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On Aug 26, 10:54 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert"
> Tom Linden wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:50:13 -0700, Richard B. Gilbert
> >
> >> Alignment faults are basically caused by how you arrange and declare
> >> your structures. This was a problem long before there was a VAX or
> >> VMS. We worried about it in IBM/360 Fortran IV. If you failed to
> >> put your REAL*8 variables first in your COMMON blocks, you could get
> >> alignment faults. Fixing them up slowed execution and the machines
> >> of yesteryear were slow to begin with. Doing anything to make them
> >> slower was anathema!!
> > IIRC, PL/I on 360 didn't have that problem, afterall it was a byte
> > addressable
> > machine, as is the VAX.
> I can't swear to it that ALL IBM/360 were sensitive to alignment but the
> Model 91 certainly was! The model 91 was the super computer of the day.
> AIRC NASA ordered 17 of them from IBM and several Universities,
> including Princeton jumped on the bandwagon and wanted one too.
> Princeton had the model 91 when I started working there ca. January 1970.
> Just because a machine is byte adressable does not mean that there is no
> advantage to aligning your accesses. You can access any byte in memory
> but the machine may retrieve a byte, word, longword, or quadword in
> order to get that byte and it may like some number of the low order bits
> of the address to be zero. To retrieve a quadword that was not quadword
> aligned could require two memory accesses instead of one. ISTR that, at
> least in the IBM 360, the size of a memory access varied with the model.
> The model 91 grabbed a quadword at a time from core (real magnetic
> cores. . . Oh the nostalgia!) and loaded the piece(s) you wanted where
> you wanted them. Accesses that were quadword aligned were fastest. The
> model 91 had a sixteen-way interleave and I believe it retrieved sixteen
> bytes at a time.
Alignment did matter on all models of the System/360, unless there
were special provisions to the contrary (reference, "Systems/360
Principles of Operation").
The alignment restrictions were eased with the advent of the System/
Alignment faults can generally be detected by the compiler's code
generator and dealt with appropriately. This is even true for
MACRO-32, which is a compiler on all architectures other than the
original VAX. The problem is not unaligned data per se, but data whose
alignment is misrepresented to the compiler. The simplest cases of
this occur with data passed to subroutines as parameters. Probably the
more common case is data that is contained within structures that are
themselves within other structures. Somewhere along the chain, some
piece of code violates the alignment presumption.
There are two alternatives: provide hardware support for the mis-
alignment consequences, or take a fault and use software to sort it
The increased overhead on Alpha and Itanium generally results from the
inherent overhead of taking the fault and winding down processing. The
more an architecture pre-fetches and pipelines, the higher the penalty
for faulting and other interrupts. Note that the penalty on a non-
pipelined, non-optimized machine is zero for faults, but it is also a
far slower machine in all other aspects.
Please remember that the problem is not how many alignment errors
there are in the code, the problem is how often they are executed.
Many of the cases of performance sapping alignment faults have not, I
strongly suspect, been systematic coding errors, but unrealized errors
that happened to be embedded in a frequently used code path.
- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

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Get Trashed: Sustainable Seafood's Latest Trend
"Trash fish" dining is catching on as chefs become more innovative in sourcing sustainable seafood.
Fisheries Still Ravaged by Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy did millions of dollars' worth of damage to the fishing industry, but the National Flood insurance program recently passed by Congress does not include any assistance.
Bluefin Tuna Conservation Measures Pay Off
Japan and Asian nations argued bluefin tuna should be left to quota-setting international fisheries bodies to bring the species back from the brink.Two years on, their strategy for rebuilding stocks of Atlantic Bluefin tuna appears to be working.
US Seafood Catch Reaches 17-Year High
The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests.
Colored Lobsters in Lobstermen's Catch
When a 100-pound shipment of lobsters arrived at Bill Sarro's seafood shop and restaurant last month, it contained a surprise - six orange crustaceans that have been said to be a 1-in-10-million oddity.
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A glut has driven down lobster prices in Maine - bringing cheer to lobster-loving consumers at the start of the state's tourist season but gloom among lobstermen.
New Vineyard Chef Shares Signature Recipe for Oysters Rockefeller with Brie
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Louisiana Grows Bigger Crawfish - With More Light
A Louisiana researcher looking into ways to produce more and bigger crawfish in the same space said she's had success with lighting the ponds at night and believes her work could pave the way for expanding crawfish farming in cooler areas.
Toenail Study Concludes No Heart Risk From Mercury in Fish
In an unusual health study, researchers analyzing toxin levels in tens of thousands of toenail clippings determined that mercury from eating fish does not raise the risk of heart disease or stroke.
New England's Fishing Legacy Fades from Some Ports
Mike Secondo remembers the days when Plymouth's docks outshone its rock. Tourists swarmed the town pier in the 1970s and '80s, snapping pictures and bantering with commercial fishermen as they unloaded another shimmering haul for Secondo's company.
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Funding Opportunities & Awards
Interdisciplinary Experiential Engagement Funds
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Enhancing Excellence through Interdisciplinary Experiential Engagement Rationale and Objectives
High-impact learning practices (e.g., first-year seminars, learning communities, service learning, internship experiences, undergraduate research, capstone experiences) not only foster student engagement and deeper learning but also improve retention, persistence to degree completion, and postgraduate attainment. In turn, learning within an interdisciplinary framework facilitates the understanding and appreciation of the complexity and interconnectivity of phenomena and improves students' ability to synthesize and integrate information. The Enhancing Excellence through the Interdisciplinary Experiential Engagement initiative hopes to promote high-impact educational experiences that address questions or topics using a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, or transdisciplinary approach (hereafter "interdisciplinary"). Whereas CAS already offers rich learning opportunities to UVM students, the intention is to increase the range of offerings that (a) expose students to multiple disciplines in an integrated or linked fashion, and (b) include "real-world" learning experiences (i.e., service, internship, or research/creative components).
This initiative capitalizes on a tradition of deep commitment by our faculty to the academic and personal growth of our students. However, the effort will also serve to motivate faculty to seek or cement interactions and collaborations across departments. This networking may lead to the development of new, meaningful, and fruitful personal and professional relationships, which would serve as a vehicle to renew, revitalize, and enrich the creativity of our faculty and their enthusiasm for teaching, learning, and discovery.
Resources and Award Limits
Funding by the college will be available to support the development of interdisciplinary courses or interdisciplinary curriculum-enhancement experiences. No a priori, unbending limitations will be set regarding the size and number of awards given; however, we anticipate that the average size of each award will be in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. Likewise, there will be no limits imposed on the purpose or use of the funding other than all expenses must be justified in a detailed budget plan. Allowable expenses include CAS teaching-buyout or overloads for course planning and preparation; this will be based on the CBA overload rate, currently $1900 per credit hour ($5,700 per person/3 credit course) plus 41.8% fringe.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
Minimum/Essential Criteria
Any project funded should:
- Engage a minimum of 18 students per participating faculty member.
- Involve faculty from at least two UVM departments (with at least one with a primary appointment in the College of Arts and Sciences).
- Be interdisciplinary in nature and integrate a service, internship, or research/creative hands-on activity into the curriculum.
- Define specific learning outcomes and how they will be assessed and evaluated.
- (Important): specification semester/year when the course will be ready to be included in the Schedule of Courses
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Proposals will be reviewed according to the following:
- Quality of the experience: Depth, uniqueness, and potential impact of the learning experience for the individual student and groups of students, if appropriate.
- Congruence of the experience: Extent to which the proposed experience fits the goals and mission of the curriculum and programs with which it is associated (alignment and quality of learning objectives, as well as assessment of learning objectives).
- Integration of research and/or creative activities: Extent to which participation in the experience will lead to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the research/scholarly/creative enterprise.
- Reach of the experience: Number of students impacted. Given equal quality, programs that impact larger student audiences will be evaluated more favorably.
- Sustainability Plan: Potential for successful implementation and continuation.
- Budget justification: Cost-effectiveness. Given equal quality, more efficient, less expensive programs will be evaluated more favorably.
Faculty Evaluation Committee
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Please download the instructions for proposal content and format, including a list of resources, as well as the cover sheet template. If you have questions regarding the application instructions, completion of the application, or your budget, please contact the CAS Dean's Office.
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SAP Ventures Invests Significant Exclusive Series C Round
San Francisco, CA Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Recommind, a leader in unstructured data management, analysis and governance technology, today announced it has received an exclusive $15 million Series C round of funding from SAP Ventures. Recommind will use the funds to meet market demand for its CORE® technology platform as well as expansion into new markets. The Series C deal is a pivotal investment within the SAP Ventures portfolio.
Recommind achieved $70.5 million revenue in 2012 with its hybrid-cloud solutions for eDiscovery, information governance and analytics. Its customers include Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies and international law firms. The company has been profitable for the last several years.
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"Recommind's CORE platform is poised to disrupt huge segments of the enterprise software industry," said SAP Ventures Managing Director Gaurav Tewari. "Recommind impressed us with its rapid growth, its momentum in the enterprise and its ability to solve critical problems across a range of industries, including legal, healthcare and financial services. The secular, explosive growth in unstructured data provides significant tailwinds for Recommind to become one of the defining next-generation enterprise leaders within the sector."
Mr. Tewari will join Recommind's Board of Directors alongside existing directors including former Oracle CFO Jeff Epstein.
"Unstructured data is the largest, fastest-growing part of modern business, and right now it is managed ineffectively," said Recommind CEO Bob Tennant. "This impacts you whether you're a CIO, an attorney, a contract analyst, an IT professional or someone who needs to find documents on an important project. Legacy solutions can't keep up in an age of information overload. We need a new way to access, analyze and govern information—one that is both intelligent and highly automated. With our CORE platform, we have the opportunity to solve some of the most difficult and costly problems in the enterprise. We're pleased to have a partner like SAP Ventures that shares our vision and can help us reach new heights of success."
Recommind's funding comes at a time of tremendous growth having experienced over 50 percent revenue growth globally, 50 percent in EMEA and 93 percent growth in its On-Demand cloud-based business in the last year alone.
Recommind transformed the legal industry with its patented Predictive Coding technology and workflows that automate the tedious, error-prone and expensive task of document review. Part of Recommind's Axcelerate eDiscovery suite, Predictive Coding enables organizations such as Cisco, Marathon Oil, Swiss Re and the US Securities and Exchange Commission to analyze vast amounts of information. This is accomplished by automating the processing and prioritization of large-scale document review based on iterative human input.
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Daniel..er..uh..Daly And The Lions Den
The Show With No Name spent Thursday night and Friday morning in the old stomping grounds of True Grits famous heroine, Mattie Ross and of course Marshall Rooster Cogburn. Yep, that's right, Dardanelle and Yell County. Specifically, We were broadcasting LIVE from The Lions Den. The Lions Den is the home and home course of '91 PGA, '95 British Open, and Arkansas Razorback, John Patrick Daly. It was one of the most fun and funny shows we have done in a spell. And judging by the reaction of the many texts and emails we received, it was the same for you. The calls generated from having John on was another sign in the affirmative. A fan of 'Wild Thing' Daly, Pat, was one of many that could have lasted even longer if we had not waken up in time to give everyone else a chance to speak to their hero. No not me. I'm talking 'bout John. But, thanks for noticing.
The fun times and memorable shows with John go way back to when The Artist Formerly Known as The Outlaw, Tommy Smith, was making peoples mornings over at Brand X radio station. That being said, it was nothing for Tommy to make a call to John anywhere, anytime, or in any state...of mind that is. Just remember that this call is from many years and many beers ago. But, even he would agree, it's funny!
With all the time spent with John and really, his brother Jamie too, we all got to know a little about each other personally. These are things that will have to go with us to our graves. Those are obviously things that are not talked about in ear shot of others. And some are so, so,......I'm sorry I can't even think about with out gettin' the 'someone just walked over my grave' shivers. The Tommy toothpaste story is not one of those little secrets that we have to keep to ourselves because, he has told it a couple of times already. When he told it to the crowd at the Lions Den this morning it even had John, Jamie, John Dean, Dano, and the rest of the 'keep it to yourself gang', buck eyed and mouth agape with a hint of ashen face!
Tiger Bait...Tiger Bait..Those two little words illicit hate every time they are heard on TSWNN. Tommy can catch a whole lotta...well you know. Not all LSU fans are jerks. I'm not even saying Tiger Bait is a jerk. But, the fans we met at Lions Den were far from that and better yet, just good ole boys wanting to have a good ole time with friends. Like we all do.
Oh yea. It was really good to see the very, very talented, and very, very good guy, Jocko Deal this morning. We sang the hook to what else, Seven Spanish Angels!
It was just a fun time today with a ton of laughs. I'm telling ya the energy spent this morning was tremendous. Now I'm not saying that we saved lives or anything like that but, you have to admit that if you had to have mouth to mouth resuscitation, it's nice to know David Bazzel is around huh? I'm mean...no...wait....what......Have a great weekend and if you're a dad, Happy Father's Day. If you're not, what are ya waiting on? The world ends before Christmas this year. Do it. Do it!
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Charlie VanHagar told her friend that her boss, Ed Quigley, who supervises the Maricopa Street complex for Pacific West Management, rebuffed his on-site manager's frequent requests that he do something about 81-year-old resident Charles "Chuck" Christman, said Portia Barrios, VanHagar's friend.
"(Quigley) knew damn well what was going on and did nothing," Barrios said. "It makes me sick. This was so preventable."
Quigley refused comment and ordered a Daily Breeze reporter to leave the tower on Wednesday. A woman who answered the telephone at the Golden West Tower office on Friday hung up on the reporter.
Christman shot VanHagar, 54, and caregiver, Maria Leon, 53, shortly after noon Tuesday in the downstairs area of the complex. He then killed himself.
On Wednesday, a resident said Christman had terrorized other residents for years at the complex, bullying them, cursing at them, taking control of what was on the communal television, and berating the staff.
The resident said Christman had told her he was leaving the complex and planned to "take somebody with me when I go."
Two years ago, VanHagar suspected Christman had slashed the tires on her new Hyundai Sonata, a car she won playing the "Safecracker" game as a contestant on "The Price is Right," Barrios said.
VanHagar told her friend, Barrios, that she feared Christman, who stalked her for years for an unknown reason.
"The whole time that she worked there he was never a pleasant person," Barrios said. "It just kept getting worse and worse and worse to the point she was in tears in almost every encounter with him."
VanHagar tried being nice to Christman, talking to him and cooking him dinner. But the situation got worse, Barrios said.
About three months ago, VanHagar called her friend, crying and saying she was extremely scared.
"She said that he said, `I have a gun' and he pointed his finger at her and he pulled the trigger. He said, `I'm going to shoot you' and if he was going to go, he was going to take somebody with him."
VanHagar told Barrios she informed Quigley, but nothing happened.
"She said, They don't take him seriously -- 'He is a ranting, belligerent old man and you need to grow a thicker skin,' is what she was told," Barrios said. "I told her to call the police. She said, 'They will fire me.' "
A Torrance police spokesman said no one ever called officers to the complex for any complaints about Christman.
VanHagar, who lived on the property and managed it, instead began looking for a new job and started a file to keep track of every encounter she had with Christman. Barrios said she hoped police have secured the file.
"It was hard for Charlie because she loved the residents, the residents loved her, and it made her sad because of this one guy," Barrios said. "She'd see him and she knew she had to interact with him whether she wanted to or not."
Residents said they also complained about Christman's behavior toward them. Residents said he hated the large Asian population in the building, routinely bullied men and women, and used vile words against them. One resident told the Daily Breeze on Wednesday that Christman also had told her that he was going to leave the complex and take people with him.
VanHagar encouraged the residents to start a petition to send to upper management to have Christman evicted, Barrios said.
"Nothing was done to protect the employees or the residents from this man, and I think everyone would like to know why," Barrios said. "The man had promised to kill himself and 'take someone with him' for quite some time!"
Police said Christman was angry with Leon for an unknown reason when he went gunning for the two women. VanHagar, he believed, had not done anything about his complaint against the caregiver.
He shot VanHagar first, then killed Leon. He then pointed the gun at himself and pulled the trigger.
Barrios said she was making reservations that afternoon for a Caribbean cruise that she, her friend and VanHagar's daughter planned to take next Thanksgiving from Florida. Barrios said she performed an Internet search for the Golden West Tower to get VanHagar's address and was shocked to see stories about a shooting.
" 'He did it,' " Barrios said she immediately thought. " 'Oh God.' When I saw two females -- 'He did it.' I had no doubt in my mind."
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McCoy, Thibodeau, and Howe Win Built-In Competitioncomments (2) June 29th, 2009 in blogs
Congratulations to Michael McCoy aka "Castlewerks" who wins the grand prize for the Build It In to Win for his Wall to Wall to Wall to Wall piece. McCoy didn't cut any corners in executing this classic design built entirely from African mahogany.
It includes a window seat, media center, bookcases, fireplace mantle, and a computer desk. He wins a Bostitch compressor and a 16-gauge finish nailer kit.
Library wall
Craig Thibodeau's Library Wall also snags a prize. His sleek built in of pommele sapele veneer makes great use of an oddly shaped space.
Photo: Craig Carlson
The 33-ft. long built in garnered numerous votes from our judges. It includes bookcases, pantry storage, art nooks, and plenty of doors and drawers.
Photo: Craig Carlson
"I like the staggered "countertop" height reminds me of fitting yacht cabinets... no 90 degree point anywhere on the case!!!" commented deckboards.
Thibodeau wins a Bostitch compressor and an 18-gauge brad nailer kit.
Game nook
The final prize goes to Nelson Howe, aka "fuzzychum" for his game nook. This is one of the most creative built-ins of the contest. Mobiustrip said it best… "Whimsy and Elegance. Nice job. Love it."
It has it all: shelves for music, seating that doubles as storage for games, a delicate game table with bent-laminated legs that won't knock into knees, and a retro payphone. The only thing it's missing is a mini-juke box commented one judge.
Howe wins a Bostitch compressor and an 18-gauge finish stapler kit.
Countless examples of craftsmanship
The caliber for this contest was very high and we received many eye-catching entries. Kudos for Hilltop Mantle, the Quarter-Sawn Ash Fireplace with Bookcase & Entertainment Cabinet, the Cherry Entertainment Center, and the Basement Entertainment Center. These pieces all won multiple votes from the judges.
Thanks to those who posted so many examples of their work showing the breadth of their built-in skills like Greg Grosse of Grosse Design and Todd A. Clippinger.
Grosse's pieces were among many of the judges favorites including his Painted Bookcase, Bow-Front Cabinet, and White Oak Bookcases/Entertainment Center.
Clippinger's Cooper Entertainment Center was another top rated piece.
The shoji material makes it stand out in the crowd. "Another great peice of work," commented Taigert.
Thanks to all who participated.
FineWoodworking.com has more gallery challenges to come in the future. The Tool Chest and Cabinet competition (for a SawStop tablesaw) runs through June 30 and the Creative Bookcase competition is also underway.
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March 1, 2013
Poll Results – Are Clients Asking for USA-Made Products? Yes!
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Chrysler Seeks To Boost Jeep's Marketing Mileage (Slideshow)
Chrysler has pushed for better fuel economy from its line of Jeep SUVs and crossover vehicles, but it has also been trying to get more mileage out of the Jeep brand's rugged, go-anywhere image and even its military heritage dating to World War II.
Following the long-anticipated roll-out its new Grand Cherokee, Jeep is celebrating its 70th year with special anniversary editions of all its models. It has also opened up the family photo album that includes Jeeps dating back to the first vehicles built for a 1940-41 military competition.
Jeep has been selling sport-utility vehicles since long before the term was coined. Some trace the SUV craze that got going in the 1990s to luxury versions of the Jeep Grand Cherokees and Grand Wagoneers of the 1980s. At that time the term "luxury truck" was largely an oxymoron but it has since become a recognized — and large — segment of the auto industry.
Jeep says its models have appeal around the world and sells all its models outside the U.S. Each Jeep model is available with right-hand drive and with gasoline and diesel power trains depending on the market.


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The El Campo Salvage Mining Expedition held in February, 2012, was a great success. Check out the first video in our Salvage Mining series, that we filmed at the Expedition.
2 Responses to Salvage Mining Tutorials Chapter 1 – "Why We Salvage" Video
LOVE, love, love this.
Saving old buildings (or parts of old buildings) is a passion of my as well. I cannot drive by an abandoned building without seeing the potential. I have partially demo'd houses in the past and am always in the lookout for new houses. It breaks my heart that people tear down the houses and burn or bury them without first attempting to reclaim some of the history and building materials. The materials we have salvaged from old homes (beadboard, tongue-in-groove boards, massive beams, etc) has been put to great use in our mid-1800's dog trot in East Texas. For example, we used the old beadboard as a backsplash in our remodeled kitchen, and we built on a small 8′ x 8′ mudroom almost exclusively using old reclaimed materials. (I can share photos.)
I would love to know about your future workshops and videos to learn more about salvaging and rebuilding, both from a personal and business perspectives.June 16, 2012


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Imagine if you will, that you are waiting for your evening train in "any town" Sweden. Suddenly in a "That's Incredible" moment you burst into flames. In the 1980's John Davidson along with Cathy Lee Crosby devoted at least 2 episodes with stories about spontaneous human combustion. I never believed a word until I read this news item last week on the internet.
Witnesses outside the Gothenberg station watched as a gentleman suddenly became a human candle until a man with a working brain ran up and threw his coat over him to put out the flames. He was then taken to the hospital and police are still trying to piece together what happened. Someone said his mumbled words sounded like the word Ikea. Could this possibly be? Was he so angry at the beloved "one move furniture" store that he burst into flames?
I have a love hate relationship with Ikea and can sit for hours and fondle their huge catalog. Yet when I enter the store I have to walk miles through areas I have no interest in. But as I stroll casually through each department admiring this and that, I purchase yet another box of tea lights for my home.
I must argue with the person who wrote that anyone that cannot assemble something from Ikea should go back to kindergarten. When no text is used in assembly instructions this should be the first warning that the bed you just bought that morning is not going to be slept in that night. I am sure whoever else is assembling the same product in another part of the world like Thailand is having the same dilemma. Exactly what is that little illustrated Swedish man pointing at? A word of warning to remember is that your completed furniture is only as good as the "chosen one" who puts it together.
You might remember the episode of "The Big Bang Theory" where the cast was assembling Penny's Swedish made bed. Even the rocket scientists could not find the location of the holes nor could they figure out the difference between the top and the bottom. I believe they said the directions were like an impressionist painting. What you initially see - even with help from that free Allen wrench is not what it actually ends up looking like. Is time and insanity worth the cheaper price?
Ikea sells over 14,000 products online, of which 9,209 items are now being resold on Craigslist. Half are dresser drawers that are missing knobs that have long fallen off and been lost. Most have mislaid the instructions so you know your end result will look like something conjured up by Ikea hackers.
Yet when a new store opens a special freeway ramp must be built to handle the huge hipster traffic. They come to host dinner parties at the store featuring Ikea's word famous meatballs with a side of Lingonberry jam. Then it's off to the living room displays to play Pictionary while pretending to watch Ikea Heights on a faux television.
Ikea also started making homes in Europe in 1996 called "BoKlok". It was a move to allow first-time home buyers to have a chance at a cheaper place to live. As I type out these words I am still wondering what happened to the poor man burning man in Sweden.
Did he catch on fire because an impending divorce was looming?
Did he find out minutes before that his soon to be ex wife was not taking their Ikea house?
Did she tell him that he was not getting custody of both of the Allen Wrenchs? After all having one Allen Key with Ikea products is like a man only having one testicle. You need two to get the job done right.
Now how about that exploding iPhone? Who can we blame that one on?
Linda Seccaspina 2011
Images from Google and Dornob
Actual Ikea Heights you can watch on youtube. Shot in an actual Ikea store
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yeah hayley its a bloody boklokin trailer hahaha
"BoKlok" sounds like a fancy name for "trailer."
Daniel: LOL
So Christine has you going on a field trip there right??:)
My plan is to burst through those grey doors that say "No Exit" and run like hell on my next visit!
yeah its wild abe what they call particle board these days..blah
Yes sirreee Matt hahaha
Hilarious. Can one spontaneously combust from laffing?
Marsha.. you have my admiration hahahah
I have 4 floor lamps I got from IKEA catalog. I put them together by myself. Without swearing (more than normally at just about anything). They are contemporary, well made, reasonably pricedband damn attractive. I would be a goner in the store...love their stuff. And whoever called that 'thing' an Allen wrench should be shot!
Did that make you smile Kevin??:)
Anne... They still have ping pong balls.. BAZINGA !!
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Hobby Lobby: The First Martyr Under Obamacare?
December 26 was a fitting day for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to refuse judicial relief to the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, whose Christian owners object to certain requirements of the Affordable Care Act. On the calendar of Western Christianity, December 26 is St. Stephen's Day, the day that honors Christendom's first martyr.
It appears that Hobby Lobby may go to the rack on this one. The company opposes a provision in the health care legislation that requires them to pay for birth control methods that may result in abortion. Following Sotomayor's decision, Hobby Lobby issued the following statement: "The company will continue to provide health insurance to all qualified employees. To remain true to their faith, it is not their intention, as a company, to pay for abortion-inducing drugs." And the full penalty of law—experts say Hobby Lobby could be fined to the tune of $1.3 million per day—would be the death knell for the company.
Apparently, that death would be more desirable to the company's owners than potentially funding the deaths of developing human beings. The litigation centers on the requirement that employers provide insurance coverage that includes, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "all Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity." Some of the government-approved "contraceptive methods" may actually work by inducing early abortion in making the uterine wall inhospitable to a fertilized egg, according to the drugs' own labeling. This—not bona fide contraception, but abortion—is what Hobby Lobby's owners object to.
So earlier this year, Hobby Lobby sued the federal government for violating their Christian owners' religious freedom. While churches and houses of worship are exempt from the regulation, and a narrow exemption was added for some nonprofit religious employers, the exemption does not cover businesses owned and run by private citizens with religious objections to abortion and/or contraception.
Justice Sotomayor ruled on the request because she handles emergency appeals from the 10th Circuit Court. In denying the appeal, Sotomayor said that Hobby Lobby failed to meet "the demanding standard for the extraordinary relief," but can continue to pursue its challenge through the lower courts.
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text: Got out for a couple of hours mid-day in Dakota County. I checked out Lake Byllesby where conditions were less than optimal with the lighting poor and heat shimmer interfering with the long view. while the lake is high, there is still plenty of sand and mud to attract shorebirds. Besides a couple of Killdeer, the only shorebird I was able to ID was a Greater Yellowlegs. I saw a landing of a flock of probably a couple hundred peeps, but I was too far upstream to be able to see any details. When I moved closer, I could not find any trace of the birds. Other highlights: Bonaparte's Gull fly-by of at least 5 at Lake Byllesby. When I first heard them, I immediately started looking for a tern and was surprised when I found the Bonnies. Am. White Pelican: good numbers at Byllesby. Belted Kingfisher: watching the ditch at Highway 50 and Blaine west of Hampton. Loggerhead Shrike: near presummed nesting area by the Nike installation on 260th St, west of Blaine. Vesper Sparrows: several locations. 180th Street marsh was quiet and empty. Most of the fields were quite dry for this time of year. Jirik sod farms did looked mostly dry. Drainage lake on 160th St. south of Rosemount looked like good habitat, but I did not see anything. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 at comcast.net


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Bobby Collins has resigned as the men's basketball coach at Winston-Salem State University after eight seasons.
Collins has accepted the head coaching position at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, WSSU officials said Tuesday. Maryland-Eastern Shore is a Division I school in the MEAC.
Collins started at the school in 2006 and went 79-34 after WSSU returned to Division II and the CIAA in 2010. Adding his Division I years, his record was 116-114.
Collins won a CIAA championship in 2012 and returned to the conference title game this year. He made three appearances in the NCAA Division II tournament.


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BERKELEY -- New check cashing stores selling high interest "payday" loans face a ban or severe restrictions as the city joins a growing number of Bay Area jurisdictions cracking down on the businesses.
Berkeley City Councilman Jesse Arreguin, who authored a plan to draw up new rules on new stores in the city, said he did so because the stores "prey on our community."
"We want to change the laws to restrict the number and locations or prohibit them outright," he said. "Payday lending lobbyists have been successful on the state level at stopping laws restricting them, so we want to act on the local level."
California law allows the stores to charge up to 460 percent interest for a maximum loan of $255 for two weeks or 214 percent interest for a month. In 2007, Californian's took out 1.6 million loans worth $2.9 billion, according to the California Department of Corporations.
Berkeley will join at least a half dozen other Bay Area cities and counties including Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco where restrictions or bans have been placed on the businesses.
Bill Robinson, who was standing in a long line to get some cash at California Check Cashing Stores on Adeline Street in Berkeley last week, said he can see both sides of the debate around charging such high rates.
"It's a rip off and a gimmick to keep poor people poor," Robinson said. "But they're convenient for people like me who don't have a checking account. They give you money right away."
Berkeley currently has three check cashing stores that offer the loans, and under Arreguin's plan, they could stay and not be subject to the new rules.
Arreguin's plan, which the city manager and planning commission are now working on, considers several options including a ban on all check cashing stores in commercial areas, increasing the level of bureaucratic hoops a new store must jump through like public hearings, limiting the number of new stores in poor neighborhoods and establishing distance requirements between new stores and liquor stores, schools, churches and parks.
A California Senate bill that would have capped the number of loans to six per customer each year, died in a finance committee in April, leaving cities and counties to regulate them on their own.
A spokesman for the California Financial Service Providers Association said laws that restrict the businesses hurt consumers in the end.
"Our concern is that many will go to unlicensed, unregulated lenders on the Internet," Greg Larson said. "Consumers are best served when they have legitimate regulated services."
But Arreguin said not only do check cashing stores charge "exorbitantly high interest rates that put people in a negative cycle of debt, they also draw crowds of unsavory characters to neighborhoods.
"There have been some problems with people waiting in line to cash checks who are yelling, loitering and causing nuisances," Arreguin said. "The more we can restrict them, the less impact there will be on our community."
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him at Twitter.com/douglasoakley.


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Bless Tulisa. Bless her ridiculous arm tattoo and her sometimes clumsy phrasing as a judge on The X-Factor. On Thursday morning, the pop star and reality TV judge scored a victory at the high court after extracting an apology from her ex-boyfriend, MC Ultra (Justin Edwards to his mum).
His crime? Putting out a short video – without her consent – in which the two engage in sex. On the steps outside the court, she smiled winningly and said: "Justin Edwards' actions were to spite me, make money and ruin my career. He has succeeded in none of these things. I stand here today a stronger, wiser young woman."
In a world where 'leaked' celebrity sex tapes and naked photographs have become the norm – thanks for ushering in a golden age, Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson – the public's response is often a cynical sigh and the thought, "Oh, she was probably making some money off it". The famous female in the tape or nude pictures then expresses remorse and shame, a tearful apology to the fans ("Your trust means everything and I have let you down") and perhaps a contrite and humble interview with a lady magazine.
So it was great to see Tulisa on YouTube within days of the tape's release, in a five-minute clip, admitting the film was of her and her ex-boyfriend – and then calling him out for his betrayal of her trust. And – crucially – insisting she had done nothing to be ashamed of. "I've done nothing wrong whatsoever. As you can imagine, I'm devastated, heartbroken, I loved him deeply, had a lot of respect for him. I never expected a scenario like this," she said. "But I don't feel that I should be the one take the heat for it. This is something that he took upon himself to put online." She added: "I'm not going to sit here and be violated or taken advantage of by anyone."
The subtext was clear: she was not apologising for the existence of the sex tape, merely stating that her partner had let her down by sharing it. Marvellous stuff. And somewhere between the tape being released and her triumphant court date, Tulisa even managed to get an audience at a festival to "put your middle fingers up to my dickhead ex, Justin fucking Edwards." The whole episode's enough to make anyone a fan.
As Contostavlos said on Thursday, "This time, Justin messed with the wrong woman."
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"Golf," declared the great American man of letters, Mark Twain, "is a good walk spoiled." Unlike my dad I was never a fan of his Huckleberry Finn tales, and he spared no opportunity to disparage the British (Mark Twain, not my dad). But for this witty observation on the world's most tedious "sport" (note the quotation marks), I'd happily have his bronze bust welded on to my garden gate.
I hate golf. I hate it the way I hate three-quarter-length shorts, the smell of smoked kippers and what Michael McIntyre thinks is funny.
Which is a shame, really, because in my capacity as a journalist I sometimes get offered golf press junkets all over the world, for which I am genuinely grateful (honestly, kind PR folk, I really am).
The last one I was invited to was in Muscat at a swanky hotel I've been dying to visit for years. I could have gone and feigned interest, whacked a couple of wayward balls into the bushes before sneaking off to the swimming pool. But the idea of playing golf for even a few minutes put me right off, so I politely declined. My attitude would have been much the same had I been invited to play in the Seychelles, or in the Andes overlooking Machu Picchu with a scantily clad Megan Fox as my caddy.
I've thought often about where my chronic aversion to golf comes from. Could it be the silly clothes, for instance, the peculiar wearing of a single glove à la Michael Jackson? Could it be the annoyingly intermittent nature of golf, which sees you tee off only to spend several minutes trying to locate the ball? Or maybe it's because it has the staggering audacity to call itself a sport, inexplicably sharing the same pages in newspapers and websites as infinitely more vigorous pursuits such as football, boxing and rugby.
Granted, playing golf requires tremendous skill. But then so does cooking a decent Beef Wellington and playing the ukulele, and no one would call those a sport.
Golf doesn't require strength, speed or stamina. Well, maybe it does if you're sprinting back to the clubhouse with your clubs to get out of the rain – but even then you can get a ride in a buggy (can you imagine rugby replacements being deposited on to the pitch in a wimpy little rickshaw or moped?).
I seriously doubt you have to be that fit to play golf. Take the player Colin Montgomerie. He comes across as a perfectly decent, avuncular sort of chap, but if he's an athlete, I'm a nuclear physicist. Golf as a sport I will not accept. Golf as a pastime or an activity, like ballroom dancing, building matchstick ships or playing tiddlywinks, now we're talking.
This is why golf is understandably popular among the business community. Getting to know clients while gently idling around a field in the fresh air is better than sitting in a stuffy boardroom. And what better way to assess a man's character than when he's hopelessly trying to chip his way out of a bunker with his sand wedge.
Maybe it's the non-egalitarianism of golf that rubs me up the wrong way. It's one of those activities, due to expensive club membership fees and the equipment required, that seems out of reach for people on low incomes. There are no Maradonas or Wayne Rooneys, kids from the rougher side of the tracks, in professional golf. You can't hone your skills playing down the back alley with a pebble and your grandad's walking stick. And this privileged aspect of the sport transfers to the pitch – sorry, fairway.
I mean, what's a caddy if he isn't a butler in a tracksuit? And why does the golfer's traditional attire – argyle socks neatly tucked into plaid plus-fours and flamboyant footwear – look like something a PG Wodehouse character might wear? Credit to brands such as Nike for making modern golfers look (a little bit) more like athletes and less like eccentric Edwardian butterfly catchers.
So the next time anyone wants to invite me to play a round, or to watch Tiger Woods in action at the Ryder Cup, I'm warning you now that you'll get little in the way of enthusiasm from me. It would take a cataclysmic shift in thinking or a heavy blow to the head with a five-iron to endear me to golf.
Although, on second thoughts, the presence of a scantily clad Megan Fox could sway me, too.


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Wednesday Jun 01, 2011
Kitchen Sink Language Answers
By Dkildahl -Oracle on Jun 01, 2011
I got a few questions from a reporter on the Kitchen Sink Language. He wanted to know what prompted me to start the project and what my goal is. Here is my reply:
The Java™ programming language is defined by the JCP. This is a good thing as it ensures that the entire community is heard. We should also be conservative when selecting which features are added to the language. Otherwise, the language may become a mess. This was explained inEvolving the Java Languageby Bracha, Hamilton, and Reinhold.
We want the main branch of javac to be stable and primarily focus on implementingapprovedfeatures. On the other hand, we must experiment andhave funto get a feel for new language features. Most people seems prefer evaluating new language proposals by using them on their own code, rather than reading abstract specifications and proposals.
As you may know, I'm the Java compiler (javac) tech lead. I see a lot of proposal for enhancing the language and our team has to turn down most. So how can we experiment? James solution is theKitchen Sink Languagewhich will be a forum for trying out crazy (and not so crazy) ideas for language enhancements.
Over the winter holidays, Rémi Forax implemented two different proposals for language enhancements. This is exactly the kind of community James and I would like to encourage so we were happy to see Rémi's work. On the compiler-dev mailing list, Rémi's work prompted Ted Neward to suggest that we do something to coordinate future experimental features. So I felt this was the right time to implement James' idea.
Now it is time for me to create a
vendor branch so we can start experimenting.
Java SE 7 wish list
By Dkildahl -Oracle on Jun 01, 2011
With JDK 6 released, we are considering features for inclusion in JDK 7. Here is a list of things I would like to see (in no particular order):
- Real closures
- Neal has written a lot on this topic and I support his efforts. See Closures for Java (v0.3).
- Type literals
- Another (minor) proposal from Neal is type literals. See Super Type Tokens and Type Literals.
- Super packages
- This was originally suggested by Gilad Bracha, see Developing Modules for Development and JSR 294.
- Improved type inference
- Using generic methods can be hard if you do not understand how inference works. In particular, why does something like this not compile:
String s1 = Collections.max(Collections.emptySet()); String s2 = Collections.max((Set<String>)Collections.emptySet());Most developers are not familiar with implicit type arguments but you have to use them when inference fails:
String s = Collections.max(Collections.<String>emptySet());The original GJ compiler (which was the foundation for adding generics) did better. However, the specification was found to lead to an unsound type system and we did not find an alternative specification we had confidence in. I would like to investigate if we can do better now that we have more experience.
- Shorthand syntax for declaring local variables
- Most people familiar with either JavaScript or C# would like to have some feature that allows the compiler to guess the type of local variables. It has been proposed to add a new keyword (
var) for this purpose. I would prefer not adding a new keyword as this can break a lot of existing programs. I discussed this with Christian Plesner Hansen on his last visit to Mountain View. He had a very simple solution that I really like:
final strings = new ArrayList<String>();Christian's solution implies that you cannot assign the variable more than once. However, the more I think about this, the more I like it. We do not need to add a new keyword and if you don't want to specify the type of a variable, you should probably not assign to it later.
James Gosling suggested using := for declaring local variables without specifying the type. One way or the other, I think the language would benefit from having a shorthand.
- Shorthand syntax for declaring properties
final property String name = "Name"; property String address;becomes
final private String name = "Name"; public String getName() { return name; } private String address; public String getAddress() { return address; } public void setAddress(String address) { this.address = address; }Notice that
propertyneed not be a keyword.
- Type aliasing
- A while back, Gilad and I came up with this:
import java.util.List<String> as StringList;Notice that
asneed not be a keyword.
- Array syntax for collections
- How sweet is this:
final map = new HashMap<String, Integer>(); map["one"] = 1;
- More factory methods for collection classes
- We have too few factory methods in the collection classes so you can write:
ArrayList<String> strings = ArrayList.of("a", "b", "c");
- Self-types
- I have mentioned self-types before.
- Improved compiler diagnostics
- Many diagnostics of javac are confusing, especially to new users:
String s = 1;This gives this error message:
Test.java:3: incompatible types found : int required: java.lang.String String s = 1; ^ 1 errorThis would be better:
Test.java:3: attempt to assign an expression of type int to a variable with an incompatible type (java.lang.String) String s = 1; ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Things I do not Wish for
- Strings in switch statements
- I would not mind seeing more types accepted in switch statements but I do not care that much for this.
- XML literals
- I would not like to see specialized XML-literals or multi-line strings but it would be interesting to examine if we can come up with a general syntax for many kinds of literals, including XML, SQL queries, RegExps, and XPath. But then again, I do not really care too much for this.
- Shorthand syntax for accessing properties
- You cannot overload '.' (dot) to mean property access because it would create strange rules (what happens if you have a field
fooand a method
getFoo()?) and be confusing. (is it field access or a method call with potential unknown side-effects?) On the other hand, it has to be '.' (dot). Anything else would look silly. I think this is unsolvable.
JDK7 b05 compiler fixes
By Dkildahl -Oracle on Jun 01, 2011
In JDK 7 b05 (open-source bundles), these compiler fixes will be included:
6192945: Declaration order of interdependent generic types should not matter
6278587: Compiler fails to infer correct type for under-constrained type variables
6356673: javac incorrectly generates "reference to <xx> is ambiguous"
6495506: Cast inserted by generics can cause IllegalAccessError
I cannot predict when this build will be available for download because of the upcoming holidays. If you wonder why the list is smaller this time, consider this: we just launched JDK 6. Naturally, we have been focusing on that release as well as looking towards the future. Besides, we still have a ton of stuff to figure out in relation to open source.
Speaking of open sourcing: I made the ultimate sacrifice and installed Windows.
Do not try this at home!
Fortunately, my trusty laptop still has a real operating system.
Don't forget we also moved offices during this time; an activity never to be undertaken lightly here at the big S.
-- Jon
Slow time in the compiler area
By Dkildahl -Oracle on Jun 01, 2011
You may have noticed that I stopped posting my bi-weekly summary of compiler fixes. I plan to pick it up again when JDK 7 development takes off.
Right now is kind of a slow period and that is nice. Later today, JSR 199 should move to the final approval ballot (FAB). This is the last stage it needs to go through before the final release which is delivered in JDK 6. All JSRs including the umbrella JSR for the release must go through this process before we can ship the release.
The only changes that we will make to JDK 6 at this time is to fix show stopper issues. This means that most of my team is looking at either improving documentation, writing sample code, making it easier to build the compiler, or JDK 7.
Personally, I'm procrastinating on writing compiler documentation by fixing bugs to go into JDK 6 update 1 and JDK 7. So far I have lined up a little over twenty fixes. I'll give a summary when I know more about how you can get them. It is most likely JDK 7 b02 but we do not have weekly builds since we are focusing our release engineering and quality resources on JDK 6. So I don't know when.
Besides pruning my bug list, I'm also helping with figuring out which language features Sun would like to see in JDK 7. Clearly, we're looking at code abstraction but there is a lot ofother ideas floating around. Another thing we are investigating is if it is possible make generic types a little more convenient. For example, code like this is pretty annoying:
Map<Comparable<? extends Number>, List<Number>> x = new HashMap<Comparable<? extends Number>, List<Number>>();
James Gosling has returned to the Java programming language and I really like his approach. I think the only problem we have is that we have too many good ideas and just one tiny release to put them into.I also decided to update the about page on this blog after reading Jakob Nielsen's top ten on blog usability.
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**This posting has been edited several times with additions and changes to orchard schedules. Please call ahead to determine if locations are still open.**
On to the fall farm fun… can you believe apple orchards are now open and the fall season is right around the corner? It's hard to believe that apples, crunchy leaves, jeans (okay, well not today or tomorrow), and football are all swinging into our lives again. For local farmers, the past summer's drought has hit them hard and many orchards and farms have limited products available or are not opening this year. Many of the businesses are doing the best they can to offer some services to the community. The following includes apple orchards, pumpkin picking locations, and farms throughout the Fox Valley. The pumpkin locations do not yet have pumpkins available but will have inventory at the end of September and beginning of October. I have also included a few places that are not opening for 2012 due to crop failure.
The picture above was our first family apple picking adventure 2 years ago – it was a blast despite Brandon's uncertain face. I urge you to call ahead before you visit to ensure the locations are open. These are seasonal businesses that often have varying hours due to staff, weather, and product availability, especially with this year's growing season. Please let me know if your favorite location is missing by emailing me at email@example.com. It's always helpful and appreciated if you can provide details on the location. Below, Cole is feeding goats at Mulberry Lane Farm.
Apple Orchards and Pumpkin Picking
Star Orchard
Address: 253 Hwy CE Kaukauna, WI
Phone: 920.759.9294
Hours: Mon – Fri: 9 am – 6 pm; Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm; Sunday: 10 am – 5 pm
Products: Apples, jams, jellies, maple syrup, pears, plums, pumpkins (seasonal)
More Information: Will open on Labor Day Weekend with pick-your-own apples including Galas, Mollies, Cortlands, Golden Delicious and Jonagolds. Shortly after Labor Day, there will be pre-bagged Honeycrisp. Apple cider is ready to go. The apple season may only last about a month. They do not accept credit or debit cards.
Sprangers Orchard
Address: W2100 County Trunk KK Kaukauna, WI
Phone: 920.733.6739
Hours: Everyday: 9 am – 6 pm
Products: Apples, pears, plums, pumpkins (Seasonal)
More Information: Limited crop availability and may close sooner than typical picking season. No longer offering pick-your-own for the 2012 season, only pre-bagged.
Hofacker's Hillside Orchard
Address: W3964 Wege Road, Appleton, WI
Phone: 920.734.0780
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9 am – 6 pm; Sat: 9-5; Sun: 10-5
Products: Apples, apple cider, honey, jellies, maple syrup, popcorn, pumpkins
More Information: Limited crop availability. Pick-your-own apples includes Mollies and McIntosh.
Apple Valley Orchard
Address: 1670 Mar-El Rd, De Pere, WI
Phone: 920.366.0667
Hours: Opening September 8: M-Sat: 9am-4pm, Sun: 10am-3pm
Products: Apples, pumpkins, fresh baked pastries, cookies, cornstalks, gourds
More Information: Enjoy apple picking, a walking trail, and a petting zoo. Pumpkins are pre-picked. Offers a petting zoo: Adults (13 and up) $2, Children (3-12) $1, Children 2 and under Free.
Apple Shed
Address: W3964 Wege Road, Appleton, WI
Phone: 920.734.0780
Hours: CLOSED FOR 2012 SEASON
Peter's Pumpkin Patch
Address: N181 State Highway 55 Kaukauna, WI
Phone: 920.766.1219
Hours: September 15-Oct 31. Mon-Fri: 8 am – 7 pm; Sat and Sun: 7am-7pm
Products: Pumpkins, squash, gourds, hay bales, corn stalks, honey, jams
More Information: Pre-picked or pick-your-own. They do not accept debit or credit cards.
Porter's Patch
Address: W4314 State Hwy 156, Bonduel WI
Phone: 715.758.8162
Hours: September 8-Oct 31. Sat and Sun 12pm-4pm
Products: Pumpkins, squash, gourds, hay bales, corn stalks,
More Information: Try and find your way thru the Corn Maze, or play our Scavenger Hunt in the Corn Maze. Relax and sit on a bale of straw aboard the Porter Patch Pumpkin Express on our 25 minute scenic trip around the Farm. Search the Pumpkin Patch for that perfect Pumpkin you have been dreaming about all year. Try your luck at Pumpkin bowling. Leave the mess here and paint your own pumpkin and or make your own Scare Crow creation (bring pants & long sleeve shirt – to dress your scare crow). Try your aim at the Corn Sling (our giant sling shot) and hit targets down range. Draw a pumpkin face on our old Silo, try Pumpkin Ball, plus bring your camera to catch all those classic memories from around the Farm. Prices for activities range $3 and up. Please see website for detailed pricing.
Cuff Farms
Address: N2299 Ledge Hill Rd Hortonville, WI
Phone: 920.779.4788
Hours: Weekends only; last weekend in September – October: 10am-5pm
Products: Pumpkins, squash, gourds, cornstalks
More Information: Offering a "Pumpkin Picking" ride to the field to pick a pumpkin of your choice, mini pumpkins, gourds, and colored corn for $7 per person. Or purchase pumpkins and fall products from their shed. Enjoy the round-bale climbing area, a straw-bale maze, a sorghum grass maze, a straw catepillar, and a straw slide. Family fun for everyone! During the weekdays and week nights in October, they are open for large groups by appointment only.
Oakridge Farms
Address: 125 Cty Rd CB Neenah, WI
Phone: 920.725.1541
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8:30-5:00 pm; Sat and Sun: 8:30-4pm
Products: Pre-picked apples, pumpkins, gourds, squash
More Information: Pick-your-own pumpkins *should* be ready to go by mid to late September depending on the crop.
National Railroad Museum – The Great Pumpkin Train
Address: 2285 S. Broadway St. Green Bay, WI
Phone: 920.437-7623
Hours: October 13 and 20, 8am-5pm
More Information: Ride the train to the pumpkin patch and select your pumpkin. Enjoy family entertainment and children's activities. Ticket prices: Adult: $12, Child (2-12): $9, and under 2: Free.
Mulberry Lane Farm
Address: W3190 County Road B, Hilbert, WI
Phone: 920.989.3130
Hours: See website for hours
Products: Pick-your-own pumpkins and petting farm
More Information: Mulberry Lane Farm offers guided tours geared toward the specific age level of your children. Offers pony rides, goat/sheep feeding, chicken catching, petting zoo, farm animals, wagon ride, and more! Visit the "Little Critter Barn" and hold a baby chick, duckling, kittens & bunnies. There are also picnic areas for those bringing a lunch. Cost per admission is $11.00 per person (*Childen under 24 months are FREE). Pumpkin harvest is the last weekend in September through October 31. Each guest receives a free pumpkin that you pick yourself from over 6 acres of pumpkins!
Little Farmer
Address: N9438 Hwy 151, Malone, WI
Phone: 920.358-9538
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am-6 pm; Sat/Sun: 10am-6pm (see website in case of changes)
Products: Apples, apple pies, caramel apples, pumpkins
More Information: There will be no pick-your-own apples this season; all will be pre-bagged. There will be pick-your-own pumpkins and pumpkin hayrides later in the season. The petting zoo, playground, farmhouse, applehouse, and craftbarn will all be open. Hayride cost: $3.75 per person, Corn maze: $2.75 per person, Playground: $.50 per child.
Meuer Farm
Address: N2564 Highway 151, Chilton, WI
Phone: 920.417.2676
Hours: See website for hours – open September 8
Products: Pumpkins, squash, gourds, syrup, and more
More Information: Offers a corn maze, activity area, and hay rides. Activity area includes duck races, giant 80 foot tube slide, pumpkin launchers and the corn (sand) box. All hayrides are one half hour in length or longer and are educational snacks. They also offer a picnic area and farm animals. Please see website for admission to corn maze and hay rides. There are many different options to choose from, including combo prices. 2 and under are FREE.
Lloyd and Sandy Gehring Farm
Address: W2759 County Road S, Freedom, WI
Phone: 920.788.5191
Hours: CLOSED FOR THE 2012 SEASON


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As I mentioned last year in my flagship post, the practice of making/searching for year-end music lists is a pastime in which all serious music fans take an unhealthy amount of pleasure. It's exciting—validating, almost—to see an artist you've invested in for the entire year wind up at the top of a publication's queue. Besides the selfish pleasure gained from seeing your favorite bands make a top spot, these lists can be equally rewarding if you can find an act you might've otherwise let slip through the cracks. It's in that spirit that I again impart my mediocre knowledge of music unto you who seek out the albums that I thought were the best of 2011.
#10. Burst Apart –The Antlers
The Antlers created a veritable masterpiece with 2009's Hospice, the tremendously depressing concept album about a hospice worker who enters an abusive relationship with a patient. It would've been a huge mistake for Peter Silberman and Co. to try and follow that album up with something in a similar vein, and luckily for everyone they realized that. Although Burst Apart isn't at all loaded with joyous feelings ("You wanna climb up the stairs, I wanna push you back down because I let you inside, so you could push me around"), it packs a different but remarkable emotional punch—mostly due to Silberman's wispy falsetto and pseudo-soulful lower range. The band almost shifts into post-rock territory at times, and their period touring with Explosions in the Sky probably didn't lessen that notion at all. I saw the Antlers twice this year, and they are frankly one of the most inventive live bands touring today.
#9. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges –Colin Stetson
The Wikipedia article is surprisingly short for Colin Stetson, especially for a man who's worked and toured with a laundry list of today's best and brightest musicians. Even more surprising than that is the amount of press that was garnered for his solo album this year, which is to say essentially none. New History finds Stetson and his saxophone at their most innovative and cohesive at any point over his career. The sax man records virtually all of his tracks in one take with a number of strategically placed microphones, and the result is a lurching masterpiece that seems as though at any point, there are at least three different instruments being tracked. The music here is undoubtedly avant-garde, which is why the inclusion of Laurie Anderson in a number of spots is such a brilliant move. Anderson soothingly performs a number of spoken-word tasks over the grinding arpeggios and squawks of Stetson's saxophone, and one can presume that this record was the metaphorical torch-passing from Anderson to Stetson as the new ruler of the avant-garde genre (although I know a man named Steve Ellison who might have something to say about that).
#8. House of Balloons –The Weeknd
2011 saw the introduction of two similarly faceted R&B singers, but for Frank Ocean and Abel Tesfaye (aka the Weeknd), enough happened this year that distinguishing one as the superior became pretty easy. While Frank Ocean suffered from mediocre production and the polarizing (at best) hype of Odd Future, The Weeknd's endorsement came from the rising enigmatic star Drake, and the first of Abel's three mixtapes of the year was magnificent in every way. The production shifts from elegant and airy to dark and grimy over its 45 minutes, and he can make any line of lyrics sound simply gorgeous; Tesfaye's voice lends itself to incredibly catchy hooks, and if he keeps the right production crew behind him, he should be destined for superstardom. #7. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Before we talk about this album, I really would like to comment on the preposterousness of Bon Iver's nomination for "Best New Artist" at this year's upcoming Grammy festival; just when many people believed that the ceremony was gaining credibility for giving "Album of the Year" honors to the Arcade Fire this past year, they make this atrocious fallacy. The nomination was solely made because, relative to his work with Kanye West, Justin Vernon is "new" to the popular music scene. The Grammys are completely disregarding the maturation that Justin has shown us from the bearded melancholy of For Emma, Forever Ago to this year's self-titled tour de force. Though there's definitely a certain amount of monotony to the ten tracks, Bon Iver expand their overall sound to include slide guitars, densely reverbed pianos and pronounced but muffled drums. Compared to For Emma, the (emotional) highs are higher and the lows lower—backing vocals come in at the perfect spots, and crescendos and breakdowns are never worn thin. Their sound has been all but perfected here, and it's one of the few albums this year that's truly a work of art. #6. Black Up – Shabazz Palaces
Stick with this record. Seriously. At first listen, haphazard production and track titles like "A treatease dedicated to The Avian Airess from North East Nubis (1000 questions, 1 answer)" might make you think that the Seattle-based duo made this album as a joke. Without a doubt, rapper Ishmael Butler and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire have created one of the most challenging records this year with Black Up, but if you give it time, the rewards are endless. Maraire may initially seem careless with his production and Butler aloof with his lyrics, but these two work together with a remarkable chemistry; Butler spouts his most powerful rhymes as the mix gets softer, and the grooves that Maraire create manage to be extremely diverse but individually memorable and head nod-able. The album's closer introduces a new voice for the second time at any point in the album: an unidentified woman croons over a popping bass, but then spits a nasty verse with some of the most esoteric lyrics you'll find all year. It's a fitting end for an album that—if anything—teaches you to expect the unexpected. #5. XXX – Danny Brown
Surprisingly, XXX is intended to be pronounced as "thirty" (as exclaimed by the opening word of the first track), but judging by its content, it should really be considered by the raunchy theme the triple X's infer. Brown has, by far, the most polarizing flow in hip-hop today; at his best—and most fierce—he sounds like a 15 year-old geek that's on the verge of a nervous breakdown; an acquired taste for sure. His content, though, is unforgivingly dirty and unpredictably clever. Whether the tracks are about his unparalleled willingness to perform cunnilingus, or his over-the-top experimentation with drugs, they all sound foul and trashy but well rounded, thanks in large part to the perfectly gritty production for the album's 19 songs. Brown released this album as a mixtape in order to get his name out, and the attention that he'll surely receive in the near future should make for an interesting career path in the coming years.
#4. Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes
Following the universal acclaim of 2008's self-titled debut, it was interesting to contemplate how much Robin Pecknold and the boys would change up their sound; would the world grow tired of their baroque-folk if they failed to change at all sonically? The answer is no, but Helplessness Blues certainly isn't more of the same, either. Songs have looser structures (including an extended freeform saxophone solo in the middle of "The Shrine/An Argument"), the production seems a bit more wide open, and the boys focus a bit more on linear melodies instead of just chords; the result is an album that stands by itself but doesn't stray far from their original sound. It seems as though many songs on Helplessness Blues are counterparts of their debut ("Blue Spotted Tail" for "Meadowlark", "The Cascades" for "Heard Them Stirring") but the feel no doubt sounds more expansive and mature, and it makes for a terrific step forward for the Seattle-based band. #3. w h o k i l l – tUnE-yArDs
"What's a boy to do if he'll never be a gangsta?" Merrill Garbus wails at the beginning of her appropriately titled track "Gangsta." Garbus thrives on juxtaposition, and watching this 30-something year-old white woman, who would look perfectly natural in line at a Whole Foods, singing lyrics like this doesn't get much more ironic. Compound this alongside her astonishing virtuosity with the looping pedals she employs for every song, and it makes for the most oddly pleasurable album of the year. Cut-and-paste vocals and heavy percussion smatter each track, and new de facto member Nate Brenner provides a growling bass to create an amalgamation of rock, funk, and hip-hop that in actuality sounds nothing like any of those three styles. Lyrics shift from the absurd problems of first-world lifestyles to more thoughtful sentiments about female empowerment, but whatever Garbus is singing about, it's always done with a simultaneously shrill but pitch-perfect yelp that grabs your attention.
#2. Space is Only Noise – Nicolas Jaar
Try not to resent Nicolas Jaar for taking up one of your admission slots at Brown, fellow Tufts students—based on this album alone, he deserved to get in twenty times over. Space is Only Noise is without a doubt one of the most brilliantly composed electronic albums of the last five or ten years; Jaar knows exactly how to craft a melody, how to select non-musical samples, and how to layer them into a richly textured and exceptionally complex piece. Jaar chooses his keyboard to be the album's centerpiece, but it never dominates; atmospheric is definitely the best adjective to describe the collection of 14 tracks, and Jaar has said in the past, "If my music can forever be putting-your-daughter-to-sleep music, I swear to god I'll keep on making music until I die." By all means, Nicolas, if that's how you view your music, please continue to put my daughter to sleep as you continue to make music in the future.
#1. Strange Mercy – St. Vincent
For my top spot last year, I declared my love for Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells. I was wrong—I'm actually in love with Annie Clark. Whereas Krauss flourishes from her enormous amount of swag and intimidation, Clark is the beautiful girl who on the surface appears shy and delightfully reserved. She's not. Under that delicate demeanor boasts a personality in gorgeous disorder—her lyrics are deceptively dark behind the baroque pop that marks each track ("Turn off the TV, wade in bed a blue and a red a little something to get along"—also take time to look at the cover art for this one. If you can catch what it's a photo of, it lets you know what kind of gem you're dealing with here). Along with her clever prose, she rips at the guitar; there's never been a more beautiful marriage of distortion and woman in music history. She has outrageous pipes, a voice that swoons her declaratory low range and a timbre that makes (me)n melt with her control in the upper octaves. In between songs at her splendid show at the Royale in November, she coyly told a story about getting tipsy with her bandmates and chasing a deer in a cemetery while on tour in Washington. The fact that I wasn't there made me inexplicably frustrated; Clark is the girl you want to marry as soon as you meet her, and the only thing that's easier than her to fall in love with is Strange Mercy, my indisputable pick for album of the year.


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Yearly Archives: 1999
Wedding of the Waters-California's Gold (110)
Written on August 12, 1999 at 9:12 pm, by Daniel Noah
In 1937 an amazing 3 day event took place to celebrate the opening of a new road from Lone Pine to Death Valley. Starting with a gourd full of water taken from the highest lake in the U.S. on the side of Mt. Whitney, the gourd is taken to the lowest lake in the US Continue Reading »
Quartzsite- California's Gold (112)
Written on January 29, 1999 at 8:22 pm, by Daniel Noah
A one-hour special about Quartzsite, AZ, "America's Largest Parking Lot" and home to gem shows, swap meets and snowbirds. Quartzsite Chamber 1490 Main Event Ln. Quartzsite, AZ 85346 (928) 927-5600 Tyson's Well Stage Station Museum 161 W. Main St. (928) 927-5229 1999 January
Nacimientos- California's Gold (111)
Written on January 29, 1999 at 8:19 pm, by Daniel Noah
In this holiday special, Huell visits two Los Angeles-area families who faithfully create elaborate nacimientos, or nativity scenes, which are a focal point of many Mexican American homes during the Christmas season. Southwest Museum 234 Museum Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065 (323) 221-2164 1999
Sinatra's House- California's Gold (108)
Written on January 29, 1999 at 8:14 pm, by Daniel Noah
Rarely open to the public, Huell gets a one-hour tour of Frank Sinatra's Palms Springs private house. Huell's guide is Frankie Randall. He played this song: "Can't Believe That It's All Over" here is his website… http://www.frankierandall.com 1999
Abalone- California's Gold (1012)
Written on January 8, 1999 at 8:31 pm, by Daniel Noah
They were once a mainstay on menus throughout California. You could go to the beach at low tide and pluck them from the rocks. Kids would have parties on the beach and roast them by the dozen. They have gone from a California tradition to near extinction. In this episode of California's Gold, we'll take Continue Reading »
Devils Postpile- California's Gold (1011)
Written on January 8, 1999 at 8:30 pm, by Daniel Noah
Surreal, awesome, unbelievable, weird? These are just some of the words that come out of your mouth when you view the Devils Postpile. Located in the Eastern Sierras, this formation is one of nature's true masterpieces. Towering 60 feet over the San Joaquin River the postpile looks like a huge cathedral pipe organ built entirely of Continue Reading »
Lompoc Mural- California's Gold (1010)
Written on January 8, 1999 at 8:27 pm, by Daniel Noah
Imagine driving through Lompoc in the early 1940's and coming across a huge 12 acre American flag made up of red, white and blue flowers. That's just what people saw every spring for several years and it was a remarkable sight. In 1942 the good folks at Bodger Seeds in Lompoc decided they could do Continue Reading »
Winery- California's Gold (1008)
Written on January 8, 1999 at 8:25 pm, by Daniel Noah
Napa Valley has become one of California's main tourist attractions. Thousands of people flock to the area for wine tasting and vineyard tours every year. What most people don't realize is that California's rich wine history got it's start in southern California. In this grape filled adventure, Huell travels to one of the oldest winery's Continue Reading »
Muscle Beach- California's Gold (1007)
Written on January 8, 1999 at 8:23 pm, by Daniel Noah
It was one of the most famous addresses in the United States from 1934 to 1959. It's not a house but a small plot of sand in Santa Monica, California. Muscle Beach started as a WPA project in 1934 and helped spawn the modern fitness movement that lives on today. The original Muscle Beach was Continue Reading »
Trestle- California's Gold (1006)
Written on January 8, 1999 at 8:21 pm, by Daniel Noah
The San Diego & Arizona Railway has been called "the impossible railroad". They broke ground in 1907 and completed the line in 1919. Between San Diego and Arizona is some of the most treacherous countryside in the US With a bevy of workman and a lot of dynamite they managed to snake their way to Arizona. The Continue Reading »


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The 'BBB' corporate credit ratings on Australian utilities United Energy Distribution Holdings Pty Ltd. (UEDH) and United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd. (UED) reflect our view of the group's natural-monopoly electricity-distribution business and the benefits of an established regulatory framework that provides cash flow certainty. Partially offsetting the group's excellent business profile is the group's aggressive capital structure and, consequently, its weak financial metrics, which we consider are unlikely to improve materially over the medium term. UEDH is the holding company of UED, which is owned by DUET Group (66%, BBB-/Stable/--) and SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd. (34%, SPIAA; A-/Stable/--). The ratings on UEDH and UED reflect our opinion of the companies' consolidated business and financial profiles. Standard & Poor's Ratings...
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Compiling The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure
By Lawrence Ellsworth
I've been reading and collecting swashbuckling adventure fiction for many years – my whole life, really. A couple years ago, while in the middle of a long (and still uncompleted) translation project, it occurred to me that I probably knew enough about the subject to be able to compile a pretty interesting anthology. The more I thought about the idea, the better I liked it, so I sat down and starting making notes.
I decided the anthology had to meet four criteria. First, it would need to catch the attention of contemporary readers, which meant including recognizable, marquee names, of both characters and authors. Second, it would have to be attractive to mainstream publishers, which meant inexpensive to produce (works in the public domain), and couched in a familiar, saleable format – in this case, a "Big Book," a fat collection of at least 200,000 words. Third, for variety I wanted a good mix of pirates, cavaliers, and outlaws – and they all had to be cracking good stories that would hold the attention of modern readers. Fourth, not just any stories would do – I wanted carefully hand-picked works that weren't overly familiar and would re-introduce some of my favorite forgotten authors to the 21st century.


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SUNY Upstate Medical University students arrive on campus Aug. 19
SUNY Upstate Medical University students arrive on campus Tuesday, Aug. 19, as the colleges of Medicine, Health Professions, Graduate Studies and Nursing welcome more than 1,100 students to campus this fall. First day of classes is Monday, Aug. 25.
Activities surrounding the opening of the 2003-2004 academic year will be held over the next week.
SUNY Upstate President Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D., will officially welcome parents and families during ceremonies to begin at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the Institute of Human Performance.
Joining Eastwood for the ceremony will be Kenneth L. Barker, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs and research; William J. Williams, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine; Rajesh J. Dave, M.D., dean of the Clinical Campus at Binghamton; Maxwell M. Mozell, Ph.D., dean of the College of Graduate Studies; Elvira Szigeti, Ph.D., R.N., dean of the College of Nursing; Hugh Bonner, Ph.D., dean of the College of Health Professions; and E. Gregory Keating, Ph.D., dean of Student Affairs.
The Parents and Family Association of the Medical Alumni Foundation at Upstate Medical University will provide each College of Medicine freshman with a white coat during ceremonies to be held Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in the athletic atrium of the Institute for Human Performance (IHP). Each freshman will also receive a copy of the Netter's Anatomy Book, courtesy of the Medical Alumni Foundation.
The College of Health Professions will present ceremonial white coats to students during ceremonies Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 5 p.m. in the Institute for Human Performance.
For more information regarding SUNY Upstate's orientation program, call 315 464-8855.
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