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Here's a preliminary analysis of the 2012 presidential results in Illinois to cut through all the excuses and finger-pointing in the media and among political pundits and party "leaders", and focus on why Republicans keep losing.
As you can see, Democratic turnout has increased pretty steadily over the last 4 election cycles in both the top 5 counties, where roughly 2/3 of the votes in Illinois are concentrated. and their turnout has also improved significantly elsewhere around the state. Meanwhile, Republican turnout has been flat in 2000, 2008, and 2012, and much worse than 2004. There has been slight growth elsewhere around the state, but not in the top 5 counties.
Regardless of the reasons behind these trends, the situation analysis is pretty obvious. Unless the Republican Party does something to start attracting more members between elections, it won't be enough to simply "get out the vote" at election time, or try to persuade voters with costly advertising campaigns.
That demonstrably is not getting the job done, but the party leadership remains in denial about even having a problem. Instead, the latest excuse is to say that the party is "too conservative", or that the Tea Party supporters have "ruined the party" (even though they did not exist prior to 2009, so that hardly explains the above pattern). Others claim that we must figure out how to pander better to specific groups of voters to buy their votes, as the Democrats do.
This simple graph of turnout in Cuba Township (Lake County side of Barrington) further illustrates the situation.
In simple terms, the local precincts vary somewhat in total registered voters, but are relatively similar in population after the 2010 Census and remapping of precincts and districts. Overall turnout in Cuba Township was 77.5% of registered voters in this election, with 9513 ballots cast out of 12,266 registered voters in the township (unofficial early results).
That's a pretty good turnout relative to the rest of Illinois, where the turnout averaged closer to 70% or less this time. Historically, a turnout in the 70 - 75% range seems to be fairly typical for presidential elections in Illinois. Midterm elections, such as 2010 or 2014, tend to get roughly a 50% turnout, and local elections can get 25% or even less, as do primary elections, which seem to vary somewhat according to whether or not there are many very competitive races.
As you can see at a glance, the 14 Cuba precincts may add up to 12,266 registered voters, or an average of 876 voters per precinct, but turnout for any candidate rarely exceeds 250 voters per precinct. In a few cases it was between 300 and 350 in this election, but not more than that. The minimal level of R votes per precinct in this election was around 200, while the minimal D total was closer to 100. That reflects the roughly 65 - 35 split of the final vote totals for this specific township in favor of Romney in this election.
Similar analysis of other townships would yield different patterns. Some townships and specific precincts are obviously more closely divided, or more Democratic, than this one.
The point, however, is pretty simple. We need to figure out how to boost the turnout to this level in other elections, such as the 2013 local elections and the 2014 midterm, and also increase the turnout above 77.5% in 2016. In the process, we need to grow the base of 200 or so fairlly predictable Republican voters per precinct to 300 - 350 or more so that the spread is even greater than 65 - 35. Whether that is achieved by getting more people to register, or more registered voters to vote, or by getting some Democratic voters to change, it is work that needs to be done if Republicans are ever going to become relevant to governance in Illinois again. The same is true in other townships.
Making excuses won't get the job done. The Democrats have been persistently growing their base level of support, as shown in both the top 5 counties and statewide over the last 4 election cycles. Republicans have not.
The party needs to focus on precinct organizing work as a high priority between elections. Since the party leadership seems incapable of recognizing and addressing that obvious need, while it continues to spend tens of millions of dollars on advertising campaigns which demonstrably are not producing the intended results, it is up to local volunteers to figure out a better solution outside of the party bureaucracy, and to fund and perform the work independently.
That doesn't mean that we are trying to destroy the Republican Party, fire the leaders, or create a third party. New leaders who follow the same flawed strategies will continue to fail. It means that we recognize that the party is not getting the job done, regardless of good intentions. We can't afford to keep losing elections, because it costs all of the successful, productive people of Illinois dearly when the big-government progressive entitlement party keeps winning.
This isn't about empowering Republicans or Democrats. It is about saving our state, and ourselves, from government gone wild in the hands of people who think that they can use the power of government to vote themselves an enedless supply of free benefits with other people's money.
This isn't a party fight. This has to be personal. We have to win this fight in every neighborhood of every precinct of every district, starting with those places where the investment of time, effort, and resources can have the greatest impact so that we gain momentum and start rapidly building a larger base of supporters in 2013 and 2014.
This isn't rocket science. Think of any typical "Tea Party" or other local conservative or Republican organization, including "single issue" advocacy groups. It may have a few hundred "followers" or "supporters" who share similar interests, but perhaps only a few dozen really active "volunteers" who are willing to commit significant time and effort to the cause, and a handful of "activist" leaders who guide their efforts or collaboration with other similar groups.
Now, think of those groups as clusters of precincts in targeted districts to be organized. For simplicity, suppose that each group "adopts" 20 local precincts which have about 12,000 active voters (16,000 registered = 800 / precinct), out of which the "base" level of Republican support (minimal) is around 200 per precinct, or 4000 in total for the 20 precincts, and the "average" R support is about 50% (300 of 600 active voters out of 800 registered per precinct). We need to figure out how to drive that R turnout reliably up above 50%, such as to 350 - 400 per precinct..
That means we need to organize the "field work" in those 20 precincts to win the "hearts and minds" of those voters between elections, rather than just annoy them with phone calls and campaign literature or advertising at election time.
In simple terms, we need to consolidate support among the 200 who already generally vote Republican, and the 100 or so more who may often vote Republican, while also winning over another 50 - 100 more who haven't generally voted Republican in the past. This assumes, of course, that we find candidates worth supporting enthusiastically.
To do that in all 20 precincts, we need to start somewhere and organize all of them over time. For example, suppose that the group targets a different precinct roughly every other week during the spring, summer and fall. Break each precinct of 800+ voters down into 20 lists of neighborhoods with 20+ specific target households. Divide the work up between the activists and volunteers, and look for new supporters, donors, volunteers, and activist leaders as the work advances. As each precinct is organized by a small team of workers, leave behind a local team leader and supporters who will do the follow-up work to keep the voters in that precinct better organized and actively engaged. Don't just parachute in once, talk to the voters, drop off some literature, and then disappear. Develop a more responsive and interactive relationship which addresses their own concerns and encourages their continued participation.
As a simple example, this doesn't have to all be about politicians and election campaigns. Think about fun ways to engage the interest and involvement of voters in the community. This could involve social events, parades, block parties, charitable functions, or other activities. Bring neighbors together to develop closer, trusted relationships.
Within a single year, it should be possible for each such group to significantly improve the election turnout among 12,000+ active voters (16,000+ registered) in 20 precincts. Over the next 4 years, that process can be repeated in surrounding precincts, or in cooperation with the development of other local groups to perform such work in parallel.
If each such group has the goal of improving turnout in their cluster (such as 20 precincts) by 100 - 200 R votes per precinct, that can have an impact of 2000 - 4000 additional votes per group, plus a more reliable base of 200 votes per precinct, or 4000 votes. In other words, they would be aiming for 6000 - 8000 votes out of 16,000 registered voters, or some other specific improvement goals according to historical voting performance patterns of those target precincts. The goals for each district or precinct would vary, but should represent significant improvements.
The point is to develop specific goals for each area, and then develop a viable work plan to achieve those goals, rather than to simply bemoan the fact that Republicans keep losing elections and keep making excuses for failure.
The details of the specific work plans may vary because the precincts will vary in nature, and what works well in one area may not work well in another. That's up to the local team leaders to figure out what works best to organize voters in these specific communities. There needs to be a clear action plan, however, with metrics to determine whether or not the goals are being achieved. There should be hard evidence of growing public support in the community through activities other than just elections. By the time that elections roll around, the outcome should not be in doubt because the voter relationships are strong.
The 2013 local elections are an opportunity to start this process. Voter turnout is remarkably low in local elections, so organizing work can make a huge difference. The same is true in the 2014 primary, so we have over a year in which to organize as many targeted districts and precincts as possible, both locally and in collaboration with other groups.
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The fourth annual Regional Science Bowl and the fifth annual ¡Viva! Engineering competition held for more than 100 Rio Grande Valley students capped a week full of events at The University of Texas-Pan American to celebrate National Engineers Week Feb. 16-21.
Annie Whatley, DOE Office of Economic Impact and Diversity acting director, said the DOE was proud to partner with UTPA to sponsor the Science Bowl.
"The DOE recognizes the importance of investing in these young scholars and that these competitions are critical to encouraging students to strive for excellence in math, science, and technology," she said.
The winning regional middle and high school teams will advance to the national event to be held in Washington, D.C. April 30-May 5, 2009. More than 13,000 students now participate in National Science Bowl's high school competition started in 1991 and more than 5,000 students in the middle school competition which began in 2002.
The ¡Viva! Engineering competitions included the construction of a hydrogen fuel cell generated vehicle which the student teams then raced and the design and construction of a wind turbine which was judged on how much electricity it generated. The winners, determined by the combined scores of the Science Bowl and ¡Viva!, were Dr. Javier Saenz Middle School in Penitas and Edinburg North High School.
Other events held during Engineers Week were a luncheon to honor top UTPA students and faculty in the School of Engineering and Computer Science, a banquet, and a student organization fajita cook-off and baked goods contest conducted by engineering and computer science students.
"We want to show that it can be fun to be an engineer or computer scientist and to also recognize the excellence of our students and faculty. Furthermore, we want to use the events to reach out to the entire community including the K-12 student population," he said.
Those faculty members and students respectively honored at the luncheon with the Most Outstanding Award in each department were Dr. James Li and David Tapia, Manufacturing Engineering; Dr. Constantine Tarawneh and Samantha Salinas, Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Ed Banatoski and Jorge Laurent, Electrical Engineering; and Mr. David Engle and Jorge S. Hernandez, Computer Science.
Members of professional, discipline-related student organizations helped organize and participate in the week's activities. They include SHPE, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Society of Women Engineers, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), and the Engineering Honor Society.
For more information on academic programs and discipline-related student organizations in the College of Science and Engineering at UTPA, go to http://www.utpa.edu/cose. For more information on the DOE National Science Bowl competition, go to http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/index.html.

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by Jonathan Dixon
The crux of almost every argument against going to cooking school always comes down to this: the cost of tuition far and beyond outweighs the salary you'll make in a restaurant kitchen. You (or your parents) will be slowly crushed under ten tons of debt while earning only a very little more than minimum wage. It's when advancing this argument that anti-culinary school folk often start sounding like crotchety old codgers, explaining that they didn't need cooking school—they did it the old fashioned way, beginning as a dishwasher and working their way up, and not wasting time with some fancy education that won't ever pay off. This has always sounded to me like a variant on the old walking-to-school-barefoot-through-blizzards-uphill-both-ways trope and, even if there's truth to it, whenever I hear the tales, my mind starts wandering and my eyes glaze.
In one sense, though, it's hard to argue against the point. Restaurants are notorious for exceptionally poor compensation. And this leads to the oft-leveled charge that cooking schools take advantage of students' ambitions, telling them they could very well be the next Grant Achatz or David Chang if they get an education under their belts (it's worth noting that both are culinary school alums). There are class-action suits pending right now on this issue. Interestingly, no one has ever sued, say, the Universities of Iowa or Arizona for letting its MFA writing students believe one of them could be the next Denis Johnson or David Foster Wallace (both of whom did, in fact, get MFA's). I, for one, once wished I could be the third guitarist in the Grateful Dead, a goal which sadly failed to work out, but a failure which has not made me consider litigation against my one-time guitar teacher.
But the keystone of the whole discourse is wrong. The underlying assumption of the entire polemic is that every student will wind up in a restaurant kitchen. I'd venture that's where most students see themselves. Look at Achatz and Chang and their presence in the media and culinary worlds, read the strutting romance of Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, and hell, where else would you want be but in a professional kitchen? Some will wind up there and it's just where they are going to want to be. For a lot of people, that is precisely where they don't want to be.
The food industry in America generates something like $900 billion annually. Restaurants contribute a good chunk of that cash to the revenue stream, but obviously not all of it. Where else does the money come from? Menu development, research, test kitchens, catering, writing, food styling, consulting, on and on and on and on. Someone needs to help write The Babbo Cookbook and someone needs to test its recipe for Beef Cheek Ravioli. The ribs and cornbread that got served at my girlfriend's college reunion which we attended last week? Someone had to cater the affair. Okay, yes—none of these jobs is as swashbucklingly cool as being a renowned chef. No matter how great she may be, Abigail Kirsch lacks the star power of a David Chang. But not everyone can be—or even wants to be—a star, and most of these jobs pay a hell of a lot more than a restaurant does. I have a gig cooking privately for a family in Manhattan. This means that I'm missing out on some exciting stuff. I don't get the adrenaline thrill of service in full swing. I don't get the intense camaraderie that comes from working with others in that situation. If the many war stories I've heard are to be believed, I am not having sex in the walk-in, nor am I doing lines of blow off of a server's breasts. But, in one night, I might make what a line cook in the city earns in a week. Being a private chef may, as Anthony Bourdain has written, get me laughed out of any bar he and his confreres drink at, but somehow I suspect I'll live.
Jean-Michel Basquiat never went to art school. Cormac McCarthy did not get an MFA. Thomas Keller did not attend cooking school. There is more than one way for anyone to reach his or her personal endpoint. And there are a whole lot of different endpoints to reach. If a culinary education is going to put one them that much closer to your fingertips, then why the hell not take the plunge?


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Jennifer Roth and Ryan Kelley were united in marriage during a wedding ceremony officiated by Ed Harnish held Nov. 20, 2010, at Marlboro Christian Church in Alliance.
A reception was held following the ceremony at Courtney's Banquet Center in Alliance.
The bride is the daughter of Daniel and Tammy Roth of Fowler. Parents of the groom are Karen and Bob Hassett of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Thomas and Denise Kelley of Liberty.
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Emily Roth, sister of the bride, served as the maid of honor. Jenny Geilhard was a bridesmaid.
James Kelley performed the duties of best man for his brother and Christopher Mauser was a groomsman. Aaron Anzur, cousin of the bride; and Andrew Yoder, cousin of the groom, were readers and ushers.
The new Mrs. Kelley is a 2004 graduate of Mathews High School, received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in civil engineering from The University of Akron. She is employed as a traffic engineer at Hammontree & Associates in North Canton.
Mr. Kelley is a 2003 graduate of Liberty High School and graduated through the ROTC program at Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in computer science. He is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y.
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Wendy Garner, left, and her mother, Yuzette Smith, shop for Christmas decorations in Michael's Saturday afternoon. Some of the shoppers out Saturday were continuing their Friday efforts, but many were simply taking advantage of the lighter crowds and still-good deals, having sat out the Black Friday madness.
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An atypical jet stream pattern that dipped well south into the Eastern U.S. produced a very wet month of July across Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida. The Eastern U.S. middle level trough axis that extended south into the region produced a very moist southwesterly steering flow off the Gulf of Mexico for most of July, this led to abundant rainfall and slightly cooler than normal temperatures across the region. In fact, Gainesville set the record for the wettest July on record with 16.65 inches breaking the old July record of 16.41 inches in 1909. This new record in Gainesville was also the second wettest MONTH of all-time, behind only the 19.91 inches that fell in September 1894. As can be seen in the monthly rainfall graphic below, the southwest flow pattern brought excessive rainfall amounts of 10-20 inches for July along the Gulf Coastal areas with the highest amounts along the I-75 corridor of inland Northeast Florida, while amounts were generally in the 6-10 inch range across the remainder of the Southeast Georgia and coastal Northeast Florida with the other climate sites reporting amounts around 2 inches above normal.
This summer so far continues to run cooler than normal with only 27 days reaching 90 degrees or higher in Jacksonville, and only 12 days reaching 90 degrees or higher in July, the fewest amount since 10 days in 1975. Also, St Simons Island, GA only recorded 3 days of 90 degrees or higher, the fewest amount ever recorded for the month of July. This July was the coolest in Jacksonville since 2003.
|July 2013 Climate Data
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|Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
|93 F on 30th
|70 F on 14th
|8.65" (+2.10")
|2.12" on 11th
|38 mph on 20th
|Gainesville, FL (GNV)
|95 F on 26th
|71 F on 29th
16.65" (+10.58")
All-time Record for July
|3.55" on 31st
|44 mph on 5th
|Alma, GA (AMG)
|94 F on 29th
|70F on 19th
|6.98" (+1.65")
|1.02" on 4th
|37 mph on 11th
|St. Simons Island, GA (SSI)
|91 F on 30th
|72 F on 20th
|6.31" (+2.23")
|1.18" on 12th
|43 mph on 22nd
The weather outlook for the month of August is for greater chances of above normal rainfall and equal chances of above, below or near normal temperatures and can be viewed at the CPC website.
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Tip & teamwork takes teenage menace off the streets… again
January 25, 2013
Tip & teamwork takes teenage menace off the streets… again
Thanks to an anonymous tip called in to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers, a North Fort Myers teenager who has wreaked havoc for months on end is finally behind bars in Kentucky.
Damien Licquia, DOB 5/8/97, was arrested shortly before 8 p.m. last night and is currently in a jail cell at the McCracken County (KY) Juvenile Detention Center on seven warrants out of Lee County, including burglary (occupied and unoccupied), grand theft, grand theft of a firearm and dealing in stolen property, among others. Upon receiving the anonymous tip, members of the Lee County Sheriff's Office's Fugitive Warrants Unit immediately made contact with the Christian County Sheriff's Office to assist in the apprehension of Licquia. Throughout the day yesterday, fugitive warrants detectives from Lee County worked in collaboration with the Christian County Sheriff's Office and the Hopkinsville Police Department to track the elusive juvenile down. Deputies did locate Licquia during the day, but the 15 year old managed to get away. However, dedicated deputies both in Lee County and Kentucky worked vigilantly throughout the day – and their efforts finally paid off when Licquia was taken into custody several hours later.
Despite his young age, Licquia has already established himself as a well versed criminal in Lee County. In 2012, Licquia had been arrested three times on 18 different charges. He also has a pending charge of resisting an officer with violence, stemming from a run-in with the law in which Licquia struck a deputy in the face and bit his thumb while being arrested. When the latest warrants for his arrest were issued in early December, Licquia started a cat and mouse game with deputies, hiding in various locations throughout the Suncoast Estates area. At some point he fled the state to Kentucky, but thanks to the Crime Stoppers tipster, and the quick and dedicated work of Lee County and Kentucky deputies, Licquia is back behind bars. At some point in the near future, he will be extradited back to Lee County to face the long list of charges awaiting him here.
"Crime Stoppers is extremely grateful to the person who called in the tip, and also to the dedicated men in law enforcement who worked relentlessly to apprehend this repeat offender," said Trish Routte, Crime Stoppers Coordinator. "Licquia clearly has no respect for the law, nor the consequences of his actions. Hopefully this latest arrest will afford him some time in jail to think about the path that he's travelling on at far too young of an age."
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Lawmaker seeks Pittsburgh transit agency changes
PITTSBURGH -- The top-ranking Republican in the Pennsylvania Senate said Friday he will be pushing to overhaul the governance structure for the mass transit system that serves Pittsburgh and its suburbs.
President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, of Jefferson County, announced he will introduce legislation that will give oversight of the Allegheny County Port Authority to a mix of state and local officials, taking away the Allegheny County executive's authority to appoint the nine members.
Scarnati also wants a commission to examine regionalization, consolidation and privatization for the authority, which he said gets more than $150 million a year in operating assistance. His proposal has not been introduced.
"Given the ever-increasing amount of funding the state contributes to the port authority, it is appropriate for state officials to have a voice on the board," Scarnati said.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, a Democrat, said he supports a regional, multicounty approach to mass transit, similar to what is in place in the Philadelphia area.
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A man who told deputies he sexually battered a child is behind bars Thursday.
Thomas Hutcheson is being held without bond at the Lake County Jail.
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Lake County Sheriff's Office deputies said Hutcheson was first charged with distributing child pornography and admitted to uploading the images to the Internet. Hutcheson said he uploaded the illegal images at home and his former workplace.
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Curry on head injury: 'Rung my bell pretty hard'
Curry OK after exiting with head injury
November 18, 2013, 7:45 pm
Early in the fourth quarter of Monday's game, Warriors guard Stephen Curry left the game with an apparent head injury.
Replays show Jazz forward Marvin Williams coming down on Curry's head after Curry had fallen to the floor.
Injury update from the Warriors: "Curry has a headache after getting hit in his head."
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Ashley Ridge senior Christin Van Hoy has earned a scholarship from the Presbyterian College Cross Country Team.
On Friday Van Hoy was joined by family members and her high school coach for a signing celebration at the high school, where she announced she will join the Presbyterian team in the fall.
"I like that Presbyterian is a small school," she said. "Everybody there is kind of like family. Everyone is helpful and nice and you aren't just a number like at some of the bigger schools."
Van Hoy is a four-time letterman for the Swamp Foxes who earned All-region honors twice and received All-Lowerstate honors last season when she ran a personal best 21:22 at the Lowerstate meet.
As a freshman, Van Hoy helped the Lady Swamp Fox team qualify for the Class AA state meet. As a sophomore and a junior she helped the Swamp Foxes qualify for the Class AAAA state meet.
She is also a member of the Health Occupation Students of America, National English Honors Society and National Science Honors Society.
"Christin's academics, personality and hard work are what brought her to this point," Ashley Ridge coach Christine Evans said. "If she continues to put in the work she will persevere at whatever she chooses to do."
Van Hoy plans to major in biology and become a physician's assistant. Athletically, she says she is hoping the Presbyterian coach will help her improve her times.
"I want to run in the sub-21 range, maybe even get into the 19s," she said. "Their coach takes the time to get to know all his runners. He doesn't seem to be interested only in their times so I think I'm going to like working with him."
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Birmingham airport officials said American Airlines on Friday will begin its ticketing and gate operations on Concourse C as a major renovation project there continues.
The $201 million project at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International will roughly double the size of the terminal at Alabama's busiest airport, and officials are making efforts to minimize disruptions for travelers.
As part of the project, the operations of airlines are being shifted to new locations.
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Community Calendar
Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge, Nov. 27, 8-11am, 10116 WE 185th Bothell: 488-8457 or 483-0236.
East KingCo Rock Club, Nov. 28, 7pm children, 7:30pm adults, Fellowship Hall at Rose Hill Presbyterian Church: 425-861-7050.
Northshore School Board, Nov. 28, 7:30pm, Bothell Way NE (in auditorium): 489-6000.
Community Council for Cittage Lake Park, Dec. 1, 7pm, Woodinville Water District: 788-3635.
Sammamish Valley Grange, Dec. 1, 7:30pm, 140th NE at Hollywood: 483-3200
Bothell City Council, Mondays, 7pm, City Hall: 425-486-3256.
Carnation City Council, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, City Hall: 425-333-4192.
Duvall City Council, 1st Tuesday, 11:45am, Fire Hall: 425-788-8384.
Kenmore City Council, Mondays, 7pm, Northshore Utility District Headquarters: 425-398-8900.
Woodinville City Council, Mondays, 7pm, Sorenson School: 425-489-2700.
Divorce care weekly support group for people struggling through divorce or relationship breakup, Sundays, 9:30am, First Baptist Church: 425-787-7388.
Kiwanis Club of Woodinville, Thursdays, 11:30am-12:30pm, Woodinville Round Table: 425-481-6959.
Northshore Kiwanis, Wednesdays, 7-8am, Alexa's Restaurant on Main St., Bothell: 425- 486-4966.
Thanksgiving Buffet, Nov. 25, 1-4pm, Woodland Park Zoo: 206-684-4825.
Snohomish Chamber of Commerce 19th Annual Opening Night, Nov. 26, 4-8pm, free, Victorian Blackman House Museum: 360-568-2526.
"The Nutcracker," Dec. 4-19, 2pm, Bellevue, Everett and Edmonds: 425-774-7570.
'Tis the Season, Holiday Shopping Festival, Nov. 29-Dec.1, 4-10pm, The Golf Club at Newcastle: 425-793-5566.
Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis, Dec. 5, 9am, Westlake Center downtown Seattle: 206-547-2707.
Nutcracker Puppet Ballet, Nov. 26-Dec. 19, Northwest Puppet Center: 206-523-2579.
The AmeriChild Academy, childcare ages birth through 12, opening Dec. 1, 17511 Bothell Way NE: 425-487-1776.
Auger Sisters' Holiday Arts & Crafts Show, Nov. 26, 27, Dec. 11, 12, 11am-7pm, 19804 NE 189th Street, Woodinville.
10th annual Snohomish Sampler, Dec. 1-4: 360-563-0801.
The Christmas Boutique, variety of handcrafted gifts, decorations, and ornaments by 60 local artists, Nov. 26-28, 9:30am, The Knights of Columbus Hall, 24323 Bothell-Everett Highway, free.
Art Jewelry Showcase, Nov. 26-28, 10am, Bainbridge Island American Legion Hall: 206-842-0999 or 206-842-4569.
Tony Easterly & Friends' benefit concert for the children of the Guatemala Dump, Nov. 28, 7pm, Washongton Cathedral: 425-869-5293.
Information Night for Foster and Adoptive Parents, Dec. 1, 6:30-8:30pm, Bellevue Regional Library: 206-367-0463.
Vashon Island Holiday Art Tour, Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 10am-5pm, free, Vashon Island: 206-463-1231.
Gary Payton book signing, "Confidence Counts," Nov. 27, 2:30-4pm, University Book Store: 206-634-3400.
Bothell Sons of Norway, lutefisk and meatball dinner, Dec. 4, 12-6pm, adults/$13 12 and under/$5, Bothell Sons of Norway Hall: 206-546-2962.
Washington Dance Club, Monday night singles dance, $6, 1017 Stewart Street, Corner of Stewart and Boren: 206-628-8939.
Holiday Art Show, Through Dec. 22, Mercer Island Gallery: 206-236-3545.
The College Gallery at Shoreline Community College presents its permanent collections, through Dec. 17, 1000 Building at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North: 206-546-4101, ext. 4433.
"Citizen Scrooge," Nov. 26-Dec. 23, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8pm/Saturdays and Fridays, 7pm/Sundays, the Market Theatre: 206-781-9273.
"Once Upon A Time: Family Fairy Tale Fun" for the Magic Season, Nov. 27, 425-880-6035.
"Black Nativity," gospel song play tells traditional story of Christmas, Dec. 1-26, Intiman: 206-269-1900.
"Grease," through Dec. 19, $16/general, $14/juniors and seniors, Wade James Theatre: 425-774-9600.
"Murder in Swingtime," Saturday evenings, Club Broadway, Downtown Everett: 1-877-WED-KILL.
Teatro Zinzanni, held over for last time through end of the year: 206-281-7788, ext. 700.


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The duo behind Project No. 8 ventures into menswear.By Lauren Murrow
Pete Campbell is a creep. Pete Campbell is a dork. And yet Pete Campbell is our hero.
She played bass clarinet in her school band, then won a modeling contest, shocked her classmates, and now graces the pages of Italian 'Vogue'.
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Will he say something in German, like JFK? Will he tell Mr. Gorbachev to tear down this wall, like Ronald Reagan?
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Sherry Dunbar, Ph.D., director of scientific marketing at Luminex, observes that in recent years serum-based immunological assays designed to measure an antibody response to an analyte have been moving away from classical capture-based ELISA sandwich assay formats and toward a more direct, higher-throughput, and more easily automated assay design.
In addition to its two earlier flow cytometry-based analyzers—the Luminex 100/200™ and the Flexmap 3D systems—Luminex introduced the Magpix analyzer and MagPlex® superparamagnetic microspheres, to which an antigen of interest can be directly coupled. Assay processing, including analyte and reagent addition, washing, and detection, are performed via magnetic separation.
Whereas the Luminex 200 can process up to 100 different reactions per well and the Flexmap 3D analyzer has a multiplex capacity of up to 500 analytes per well, the Magpix was designed as a lower-cost, more compact option capable of multiplexed analysis of 1–50 analytes.
Once serum biomarker studies have moved beyond the discovery stage and have identified a subset of analytes relevant to a particular disease process or drug response, "for most applications people are looking at 30 or fewer analytes," says Dr. Dunbar.
She describes the development of protein-based assays to detect antibodies indicative of exposure to an infectious disease or as a measure of vaccine efficacy as a growing area of interest in the clinical application of serum biomarker assays. Dr. Dunbar notes that the Luminex 200 has already been cleared by the FDA, with expectations of future FDA submissions for the Flexmap 3D and the Magpix systems.
Serametrix partners with various cancer research institutes to identify novel tumor antigen panels that can then serve as the basis for developing assays targeting serum antibodies to tumor antigens such as the NY-ESO-1 cancer/testis antigen. Serametrix' Seromic™ Profiling Assay is a multiplexed system that can simultaneously detect serum antibody levels against a panel of antigens associated with a particular tumor type, including lung, melanoma, breast, prostate, pancreatic, and colorectal cancer.
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"Vital to the successful development of novel anticancer drugs is a good understanding of the patient's response to those drugs," says Henry Hepburne-Scott, Ph.D., CEO of Serametrix. Targeting antibodies as tumor biomarkers offers certain advantages, he adds. Immunoglobulins overall have similar rates of decay, so even if the level of antibodies in a sample declines, the level of a particular antibody to other antibodies in the sample will be constant. "Although you may get low signals, you will not get confounding signals."
Serametrix' flagship assay targets the NY-ESO-1 antigen in melanoma and lung cancer. Different types of cancer tend to provoke a host immune response to varying degrees. Melanoma, for example, is a relatively immunogenic disease. Similarly, in lung cancer, circulating antibodies against tumor-associated antigens may reach detectable levels even before the tumor itself is large enough to detect on a CT scan. In addition to using serum antibody profiling to predict and monitor drug response to immunotherapeutic agents, it also holds promise for early detection of cancer.
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How To Pre Poo Natural Hair
When I am in a rush, I pre poo before spin class, and let my natural heat and sweat do it's work. I started doing a pre poo, at the beginning of this experiment. I am not sure if it's helping my hair grow or not, but so many long hair naturals suggest it, so I jumped on the bandwagon.
Here is MopTop Maven, one of my favorite naturals on YouTube demonstrating how to pre poo.
2012 Update: I still do a pre poo, as often as I can, but these days I do a honey pre poo.
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Detecting the number of processors with Ruby
July 11th, 2009
This post contains a cross platform Ruby method to return the total number of CPU cores. There are gems, such as facter, that will do the same thing and much more but if you just want a quick and dirty single purpose method this will probably suffice. The only tricky bit was picking the best way to do the determination in Windows. I ended up using a WMI approach described in Rick Minerich's There Counting Processors in .NET: The Pros and Cons of Five Different Methods post. Read the rest of this entry
Adding Rubinius to multiruby Versions
January 22nd, 2009
In previous posts I've covered using
multiruby to switch between Ruby 1.8 & 1.9 and how to add JRuby to your multiruby environment. This post describes using
multiruby as a way to install and experiment with Rubinius in Mac OS X.
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Upgrading to Mephisto 0.8.1
January 14th, 2009
Last month Mephisto 0.8.1: Drax was relaunched. Seeing activity on Mephisto was great news in itself. The update includes support for Rails 2.2.2 and several significant security fixes. The release is considered experimental but important because of the security fixes. That's a bit of a mixed message but I have no financial stake in my blog so decided to do an update.
This post describes my update process. It provides some general information about the changes and provides an example of using interactive git rebasing but in most cases it won't be a cookie cutter approach that you can follow for your own Mephisto implementation. In gitting Started with Mephisto and other posts I've described how I set-up Mephisto 0.8. Unless you've followed along and are maintaining Mephisto in the same way, or at least maintain your Mephisto blog in a git repository with customizations in your own branch, then your update procedure will probably be significantly different. Read the rest of this entry
Updating Gmail SSL SMTP Support for Ruby 1.8.7
January 13th, 2009
In Adding Gmail SSL SMTP Support to Rails I described the use of a simple Rails plugin to provide SSL SMTP support. Today I upgraded to a new version of Mephisto and while testing it in production I discovered that I couldn't send emails. It turns out that it had nothing to do with the Mephisto upgrade; my DreamHost server had been updated to Ruby 1.8.7 and the action_mailer_tls plugin I was using wasn't compatible. Oh well, I guess I deserved that surprise for using shared hosting and adding a monkey patch plugin. This post describes a simple fix. Read the rest of this entry
Adding JRuby to multiruby Versions
December 20th, 2008
In Switching Between Ruby 1.8 & 1.9 with multiruby I covered setting up and using Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 versions in
multiruby. This post describes adding JRuby to the list of
multiruby versions in Mac OS X.
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Switching Between Ruby 1.8 & 1.9 with multiruby
December 19th, 2008
I just recently built and installed three different Ruby versions (see Installing Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7 and 1.9 on Leopard). Following that I wanted to do some benchmark testing between 1.8 and 1.9 on a separate project so I began to use ZenTest's
multiruby. It worked great for the benchmarking and I started to think about how to use
multiruby as a way to manage and switch between Ruby installations. As I started looking into it I came across Dr Nic's Future proofing your Ruby code. Ruby 1.9.1 is coming post, which turned on the rest of the lights for me. The Dr Nic post does a nice job of describing how to use
multiruby including setting up specific Ruby versions, adding gem support and using it with sake tasks. I'll cover some of the same setup and usage information so that this post stands alone but I won't repeat it all so I recommend you read Dr Nic's post. In addition I'll provide information about how to overcome a RubyGems installation issue that I encountered and how to use the
multiruby Ruby installations as a way to dynamically switch between Ruby versions. I'll also discuss how the static build and install from source approach used in Installing Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7 and 1.9 on Leopard could be modified to be provide a non-
multiruby dependent way to do Ruby version switching. At the end of the post I'll mention using symlinks as an alternative and how that approach could be used with
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Sending CTRL-C to a Subprocess with Ruby
December 12th, 2008
Ruby provides several simple ways to launch subprocesses. Ruby's
popen method comes into play in situations where cross platform handling of subprocess IO is required. Ruby also provides mechanisms to trap and send signals, such as the
SYSINT (Control-C) signal. Putting
popen and signal handling together to launch and manage a subprocess is straight forward but there's a limitation;
popen lacks support for capturing standard error. By default standard error output is just displayed on the screen as if the subprocess was launched from the command line. There are a couple of workarounds available, in some cases it may be acceptable to discard standard error by redirecting it as part of the subprocess launch command, i.e. "
command 2>/dev/null"; another, and typically better, option is to redirect standard error so that it's merged with standard output, i.e. "
command 2>&1". Unfortunately the redirection impacts the Process ID (pid) for the launched subprocess, which breaks the simple standard signal handling that I mentioned earlier. In addition to the pid issue, getting the Control-C signalling support to work in Windows can be challenging. This post walks through an example that shows
popen usage and how to send Control-C signals to a subprocess in Windows and Unix when standard error is redirected. It concludes with a brief discussion of
popen3 and
popen4 as alternatives to
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Installing Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7 and 1.9 on Leopard
December 10th, 2008
Dec. 19, 2008 Update: This post covers setting up and switching the default Ruby installation in
/usr/local. If you're looking for a more dynamic way to test and/or switch between Ruby versions see Switching Between Ruby 1.8 & 1.9 with multiruby.
I had originally installed Ruby 1.8.6 on Tiger from source using Dan Benjamin's Building Ruby, Rails, Subversion, Mongrel, and MySQL on Mac OS X instructions. I upgraded to Leopard but continued to run the
/usr/local version of Ruby. It has been working fine for me but for various reasons I decided it was time to upgrade to 1.8.7. I was happy to see Dan had created updated instructions for Leopard in his Installing Ruby, Rubygems, Rails, and Mongrel on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) post. So I decided that I'd just install over my 1.8.6 version. It didn't go off without a hitch, I ran into a problem compiling readline. This post documents what worked to resolve the problem, my journey back to 1.8.6, how to add 1.9 support and how to switch between versions.
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Adding Gmail SSL SMTP Support to Rails
December 4th, 2008
Jan. 13, 2009 Update: If you're using Ruby 1.8.7 see Updating Gmail SSL SMTP Support for Ruby 1.8.7 for a compatibility fix to the plugin used in this post.
DreamHost provides it's own SMTP support but their default set-up uses Gmail, which only supports SSL based SMTP connections. Rails 2.2 with Ruby 1.9 provides SSL support in ActionMailer via Ruby's 1.9 Net::SMTP class. That's great but it's still a very new combination and I wanted support for DreamHost's Ruby 1.8.5 and Mephisto using Rails 2.0.2. Fortunately it's simple to get SSL (a.k.a. TLS) based SMTP connections to work. Within a few minutes of hitting the browser search button I saw three options: lift 1.9 Net::SMTP code, use msmtp, and, the method I chose, a small plugin that patches Net::SMTP. No, I didn't look into the merits of each solution and I didn't do any type of exhaustive search to see what else might be available, I just picked what looked like an easy way to get the job done. This post documents where to find the plugin and how to use it. Read the rest of this entry
Cached Externals
December 3rd, 2008
Jan. 14, 2009 Update: The techniques discussed in this post are still relevant but the externals only apply to Mephisto 0.8. See Upgrading to Mephisto 0.8.1 for information about the externals that I'm currently caching.
Cached Externals is a Rails plugin that extends Capistrano to speed up deployments by not deploying vendor gems and plugins unless they change. The way it accomplishes the performance gain also results in explicit management of the cached gems and plugins, something worthwhile in it's own right. In this this post I'll walk you through installation and use of the plugin by describing how I used it for this Mephisto blog application. gitting Started with Mephisto describes how the application was set-up and Deploying Mephisto with Capistrano to DreamHost provides the pre-Cached Externals deployment details. Basically the app is just a customized copy of Mephisto in a git repository. The vendor directory holds Rails 2.0.2 and TZInfo along with all the gems and plugins that are part of the Mephisto distribution. The repository is kept locally on a laptop so Capistrano's copy strategy is used to deploy it to the production server. Read the rest of this entry
Production Data to Development
December 1st, 2008
It's often helpful to be able to bring MySQL production data down to a development machine. I wanted to do this for my Mephisto blog engine (see gitting Started with Mephisto and Deploying Mephisto with Capistrano to DreamHost) so that I could see how changes would look with existing data before deploying an update. Production data is also useful for tracking down bugs with production data and for backups. This post describes the Capistrano namespace I created for doing this. Read the rest of this entry
Hiding MySQL Passwords with Capistrano
December 1st, 2008
I was using Capistrano 2.5.2 to run a MySQL dump on a deployment target and what started as a simple implementation to prevent the command line password from showing up in the Capistrano log evolved into a research effort about the security of using passwords on the MySQL command line. This post describes how to suppress
run execution lines from showing up in the Capistrano log, the real risks with using passwords on the MySQL command line and how to use Capistrano to avoid command line passwords without putting the password in a
~/.my.cnf file.
Read the rest of this entry
Deploying Mephisto with Capistrano to DreamHost
November 30th, 2008
This post describes how to use Capistrano to deploy a Mephisto based blogging engine to a DreamHost account running Phusion Passenger. The blog code is deployed from a local git repository. gitting Started with Mephisto describes how the repository was set-up. With some modifications the script and commands presented here should be adaptable to other hosting services and other Phusion based Rails applications. Read the rest of this entry
gitting Started with Mephisto
November 30th, 2008
Jan. 14, 2009 Update: This post applies to Mephisto 0.8. See Upgrading to Mephisto 0.8.1 for information about moving to version 0.8.1
I took what I bet is a pretty common approach to setting up Mephisto. I put a copy on my laptop, played with it just enough to get it to work and then found and followed some fairly simple instructions to install it directly on my DreamHost account. It was an easy and straight forward approach but in my case by the time I finished my installation I knew I wanted to start over. The problem was that I quickly found myself modifying too many things to get Mephisto to work and look the way I wanted. I could tell it was going to be easier for me in the long run to get the blog engine in source code control with a development and deployment environment that made it to easy tweak and update from my laptop. Since Mephisto is a Rails application I went with the common choices: maintaining the blog code in a local git repository and deploying it using Capistrano.
In this post I cover setting up a custom git branch for Mephisto along with a couple of Mephisto modifications I recommend to prepare it for deployment to a DreamHost account. Actually there's really nothing DreamHost specific here but other hosting services could require additional changes to environment files. I'll cover deployment to DreamHost using Capistrano in a my next post. If you want to take this approach then I'm assuming you're fairly technical and already have git and Rails and MySQL installed on your computer. The use of git and Rails in this post is basic but going down this maintenance and deployment path is only worthwhile if you're reasonably comfortable with both technologies. Read the rest of this entry
SSH with Leopard
November 29th, 2008
I recently set-up a secure shell account for a DreamHost shared hosting account that I intend to use for automating deployment and backup tasks from a Mac OS X Leopard client. While not overly complicated there were a couple of gotchas that I ran into. This post consolidates my findings and gives you a brief background for what's going on when you set up SSH access. The information applies to Mac OS X 10.5.1 or greater. Read the rest of this entry


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Would you ever turn down free money? Many employers offer free money just for participating in their 401(k) plan by matching a portion of your contributions.
Let's say you earn $50,000 a year and your employer matches 50% of your contribution up to 6% of your income. If you contribute 6% of your salary ($3,000), your employer will kick in $1,500 more. That $1,500 is like free money toward your retirement.
In addition to getting the company match, make sure you understand these components of your retirement plan:
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Maxing out
You may choose to contribute the maximum amount to your 401(k) in order to reach your retirement goals. Just keep in mind that the IRS limits the amount you can contribute. Current contribution limits are available through the IRS website.
Catching up
If you're 50 or older, you can make additional contributions to your company retirement plan. This is often referred to as "catch-up contributions." Current catch-up contribution limits are available through the IRS website.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Patriot infielder Kaitlyn Kerley took advantage of the NCAAs early signing period by signing with the Erskine College softball team Nov. 16.
The senior was joined by family, friends and her high school coach at Fort Dorchester High School to celebrate her choice and make it official by signing a national letter of intent.
Erskine is a tiny school and I like that, Kerley said. I also like their coach a lot. She told me she didnt know where she was going to put me in the field but that I would definitely be in the hitting lineup.
Fort Dorchester coach Shae Russell said Kerley will bring a lot to the Flying Fleet team.
She has the most amazing knowledge of the game that Ive ever seen out of a player, Russell said. She is very intelligent and it doesnt matter what position you put her in, she is going to be successful. She is also a natural leader.
Kerley joined the Fort Dorchester varsity team as a seventh-grader and is about to enter her fifth season as a starter for the Patriots. As a team captain last season, she had a .458 batting average. A versatile defensive player, she has considerable experience as a catcher, shortstop and third baseman. She has received all-region honors the past two seasons.
Kerley also has a lot of travel ball experience. After playing for the South Carolina X-treme for 10 years, she joined the Columbia-based Jets this fall. Her college coach should be very familiar with her by the time she arrives at Erskine as the coachs daughter also plays for the Jets.
Kerley plans to double major in secondary education and chemistry and then go to pharmacy school.
Im looking forward to the whole experience, the softball, college and then pharmacy school, Kerley said.
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Reader Carl Stork reports, "My wife and daughter passed through security at Seatac approx 6:20 a.m, PST. AIT scanners were not in use, just metal detectors."
No protests expected. Did National Opt-Out Day drain the American traveling public's will to protest the indignities of being scanned or patted down? Maybe. There are no major protest actions planned for today. But there's still plenty of dissent. Here are some of the highlights from Wednesday: The Bikini Traveler in LA, Underwear Guy In New York, Furrygirl in Seattle, and Speedo Guy in Salt Lake City. In the last few days, the TSA criticism has been largely rhetorical, with newspapers, radio personalities and bloggers like me beating the dead horse to a pulp. Will TSA try to spin this apparent lack of resolve into a victory? We'll see.
Are you traveling today? Send me your stories. I'll be here all day.
Update (3 p.m.): It's smooth sailing so far for air traffic. In terms of screening, I've received several reports from airports around the country today. I've also been reminded that reporting the actual locations of the turned-off scanners could endanger the security of air travelers, and even though I disagree, I am redacting the locations — just in case I'm wrong.
Reader Jim McDonough, flying out of a Southern California airport, reports a 20-minute wait.
TSA were bored and had nothing to do. My carry-on was emptied, swabbed, re-scanned a couple of times and very thoroughly examined. My offense was not removing my iPad from the carry-on. What can I say. I saw the nude-o-scopes but they were not used on us.
Stacie Abney, flying out of an airport in Utah, reports,
I was randomly selected for the millimeter wave thing. I went through it and while I was waiting to be 'cleared' they sent someone three behind me through and then someone two behind that person.
No one protested it and we got through pretty fast. I got my backside patted down after leaving some cash in my pocket. She said what she was going to do before hand.
Also it's snowing here three inches at least and still coming. No major delays I can see.
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TRENTON — Three residents lost their semi-detatched single family home and a firefighter was injured in a fire late Saturday night on the 1500 block of South Clinton Avenue.
The Trenton Fire Department received the call shortly after 10:30 p.m. and were on site within three minutes, Trenton Fire Department Battalion Chief Robert Tharp said.
Four engines, two ladders, two battalion chiefs and one rescue vehicle responded to reports of heavy fire on the second floor. The fire's origin was found to be on the second floor but the cause remains unknown, Tharp said.
Tharp reported that one firefighter suffered a possible ankle sprain. The firefighter's name was not released.
"There was report of people trapped, but the search came up negative," Tharp said.
The blaze was controlled by 11:07 p.m. and all units left the scene by 12:35 a.m.
Chief Todd Fell was in charge at the time of the fire.
The displaced residents are uninjured and staying with relatives. The building was deemed uninhabitable, suffering water and smoke damage on the lower floors, Tharp said.
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Aid workers continue to search for survivors in Indonesia and Samoa, as those two island nations try to pick up the pieces from this week's devastating natural disasters. Meanwhile, in the storm-ravaged Philippines, villagers are bracing for a possible super typhoon.
Indonesia's government warns that the death toll will climb much higher. Thousands of people are still missing, the searches will continue for weeks. Over 500 buildings took heavy damage -- some were completely leveled.
"All the buildings on this side collapsed. Then the other side collapsed ... then the fires began," quake survivor Elizabeth Marsali said.
There was one bit of good news amid the carnage, as a teenage girl was found alive after spending 40 hours beneath a pile of rubble. But the situation otherwise is grim. President Barack Obama is pledging his support.
"My administration's been in touch with the government of Indonesia to make it clear that the United States stands ready to help in this time of need," Obama said.
In Samoa, 6,000 miles away, the death toll now stands at over 165 and climbing following an earthquake and tsunami earlier this week. Much-needed aid is on the way from the U.S., Australia and New Zealand "One bag of rice and we share about 15 families, or 18 families," tsunami survivor Leleone Teo said.
And in the Philippines, thousands of villagers were fleeing before a powerful typhoon arrives -- just days after another powerful storm led to the worst flooding in 40 years and killed more than 420.
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Did you know that Georgetown, as a canal port, was an afterthought? This little-known fact is just one of many revelations made at the Canal Discoveries kick off in Georgetown this Saturday. Canal visitors unearthed this and other morsels of information as they explored Tidewater Lock – The True Beginning of the Canal, the first of 40 "discoveries" to be unveiled in 2011 by the C&O Canal National Historical Park and the C&O Canal Trust, the park's official nonprofit partner.


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Chris Matthews: How John F. Kennedy's Appeasement Strategy Averted a Nuclear HolocaustRoundup: Talking About History
Chris Matthews is the host of Hardball and the author of Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero.
Fifty Octobers ago, the world faced a nuclear war that would have left this planet a very different place. The danger was every bit as it appeared. Nikita Krushchev, the Soviet leader who had secretly deployed 90 nuclear missiles in Cuba, had a back-up plan should the United States attack the weapon sites.
"I knew the United States could knock out some of our installations, but not all of them," he wrote in his memoirs. "If a quarter or even a tenth of our missiles survived—even if only one or two big ones were left—we could still hit New York, and there wouldn't be much of New York left."
The U.S. never tested Khrushchev's dire resolve. We never attacked his missiles. Instead, President Kennedy improvised a jerry-built policy that included an embargo on further shipment of Soviet missiles and a demand that all such weapons in Cuba be removed. Khrushchev turned back his cargo ships and removed his missiles. In this eyeball-to-eyeball conflict, he appeared to "blink" while his counterpart, President John F. Kennedy stood firm.
The full truth, which would only get out years later, is that the American president, dreading nuclear war and fearing a "miscalculation" that would trigger it, made an under-the-table deal. He gave Khrushchev precisely what he needed : something to get the hawks off his back. He agreed to remove the nuclear missiles we had deployed in Turkey, to do so in a short period of time but quietly, out of the glare of media—and Republican—attention. He did what was necessary, proffering a deal he knew he couldn't sell to his fellow countrymen.
This is the lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis that gets overlooked but should be the key to all future confrontations with a dangerous enemy: Always leave the other side a way out. Otherwise, they will only have a way in...
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Maybe it's in part because I was fortunate enough to be at last year's Home Run Derby in Pittsburgh, but this year's contest in San Francisco paled in comparison.
And this is the main reason: The event is not made for a West Coast venue, where it hasn't even gotten dark yet.
It was much more difficult to follow the ball being blasted through the cumulus orbit of AT&T Park than it was at PNC Park. And it didn't help that the powerful lefties, such as Ryan Howard, were eliminated early, thus taking McCovey Cove, and all the kayaks, out of play.
More on the Derby: I can totally understand why Barry Bonds wouldn't participate. You don't see Kobe Bryant in the Slam Dunk competition, right? But Bonds was wrong for not being around to allow the San Francisco fans -- his only friends -- to see him.
The game has been better to Bonds than he's been to it -- something he proved, again, Monday night.
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As we welcome in the new year, the San Jose Sharks find themselves No. 9 in the Western Conference, on the outside looking in, trying to find a way to break into the playoff party.
But their rank can be a bit deceiving. San Jose has played just 35 games this season, while the No. 8 Colorado Avalanche have played 41.
In other words, the Sharks have six games in hand on the other NHL teams; they have played the least games of any team thus far.
However, with that being said, it is apparent that the Sharks have not played to their potential. Inconsistent and lackluster play by some of their supposed top guns have them outside the playoff picture.
But, as they say, with every new year comes new opportunity and success, and this saying can be applied to the Sharks.
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GRASS LAKE TWP., MI -- The Grass Lake School District hired four employees Monday: two elementary teachers, a special-education teacher and an elementary cafeteria aide.
Three of the filled positions were due to individuals accepting new positions within the district or leaving the district. However, a new first-grade teaching position was created and filled.
"Enrollment numbers allowed us to decrease our kindergarten and first-grade numbers," George Long Elementary Principal Michelle Clark said.
Joe Walsh will teach first grade this fall. Kari Allen accepted a fourth-grade teaching position. Megan Videto will fill the special-education position, and Jennifer Pflueger will work as an aide in the elementary cafeteria.


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The Duke Blue Devils are set to premiere the new Brine Triumph II glove tonight in their ACC matchup with the Virginia Cavaliers. But why wait when you can see it here?
This is the first time that the Triump II will be seen on the field or in public, and we've got your first look at these custom beauties here. The gloves are royal blue with white binding, white gussets and a white Iron D logo.
We'll have more on these gloves in the near future, but for now, we wanted to just give you a look at the next glove coming out of Brine's doors.
For more from Brine, visit our archives. And get caught up on a TON of college gear and apparel in our NCAA Gear section. Need more Blue Devils? See here.
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NEW ALBANY – Some people pay thousands of dollars to get training in computer programs that allow them to build Web sites or edit photographs and videos.
High School students in the New Albany and Union County school districts can now stay at school and learn free of charge the programs used by professionals.
A new class offered at the New Albany School of Career and Technical Education will teach students how to use the programs in Adobe's Creative Suite 3: Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash.
Next year, students will be able to take the second year of the course, which will focus on filming videos and editing them in Adobe Final Cut Pro.
New Albany is one of four places in Mississippi to offer the Digital Media Technology class. The Rankin County and Pearl districts have the class available at Hinds Community College, and the Calhoun County and McComb districts also offer it.
Because the class is taught at the New Albany School District's School of Career and Technical Education, there are also openings for some juniors and seniors in the Union County School District.
The New Albany School District was chosen by the Mississippi Department of Education and received $165,000 from the Office of Vocational Education and Workforce Development within the MDE.
The school used that money to buy 15 MacBook Pro computers, a high definition video camera, six other video cameras, six Cannon powershot cameras, a 42-inch wide-format printer that can print posters, a SMART Board and a flat-screen television.
The class is taught six times a day by Mallorie Biffle, who said that she currently has a total of 53 students over the six periods and hopes to have even more students next year.
"School is the only place where students don't get to use their technology," Biffle said. "Why don't we bring all of it into school and use it so that they can learn?"
The course teaches the digital media skills that are in demand in a variety of careers: journalism, Web design, film, video game design and advertising. The goal is for students to collect a portfolio of work.
"There are tremendous career opportunities for this," said Earl Richard, director of the New Albany School of Career and Technical Education. "That is where the jobs are right now and it is only going to expand."
Students have already produced a commercial, edited it in iMovie and posted in on Youtube.com. As the year progresses, they'll edit photos in Photoshop, build flash animations and put them on a Web site they will design.
"I find it is easier to be creative in here," said senior Helen Staten. "In other classes, you're give a strict assignment and told here is what you have to do. Here, you're given guidelines, and you can make whatever you want."
To prepare for the course, Biffle had to attend a month of training in Jackson and Starkville. She also was invitied to a seminar at Apple's Headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
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Buff Rank, 80, of Amarillo died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Murray Gossett, associate pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Buff was born Jan. 13, 1927, in Archer County to Joseph and Laura May Swayze. She married Don Rank on June 7, 1945. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 7, 1995, before Don passed away on Dec. 12, 1995. Buff was a homemaker and devoted most of her time to the care and loving of her husband and children. She also loved to sew and was an excellent seamstress. Buff has been lovingly taken care of for the last three years by her son, Don Rank II.
Survivors include two daughters, Buff Rogers and husband Bill of Durango, Colo., and Cynthia Fick and husband Dan of Lexington, Ky.; a son, Don Rank II of Amarillo; her grandchildren, Buff Strickland of New York City, Will Rogers of Carrollton, and Colton and Danica Fick of Lexington; two great-grandchildren, Isabella and Mia Rogers of Carrollton; two brothers, Kenneth Swayze and Jim Swayze of Plano; and two sisters, Hazel Hopwood of Hannibal, Mo., and Frances Jones of Cleburne.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, Olivia's Angels, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105.
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U.S. and Israeli officials are working hard to ease tensions between the two countries.
Obama administration officials publicly criticized Israel for announcing new construction in a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem during Vice President Joe Biden's visit last week.
Israeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to go some lengths to calm tensions. He intends to make a visit to Washington next week.
Secretary of State Clinton insisted the two countries remain strong allies.
"We have a close unshakeable bond between the U.S. and Israel and between the American/Israeli people who share common values and commitment to a democratic future for the world and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree," she said.
The U.S. wants a statement from Israel and the Palestinians that the biggest issues dividing the two parties are on the table for talks, including the future of Jerusalem.
"Israel appreciates and values the warm words of Secretary of State Clinton about the deep ties between Israel and the U.S. and the commitment of the U.S. to Israel's security," government spokesman Mark Regev said in Jerusalem. "Concerning the commitment to peace - Israel's government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, in words and in deeds."
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Brother Martin Coach Bill Gallagher had a simple message for his team at halftime – continue the pressure and make a run.
The Crusaders followed suit outscoring Holy Cross by nine points in the third quarter en route to a 76-66 non-district road victory on Friday night.
"We told them at halftime that it had been a long time since we had a lead at half, and then we walked out here and it was our ball," Gallagher said. "I said let's start a run. I thought we had a good run at the end of the first half, and then we continued in the third quarter. It was about all of them tonight. Bryant Boudreaux took four charges tonight. That's outstanding. That's how you play defense."
Brother Martin (19-2) opened the quarter on an 11-6 run to increase its halftime lead to 47-31. The only bright spot in the quarter for Holy Cross was Kevin Spears, who scored 13 of his 17 points. He also had eight rebounds. The Crusaders led 62-42 after three quarters, and Holy Cross didn't cut the lead below 10 points for the rest of the game.
Jalen Gray led Brother Martin with 22 points while Jordan Cornish had 15 points and five rebounds. Jordan Lumpkins had 14 points, and Jabbar Singleton had 12 points and six rebounds. Gray said the third quarter was the difference.
"We started hitting our shots, and we realized that we were hot," he said. "We just kept shooting, and we kept attacking. They just couldn't keep up with us in the third. It was a pretty physical game, but we just focused on making our shots. We just had to stay mentally focused. I think the loss (against East St. John) helped us refocus. We had a good practice, so I'm proud of our team for this win here."
Holy Cross (11-7) was led by a game-high 28 points from Greg White-Pittman, who was 11-of-14 from the free throw line. White-Pittman made his return off the bench after missing six games with the flu.
"I'm still a little achy, but I'm feeling better," he said. "The third quarter just wasn't our strongest quarter because we didn't come out with the intensity that we should have come out with. Those are the types of mistakes that we can't make on a regular basis if we want to win."
Brother Martin started off shooting 5-of-10 from the field en route to an early 14-7 first quarter lead. Holy Cross rebounded cutting into the lead before Benton Brown hit a bucket at the buzzer to make it 20-15 after one quarter.
The Tigers tied the game early in the second quarter on Matt DiSalvo's lay-up, but the Crusaders answered with a 9-0 run that was snapped by a White-Pittman 3-pointer before the teams settled on a 36-25 half time score.
Brother Martin shot 52 percent from the field in the first half and finishing shooting 46 percent for the game, but the difference in the second half was free throws. The Crusaders attempted just one first-half free throw but finished the game 14-of-18. Holy Cross was 11-of-16 from the free throw line.
Holy Cross Coach Juan Lumas said the difference for his team was unforced errors.
"I thought they shot the ball really well in the third quarter, and we turned the ball over too much," he said. "I'm proud of my kids because we kept fighting. We were down by 24, but we ended up cutting it to 10 points at the end. We just had too many unforced turnovers. Brother Martin just finished more in the open floor than we did, and they got the W."
Gallagher said: "That's a good team, and they're going to win a lot of games. It's a good win for us especially after how we played the other night. It was a good rebound game."
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Back when LOT announced a new livery for there new 787 fleet on order, I drew up some ideas that popped into my head at the time. These are what I came up with. As usual, I'm just thinking out loud.
Back when LOT announced a new livery for there new 787 fleet on order, I drew up some ideas that popped into my head at the time. These are what I came up with. As usual, I'm just thinking out loud.
A couple a years back, maybe 3 or 4, rumours were abound that Air Jamaica were going to order either A330s or B787s for a fleet renewal program.
Talk was also abound that they were going to launch a new livery and brand to revitalise the airline's presence in the skies above.
Here are two ideas I came up with. As usual, these are simple "I wonder what that would look like" designs.
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Sometimes when reading a thread of an aviation forum, I get the urge to illustrate the main points of discussion.
A thread on Airlines.net came up discussing how potential future versions of the Boeing 777 would look in British Airways livery and how they compare to the current fleet on order or operating.
So I drew this (The 777-8 and 9 models are guestimates on Boeing released details at the time of posting this)
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This was a fun project started and completed in May and June this year.
I was given Carte Blanche to come up with a print and embroidery friendly logo and banner for a new business aimed at teaching people how to cook and feed themselves with a nutritionally healthy diet.
Given the subject matter it was expressed that the logo should contain fruit and/or vegetables.
My initial ideas were:
She liked the idea but wanted square corners, a different shade of teal and flat fruit and veg.
The finished article:
I included separate fruit and vegetable icons for use on the website which is still under construction at the time of typing this.
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Here is another fanciful design I did to keep my creative juices flowing. Spurred on by rumours that Philippine Airlines were looking for a new look.
My usual "Hello, here is an idea" e-mail went unanswered, as usual. So, after 8 months of waiting for a response that is undoubtedly never come, I decided to post it here instead, enjoy🙂
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Folks have been badgering me to draw up fantasy livery proposals for SAS since their announcement of a few changes discussed here
To shut em up, here's was I fed them.
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So, a new Polish start up has just got it's first plane painted.
I like the nose and the smiley face, bit of a departure from the "oh so serious" liveries a lot of airlines carry. It also vaguely reminds my of the much loved and missed PSA. I think the stripey engines should help the layman recognise the livery from quite a distance! However, I'm not so sure about the use of Comic Sans as the tail font:
As the Comic Sans Criminal website explains, there is no call for Comic Sans other than using it for children's books. I fear using this font may damage this new airline's credibility.
Here is a 5 minute job designed to rescue some credibility for the Bingo brand:
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Airlines are tough people to deal with. They always want something for nothing and then want more on top of that. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. The older the airline is, the more curmudgeon-like they are.
Way back in 2001 or 2002, I was contacted by someone at Bahamasair. (That's the national airline of the Bahamas, if the name didn't tip you off).
He was a 737-200 pilot for said airline and a member of the board with some influence.
He had seen my work and was impressed. He told me that in the coming year, Bahamasair would be getting together with the Bahamas' Ministry of Tourism to promote the Caribbean archipelago.
Bahamasair wanted a livery based on the new logo for the aforementioned ministry.
Over the next 18 months or so, I bashed out over 300 livery designs. Slowly but surely the options were whittled down to one design, a few tweaks over a couple of months and it was rubber stamped. I sent them the painting instructions, logos, colour charts and the kitchen sink.
While the aircraft was in the paint shop, somebody made several changes to the livery. The resulting livery is clean, but a little bit of a mish-mash and doesn't look exactly like I had envisioned it. Oh well, "c'est la vie" as the French say.
(Recently it was announced they were getting 737-500s from Argentina, so I drew up the current design on a 500 template for my friend who is still a pilot with them.)
In the years since the launch of the current livery, I've stayed in contact with my friend and periodically other members of the Bahamasair board.
At one point, the idea of acquiring 757s was gathering momentum. At that precise time, I had developed an "out of the box" livery inspired by the Junkanoo. So I illustrated it on a 757:
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Way back in 2004, I had the pleasant task of designing a livery for a classic DC-8.
The outfit was called United Arabian Airlines. I was put in touch with their CEO and he sent me their existing logo and typeface with the instruction to make a cost effective livery that was simple enough for a paint shop out in Africa someplace to paint up.
After a few draft ideas and some telephone conversations, this is what they went for.:
Initially they did not want to paint the engines. But I convinced them it added visibility of their brand and also added a touch of elegance to the plane. That won them over.
ST-UAA, or "Farahnaz 2" flew for a couple of years in this livery before some numbnut ramp rats in an arabian airport I forget the name of drove her into a ditch and broke her two inboard engines and pylons, plus some nose and belly damage.
She was repaired and returned to the sky but it seems the company never quite recovered from the accident. They sold ST-UAA and quit the airline business. A sad day. Nice people, everyone of them.
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