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Apopka FL Real Estate & Homes for Sale
228 Properties Found
The median home value in Apopka, FL is $208,000.
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higher than
the county median home value of $149,700.
The national median home value is $177,414.
The average price of homes sold in Apopka, FL is $208,000.
Approximately 71.88% of Apopka homes are owned,
compared to 18.63% rented, while
9.49% are vacant.
Apopka real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
Commercial properties are also available.
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355 Speyside Lane Apopka, FL 32712
Courtesy: AMERICAN REALTY EXPERTS INC
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Short sale. 4 bed 3 bath 2 car garage with pool . Great neighborhood. Total square feet 3,306.
Courtesy: HAUS REAL ESTATE
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Welcome Home! A Beautiful, Highly Upgraded Home in Apopka! Original Owners Well-Maintained this 4 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom! Highlights Include: Beautifully Upgraded Kitchen With All Stainless Steel Appliances, Custom Granite Throughout, And Gorgeous Cabinetry - Tastefully Upgraded Bathrooms - Master Bathroom Features Dual Sinks, Standing Shower And Garden Tub- Split Floor Plan - Spacious Bedrooms - Separate Living & Dining Rooms with gorgeous Crown Molding-And great Patio for Entertaining- Inside Utility Room - Homes Like These Don't Last Long. Call For Your Private Showing Today. Buyer to verify all rooms sizes, square footage, and lot size.
Courtesy: COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL RE
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Why rent when you can buy this spacious home, with high ceilings and split floor plan. Home has laminate floors though out and a great open floor plan. Spacious master bedroom with walk in closet and large shower. Enjoy your private fenced in back yard with large patio. Easy access to major highways and shopping.
Courtesy: RE/MAX EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION
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Welcome to this move in ready home located in the desirable Sweetwater Country Club area. You will be drawn to the quiet, tree lined street with your new home situated on a private cul-de-sac with a side entry garage and circular driveway. New Roof** Newer Screen Enclosure** Pebble Tec Screen Enclosed Pool** Two A/C units 4 years young** Beautiful Real Wood Floors** 3 car garage** Oversized Inside Laundry Room** Double Oven** Radiant Barrier and 3 solar attic fans, plus Solar Hot Water Heater. You can have all this in your new 4 bedroom 3 ½ bathroom, three way split floorplan. The home is built around the pool giving three rooms access to the sparkling screen enclosed pool area. A soaring fireplace and wet bar in the living room with a separate dining room make it perfect for entertaining. The kitchen has ample storage, granite countertops and opens up to the breakfast nook and family room overlooking the pool area. A separate wing with a pool bath for your guests or in-laws. The other two bedrooms are adjoined by a Jack and Jill bath. The master bedroom is spacious with custom built in cabinetry as well as his and hers walk in closets and a door to the pool area. There is a lot of closet/storage space in this house! This community offers access to Lake Brantley at Sweetwater Beach with boating access, a playground, and park. Access to Riverside tennis courts and park too! Such a convenient area to restaurants, shopping and Wekiva State park. Make your appointment today!
Courtesy: SAND DOLLAR REALTY GROUP INC
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AMAZING Deal in Apopka. Perfect for Investors, first time home buyers, and handymen. This property is a fixer upper. The home needs the right amount of TLC and repairs to bring it back to excellent condition. Cash and Private Lending Only. Property is sold as-is.
1591 Errol Parkway Apopka, FL 32712
Courtesy: ARROWSMITH REALTY INC
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After entering the solid wood door entrance and beyond the oversized living room is the 1st of 2 master suites with updated shower and is separated from the other bedrooms. The family room is located in the middle of the home and has a large brick fireplace. The formal dining room features an Austrian lead crystal chandelier. The large eat-in kitchen has a built in desk area, solid wood cabinetry with granite counter tops, sink and faucet which were recently installed. The screened patio off of the kitchen area is the perfect location as a barbecue porch as there is a large brick and screened porch at the rear of the home that is perfect for entertaining or meditation. Newer sliders with built in blinds located in the largest master suite and the master bath features a jetted tub and walk-in shower and is so expansive you will feel like you are visiting a spa. Extra features include, complete re-plumb with pex plumbing, solid wood doors, an outdoor shower featuring hot and cold running water, an attached storage room on rear of home, insulated and centrally controlled a/c garage (which could easily be converted into a media room), oversized driveway and so much more! The layout of this home maximizes every square inch and feels like a much larger home. You will appreciate the careful planning and meticulous upkeep of this beautiful home! Located in beautiful Errol Estates and 30 minutes from the Orlando airport and attractions makes this one of the most desirable homes in Central Florida.
621 Via Milano Apopka, FL 32712
Courtesy: SOUTHERN REALTY ENTERPRISES
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Courtesy: GREATER ORLANDO REALTY USA INC
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DREAM LAKEFRONT HOME getting rave reviews. This large and remarkable 2008 custom-built home was designed with inspiring views in mind, and it scores. Most rooms have lake views, upstairs and down. The Master Suite is upstairs, but there is also a large Bedroom Suite, downstairs. The Master Suite up has jetted tub and separate shower, dual vanities, and much more. There are 5 Bedrooms up, 3 of them open to the screened porch overlooking the lake. All 5 of the Bathrooms are lovely, 3 up and 2 down. The Front Entrance opens to the Living and Dining Rooms and the very large Family Room, Kitchen and Casual Dining area open to the screened porch and the lake beyond. Sliding doors telescope back for wonderful inside/outside entertaining. The very large Island Kitchen is stunning. Granite, custom cabinetry, a large raised bar for dining between Kitchen and Casual Dining area. Butlerâs Pantry located between Kitchen and Dining Room. Beautiful stairways to the upper level are located off the Living Room and off the Kitchen and feature wrought iron railings. 10 ft ceilings 1st level, 9 ft ceilings up and 8 ft doorways throughout. Magnificent ceiling details include elegant crown molding lighting. A seawall runs along the property with dock and boat lift, and beautiful sunrises over spring fed Big Bear Lake. Paddleboat included. Immediate hot water to Baths, Vacuum system, Intercom, Security System, Lake Irrigation System, 3 Car Garage, Barrell Tile Roof. All this and the Lake Brantley School System.
Courtesy: CHARLES RUTENBERG RLTY ORLANDO
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Well maintained 4 bedroom, 3 bath home with screened pool IN APOPKA is waiting for you! Kitchen, dining room, living room, Master bedroom and bath along with 2 other bedrooms and a full bath are on the first floor. A SPACIOUS loft/bonus room full bath and bedroom are on the second. Open concept family room/ kitchen over look the pool and back yard. Freshly painted EXTERIOR. Kitchen has appliances that will stay WITH newer granite counter tops and tile back splash. With just less than a QUARTER of an acre, it's located on a culdesac street WITH less traffic
Open House:
Sunday, 1/29 11:00-2:00PM
Courtesy: RE/MAX TOWN CENTRE
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STOP RIGHT THERE! You just found your new dream home! This BEAUTIFUL home is located in the heart of Apopka and sits on a corner lot in the desirable community of Wekiva Springs Reserve. Imagine your guests when they step inside the front door and are greeted in a stunning foyer with curved grand staircase leading up to three upstairs bedrooms(including the Master) and the bonus/media room. Downstairs you will find a 4th bedroom or guest room on your way to the newly remodeled kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite counter-tops, hardwood floors and a breakfast bar/island combo. Then check out the family room complete with a gorgeous floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace! This is a MUST-SEE "One-Of-A-Kind" GEM. Complete with an over-sized, custom heated pool with fountain, hot tub, water cannons, and custom lighting. Has an underground propane tank to heat the tub.
Courtesy: COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL RE
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Welcome Home! 5 bedroom 3 bath home with 2 car garage and screened in pool is a MUST SEE! From the moment you arrive at the community you will be excited to see the mature landscaping, well maintained exterior elevations, neighborhood restaurant and more. As you make your way up the driveway you will be welcomed by the upgraded landscaping, mulched exterior , freshly painted exterior and large yard. As you make your way inside you will enter through the double door entry, you will see the large ceramic tile in the foyer and kitchen area, formal living and dining rooms as well as a large family room. The 1st floor features a bedroom and bath down as well as lots of windows for a bright and airy home. As you continue the tour you will see new ac systems have been installed, new carpet, freshly painted interior, upgraded lighting, new master shower door and more. As you tour the kitchen you will agree that the chef in the house will be excited to see the abundance of counter space, upgraded cabinets, corian as well as a center Island and eat in space in the kitchen. Sit back and watch out the window while you relax. As you tour the family room you will see the glass sliding doors leading to the screened pool area featuring an outdoor oasis. This pool is a must see. Your guests will be exited to see the large spare bedrooms upstairs as well as the large master suite featuring a large walk in closet, master bath suite and sitting area! This home is a must see! MOVE IN READY! This is a homepath property.
Courtesy: CHARLES RUTENBERG RLTY ORLANDO
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Welcome home to Belaire Hills! Your new ranch style home sits on a cul de sac lot and features a generously sized covered rear patio thatâs equally perfect for entertaining family or whiling away a balmy summer afternoon with your favorite book. Inside you will find a split bedroom floor plan, an open airy living room, efficient kitchen with ample cupboard space, volume ceilings and den. Near shopping, dining, recreation opportunities and currently for top rated schools. First time buyers may be eligible to request up to 3% closing cost assistance by completing the HomePath Ready Buyer homeownership course. Contact your agent for details. Restrictions apply.
Courtesy: ARELLANO REALTY & INVESTMENTS
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PLEASE BE SURE TO WATCH THE DRONE VIDEO FOOTAGE! Located in the gated community of Alexandria Place is this 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with an office and a 3 car garage! When entering the home, the office and the dining room is located to the direct left. The home is updated throughout including granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, 42" cabinets and stone back splash. Designed with a split floor plan, the master bedroom and spare bedrooms are located on opposite sides of the house. The master bedroom feels spacious and has 10' 4" tray ceilings. Master bathroom has dual sinks, glass shower, garden tub with jets and a walk in closet. Located in the living room is a beautiful stone accent wall, right next to the glass sliding doors that lead outside to the covered lanai area. Located on a corner lot with a partially fenced back yard and brick paver driveway. This is a gorgeous, spacious home equipped with 12' ceilings, recessed lighting and crown molding. The living room is wide open and has plenty of room for entertaining. Take the party outside to the lanai for those weekend cookouts with the family. This home is very tasteful and desirable. Call today and schedule a showing!
1066 Old South Lane Apopka, FL 32712
Courtesy: FLORIDA REALTY MARKETPLACE
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MOTIVATED SELLER, NEWLY, RENOVATED HOME,ALSO FEATURES TOTALLY NEWLY INSTALLED FLOORS THROUGH THE HOUSE AND UPDATED BATHROOMS. MOVE- IN READY 3 BEDROOM 2 bath single family home. This Beautiful home is located around the corner from Errol Estates Golf & Country Club. Great location, close to schools shopping centers and easy access to 429.
Courtesy: LA ROSA REALTY, LLC
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In the Palms, 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths, screened private pool and spacious family room w/fireplace, 2821 square foot of living space. Formal living room and dining room. Garage converted to master suite with full bedroom and bath. Spacious home for a large extended family needs an new owner. Easy to show.
1160 Pin Oak Drive Apopka, FL 32703
Courtesy: DECONOVA INTERNATIONAL REALTY
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Get ready to love this Sparkling renovated home⦠Open floor plan 3 bedrooms 2 baths & screened porch, this beautiful home features 1,630 Sq Ft of living space. Gleaming Brand New kitchen with granite counter tops, new cabinets, stainless steel appliances and Vaulted ceilings. Newly updated bathrooms with granite counter tops and new vanities. Large first floor master suite walk-in closet & master suite bath with his & hers vanities. Tile floor thru-out & new carpet in the stairs and bedrooms. Interior & exterior have been freshly painted; this charming house offers an extensive back fenced yard for family and friend gatherings direct access to attached garage and laundry area.
Courtesy: HOMEPRO PROPERTIES
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Say hello to your new spacious 4 bedroom 2.5 bath end-unit townhome in the lovely community of Wekiva Village! This unit is ready for all your personal touches and design. Wekiva Village is a quaint gated community with a community pool to enjoy on a hot, sunny day. Location offers quick access to many major roads and shopping. Nice screen porch overlooking a community maintained rear lawn. Your living room has nice ceramic tile and 2-story high volume ceilings. Nice flowing floor plan with the big kitchen overlooking the family room. This is a Fannie Mae Homepath property. Please call us for details. This won't last long!
1122 Degraw Drive Apopka, FL 32712
Courtesy: EMPIRE NETWORK REALTY
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Location, Location, Location! This 4 bedroom 2.5 bathroom pool home in Rock Springs Ridge is now available. This oversized corner lot is beautifully landscaped and well kept. The fenced in backyard is a piece of paradise with plenty of yard space surrounding the pool. The home has 21 solar panels on roof that power the home and makes a very small monthly power bill. The kitchen has the upgraded Silestone countertops and 36â maple cabinets with crown moulding. Oversized living spaces downstairs with a half bath. Bedrooms are upstairs along with a bonus area along with the laundry room. Home also offers a modern camera security system. Access to major highway and Northwest Recreational Center within minutes. Home is zoned to the much sought after schools Wolf Lake Elementary, Wolf Lake Middle and Apopka High School. Donât miss out on a great opportunity to live in the area.
Courtesy: FLORIDA HOME TEAM REALTY
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Watch the sun set over the golf course every day from your dinner table, your lanai, your family room, your bedroom, or your hot tub. A stately home in Sweetwater Green â" a gated community in Sweetwater Country Club. Here you have it: the best views to be enjoyed from the entire back side of your amazing next home. Lovely details and upgrades throughout - with every room youâll need or desire. Enriched by its hardwood floors, crown moldings, French doors, Granite kitchen, Plantation shutters, formal spaces -- and the Master Bedroom DOWNSTAIRS. Loads of storage and great closet space throughout. Gas stove and new gas water heater - plus a shared well for irrigation - helps keep utility bills low. Sweetwater Country Club offers boating, skiing, and beach access to Lake Brantley and is a very short distance from Wekiva State Park, 414 and 429. You can have it all in this perfect setting. Call for your private showing and see this beauty for yourself. Come live the good life!
Courtesy: DISALVATORE & ASSOCIATES INC
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This one will move you! From the custom stonework, new paint,the welcoming manicured landscaping, deep 3 car garage to the renewed Master, all nestled atop the highest point of Diamond Hill in the Sweetwater Golf course community. This sunlit open concept plan features a great room with a 13ft ceiling leads into an open kitchen complete with 42â maple cab.breakfast bar, nook, & granite tops, a new refrigerator, convec. oven/convec. micro + double drawer European dishwasher. A separate open formal dining area makes this home great for entertaining,creating lifelong memories .Ceramic tile flooring travels through the public living areas while the office offers privacy with a glass French door. A bonus room offers multiple options. 8' sliders open from the great room to the lanai to enjoy a quiet breeze. Youâll appreciate the tasteful attention to detail, updates, renovations & additions lovingly done providing a move in ready home. New carpet,paint,alarm system, additional lighting, wired for surround sound, new fans, lights/dimmers,â¦The huge master suite/bath features Delicatus granite, dual sinks/vanities, dual walk in closets, and a huge soaking tub with a separate shower. Bedrooms 2/3 offer walk in closets & a jack and Jill bath. The 3-c garage boasts a new door with a battery backup, upgraded epoxy finished flooring & overhang shelves. Deeded access to Sweetwater Oaks recreation includes: Lake Brantley access, boat ramp,park, tennis,basket Ball, playgrounds, pavilions,volleyball dock,soccer & baseball
1608 Long Lane Apopka, FL 32703
Courtesy: OCEANS LUXURY REALTY FULL SVC
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Courtesy: RE/MAX PROPERTIES SW INC.
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Short Sale in name only! Well kept 4 bedroom 2 full bath pool home. Interior features open kitchen w/ cherry wood cabinets overlooking family room. Extensive ceramic tile, vaulted ceiling, rounded corner beads, custom paint & more. Master Suite offers walk in closet, double vanities, separate tub & shower. Split floor plan, Pre wire for surround sound in FR & Plantation shutters. Screen enclosed inground pool with heated spa surrounded by privacy fence along with a beautifully landscaped backyard. Zoned for all current "A" rater schools. Location benefits include 5 minute drive to SR 429 with easy access to Maitland & Downtown Orlando & 20 minutes to Historic Mount Dora and all its boutique's, restaurants & famous craft fairs.
Courtesy: LA ROSA REALTY, LLC
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Back on the market, contract fall at the last minute Welcome to this completed renovated 4/2 home!! New Roof, water heather, insulation, light fixtures, floors, cabinets, granite counter top, update bathrooms, freshly painted in & out, new stainless still appliances. move in ready
Open House:
Sunday, 1/29 1:00-4:00PM
Courtesy: MORRIS WILLIAMS REALTY
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This home still smells like new! Beautiful KB Home built in 2013 is featured on an over-sized, flag shaped lot providing more privacy and a long, brick paved driveway for ample parking options. The interior boasts large, open rooms perfect for entertaining friends and family. The heart of the home, the kitchen, boasts 36" recessed panel maple cabinets with crown moulding, granite counter tops, a stainless steel french door refrigerator, closet pantry and plenty of cabinets for storage. Estimated MONTHLY savings of $87 with energy -efficient features. Easy access to 429, 414 and the Florida Turnpike, only 30 minutes from downtown Orlando!
Courtesy: ASSIST 2 SELL FOUTZ REALTY
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Your search is over! This move-in-ready 3/2 POOL home is located on a quiet cul-de-sac in the desirable Chelsea Ridge subdivision. This home features a spacious split floor plan with vaulted ceilings, lots of natural light and separate living, dining and family rooms. The homes large eat-in-kitchen opens to the family room and features ample cabinet space, wrap around bar and closet pantry. Sliders off of the kitchen, family room and master suite lead out to homes large covered lanai and screened pool. The master suite features a double-sided fireplace, walk in closet and large bath with double vanities, garden tub and separate shower. Some additional features include beautiful Travertine floors throughout the entire home, Interior laundry room with wash tub, Two fireplaces, Solar heated pool and Private fenced yard. Great Location! Just minutes to 436, 414, Wekiva Springs State Park, Shopping, Restaurants and Schools!
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Those look really great! Would you mind discussing how you form and launch them since they're larger than a peel?
Thanks! I use a wooden board (16"x32") but a long blade peel would be ideal for launching. I just stretch the dough out on a heavily floured countertop and press on it just as you would with a Pizzarium-style dough then turn it over to the peel or board instead of the pan. I stretch it a little bit more and do some final shaping to even out the edges before topping and launching. I have some semolina on the board to help during the launch.
I'm going to have to experiment with 80% hydration some more - the couple times I tried it (in Detroit-style pans) there was no way I could handle it enough to make that kind of shape or do any turning, just too soft.
What flour are you using?

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Outdoor quiz for an indoor day
As the skies continue to drip and drizzle with a miserable mix of rain, winds and foggy morns, hardy Adirondackers have learned to take it all in stride. What's the problem with a bit of driving rain when you're used to 42-below, 4 feet of snow and a heavy blow?
It isn't the bluebird days that help to build character, it's the floods, the thaws and the always persistent black flies.
Where else but in the Adirondacks could you find a crew of Lycra clad woodland gladiators ready and waiting to run off and tackle five mountains in the pouring rain and spitting snow – just for the fun of it. Fortunately, I was in the Berkeley Green park for the launch of the Saranac 6ers event to watch the prospective Saranac 6ers off, and to cheer them on the return.
They covered many miles, up and down, through snow, blow and raging mountain streams simply for the honor of becoming the first in a wave of potential Saranac 6ers. It was fitting that the two out of the first three 6ers were sisters, and they wore wide smiles as they rang the bell.
In the hours between the 6er launch and their return, the Berkeley Green was filled with entertainment, a bunch of hardy onlookers and plenty of rain.
My contribution to the affair included hosting a Mountain Trivia Contest. My research efforts prompted me to delve much deeper into the history of the Adirondack peaks than I had considered. And I learned more about the history of the guides who traveled these hills than I could have imagined, or invented.
So, for those who didn't care to brave the rain and winds or battle the snow and raging streams, I offer a sample of the goods that were offered up that cold and blustery day.
For answers to the questions, see the key below. If you can answer half of them correctly, you qualify as a "near local." If you manage to answer two-thirds of them you're well on your way to "Saranac Standard Time." And if you don't miss any, and you have them all correct without guessing, you own the mountains!
1. What is the current name of the former Mt. Herbert, a 4,411-foot peak in the McIntyre Range?
2. What is the name of the small brook that parallels the hiking trail to summit of this High Peak?
3. What future U.S. President spent a year living in a lean-to, which was also known as a three-sided or a half-faced camp?
4. Who was the McKenzie for which the mountain was named, and what did he do?
5. What major High Peak was McKenzie credited with making the first ascent?
6. How old was Saranac Lake guide Herb Clark when he first began hiking the High Peaks with the Marshall brothers?
7. Who was the first Honorary President of the original Adirondack Guides Association, and when and where was the organization founded?
8. What is the full name of the little girl who became lost on Whiteface Mountain? (Hint: Another High Peak bears her surname)
9. Bob Marshall, one of the nation's foremost advocates for wilderness passed away unexpectedly at a young age. How old was he?
10. Who was the Hermit of Ampersand Mountain, and what was his occupation?
11. Haystack Mountain is visible on the front flanks of McKenzie Mountain, overlooking Ray Brook. What is the name of a similarly small peak sandwiched between Scarface and Ray Brook?
12. Which of the Saranac 6er peaks is accessible from five different trailheads?
13. From which of the Saranac 6ers can Wolf Pond be seen?
14. The trail side of Ampersand Mountain overlooks Middle Saranac Lake. What is the name of the lake to be found on the opposite side of the mountain? Bonus: What was the name of the famous group of that camped along the shores of the lake?
15. Who is credited with having been the first Adirondack guide on record? And what did he earn for the honor?
16. Which of the Saranac Six peaks is surrounded by a river, an old rock quarry and two ponds?
17. Who was St. Regis, and what did he do to earn the honor? Bonus: Who was Saint Hubert?
18. Upon his untimely death, Bob Marshall left a considerable sum of money in his will to Herb Clark. What would the sum be worth in current value?
19. What is the name of the oldest Outdoor Sporting Trophy to be continously awarded in the United States?
20. Which mountain trail features the remains of an old cow barn at a trail junction?
21. Name at least 21 lakes and ponds that contribute to the watershed that flows over the Lake Flower Dam at the head of the Saranac River.
22. What famous author pennned these words:
"Sound, ruddy men, frolic and innocent,
In winter, lumberers, in summer guides,
Their sinewy ares pull at the oars untired,
Three times ten thousand strokes, from morn to eve."
23. What was the profession of Follensby, who gave Follensby Clear Pond its name?
24. What local mountain overlooks the Spectacle Ponds?
1. Mount Marshall
2. Herbert Brook
3. Abe Lincoln – such structures were common among settlers in Illinois
4. Sanford McKenzie was a guide from Keene Valley and an assistant surveyor with Verplank Colvin.
5. Wolf Jaw
6. 48 years, and the boys were both under 10 years of age.
7. Verplank Colvin was in Saranac Lake for the founding of the Adirondack Guides Association in 1891.
8. Esther McComb
9. 38 years old
10. Walter Channing Rice was the Ampersand Mountain Fire Tower observer from 1915 to 1923, "Who kept virgil from this peak."
11. Signal Hill
12. McKenzie Mountain
13. McKenzie and Haystack
14. Ampersand Lake. Bonus: The Philosphers Camp
15. Elijah Benedict, an Indian from North Elba was paid a dollar and a plug of tobacco for leading David Henderson and Mr. McIntyre through the rugged Indian Pass to the ore beds of Tahawus.
16. Mount Baker
17. St. Regis from France is considered the patron saint the poor and the impoverished. Bonus: St. Hubert, from Germany is the patron saint of woodsmen and hunters.
18. The $10,000 bequest in 1939, would be worth over $200,000 in the current day. Clark was the only person to recieve a bequest.
19. The Trudeau Cup is awarded to the winner of the Trudeau Big Buck Contest in Saranac Lake.
20. Scarface
21. Ledge Pond, Pink Pond, Hoel Pond, Turtle Pond, Slang Pond, Long Pond, Floodwod Pond, Rollins Pond, Square Pond, Fish Creek Pond, Follensby Clear Pond, Black Pond, Little Clear Pond, Weller Pond, Little Weller Pond, Upper Saranac Lake, Middle Saranac, Lower Saranac Lake, Kiwassa Lake, Ossetah Lake, Ray Brook Pond, and Alford Pond
22. Ralph Waldo Emerson of the Philosophers Camp first established on Ampersand Lake, and later on Follensby Pond.
23. Follensby was a hermit, who supposedly hid a fortune in gold somewhere in the region.
24. St. Regis
25. Photo question: Winslow Homer spent summers near Minerva in southern Essex County


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Topic: better test failure message
Hi all,
I'm writing my first rails application and I'm not sure how to make my test show with better error message.
My test is as below:
test "should create task when post with value and minutes" do
post :create, :task => { :value => "My great project", :minutes => 120 }
assert_response :success
assert_not_nil assigns(:task)
assert_equal "Successfully created.", flash[:notice]
assert_redirected_to task_path(assigns(:task)) # failed assert
and test result show as:
1) Failure:
test_should_create_task_when_post_with_value_and_minutes(TasksControllerTest) [test/functional/tasks_controller_test.rb:11]:
Expected block to return true value.
2 tests, 5 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips
I would like to have some meaningful error message for asserting.
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Our 'wonderful part' of America
In Gowanda, a few years ago, we experienced a flood of proportions we rarely see. Tragically, two people lost their lives, others lost their homes, and some businesses suffered great financial loss.
I don't wish to make light of the losses of so many people, but when you consider the magnitude of our flood, with the natural disasters that happen around the world, and even around other parts of this country, our mishaps are minimal. We are as immune to hard hitting natural disasters as you can get anywhere in this world.
What a wonderful part of this great country we are fortunate to live in. I find it strange that people who live in areas that suffer seasonally from huge life threatening tragedies, will speak of Western New York as a poor place to live because we get snowstorms in the winter. Almost anywhere else in the country they have natural disasters causing damage that few snowstorms could compare to such as earthquakes, tornadoes, mudslides, immense forest fires, hurricanes and floods that wipe out vast areas. They are all life-threatening, home-destroying events that keep the news media busy around the nation. The worst our snowstorms do is make one possibly miss work once in as while. Yes, they can cause severe automobile accidents with loss of life. It can be dangerous driving in blizzard conditions; but that can often be avoided. The only real taxing problem we have in this state is just that, a taxing problem.
I remember as a youth when I spent time in other parts of the country, or in other countries, that on returning home in summer, I was reminded of how lush this part of the country was compared with many others. Perhaps some of it was induced simply by my joy at being home again, but it always seemed that everything here was more lush than elsewhere. The leaves on the trees were thicker, the trees were taller, the undergrowth was richer and denser. We seldom suffer hard droughts that can be the complete destruction of crops in some areas.
We have winters, but rarely, the harsh cold of North Dakota, Minnesota or Montana. We may have heat waves in summer, but we think 90 degrees is a heat wave. Many of us are quite able to survive nicely without air conditioners in our homes in the summer.
One great advantage we have over many parts of the country, which may prove more valuable than we realize, is an adequate water supply. I hope they never decide to build an aqueduct from Lake Superior to Arizona to flush the desert, so they can grow their own strawberries for breakfast. I am sure there are those who would like to, especially now when the feds would like a few projects to give someone a job. You can only twist nature so far out of shape without inviting catastrophe. You've got to let deserts be deserts and oceans be oceans. If they want fresh water in Death Valley, let them figure a more efficient way of desalination of the ocean; then the whole world could have all the water they want.
All I know is that I live in a spot of the world that is relatively free of practically all of the disasters that beset mankind, including heartless warlords that pillage for the sheer joy of it. For this I thank the good Lord. You and I have a better life than, ninety-nine percent of all of mankind throughout the history of the earth. Are we lucky, or what?
I sincerely hope that the progress of human life, stimulated by the freedoms allowed in the United States of America under the principles of the Constitution, can continue to grow the human condition. Here's hoping we can avoid getting under the thumbs of the "Washington, lords of our stability" who in their fumbling attempts at more government control, inhibit the natural progress of the human spirit to achieve its assigned place in the cosmos of existence. Amen, and may God continue to bless America!
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Yesterday Ira Glass sent an email revealing that This American Life's report on Apple's manufacturing supplier in China "contained significant fabrications." Mike Daisey's story and TAL's decisions to go to air and later retract the show have sparked a lot of discussion in journalism and public radio circles.
There's a lot of praising, challenging, and questioning going on. Frankly, much of it feels like punditry and harmless posturing. But, this Saturday afternoon a stream of tweets by Marketplace's John Moe put a human face on this story and some of the underlying ethical issues at stake.
(I've kept the format in order to preserve, hopefully, the rhythm of Moe's thoughts.)
I knew Daisey for many years, although its been several years since I've talked to him. But I saw his first audition when he came to Seattle
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It was the best audition I'd ever seen. A monologue about Wrath of Khan. Astounding. Completely improvised, I later learned.
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I worked at a temp agency and gave him temp jobs. Mike later worked at Amazon when I did. Then he quit and made a 1-man show about Amazon.
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It bugged me that Amazon paid him salary and benefits and then he turned around and ripped them. I was also jealous of his talent & success.
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Then he got a book deal! So I was jealous of his talent and success in writing and theater.
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In his book, he said things about my department at Amazon that weren't true or were exaggerated and/or twisted. Which angered me. So…
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Over the years I haven't known how to view his success. Astoundingly talented guy, I questioned his ethics, but I was jealous/petty too.
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But this China thing hits me hard. As a tech reporter, I know the Foxconn issue is huge and complex. As a journalist, ethics are critical.
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The Foxconn suicides first taught me the word Foxconn. It's a big issue for me (my brother died of suicide) and I wanted more attn on it.
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Then when Daisey became a leading spokesperson for Foxconn issues, I was all jumbled up. How did he get these scoops? I was jealous again.
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Now all this. I don't hate Mike, I wish him well, and I just hope more truth and light and transparency somehow emerge from this mess.
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Chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. said that the company's next-generation Windows operating system would be released in 2012, which is ahead of publicly known schedule, which is officially kept confidential.
"We are obviously hard at work on the next version of Windows. [...] Yet, as we look forward to the next generation of Windows systems, which will come out next year, there is a whole lot more coming. As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8. Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a variety of different form factors,: said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, during his keynote at Microsoft Developer Forum in Tokyo, Japan.
The comment made by the chief exec of Microsoft once again shows that the release schedule of Windows 8 is hardly set on stone. The world's largest software designer clearly needs an operating system for tablets as soon as possible to better compete against Apple iOS and Google Android platforms.
The creation of the third (M3) milestone phase was supposed to be started in March, 2011. After the M3 is finished, Microsoft is expected to release community technology preview (CTP) version, public Beta-1 and Beta-2, then unveil a release candidate (RC) and after that assemble the final version sometimes in late 2012.
There are ongoing rumours - which are not supported by actual facts - that Microsoft may release a special Windows 8 version for tablets in 2012. Besides, there are rumours that the company plans to show off the user interface of Windows 8 in mid-2011. Although tablets are supported by Windows 8, the operating system for slate-type PCs due next year may not feature all the capabilities of the Windows 8 and thus may carry a different name.
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Public buildings are required to set aside one-half of one percent of the cost of construction for art.
The school board decided Monday night to seek art produced by local artists, that is artists from the counties that lie within the school district boundaries.
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Layoffs taking place at Brooks Hospital
It appears the Lake Erie Regional Health System of New York is laying off more of its employees, but this time in Dunkirk.
Several people contacted the OBSERVER, stating that they were aware of staff members being laid off from Brooks Memorial Hospital. One official, who declined to be identified, said about 30 individuals would be laid off.
The OBSERVER reached out to Scott A. Butler, LERHSNY vice president for marketing and community relations, for comment. In an e-mail, Butler wrote, "We are not ready to make any statements at this time, but I will certainly let the OBSERVER know when we are ready to do so."
Along with Brooks Hospital, LERHSNY also oversees Lake Shore Health Care Center in Irving. Last month, individuals who worked there contacted the OBSERVER stating they had been laid off. Butler confirmed there were "staffing changes" but would not comment on specific numbers.
SEIU 1199 Community Coordinator Franchelle Hart could not be reached Tuesday. In May, Hart said that 11 union members and all the per diem staff were let go from Lake Shore Nursing Home, a part of the Health Care Center.
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CLEAN THE CLUTTER__Junky photos with power lines, gear strewn on the ground and other visual detritus don't hack it. Eliminate clutter and you'll draw the viewer's eye to your subject, which is the point of shooting in the first place. Usually, this is as simple as looking through the viewfinder, recognizing clutter and adjusting your position or composition to crop it out. Or, it can be as difficult as shooting at a shallow depth of field with a medium-length lens, say an 80mm at f/2.8 and blurring out the background and/or foreground. Some of the junk can be cloned out in Photoshop, but it's best to get it right to begin with.
DON THE DUDS__Runners love to show off their glistening pecs, but pearly white skin against a stunning backdrop is unappetizing. Make your runners pop by dressing them in bright, contrasting shirts and shorts. Light blue, red and yellow stand out in almost all situations. Keep clothing of each color in your pack and force feed it to your subjects. White garb can work, but brown, grey, black and all natural tones are often duds. Colorful knit caps add another good color splash, but brimmed caps shade the eyes—don't allow them.
NAP AT NOON__Amateur (and lazy professional) photographers shoot midday, when the sun is highest and the light is brightest. Unless you have overcast skies to soften the light and bring out the colors, you are wasting your time. Bright sunlight washes out colors and produces harsh, distracting shadows—especially on faces. Shoot at sunrise and sunset, when the low slant of light brings out the colors and adds a nice golden hue. However, don't just shoot at these hours. The couple of hours after sunrise and before sunset can be great as well, and photos taken in full but bright shade, say on the northern side of a hill, can be snappy.
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING__Using an on-camera fill flash spells death to any photo. They just look fake and, since most cameras will shoot at the fastest at 1/250th of a second shutter speed, shots taken with your camera's flash are destined to be blurry.
RUTHLESSLY EDIT__Ripping off a thousand digi images is one thing, but then what? Edit, baby, edit. View your work on your camera display and delete the ones that are obviously junk. Copy the survivors to your computer, then view them in JPEG mode. Photo-management software such as Lightroom 2 or Photo Mechanic are great tools.
Once you have your photos selected, it's time to dress them up in post-production software such as Photoshop. Go hog wild if the photos are for your own use, but use a light touch if you are sending them to a publisher. Editors prefer to do the color correcting and sharpening themselves, as they are familiar with their printing process and paper. And their monitor is calibrated to SWOP print standards, while yours likely isn't, meaning the colors you behold are different from the ones an editor will see. Some basic capture sharpening and color correction is fine, but leave the big strokes for an editor. Be sure to include your name and caption info in meta data for each photo.
NOW, FORGET EVERYTHING__The works of abstract and impressionist painters may look like a child's hand painting, but if you ever look at these master's early works you'll realize that they learned the rules, then chose to break them. Photography is the same way. Get a solid foundation by knowing how you are supposed to do it, then do it your way. Anyone can press a camera's button and adhere to the rule of thirds, but only a true artist can bring a vision to life. n


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Have you ever noticed that sometimes two movies come out that seem eerily similar to each other, released by different studios within months or weeks of each other? My sister used to review film scripts for a living, she would read ten of them and have to pick her top three favorites, and tells me that scripts for nearly identical concepts came all the time. Here are a few of my favorite examples:
- 1994: [Wyatt Earp] and [Tombstone] were Westerns recounting the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Tombstone, Arizona is near Tucson, and the gunfight is recreated fairly often for tourists.
- 1998: [Armageddon] and [Deep Impact] were a pair of disaster movies dealing with a large rock heading to destroy all life on earth. I was in Mazatlan, Mexico to see the latter, dubbed in Spanish as "Impacto Profundo".
- 1998: [A Bug's Life] and [Antz] were computer-animated tales of the struggle of one individual ant in an ant colony.
- 2000: [Mission to Mars] and [Red Planet] were sci-fi pics exploring what a manned mission to our neighboring planet might entail.
- 2009: [Paul Blart: Mall Cop] and [Observe and Report] were comedies dealing with challenges of security at a shopping mall.
(I think I made my point with just a few examples. A more complete list can be found on [Sam Greenspan's 11 Points website].)
This is different than copy-cat movies that are re-made or re-imagined many years later based on the previous successes of an original. Ever since my blog post [VPLEX: EMC's Latest Wheel is Round] in 2010 comparing EMC's copy-cat product that came our seven years after IBM's SAN Volume Controller (SVC), I've noticed EMC doesn't talk about VPLEX that much anymore.
This week, IBM announced [XIV Gen3 Solid-State Drive support] and our friends over at EMC announced [VFCache SSD-based PCIe cards]. Neither of these should be a surprise to anyone who follows the IT industry, as IBM had announced its XIV Gen3 as "SSD-Ready" last year specifically for this purpose, and EMC has been touting its "Project Lightning" since last May.
Fellow blogger Chris Mellor from The Register has a series of articles to cover this, including [EMC crashes the server flash party], [NetApp slaps down Lightning with multi-card Flash flush], [HP may be going the server flash route], and [Now HDS joins the server flash party].
Fellow blogger Chuck Hollis from EMC has a blog post [VFCache means Very Fast Cache indeed] that provides additional detail. Chuck claims the VFCache is faster than popular [Fusion-IO PCIe cards] available for IBM servers. I haven't seen the performance spec sheets, but typically SSD is four to five times slower than the DRAM cache used in the XIV Gen3. The VFCache's SSD is probably similar in performance to the SSD supported in the IBM XIV Gen3, DS8000, DS5000, SVC, N series, and Storwize V7000 disk systems.
Nonetheless, I've been asked my opinions on the comparison between these two announcements, as they both deal with improving application performance through the use of Solid-State Drives as an added layer of read cache.
(FTC Disclosure: I am both a full-time employee and stockholder of the IBM Corporation. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission may consider this blog post as a paid celebrity endorsement of IBM servers and storage systems. This blog post is based on my interpretation and opinions of publicly-available information, as I have no hands-on access to any of these third-party PCIe cards. I have no financial interest in EMC, Fusion-IO, Texas Memory Systems, or any other third party vendor of PCIe cards designed to fit inside IBM servers, and I have not been paid by anyone to mention their name, brands or products on this blog post.)
The solutions are different in that IBM XIV Gen3 the SSD is "storage-side" in the external storage device, and EMC VFCache is "server-side" as a PCI Express [PCIe] card. Aside from that, both implement SSD as an additional read cache layer in front of spinning disk to boost performance. Neither is an industry first, as IBM has offered server-side SSD since 2007, and IBM and EMC have offered storage-side SSD in many of their other external storage devices. The use of SSD as read cache has already been available in IBM N series using [Performance Accelerator Module (PAM)] cards.
IBM has offered cooperative caching synergy between its servers and its storage arrays for some time now. The predecessor to today's POWER7-based were the iSeries i5 servers that used PCI-X IOP cards with cache to connect i5/OS applications to IBM's external disk and tape systems. To compete in this space, EMC created their own PCI-X cards to attach their own disk systems. In 2006, IBM did the right thing for our clients and fostered competition by entering in a [Landmark agreement] with EMC to [license the i5 interfaces]. Today, VIOS on IBM POWER systems allows a much broader choice of disk options for IBM i clients, including the IBM SVC, Storwize V7000 and XIV storage systems.
EMC is not the first to manufacture an SSD-based PCIe card. Last summer, my friends at Texas Memory Systems [TMS] gave away a [RAMsan-70 PCIe card] at an after-party on [Day 2 of the IBM System Storage University].
Can a little SSD really help performance? Yes! An IBM client running a [DB2 Universal Database] cluster across eight System x servers was able to replace an 800-drive EMC Symmetrix by putting eight SSD Fusion-IO cards in each server, for a total of 64 Solid-State drives, saving money and improving performance. DB2 has the Data Partitioning Feature that has multi-system DB2 configurations using a Grid-like architecture similar to how XIV is designed. Most IBM System x and BladeCenter servers support internal SSD storage options, and many offer PCIe slots for third-party SSD cards. Sadly, you can't do this with a VFCache card, since you can have only one VFCache card in each server, the data is unprotected, and only for ephemeral data like transaction logs or other temporary data. With multiple Fusion-IO cards in an IBM server, you can configure a RAID rank across the SSD, and use it for persistent storage like DB2 databases.
Here then is my side-by-side comparison:
|EMC VFCache
|IBM XIV Gen3 SSD Caching
|Servers supported
|Selected x86-based models of Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant DL, and IBM xSeries and System x servers
|All of these, plus any other blade or rack-optimized server currently supported by XIV Gen3, including Oracle SPARC, HP Titanium, IBM POWER systems, and even IBM System z mainframes running Linux
|Operating System support
|Linux RHEL 5.6 and 5.7, VMware vSphere 4.1 and 5.0, and Windows 2008 x64 and R2.
|All of these, plus all the other operating systems supported by XIV Gen3, including AIX, IBM i, Solaris, HP-UX, and Mac OS X
|Protocol support
|FCP and iSCSI
|Vendor-supplied driver required on the server
|Yes, the VFCache driver must be installed to use this feature.
|No, IBM XIV Gen3 uses native OS-based multi-pathing drivers.
|External disk storage systems required
|None, it appears the VFCache has no direct interaction with the back-end disk array, so in theory the benefits are the same whether you use this VFCache card in front of EMC storage or IBM storage
|XIV Gen3 is required, as the SSD slots are not available on older models of IBM XIV.
|Shared disk support
|No, VFCache has to be disabled and removed for vMotion to take place.
|Yes! XIV Gen3 SSD caching shared disk supports VMware vMotion and Live Partition Mobility.
|Support for multiple servers
|An advantage of the XIV Gen3 SSD caching approach is that the cache can be dynamically allocated to the busiest data from any server or servers.
|Support for active/active server clusters
|Aware of changes made to back-end disk
|No, it appears the VFCache has no direct interaction with the back-end disk array, so any changes to the data on the box itself are not communicated back to the VFCache card itself to invalidate the cache contents.
|Sequential-access detection
|None identified. However, VFCache only caches blocks 64KB or smaller, so any sequential processing with larger blocks will bypass the VFCache.
|Yes! XIV algorithms detect sequential access and avoid polluting the SSD with these blocks of data.
|Number of SSD supported
|One, which seems odd as IBM supports multiple Fusion-IO cards for its servers. However, this is not really a single point of failure (SPOF) as an application experiencing a VFCache failure merely drops down to external disk array speed, no data is lost since it is only read cache.
|6 to 15 (one per XIV module) for high availability.
|Pin data in SSD cache
|Yes, using split-card mode, you can designate a portion of the 300GB to serve as Direct-attached storage (DAS). All data written to the DAS portion will be kept in SSD. However, since only one card is supported per server and the data is unprotected, this should only be used for ephemeral data like logs and temp files.
|No, there is no option to designate an XIV Gen3 volume to be SSD-only. Consider using Fusion-IO PCIe card as a DAS alternative, or another IBM storage system for that requirement.
|Not identified
|Pre-sales Estimating tools
|None identified
|Yes! CDF and Disk Magic tools are available to help cost-justify the purchase of SSD based on workload performance analysis.
IBM has the advantage that it designs and manufactures both servers and storage, and can design optimal solutions for our clients in that regard.
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There's a fine line between encouragement and criticism. I had a boss who once said, "if you are doing an evaluation, you need to say four positive things for every negative comment so the person can actually hear the negative comments." But those comments are made to improve performance. As an adult, I can still recall criticism that I felt was unjust or given in error even today.
It is important to recognize how important our words and deeds are to the children we work with. Melinda Wilson, our fund development staff person, gave a very poignant thanks to the volunteers attending a spaghetti fundraiser this week. Part of that was a poem written by Ley Cash from the San Gorgonio Girl Scout Council.
A Careful Soul
A careful soul I have to be,
A little Girl Scout follows me.
To a narrow path I must stay,
For if I don't she too will stray.
I must choose my deeds with care.
For all I do, she too, will dare.
My worlds I guard and softly speak
And I must love the strong and the weak.
Oh, I must be fair, from the start.
And boldly lead with a steady heart.
In all I say and all I do.
I promise to strive to be true.
Because you know
Where're I go
A careful soul I have to be.
A little Girl Scout follows me!
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Karin Moe was the only female accounting major in her graduating class at the University of Minnesota. That should have been a signal to everyone that she was special. And though her parents never graduated from high school, she was the kind of person who always loved school. She chose the University of Minnesota "because I could afford it" and graduated with honors. Later, Karin became a Gustavus parent; her daughter, Kris, graduated in the class of '84. That is when Karin became involved.
In 1996, Karin and her husband, Robert, founded the Moe Lecture Series, which brings internationally known speakers to the campus. But what really touched her heart was the Gustavus faculty. "Because they genuinely help kids discover what they want to do. The faculty/student relationship—which I believe is the backbone of learning—couldn't be richer. The faculty are those great individuals who make a difference in the lives of young people, but they need the resources and time to develop their own work. And that's the reason my husband and I support the Kendall Center. It's our opportunity to ensure that this tradition remains strong." And they continue to do so.
A Cherished Mind.
Will Freiert, emeritus faculty
When asked about his most satisfying moment in his 35 years as an educator, the longtime Chair of the Classics Department immediately answered, "Whenever a student's face lights up and she says, 'Oh! I get it!'" Will Freiert was the consummate professor. And, he is a man who never stops learning.
As a teacher, he and his wife and fellow classicist, Patricia, took students to Greece so they could feel the thrill of walking in the steps of profound artists and philosophers like Socrates, who said, "The unexamined life is not livable for a human being." Will asked his students to take charge of their own education, to achieve insight, to learn wisdom and compassion.
So valued was Will at Gustavus, he received the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching. He also received the American Philological Association Award for Excellence in Teaching and was a Fulbright lecturer in Sendai, Japan.
Will tells his students that college is the best four years of their lives. The reason? "All you have to do is sit around and think."


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To the Editor:
After reviewing Gov. Mark Dayton's latest budget proposal, I am disappointed that the governor is moving full speed ahead with his tax-and-spend proposals.
With Democrats in control of the Minnesota House and Senate, Gov. Dayton now has no reason to work with legislative Republicans on controlled spending or government reform.
We are just starting to get out of a recession. Now is not the time to further add pain on the citizens of Minnesota by increasing their taxes.
Gov. Dayton's budget would increase state spending by more than $2.5 billion dollars, and increase taxes by $3.7 billion to pay for it.
The governor is attempting to claim he is reforming the tax code by giving all Minnesota property owners a property tax rebate of up to $500, and lowering the state sales tax rate to 5.5 percent. The problem is the governor's proposal would radically increase the number of goods and services that would fall under the jurisdiction of the sales tax. Clothing purchases, car repairs, daycare, Internet purchases, haircuts and over-the-counter medications would all be taxed if the governor's plan became law.
While Minnesotans might appreciate the rebate – which is expected to cost $1.4 billion – the governor is still raising $3 billion in taxes to pay for it. Further, the rebates would disappear in the future but the expanded sales tax would not, meaning the average Minnesotan would ultimately pay much more in their lifetime than they would by cashing the rebate checks.
Plain and simple, this proposal is a tax increase on the working poor and our middle class. Gov. Dayton has not explained why Minnesota needs to spend $2.5 billion more over the next two years, but it's crystal clear that he wants everyone to pay for more government spending.
State Rep. Bob Gunther,


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Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes performed in a Beastie Boys Tribute at the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony with Kid Rock and The Roots. The performance will air May 5th on HBO. Be sure to tune in! Read more about the ceremony HERE.
The Beastie Boys had no intention of performing without Adam Yauch, so the Roots were joined by Kid Rock and Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes for an incredible medley of Beastie classics, including "Sabotage" and "So What'cha Want." Rock, Black Thought and McCoy all wore matching green Adidas track suits, and they did a great job of channeling the energy and spirit of the groundbreaking trio. -RollingStone.com


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April 1, 2012
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Stop! I give up Christine Whittemore. I realize the awesome power of social media. I detest it because it is all about me. Nonetheless, I now appreciate how all of this is changing the way customers receive and deliver information.
The pre-Internet advertising to consumers was fairly straightforward. The retailers would advertise in newspaper, TV, radio, Yellow Pages or direct mail. The consumer was passive. She saw an ad or commercial — 97 percent paid no attention — and the hope was that some would actually look at the ad and some of those would come into the store.
Everything was initiated by the retailer. The "touch points," (where the consumer and retailer crossed paths) were the above mentioned media and actual store. That's it. What types of advertising work has always been the question. John Wannamaker famously said, "One half of our advertising works, I just don't know which half it is."
Advertising has always been wasteful and expensive. Our industry ultimately relied on word of mouth or referral "advertising." She talked to her neighbor and friends and based on their recommendation visited a specific store. That has always been the best "touch point" — one coming from an existing customer.
But the technology industry has changed all that. These touch points are still relevant but they have lost some, if not all, their value. Yellow Pages is the best example of a "touch point" that has been rendered obsolete. What the new technology has allowed is for retailers to create a dialogue or conversation; no longer is this a one-way ad or commercial. The mindset is creating conversations and having others create interest in your business.
That, my friends, is why the Internet and all it offers is the future — Facebook and Twitter and more and more.
In the old days, we would learn about entertainers by reading magazines like People. Now the famous person can skip the magazines and skip the interviews and get rid of their publicists and go directly to their audience. Today, Justin Bieber (I really am embarrassed that I know this) has the largest Twitter following of any single person — six million Twitter followers who wait breathlessly for Justin to share some silly idea and then they all get to respond. All in 140 spaces or less. And you wonder about Lady Gaga; well she is the second largest and most active Twitter site. Ugh.
Whether Twitter is useful to flooring retailers remains to be seen, but as a communication method, Twitter continues to grow in popularity. I don't know how businesses take advantage of Twitter but what I do know is that it is an important "touch point."
eHarmony is a site for single people to meet others in search of romance, love and/ or marriage. Before the Internet, where did this person go to find someone? Where were the "touch points"? Church, bar or at work. All pretty awful choices. Now, he fills out this incredibly long questionnaire upgrading his talents and downgrading his failings; she does the same. The computer takes all these white lies and matches up the people. eHarmony says 500,000 people have gotten married. Wait 'til they find out what the other is really like. Yikes.
Next time, let's look at the "touch points" that retailers need to be part of.
Jonathan Trivers, a regular contributor to Floor Covering Weekly, is also the author of the marketWise section of FCW's Statistical Report. When he's not writing he's talking — to flooring groups throughout the country and Canada.


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As many projects as I have, I still feel like I have more time to dedicate towards coding. I've been looking for some open source projects to help with, but they are either too big, or just not interesting.
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Is Purim the Jewish Halloween? Some Jews say no.
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Sky confirms April TV games
Sky Sports will show Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool at least three times each in April, as part of unrivalled live coverage of the closest-ever Premier League title race.
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Sky have confirmed 17 live matches in April, including a record 16 fixtures involving teams currently in the top six, with Liverpool's game with Manchester City on April 13 a standout.
Sky Sports will also show Liverpool versus Chelsea on April 27, as well as an intriguing match between Everton and Arsenal at Goodison Park on April 6.
April's live fixtures on Sky Sports
Chelsea v Stoke, Saturday 5 April, 5.30pm
Everton v Arsenal, Sunday 6 April, 1.30pm
West Ham United v Liverpool, Sunday 6 April, 4.00pm
Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland, Monday 7 April, 8.00pm
Arsenal v West Ham United, Sunday 13 April, 12.00pm
Liverpool v Manchester City, Sunday 13 April, 2.05pm
Swansea City v Chelsea, Sunday 13 April, 4.10pm
Hull City v Arsenal, Saturday 19 April, 5.30pm
Norwich City v Liverpool, Sunday 20 April, 12.00pm
Chelsea v Sunderland, Sunday 20 April, 2.05pm
Everton v Manchester United, Sunday 20 April, 4.10pm
Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion, Monday 21 April, 8.00pm
Manchester United v Norwich City, Saturday 26 April, 5.30pm
Sunderland v Cardiff City, Sunday 27 April, 12.00pm
Liverpool v Chelsea, Sunday 27 April, 2.05pm
Crystal Palace v Manchester City, Sunday 27 April, 4.10pm
Arsenal v Newcastle United, Monday 28 April, 8.00pm
BT Sport's live games in April
Manchester City v Southampton, Saturday 5 April, 12.45pm
Tottenham v Fulham, Saturday 19 April, 12.45pm
Southampton v Everton, Saturday 26 April, 12.45pm
The selections mean that during March and April, 29 of 33 live matches on Sky Sports will feature teams in the race for the Premier League title and Champions League qualification.
Sky Sports will also be the only place to watch the current top four teams in May, with at least seven live matches during the final two weeks of the season.
Jamie Carragher, Sky Sports football expert, said: "It's going to be an incredible end to an amazing season and I can't wait. It's the most important time of the season and Sky Sports is the best place to watch all the drama and excitement between now and the last day."
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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On FAA Shut Down
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
On FAA Shut Down
July 25, 2011
Yet again, the House Republicans are playing politics instead of building a strong, secure America. In another blatant example of political theater, the House Republicans refused to pass a routine measure to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), forcing lay-offs of thousands of FAA and construction workers, with tens of thousands more jobs at risk.
Republican members of Congress need to stop playing ideological games and get down to the serious business of creating jobs, instead of laying off FAA aviation experts and tens of thousands of construction workers, who are already experiencing close to 20 percent unemployment rates nationally. Adding insult to injury, just as the government reaches its debt limit, this disruption of the FAA means that aviation taxes – totaling up to $200 million a week – that normally fund our aviation infrastructure may instead end up in the airlines' pockets.
The House Republicans are undertaking this extraordinary disruption of the operations of the FAA for one reason – to play to a political ideology focused on scapegoating workers. Instead of laying off the people responsible for safe, secure aviation, our elected leaders ought to be building a high wage, high skill economy where our middle class is strong and America thrives.


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Between 2005 and 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent an average of about $15 billion annually on programs to support farm income, assist farmers after disasters, and conserve natural resources. Under one of these federal farm programs, USDA provides fixed annual paymentscalled direct paymentsto farmers based on a farm's history of crop production. Direct payments were most recently reauthorized in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, which will expire in 2012 without future action.
GAO has shown that taxpayer dollars can be saved with strengthened oversight of farm program payments, including direct payments. For example, GAO reported in October 2008 that USDA provided farm program payments to thousands of individuals with incomes exceeding income eligibility caps. GAO has also shown that USDA's oversight and enforcement of program rules is not always effective. For example, in July 2007, GAO reported that USDA paid $1.1 billion in such payments to more than 170,000 deceased individuals, and in April 2004 GAO reported that USDA provided such payments to people who may have had only limited involvement in farming because the agency lacks sufficient management controls. Since then, USDA has taken some actions in response to GAO's recommendations.
Reducing or eliminating direct payments to farmersparticularly those to large farming operationscould achieve cost savings of as much as $5 billion annually. In contrast to other major farm programs, which compensate farmers for declines in price or lost crops, direct payments go to farmers regardless of risk factors. Direct payments are calculated using a formula that considers the crop and production history and the number of acres planted during certain years in the past on a farm. Generally, a percentage of the acres that were planted is multiplied by a set payment rate for the crop that was planted.[1] For 2009 through 2011, this percentage is 83.3 percent, and for 2012, it will be 85 percent. Although a farmer's direct payments are based on the historical production of a particular crop, the farmer has almost complete flexibility in deciding which crops to plant and whether to plant any crops at all. To be eligible for such a payment, a farmer's average nonfarm income (over the preceding 3 tax years) can be no more than $500,000, or average farm income no more than $750,000. Direct payments are limited to $40,000 per person per year; however, a farm can receive multiple payments depending on its ownership structure. For example, a husband and wife operating a farm together can collect up to $80,000 annually, and a partnership with 10 partners can collect up to $400,000 annually.
In light of the following observations made by GAO and others, the need for direct payments should be reconsidered:
[1] Specifically, the formula uses a percentage of the average number of acres planted during 1998 through 2001 and multiplies it by a set payment rate and the historical crop yield for a farm. The percentage and payment rates for each crop are specified in legislation commonly referred to as farm bills passed by Congress roughly every 5 years.
Recognizing current budget constraints, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform [1] the Debt Reduction Task force[2] the administration, Members of Congress, GAO, and some farming groups have proposed options to reduce or eliminate direct payments. For example, Congress may wish to consider the following three. To reduce direct payments, the administration and others have proposed lowering payment or income eligibility limits. They argue that lower limits leave payments intact for recipients of smaller payments or with smaller incomes and could therefore still help smaller and beginning farmers. On the other hand, critics say, focusing on payment limits may be ineffective because farmers may develop methods to avoid being restricted by the limits. GAO previously reported that many farmers structure their operations to avoid payment limits and that USDA has not consistently enforced eligibility requirements, bringing into question the effectiveness of both types of limits.
Congress may also wish to consider reducing the portion of a farm's acres eligible for direct payments. In 2009, GAO reported that reducing the portion of eligible acres to 80 percent from 83.3 percent might save millions of dollars annually[3] Further reducing the portion of eligible acres to 75 percent could save millions more each year. Such an across-the-board reduction would affect all recipients. Moreover, Congress may wish to consider terminating the payments. Some agriculture organizations, including the National Farmers Union and the Iowa Farm Bureau, have recommended phasing out or terminating the payments altogether and using the savings to bolster other farm programs.
GAO has identified the following potential for cost savings:
[1] The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was established under Executive Order 13531 (Feb. 18, 2010). It issued The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (Washington, D.C., December 2010).
[2] Led by former Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici and former White House Budget Director Alice Rivlin, the Debt Reduction Task Force issued Restoring America's Future: Reviving the Economy, Cutting Spending and Debt, and Creating a Simple, Pro-Growth Tax System (Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2010).
[3] See http://www.gao.gov/highrisk/opportunities/natural_resources/
To update information on the number of farms receiving direct payments of $200,000 or more, GAO used data from USDA's Producer Payment Reporting System and determined that the data were sufficiently reliable for its purposes. To estimate the potential savings from reducing the portion of acres used to calculate direct payments and from terminating the payments, GAO used the most recent budget figures from the Congressional Budget Office. Other information in this analysis is primarily based on the related GAO products listed under the "Related GAO Products" tab.
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Innovation Leaders: Panel Discussion
March 29, 2011
A panel of client-side marketers charged with leading innovation at their respective organizations, together with a leading academic author, shared insights and best practices on various aspects related to innovation.
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