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Surprise of the Week: Dale Peck Doesn't Like Something
I actually happen to pretty much agree with his negative assessment of the whole Star Wars franchise, having been immune to the cult from the early days, but ... why bother? Is Peck so desperate for attention that all he can do is try to anger some hapless Star Wars fan? Giving any more notice to a mass phenomenon like Star Wars if you're not a fan of it seems pointless to me. (At least when David Brin did it he had a variety of insights to offer.)
I'm not a Peck hater, but I've certainly lost the patience I once had for his writing. When I was 17 or so, his first novel, Martin & John, was a revelation to me, and I thought it was one of the best novels ever written. I carried it around for a month or two after reading it, keeping it near as a kind of talisman of all that was possible in art and life, or, rather, what I conceived art and life to be when I was 17 (ugh, those were embarrassing days). I've not reread the book since then, though, for fear of ruining the memory of what it was. I even liked a few of Peck's book reviews. But he seems to have become the sort of person who is habitually annoyed by other people's enthusiasms -- the kind of person who goes to birthday parties and loudly reminds everyone about the inevitability of death.
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A significant majority of the reportage around the last Star Wars movie is laudatory, despite the embarrassments of the recent films and the juvenile nature of the whole franchise. The movie was on the friggin' cover of Time.ReplyDelete
While you and I are well-aware of the limits of Star Wars, many many people are not. It's a spectacle to them and among the greatest of spectacles. Peck's critique comes at the right time and was published in the right place.
How do you think the NY Observer is the right place? (I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just curious.) I'm not surprised at all that it's on the cover of Time and all the other mass market mags -- that's where I'd expect it to be. It's a big event. But who's taking it seriously as great filmmaking, or an advance of civilization or something? (I could definitely have missed some news and reviews.)ReplyDelete
The Observer is a fairly prominent cultural weekly -- what is published there ends up percolating down to other venues; its articles get quoted authoritatively on cultural issues.ReplyDelete
Great filmmaking and the advance of civilization? Here's what the Detroit News had to say:
With it comes the end of the most popular and influential film series of all time. "Star Wars" practically invented the notion of blockbuster filmmaking, and the series' characters -- Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, R2D2, Yoda and super villain Darth Vader, for starters -- have made a massive dent in our collective consciousness. Clearly, the force was with series creator George Lucas and with the fans who've made the films a galaxy-wide phenomenon.
A lot of the stuff appearing in "news" dailies and weeklies have the same tenor.
Okay, the NY Times is going to make me have to take it all back. A.O. Scott ends his review with: "Taken together, and watched in the order they were made, the films reveal the cyclical nature of history, which seems to repeat itself even as it moves forward. Democracies swell into empires, empires are toppled by revolutions, fathers abandon their sons and sons find their fathers."ReplyDelete
And reviewers lose their minds. What is this, War and Peace?! I can certainly understand praising the special effects, and I can even understand saying, "Hey, this time the story almost even makes sense," but--
Dale Peck, I apologize. You should take your hatchet and bury it in A.O. Scott's head.

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Several of us on some of the threads have wanted to stay together even after we've finished the C25k program. Well I'm kicking it off - this thread is for graduates of the C25k program as they move on to new challenges! Welcome all!
OVER 50 PRs
5K - 31:50 5K La Joya 2011 - Aug 2011
10K - 1:14:30 at Guayaquil Half Marathon - Jul 2011
Half - 2:32:22 at Guayaquil Marathon - Oct 2011
2012 Races
InterAmerican Family Fun Run (5k) 36:04 (Previous Year 39:22)
Emelec 5K 33:16
Upcoming Races
15 June - 5K Ciudad Celeste
22 June 5K por los Ninos
1 July - Guayaquil Half Marathon
5 August - 5K La Joya
2 September - 30K Milagro
7 October - Guayaquil Marathon
18 November - 5K Villa Club
2 December - 5K DM3
I am in! I would like to follow what other people are doing and get motivation from fellow runners. Yes, I called myself a runner.
Cathleen - Age 52
Started running 03 Jan 2011
Graduate C25K - 10 April 2011
First 5K - Mother's Day Run - May 8 - 38:44
Emilie's Run 5K- June 25
Thanks, Richard, for starting this thread! I graduated C25K last Monday, did my first 5K on Saturday and have done one 30 min run since then. It was surprisingly harder than I expected. I was still sore from the race but I think it was the heat and humidity more than anything. Two weeks, we had a high of 55 and Monday, it was 80 something when I started running. Gonna have to get used to that though!
I have 3 friends who are doing C25K right now so I am trying to find a 5K that we could all do together. Really need a goal to keep me focused. I love running but without that carrot (or someone with a stick), I am so afraid that I will relapse into lazy Diane again. Am I the only one who feels that way??
Running won't kill you. You will pass out first.
Started C25K March 4, 2011
Finished C25K May 2, 2011
Root Rocket Run 5K May 7, 2011 unofficial results 41.49
Williams Route 66 5K November 19, 2011
Williams Route 66 1/2 Marathon (walking!) November 20, 2011
You are not alone in feeling that way. As soon as I start getting a little unmotivated I start a schedule. I started the 10k schedule yesterday. Just having it on paper and somewhere that I have to look at it everyday, whether I want to or not, is enough for me. You will find your own little things that keep you motivated. Keep moving. No matter how slow you are; you are faster than anyone that is sitting on the couch.
Ham Jam Hog Wild Run 5K - April 16, 2011....................37.32
State Games of MS Cross Country 5K - June 4, 2011......39.03
Slow Poke 5K - August 13, 2011....................................37.17
Rush Run For Your Heart - September 24, 2011...............37.39
Homecoming 5K - October 8, 2011.................................
Run For Home 10K - November 12, 2011.........................
Jingle Bell Run 5K - December 3, 2011............................
It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit. ~George Sheehan
Thanks! I did get in a 30 min run today. Congrats on starting towards a 10K!
Running won't kill you. You will pass out first.
Started C25K March 4, 2011
Finished C25K May 2, 2011
Root Rocket Run 5K May 7, 2011 unofficial results 41.49
Williams Route 66 5K November 19, 2011
Williams Route 66 1/2 Marathon (walking!) November 20, 2011
Great idea!
Congrats to all who have finished C25K...I'll be here real soon.
This morning I did a comfortable 2.75 miles - it is so satisfying to be able to say that!
As for me I thought I would share my goals -
My major reason for running is to help me make a complete lifestyle change - and I am still doing that. But even though weightloss is a primary concern I know me - and I need a challenge to keep me focused.
So for me I've set both long term and short term goals. I am starting a new program designed to increase my weekly and long run mileage through September. I plan to run several races between now and then hoping to improve my 5k time and ease into also running more extended races like 10k and half marathon.
If everything goes well in September I'll sart training for a marathon.
It is so wierd saying that considering that mere weeks ago I was huffing to do a 90 second run leg.
OVER 50 PRs
5K - 31:50 5K La Joya 2011 - Aug 2011
10K - 1:14:30 at Guayaquil Half Marathon - Jul 2011
Half - 2:32:22 at Guayaquil Marathon - Oct 2011
2012 Races
InterAmerican Family Fun Run (5k) 36:04 (Previous Year 39:22)
Emelec 5K 33:16
Upcoming Races
15 June - 5K Ciudad Celeste
22 June 5K por los Ninos
1 July - Guayaquil Half Marathon
5 August - 5K La Joya
2 September - 30K Milagro
7 October - Guayaquil Marathon
18 November - 5K Villa Club
2 December - 5K DM3
My wife and I are about half way done with C25K, doing W5D2 tonight. I am already looking forward to my first 5K this summer. Then I will be looking to train for a 10K. Good luck to you all and I'm proud to be here on this thread, and soon enough, I will deserve to be here. LOL.
Keep moving.
Race Results:
2011 Fun Fourth 2.2 Mile Run : (22:08)
Beat The Heat 5K : (33:14) "The Bar Is Set"
Upcoming Tentative Plans:
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Finished C25K yesterday and will start a 10K program tomorrow morning. Have already completed three 5Ks and hope by training for 10K will improve my 5K times. My next goal is to run a sub 25 minute 5K. Still have 20 pounds to lose, so I have to keep running.
Run From the Sun 5K 4/9/11 31:26
Natchez Trace Festival 5K 4/30/11 27:37
Run Forest! Run! 5K 5/7/11 27:18
Thank you for starting this thread. I just finished C25K also, and need the "program" to keep me from falling back into lazy. What training programs are you all using? I'm trying one that's 5K to 10K - it starts out with 3 days of 10 min run/1 min walk, repeat 4x, then moves to 15min run/1min walk 3x, etc... the first day about killed me, and I ended up not running the last 10 min. :-( But, the second day was better! Does anyone have any information about how much you should be extending your mileage a week?
Life is not just good; it's great!
I need the motivation from other people to keep going. I ran my first 5 K last Sunday and have signed up for another one the end of June, so I have to get out there and keep moving. It is so easy to slide back to old habits.
I am going to try the 10-K Training: Novice by Hal Higdon. It seems that it starts where the C25K left off, being able to run 3 miles and adding a little distance each week. I will continue to sign up for 5 K and hopefully some day be able to do a 10K, it may take me a while to get there but at least I will be moving forward.
Don't quote me on this but I think I read that you should add 10% per week to your running distance.
Cathleen - Age 52
Started running 03 Jan 2011
Graduate C25K - 10 April 2011
First 5K - Mother's Day Run - May 8 - 38:44
Emilie's Run 5K- June 25
Wow - great to see all the people with interest in this.
CatPyn- Welcome - and good luck on reaching your goals.
edhodge - i know what you mean - down here in ecuador it is a constant struggle to work around the heat and humidity. the good news is I don't have
a winter that forces me inside for severaal months each year
Slowskinnyrunner - so true - and welcome!
Gov66 - Keep working - you're almost there!
Simon Alderman - LOL - don't matter - you're welcome now.
Crainjo - Welcome and good luck on completing your goals.
Susanc02- Thank you! As for the mileage increase - there are a couple of generally recognized rules most of the good running advisors have:
1) Increase mileage no more than 10% per week - for example if you are now running three runs of 3 miles each week - that is 9 miles so you would only want to increase your mileage one mile to 10 the next week, then 11 the week after.
2) Every 3-4 weeks you should level or go back in mileage to give your body a chance to rest, recover and adapt to the running program - always increasing the mileage every week causes strain on the body so if you constantly are causing it to strain to meet knew mileage goals there is a higher chance for injury. For example a weekly mileage program might look like this:
WK 1 10 miles
Wk 2 11 miles
WK 3 12 miles
Wk 4 13 miles
WK 5 12 miles
WK 6 13 miles
Wk 7 14 miles
Wk 8 16 miles
WK 9 14 miles
It is possible to increase faster - the important thing is to listen to your body and if you feel signs of overtraining then to back off a couple of days to let the body catch up.
Friday is a "Rest Day" but hardly that. We have student council elections on Friday which is quite a production down here - with a morning assembly - student voting by computer lab (so I'll have to take my class to the library to let it vote) then the final hour is another assembly with music, screaming and lots of tears - joy to the winners and bitter disappointment (Mr! They cheated!) for the losers. Then my barbeque team heads to my wife's school where they are setting up their 2nd Annual Texas Days Festival (Texas in Ecuador - who'd a thought?) to set up our competition booth. Then it is up early Saturday to fire up the coals so we can have the ribs on by 8 am). Somewhere in there I need to fit in a run.
Time time time - please no one ask me for more time!
So everybody get oout there and kick some asphalt!
OVER 50 PRs
5K - 31:50 5K La Joya 2011 - Aug 2011
10K - 1:14:30 at Guayaquil Half Marathon - Jul 2011
Half - 2:32:22 at Guayaquil Marathon - Oct 2011
2012 Races
InterAmerican Family Fun Run (5k) 36:04 (Previous Year 39:22)
Emelec 5K 33:16
Upcoming Races
15 June - 5K Ciudad Celeste
22 June 5K por los Ninos
1 July - Guayaquil Half Marathon
5 August - 5K La Joya
2 September - 30K Milagro
7 October - Guayaquil Marathon
18 November - 5K Villa Club
2 December - 5K DM3
Hi Richard, everyone!
Congratulations to everyone who has finished the program.
I completed C25K on Thursday morning and have my first 5K tomorrow. I am facing quite the issue. Yesterday, the bursitis in my left hip (which I hasn't bothered me in ages) decided to make a very painful visit.
I've been taking ibuprofen all day yesterday and so far today, but still I'm feeling it. I'm afraid for tomorrow. If it continues hurting like this, I don't know that I can do the 5K. It's stressing me out. What should I do?
As Stuart always says: Run Happy!
Started C25K: 3/13/11 Completed C25K: 5/12/11
FatAss 5K: 5/14/11
New Balance Girls on the Run Community 5K: 5/21/11
5th Annual MMC Burn Center 5K Run/Walk: 6/4/11
Women's Distance Festival 2-Miler: 7/9/11
Scheel's Inaugural 5K Run/Walk: 7/16/11
Red Ribbon 5-Mile Run: 10/22/11
Thanks for starting this and hopefully you'll all allow me to join. I also just graduated from C25K on Thursday. I would have loved to have been in a "group" of some sort when I first started.
To everyone else: I was also thinking of going into the Bridge to 10K, starting tomorrow. I have two really good friends that run and I am not yet ready to run for their distance and at their speed (I'm very much a penguin/turtle/slug). One runs 3-5 miles almost daily with a long run on the weekend. The other does 3 miles every other day or so and then does 4-6 on the weekend. I guess in a sense they both just add on time when in "training" for a longer run much like Richard explains.
. Being new to running and the discipline it takes (and mental games I play with my mind) to have gotten this far, I'm not sure I could just turn on an IPOD and go run for 30,40 or 50 minutes. I JUST finished getting to 30 minutes and have not yet run 2.5 or 3 miles in that 30 minutes. What worked for me about this program was that it talks to me. There was a definitive training schedule that i could follow and it told me when to walk, trot and cool down. I think that, at least for me, it's the way to go. The question is which program is best to increase distance. I'm guessing that the times will get better automatically.
It sounds like most of you are ahead in that you have already run a race. My first one is coming up on May 30, just two weeks away. What is the best program to figure out how far I am actually running right now, to know how far I still have to go? Also, how often do most of you run? I need to lose weight and want to run 4-5 times a week. Is it better to have one or two shorter runs during the week (maybe a mile or mile and a half) or should every time I go out be for at least 30 minutes? Is it better to find something different to do the other 2 days...like swimming?
And how do you get the same attachment at the bottom of each post?
Graduated C25K 5/12/11
Finished Races:
23rd Annual Memorial Day Classic at Weston (5K) 5/30/11 49:25
Doral Business Run (5K) 6/24/11 45:20
5th Annual King of the Hill Challenge (5K) 9/3/11 49:34
13th Annual Miramar-Pines Rotary Run (5K) 1/14/12 48:34
Hi Richard,
Thanks for starting this new group. I hope you don't mind my joining in.
I finished the C25K for time a couple of weeks ago and ran my first 5K (with a little walking at the end) last week. Definitely penguin speed.
So I was running 30 minutes but not reaching the 5k distance. Now I know that it took me 44 minutes to reach 5k I am trying to extend my running time to be able to run 45 minutes non-stop.
This week I was able to do 35 minute runs consistently. Next week I plan to do 40 minute runs. Then increase to 45 minute runs.
By that time I should be able to handle any 5k without stopping. I think if I keep up that 45 minute run time, my speed should pick up with time.
I am determined to continue committing to 3 or 4 runs a week to continue my improvement.
I never thought I could run a half hour and not feel like I was dying. I actually look forward to running and the accomplishment I feel at the end.
I still kind of dread the first 5 minute start of the run, but now I know that after that part it gets easier.
I celebrated my first 5k finish with a new pair of running shoes!
I will be interested in what running plans you all follow to continue after the c25k program.
Age 52
Started C25K Feb 2011
Graduated C25K (time) April 2011
Run for the Arts 5k - 5/7/2011 Lake Worth FL, 44:08 pace 14:14....not last!
Stress fracture
Holiday Fantasy of Lights 5k- Coconut Creek FL 11/12/2011
PB United Way Turkey Trot 5k 11/24/2011 - 42.48 pace 13.48 - 19 of 30 in age group
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MORGAN HILL -- They called it a parent's worst nightmare -- entrusting their young children to a day care and finding out a teacher there is suspected of spiking sippy cups with crushed sleeping pills.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office on Thursday filed 10 misdemeanor charges against Deborah Gratz after a co-worker reported seeing her dose the cups early one morning before work. While none of the children ingested the pills that day, prosecutors said they don't know whether the kids had been given such doses in the past.
"We cannot prove that she did it on any other occasion, but I am certain that is a really significant and valid concern for parents, whether it happened before," said deputy district attorney Sumerle Davis.
"You entrust your children to a day care provider, or a school, or a nanny, and you expect them to be safe and protected. And then find out someone you are trusting is actually endangering them."
Gratz, a 59-year-old Hollister resident, faces five counts of attempted child endangerment and five counts of assault due to the potential harm to the children. The teacher was in charge of about 10 kids between the ages of 1 and 2 years old, and colleagues found residue believed to be from an over-the-counter sleep drug in five sippy cups after one of them reportedly spotted Gratz tampering with the vessels. Davis said it happened early in the morning while teachers were preparing for the day and before any parents or kids had arrived.
"Obviously another worker there interrupted her and observed some of what she was doing," she said. "I can't say whether she was singling out certain children or actually interrupted before she got to all the cups."
The cups were confiscated and the school fired Gratz the same day.
"The safety and welfare of children is our top priority," said Morgan Hill Kiddie Academy franchise owner Rose Chin in a statement. "Ms. Gratz was terminated immediately for her actions and we are fully cooperating with authorities in this case."
However, the school has incurred the ire of parents because they didn't hear about the incident until police notified them the following week.
After Gratz's arrest three days after the incident, Morgan Hill police criticized the school in failing to tell them immediately.
"We certainly would have appreciated it," Morgan Hill police Sgt. Troy Hoefling said. "We could have gone out there and obtained statements from people who witnessed it that day, and gathered some of the evidence."
Investigators said she was using crushed up Sominex, which is a brand name for diphenhydramine. The drug is an antihistamine used for insomnia as well as relief of symptoms from allergies, the common cold and motion sickness.
According to the National Institutes of Health, it should not be used to cause sleepiness in children. "Excitement" was listed as a side effect, particularly in kids. Other side effects include dizziness, vomiting, loss of appetite, constipation and headache, and the first warning on the Sominex label says not to use it for children under 12.
Davis, who met Thursday morning with parents of kids at the day care and police, said she had not heard of any noticed side effects or "permanent or lasting damage."
If convicted, Gratz faces a maximum jail sentence of two and a half years if each count runs consecutively. Davis said that would be uncommon.
"That's the max she could get, I'm not suggesting that's what she's going to get or the likely sentence," she said.
Gratz is out of custody, but could not be reached for comment. Her arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday at the South County courthouse in Morgan Hill.
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WASHINGTON (January 19, 2013)--With hundreds of thousands of Democrats traveling to the nation's capital for President Barack Obama's second inauguration, Republicans and supporters of last fall's GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, were leaving town for sunny vacation destinations and company conferences while others were staying indoors and avoiding the crowds.
After failing to recapture the White House for a second straight presidential election, many Republicans are not exactly in a partying mood.
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Bailey Agnello, a former honor student and standout volleyball player, pleaded no contest to a felony assault charge in October after Judge Paul Burdick indicated he would sentence her to no more than 180 days in County Jail.
Friday, Burdick imposed a one-year suspended jail sentence and told Agnello she would be jailed if she violates probation, prosecutor Rebekah Young said.
Burdick also ordered Agnello to complete 400 community service hours, Young said.
Agnello was arrested after she and a 17-year-old fought with a 15-year-old early on Feb. 18, Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputies said.
The victim's injury required 11 stitches, and she will need scar revision surgery, Young said. Agnello was ordered Friday to pay restitution to cover the victim's medical expenses, she said.
The victim's mom stated in an email message that Agnello apologized to her daughter Friday and seemed sincere. She said she thought the sentence was appropriate. But Agnello's friend, who was prosecuted as a juvenile, had bullied her daughter for months and received "no consequences," she said.
The victim and her mom spoke at the sentencing hearing.
Agnello's attorney, Paul Meltzer, said earlier that Agnello entered a rehabilitation program in Southern California after her arrest.
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Editor's note: The amount of community service Agnello was ordered to perform was incorrect in an earlier version of this article. This version has been updated to state that she was ordered to perform 400 hours of community service.


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Posted by Ed McCormick, WEF Vice PresidentPosted Jan. 4, 2013
Now is an amazing time to be a water environment professional, since there are a plethora of huge challenges facing us. The part we will play in developing and implementing solutions will be critical to 7 billion people around the globe. It is the year 2013, yet more than 1 billion people worldwide still lack access to clean drinking water, and more than twice that number are without basic sanitation. But the good news is that our profession has all the tools we need to overcome these challenges. We have the knowledge and the resources to apply our expertise and develop creative strategies to solve the enormous global air and water quality issues. We are identifying solutions to address perhaps the greatest challenge our profession has ever faced — building resilient water infrastructure to meet society's increased needs due to climate change, while simultaneously reducing our carbon footprint to one that can be sustained in the centuries ahead.
A great example of how our sector applies its skills and ingenuity is the current sea change in the wastewater sector. We are evolving thinking from treatment of water alone to recovering valuable resources, including clean, renewable energy; nutrients; and recycled water in our "green factories," the facilities once known as wastewater treatment plants.
Everyone in the water sector is talking about the nexus between water and power. The power sector is a major consumer of water while the water sector is a major consumer of power. Because of this link, efforts to reduce water use provide energy savings, and efforts to reduce energy use save water. In addition, both sectors are impacted by, and have an impact on climate change. This year, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of activated sludge, a technology that revolutionized wastewater treatment. Today, we look toward new technologies and approaches that are just as effective as activated sludge, but much less energy-intensive. Some of the best minds in our industry, such as Professor Perry McCarty of Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.), are at work researching how to attain the "holy grail" of anaerobic secondary treatment, which would cut energy use significantly while increasing biogas production and associated clean, renewable energy production.
WEF is leading the water sector forward into this brave new world, taking bold action to provide the water community with practical tools to reduce our carbon footprint and reliance on fossil fuels while increasing energy production revenues, through a new water and wastewater utility guide to more sustainable energy management. This guide will be published this spring, with copies available at the May 6–9 Energy and Water Conference in Nashville, where the publication will be unveiled by the editors and chapter authors at an interactive workshop.
This guide, which focuses on six key areas for developing an energy program, can help both small and large utilities hit the ground running in their efforts to reduce energy demand and increase renewable energy generation. The publication will be useful to utilities, environmental consultants, regulators, and researchers alike, helping us all work together to achieve needed success in the energy arena.
Chapter authors Karen Pallansch, Alexandria (Va.) Renew Enterprises; Chris Peot, DC Water (Washington, D.C.); Dave Reardon, HDR Engineering (Folsom, Calif.); Rusty Schroedel, Brown and Caldwell (Milwaukee); Bill Toffey, Effluential Synergies (Philadelphia); and Samantha Villegas, SaVi PR (South Riding, Va.) worked together to produce an easy-to-use guide filled with practical tips to help you quickly establish energy goals, an energy team, and champion; and identify next steps for reducing energy costs at your utility. Perhaps most importantly, the guide will help you develop an energy program that is customized to address your utility's highest priority needs.
So, as you contemplate potential New Year's resolutions for 2013, consider one that will benefit you and your organization, as well as your community and potentially 7 billion people worldwide. Help create or even champion your organization's energy program, and help transform our wastewater treatment plants (more than 20,000 in North America alone) toward energy self-sufficiency!
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Ed McCormick is the Immediate Past President of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
Ed was most recently Deputy General Manager (DGM) for the Union Sanitary District (USD) in Union City, California, a 30 mgd water resource recovery agency. Prior to USD, Ed was Manager of Wastewater Engineering for the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in Oakland, California, an internationally recognized public water/wastewater utility serving 1.4 million customers, where he worked for nearly 30 years. Ed's leadership helped EBMUD to become the first wastewater utility in North America to be a net producer of renewable energy in 2012.
Ed was responsible for EBMUD's wastewater capital program, energy management, engineering, construction, information systems, and public outreach. Ed has overseen the engineering, construction and startup of more than $1.6 billion in wastewater and water capital infrastructure. He led the development of EBMUD's Water Recycling Program from 0.2 mgd in 1994 to a 9 mgd enterprise.
Prior to EBMUD, Ed worked as an Environmental Engineering Project Manager for Brown and Caldwell Consultants in the planning and designing of wastewater treatment, power generation and water recycling facilities.
A WEF member since 1997, Ed has held multiple leadership roles at WEF. He served previously on the Board of Trustees (2008-2013), the House of Delegates, as Chair of the Utility Management Committee, and Vice Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee. He is also a member of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) and the New England Environment Association (NEWEA).
Ed holds a Master's degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) from JFK University, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.


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WHAT: "Fox on the Fairway," a comedy by Ken Ludwig presented by Theatre Winter Haven.
THE PLAY: Ludwig, whose locally produced works include "Lend Me a Tenor" and "Moon Over Buffalo," has had six shows on Broadway and six in London's West End, with works performed in more than 30 countries and 20-plus languages. One of his more recent works is "Fox on The Fairway" (2010), in which he lives up to his reputation as "master of the madcap romp." In this piece, he pays tribute to the English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, although it takes place in modern times, pulling the rug out from underneath the stuffiness of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors and romantic shenanigans, it is a madcap adventure about love, life and man's love affair with golf. The TWH production is one of the first 50 shows that has been produced, so the theater received autographed copies of the script from the playwright.
Director Jim McClellan says, "Ludwig grew up on The Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers so his type of farce has a distinctly zany American touch."
THE CAST: The plot involves a bet about whose club will win a golf tournament. The bet is between Bingham (Larry Helms), owner of the Quail Valley Golf Club, where the action takes place, and Dickie (Will Green), owner of a rival golf club. Dickie conspires to lure Bingham's prize golfer, Justin (T.J. Moore), away from golfing for Bingham's club. Bingham is married to Muriel (Becky Everhart), a stereotypical unpleasant wife. Dickie is married to Pamela (Suzanne Clark), a sex-starved woman looking for attention from other men, including the young Justin, who is in love with a waitress (Cheyenne Grantham). The four older characters are played by veteran TWH actors who have become very adept at handling the subtleties of farce, according to McClellan. The two younger people who fall in love with each other bring a "sweetness and budding spring feel to the piece," says McClellan.
PRODUCTION STAFF: Along with McClellan the production staff includes set by Alan Reynolds, costumes by Camille McClellan and lighting design by Jim Jenkins.
WHEN: The production runs Thursday through Jan. 27. Show times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., with additional performances Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 26 at 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Theatre Winter Haven, Chain of Lakes Complex, 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd., Winter Haven
TICKETS: Adults $20, students $17.
CONTACT: 863-294-SHOW or visit www.theatrewinterhaven.com
[ TAMMY SEREBRIN/ Ledger Correspondent ]
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LOS ANGELES -- However long their series with the Los Angeles Kings lasts, Raffi Torres won't be in the Sharks lineup.
The NHL suspended Torres for the duration of the series before Thursday's 4-3 Sharks Game 2 loss, saying that when the San Jose left wing hit Kings center Jarret Stoll late in the second period of Game 1, the head was the principal point of contact even though a "glancing blow" to the shoulder preceded it.
In his ruling, NHL chief disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan also cited the fact Stoll was injured on the play and that Torres has been suspended three previous times. Both Torres and Sharks general manager had flown to New York City for an in-person hearing to plead San Jose's case.
Both Torres and Wilson flew directly to San Jose where the series continues Saturday at HP Pavilion and were not available for comment. There is an appeal process established in the league's collective bargaining agreement, but the time frame could put off any ruling until after the series concludes.
Sharks Coach Todd McLellan offered a measured response after Thursday's loss.
"It really doesn't matter what Todd McLellan thinks or anybody else thinks now because it's been dealt with and we have Game 3 we now move ahead and prepare for without Raffi," the coach said. "But Raffi has our full support as a player that's worked hard to change his game. Do I think that was anywhere near any of the other hits that he's had in his career? Absolutely not."
The Sharks acquired Torres from the Phoenix Coyotes at the trade deadline and his arrival coincided with the team's turnaround late in the season that secured a playoff spot and first-round sweep of Vancouver.
After being suspended for what amounted to 21 games a year ago for a vicious elbow to the head of Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa, Torres had made a strong effort to change his style of play while with the Coyotes. He had avoided any supplemental discipline all season, spending only 13 minutes in the penalty box.
But at 19:02 of the second period Tuesday night, he hit Stoll as the Kings center lowered his body to place the puck on the ice. Stoll did not return and sat out Game 2 as well. The Kings have not disclosed any specific information, but the Los Angeles Times has reported it as a likely concussion that will cause Stoll to miss at least four games.
Shanahan acknowledged that Torres neither leapt into the hit or raised his elbow. Still, the former player had a problem with the contact.
"Torres approaches from the high slot as Stoll is heading up ice and tries to play a bouncing puck," Shanahan said in a video released by the league. "Rather than hit Stoll through the core of his body, Torres takes a route that makes Stoll's head the principal point of contact.
"If he chooses to attempt a hit such as that," Shanahan continued, "Torres must take a route that ensures he hits through the core of the body and does not make the head the principal point of contact."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.


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The measure introduced this week would require students to use restrooms assigned to the gender they're born with as documented on a birth certificate or by a doctor after a physical exam.
Rep. Mike Kennedy says he's pushing the legislation because of a new California law that lets transgender students choose which restroom to use and whether to play on boys' or girls' sports teams.
The Alpine Republican told The Salt Lake Tribune ( http://bit.ly/1iZSNeI) he's unaware of any problems with the issue so far in Utah schools, and his bill would allow transgender students to seek special accommodation such as use of a private restroom.
Brandie Balken of Equality Utah says the legislation is "at least misguided and at worst cruel," and it's inappropriate to isolate children over gender-identity issues.
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I've spent the past week reading Samuel Delany's early fiction in roughly chronological order, starting with The Jewels of Aptor, then continuing on to The Fall of the Towers trilogy, Babel-17, and Empire Star (which Vintage has conveniently packaged together). (And yes, I realize I've missed The Ballad of Beta 2 -- I misplaced my copy and so decided to continue on until I figure out which pile of books it got buried under.)
The only one of these books I'd read before was Babel-17, the first Delany novel I ever encountered, having been introduced to his work through the stories "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" and "Aye, and Gomorrah" in anthologies. It's been ages since I read any of Delany's pre-Dhalgren books, and the experience has been illuminating.
Delany's early work is the writing of an extraordinarily intelligent and talented young man, but The Jewels of Aptor and The Fall of the Towers really only possess interest because of what they show us about Delany's progression as a writer, since they contain so many nascent versions of characters, images, situations, and ideas that would gain more subtle and complex presentation later. Even a book like Babel-17, which demonstrates notable breakthroughs in Delany's technique, is minor in comparison to many of the novels that would come later.
The surprise for me in the reading so far has been Empire Star, a novella originally published as an Ace Double with Tom Purdom's The Tree Lord of Imeten. The story was a surprise because I had never seen much reference to it, and so always assumed it was minor and not of much interest. In fact, I preferred it to Babel-17 -- the writing is more compact and efficient, the prose is mostly light instead of leaden, the situations suffer less from Delany's tendency to romanticize poets and criminals (because that romanticization is treated with at least a hint of irony here), and the structure is openly recursive and metafictional in a way that allows the story to feel as rich as any of Delany's novels up to that time.
Empire Star is a bildungsroman and a space opera about a character named Comet Jo, who begins as an uneducated and provincial young man on a primitive planet, then leaves home and ends up affecting the fate of a good portion of the universe. It contains many of the themes that have been consistently prevalent in Delany's work -- questions of freedom, language, culture, perception, art -- and while he would later find more complex and nuanced approaches to these themes, here they seldom weigh the tale down as they do in all of his earlier novels (and some of the later ones, for that matter). Empire Star also shows Delany becoming better at exposition; Babel-17 had been superior to the previous four books, but Empire Star is nearly free of any moments where background information is presented through awkward and obvious dialogue. The tone of the writing is different, too. In addition to the sometimes-hardboiled/sometimes-purple prose common to Delany's early work, there is a new playfulness and even irony to the writing -- for the first time, Delany is not just trying to write a better version of a traditional SF formula, he is letting himself chuckle at the fun such a formula allows. After all, a book called Empire Star by a writer named Muels Aranlyde (yes, an anagram) was mentioned in Babel-17, where it was said to be one of the "Comet Jo" books and "a lot of fun". (This dialogue occurs on a page of Babel-17 devoted to a discussion of the intersections and complications of fiction and reality. And Muels Aranlyde is a character in Delany's Empire Star along with Comet Jo.)
I've sometimes wondered what a good introduction to Delany's work might be for someone who doesn't want to jump right in to the densest of his books. The short stories are certainly a good place to start, but they don't particularly prepare a reader for many of the complexities of the novels. Perhaps Nova or The Einstein Intersection. Today, though, it seems to me that Empire Star offers the most effective and appealing introduction to so many of the ideas and techniques Delany would employ later.
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Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany
posted by Matthew Cheney
Labels: Delany, science fiction
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- Anonymous6/30/2006 11:00 AM
Chip is one of the mightiest forces of good in the universe.ReplyDelete
I think he should be president, with Caitlin R. Kiernan as vice.
Even if they spent all their time spinning fiction, it'd be better than, never mind.
Because at least they have well-developed moral compasses...never mind.
Empire Star is my favorite Delany work before The Einstein Intersection. I read it more often and with more pleasure than Nova, even -- there's something perfectly in place about its form and ambition, like a really great 1966 pop song.ReplyDelete
for many years i gave away copies of Nova, saying it was the best science fiction novel ever written.ReplyDelete
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Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
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LIVINGSTON | Valley High School center Brianna Davidson has signed a national letter of intent to play her college basketball at the University of West Alabama.
"We are extremely excited to have a player of Brittany's caliber coming into our program," UWA women's coach Craig Roden said. "We know that over the next few years we have to start adding a freshman a year, and we believe she is the kind of freshman that we can continue to build this program on.
"She is a big, strong low-post player with a nice touch around the basket and has very active feet," Roden said. "We certainly believe she will be a great addition to our program."
Entering her senior season at Valley, Davidson has already lettered four times and been team captain for three years. She helped lead the Lady Rams to a 26-3 record and Class 5A state runner-up spot last season.
At 6-feet, Davidson has averaged 7.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game over the last three seasons. She owns the Valley record for rebounds in a season.
Davidson, who has a 4.0 grade-point average, is a member of the National Honor Society, vice-president of the Valley student government association and a member of the Key Club board of directors.
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Tuesday, 12/02/1997
CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Set 1: Buried Alive > DwDDown with Disease[1] -> MakisupaMakisupa Policeman, CDTChalk Dust Torture, Ghost > DividedDivided Sky, Dirt > Taste, Star Spangled BannerThe Star Spangled Banner
Set 2: Mike'sMike's Song -> Simple[2] -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar[3] -> WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, Character Zero
Encore: GinsengGinseng Sullivan > SampleSample in a Jar
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Trey/Page musical duet.
[3] Fun play on the actual lyrics.
· Crosseyed and Painless tease in Ya Mar
Noteworthy Jams: Mike's Song (highly recommended), Simple (highly recommended), Dog Faced Boy (highly recommended), Ya Mar (highly recommended), Weekapaug Groove (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 18.5
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Disease was unfinished. Simple featured a Trey/Page musical duet. Ya Mar included a fun play on the actual lyrics and a Crosseyed and Painless tease. Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since August 12, 1996 (109 shows).
Song Distribution:
3 Stash
3 Hoist
2 Billy Breathes
1 Farmhouse
1 The Story of the Ghost
1 A Picture of Nectar
1 Lawn Boy
1 Junta
1 The White Tape
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "1997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)."
Set I kicks off in fun fashion with Buried Alive, then leads into a sharp, if somewhat short, DWD that in turn segues directly into Makisupa Policeman. That Makisupa, as it turns out, is a breather for an absolutely ferocious Chalk Dust Torture, with an intense solo from Trey that earns a hearty cheer from the crowd. Ghost steps up next, and the band churns out a deliciously funky version that never quite hits Type II but will leave you bobbing your head all the same, until it leads nicely into Divided Sky. The rest of the set is perfectly fine, but the Buried Alive to Ghost sequence gives this first set an edge over many other first sets, even of Fall '97, where any first set could enter the pantheon on any given night.
The second set is a real treat, practically crying out for the LivePhish remaster treatment now that the major players of Fall '97 have seen official release. Kicking a set off with Mike's Song is always a good move, and this version is a multifaceted beast, rumbling along with a real dark intensity before opening up and letting some funkiness in, then cooling down for just a brief moment before really letting go and letting Trey do his thing. Let me tell you, this is one hell of a Mike's Song; I know this Weekapaug gets the plaudits, but I think Mike's is just as good. We then get the traditional segue into Simple (always the best way for Simple to appear, IMO), albeit not quite as smooth as a key change is necessary out of the Mike's jam, and Simple books along in its catchy way before, out of nowhere, the bottom drops out and Page and Trey have themselves a gorgeous duet, guitar and piano beautifully melding and spiraling in and out of each other before growing dissonant and slightly uncomfortable. There are better Simples, but none with an ending quite like this, and anyone that has not heard it needs to do so.
Then, out of the midst of the guitar/piano duet comes Dog Faced Boy, and it is a great version of an increasingly rare tune, charming and weirdly innocent (if that makes sense). And then, with joyful ease, the band rolls into Ya Mar, playing around with the lyrics ("he was an old grandpa/he was MY grandpa") before heading into a very rhythmic, spartan breakdown that bounces along and then gradually picks up intensity, spreading out in ways Ya Mar just doesn't usually do. And then, as though three glorious segues aren't enough, the band drops easily the best one of the night, as the Ya Mar jam slowly molds into Weekapaug Groove while retaining the jam's rhythmic base, giving us a Weekapaug that brims with funky goodness instead of the usual high-octane rockout it usually provides. And I do mean funky goodness - Mike really puts on a show with the booty-shaking lines he drops in the jam. That is, until about the 9 minute mark, when Trey suddenly decides "it's time to go interstellar in this bitch" and cranks the intensity up to 11 for a fiery rock jam, a much more palatable cousin to the 11/30 Wolfman's metal jam of doom (and then of soporific boredom), then gets things weird for a bit (dig the '80s Laser Floyd organ effects from Page!) before leading us into the usual Weekapaug closing section. This Weekapaug lives up to its bold-faced billing, and is the perfect capper to a glorious Mike's Groove, one of the best of the late 90s.
Final thought: I don't buy @Poster_Nutbag 's assertion that the last 4 songs drag this show down; if that were the case, 12/6/97 II (and not just 12/6/97 II) would immediately be disqualified from "best set ever" status. I like to think of Bouncing/Zero as a fun way to close what has been a heart-stopping second set, and Ginseng/Sample a charming encore that you don't NEED to listen to when you break this show out. And come on, we just had two fantastic sets dropped on us, how can they possibly be less epic just because they gave us some standard closer/encore fare and not a 25-minute Tweezer or something? At any rate, quibbles with closer songs aside, 12/2/97 serves as yet another reason why Fall '97 has entered into the stuff of legend - high class jams, massive servings of funk, powerful guitar declamations, astounding segues, perfectly placed bustouts, and sets that you never want to end.
The opening set is average for the tour and anchored by a ripping Chalk Dust Torture, a thoroughly funky and enjoyable Ghost, and the only Divided Sky of the tour. This Ghost contains breakdown jamming similar to that of the Worcester (11/28) Ghost, but not quite as good.
The second set is absolutely filthy, boasting one of the best Mike's Grooves of all time. Mike's Song itself is ferocious, featuring that angry funk that permeated through the song during this period. The following Simple is a beauty as Page and Trey take a duet. Simple's outro slides into an uplifting take on Dog Faced Boy, as opposed to 11/14/95's version which comes out of a menacing Stash. Ya Mar comes next via a smooth segue. This Ya Mar bares little resemblance to a typical Ya Mar jam and the segue into Weekapaug is amazing, one of the smoothest transitions you'll ever hear. Weekapaug starts out very funky, but eventually becomes a raging, Trey-led jam. This Weekapaug is among the best, plain and simple. Bouncing Around the Room and Character Zero are just thrown in there as a bonus on top of the hour of awesome improvisation that preceded it. Ginseng Sullivan, my favorite of the bluegrass covers, (I seem to review a lot of shows with Ginseng Sullivan in them, coincidence?) and Sample seal the deal.
This second set is one of the best sets of the tour and must-hear. The first set is average-great Phish from this period and still well worth checking out.
First set highlights: Ripping version of Chalkdust. Although late 90's versions tend to remain shorter, they give Trey a lot of freedom to shred and he doesn't disappoint here. Same concept with Down with Disease. I'm not going to say this was some mind-blowing version, but very solid, tight playing from everyone. The Ghost kicked off a little funk and kept me interested. Like an earlier comment previously stated, it doesn't blast off into any type II territory, but I was jamming out to this song.
Second Set highlights: As someone who would usually skip through Mike's Song when listening to 3.0, I cannot believe how absolutely incredible the start of this set is. Mike's is down right rocking and really attracts the side of me that LOVES heavy playing. You can really tell by the audience recording I have that people are freaking out throughout this song. Simple brings things down a notch after one hell of a Mike's song. This song is beautiful, although I think the Page/Trey interplay drags a little bit. I love the smooth change of pace though and everyone gets a breather with Dog Face Boy. No one can control the pace of their sets like Phish and this is a perfect example. So begins the second ascent. Ya Mar is always fun and I'm becoming a big supporter of this 97' versions. The transition into Weakapaug is so smooth, but I don't know about smoothest transition you'll hear. Kind of an awkward change of pace, but as soon as everyone gets adjusted, they lock in. This is by far and away the best Weakapaug I've ever heard. I'm a bass player so obviously this is favorite to begin with, but the shift from funk to rock is unreal. Like I told my friends trying to convince them to download this show, this song peaks like only the best Phish jams do.
this show smokes from start to finish. a raging burried alive>DWD>makisupa>chalk dust is the way to start a show. the ghost>divided was great. no one ever saw divided coming out of that ghost and the two worked together beautifully.
but the second set. the second set is where it is. a standardly stellar mikes starts things off. like all fall '97 mikes this is funky and rocking at the same time. very patient. simple is great and goes off on this funky groove into dog faced boy. yamar brings the set back into focus and with silky-smooth precision the segue into weekapaug is a thing of beauty. i would put this segue up there with any other segue phish has done. totally sick. and the weekapaug rages too.
do yourself a favor. listen to this show. a true gem from fall '97 that does not get its due.
I was a fan of Phish's music for about a year and a half before going to this show. I had listened to all of their studio albums released before the show as well as a healthy selection of shows on tape. I took (or dragged) my friend to the show with me. He was a Dead fan who had never heard Phish other than a couple of songs we listened to on the way to the show. In short, we were both unprepared for what we were about to experience. We bought tickets at the box office at about 7:00 and we got seats on Page side, about 12 rows up from the side of the stage.
Phish came out swinging. Buried Alive > DWD -> Makisupa, CDT. My friend and I didn't say a word to each other from the first note until the end of CDT. We were both blown away. To be honest, the show could have ended here and my noobish self would have still thought it was the best concert I'd ever seen up until that point. The energy in the Spectrum that was driven by the band was unbelievable and like nothing I had ever experienced before. Based on re-relistening to the show, the playing was solid in this opening segment but it doesn't really get too far out of the box. Just full of tight playing. Other highlights of the 1st set were Ghost > Divided Sky. Somehow, I had not heard Ghost before this and the funk did not disappoint. Divided Sky was a nice treat because I knew this song better than any other before walking into the show. Taste may not quite hold up that well against the great Tastes from '97 but I knew nothing about that at the time and I certainly loved it in the moment. The Star Spangled Banner was a Phishy way to end the 1st set.
At set break, we were extremely excited about what we had just seen and we anxiously waited to find out what they were going to do next. The reality of the situation was that I had no idea what this band was capable of. Lights out for set 2.
Mike's -> Simple -> Dog Faced Boy -> Ya Mar -> Weekapaug Groove. If you haven't listened to this sequence, set aside 65 minutes of your life to listen to what might be the best hour of music they have put together on stage.
Mike's Song is a multi-headed beast driven by Fishman who leads the band through darkness and funk before opening up room for machine gun Trey to take control. Simple is beautiful and I loved the Trey/Page duet. Dog Faced Boy is perfect for this Mike's Groove. It is a great landing pad after the monster Mike's -> Simple. I absolutely love how Fishman keeps the song a little more upbeat than usual. This is my favorite version of the song but mostly because of its placement in the set and how smoothly the band segues into and out of it. Ya Mar featured some fun lyrical changes since they spent that day with Page's grandfather (Grandpootie) who was in attendance. This might be why Page's solo was so inspired. Again, Fishman drives this Ya Mar into new territory and the band takes it for a rhythmic ride which leads to a segue that is smooth as butter. The band eases into Weekapaug with a slower groove than usual which features some downright dirty baselines from Mike. About half way through, Trey signals to the band that they are switching gears to a high energy, in-your-face, Trey-led shred fest before bringing it back to earth to finish off this glorious Mike's Groove.
Fishman is an absolute machine throughout the entire groove. I really think he is what makes this segment of music so great. All 4 of them are really locked in and playing at the top of their game, but Fishman really stands out. When the Mike's Groove ended my buddy turned to me and yelled, "This has to be the hardest working band that ever existed!" That quote has stuck with me for the past 17 years.
Bouncin' was a much needed cool down before a scorching Character Zero to end the set. The encore was just gravy on top.
12/2/97 at the Spectrum changed my perception of what a concert is.
Side note: My friend was glad I dragged him along and he became a Phish fan for life after that night.


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About Kensington MouseWorks
A driver for Kensington input devices running under Mac OS X. It provides enhanced acceleration, scrolling support, and configurability for Kensingtonâs current USB and ADB mice and trackballs, plus one-touch access to favorite web pages and applications using the DirectLaunch™ buttons on Kensingtonâs Turbo Mouse Pro trackball. The MouseWorks pane in System Preferences provides easy access to all settings.
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Looks like Kensington has developed a new version, hooray!
it'd be nicer if it was updated for leopard. holding ^ and scrolling the ring doesn't zoom in.
I really quite like this software. Reliable, useful alternate button options (and button chording (more than one at once)), and good control over mouse acceleration curves. Add in app-by-app settings, and it's simply a very good mouse app.
The only real downside I can see is that, regardless of whether your mouse is plugged in or not, it eats up processor power (mine sticks at around 0.1). But that's fairly insignificant.


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1. Notes from software customization talk
I caught the subway and the bus for the first time on my way to the IBM Center for Advanced Studies. Mark and I arrived too early for the lecture, so Pierre Duez showed me around IBM. (I owe him a thank-you note.) It's a great building, with beautiful themed spaces (Asian, English cottage, etc.) and game rooms (billiards, air hockey, table tennis, computer games, gaming consoles). Neato.
The talks started at 11:00. Both presentations came out of term projects in the requirements engineering course under U of T professor Steve Easterbrook.
The first presentation was about cognitive anchoring bias in project estimation, which is when our estimates are affected by the starting number. High starting numbers result in high estimates, low numbers result in low estimates.
The second presentation, though, raised goosebumps. This-is-what-I-want-to-do goosebumps. Sotirios Liaskos talked about goal-oriented software customization, using Mozilla Thunderbird as an example of an option-laden program that's hard to customize. I was blown away by graphs of people's goals and how those goals are affected by the different options.
I found another name for what I want to do! =) Soft goal analysis.
I want to do that for tasks. I want to analyze the different strategies people use and _why_ they use them. For example, why people keep track of contexts, why people use dated or undated tasks... I want to write something that will profile a person's task-management preferences and suggest software support. When people want to modify their task management strategy, I want to suggest step-by-step ways to achieve their goals.
So basically, I'm looking at:
- software support recommendations for task management strategies
- support for changing task strategies
- customization of task management software using soft goals (harder)
I need to learn how to do things like cognitive work analysis and soft goal analysis while I'm here. I need to find other people who are analyzing similar domains so that I can bounce ideas off them.
Here's what I should read next. I'll grab the URLs when I connect back to the Net.
- http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~sme/ - readings in requirements engineering
- Triggers and barriers to customizing software
- User customization of a word processor
- An evaluation of a multiple interface design solution for bloated software
- Reasoning with goal models
- Simple and minimum-cost satisfiability for goal models
People met today:
- Ryan from the lab
- Sotirios Liaskos, who gave the talk on software customization
- Pierre Duez, person who showed me around
- Leah, working on software customization of Rational software
- Steve Easterbrook, professor who taught requirements engg and is now doing experimental methods for software engg
- Jen, research manager for Pierre(?)
People heard about:
- Eric Yu, in charge of the mailing lists
- Alexei, who's looking at goal models for business processes
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When it was all over, it was the Netherlands receiving a standing ovation from the Brazilian crowd. Brazil walked off the field to boos, after another demoralizing loss to end its home World Cup.
The Netherlands' remarkable campaign ended on a high note after Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored early goals to help give the team a 3-0 win over Brazil in the third-place game Saturday in Brasilia.
"We can look back at a very successful tournament," Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal said. "I'm proud of my players."
The Netherlands finishes a World Cup unbeaten in regular play for the first time, having lost to Argentina on penalties in the semifinals. After finishing runner-up in 2010, the third place is the best position for the Dutch squad since it lost the final in 1974 and 1978.
The Brazilian fans loudly greeted the Dutch players after they received the third-place medals, applauding on their feet.
"I would like to thank all people in Brazil for their great support," Arjen Robben said. "For us it was the best way to end this tournament."
The loss added to Brazil's frustration at the home tournament after the disastrous 7-1 defeat to Germany. After the final whistle, the team was loudly booed by the nearly 70,000 fans who attended the match at the National Stadium. Many had already left even before the late third goal by the Dutch. It's the first time since 1940 that Brazil lost two consecutive competitive games on home soil.
"It's a terrible feeling, I don't know what to say," Oscar said. "After a huge loss to Germany, today we tried our best from the beginning to win third place, but it wasn't our day."
Brazil conceding 14 goals in the tournament, the most ever for the team. The previous worst had been 11 goals in the 1938 World Cup.
"It was supposed to be an even match, but after the early goal things started going their way," Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. "I don't think we played that bad. The players fought hard from the start. They created chances, so it's difficult to lose 3-0."
Brazil looked lost from the start, making many of the same defensive mistakes that marked the historic defeat to the Germans four days ago. The Netherlands took advantage with quick passes and speed in the attack.
"It's frustrating," Brazil captain Thiago Silva said. "We didn't deserve to have it end like this. But unfortunately it's football. I have to apologize to our people. The fans supported us even during the 7-1 loss and again today. They booed in the end, but it was normal. They have feelings too."
Scolari declined to make a decision on his future, saying it will be up to the Brazilian football confederation to decide whether he will continue as Brazil's coach.
Russia up next: The conflict in Ukraine will not affect the 2018 World Cup, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said. Mutko, the local organizing committee chairman and a FIFA board member, said he did not foresee "any major issues" for the tournament in Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to attend Sunday's World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro and take part in a hand-over ceremony between host nations with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Brazil's Foreign Ministry later said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed he will watch the match between Argentina and Germany with Putin and other world leaders.
James arrives: Just a few hours after arriving in Brazil, LeBron James sized up the World Cup final and said it trumps the NBA Finals.
"This is the highest you can get," James said. "This is bigger than the NBA Finals in the sense that it's the world and you have so many countries here."
James walked around with new Cavaliers teammate Anderson Varejao, a Brazilian. James will attend Sunday's final but declined to pick a winner.


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Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 5(g). Service on Attorney-Legislator Suspended During Sessions - Emergency Provisions.
During such time as any attorney shall be serving as a legislator or legislative attache while the legislature is in general or special session, the attorney shall not be required to attend in court at any trial or other proceeding, and in any pending matter in which the attorney appears as attorney of record, the time within which the attorney would normally be required to file any pleading or other paper shall be extended for a period of ten days following adjournment of such session of the legislature, provided, that such extension of time is not intended to, and shall not, toll or otherwise extend the running of any limitation period provided by statute and provided further, that upon motion by an aggrieved party or attorney, supported by appropriate affidavit, that an emergency exists or said party would be unduly prejudiced or irreparable damage would accrue, the court in which said action is pending may order, ex parte, such attorney to make appropriate arrangements to appear or for another member of the Idaho state bar to represent said attorney's clients in such pending matter, which said order shall be served upon the attorney by special delivery mail addressed to the attorney at the legislature.
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Definition of gallery in English:
noun (plural galleries)
- Many galleries display the art prints without prices - hoping to get more easily into an e-mail contact with their visitors.
- The new renaissance and baroque galleries at the Waiters Art Museum, Baltimore, include rooms that resemble those of a seventeenth-century Dutch nobleman.
- When the gallery began presenting Pop art, the sculptor showed elsewhere.
- Welcome to our photo gallery, an exclusive collection of pictures depicting Rochdale and the surrounding areas.
- So that means my WIP gallery is down one picture!
- To view some of his images visit his on-line gallery: Pictures of Ireland
- Imagine harsh whining noise emanating from a minstrel's gallery in a church in a woodland village in Dorset.
- He said the Great Hall was a major feature, with its high vaulted ceiling, stone floor and minstrels' gallery - and the views were breathtaking.
- An ash staircase leads upstairs where an ash balustrade forms a minstrel's gallery overlooking the entrance hall.
- Seated in the theatre's lower gallery, I found myself distracted, not for the first time, by the endless gropings of the groundlings.
- Janet and William Norwood, the young man's parents, were also seated in the gallery and stood up to tumultuous and prolonged applause.
- He turned and pointed to Jefferson Lambert, seated in the gallery.
- However, it's impossible to police everyone in the gallery, or tournament golf would turn into a police state.
- By seeking more mainstream sports fans, is golf in danger of attracting football crowds instead of the more traditional golf galleries?
- He wasn't expecting to win, but he was keen to show golf's most knowledgeable galleries that he was a genuine talent.
- The linear form of the north block lends itself to open galleries while the deeper south block offers a calmer atmosphere for browsing stacks and reading at tables.
- Liam led me along an amazing and seemingly endless labyrinth of passages, hallways, corridors and galleries.
- Moving further in, concentric with the central stupa is a surrounding gallery or portico that connects the four viharas.
- The mines, a Unesco world cultural heritage monument, attract tourists from round the world to its labyrinthine tunnels, galleries and underground lakes.
- A stone staircase leads to the deep cave labyrinth, 2500m of underground galleries.
- While burial in underground galleries carved out of soft rock was not restricted to Roman Christians alone, it is with them that the catacombs are most commonly associated.
play to the gallery
- Act in an exaggerated way in order to appeal to popular taste.Example sentences
- We posture, strike poses, we play to the gallery or say things for effect.
- Every producer and director has played to the gallery and used 'sex appeal' to sell their product albeit in their own ways.
- But now there is nothing in place; everyone plays to the gallery.
galleried adjective
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- This ultra-modern four-bedroom property is set on two levels with an attractive layout, galleried landing and boasts interesting architectural features including a spiral staircase.
- She hopes that by April the Castle will be returning to normality and brides will walk down the staircase into the spectacular galleried Great Hall which is 80 ft high.
- The upper tier is like a continuous galleried balcony.
Late Middle English (in sense 3): via Old French from Italian galleria 'gallery', formerly also 'church porch', from medieval Latin galeria, perhaps an alteration of galilea (see galilee).
Galilee, the northern region of ancient Palestine where Jesus lived, may be the ultimate source of gallery, which entered English from Italian galleria 'gallery', or 'church porch'. Its medieval Latin source was perhaps an alteration of Galilea 'Galilee', which was used as the name for a porch or chapel at the church entrance. The idea behind this was probably that the porch was at the end of the church furthest away from the altar, just as Galilee, an outlying portion of the Holy Land, was far from Jerusalem. From the mid 17th century the highest seating in a theatre was called the gallery, and this was where the cheapest seats—and the least refined members of the audience—were found. Hence, to play to the gallery, an expression dating from the late 19th century, is to act in a showy or exaggerated way to appeal to popular taste.
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5 Possible Picks for Permanent VA Chief
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is the first member of President Barack Obama's cabinet to resign amid scandal — and without a permanent replacement at hand.
Another high-profile cabinet change came after the heat of scandal died down – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stayed on board throughout the HealthCare.Gov debacle only to leave months later after the Obamacare enrollment period ended.
Mr. Obama on Friday named Mr. Shinseki's deputy, Sloan Gibson, as acting secretary but didn't say whether he will be nominated as a permanent replacement, which would require Senate confirmation.
"We're going to need a new VA secretary," Mr. Obama said Friday.
Here's a look at possible people who could be named to succeed Mr. Shinseki:
Sloan Gibson
Mr. Gibson, who was confirmed by the Senate in February as Mr. Shinseki's top deputy. A West Point graduate, Mr. Gibson has a history of working with veterans groups – he was the CEO of the USO prior to joining the VA.
Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno
Mr. Odierno led American efforts in Iraq and returned to Washington in 2011. Mr. Odierno hasn't held a civilian post.
Retired Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli
Mr. Chiarelli served as the Army's vice chief of staff from 2008 to 2012. He is currently the CEO of One Mind for Research, an organization that works on helping veterans recover from brain injuries.
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D., Ill.)
A longtime ally of Mr. Obama, Ms. Duckworth was an assistant VA secretary from 2009 until she resigned to run for Congress in 2012. Ms. Duckworth, who lost her legs in the Iraq war, is one of five Democrats named last week to the House select committee investigating the Benghazi attacks. She called for Mr. Shinseki to resign on Friday.
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D., Va.)
The one-term senator has been in the news recently for floating the idea that he'll run for the president in 2016. More likely, but still a long shot, is his joining Mr. Obama's administration. Mr. Webb got an endorsement for the post this week from the News Leader in Staunton, Va.
A Republican
The Senate confirmation hearings for whoever replaces Mr. Shinseki — should he go — will represent a prime political opportunity for Republicans to score points against Mr. Obama's administration. Naming a Republican could ease the confirmation process to a position that is not terribly political to begin with.
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BEWARE: This organization canceled my daughter's tournament last minute and haven't returned our $2,280 fee! We registered in December to stay on-site in their club house. 5 weeks before our August tournament they told us they have been involved in a lawsuit for over a year and their club houses were not built. They assured us the tournament was not affected and that 8 teams registered. We scrambled to find hotels then paid the tournament balance. The night before leaving for Cooperstown, we received a call that the tournament is canceled due to zero teams participating. I doubt they ever had 8 teams registered for our tournament. We all had to pay a one night's hotel penalty because it was too late to cancel the reservation. Even worse, Diamond Dreams has not returned our payments and we have been trying to get it back since beginning of August. We have since learned that we are not alone. Other teams are also trying to get their money back for tournaments canceled. I wrote this review so that other teams consider what our girls experienced and what us parents continue to experience before they register and send money to this organization.
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The HP Child Care Solution Suite (CCSS) helps state and local governments implement client-centric, outcome-based solutions for subsidized child care administration. CCSS provides a modular software package that can span multiple programs to provide wrap-around services. In addition to the system, we also integrate the software with in-place systems. We can even host and manage the solution in our data centers for a complete turnkey implementation.
The HP Child Care Solution Suite offers a holistic approach to the subsidized child care program. A full range of functionality for client, provider and program management is available using the latest technology and system design. It links with early learning programs to improve outcomes for participating children. It provides configurable functionality such as workflows, document management and dashboards that make programs more efficient and flexible.
Demand is up; child care resources are down.
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- Fixed bug: Delete, move and rename should work better now.
- Fixed bug: Non DLL handles are now listed properly on Vista.
- Fixed bug: List files are compatible with Total Commander again. This bug appeared in version 1.7.7. Thanks to Icfu for spotting it.
- Improved behavior: The executable includes a manifest for better Vista compatibility.
- Promotional feature: Added fully optional shortcuts to eBay during the installation. Simply untick "eBay shortcuts" in the choose components page during install if you do not wish to have those.