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On Saturday, Oct 20, Trinity United Methodist Church in Lewistown held our annual Trunk or Treat event. Trunk or Treat was started in October 2004 as an outreach program for our community. The purpose of this event was to provide safe " trick or treating" for children as well as to provide a safe environment for interaction of all age groups. This event was held annually from 2004 through and including 2009 at which time we took two years off to regroup and refresh ourselves.
This year the South Block Watch Group joined with us to bring this event back to our community. We had over 300 people attend an afternoon of crafts, games, activities, refreshments and fun. Many of the people who attended that day were not affiliated with Trinity Church and/or the watch group. For those of you who came that day I hope you had a great time and will " check us out" sometime. We welcome you with open arms.
An event like Trunk or Treat takes much planning, organization and prayer. Without the support of many businesses, organizations and people, an event like this isn't possible. Therefore, I would like to thank the following businesses and organizations for their support and/or participation: Giant Food Store Burnham, Giant Food Store Lewistown, South Side Hoagie Shop, Carousel Skating Rink, VisitingMifflinCounty.com and the Lewistown Police Department.
Also I want to say thank you to the Lewistown Borough Council and workers for allowing the alley behind the church property to be blocked off during the event. Thank you to the borough employees who delivered and pick up the barricades. This allowed the safety of our children to be maintained. Also, thank you to Allensville Planing Mill Lewistown for once again allowing us to rent the Spider Web (cotton candy) machine (always a messy but fun part of Trunk or Treat).
Thank you to the members of the South Block Watch Group as well as Pastor Kari Swigart and the entire congregation of Trinity United Methodist Church Lewistown. Your support of time, supplies, monetary donations, refreshments and prayers were very much appreciated. Thank you to all of the volunteers who gave up a Saturday afternoon to work at this event. Even though it was a lot of work I hope you had a lot of fun.
Thank you to Colby Guyer, head of the South Block Watch group and Cathy Clark, Children's Ministries coordinator of TUMC, for helping to coordinate and organize this event.
And lastly, I want to thank Terry and Becca for their enthusiasm and continued support of this event (and me). See you in 2013.
Nancy C. Zook, Chair
Trunk or Treat TUMC


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15 TV Shows with LGBT Characters That You Should Be Watching
By Mikey Rox
Originally printed 9/3/2014 (Issue 2236 - Between The Lines News)
While summer 2014 is cooling down, the fall TV season is just starting to heat up. Bittersweet, ain't it? At least there's a silver lining to trading in lazing in the sand for lounging on the sofa: There are plenty of programs with LGBT characters to tune into right now. Which returning shows and series premieres should be on your gaydar? Peep this shortlist of inclusive shows that run the gamut of genres to make your picks.
1. The Walking Dead
There were no LGBT characters among the central group of survivors in AMC's post-apocalyptic horror drama until midway through season four until Tara Chambler was introduced (although, recent online chatter suggests that fan favorite and original character Daryl Dixon may, in fact, be gay). However, as is common in the world of the "The Walking Dead," the romantic relationship between her and former Army Reservist Alisha is shot down - quite literally - before it has a chance to fully bloom. Perhaps Tara will get another stab at love in season five now that she's been promoted to main-character status.
2. The McCarthys
Recently out Ronny McCarthy is about to accept a teaching job in Rhode Island when his basketball-coach father asks him to stay in Boston to be his new assistant. The rest of his tight-knit, sports-loving siblings cry foul over the decision, and hilarity is expected to ensue. Early reviews for this freshman series are mixed, but at least we get to watch Laurie Metcalf and Joey McIntyre for a half hour.
3. Teen Wolf
This small-screen reboot of the iconic 1985 Michael J. Fox film of the same name (which has nothing in common with its predecessor besides title and a few characters) has been a gay boy's wet dream since day one - what with all that blatant homoeroticism and gratuitous shirtlessness going around. But it's recurring gay character Danny (and his paramours) that gives the MTV series its real Castro street cred. Here's hoping that season five brings even more man-on-wolf lovin'.
4. Undateable
A charming and surprisingly funny midseason replacement, this NBC comedy provides eye candy in Chris D'Elia's Danny Burton, and ample gay jokes from David Fynn's Brett, the refreshingly very-average-Joe resident bartender. "Undateable" was renewed for a second season, but no premiere date has been released.
5. The Vampire Diaries
Gay fans of CW centerpiece "The Vampire Diaries" were more than eager to sink their teeth into news that a recurring gay character was coming to Mystic Falls toward the end of last season. Tune in Oct. 2 to unravel more of Luke Parker's mystery when the series returns for its sixth season.
6. Scandal
If you can get past Olivia Pope's annoying, incessant bawling, you might find solace in the ruthless-but-fragile Cyrus Beene, this fictional White House's first gay Chief of Staff. Brush up on the previous WTF seasons online and on demand before season four bows Sept. 25 on ABC.
7. Orange Is the New Black
This much-buzzed-about Netflix original series revolves around Piper Chapman, a bisexual woman sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for transporting drug money for her former girlfriend. Given the nature of the mostly-female atmosphere, there are plenty of other LGBT characters behind bars, including pre-op transgender woman Sophia Burset, played by actress Laverne Cox, who recently made history by becoming the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy in an acting category.
8. Sirens
This Americanized version of a British comedy series follows three Chicago EMTs - one of whom is openly gay - as they navigate the daily highs and lows of first responders. "Sirens" airs on the USA network.
9. Modern Family
LGBT fans of this consistently hilarious and award-winning ABC comedy are finally satisfied that Cam and Mitchell tied the knot (it wasn't long ago that the Internet was making a big deal about why the couple never kissed on camera - until they did), so it'll be interesting to see how they manage married life, for better or worse.
10. Shameless
Ian Gallagher gets around. In season one of Showtime's dramedy "Shameless," the fire-haired high school student was schtupping Kash, the owner of the convenience store at which Ian works - until juvenile delinquent Mickey Milkovich comes along. Ian cools things off with Kash as his relationship with Mickey heats up. Then Ian starts fucking Lloyd and Maxine and - oh, who cares, the kid's adorable and the show is awesome.
11. One Big Happy
From executive producer Ellen DeGeneres comes this hopeful comedy about two tired-of-being-lonely-and-single best friends - one a straight guy, the other a gay girl - who decide to have a baby together. Of course, this new relationship gets trickier when the straight guy unexpectedly falls in love and marries a straight girl - just when his gay best friend announces she's pregnant with his child. This NBC comedy is "coming soon," but no premiere date is scheduled.
12. Penny Dreadful
A slew of 19th-century characters - like Dorian Gray and Abraham Van Helsing - populate this British-American thriller-drama that airs on Showtime. While there are no full-time LGBT characters in the main cast (yet), the on-screen alter egos of series stars Reeve Carney and Josh Harnett shared a passionate sexual encounter just four episodes in. Not enough reason to order a subscription, but just enough to YouTube that scene right now.
13. Downton Abbey
As if there isn't enough to love about PBS's breakout original drama series "Downton Abbey" (much of which is owed to the incredible Maggie Smith's Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham), there's also the sexy-but-scheming Thomas Barrow who, in time, you'll fantasize about taking you out back and treating you like a servant.
14. Parks & Recreation
Openly gay comedian Billy Eichner's Craig Middlebrooks didn't get major screen time after he was introduced in season six of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," but his penchant for blowing things out of proportion and waaaay-over-the-top delivery should be put to better use as the mocku-comedy enters its seventh and final season starting in early 2015.
15. Red Band Society
There's not much information on character backgrounds for the upcoming Fox dark dramedy "Red Band Society," but keep your fingers crossed that this ensemble cast includes at least one LGBT teen among its patients. If not, at least we have Wilson Cruz's Kenji Gomez-Rejon, an openly gay nurse. Series premieres Sept. 17.Mikey Rox is an award-winning journalist and blogger whose work has been published in more than 100 outlets across the world. He lives in Manhattan with his husband and their cuddle-buddy furbaby. Connect with Mikey on Twitter @mikeyrox.
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Introduction and First Impressions
The ASUS X205 offers the full Windows 8.1 notebook experience for the cost of a Chromebook, and the design offers a surprising amount of polish for the price. Is this $199 Atom-powered notebook a viable solution as a daily driver? We're about to find out.
What do you use a laptop for? A thoughtful answer to this question can be the most important part of the process when selecting your next notebook PC, and if your needs are modest there are a growing number of very low-cost options on the market. For example, I personally do not play games on a laptop, typically alternating between web, email, and Microsoft Office. Thus for myself the most important aspects of a notebook PC become screen quality, keyboard, trackpad, and battery life. High performance is not of utmost importance, and I assure myself of at least speedy load times by always choosing (or installing) a solid-state hard drive. For those reasons when I first read the description and specifications of the ASUS X205 notebook, I took notice.
The X205 is a small notebook with an 11.6" display and 1366x768 resolution, essentially matching the form-factor of Apple's 11.6" MacBook Air. It is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor with 2GB of RAM, and onboard storage is solid-state - though limited to 32GB and of the slower eMMC variety (which is in keeping with many Chromebooks). There is adequate connectivity as well, with the expected wireless card and two USB 2.0 ports. One aspect of this design that intrigued me was the trackpad, which ASUS claims is using "smartphone technology", indicating a touchscreen digitizer implementation. Smoothness and accuracy are the biggest problems I find with most inexpensive notebook trackpads, and if this turns out to be a strong performer it would be a major boon to the X205's overall usability. I opted for the Microsoft Signature Edition of the X205TA, which carries the same $199 retail price but does not come preloaded with any trialware or other junk software.
At the outset this feels like a compelling product simply because it retails for the same price as an average Chromebook, but offers the flexibility of a full Windows 8.1 installation. Granted this is the "Windows 8.1 with Bing" version found on low-cost, low-power devices like this, but it offers the functionality of the standard version. While Chrome OS and Google's productivity apps are great for many people, the ability to install and run Windows applications made this highly preferable to a Chromebook for me. Of course beyond the operating system the overall experience of using the laptop will ultimately decide the viability of this inexpensive product, so without further preamble let's dive right into the X205TA notebook!
Continue reading our review of the ASUS EeeBook X205TA $199 Notebook!!
USB Type C for you and me
Subject: General Tech | April 14, 2015 - 01:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: usb type-c, usb 3.1, dell, asus
DigiTimes has seen evidence that non-Apple fanatics will have a chance to get their hands on USB 3.1 Type C connectors in the near future. Dell will be releasing a Windows 10 powered, 11" LCD Venue 11 Pro in the fall which will sport Type-C connectors for the new USB standard. ASUS will also be releasing gaming laptops with Type-C connectors this year as well although we do not have a specific date nor do we know when they will be included on less expensive models. If you are wondering when we will start to see USB 3.1 devices on the market you can check the list that ASUS provided The Tech Report here.
"After Apple's adoption of the USB Type-C port on its 12-inch MacBook, Dell also recently announced to use the technology for its 11-inch tablet and Asustek Computer is planning to launch gaming notebooks with USB Type-C support in the second half at the earliest, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Tweaking Ubuntu Unity to Better Suit Your Needs @ Linux.com
- HGST says its NVMe flash card will manage 750,000 IOPS @ The Register
- Scaling down InAs nanowire field-effect transistors for improved efficiency @ Nanotechweb
- Intel: Moore's Law will be more relevant in the next 20 years than the past 50 @ The Inquirer
- Unpatched 18 year-old Windows man-in-the-middle diddle revived @ The Register
- Sinister lobby group (AT&T, Verizon among membership) sues FCC to kill net neut @ The Register
- The TR Podcast 174: PCIe SSDs and FreeSync displays
Recently Picked Up: Asus RT-AC66R
Subject: Networking | April 13, 2015 - 03:52 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: asus, router, 802.11ac, rt-a66r, rt-a66u
Until recently, we have been using a Linksys WRT54G. No, not the WRT54GL. We have been using the cheap, $30 v8.0 unit with 8MB of RAM. Since it has been eight years since its manufacturing date, and about the same length of time since it received a firmware upgrade, we decided to upgrade to a newer model. After searching for a while, we settled on the ASUS RT-AC66. We bought it from a retail store, because it was the same price and I could get it the same day without paying for shipping, so our model has an "R" suffix, rather than the direct-from-ASUS "U". The units are identical besides the model name though.
We are using the stock ASUS firmware.
So what has happened in the last half-dozen years? First, this device has quite a few more features than the Linksys, although not many are applicable to me personally. The most interesting to me is that ASUS offers a dynamic DNS service for their routers. It seems pretty straight-forward honestly. I was looking for a place to register, but it seems like it was just a matter of inputting the desired URL into the router, and ASUS will give it to you if it is available. I was able to use the subdomain within a few minutes too, although I did not try doing much with it.
Its 2.4 GHz range is pretty good too, much wider than the WRT54G. The 5.0 GHz makes it from the basement to the TV on the main floor. It reports less than full signal, but I have nothing to compare that with (neither a second 5.0 GHz device nor another 5.0GHz router). The antenna are detachable and higher sensitive versions are available, which is probably good for edge cases, although the default ones seem to work fine for me.
It definitely seems like a good router. I don't feel it getting in-between me and my internet connection. This is not a review though, just my impressions after using it for a bit.
Podcast #344 - Intel SSD 750 Series, NZXT S340, an ASUS FreeSync Monitor and more!
Subject: General Tech | April 9, 2015 - 12:58 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: video, podcast, nvidia, mg279q, Intel, gsync, gigabyte, freesync, ddr4-3400, corsair, compute stick, asus, amd, 750 series
PC Perspective Podcast #344 - 04/09/2015
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ASUS MG279Q Monitor Now Officially a FreeSync Monitor
Subject: Displays | April 7, 2015 - 12:31 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: variable refresh rate, mg279q, freesync, asus, amd
If you remember back at CES in early January, we got hands-on with an upcoming monitor from ASUS, the MG279Q. Unlike the company's other G-Sync enabled displays, this monitor was unique in that offered support for the Adaptive Sync portion of the DisplayPort 1.2a standard but was also not a part of AMD's initial wave of FreeSync monitors.
The ASUS MG279Q from CES 2015
The screen technology itself was impressive: a 2560x1440 resolution, IPS-style implementation and a maximum refresh rate of 120 Hz. (Note: the new marketing material indicates that the panel will have a 144 Hz maximum refresh rate. Maybe there was a hardware change since CES?) During a video interview with ASUS at the time it was labeled as having a minimum refresh rate of 40 Hz which is something we look forward to testing if and when we can get a sample in our labs.
At the time, there was some interesting debate about WHY this wasn't a FreeSync branded monitor. We asked AMD specifically about this monitor's capability to work with capable Radeon GPUs for variable refresh and they promised there were no lock-outs occurring. We guessed that maybe ASUS' deal with NVIDIA on G-Sync was preventing them from joining the FreeSync display program, but cleary that wasn't the case. Today on Twitter, AMD announced that the MG279Q was officially part of the FreeSync brand.
I am glad to see more products come into the FreeSync monitor market and hopefully we'll have some solid gaming experiences with the ASUS MG279Q to report back on soon!
Asus Launches Premium ROG G501 Gaming Laptop
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | March 13, 2015 - 09:00 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: haswell, GTX 960M, gaming laptop, g501, ASUS ROG, asus
Today Asus unveiled the Republic of Gamers (ROG) G501 gaming laptop. The G501 is a 4.54 pound 15.6" laptop that packs high end hardware into a thin aluminum shell.
The ROG G501 features a dark gray 0.81" thick aluminum chassis with a brushed metal finish and red bezel accents. A 15.6" matte IPS display dominates the top half of the PC with a resolution of 3840x2160 (UHD). The lower half includes a red backlit keyboard (1.6mm key travel) with colored WASD keys and a number pad as well as a large trackpad.
External I/O on this gaming machine is extensive and includes:
- 1 x Thunderbolt
- 3 x USB 3.0
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x Audio combo jack
- 1 x SD
- 1 x 1.2MP webcam
- Wi-Fi 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0
Asus is using the latest mobile technology with the G501 including a 47W Intel Haswell Core i7-4720HQ (4c/8t) processor, NVIDIA GTX 960M (4GB) graphics card, up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, and an impressive 512GB PCI-E x4 solid state drive (rated at 1,400MB/s reads). The laptop also supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. Asus claims that its Hyper Cool technology will keep the system running cool by using copper heatpipes and giving the CPU and GPU their own heatsink and fan which can be independently controlled to maintain a balance of heat and noise. The laptop is powered by a 96Wh Lithium Polymer battery.
This beastly gaming laptop will be available next month with an MSRP of $1,999 (with the configuration listed above). More information can be found at gseries.asus.com
In addition to the ROG G501, Asus' GL551 and G751 series are also being refreshed to include NVIDIA's new GTX 900 series graphics. The GL551JW will get the GTX 960M while the G751JL will use the GTX 965M.
Waiting for a date with USB 3.1?
Subject: General Tech | March 11, 2015 - 05:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: usb 3.1, Superspeed+, Superspeed Plus, asus, Z97-A/USB 3.1
Not too long ago Al and Ryan had a chance to play with a prototype USB 3.1 enclosure from ASUS and an add-in card with a controller from ASMedia. The Tech Report also received the prototype USB 3.1 enclosure with two mSATA drives running in RAID-0 mode but they happened to have an ASUS Z97-A/USB 3.1 motherboard which has a built in port and ASMedia controller. Their CrystalDiskMark results showed a ~75% boost in sequential read and write performance with 4K random write speeds also vastly increased. That is not the highlight of their review however; ASUS provided a list of upcoming USB 3.1 releases from multiple vendors so you can now get an idea when you might want to upgrade to a board with USB 3.1 on it.
"Today, we're going to take our very first look at some USB 3.1 gear. Asus has supplied us with a drive enclosure and a matching motherboard, which will help us gauge the kinds of performance gains users can expect."
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- Mushkin ECO2 240GB 7mm SSD Review @ TechwareLabs
- Crucial BX100 250GB SSD Review @ NikKTech
- EDGE Boost Pro Micro SSD @ The SSD Review
- Crucial BX100 250 GB @ techPowerUp
- Crucial MX200 SSD @ HardwareHeaven
- Using RAID-5 Means the Sky is Falling! @ Benchmark Reviews
- Western Digital Green (WD60EZRX) 6 TB @ Tech ARP
- Western Digital 3.5″ Red 6TB NAS HDD @ eTeknix
- An uncomplicated Buffalo in SOHO: The LinkStation 441D 4-bay NAS box @ The Register
- Thecus N4310 Soho/Home Linux NAS Server Review @ Madshrimps
- Synology DiskStation DS115 NAS @ Kitguru
- SanDisk UltraFit USB 3.0 FlashDrive (16GB) @ Bjorn3d
- MyDigitalSSD OTG mSSD 512GB USB 3.0 @ eTeknix
- VisionTek USB Pocket SSD 120GB @ Bjorn3D
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Courtesy of ASUS
The X99-A is the base level board in ASUS' Intel X99 line of motherboard offering. Don't let the term "base level offering" throw you off though, ASUS put their best foot forward in designing this beauty. The board features full support for all Intel LGA2011-3 based processors paired with DDR4 memory operating in up to a quad channel configuration. Priced at a competitive price point of $274.99, the X99-A gives the more feature-packed (and vastly more expensive) boards a run for their money.
Courtesy of ASUS
Courtesy of ASUS
Just because the X99-A motherboard is designed to be the "entry-level" model of ASUS' X99 product line does not mean that they skimped on its design or features. The X99-A features the enhanced OC Socket and an 8+4 phase digital power system similar to that featured on its more costly siblings, centered around the Extreme Engine Digi+ IV solution. Extreme Engine Digi+ IV combines ASUS' custom designed Digi+ EPU chipset, IR (International Rectifier) sourced MOSFETs, high-quality chokes, and 10k Black Metallic capacitors for unrivaled power delivery capabilities. The board is further augmented by the integration of ASUS' Crystal Sound 2 audio subsystem for superior audio reproduction.
The new 4GB ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 10, 2015 - 05:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: strix, gtx 960, factory overclocked, DirectCU II, asus, 4GB
The ASUS Strix Series is popular around PC Perspective thanks to the hefty factory overclocks and the quiet and efficient DirectCU II cooling. We have given away 2GB versions of the GTX 960 and Josh recently wrapped up a review of the tiny GTX 750 Ti for SFF builds.
Today ASUS announced the STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-4GD5, a 4GB version of the Strix GTX 960 with a base clock of 165MHz higher than the default at 1291MHz and with a 1317MHz boost clock and memory clocked at 7010MHz. The DirectCU II cooling solution has proven to live up to the hype that surrounds it, indeed the cooler is whisper quiet and even under load which heavily overclocked it is much less noticeable than other solutions, especially when attached to Maxwell.
The outputs are impressive, DVI, HDMI and three DisplayPort outputs will have you gaming on a variety of monitors and it will support 4k resolutions, at reasonable graphics settings of course. Along with the card you get the familiar GPU Tweak utility for tweaking your card and for a limited time the card will come with a free one year XSplit Premium License to allow you to share your best and worst moments with the world. So far only the 2GB model is showing up at Amazon, NewEgg and B&H so you might want to hold off for a few days but it is worth noting that these cards will get you a free pre-ordered copy of Witcher 3.
ASUS Announces UEFI Update with Socketed 5th-Gen Intel Broadwell Support for 9 Series Motherboards
Subject: Processors | March 10, 2015 - 10:20 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: uefi, motherboards, lga 1150, Intel, Broadwell, bios, asus
ASUS has announced that all current Intel 9 Series motherboards will support the upcoming 5th-Generation Intel Broadwell LGA 1150 CPUs with an UEFI update.
We reported last week that Intel's 5th-generation Broadwell CPU had been demonstrated at GDC using Intel's Iris Pro graphics, though official details about the new LGA versions of Broadwell are not yet public. The desktop variants will no doubt use the same 14nm process technology of the current BGA parts, and it has been rumored that the new CPUs will initially launch in both Core i5 and i7 versions, with the potential for Core i3 and Pentium branded parts to follow (though any potential product information is mere speculation at this point).
It will be interesting to see if the upcoming LGA 5th-Generation CPUs will be able offer any higher perfomance for desktop users compared to existing Haswell parts (such as the i7-4790K), or if there will even be unlocked processors. Considering Broadwell is a mobile-focused part designed for efficency and lower power consumption the chips could offer a compelling solution for small form-factor computers such as HTPCs, as they will presumably provide lower heat and higher IPC than existing parts.
The UEFI updates will go live later today (some updates have already been released) and include all ASUS motherboard models with Z97 and H97 chipsets.
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Rock Kart World Finals! Sat September 29
It's that time of the year again, time to find out the fastest Rock Kart driver to walk the paddock! Okay, so the name of the event is a little ambitious, but if you've been around to see some of the racing this summer, you know the front pack is pretty tight.
No matter your experiance level, come for a huge day in the karts. We start with drivers meeting at 12:00, so be here a little early to check in. Every driver will compete in all seven sessions for the day, including:
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Drivers will be weighed in for three classes. UltraLight for little drivers under 125 lbs. Light for 125 -190 lbs, and Heavy for 190 and up.
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In the Netherlands, many people convince themselves that racism is something that exists elsewhere — in South Africa, for example, or in the United States. For this is a 'tolerant,' liberal nation. To maintain the facade, often blatant acts of racism are downplayed, rationalized or swept away. As an exercise, see some of the comments on our Facebook page whenever we post something about racism in the Netherlands.
We have written before about the Dutch blackface tradition of Zwarte Piet (in English: Black Pete), and what passes for 'debate' on the topic at this time of year every year. This year though the debate about Zwarte Piet — dressed in a golliwog-style wig, pronounced red lips and gold earrings — has reached new levels, confronting in the process what many for a long time have tried to address: racism in Dutch society.
In September, activists pressured the Amsterdam municipality to have a public hearing into whether to give permission for Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) festivities in which Sinterklaas' "helper" Zwarte Piet would be prominent. (The public hearing was a first, though the municipality eventually granted the permit.) Then Verene Shepherd, chairperson of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, told a TV program, "she would object to the character of Zwarte Piet if she lived in the Netherlands." The result was a nasty racist backlash followed. Nearly 2 million people "liked" a Facebook page that expressed support for Zwarte Piet. Racist remarks in traditional and on social media were common and, as CNN reports, death treats were also made against anti-Zwarte Piet activists.
Dutch, and often also international media, create the impression that there currently is a debate on Zwarte Piet and racism. This is simply not true. Instead, what we see is that the 'debate' has been hijacked by white Dutch intellectuals who dreadfully downplay the racist nature of Zwarte Piet by arguing that he would be an archetype not related to slavery and thereby overlook how this contested figure is embedded in the racist colonial legacy of the Netherlands. (There are exceptions, with — remarkably — mostly non-Dutch media picking up the 'debate' and critically looking at Dutch race relations. Have a look, for example, at the reporting by the New York Times and the BBC in the last few days.)
Often people argue that they don't feel Zwarte Piet is racist but understand that some black people might feel offended. Yet, what they fail to grasp is that it is not about feelings, but institutional: that the Netherlands upholds, celebrates and exploits a racist caricature, something that should concern every Dutch citizen.
Discourse of 'race' and 'racism' rarely enter the discussion. Racism is seen as too strong a concept, sullying a celebration associated with a children's party and a national holiday (see the reaction of a grown man in blackface telling the BBC reporter, at the link above, how he's only trying to make the children happy). Another frequently used argument by the pro-Zwarte Piet camp is that people should be looking at 'real racism' rather than interfering with a longstanding innocent festivity for children. In doing so, the perceived innocent experience of children is understood as neutral while the experience of black people is being infantilized and dismissed.
Opposing Zwarte Piet equals an inauthentic citizenship. Imagined tolerance is used as an excuse to utter personal racist attacks and to uphold a superior position towards black citizens. If you can't adapt, leave and go back to Africa or the Caribbean, they shout. "Reverse-racism" charges by white Dutch people are common, with some even filing complaints at anti-discrimination bureaus arguing that 'others' want to take away their national blackface hero.
Yet no less an authority than the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe has expressed itself clearly on how racism is woven into the fabric of Dutch society. ECRI details how:
… certain politicians and media often portray Islam and Muslims, as well as the arrival of Eastern Europeans, as a threat to Dutch society. The criminal-law response to some of these statements has been criticised. There is no national inclusion strategy for Roma. Bills with discriminatory implications have been announced to regulate the settlement in the Netherlands of Dutch citizens from parts of the Antilles. The integration tests have several questionable aspects.
The Commission was explicit about how Dutch law fails to attack racism and racial discrimination:
The acts listed in the criminal law provisions against racism and racial discrimination are not prohibited on grounds of citizenship and language. There is no provision explicitly establishing racist motivation as a specific aggravating circumstance in sentencing. There is concern over the interpretation given to the provisions prohibiting racist insults and incitement to hatred, discrimination and violence, particularly when applied in the context of political discourse. The authorities have cut the funds of the Complaints Bureau for Discrimination, which receives complaints about racist offenses committed through the Internet.
The report also calls upon all political parties to take a firm stand against racism.
So far politicians have dismissed the severity of the ECRI report and brushed off arguments against Zwarte Piet. Prime Minister Mark Rutte couldn't do any better than to state that Zwarte Piet "just happens to be black" and that he could do nothing about it. Eberhard van der Laan, the mayor of Amsterdam, responded to the complaints made at the public hearing via a public letter. In his response Van der Laan stated he would not call the festivities racist and that it would be good to strive for an inclusive festivity in the course of five to ten years.
Van der Laan aligned himself with Hoofdpiet Erik van Muiswinkel (basically the national chief of the Zwarte Pieten) who wrote that Zwarte Piet must of course stay but that the figure must become "less black" and be less of a servant. Needless to say, such responses of politicians are offensive and degrading. Sinterklaas is now protected by nine armed police officers dressed as Zwarte Piet to protect him from those who supposedly mean him harm. It doesn't seem to matter that the racist remarks and death threats were targeted against those who oppose Zwarte Piet.
Critical voices, such as Egbert Alejandro Martina and Zinhi Özdil, who have offered intellectual insights with regard to Zwarte Piet and Dutch racism, have been swiftly put aside as Allochtone Twitter Intellectuelen (Allochthonous Twitter Intellectuals) merely concerned over futile issues. The descriptor "allochtoon" meaning "other tone" is used to describe black and non-Western Dutch citizens, residents and immigrants and point to racial hierarchies in the society.
In response to the racist backlash and serious threats against black people and critical voices, some activists have circulated a public statement. Among the organizers were Martina and Özdil. The statement clearly explains and links Zwarte Piet to anti-black racism and other forms of dehumanization that are taking place in the Netherlands:
We would like to reiterate that Zwarte Piet is racism and the protests against Zwarte Piet are not a deviation from a wider struggle against all forms of oppression. In addition, the protests against Zwarte Piet are not new. There are and have been countless others who have inspired this struggle and cleared the path long ago.
Zwarte Piet is on par with other forms of dehumanization through racialization, such as racial profiling, racism in the labour market, and the violence inherent in Dutch asylum policy. Our protest against Zwarte Piet is situated in a broader ongoing decolonial anti-racist project.
Within the mainstream Dutch public sphere the tone is that people are 'getting tired' of the debate on racism and Zwarte Piet. Racism has become something to laugh about. Predictably someone's already made and posted a Hitler-parody video on YouTube.
Racism is deeply imbedded in Dutch society and should not be viewed as the exception but rather as part of the normative framework in which society operates. The 'debate' on Zwarte Piet and racism has shown how black bodies are systematically oppressed, critical voices are silenced, and how the normativity of white power continues to determine the rules of engagement.
Chandra Frank & Serginho Roosblad
Frank writes on feminism, slavery, colonialism and cultural heritage. Follow her on Twitter. Roosblad is a journalist and producer for RNW Africa.
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Robert L. Luckenbaugh, a retired engineer, died Sunday in his Orchard Park home. He was 88.
A Buffalo native, he graduated from South Park High School and attended Canisius College and the University at Buffalo. He was a sergeant in the Marine Corps during World War II.
From 1957 to 1982, Mr. Luckenbaugh was employed as a design engineer by Bell Aerospace Systems in Niagara Falls, where he designed landing systems for planes to land on Naval ships.
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A good athlete, he was a champion golf player on the UB golf team and later appeared on the "Bowling for Dollars" television game show.
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Mr. Luckenbaugh was president of the Sports Booster Club for West Seneca West High School. He enjoyed spending time with his family camping, fishing, swimming, barbecuing and playing cards.
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Queens Park Rangers turned in their best performance of the season on Monday night, but were unable to break the deadlock against Newcastle United at Loftus Road.
Spurred by the arrival of five new faces in the starting line-up, the R's produced their most energetic outing so far, raising the tempo of their playing style and giving a glimpse of good things to come for the club. Shaun Wright-Philips' debut was a riot of fast breaks and clever footwork, flashing his blue and white hoops around heavy footed wing backs and troubling the visitors throughout the match.
Despite numerous chances and a near constant onslaught against their opponents, QPR could not break through to score. In the end they left two points on the pitch with some bad luck, but showed a skill level and tenacity that puts them in good stead heading on into the season.
The park was jumping and the spotlight of a primetime game only added to the energy, but the players seemed to feed off it rather than shrink away, and despite the outcome they raised their level of play. New owner Tony Fernandes tweeted before the game: "Unbelievable buzz at QPR. Just watching from the outside. Great feeling nervous as hell. Players look ready." He was right, and the build up inside crescendoed with the return of beloved - and dismissed by prior management - mascot Jude the Cat. Something about the sight of the old furball returning seemed to electrify the crowd and cement the idea that indeed, the good days are back for QPR.
Adel Taarabt brought his skill boots to W12, turning in a classic performance full of his theatrical footwork and using the new talent around him to move the ball and create opportunities. The pairing of him in the centre and SWP up front along with Bothroyd is exciting, bringing speed and dribbling skill.
Leon Best delivered Newcastle's finest opportunity in the first half, driving in on goal and forcing a terrific save from Paddy Kenny, who was mostly a bystander. His attempt was one of the few bright spots in a first half dominated by QPR possession but Kenny did not disappoint, robbing him and continuing his steady performances between the sticks.
Overall the defence played an outstanding game, denying the Magpies opportunities again and again, and limiting them to eight shots, only one of which even found the mark. The revamped back line was once again led by the performance of Danny Gabbidon, who continued his role as a disruptor. Luke Young and Armand Traore both had good debuts, getting involved at both ends of the pitch. Young had a few good runs in the second half to carry attacks in, and showed his experience getting back and breaking up the Newcastle responses as well. The defenders played a strong game and worked in concert with the midfielders to control the ball and press upfield. Rangers had good news post game following Traore's late exit - his limping off the pitch was only the result of cramping and he should be back for the next game.
One of the more interesting features of the game was the formation shift, which saw the midfield moved into a 4-3-3, versus the 4-5-1 and 4-2-3-1 the R's sported the last two games. With the personnel on board, this tactic worked well, freeing the wingers to spring to life and spreading the defensive midfield around. Aided by the lacklustre opponent's effort, the R's pressed the ball whenever it came to a black shirt, making Newcastle work for every inch of ground. The passing and vision was much improved from the Wigan game, and the overall style of play was more measured, deliberate and professional. They will never be world beaters, but when the R's are on their game they are starting to look as competitive as many of the teams in the league.
Of course, now that he's here, no match report is complete without mention of Joey Barton's performance. Handed the captain's armband before the game, Barton did not disappoint. He did his typical terrier like work, chasing down balls and being the nuisance he's meant to be. Early on he provided a few cracks at goal but as the game went on he focused on denying the enemy any rest or patience in his area. Despite the anticipation that some kind of on-pitch dust-up would occur with him facing off against his old club, no hint of scandal entered the match. After all, it was never his teammates Barton was griping about. He showed class post game, giving a salute to the Newcastle fans who'd travelled down to support the club. His transfer seemed a bittersweet exit for him but I think this put a bit of a wrapping on that affair.
The most surprising performance for QPR tonight was from Ali Faurlin, who stood out amongst what was supposed to be the better talent around him in midfield. He was quite aggressive and successfully so, feeding SWP some great through-passes and playing both sides of the ball fiercely from whistle to whistle. In the same way that the improved club may raise Taarabt's play, it seemed that Faurlin too benefited from the skill around him and worked hard to match quality for quality. This is all for the good and I hope to see him continue to develop in the starting eleven.
Man of the Match for QPR has to be Shaun Wright-Philips. Throughout the night he was a few steps faster than anyone on the pitch and worked relentlessly to bring the fight to the other side. He created chances and kept working, never quite making it happen but with performances like this, the goals will come. Late in the game he had a fantastic run, dribbling between two defenders, attacking two more and driving a hard shot at Krul that curled wide right at the last moment. It looked like a highlight reel strike in the making and showed him as a fearless attacker. While three points would have been better, his performance and that of the team as a whole were uplifting and hopefully spell bright futures for the R's and their supporters.
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One of the seeming injustices in the sport of football is a game where a team does everything in its power to win, but poor luck and circumstances seem to collude to deny them their just rewards.
With everything done at QPR over the past three weeks, the new owner, the new players, the new uniforms, the change in attitude towards the fans as shown in the ticket pricing being lowered and the reintroduction of a popular mascot, this was a moment where certainly the home team was going to emerge from the game victorious and send the home fans home deliriously happy.
Well, I suppose most left happy. It was certainly a game where QPR did everything to impress, but unfortunately not enough to win.
SWP was a marvel in his first game and certainly the man of the match. However, if there was a moment of magic that would have made the game it was when Taarabt did a helicopter spin dribbling the ball, retained possession, but then was unable to unleash a shot. That would have been something!
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By Horace Huntley
There is an ilk of white male that has taken lessons from the past and brought those efforts into the 21st century. The civil rights movement challenged segregation in all walks of life. The mean-spirited habits that supported the idea of white superiority were initially strengthened by a stubbornness to retain "a way of life" that spat in the face of equity and justice.
In Birmingham, whites left the city, under the rationale that even one black family moving in lowered property values and ultimately diminished the cultural standing. The status quo deemed white life and culture more valuable and desirable than black life and culture.
With this mind-set ingrained and accepted as the norm, other devious actions appeared normal. It was normal for white mobs to meet black children who chose to attend white schools. It was normal for white libraries to reject black admittance. Being forced to sit on the back of the bus was normal for black people. It was normal that blacks were excluded from using other than freight elevators in most buildings downtown. It was normal to have separate water fountains and restroom facilities. It was even normal for white churches to deny black attendance. All of this "normality" could be justified in an abnormal setting.
But modern Jim Crow is afoot in Jefferson County. The attack on health care for the poor was a first strike. White Confederate/Republican commissioners came into office declaring they would "right-size" government and get the county out of the business of health care.
They sold the rehab center that provided care for the poorest in the county. The next target is Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, which cares for the indigent of the county. If it were simply about getting the county out of the health care business, that would be accomplished by establishimg a health care authority. Although the commission authorized Cooper Green CEO Sandral Hullett to establish a health care authority, a majority of commissioners have consistently worked to sabotage those efforts and have consistently shown disrespect for Dr. Hullett, a black female.
While statements by commissioners indicate an emphasis of a racist proclivity, their efforts to destroy the county are not restricted to attacks on black people. Nearly 1,000 people, black and white, have lost their jobs in the past year.
The commission was in consultation with legislators to get a bill passed to restore the county's occupational tax. But four commission offices worked against the bill. They wanted to unearmark funds that included the indigent care fund. Rather than the occupational tax, emphasis was put on unearmarking. The occupational tax legislation failed, which resulted in more than 500 people losing jobs. Now, the scene is set for justification of the downfall of Jefferson County. It is in bankruptcy, the rehab center is closed, Cooper Green is in disarray, Birmingham is nearly 80 percent black, and the area must be saved from black control.
Secession discussions are not new. Hoover has explored the possibility of joining Shelby County. Could other counties also absorb municipalities on the fringe of Jefferson?
It could be envisioned that petitions are circulating in Hoover, Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills, Leeds, Trussville, Gardendale and Fultondale to join neighboring counties. Birmingham and its western neighbors -- Fairfield, Midfield, Brighton, Bessemer and Hueytown -- would be abandoned by more affluent and predominantly white suburbs.
In the 1960s and ¤'70s, white flight aided the "separate but equal" mentality. Will the second and third decades of the 21st century serve to revive and extend the absurdity of race and class superiority? My hope is that whites and blacks will stop voting against their own best interests to enable the elites to continue to amass generational wealth for their children.
As it stands, the rich get richer, while the poor are characterized as worthless, shiftless and lazy. If you don't believe me, watch television, listen to radio or read the newspaper. Most of the media are controlled by the generational wealth builders. Do you believe they have the best interest of the masses of people in mind, or are they acting in their own selfish interest to further deceive and divide those who are less fortunate?
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Oct. 31 is approaching quickly — a day marked throughout the United States by costume contests, pumpkin carvings, and children knocking on neighbors' doors with questions of "trick or treat?"
But for Protestant churches around the world, Oct. 31 is also a celebration of a grown man knocking on a (rather large) door, asking a different question of the Catholic Church:
From whom does salvation truly come? And a follow-up: How do we refocus the church on the Gospel?
On this date, almost 500 years ago, Martin Luther hammered his 95 Theses onto the front doors of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany — an act that, unforeseen by Luther at the time, is now credited with beginning the Protestant Reformation. Luther's 95 Theses outlined his abstentions to the practice of selling indulgences to guarantee Christians salvation, emphasizing that grace is given by God alone and can only be assured by the clergy, not bought from them.
With the help of the social media of his day — the newly-improved printing press — news quickly spread to people throughout Europe that Martin Luther was questioning the papacy and attempting to refocus the church's theology on forgiveness through the word and the eucharist, neither of which required financial prosperity. Within a few years, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for his continued teachings, which included suggestions that the Bible should be accessible to all people and that priests not necessarily need to be celibate.
The Reformation gathered Christians from across Europe into a community of "rebels," from which multiple denominations would spring up over the next half a century.
Today, 498 years later — with of a Catholic pope nicknamed "The Peoples' Pope," who is on Twitter and preaches about income inequality — what would Luther think of the state of the church?


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When a woman has two dicks in her mouth at the same time.
I challenge you to a sword fight in her mouth
ayon kay walter lomeli ika-14 ng Agosto, 2004
The battle that takes place over a female at a predominately male party or gathering.
I could not talk to the only hot girl there because there was already a sword fight around her.
ayon kay LeeL ika-29 ng Oktubre, 2007
double penetration
see cock fight
see cock fight
ayon kay tim ika-18 ng Setyembre, 2003
Also known as a sausage fest. Sword fights are parties with an overwhelming amount of males. What few females there are usually being cock blocked too. They develop when too many different cliques decide to show up, with few females being told of the party. Also, if two parties are being held at the same time, more or less one of them will turn into a sword fight, depending on which people the girls like.
I went to some dudes house party and it was a total sword fight. All the girls were either at the club or movies that night, and some other kids were cock blocking the girls that were there.
ayon kay The Sub ika-26 ng Pebrero, 2005
See Sausage Party
God, this party is a huge sword fight. Where are the wenches?
ayon kay Marko ika-23 ng Oktubre, 2002
a party, or gathering, at which the number of penises out-weighs the number of vaginas by a lop-sided margin.
i do believe this party has turned into quite the sword fight. let us venture to the titty-bar, shall we?
ayon kay daruck ika-03 ng Disyembre, 2008
A social environment where the males greatly outnumber the females, lacking the natural balance of a non-gay atmosphere.
Also dude fest, man crowd.
See dude count)
Also dude fest, man crowd.
See dude count)
Dude#1:<enters pool hall>"Dude, there's only like.. 2 chicks here!
Dude#2:"Lets jet, i'm not hanging around this swordfight."
Dude#2:"Lets jet, i'm not hanging around this swordfight."
ayon kay Dustin Turtle ika-27 ng Oktubre, 2004


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Apple Leaks Approved iPad Apps?
PadGadget claims that Apple had approved and listed various iPad apps in the App Store. The discovery was uncovered while browsing through the web-based preview version of the App Store, as the "standard" iTunes browser will not list iPad apps. Unfortunately, those iPad items have since disappeared from Apple's website.
The apps in question were marked with an "HD" extension, apparently a common label for developers in order for them to distinguish the iPad versions from the rest of the App Store library (although some are using XL too). Surprisingly the list included various games including Worms HD and NBA Hotshot HD.
PadGadget provided the following list, stating that these were just "some" that were uncovered:
- Ammoin HD
- Azkend HD
- Flight Control HD
- Grind HD
- HD Recovery
- Labyrinth 2 HD
- Numba HD
- Plants vs. Zombie HD
- Sparkle HD
Although the listings provided a link to each app, clicking visitors only received an error in return, saying that the item is not currently available in the US store. Now it doesn't seem to matter-- the HD-labeled items have thus disappeared. Whether it was slip-up or a sinister way of drumming up more iPad coverage, at least iPad fans can get an idea of what they can purchase next week. Tease.
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COLUMBIANA, Alabama -- With her debut benefit run known as the Shelby County NEGU, or Never Ever Give Up, raising more than $2,600 last year for a high school senior's medical bills, organizer Jane McDaniel of Columbiana is sticking by the event's motto.
McDaniel is looking for a new beneficiary for this year's fundraiser run that will happen on June 29 in Columbiana. Last year, the inaugural NEGU run benefited Shelby County High School's Christopher Goodwin, who lost his left leg in a car wreck a year ago.
"The reason I did it last year is because when Chris had his accident, we all rallied around him and his family. If it had been any one of us, him and his family would have rallied around us," said McDaniel, who graduated from Shelby County High School in 2009.
"I was in the band, I was a band nerd," she said, noting that Goodwin also participated in the marching band. "His little sister is marching now. Band is family. We always take care of each other."
McDaniel plans to continue the momentum created with last year's event with the June benefit run that will help somebody else in need.
"I was approached several times after Christopher's race, asking if I was going to do it again," she said. "So as soon as Chris' race was over with, I thought, 'This was awesome, and I can do this for other people and help out other families.' So that is what we're doing.'"
This year's 5K run is happening at 8 a.m. on June 29 in Columbiana. McDaniel is ready to secure a beneficiary and she wants people to apply by March 31.
The honoree must be a resident of Shelby County and "somebody that needs help and deserves help," she said. There is no age requirement.
"The honoree or family of the honoree will need to provide reason of possible need," she added.
There is another requirement for the beneficiary. "The honoree needs to be a fighter, one who will never, ever give up, hence NEGU. NEGU stands for Never Ever Give Up," McDaniel said.
A few people in the Columbiana area will help McDaniel pick this year's beneficiary, who will be announced in early April.
"People can nominate other people," she said. "There's already seven names in the pot. I hope to have a lot more in the pot."
Visit the event's Facebook page by clicking here or going to www.facebook.com/ShelbyCountyNeguRace for more information and applications. Contact McDaniel by mail at Shelby County NEGU, P.O. Box 161, Columbiana, AL 35051, or by e-mail at email@example.com.
Race registration will cost $25 for the early-bird special that ends April 1, when the cost increases to $35.
The race is an outlet for McDaniel to continue her desire to help others. She lives in Columbiana with her parents and previously worked with a rescue squad and at fire departments.
"Right now I'm going to Central Alabama Community College in Childersberg. I'm doing nursing and American sign language and volunteering at The Bell Center in Homewood," which is an early intervention program for children under 3, she said.
"I love children. If anybody needs my help, I pretty much drop what I'm doing and go help them," McDaniel said. "I try to help anybody out that needs it."
Now, it's the community's help that she needs.


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I just wanted to expand on a topic that began in my newsletter. I hope this is an ongoing conversation because there seems to be a lot of confusion about the value design brings to a business. "Design" in many people's minds is nothing more than making it "pretty" when in fact, this is just one small part of it. Design also encompasses functionality, usability, strategy, brand and-yes-aesthetics (making it pretty). Below are some quotes that might help clarify the confusion.
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve Jobs
In the case of building a website, all parties are working with design: information architects, interactive designers, engineers and business strategists. Everyone is involved in giving the site meaningful order and appeal—design.
"We [designers] provide a process, a managerial discipline with its alternate phases of analysis and creative exploration, which in itself is an invaluable guide to the company's strategic future. This process allows management to visualize and test its strategic options. It makes strategies appear real before rollout production decisions are made." - James G. Hansen, Chairman and Co-founder, Source/Inc.
So much for designers not playing a meaningful business role in an organization. Designers make it possible for companies to test the waters before going public. In other words, design reduces the risk of danger! Unfortunately, often as a result of impatience and lack of strategic planning, many companies oversee this important step to their product development and wonder later, why their product hasn't been received well. Audience studies, competitive analysis, personas, scenarios, user tasks, prototypes and user testing are often seen as gratuitous and ways for designers to make more money from their clients! While it does take more time and money, the result is correcting problems before, not after you've spent a ton of money on layered Photoshop files, HTML development and programming. And everyone knows how difficult it is to change things after the beast has launched.
"Many clients are also surprised to learn that the way the company and its products "look" not only influences sales (the consumer), but also, and perhaps even more significant from a strategic point of view, the way in which its own management, sales force, and distributors perceive it." - James G. Hansen, Chairman and Co-founder, Source/Inc.
Does it really matter how your employees see your products? Remember those ugly black leather shoes your parents used to make you wear to church? Remember those uniforms they made you wear at your first job when you were 16? Remember playing soccer as a youngster and discovering that the other team had better uniforms?
"…Information only has value when it is successfully communicated. If it cannot be accessed or understood it does not have value." - Dirk Knemeyer, Thread Inc.
OK, so you have some great website features that are going to make Facebook and Flickr look like a Cub Scout project. You built your website with feature-centered design and know that users will be crawling all over it once they find out all the cool things it can do to make their lives easier. You launch your site with the expectation "build it and they will come". They come (some of them), the problem is they soon leave. What happened? Nobody "gets it", that's what happened. A shift in priorities from feature-centered design to customer-centered design would have saved you a lot of strife. Also, a good dose of user testing and iterative design would have helped. For 1-2 weeks more of work you could've saved yourself a headache. The value of smart design is crucial to the success of not only your project, but in most cases, your business too.


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The Institute collaborates with national and international partners both theoretical and experimental.
In the following a patial list. Experimental collaborators are reported in italics. Theoretical groups collaborating with us are reported in normal text font.
Prof. B. Lüscher - Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
Prof. Jeanette Hellgren-Kotaleski (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
Prof. A. Bauer (INM-2)
Dr. J. Meinke, Dr. S. Mohanty (JSC)
Prof. K. Amounts (INM-1)
Prof. J. Shah (INM-4)
Prof. G. Natile, Dr. R. Caliandro (University of Bari, Italy)
Prof. G. Legname and S. Gustincich (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Prof. P. Pohl (University of Linz, Austria)
Prof. M. Orozco (IRB Barcelona, Spain)
Prof. W. Meyerhof (German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal)
Dr. Sybille Krauß (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Berlin)
Dr. L. Navarini (Illy Coffee, Trieste, Italy)
Prof. S. Barth (Fraunhofer Institute of RWTH Aachen)
Prof. G. Varani (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
Prof. O. Tabarrini (Universitz of Perugia, Italy)
Dr. S. Raugei (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA)
Prof. Rita Grandori (University of Milan)
Prof. Janina Kneipp, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Prof. M. Parrinello (ETH, Zürich and Lugano, Switzerland)
Prof. Mark Wheatley (University of Birmingham, UK)
Prof. D. Boda (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Prof. B. Eisenberg (Rush Medical Center, Chicago, USA)
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Once again, I say the better team always wins a 7 game series.
Good teams don't blame the refs or misfortune for losing games. Good teams rise above the adversity and win games.
And when Gretzky high-sticks Gilmour in OT of game seven, draws blood, receives no penalty, and goes on to score the series winner soon afterward?


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A man and woman are in the hospital after sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic violence call and found the man with a gunshot wound to the shoulder and the woman with head injuries.
Shortly before 2:30 p.m., deputies responded to the 29000 block of Hacienda Drive and discovered the pair, who were apparently an ex-boyfriend and girlfriend, according to sheriff's Sgt. Gary Parker.
No other information was available about the man and woman, who were both taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
There were no apparent witnesses, Parker said, and added that the incident appeared to have been a domestic dispute.
Parker said the shooting is under investigation.


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The Valley Industrial Association, Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce, City of Santa Clarita and Building Industry Association will host an in-depth panel discussion on the merits, challenges and vision for workforce housing and employee mobility in the Santa Clarita Valley at the next Valley Industrial Association luncheon on Tuesday, Sept. 16, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Valencia, 24500 Town Center Drive, Valencia 91355.
A few seats for the luncheon are still available.
Local employers have experienced difficulty retaining employees in recent years and attracting new ones due, in part, to the inability of many workers to afford to live in the same area as they work. As a result, the lack of affordable housing often forces workers to live in outlying areas and commute long distances. The rise in fuel costs only adds to the hardship. Hourly workers and mid-management personnel have been the most affected.
To address the issue, VIA sponsored a Workforce Housing symposium earlier this year and invited around 40 community thought-leaders to discuss the issues affecting local businesses and the community at-large. It was discovered that economic growth for many businesses operating in the Santa Clarita Valley was inhibited due to the lack of local workers, since the cost of housing had outpaced the rate of income change.
The Sept. 16 luncheon is the next step in developing long-term solutions. The panel discussion will focus on the current and future critical needs of economic development, business, industry and the community.
Panelists include:
-- Bill Kennedy, VIA board member, chairman-elect SCV Chamber of Commerce, and planning commissioner for the City of Santa Clarita
-- Paul Brotzman, director of community development, City of Santa Clarita
-- Holly Schroeder, president/chief executive officer, Building Industry Association
-- Fred Arnold, president, California Mortgage Brokers Association and American Family Funding
-- Jack Shine, Habitat for Humanity
Julie Weith, VIA chairwoman of the board and Charlie Gill, SCV Chamber of Commerce chairman, will provide opening remarks. Andy Pattantyus, VIA board member, will moderate the event.
The business luncheon is open to the public. Cost is $40. For more information, call VIA at (661) 294-8088 or visit www.via.org.


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CHARLES TOWN - Sparks flew and tempers flared during Thursday's Board of Zoning Appeals meeting, as plans for possibly bringing a large-scale music festival into Jefferson County were presented.
The All Good Festival is a five-day music festival and campout, which was formerly held in Preston County, W.Va. and later moved to a location in Ohio. The event's organizers want to bring the festival to the Stiles family farm, located in Kabletown near Ward Clipp Road, in July or August 2014.
A large music festival could have significant economic benefits to Jefferson County. In a letter of support for the All Good Festival presented to the BZA, Annette Gavin of the Jefferson County Convention and Visitors Bureau explained some of the ways a large event could help the county.
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Robert and Wanda Aitcheson stand in their driveway in front of what could be the site of the All Good Festival, a five-day concert and campout event.
"We understand the economic impact an event such as this can have on the county, specifically the revenue generated in hotel rooms, meals in our restaurants, local shopping and gasoline purchases are obvious substantial tourism dollars," she wrote.
Bob Martin, an attorney who represents the All Good Festival, stressed that an event like this could have a significant impact on tourism and jobs in the county.
"All we have left in West Virginia anymore is our tourism. All of our major industries have gone," Martin said. "(The All Good organizers) work very hard with the local people, they hire hundreds of people and have literally hundreds more volunteers."
Junipa Contento, the vice president of All Good, said the estimated turnout is between 15,000 and 20,000 people, and organizers have already begun coordinating with the sheriff's department and EMS in Jefferson County.
"We've checked out several different sites, we looked at some properties with some criteria. What's really important to us is organization. We had a talk with the sheriff as well," Contento said.
Contento and others representing the All Good Festival said they are aware that they will need to get clearance from the health department and the division of highways as well before continuing event plans.
Not everyone is excited about the proposed festival, however.
In a letter to the BZA, Craig Jennings, president of the Preston County Commission, describes the negative impacts the All Good Festival had on the county. Jennings cited traffic control issues and an increase in costs for the regional jail and local hospitals as major negative impacts of the festival in Preston County.
"At times traffic was backed up approximately 15 miles on the two-lane highway leading into the rural dirt roadway to the site. The traffic jams lasted for hours. Local citizens who lived near the site complained that they had to take vacation days during the festival because they couldn't get to work due to the huge traffic headache," Jennings wrote.
Jennings also mentioned heavy drug use by those who attended the festival, and said Preston County had more felony arrests during the festival than it usually has in an entire year.
"Nearly, if not all, the arrests, both felony and misdemeanor, by participants of the All Good Festival were drug-related," he wrote.
Jennings also said the event put a strain on local law enforcement, who had to enlist help from neighboring counties.
"Just to keep order at an event where approximately 30,000 or more people are expected forces you into getting mutual aid agreements with state police and other law enforcement agencies. We had to pay $35 per hour per officer for the extra help," Jennings wrote in his letter.
Some Jefferson County residents, especially those who live close to the Stiles farm, are also skeptical about what the impacts of the All Good Festival will be.
Bob Aitcheson lives on Ward Clipp Road, directly across the street from where the All Good Festival may be held. He shares many of Jennings's concerns about security and traffic.
"(All Good staff) say they will have security, but those fences don't mean anything. They come down almost as fast as they go up," Aitcheson said. "It's going to be bedlam for five days."
Aitcheson is also skeptical about just how much money the festival will bring into the county.
"(The festival) cost Preston County almost $250,000, so contrary to what they say, it's not something that's good for Jefferson County," he said. "It doesn't help the neighborhood, it doesn't help land values and it doesn't help people's sanity when they have to put up with something like this."
Martin reassured the locals in attendance at Thursday's meeting that the All Good Festival is operated professionally.
"This is not our fathers' Woodstock, it's not," he said. "It's not a mess thrown together by a bunch of guys who want to do something out in a field. This is a well-thought out, well-run business."
- Staff writer Mary Stortstrom can be reached at 304-725-6581 or www.twitter.com/mstortstromJN.


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A northeast Missouri woman has been arrested on federal charges.
Dolores Snow, 36, of Green City, is charged with numerous counts of mail fraud and healthcare fraud in Iowa. She was arrested Wednesday in Sullivan County.
According to the federal indictment, Snow is accused of sending false claims to Medicaid for services she had not performed. The claims were in excess of $15,000.
Snow has since been released from custody. Her trial is set for July 2 at the Federal Courthouse in Des Moines.


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Pune: Ankit Bawne's heroic unbeaten 155 went in vain as Karnataka notched up a thrilling eight-wicket win over Maharashtra on the final day to book a quarter-final berth in the Ranji Trophy on Tuesday.
After conceding a massive 473-run first innings lead, Maharashtra fought back remarkably well in their follow on with Bawne leading the charge. Karnataka were set a target of 89 from 13 overs and they chased it down with eight balls to spare to collect six points from their last league match and 21 in total to finish third in Group B. The result knocked Delhi and Vidarbha out of tournament after their match in Delhi ended in a draw. Both Delhi and Vidarbha ended their league engagements on 20 points each.
First innings double centurion Muralidharen Gautam (16 not out) and opener Lokesh Rahul (42 not out) took Karnataka home as their side scored 92 for two in 11.4 overs. Karnataka needed more than seven an over but Rahul and captain Stuart Binny played aggressively, sharing 48 runs from 5.5 overs before the latter was out on 25 (from 17 balls).
Brief scores: Karnataka: 572 for 9 decl and 92 for 2 (Lokesh Rahul 42 not out); Maharashtra: 99 and 561 all out (Ankit Bawne 155 not out; H S Sharath 4 for 100).
Tamil Nadu vs Haryana:
In Chennai, Haryana and Tamil Nadu shared the honours as their rain-curtailed Group B Ranji Trophy match ended in a tame draw. Haryana's middle-order fired in unison as they reached 180 for three in their first innings at stumps on the final day.
Batting first, Tamil Nadu had scored 571 for six declared after the opening day was washed off at the India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground here.
Rahul Dalal was the top-scorer for Haryana with an unbeaten 56 off 179 balls, which was laced with nine hits to the fence. For the hosts, Sunil Sam, Yo Mahesh and B Aparajith took one wicket each. Tamil Nadu and Haryana bagged one point each from the drawn tie. Resuming at seven for 0, openers Nitin Saini and Dewan added 40 runs when the former was caught by Arun karthik off Yo Mahesh in the 13th over.
Dewan and Khod then forged a 33-run partnership for the second wicket but the former was dismissed in the 27th over. Khod then added 42 runs with Dalal for the third wicket before being dismissed by Sunil Sam in the 51st over.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu first innings: 571 for 6 decl; Haryana first innings: 180 for 3 (R Dalal 56; B Aparajith 1 for 18).
Delhi vs Vidarbha:
In Nagpur, Delhi failed to record an outright win against Vidarbha and were knocked out at the group league stage of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi finished on 20 points from eight games but were pipped at the post by Karnataka, who came from behind to beat Maharashtra by an outright margin to end on 21 points.
Delhi bowlers got 93 overs on the final day to get 10 Vidarbha wickets and thus ensure seven points which would take them to the knock-out stage but home team defended doggedly to reach 216 for seven when play was finally called off.
Left-arm spinner Vikas Mishra was the most successful bowler taking three for 26 from 22 overs while Pradeep Sangwan took two wickets. However Delhi missed the services of their best fast bowler Parvinder Awana, who is known to perform well on unresponsive tracks.
Brief scores: Delhi 523 for 9 decl. Vidarbha 257 & 216 for 7 (Shalabh Srivastava 3 for 26, Pradeep Sangwan 2 for 57). Match drawn. Points: Delhi 3; Vidarbha 1.
(With inputs from agencies)