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Catherine Baker Knoll
|Catherine Baker Knoll
Catherine Baker Knoll in January 2006
|30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
|In office
January 21, 2003 – November 12, 2008
|Ed Rendell
|Preceded by
|Robert Jubelirer
|Succeeded by
|Joe Scarnati[1]
|32nd Treasurer of Pennsylvania
|In office
January 18, 1989[2] – January 22, 1997[3]
|Preceded by
|Davis Greene
|Succeeded by
|Barbara Hafer
|Personal details
September 3, 1930
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, U.S
|November 12, 2008
(aged 78)
New York City. NY, U.S
|Resting place
Allegheny County Memorial ParkAllison Park, Pennsylvania
|Political party
|Charles A. Knoll
|Teacher, businesswoman, politician
|Roman Catholic
Catherine Baker Knoll (September 3, 1930 – November 12, 2008) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008.
Catherine Baker was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks,[4] the daughter of Nick Baker, a successful man who later served as mayor of McKees Rocks[4] and Teresa May (one of eleven children). She was one of nine children, one of five girls and four boys. While a graduate at Duquesne University in 1952, she met and married Charles A. Knoll, a restaurateur and hotel owner 17 years her senior,[4] who became the Postmaster of the Stowe, Kennedy, and McKees Rocks area. Charles Knoll and Catherine had three sons and one daughter. Their names are Charles A. Knoll Jr., Mina Baker Knoll, Albert Baker Knoll, and Kim Eric Knoll.[4]
Knoll began her political career as a campaign worker for local and statewide Democratic candidates, first for her father, Nick, and later for Governor Milton Shapp. When Shapp was elected governor in 1970, he awarded Knoll a job with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
State Treasurer[edit]
In 1976, she ran for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer but lost to Robert E. Casey, who was unrelated to, but often confused with Bob Casey who went on to become Governor of Pennsylvania.[4] She ran again in 1984 but lost a close primary in which her opponent, Auditor General Al Benedict, originally conceded on election night but later withdrew his concession.[4] In 1988, one year after her husband's death, she ran a third time and was elected State Treasurer of Pennsylvania.[4]
She streamlined and modernized the Treasurer's office during her eight-year tenure and started the Pennsylvania TAP program (Tuition Account Program),[4] built the PA Treasury Investment Center,[4] and started a partnership with PA Home Builders, PA Community Banks, to build PA[citation needed] Affordable Housing in 67 counties of Pennsylvania) according to the population of each county.[citation needed]
In 1994, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into Knoll and her staff after four state consultants reaped improper fees from a prison bond issue.[4] Knoll claimed that the official paperwork had been altered after she signed off on the plan.[4] Knoll was never charged with a crime but the well-publicized inquiry hurt her politically. However, the four state consultants were found guilty and served prison time.[citation needed]
Catherine Baker Knoll ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1994, having surprised Lieutenant Governor Mark Singel, by first withdrawing from the race and then hinting that she would consider running if the Democratic State Committee did not endorse anyone for the race.[4] The State Committee voted to endorse no candidate and Knoll re-entered the race only to finish third in a seven-way primary.[4]
In 1996, Knoll, who was term limited, endorsed her daughter Mina Baker Knoll as her successor. Mina Knoll's opponent, Republican Barbara Hafer questioned her residency status because she had lived in New York City and the Knoll campaign attacked Hafer's leadership.[4] The race, which Hafer won, opened a rift between the two women that culminated in 2000 when Knoll ran against Hafer for Treasurer.[4] Hafer won the election by less than 100,000 votes.[4]
Lieutenant governor[edit]
In 2002, she sought the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. She won the nomination over endorsed candidate, State Senator Jack Wagner and insurgent State Senator Allen Kukovich. Knoll was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor on January 21, 2003. She was the first woman to hold that position.
Knoll was criticized by many in the Pennsylvania political community for her controversial remarks and actions.[5] The Pennsylvania Report said that "she puts you to sleep when she speaks and is a throwback to the old glory days of the Pennsylvania Democrat Party."[6] She became known for her gaffes during public events such as referring to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell as Edward G. Robinson. The speech writer admitted he printed in Lieutenant Governor Knoll's speech her introducing the governor as Edward G. Robinson.[5] She was also known for her alleged difficulties in presiding over the Pennsylvania State Senate during late night sessions,[5] and an incident in which Lt. Governor Knoll visited the funeral of a Pennsylvania U.S. Marine who died in the Iraq War.[5] The controversy surrounding Knoll's comments at the funeral, and her passing her business cards to relatives received nationwide attention.[5][7] Knoll apologized and Rendell said that she was only there to help the family.[5][7]
In November 2005, Senator and former Lieutenant Governor Bob Jubelirer proposed legislation in which the Lieutenant Governor's primary election would be dropped in favor of the gubernatorial candidate selecting a "running mate" in the November general election, similar to a presidential candidate selecting a running mate for the Presidential elections.[citation needed]
Despite her critics, Knoll maintained a key base of supporters. She was popular with voters in Pennsylvania's southwest,[5] with many women, and with senior citizens.
Four candidates announced bids against Knoll in the 2006 Democratic primary: former Congressman and US Senate candidate Joe Hoeffel, the current Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County Valerie McDonald-Roberts, Robert Hall, III and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania political activist Gene Stilp.[citation needed] Governor Rendell asked the former Congressman to withdraw and endorsed Knoll in the race.
On May 16, 2006, Knoll won the Democratic nomination by a large margin. On November 7, 2006, she and Governor Rendell defeated Republican challengers Lynn Swann and Jim Matthews.
In August 2008, Knoll revealed that she had been diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer and was in treatment for the disease.[8] She was treated in Hershey, Pennsylvania at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and attempted a return to her duties in September 2008 but fatigue forced her to return home.[9] In October 2008, she entered Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland for treatment of a viral infection.[9] On November 12, 2008, Knoll died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Upon her death, Pennsylvania State Senate President pro tempore Joe Scarnati became the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
- ^ Associated Press (November 12, 2008). "Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll, 78, Has Died". KDKA. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers
- ^ http://nl.newsbank.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Johnna A. Pro (2003-01-12). "Catherine Baker Knoll is making history as first female lieutenant governor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tom Barnes (2006-10-15). "Knoll keeping lower profile this year". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "The PA Report "Power 75" List" (PDF). Pennsylvania Report. Capital Growth, Inc. January 31, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-02.
- ^ a b Neri, Al (July 2005). "Rendell sticks by Catherine Baker Knoll after Marine funeral flap". The Insider. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll Reveals Cancer Fight". WTAE TV. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ a b Amy Worden (2008-10-17). "Pa.'s Lt. Gov. Knoll being treated for cancer". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2008-11-12.[dead link]
|Political offices
|Preceded by
Davis Greene
|Treasurer of Pennsylvania
|Succeeded by
Barbara Hafer
|Preceded by
Robert Jubelirer
|Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
|Succeeded by
Joe Scarnati
|Party political offices
|Preceded by
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky
|Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
2002, 2006
|Succeeded by
Scott Conklin
|Preceded by
Mina Baker Knoll
|Democratic nominee for Treasurer of Pennsylvania
|Succeeded by
Bob Casey, Jr.
|Preceded by
Al Benedict
|Democratic nominee for Treasurer of Pennsylvania
1988, 1992
|Succeeded by
Mina Baker Knoll
- 1930 births
- 2008 deaths
- Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania
- State treasurers of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Democrats
- Politicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Duquesne University alumni
- People from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
- Cancer deaths in Washington, D.C.
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- American schoolteachers
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Katie Holmes Shows Some Skin on Allure Cover, Says She's "Open" to Having More Kids
Katie Holmes is leaving her future wide open. The 34-year-old single actress poses in a sexy photo shoot for the April issue of Allure magazine sporting wet hair and swimwear, and opens up about her plans for the future.
After finalizing her divorce from Tom Cruise, 50, in July 2012, the mom to daughter Suri, 6, talks about the possibility of expanding her family one day.
"I don't know," she says. "I'm open to it."
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She's also seems to be open to the rumors that she plans to become an attorney. "Well, my brother and father are attorneys, and – we'll see," Holmes says. "I like the practical thinking of attorneys."
Since splitting from Cruise, Holmes has been focused on her career and being a good mother. The former Dawson's Creek star appeared on Broadway in Dead Accounts beginning in November 2012, but the show closed seven weeks early in January.
"I was open to –- well, to whoever wanted me," Holmes says of taking the role. "But it was always my goal to make it back to the stage."
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And while she's looking forward to the possibility of new projects ahead of her, Holmes says she hopes this year is good everyone and not just herself.
"I hope this is a peaceful year for a lot of people in the world," she tells the magazine. "When you look back on the last year, there were a lot of tragedies -- Hurricane Sandy, the Connecticut shooting. I just hope it's a good year for everyone."
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Not the Evil TWEN: How Online Course Management Software Supports Non-Linear Learning in Law Schools
Newman, Marie Stefanini, The Journal of High Technology Law
The students entering law school today grew up using computers and are comfortable with technology of all kinds. As Professor William Anderson, then President of CALI, (1) said in 1995, "'There is a generational thing here. Some of these students have been working with computers since kindergarten, and they know how to extract information from these machines."" (2) The situation has only intensified since Professor Anderson made that statement because the move to Internet-accessible classrooms has accelerated, and most students are computer literate and comfortable with online information. (3) By 1995, the majority of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States had Internet access. (4) By 1998, the majority of instructional rooms (i.e., classrooms and libraries or media centers) were connected to the Internet. (5) According to a study done by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, (6) except for schools in very poor districts, almost every school in the United States today has access to the Internet. (7) Simultaneously, the number of homes with access to the Internet has increased, (8) and the residential use of broadband service is expanding. (9) In addition, "[m]embers of Gen Y (those ages 18-27) are ... the most likely to have used wireless devices." (10) Because of this national expansion of Internet access, approximately 20% of today's college students began using computers between the ages of five and eight, and by the time they got to college, 86% of them had "gone online." (11)
Due to their early introduction to the computer, today's students may learn most effectively when they receive information through an electronic medium, assuming it is done well, because that format actively engages them. (12) For this reason, "it would behoove law schools to integrate ... technology ... in a pedagogically sound way." (13) Most experts on legal education (14) do not propose that electronic technology be substituted for the law school classroom experience, (15) but rather that it be used to enhance and extend it. In fact, the "affordability and ubiquitous nature of computers, coupled with the growth of the Internet, has encouraged many law faculty to use technology in teaching their traditional physical classes, or to supplement those classes with a virtual, or online, component." (16)
Some law professors even consider it their professional responsibility to help students "make the transition into today's professional world, which already depends on tomorrow's technology." (17) One professor feels that "demonstrating the capabilities of various media can help prepare students for the practice of law." (18) This professor points to the common use of "visual images to explain facts to judges and juries," (19) including diagrams in automobile accident cases and anatomical illustrations in medical malpractice cases. (20) As high technology makes its way to court rooms, attorneys will need to know how to make the best use of it; an "advantage of utilizing computer technology is that it promotes students' familiarity with resources that inevitably will be integral to their practice." (21) Furthermore, some corporations now insist on paperless work environments and rely increasingly on technology for both internal and external communications; they expect the attorneys with whom they interact to be digitally literate. A relatively easy way to begin to integrate electronic technology into legal education is by establishing course Web sites. (22)
In this article, I will discuss both how today's law students learn through technology, and also theories of personality types and learning styles. I will first review the few existing empirical studies on the subject. Next, I will discuss course Web sites and how they can support, not replace, what happens in the traditional law school classroom. (23) Then, I will discuss how my law school implemented TWEN (24) course Web pages, and discuss the results of a survey of TWEN usage by faculty members at Pace University School of Law. …


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I'm Mr Chatterton, sir; and now, out with your writ—whose suit?
Dedimus, ded′i-mus, n. a writ commissioning one not a judge to act as a judge—from its first word.
His handwriting does not run quite as far as the queen's writ in this country yet.
I writ to-day to the Archbishop of Dublin, and enclosed a long politic paper by itself.
Old English writ "something written, piece of writing," from the past participle stem of writan (see write). Used of legal documents or instruments since at least 1121.
Old English writan "to score, outline, draw the figure of," later "to set down in writing" (class I strong verb; past tense wrat, past participle writen), from Proto-Germanic *writanan "tear, scratch" (cf. Old Frisian writa "to write," Old Saxon writan "to tear, scratch, write," Old Norse rita "write, scratch, outline," Old High German rizan "to write, scratch, tear," German reißen "to tear, pull, tug, sketch, draw, design"), outside connections doubtful. Words for "write" in most I.E languages originally mean "carve, scratch, cut" (cf. Latin scribere, Greek grapho, Sanskrit rikh-); a few originally meant "paint" (cf. Gothic meljan, Old Church Slavonic pisati, and most of the modern Slavic cognates).
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Houston County has the second highest divorce rate in the state and local organizations are taking action to help reverse these numbers.
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Activity Levels Offer Ray of Hope for Manufacturers
Byline: Graeme Evans
MANUFACTURERS were yesterday offered a ray of hope after activity levels showed signs of a rally from the sharp slump seen in March.
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply's UK-wide barometer of conditions in the sector stood at 48.3 in April - compared with 46.3 a month earlier.
While the performance still shows contraction in the sector - a figure of 50 represents no change - CIPS said the results did provide some hope.
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I now have a January 2006 360 with samsung drive MS25, 3.3 firmware, 2 talisman fans (sp?). I was wondering if it should be safe to update, and not get an immediate error or freezing in 3-5 days because of it.
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UHV cancels Friday classes until 10 a.m.
All University of Houston-Victoria classes held the evening of Thursday, Jan. 23, are taking place as scheduled. On Friday, Jan. 24, the UHV Victoria campus will be closed until 10 a.m., and classes will be canceled until then.
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Every political season somebody proposes a hot idea that is supposed to propel a candidate or a political party into office on its sheer cleverness and cunning.
The political guru of the moment is Emory University psychologist Drew Westen, the author of a book that suggests Democratic candidates stop being such a bunch of bloodless wonks and show some emotion.
Westen's book, "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of a Nation," says that it's the gut connection with voters that is important for politicians, not the tedious, rational presentation of policies and ideas.
Westen used MRI scanners to examine the brains of various voters presented with information about political candidates.
He found that when it comes to allegiance to candidates, the portion of the brain assigned to reasoning is pretty much flat-lining during your average political discussion. It's the part that controls emotions that's sizzling with every subtle hint of a candidate's body language or suggestion of real humanity.
Partisan brains were perfectly willing to ignore facts that might undermine their opinion about a candidate as long as he made them feel good.
I thought of Westen as Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper delivered his inaugural address at the Temple Buell Theatre Monday.
The guy doesn't need to read Westen's book.
He should have written it.
The skinny, self-deprecating mayor began by comparing his oath of office with his marriage vows. "In both cases, I wind up being responsible for the trash," he said.
He bragged about the city's progress in reducing homelessness, cutting crime rates and planting trees. He promised that, thanks to voter approval of a tax increase, every 4-year-old in the city would soon have access to preschool. And he heralded efforts to make sure graduates from city schools will have the money they need to go to college.
Political brains were zoning out all over the theater at this point and when he got to the part of his speech about "the Infrastructure Priorities Task Force," I figured we were at serious risk of mass coma.
Then hizzoner resuscitated the crowd, aiming straight for the heart with a jolt of pure emotional electricity.
He talked about ancient Athens and the birth of a republic based on a soaring commitment to community.
"Too many in our mass democracy of 300 million people have surrendered and walked away from the sense of common good," he said. Too many have "become isolated and self-interested, indifferent to the greater good of their city and nation."
He rallied the city to his cause, invoking the spirit of Thomas Jefferson and offering Denver as a model for a nation hungry for an opportunity to embrace a "noble ideal."
Then he mentioned "investments in infrastructure" again so everybody would connect the joy they were feeling about Greece and Jefferson and noble ideals to his plan to ask voters for something like $600 million in bonds and property taxes.
Depending on which synapses were firing from moment to moment, political brains everywhere surely were envisioning either a wondrous "urban renaissance" or maybe just a whole lot of roof repairs, remodeling and upkeep on the cop shops and rec centers around town.
Then the mayor, former geologist, brewpub owner and LoDo developer, the guy who shoveled the snow off the sidewalk in front of his house last January and listened to his neighbors gripe about the icy streets, revved up for a stemwinding, heart-pounding oratorical climax.
And his voice went all dry and squeaky. Westen couldn't have orchestrated the moment better himself.
"If we succeed in these endeavors," the obviously all-too-human regular guy squawked, as audience members leaned forward to listen to his words and hoped for his sake that he could make it through to his big applause line, "we just might find that in creating a great city, we are changing the world."
The place broke into eager applause and political brains all over the room basked in the glow of sweet, irrational emotional release.
If Westen is even half-right, this guy can't lose.
Diane Carman's column appears Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Reach her at 303-954-1489 or email@example.com.


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How would NATO's mutual defense clause apply to cyber war? Nobody really knows, acknowledges Lt. Gen. Mark Schissler, deputy chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee. (File)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organizations most powerful tool is its collective defense clause, Article 5, which requires NATO member states to come to the aid of any other member state that comes under armed attack. But that tool would be of little use in cyber war, NATO officials acknowledge.
Article 5which has been invoked only once, after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001is one of the worlds guiding laws of armed conflict, but until recently, little attention has been paid to applying the rule to cyberspace. Thats changing, according to NATO officials.
Its important work and I think the alliance recognizes we need to get underway with that, but first we need to understand what we think about cyber and then think about whether were going to put in change that would specifically address cyber aggression into article 5 or leave it as it stands, Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Schissler, deputy chairman of the NATO military committee, said June 25 at the AFCEA cyber symposium in Baltimore. Obviously [that is] huge work for technicians and for lawyers, separate from ambassadors and mill-runners.
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Major questions surround exactly how Article 5 would be applied in cyber conflict, Schissler said. Much remains to be determined, starting with the very definition of a cyber attack and what would constitute enough of an incident to trigger an international response under Article 5. Its particularly unclear since a purely cyber-based attackunattached to any related traditional or kinetic conflicthas not really happened yet.
We dont know exactly know how to define Article 5 in cyber, and thats work yet to be done, he said. The question might assume that theres something that was purely a cyber attack that would be separate from any other form of action. We actually havent seen that; weve normally seen it in some combination. Article 5 was, along with many other parts of NATO documents, written at a time when cyber wasnt addressed, so we may have to update that. But we havent figured that out.
According to Melissa Hathaway, president of Hathaway Global Strategies and former acting senior director for cyberspace at the National Security Council, there are some helpful materials emerging to help guide the decision-making surrounding international cyber policy. Among them: the Tallinn Manual, a NATO-commissioned manual written last year by several dozen cyber experts that builds on existing international law.
The Tallinn Manual has really informed the NATO conversation, as well as the global conversation, on how the laws of armed conflict would actually apply in the cyber world, giving us the parameters of left and right how we should think about thresholds, proportionality [and] measured response, Hathaway said. To what extent does a disruption of service or disruption of property meet the threshold of LOAC? And what would activate Article 5 of the alliance? Theres still a lot more to go.
The manual is named for the Estonian city that famously underwent a series of cyber attacks in 2007 an incident that stands out as a defining moment in the history of cyber conflict. The world has learned much about the problem from and since the attacks on Estonia, and those lessons continue to emerge as the international cyber law debate takes shape.
Its so difficult to identify, sometimes, when you are already in crisis, when you are attacked. And sometimes the effects are not just your website is damaged or closed; sometimes effects might be very different train accidents or accidents in energy systems, said Lt. Gen. Johannes Kert, military representative of the Estonian Delegation in NATOs Cooperative cyber Defense Centre. Later, you understand the reason. You may not catch it immediately. Cyber is such a complex thing, it makes it really difficult to identify whos behind it. Deniability is still the beauty of the game and attackers end to use it.


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Gay marriage doesn't unravel society
I am a friend of Everett's and I have been waiting for my own marriage to dissolve since he and his wife moved to town. It has been extremely stressful for me, as you might imagine. If marriage isn't always and forever about two differently sexed bodies submitting themselves to state regulation, what are my husband and I doing?! What will hold our marriage together!?
As it turned out, I needn't have worried. My husband and I still love each other; Everett and his wife still love each other. The world still spins in the right direction. Phew! We dodged a serious bullet!
Married people of Washington: fear not! Upholding the right to equal marriage will not bring about instant ruin for us all. I can testify to it.
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Consider harm to society by gay marriage
I am a happily married straight woman. I did not vow to give my husband "a refuge, a home and a family," and nor did my husband vow to "put the full strength of all of his efforts and labor toward the support of his wife and their children." That is not at all the way we understand our commitment to one another. Sorry lady, but your conception of marriage is not a universal one, and nor are you entitled to impose your ideas about marriage onto my marriage. Given that people are free to love each other and make commitments to each other in a variety of ways, there is no good reason at all (except bigotry, of course) to make gay marriage illegal. You go ahead and live in a world of tightly prescribed gender roles: don't ask me or my gay friends to do the same.


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when I use " AllowPaging="True" " property in gridview and upload my webSite ,when I click next page , I can't see that and I see same record that I see already . point : I bind a dataBase on gridview,and I see that in gridview.above problem when I uplaod my website,happen . what is problem that I can't see next page of gridview ?
I am having a bit of trouble completing understanding your question. I think your are basically trying to get paging to work on a gridview.
In addition to setting "AllowPaging=True", you will need to hook into your paging event like so:
Check it out on MSDN
you need to set the current page index property in Page index chaged event. then call the bind method in next line. then only you able to see the next page and it will work.
example protected void SearchGrid_PageIndexChanging(object sender, GridViewPageEventArgs e) { //set the current page index for grid searchResultsGrid.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex;
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This really seemed to be more of a "Mini Myth" episode than a "Do Try This At Home" one since half of the stories they told you couldn't do at home. Still an interesting take.
I think you may be on to something, Christopher, that the microwave may have heated and killed microbes in the water beyond what simply boiling water could do. But at the same time, yeah, other tests would need to be done to rule out the microwaved water plant(s) growing better being a fluke. And, yeah, it was one with a result I knew how it would come out. The premise of it seemed built on the idea some still have that microwaves use dangerous forms of radiation to heat things. As I've said before when it comes to any "myth" dealing with microwaves or other forms of EM radiation, humanity is
in all sorts of forms of radiation from radio waves, microwaves and all of that and has been for pretty much a century. If it was dangerous (which it can't be since it's non-ionizing. The energy of these forms of radiation being too big to cause damage to cells) we'd been seeing some serious impacts on humanity for quite some time now.
The metronome test was interesting. I think the failure of the large-scale test came from the foam on the air-hockey table. I think it probably gave too many variables for all of the metronomes to balance out. With the foam on the tubes the metronomes only had one axis to balance. (Left/Right, horizontal axis.) But on the hockey table the metronomes had to balance out through pretty much three dimensions. Left/Right, Font/Back and Up/Down (as the foam shifted while floating on the air.) I think it was just more than could be overcome by the devices. Setting up another "one dimensional" system to shift things around may have gotten them better results.
Or if it was a case of the devices being imperfect and out of sync with one another I'd think it'd be fairly easy to get them tuned in to one another by having one or two being your "base" and then introducing the others one at a time and tuning them in to the "controls." Then they'd all be in sync and the large-scale experiment could work.
I disagree with the conclusions on the fire-fighting boat. As the premise itself already has a LOT you have to grant someone. I mean I wouldn't tell Joe Blow to go out there with a regular boat and try this without any boating experience. But someone who *is* a capable boatman with a capable boat this "could" work in emergency situations, where people take risks all of the time to save lives or prevent the spread of a disaster.
I mean, this is like telling someone to not run into a burning building to save a trapped person and to wait for the fire department to get there. Yeah, sure, doing it would be dangerous and the fire department is better trained and equipped to save that person but they might get there too late.
The other "myths" I've not much to say on. Interesting look at some chemical reactions and the testing of pressures with the CO2 "myth." Interesting construction this time of their "human analogue", particularly using someone from BTS rather than either Jamie, Adam or one of the Jr. Team.
I agree, Christopher, that the metronome test wasn't their biggest failure. They've certainly had others where tried as they might they couldn't get things to work. The second JATO test is up there but, to be fair, it was a failure on the part of the makers of the rockets and not so much on Jamie and Adam.
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Cornmeal :: 12.26.08 & 12.27.08 :: Martyrs' :: Chicago, IL
Friday, December 26, 2008
This year's Cornmeal Acoustic Christmas proved to be a fine lesson in unplugged instrumentalism. The guys and gal were all smiles as they took the stage, wasting no time getting the hoedown off the ground with a lively "Nine Pound Hammer." After a nice lead-in by Wavy Dave Burlingame (banjo, vocals) and a verse by Kris Nowak (guitar, vocals) the charming Allie Kral (fiddle, vocals) took the first solo and let that fiddle sing high and fine. One verse later and it was time for Nowak and Wavy to start trading licks, unleashing the flatpicking fury and twangy banjo rolls that have proved integral to the aggressive, powerful sound of this phenomenal band.
When Chris Gangi (standup bass) began plucking the intro to "Friend of the Devil" it became clear that Cornmeal was intent on giving their fans the gift of good music. The fans, in turn, would give the band all that they could ask for in return: smiles, cheers and glasses raised high in honor of this time of giving and gratefulness. And what better way to show appreciation for music than a big Grateful Dead sing-a-long?
After a rollicking "Little Maggie," the band decided to get back into the Christmas spirit by ending the first set with a touching take on "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer." The second set started in similar fashion, with a festive "Jingle Bell Rock" before the band launched into the epic "River Gap," a Cornmeal original that showcases their ability to craft extended jams that build up slowly to an inevitable peak before exploding, which to the listener is like having your head sucked into a cannon and shot high into the stratosphere, where it lingers for a bit before drifting back down to earth, completely spent, having achieved release. Sort of like a musical orgasm.
Fellow bluegrass musician Nate Sitzman (from opening act Sexfist) stepped onstage to provide a little mandolin and vocals for an extra rowdy "Blue Moon of Kentucky," giving all present a taste of what Chicago fast-grass is all about. Two songs later, Cornmeal brought a couple more of Sitzman's bandmates up for a version of Bill Monroe's "Blue Night" that had the whole place movin' and shakin'. With Ben Benedict's guitar and Ben Wright's banjo sharing the stage an exciting new dynamic was in the air, which fueled the action all the way through to a raucous "White Freightliner Blues" that saw Kral on lead vocals. An encore of "Blue Christmas" brought the first night's festivities to a close, leaving fans with a desperate craving for more. Little did I know just how much more we would be getting as Saturday rolled around.
Cornmeal :: 12.26.08 :: Martyrs' :: Chicago, IL
Set I: Nine Pound Hammer, Friend Of The Devil, Southern Flavor, Shake A Leg, Old Home Place, Little Maggie, *Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Set II: Jingle Bell Rock, River Gap, **Blue Moon Of Kentucky, **Second Set, ***Blue Night, ****Paradise, ***White Freightliner Blues
Encore: *Blue Christmas
*first time played
**with guest Nate Sitzman on mandolin and vocals
***with guests Nate Sitzman on mandolin, Ben Benedict on guitar and vocals, and Ben Wright on banjo and vocals
****first time played, and with guests Nate Sitzman, Ben Benedict and Ben Wright
Cornmeal Acoustic Christmas – "Friend of the Devil" – 12/26/08
Saturday, December 27, 2008
The highlight of the first set came when the band did a damn good cover of the Dead's "Cumberland Blues" followed by "Onward," an instrumental tour de force that got funky as hell, augmented by a psychedelic aura that intensified everything that was pouring from the stage. With Wavy's fingers flying, Kral's feet stomping, Nowak's bass thumping and J.P.'s drums a-pounding, it was time for Nowak to shatter all reservations with a beer bottle slide solo that confirmed everything I already knew about this band – namely, that they are SERIOUS musicians with a creative drive and passion rivaled by few in today's jam scene.
The second set was a full-blown, all-out assault on the senses as the band blasted an epic "Midnight" to get things heated up. But, it was during a cover of traditional folk tune "Mole in the Ground" that the walls were shaking as the band got into a heavy "Carwash" funk jam, which turned the whole of Martyrs' into a disco dance party. After ten straight minutes of uninhibited funk it was time to bring it all back home as the band pulled off a smooth segue back into "Mole in the Ground," leaving the audience aghast at the kinds of sounds this "bluegrass" band is capable of.
It was a madhouse inside Martyrs' at this point. There are few sights more beautiful than seeing a bar full of hippies in the midst of a music frenzy, filled with nothing but love and admiration for the folks onstage who have dedicated themselves to bringing others along with them on a journey to find some special place.
The night was drawing to a close but Cornmeal made sure to get the most out of every minute they had left by playing the best "Rain Your Light" I've ever heard, an uplifting tune that, paired with Kral's elegant phrasing and the purity of Nowak's vocal work, has the power to move mountains. After "Rain Your Light" was a spot-on cover of the Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" followed by Cornmeal classic "Hillbilly Ride." After that it was finally time for Cornmeal to make their exit, but not before leaving their adoring fans with a final gift, a beautiful rendition of "The Weight."
When all was said and done I have to admit I was a little sad to see them go. But then I remembered that they would be returning to Martyrs' in two weeks for Cornmeal Reunion Wednesdays, another Cornmeal tradition that has the band playing at Martyrs' every Wednesday from the first week of January through the end of February. Thank you, Santa.
Cornmeal Christmas - "Rain Your Light" - 12/27/08
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Cornmeal is absouluetly awesome wish they would come back to my hometown of winona minnesota, but that may be a pipe dream these days..
I'm not sure but I kinda recall being there, great article Hersch. Who needs a memory when you got reviews
i will never get enough of cornmeal! its always a good time with some cornmeal in the kitchen
What a great band!! keep rockin meal!!!
<---new pic allie and kris! cheers
This Acoustic Christmas set looks and sounds amazing, the review is also nice.
What a great night. Norm, your photos are amazing as usual...
i can seriously get down to some cornmeal. they may seem like a bluegrass band on the surface but once their songs stretch out they have a tendency to become something different all together, like twangy funk reggae jammy crunchiness...
hurry back for a weekend set in urbana
maybe go out on a limb and hit up chucktown il.(if you play...they will come)
They are coming to ATL in a few weeks. This will be my first chance to see them. Should be an awesome time!! These guys are awesome!!
YEE HEE!!! Go Cornmeal!! See ya tomorrow
see u at riverbend CORNMEAL!!!!
I saw cornmeal last week Wednesday and they were absolutely fantastic! Great crowd too. The Cold Rain And Snow they covered was truly amazing!
Great article!
hey just got into these guys, any recommendations??
^^ there's a lot of good stuff on the archive you can browse to get yourself started. the best cornmeal i've seen has been at summercamp. The Road is probably my favorite track.
PoRNoFUnK, I would go on Archive.org and check out what they have there like schofizzl said. A good start would be the 10klf '07 soundboard they have up. But my ultimate recommendation of course would be to see them live!
They were on fire at Moe.Down9er espically when they collaborated with moe. cornmeal good...........
yeah thanks guy, Ive been listening to that "secret show" from cummercamp all day today, this is some high energy shit
yeah that show wasn't really secret at all, there was lots of people there, as you can hear on that recording. that's not typical cornmeal, it's a little more latenight jammin' out drunk cornmeal. still a great set i think i remember them playing some nickel creek that night.


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Trivia Night At The Fair...Fun & Games
Child Care Solutions
Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
On the evening of October 25th, Child Care Solutions will sponsor its 3rd Annual Trivia Night Fundraiser. Due to the success of last year's event, we are moving to a bigger venue at the newly renovated Empire Room at the NYS Fairgrounds. The event will include fantastic food, team trivia competition, prizes and lots of fair like fun. We expect over 200 participants.
Q: How many players can I have on a trivia team?
A: We limit team sizes to 6 players. We give out GREAT prizes for each round of trivia so we have to limit it to six.
Q: I want to play but don't have a team. Can I still attend?
A: Absolutely. We do our best to join smaller teams. It is a great way to meet fun new people.
Q: How can my company help sponsor this event?
A: We LOVE corporate sponsors. Contact Patrice Robinson @ 315-446-1220 ext. 354.
Q: What will my ticket purchase support?
A: Child Care Solutions, your local child care resource & referral agency, offers high quality, low cost training for the child care providers of Central NY. This training ranges from topics such as health & safety, nutrition, literacy, behavior, learning through play & business management. Your ticket purchase allows Child Care Solutions to continue offering this training at affordable rates. Trained & educated caregivers create high quality child care programs. High quality child care programs support families, businesses, our community, school readiness and most importantly the health, safety and development of the children of CNY.
When & Where
Empire Room At The NYS Fair
531 State Fair Blvd
Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
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High quality child care is vital to parents, employers & most importantly children. Child Care Solutions promotes early learning, healthy development & high quality child care for all children, through education, advocacy and support for families and early childhood professionals.
We are a powerful voice for children because we know that:
- ALL CHILDREN deserve high quality care and learning experiences; but not ALL CHILDREN receive them.
- ALL CHILDREN have the right to secure, trusting, nurturing relationships with adults; but not ALL CHILDREN have them.
- ALL CHILDREN must have their physical, emotional and social needs met to develop to their fullest potential; but not ALL CHILDREN get them met.
ALL CHILD CARE IS NOT CREATED EQUAL...There are many programs and child care providers in our community who are providing the kind of care that ALL CHILDREN need and deserve. The truth is however, there is much work to be done on this front.
Many children are spending their days in situations that are less than ideal and sometimes even dangerous. Child Care Solutions wants our community to know that we do everything we can to make sure that ALL CHILDREN are in programs that at least meet minimum health and safety standards. But if we told you that all care is of high quality and ALL CHILDREN are in good situations we would be doing these children a disservice. We can not fix this problem alone. We need more citizens to care about the kind of care that is offered to Central New York's children and start raising their voices regarding the inequity.


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So only my best friend in the whole world loves the name I have come to LOVE for a girl...Robin Ainsley Griswold and call her Ainsley (Pronounced Anns-Lee) It is an Irish male name but I think it is weird for a boy...I really really love it and my fiance just was kind like "yeah that's nice" aka no and my other best friend was like "honestly...no" It made me sad because that's the only one i've liked so far lol I know it might not even be a girl and i'm sure i'll find 100 other names to consider but this one keeps sticking in my head lol.
Also, it means beautiful meadow.
So I guess my question is what do y'all think yay or nay? You wont hurt my feelings lol promise everyone has already shot it down so I'm sure she wont be named that just wanted more options.
EDIT: We wanted to name Robin because my fiance's mother's name is Robin and she isn't doing so well. She is a great woman and has helped us a lot. He is a big mamma's boy and LOVES his mom. Robin is definately going to be in the name no matter what we pick for the other. At 1st I wanted Ainsley Robin but then I read a statistic(sp?) saying that adults with "unique" names are often less likeley to get better jobs and into better school as people with common old fashioned names...Then my friend made a good point "Amber less people tend to have unique names so less people will get it" ... Turning my whole thinking around now i'm on the fence lmao


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What, no bike lanes?
I'll believe this is more than just a pipe dream when I see asphalt being laid...
The configuration with the parallel railroad provides an outstanding opportunity for a "bicycle freeway." Before the ultra-vehicular cyclists flame me, note that it beats not even having a bike lane or a shoulder open to bikes, and it can eliminate the huge merge and diverge dangers posed by the onramps and offramps.
"Early to bed, early to rise. Work like hell, and advertise." -- George Stahlman
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Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1981 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
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I won't flame you.Originally Posted by John E
Railroads have gradual grading, fewer intersections with streets, and often provide the most direct routes imaginable between major cities and their satellite towns, which historically sprung up around the railroad and now have been consumed by urban sprawl. I live in just such a town.
My chosen bike route follows the railroad, as does a major artery. It's the shortest way into Atlanta. (I love when the train comes and my route is suddenly green lights all the way.)
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Am I the only person who finds a highway a quarter-mile wide just slightly obscene?
Don't we already have those? I don't find it so much obscene as sad, really.Originally Posted by andygates
I like pie!
"The bright flicker of our television screens is the stolen incandescence of a thousand young minds." - Theodore W. Gray
"you taught us to fish while so many others were handing out tuna sandwiches" - Ziggurat
This is why Rails to Trails conversions make so much sense.Originally Posted by LittleBigMan
The most desirable close-in residential districts within the city of Portland are neighborhood centers that originally grew up along the old streetcar lines.
--By the time the Trans-Texas Corridor is finished, the price of gasoline will have increased to where hardly anyone can afford to drive on it.
Ohio and PA are great examples of the parralellism of trains and bikes. One vacation I went riding from my sister's college to the mall and back and thought, ahh nice ride. I got back and said I went to Beaver creek and the whole table went silent. They couldnt understand how I could have traversed the 35 or so miles of winding hill roads with 3 ft ditches on the sides.
Once I realised this I laughed profusely.
THe trip by Rail Trail took 10 mi(approx) of relaxation and scenery, I merely turned around for dinner. The area was made for the rail access.
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I find long-haul trucking of freight obscene wherever rail could do the job more safely and energy-efficiently. I find any highway which discourages bicycling obscene, as well.Originally Posted by andygates
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Re; the FAT TIRE BIKE Tours
I took three past summer, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin
And highly reccommend anyone traveling in Europe to go on one.They are also in
Prague, Barcelona and I believe Munich
They go about 4 hours, use the old style but new "beach cruzers", led by slightly
irreverent guides they may fracture the local history, but you are given a great
over view of the city, The evening one in Paris concludes with an hour cruz on a
bateau mouche on the Seine with wine , cheese and great fun.
You will meet folks from allover the world, the cost is reasonable
I find it obscene and sad!Originally Posted by Karldar
>>>>Supporters say the corridors are needed to handle the expected NAFTA-driven boom in the flow of goods to and from Mexico and to enable freight haulers to bypass heavily populated urban centers on straight-shot highways that cut across the countryside. <<<<<
Folks. The whole NAFTA plan was a joke. There wasn't any sucking of jobs out of this country and it did nothing to the Mexican economy. It was just a way for corporate America to get cheap labor but that's all changed since we are getting most of our products from China. In fact, Mexico with it's higher labor cost will not be able to compete with Asian nations in the near future.
What will come across those super highways are truck loads of illegals, drugs and lets not forget terrorists! Great. That's just what we need. How are they going to patrol hundreds of thousands of cars, trucks and buses on those superhightways??
If I had a true bicycle freeway, with a limited-access design that restricted motor traffic and pedestrians effectively, with no traffic lights and better access to my job, and which still allowed me to use any other street I wanted to, I'd use it.
But I don't believe in requiring cyclists to use a "bike facility" of any kind.
No worries
A 1/4 mile wide freeway? Eff it, they may as well just pave over the entire United States and get it over with.
The Interstate system was implemented because its primary use is military. A strictly economic model wont be enough to get this plan done.


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Strange muscadine season at Tsali Notch
MADISONVILLE — It's been a strange season at Tsali Notch.
New leaves and tendrils, pale green with tiny clusters of grapes dangling beneath, are in abundance at Tennessee's largest commercial muscadine vineyard.
"This is very unusual, these vines putting on growth," manager Jeremy "J.D." Dalton said as he plucked one of the grapes.
Most other muscadines in the 202 rows of vines are at maturity, while still others have shriveled into sugar-laden raisins favored by winemakers.
With cool weather, even pockets of frost this week, "these berries won't ever make it," Dalton said of the secondary crop. "They started too late."
Five types of muscadine grapes are grown at Tsali Notch Estate Vineyards, named for a fearless Cherokee warrior and prophet.
There are 6,700 vines in the ground — about 21 miles of them — on 35 of the farm's 92 acres.
The vineyard is located on gently rolling, grassy fields off Highway 68 between Madisonville and Sweetwater, with a view of the Tellico Mountains in the distance.
A tire swing tied to a tree sways gently in the frequent breezes that drift across the vineyard.
White plastic buckets for pick-your-own enthusiasts hang from rope wrapped around boards in a nearby weathered barn.
"Feel free to 'pick and pluck' but don't shake vine," a sign cautions.
Dalton has managed the vineyard since 2009.
"I love it," said Dalton, a large man with scraggly gray beard, camouflage overalls and a matching bandanna fashioned into a head wrap. "I couldn't imagine doing anything else."
"We had a great crop last year," he said. "This year, it's not been as great."
Still, he's expecting to harvest about 40 tons of the thick-skinned, juicy grapes.
Last year's bumper crop tipped the scales at more than 100 tons.
Dalton blames squirrelly weather for this year's reduced harvest. "We really didn't have a winter and everything came in a little early," he said. "Then there was a frost, then a month of drought and then all that rain."
In a normal year, "this is the peak of harvest," he said. But this season, it was the third week in September, just before the annual National Muscadine Festival, which he said drew 8,000 people to downtown Sweetwater.
"Last year you could get a hopper full in less than one row," said Sam Sledge, a retiree from Vonore who keeps the vineyard's 38-year-old grape harvester running. "This year, it takes five or six rows."
The machine, operated by Dalton, shakes berries loose, sends them by conveyor up an elevator belt into the hopper.
The grapes are then dumped into large plastic crates that are sealed and trucked to wineries. Most of the muscadines wind up in wineries in Sevier County and Keg Springs Winery in Hampshire, Tenn.
But there are other uses for the dark and bronze-colored muscadines, which Dalton said have "the highest amounts of resveratrol." That chemical compound, found in grape skins, reputedly has several health benefits.
The names of the different varieties are as tasty as the grapes: Doreen, Carlos, Sterling, Noble and Nesbitt.
"Sterling is my favorite," Dalton said. "It has a little bit more of a muscadine twang to it."
Connoisseurs of the native grapes prefer Nesbitt, he said, "because it's the closest thing to wild muscadines."
The berries are also harvested by individual winemakers and those who want to make juice, jelly, muscadine chowchow and other treats.
The grapes aren't treated with any herbicides. "You can go right into the field, pick a berry off the vine and pop it in your mouth," Dalton said.
Rates for pick-your-own grapes start at $1.99 a pound.
The vineyard's principal care and feeding: about a ton of lime per row each fall and spring, and pruning back the previous year's growth in late winter.
Two brothers, Charles and Cary Cox, natives of Athens, Tenn. who grew up on a farm, bought the vineyard at auction in 2009.
"It's a beautiful place," said Cary Cox, an Ohio oilman who later took sole ownership. "It looks like Napa Valley. It's very parklike."
A gift shop and wine-tasting room fashioned out of logs from an old cabin found in Mt. Airy, N.C. is now under construction.
Long term, a pavilion to seat 250 on a knoll overlooking the vineyard is on the drawing board."We want it to be a very tasteful kind of place," Cary Cox said. "Sophisticated but casual and elegant."
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