a dollar. Competition is theoretically supposed to keep product quality high, prices lower than normal, and essentially exist as the economic equivalent to Darwinism – survival of the fittest. Sometimes in a capitalist society, a person with a good idea and a good work ethic still won't make their idea work, and they'll lose out in the end. That's just the nature of the beast, it's all a big gamble.
In a corporate structure, a CEO commonly oversees the company and answers to "The Board" (or the stockholders and general public). If at any point that CEO's job performance disappoints and doesn't meet the expectations of the Board or stockholders, that CEO can be fired and removed from his or her position.
What does all of this have to do with sports?
A professional sports franchise is basically a company. And a league full of teams is a group of companies all competing for the top spot in the same marketplace. Some teams will succeed and rise to the top, and others will fail miserably. And the CEO overseeing each team is of course the Owner. Here's where the real problem starts.
Unlike a real company in a real market, the CEO (the Owner) cannot be fired from his position. You could make a weak argument that the Fans are the Board and Stockholders, but as I said that's weak because the Fans hold no real power in this issue. They cannot fire the Owner, nor can they exert any direct influence upon the franchise or team whatsoever. The Owner in fact has Absolute Control. And the Fans are merely the Consumers.
Let me simplify this even further — The Owner has nobody to answer to. Donald Trump cannot step in and say "You're fired".
And yet this is supposed to be Big Business? Please, that's a sick joke.
If major pro sports leagues want to truly be considered Big Businesses then they need to take one more step and grant their league's respective governing bodies the right to "fire" owners. It's as simple as that.
A CEO is hired via a contract. And if the CEO doesn't hold up to their terms of the contract, or flat-out breaks their contract, they get shown the door. When a prospective owner applies to the league for ownership, all the league needs to do is draw up a contract with performance and ethics clauses. Should the owner fail to meet these standards, he will be stripped of his ownership and his team or franchise will be run by the league until transferral of ownership under a new contract with a new owner can be obtained.
Think about it. Under this system many current owners of professional sports franchises would have been canned a long time ago with potential to have turned those abysmal franchises around.
That, my friends, is how you run a business.
And that is my challenge to every professional sports league out there. You don't need a salary cap, that's not in the spirit of capitalism. The NFL has a salary cap and while it temporarily has levelled the playing field it has also caused even more problems and more potential for owners to make bad situations even worse (for example, Daniel Snyder in Washington who doesn't seem to understand how economic models work). The NBA has a Luxury Tax and it has done nothing to increase the competitiveness of the on-court product, nor has it improved the game. Instead it has lined the pockets of lawyers as unions file litigation and try to make exceptions like the Larry Bird Rule whereby one player who meets specific criteria doesn't have to have the Luxury Tax and other financial rules apply to him. I don't see that salary caps have made either of these leagues any more viable or better overall.
If you really, REALLY want to fix your leagues, your respective sports, and make the fans (your consumers) happy all at once, you the leagues will stop cowering in fear from players unions and the media, will step up, and start requiring incoming owners to agree to and sign legally-binding contracts that include performance clauses and the ability to lose their franchise because of general insubordination. It's your league — take control of it.
Make it truly Darwinian folks. Then if owners want to gamble on outrageous player salaries they can, but if they fall flat on their face they have nobody to blame but themselves, and they can't continue to control the team and just muck things up even more. Owners have no inherent right to profitability or support from the others in their league. This is not special ed, and you are not all winners.
If you want sports to truly be a business, then start operating it like one. Otherwise you're not really a business, and you have no right to sit and whine and complain about how "unfair" a competitive model is when your own success or failure is your own responsibility. Right now, you're not operating like a business, so how can you expect marketplace success?
It's not about player salaries or a salary cap. It's not about expansion or contraction. And it's not unfair that some are the Haves and others are the Have Nots. That's merely the way our capitalist economy and the marketplace works.
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The 40-year-old will have completed 17 seasons in the major leagues, all with Colorado. The five-time All-Star's last game at Coors Field will be Sept. 25.
The Rockies announced Helton's decision in a statement they released after their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.
Rockies owner Dick Monfort said, "For seventeen years, number 17 has been the icon of Colorado Rockies baseball."
Helton is a career .317 hitter with 367 home runs, 1,397 RBIs, 1,394 runs, a .415 on-base percentage and a .539 slugging percentage in 2,235 career games.
He was an All-Star from 2000 to 2004 and will end his career as the Rockies' leader in games, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, runs and walks.


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Ohio State quarterback Joe Bauserman tries to escape a Michigan State sack during the second half of Saturday's loss to the Spartans at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. / AP
» 1: Chances Drew Basil had to kick off in Saturday's loss to Michigan State.
» 3: Takeaways Saturday compared to one giveaway, a ratio that should result in a 'W.'
» 3: Touchdowns allowed in the second half of five games this season.
» 3: Conversions on 14 third down plays by Michigan State.
» 10: Career-high number of punts Saturday by Ben Buchanan.
» 10: Career-high tackles Saturday by linebacker Andrew Sweat and cornerback Travis Howard.
» 33: Yards on Evan Spencer's first career touchdown catch Saturday.
» 35: Net rushing yards on 39 attempts Saturday
» 64: Yards lost on nine sacks.
» 128: Touchdowns allowed in 81 games since 2005, the fewest in the FBS in that span.
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Nearly getting shut out at home for the first time in 30 years wasn't just another exercise in offensive futility. It was the Ohio State football team strapping itself to a gurney and high-tailing it into the ICU.
An infusion of talent -- IVs dripping with senior-laden talent -- can't come soon enough for the Buckeyes. They looked re-energized just talking about it in the wake of Saturday's 10-7 loss to Michigan State.
Welcome back Mike Adams to an offensive line that hemorrhaged nine sacks Saturday.
Welcome back Dan Herron to a running attack that had its legs taken out by the Spartans.
Welcome back DeVier Posey to a crew of wide receivers so young they're drinking Similac instead of Gatorade.
Welcome back Solomon Thomas to a defensive line suffering from low testosterone, at least in stark contrast to their sack-happy MSU counterparts.
Forget what coach Luke Fickell said before the season about the "Tat 4"-turned-"Sat 4" having to earn their way back on the field after five weeks of suspension. As bad as they looked in the tattoos-for-memorabilia scandal that rocked the program, those four seniors, especially the three on offense, are now viewed as the cavalry charging over the hill.
But unless a new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach saddle up and ride in on that white horse, don't expect miracles when the Buckeyes hit the road this week to play equally distressed Nebraska.
An Ohio State official confirmed that Jim Bollman, entrusted by the defensive-weaned Fickell to run the offense, was not asked to come to the interview room after Saturday's loss. No excuse. He should have taken it upon himself to face the music like both of his quarterbacks and a couple of his besieged linemen.
Maybe Bollman thought he was protecting his players by not allowing himself to be cornered into calling them out for their mistakes. But he needed to answer to that train wreck of a gameplan and enlighten us on what he and quarterbacks coach Nick Siciliano can do to lessen their freshman quarterback's angst.
Fickell, defending his offensive staff, said players must be held accountable, too.
"Sometimes (the Spartans) were bringing more guys than you could block," he said. "There's a lot of those things you've got to check out of, and sometimes that's about being able to see the field, whether it's from the center spot or the quarterback spot."
Fickell didn't exactly give Braxton Miller a ringing endorsement -- why would he? -- when asked point-blank if the rookie is still his starting quarterback.
"Umm ... yeah."
Fickell had already given more of a definitive answer earlier in the post-mortem when asked about picking a starter for Nebraska.
"There's no short term," he said.
Obviously, 25-year-old senior Joe Bauserman is not the long-term solution.
If it's Miller -- it should be given his skill set, high school resume and huge upside -- tyou've got to wonder if Bollman or Siciliano have a clue what to do with him.
Miller looked tentative against the Spartans, to be kind. Totally flummoxed would be more accurate. After relying too much on his legs the week before against Colorado, he tried to show more pocket awareness against the hard-charging Spartans and ended up putting his natural instinct to run into deep freeze, resulting in sacks and aborted drives.
It's up to Bollman and Siciliano to help Miller figure it out, but the track record isn't there to believe it will happen. Bollman's baby for 10 years has been an oft-criticized offensive line that obviously needs more attention than it's getting with his expanded, post-scandal duties.
It was Siciliano's job to babysit the supremely-gifted Terrelle Pryor on and off the field the last three years. Pryor's mechanics and decision-making never got consistently better before the NCAA police basically chased him into the NFL, so how'd that all work out?
Fans of the disgraced Jim Tressel will call it piling on, but this mess was mostly his doing. He had his hands all over the offense, leaving his staff ill-equipped and, in Siciliano's case, ill-prepared to carry on. Siciliano was never more than a video coordinator at this level until brought to OSU by Tressel, who seemed more interested in surrounding himself on offense with guys who would agree with him than challenge him creatively.
Imagine where Pryor would be today and where Miller might be headed with former John Cooper hire Walt Harris, a veritable quarterback guru, mentoring them. It's easy to dump on Fickell, who doesn't feel smart enough or comfortable enough to butt in on offense. Tressel never did on defense. And it's not like Fickell could have promised job security had he looked for an offensive mind when hastily promoted to replace Tressel on Memorial Day.
So what you see is what you get.
Mercifully, with reinforcements coming.
Jon Spencer in his 25th season of covering Ohio State football for the Mansfield News Journal and Media Network of Central Ohio. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mother of Jordan Davis: Calling his death a hate crime would not honor him
Attorney of Michael Dunn, accused of killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis: He saw a gun
Three injured in accident on Baymeadows Road
Mom arrested after 3-year-old son found dead in trash bag
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office searching for missing woman near Mayport
Boy, 5, killed after bus crashes into his house on Long Island
Woman wanted by Jacksonville police for stealing purses, using stolen credit cards apprehended in Clay
More than a thousand pets looking for homes at 'Holidays Mega Adoption Event' at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds
Can Florida do better with its new license plate design?
Wolfson High vigil honors student slain in Jacksonville shooting allegedly over loud music
Business owner claims 'bad decision' cost company $19,000
LAS VEGAS -- Trial is continuing in Las Vegas for a former Florida high school teacher and football coach accused of killing a Utah man with a single punch after racial insults in a Las Vegas Strip casino restroom.
Benjamin Gerard Hawkins is expected to testify in his involuntary manslaughter trial.
It resumes Thursday in Clark County District Court.
Hawkins faces probation or up to four years in state prison and a $5,000 fine.
Hawkins told a casino security guard and police that he was defending himself after 38-year-old John Massie made a derogatory comment about a "black man in a yellow shirt" in a restroom at O'Shea's Las Vegas Casino in July 2011.
Hawkins was assigned administrative tasks at Bradford County High School in Starke, Fla., pending the outcome of the case.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Authorities say 53 people were killed in Alabama fires in the first three months of 2014, putting the state near the top nationwide in the number of deadly blazes.
Al.com reports that Jefferson County recorded the highest toll among Alabama counties at 13, with eight of those in the city of Birmingham.
The number is far ahead of what the state typically sees this early in the year. Alabama State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk said 81 people died in Alabama fires during all of last year.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief C.W. Mardis calls the number of deaths this year alarming. He said the city has seen an average of about eight blazes or less each year during the past decade.
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Think Fashion Is Art? You Might LOVE This Trend
We're coining this look, as seen on actress Elena Lyadova at Cannes this past week, the gallery-wall outfit. While bold or graphic designs have always been a welcome part of our wardrobes, this more-literal approach to artwork lets a print — in this case, a scene that brings to mind Dalí's deserts — hang from your person as if on display at the MoMA. And, the Russian actress only makes a stronger case for this art-as-clothing trend with her spaghetti-thin straps that suggest they're holding up the frame (which is actually a Dior pre-fall '14 dress).
Lyadova and her portable painting are in good company. The gallery-wall outfit was also seen on Jennifer Lawrence earlier this week as well as on Kim Kardashian, although in a smaller scale. Unfortunately, this trend does not quite settle the score for whether or not clothing itself belongs on display in a museum. But, should you want to carry around a mini-exhibit with you at all times, perhaps this is the place to start.


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During the ad hoc committee meetings, the Planning Director stated that the expense of the workshop would be funded with the money set aside for the public hearing on the proposed Housing Element. As I understood it, she further stated that the workshop would be a public hearing for the Housing Element. The purpose of the workshop had changed from an educational forum on Measure A. This is a very important point because the Housing Element is a governing policy document of the City of Alameda.
At the second ad hoc committee meeting the three Planning Board members refused to live up to an agreements reached in the first ad hoc committee meeting and in the beginning of the second meeting. Those agreements were to allow each side to pick their own speakers. Furthermore the Planning Board members backed out on a committee agreement to have open public input at workshop. They instead substituted the small-groups format for open public discussion. The small-groups format is easily manipulated by the facilitator, and the unedited opinions of the public never get to the City Council. The refusal to allow any speakers to be chosen by the pro Measure a members of the committee and the elimination of open public input led to an impasse.
This impasse was bought to the City Council during oral communications on July 17, 2007. The Council majority appeared to me to be comfortable with a format which would not allow any pro-Measure A presentations, and that the purpose of the forum would no longer be Measure A. Even though the benefits of Measure A were part of the Council motion, those benefits will not be presented if the only speakers allowed will be chosen by anti Measure A forces.
This spring, the Planning Board decided that they wanted the City of Alameda to host a forum to discuss changing Measure A, otherwise known as Article 26 in the City Charter. It reads as follows:
Article XXVI Multiple Dwelling Units
Sec. 26-1. There shall be no multiple dwelling units built in the City of Alameda.
Sec. 26-2. Exception being the Alameda Housing Authority replacement of existing low cost housing units and the proposed Senior Citizens low cost housing complex, pursuant to Article XXV of the Charter of the City of Alameda.
Sec. 26-3. The maximum density for any residential development within the City of Alameda shall be one housing unit per 2,000 square feet of land. This limitation shall not apply to the repair or replacement of existing residential units, whether single-family or multiple-unit, which are damaged or destroyed by fire or other disaster; provided that the total number of residential units on any lot may not be increased. This limitation also shall not apply to replacement units under Section 26-2.
Articles 26.1 and 26.2 were passed in 1973.
An attempt to amend paragraphs 26-1 and 26-2 was attempted in 1984 by the developer of Marina Village. He wanted to put multiple apartments into an historic building in Marina Village. It became known as the Red Brick Building vote. It failed by a substantial margin.
Article 26.3 was passed in 1991. The Journal reported its passing by a four to one vote.
Developers and their friends have wanted to get rid of this part of our City Charter so that they may build to a high density and maximize their profits. The Planning Board voted to form an ad hoc committee to structure the forum on changing Measure A. Since at least two of the Planning Board members selected to be on the ad hoc committee have come out against Measure A, a group of citizens which included three former members of the City Council, appealed the Planning Board's decision to the City Council. The Council did not make the clean decision not to have a city-funded forum on Measure A. They upheld the formation of the ad hoc committee. However they added three members of the appellants to the committee. So we ended up with the following committee:. Anne Cook, Marilyn Ezzy-Ashcraft, and Rebecca Kohlstrand for the Planning Board, and Pat Bail, Diane Coler-Dark, and myself for the appellants.
At the first ad hoc committee meeting we had agreed that each side would pick their own speakers if the six members could not agree on who should speak. That's in writing. We took a vote at the second meeting and found that we could not agree on speakers . So at the second meeting it was agreed that each side would pick their own speakers. That's on tape.
Then the three Planning Board members members huddled during a break and came back and announced that they would not honor either agreement. In other words, they broke their own word. It appeared to be mostly Ezzy-Ashcraft's doing as she had been insisting during both meetings that the topics be limited to her list of what she thought should be covered.. After another huddle the Planning Board Members wanted two forums on two days...six hours each. They wanted the first meeting to be on housing; the second, on transportation.
Pat Bail made a motion, which it took another hour to get to a vote. She moved that we go back to Council for direction since Council had decreed one forum. Cathy Woodbury, The Director of Planning, explained that direction for a one-meeting forum to the Planning Board members and pointed out it was in the City Council minutes. The Planning Board members held out for a two-day forum, but would consider one 12 hour day. Then they started to come down to an eight hour day, but they were still pushing for two days.
Diane voted for Pat's motion because she said we had lost all focus on educating the public. I voted for it because the Planning Board members had not been willing to honor their agreements. I decided that any further discussion would be a waste of time, since I did not trust the three Planning Board members not to go back on any further decisions that the committee might make. Since they had demonstrated, in my opinion, that they were not honorable people, I no longer even wanted to be in the same room with them. Life is too short.
So it's back up the organizational ladder again.
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The June 26, 2007, Planning Board Meeting, Item 9-B, Staff Report, on proposed structures at Alameda Landing included the following statements:
The design of the two LARGE FORMAT stores (Building A and B)..........Building A poses a major design challenge given its size (122,500 square feet) but through careful selection and use of material, better articulation of the front elevation to reflect the smaller size buildings,.............Property owners and residents within 300 feet of the project's boundaries were notified of the public hearing and given the opportunity to review and comment on the proposal. Staff has not received any response to the notice and is not a aware of any opposition to the proposal.
Three hundred feet! Who were they expecting? You mean that all of the raccoons out at FISC didn't show up at City Hall for the meeting?
Ad Hoc Second Meeting
Second Ad Hoc committee meeting to be held on Friday the Thirteenth at 1 PM in Conference Room A at the Main Library.
First Ad Hoc Committee Meeting 6/7/07
A meeting of the Measure A Forum Ad Hoc Committee was held as scheduled on Thursday afternoon on June 7th. The members of the committee were Planning Board members Anne Cook, Marilyn Ezzy-Ashcraft, and Rebecca Kohlstrand. Pat Bail, Diane Coler-Dark, and Barbara Kerr from the group which had appealed a decision of the Planning Board also sat on the committee. The appealed Planning Board vote had been to form an ad hoc committee with a different structure to design a forum on Measure A.
The anti-Measure A groups in Alameda had supported a forum which had the same structure as the first MTC forum held at the Mastic Senior Center on March 29. The presentation at the MTC meeting that of f a non-Measure A compliant plan for housing at Alameda Point....only. The MTC grant was based on transportation, and it did not limit plans to only those which did not comply with Measure A. As far as I can tell, the consultant had been given marching orders by staff. I have never respected most outside consultants, because my observations as a City Councilmember for eight years is that their reports are tailored to please the staff who hire them in hopes of getting future contracts.
A facilitator , David Early, was hired by staff to run the ad hoc committee meeting occurring on June 7. His fee is $210 per hour. Early is from the firm whose website is www.dceplanning.com. His firm has done Housing Element updates. One of those updates was for the County of Napa, so it is possible that the work there was done in conjunction with the President of the Planning Board. Early may or may not be hoping to get a contract for the pending update of the Alameda Housing Element.
Early's approach was a controlling one, not a facilitating one in my opinion. I moved a half an hour into the meeting that the Planning Board members pick half of the speakers for the forum, and that the appellants pick the other half. The topics would be up to the persons picking the speakers as long as they were in conformance with the direction of the City Council. Anyone who had passed kindergarten would know that that was the only plan on which all committee members could agree on. We could have all gone home early. The facilitator would not let the committee come to a consensus on that motion. Two and a half hours later, after the facilitator allowed consideration, that motion was agreed to by the committee with a few modifications. The only way to educate the public on Measure A is to hear from both sides.
There was some heated discussion on the public input at the forum. All members of the committee felt that public input was a very important part of the forum. The facilitator was not encouraging about this idea. He felt that public input by each resident present would be time consuming, and that there would be a split on the issues. We pointed out that there was already a split on Measure A. No one on the committee was dismayed by the direct public process time possibility. Early wanted to have the small group form of public comment which has been used in Alameda several times. It filters or eliminates the ability of an individual to communicate with his/her government. It is OK in some instances, but not for public input to a governmental body. In the past, people from other cities have come into these groups and been able to dominate the reports from the groups.
Suggestions for speakers for the forum will be solicited from the public. These will be discussed at the next meeting which will probably be held in the second week of July.
The owner of the Clamp Swing building at 2515 Blanding has done a commendable job of rehabilitating the building. She did surprise the community by announcing that there would be a theatre in addition to the seven work/live units in the building. The theatre, according to her press release, would attract up to 50,000 persons a year. The Planning Board, according to the resolution, was not told about the theatre at the meeting at which the Use Permit, UP04-0019, was approved. Two "retail or commercial spaces" were included.
The work/live ordinance, Chapter 30, Section 15 of the AMC requires that any activity in a work/live building which is not in a work/live studio, must not adversely affect the surrounding neighborhood. Parking for this project is only being provided for the seven work/live studios, But a vehicle-heavy use like a theatre, will take away the available street parking from the other businesses on Blanding. The staff OK'd the theatre because that is a use allowed in an M-2 district, but they did not consider the additional requirements of the work/live ordinance. They required no additional parking for the theatre at all because the building is more than ten years. That is OK only if the the requirements of the work/live ordinance are ignored.
The second work/live project which may happen will be in the Del Monte building at the corner of Buena Vista and Sherman. If the staff shows what is, in my opinion, the same negligence, at the Del Monte building conversion as they showed at the Clamp Swing building, then the northside neighborhoods near the Del Monte building will be destroyed. Imagine what would happen if a large retail or hotel use in the Del Monte building were not required to provide any parking because the building is more than ten years old?
Littlejohn Park would become unusable because the surrounding streets would be full. Might as well pull the baseball field, the much used picnic area and the recreation center, because the residents of Alameda would not be able to get near them.
The hearing on the EIR and the North Waterfront General Plan Amendment will be held at the City Council meeting on June 19, at 7:30. The reuse of the Del Monte building is part of this hearing.
April 3, 2007
The Honorable Mayor Beverly Johnson
Honorable Members of the Alameda City Council
We are appealing to the City Council the Planning Board's action of March 26, 2007, Agenda Item 9-C. This appeal is to reverse the decision of the Planning Board to set up an ad hoc committee to construct a forum to discuss the implications of Measure A on housing throughout Alameda. The Planning Board discussion on this item was about eliminating Measure A in the entire city.
The Planning Board overstepped its authority. The City Charter gives this board the authority to investigate and recommend plans for future development. Advocating overturning the City Charter does not fall within the definition of their duties.
The forum for which the Ad Hoc committee was appointed was billed as necessary to update the Housing Element. That is not true. No Alameda Housing Element has ever advocated overturning Measure A. It is not necessary. The last Housing Element that was state certified was written in the 1980's by a citizens committee because the staff version was so unacceptable to the then City Council. Yet the Planning Director's memo in the packet for the 3/26/07 meeting stated that the proposed forum was needed because of the update of the Housing Element due in 2008. The planning staff is repeating the egregious zealousness of the 1980's.
The forum proposed at the Planning Board meeting on 3/26/07 has no chance of being a fair and balanced venue. That forum was described in the packet information for that Planning Board meeting as a public workshop to discuss the implications of Measure A throughout Alameda. Note that the gloves are off. Staff is not just gunning for Measure A at Alameda Point any more. Yet the willingness to mislead the public about the purpose of a future forum on Measure A was illustrated by the Planning Director's Packet on 3/26/07 in which she described the purpose of the first forum, held on 3/29/07, as a forum to discuss housing types that are both Measure A compliant and non Measure A compliant. No discussion of Measure A compliant housing was discussed on Thursday, 3/29/07. The Ad Hoc committee was voted in at the meeting on 3/26/07 based on untruths in the packet.
The proposed forums were described by a planning manager as mandated by the acceptance of an MTC grant by the City Council. Yet that grant was accepted by Council to study transportation. Staff has decided to use the money to study housing instead. So the ad hoc committee was formed at a meeting based on bad information and at the urging of the planning manager furnishing that information.
Part of the discussion by Planning Board members on the formation of the ad hoc committee was based on the idea that Measure A is responsible for the design of Bayport. That is not true. We have many attractive housing developments that were designed under Measure A.
The City is not allowed to pay for campaign material. The planned forums to discuss Measure A including the one on March 29, 2007, to discuss eliminating Measure A are campaign activities, not discussions. The City of Alameda has no business paying for campaign meetings. The taxpayers should not have to pay or support propaganda from the anti-Measure A force. The forum on March 29 was not a discussion which was how it had been described by the Planning Board majority and the Planning staff. Only one side of the issue was presented.
An excuse for calling these forums "discussions" might be marginally justified by having a debate in which people from both sides of the issue were sitting at the head table and actually debating.
The proposed propaganda meeting was well described by a public speaker at the Planning Board Meeting on March 26, 2007. He said that it was like a Fuller Brush man coming to the door. With a little persuasion he talks himself into the living room by saying he only wants to show a dust brush. Before he leaves, he has been in every room of the house selling every product his company manufactures. These forums are intended to vacuum Measure A out of Alameda.
The members of the ad hoc committee proclaimed at the Planning Board meeting that they needed the forums because they needed education on Measure A. Yet they volunteered to be on the ad hoc committee because of their expertise. Two members of the ad hoc committee have stated at a Planning Board meeting that they want to change Measure A throughout Alameda. Those statement are on tape. That eliminates any hope that the forums would be balanced.
The Planning Board should spend its time solving problems for the people who are already here. There is a serious shortage of recreation spaces for Alameda's children now. If they haven't solved existing problems, they are not qualified to plan for future developments.
There was no recognition at the Planning Board meeting that the main island has limited access. The "solution" seems to be to run all traffic from Alameda Point along the north side of the city to the Fruitvale BART station.
The Planning Board majority advocated high density in the name of "affordable" housing, yet they appear willing to destroy one of the main existing supplies of moderate income housing in Alameda, the north side neighborhoods, in order to build high density at Alameda Point. An ad hoc committee that hasn't looked at a map should not be allowed to guide a Planning Director.
The housing quotas which the Planning Board majority uses to justify high density are based on fictional numbers. The ABAG housing numbers were calculated for a jobs/housing balance. But they calculated the total jobs by keeping all of the Navy jobs and NADEP jobs on the books, even though these jobs had gone when the base was closed. They then added in future civilian. jobs that would become available at the base only if the Navy had left. They then added these two mutually-exclusive numbers to get a fictional job total to justify a large housing requirement. Yet the members of the ad hoc committee have never recognized this. They are not qualified to advise the Planning Director.
Thirty five petroleum plumes on Navy property are not due to be cleaned up until 2015. There will still be marsh crust, and all of the polyaeromatic hydrocarbons that are scattered over the base. Alameda Point is a Super Fund site. Children will be playing not just in the houses, but all over the site.
For every housing unit over the original plan, the Navy expects the purchaser of the property to pay a surcharge because the Navy expects us to provide jobs for the ones that were lost.
Mayor Johnson had "Protect Measure A" on her lawn signs. The majority of her election gives a good idea of what people in Alameda think about Measure A. This fact negates the claim by the Planning Director in the 3/26/07 packet that their was support from community members.
The only valid forum on Measure A is a vote of the people. That was the original forum. The thirty or so people who want to overturn Measure A can always go out and get the signatures to put it on the ballot. That they have not tells you that here is almost no support for overturning Measure A. The Planning Board majority is deliberately trying to override the wishes of the people of Alameda. That is not their job. The claim in the staff report is that the formation of an ad hoc committee was due to a significant community desire is simply not true.
The ad-hoc committee meetings will be secret. Bad government. If the Planning Board wants to have discussions on Measure A, then they should do it in an open meeting where it is televised. Every resident of Alameda is aggrieved by bad government.
Every one at the Planning Board meeting on March 26th knew that the plan was to pressure the City Council into putting the repeal of Measure A on the ballot in which case it would have a better chance to pass than if it were initiated by a few activists.
SUMMARY: The formation of the ad hoc committee was not within the authority of the Planning Board, and it was based on the quicksand of untruths.
Attachment: Planning Director's Packet for Item 9-C
Respectively Submitted,
The Honorable Lil Arnerich, Former Vice Mayor
Patricia Bail
Diane Coler-Dark, Former Economic Development Commissioner
The Honorable Barbara Kerr, Former City Councilmember, Former Chair of the Housing Element Committee
Jean Sweeney, Former Member of the North Waterfront Specific Plan Committee
James Sweeney, Esq., Former Member of the Economic Strategic Plan Committee
The Honorable Barbara Thomas, Former Vice Mayor
To: President Lynch and Members of the Planning Board
From: Cathy Woodbury, Planning and Building Director
Re: Appointment of and Ad Hoc committee to work with the Planning and Building Director on a Housing/Measure A Workshop.
Over the course of the last year the Planning board considered site plans, architectural designs and other entitlements for several mixed-use and residential developments which prompted questions about how these projects might be developed differently in the absence of Measure A (City Charter 26) restrictions. As a result the board and community members expressed a strong desire for a public forum regarding the land use implications of Measure A in today's environment.
The recently initiated planning effort to develop a Station Area Plan for Alameda Point includes a public work shop on March 29, 2007 to discuss land use and transportation alternatives including site plans and designs for housing types that are both Measure A compliant and and those that are not in conformance with measure A. This workshop will lay the foundation for a subsequent community forum to discuss the implications of Measure A on housing throughout Alameda. In light of Alameda's responsibility to update the Housing Element by June 2008, the forum will also provide an opportunity to evaluate the accomplishments of the previous element, identify current needs, resources and constraints, and to assist in the development of community goals, policies, and actions.
It would be beneficial to have 2-3 Planning Board members assist staff in developing the workshop forum and framing housing/Measure A discussion to ensure that it addresses the Board's and community's questions.
Appoint an Ad Hoc Committee of up to 3 Planning Board Members to work with the Planning and Building director on a Housing/Measure A Workshop.
Alameda Planning Board
Staff Report
Meeting of March 12, 2007
ABAG Association of Bay Area Governments
APAC New name for the Base Reuse Advisory Group (BRAG)
APCP Alameda Point Community Partners, the Master Developer for Alameda Point
APD Alameda Police Department
ARRA Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority
AUSD Alameda Unified School District.
BWIP Business and Waterfront Improvement Project (redevelopment area, business districts, north waterfront)
CERT Community Emergency Response Team
CIC Community Improvement Commission (Alameda's redevelopment agency)
CAA Conditional Acquisition Agreement
DDA Design and Development Agreement
DTSC State Department of Toxic Substances
EBMUD East Bay Municipal Utilities District.
EDAB Economic Development Alliance for Business (an alliance of East Bay business interests)
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ENA Exclusive Negotiating Agreement
HAB Historical Advisory Board
HUD Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
MTC Metropolitan Transportation Commission
NCPA Northern California Power Association
PUB Public Utilities Board
RAB Restoration Advisory Board (Toxic Clean Up)
RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
TTT Traffic Technical Team
VIP Volunteers in Policing
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I guess married women have been fooled into thinking they can have it all. They want a successful career, Prince Charming, and happy kids. They're aiming for unrealistic standards and realizing how futile it is
that's a wonderful perspective and a great answer.
I think one reason married men are so happy is because their moms have finally stopped nagging them to "settle down". Maybe married woman are least happy because they gave up their careers to have children? idk just speculation.
That sounds like a made up statistic
no, that sounds like a made up science.
Really? I've yet to meet a married man that is happier than a single man.
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I am going to dream of scrotums tonight, I just know it.
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I am going to dream of scrotums tonight, I just know it.
I've officially done it all, fucked a girl wearing a twister board. ABC parties are amazing!
I wanna introduce you to my balls, Thunder and Lightning.
styled my pubes into a mustache as a surprise. Thought you should know
Mom brought home a 36 pack of Smirnoff and was all "ring any bells?" and then winked. I'm scared. What does she know?
Drunbk and roasting marshmallows on my stove. Accidentally singed the catr's fur but she'sd alright.
got one for peeing in public....called the cop a donut dunking communist...should be a fun court appearance
He showed up in a dinosaur costume bearing a tray of cupcakes. He even let me hold his tail. I'm marrying this guy.
Also, what is a socially acceptable way to introduce a crossbow in public?
I send him pictures of my tits whenever I feel like he's paying too much attention to his girlfriend.
FYI, Sammie and I made the executive decision that we're getting a pet octopus and keeping it in the ballpit. Just thought you should know.
That doesn't mean I'm a slut. Unless McFlurries are involved.
One huge ass giant mistake followed by celebatory shots and coors lights thats my day in a nut shell
Actually, what with the curvature of the Earth, it's faster to leave from Washington. And Google maps recommends kayaking instead of swimming.


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As a child I had a small record player and a collection of classical music on 45s. (Yes, I'm that old.) For hours on end I would listen to wonderful orchestral pieces such as "Peter and the Wolf" and "Swan Lake." The music would transport me from our tiny house to worlds far away on adventures that I would make up in my mind. The music became a soundtrack to my childhood stories.
Naturally, as a mom, I have wanted the same musically creative outlets for my children. That's why I was so impressed with Maestro Classics.
Combining stories with music, Maestro Classics offers children their own musical experience. Using professional storytellers and actors, Maestro Classics brings new and old stories to life. What makes Maestro Classics so wonderful is that the soundtrack for the stories are provided by the world famous London Symphony Orchestra. Each CD contains several songs and stories that are all centered around a particular theme.
Maestro Classics titles available:
- My Name is Handel: The Story of Water Music
- Peter and the Wolf
- The Story of Swan Lake
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- Casey at the Bat
- The Soldier's Tale
- Juanita The Spanish Lobster
- Carnival of the Animals
Maestro Classics is the product of the husband and wife team, Stephen and Bonnie Simon. As the former Music Director of the Washington Chamber Symphony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Stephen Simon is also a famous symphony conductor. Bonnie Simon has also been deeply involved with the Washington Chamber Symphony as the former Executive Director of the organization. Biographies of this talented duo can be found on the Maestro Classics website.
Homeschoolers will be especially pleased to find detailed coordinated homeschool curriculum for each of the Maestro Classic products. Using the website, a single Maestro Classic CD can quickly become a fun and educational unit study for your family.
And speaking of the website, the Maestro Classic website itself is really a great site. Click on the "music and life" tab to learn of the importance of music in the home. This page is also filled with hints on how to increase listening experiences for your children. Kids can identify instruments to win a "prize" and parents can find links to other music education websites filled with games and lessons plans. The Kids Club section has musical puzzles, games and a link to find Maestro Classics on Pinterest. Over on Pinterest, the Maestro Classics board is filled with ideas such as how to make homemade instruments, musical games to play and lots of other great non-musical educational ideas.
My family and I reviewed "Juanita the Spanish Lobster." The story itself is a new story that we were not familiar with, however the storyteller drew us in immediately. We thoroughly enjoyed the London Symphony Orchestra providing the background music. Juanita is a lobster who wants more out of life, but in the end learns to stay in her place. Personally, I did not really enjoy that ending of the Juanita story, however the musical background, professional recording quality and the coordinated online homeschool curriculum made up for it.
Music can touch a heart and make the imagination soar. Learn more about Maestro Classics at http://www.maestroclassics.com/
Maestro Classics is also on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and You Tube.
Pamela has been homeschooling her kids since 2005. She has visited 41 states and 16 countries and now calls the beautiful Pacific Northwest home. A bookworm who is homeschooling teens this year, Pamela is determined to actually read all of the books she owns. Pamela can be found with her nose in a book over at Lavish Bookshelf.
Pamela received a complimentary copy of Juanita the Spanish Lobster in exchange for an honest review but the opinion in this review is all hers.


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Recently, my rim collapsed from being worn through after a few years of braking.
I've bought replacements but it's brought me to wonder how long cyclists ride their bikes before replacing them.
Racers seem to replace their bikes each year, recreational every few years, and commuters when things break and replacement parts can't be found (my rear triangle spacing - 126 mm - limited my wheel choices, I did find a screw on freewheel wheel with a 126 mm spacing - I was thinking I was looking at a 130mm spacing for 7 spd cassette, 135mm for 8 spd cassette)
My last commutter I put about 50,000 kms on over 11 yrs before I replaced it and my current Cannondale I've put 20,000 kms on over 6 yrs. After 4 or 6 more years, I'll be out of replacement 7 spd cassettes and I don't know if I could spead my rear triangle to accommadate and new and wider hub for an 8 or 9 spd cassette so I'll be looking at replacing it after maybe 12 years and 40 - 50,000 kms.
How many years and/or kms (miles) do you go before you replace your old bike?


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Kinder Kids-
After we completed our talk on plants, we made flowers to show what we had learned. We needed soil (cookie crumbs), a seed, roots (string), stem, leaves and a flower. Each student got to pick the materials they wanted to use to create their own flower. The pictures turned out great!
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Grimm Quest for the Gatherer's Key is a Hack and Slash Fantasy game with some platforming elements that leans heavily on extremely bloody and satisfying gameplay. Players can explore a huge world that often offers several different routes that lead to accomplishment. Almost every part of it is customizable to taste, not only the graphical aspects but also it's gameplay aspects.
An update on the work that's been done the last months on Grimm and where I'm at in the development.
Posted by grimmquest on Jul 16th, 2012
It's been a while since the last update!
I was saving all this goodness up till I had new things to show... and boy do I have new things to show!
Two new enemies and lots of finalized areas coming up in a huge screenshot update that was made to the images section.
I have been working on updating and adding the final detail layers to the maps that were released. All other maps are now somewhat in a playable state. I've added some pretty cool stuff to the game which has helped development. One of the things I've done is to add randomization scripts to all breakable objects. This gives me a lot of speed with mapping as I can just slap two entities all over the place and the game decides what to place there on it's own accord. Goodies are spawned depending on the players inventory, meaning that spikes for the stingstaff won't be given until the the player actually has the Stingstaff.
Ok. First up we have this bad guy.
He shoots what you could best describe as land-mines. They tick to make their presence known. But that's not comforting or helpful. It just tells you that you need to get out fast.
The Ventril enemy (can be considered the main cannon fodder in the game) has also been redone from scratch. The initial idea was always to use organic enemies, the skeletons were just placeholders, and with these new enemies the games' true colour are beginning to show, finally.
Most areas of the second map, especially the trainrails part has been extensively detailed and finished up, and I finally got around to placing some decent decals and the vines you would expect in a deep underground tunnel. You will find screenshots of these, and other areas in the media section, so check it out now!
Then last, but certainly not least: The second release of Grimm which will be released on the 11th of August!


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Located in Lincoln Park, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Second City and Lincoln Park Zoo. Hancock Tower and Chicago Water Tower are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a 24-hour fitness center, and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a coffee shop/café, a rooftop terrace, and valet parking.
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All 184 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and iPod docks. For a bit of entertainment, LCD TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can also appreciate conveniences like microwaves and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hotel Lincoln features a 24-hour fitness center and complimentary bicycles. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 1000 square feet (90 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, a terrace, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge). A total renovation of this property was completed in March 2012.
Hotel Lincoln is a smoke-free property.
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- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- iPod docking station
- Individually decorated
- Designer toiletries
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
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Perennial Virant - This fine-dining restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
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The annual Wild Alaskan Salmon barbecue gala dinner sponsored by Senior Round Table Meals-on-Wheels will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at The Center at the Park, 720 Sprague Ave.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door if still available, $8 under 12 years of age. Advance tickets may be purchased at The Center at the Park or Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce office.
This dinner is the biggest fundraising effort for the program. Proceeds go to continue services to senior citizens in the region and to serving more than 50,000 meals per year with the help of volunteers and staff.
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Mountain Home baseball/football player Kyle Stephens (center) was named the winner of the Jim Holsted Athlete of the Year Award at the Senior Academic and Scholarship Program Thursday at Dunbar Auditorium. Shown with Stephens are: (from left) his father, Scott, his mother, Kim, and award sponsors Susan and Mike Stockton.
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Kyle Stephens was announced as the 2014 Mountain Home High School Athlete of the Year on Thursday at the Senior Academic and Scholarship Program at Dunbar Auditorium.
The award is presented by Mike and Susan Stockton of Mountain Home, in memory of James "Big Jim" Holsted, who passed away unexpectedly in January of 2013. Holsted was a supporter of Bomber athletics and sponsored the Athlete of the Week award at MHHS for over a decade. The Stocktons have continued to present the Athlete of the Week award and added the Athlete of the Year award in 2013.
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First step is to go into your kernelâs source directory. Usually /usr/src/linux
If it is a recent kernel i.e. 2.6+ type:
This will bring up a graphical menu of your kernelâs options, If you have to change anything here you must compile your kernel for the changes to take affect.
You want to enable scsi support and USB support like below if they are not already:
Device Drivers -------->
SCSI Device Support --------->
[*] legacy /proc/scsi/ support
<*> SCSI disk support
<*> SCSI generic support
USB Support -------------->
<*> Support for USB
[*] USB device filesystem
< > EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
< > OHCI HCD support
<*> UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
<*> USB Mass Storage support
If you experience problems with it still not seeing your drive try enabling EHCI or OHCI.
Now if you didnât have to change anything here you can skip the compiling phase and go to mounting.
Next you need to compile. There are many ways to go about this so I'll just show you how I usually do it (recent kernels 2.6+). Type:
make modules
make modules_install
make bzImage
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-usb (you can name "linux-usb" what ever you want)
I will explain this next part for lilo if you use grub or something else your on your own here.
Edit your /etc/lilo.conf
and add:
image=/boot/linux-usb (where linux-usb is the name of your image) label=name (where name is the name you want to pop up on lilo) read-only root=/dev/hda1 (where hda1 is what ever partition your using)
Now save and exit the lilo.conf file.
Now type "lilo" at the command line. It should say something about adding your image.
Reboot and make sure it all works.
If your kernel is all good and ready you should be able to mount
Go into your /dev directory
look for sdXX where XX is a leter and number ex: sda1.
Some distros will only make a dev for the devices you have and some will not. If there are a lot of sdXX's in there than just start with sda1 and try others if you have no luck.
Make a directory to mount your drive to ex:
Then mount it:
where vfat is the type and sda1 is the dev for your drive.
the -t vfat is not allways nessisary but if it mounts and you have read or write errors then you need the -t vfat.
Well hopefully this helps someone. Oh don't forget to unmount using
umount /mnt/pendrive
Where /mnt/pendrive is the mount point. If you dont unmount you will loose changes and risk messing up your partition.


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|Human or animal homograft: could they have a future as a biological scaffold for engineered heart valves?
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 20523298 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|Tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHVs) promise to be the ideal heart valve replacement: they have the potential to grow and repair within the host, to minimise inflammatory and immunological responses and to limit thromboembolism. Viable cells included in TEHVs can theoretically adapt to a growing and changing environment exactly as a native biological structure. This could be extremely important in case of paediatric applications, where reoperations are frequently required to replace failed valve substitutes or to accommodate the growth of the patient. At present time the biological matrix from allogenic or xenogenic decellularized valves represents an appropriate valve scaffold in TEHVs, showing theoretically an ability to grow and repair within the host. Viable cells included in extracellular valve matrix can theoretically adapt to a growing and changing environment like the native biological structure. The aim of this paper is to present a review concerning the use of homograft and allograft valves as an ideal substrate for cardiac engineered tissue valves that represent an exciting possibility for in situ regeneration and repair of heart valves.
|L Dainese; P Biglioli
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|Created Date: 2010-06-04 Completed Date: 2010-10-05 Revised Date: -
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BBC Primary History – Ancient Greece
A site full of images, video, and resources about life in Ancient Greece. It features the game – Greek Hero – Solve tasks and learn about Sparta, Olympia, and Athens as you explore the city to become a Greek Hero! British Museum
British Museum Ancient Greece Site
Great for facts, reference, and interactive materials. Captain a trireme, see if you could be a Spartan Solider, and match the gods with actual artefacts – fun in the challenge section of each topic!
Ask the Oracle – an animated story about Apollo and the Oracle, as well as an interactive question and answer section with the Oracle – very good for learning about Delphi. There are a few edutainment type games on the site as well (Athenians vs. Amazons!) good for if someone needs a reward, but not very educationally strong.
Greek Pot Painter – a great little interactive tool to create greek pottery. I would use it to create a pot to match a myth we've read or written or part of greek life we have studied. You can even print or screen capture your creations!
Odyssey Online – an interactive portal to learn about life in Ancient Greece by examining real historical artifacts to piece together the civilization. It's more of an interactive textbook, with a large amount of excellent information.


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I have always been a big fan of LeapFrog. Most of their products my kids loved for years. There were a few bad apples within all of our LeapFrog products, but for the most part, they were really great.
So, when I heard about the latest addition to their product line, the LeapFrog Text and Learn, I just had to scratch my head and say "WHY???" and then say "What were they thinking?".
Most of our kids already know how to use a cell phone, and a large percentage of those can even work their way around a smartphone, blackberry or iPhone device.
Parents may have mixed feelings about it, but I don't know of any parents that want their preschoolers texting! Texting at 3 years old… all I can say is why??? Of course it's not real texting. Just "sending" messages to a pretend LeapFrog friend, but still, so they need it?
How will that benefit them? How is that educational? Any parent who has introduced their blackberry to their kids knows that they can learn the QWERTY keyboard faster and more efficiently than any of us have. When it's time, they won't be left behind. They will be texting like the rest of the world before you know it.
Then there is the bulky design and low-grade display. Again LeapFrog, why???
My kids still use their Leapster and other LeapFrog products that have lasted for years and have been fun and educational. I hope this bump in their road is just that, a bump and not a trend toward more poor products to come.


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Hello again and welcome back to my blog series outlining what our customers told us they wanted to see in a cloud storage solution before they would put primary copies of their enterprise data in the cloud. Again, it is important to note that these requirements drove the design and development of the solution we have in market today.
This is the outline of the series and hyperlinks to previous posts:
• Introduction
• Accessed like traditional storage
• Easy to use enterprise features
• Comprehensive data integrity/protection
• Data security/privacy
• Continuous availability
• Non-blocking performance
• Administrative transparency and control
• Provides good investment value
This post discusses how a service provider must create a storage solution architecture that can ensure "non-blocking" performance, enabling it to adapt to multiple customer access patterns simultaneously.
There is no question that innovations have allowed today's traditional arrays to scale to huge capacity — hundreds of terabytes per array. But the core array architecture has changed little across time, and this architecture can limit the amount of additional capacity that can be added, and can even prevent existing capacity from being utilized adequately. A massive scale, multi-tenant architecture requires a fundamentally different design — one that borrows heavily from distributed systems design principles.
There are effectively three components to any storage solution: the network, the controller, and disk. In a traditional array, purchase-time decisions are made that determine the ratios of each of these to the others, and those decisions are very difficult to alter once the array has been deployed. Unfortunately, circumstances change, and one of these three components almost always becomes the bottleneck, preventing full utilization of the other components. For example, if the workload winds up being more controller-intensive than expected, the disks won't ever be filled.
A service provider who tries to construct a storage service using a series of high-priced, traditional arrays will fall prey to this dynamic in a very acute way — installing multiple arrays doesn't obviate this issue, it expands it. This is augmented by the fact that there is literally no way to plan in advance for customer behavior when the customer isn't even identified prior to array purchase, as is the case for a cloud storage service provider.
A cloud service provider shouldn't attempt to use traditional vendor-produced arrays to create a storage service — the costs don't add up, any single customer's access pattern could negatively impact others, and the fundamental array architecture is in conflict with the notion of a storage service.
Instead, a storage service must be architected using Internet-centric distributed computing principles. Each of the tiers of the architecture — throughput, IOPs, and density — should be able to scale independently of any other tier, allowing the service provider to adapt to customer behavior — singly and in aggregate — as necessary to ensure adequate performance to all and adequate system resource utilization in the aggregate.
One additional best practice to mention: unlike computer processors, disks are mechanical devices — they spin at a certain maximum rate. As a result, if enough IOPs hit a disk at the same time, the disk can become snarled and disk throughput can fall off a cliff. Since both IOPs and density are determined by the disk, a storage service should provide a QOS engine — similar to a computer's scheduler — to ensure that disks never reach a point-of-no-return under load, where IOPs begin to slow exponentially.