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What's your favourite desktop environment?
Pretty straightforward
Last week we asked you what your favourite distro was. So this week it seemed logical to ask what your favourite Desktop Environment is. So please cast your vote and post a comment to let us know why you've voted the way you have.
GNOME, sure
Why not KDE? The major reason is the sound of breaking glass if something goes wrong in KDE. You think I am stupid because I can change that? Right, but thats waht I do NOT want from a Desktop Environment. I do not want to set up things. I think that is the typical GNOME user. The typical KDE user OTOH is somebody who likes or HAS TO set up his enviroment individually and if he cant he does not like the desktop. Not that you can noit set up GNOME to your preferences but the real power IMHO is when you just use it. Anyway - I also use KDE applciations and I am happy if people are happy with KDE instead of using Windows or Mac OS. In the end that is what counts! The different DE attract different kinds of users and some users even switch back and forth.
Thilo Pfennig
Blog: http://vinci.wordpress.com/
Could be true...
Certainly I am a tinkerer and I do like KDE better. So that might be a good theory. ;-)
I like the ease of customizing KDE's appearance and behavior.
However, I can't honestly compare this to Gnome, because I simply haven't tried it out enough to tell. I do know that the Gnome environment installed by Debian (Sarge) left me completely non-plussed, and I didn't know what to do with it, so I went back to KDE.
I remember seeing a RedHat system a few years ago, though, which I believe was using Gnome, but I was hard-pressed to tell the difference from KDE. So I think it's actually possible to make them look very similar with enough customization.
Perfect for me. Light on resources, gives me enough to get to the apps I need, without any distractions.
When I switched to GNU/Linux I wanted a real alternative to WindowsXP. Gnome and KDE felt like variations on a theme; Fluxbox is something different. The only things on my desktop are the apps I'm running, not a screenful of folders and files and other clutter. You don't get the configuration tools, but that means that when I want to change something I'm learning more about how my OS works, not how the DE interacts with it.
Why not Fluxbox in the poll? I guess that it has a certain number of users and a very active community like to appear in the poll.
My preferences: i like the clean look and feel of FB, it's light and fast, has very customizable keybindings, and the styles off course! Although it lacks of many unnecessary eyecandy (imho) it has just the right amount of it and keeps attention on what you are doing.
Second the motion for Fluxbox...
I have tried out numerous desktop environments on my Gentoo machine, and I must say the bottom line is what the user wants, the user should go for...
Hence my usage of Fluxbox. I've tried all the fancy XGL/Beryl/Compiz stuff, on top of Gnome, KDE, etc...and I must admit it's very pretty...I've tried e16/e17, XFCE, and XPDE...they're all nice. But my main thing is efficiency. I absolutely love Fluxbox for it's efficiency. It's fast, lightweight, and, if I desire, I can add in stuff like adesklets and idesk.
I guess if you want to run a XP-ish machine, or a Mac-ish machine, then run Gnome or KDE or whatever...toss in some eye candy and amaze your friends (I admit, I change sessions when a hardcore XP user comes over so I can wow them with XGL). But when I want to get stuff done, I use Fluxbox.
Another Yay for Fluxbox!
Yep, I've tried them all, from KDE and Gnome to ratPoison and evilWM. While many have their strengths (Window Maker runs a close second), Fluxbox remains the favorite choice. It looks cool enough - can even be souped up - and yet is fast and efficient, getting out of your way when you need it to. I especially love that the whole thing can be configured from text files, so it's easy to hack on too.
Happy with KDE
I use KDE because it is a very coherent environment. I just adore the philosophy that everything is modular and helps to build a greater structure. In my eyes KDE is one of the best sw projects.
On the other hand I understand Thilo Pfennig. When I begun with KDE I felt that the system had no own image and all it offered was a lot of tiny clickables. However I gave it a try and stayed with it despite the gnome was simple (which is very good) and easy to learn. KDE offered me things I wouldn't find in Gnome at all.
Sure, I had to customize my KDE, but I would need to customize probably every environment just to find the quickest GUI schemes. I hate icon aiming and therefore i fell in love with the concept of active corners which I copied from the very promising Symphony OS' Mezzo same as using the mouse wheel to toggle windows/desktops etc. KDE just allows me very many useful things and all I have to do is to set them up.
Therefore I would love to see KDE going after their own GUI concepts and image, because now in its defaults it doesn't use all its potential and doesn't look/work any more interesting than other desktops or systems. It seems to me that most users have to customize KDE anyway so why not offer a distinctive defaults instead of the cold unpersonal almost-like-windows settings. Exactly, Tyler, "Gnome and KDE felt like variations on a theme" even though KDE has the power to be something completely better.
And last, not least: besides the integration of (KDE) programs and great functionality I like to see that KDE is actively taking part in the Freedesktop.org development. I think it will open a way so all the user pragrams can have unified GUI (depending on DE) and can interoperate no matter where they were 'born' (e.g. I hate that my KDE and Gnome apps (Firefox) have the confirmation buttons on the opposite sides of the pop-up window).
Then maybe once, we will be able to see Adobe CS, Corel Painter or ArchiCAD labeled with "Freedesktop.org compatible" :)
Desktop Environment? What's that? ;)
I don't use a DE. I did use Enlightenment for three years, but its bugginess finally killed it for me. I tried using GNOME for a while, but got fed up with it eventually. Now, I've switched to icewm, which is great for me: a simple to use interface, a very straightforward configuration file, and nothing more.
FVWM was nice, but I'm now using KDE
For years, I just used FVWM, which is not really a "Desktop Environment", but just a "Window Manager". I had some really nice custom launcher scripts for it, and it was useful.
I have since moved to KDE, originally as an experiment, so I could review it, but I've gotten hooked on it. There is a downside, in that I find it difficult to create the kind of pre-coded scripts that I used for FVWM, leaving me with a somewhat arduous task of replicating my environment choices on each new install.
KDE allows easy, GUI-based configuration of your environment, but it doesn't make it easy to encapsulate that into a user script (or if there is a way to do this, it isn't well-documented). I've gotten used to the KDE way of doing things, though, and I think I'm unlikely to go back.
KDE, IceWM, e16 and Gnome
This is the order I followed when I started using GNU/Linux systems. KDE is very Win-like (without the many annoying wizards and some clever stuff added), and is filled with goodies and settings - no trouble there. After a while though, I found it too pervasive - it actually hid most apps from me under its glitz. Moreover it weights heavily on a system's resources (I use several 'ancient' machines with recent distros). So I switched to something lighter: IceWM, which has a similar basic layout but which is MUCH lighter - as a matter of fact, too light.
So I tried my had at Enlightenment ver. 0.16, which I appreciated immensely due to its very innovative (at least for me) interface, nice looks and light resource requirements. When I learned that development on e16 was basically at a standstill I tried e17, but I found most of what was appealing in e16 to have been removed.
So I tried going back to KDE, but it had gotten enven glitzier and heavier; so I took myself by the hand and started learning Gnome. It's bare, it's not really innovative (very MacOS-ish), it's not very easy to customize, but it does a lot of nice stuff by itself: plugging a device on a USB port results in almost instant integration in the environment, which is uncluttered and quite intuitive, it's a fair bit lighter than KDE and it is unobtrusive.
But then, to each his own.
A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows.
GNOME is my DE
why not KDE? I dont know. I just dont like it.
why GNOME? I dont know. I just like it.
I prefer lightweight, yet functionally complete software.
GNOME is better than KDE !!
I am using CentOS KDE,, but it is crashing now and then ,, once i got error message,task bar,terminal & everything gone.. But i didnt get any error messages in GNOME..
GNOME is good to use !!
i use KDE for almost 3 years, and feel tired because it's so heavy even on fast computer.
And then i choose Gnome, feel good, but i found the one i like. XFCE.
I'd vote KDE if I could ;)
(fvwm might be a decent window manager as light weight alternative if I wasn't to lazy to configure it.)
If you really want to work with your computer, not with your Desktop, Icons blablabla... then there is only one real alternative its ion2.
I play with tons of distros. I predominantly use KDE, but I'm content to use whatever is available. As long as it works, I'm not very picky. I'm really starting to like fluxbox the more that I play with it.
I use XFCE because is very fast.
I use KDE because I´m still happy with it.
And I can´t live without my Konqueror ;-)
I use Aqua the default gui on Darwin BSD if bundled as OS X.
I use Aqua because it's the only *nix gui that is really user friendly & bisides that it runs all my Cocoa software besides all other *nix breeds of software.
One big bummer is that you can only use it on a Mac - Aqua itself is also bound to Darwin as OS none of the other *nixes will run Aqua.
Then again unfortunally it's no secret anymore that OS X can be customized to run on any PC if you just choose your components carefully & are fortunate to know where you can find those customized patches & a Intel version of OS X. I wont tell ya though , better get a Mac , compare the hardware you get & you'll see the price is worth it.
KDE for its apps
In those days when starting with Linux, I (a windows user this time) found KDE 1.x was the most simple to use and configure DE. Although it was crashing quite often (mostly the task bar) I stuck with it, because I thought Gnome was a bit to incomplete and the rest a bit too complicated to configure for me.
Nowadays KDE is my first choice, because i use a lot of applications that integrate so nicely into the DE. E.g. kmail, k3d, konsole!!!, konqueror and so on. Fortunately the average computer is fast enough to handle the DEs fluently.
But maybe I am just to lazy to change my habits ;-)


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Man robbed of cell phone on Erie's east side
A man lost a cell phone in an armed robbery on Erie's east side on Monday night.
The victim told police that he was at East Fourth and Wallace streets at about 10:45 p.m. Monday when he was approached by two males. One of the males went behind the victim, put a gun to his head and told him to empty his pockets, police said this morning.
The suspects were described as black males in their late teens. One was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants, and the other was wearing a black T-shirt and dark pants, police said.

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VAIL - The 40-plus families and more than 100 customers served by the privately owned Vail Water Association LLC have known for some time that owner Todd Templeton plans to shut the company down.
With Tyrone's water system as the only possible replacement, the solution seems cut and dry.
But with design plans slow to come, funding not guaranteed and cooperation lacking between the township and borough, how and when Vail customers will get water when the time comes to switch remains unclear.
Out of compliance
Problems with Vail started several years ago, according to Jessica Sheets, GAI Consultants Inc. project manager and Snyder Township engineer, when the Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new groundwater rules.
Those regulations put pressure on many small water systems, with its users and operators often unable to meet the burdensome requirements, including water testing, she said.
"DEP is cracking down on small systems, and small systems can't survive," she said. "It costs a lot of money to run these tests."
DEP spokeswoman Lisa Kasianowitz said all community water systems are facing the same rules and regulations in order to protect public health, and most are able to meet them.
For the DEP's 15-county south-central region, Kasianowitz said 97.5 percent of systems now comply with the rule; the remaining 2.5 percent either are working on coming into compliance or have shut down.
She said the state and EPA provide resources to small systems when needed, but "some water systems are simply not viable."
Vail currently is out of compliance with a requirement that all systems kill 99.99 percent of viruses associated with fecal contamination.
An EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System report on the Vail system shows scores of other violations dating back to 2008, all of which have been resolved.
Most were for failing to monitor for excessive levels of synthetic and organic compounds manmade or naturally occurring substances but also for violating public-notice rules and not filing reports.
Kasianowitz said based on the reports, the system was not being monitored properly to keep up with health rules and protect users.
While things have improved, Sheets said, the more than three years spent out of compliance requires further testing and continues to be a burden on users. They've been under a boil-water advisory for months, she said.
Kasianowitz said while there are growing pains when new regulations go into effect, "If a system is too small to function properly and they can't follow the requirements, perhaps it's best for a business to close or transfer its business somewhere else."
Deciding to sell
Templeton said he's long called the family-owned spring that flows into Bald Eagle Creek a miracle.
"It's some of the purest water, just wonderful water," he said. But it's also become a burden, with increasing monitoring and testing costs, prompting customers to agree in December to double their monthly bills from $20 to $40.
However, Templeton said his testing costs have seen a 1,500 percent hike from $300 to $4,800 yearly.
Coupled with rules he expects are "coming down the pike," he said he made the tough decision to get out of the water business.
"We would have to charge too much money per customer to provide what needs to be provided," he said. Once his system is shut down, "It will just be another spring on the hill."
Hoping to allay concerns that Vail users might have their water supply prematurely discontinued, Templeton vowed that he wouldn't stop service until a new provider is in place.
Finding a source
Tyrone is the only possible replacement, Snyder Township Chairman Charles Diehl said. Oakridge is the only other system that is feasible geographically, but it cannot accommodate the additional customers.
According to Borough Manager Phyllis Garhart, Vail customers began coming to Tyrone offices last year looking to obtain water service after Templeton sent a letter dated Aug. 4 telling them that "Vail Water Association will no longer be a public water supplier" beginning Oct. 31, 2012.
The letter advised customers to contact the borough water office, saying Tyrone had agreed to "[extend] their main lines to provide water for your residence" and that Tyrone would make arrangements to install curb boxes at their houses to control water flow through the new lines.
Templeton's letter warned them that Oct. 30 "will come quickly" and not to delay.
"This [letter] is how we were notified," Garhart said. But the borough hadn't made an offer to extend its lines to provide water service to Vail.
Previously, Tyrone had paid an engineer to conduct a feasibility study on servicing the Vail area, Garhart said, and although it had never made an agreement, when Vail customers came forward in 2012, the borough began surveying in preparation for extending lines to some Vail customers.
That's when the borough got a letter from Snyder officials telling Tyrone to stop. Supervisors feared if some customers switched on their own, the township might not receive grant money to connect all Vail homes to the Tyrone system.
At the time, many Vail water customers wanted to wait and see whether the township could get a grant to replace Vail's water lines and hook onto the Tyrone system, said Vail customer Ray Stringer.
Vail's lines put together piecemeal over the years "aren't in good condition," Sheets said. "There's a lot of breaks," she added, requiring that the lines be totally replaced.
The estimated cost to replace the lines and hook onto the Tyrone system tops $680,000, Sheets said.
Stringer said when he received Templeton's letter about the planned shutdown, he considered drilling a well like eight of his neighbors did.
"The options were limited at that point," he said.
Looking back, however, Stringer said he wonders whether some of his neighbors "jumped the gun," as they will be forced to tap on to Tyrone's water system if the borough's lines are extended, a step which Garhart confirmed.
Troubled connection
Complicating an extension of Tyrone's water service is tension between borough council members and township supervisors.
It took months for the municipal bodies to pass a police-jurisdiction agreement, allowing borough police to respond to calls to Tyrone Hospital and the Tyrone Area High School campus, both of which are in the township.
Tyrone officials argued that Snyder supervisors were too cheap to contribute funding for Tyrone's police force to protect areas of interest to all.
Supervisors retorted that Tyrone's bloated budget had become a burden and rather than cut back and let state police provide coverage, the borough came looking for handouts that Snyder residents didn't want to give.
The police agreement finally passed in April without a Snyder contribution, but on extending water service, it is unclear who, if anyone, will concede.
Sheets said she understands why Snyder officials don't want to foot the bill for replacing a water line they won't be in control of or receive revenue from.
Garhart said, however, that the burden falls on Snyder's shoulders, whose residents pay taxes for the supervisors to address their needs.
While the association works to secure grant money, Sheets said she asked whether the borough water authority would consider waiving its $1,000-per-hookup tap fee.
Snyder officials have been putting in a lot of leg work on the project, she said, and will finish the project at a loss - either "time or money, or both."
"Tyrone stands to benefit financially" from adding dozens of monthly users, Sheets said, and could make money in the long run by making a short-term concession on tap fees.
But Garhart said the authority has to treat Vail customers like any other resident, and the tap fee is how those users have bought into the system.
Once the borough takes ownership of the lines, as per a memorandum of understanding that would have to be executed before a grant application moved forward, it becomes the borough's responsibility to maintain and repair them, Garhart said.
She said the borough does not have the authority to waive the fee in total but will look at setting up a payment schedule on a case-by-case basis for individuals.
The fee amount is in compliance with the 2003 Act 57 law to make sure it isn't excessive, Garhart said.
Give and take
Diehl, along with the other two supervisors, are upset that Tyrone won't give in on the tap fees.
He pointed to the Industrial Park line, paid for with Altoona-Blair County Development Corp. funds to spur economic development, saying that the Vail setup would be the same.
Tyrone won't plan, build or pay for the line but still insists on charging Vail customers to tap on when it's done, he said.
"They do not cooperate with anybody," Diehl said. "They don't even know what intergovernmental cooperation is."
Garhart was quick to point out that although outside funding paid for the line to the industrial park, Smith Transport Inc. still was charged a tap fee.
Also, the borough already has invested time and money in the project and had to refund thousands of dollars when Snyder told Tyrone last year that it wasn't allowed to add on individual customers, she said.
Since then, the borough has gotten only "bits and pieces" of information about the project, she said, and believes Tyrone is being kept out of the loop.
Garhart said she knows nothing about the design plans or timeline for engineering studies and grant applications, and no information is being shared.
"It's really a shame what's happening to those residents," she said, but they will be at a standstill until Tyrone gets more information.
Paying to upgrade
Before any work can be done, the association needs to receive grant money lots of it.
According to Mirror reports, Vail applied in April 2012 for $125,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding from the Blair County commissioners. It was the only one of the five applicants to be turned down, with Commissioner Diane Meling saying that the project was still in its conceptual stage.
Sheets said Snyder hasn't applied this year for CDBG funds for the Vail project because not enough planning progress has been made.
The project cost estimates top $680,000, Sheets said, and a grant application should be going through next month if an intermunicipal agreement is in place and a memorandum of understanding is signed.
She said she hopes both sides can put differences and past disagreements behind them for the good of Vail Water Association customers.
Waiting for a solution
As Stringer awaits an agreement, he said he isn't trying to pin the blame on any one person or entity.
He said he's upset the DEP is pushing people off of small water systems, and he's upset that Snyder supervisors are holding out because they "don't like Tyrone telling them what to do."
At the same time, he said, Snyder customers are "nothing to Tyrone" except some tap-fee money and a monthly check.
Stringer said Templeton, too, shares some blame. He knew about the DEP regulations before anyone else and should have acted earlier.
"Who's to say who's at the bottom of it," Stringer said, although he's frustrated that people like him will end up holding the bag and footing the bill.
But he's hopeful that a solution will come, still.
"People are pretty resourceful. And when they pull together, they can make things happen," he said.
Mirror Staff Writer Kelly Cernetich is at 946-7520.


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By NiuSammy
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Comments about ACME #2 Pen & Pencil Set:
What a fun way to package two items that reminds you of your childhood and using that all familiar #2 pencil. Functional and fun.
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By cyndlou
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This set is so much fun - reminder of the necessary #2 school day pencil so it almost feels natural to use. Very durable, smooth writing and the best for home office! Debated so long to get it and so glad I finally gave in - it's pure script candy.
love them
By Grandma
from palmetto, Fl
I love them. The box is wonderful and gives a good place to store them. I like things that are different and these fit the bill. Also going to buy a crayon one.
Love this Pen/Pencil Set
By GradStudent2014
from Carmel, IN
I love this set and have used it for several years now. My one issue is that the eraser refills are impossible to find. It would be great if those too were available on Levenger.com
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Feel like a kid again
By R8fan
from Glendale, CA
I bought the pen and pencil set and just love them. I have also bought this company's crayon rollerball. I often get comments when I use them. This pen writes well and feels substantial in your hand. You do have to be careful laying them down anywhere because they do have a tendency to walk off with someone else. Even the packaging is terrific. The set comes in a one of those notebook cases that we all remember from college. I try to keep the set stored in that. As someone else has said, the only negative on this is that the refills are expensive and don't last that long but the joy that this set gives we when using is well worth the cost.
What a surprise!
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I've been searching for "just the right pen for me" for a long time. I must confess that I never would have ordered this faux pencil rollerball, but on a recent trip to Boston, I enjoyed my first visit to a Levenger store. This pen was near the check out, and I just couldn't resist testing it on the paper provided. I was so surprised to discover that this was the pen for me!!! My sister is a calligrapher, and I made her test it... she loved it as well!!The only drawback is that the $6 refills don't last very long... but for me it's worth the pleasure of when this pen touches paper!
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Despite being 47 years of age, Dominik Hasek wants to take one more kick at the can in the NHL. In speaking with a Czech newspaper, Hasek made clear his desire to return to the NHL.
"For sure, I know what I want...even my agent, he knows" Hasek was quoted as saying. His last action in the NHL came in 2007-08 with the Detroit Red Wings, where he posted a 2.14 GAA and a .902 save %.
I can only imagine the meltdown around here if Holland signed him as the new backup.


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I would like to take the time to thank everyone for another successful season of Cinderella's Closet. We continue to receive very generous support from our community in many ways that enables the Closet to provide, free of charge, formal wear to our young ladies. This year we gave away over 160 dresses. In the five years the Closet has been open, we have given over 800 dresses to some very lovely young ladies.
As long as God continues to provide both the support of the Closet and the girls in need we will continue this ministry for our area. We look forward to next February when the Closet will again be open. Again, we thank everyone for all the support.
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Autographer has been pioneering the wearable camera market since the launch of the world's first wearable camera in 2012.
As a result of the rich user feedback from our community we've been rapidly evolving the functionality, product design and applications that are required to bring the benefits of companion cameras to the wider global market. Our dual focus on solving the underlying technical challenges of the category whilst also developing the market and our commercial operations have been gaining strong traction but stretching our resources. Based on our learnings from the last few years we believe we can achieve more for the market by focussing our efforts on creating the enabling technologies for the category and working through large global brand partners to bring future devices and functionality to the market.
This means that we will no longer be manufacturing and selling the Autographer device in its current guise. We remain committed to support our existing Autographer users and collaborators and are very proud of what we have achieved together so far.
You'll see less of us on our social channels for now but rest assured we're busy acting on all your feedback to enable the next generation of companion devices and services.
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COLUMBIANA J. Roger Wetherald, 91, of 25 Alisha Lane, formerly of Orange City, Fla., died at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 at his home.
Mr. Wetherald was born Sept. 23, 1921 in Bryantown, Maryland, a son of the late Joseph John and Sallie Raiford Wetherald and had lived here five months, coming from Orange City, Fla. He was member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Deltona, FL and served in US Naval Air Corps during WWII. He had been employed as an installer for Western Electric for 32 years.
He is survived by his wife, the former Beverly Stanley, whom he married Dec. 19, 1953; a daughter, Emily Anne Lake of Bowling Green, Ohio; two sons, Thomas E. Wetherald of Columbiana and Daniel Hall Wetherald of Weston, Vt.; a brother, Thomas R. Wetherald of Manning, S.C.; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, John Stanley Wetherald, three sisters and one brother.
Private burial was held in the Middleton Friends Cemetery. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at the Middleton Friends Meeting House. Arrangements were made by the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home, Columbiana.
In lieu of flowers, please just love your family, forgive as you have been forgiven and remember these words of Mother Teresa: "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love."
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Ezekiel J. Emanuel values intelligence, but don't accuse him of Harvard-itis. He'll tell you an Ivy League degree doesn't prove anyone's worth.
"That's exactly what used to drive me crazy at Harvard," he snaps, a place where many students believed, "I got into Harvard. I've arrived!"
"You have been given the privilege of the best education in the world!" he'd say. "Your obligation is to take that and do something good for the world! You've only got a limited time on this earth. You have to use it the best way you can!"
Zeke Emanuel is in your face.
One of the principal architects of President Obama's health care reform act, he is an oncologist/bioethicist/philosopher/author/columnist and, now, vice provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania. He blogs about food for the Atlantic, opines about public policy in the New York Times, has authored or edited nine books, and published hundreds of research papers and articles in medical journals.


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Monday, January 14, 2013
The Dorchester School District 2 enjoyed another interesting and successful year in 2012. Schools, students, teachers and staff across the district received recognition at local, state, and national levels for a variety of accomplishments.
In January, 12-year-old Cassidy Etue, a sixth grader at River Oaks Elementary School, won the 2011-2012 DD2 district-wide spelling bee, an annual contest that pits the best spellers from all the elementary and middle schools in the district.
Also in January, W8 2 Txt, a statewide campaign initiative to educate high school students about the dangers of texting and driving kicked off at Summerville High School. In February, area elementary schools received a visit from a favorite author, Tim Smith, known to his legions of young fans as Buck Wilder. Smith, the creator of the wildly popular childrens nature adventure series featuring outdoorsman Buck Wilder, said his mission is to help people -- kids and adults alike -- unlock their imaginations, try new things, and above all, not be afraid to make mistakes.
In February, Alston Middle School celebrated Black History month and Gullah Culture with its annual Umoja Night, a special evening of art, song and story. The event featured a number of student performances as well as presentations from a number of area artists.
In March, DD2 made William R. (Randy) Eads Director of Personnel and Elena Furnari Assistant Director of Personnel. Also in March, Beech Hill Elementary School held its annual Tied to Brightness ceremony, a special event the school does does every year to connect with and celebrate the accomplishments of its fifth grade boys. The event consists of a father/son breakfast during which each boy receives a necktie; his father or a male mentor then helps him put on the tie. The receiving of the necktie marks a symbolic benchmark in his life as he moves closer to becoming a young man.
The school holds a similar event, known as Strands on the Beech, in May for the 5th grade girls.
Another important milestone for Beech Hill Elementary School occurred in March when the school earned the prestigious title of 2012 Palmetto's Finest School. From among nine finalists, four schools one high school, one middle school, and two elementary schools -- received this award as being among the best schools in the state.
In April, some 160 bus drivers and monitors employed with Durham School Services, the private corporation that operates the DD2 school bus services, voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters labor union. Also in April, DD2s Science Technology Engineering Mathematics(STEM)programs held a special awareness/fundraising event that raised more than $45,000 for DD2 STEM programs.
In May, Kelley Wanish was chosen as Dorchester School District 2s 2012 Teacher of the Year. Also, Ashley Ridge, Fort Dorchester, and Summerville High Schools held graduation exercises May 26. Ashley Ridge High Schools class of 2012, some 405 students strong, was the first graduating class to attend all four years at the school.
The summer months saw important events occur in DD2 even as teachers and students took a much looked forward to summer break. The district announced salary increases for all employees in June. In August, the board officially filed its bond referendum question for the November election asking the public to approve a $179 million bond referendum for capital improvements. The district would also receive a major helping hand from Yes4Schools, a grassroots citizens group that would be instrumental in getting the referendum passed.
In October, the district recognized 22 teachers from 11 schools who wrote and administered a total of $187,655 in Arts Innovation Grants.
DD2 earned an absolute rating of Excellent on the 2012 state report card. Out of the states 84 districts, only 27 districts earned an absolute rating of Excellent, and DD2 was the only Lowcountry district to receive this top rating. Seventeen of the districts 21 schools earned an absolute rating of Excellent and the other four schools had a rating of Good. None of the district schools went down in their absolute ratings 2011. In addition, 16 of the 21 schools earned an Excellent in both the absolute and in growth ratings; all three high schools earned Excellent in both the absolute and the growth ratings; Rollings Middle School of the Arts ranked third among the state middle schools in the absolute rating index; Rollings ranked sixth and Oakbrook Middle School ranked fifteenth among the state middle schools in the growth ratings; and all but one school increased their absolute indexes. DD2s overall graduation rate was 76.5, an increase of 2.1 percentage points over 2011.
Also in November, an event during Beech Hill Elementarys Cultural Arts Week went nationwide. Everyone in the school students, teachers, staff all wearing various colors assembled outside to form the shape of a lighthouse, visible as such only from high atop a crane. The event was part of an initiative put together by Daniel Dancer, a conceptual artist from Oregon, and would air on the television show Good Morning, America. Rounding out the year, Flowertown Elementary School learned in December that it was one of four elementary schools and one high school nominated in December to be a National Blue Ribbon School. The blue ribbon program recognizes schools that are academically superior or demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Sophomore Laurynas Antropikas led the Stetson men's tennis team with a singles win and two doubles victories as the Hatters continued competition at the Wake Forest Invitational on Saturday.
Antropikas defeated Matt Browne of Furman by a score of 7-6(6), 7-5(5) in consolation singles play. He is now schedule to take on Jack Williams of Charlotte in the 13th place match of the A1 Bracket on Sunday.
The big sophomore also paired with classmate Cahit Kapukiran to win a pair of doubles contests on Saturday. The duo won 6-2 as Cisti/Pare of Charlotte retired in consolation action. Antropikas and Kapukiran went on to beat Kealy/Salwan of UNC Wilmington, 8-3 to advance to Sunday's ninth place match of the C Bracket.
Senior Hans Adrian Riseng and junior Nathan Debut also won in doubles play on day two of competition. The pair earned an 8-7(5) victory over Delcore/Dumont of Wake Forest before falling to Weigel/Dempster of NC State. They will play in the 11th place match of the B Bracket on Sunday.


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Challenge: When a Connect cluster/pool is split into two data centers it is prudent for backup meeting rooms to be created in an alternate datacenter; you do not want the backup and the primary meeting rooms hosted in the same datacenter.
Connect Edge servers fill the gap of extending resources out to remote offices in enterprise proxy mode or of splitting external client traffic from internal traffic in reverse proxy mode; there is not a federated option to allow an origin server cluster to be spread about geographically. Very little latency is tolerable between Connect origin servers. With that said, there is the possibility of splitting an origin cluster across two datacenters for additional redundancy if the latency between the two datacenters is consistently 3 milliseconds or less. Intra-cluster communication on ports 8507 and 8506 must be unhampered for a cluster to work properly.
Spreading a cluster across two local datacenters with less than 3ms of latency requires that all servers point to the same database. Basically I am describing a regular cluster except with half of the servers in one building and the other half in another building nearby. When you do this, it is prudent to make sure that the backup meeting rooms that are spawned in support of every primary active meeting room are always created on servers in the separate datacenter from the active primary meeting. You can do this in the Connect database in PPS_ENUM_DATA_HOSTS. Configure the hosts in one data center with one pool_id, and give the other servers in the second datacenter another pool_id. Then add this setting to the custom.ini on each origin server:
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Armed Forces of National Liberation
The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) or Armed Forces of National Liberation, was a Marxist-Stalinist Puerto Rican domestic terrorist group that was active during the Cold War.
On January 24, 1975 the FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in Manhattan killing four people. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.[1]
On August 11, 1999, President Bill Clinton offered clemency to 16 members of the FALN. Clinton administration Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder was credited with an "unconscionable" effort to circumvent the standard pardon process, not consulting with the Department of Justice's pardon attorney and keeping deliberations hidden from the district U.S. attorney and investigative agencies. Weather Underground terrorists Linda Evans and Susan Rosenberg were also pardoned.[2][3] Holder later served as Obama administration Attorney General. Besides Holder, Hillary Clinton, also had some involvement in the FALN pardons.[4]
- ↑ Clinton Pardons Terror, New York Post, August 13, 1999. retrieved from http://www.latinamericanstudies.org September 14, 2007.
- ↑ Confirming Fears, Editorial, National Review Online, November 19, 2008.
- ↑ U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee testimony available at http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm, The Tampa Tribune, S.J.Res. 33 (passed 95-2).
- ↑ Hillary: The Movie by Citizens United


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Apparently, in Buffalo, if you build it, they will come.
In droves.
The former site of the Pier, now known as the Buffalo Outer Harbor, hosted the 2012 edition of Edgefest on Sunday evening. The new venue - this was the second presentation at the site since promoters Fun Time Presents and After Dark teamed up, the first being the appearance of the DJ known as Girl Talk a few weeks back - welcomed what appeared to be a near capacity crowd. The show was presented in tandem with alt-rock radio station 103.3 the Edge FM.
First off, we should note that the new outer harbor site is beautiful. Even with a packed house, there's plenty of room to move, the waterfront is serene - particularly on an evening as idyllic as Sunday was - and attention has been paid to the ebb and flow of thousands of people. There was some stickiness in terms of traffic clogging up Route 5 on the way in, but once one exited onto Furhmann Boulevard, things flowed smoothly.
Since this was a radio station-based package, the bands appearing fell within a specific demographic target and genre - in this case, heavy alternative rock. Headliners Three Days Grace, Evanescence and Chevelle are in regular rotation on the Edge. It did indeed seem that the majority of those in attendance, while viscerally supportive of all the bands, had come mainly for Evanescence and Three Days Grace.
Evanescence is a band that mixes metal, goth-rock, and the sort of neoclassical metal that makes bands like Trans-Siberian Orchestra immensely popular. In singer Amy Lee, the band has a siren - the group's songs revolve around her hyper-dramatic delivery of melodies that favor long, sustained tones, and lyrics that present a bleak vision of romantic entanglement.
On Sunday, Evanescence proved itself to be an incredibly tight outfit, a band able to move effortlessly through challenging, grandiose epics, all of which seemed to please the crowd immensely.
Vocalist Lee is the focal point of the group. Her vibrato-heavy singing provided much of the music's dramatic action. But this was music with metal in its heart, and so drummer Will Hunt's histrionic, double-bass fueled performance kept things honest, in the hard-driving metal sense.
The opening trio of "What You Want," "Going Under" and "The Other Side" laid the template for the evening's drama. Dense, powerful, and unfailingly gothic, the music sought to create a twilit world where emotions ran high. It succeeded, for the most part.
Illinois metal outfit Chevelle offered what was likely the strongest set of the evening, depending on your taste. This band plays serious metal with alt-rock overtones, and its riffs were the strongest of the evening. Led by guitarist/vocalist Pete Loeffler, the group tore through a well-received set of grunge-inflected soul-metal, the high point of its set coming in the form of the bombastic but beautiful "Get Some."
Headliner Three Days Grace came on close to 10:30 p.m., which made it impossible to review the band's entire set in full, due to deadline constraints. The Canadian band took to the stage with an irreverent attitude, as frontman Adam Gontier queried the crowd - "Alright, Buffalo, who wants to see a rock show?"
In all, a more than pleasant night in a beautiful locale.
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June 23, 2013
MORGANTOWN —?Coach Bob Huggins feels much better about the West Virginia men's basketball team as it prepares for the 2013-14 season....
It's funny. Of all the major sports the only one who was respectable in the Big 12 was the baseball squad and that was the sport that no one thought could compete.
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I think alot of schools across the nation are in the same boat. Money of course, talks. I see a lot of schools dropping out of some of these conferences in the future and forming ones closer to each other.
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Hugs wanted no part of the move to the Big 12. He had no choice. Football money is the straw that stirs the drink and he was forced to go along. He would be much happier if we would have stayed in the New Big East Basketball Conference (Catholic 7 plus 3). And he is not whining, just stating facts.
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"It was hard to make any adjustments," he said, "and I'm not telling you I didn't know going in because I did know going in."
Huggy and Luck knew it was going to be tough. anyone with a brain knew WVU was going to be at a disadvantage. But it was all about the money. So quit whining about the travelling. You wanted it, you got it. Hopefully the Big 12 commish will try to help you out, but they don't really have to. Now you know how South Florida feels.
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July 14, 2014:
September 26, 2013:
- Building Strategic Partnerships webinar is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 14. This will be the first in the Youth and Adult Pathways (YAP) series. The webinar and materials will be available at: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/career-pathways.
September 19, 2013:
- Phase II of Advancing Career and Technical Education (CTE) in State and Local Career Pathways Systems, will focus on the establishment of comprehensive Career Pathways in highway design and construction and transportation-related careers. State applications due on November 5, 2013
September 12, 2013:
- Making Successful Career Pathways Webinar: The National Center for Innovation in Career and Technical Education (NCICTE) has announced a five-part webinar training. The introductory webinar is scheduled for September 20 9 a.m., PDT and noon, EDT. For more information and to register: http://ctecenter.ed.gov/register.
August 29, 2013:
August 27, 2013:
August 13-19, 2013:
July 10, 2013:
- The National Center for Innovation and Career and Technical Education (NCICTE) will be presenting a four-part webinar series Building a System of High-Quality Career Pathways High School Transformation and District Support beginning July 10. For more information: http://ctecenter.ed.gov/index.php/node/ncicte-training-center
July 2, 2013:
- Adult Education Report to Congress Program Year 2010-11 PDF (3.66MB) | 508 Compliant Version PDF (3.41MB)
June 26, 2013:
June 19, 2013:
June 6, 2013:
- Archived copies of the materials from the OVAE 2013 Community College Webinar Series are now available!
May 23, 2013:
May 16, 2013:
- English Literacy Education in the Adult Basic Grant Program PDF (148KB)
May 1, 2013:
April 30, 2013:
- Implementing College and Career Readiness Standards in Adult Education SolicitationThe Department is seeking input on the draft PWS before May 10, 2013 and invites interested parties to attend a market research webinar on May 6 at 1:00 pm E.
April 25, 2013:
April 17, 2013:
- College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Educationthis report provides a set of content standards, a summary of the standards selection process, and a description of key content decisions.
April 10, 2013:
- Adult Education State Director Meeting: May 21–23, 2013
April 9, 2013:
- Adult Education Report to Congress Program Year 2009-10 PDF (4.1M) | 508 Compliant Version PDF (12.5M)
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- Language Assistance Plan and Procedures to Ensure Meaningful Access to Federally-Conducted Services, Programs and Activities by Individuals with Limited English Proficiency PDF (156K)
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- Adult College Completion ToolkitDiscussion with FSA: February 4-8, 2013
To remain globally competitive through the 21st century and beyond, the United States must increase its skilled workforce. The U.S. Department of Education is supporting this effort by simplifying the federal student aid application process; increasing funds for Pell Grants; and providing funds that benefit disadvantaged populations. To learn more, join us in the LINCS Community.
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The Holland Town Board has turned down an offer to join the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway group.
Supervisor Michael Kasprzyk said the organization, based out of Orchard Park, has much potential but that Holland isn't ready to become a member.
"At this time there are too many other things we need to focus on. They have lots of plans to promote the area including cultural activities, but for the time being we are going to wait and see," Kasprzyk said.
He noted that the pass on membership doesn't preclude the town from joining the organization in the future.
Signs indicating Scenic Byway routes are posted in each of the seven towns that have joined: Aurora, Boston, Colden, Concord, East Aurora, Orchard Park and Springville.


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For the 17th season of The Bachelor, which premieres on ABC tonight, producers were lucky enough to land the perfect male specimen.
At least, that's what Dallas resident Sean Lowe was called over and over during his recent stint on The Bachelorette. He didn't win Emily Maynard's heart in the end, but that didn't stop her from calling him "the perfect man" all season. And it continues this time around; in previews, one of the ladies gushes that Lowe, 28, is "Mr. Perfect."
So how is he so great? Let us count the ways:
• He's modest. Asked in a recent phone interview what it's like to be called perfect all the time, Lowe laughs and says: "Well, it's very humbling. I don't mind hearing that and I'm glad people have held me in high regard like that, but you'll see as this season plays out that I'm far from perfect."
• According to his bio on the Bachelor website, "he wants to propose once, be married once and live a faithful family life, like his parents, who have had a loving 35-year union."
• He doesn't hold a grudge. Despite that Maynard's relationship with chosen bachelor Jef Holm has already hit the skids, he's not one to gloat. "I really like Emily; she's such a wonderful person," he says. "I have nothing but respect for her and I'm sad that it didn't work out with Jef, because he's a great guy, too." (See? Perfect answer.)
• Another bit from his bio: "He is eager to be a supportive husband that will encourage his wife to chase her dreams, as well as someone whom she can rely on to help her through good and bad times."
• He's good at practical jokes — especially if he makes himself the punch line. When Maynard visited Lowe at his parents' home in the Dallas area, he "confessed" that he still lived at home. He then took her up to his alleged bedroom, which was a complete mess, and introduced her to his stuffed animals. Just kidding! No, the insurance agent and custom-furniture entrepreneur is doing fine away from the nest. And he probably doesn't even own one stuffed animal.
• He's "there for the right reasons," as they say in reality-TV lingo. (Translation: He's not trying to parlay this gig into an acting career; Lowe is seeking love.) "I'm certainly not looking to extend my 15 minutes of fame," he says. "I love my life here in Dallas, and I don't need the glitz and glamour that Hollywood offers."
• He's not afraid of getting hurt. And for those who scoff at reality-show romances, Lowe understands: "I never imagined that I'd ever develop real feelings for Emily. I was surprised by it. I thought, 'Oh my goodness, I've fallen in love with a girl on a reality show.' I don't question those feelings at all; my heart was really broken when I was sent home, so that's why I accepted to do The Bachelor. I know those feelings were real."
As for his own description of himself, Lowe says: "I like to think I'm genuine. I'm a good guy who wants the simple things in life: a good family, children and to support and provide for my wife."
And because he sees himself as a normal guy, Lowe is amused by the reaction he gets in public these days — especially from teenage girls.
"They'll come up and ask for pictures, and they're so nervous," he says with a chuckle. "This poor girl came up to me with her friend the other day, and she grabbed the camera to take a picture for her friend. But her little hand was shaking so bad that she couldn't get a clear picture.
"I try to tell them I'm a normal guy," he adds. "I'm not Brad Pitt or anything."
No, just Mr. Perfect.
Darla Atlas is a Fort Worth freelance writer.


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Back on the original PSX, the load times were somewhat obnoxious. The most noticeable one was going into the menu screen from the world map, it was a good 3 seconds, which may not sound long but it adds up, especially when you're used to it popping up instantly on the SNES version. They also added a new It was playable, though, unlike (IMO) the PSX Chrono Trigger port, which had atrocious load times.
Not sure if this is any different on PSP/Vita, but the faster disc load option might yield good results. If you're only going to play it on the PS3, then the VC version might serve you better, but otherwise the PSX version is playable and works on portables.
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In deciding not to follow recommendations he raise taxes or dip into West Virginia's "rainy day" fund to fight drug abuse, Gov....
Got to agree with Tomblin on this one. Stop wasting money on these so-called programs to stop drug abuse. You can't help anyone who doesn't want help. These programs have the worst failure rates of anything we spent our tax dollars on. Pedophiles get out of "rehab" and do same thing again; drug addicts get out and go right back to same habits. More spending of our money is NOT the answer. Only those on the left always think throwing away more money is the answer to every problem. If that truly worked---all problems would have been solved decades ago. At least Tomblin 'appears' to understand how stupid raising taxes on people for this stupid idea is and how terribly dumb dipping into the 'rainy day fund' would be! Of course those who work in those 'organizations' that try and fail to help drug addicts for decades would like this money! They have ulterior motives....it's 'their' business and they want more money. They're looking out for 'their' best interest. Money doesn't equ
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on March 13, 2013 - 12:51 AM
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Barbecue. Ice cream. Wine and spirits. Chefs on wheels.
Buffalo took significant steps toward enhancing its growing reputation as a food town Tuesday.
The wildly popular Syracuse restaurant chain Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is opening in downtown Buffalo in October.
Lines for ice cream on the waterfront will be shorter.
After some delay, a wine and liquor store in front of the Wegmans on Amherst Street was approved.
And food truck supporters turned out in force to urge the Common Council to lower food truck permit fees.
Tuesday's activity is, perhaps, a sign that spring is near and more changes are coming to Buffalo.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que will open a 180-seat restaurant in an old film storage building at 301 Franklin St., with a menu filled with the smoked fare the chain is known for, as well as some unique items for Buffalo, said Jay Williams, vice president of development for the company.
"At each location, John Stage, the founder, changes and adjusts the menu a little bit, so there will be a little surprise on the menu here," Williams said. "A lot of the same ... foods that we do, but it will have a little twist in it."
The restaurant is planning a 1,500-square-foot addition to the 6,000-square-foot building, south of West Tupper Street, nearly all of which will be used to house four smokers.
Not everyone was happy about Dinosaur Bar-B-Que coming to downtown.
"These smokers are going to engulf my business," John Lattanzio, owner of 490 Pearl St. and Cabaret restaurant, told the Planning Board.
The board asked Williams to build the smokestacks higher to mitigate effects on the neighborhood, and Williams said that wouldn't be a problem, though he noted the restaurant operates in dense urban areas in Harlem and Brooklyn, and does not receive complaints at those locations.
The board also approved a new gazebo at the Hatch that will allow for more efficient ice cream sales.
The city demolished a smaller gazebo at the Erie Basin Marina and is spending $640,000 on a new structure, where waterfront visitors will be served ice cream, clams, and wine and beer more quickly, thanks to space for more employees and coolers for ice cream storage.
The gazebo will likely be finished in time for summer, said Harbormaster Don Poleto.
On the north side of the city, Wegmans' plans for a wine and liquor store on its Amherst Street property were approved by the board.
The store's intent is to lease the 15,000-square-foot space to a single tenant, likely a member of the Wegman family, said company spokeswoman Theresa Jackson.
Wegman family members hold licenses for wine and liquor stores in Rochester and Syracuse.
Construction on the store could begin in the fall or next spring.
North Council Member Joseph Golombek asked that the board table the project for another two weeks for further community input, but exasperated board members said that Wegmans already had revised its store design several times to address community concerns and that the Grant-Amherst Business Association's proposal was unreasonable.
The business association, which has said it wanted a more urban design, submitted its concerns to the board and to Wegmans late Monday. It proposed moving the building on the parcel and several other changes that would completely change the project, according to Wegmans officials.
"Any talk of moving the building is ridiculous," said board member Frank Manuele.
Later in the day, support for Buffalo's growing food truck industry drew a crowd of about 40 people to the Common Council Chambers, where 17 spoke in favor of the trucks. Many told lawmakers they would like to see a reduction in the $1,000 permit fee.
"My biggest concern is the fee," said Kelly Brewer, owner of the Sweet Hearth dessert truck, adding that if it stays at $1,000, she won't renew her permit.
Some restaurateurs told lawmakers they support the trucks and invite them to park outside their businesses to give their customers more options.
"It's great to market them to my patrons," said Cameron Rector, who owns Vera Pizzeria on Lexington Avenue.
One restaurateur, Tucker Curtin, expressed concerns about the trucks. He told lawmakers that he would prefer that trucks be prohibited from operating outside of an open kitchen that is 200 feet away, instead of 100 feet.
"We can all peacefully coexist, but not on top of each other," Curtain said.
The ordinance governing the trucks expires April 1, and lawmakers are debating whether changes in operating rules or permit fees should be revised in a new ordinance. No decisions were made Tuesday.
Also Tuesday, the Planning Board:
• Approved plans for 50 one-bedroom, low-income senior apartments at 907 E. Ferry St., next to True Bethel Baptist Church.
• Approved an energy-efficient model home, designed for educating schoolchildren and the public about energy efficiency, at 941 Washington St. on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
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By Zach Baker
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Briana Hess said she wasn't sure if she could ever feel the excitement she experienced as an elite athlete.
Coaching gave her those same thrills.
"I learned in coaching...[it's] the one thing that will simulate those feelings," the former Seneca East and University of Toledo track star said. "Watching an athlete you coached reach goals that they set, or run faster than they've ever run, or jump higher than they ever jumped."
As Heidelberg's track and cross country coach, Hess was instrumental in seeing her athletes reach those goals. Thirteen HU players reached All-American status under her watch, and one - high jumper Nate Davis - won Division III indoor and outdoor national titles.
Hess resigned Wednesday, citing family reasons.
"Obviously I have a family and a 1-year-old daughter, and I'm newly pregnant," she said. "[Coaching] is definitely a tough job with a family."
Heidelberg Athletic Director Matt Palm, who also serves as the school's baseball coach, said he understood Hess' decision.
"It's one tough thing to juggle family and coaching," Palm said. "I don't know if people know how much time goes into the whole program.
"We're disappointed (Hess) is not gonna be on the staff anymore, but we definitely understand the reasons for her decision."
One thing about Hess' job is that there is barely any offseason. The coach just wrapped up her cross country teams' slates. Heidelberg's indoor track season starts Friday at the Oiler Open.
Palm and Hess said they have confidence the remaining coaching staff will be able to handle the transition. In addition, Hess isn't officially leaving the program until Dec. 13.
As for who the head coach will be for the remainder of this season and beyond, Palm said something is likely to be decided in the near future.
"We're discussing all of our options," Palm said. "We're fortunate to have a quality group of assistants on board.
"We're gonna try to make a decision on what route we're going to go in the next few days," he said.
Hess said the future is bright for the programs.
"There's a great coaching staff there, I love working with this group of coaches and I'd say (this year) is the best recruiting we've ever done," she said. "I'll always be a Heidelberg supporter. They have all the ability to succeed whether I'm there or not."


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I was pleased to read the Other Voices column by Jerry Martin (Nov. 10). He expressed very clearly my own feelings regarding the appalling lies and misinformation that have been propagated about President Obama.
I have been variously dismayed, depressed and sickened by the mistruths and distortions and most of all by the hatred that seems to fuel them. Many of the emails being circulated by the "Christian" right can only be described as hate mail. But isn't Christianity supposed to encourage love, tolerance and understanding? Can anyone explain the hypocrisy here? I would truly love to understand how this can happen.
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ZURICH (AP) – FIFA has upheld sanctions imposed on Hungary and Bulgaria for anti-Semitic and racist behavior by fans, and says both teams will play World Cup qualifiers in empty stadiums next month after rejecting appeals by both soccer associations.
FIFA says both ''have both been warned to their future conduct.''
Hungary fans racially abused Israel's team at an exhibition game in August in Budapest. Hungary will play neighboring Romania behind closed doors on March 22.
Bulgaria fans made monkey chants at a black Denmark player during a World Cup qualifier in Sofia in October. Bulgaria next plays at home against Malta.
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With all due respect I think McIlrath has alot more upside than what Lilja could have ever dreamed of.
Like Drake_Marcus said it: when you draft 21st you have to sacrifice either physical part, mental part or talent. You can't teach talent. That's a fact. You can make players more physical. Players can improve their skating etc. Players' mental issues (Kabanov) can be fixed as well. You need to draft the guy with the best upside.
A guy like McIlrath will never be more than a Lilja-type player (4th d-man at best). A guy like Kabanov though... This is the Detroit Red Wings. We can fix those kinda issues. It would be stupid to not take that risk. Or a player like Pulkkinen. We would sacrifice the physical aspect there, but that can be teach either.
There are just examples but:
- McIlrath: sacrifice talent
- Kabanov: sacrifice mental "things"
- Pulkkinen: sacrifice physical game
Now these are just examples, we don't know if Pulkkinen even goes in the top6. But if you've got three basically equal players you just can't sacrifice talent.
Lilja is, and always was a 5/6 Dman; McIlrath has the potential to be a 3/4 guy.
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on February 18, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Paladino's credibility has hit rock bottom
The incisive Feb. 13 News article, "Rallies show two sides of gun control issue," continues to show the declining credibility of Carl Paladino. Ironically, I voted for him and frequently admired him for his scrappy deliveries and his willingness to speak plainly in terms that many times were not politically correct. That "Jimmy Griffin thing" he almost had going on was very refreshing to a lot of us.
Now we see him making personal attacks and not addressing the issues as the leader he could have been. We witness him instead embracing the radical fringe of the Republican Party, and reducing himself to unwarranted and reckless name calling. He is quoted as calling State Sen. Mark Grisanti "a misery from our area." One needs only to go to the record to comprehend the ludicrousness of this divisive comment.
Grisanti is a "clean" fighter, unlike Paladino, and the distressing thing is, I could not vote for Grisanti since I do not reside in his district. I suppose Paladino just hit the old credibility nerve when he singled out someone who has the ballistics to take a stand on the issues alone, and who does not resort to childish posturing.
The subsequent article in the same issue, "Paladino gives Post columnist obscene gesture," just adds more fodder to the former gubernatorial candidate's descent into the realm of the ridiculous. Sadly, enough actions like these will only relegate him to a spot that earns him an answer on the game show "Jeopardy," in the category of "Ignominious Ends."
These days, regrettably, I think that Paladino's antics are leaving a lot of Western New Yorkers shaking their heads and simply asking, "Who is this guy?"
Brendan J. Cunningham