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Some National Hills neighbors are upset over detours they'll have to take to get home during Masters Week. (March 9, 2011 / WRDW-TV)
News 12 at 11 o'clock / Wednesday, March 9, 2011
AUGUSTA, Ga.--- The people living closest to Augusta National are getting their first look at a new traffic plan for Masters week. The plan makes Berckmans, the road running along side Augusta National, one way between the hours of 4pm and 9 pm south of Cherry Lane. All traffic will head away from Washington Road up Berckmans. Drivers will be directed to either turn right at Ingleside Drive or continue all the way to Walton Way and Wheeler Road.
Wednesday night, members of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office and city traffic engineers teamed up to answer questions from the people who live closest to the gold course.
Captain Scott Gay explained to Vickie Sandala how she'll be getting to and from her apartment.
"You'll have to go down and turn into the entrance of Jamestown, which is right here, and turn," Gay said.
"So what the heck, I got to go through all this traffic when normally I go right here and go around? That's not right," Sandala shot back.
Not right and certainly not popular in National Hills.
"So, yes, it's going to be an inconvenience. I apologize for that, but we have to do something," Captain Gay told another neighbor.
Trisha and Peter Hughes live in National Hills too. They say it's all just part of living near a world famous golf course.
"Anything they want to do for that one week out of the year," Trisha siad. "The Tournament brings so much to Augusta, we all benefit so much from this tournament, I say let them do whatever they want to do."
Peter was quick to add, "Any locals who try to go down that road during Tournament let-out time, I think need to learn their lesson once and for all anyway."
The Hughes are more understanding than most. Traffic Engineer Steve Cassell has been getting an earful.
"Some of them were very knee-jerk about it, and I expected that," Cassell said. "I mean, this is a big change. It's a changing of a mentality that's gone back to the beginning of the Tournament. We're making a significant change to the road. They own property in the area, so it's going to have an impact to them, you know I can't lie."
But some of their neighbors aren't quite so understanding. Vickie Sandala wants to know who came up with it.
"I ask him why the people in the neighborhood didn't get a say on this before it was all decided by somebody," she said. "He told me I needed to talk to this gentleman over here in the yellow shirt from the city of Augusta, and when I asked him about it, he said he don't think the deputy is right in what he's telling me. So it looks like the right hand don't know what the left hand is doing, and I still don't know how I'm going to get home."
This is just the first phase of the full traffic plan. The rest of it will be unveiled two weeks before the Masters.


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SANTA CLARA -- A decision by Santa Clara University's president to drop health insurance coverage of elective abortions for the Catholic university's faculty and staff has triggered a serious rift at the school.
Many faculty members say they were blindsided by the move at an institution that has long prided itself on open communication and governing by consensus.
The thorny issue echoes a nationwide debate at Catholic universities over their institutional identities and ability to consider the convictions of those who do not identify with -- or who disagree with -- certain principles the Catholic tradition holds as central.
The uproar at SCU comes on the heels of a contentious vote this week by trustees of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, another Jesuit school that decided not to provide coverage for elective abortions. And, ironically, the controversy came to a boil on the same day that California Gov. Jerry Brown, a former Jesuit seminarian, went off in a different direction by signing two bills aimed at increasing access to abortion in California.
"This really makes Santa Clara University's express commitment to openness, diversity and inclusiveness ring hollow," said history professor Nancy Unger, who is Catholic.
University President Michael Engh, a Jesuit priest, said in a two-page letter dated last Thursday and sent to 1,600 employees that the university carefully studied how the school can structure its medical insurance plans in 2014 to be compliant with federal and California laws and regulations while representing its values as a Jesuit university. The university concluded that "our core commitments as a Catholic university are incompatible with the inclusion of elective abortion coverage in the University's health plans," he stated in the letter.
Asked to respond to the uproar among faculty, the president's office on Wednesday issued a statement that simply rephrased parts of the letter.
Unger said that the university prides itself on "shared governance" and that Engh's action is an egregious violation to that commitment because he did not alert faculty and staff that he was even considering the issue.
"This is not the Santa Clara University that I have loved and been proud to serve," Unger said.
In the letter, Engh said a series of open forums to discuss the issue will be announced next week and will be coordinated by the executive directors of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the Women's and Gender Studies Department.
Still, some faculty wondered why the discussion couldn't have been held before Engh made the decision.
Mary Hegland, a SCU professor of anthropology, said she doesn't "love abortion," but that "the male Jesuits running Santa Clara University feel they know what God wants regarding women, women's bodies and women's reproduction. ... We have many women working at SCU who are not Catholic or -- even if Catholic -- do not believe that abortion is against God's will. If the SCU male Jesuit administration really felt 'sensitivity towards women' (as Engh cited in the letter), they would not have made this decision."
But professor John Hawley, chairman of the English Department, said on the one hand the university "presents and studies all sorts of ideas, not just those of the Roman Catholic Church." But on some ethical issues, he said, "it needs to take a particular stand lest it be seen as anti-Catholic. And this is one of them."
Officials at other Bay Area Catholic colleges -- Holy Names University, the University of San Francisco, Notre Dame de Namur University and St. Mary's College -- did not respond Wednesday to inquiries about whether their employee health plans next year will cover elective abortions.
Under the federal Affordable Care Act, commonly known as "Obamacare," all health plans require employers to cover reproductive health services such as contraception and sterilization, but not abortion.
California law requires employers to cover reproductive health services and also requires "therapeutic abortions" when the health of the mother is at stake. But state law does not require employers to cover elective abortions.
Meanwhile, Gov. Brown on Wednesday signed AB 154 by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, which would let nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives and physician assistants with special training perform the most common kind of first-trimester abortion. He also signed another bill that requires the repeal of any California building codes that treat primary-care clinics differently if they do abortions.
"California is moving in a different direction than the rest of the country. So far this year we have seen 68 abortion restrictions become law, and California is the only state to make real progress to protect abortion rights," said Elizabeth Nash, state issues manager for the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-rights research group.
"This is just a common sense measure," she said of AB 154. "The state recognizes that abortion is not always available when needed and that advanced practice clinicians are well-placed to provide those services."
But Brian Johnston, executive director of the California ProLife Council, said the bill "isn't about helping women so much as about promoting abortion." He said the reason the Legislature had to pass such a law was that enough "honest doctors have read the Hippocratic oath."
"What this is doing is creating a whole new pool of abortionists. It's surgery by people who are not surgeons," said Johnson, who is also the National Right to Life Committee's Western director.
Restrictions enacted by other states this year include tighter clinic regulations, requiring abortion providers to have hospital privileges nearby and banning abortions after certain points in a pregnancy. Besides California, only New York and Washington state have moved to expand abortion access in 2013 -- and in both those states, the bills fizzled out amid Republican opposition.
The only other state to let nonphysicians perform aspiration abortions is New York. Several states, however, allow nonphysicians to provide medication abortions.
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Mickelson misses chance for tour 36-hole record
Published: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 8:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 8:14 p.m.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Phil Mickelson birdied the ninth hole a day too late and missed a chance to break the PGA Tour's 36-hole scoring record when he finished with a double bogey after driving into the water.
Mickelson followed his opening 60 with a 65 on Friday in the Phoenix Open to reach 17-under 125, a stroke off the tour record for the first two rounds of a tournament set by Pat Perez in the 2009 Bob Hope Classic and matched by David Toms at Colonial in 2011.
Mickelson tied the Phoenix Open record set by Mark Calcavecchia in 2001.
A day after missing a chance for a 59 when his 25-foot putt on the ninth caught the right edge, curled 180 degrees and stayed out, Mickelson hit to 4 feet and rolled the downhill putt into the center of the cup.
Bill Haas was second, four strokes back.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Spinach And Goat Cheese Pie
What? It's not the spinach but the goat cheese that you're not fond of? Well shoot, I can't help you with that except to tell you to leave it out!
OK, now we need to address another sticky situation. I don't make pie crusts from scratch. I've tried many times and I've failed equally as many times. I'm definitely a flaky individual, but I haven't been able to transfer that quality (?) to my pastry. Therefore, I used a store-bought refrigerated pie crust for this recipe. If you're gifted in making pie crust from scratch, please feel free to do so. And know that I'm eternally jealous of you.
Spinach And Goat Cheese Pie
1 refrigerated pie crust (or your own recipe for a 9-10" crust)
1 TBSP olive oil
2 shallots, diced
salt and pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
9-10 ounces fresh baby spinach, stems removed
1-2 roasted red peppers (the kind in a jar) diced
2 oz. goat cheese, crumbled
3 large eggs
1/2 cup half & half
a few drops of Tabasco sauce
a pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
2 cups shredded cheese (I used an Italian mix but you can use whatever is your favorite)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place pie crust in 9" pie pan or use your tart pan like I did because I think it's ultra-cool. Trim edges.
In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add shallots and season with salt and pepper. Saute for 4-5 minutes or until shallots have softened. Add in the garlic and saute for another minute or two. Add the baby spinach in batches. You're going to swear that it'll never all fit into that pan, but if you work in batches it will wilt down nicely. When all the spinach has wilted down, season with salt and pepper. Add in diced roasted red peppers and remove from heat.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, half & half, Tabasco sauce and nutmeg. Stir in the shredded cheese.
Scatter the crumbled goat cheese across the bottom of the pie crust. Distribute spinach filling over goat cheese. Pour egg mixture over all.
Bake for 40-50 minutes or until filling is set and top is golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool slightly before cutting and serving.
9 comments:
- Laurie said...
Looks delicious, Mags! I have a good crust recipe that I use for my quiche (http://thebakingbookworm.blogspot.com/2009/11/recipe-greek-quiche.html). It's nice and flaky.
This looks like a great dish! Like you, I think spinach gets a bad rap. I'm learning to like goat cheese but I still prefer cow's milk feta instead. I'm learning to love the tang that comes with goat's cheese. :) Thanks for another great recipe. I'll put it on my ever expanding 'list o recipes to make from Mags'. :)
- June 17, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Hanaâ said...
I LOVE spinach and try to come up with excuses to use fresh spinach. I stopped using lettuce in my sandwiches and converted to using spinach. Yum! Enough about me... your savory pie looks delicious. Love the color contrasts you have going on in there. I like to use this buttery tart crust recipe I found a while back that's made in the FP. It's not sweet so you can use it for sweet and savory pies/tarts. Mainly I make my own b/c the store bought stuff contains lard, and I run a pork-free household.
- June 17, 2010 at 4:43 PM
- Pam said...
I love spinach, I love goat cheese, and I would never, ever attempt to make my own pie crust, so I am good to go!
- June 17, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Moogie said...
I love recipes like this... they are delicious but also present well. Great job!
- June 17, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
This quiche with spinach and red pepper and goat cheese sounds fabulous! I can't imagine anyone not liking spinach especially in this pie.
- June 18, 2010 at 6:07 AM
- June said...
Geez Mags, we had a "pie" for dinner last night too - caramelized onion, mushroom and bacon ...used your pastry recipe too! Bonus! I almost put spinach into it too but figured I'd better not push the big guy too far. He's just starting to like it cooked.
- June 18, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Gina said...
Looks yummy!
- June 18, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- Sweet and Savory said...
You made a dream dish. It is such a great blend of taste and texture. That's our Mags.
- June 20, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- Karen said...
I just froze some spinach from the garden today. I'll be looking for lots of spinach recipes - this one looks great and I love goat cheese, too!
- June 20, 2010 at 2:50 PM


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i remember seeing the second drum set next to fish's and everyone freaking out about it. there were alot of speculative guesses, but im pretty sure few had it nailed it with the bob gullotti call. he's a well known drummer, but im pretty sure he was an instructor of fishman's in the past.
the hello my baby stuck out as oddly placed even though i didnt know(and still dont) know much about phish setlist placements and traditions.
I always love a julius near the end, if not the end of the second set. Its like a heavy duty rinse cycle.
this was the first show when i remember, im pretty sure during antelope, phish's ability to build "level" upon "level" in their jams. i thought, "wow, i can actually see everything raising up a level". it was pretty great.
this is an intersting note too...my friend Todd may have been one of the first people to notice The Funk. He's a bass player and he knows music well. He turned to me during a jam(dont remember which--my money would be on tweezer) and says "phish is getting funky!" i nodded back to him and thought, "yeah i guess they are.." it wasn't long before the band had fallen clear down the spacefunk rabbit hole.


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Charles S. McAnally passed away Jan. 30 in Celina, Texas, after a long illness.
He was born on Aug. 18, 1933, in Albuquerque, N.M. Charles spent most of his younger years in New Mexico and Colorado. He attended Eagle High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17 and served a minority cruise. When he was released from the Navy in 1954, he enrolled in Denver University as an accounting major and graduated with high honors.
Although he worked as a student assistant in the accounting lab at DU and also worked part-time for various accounting firms in Denver, his first permanent job in accounting was with Arthur Anderson in Chicago where he met and married his wife, Dollie. After becoming a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois, he returned to Denver and worked with another national accounting firm, Alexander Grand.
One of Charles' client, Denver Chicago Trucking, hired him as Chief Financial officer and he left Alexander Grand and stared his career as a trucking company executive. He served as a financial officer or president for several truck companies, including IML in Salt Lake City, Herman Brothers in Omaha and Chemical Express in Dallas.
He was preceded in death by is wife, Dollie, who passed away in 1996. He is survived by five children: John, Peter, Andrew, Cheryl and Jennifer. He also is survived by his bother, James. He was buried in McKinney, Texas, in a plot next to his wife.


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Read an Exclusive Excerpt of Paulo Coelho's New Book, 'Adultery'
Paulo Coelho's new novel, "Adultery," follows the story of a woman who, faced with the monotony of her life, unexpectedly reconnects with her high school ex-boyfriend. "Adultery" will be released Aug. 19 by Knopf. For more on Coelho and the book, click here.
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"I WAKE up and perform the usual rituals — brushing my teeth, getting dressed for work, going into the children's bedroom to wake them up, making breakfast for everyone, smiling, and saying how good life is. In every minute and gesture I feel a weight I can't identify, like an animal who can't quite understand how it got caught in the trap. My food has no taste. My smile, on the other hand, grows even wider so that no one will suspect, and I swallow my desire to cry. The light outside seems gray. Yesterday's conversation did no good at all; I'm starting to think that I'm headed out of the indignant phase and straight into apathy.
And does no one notice?
Of course not. After all, I'm the last person in the world to admit that I need help.
This is my problem; the volcano has exploded and there's no way to put the lava back inside, plant some trees, mow the grass, and let the sheep out to graze.
I don't deserve this. I've always tried to meet everyone's expectations. But now it's happened and I can't do anything about it except take medication. Perhaps today I'll come up with an excuse to write an article about psychiatry and social security (the newspaper loves that kind of thing) and find a good psychiatrist to ask for help. I know that's not ethical, but then not everything is.
I don't have an obsession to occupy my mind — for example, dieting or being OCD and finding fault with the cleaning lady who arrives at eight in the morning and leaves at five in the afternoon, having washed and ironed the clothes, and tidied the house, and, sometimes, having even done the shopping, too. I can't vent my frustrations by trying to be Supermom, because my children would resent me for the rest of their lives.
I go off to work and again see the neighbor polishing his car. Wasn't he doing that yesterday?
Unable to resist, I go over and ask him why.
"It wasn't quite perfect," he says, but only after having said "Good morning," asking about the family, and noticing what a pretty dress I'm wearing.
I look at the car. It's an Audi—one of Geneva's nicknames is, after all, Audiland. It looks perfect, but he shows me one or two places where it isn't as shiny as it should be.
I draw out the conversation and end up asking what he thinks people are looking for in life.
"Oh, that's easy enough. Being able to pay their bills. Buying a house like yours or mine. Having a garden full of trees. Having your children or grandchildren over for Sunday lunch. Traveling the world once you've retired."
Is that what people want from life? Is it really? There's something very wrong with this world, and it isn't just the wars going on in Asia or the Middle East.
Before I go to the newspaper, I have to interview Jacob, my ex-boyfriend from high school. Not even that cheers me up. I really am losing interest in things.
I LISTEN to facts about government policy that I didn't even want to know. I ask a few awkward questions, which he deftly dodges. He's a year younger than me, but he looks five years older. I keep this thought to myself. Of course, it's good to see him again, although he hasn't yet asked me what's happened in my life since we each went our own way after graduation. He's entirely focused on himself, his career, and his future, while I find myself staring foolishly back at the past as if I were still the adolescent who, despite the braces on my teeth, was the envy of all the other girls. After a while, I stop listening and go on autopilot. Always the same script, the same promises — reducing taxes, combating crime, keeping the French (the so-called cross-border workers who are taking jobs that Swiss workers could fill) out. Year after year, the issues are the same and the problems continue unresolved because no one really cares. After twenty minutes of conversation, I start to wonder if my lack of interest is due to my strange state of mind. No. There is nothing more tedious than interviewing politicians. It would have been better if I'd been sent to cover some crime or another. Murderers are much more real.
Compared to representatives of the people anywhere else on the planet, ours are the least interesting and the most insipid. No one wants to know about their private lives. Only two things create a scandal here: corruption and drugs. Then it takes on gigantic proportions and gets wall-to-wall coverage because there's absolutely nothing else of interest in the newspapers.
Does anyone care if they have lovers, go to brothels, or come out as gay? No. They continue doing what they were elected to do, and as long as they don't blow the national budget, we all live in peace.
The president of the country changes every year (yes, every year) and is chosen not by the people, but by the Federal Council, a body comprising seven ministers who serve as Switzerland's collective head of state. Every time I walk past the museum, I see endless posters calling for more plebiscites.
The Swiss love to make decisions — the color of our trash bags (black came out on top), the right (or not) to carry arms (Switzerland has one of the highest gun-ownership rates in the world), the number of minarets that can be built in the country (four), and whether or not to provide asylum for expatriates (I haven't kept pace with this one, but I imagine the law was approved and is already in force).
"Excuse me, sir."
We've been interrupted once already. He politely asks his assistant to postpone his next appointment. My newspaper is the most important in French-speaking Switzerland and this interview could prove crucial for the upcoming elections.
He pretends to convince me and I pretend to believe him.
Then I get up, thank him, and say that I have all the material I need.
"You don't need anything else?" Of course I do, but it's not up to me to tell him what. "How about getting together after work?" I explain that I have to pick up my children from school, hoping that he sees the large gold wedding ring on my finger declaring: "Look, the past is the past."
"Of course. Well, maybe we can have lunch someday."
I agree. Easily deceived, I think: Who knows, maybe he does have something of importance to tell me, some state secret that will change the politics of the country and make the editor look at me with new eyes.
He goes over to the door, locks it, then comes back and kisses me. I return his kiss, because it's been a long time. Jacob, whom I may have once loved, is now a family man, married to a professor. And I am a family woman, married to a man who, though he inherited his wealth, is extremely hardworking.
I consider pushing him away and saying that we're not kids anymore, but I'm enjoying it. Not only did I discover a new Japanese restaurant, I'm having a bit of illicit fun as well. I've managed to break the rules and the world hasn't caved in on me. I haven't felt this happy in a long time.
I feel better and better, braver, freer. Then I do something I've dreamed of doing since I was in school.
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'The Good Wife,' Season 4, Episode 6, 'The Art of War': TV Recap
On many nights, "The Good Wife" is far too modestly titled. When the show is on a roll, as it is with this twisty episode, the series is far better than "good," don't you think?
Tonight's episode, "The Art of War," sparkles with new guest stars, as well as previously-seen guest stars who have been around long enough that you'd think the show would stop billing them as guests. Why is Chris Noth still listed as a guest star in the opening credits? Also, Nathan Lane is back again tonight, along with Maura Tierney, Amanda Peet, and Brian Dennehy.
Pretty good cast for a Sunday night. Or any night.
Plus series regular Josh Charles (Will Gardner ) makes his directorial debut.
Peet plays Capt. Hellinger, a female officer who, having failed to get a fair hearing in military court, is trying to seek justice from a civilian judge after a military contractor tried to rape her in Afghanistan. Alicia and Capt. Hellinger have to prove that the contractor–who is a real smug piece of work–isn't covered by laws that prohibit servicemen from suing the military.
"Let's win this," Alicia tells Capt. Hellinger.
Meanwhile, back at the not-so-firm law firm, Clark is moving people out of their offices including the powerful Eli. Clark is also bitter about something and keeps calling everything "crap." Despite his sour mood, Clark seems to have a warm spot for Cary. Diane, after some tit-for-tat, you-scratch-my-back etc., sends Cary to find out what's troubling Clark. As it turns out, he was influenced by a Steve Jobs biography.
I didn't quite get this subplot, but I did read Walter Isaacson's bio of Steve Jobs and it's excellent. I think it actually improved my mood after I finished it.
Peter's mom is being fussy about her caretakers; Alicia quickly diagnoses the problem–Peter needs to hire her a male caretaker. That does the trick.
Capt. Hellinger gets her chance, thanks to Alicia's legal maneuvering, to confront her attacker Ricky Waters in court. Alicia and the Capt. also find out there was a witness to the crime, thanks to an email trail.
Now the big twist: Maddie Hayward has had enough of all the allegations of womanizing against Peter, including a magazine story about a (probably) false charge of adultery that just won't die. Maddie comes to see Alicia and announces that she's decided to run against Peter herself because the race just needs a woman. Alicia, stung that her new would-be friend may have had an agenda all along, goes to see Eli to tell him the bad news.
There's a dull subplot about the usually exiting Kalinda. Her husband is gunning to get some sort of contract bid blah blah blah and after he's rejected, Alicia and Cary find out he can still win on a technicality, but do they really want this jerk around?
Alicia puts the question to Kalinda.
"Is he dangerous?" Alicia asks.
"Sometimes," Kalinda answers.
You don't need Oprah to know what needs to happen to this husband. The curb is that way.
A female colonel, who had seemed wary of getting too involved in the case, helps get the witness to the rape to the stand. He testifies that he heard the attack on Capt. Hellinger.
But now it comes down to the timeline. If the attack took place after midnight, because of a legal technicality–there are always a lot of those on shows like this–he's protected as an agent of the military.
Alas, Judge Charles Abernathy rules Waters was technically an Army reservist at the time of the attack and immune from liability. He decides he "must dismiss the case."
The creepy Waters comes up to the good Capt. "No hard feelings?" the rapist asks.
The colonel steps between them. She tells him, in her best Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men" kind of voice, to "step back" as Waters approaches the woman he raped. The jerk won the case, but he stands revealed for what he really is, and even his own lawyer declines to shake his hand.
Capt. Hellinger tells Alicia that confronting the rapist was "more than I thought we'd do." She's not satisfied, but she feels like they gave it their best shot.
The show ends with a scene in which Maddie goes to see Peter.
"I couldn't just let you run away with this," she tells him.
"I'm gonna beat you," Peter shoots back.
She makes him an offer you certainly can refuse: drop out and run as her lieutenant governor.
Peter responds with a killer line.
"You know, I can trust a cynic, and a con man, but I can't trust a hypocrite," Peter says. "Cause the hypocrite doesn't know when she's lying and that's the most dangerous liar of them all."
"So that's a no?" says Maddie, who can't seem to take no for an answer.
"That's more than a no–that's a never," Peter concludes.
Looks like a never she can take. Maddie quickly leaves, promising to see him on the campaign trail. Eli comes in.
"Well?" Eli ask.
"Let's get started," Peter replies.
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Former Christie Officials Press Fight Against Subpoenas
By Heather Haddon and Ted Mann
Two former Christie administration officials signaled on Tuesday that they would go to court to fight subpoenas issued by a New Jersey legislative committee investigating the George Washington Bridge scandal.
Bill Stepien, Gov. Chris Christie's former campaign manager, and Bridget Kelly, the governor's former deputy chief of staff, had declined to comply with subpoenas issued by a joint legislative committee last month. Last week, the committee issued a motion to compel both to comply.
Both have refused to provide documents under the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Now, Mr. Stepien's attorney, Kevin Marino, said he would go to court to fight the subpoena if the legislative committee doesn't withdraw it.
"I can think of no lawful way the committee can obtain documents responsive to its subpoena from Mr. Stepien," Mr. Marino wrote in a letter Tuesday to the committee's lawyer.
A copy of the two-page letter was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Marino called the Legislature's inquiry a "politically charged investigation."
Michael Critchley, Ms. Kelly's attorney, said he informed the committee's attorney that he would be willing to discuss the subpoena after Feb. 25. Still, Mr. Critchley said Tuesday that his refusal to provide documents to the committee hasn't changed "one iota."
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The bridge scandal escalated in early January when it emerged that Mr. Christie's aides and allies orchestrated the closure of two local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, N.J., causing days of severe traffic jams. Mr. Christie cut ties with Mr. Stepien, a former deputy chief of staff who called Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich an "idiot" in emails released to the public. The governor fired Ms. Kelly, whose email ordering up traffic problems in Fort Lee has come to symbolize the scandal. Mr. Christie has denied specific knowledge of the lane closures before they were reversed on Sept. 13.
A special legislative investigative committee formed after the scandal broke and has issued a total of 38 subpoenas, including those to Mr. Stepien and Ms. Kelly.
The chairs of the legislative committee, Assemblyman John Wisniewski and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, confirmed receiving Mr. Marino's letter Tuesday.
"We will review it and continue our efforts to enforce the subpoena served on William Stepien," they said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Mr. Sokolich on Monday turned down an interview request from the attorney representing Mr. Christie's office in the legislative and federal investigations, citing his unwillingness to interfere with those probes. Mr. Sokolich has said he believes the lane closures were politically motivated retribution in response to his decision to stay neutral in the 2013 governor's race.
Mr. Sokolich's attorney, Timothy Donohue, wrote to the Christie administration's outside counsel, Randy Mastro, that it "would not be appropriate for the mayor to be interviewed by you or to produce any documents."
Mr. Mastro has said he is conducting an "internal review" of the lane closures, in addition to representing the governor's office in the two ongoing investigations. He had sought a chance to interview Mr. Sokolich about what he knew, and requested copies of his communication records, including with the news media.
Mr. Donohue wrote that a parallel public records request filed by Mr. Mastro, seeking town documents related to the scandal, would be fulfilled "in the very near future."


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and the Gulf of Mexico, to the west by Mississippi, and to the east by Georgia.
Alabama's land area covers approximately 50,744 square miles. The land is mostly rolling plains, except for the northeast part of
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Sadly, there's nothing genuinely new about this story, but a recent discussion on the Fedora Games mailing list demonstrates the sort of chilling effect on innovation and impoverishment of the intellectual commons that occurs today because of a broken, outmoded US patent system and its misapplication to software. I'm at a loss for words to express how absurd these "patents" are.
The USPTO was supposedly seeking to reform itself in the last few years, but if this is all it has to show, then maybe it's time to consider a world without patents, and abolish the whole institution? After all, the US federal government has an enormous debt, and wasting funds on an institution that is actively destructive to the purpose for which it was created is not sane policy.
The US patent system is totally out of touch with its mandate. The reason for the existence of patents in the US is to enrich the public domain by providing for limited times a financial incentive for truly innovative ideas.
The plan was, that we'd offer a special monopoly on the use of a particular technical idea in exchange for having a published, full explanation of the idea.
Now let's remember that the whole concept of using patents to "promote" intellectual productivity has always been in question. After all, a patent introduces a 20 year delay into the natural process of building on the past work of others that all true innovation relies on so heavily. Innovation is by nature a team activity: it results from sharing knowledge from prior developments and adding just that little bit more. Every once in awhile, a particular variant has immense success: the "Jacquard" loom or the "Watt" steam engine. But these inventions were not truly invented by these people alone--they were invented by them and the long chain of contributors before them.
This is also why so many times in history we see the same device independently invented by different people at roughly the same time in history: like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth who all "invented" the rocket. They did it, because given the information available to them, natural human ingenuity, and a little sweat, the invention was inevitable. Should Tsiolkovsky's earlier writings on rockets have been license to legally bar Goddard from his experiments in America? The patents theory says that would've "helped" innovation, instead of squashing it, which seems more probable.
However, there are certainly many innovative ideas which it takes monetary capital to develop and distribute, and therefore, the exclusive patent might be a plausible incentive mechanism to attract the necessary capital. By this reasoning, of course, it should only be individuals without corporate backing, investment, or staff who are allowed to apply. And it should only be given out on those inventions that are truly so original and large scale that they require unreasonably large amounts of investment to develop. Furthermore, they must be on ideas that would otherwise be in danger of never being invented or of being kept as invisible trade secrets that no other organization could understand without having the published patent to work from. Finally the patent itself must be an exemplary work of documentation.
So, with that understanding, let's have a look at this "brilliant innovation" that is bugging Red Had, and see if it's really worth the tax dollars we're spending to "protect" it from being used. Here's the essence of the patent, as described by Tom Calloway of Red Hat, on the Fedora Games list:
A game where "targets" move across the screen to a predetermined point or line, where the player hits a button/key/mouse click as the target(s) crosses that point or line, and gets points.
That's it.
No, I'm serious. That's it.
Of course, there's probably lots of prior art on this, so it's hard to believe this even got accepted. Until you see the actual patents, of course. I think this is meant to be covered by Konami's US patent #6450888 dating from September 2002, although Calloway indicated US patent #6347998 from February 2002. In any case, both show what empty snow jobs patents are nowadays.
So not only are we paying out special privileges to corporate proprietary software producers, but we are doing it for trivial ideas that anyone would easily come up with, and those ideas aren't even written down clearly, but are instead specifically designed to be hard to review. I guess the conventional wisdom is that if you gunk up your writing enough, the USPTO examiners will be too lazy to read it and just rubber stamp the patent (which is exactly what seems to happen).
Free software game mechanics, innovation, and patents
There is another side to this story, of course. It is a point of some concern to me that most free software games simply reuse game mechanics from proprietary games. There are a lot of "clone" games. And sometimes when I think I've found a game that is really original, like "Neverball", I find out later that it's just because it's modeled on a game I'd never played before (something called "Super Monkey Ball"?).
I'd really like to create a list (or a ranking) of free software games in terms of originality of their game mechanics, though it seems like that would be really hard to do.
So, the obvious question is, does that problem justify a solution of patenting game mechanics and allowing only one company monopoly access to each "genre" of game? I have to say "no".
Such original games are already protected by the considerable investment in game engine library development needed to establish a new game mechanics system. One of the reasons there are so many "clone" games, is because it's a lot easier to write games using an existing engine, which will limit what sort of mechanics you can use. Therefore, you have to spend a lot of no fun time re-writing game engine code if you want to make something with truly original game play.
Now, of course, it may be true that not every ounce of value can be squeezed out of the innovation that way: but it's not the job of the law to ensure that. Knowledge should be shared into the commons as soon as it is practicable to do so. The Constitutional basis for US "intellectual property" laws gives them force only to promote the enrichment of the public domain.
There may be some public policy way to encourage new software (and even game) innovation, but it's pretty clear that software patents are not the way.
And the dance begins
As soon as something like this gets mentioned, people in the community start the time-wasting activity of trying to figure out whether anybody bothered to publish this particular obvious idea out of the millions of other obvious ideas in the world. One poster vaguely recalls having written prior art code "in the fourth grade" in the 1980s. Another recalls a Commodore 64 game that seemed to fit the bill. Nitpicks ensue about whether the particular examples exactly fit (Why so much specifity about the prior art when the claims are so broad, I cannot say).
Finally, either somebody will find by good fortune that something covered was published earlier (please remember that Konami is supposed to prove to the USPTO before filing the patent that this is not so), or else perfectly good packages will just get scrubbed out of the distribution.
Enough is enough
We are forging our own shackles here.
This same dance has been undergone by project after project, as the proprietary industry has learned the truth about this absurd legal system: it provides no justice, but it can provide more power to those who already have too much. Power to retard progress and crush independent development to the detriment of the free software development community, the intellectual commons, and ultimately, the public good.
Why are we paying for that?
Agree that Software Patents are Awful, but...
"The USPTO was supposedly seeking to reform itself in the last few years, but if this is all it has to show, then maybe it's time to consider a world without patents, and abolish the whole institution? After all, the US federal government has an enormous debt, and wasting funds on an institution that is actively destructive to the purpose for which it was created is not sane policy."
I've heard that the USPTO is actually self-funded. It makes money. Which, if true, would explain one of their incentives to accept just about any application. And a couple of years ago they opened up a gigantic new campus, so you can see that the money is going to good use.
Let's see what Wikipedia says today:
"The USPTO is currently based in Alexandria, Virginia, after a 2006 move from the Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia. Since 1991, the office has been fully funded by fees charged for processing patents and trademarks. The current head of the USPTO is Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon W. Dudas, who was nominated to the position by President George W. Bush in March 2004 and was then appointed on 30 July 2004."
Thanks for straightening me out on that point.
Of course, it doesn't me feel any better about them!
Right. And I think it's
Right. And I think it's part of the problem. It's like printing money for them to issue these things.
Liquid War
One free/libre game I've played that seems quite original is Liquid War. Apparently they're making a complete rewrite which'll be part of the GNU project.
I think it would be interesting to try to compile a list of "innovative" free software packages -- games based on original game mechanics, programs that have no direct proprietary analog (or which predate the proprietary analog).
It's perfectly natural to expect that a lot of free software will be "knock-offs" of proprietary packages -- after all, many people want to replace packages that they liked technically, but don't like the licensing on. (And to be fair, the proprietary industry creates a lot of knock-offs too).
But it tends to overshadow more original work, and that leaves us with the question of just how many original ideas are first expressed as free software.
I don't feel that has really been answered, and I admit I'm not real sure how to go about measuring it.


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The Mabee Art Gallery, located in the Herrick Foundation Center on the Culver-Stockton campus, is kicking off the new semester with a show featuring the work of Grant Kniffen. Kniffen, of Dardenne Prairie will exhibit both sculptures and painting. The gallery opens Thursday, Sept. 5, and runs through Thursday, Sept. 26, with a reception and gallery talk at 7 p.m. Sept. 5.
Kniffen spent 27 years teaching art at Parkway North High School in St. Louis County. He has a Bachelor of Science in art education from Northeast Missouri State University and a Master's in studio art from Lindenwood University.
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FORT WORTH – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Volleyball team battled hard, but were unable to pick up a set against SMU on Saturday afternoon, falling 3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-21) to finish play in the TCU Nike Invitational. A match against UT Arlington on Monday, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m. will close the trip north for the Islanders.
The team is now 4-3 on the season after going 1-2 in the TCU tournament, picking up a win against Army before losses against two local teams, TCU and SMU. The Mustangs are now 2-4 on the year with the win. Shannon Hullum led the team with 13 kills in the match on a .414 hitting percentage, while Tyger Holt picked up seven on a .500 hitting percentage. Logen Bourque provided 34 assists for the Islanders, while Micah Nolan had 12 digs in the match. Hullum was named to the all-tournament team for her performance over the weekend.
The first set was close throughout, with each team having no more than a three-point advantage, SMU's coming at 11-8 and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi's coming at 16-13 after kills from Holt and Hullum. There were 13 total ties in the set, with the last coming at 24-24 when Hullum and Holt combined for a block to knot the score, but two consecutive points by the Mustangs finished the set at 26-24 for a 1-0 lead.
In the second, the Islanders led by a slim 6-3 margin after four kills by Holt and one from Hullum. The lead held until SMU tied the score at 10-10 and gained the advantage at 12-11. A Hullum kill tied it at 12-12, but it would be the last time Texas A&M – Corpus Christi could level the match. They battled to within one point late in the match when Holt picked up another kill to make it a 20-19 deficit, but the Mustangs scored five of the last six points to make it a 25-20 final.
In the final set, an early 5-1 advantage for SMU was too much to overcome, with the Islanders trailing by as many as six. Late in the set, a Mustangs attack error, followed by kills from Hullum and Holt made it a 22-21 score, but the final three points came from SMU as they took a 25-21 final to close out the match.
It will be a quick turnaround for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi with an off day on Sunday before getting back on the court for a Labor Day match against former Southland member UT Arlington. The teams will play at 1 p.m. on Monday afternoon at the College Park Center.
For all the latest on Islanders Volleyball, like the team on Facebook (IslandersVolleyball), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersVB) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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My mother's family arrived in southern New England almost 400 years ago and never got far, since we're still here. This blog will contain some of our stories, problems, research experiences, questions, and mysteries as I pursue the search for those that came before us. I am very grateful to everyone who reads the blog, it really keeps me going. Thank you!
I have been in genealogy for about 6 years now but it's a serious hobby for me, not my job. I don't take clients and all I'm able to offer to the people who write to me is cheerleading as you pursue your research … I am not able to actually do any one else's research for them.
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Federal prosecutors say a former BP engineer is basing his request for a new trial on improper interviews with jurors who had convicted him.
Engineer Kurt Mix was convicted in December of trying to obstruct a federal investigation of the company's 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Early this month, his lawyers asked for a new trial. They said they had learned that, during deliberations, one juror told the others about overhearing a conversation that made that juror feel more comfortable about convicting Mix.
In a filing Saturday, prosecutors said the defense motion should be thrown out because the information was gathered in violation of court rules requiring court permission to interview jurors. Mix's lawyers say that rule applies in civil cases - not criminal cases.
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The Marceline Tigers are spending the week at the Keytesville Tournament, where both local teams are the top seeds at the event. The Tigers and Lady Tigers both had multiple players out ill on Monday, but still took care of Bosworth in the opening round.
The Lady Tigers dominated Bosworth 69-11. Abby Gauthier had nine points, four boards, three assists and six steals. Claire Dorrell had two points, five boards and two steals. Molly Shoop had an assist and two steals. Sydnee Brooks had six points, one board, one assist and three steals. Natalie Allen one assist and two steals. Kendra Gladbach had 27 points, four boards, three assists and three steals. Madison McCormick had 16 points, two boards, one assist and five steals. Amelia Robinson had one point and two steals. Haili Teeter had two points and one board. Tori Davis had six points and one assist.
The Tigers weren't as harmed by the bug, and still won the game over Bosworth 81-10 in a decisive manner. Daniel Haas had three points, four boards and three steals. Blake Linebaugh had six points, one assist and eight steals. Daniel Corbin had 18 points, three boards, three assists and four steals. Chase Hilsabeck had eight points, three boards, two assists and four steals. Frankie Herring had 17 points, 10 boards, three assists and three steals. Brett McGlothlin had 13 points, four boards and one steal. Shane Weimer had 13 points, one board, two assists and one steal. Isaac Smith had four points, three boards and one assist.
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Newly elected U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) is frustrated with his fellow legislators after they voted 234-195 to kill the $500 billion farm bill on June 20.
The bill, which was replete with bi-partisan concessions, primarily food stamp reform, did not fare as well as Republican leaders thought it would, receiving a number of dissenting votes from Congressmen on both sides of the aisle.
Smith, who voted yes, said the bill's demise has knocked everything back to square one.
"From my understanding, many of the Democrats voted no because of the food stamp cuts," said Smith, referring to the $20 billion in cuts to the program."The bill would also allow states to implement random drug testing and a welfare-to-work program, similar to what we had in 1996 with President Bill Clinton, where the idea was to work yourself off the system."
Smith also said for some Republicans, the cuts to the food stamp program weren't deep enough.
"The food stamp program is a mandatory spending program," Smith added. "Unless you pass a bill to change it, it's only going to continue to grow. I would have liked to have cut more, but we have to pass something."
Smith said the cutoff for a farm bill is Sept. 30. Without a new law or current-law extension, rates will return to those set in a law from the 1940s, which could affect the cost significantly.
For example, the cost of a gallon of milk could double as the result of the change.
Smith said the idea for reform is simple, but moving forward is a different story.
"With the farm bill, we have to eliminate direct payments to farmers and replace it with crop insurance. That would provide certainty to the farmers.
"And we need to reform the food stamp program to where we're trying to incentivize people to get off the program instead of being reliant on it."
According to a June 20 report from Reuters, this is the first time in at least 40 years that the House of Representatives has voted down a farm bill.
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Hello Mr Francis.
My name is Per Jacobsson, and I'm a writer for swedish
webzine Fat Bankroll - check
We're working on a feature about the greatness of
buffés and thought it would be a good idea to ask
some of our favorite artists some buffé related questions.
If you can take the time to answer the following it
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1. Which is your best ever buffé experience?
"During the Personal Journeys Tour we played in some strange place called Eureka, CA. The show took place in a theater witha horrible sound system. Things were looking dismal until Buffet hit the stage and rocked the house with one of the funniest improvisational acts I have ever seen. The skinny dude drew muscles on his body with marker. the bigger dude freestyled."
2. What is essential for a good buffé?
"Stage props."
3. What is most important for a buffé - high quality or low price?
"High Quality is always more important."
Thanks a lot and keep up the good work. The Swedish
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wheres the rest of the interview??
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hahaa. that's IT
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hahaha.... if you had the opportunity to interview somebody as interesting as sage, i think you'd want to have more than three shitty questions prepared!.....
that guy will look back at that moment one day and realise the immense feeling of regret in his head......
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That interview sucked.
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that was the dopest interview... kan i get another?..o yeah i like the RIO buffet...peace
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Was he talking about Grand Buffet? I could definitely see them having a European following.
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DENVER - In the 2013 fiscal year, the state of Colorado will short the Summit School District $3.8 million dollars.
That money, 15 percent of the district's total budget, would have helped local schools improve programs, train teachers and meet the growing list of new requirements coming down from the state government.
"Fifteen percent is a significant amount of money," said Mark Rydberg, the district's director of business services. "That's a tough pill to swallow."
School officials say Colorado's current school-funding model is both inequitable - more affluent districts tend to get more state money under the existing distribution formula than poorer ones - and broken, after the state government stopped meeting its financial obligations to school districts a few years ago.
It's a system that both Rydberg and Summit County's state Rep. Millie Hamner want to see fixed. This year, Hamner (D - Dillon) is expected to introduce legislation that would call for the first sweeping changes to the existing education-funding model in two decades and would likely ask voters for more money to do so.
"We're working with a lot of stakeholders to rethink the entire School Finance Act so we can ensure Colorado's method of funding public schools is adequate and equitable," Hamner said. "But in order to implement those changes it looks like we'll need at least a billion dollars."
That's roughly the amount the state government is shorting school districts across the state following the recession-induced state budget crisis. Summit's share in the shortfall was $3.8 million.
But in Colorado, new or increased taxes have to be approved by voters, and even when that money is earmarked for education, it's not always an easy sell. As recently as 2011, voters statewide resoundingly shut down a measure that would have increased sales and income taxes for five years to generate extra money for schools. Hamner and others in Denver are betting on taxpayers having a change of heart.
"The hope is that we're in a new place," Hamner said. "That the public has more of a tolerance now than they did a few years ago to invest more."
Colorado's existing School Finance Act relies on a complex formula accounting for district size, at-risk factors and area cost of living to determine how much money the state provides to districts. The districts then match that money with additional funding from local tax revenue. The split works out so that, on average, the state covers 65 percent of a district's budget, while local taxpayers make up the remaining 35 percent.
Then the state budget crisis hit, and Colorado came up roughly a billion dollars short on education funding. State law requires lawmakers to balance the budget every year. Unable to borrow money or increase revenues to cover the shortfall, the state government simply stopped meeting its financial obligation to districts across the state.
The Summit School District was fortunate. When state funding decreased, local voters approved multiple tax increases to provide extra funding for schools. This year, local taxpayers are covering 90 percent of the district's total budget. Only 10 percent will come from state funding.
"We've had such great community support." Rydberg said. "This district would look very different - larger class sizes, fewer programs - if we did not have that. It's been a huge saver of the quality of education we can offer our students."
But other districts, particularly those in rural or very conservative areas, aren't able to rely on local funding increases to cover the deficit.
"There are a lot of school districts that have tried and have not been able to pull that off, or haven't tried because they know the answer is going to be no," Rydberg said. "The counties are left to either ask taxpayers for additional money or continue to make cut after cut to keep the bare minimum."
Hamner's bill, a joint effort with state Sen. Mike Johnston (D - Denver), would seek to fill in those gaps, ensuring school funding is both equitable and adequate across the state's 178 school districts and providing financial incentives for districts to pass local mill levy overrides.
"What we've been trying to figure out," Johnston said, "is what it would take to build a 21st-century education system that has both adequacy and equity as the driving force."
A draft version of the bill calls for a new need-based formula that would consider both property values and the area median income of residents in determining how much money the state provides to each district. It would also implement a separate funding source for special education so educators aren't forced to borrow from other programs to meet federal requirements and add more student-centered weights to the funding formula.
Hamner and Johnston are expected to introduce the bill this month.
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What we've got is a simple bit of software we want to give you. It'll let you make free calls to your friends all over the world. And we don't want any money for it. It's free.
You could think of us as the big, free Internet telephony company. We prefer to think of ourselves as a big group hug, even a present. Yes! that's it; we're a present; but without the ribbon.
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Tags: crossplatform , telephone , voip , im
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Is the direct link to the download -> Update!
Skype 5.0 is a terrible, terrible app. Stick with the 2.8 series, which was functional.
5.0 have a horrible UI. Looks prettier but it's less usable. Skype received MANY, MANY complains when the beta came out and they barely corrected the errors most users complained about. Now they're CHARGING for video conference. Skype just got worse after being bought by eBay.
It's a shame not having a good alternative (decent A/V chat & calls to phones).
If you're not yet using the Skype 5 Beta for the Mac, you should be. UI is much much better. I use it several times a day with no problems.
New icons in version 2.8 are horrible. Anyone knows how to use the 2.7 instead? Skype looks like cheap app.
I use to LOVE skype but this "connection fee" makes skype short calls expensive. Hope Google Voice put some pressure on this!
Skype video calls are awesome. I just wish I could use the same interface as Adium.
It should probably be noted that the above version 126.96.36.1998 is a beta version.
"At the moment, screen sharing only works when sharing from a Mac-to-Mac or Mac-to-PC. Weâre working hard on a PC-to-PC and PC-to-Mac version."
If you do not have Skype on your mac, you're missing out :)
This get a strange feeling with this "gift" / "group hug"... :(
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype:
"One major problem with Skype is that its source code is not open source, and therefore cannot be inspected by most people - including most security specialists - for back doors that can be exploited by hackers or government agents. Security specialist Bruce Schneier said (...) that "In the cryptography world, we consider open source necessary for good security; we have for decades."
A third party paper analyzing the security and methodology of Skype was presented at Black Hat Europe 2006. It analyzed Skype and made these observations:
* Assumes a 'blind trust' of anything else speaking Skype
* No way to know if there is or will be a 'backdoor'
* Skype has been found to access BIOS data to identify individual computers and provide DRM protection for plug-ins.
* Skype is owned by eBay, whose privacy policy is perhaps the least protective of customers of any large corporation. (...)
It works... just.
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As we left off I had just announced the NEW Collaboration of Sylvia Zet for SCACD!!!
Makes me so HAPPY to say that :o) She joins SCACD's amazing Creative Team of Artists and is creating exclusive images for SCACD Stamp Co.!!!
So you ALL sounded really happy as well from the blog comments and the introduction of Loli and Shellie as the 1st of 8 stamps being released!!! By the way, Cathy F. was the lucky winner of the adorable Loli and Shellie stamp :o)
So as promised I am sneak peeking ANOTHER of the 8 stamps being released which happens to be Loli's sister Poppy – EEK could ya faint even her name is OH SO CUTE!!! I dare say she is AS CUTE as Loli hee hee :o) So here she is in ALL her Fabulousness!!!
Check back in on the 9th here at the Store Blog as we will have some amazing guests joining SCACD to celebrate this collaboration :o)
The winner will be picked at 10:01pm EST September 1st and announced on the Store Blog at 11pm EST. The winners will not get the stamp sets until the official release – sorry :o( but worth the wait!!!
The note said…Put them up on your SCACD site and they will come!!!
Who am I to argue so if you click HERE, you will see 4 wonderful stamps by the SCACD Stamp Co. :o) The list of Designers below are showcasing these off for inspiration and sorry they are NOT the Sylvia Zet for SCACD (yet), but they are SWEET and FUN!!! :o)


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Help sought finding Sarasota robbery suspect
Published: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 9:46 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 9:46 a.m.
Authorities are asking the public for help in identifying the suspect in a strong arm robbery that occurred on Monday Nov. 24 outside a restaurant in the 4300 block on Bee Ridge Road, near the McIntosh intersection.
The victim was walking to her vehicle just before 10 p.m. when the male suspect snuck up behind her, pushed her head down, snatched her purse and ran off.
Detectives found surveillance video from a laundromat next door that shows the suspect was loitering there until the restaurant closed. The suspect is described as a white male, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, about 180 pounds with brown hair. He had a crew cut, tattoos on both calves and was wearing a Hollister shirt.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call detectives at 861-4900 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers, 366-8477. Tips may also be submitted online at www.sarasotacrimestoppers.com or via text message by texting TIP109 plus a message to CRIMES (274637).
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September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and Mesa County Libraries want to make sure your child has smartest card of all.
Mesa County Libraries are kicking off the month with a series of activities:
Colorado Author, Blair Oliver Sept. 2nd @ 6:00pm
Collbran Book Discussion Sept. 4th @ 7:00pm
Clifton Writing Group Sept. 8th @ 1:00pm
Grandparent's Day celebrations Sept. 9th-11th (times vary)
Tweens: Wacky 'n'
Wonderful Wednesdays Sept. 10th @ 3:00-4:30pm
Poetry Night Sept. 10th @ 6:00pm
Fly Fishing: Casting Sept. 11th @ 6:00pm
Live music, John Winn Sept. 17th @ 6:00pm
De Beque Book Discussion Sept. 17th @ 6:00pm
Online Sources for History & Genealogy Sept. 23rd @ 3:00pm
Special stories & refreshments for kids Sept. 23rd-25th @ 10:00am
Imagine It: Clifton Book Club Sept. 29th @ 1:00pm
Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as a source of lifetime learning.
With your library card, in addition to checking out books, movies, music and audio books, you can sign up for free computer classes and use the Internet and informational databases. National Library Card Sign-Up Month began in 1987.
All seven Mesa County Libraries locations recently received Play Station 2s for teen use and many have regularly scheduled times for teen and child activities.
For more information on how you can sign up for your library card, visit any Mesa County Libraries branch, call 243-4442 or see the library's web site at www.mcpld.org.


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STOCKTON - Two people were tied up and held at gunpoint during a home invasion robbery in north Stockton late Monday night, police said.
The victims told authorities the robbers broke into their home in the 6100 block of Kermit Lane about 10 p.m. One man held the victims at gunpoint while the other tied them up with extension cord, police said.
The men then proceeded to rob the house, taking two televisions and an iPad before fleeing in an unknown direction, authorities said. The robbers were wearing black clothing, but there was no further description, officers said.
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Stuck on Art: A Duct Tape Experience
Sunday, November 18
Noon – 3 pm
Bring out your inner handyman during this fun Family Program centered on the versatile material duct tape! Inspired by Joe Girandola's exhibition Rise and Fall: Monumental Duct Tape Drawings, children and families will use glow in the dark and colored tape to make extraordinary works of art in the classroom. Don't forget to stop by our collaborative installation for more sticky fun!


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irban wrote:Where can I get a cheap large pot, like turkey frying pots you guys use for brewing? I'm going to do some home anodizing, and need a large container to boil water in, to dip my part in to seal the dye. I'm only going to do this a few times, so don't want to spend a lot on a nice one. Even beaten and used is fine. I don't want to borrow one; I'm not using this for any of the caustic parts of the process, but just in case, I'd hate to ruin it.
edit: Probable a big metal bucket with flat bottom would be better anyway. Maybe I'll try that.
10up wrote:get on the craigslists around the agricultural areas. I'll bet somebody has old round metal troughs for cheap. I buy them all the time here.
grodney wrote:When I started brewing I would set my kettle across two burners on HIGH. I quickly switched to the propane burner and the garage/driveway.
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WALNUT CREEK -- Anthony Banta Jr. took some time Christmas Day to write down his goals for the year, his grandfather said. But he never had a chance to accomplish them.
Just two days later, the 22-year-old hairdresser was shot dead by police during a confrontation in his apartment at 1450 Creekside Drive.
At a candlelight vigil Saturday night outside the Newell Avenue salon where the young man had worked, a tearful Marvin Banta expressed bewilderment about his grandson's death, saying police have not shared any information with the family about what led to the shooting.
"We're pretty much in the dark," he said. "We just don't understand how someone could have taken his life."
Family members -- including Banta's father and twin brother -- and co-workers were among several dozen people who gathered outside Salonamour Hair Salon for a tearful remembrance. They described Banta as kind, responsible and driven to succeed.
No one understood how Banta could have threatened officers to such a degree that they were forced to gun him down inside his residence.
"I don't think he'd ever been in a fight in his life," said Marvin Banta.
Banta's other grandfather, Brett Grainger, said Thursday that police responded to a 911 call from Diablo Pointe Apartments and found Banta armed with a knife. Grainger said the girlfriend of Banta's roommate had called 911 and told dispatchers that Banta was assaulting her boyfriend.
Police have not released any details of the shooting, other than Banta was armed and officers were forced to shoot.
Grainger said a medical crisis or mental breakdown may have precipitated the confrontation with the roommate. But Marvin Banta was not so sure.
"I don't know what happened," he said. "I have no clue."
The owner of Salonamour, Michael Falcon, said he organized the vigil to start the healing process for Banta's friends and co-workers. He hoped it would help the family as well.
"We're hoping they'll be able to get a glimpse of the life their son had led," Falcon said.
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-348-4357. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.