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Obama Announcement by Text Sends Message About Medium
Growing Popularity Resides in Intimacy Email, Phones Lack
At about 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, Kevin Bertram was awakened by a call from Barack Obama's Chicago headquarters. The campaign was about to send a text message officially announcing Sen. Obama's running mate. He had to get ready.
Mr. Bertram is chief executive of Distributive Networks, a Washington, D.C.-based mobile technology firm the campaign hired to send out its text messages -- including the one it had said it would use to break the news of Sen. Obama's vice-presidential selection.
At about 3 a.m., Obama headquarters dispatched the message, which named Sen. Joseph Biden. It was relayed through servers at Distributive Networks' office to phone companies, and from there to cellphones across the U.S. "I'm not sure if that was the optimum time," said Mr. Bertram. "But that's when the campaign decided to send it."
Sen. Obama's campaign likely didn't have much of a choice. Word that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee had selected Sen. Biden had leaked hours earlier. Many major news outlets had confirmed it. Supporters had been clamoring for their text messages. Asked why it sent the message when it did, a campaign spokesman said, "That's the time we decided to send it," and declined to elaborate further.
But even before the Obama campaign's text-message announcement buzzed across the country, it had already created a ripple effect not just in politics, but across the worlds of media and technology.
Phone companies had checked their systems to make sure they were ready for the load. Political journalists, including CNN's John King, had toted their phones on camera in case they should go off. And pranksters had made waves with spoof announcements that purported to be from the Obama campaign.
Sen. Obama's embrace of text messaging reflects the medium's growing popularity as a branding and marketing tool. In June, 116.6 million people, or 52% of U.S. mobile subscribers, sent a text message, according to M:Metrics Inc., a mobile-research unit of comScore Inc. U.S. spending on text-message ads is projected to total $4.2 billion in 2008, up 64% from 2007, according to eMarketer.
Part of the allure: Texts, such as those from the Obama campaign, have an immediacy that emails and phone calls don't.
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"It's so personal, because it's going to your hip, it's going to your pocket," said Jack Philbin, co-founder and president of Vibes Media LLC, a mobile-marketing firm that manages text-messaging for clients such as MTV.
Early Saturday morning, posters on the liberal Web site Daily Kos discussed the merits of the text's timing -- with some making jokes about dueling ads Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Obama launched in late February, asking voters would who they would want answering an emergency phone call at 3 a.m.
Most posters expressed pleasure upon receiving their messages. But some wrote that they were annoyed that they first learned of Mr. Biden's selection from media outlets. "This was not handled well at all," one wrote. "A big goof up making us think that we were special; obviously we ain't as special as the media."
Mr. Bertram said there were no technical glitches in sending the messages, and said most of the texts went out within 15 minutes of 3 a.m. AT&T Inc., T -0.29 % Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. S -1.77 % , the three largest wireless carriers in the U.S., reported no issues with the announcement's delivery. Some people took more than 30 minutes to receive their texts, which Mr. Bertram said is "normal," because of issues that could range from phone-company maintenance to a phone being turned off. A Sprint spokesman said that it's not unexpected for recipients to receive the texts at different times, since text-messaging campaigns don't deliver every message simultaneously.
The Obama campaign and Mr. Bertram declined to say how many texts they sent, but marketing and mobile-technology executives estimate Sen. Obama is unlikely to have accumulated more than a million cellphone numbers in his campaign database. By contrast, "America's Best Dance Crew," a reality show on MTV, has been exchanging messages with about 1.5 million individuals this season.
The campaign has been texting with its supporters since the beginning of the campaign, most prominently in February, when it ran a Super Bowl ad asking supporters to send "hope" to 62262-or O-B-A-M-A on a telephone keypad. Those phone numbers are used to inform supporters about speeches, local volunteering opportunities and, eventually, voting.
The vice-presidential announcement represented an opportunity to significantly boost the campaign's database of cellphone numbers, especially among the young people Sen. Obama is trying to court. Almost two-thirds of people between the ages of 18 and 28 said they send or receive text messages monthly, according to a February survey from Forrester Research Inc.
"In today's world, the cellphone number is like a Social Security number and worth more than its weight in gold," said Zaw Thet, CEO of 4INFO Inc., a text-messaging advertising and content provider.
Some media executives say they expect the announcement may introduce more people to text messaging. "You're going to be adding tens of thousands of consumers over the next six months because of this," said Louis Gump, vice president of mobile for the Weather Channel, which says it sends out millions of text messages a month.
Companies that offer text-alert services for a wide range of entities, including schools and local governments also see a boon. MIS Sciences Corp., a closely held Burbank, Calif., firm that offers text-alert services said revenue so far this year is 60% above 2007 -- and Mr. Obama's announcement is generating a big boost in calls. "It gives a lot more credibility," said Jeff Willis, MIS's vice president of technology. "You can't buy that."
The announcement is also a big opportunity for Distributive, which says it will continue handling texting for Sen. Obama through the election. The 18-person company has four staffers dedicated to the campaign, which has paid it $149,434 since July of 2007, according to Federal Election Commission filings compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
"We were very pleased how the thing went out," said Mr. Bertram. "But it's like if you're running a marathon and you hit the quarter-way mark. There are several more miles to run."
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Mirpur: The wait was almost over, but for two runs in the end. Bangladesh - who dreamt of filling their trophy cabinet with their first silverware in international cricket - will feel the hollow. It will take days, perhaps months, for their cricketers to come out of this Asia Cup loss. But the Bangladesh tigers haven't let their nation down and went down fighting until the last ball was bowled.
First they beat Sri Lanka and then killed another giant in the form of World Champions India, and even in the two games they went down to Pakistan, including the final, they came agonisingly close. So coming out as second best in a tournament that included the World Cup winners, World Cup finalists and World Cup semi-finalists is no mean feat.
And Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim echoed those sentiments, while ruing the loss of crucial wickets in the final.
"Before the tournament, we had great preparation. The boys stuck to the plans. We played good in the tournament, I thought. But the wickets of Shakib and Tamim were the turning point tonight," the Bangladesh skipper said after losing the final in a last-ball cliffhanger.
"The wicket is a bit slowish; it's not easy to score runs. Tamim and Shakib played well. We gave away some runs in the last over [of Pakistan innings]; that was crucial.
"It's been a great tournament for Shakib, Tamim, Mashrafe, Razzak and Nasir. We fought in all the games and we achieved a lot in this tournament," Rahim added.
While Tamim Iqbal, who was originally not included in the squad, hit four consecutive half-centuries, Shakib was Rahim's go-to man throughout the tournament, both while batting and bowling. And quite deservingly, the former World No. 1 allrounder was named the Man of the Series.
"If we look at the overall tournament, we were terrific," Shakib said after the final, adding, "The teamwork has been terrific. The way the crowd supported us was fantastic too. Hopefully we'll kick on from here," Shakib said.
The last sentence there by Shakib is actually key to how Bangladesh go from this magnificent performance.
"If I had scored two more runs, we would have won the game. We came so close to win the Asia Cup. We'll take the positives from this series and move on from there," he said.
Meanwhile, the moment was no way a small feat for Pakistan, who clinched their second Asia Cup title after a hiatus of 12 years. It was not only a winning start for their new coach Dav Whatmore but also a moment to cherish for a relatively young team that is trying to bury the spot-fixing ghost.
"Wonderful victory, well fought by all guys. The youngsters came in and contributed well. Hammad Azam played well, Sarfraz's innings was a vital one for us. It was a good team effort," skipper Misbah-ul-Haq said.
"This wicket was a little different from the other ones; it was slow. We were hoping that around 225-230 would be a fighting score. The spinners bowled very well. The pacers did well in the end," an ecstatic Misbah said.
Bangladesh's performance won many hearts, including in their rival camp.
"Bangladesh played wonderfully well. This is really a new Bangladesh team and they are really the winners," Misbah lauded.
Shahid Afridi, too, was all praise for his neighbours. "Bangladesh really played well; they played awesome cricket. They always surprise and give a tough time to the top teams. The credit goes to guys like Shakib and Nasir; they really played some good cricket.
After this superb show, all Bangladesh will want is consistency coming into their game, which will stamp their entry into the league of big men.

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I posted this in alt.linux.misc, then realized this was a more
appropriate forum.
Not knowing enough to do a real multi-boot box, I thought I'd be
cute and just have two different hard drives: each with it's own
300-gig IDE with Windows Media Center on it.
500-gig SATA with MythBuntu on it.
The Windows drive was built first, then I got my bright idea and
built Myth on the SATA drive.
Myth was running a-ok until I tried disconnecting the power to
SATA and powering up the IDE.
Window runs fine, but when I go back to the Linux system,
MythBuntu gets partway through it's startup and seems to die -
leaving the box under control of something-or-other that accepts
keystrokes on a black screen.
Here are a couple of screen shots:
Myth's last gasp: [url]http://tinyurl.com/6abtg5[/url]
The black screen: [url]http://tinyurl.com/5cnmmp[/url]
Any chance this is not coincidence and the drive swap somehow
messed up my Linux install? I did fool around with the BIOS's
"first drive to boot from" a few times....
I never unplugged the ribbon cable from the IDE or the SATA cable
from the SATA drive - just the respective power connectors.
After the problem appeared, I unplugged the IDE connector too -
but to no avail.
Time for a rebuild?
Cautions for the future?


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Yo Gabba Gabba Rocks Our World!Selena Mills
Yes, yes it does. Mayhaps you have discovered the awesome that is Yo Gabba Gabba. Either way, I'm gonna go with the possibiltiy that you haven't, or perhaps have missed out on the two little gooders after the jump. That's what we're here for, right? In part, to share with each-other. Reviews, anecdotes, humour – everyday life trials and tibulations with our babes during their first year.
Abby's just moving out of the newborn stage (at 14 weeks), and wasn't really into much going on around her aside from wailing her poor little head off due to acid reflux = colic. Now that we're exiting out of that 'stage' less than gracefully, (me), she's noticed how good looking she is, and adores playing with her daddy and older bro. Not much older, mind you. We're still wading the waters of not leaving him alone in the room with her lest he catapult her into the wall in his toddler rough, albeit loving attempt to swaddle her like Mommy does.
Our baby girl is smiling and getting happier everyday. It is with great pleasure that yesterday evening I walked into our bedroom (which by the way, tonight? DISASTER. Our bed broke. The frame that is, right out from under us this morning. THAT was good times. And we love our bed. Like one of our children. Keetsa my friends are you ever getting a call tomorrow.) Ahem. So. I walked into our bedroom to find my little imps (and the big one), all cuddled up watching this with great big grins:
And then this…
We highly recommend. What are your favourite kid shows? And by favourite I mean ones that you don't obliterate from existence in your household by avidly making sure they don't come under your littles' radar. Because you KNOW they are going to want watch that annoying shit. And that might make you want to ram your head into a wall.
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NSW scraps registration stickers
RAW VISION: From January 1 2013 the New South Wales government will no longer require drivers to attach sticky registration labels to their vehicles.
Car registration stickers are being scrapped by the NSW government.
The initiative means that from January 1 car owners will no longer have to attach the sticky registration labels to their windscreens.
Instead, police will verify if cars are registered or not by checking number plates with computers.
The Premier, Barry O'Farrell, and the Roads Minister, Duncan Gay, announced the elimination of registration stickers at a press conference in Sydney today.
Mr O'Farrell said: "This is a massive time-saving for both business and motorists, but it is a sensible policy.
"This won't interfere with the way enforcement occurs, what it will do though is remove unnecessary red-tape."
In getting rid of rego stickers, which have been used in NSW since 1932, the NSW government is following the lead of state governments in Western Australia and South Australia.
Western Australia scrapped the rego stickers in 2010.
But a recent survey by the car insurer, RAC, found the majority of Western Australians wanted the stickers reintroduced to remind them to renew their car registration.
One in five respondents to the RAC survey said they had forgotten to re-register their cars since stickers were scrapped. Seventy per cent of respondents wanted the stickers reinstated.
Mr Gay said the government would not be introducing any new measures to remind people of their car registration beyond regular mail notices.
"Your registration papers will come, and that's an indication that your registration is due, but there will also be a reminder as well," Mr Gay said.
If people want to tie a piece of string on their finger or put a piece of paper on their windscreen they are perfectly at liberty to do that," he said.
The measure will apply to about 5.5 million vehicles in NSW with a total weight up to 4.5 tonnes.
South Australia got rid of rego stickers last year.
The NSW Business Chamber, Tourism and Transport Forum, and Motor Traders Association all supported the abolishment of rego stickers.
A spokeswoman for the NRMA said the motoring body also supported the scrapping of stickers, as long as owners were given plenty of notice to re-register their cars.


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Vigil marks 2 weeks since Newtown shootings
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Clergy from numerous faiths came together today in Newtown to mark the passing of two weeks since the elementary school massacre with a vigil to pray for healing.
Religious leaders gathered with a few dozen others at a wind-swept, snowy soccer field to offer words of support for the community.
"Your faith leaders want you to know that we continue to stand with you as we all continue to deal with this great tragedy that has befallen our beloved community of Newtown," said the Rev. Jack Tanner of Newtown Christian Church. "It is only the beginning of a long healing process that we will all go through."
The vigil included representatives from Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Congregational, Buddhist, Muslim and other places of worship.
Gunman Adam Lanza, 20, shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary Dec. 14 and killed 20 first-grade students and six adult staff members. He also killed his mother before going on the school rampage and then committing suicide.
"We are your children, your hurting children from many faiths, many traditions, many cultures, from many parts of the earth," said the Rev. Leo McIlrath of the Lutheran Home of Southbury "We cry out to you. We are in pain and we ask for your healing."
Vicky Truitt, who works at Newtown Congregational Church, said she had been feeling worn down before the service.
"Today it was helpful, the prayers that they gave, to hear all the different denominations all together as one," Truitt said. "Even the ones where you didn't understand the words, you could understand the feeling that was behind them."


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This is part of a series of updates from Mayor Mark Stodola addressing various topics of interest to the citizens of Little Rock.
Message from the Mayor
"A More Sustainable City"
Four years ago when I took office, recognizing the importance of reducing the City's carbon footprint, one of my first acts was to sign the Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement with the goal of substantially reducing carbon emissions in our city. Today, I had the great pleasure of receiving an award from Entergy Arkansas in recognition of the cities' efforts to be more energy efficient. We received a check for $17,886 as part of Entergy's City Smart program for upgrading the energy efficiency of lighting and air conditioning units in several of our City buildings. By installing high efficiency air conditioning equipment and LED lighting, nearly 269,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity will be saved per year. This is the equivalent of preventing the carbon dioxide emissions of more than 21,730 gallons of gasoline, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Several other initiatives have been undertaken over the last four years and I'd like to take this opportunity to outline some of the other things the City of Little Rock has done to save energy and reduce energy costs so Little Rock can become a more "sustainable city:
These are just a few examples of how the City of Little Rock is working to be more energy efficient and sustainable. I am proud of the work we are doing and hope the City of Little Rock and our partners can continue to build on our successes. Please send me your suggestions and ideas on how to further make our City more sustainable.
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GE Healthcare has decided to offer its Smart Asset Management Services (SAMS) customers throughout North America the option for full on-site service and maintenance support of AB Sciex mass spectrometry systems.
Under their collaboration agreement, AB Sciex will supplement with its own service and support staffers the on-site work of GE Healthcare service engineers "when needed," according to GE Healthcare. The company says that its arrangement offered the advantages of enhanced efficiency and a single point of contact for service support of U.S. and Canadian SAMS customers.
Last week AB Sciex announced that Tetsuya Terasaki and his research team at Japan's Tohoku University, which focuses on studying the the blood-brain barrier, credited the company's TripleTOF 5600 System and Eksigent chip-based system with allowing them to identify and quantify a much wider range than previously possible for drug transporter proteins, important functional proteins such as cytochrome P450 and UGT proteins in complex matrices, and enzymes that activate or inactivate drugs in the body.
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Local artwork to be displayed
MARTINSBURG - Works of art by Donna Lee Wright and Wayne Hillard will be on display during July at the Martinsburg Public Library.
Opera House to host events
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherdstown Opera House has announced the following lineup:
Friday: The Woodshedders;
Saturday: Liz Frame and The Kickers, with The Yardslippers;
Sunday: The Lost River Cavemen;
July 25: Fletcher C. Johnson and The Bishops;
Aug. 2: Southern Culture on the Skids with Atomic Mosquitos;
Aug. 9: Deep Swell with The Bloody 9's and Kelly Carmichael;
Admission ranges from $5 to $30, depending on the concert, and more information is available at www.OperaHouseLive.com.
'Friday Festival' to be held
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherdstown Fire Department will host a "Friday Festival" at 5 p.m. Friday at the fire department, 8052 Martinsburg Pike. Event will feature a baked goods auction, a moon bounce, Bubble B and Mr. B and more. This event will take the place of the annual weeklong carnival.
For more information, call 304-876-6038 or 304-876-686.
Art show and sale slated
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Potomac River Artists Guild will sponsor its 13th annual "Art Show and Sale" from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the War Memorial Building. The display inclues paintings using many subject matters and techniques encompassing wildlife, still life, landscapes, impressionism, abstract and the Old Masters in many mediums including watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel adn mixed medium. The show is free and open to the public. A public reception will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, call Andrea at 304-261-8517 or visit www.potomacriverartistsguild.org.
Singles dance to be held
WILLIAMSPORT, Md. - A One on One Singles dance will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at 400 American Legion Drive. Event will feature casual dress, cash bar, snacks, door prizes and music by Slate's D.J. Must be 21 or over. Admission is $8 for non-members and $7 for members. Dances are held the first and third Friday of each month.
For more information, call Phil at 304-274-3809 or 304-839-2322.
'Open Airplane Afternoon' set
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Hagerstown Aviation Museum will host "Open Airplane Afternoon" from 1 to 4 p.m. July 21. Climb aboard and sit in the cockpit of the 1948 Fairchild C-82 and 1953 C-119 Flying Boxcar. See other museum aircraft such as the 1943 Fairchild PT-19 WWII Trainer and the 1928 Kreider Reisner KR-31 biplane, all built in Hagerstown. The museum owns 19 historic aircraft, 14 of which were built in Hagerstown.
Step back in time and experience a memorable flight in the museum's 1943 Fairchild PT-19 Primary Trainer. Thousands of allied pilots earned their wings during WWII in this historic aircraft built by Fairchild Aircraft 70 years ago in Hagerstown. By making a $100 donation, you too can experience the thrill of open cockpit flying. Rides will be available, weather permitting. Event is rain or shine.
Free admission/donations accepted. Museum merchandise, books, DVDs, hats for sale. Free museum magazine and museum aircraft collection 14-by 28-inch color poster for all guests.
For more information, visit www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org.
Art in the Park event on tap
BERKELEY SPRINGS - Art in the Park will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Berkeley Springs State Park, down town. A monthly outdoor art fair of local and regional artists. Painting, glass, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, wood, metal and much more.
For more information, visit Art In The Park WV on Facebook.
Library to host Christmas event
MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg Public LIbrary will celebrate "Christmas in July" from 2 to 7 p.m. July 25. A new craft will be introduced every hour. Participants will learn to fold books to form Christmas trees, create a five point star from twigs, wrap a Christmas ornament using ribbon and a Styrofoam ball, repurpose Christmas cars into ornaments and make a holiday pomander using oranges and cloves. Crafts are geared for adults. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Event is free and open to the public.


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Quality Education: Improving Instruction
Students eager to be called on during a reading lesson at a school outside of Dakar, Senegal. Photo by Dana Schmidt/Hewlett Foundation.
Good teaching is essential to making sure that students learn. Yet too often, government policies have failed to focus on improving the practice of teaching. For instance, in many countries, teachers are not specifically taught how to teach children to read. In other cases, children do not have access to reading materials in a language they understand.
QEDC's grantmaking seeks to identify effective instructional approaches by supporting promising practices in government schools and supporting external evaluations to assess their effectiveness. QEDC supports projects with well-defined teaching methods and materials to improve learning in the first three grades of primary school. The models respond to government cost constraints and existing school conditions (e.g., crowded classrooms, poorly motivated teachers with weak skills, and teacher absenteeism). Each instructional model is coupled with an external evaluation, including baseline data and a control group, to determine the impact of the model on student learning.
The goal is to provide evidence about cost-effective approaches to improve classroom practice and student learning. The factors outlined above help to ensure that successful instructional models can be replicated and institutionalized across the country and, potentially, adapted elsewhere in the developing world.
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On this guided ATV off-road tour, we'll tackle the trails around the property at a speed to suit. Some of our tracks are for the novice rider and are very easy to ride. Other tracks will challenge the more adventurous and experienced rider, with obstacles such as bomb holes, log piles, small hills and much more.
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Location: Clermont
Children: Ages 16 and up to drive. Children under 16 can ride with our instructors on a 2-seater ATV. Must be over 45" in height with a qualifying adult present to sign waiver.
Operation: 7 days a week 8:30am|9:30am|10:30am|12:30pm|2:30pm
Customer Pickup: No
What's Included?
- Yamaha Grizzly 350 or Can-Am Outlander 650 EFI ATVs
- Helmet
- goggles and gloves
- Safety briefing
- ATV riding over 220 acres of dirt and sand tracks and trails
- Friendly and knowledgeable tour guides
- A fun off-road adventure in Florida!
Things To Bring
- Valid driver's license
- Your own safety equipment if you so choose (must comply with current DOT regulations)
- Sunscreen
- Closed-toe shoes
- Comfortable clothing
- Change of clothes - you will get dirty!
- Your family and friends!
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$80.25 per guest
Price includes 7% FL tax.
Please book at least 48hours in advance.
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7 days a week, year round. Tours are by reservation, but usually start at 8:30am and 10am. You will be asked during check-out to indicate your preferred tour time, and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Tour lasts approx. 80 minutes, including safety briefing. You should allow 2 hours for the entire experience.
Note: Please pay attention to the Cancellation Policy below, as special conditions apply.
What to Expect on Your ATV Off-Road Tour in Clermont, FL
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Safety Briefing
We will brief you on the safety features of the ATV vehicle you will be riding, as well as a few other important rules to keep you safe.
Safety Equipment
Helmet, gloves and goggles are compulsory for all drivers and riders, and are provided and included in the price. Residents are welcome to bring their own safety equipment as long as they comply with current DOT regulations.
What to Wear
Start with sensible shoes with fully covered toes (trainers are fine; flip flops a no-no), long trousers (jeans are ideal), and if it looks like rain, some sort of rain-proof jacket.
On our purpose built training area, set up in conjunction with the ASI (American Safety Institute), you will be in the right place to acquire the skills to ride safely on an ATV - stop/start, traversing, hill climbs and descents, as well as cornering, braking and weight transference. At this stage we can assess which trail to tackle first.
Our course has a variety of terrain designed to suit all skill levels. For our beginners or "never-evers", there are (relatively) flatter tracks for your first time fun. But off-road riding is all about natural terrain and not tarmac. So you can expect some bumps and dips.
There are also "challenging" areas for those who wish to experience a more extreme ride, including a number of inclines, sand holes and hills to try out.
Look at the photos, relax and reminisce over your ride.
- You must be over the age of 16 to drive an ATV.
- Users of the property must complete and sign waiver forms for personal loss or injury.
- Drivers must attend the safety instruction briefing before driving or riding on any vehicle.
The Floridian climate is tropical by nature, which means that the average temperature is 78 degrees year round. Of course it does rain and we can have severe thunderstorms from time to time. However they don't usually last for too long, and it adds something to the off-road experience. We will not run in thunderstorms.
About Our ATVs
The Yamaha Grizzly 350 Automatic features 2 and 4 WD with a potent 348cc air/oil cooled SOHC four stroke engine which delivers reliable class leading low-end and mid range power to tackle the toughest trails.
Our instructors use the only TWO seater machines available on the recreational market - the CAN-AM Outlander 650 EFI.
With this two-seater machine, we are able to take passengers who can experience the tracks along with the other riders in the group. Passengers must wear safety goggles, helmet and gloves, and be able to reach the foot rests on either side of the machine. A parent or guardian must accompany the passenger and be available to ride alongside in the group. They must also sign a liability and waiver release form.
Safety First
Now let's be quite clear before we start: Safety is the responsibility of everyone who takes part in any kind of sporting activity and outdoor adventure, in all its forms, is a risk activity and therefore we take this aspect of our business very seriously.
Firstly, you will be required to complete our waiver and liability forms before you are allowed on any of our vehicles, and you'll also be asked to complete and acknowledge that you have been advised of the safety rules before you start. This will include any returning visitors and anyone with prior motorsport experience. Safety is uppermost in the mind of every one of our team members, and we make no apology for the amount of times we reiterate this.
The vehicles used in each discipline will have individual safety features which will be explained in your pre-drive briefing. However in general the safety rules are as follows:
- Users of the property must complete and sign waiver forms for personal loss or injury. This will include visitors and drivers.
- Drivers must attend the safety instruction briefing session before driving or riding on any vehicle.
- All visitors must wear the wristband issued on the day at all times. This is non-transferable.
- Any driver thought to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be permitted access to the vehicles and will be asked to leave the property immediately without refund of any money paid.
- It is the responsibility of the visitor to inform our staff of any medical condition (such as back or heart conditions) that could affect your enjoyment or may be aggravated by your participation in these activities. In signing the waiver forms, you are undertaking full disclosure and warranting that you are fit and able to participate.
- Medication that makes you feel drowsy should NOT be used before your visit.
- Safety notices and directional signs are positioned around the tracks and perimeter fencing. It is the visitor's responsibility to follow these directions; we cannot guarantee your safety if you go into the swamp areas.
- Riders must wear the safety garments provided.
- Remember the Florida sun is HOT and care should be taken to prevent burning.
- All vehicles carry first aid kits and our instructors are trained by the "American Red Cross" in basic first aid. If visiting the area, you should have adequate travel insurance coverage.
- Obey our instructors at all times - they are acting in your best interest. Please remember that we do reserve the right to evict any person acting irresponsibly - immediately and with no recompense.
- Whilst we will take every precaution to protect you and your property, it is not our responsibility.
- One final rule... have FUN!
The Fine Print
SPECIAL CONDITIONS APPLY. Unless written notification of a cancellation is received at least 21 days before the date booked, no refund will become due. In the event that it is received, a 15% administration and handling fee will be deducted from the total due.
RESCHEDULING: We reserve the right to cancel a session at any time due to inclement weather or other reasons beyond our control. You must be flexible to reschedule to a mutually agreeable date in the event of a cancellation. If you are unable to reschedule to another date, unfortunately we cannot provide a refund.
NOTE: Price includes 7% Florida tax. Drivers must be at least 16 years of age. Children under 16 can ride with our instructors on a 2-seater ATV. Must be over 45" in height with a qualifying adult present to sign waiver.


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Another record close
Wall Street wobbled, then regained its stride after the Fed held rates, and the Dow Jones industrials rose to another record close. It was the blue chip index's 21st record close since the beginning of the year.
Gasoline continues rise
WT, Russian university trade faculty
It's a lesson in international economics - and relationship building.
Strategist suggests calendar-based trading
Time, they say, is money.
Sales slip
NEW YORK - The outlook for consumer spending in the coming months grew dimmer Thursday after big retailers stumbled in April, their sales hurt by rising gasoline prices and the weak housing market.
Baker Bros. American Deli, 1901 S. Georgia St., is open. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fed: Steady as she goes
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, extending a nearly yearlong period of stability that has positives for savers and borrowers.
Stocks decline after retail sales report
NEW YORK - Wall Street retreated sharply Thursday, slicing more than 100 points off the Dow Jones Industrials after weak sales at many of the nation's major retailers heightened concerns about consumer spending.
Heloise: Test garage door for safety
Dear Readers: Electric garage doors are a wonderful convenience, but they also can be a danger. Taking the time to test the door every few months can be a true lifesaver. Here are some important safety hints if you have an electric garage door:
Slices of life
Protect your hands
Dear Abby: Wife in 'horrible' marriage knows why
DEAR ABBY: I have been in a horrible marriage for eight years. My husband, "Greg," has a lot of problems from his childhood and has a hard time being in a relationship.
Nature becomes art
Andi Wardlaw's newest hobby came to her quite by accident. About five or six years ago, Wardlaw bought some gourds to use for Halloween decor. When the season was over, she dried the gourds and planted their seeds.
Make Mom a gift
Not that they aren't lovely, but Mother's Day gifts don't have to be made of macaroni. If you want to help a child make a chic one-of-a-kind
Dear Abby: Gift suggestions for police academy grads
DEAR ABBY: I'm writing in response to the letter from "Reader in the East" (March 21), asking what to give someone who has just graduated from the police academy.
Dr. Gott: Stomach problem may have simple solution
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am writing in response to a letter concerning a person with stomach and bowel problems. Medical testing provided no clues as to the illness, and medications only made the person ill.
Dr. Gott: Don't settle for a brush-off from the doctor
Dear Dr. Gott: I have to respond to your reader regarding her breast density.
Heloise: Prewash easy to prepare
Dear Heloise: I had your recipe for prewash spray and loved it, but I don't have it anymore. Could you please repeat it for me? - Marian, via e-mail
Small yard big on color
Over the last 20 years, Pat Howington, at 1002 S. Crockett St., reduced her lawn's size to make it easy to maintain, yet hospitable for family times.
Canyon, River Road ready for playoffs
Although Canyon and River Road finished the regular season with district championships, the two teams took different paths to the playoffs.
Raiders to test EP Ysleta
The Randall baseball team begins Region I-4A postseason play at 5 p.m. today against El Paso Ysleta in Seminole with high expectations.
In search of gold
Nick Jones, the Tascosa senior with the common last name, will attempt Saturday night to stamp his signature on uncommon ground.
San Jacinto Christian reaches TAPPS Class 3A title game
San Jacinto 6, The Woodlands 2: San Jacinto Christian exacted some revenge Thursday from the team that knocked the Patriots out of the postseason in each of the last two years, beating The Woodlands Christian, 6-2, in a TAPPS Class 3A semifinal.
Baca expects medals from Hereford runners
A gold medal has to be in there somewhere for Hereford.
Pampa seeks to get past playoff 'hiccup'
Pampa already knows a little bit about this week's playoff opponent, and the Lady Harvesters would like to erase some bad memories.
Heath: Vega squad built on camaraderie
Jendi and Janae Noggler were born to pass the baton to one another.
Handicapping The Boys State Track Meet
Track Royalty
Editor's note: This is the final story in a series spotlighting area athletes competing in the state track and field meet.
Meet the Dusters: Craig Fulton Jr.: Wide receiver
Craig Fulton Jr.
Griffin shuts down Rio Grande Valley, 6-0
Former Randall High star Charlie Griffin pitched seven shutout innings, leading the Amarillo Dillas to a 6-0 United League Baseball victory against Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday at Harlingen Field.
GM McCarty: Dusters in need of a victory
Amarillo Dusters' general manager Warren McCarty watched last week's game from the stands at Lubbock's City Bank Coliseum.
McNair charged in DUI as passenger in vehicle
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was charged with driving under the influence Thursday even though police said his brother-in-law was behind the wheel of the pickup registered to the former Tennessee Titan.
McCarthy, Rangers end skid
NEW YORK - Brandon McCarthy held down the Yankees, and then the Texas Rangers' hitters broke out to stop their slide against New York.
Earnhardt Jr. may be ready to bolt
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s future has been the topic of discussion this season, with seemingly everyone in NASCAR consumed with where the sport's biggest star will drive next year.
Romo fails in U.S. Open sectional qualifying
IRVING - There was an excitement in Tony Romo's voice and even more in his eyes that suggested he was playing in front of 90,000 fans at FedEx Field against the Redskins in late December.
Smoltz, Braves top Maddux, Padres
ATLANTA - Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones came up with two-out, run-scoring hits in the seventh inning Wednesday, helping John Smoltz and Atlanta beat Greg Maddux and San Diego, 3-2, in the first matchup since 1992 between the longtime teammates.
It's official: Earnhardt to leave DEI
MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs a job.
Dice-K, BoSox beat Jays
TORONTO - Daisuke Matsuzaka won his third straight decision, Manny Ramirez hit his 476th career home run, and the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto, 9-3, Wednesday night to hand the Blue Jays their eighth straight loss.
Zavala set to compete in NCAA tourney today
University of Texas freshman tennis player Josh Zavala is scheduled to compete in the first round of the NCAA Tournament today at Pennick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin.
Jones makes pitch to Tech
LUBBOCK - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones came to Lubbock this week, promoting the team's state-of-the-art new stadium in case Texas Tech decides to move a football game to the Metroplex.
Yanks again top Rangers
NEW YORK - Derek Jeter drove in three runs, Mike Mussina pitched three-hit ball for six innings, and the New York Yankees extended their domination of the Texas Rangers with a 6-2 victory Wednesday night.
Suns turn up defense to beat San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO - The high-scoring Phoenix Suns found an unusual way for evening their playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs - defense.
Beilue: Mom's Day rightly dwarfs us fathers
That Father's Day was not recognized as an official holiday until 1972, some 58 years after Mother's Day, ought to tell us something. That year, President Nixon, before getting embroiled in that Watergate thing, threw us dads a bone with an official designation.
Warrant issued in Pampa shooting
An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for a man suspected in a shooting that occurred last month in Pampa.
Panel OKs Bell, Pantex funds
The House Armed Services Committee has approved a defense authorization bill that boosts funding for Bell Helicopter's major Amarillo programs and increases the Pantex Plant budget.
Senate to mull dog bill
The Texas Senate will weigh the merits of a House bill seeking to charge pet owners with felonies when their dog seriously injures or kills someone.
Hotel fire under investigation
Pair arrested in robbery
Amarillo police arrested two men who allegedly robbed a home Wednesday morning while wearing hats and T-shirts emblazoned with "POLICE" on them.
Man charged in death
Michael Garrard was charged Tuesday in connection with the death of 14-month-old Evyn Vaughn.
Turnout for early voting light
Slightly fewer than 7,000 voters in Potter and Randall counties turned out for early voting, which ended Tuesday. But early voting has historically been unpredictable.
Out with the old
As more structures go up in and around Bushland, others are coming down.
NAACP to push districts
The Amarillo branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hasn't ruled out a lawsuit against the city of Amarillo in an effort to create single-member districts.
Amarillo to send new appraisals
About 77,000 people in the city of Amarillo will receive new property appraisals in the mail because of a computer error.
Class of 2006
Editor's note: The Amarillo Globe-News will profile a Class of 2007 graduate each day from Friday through May 26. Students were nominated by Globe-News readers. Today, we look back at the lives of three outstanding graduates from the Class of 2006.
A mother-son love story
Brad Probst gently holds the left hand of his mom, Diane, and rubs it over and over.
Resolved to rebuild
GREENSBURG, Kan. - Where do they go from here?
Falcon Club future uncertain
A flashy redesigned Web site for a Bushland-area subdivision boasts it will give visitors "a much better picture of what life is like at Falcon Club, both now, and in the near future."
Chisum knows how game played
AUSTIN - To no one's surprise, the Texas House on Wednesday easily gave final approval to a bill that would give the state public schools the option of including Bible classes in their curriculum.
Woman charged in shooting
A Randall County grand jury Wednesday indicted a woman on charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
House passes gas tax relief
AUSTIN - Skyrocketing gasoline prices driving you mad?
Pantex guards to vote Monday
Striking Pantex guards will vote Monday on a revised contract proposal that a union official said addresses some key concerns about employment terms and conditions, overtime pay and physical training guidelines.
Ones to Watch: Macey Pearson
Rolling Hills Elementary School
Angelo State bill OK'd
AUSTIN - The proposed merger of Angelo State University and Texas Tech came closer to reality Thursday.
Man charged with felony for toddler's death
Ones to Watch: Andrew Fierro
Holy Cross Catholic Academy
Degree first in family for AC grad
Editor's note: The Amarillo Globe-News will profile a Class of 2007 graduate each day through May 26. Students were nominated by Globe-News readers.
Falcon Club developer sentenced
Just down home
Walking into Down Home can be a bit overwhelming.
Stamps going up Monday
Mailing a letter will cost a little more starting Monday when the price of a first-class stamp will rise from 39 cents to 41 cents.
Stolen gear stops show
The concert featuring the rock band Chevelle scheduled for today has been canceled.
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Jill Woodard Rael
LAKE DALLAS - Jill Woodard Rael, 40, passed away May 4, 2007.
H.L. Rowell Jr.
TULIA - H.L. Rowell Jr. 78, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Amarillo.
James Raymond Koehler
RED RIVER, N.M. - James Raymond Koehler, 68, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Raymond Sierra Sr.
CLOVIS, N.M. - Raymond Sierra Sr., 61, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
James Raymond Koehler
RED RIVER, N.M. - James Raymond Koehler, 68, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Michael Lynn Willis
MIDLAND - Michael Lynn Willis, 59, died Monday, May 7, 2007.
Leon D. Cobb
LUBBOCK - Leon D. Cobb, 66, died Thursday, May 10, 2007.
Elizabeth Bullocks
GARDENIA, Calif. - Elizabeth Bullocks, 89, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007.
C. B. Taylor
DUMAS - C. B. Taylor, 87, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
George Nichols May
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - George Nichols May, 96, died Saturday, April 28, 2007.
Minnie Lee Shipman
CHILDRESS - Minnie Lee Shipman, 87, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Lubbock.
Jean Louise Habig Urshan
INDIANAPOLIS - Jean Louise Habig Urshan, 85, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Amarillo, Texas.
Richard Lynn Thompson
TULSA, Okla. - Richard Lynn Thompson left this earth to find eternal peace on May 8, 2007. The joyful arms of his grandfathers, Day Thompson and W.H. Browning along with his stepdaughter, Kristine Sherwood awaited his arrival in the everlasting kingdom.
Charles Stafford
Charles Stafford, 73, of Amarillo died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Louise E. Hartley
GUYMON, Okla. - Louise E. Hartley, 86, died Saturday, May 5, 2007.
Granville Jay Lilly
McLEAN - Granville Jay Lilly, 89, died Thursday, May 10, 2007.
Donnie Hill
GUYMON, Okla. - Donnie Hill, 56, died Sunday, May 6, 2007.
Opal Aline Shelton
BORGER - Opal Aline Shelton, 86, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Amarillo.Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in New Beginnings Church with Don White, pastor officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors .
John Wieditz
GUYMON, Okla. - John Wieditz, 83, died Friday, May 4, 2007.
Eldon Ray Vaughn
TULIA - Eldon Ray Vaughn, 74, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Amarillo.
Binz Daniel Schulz
Binz Daniel Schulz, 24, of Amarillo died Saturday, May 5, 2007.
Mary E. Watson
CLOVIS, N.M. - Mary E. Watson, 81, died Thursday, May 10, 2007.
Juan Montelongo Soto
Juan Montelongo Soto, 65, of Amarillo died Monday, May 7, 2007.
Janice Sue Havins Robertson
CHILDRESS - Janice Sue Havins Robertson, 54, died Friday, April 27, 2007.
Palo F. Cummings
WELLINGTON - Palo F. Cummings, 84, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Russell Clinton "Rusty" Sommers
GUYMON, Okla. - Russell Clinton "Rusty" Sommers, 46, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Doug Higgins
HART - Doug Higgins, 72, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Dimmitt.
Pamela Boyd Doucette Chamberlain
PAMPA - Pamela Boyd Doucette Chamberlain, 51, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Gordon Harold Cummings
Gordon Harold Cummings, 73, of Amarillo, died Thursday, May 10, 2007.
Bud Newman
BORGER - Bud Newman, 78, died Sunday May 6, 2007.
James Wayland "J.W." Malone
James Wayland "J.W." Malone, 81, of Amarillo died Monday, May 7, 2007.
Carmen Gonzalez Dodson
FARWELL - Carmen Gonzalez Dodson, 91, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
LaVernia Curtis
OLTON - LaVernia Curtis, 93, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
Nannie Marshall
PLAINVIEW - Nannie Marshall, 82, died Sunday, May, 6, 2007.
Eloise Haws
SHAMROCK - Eloise Haws, 98, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in McLean.
Joyce Webb "Joy" Moore
MIAMI - Joyce Webb "Joy" Moore, 75, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Amarillo.
Marie Hooten Voyles
PLAINVIEW - Marie Hooten Voyles, 88, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
Frances Savage
WELLINGTON - Frances Savage, 88, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
Letters: Which president caused the 'darkest blot'?
Which president caused the 'darkest blot'?
Editorial: Round 1 goes to Amarillo in election system legal fight
Monday's ruling by a state judge in Brownfield tossing out a lawsuit against the city of Amarillo doesn't bring the legal scuffle to an end, but at least there will be a break before the next round.
Henry: Just say no to drugs, Taser lawsuits
There's death and taxes - and pit bulls and Tasers.
Letters: Would Dr. King feel the need for so many namesakes?
Would Dr. King feel the need for so many namesakes?
Editorial: Crime doesn't pay in Amarillo stats
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, major crime in Texas dropped 5.3 percent in 2006.
Ware: Potter County and TxDot: Now for the rest of the story
In the mid-1990s, Potter County, with the help of the Texas Department of Transportation, worked out the agreement hereby improving a county road and bringing it up to the standards to convert it to a farm-to-market road.
Editorial: Amarillo is the big cheese
Amarillo economic development planners have answered critics of an incentive package that helped bring a cheese plant to Dalhart.
Smitham: NCLB has flunked out; let Texas have chance at A PLUS
COLLEGE STATION - In the 1990s, Texas was a frontrunner in education reform. Under Gov. George W. Bush, the state implemented a ground-breaking standards-based movement that led to the "Texas Miracle."
Ward: A breath of fresh air for school bus passengers
AUSTIN - Here's a riddle for you: How do vehicle title transfers and a child's asthma attack on the school bus help make property tax cuts possible?
Seewald: Nat'l Guard depletion demoralizing at home, overseas
"I have said for nearly two years, and will continue to say, that we have a looming crisis on our hands when it comes to National Guard equipment in Iraq and our needs here at home."
Editorial: Texas House fills up on pandering
Leave it to an elected body of lawmakers to find creative new ways to pander.
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2004 IEEE Conference on the History of Electronics
Bletchley Park, United Kingdom
28–30 June 2004
The Fleming Centennial
The 2004 IEEE Conference on the History of Electronics (CHE2004) is the fifth in a series of workshops sponsored by the IEEE History Committee and the IEEE History Center at Rutgers University. The profound role electronics have had in shaping the modern world, from the invention of the Fleming diode to the present, makes this an important topic of historical study.
The IEE Professional Network on History of Technology and University College London are technical co-sponsors of the conference. These two organizations have joined with IEEE in a celebration of the centennial of the Fleming diode, which was the first of the radio tubes. Historians often regard this as the starting point of the electronics industry.
Three Conferences – One Celebration
The IEEE conference will take place at the historic Bletchley Park, the principal location of British codebreaking in World War II from Monday 28 June 2004 through Wednesday 30 June. This is an ideal site for such a meeting with conference facilities in the Victorian mansion and historical exhibits there and elsewhere in the park-like grounds (including a reconstructed Colossus computer). Bletchley Park is also an appropriate site, as it was there that the transition from electromechanical to electronic computing occurred in the effort to decrypt intercepted messages.
Immediately following the IEEE conference, two other events will take place at University College. The first is the University College conference on "The Life, Work, and Legacy of John Ambrose Fleming" and the other is the annual conference of the IEE History of Technology Professional Network.
Conference Theme
The intention of the IEEE conference is to help build a comprehensive view of electronics history through several dozen papers, each of which investigates some formative development in this 100-year-long history. The developments may include the opening of a new area of application, the invention of a major technique, or the gradual replacement of one dominant technique by another. An important feature of this conference is the participation of people with different backgrounds—engineers, historians, museum curators, avocational historians—that should make discussions particularly fruitful. The retreat-like setting of the conference should stimulate the exchange of ideas also.
Session Themes
Some possible themes for conference sessions are the following:
Submission Guidelines
For session papers, please send the proposed title, an abstract, and a single-page curriculum vitae to the Program Chair by email or by regular mail to the address given below. The Program Committee is also interested in proposals for sessions. The deadline for paper proposals is 31 January 2004.
Registration and Accommodation
Conference registration and accommodation information will appear shortly on the IEEE History Center website. The conference fee will cover two-and-a-half days of historical sessions, lunches, and historical tours. Reasonably priced accommodations will be available in nearby Milton Keynes.
Conference Organization
General Chair: Wallace S. Read
Organizing Committee Chair: Roland Saam
Program Committee Chair: Frederik Nebeker
Information on Related Conferences
Information on the two other conferences that are part of the Fleming Centennial may be obtained from John Mitchell or Ian Boyd of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of University College and from Colin Hempstead of the IEE History of Technology Professional Network.


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This policy is for application to the downtown Central Library.
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is committed to providing educational, recreational and informational materials and services to the community.
The Board of Trustees of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, under Section 262 of the New York State Education Law, adopts rules to ensure an atmosphere conducive to appropriate use of the services and facilities of the Central Library and its branches.
The Central Library Access Ramp provides the only direct access to the main entrance at Washington Street between Clinton St. and William St. of the downtown Central Library. The primary purpose of the Ramp is to provide unimpaired, accessible passage to and from the main entrance doorways. The periphery of the Ramp is also designed with reading benches and gardens to accommodate reading in an exterior area. The Ramp is also used on occasion for outdoor library programs and presentations.
Conduct on the Ramp disruptive to these Library purposes is prohibited. Conduct shall be evaluated by Library staff according to the following criteria and Library staff may request that activities cease or relocate to another area.
- Engaging in disorderly conduct, fighting or challenging to fight, or using offensive words likely to provoke violence and/or using language that offends others.
- Disturbing other patrons or staff, e.g., disruptive behavior such as any loud, unreasonable, and/or bothersome noises created by persons, radios, music or audio players, TVs, cellular telephones or other sound amplification devices; this also includes but is not limited to obscene or threatening gestures such as staring at another person; or following another person on or around the premises.
- Carrying weapons of any kind.
- Possessing, distributing or consuming alcohol or illegal drugs or being under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
- Engaging in sexual conduct and/or lewd behavior (e.g. exposure, offensive touching, or sexual harassment of other patrons, staff or volunteers).
- Damaging, destroying, or stealing any Library property or the property of another, patron, staff or volunteer.
- Any activity which may block or impair passage to and from the Library.
- Selling and/or soliciting, petitioning and/or canvassing. Petitioning and canvassing or related activity is restricted to a designated area at the north end of the ramp upon application to the Office of Development and Communications.
- Skateboarding, rollerblading, roller-skating, bike riding or other potentially dangerous or destructive activities.
- The Board of Trustees of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, under Section 6 of the Erie County Local Law No. 5 of the year of 1996, has declared the Central Library Access Ramp as a "Smoke Free" area. Smoke Free prohibits the smoking of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless electronic cigarettes or using tobacco products on the Central Library Access Ramp.
- Sitting on ramp walls.
Failure to comply with the Library's established policies, rules and regulations or violations of law may result in immediate suspension of Library privileges and/or in criminal charges.
Adopted March 2, 1999.
Amended May 21, 2009, per Res. 2009-23.
Amended June 14, 2012, per Res. 2012-24.
Amended November 19, 2015.


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"The voters get it. They blame the legislators for the budget problems," said Bob Haueter, chairman of the 38th Republican Central Committee, during a Republican celebration as polling results rolled in.
"They've got to stop spending," voter Nancy Chambers of Valencia said about legislators after she cast her ballot Tuesday.
"I don't think anything's going to fix this," said her husband, Paul Chambers.
"We still need to spend money on law enforcement and emergency services - especially in these times we need to stay safe," Paul Chambers said. "But we could cut back on some of the other civil-service jobs."
Voter Lela Kobel of Valencia opposed Propositions 1A, 1B and 1C, but she supported Proposition 1F.
"I do agree with curtailing the salaries of (state legislators)," she said.
Propositions 1A through 1E trailed all night Tuesday as polling results poured in.
But Proposition 1F was passed so resoundingly that the Associated Press declared it victorious just an hour after polls closed.
A ballot that confused many voters, frustration with lawmakers over the state's persistent budget deficits and a recession-weary electorate facing rising unemployment and higher taxes spelled trouble for the ballot measures.
"The propositions are confusing because they are not cut and dry," Kobel said. "There are a lot of fine points that not every (voter) looks at."
"Most people don't know what they're voting for," Nancy Chambers agreed.
"Obviously, it's disappointing," said Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, chairwoman of the Assembly Budget Committee.
"But I think the voters are sending a message that they believe the budget is the job of the governor and Legislature," she said. "We probably need to go back and do our job."
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger missed Election Day in California but cast a mail-in ballot before leaving for the nation's capital, where he joined a White House announcement on new vehicle fuel-efficiency standards.
The Republican governor spent part of the day talking to members of California's congressional delegation, bracing them for the prospect of additional spending cuts if the propositions failed.
Laying off thousands of state employees, reducing the school year by seven days and cutting health care services for tens of thousands of low-income children are among the options. California will need a waiver from the federal government allowing it to make some of those cuts without jeopardizing money from the federal stimulus package.
Despite the doomsday predictions, California voters largely tuned out, illustrated by the trickle at polling places throughout the state.
Local election officials projected that about a third of the state's 17.1 million registered voters would cast ballots, roughly half of whom were expected to do so through mail-in ballots.
Sentiment at polling stations throughout the state was a mix of anger toward politicians and resignation that the state would continue to face financial turmoil no matter the outcome of Tuesday's vote.
Schwarzenegger said last week that the state's deficit would be $15.4 billion in the coming fiscal year even if voters approved the propositions. It would grow by nearly $6 billion if they did not.
The six propositions were a mixture of reforms, higher taxes, borrowing and funding shifts that will determine the severity of the coming year's budget cuts.
The measure with the greatest immediate effect would have been Proposition 1C, which would authorize the state to borrow $5 billion and repay it - with interest - with future revenue from the state lottery.
Propositions 1D and 1E, which would borrow from child development and mental health programs, would have injected about $900 million into the state's general fund if passed.
Schwarzenegger and lawmakers called the special election in February as part of a plan to solve a $42 billion deficit that had been projected through mid-2010. Their budget package also included $15 billion in cuts and $12 billion in higher sales, income and vehicle taxes.
The centerpiece measure on Tuesday's ballot was Proposition 1A, which would have created a state spending cap and beefed up the state's rainy-day fund.
It also would have triggered a continuation of the tax hikes for an extra one or two years.
It generated the most opposition, uniting anti-tax groups and state employee unions that typically are odds with each other.
Proposition 1B would have restored more than $9 billion for education funding but would have taken effect only if 1A passed.
Like many voters, Ken Small, a 59-year-old elder care consultant, said the ballot propositions were confusing.
"I think we're all frustrated," he said as he voted at an elementary school in the Sacramento suburb of Antelope.
Even if the propositions had passed, Schwarzenegger and lawmakers would have faced a multibillion dollar deficit in the fiscal year that begins in July.
They are scheduled to meet later this month to begin discussing their options.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Today's the first day of spring! The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and the birds are flocking..to the library.
That's right. Next week is Spring Break for Hoover City Schools and we're gathering all of our feathered friends here for a celebration called "Birds of a Feather Read Together."
We'll start out on Tuesday, March 26 at 10:30 a.m. with a tribute to Mo Willems' beloved character, Pigeon, and other famous Willems creatures. After that, kids will make paper plate pigeons, train puppies with Duckling, dress hot dogs with Elephant, play games with Frog, drink punch with Piggie, and taste cookies with Edwina.
On Wednesday, March 27, our talented staff will star in our own rendition of "Chicken Little" on the library stage. Written and directed by children's library specialist Mary Ann Cohen, the show is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
The children's events conclude on Thursday, March 27 in the children's department with "Tweety and His Peeps." Your favorite Looney Tunes characters combine with everyone's favorite Easter treat for a day of fun. Kids will assemble for a short skit, then make candy peep houses, craft hatching chicks, save Tweety from Sylvester, participate in a "Peep Walk," and play "Peek-a-Peep." Granny's Krispie Treats and Peep Punch will be served.
Students in grades 7-up will have their own programs centering on everyone's favorite springtime treat as well.
Peep Art is scheduled for Tuesday, March 26 at 4 p.m. Students will use the marshmallow bird to build dioramas. Teen librarian Wendy Geist suggests teens consider building their favorite scene from their favorite books.
Later that week, on Thursday, March 27 at 4:00 p.m., teens will conduct a peeps science experiment, dissolving the delicious treats in a variety of liquids, and conclude by making candy peep sushi.
This spring break, flock to the library for some feathered fun!
This week at the library:
Wednesday, March 20
Tiny Tot Tales: Spring Flowers, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m.
After Lunch Bunch: Kangaroo and Company, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 21
Storytime Live: V is Valuable, 10:30 a.m.
PJ Storytime, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, March 22
After Hours at the Plaza: Game Night, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 23
BBC Masterpiece Theatre Viewing Party, 10:30 a.m. Join us to watch the first season of the Crawley family drama.
Monday, March 25
Monday at the Movies, 2:00 and 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 26
The Pigeon Wants an Audience!, 10:30 a.m.
Call 444-7800 for details and registration information.


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Tradition. Angst. Love. Inter-generational conflict. Religion. Family. Politics. Musical numbers. Matrimony.
Those topics sound heady, heavy, newsworthy and unpredictable, yet weirdly mundane. And they are. But as theater audiences have known for nearly 50 years now, those topics also may be an awful lot of fun - as long as they're accompanied by a nimble violinist.
Area theatergoers will discover this when the curtain rises on "Fiddler on the Roof" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St.
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Set in 1905 in Tsarist Russia - in the small village of Anatevka - "Fiddler on the Roof" is the story of Tevye (John Preece in the touring production), his family and his fellow villagers as they try to keep their balance in life, like a fiddler on a roof, on the eve of the Russian Revolution. The play is famous for songs like "Tradition," "Sunrise, Sunset" and "If I Were a Rich Man," but most of its songs are instantly recognizable.
As is its plot. A poor milkman, Tevye, has five daughters with no dowry; their hope that the village matchmaker will have a care with their futures is the basis of the song "Matchmaker, Matchmaker." Unfortunately for Tevye, his three oldest - and quite headstrong - daughters fall in love with unconventional choices, forcing Tevye to choose between his staunch love for tradition and his soft, fatherly heart. Over Tevye's head also hangs the threat of an edict from the Tsar that would evict all Jewish people from their villages and dangerously upend life as he, his family, and his fellow villagers know it.
Strong currents of uncertainty, love and yes, tradition, run through "Fiddler," which is based on Sholem Aleichem's short stories. As the play nears 50 - it first debuted on Broadway in 1964 - its themes remain both relevant to the time period it depicts and strikingly contemporary.
"The storyline is so universal," said Gerri Weagraff, who plays Tevye's stern but gruffly affectionate wife, Golde, in the tour production. "No matter what your age or where you come from, you can relate to different aspects of the storyline. You've got the importance of tradition, the conflict between generations, the power and strength of love and family and religion."
While the story is universal, this particular production is unique - and the cast and director, Sammy Dallas Bayes, are keeping one very important tradition alive when it comes to "Fiddler's" rich onstage history.
When "Fiddler" arrived on Broadway, it was in the hands of Jerome Robbins, who both directed and choreographed the original production. This production brings that direction and choreography back to life onstage. Bayes worked under Robbins on the original production, and, according to Weagraff, has been entrusted with keeping the staging of the original production alive. He's done so since "Fiddler on the Roof" closed on Broadway.
"Robbins became (Bayes') mentor, encouraging him in his career as a director and choreographer," Weagraff said, "Bayes has basically gone on to be the one who has been tapped to preserve the original direction and choreography for many many productions around the world for several decades."
As a result, "we have a direct connection - literally a direct connection to Jerome Robbins through our director, Sammy," Weagraff said. "When people are seeing our production they're seeing the original production."
It's a chance not often offered; when a show closes on Broadway, its book's magic can be recaptured, but the experience is never quite the same. Adaptations and revivals put their own spin on a work; new casts and crews bring different energies to life. For a production to bring its current cast's creativity to Robbins' original direction and choreography promises an evening of a new sort of theatrical verve, one that audiences may find, in the same moment, both new and oddly familiar - a blend of tradition with the talents of new and different performers.
Weagraff herself is no stranger to the evolution of theatrical productions or to "Fiddler on the Roof." She has performed in "Fiddler" four different times, from 1973 until now. When she joined the national touring company as Golde two years ago, she had already played Hodel, Tzeitel and Grandma Tzeitel in other productions. A community theatre veteran who balanced work, family and theatre for decades, her role as Golde marks her first professional role.
But "Fiddler on the Roof" shaped her life long before Golde entered it. It was the first play in which Weagraff performed, on her high school stage. Then, in 1986, Weagraff met her husband in a new production; she played Tevye's oldest daughter, Tzeitel, he played Tzeitel's shy tailor love interest, Motel.
"The show has a tremendous amount of meaning to me," Weagraff said. "I really wouldn't be who I am today without it,"
"Fiddler" also had an inherent attraction to Weagraff, who is Jewish, and whose ancestors are from small Eastern European and Russian towns like Anatevka. But while the show's cultural legacy is an undeniable part of its appeal, Weagraff does not think that is the only reason for the show's enduring popularity.
"It was about a particular culture, the Jewish culture, but the themes in the show cross all cultures and all ages and all time periods," she said. "It's timeless. It's timely and it's timeless. It will never become old. It will never become outdated. It's just basic values that everyone can relate to."
"And it's funny," she added. "It's got a little of everything in it, in addition to a wonderful story. It's funny, it's touching, it's heartbreaking it's heartwarming. And in a sense it's uplifting."
It's uplifting despite the political turmoil that hovers over the play's other, lighter celebrations and tribulations. That too is something the production takes from "Fiddler's" original Broadway roots.
"Our director told us that Jerome Robbins was insistent on that ending not being sad and depressing, but rather more (the story) of a resilient people (who say), 'We are going to hold our heads high, we're going to pick ourselves up,' " Weagraff said. "You're telling us to leave and we're going to say, 'OK.' We're going to move on and build a better life for ourselves."
While hardly under dire circumstances, the national tour has been criss-crossing the United States and Canada since October. Before that was a summer break and then rehearsals for the new season. According to Weagraff, despite this being her second year, and despite the fact that she's performed "Fiddler" hundreds of times - her first year involved 200 performances, this year 170 - it never feels redundant.
"I'm just in love with this show," she said. "I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. Every time I hear that violin start up ... I don't think it will ever get old for me."
Audiences who have felt the same way about "Fiddler" are what have caused the play to resonate with audiences for the past 50 years. It's a tradition that nonetheless speaks to many contemporary hearts.


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Action painter Jackson Pollock (1912-56) could be a real drip, and not just because he dribbled, spattered and flung pigment onto a canvas. When he drank too much, which was often, Pollock (Harris) became a blubbering, self-pitying baby who lashed out at those near to him, including wife Lee Krasner (Harden), who sacrificed her own painting career for years to champion his. Pollock reigned as America's biggest art star in the late '40s and '50s before dying in a drunken car crash at age 44. What inner emptiness was he trying to fill up with the booze? It is both the strength and weakness of this admirably restrained biopic, which Harris also directed, that it never explicitly answers that question.
Rather Pollock attempts to get at the artist's essence by showing him in all his self-contradictory complexity. Having struggled for years before achieving a major artistic break-through with his drip paintings, Pollock was insecure about his talent but also convinced that he was the greatest artist of his time. He craved recognition but was overwhelmed when he finally found success during a brief period of semi-sobriety, causing him to put down his brushes and pick up a bottle again.
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|Public (NASDAQ: SPRT)
|Services, Tech Support, Help Desk, Online tech support
|Redwood City, California, USA
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|Elizabeth Cholawsky (CEO)
Roop Lakkaraju (CFO)
Greg Wrenn (General Counsel & Secretary)
Support.com, Inc. is a US-based multinational computer technology corporation that provides online tech support. It is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA. Support.com provides online computer support to consumers and home-based business across the United States and Canada via remote access. Their services are performed on PCs running Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Apple machines running Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, with a high-speed broadband connection.
Support.com was incorporated in Delaware in December 1997 under the name Replicase, Inc.[1] The company started in a subleased corner of an Excite@Home office by Mark Pincus, Scott Dale, and Cadir Lee. At that time the focus was on developing and improving what the company referred to as their "DNA Probe" technology. The technology allowed for probing a Windows application executable and determining all its dependencies (Registry, Filesystem, DLLs, etc.)
Just a few months later, in September 1997, Pincus, with the help of two programmers/partners, he launched a software company in Redwood City, Calif., called Replicase Inc. Having already hired 15 employees, he said he spent most of his time "handling administrative crap," mapping out his business strategy, and, of course, networking. "So pleased" was SoftBank's Lax with his last deal with Pincus that the venture firm invested $2.5 million in Replicase. FreeLoader is already a distant memory. Reflecting on its demise, Pincus says, "It was a bummer, but it wasn't the end of the world."
In October 1998 the company was renamed Tioga Systems, Inc.,[2] coinciding with the relocation of the corporate headquarters to Palo Alto. The company's focus moved to "Self-Healing Software" - the idea that Windows applications could automatically fix any problems they encountered.[citation needed]
In 1999 Radha Basu took over as CEO, coming from HP.[3][4]
In December 1999, the company again changed its corporate name to support.com, Inc.[5] with the acquisition of the domain support.com[6] from Tom Theo Klemesrud, and focused on providing web-based software solutions for enterprise IT, referred to as PCHealth eSupport.[7] The IPO took place on July 19, 2000, backed by Credit Suisse First Boston.[8][9][10]
On March 28, 2002, support.com was renamed to SupportSoft, Inc.[11]
In 2006 Josh Pickus became CEO, coming from Computer Associates. His goal was to restructure the company and get on the path to growth. This led to a consumer facing operation for the company. The corporate headquarters were moved to the Pacific Shores Center, Redwood City, California.
On June 23, 2009 the enterprise technology of SupportSoft was acquired by Consona Corporation. The company was renamed back to Support.com.[12]
On December 31, 2013 Both Support.com and Comcast entered into a termination agreement as reported during the quarterly reporting which would set to end the contract between the two companies which would end the Signature Support Services on March 31, 2014.This resulted in Support.com to downsize and terminate several hundred employees in the workforce as well as subsequently downsizing their corporate office employees as well.[13]
On April 1, 2014, Josh Pickus resigned from his position as an officer and director. Mr. Pickus agreed to remain an advisor to the Board of Directors following his departure.[14]
AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware" Litigation[edit]
On February 27, 2012 a class action lawsuit was filed against Support.com, Inc. and partner AOL, Inc. The lawsuit alleged Support.com and AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware" (which uses software developed by Support.com) misrepresented that their software programs would identify and resolve a host of technical problems with computers, offered to perform a free "scan," which often found problems with users' computers. The companies then offered to sell software—for which AOL allegedly charged $4.99 a month and Support.com $29—to remedy those problems.[15] Both AOL, Inc. and Support.com, Inc. settled on May 30, 2013 for $8.5 million. This included $25.00 to each valid class member and $100,000 each to Consumer Watchdog and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.[16] Judge Corley wrote: "Distributing a portion of the [funds] to Consumer Watchdog will meet the interests of the silent class members because the organization will use the funds to help protect consumers across the nation from being subject to the types of fraudulent and misleading conduct that is alleged here," and "EFF's mission includes a strong consumer protection component, especially in regards to online protection."[15]
AOL continues to market Computer Checkup.[17] It is not clear if this latest Computer Checkup continues to use scareware techniques.[citation needed]
- Jim Stephens - Chairman of the Board and temporary CEO
- Shawn Farschi - Director
- Mark Fries - Director
- J Martin O'Malley - Director
- Michael Linton - Director
- Toni Portmann - Director
Office Locations[edit]
- Support.com Corporate Headquarters are located in Redwood City, California
- Sammsoft Office is located in Sammamish, Washington
- SUPERAntiSpyware office is located in Eugene, Oregon
- RightHand IT office is located in Louisville, Colorado
- Satellite office in Bangalore, India
- US 6167358, "System and method for remotely monitoring a plurality of computer-based systems"
- US 6754707, "Secure computer support system"
- US 8020190, "Enhanced browser security"
- US WO0131875, Richards, Mark; Scott Dale & Cadir Lee, "Secure computer maintenance system", published 5/3/2001
- ^ "Start Up. Cash Out. Repeat.".
- ^ "Company renamed Tioga Systems, Inc.".
- ^ "HP Senior Executive Joins Tioga Systems as CEO". Edge: Work-Group Computing Report. 1999.
- ^ "Start-Up Tioga Poised for Growth; Wins Excite@Home Deal".
- ^ "Company renamed support.com, Inc.".
- ^ Tom Theo Klemesrud sells support.com domain
- ^ "Support.com Announces Microsoft PCHealth eSupport Solution" (Press release). Archived from the original on April 9, 2000.
- ^ "SEC IPO filed Feb 18, 2000, backed by CS First Boston".
- ^ "Support.com soars in debut".
- ^ "Ticker Talk". Los Angeles Times. July 20, 2000.
- ^ "Company renamed SupportSoft, Inc.".
- ^ "Company renamed Support.com, Inc.".
- ^ "Support.com, Comcast Cable entered into termination letter agreement". Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140212-916642.html
- ^ a b Davis, Wendy (May 20, 2013). "AOL, Support.Com Settle Scareware Lawsuit For $8.5 Million". MediaPost. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
- ^ "FINAL JUDGMENT ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 5/30/2013".
- ^ "AOL Computer Checkup: Clean & Speed Up Your Slow PC - Try It Free". AOL Inc. 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Support.com official website
- 10 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Technology
- 3 Remote Tech-Support Services
- Ticker Talk
- Business data for Support.com Inc.:
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