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Finding Classic Skeeball in San Francisco
November 24, 2012 / 0 comments
When I moved to San Francisco over four years ago, I had no idea where to play Skeeball in this fair city of San Francisco. So I went to my trusted resource of reviews and listings…Yelp. This is what I found, another man sharing my same concern:
"Where can a guy get a classic game of Skeeball in this town?!" – Yelp User 10372
Fast forward 4 years. Now there are multiple options of playing Classic Skeeball in San Francisco. Let me take you on a journey of playing this nostalgic game in the city by the bay. Before we start, let me define what Classic Skeeball is.
Classic Skeeball has the following characteristics:
Mesh Nets
Wooden Balls
Vintage Marquee
8-Bit Sound Effects
Scoring Pockets That Don't Exceed 100 Points
Classic Skeeball is NOT:
Plastic Balls
Excess of LED lighting
Metal Side/Top Netting
Let's embark on this journey of finding all of the Classic Skeeball machines in San Francisco:
SoMa StrEat Food Park
Address: 428 11th Street San Francisco, CA 94103
Neighborhood: SoMa
# of Machines: Two
Price / Game: $1.00
Prizes: No
Description: This is one of the more unique Skeeball experiences in the city. There are two Skeeball machines on a canvas-covered trailer that ready for gameplay adjacent to all of the food trucks. It's the first of its kind, a mobile Skeeball gaming experience.
D-Structure Clothing Company & Art Gallery
Address: 520 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117
Neighborhood: Lower Haight
# of Machines: One
Price / Game: $1.00
Prizes: Yes, posters and shirts.
Description: Stop by this fashionable clothing store and art gallery for some Skeeball and you could win a poster, t-shirt and more. This venue is host to plethora of art shows and the popular American Tripps Berlin-Style Ping Pong. The staff is friendly and you're sure to find something handmade and/or unique to San Francisco because they have a silkscreen setup in-house.
Buckshot Bar and Tavern
Address: 3848 Geary Blvd San Francisco, CA 94118
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond
# of Machines: Two
Price / Game: $1.00
Prizes: No, they do have a competitive league though, Brewskee-Ball.
Description: One of the more popular Skeeball locations in San Francisco, the Buckshot is host to two Classic Skeeball machines and the infamous Ike Turner shot (a shot of Hennessy and a slap to the face). Come here on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesday evenings to witness the competitive Brewskee-Ball league taking place. That's where you'll find the best Skeeball players in the country.
Rickshaw Stop
Address: 155 Fell Street San Francisco, CA 94102
Neighborhood: Hayes Valley
# of Machines: One
Price / Game: $1.00
Prizes: No.
Description: Tucked away in the upstairs hangout of this music venue and night club, the Rickshaw Stop, a classic Skeeball machine is perfectly placed for concert and party goers to blow off some steam before rocking out. On any given Thursday night, you can see some amazing bands here for the famous party night, Popscene.
Address: Pier 45 Shed A San Francisco, CA 94133
Neighborhood: Fisherman's Wharf
# of Machines: One
Price / Game: $0.25
Prizes: No.
Description: From the collection of WWII veteran, Edward Galland Zelinsky, Musee Mechanique is host to wide variety of coin-operated amusements. You can find a classic Skeeball machine here and it's the least expensive in the city. If you find yourself in Fisherman's Wharf, definitely stop by and play this machine!
photo credit: David Gallagher
If you are interested in having Classic Skeeball in your Bay Area venue, please send me an email or give me a call.
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Joey the Cat

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- November 07, 2012
Nine elderly residents have started moving from Eventide and into new nursing homes this week to meet a December deadline set by the Metro North Hospital and Health Board.
Last month, Metro North Hospital and Health Board chair Dr Paul Alexander said 20 residents would be relocated by December as part of major changes at Eventide Aged Care Facility.
On Monday, he revealed nine residents had secured new accomodation. The first was moved on November 5.
However, Dr Alexander would not say where the residents were being transferred to, due to privacy legislation and Queensland health confidentiality requirements but they are ``fully aware of all the details of their transfer''.
There is no word on the other 11 residents set to be moved by December.
It follows a weekend meeting at Sandgate Town Hall, hosted by the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU), which drew about 150 people.
The QNU launched its own Save Eventide campaign, set to include public events, advertising, petitions and political lobbying.
``The QNU has the resources to assist the staff, residents, residents' families and other interested locals to run a vigorous grassroots campaign against the closure and dislocation of so many elderly people and staff,'' secretary Beth Mohle said.
Its campaign is the second opposing the government's move.
A Save Eventide Community Action Group includes Labor politicians Wayne Swan and Victoria Newton and community members.
Meanwhile, the community is mobilising for a 2.7km march to save Eventide and other proposed health closures. It is planned for November 24 to leave Pelican Park, Clontarf at 7am, go across the Ted Smout Bright and finish at Decker Park, Brighton.
So far 835 people have put their signature to an e-petition on the Queensland Parliament website opposing the bed closures. A similar petition at www.change.org.au has drawn 110 supporters, and 51 people have signed a third online petition at www.gopetition.com
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The talented Tom Petterson plays bass with those high rollers of rock,
Cheap Trick
. Petersson fell in with true-original
Rick Nielsen
back in the '60s and the two wandered Europe before landing in
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returned to America in the early '70s and told Petersson he was on the verge of success with a new band. Petersson was less than delighted when he found out the truth upon returning to the States, but stayed around as the duo eventually settled with
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Cheap Trick
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completed the radical
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I began work this week on the Kings Quest Suite, and as I transcribed the score from the original Sound Canvas recordings, I'd forgotten just... Read more
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It's been a while since my last update. And I don't have time right now to give one, but instead I'm notifying all of you wonderful backers that... Read more
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April 2009 Roundup: Finances, Food & Fun
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Starting this month I'll be doing a monthly roundup of some posts I found particular entertaining, interesting, or informative. I won't inundate you with a list of posts, each one will be carefully selected and given some context.
This month I've been doing a lot of food blog reading since I've been writing about a variety of cooking topics, like making bread crumbs and pizza crusts, so I found a couple foodie blogs to share with you all. I hope you like this new monthly feature!
Personal Finance
Now that we're in a recession, one of the best things you can do for yourself is to get additional training. Jeremy at GenXFinance had a fantastic article in March outlining 20 Free Online Finance Courses worth checking out. You can do them at your own pace and they're offered by very well known schools like Yale and MIT. Remember, the key is to augment yourself, not your resume; but do so now!
Dave Ramsey is a pretty big name in the personal finance world, having penned a few books, built up a large following, and helped many a person out of debt and onto the right personal finance track. In March, Pinyo of Moolanomy broke down his Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps. There are 7+1 steps (7 listed by Dave Ramsey and then Step 0), and Pinyo does a great job discussing them all.
Haggling. So many people thinking haggling is a dirty word, fortunately I wasn't born with that particular disability! 🙂 Haggling is like a sport, it's where you pit your wits against the vendor and may the best man or woman win. In other countries, haggling is expected. Prices start high to catch the tourists who don't haggle. If you aren't good at haggling, I recommend you read a post by my friend SVB that contains some haggling tips.
Finally, Liz Pulliam Weston listed her top hundred most useful websites and I'm very honored to have made the list.
Omnomicon is a great foodie blog and Aleta posted a great story early in the month on where you can buy spices and herbs on the cheap. She found that going to a local organic store netted huge savings over the grocery store. My wife and I go to a local Asian grocer to get some of our spices because the prices there are ridiculously lower. Ever buy sesame seeds? If you get it from spice aisle at your local grocery store, it'll be a fortune. You can get it for a fraction of the price (and a much larger quantity) from an Asian grocery if you can find one nearby.
Laith Hassan at BrokeAssGourmet, another one of my favorite foodie blogs, posted a shopping list if you wanted to put together a budget bar for around seventy bucks. He doesn't recommend brands of spirit but a $11 750mL of vodka can't be all that great. 🙂 Either way, still a good article.
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At Old Bedford Village Saturday during "1940s Weekend" - when re-enactors played soldiers and civilians of the Allied and Axis powers during World War II - the aim was authenticity.
It worked only too well for visitor Richard Bohon of Greensburg.
He and his companion Rachel Davis came with mild expectations of a history-filled afternoon, replete with artifacts of old time, and walked into a re-enactment skirmish, with guns firing.
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It brought unexpected emotion to Bohon, who served in the military during the Vietnam War, although he didn't go to Vietnam.
He learned firsthand then, however, that "They teach you to take another man's life," he said.
At the village Saturday, there was at least one gun - a machine gun - that was used during the big war.
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World War II re-enactors Andrew Hollinger (left), 22, of Lancaster and Colby Gregory, 16, of Bloomsburg portray U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division outside of an aid station set up on the grounds of Old Bedford Village. To view a photo gallery, see cu.altoonamirror.com.
"It actually took the lives of men," Davis said.
What he saw disconcerted Bohon enough that he had to sit down a while to compose himself, she said.
Maybe people will eventually realize that war isn't the answer, Bohon said.
Its effects "go on and on," said Davis, recalling an uncle whose tasks as a serviceman in the Pacific in World War II included retrieving body parts from battlefields.
As a civilian, he went into a panic if he saw a person who looked Japanese, she said.
Oliver Kramer of Hagerstown, Md., can vouch for the emotional potential of re-enactment.
He is a German native who served in the German army in the mid-1980s, and came to the U.S. in 1993. He was part of a unit that played German soldiers.
He was mistrustful at first of a reporter's intentions, and made it clear without being asked that his band of re-enactors doesn't put up with "politics."
That means they don't accept anyone who would join to exercise neo-Nazi fantasies, according to his fellow German army re-enactor Robert Scott of Pittsburgh.
Most spectators respect the re-enactors' desire to be authentic for historical purposes - Kramer wore a small swastika on his uniform - and most of the few who protest come around after a friendly explanation, Kramer and Scott said.
Mara Riley of Waldorf, Md., who played a British village air raid warden, said she wouldn't play a Nazi but had no problem with those who do.
She works with computer data for a living and re-enacts to step out of the information overload of modern life, like her husband, also an IT worker, who does woodworking to get away from it all.
Re-enactments are hardly perfect time machines, but sometimes they can be close, as it was once in Maryland, when fog shrouded all traces of modern surroundings and some Amish in a horse-drawn wagon added to the antiquity of the militia-re-enactment milieu they were creating.
If there were a real time machine, she'd take advantage, but only briefly.
She wouldn't have lived long in olden times, being a preemie at birth and being afflicted with allergies. "I need my Claritin," she said.
Bob Michanowicz of Alexandria, Va., was playing a major in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, a paratrooper, and the pretending wasn't far from the reality.
He's a colonel in the Military Intelligence Readiness Command, and he's been in Iraq for both Gulf wars.
He likes history, but more important, he wants to honor veterans, he said.
He learned to love what they stand for from five uncles who served in World War II, he said.
Mostly, he heard the funny stories from their time at war, but underneath, he senses they were "men of great purpose and dedication," he said.
Among the best ways to honor those uncles and other veterans is to portray what it's like for people who were never in the service, he said.
Many are "utterly fascinated," he said. It's then he feels that he's "turned on the lightbulb," he said.
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Under the auspices of the Ministry of tourism the 5th Edition of Cairo International Jazz Festival will take place from 21 to 23 March 2013 at Al Zhar Park-Genena Theater.
The festival will include jazz orchestras from United States, Spain, Austria, Morocco, Japan, Portugal, Lebanon, Netherlands, France, Lithuania, Brazil, and Germany.
Moreover the festival will witness the participation of music celebrities like "Gilberto Gil" who served as Minister of Culture in Brazil (2003-2008), the well known Spanish Flamenco singer "Diego El Cigala", the French singer "Christophe Wallemme", the American Singer "KJ Denhart", and the famous Lebanese singer "Ziad El Rahbani" who will perform the closing ceremony of the festival, in addition to Egyptian Orchestras.
Cairo International Jazz Festival is also hosting a number of side events such as workshops, master classes, film screening, kids programs and after hours Jazz performance that takes the Jazz music beyond the stage to Cairo such as Cairo Jazz Club.
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AS LAST WEEK ended, after Mayor Nutter was the guest of honor at a virtual Whack-a-Mole festival, he turned and fired.
Not at the Inquirer for its lengthy series documenting his failure to collect almost $300 million in unpaid real-estate taxes owed on 100,000 delinquent properties, not at unions that condemned him as a union buster, not at an acidic cartoon by Signe Wilkinson and a scornful column by Your Favorite Columnist.
Instead, Nutter fired off a letter late Friday afternoon to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations that brutally bashed (better late than never?) Philadelphia magazine's recent "whitewash" cover story and requested that the commission "conduct an inquiry into the state of racial issues, biases and attitudes" in the many communities, colors, stripes and polka dots that comprise the City of Brotherly Love.


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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The recent blips in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's storied football tradition stretch to the NFL Draft, too.
The Irish have produced only one first-round pick in the past seven drafts, when Brady Quinn went 22nd to the Cleveland Brown. Quinn and center Jeff Faine rank as the Irish's lone first-rounders in the 2000s. And 16 drafts have passed since Bryant Young was the No. 7-overall pick, the last Fighting Irish player to go in the top 10.
The numbers seem odd for a program that recruits coast-to-coast, hires high-profile coaches and attracts as much attention as any program in the sport. But they provide another measure for where Notre Dame now sits in the college football landscape.
"They haven't had the talent," one NFL scout said this week. "Haven't brought it in. Haven't developed it."
Tight end Kyle Rudolph, who ran at Notre Dame's pro day on Thursday, gives the program a strong shot at a first-round pick this year. Of his teammates who worked out with him, from 317-pound lineman Chris Stewart to scatback Armando Allen, only defensive tackle Ian Williams seems a possible top-100 pick.
The 2011 draft doesn't reflect a major slip for the Irish, either. The '09 draft included only one former Notre Dame player, defensive back David Bruton, who went 114th to the Broncos. Besides Quinn, the past six drafts have included three Irish products in the top 50—tight end John Carlson (38th in '08), defensive tackle Trevor Laws (47th in '08) and quarterback Jimmy Clausen (48th in '10).
Mike Mayock sees the issue from two perspectives, as an NFL Network draft analyst and the color commentator on NBC's Notre Dame football broadcasts.
On Thursday, Mayock recalled last year's Notre Dame pro day, when Clausen and wide receiver Golden Tate (60th to Seattle) performed for NFL talent evaluators. And he said changes in the program under coach Brian Kelly and director of football strength and conditioning Paul Longo should produce more high picks in the near future.
"They've redefined their weight room etiquette under Longo," Mayock said. "It will get better. Every program goes through peaks and valleys in regards to the draft. (Notre Dame) just hit a valley."
The poor results in April don't seem to have hurt the Irish every February on National Signing Day. Former running back Robert Hughes and ex-linebacker Brian Smith both said Thursday they didn't consider Notre Dame's draft history when they opted to play college ball there. Playing for a specific coach and the school's academic and athletic profile ranked above NFL considerations for the players.
"At the end of the day, it's all about the individual player," Hughes said. "I know I'm going to go out and show my athletic ability. For me, I don't know if Notre Dame plays a big role."
On Thursday, Rudolph stood out as a sign of the Notre Dame of old. Maybe the best at his position in the draft, he drew smiles and back slaps from several NFL assistant coaches, including the Giants' Mike Pope and the Dolphins' Dan Campbell.
The other ex-Irish players slipped away at their workouts, unrecognized by the evaluators and off-the-radar in most draft projections.
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There was a recent letter about how Carnation has gussied up a bit; a much-needed facelift for City Hall, the awesome makeover of Pete's Club (money in City Hall coffers when it opens for business), and some work on Cedar Log (not so noticeable because he keeps it up).
Last but certainly not least, Sterling's gift of landscaping to the Seniors is so lovely; we enjoy it every day. So why did Morrison hire an unknown (to us) landscaper from Tacoma for a city job? Tacoma! Bummer! Why am I not surprised? Why didn't the city stop him?
"No" to Swiftwater 4. A story in the paper says it looks like Connor's original plan to complete by the end of the summer isn't going to happen. I was on the Planning Commission for Swiftwater 1. The Planning Commission and city government representing the citizens O.K.'d first, then King County agencies. Looks like they have the cart before the horse. I thoroughly disapprove of excavating land between some lots and Tolt River for 14 homes buildup--15,800 cubic yards, all in the flood plain. That sounds like tempting Mother Nature. In the next flood, Tolt River might make a new channel right down Tolt Avenue.
I regret that Gary (Remlinger) withdrew his application for an amphitheatre for early evening, family-oriented concerts. We hear of the need for someplace for kids to go. As for traffic, we already have it. Several years ago, the word got out that Carnation was a great place to live. They came; they are still coming. They commute, usually 2 cars to a family, to work, shopping, etc. So why the opposition to summer music?
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Jing Y, Waxman S, Mira-Y-Lopez R . The cellular retinoic acid binding protein II is a positive regulator of retinoic acid signaling in breast cancer cells. Cancer Res 1997; 57: 1668-1672.
Dai J, Weinberg R, Waxman S, Jing Y. Malignant cells can be sensitized to undergo growth inhibition and apoptosis by arsenic trioxide through modulation of the glutathione redox system. Blood 1999; 93: 268-277.
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Remember that dead body comedy Scarlett Johansson signed onto a few months ago? Well, it's casting up and Scarlett Johansson is being joined by several funny ladies: Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, and Ilana Glazer. McKinnon you know from SNL, and the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot. Full Story
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Hi! I'm a nursing student, and I have to do a paper based on an interview with someone from a culture other than my own. If you have immigrated to the US in the last 6 years, I could really use your help. The questions are mostly about healthcare. It should only take maybe 20 minutes? I could email you the questions, or we could IM or Skype or whatever is most convenient. Please let me know if you can help!
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So it has to be a foreign culture? Not like a sub-culture within america?
Right now it basically sounds like your registered democrat professor is looking to fill the class with testimony about how great socialized medicine is. You can probably make up an interview based on this fishing
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The Simplicity of Antitrust Law
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Antitrust law is simpler than it seems. Although it has grown increasingly complex over the years, leading some to believe that it is often irrational and varies from one country to the next, when it is properly applied it focuses simply, and entirely, on combating two of the most innate proclivities in human nature -- bullying and ganging up -- when such conduct harms competition. Once this is understood, concerns about irrationality and disharmony begin to disappear.
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A little 'Extra virgin olive oil' for salads etc with Apple cider vinegar.
Butter, ghee, coconut (saturated fats) for cooking.
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I'm a complete novice when it comes to olive oil. I know it's good for me, I really like it, and I eat it frequently, but I'm getting to the end of my $5.99 Trader Joes bottle and thinking I could probably do better. Most of the advice I've found on the web is either not specific or seems to suggest I stood pay $40 and upwards for a bottle. Does anyone have any good recommendations? Is the Trader Joes stuff I'm buying decent? Any help in civilizing Mr would be greatly appreciated.
A little 'Extra virgin olive oil' for salads etc with Apple cider vinegar.
Butter, ghee, coconut (saturated fats) for cooking.
I really enjoy the California olive ranch olive oils. reasonably priced, and since they are US produced, you know they aren't adulterated with whatever garbage oil those sneaky Europeans hide in the stuff they export.
Yeah I was surprised by that claim too. After all, we are the country who puts corn in nearly everything. Europe also has far more stringent regulators and labeling standards for agriculture.
A lot of others have poked holes in the claims about adulterated olive oils. Unfortunately I forget the details. It had something to do with California having something to do with the studies. Trader Joes has a California Estate olive oil that is highly rated. I also like their Kalamata Olive Oil. You do NOT have to pay $40 for decent olive oil.
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My understanding is this is one product where buying local (as in within the country) is better. It seems that what is exported from some countries goes through some adulteration by brokers trying to make more profit by blending cheaper oils into the original product.
I've had good luck with oils bought from California. California olive growers are also working on tightening up the laws regarding labeling. Hopefully they can buy enough politicians to do so.
Here's an interesting article: Consumers like olive oil for health and flavor but need more facts, survey finds :: UC Davis News & Information
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We've done enough over-gushing when it comes to Seattle's Stephanie. We're finally able to share a track from their debut, One Glove, produced by Erik Blood (ex-Turn-ons, Shabazz, Moondoggies, STEPHANIE!). "Cell 44" is a lonely, single plea from a prison cell. Somehow, the prisoner, trapped inside his burlap sack, is resigned to his incarceration; yet longs for the things he misses. "No Christmas! No birthdays!," desperately sings Wil Adams in his already trademarked operatic style. The song, musically, is unconventional and we're pretty sure it was constructed to give you a small chill, and a feeling of freedom, especially in the back half of it. So no more talking. Here is "Cell 44." There are a limited number of downloads on the Soundcloud page. We've also included the video for "Cell 44" from the somewhat recent KEXP session – if you like it, we've included the entire 20 minute version which includes another three songs, and some adorable banter, by some adorable boys.
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The Bobcats were trying to pull off an early season upset of the Celtics but Allen was having none of it as he slid away from his defender once Paul Pierce received the inbounds pass with 4.7 seconds left. Pierce found Allen and the former Hillcrest Dalzell star calmly drained the game winner.
The former SC high school star actually had a rough go of it from the perimeter against the Bobcats. His nerves of steel though came through in the crunch as he'd finish with 14 points in the win.
Allen's teammate and former Mauldin High superstar Kevin Garnett paced the Celtics with 23 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocked shots, and 2 steals.
On the season Allen is averaging 19.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game. Garnett is averaging 20.9 points, 12.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.0 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game.
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Ubuntu 12.10: What to Expect
According to my sources, it's almost October, and that can mean but one thing: The debut of Ubuntu 12.10 is almost upon us. To prepare, here's a look at some of the biggest changes to expect in the forthcoming release of one of the world's most popular open source operating systems.
A standardized installation image. Rather than shipping a "regular" ISO image for installing Ubuntu in addition to a supersized DVD image and an "alternate" CD, the desktop edition of Ubuntu 12.10 will come in one single flavor in the form of an 800MB image. Users can burn it to a DVD or load it
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Bank of America is looking for a CEO to replace Ken Lewis as the bank has struggled in many ways over the previous months, needed a bailout, and has now lost its CEO, which many believe is a plus, but the biggest problem with Bank of America seems to be the trouble many are having with their home loan mortgage modification program. So, are the current difficulties with the modification program the result of these changes in the top administration or is it something more?
From reports on Bank of America's home loan mortgage modification program up to November, Bank of America has only made 98 permanent home loan mortgage modifications and as far as current modification trials, combined with permanent modifications, Bank of America has only helped about 15% of those who qualified for a mortgage modification.
Is this a case of trouble within the bank or trouble with the home loan mortgage modification program? CEO Ken Lewis is on his way out and seemingly has done little in the past to help those in need of loan modifications since, again, they have such low numbers of home loan modifications when they have the most homeowners eligible out of any other major lender listed in a report on financialstability.gov.
Are Bank of America employees, or even Ken Lewis, simply thrown by the massive amounts of homeowners who need a home loan modification or does Bank of America simply care little about the modification program?
The modification process is difficult and not all employees who work for Bank of America and are assigned to the loan modification program can be blamed for the complexity and confusion many homeowners are citing since, again, there is great demand for modifications.
However, accounts in the news, media, and even comments here at rwbpress.com indicate that countless people are struggling with Bank of America in the home loan modification program and with the data showing that out of a little over one million homeowners who may qualify for modifications, Bank of America has only 98 permanent modifications in the works and 156,864 trial modifications ongoing presently.
Hopefully, news will be given soon as to why these numbers are so low and why so many are struggling in getting a home loan modification from Bank of America.


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I'm going to show my 56 year old dad this thread tonight, he's still on the fence about this primal thing.
Took a while to answer as I have been away most of the week. Had a trip up The Shard (tallest building in wester Europe) on Wednesday and spent time with our younger daughter and family. Got home yesterday.
I also had trouble with pain last week. I overdid the press ups and dips early week before last and developed a lump in my left breast, along with considerable discomfort. I suspect I tore a bit of muscle. The lump is smaller now and the pain has gone, so back to press ups and dips today.
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Great metcon start to the day, set a PR of 26 sets for Level 8 Day 1 of Simple Fit (as many sets of 5 pullups, 10 pushups and 15 body weight squats you can do in 20 minutes). Followed up with a 4 egg omelete stuffed with yams, kale, onions and a side of avocado. Yum... Feeling invincible!
For those of you wondering what a typical Paleo day looks like for me here it is - My Paleo day started with an intermittent fast until noon (I am on a 16 hour fast with an 8 hour eating phase 3 or 4 days a week). Lunch was pot roast slow cooked with carrots and oinions, kale and tomatoes. Also had an avocado on the side. Dinner will be an organic free range rotissiere chicken, big mixed vegetable salad and half a yam. Treat will be a glass of red wine and some dark chocolate (80%). Todays supplements were D3, K2, Iodine (in the form of Kelp). Work out was an early morning 3 mile tempo run then went to the gym and did abs, lower back, shoulders and arms.


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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland running back Wes Brown is a "person of interest" in a non-fatal shooting in Baltimore and was arrested this week after allegedly assaulting a police officer who tried to question him about it, police said Friday.
Brown was arrested in College Park on Wednesday after he assaulted a Baltimore officer who attempted to interview him, tried to flee and secretly recorded their conversation with a smartphone that he concealed in his pocket, said Sgt. Aaron Davis, a University of Maryland police spokesman.
Det. Jeremy Silbert, a Baltimore police spokesman, said Brown is a "person of interest" in the non-fatal shooting that occurred in the city last month.
Brown faces charges of second-degree assault, theft of less than $1,000 and illegal wiretapping. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
Brown was the Terrapins' second-leading rusher as a freshman last season, finishing with 382 yards on 90 carries and two rushing touchdowns.
The athletic department said in a statement that it was "extremely concerned" about Brown's arrest. The university has suspended Brown and he is not allowed to participate in any football-related activities.
"This is a matter that we take very seriously. We have been in contact with the local authorities and will continue to cooperate throughout the entire process," the statement said.
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VTL's Luke Manley was glowing with some tube warmth himself. "These are the Autobias 450 monoblock amplifiers ($13,500/pair). They have an auto bias circuit, fault monitoring, regulated screen power supply, fully balanced input drivers with their own power supplies, and trickle-current on mute—which keeps you from 'poisoning' your cathode." This last feature prevents you from stressing your tubes on mute and power up, without subjecting them to the stress of hard off and on—"which is a very nice feature. This is a thoroughly modern tube amp."
They looked good, with windows up front so you can watch your tubes glow, and they sounded great driving a pair pf Wilson Sophia IIs ($14,000/pair). The slam we expected, the delicacy of the string overtones and shimmering cymbals were welcome bonuses.


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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An evangelist working with the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kerala has claimed that the killing of the two girls in Sopore in Kashmir may have had to do with the fact that they were friendly with some Christian believers in the area.
Paul Ciniraj Mohammed, director of the Salem Voice Ministries said he received a call from some contacts who told him about the killings and asked him to pray for them. "There are a couple of families in the area who are Muslim yet believe in the Gospel of Christ. The girls were known to them and were taught reading and writing by these families. I was told that the girls were also given some literature on the Bible for reading but they remained Muslims," explained Mohammed.
The 56-year-old told TOI that he did not know the girls personally. "The last time I went to Kashmir was 20 years ago. The girls would not even have been born then," he said.
Mohammed, who converted from Islam 35 years ago, said his ministry existed only as a prayer bulletin till 2000. "After that I used to send out letters through the internet, but even that has not happened after 2007," the evangelist said adding he was currently under medication for leukemia.
"The girls were from a very poor background. Their father worked in a ration shop and the teenagers were doing embroidery works. That's how they came into contact with some Christian believers who in turn introduced them to some books," said Mohammed.
He denied that there was any significant missionary work in Sopore and added that there were only a handful of Bible followers and even they have chosen to remain discreet out of fear.
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Scanning dozens of contractor profiles can be a daunting task whether you are just getting your business off the ground or have been a hiring manager for years, which is why we went to oDesk's Manager of Enterprise Services Whitney Priest for her advice.
Whitney joined oDesk in January 2010, and currently works with our larger enterprise customers and manages marketplace services (like oDesk Payroll and recruiting).
Here she narrows her advice into four easy-to-remember rules for researching profiles:
1. Scan skills and experience for similar projects. If any past oDesk project was a publicly posted job, you can click on the job title in the work history and see the job description. "If you're hiring a php developer," Whitney points out, "and all the jobs listed on the profile are in another programming language, the contractor's work history isn't going to be much help. Look for similar projects."
2. Examine the work history for feedback. Sometimes employers rely too much on test scores and stated skills, overlooking the feedback and references on the actual work history. "Looking at prior work experience and feedback on oDesk is valuable," Whitney advises, "However, if the employee doesn't have a lot of experience on oDesk, I recommend reviewing their resume and asking for references from a previous employer. Whether it's an email address — a company address not a personal one — a phone number, or written reference, it's good to at least ask."
3. Watch the feedback and work history for repeat customers. Whitney cautions that while this shouldn't be used to exclude potential hires, having repeat employers is a great indicator that the freelancer meets expectations. Whitney says even if you can't see that an employer has hired the contractor more than once, check their feedback for signs of potential rehires. "Sometimes an employer will say something like, 'I'll definitely use this person in the future,' " says Whitney. "Having repeat customers is always a good sign."
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4. You have to do MORE than research the profile: Interview, interview, interview. "You can't just hire from the profile," says Whitney. "It's important to interview people, just as you would in your office." She is quick to point out how many cues and indicators about a person can reveal themselves in the interview process. "You can gauge a person's communications skills when you start interacting with them," Whitney notes. "And part of the interview process is seeing if the contractor can put the interview on her calendar and call in on time."
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When Dovid Hillel Klein, a prominent rabbi with the Chabad chasidic Jewish movement, served as the guest chaplain at the opening of the House of Representatives' April 2010 session, he related a pearl of wisdom that he'd first heard at a comedy show at Northwestern University in Chicago.
One of the comedians performing told the audience about a conversation he'd had with his grandmother over the perennial "is the glass half-full or half-empty?" debate. When one is drinking, the comedian's grandmother told him, the glass is half-empty, but when one is pouring, the glass is half-full.
Rabbi Klein concluded by beseeching God to "continue to bless us," through allowing us to be in the position of providing, so that "we are able to pour, and let others into our lives."
That metaphor has come back to haunt him more than two years later. In September, Northwestern University announced that it was disaffiliating the campus chapter of Chabad, which Rabbi Klein launched 27 years ago, on the grounds that the rabbi was serving alcohol to underage students at Friday night Shabbat dinners. Rabbi Klein responded by filing a religious discrimination suit against the university, claiming that Christian campus groups who served wine to celebrate the Eucharist were not being targeted as he was for saying the kiddush over wine.
In filing his suit, Rabbi Klein pointed out that his campus Chabad went dry over the summer, save for the modest amount of wine consumed during kiddush, after he was upbraided by Patricia Telles-Irvin, the university's dean of student affairs, for providing students with alcohol. For its part, the university countered by referring to "reports of Rabbi Klein's excessive use of alcohol and appearances in public in a state of intoxication." This unusually sharp attack on the character of a man who was praised by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in front of Congress for his "invaluable role in our community" fueled the sense that Northwestern, already nervous about student drinking, may have misfired spectacularly by picking on Rabbi Klein.
Nonetheless, the university is holding its ground, insisting in its reply to Rabbi Klein's suit that the rabbi had long been aware of the pitfalls of alcohol use. In 2001 and again in 2005, the university says, the rabbi was told by the university's chaplain, Rev. Tim Stevens, to cease serving alcohol, highlighting a report that spoke of "shots of vodka and/or whiskey ... provided on a regular basis to students of all ages attending the Friday night dinners."
Chabad disputes this account. "In the past, if there was ever an issue, it was resolved to the university's satisfaction," said Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, regional director of Chabad of Illinois. "Out of the blue, and without incident, they demanded I fire Rabbi Klein after 27 years of service to Chabad at Northwestern, or we would face disaffiliation. I offered to fund an independent inquiry, but Patricia Telles-Irvin turned that down and could not or would not provide evidence of what Rabbi Klein had done wrong, or any supporting evidence."
While heavy drinking is certainly not confined to Northwestern students, the university has been under particular pressure following the death, shortly after the disaffiliation of Chabad, of a sophomore who attended a party where revelers were drinking. According to the Evanston police department, "alcohol may have been a contributing factor" in the student's death. All first-year students must now attend a compulsory alcohol education course. "The university feels very strongly that it must take seriously the safety of its students," Alan Cubbage, a spokesman for the university, told me.
While student alcohol education emphasizes the importance of informed choices when it comes to drinking, the dispute between Chabad and Northwestern suggests that campus authorities would rather not present the choice in the first place. Yet not all students drink with the express purpose of getting drunk. Moreover, encountering alcohol at a campus religious event is hardly an invitation to binge drink to the point of oblivion. There are plenty of other destinations, like bars and parties, where students can do exactly that.
This last point is stressed by Rabbi Klein's supporters, who insist that there were never any displays of drunkenness at the Shabbat dinners he hosted. A student petition, saverabbiklein.org, has garnered hundreds of signatures backing an individual it describes as "an icon." And after the Forward newspaper published an article attacking Rabbi Klein, protests from the rabbi's supportive flock led the author of the piece, David Wilensky, to do an about-face. "No one could recall ever seeing alcohol served at any time other than Friday night," Wilensky said in a subsequent apologia. "There was kiddush wine, one shot for a few people who Rabbi Klein already knew and trusted — and that's it."
One saving grace in this sorry dispute is that no one, on either side, has talked about anti-Semitism as a factor, despite Northwestern's double standard in focusing upon Chabad alone. More pertinent is the university's apparent conflation of alcohol consumption with alcoholism as a disease.
From a religious perspective, that assumption is troubling. Long established rituals within both Judaism and Christianity use wine as a sacrament; to invoke binge drinking in this context serves no purpose other than to demonize these practices, and move the debate away from its heartland of frat parties, spring breaks and round-the-clock bars.
An investigation into the causes of student binge drinking would be more helpful than probing the activities of religious groups on campus.
Ben Cohen is a New York-based writer on Jewish and international affairs. Follow him on twitter @BenCohenOpinion.
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1. The university has found a scapegoat in Rabbi Klein, whom they can down on instead of addressing the real source of dangerous drinking on & around campus - students. Why? Because the students' parents and relatives are providing the university with tuition and other donations, while Rabbi Klein is not.
2. The petition is actually at supportrabbiklein.org
This story still has me bothered by the actions of my alma mater, Northwestern University. Rabbi Klein is an icon at Northwestern, and this is clearly a case where the University targeted him out of the blue, regardless of the facts.
There are errors in the first sentence of this report:
1. The man's name is Dov Hillel Klein, not Dovid Hillel Klein;
2. There is no need to refer to a "Chabad chasidic Jewish movement", since Chabad Lubavitch is a well-known movement and there is no non-Jewish version;
3. Rabbi Klein was the guest chaplain in Congress on May 5, 2010, not in April 2010;
4. Rabbi Klein did not first hear the "pearl of wisdom" at a comedy show, nor did he say he did when speaking before Congress; he heard it at the Northwestern University commencement exercise in June 1997. The remark was delivered by Bill Cosby, who gave the charge to the Northwestern graduates;
5. The anecdote has nothing to do with the subsequent drinking controversy at Northwestern;
6. Northwestern University is not in Chicago but in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago.
I'm a student at northwestern and know rabbi klein. He's awesome and is great for jewish and campus life at NU. What is happening is very stupid and I hope it's resolved.
The Methodist founders of Northwestern and Evanston made the shool and area dry, and that status held until a few years ago. They had it right, to remove alcohol used for fun and abuse from the environs of gown and town, I would like to have liked to have seen some more reportage in this essay among undergraduates at the school and members of the group and other Jewish student clubs. Although unrelated to this specific case, I find it worrisome that there are several growing Jewish groups that target undergraduates with "lechayim" events and do their outreach using alcohol as an enticing tool or an attractive nuisance.
Is this about ridding the university of alcohol or ridding it of a chabad rabbi? Sound more like people didn't like the rabbi. But what's the deal? He's been there for decades? All of the sudden this happens. Not right
Mr. Cohen, I understand that you are coming at this story from an outside perspective, but I feel I have to address, as a Northwestern Alum, some of the slightly inaccurate elements of this article.
First, Northwestern did not disaffiliate from Chabad due to the use of wine in Kiddush. The disaffiliation was predicated on other non-sacramental (though Rabbi Klein disputes this) uses of hard liquor and other alcohol by minor students at Chabad events. In my personal experience, these have included "l'chayims" using vodka, schnapps, etc. offered to every student entering Chabad on Friday night regardless of age, as well as an open bar provided in a back room at Purim and Simchat Torah parties. The Rabbi was, as is traditional in many Jewish communities, visibly intoxicated at these gatherings, as were many students. His comparison to the Eucharist is valid for Kiddush, but not for the rest, and every other Jewish organization on NU's campus uses grape juice there anyway, as is permissible.
Second the university was in no position to decide "whether that choice [between drinking responsibly or drinking to excess] is available in the first place." That is a matter of Illinois State Law since, like every other state, it bans the serving of alcohol to those under the age of 21 except for a generally accepted sacramental purpose. Again, the university feels Chabad exceeded these bounds in the use of alcohol. The university has its own Code of Conduct for students and affiliated adults (of which Rabbi Klein was one - he had an ID card and could use campus facilities) which directly bans minors from drinking and adults from providing them alcohol. As I understand it, it makes no religious exemption.
Third, it is absolutely untrue that "no one, on either side, has talked about anti-Semitism as a factor." Rabbi Klein has, with the support of Chabad of Illinois, filed suit against the university on exactly those grounds, claiming precisely the double-standard you credit him with nobly overlooking. The university has been silent on this issue because of the constraints of ongoing legal action, not because of pressure applied by a tragic incident this Fall which occurred, as you note, well after it could have had any influence on the decision to disaffiliate from Chabad.
Northwestern University is blessed with a wonderfully vibrant and pluralistic Jewish community, which enjoys the full support of the University administration. Through their continued involvement with Northwestern Hillel among other groups the administration has continued their exemplary interaction with Jewish life in the months since the disaffiliation, while Chabad has continued its programming for students with little interruption. Northwestern students have had, and continue to have, amazing opportunities for Jewish involvement.
It should be noted that joe zissman was a student at northwestern who, like the tiny minority within the university who kicked klein off campus, throughout his time at northwestern did not like rabbi klein and this post reflects that more than it reflects what has really happened. Again, like w what the university has done, joes comments are a reflection of his dislike of klein and his character as a chabad rabbi and alcohol is merely used as the public excuse. Hence the anti-semitism.
It must be noted that the university was content with everything rabbi klein was doing for 27 years. There were 2 occasions according to all reports, in 2001 & 2005 where the university addressed concerns about alcohol use at chabad and following those discussions chabad satisfactorily followed university policy. Since the new policies from 2005 there have been no serious issues with alcohol at chabad and the university, knowing exactly what has been going on, has said nothing. Until a new administrator came and without talking to students at all or faculty or klein himself kicked him off.
Northwestern, like most colleges, has major drinking problems. In the past decade many students have died because of it. The problem has nothing at all to do with what is happening at chabad, period. If the university was really concerned about drinking at chabad it would have asked klein to stop serving. Instead it just kicked him off. This was not about alcohol. This was about someone or a few people, not liking klein personally. Very sad.
Rabbi Swift in Pittsburgh, had the same problem in Seton Hall University. On Purim of all days they insisted that he cut down on the booze on campus.


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As a self-professed metadata geek, I've recently been participating in an online discussion about metadata and the Learning Registry. I have to say, it feels as if I'm on a merry-go-round that won't stop, because for the past 10 years I've engaged in dozens if not hundreds of conversations about... Read more
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These are exciting times for those who use Learning Management Systems (LMS), applications that help teachers (and students) get a handle on their course materials, grading, and assignments. Currently there are150+ different LMS companies and projects available. And as with any product on its way... Read more
Despite the attempts at single sentence definitions so common in the published literature, "open educational resources" is a highly context-mediated construct. However, because philanthropic and public funding agencies commonly require grant outputs to be open educational resources, the ability... Read more
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In part 2 of this series on open education course tool NIXTY, Glen Moriarty, the organization's CEO, talks about the open source community and addressing NIXTY's challenges. Read part 1.
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Employees at Redstone Test Center are showing their team spirit while helping the needy.
RTC recently completed its first can-a-thon. They collected 1,524 pounds of canned goods with participants donating on behalf of either Alabama or Auburn. In the end, Team Alabama donated the most canned goods and pet supplies with Team Auburn slightly behind.
"Although the team rivalry helped to create competitiveness, the main focus of the can-a-thon was to ensure those less fortunate enjoy a Thanksgiving meal," Ashley Crick of RTC said. "The employees of RTC ensured that goal was surpassed."
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Galveston police have reported that Victoria Zavala, the 90-year-old woman missing since Thursday, was found safe Saturday morning, according to the Galveston County Daily News.
The woman returned to Galveston on a bus Saturday morning and was found safe, police Lt. Michael Gray said.
Zavala had last been seen about 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Galveston bus stop at 39th Street and Broadway, boarding a Houston-bound bus.
The Galveston Police Department is searching for Victoria Zavala, 90, who reportedly boarded a passenger bus in Galveston Thursday night, but has not been seen since.
Zavala, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, is 5 feet tall and 103 pounds with long gray hair and brown eyes. She was wearing glasses and a purple long-sleeve shirt with flowers, blue jeans and black shoes.
She was last seen at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at 39th Street and Avenue J in Galveston, boarding a passenger bus for Houston.
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Christina Aguilera cites the birth of her son Max as the biggest inspiration for the title song of her new album, Keeps Gettin' Better – A Decade of Hits.
Max gave her "a new sense of life, a new way of looking at myself," the singer tells Entertainment Tonight Canada.
"I talk about being a super girl in the song 'Keeps Getting Better' and really that's due in great deal to the fact that I've had a complete new appreciation for women in general, for what we're capable of doing, of what our bodies are capable of undergoing, and creating" since the Jan. 12 birth of her son with husband Jordan Bratman.
When faced with the responsibilities of being a full-time mama, Aguilera, 27, invokes a Wonder Woman mentality.
"Absolutely, that's part of it – that's super girl. The do-it-all female, it's just I have a great appreciation for my mother ... it's amazing the patience involved.
But Aguilera vows not to walk away from what she loves to do for Max's sake.
"It's very important to me as a mother to not lose sight of who I was before becoming a mother. I want to share with my son, what I'm passionate about, what I was about before he was born."
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