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Cabozantinib Prolongs PFS in Advanced Prostate Cancer
A new study is reporting "unprecedented" results in the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) with the new drug cabozantinib ( Cometriq, Exelixis).
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"A new study is reporting "unprecedented" results..." It is a recent article, but not a new study. This is the CRPC cohort from the RDT originally reported on in Feb 2011. There will be updates and phase 2 results fairly often, but the market is really only impressed by the results of randomized controlled trials. In that category, next up is the EXAM survival analysis followed by Comet 2, both in the 12-18 month time frame.


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Ernest Borgnine Dies at 95
Originally posted 07/08/2012 05:30PM
Longtime screen star Ernest Borgnine died Sunday of renal failure, his spokesman Harry Flynn told the Associated Press. He was 95.
He was surrounded by his family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to the report.
While he often played the bad guy, Borgnine – who was known for his off-screen professionalism and friendliness – enjoyed a six-decade career that was also filled with many affable roles, from his sensitive, Oscar-winning turn as a homely Bronx butcher who finds love in 1955's Marty, to his popular Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale on ABC's 1962-66 World War II sitcom McHale's Navy.
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2011
Ernest Borgnine: Tears and Laughter for SAG Life Achievement
Originally posted 01/30/2011 09:25PM
The Screen Actors Guild honored Ernest Borgnine with its Life Achievement Award – and he honored the acting profession right back.
"There are millions of those around the world who would love to be in our shoes," Borgnine, 94, told the crowd in L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium, after Morgan Freeman presented him his award.
Calling acting a "privilege," Borgnine added, "I hope we will never let our dedication to our craft fail, and we will always give our best to our profession."
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HAMPTON, VA. — Tajh Boyd has always adapted well on the move.
Just as the 22-year-old star quarterback makes calm, collected decisions between scrambling for a first down or flicking a tough throw outside the pocket, Boyd lived with more postal addresses before he could legally drink than most people do in their lives.
How many houses and apartments, in fact? "I don't even know the answer," Boyd says, seated in an overstuffed lounger as he fiddles with his phone in Clemson's WestZone football complex. "A good amount, I'll tell you that."
All football players in the Clemson media guide are listed with a "hometown." For Boyd, the default is Hampton, Va., because, well, that's where he arrived from directly.
But that word. Hometown. One of the simplest questions in introductory conversation is something of a paradox for Tajh — so much that when asked, his attention snaps away from the phone, biting his lower lip while attempting to fixate on the answer.
Where are you from? More specifically: where do you call home?
"Home? That's a good question," Boyd says. "I don't even know."
And yet he does. The answer he seeks is tattooed on his left arm.
Overlooked player
Spending the past decade on the wall of Bruce Pearl's family-owned plaque and trophy shop in Virginia Beach, there's a framed photograph courtesy of The Beacon, a community paper covering Pearl's youth squad. The two kids clearly visible in the forefront are Virginia Beach Mustangs star players Nick Mayers and James Taylor.
In the background, behind Mayers' right shoulder, peeks 10-year-old Tajh Boyd.
He's barely noticeable. Fitting for that time.
"Absolutely, he was (overlooked)," the gregarious Pearl says of Boyd. "But it's not like he's overlooked on some little rec team."
In their inaugural year, the Mustangs won the 2001 Pop Warner National Championship. Greatness was expected in the heart of the '757' area code, a factory producing high-profile athletes.
"You can't have a water tower that says, 'Home of Such-and-Such'," says Boyd, "because there's so many great players."
Boyd got a championship ring, but he was a pipsqueak compared to boys a year or two older than him — led by a 13-year-old midget national champion track runner named Percy Harvin — and so his memorable contributions in 2001 were limited to growing pains and gains like this one.
Tackling Bubba Jenkins, a chiseled running back, was like capturing Bigfoot. He'd take the ball, defenders would clear out, and Pearl would shake his head wondering if someone would ever challenge Jenkins.
One day, though, the pint-sized Boyd closed his eyes, stepped into Jenkins' path and stopped him. Twice. In a row. Jenkins would grin and give Tajh a couple of congratulatory slaps across the helmet after helping him up.
"He gave me a little shoelace tackle, but I'll count it," Jenkins recalls with a boyish laugh. Today, Jenkins is a Bellator MMA fighter, and yes, at 13, he had the body to match.
"I could tell he had the heart then, before he was a teenager. He kind of caught me by surprise, because all the other guys were clearing out, but he was brave enough to tackle me. There's that Virginia homegrown type of attitude: we pride ourselves on being tough as nails."
As a team leader a couple seasons later, Boyd still wasn't the Mustangs' quarterback. Pearl instead tabbed Keith Taylor, a brainy kid who didn't possess Boyd's physical gifts. The coach put Boyd at running back for greater contributions, even though Tim and Tajh both insisted he'd soon belong at quarterback.
Tajh wasn't a star from the start, but his father insisted his son would shine and was willing to make him beat the best to do it.
"I want Tajh to be around winners. Tough guys and good kids, but just learning how to win and being a part of something," Tim Boyd says. "Watching Percy, seeing all the players on that team, that's where I think he got the maturity from, being around guys older than him."
At the end of his third and final year with the Mustangs, Tajh won the Sid Pearl Award, named after Bruce's father. The award's true recognition has never really been defined; but Pearl's explanation is pretty vivid.
"The Sid Pearl Award isn't the most valuable player," Pearl says, "or the boy who's best at football.
"It goes to the kid you'd be proudest to call your son."
Move across the bay
Born in Albany, Ga., and once a Florida resident, Tajh bounced around Virginia Beach with his family a few times. The son of a Navy man, Tajh attended three different middle schools before his freshman year at Landstown High. But he would finally discover some continuity from 2006-09.
After participating in every game as a freshman at pass-happy Landstown, Boyd was primed to become the starter once the senior quarterback graduated.
However, head coach Chris Beatty left to take a job at Hampton University. Landstown football's future seemed uncertain, and so then did Boyd's. So Tim scoped around the area for a potential transfer into Tajh's sophomore year.
Even if it meant a place like Phoebus, which was renowned for its running game.
"That takes some getting used to, whether you're winning or losing," says Beatty, now the wide receivers coach at Wisconsin. "I think he always wanted to be the key reason why things were going well, as opposed to being a facilitator."
Welcome to Hampton
As the Hampton Roads Beltway dives through the Chesapeake Tunnel beneath Willoughby Bay, you can hear hundreds of squawking seagulls and pick up the smell of fish wafting in from the Atlantic Ocean.
Once emerged from the 1½-mile underwater tunnel, you see a water tower to the right with the U.S. Army emblem on it, overlooking Fort Monroe.
You are now entering Hampton, Va. Where at night, cop lights and sirens — and often gunfire — can interrupt the peace at a moment's notice.
"It was one of those deals where if you wanted to find it, you could have found trouble," Tajh says. "We just elected to stay away from it. One time there was a carnival … if things happened there, we'll leave early if we feel something's about to happen. We just tried to find any way to keep ourselves out of harm's way."
Tajh's mom, Carla, remembers a time her younger son T.J. called with a chilling message: "Mommy, they're shooting."
Carla was there in a flash to rescue her boys. Another day, T.J. and Tajh were separated at a block party when they heard gunshots, but the brothers found each other after a few moments.
Neither Tajh nor T.J. ever found themselves in real danger in a town with its safe zones along with its not-so-safe zones. But that's due in large part to their watchful mother.
"I didn't let them idle around Hampton because of the crime," Carla says.
"She kept a real tight string on them," says Nina Robinson, a family friend in Hampton and mother of two Phoebus players. "They would go to the movies and things like that, but she didn't just let them run wild."
Phoebus is akin to a small, tight-knit family — about 275 per graduation class. Walk the streets, and you'll see a sophomore high-five someone 30 years older wearing a Phantoms sweater.
The students can be cliquish because they grow up doing everything together, but they adopted the friendship of the Boyd newcomers immediately. Instead of finding trouble, their classmates gravitated around Tajh and T.J., sticking together by raiding pantries at each other's homes and playing video games until well past bedtime.
There are tennis courts, a golf course, baseball fields and even a small skate park in town. But make no mistake: Phoebus is married to football. That's why the Boyds moved there in the first place on a leap of faith.
'Team' over 'Me'
The polo shirt Bill Dee wears is blue, matching the walls in his office within Old Dominion's football department as well as the stone of the ring he twiddles around his finger.
During his 24-year tenure as Phoebus' head coach, capped by that 2008 state championship ring, he had a uniquely inherent advantage.
"Kids grow up wanting to be a Phoebus football player, and they want to get out and go to college," Dee says. "It gave me leverage to keep them straight in school. Because I would tell them, you're not going to get recruited; or I would throw a guy off the team if he didn't do the right thing. They knew I would bench them or sit them; everybody was hungry to play."
The move from Landstown — "a state-of-the-art high school, brand-new this, brand-new that," Tim Boyd says — to Phoebus was life-changing.
"Our school sits in the middle almost of a neighborhood project," says Anthony Robinson, an assistant coach and former player for Phoebus. "So the image of Phoebus before you get to Phoebus has always been tough; it's always been 'don't mess with us.' "
The brick building has few windows. It only recently added air conditioning, making for sweltering days — especially in the weight room, which wasn't even a room. It's caged off from the gymnasium by a chain-link fence.
"We didn't have the best workout equipment or lots of space beyond our gym. But we took what we had and made the best for us," says Chaz Robinson, Anthony's brother and Tajh's fullback who's now playing linebacker for Division II Saint Augustine's in Raleigh.
"That's what really showed the character of the players we had. It wasn't how we looked or what other people said."
Phoebus' motto is "the quiet storm" — players promote hard work over taunting and trash talking the opponent, quelling any negative reputation. That mantra has weaved seven state championships since 2001, including 2006 and 2008 with Boyd on the roster.
Blue double doors lead out from the Phoebus locker room toward the practice field. Above the left door is engraved the word "Team," and above the right is the word "Me."
Players are not allowed to exit the right door. In fact, the word "team" is barely readable from generations of Phantoms tapping it on their way outside, while "me" looks like it was carved yesterday.
Boyd enjoyed a monster junior year statistically as the passing game opened up, but the Phantoms were shocked in the state semifinals. The Robinson family kept a framed photo of the Newport News Daily Press with coach Anthony's big paw around his disconsolate brother Chaz, one mere glimpse of the entire team's sorrow.
Usually the Phantoms get the holidays off before beginning training in January. Not this year. An unsatisfied Boyd took control and forced his teammates to make it right in 2008.
Phoebus scored 720 points during an undefeated 15-win season despite Boyd playing nearly the entire season with a knee injury (torn ACL) nobody outside the program knew about.
"Tajh took that (2007) season hard, and he drove us all the way," Chaz says. "All in all, I think that season might have been one of the worst and the best things that could have happened to Tajh."
Barely a Tiger
Boyd said yes to West Virginia early on in his ballyhooed recruitment, snatched up by Beatty, who'd moved on to the Mountaineers. But when Tajh felt he wanted to at least take more of his official visits, the WVU coaches grew upset, so Tajh moved on.
He fell in love with Tennessee and embattled head coach Philip Fulmer, whom Tim Boyd was reassured would not be terminated by then-athletic director Mike Hamilton. But following the 2008 season, Fulmer was fired, Lane Kiffin was hired, and after not reaching out to Boyd for longer than desired, Kiffin told Dee and Tim Boyd that Tajh would never play in his system.
Back to the drawing board. Ohio State looked nice. Oregon offensive coordinator Chip Kelly had a good rapport with Tajh, whose family was prepared to move wherever he went.
Then one more school came calling. Dee didn't want to keep cluttering his quarterback's head with options, but Clemson assistant Danny Pearman was a dear friend, and Dee relented after a few pretty-pleases.
Dabo Swinney and Carla Boyd love telling the story today. There's Jim Tressel from the Buckeyes in the driveway, Mike Bellotti from the Ducks in the backyard, and then some unknown first-year head coach in the Boyds' living room with a desperate message.
It worked.
"He was like, a bright light. Something about him. It was a feeling I had when he left, I could trust him," Carla says of Swinney.
She looks up at the wall calendar in her new home in Seneca.
"To this day everything Coach Swinney has told us has come to light. It came true. He was like, have faith and believe."
You can go home
How did Tajh Boyd spend his final Saturday of summer before reporting to Clemson for practice? Back in Virginia Beach, speaking at the Mustangs' annual banquet and helping at a youth camp the last weekend in July.
Pearl asked Boyd to come home as a favor a couple years ago. This summer, it was Boyd reaching out to Pearl to ask when he should schedule his trip.
"ACC Player of the Year, just torched LSU, and you want to come to my banquet?" Pearl says, dumbfounded. "Are you kidding me?"
Nope. It's in Boyd's blood to pay it forward and keep the talent-rich 757 flowing.
"Growing up, you had all these guys to look up to. The Vicks, the Currys, Iverson, Aaron Brooks, Alonzo Mourning, Bruce Smith," Boyd said. "You grow up wanting to be the next guy. Essentially, I think that's why the area's so successful. Because there's always role models to look at, and guys get out of the area to go do better for themselves."
A few minutes later, Boyd shows the tattoo on his left arm; P.O.M.E., which stands for "product of my environment," along with the 757. And he finds the answer to that complicated question.
"It's a special area," Boyd said, "because it's always been home."
Elsewhere, at her kitchen table, Carla Boyd rattles off a list of family friends and football figures from their former home. Asked for contact info, she doesn't resort to the new-school method of yanking out her cell phone to check for numbers, which of course all start with the same three digits — 757.
It's been more than four years, but she knows them off the top of her head.


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The Jakarta Post
The government has spent Rp 57.7 billion (US$5.8 million) on the operation to extinguish land and forest fires in Riau since the haze emergency response-status came into effect in June.
'The funds that have been spent amount to Rp 57.7 billion,' said the National Disaster Mitigation Agency's (BNPB) spokesperson for the haze emergency-response working group, Agus Wibowo, on Tuesday as quoted by Antara news agency.
The emergency-response status was announced on June 21 after Indonesia's two immediate neighbors, Malaysia and Singapore, were badly affected by smoke and haze from raging land and forest fires in Riau.
'Around 2,000 personnel, mostly military and police members, have been deployed to tackle the haze disaster,' said Agus, adding that the personnel would be withdrawn on July 21.
He said funds remained available for forest fire extinguishing operations as the allocated reserve funds amounted to Rp 70 billion.
Agus said the budget was mostly spent on cloud seeding which cost Rp 20 billion. The deployment of police and military personnel cost up to Rp 10 billion.
Haze clouds are no longer affecting the two neighboring countries. Riau is now in a transition period of recovery as it has passed through the haze disaster response period.
However, the extinguishing process is still ongoing in several areas in northern Riau, such as Bengkalis, Dumai and Siak regencies. According to the results of the latest observation activities via the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites, hot spots are now detected in only three spots. (ebf)


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Investigation Continues Into Cause Of NASA Rocket Explosion Near Md. LineCrews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA's strategy of using private companies to fly supplies and, eventually, astronauts to the International Space Station.
Witnesses Rattled After Unmanned Rocket Explosion Near Md. LineInvestigators want to know what turned a spectacular rocket launch into a catastrophic failure in a matter of just seconds. Eyewitnesses were rattled by the massive explosion.
NASA Aiming For Moon Again, This Time From The Eastern ShoreFrom the Eastern Shore to the moon. NASA will launch the LADEE spacecraft from Wallops Island, just over the Maryland line in Virginia.


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Well folks, it's time for our weekly update on Amazon's top 25 of the most
popular laptop computers on sale with regard to the OS installed.
Up until now XP was solidly lodged in #1 and #2, but lo and behold, it
appears that XP was ousted from its second place:
It seems that the popularity of Microsoft's OS is dropping by the week with
the second, third and fourth place taken by Linux and Mac OS X.
And oh, Hasta la Vista? Yup: first occurence in 19th place. It sure must be
Great Software.
And here's the latest sales estimates based on this ranking -- and feel free
to play aroud with the "# of models" parameter. It appears that in all but
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Telling all about aftercare and what they should't do before getting a tattoo.
How did you get into tattooing: Was surfing the web and found tattoo kit for 35 pounds, when I recived it, I understand that it not the bests stuff and spend 2k pounds for professional equpment, then tattooed my own arm and decided to continue!
What inspires you to be an artist: My love, Simona Riekstina
What kind of tattoos do you look forward to doing: Hyper realistic, Horror, Portraits, Dead stuff, scary, realistic, new school.
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U.S. stocks fluctuated, with the Standard & Poor's 500 trading near an-time high, as home sales declined and investors watched overseas crises before this week's Federal Reserve policy decision.
Cummins Inc. fell 3.5 percent to lead industrial shares lower. AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. tumbled 43 percent after saying it failed to win approval for its pain treatment Zalviso from the Food and Drug Administration. Trulia Inc. jumped 17 percent as Zillow Inc. agreed to purchase the company for $3.5 billion. Family Dollar Stores Inc., a discount store chain, soared 26 percent after Dollar Tree Inc. agreed to buy it.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added less than 0.1 percent to 1,978.50 at 1:33 p.m. in New York, erasing an earlier drop of as much as 0.6 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 12.58 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 16,973.15. Trading in S&P 500 stocks was in line with the 30-day average during this time of day.
"It's another big week of earnings, with the jobs report on Friday," Michael James, a Los Angeles-based managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities Inc., said in an interview. "Sentiment in the short-term term is a little more cautious."
Fewer Americans than forecast signed contracts to buy previously owned homes in June, a sign residential real estate is struggling to strengthen. The index of pending home sales declined 1.1 percent from the month before after rising 6 percent in May, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed. The median forecast of 39 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected sales would rise 0.5 percent.
An S&P index of homebuilder shares dropped 1.9 percent to the lowest level since May.
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"Serving every student in the catchment area is the desire of individuals, and that's what we would like to do," Hite said, adding that he was "not guaranteeing" that goal.


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Sunday, February 29, 2004
Media Awareness Network This was introduced to me by my wife -- it's a resource centre for media and information literacy for young people. The site has a wealth of resources for parents, young people and teachers. It's great to help young people navigate the constant media bombardment they're exposed to -- defense like this they don't always teach in school, and parents can't always fill in all the gaps. This site helps a little in the fighting back.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/29/2004 06:51:00 PM
Frying to Mars Between Mars and Earth is a lot of open space -- open that is, unless you're looking for a bit of radiation. If you're looking for raditation, there is no open space between Earth and Mars. NASA is working on figuring out what dangers the radiation that astronauts will be exposed to pose. Current estimates, put the chances of getting cancer due to the exposure is between 1-19% -- but the margins of error is apparently quite wide. Read more at this NASA site, and check out the useful links on the topic at the bottom of the page.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/29/2004 06:34:00 PM
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Miserable Failure Search Goolgle for 'miserable failure' and you will get links to George W., Michael Moore and Hillary Clinton -- thanks to 'Google Bombing!' Pranksters have fooled Google into returning those results. Cool!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/28/2004 02:00:00 PM
Outsourcing to India OK ... I'm getting sick and tired of this topic in the business news, in the general news -- just about everywhere I look, I see the cries of lost jobs thanks to cheap Indian labour. If you're unlike me, and you haven't got your fill of moaning and whining yet, here are a few news articles to top yourself up with.
BusinessWeek's cover article from their December 8/03 issue covers the topic very well.
BusinessWeek's cover article from their March 1/04 issue is yet another look, yet a slightly different angle -- and yes, it sells magazines!
Wired Magazine even got into the fray with their Feb. 2004 issue.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/28/2004 11:31:00 AM
US: Let us be Fat The World Health Organization is creating a proposal to fight obesity worldwide, but unfortunately, the world's fattest nation, the US, is undermining it. Why? Economics. The food lobby groups are increasing pressure on the US government to water down the proposal.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/28/2004 10:58:00 AM
Greenhouses on Mars NASA is researching the effects of growing plants on Mars -- as any base there would be required to be as self-sufficient as possible. Problem is however, plants have evolved to adapt to the environment on Earth, not Mars, and they start to act strangely when experimented under Mars-like conditions. Low pressure for example -- Mars has lower pressure than Earth -- plants don't like that -- they start to act as if they're drying out. Interestingly enough, this research has applications on Earth. Read a very cool article.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/28/2004 10:26:00 AM
Ending Peer-to-peer pressure (An article from MIT's Technology Review.) From the makers of Kazza comes a way easing the burden on the internet brought on by peer-to-peer users -- solution? cache the peer-to-peer files locally at the ISPs so that local requests can be fulfilled locally instead of going around the world to get the file. The problem with this approach however, is that suddenly, the ISPs will know what is being shared -- suddenly the RIA can subpoena the data being held on the ISP's servers, find out what's being shared, and then since, there is evidence of illegal activity, request the names of everyone who requests the files -- which gets kind of complicated -- because if a user is making an illegal request -- doesn't the ISP, now delivering on that request, also be conducting illegal activities by fulfilling the request? Of course, if the RIA's member companies were smart, they'd just want to know what's shared so that they can know what the demand is so they can deliver it for pay via alternative channels. But that would be smart -- better to call out the lawyers.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/28/2004 10:14:00 AM
No Alternative to Globalization This was sent to me by a friend. In my past posts I've asserted that globalization is the way the world needs to go -- the world needs to be a smaller place so that we can stop looking at other's issues in isolation, instead of shared. Check out David Crane's article in the Star that points out why the world needs globalization. Many will disagree with him -- I agree -- I've yet to hear a convincing argument to the contrary.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/28/2004 09:59:00 AM
Friday, February 27, 2004
Comcast's Bid for Disney The next mega media merger is starting to take shape, with Comcast's $54 billion bid for the Walt Disney Co. After News Corp.'s buyout of DirecTV and AOL's purchase of TimeWarner, you gotta wonder -- with the US's FCC let it happen again? Read this BusinessWeek article for a good summary of the tale to date.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/27/2004 10:07:00 PM
Thursday, February 26, 2004
XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft is readying XP's 2nd service pack -- and it appears that they're doing more than just releasing just a patch fix -- there appears to be some new functionality coming. Check out the article from Microsoft Watch.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/26/2004 11:34:00 PM
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Microscopic Astronauts There are trillions of microbes in your colon, trillions on your hands, and trillions in your mouth. There are more microbes on Earth than people -- in fact, there are more microbes than cells in your body. With NASA planning trips to the Moon and Mars, and studying the effects of long term zero gravity on humans -- you'd think they might also want to do such studies on microbes as well. In fact, they are -- and the results are quite surprising.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/24/2004 11:24:00 PM
Edward Burtynsky This was sent to me by a friend at work. It's the photographic works of Edward Burtynsky -- who takes large scale pictures of human-made environments -- often beautiful -- but sad on reflection. Some of the images are really shocking. He's currently showing his works at the AGO -- on until April 4th, in case anyone is so inspired to go see it. As well, the AGO has the Picturing the Land exhibit, as a compliment to Edward Burtynsky's -- the exhibit focuses on landscapes as seen through the eyes of photographers present and past.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/24/2004 01:03:00 AM
Monday, February 23, 2004
MIT's Technology Review Here are a few of the more interesting articles from the March 2004 issue of MIT's Technology Review magazine.
Translation in the Age of Terror [PDF]: there is much to be desired in the US Department of Homeland Security, but one of the good things that came about since its creation, is the amalgamation of many US government departments responsible for security and intelligence. Centralized control and the knocking down of walls was what Homeland Security brought. Take the departments responsible for gathering and analyzing information -- four branches of the military, thirteen intelligence agencies and the US State Department -- all overwhelmed by the amount of information being gathered. Now think of how the problem grows as the information being gathered is in many different languages, tempered with dialects, cultural influences, allusions, mispronounciations and grammatical errors. Read the article to see how the US government is coping.
Search Beyond Google [PDF]: Google has the crown for search engines, and garnered grassroots support for it's speed and non-intrusive ads. It's made a whack of money at it, and will most likely issue an IPO soon. But can Google remain on top? Microsoft wants to conquer the search engine market, and there are a host of startups around the corner.
Nanotech's First Blockbusters? [PDF] Read a short tale of Nanosys, a company out to make a name for itself in the nanatech industry by bringing some of the first nanotech consumer products to a store near you. Think of nano glue, nano solar cells on chips, flexible electronics and biochips. This company is in it all.
Virtual Heart [PDF]: Read of the effort underway to build a lifelike computer model of the human heart. It's a decentralized effort with collaborators from around the world, working on the project. The promises include improved diagnosis for cardiac disease, efficient ways of testing new heart drugs and trial runs for surgeons before they get to the real thing.
Master of Light [PDF]: Here's an article on a lighting specialist who has helped with the computerized special effects on movies such as the Matrix and the X-Men. He can render a face under just about any lighting condition conceivable.
Innovation News [PDF]: March's highlights of innovations coming from the lab -- WiFi and Cellular unite in new communication devices; Magnetic RAM chips are coming, with the promise of instand on computers; Feeling depressed? Try running some heavy duty magnets around your head; and some researhers have cooked up a method of figuring out if the water supply is tainted by the amount of stress fishes feel.
Patriot Act: A Visitor's Tale [PDF] And here's a result of the US going all coo-coo over security. Read the tale of a visitor who happened to be just the wrong colour, the wrong race, and born in the wrong place.
RFID [PDF]: Here's a really beautiful graphic illustrating how RFID works.
Disruptive Incrementalish [PDF]: Here's one for the Marketing guru in you ... disruptive incrementalism is not nearly as disruptive as disruptive innovation ... but boy can it make you a whole lot of money for a small investment!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/23/2004 11:32:00 PM
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Enterprise Reference Architecture As more and more companies enable business processes with technology, both purchased packages and in-house developed, their IT infrastructures continue to scale the mountain of complexity, with haphazzard if any, integration or thought of long term sustainability. Enter the need for enterprise architecture. In the past, businesses have been able to rely on a single vendor to provide this guidance -- traditionally, it has been IBM -- but with data centres now littered with purchases from a number of vendors, some of whom are niche players, IBM can't be relied upon. So what to do? Build it yourself.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/22/2004 06:29:00 PM
7-Eleven's Supply Chain 7-Eleven's got convenience stores - 25,000 across the world. Their North American operation consists of company-owned and franchise-owned stores -- 5,800 in total. The other stores around the world license the 7-Eleven brand -- 10,000 in Japan, 3,400 in Taiwan and 6,000 scattered in other countries. They're successful, and they do this by keeping the entrepreneurial spirit of a mom-and-pop shop -- in quite contrast to the industry drum that Wal-Mart beats. 7-Eleven realizes that local managers know their neighbourhood a lot better than they ever could, and allow them the flexibility of determining their assortment and replenishment needs. Where corporate 7-Eleven does come in though, is managing their suppliers, their relationship and demands placed on those suppliers. 7-Eleven knows what is selling in each store, hour by hour thoughout the day -- all of that data feeds a 7 (not kidding) terabyte data repository, from which analytics can be run to sift information that is used to strengthen bonds with suppliers and lower costs throughtout the chain. Now think of that next time you need to run to the 7-Eleven for something in an emergency.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/22/2004 05:31:00 PM
Gulker.com I like this blog -- and I like Chris Gulker's opinion regarding Governor Schwarzenegger's demands to end gay marriages in California. That's it -- no more Terminator movies for me.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/22/2004 12:02:00 AM
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Sun's Looking Glass Sun's experimenting with a new desktop interface for Solaris and Linux, written in Java. The interface is supposedly a 3D desktop, with features such as translucent windows, sticky notes, more use of visual cues, and more. While this bodes well for Linux on the desktop, I doubt it carries much weight in the Solaris world, that's slowly dying on the desktop -- still, it seems like a bit of catch up to Apple and Microsoft. Oh well ... maybe Sun will invent something new.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 11:58:00 PM
Sticky Fix [PDF] (Another Baseline article.) You have to admire UPS. It takes little steps with its home grown systems and processes, and it's cutting hundreds of millions of dollars out of its processes. This quick article is about UPS' introduction of a little label that tells the truck loaders which truck, and where in the truck to place packages. The result -- $600 million in savings over a year. Now that's an ROI that any executive can live with!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 10:26:00 PM
FreshDirect: Ready to Deliver [PDF] (Another Baseline article.) FreshDirect is an online grocer -- it has survived the hardtimes that online grocers have faced. Webvan went out of business. FreshDirect survived, but just barely. It has stumbled with some of its processes and technologies. Its website still crashes, data is still in disparate systems -- but there is hope. So far the company has stuck with serving New York City only -- it's saving its expansion dreams for when it has worked out all the bugs.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 10:15:00 PM
Albertson's Last Stand [PDF] (Baseline article.) Albertson's is the 3rd largest grocer in the US, competing directly against Kroger and Safeway -- but more importantly, sees the future, and knows that WalMart will clobber them all if they don't do something to turn the tide. WalMart entered the grocery business in 1998, and since then, has grown its take of the business to $56billion -- surpassing Albertson's $35.6billion. WalMart makes 3.3 cents on every dollar spent on grocery at their stores -- Albertson's a mere 1.4 cents. But when you consider WalMart's efficiency, and not to mention their average $8.50 per hour employees versus Albertson's $13 per hour, it is no surprise. Albertson's is betting big that technology will help it stand up to WalMart and even surpass it. It's betting big with huge investments in POS technology, supply chain technology, etc. Can it survive? Can it win? I'm rooting for them, and not because they're the underdog, but because a WalMart dominated world is not a good one.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 09:45:00 PM
100-Million-Mile Network [PDF] (Another Baseline article.) Here's a communications view of the Mars rover missions of Spirit and Opportunity. Things tend go wrong on planetary missions. No one can predict what will happen once our robots and spacecrafts arrive at their destinations -- but how do you go about a rescue mission when you can't really travel there in a hurry to fix things? Communications, it turns out, tends to be quite important.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 09:20:00 PM
RFID: Hit or Myth? (From Baseline Magazine.) Reality is dawning on WalMart's top 100 suppliers who must comply to the companies mandate of using RFID tags on their products by 2006. 2004 is the year a lot of those suppliers will kick off projects to look at how they will comply with WalMart's wishes -- and there are hurdles. First one is ROI. Is there really any financial benefits to implementing RFID technology -- especially at the product level. A lot of companies, and even the US Defense Department has bought into the pallet level tracking -- but where's the benefit of product level? For one thing, RFID tags are still a little too expensive to implement en masse. The early adopters are usually the ones who pay the price to make an item a commodity -- they're also the ones who are in the risky position of perhaps not hitting their ROI. There is already established barcode technology in use to track products -- and barcodes haven't hit the end of their lifespan as yet. New symbologies are constantly being dreamed up to pack more information into that small space. Another risk for the early adopters: standards. There aren't any yet. Eventually, the competing standards will reduce down to a few -- which ones are you willing to bet on today? The other hurdle is the technology. The laws of physics can't be remade. Radio waves don't travel well through certain things -- take liquid for example. Try tagging a can of soup. There are ways to go, and I doubt that WalMart will be successful by 2006. Give the industry a decade or so, and things might be different.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 09:01:00 PM
Jupiter's Radio Storms Jupiter's intense storms, occurring near the planet's magnetic poles, create radio waves that travel all the way to Earth. Ham radio operators have been listening to the sounds, in the 18 to 32 MHz range, and now you can too. NASA is providing streaming audio from the University of Florida's Radio Observatory, that's been listening to Jupiter. You may hear overlapping music and voices from terrestrial radio stations that interferes with the radio waves coming from Jupiter. Check out the NASA site for more information on this really cool phenomena!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 05:57:00 PM
Cells on Silicon This was sent to me by a friend. Researchers have managed to grow nerve cells on a silicon chip -- the silicon enabled neve cell was able to communicate to other cells, as well, the chip could read memory traces from the nerve cell. The findings were published recently in the Physical Review Letters. For further reading, check out Peter Fromherz's publication on Electrical Interfacing of Nerve Cells and Semiconductor Chips [PDF], and another similarly titled publication of his from 2001 [PDF].
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 01:53:00 PM
UPS' Breakthrough A big problem in the transportation business is route optimization. You need to go from many places to many places, some of which are the origin of your customers orders, while others the destinations. (I'm really oversimplifying here.) In the mid 1990s, software available for such optimizations were just coming to market, and the computing power needed to drive them, were still years away. This wasn't a big deal for many transportation businesses, but for the courier business -- it was a big deal. UPS recognize the big deal. They had over 1,500 facilities. More than 10-million packages per day. They estimated that there was 15.5-trillion options in calculating a route of just 25-points -- the fastest computer of the day would 500,000 years to complete the calculation. Not enough time. So UPS went to work on the problem. Today, they're idolized in the transportation business for their supply chain optimization. But UPS isn't slowing down -- next steps -- putting this in the hands of their 70,000 drivers so they can make on-the-fly route modifications.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 01:00:00 PM
Grids in the Enterprise I've posted on the topic of Grid Computing in the past -- but it's a topic that keeps coming back in the media. Grid computing wasn't born yesterday -- it has been in the making for decades. Only now have all the components come together to make the the delivery of grid computing possible and affordable. Here's an eWeek article that takes a look at grid's imminent arrival at enterprise data centres. So what is grid computing? Grid computing [PDF] is the connection of heterogeneous systems using self administrating software (for load balancing, adpative allocation of workload, etc.) that makes the diverse systems function as one. This is different from clusters, in that clusters are homogeneous systems, and are usually under the command of a central authority -- like Google's set up [PDF]. So why all the noise all of a sudden? Well, for one thing, the technology has arrived. All the components are here to make heterogenous systems work together -- and most have become commodities. Central to bringing the price of grids down, is the advent of low cost Intel boxes, running Linux. Sure, you can call on processing power from the traditional boxes in a data centre, but now, you can also very quickly, add computing power via Linux machines.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 12:31:00 PM
Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends Here's a cool blog -- heavy on the science and technology! And definitely one for the bookmarks!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 01:27:00 AM
Do Plants Act Like Computers This was forwarded to me by a friend. Researchers at Utah State University have proposed that the processes that regulate the exchange of gases in plants involves a kind of distribution computing, where the individual stomata in leaves, open and close in part by the influence of neighbouring stomatas. Read the publication here. [PDF]
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/21/2004 01:24:00 AM
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Stellar Tidal Disruption Two orbiting observatories have recorded the first strong evidence of a supermassive balck hole ripping apart and consuming a star. NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM-Newton both captured the event occurring in the centre of galaxy RXJ1242-11 [PDF].
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/18/2004 06:51:00 PM
Tax Me if You Can A friend sent this me -- it's a PBS program to be aired Feb. 19th, at 9PM -- it's all about tax shelters that corporations exploit to turn their tax department into profit centres. It's an American show, and American and Canadian laws are different -- but again, it points to corporations only interest -- themselves.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/18/2004 12:45:00 AM
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Tobacco Advertising My wife brought me to this site, inadvertently, as she was researching tobacco advertising to enlighten her class -- and having met her students, I have no fear that the local McDonald's will replace staff with robots anytime soon -- there's a batch of burger flippers coming in the latest generation. But I digress -- tobacco advertisting -- Richard W. Pollay of the University of British Columbia, has put online his collection of thousands of tobacco ads and anti-smoking ads -- an example of how an industry faced with mounting evidence of the dangers of their products, continue to produce, promote and forage for new customers to poison.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/17/2004 10:28:00 PM
Sunday, February 15, 2004
Designer Cars From BusinessWeek Magazine: Engineering has rapidy become a commodity. It used to be that you knew what a quality car was, just by the brand name -- who can tell now? Name does still carry some quality appeal, but there is enough confusion in the globalized auto market to leave a smart shopper feeling dumb. So looks are in. Design matters again, and automakers are becoming braver as they seek to differentiate themselves from the competition. Check out the article -- and the cars! My favourites: Mazda RX-8, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, Ford Mustang, Mercedes-Benz Brabus Roadster, Nissan 350Z, Lexus SC430, and Chrysler Crossfire.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/15/2004 01:21:00 PM
Ode to Winter I'm not sure who wrote this, but it arrived in my mailbox, via my wife, from her Aunt up in Barrie. I thought it was funny!
It's winter in Ontario and the gentle breezes blow, 70 miles per hour, at 52 below! Oh, how I love Ontario, when the snow's up to your butt. you take a breath of winterair, and your nose, it freezes shut. Yes, the weather here is wonderful. so I guess I'll hang around, I could never leave Ontario, 'cause I'm frozen to the ground!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/15/2004 11:25:00 AM
Saturday, February 14, 2004
Janet Jackson's Breast This was sent to me by a friend -- it puts Janet Jackson's breast into perspective. (Another perspective? Check out Andy Rooney's -- he was at the Super Bowl.)
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/14/2004 11:00:00 PM
Smart-Label Revolution Here's an application of smart-labels or RFIDs that I never thought of -- but boy will it make retailers and manufacturers more wary. Imagine if the prolifiation of smart labels really does happen like the industry is hoping. Wouldn't it be great for retailers and manufacturers alike? They'll be able to track inventory better, avoid stock-outs -- lower costs and increase profits. But imagine a little bit more. Imagine you -- you dumb consumer -- imagine you surfing to a website that tracks products made by exploited 10-year-olds in some third-world country -- or a website that tracks companies that polluters -- you get the idea -- now imagine you can pull down the identification of their products and store them in your own little handheld for your next shopping trip -- imagine what fun it would be, when you're no longer just a dumb consumer, but a consumer with a conscience, and the information to act on that conscience -- that day is coming -- and it's going to be so much fun!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/14/2004 10:01:00 PM
Fermionic Condensates I think I had posted this news previously, but here it is in a clear to understand summary. Scientists have discovered a new form of matter. We all learned of solids, liquids and gases in elementary school -- then in high school, we learn about plasmas. In 1995, Bose-Einstein condensates were discovered -- this state occurs when bosons are supercooled, and merge to form a single super-particle that behaves more like a wave than a particle. Now, meet fermionic condensate (read the preprint [PDF])-- related to Bose-Einstein condensates, in that it occurs at temperatures close to absolute zero. The properties of this new form of matter isn't fully known or understood yet, but initial thoughts are that it should flow without viscosity -- akin to superconductors. The commerical application of superconductors are wide ranging -- so expect further research into this form of matter to grow -- especially in industry.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/14/2004 09:32:00 PM
Friday, February 13, 2004
The Project Managers Homepage Here's a site dedicated to Project Management. There are lots of resources -- white papers, templates, articles, a newsletter, and even job postings. Heck, the site even contain articles written in French and Spanish. If you are a PM, and would like to converse with your collegues, you can also try allPM.com's forum. One bad thing about the site though -- you need to sign up (it's free) to get access to the information.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/13/2004 09:48:00 PM
Planet PDF If you publish PDFs, you will like this site. There is more to PDFs than Adobe's products, and Planet PDF has a good list of useful tools, some free, some shareware, some requiring cash -- there are tools to extract information from PDFs, split and merge PDFs, etc. Then there is information -- from quick tip artciles to full articles for the professional / techie PDF user. The site also offers a small collection of classic books, in PDF format.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/13/2004 09:35:00 PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
American Dynasty There are many books dissing George W., but this one paints a conspiracy picture with such richness, that it's worth the read. Author Kevin Phillips pulls no punches apparently in his distaste for Bush, and the legacy of the Bushes. He tells the story of family that practiced a policy of secrecy, decit, and disinformation to get two generations elected to the top post in the US. From what the public faces of George W. Jr. and Sr., you will find it hard to believe that they could purposely have set out to accomplish what they did -- I, for one, credit a lot of it to just dumb luck. Read the review at BusinessWeek magazine -- and while you're at it, check out their best seller list! [PDF]
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/10/2004 12:42:00 AM
Contact Lens for Cannibal Chickens My youngest was telling me about this. Apparently there is a famous Harvard Business School case study on the adoption of contact lens for egg laying chickens in California -- I couldn't find the case study -- but it is supposedly, illustrative of Marketing and has been widely used in schools. The case study revolves around an 'innovative' product -- contact lenses for chickens -- created to solve the problem of egg laying chickens pecking each other to death due them being cooped up and forced to produce instead of running wild. The contact lens blurs the chickens vision enough so that they can't see each other, hence no pecking to death. This apparently reduced chicken cannibalism to 4.5% from the 20% it was before the lens. This is too weird.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/10/2004 12:15:00 AM
Monday, February 09, 2004
Big Fish I went out with some friends from work to see this last week. It was quite an enjoyable movie. For some reason, it didn't remind me of Tim Burton's other movies some much, as it reminded me of Neil Gaiman's Coraline. It comes highly recommended from me -- and would make a great date movie!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/09/2004 11:56:00 PM
Thursday, February 05, 2004
New Facts of Life I read this short article in Wired -- it's a nice, concise article about the convergence of biology and technology -- the treating of technology as if it was alive and watching as behaviour emerges from what wasn't and isn't necessarily alive. Makes you think all phylisophical about it -- what is life? This is all about technology adopting what practices that were once solely the domain of life -- such as (co)evolution, reproduction, self-organization, etc. The article is by Christopher Meyer -- co-author of It's Alive: The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology, and Business -- a book I am now interested in reading.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/05/2004 10:47:00 PM
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Big Bang Works From the Discover article on superstring, where the Big Bang doesn't work, to Scientific American in the same month, saying the "big bang works better than ever" -- we see at least that in cosmology, the truth is still out there. Read how the lastest observations and theories are building on the premise of the big bang -- and the hell with all the superstring nonsense.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/04/2004 11:25:00 PM
Before the Big Bang Here's an article from Discover magazine that nicely explains superstring theory -- extending the concept to origin of the universe, contending that there wasn't necessarily a singularity where the universe began, but rather, our universe may have been the result of the collision of two other universes that exist in a space that has up to 10 spatial dimensions. This may be a cycle that repeats itself endlessly, birthing new universes regularly -- but because we can only perceive four dimensions, this theory will only remain a mathematical conjecture -- however, a conjecture that promises to unite macro predictions relativity with the subatomic predictions of quantum mechanics. It's a beautiful idea.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/04/2004 10:36:00 PM
Science Diet The US Department of Agriculture has long published what is considered the definitive food guide in North America -- but now, a Havard scientist has published the Healthy Eating Pyramid -- developed from the longest running dietary study. The eating pyramid gives a sense of priorities -- of what to eat more of, less of, and when coupled with regular exercise, would lead to a healthier life. When you really think about it, who would you trust? A Harvard scientist with nothing to gain, or the US Department of Agriculture, who's there to promote American agriculture.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/04/2004 09:52:00 PM
Prudence The US has gone nuts with security. From detaining 'suspects' without charging them, or telling them why they're being detained, to the increasing trend of not granting security clearance to foreign born citizens, or citizens with relatives in countries that the US may suspect of espionage. Where does that leave the US? Well, considering that more and more, the hard sciences are being dominated by foreign born residents or citizens, the US could be closing the door to some incredibly smart people. It seems like the American government has forgotten the Statue of Liberty. Read the article in BusinessWeek Magazine.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/04/2004 01:07:00 AM
Booming Hong Kong Those that ran away from Hong Kong when China got the island back from England must be kicking themselves now. They should have seen it. The city has billions of hungry consumers waiting on the mainland -- and that's what China delivered on Jan. 1st. It opened up trade with the island to give it preferential treatment over other trading partners in the world. Hong Kong is already giving Japan a run for its money, and is also giving China a boost in the international trading community. Check out the article in BusinessWeek magazine.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/04/2004 12:46:00 AM
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
The Singularity This was forwarded to me by a friend at work -- the Singularity -- Ray Kurzweil's ill-named term for what he describes as a point where machine intelligence surpasses human intelligence, and the rapid technological change it represents, creates a rupture in human history -- ie. there ain't no humans left for human history to continue. I don't see things the way Kurzweil does -- which is probably a good thing -- so I don't look forward to the time when such a thing will happen -- although Kurzweil predicts it will happen in my lifetime. Kurzweil seems to forget a couple of things:
The profit motivation -- there ain't no profit in it -- most of the world is still poor. Another way of looking at it -- we have enough food to feed the world, but we don't, cause they can't afford to pay for it. We have the medicines and the means of curing diseases that ravage huge populations, but we don't, because there ain't no money to be made in saving people's lives.
Those in the developed world are lazy. That's why we're all getting fat, and will die before reaching the singularity. There won't be mass adoption of the output from the exponential technological growth.
Humans still place a great deal of store on faith -- we actually want to live a human lifespan -- reach old age, and enjoy the immaterial benefits of it, and die. Death scares the shit out of us -- but living beyond death, is an existence most will see as soulless -- it's a faith most will not welcome, and will pull the plug on those who sell their soul to the electronic Satan.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/03/2004 11:52:00 PM
Fruit Flies to ISS No, not fruit flies to ISS, fruit flies to ISS -- the insect! (Sorry about that, couldn't resist a pun.) NASA is planning to send some fruit flies to the International Space Station to study the effects of space travel and space on genes. Fruit flies share quite a bit of genetic material with humans and they go through generations like there is no tomorrow. NASA is doing this research cause they're a little worried that astronauts on a long voyage to Mars, would return to Earth to spawn monstrous offsprings that would kill us all as a lesson to the human race to not mess with science. I think they should be more worried about the monstrous offspring of fruit flies that were in space. After a few generations, you never know what they might spawn -- didn't anyone at NASA see the Fly?
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/03/2004 11:18:00 PM
Sunday, February 01, 2004
Film Festival Toronto has a bunch of those small theatres left, and now they're part of the endless film festivals. It seems like everywhere you turn, you can find another film festival cropping up. So I picked up the festival rag today, when I was out for brunch with the family, and what do you know? Movies -- I would be interested in a few!
Dion Conflict: Trailer Trash [PG] - what this is a sitting of just trailers. You should find stuff here that you'd never think you'd see again. A lot from B-Movies, independent films, etc. [Feb. 21, 9:30PM, The Royal Theatre]
Bubba Ho-tep - on the surface, this sounds stupid. The book is probably way better -- but I want to see, if only so I can see Bruce Campbell in a new flick. [Feb. 27-Mar. 3/Mar. 4-10, 9:30PM, The Royal Theatre]
Dragon Princess [14A] - Fridays at the Royal Theatre, they feature a kung fu movie from the 60s or 70s. Remember those kick ass movies? Now you can watch them just like you did back in the old days -- on really small screens! The next movie coming up is Dragon Princess. [Feb. 13, 9:45PM, The Royal Theatre]
Baraka [PG] - from the cinematographer of Koyaanisqatsi, comes Baraka -- I haven't seen it yet, but I saw Koyaanisqatsi years ago, and I still remember it as beautiful film. [Feb. 25, 7PM, The Royal Theatre]
The Last Samurai [14A] - I missed this one when it was first released, so I guess this is my second chance. [Feb. 20, 9:25PM, The Revue Cinema]
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/01/2004 11:37:00 PM
MyDoom Strikes SCO The MyDoom.A worm has taken the SCO site offline. The worm was written primarily to bring the SCO site to its knees. It's speculated that the worm was launched by an individual or group that sympathizes with the Linux community over SCO's attempts to destroy the OS. The worm was set to go live on Sunday (today) -- a variant of the worm, MyDoom.B, is set to strike on Tuesday, and it targets SCO and Microsoft. Get those virus scanners going!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/01/2004 08:30:00 PM
Minibosses I read about these guys in Wired Magazine -- and I had to take a look. They're musicians -- rock stars -- in a small kind of way. What they really are, are geeks who really haven't grown up. They play covers -- covers of classic NES tunes. Classic games like Megaman, Castlevania, and their ilk, have found new life in the performances of these guys. I don't know -- sounds cheesy, but I have a soft spot for a bunch of guys who probably grew up lonely, and have found a niche for themselves by playing for those who just didn't fit in either.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/01/2004 08:18:00 PM
Globalization Or what I had for dinner last night -- it dawned on my last night after dinner, as I was munching on some grapes after a not too shabby dinner that I had made, that the world really is a small place. A lot of people have taken to the streets to protest globalization, big business or world trade -- or something like that. You can keep the protest. I rather enjoy the world becoming a smaller place, and if it isn't for trade, why else would the world be a small place? Think of the foods! Which was exactly what I was thinking about last night -- great foods! My dinner last night was an international concoction. While I was cooking, I was munching on grapes from Chile. To prepare the meal, I first placed some shrimps (from China) in a bowl to thaw, then started peeling the Eddoes (from Africa) -- when that was finished, I used spices -- ginger, garlic, garam masala, jeera -- all from India or somewhere in Asia, and of course, I had to add the British spices: black pepper and salt. While that started to cook, I started on the Eggplant -- from the West Indies. To accompany the meal, I purchased some mango juice -- from South Africa -- there was a mango juice in the grocery store from Canada, but it had a little mango and a whole lot of artificial flavours and preservatives -- I skipped it. Now where would dinner have been last night if it wasn't for global trade?
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 2/01/2004 03:07:00 PM
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Certifications for the state program include MBE, WBE, MWBE, CBE, and SEDBE. State-certified firms are eligible to participate in contracting opportunities with state and local governments. Some private sector companies recognize and use OMWBE's state-certified firms for their supplier diversity goals.
- MBE – Minority Business Enterprise
- WBE – Woman Business Enterprise
- MWBE – Minority Woman Business Enterprise
- CBE – Combination Business Enterprise (owned by 1 minority man and 1 non-minority woman)
- SEDBE – Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (owned and controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged male who is not an eligible minority)
The firm must be licensed to do business in the State of Washington in order to be eligible for certification.
Federal Program – In State
Federally-certified firms are eligible to participate in transportation-specific federal projects. This includes construction work on rails, roads, bridges, airports, and seaports. This certification is only for firms whose scope of work is transportation-related. Federal projects are funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). This includes the Federal Highway Administration, (FHWA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
- SBE – Small Business Enterprise. SBE-certified firms count towards USDOT small business (gender and race-neutral) goals.
- DBE – Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. This certification counts towards USDOT gender and race-conscious goals.
- ACDBE – Airport Concessionaire Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. These firms count towards gender and race-conscious goals for the Federal Aviation Administration and the Ports .
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Federal Program – Out-of-Washington State Firms
If you are applying for federal certification (DBE/ACDBE) as an out-of-Washington State firm, you must be DBE/ACDBE certified in your home state prior to applying for certification in Washington. If you are an out of state firm that is not DBE/ACDBE certified in your principal place of business, we will not be able to process your application in Washington until you are DBE/ACDBE certified in your home state.
In order for OMWBE to process your out-of-state application, the following documents must be provided:
- Complete the Affidavit of Certification for Out-of-State Applicant. This Affidavit must be signed and notarized by each owner of your firm. Please carefully read this Affidavit to insure the appropriate documentation is provided.
- An identical signed and notarized copy of your home state federal application, including all supporting documents, affidavits of no change and any notices of changes, correspondence and any other information you submitted to your home state or any other recipient concerning your application or status as a DBE/ACDBE firm. If you no longer have a complete copy of all the documents on file with your home state you may need to contact them to request all records.
- Any notices or correspondence from states other than your home state relating to your status as an applicant or certified DBE in those states. For example, if your firm has been denied certification or decertified in any other state, or subject to a decertification action there, you must inform OMWBE of this fact and provide all documentation concerning this action.
- Any certification appeal(s) filed with USDOT, specifically any letter of appeal and USDOT's response
- Please be sure to include a non-refundable processing fee of $25 made payable to OMWBE.
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Amarillo College
The AC employees Bible Study Group is continuing its study of the book of Hebrews. They will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Library Room 112. Participants can bring their lunch. Call Jan Pearcy at 371-5300.
Angela Allen, special services associate professor, presented a program reviewing the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recently. The United Citizen Forum and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance sponsored the program. Keynote speaker was former AC student Melodie Graves.
Students will learn how to organize the semester through goal setting, time management, and motivational skills at the Lunch and Learn seminar from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Thursday in the College Union Building private dining room, Washington Street Campus. Call Ann Britt at 371-5464.
Graphic design instructor Alix Christian and English department chair Dwight Huber collaborated to design a billboard for Herring National Bank. Huber's collection of western boots was used in the image. The billboard is located at the intersection of Western Street and Interstate 40.
Amarillo College theater students recently participated in the Founders Scholarship auditions in Houston at the 2004 Texas Educational Theatre Association's annual convention. Charlsie Cox won the $1,000 College/University Founders Scholarship in design. Cox, Teri Rogers, Jacqueline Sorenson and Michael Newman received nods from New York University, Southern Methodist University, Texas Tech University and Texas Christian University to attend in the fall. Call Ray Newburg at 371-5987.
Registration for "Spring Too," designed to help students who were not able to start the spring semester in January, those who withdrew from a class but want to pick up another one or those who want to increase their semester hours, begins Monday. New students can begin the enrollment application process in Advising and Counseling in the Student Service Center, Washington Street Campus. Current students can register in person, by phone or online. Cost is $78 per class plus fees, and payment is required at the time of registration.
Students can begin applying for May/August graduation 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Feb. 20 at the Assistance Center, Washington Street Campus Student Service Center. On Tuesday students can take their pink copy of their graduation form to the bookstore to order caps and gowns for May commencement ceremonies. Call 371-5030 for application details or 371-5304 for cap and gown details.
Dallas Baptist University's transfer admissions counselor, Susan Hissin, will be at AC from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday to advise students interested in transferring to DBU in the fall. She will be in the Tranfer Center, Washington Street Campus Student Service Center. Call Margie Vitale at 371-5452.
Students from the AC Preparatory Dance program took second in the junior division in the Tremaine semifinal dance competition in Dallas, allowing them to compete in the national finals in Orlando, Fla., this summer. The 8- to 10-year-olds competing included Paige Coker, Madison Ditmore, Anna Farris, Mary Grace Johnson, Megan Modersitzki, Megan Tipps, Mikayla Tipps and Bailey Warren. AC Leisure Studies instructor Lugene Cole choreographed their classical ballet routine.
AC Art Club President Alexandra Harcha-Dellis has announced new club officers. They are: Jessica Green, treasurer; John Stone and Sam Nguyen, co-historians; Jonathan Soto, secretary; and Michael Civis, publicity coordinator. The club will sell custom-made Valentine cards 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in front of the College Union Building Cafeteria. Cost is $2 to $4. Proceeds will be used to fund club activities. Call faculty advisor Victoria Taylor-Gore at 371-5982.
Jodi Thomas, New York Times best-selling author, will be the featured speaker at the Box Lunch Topics program at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the College Union Building Badger Den. Learn more about Thomas at her Web site, www.jodithomas.com. Call 371-5993.
Students must register by noon Tuesday to take the THEA Quick Test to be administered Wednesday in the Testing Center in the Student Service Center, Washington Street Campus. The exam begins at 1 p.m. Seating is limited to 35. Call the Testing Center at 371-5445.
A series of monthly professional development seminars will begin Tuesday for nurses, mental health professionals, counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists. Presented by the Center for Continuing Healthcare Education, the first seminar, "Ethics Are Not Negotiable," will be presented by Sergeant Ken Albright of the Amarillo Police Department 5:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the West Campus Lecture Hall. The cost is $25. Call 354-6085.
The ACcessibility Aware Club will have a lunch meeting at noon Wednesday in the College Union Building Private Dining Room, Washington Street Campus. Speaker will be Nancy Brent, coordinator of the Adult Students Program. The lunch and program are open to all ACcessibility students. Call Brenda Wilkes at 371-5436 or Fredricka Gens at 371-5453.
The Student Government Association is hosting a candle fair fund-raiser from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the Washington Street Campus College Union Building foyer. Proceeds go to SGA state meeting funds. Call 371-5322.
Students will learn effective methods of textbook reading, study, review and recall at the 12:15 p.m. Lunch and Learn seminar Thursday in the private dining room of the College Union Building, Washington Street Campus. Call Ann Britt at 371-5464.
Phi Theta Kappa is sponsoring the Relay for Life, an overnight fund-raising event for the American Cancer Society. A team captain kickoff party will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in the College Union Building Oak Room, Washington Street Campus. Those interested can attend to learn more about the 12-hour Relay for Life. Refreshments will be provided. Call the Student Activities office at 371-5322 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The TAME Math/Science competition will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Washington Street Campus Warren Hall. Middle school and high school students will take tests in math and science to sharpen their skills for the state competition to be held later this spring. Call Floyd Anthony at 371-5256.
Students who are members of campus clubs and organizations are invited to a Valentine's Day dance 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the College Union Building Oak Acorn Room, Washington Street Campus. Each organization will donate food or supply entertainment. There will be a cutest couple contest, fortune telling and custom-made Art Club Valentines for sale. Call Victoria Taylor-Gore at 371-5982.
Students interested in transferring to Texas Tech University in Lubbock can participate in "University Day" on Feb. 20. Reservations must be made by 5 p.m. Feb. 16. Students will be able to obtain information about transfer admissions, academic opportunities, financial aid and scholarships, student services and traditions. Campus tours and residence hall tours will be made available. Those going to Lubbock will leave at 5:30 a.m. and return to the AC Washington Street Campus by 5 p.m. Call Margie Vitale at 371-5452.
Globe-News Staff Writer Jennifer Wilson compiles Amarillo College briefs. Contact her at email@example.com.
West Texas A&M
Five West Texas A&M University students have been named to the inaugural staff of the University's new year-in-review magazine.
The University approved funding for the 96-page magazine in the fall.
Students selected as staff members are listed by hometown, classification, major and position:
Amarillo: Whitney Cates, junior art major - production/graphic designer; Jason Crespin, junior public relations/advertising major - business/ads manager; Carlos Lopez, senior public relations/advertising major - layout assistant; Kala Weller, sophomore public relations/advertising major - copy assistant. Hale Center: Kenna Pruitt, junior public relations/advertising major - editor.
The fifth edition of American Law and Legal Systems, coauthored by Dr. James Calvi, professor of political science, and Susan Coleman, instructor of political science, has been released by Prentice Hall. The book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Emeritus Dr. Mary Gill.
Dr. Alex Hunt, assistant professor of English, was appointed to a three-year term to the editorial board of Western American Literature, published by the Western Literature Association and Utah State University.
Dr. Guy Loneragan, assistant professor of beef cattle health and management, served as a speaker and moderator at the 10th triennial meeting of the International Symposium for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Chile. Loneragan was also an invited speaker at the winter meeting of the Academy of Veterinary Consultants in Denver, Colo.
Claudia Stuart, instructor of criminal justice and sociology, was the keynote speaker at the 10th Episcopal District Annual Conference in Dallas. She presented "Enlist, Empower and Equip." Stuart also was elected as a delegate to the General Conference in Indianapolis, Ind.
Regina Weeg, office manager for the Division of Education, has been named the January Staff Employee of the Month by the WT Staff Council.
Dr. Reed L. Welch, assistant professor of political science, is the author of "Was Reagan Really a Great Communicator? The Influence of Televised Addresses on Public Opinion,"published in the December edition of Presidential Studies Quarterly.
Blake Bachman was named food service director for Aramark at WT, effective Jan. 19. Bachman spent the last two years as retail operations manager for Aramark at WT.
The WT Alumni Association's Board of Directors Executive Commitee and new board members have taken office.
Officers include Patty Price, Class of 1975, Canyon - president; Deborah Cain, 1972, Canyon - immediate past president; Ginger Crump, 1970, Canyon - first vice president; Zeke Castro, 1971, Amarillo - second vice president; Debbie Smith, 1981, Amarillo - secretary; Silas Girgis, 2000, 2003, Canyon - treasurer; and Dr. Lisa O'Brien, 1993, Amarillo - president elect. Other new board members are Penny Peryatel Reed, 1970, Raton, N.M.; Jana Trotter, 1995, Hereford; Steven Bloomberg, 2002, Borger; De'Arno De'Armond, 1998, 2001, Amarillo; Kelly Hamilton, 2001, Canyon; and Silvia Villarreal, 2001, Austin. Call 651-2311.
WT students will gamble the night away at the Residence Hall Association's Casino Night, at 7 p.m. Friday in the ballroom at Cousins Hall.
Students will have the opportunity to bid on prizes in an auction at the end of the evening.
Casino Night is free to students. There will be poker, blackjack, roulette and free soft drinks. Call 651-3004.
The Continuing Education Center at WT will offer a six-hour Defensive Driving course from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17 on campus. Cost is $25, and registration must be completed in advance. Call the Continuing Education Center at 651-2037.
The Division of Nursing at WT received full renewal of its accreditation and a special commendation by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, which reviews the accreditation status annually. The commendation was based on student performance.
Parents are invited to take part in WT's annual Parents' Weekend, Feb. 20 through 22. Among highlights of the event-filled weekend will be announcement of the 2004 Parents of the Year. For more about Parents' Weekend 2004, call 651-2311.
The WT Symphonic Band takes to the stage at 12:30 p.m. Thursday for its 11th appearance at the Texas Music Educators Association convention at Lila Cockrell Theatre in the Henry Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio - a number unrivaled by any other university band. The group is under the direction of Don Lefevre, associate professor of music.
The WT Branding Iron Theater cast and crew will present "Schoolhouse Rock Live!" Feb. 18 through Feb. 22. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 through 21 and 3 p.m. Feb. 22.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for senior citizens and children 7 and under, and can be purchased in advance in Room 151 of the Fine Arts Building, on the WT campus. Call 651-2798 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday) or 651-2804 the evening of performances.
The WT Multicultural Programs and Campus Organizations/Resources/Entertainment Center will sponsor A Taste of Soul at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Commons at Jack B. Kelley Student Center.
The menu will feature chicken wings, roast, cabbage and sweet potato pie. A Taste of Soul is free. Call 651-2313.
About 22 WT students will recognize their most influential K-12 teachers at a Success Together reception at 10 a.m. Feb. 21 in the Legend's Club at Jack B. Kelley Student Center.
Dr. Eddie Henderson, associate professor and head of the Division of Education, will speak about the influence of a teacher on a student. Each honored teacher will be introduced by Andy Justus, KAMR-TV anchor and former WT student, and presented a gift of appreciation. Call 651-5779.
Kristen Pedersen - flute, a senior music major from Mesa, Ariz. - will present her senior recital at 3 p.m. today.
The recitals are free and open to the public. Call 651-2840.
The WT Symphonic Band, conducted by Don Lefevre, associate professor of music will perform at 8 p.m. today in WT Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall.
The program will feature clarinetist John Tegmeyer, a senior performance major from Las Cruces, NM. The performance is free and open to the public. Call 651-2854.
Student Support Services will offer a two-part study skills workshop on test anxiety and test-taking skills at 12:20 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, or Feb. 17 and 18 in the Old Sub, Suite 112. A one-hour session will be offered for evening students at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. Workshops are free, but students must sign up in advance. Call 651-2350.
Dr. Paul Clark, assistant professor of history, will present "Articulating the Nation: Language and Identity in Modern Japan" at the Brown Bag Research Lunch at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in Jack B. Kelley Student Center, Room 13. Brown Bag Research Lunch presentations are open to the public.
John Brantley will present "Experience of Holocaust Survivors" at noon Wednesday during Soup and Sandwich at Jack B. Kelley Student Center, Room 11. Students eat free, others pay $3. Call 651-2101.
WT students from Division of Nursing will perform blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetic (glucose) screenings from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 19 and Feb. 23 at First State Bank of Canyon, 1908 Fourth Ave. The screenings are free and open to the public. Call Laura Waight at 651-2643.
WT Women will host its annual dinner theatre Feb. 21 as a fund-raiser for the renovation of Hill Chapel on the WT campus. Dinner is at 6 p.m. in Legends Club at Jack B. Kelley Student Center. Diners will attend WT's Branding Iron Theatre production of "Schoolhouse Rock, Live!" Tickets are $20 and are available at Thompson's China and Gift Shop in Canyon or from Virginia Maples at 651-2100. To reserve tickets, call Christie Spring at 651-2799.
Globe-News Staff Writer Elaina Gauna compiles West Texas A&M University briefs. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Palo Duro High School is accepting nominations for the 2004 Hall of Fame class. The Hall, established in 1983, recognizes Palo Duro graduates who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to their school and community. Nominees must have graduated at least 10 years ago. Selected members will join the 46 members April 13 at the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the high school, with a reception to follow. Nomination forms can be obtained by contacting the school at 381-7107 or by visiting the Web site www.amaisd.org/pdhs. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 20.
Wayland Baptist
PLAINVIEW - Estelle Owens and Don Cook, longtime professors at Wayland Baptist University, were honored with the Maloney Faculty Award, presented during the university's annual Heritage Chapel, according to a WBU news release.
A 1971 graduate of WBU, Owens returned to her alma mater to teach in 1974 after earning a master's degree in history from Baylor University. She is the official university historian at WBU.
Cook served as chairman of the Division of Languages and Culture for 33 years. For 12 years, he has held the Louis Joachim endowed professorship in literature.
PLAINVIEW - A $50,000 gift from the Helen Jones Foundation of Lubbock will help fund an electronic music laboratory at Wayland Baptist, according to a WBU news release.
The grant covers half the needed funds for the nearly $100,000 project, which includes installation, faculty training and use of a 15-keyboard SoundTree technology/keyboard lab.
The music lab is still in need of funding to complete the project. Call 291-3427.
PLAINVIEW - Florrie Conway, who served as Wayland Baptist University librarian from 1955 to 1985, received a distinguished lifetime service award from Joe Provence, director of Alumni Services, on behalf of the Association of Former Students, according to a WBU news release.
Clarendon College
CLARENDON - Clarendon College and Coffee Memorial Blood Center will conduct a blood drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday in the Bairfield Activitiy Center on Clarendon College campus, according to a news release. Call (800) 658-6178.
CLARENDON - Clarendon College will offer classes for those charged with minor in possession Monday and Tuesday 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Administration Building at the Clarendon campus, according to a news release.
Individuals are required to attend two three-hour sessions before receiving credit. Call 874-3571.
PORTALES, N.M. - Eastern New Mexico University will celebrate Black History Month with a "Speak Out ENMU" event Monday 3 to 5 p.m. in the Campus Union Pecos Room to give black students an opportunity to voice problems, concerns and ideas, according to a news release.
On Thursday, Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech will be shown at Ground Zero throughout the day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (505) 562-2253.
PORTALES, N.M. - Humorist Gail Hand will speak at ENMU on "The Power of Laughter"at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Campus Union Ballroom and "Laughter and Leadership" 11 a.m. to p.m. Wednesday in the Campus Union Zia Room, according to an ENMU news release. The first 100 people to reserve seats will receive a free lunch.
Hand is a professional speaker, comedian and writer with 20 years in corporate sales and management. She has competed in 35 sports, eight of them at a competitive level. Call (505) 562-2242.
Frank Phillips
BORGER - Frank Phillips College and Stroke Prevention Plus/DFW, a mobile vascular screening company will offer three affordable, painless and non-invasive vascular screenings Wednesday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to a news release. To register, call (800) 685-5572.
GOODWELL, Okla. - College Goal Sunday is today 2 to 4 p.m. in McKee Library at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, according to a news release.
Students and their families can become familiar with college entrance requirements, learn about planning for college, and obtain on-site assistance in filling out financial aid applications. Contact OPSU's Financial Aid office at (580) 349-1582.
Globe-News Staff Writer Jessica Raynor compiles regional education briefs. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com
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It's a little before 9 a.m. on Nov. 12, and Brenda Benner already has received several congratulatory e-mails and phone calls.
Meanwhile, Stacey (Moore) Nybeck of Join Hands, a nonprofit organization funded by the faith community of Perry County, is dancing near the entrance of state Sen. Jake Corman's office, where Benner works as a field representative.
"I'm ecstatic. I could dance a jig," Nybeck says. And she does.
All Benner can do is smile and laugh. The 60-year-old Greenwood Twp. supervisor is being congratulated for being appointed by President Judge Kathy Morrow to the Perry County commissioner's seat left vacant by the death of Warren VanBuskirk in September.
She will be the county's first female commissioner and is scheduled to be sworn in Nov. 20, time and place to be determined.
"I'm excited, but I don't know if my sex makes any difference (in regard to the appointment)," Benner said. "I just feel that, over the years, I have developed the skills necessary for running government in Perry County.'
For Corman, the news of Benner's appointment is good and bad.
"It's good for the citizens of Perry County. She's very qualified with a long history of local government service," Corman said when reached by phone. "It's bad news for me because I'm losing a great staff person.'
It wasn't something she expected. Early last week, the Perry County Republican Committee endorsed former state Rep. Fred Noye, who served from 1973 to 1992, as its pick for the vacancy. She said she sought the position for a "new challenge.
"My goal in life is to leave the world a better place than I found it, and I think the commissioners' office will afford me a new opportunity toward making Perry County a better place," Benner explained. Benner said Morrow called her and the two met regarding the position. On Nov. 11, Morrow contacted Benner and informed her that she was the judge's pick for the seat.
Under Pennsylvania County Code, the decision on filling a commissioner vacancy ultimately is left to the county president judge.
"It was the community support," Morrow said about her reason to appoint Benner. "I received telephone calls, e-mails, faxes, face-to-face contact unsolicited from those who supported Brenda.'
Since 1990, Benner has served as Greenwood Twp.'s first female supervisor. She's maintained that role since she began working for Corman on Dec. 1, 2002, the same day she retired from teaching at Greenwood Elementary School after 32 and a half years.
But what Benner calls a "new beginning and challenge' marks the end of her 20-year tenure as a supervisor. She currently serves as the chairperson on the three-member board, and said she has confidence for the board's future.
"It's time to move on," Benner said. "A wise professor once told me that the mark of success is that once you leave a program you started and it continues successfully. If it dies with you, then you haven't done a good job.'
Benner grew up in Juniata County. In 1971, she and husband Glenn purchased a farm from his parents and moved to Greenwood Twp.
She received a bachelor's degree in education from Shippensburg University in 1970, followed by a master's degree in reading education from SU three years later. Benner also has certification in public school administration at the elementary level.
The Benners are the parents of two daughters, Heather Brummer, 33, of Greenwood Twp., and Erin Warner, 32, of Juniata County. The Benners are grandparents to four: Ethan, 8, and Ella Brummer, 6; and Abigail, 3, and Madalaine Warner, 2.
In addition to her township work and her position at Corman's office, she is involved with the Perry County Ag Land Preservation Board, Turkey Valley Church in Juniata County, the Republican Women, Republican Committee and formerly the Perry Valley Grange.
If that's not enough, due to her work for Corman, she sits on the advisory boards of the Loysville Youth Development Center and Perry County Transportation Authority.
"I'm glad the position has been filled," Commissioner John Amsler said. "With her background, she brings along a lot of good contacts. I look forward to working with her.'


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Bok choy, all kinds of chard, spring greens, turnip greens, cilantro, parsley, Italian parsley, dandelion greens, nettles (delicious, but use gloves when picking)... Infinite:-)
ecks makes pancakes with turnips. I tried it and they are amazingly yummy. A little starch that's not too starchy.
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Law firm Goodwin Procter has appointed Michael Bromwich as partner in its litigation department. He will be a member of the firm's securities litigation and white collar defense group, where he will focus on corporate internal investigations, compliance, monitoring and white-collar criminal defense.
Bromwich joins Goodwin from the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he was director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation & Enforcement (BOEMRE), in the midst of the BP oil spill. Prior to the BOEMRE, he was a partner and chair of the internal investigations, compliance and monitoring practice group at law firm Fried Frank where he focused on conducting internal investigations for companies, audit committees, special committees, and special litigation committees, and representing both companies and individuals in white-collar criminal investigations.
Previously, he served as inspector general for the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was responsible for conducting independent investigations, audits, inspections, and special reviews of Justice Department personnel and programs. He also served as associate counsel in the Iran-Contra Office of Independent Counsel and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the criminal division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.


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