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JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — A Johnston mother faces felony child abuse charges after police say she accidently fed her baby from a bottle she had used to store methadone.
Police say the 6-month-old girl was unresponsive when she was brought to Hasbro Children's Hospital on July 10th, but has recovered.
They say 27-year-old Carissa Manning told them she accidently mixed baby formula with her prescription drug in the bottle. She called 911 after the girl become cold and would not wake up.
Manning was arraigned Wednesday and released on a promise to appear in court on Sept. 24. She also was ordered to have no contact with her daughter, who has been placed with another relative.
Manning has no listed phone number and an attempt to reach her for comment Friday was not successful.


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Cumberbatch Will Be Brian Epstein
In a biopic for Paul McGuigan
For years, people have been developing films about the so-called "fifth Beatle." No, not Stuart Sutcliffe: manager Brian Epstein. Now director Paul McGuigan has recruited his Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch to play the iconic music maestro.
Todd Graff is responsible for the script, which will focus more on Epstein than the Beatles, including his troubled personal life of gambling and drug addictions, his closeted lifestyle and the contradiction between his private world and the Beatlemania that grew around his most famous clients.
According to Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, who are producing the film with their Playtone company, the script will aim to tell the story of "the man who threw the biggest party of the 1960s but ultimately forgot to invite himself."
Cumberbatch seems like a solid shout as he bears a slight resemblance to Epstein and also has the chops to make the role work. He'll next be seen in such tiny art house releases as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Star Trek Into Darkness.
McGuigan's project isn't the only new arrival on the Epstein scene: according to The Hollywood Reporter, Vivek J Tiwary is also working up a film version of his graphic novel The Fifth Beatle. He's scored a big win on the Beatles front, as he's secured the rights to include some of the band's songs.


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We love beautiful typography, and we appreciate the efforts of designers who come up with great typographic techniques and tools or who just share their knowledge with fellow designers. We are always looking for such resources. We compile them, carefully select the best ones and then prepare them for our round-ups. And now it's time to present a beautiful fresh dose of typography-related resources.
To help you improve the typography in your designs, we're presenting here useful new articles, tools and resources related to typography. You will learn the fundamentals of typography, find out how to combine fonts and know what to keep in mind when choosing a typeface. We also present typography-related slideshows, glossaries, layouts and experiments.Read more...
Running an e-commerce website is a never-ending task, from trying to squeeze that extra bit of conversion rate out of the check-out page to figuring out which referrers give you the best traffic. There's also a plethora of tools out there to help you achieve your goals. But which ones do what, and why should you use some of them? This article introduces some of these tools and offers a tip or two on how to use them.
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Planning and communication are two key elements in the development of any successful website or application. And that is exactly what the wireframing process offers: a quick and simple method to plan the layout and a cost-effective, time-saving tool to easily communicate your ideas to others. A wireframe typically has the basic elements of a Web page: header, footer, sidebar, maybe even some generated content, which gives you, your clients and colleagues a simple visually oriented layout that illustrates what the structure of the website will be by the end of the project and that serves as the foundation for any future alterations.
This article focuses on actual wireframing tools and standalone applications, as well as resources that you'll need to build your own wireframe: wireframing kits, browser windows, form elements, grids, Mac OS X elements, mobile elements, which you'll use in any typical graphics editor such as Photoshop or Illustrator. ...Or you could use pen and paper.Read more...
There's nothing better than a good browser based app. Browser based apps require no downloading and no installation, so you can start using them whenever and wherever you like. What's more, each one of these apps is accessible from any computer in the world, provided that it's connected to the internet, so there's no need to take expensive and heavy hardware with you when you're out of the office. Some of these apps can be used on your mobile phone too!
There are browser based alternatives to almost every traditional piece of software you frequently use, whether it's for word processing, image editing, listening to music, screen sharing, storing files and folders, or even making to-do lists. Here, we bring you 20 indispensable web apps, which once you've tried, you'll never want to live without again. Most of the apps explored below are free, so there's nothing stopping you from giving them a go.Read more...
In this post we present a new speedy way of writing HTML code using CSS-like selector syntax — a handy set of tools for high-speed HTML and CSS coding. It was developed by our author Sergey Chikuyonok and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. [Content Care Dec/16/2016]
How much time do you spend writing HTML code: all of those tags, attributes, quotes, braces, etc. You have it easier if your editor of choice has code-completion capabilities, but you still do a lot of typing.
We had the same problem in JavaScript world when we wanted to access a specific element on a Web page. We had to write a lot of code, which became really hard to support and reuse. And then JavaScript frameworks came along, which introduced CSS selector engines. Now, you can use simple CSS expressions to access DOM elements, which is pretty cool.Read more...
What would you do if you were suddenly stranded on a desert island in the middle of nowhere, with only a USB drive, a dial-up internet connection, and a barebones computer with no software outside the operating system installed? Of course, you'd use the internet connection to call for help first, but what about after that? How would you keep your design business going?
Okay, maybe a scenario that's a bit more likely would work better. What if your computer crashed, wiping out all of your data and programs, and you have a deadline in two days? Or maybe you want to be able to pick up and leave at a moment's notice without taking anything more than a change of clothes and a USB drive. If you have the apps below, neither of those scenarios would be much of a problem.
The apps on this list can help you with everything from coding to graphics to running your business and managing your projects, all from a single USB drive. And while USB drives are getting bigger all the time (last I checked a 64GB one wasn't too badly priced, and that's 4GB more storage than my current MacBook has), you still need special programs in most instances to have true portability. The apps below are just that: truly portable and small enough to fit on a USB drive (often a very small USB drive).Read more...
Data visualizations and infographics can make complex datasets easier to understand and comprehend. By creating a graphical represenatation of data and statistics, complicated concepts and information can make more sense in less time. Many visualizations focus on representing a specific set of data or statistical information. Others focus on less-concrete topics, providing a visual representation of abstract concepts. Generally speaking, the first type appear more like graphs or charts and the latter are often more creative and imaginative.
But visualizations and infographics can be used poorly, too. Putting in too much information (or not enough), using improper formats for the information provided, and other failures are common. Below are more than 25 useful resources for infographics and data visualization. Most are galleries of effective graphics though some also provide how-to information for information designers.
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Wireframing is one of the most valuable parts of any web design project. It can save a designer tons of time by hashing out the details of a site's architecture, functionality, and content prior to actually starting a visual design. But if done inefficiently, it can end up costing more time and can even create bigger headaches for both the client and the designer.
Below are more than 35 resources for creating better wireframes, including tutorials on different methods and a variety of tools available. There's information on everything from paper wireframing techniques to using programs like Adobe Illustrator for the wireframing stage of your designs.Read more...
A domain name is the starting point for our online brands and identities, be it for a company, online application or a personal website. Some of us may own only one domain for a portfolio site or blog, whilst others have to manage domain names for clients or all kinds of projects. But even if you do not yet have a personal domain, as the Internet becomes more pervasive in our lives, finding yourself a real home on the web becomes more of a neccessity.
Of course, social web services like Facebook, Twitter, etc. do indeed offer usernames, but only domains give us full ownership and control over branding and ultimately how we express ourselves online.
Many of the traditional sites that offer domain names are poorly organised, hard to navigate and covered in spammy ads. In this article we will have a look at a number of smart and user-centric domain tools which help you to find, register and manage domain names, other than the usual domain registrars or webhosting companies.
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Editor Tabs plugin JavaScript conflicts
I love your Editor Tabs plugin Ross, this UI enhancement should it should totally be included in the WordPress core.
But I have encountered a small issue with it. When I try to create or edit a form with the Gravity Forms plugin, the "AJAX" panels don't show up or are stuck.
I have noticed this same problem with the new menu editor in the beta of WordPress 3.0, the page links are supposed to be draggable, but are stuck.
By best guess is that you are loading a different version of JQuery or another library that these other features need too, and there is a conflict?
One other little bug I noticed with another of your plugins that I love, CMS Dashboard, is that the links have changed in 3.0 and will have to be updated.
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Preventing crime, protecting the public and helping those in need
West Midlands Police is launching a firearms surrender following a law change that will see anyone found with a gun risking life behind bars.
The new legislation, which came into effect on July 14, increases the maximum jail term for illegal gun possession from 10 years to life – and that includes anyone who's storing a weapon for someone else.
The Home Office amendments also clamp down on antique firearms amid fears obsolete weapons are being made viable by criminals with ballistics know-how.
Anyone given a prison sentence, including suspended sentences, of three months or more is now banned from possessing antique firearms which could previously be held as a "curiosity or ornament" with a relevant certificate.
It means they must now make arrangements to dispose of such weapons and, to ensure none are dumped or fall into the wrong hands, the force is launching a firearms surrender that allows guns to be handed over at police stations.
Between 19 July and 2 August anyone surrendering a firearm – including handguns, rifles, BB guns, imitations, ammunition or antiques – at a West Midlands Police station can do so without being prosecuted for gun possession.
West Midlands Police Detective Inspector Andy Bannister (pictured), said: "The problem of antique weapons being used in crime is an emerging threat we need to address. The law has been changed to make communities safer and we welcome the tighter controls…the change in legislation closes any loopholes that may be exploited by criminals.
"The possibility of life imprisonment for anyone found in possession of a firearm will certainly act as a powerful deterrent. And this includes anyone who may, out of misguided loyalty, be knowingly storing a gun for someone else."
Following the 2011 summer riots, Aston woman Janine Francis and Nadeen Banbury, from Bromford, were both handed jail terms after being convicted of storing firearms for friends.
Both weapons – a 9mm pistol and a St Etienne revolver – were later linked to disorder on August 9 when shots were fired at the police helicopter.
Det Insp Bannister, added: "They were jailed for seven-and-a-half years and five years, respectively, but in a way they can consider themselves lucky because if they were sentenced today they could be looking at life behind bars.
"People need to ask themselves: are you prepared to risk a life behind bars by holding a firearm for another person? The answer must surely be 'no' and I'd urge anyone in this position to also take advantage of the firearms surrender and hand in these guns."
Guns can be taken to any one of the 41 police stations across the West Midlands – 11 of which have 24-7 front desks – but people are advised to check station opening times in advance.
The last surrender back in 2003 saw 1,265 firearms – including 168 illegal handguns and 412 imitation guns – plus 53,190 rounds of ammunition handed over to West Midlands Police as part of a month-long nationwide amnesty.
Det Insp Bannister added: "The intention is to reduce the overall availability of firearms…people can hand over weapons anonymously but the history of any live weapons surrendered will be checked for evidence of its use in crimes.
"However, someone found in possession of a firearm in public can't simply claim they were en route to surrender the weapon. They would need to prove they had good intentions and we'll take into account their location, the time and the manner in which the weapon was being carried. This isn't a get out of jail free card for gun criminals."
Gun crime has fallen dramatically over the last decade – offences fell from 24,000 nationally in 2003 to 8,135 in 2013 (according to ONS data) – whilst the number of fatal shootings in the West Midlands has also decreased.
There were 17 fatal shootings in the five years between 2004 and 2009 but that fell to nine between 2009 and 2014. One of those saw Leicester man Sylvester Koroma killed outside a Digbeth club last August - and his mother, Eunice, has urged anyone who knows the whereabouts of illegal firearms to take advantage of the gun surrender.
She said: "My life has been shattered by gun crime...I don't want anyone to go through what I've experienced. It's not cool to carry a gun and I know more than anyone what damage they cause to families, to communities. Anyone who carries a gun or is storing one for someone else deserves to face life in jail - don't ruin your life, hand the gun in whilst you have the chance."
Det Insp Bannister said: "We're doing lots of work in partnership with community leaders and local agencies…and although no-one would pretend the gang menace that's blighted Birmingham in the past is over for good, today there does seem to be a sense of optimism that the city has turned an important corner."
Weapons and ammunition can be surrendered at any police station but anyone handing in a firearm during the surrender is advised to check the opening times of their station.
To receive advice on how best to transport the weapon responsibly from home to the police station phone 101 before travelling. Anyone unable to reach a police station is also advised to call 101 and arrangements can be made to collect the weapon.
Detective Chief Superintendent Iain O'Brien, head of the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS), said: "We welcome this surrender which means that more weapons will be removed from the streets and out of the reach of criminals. NABIS is dedicated to working with forces to tackle gun crime and keep our communities safe."
The law changes also means anyone handed a suspended jail term at court of three months or more from July 14 will now be prohibited from possessing licensed firearms for five years – previously such bans only applied to people actually jailed.
If you suspect anyone to be involved in illegal firearms call West Midlands Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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When Big Red Report texted Lincoln Southwest linebacker and Husker commitment Josh Banderas about Big Red Weekend on Saturday night, his return text was music for all Husker fans' ears.
"The weekend went as good as I could have hoped for," said Banderas.
Shortly after Big Red Report called the soon to be senior, who seems to be now the lead player recruiter in the 2013 class.
"Having all the guys (committed prospects) over to my house and getting to know them more was great on Friday night," said Banderas. "We really started to bond as a team and I think we get along pretty well."
The crew of six commitments in attendance (Banderas, Courtney Love, Greg Hart, Dan Samuelson, A.J. Natter, and Christian Lacouture), not only used the weekend to establish a greater bond between one and another, but to work on other non-committed prospects in attendance.
"Today, we kind of got to work together as a team to really talk with some of these guys," said Banderas. "We knew something about each one of the players here, so we really tried to talk about Nebraska with them.
"I think a lot of them saw something different than they expected. They were expecting a smaller stadium and I think for it to be out in the middle of a cornfield - they were wowed quite a bit."
Banderas, who's visited campus a handful of times in the last three months, didn't seem to mind that things were a little different for the committed prospects in attendance.
"It was sort of like we were freshman already. It was like we were already part of the team," said Banderas. "We felt that they were talking with us and definitely keeping us in the loop, but they were definitely spending a little more time with the uncommitted guy.
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Mom cried when she read this and thought it should go on one of our pages. She finally picked mine because she says I have an "old soul".
A Dogs Soul
by Author Unknown
Every dog must have a soul
Somewhere deep inside
Where all his hurts and grievances
Are buried with his pride.
Where he decides the good and bad,
The wrong way from the right,
And where his judgement carefully
Is hidden from our sight.
A dog must have a secret place
Where every thought abides,
A sort of close acquaintance that
He trusts in and confides.
And when accused unjustly for
Himself, He cannot speak,
Rebuked, He finds within his soul
The comfort he must seek.
He'll love, tho'he is unloved,
And he'll serve tho'badly used,
And one kind word will wipe away
The times when he's abused.
Altho' his heart may break in two
His love will still be whole,
Because God gave to every dog
An understanding Soul!
When I was real young, way before I turned a year old, I loved to go for walks. Back then we didn't have much of a yard so I got to go for walks all the time. At first I didn't even need a leash cuz I would stay right with Mom. Then I started getting braver and braver and going further away and further away and I ran faster and faster so Mom decided I needed a leash and collar.
We live in a really small town with very few stores so Mom had a heck of a time finding something that would fit. Finally she went on line and found me a "walking jacket". It wasn't even for dogs it was for ferrets. I hated it! But, at least I still got to go for walks.
We would go out the back door onto the covered porch, out the porch gate through the yard and down to the gravel street. We would walk all the way to the end of the street. The end was a circle so we would go around the circle and then back up the street. I learned to sit politely on the side of the road when a car was coming. It didn't happen very often. Just sometimes, but I don't like cars.
I get very, very nervous if a car comes up the street. When I'm having a nervous day I watch the top of the road to make sure no cars are coming. Mom says I don't have to, she says that's her job but sometimes I just think she needs help watching. I don't like anything about cars, except maybe smelling the tires to see who else has been there.
Sometimes, if Mom feels like going further, when we got back to the yard we would go the other way through an empty lot that is lined with trees. I love to walk around the lot; there are tons of things to smell. But sometimes, we would just go along those trees.
I love trees. They have the neatest scents. I love evergreens the best. I love to smell every one of them. I love to smell every branch of every tree. If Mom would let me I would smell every single needle of every single branch of every single tree.
I just love trees!
I've said it before and I'll say it again - I love to howl! I love to bark! I love to make noise! Mom says it's her fault. She says when I first learned to bark it was so cute she just had to encourage me. And boy she did just that. When I was young mom used to say "ooooowwwwww" if I bit her to hard when we were playing. I learned to say it too. I'd prepare for it by pumping up my chest and I worked real hard and out it came. oooowwwww! Now that I'm bigger I don't say it anymore. It was very hard work and it wasn't very dignified, so I just don't do it. But if anyone comes anywhere near my propertiy (that would be anything I can see from my yard or window), I yell. If it's a neighborhood dog or kid I yell in a whining, begging sort of way. That means come play with me. I don't usually like when they come over though. It's just that I want to yell. If it's somebody I don't know, then I yell with a deeper voice. If I'm playing with my little buddy, then it's a high-pitched voice howl. Sometimes I'll be resting, under covers, and I'll hear a sound (it could be any kind of sound) I'll just poke my head out of the covers and yell. I don't even have to look for the sound. I just stay right where I am and howl. Sometimes I'm bored so I howl. You can tell I'm bored because in the middle of the howl... I yawn. The yawn becomes part of my howl. I am very good at howling.
Did I mention I love to howl?
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Hotel Mountain Top feels proud serve the clients for years to their satisfaction at our all luxury budget hotels at Manali and it´s the only reason that our return customer business grew leaps and bounds. Enjoy the high class grandeur hospitality at cheap hotel tariff in Manali with us, serving class facilities that will suit your taste. Hotel Mountain Top is surrounded by unspoilt scenic grandeur and is extremely popular with all tourists for the lavish display of natural scenery.
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West Bengal, India
Excellent and friendly
1st of all I ll say the location of the hotel is excellent. Although it is near about 1 km from Manali Mall road, it does nt matter as the hotel itself has free picking up and dropping facilities. The food of this hotel is very good. Mr. Santram and all other hotellers are so friendly and helpfull.One need not to be worried about the sight seeing and other tours staying n dis hotel.Rooms are neat and clean.
Karnataka, India
This was included in our package & hence driver would pick & drop us to the hotel. So we dint find it difficult to travel back & forth to the hotel. Food was YUMMY & AWESOME. Mr.Santaram was very polite as usual. It is a memorable experience for us.
New Delhi, India
Great value for money
The staff including Manager (Mr. Santram) were very courteous and always ready to serve. The food was good and rooms were clean. Views from Terrace Garden were excellent and one can really enjoy Nature for long hours from there. For us it was good value for money and we all had a great time.
Achievements And Awards
Mountain Top is Ranked No. 1 hotel in Manali by reviewers on HolidayIQ.
Trip Advisor recognized Exceptional rating of Mountain Top Hotel.


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"If you would have told me I'd be the starting Triple-A shortstop at the beginning of the year, I would have told you, 'you're crazy,'" Chang, a Kansas City native says.
|Ray Chang stands on a former kitchen floor in New Orleans.
In New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, where storm surges sometimes topped 20 feet, City-owned street signs rarely exist. At the intersection of Roman and Reynes, a centerfield to home plate's throw away from Hurricane Katrina's Florida Avenue Canal breach, a house sits doorless, a house sits roofless and a foundation sits houseless.
Several foundations on this block idle in the Louisiana heat. So Chang brought his glove. At least for a day, this former kitchen floor served a purpose. As he plays catch, the only returned resident on the block stops his yard work and stares.
Leaving the Lower Ninth for the higher ground of New Orleans, where the romance of the French Quarter and the majesty of Garden District mansions are, Chang turns back.
"That was mindblowing," he says.
|"I'm glad I came," Chang says.
The Lower Ninth Ward is nothing like he ever imagined, he says.
"I'm glad I came."
Chang fields ground balls with condensed movements. It's an orchestra full of flash and confidence. His glove pronates backwards forming a pocket possible only with rubber-band like left wrist tendons. The scouts who watched him at Rockhurst says he played too "Latin."
In 2005 on draft day, Chang wasn't called. "The Phillies told me they'd pick me up on day two," he says. "I couldn't have been more disappointed."
"I understand it now," he says. "Scouts need to see fundamentals. But the way I take ground balls, it's how I slow the game down."
Chang chuckles at the "too Latin" tag. "I met a guy playing for Las Vegas, a Taiwanese shortstop," he says. "I thought I was watching a mirror.
"This is how we play."
The Asian influence in professional baseball is bound to pose competition for the historical Central American hotbeds, critics say. In June, the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees just signed four Chinese National team players to minor league contacts. There are currently 11 Taiwanese players in the minor leagues. Koreans and Japanese players lead the Asian professional baseball movement.
"The Taiwanese players are movie stars," Chang says. "The infielder who plays for Las Vegas, the Taiwanese media are all over him."
After not being drafted in the spring of 2005, Chang found open tryouts all over the Midwest.
Chang heard nothing after his first tryout. The next week, he went a stop in Iowa and had interest but no offers. At his third camp, Chang was taking batting practice. His father was in the stands. "My dad called me over and says that a scout was on the phone," he says. "How would you like to be a Padre?" the voice said.
It was the sweetest eight words he'd ever heard, he says. The scout had seen his performance the week before in Iowa.
Chang's professional career began with a huge learning curve.
"I think I went 0-for-my-first-month in Rookie Ball," he says. "I would go home and dread being released."
The glove and his elastic wrists are what saved Chang's neck, he says.
The hitting learning curve straightened out by the end of the summer. The high-A class team in Lake Elsinore, Calif. needed a shortstop. They called Chang. He hopped Matt Bush, the #1 overall draft pick in 2o04 fresh into a four-million-dollar signing bonus who played at the low-A level in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
|Ray Chang surveys the devastation in New Orleans.
Robert and Wendy Chang meet in a Hong Kong restaurant. Robert was a chef, Wendy a patron visiting from Shanghai. After courtship then marriage, their American dreams sent them to Kansas City.
"I've never asked them why they chose Kansas City," Chang says of his parents.
Twenty-five years ago, the Changs opened the Princess Garden restaurant in Kansas City. When Ray works there, sometimes as a host, waiter, busboy or a combination of the three, he speaks Mandarin in the kitchen and English on the dining room floor.
Chang was a homebody going into college. "Coach Burns from Rockhurst called me right before school started and persuaded me to stay in Kansas City."
The major leaguers he's played with and against including Major League all-stars like Shea Hillenbrand inevitably ask, "Where's Rockhurst?"
"A small school in Kansas City" he says.
"Greg Maddux took me and a couple friends out to lunch during spring training," he says. "I'm thinking, wow, I'm sitting across the table from a first ballot hall-of-famer."
With one more promotional phone call, cities like Chicago, New York and Los Angeles and San Diego will be waiting. He may be to off to an even bigger City, though. He has try-out with the Chinese Olympic Team in October.
As the host country, China is guaranteed a berth in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, population 13,000,000.
"Me? An Olympian?" he says.
"Unreal, right?"


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This is Strata!
There is only one word to describe the speed, style, and power of the ZaReason Strata 6880 laptop.
First things first: This laptop is wide — a 15.6-inch-screen-wide-in-high-definition wide — and it is powerful, to the tune of the test model's Intel i7 Quad-core with 8 threads running at 2 GHz. The 8GB of memory below the keyboard coupled with the Nvidia GTX 540M video card make this a well rounded machine for, well, just about anything. The width of the laptop — oh, it still fits on my lap because that itself is wide, too — allows the laptop to have a full keyboard that includes a number pad on the right.
For something this fast and powerful, you should probably have a license of some sort — a pilot's license comes immediately to mind.
As mentioned yesterday in my review of the ZaReason Alto 3880, my current ThinkPads come in the basic black. This laptop, too, comes in basic black, but it's a shiny, slick black as opposed to a staid, utilitarian black favored by IBM and then Lenovo. In terms of black, if the ThinkPad makes you think of a limousine, the Strata 6880 in turn makes you think of the Batmobile.
Strata 6880's strengths
Originally, I thought that for a laptop, this was kind of big — maybe wide would be a better word to describe it. Sure, I have a wide lap, as I mentioned before, but for something this size? Anyway, it only took an hour or two to become accustomed to the extra witdth in screen real estate — a bonus on a machine like this that's so nimble and quick. Multiple windows are a snap here and there's a lot less promoting and reducing when working on multiple projects simultaneously. And the screen: a crystal-clear LCD display with a 1980-by-1080 footprint shows whatever I choose to bring up with a clarity bordering on perfect. This comes in handy especially when watching DVDs or streaming video — which you can do while working on other things (why would you? I don't know, but for the sake of testing this machine, the Strata 6880 handled everything I had thrown at it) . Not only does the streaming audio/video come across clear and uninterrupted while working on other things, the performance was nothing short of remarkable. I would imagine that most of the graphics performance would have to do with the Nvidia video card, that seems to handle things easily.
Like in yesterday's review of the Alto 3880, the Strata 6880 ran three different distros: Linux Mint 12, Fedora 16 and CrunchBang Statler. It ran each perfectly and, with the addition of Flash on Fedora in the post-install, everything ran as it should out of the box. If you're wondering, I did spend extra time with Fedora, only because I wanted to give some extra time to GNOME 3 and, while I can see some of its advantages now working on a machine that will run it, personally speaking that desktop is not for me. As for Linux Mint, MATE and Cinnamon ran quite remarkably, and my home distro — CrunchBang — was flawless and fast on this hardware.
There are times when using the Strata 6880 that I feel like I am driving a Testarossa to go to the grocery store and back. I don't mean this as a slight — the capabilities and potential for this machine are far wider that what I would use it for. What I'm currently using it for is this — Web stuff (including streaming audio and video), a little testing (though most of that is done on a desktop), correcting photos in GIMP, making and running presentations in LibreOffice Impress (which worked well, by the way), and watching DVDs. This laptop, though, does make me want to break out the Blender book again and give that program another shot, maybe seeing what more the laptop can do.
Still, when I was running multiple programs like GIMP, LibreOffice and streaming a video, the warmest the Strata 6880 got was 54 degrees C — doing the same thing with the ThinkPad usually get the temperature up to the 70s (though, kids, don't try this at home). All of which is to say that the laptop does all the work thrown at it and seems to look for more.
I understand that the Strata 6880 can be a gaming platform, and I would believe it judging by the high performance. I don't "game" — I may have game, but I don't usually play on the computer — so I didn't try it out the gaming side of things. But with the current setup, it would not surprise me that games would be an easy fit for this laptop.
Needs improvement?
To be honest, I had a few qualms about the wide screen at first, but they quickly subsided as soon as I started getting used to the width and found I could put it to good use. Like the Alto 3880, it has the same single-button-on-a-fulcrum setup where you push either side of the single button to get the left/right mouse button, and having a separate left- and right-button mouse set up on the laptop is more of a personal preference than anything. Unlike the Alto 3880, the Strata 6880 had a stiffer keyboard which was more to my liking, so it gets high marks there. One thing that could be a reflection of how much I was using the machine unplugged moreso than anything — and I don't think it's a "need improvement" item, but some might: I only got a little over two hours of battery time while unplugged, but again it was while multiple programs — including streaming video — were running. To be honest, I'm never more than two hours away from an electrical socket, so battery life is not a big issue with me.
A final look
As I said a couple of days ago, I don't have a ranking system — I still don't, even after yesterday's review of the Alto 3880 — but I would give the Strata 6880 the highest marks across the board for design and performance. Looking more closely at the machine itself and judging by the firmness of the keyboard, the laptop also feels durable. My only regret in having this laptop for several days is that I couldn't make it break a sweat — again, the activities I normally do in my day-to-day digital life include the typical Web stuff augmented by some Web and photo work, some software testing for programs that are not terribly complex and a lot of LibreOffice, either writing or using Impress. Also, as I mentioned yesterday, I can't emphasize enough how important considering a purchase from a Linux hardware vendor is, and apparently the differences in prices are not as much as I thought: After a trip to Best Buy in Capitola yesterday, the difference in price between this laptop and others like it is marginal. The $849 base price for the Strata 6880 is about $50 less than a comparable HP laptop with similar specs on the showroom floor at $799. So if this is in your price range, the Strata 6880 is a good buy.
Of course, the worst part of this process now comes with me having to pack up these laptops and send them back to Berkeley. Thanks, ZaReason, for allowing me a chance to give these two laptops the once-over, and thanks, too, for making such great Linux-based hardware.
Specs as tested
Screen: 15.6-inch bright glossy LCD display at 1920-by-1080 pixels
Processor: Intel i7-2630Q 2 GHz, Quad-core, 8 thread
Memory: 8GB DDR3-1333
Graphics card: Nvidia GTX 540M 2GB
Hard Drive: 128 GB SSD
Optical Drive: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Audio: Speakers above the keyboard for quality sound output
Wireless: #WZF B/G/N
Reader: 3-in-1 card reader — SD/MMC/MS supported
Camera: 1.3 Megapixel webcam included
Ports: HDMI and VGA monitor ports; Gigabit Ethernet port; 2 USB 2.0 ports; 1 USB 3.0 port
Operating System: Your choice from a variety of Linux distros, or no operating system
Battery: Six-cell battery
Weight: 5.51 pounds
Basic price: $849
Price as tested: $1,426
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
High on the Alto 3880
Those of you who know me know that I'm an old ThinkPad guy, in more ways than one. I myself am older than many of you reading this — well on my way to AARP membership status as I reach 55 this November — and the ThinkPads I use on a daily basis are themselves old, namely a T30 and an R40.
ThinkPads are painfully utilitarian, amazingly solid, and like the Model T Fords come in a wide variety of colors as long as you choose black. For these reasons, ThinkPads lend themselves to being the laptop of choice for many laptop users, mostly developers. To make them more attractive — for loss of a better word — many a ThinkPad is embellished with stickers on the cover, rivaling the best of the NASCAR field. Mine is no exception: My ThinkPad does its laps with EFF, SCALE 10X, Oregon State University Open Source Lab, Open Source for America, two Google Summer of Code, and No Starch Press stickers gracing the laptop cover.
So when ZaReason sent me an Alto 3880 to put through its paces, my first reaction was, "Wow. This is too nice to put stickers on."
The Alto 3880's cover is a very stylish silver and should be kept in its pristine form. A look around the laptop before opening it shows that ports are readily available on the sides — with monitor, ethernet and USB ports conveniently located on the left side instead of on the back. While many might find this a simple design, ThinkPad users would be thrilled to know that the oft-inconvenient ThinkPad reacharound to plug in USB cables or thumb drives is not necessary here. In giving it the once over before opening it, the Alto is light in one's hands, but it still feels sturdy.
Opening the cover and pushing the on button reveals a screen with remarkable clarity contrasted on a black background and base. If you're a regular ThinkPad user, the keyboard is different — flat keys at the same level — and takes getting used to. With heavy fingers like mine, the pounding I would normally offer the ThinkPad feels like I'm mercilessly pounding this keyboard and suggests some behavior modification. But ultimately the keyboard is tough enough to withstand it and after adjusting to the new keyboard — wider than the ThinkPad's — it is easy to adapt to and to get accustomed to the additional real estate for your hands.
Performance wise, the Alto 3880 flies on the trio of distros I used on it, and without boring you with the minutiae, with one exception that turned out to be a software clash, the laptop performed without a hitch. With the 1366-by-768 resolution on a an remarkably clear 14-inch screen, the laptop would make a fine — no, make that an outstanding — replacement for my old ThinkPads.
I used three different distros on the Alto 3880, and each performed well, and each would make a fine choice for the person owning this laptop. The three contestants, for the sake of argument, are Linux Mint and Fedora — both which you can have preinstalled by ZaReason — and CrunchBang, which you can install on your own (until I convince ZaReason to make it a choice). However, as I understand it, if you request a different distro, ZaReason will install it. Or if you want no operating system, they'll send it like that, too. Unlike other Linux hardware vendors, ZaReason offers a wide choice in this department.
But I digress. Here's how the distros did:
Alto 3880 with Linux Mint: Originally, the laptop came to me with Linux Mint 12, which is the latest version of the distro with the GNOME 2.x-type desktop. The Alto 3880 did remarkably well with Linux Mint, which is growing on a lot of people (including me). Switching from MATE to GNOME to Cinnamon was a snap, and the performance was outstanding. In one instance on a busy morning where I forgot to plug in the laptop, I got just over four hours from the battery using multiple programs on Linux Mint.
Alto 3880 with Fedora 16: I'm waiting for the myth that Fedora is too "cutting edge" for the average user to go the way of the Studebaker and the hula hoop. It's just that — a myth — and Fedora 16 runs circles around just about everything else on this machine. After installing Flash so one can — oh, I don't know — participate in the wider Internet world, the distro and hardware handled everything I threw at it from a video and audio standpoint with aplomb.
Alto 3880 with CrunchBang Statler: The laptop has the horses, so to speak, to run the previous two desktop environments without breaking a sweat. So when faced with handling the Openbox window manager on CrunchBang, the distro soared. Also, the built-in camera worked flawlessly during a Google+ Hangout with the CrunchBang crew.
Alto 3880 strengths
Regardless of what distro is running on it, the Alto 3880 is remarkably versatile and handles a wide range of work without complaint. In fact, the only problem I had was helping my daughter solve what turned out to be a common GIMP and Banshee problem where the programs, both running simultaneously, weren't playing nice with each other — clearly not a reflection on the hardware. The screen is very clear and handles high resolutions flawlessly, which is a benefit for those who want to do things like watch videos or do intricate graphics work (Note: My daughter Mimi will be writing her own review of this laptop as well). Across the distro board, the audio and video performance was outstanding, with the onboard speakers sounding good enough to forgo plugging in speakers in some cases (though the speakers sounded good, too, when used to watch DVDs). the laptop itself is lightweight but solid, and the design is top-notch — this is a beautiful laptop.
Needs improvement?
There is a lot to like on this laptop, but the one thing that took getting used to is the keyboard. Again, this might be just something for the personal preference folder, but the keyboard at first tends to feel a little light to the touch. Also, the mouse button, which is a single bar at the same level as the touchpad operating on a centered fulcrum (click the left side for the left mouse button, right side for the right) is hard to adjust to when coming from hardware where the buttons are raised. To be fair, it would be difficult to imagine that a ThinkPad-like keyboard would work, design wise, on a laptop like this.
A final look
I don't have a rating system — stars, penguins, horseshoes, whatever — in place, but if I did I would rank the Alto 3880 very high; for the sake of argument, let's say 4.5 penguins out of a perfect 5 penguins. Its combination of sleek design and high performance make this laptop one that would easily draw me away from the ranks of the ThinkPad users. The retail price for this machine is $599, which many of you might think is a little high compared to what you could get at Best Buy. But when you consider that when buying from a Linux hardware vendor, you're not only getting a quality machine with a great OS, your purchase supports FOSS, for starters, by not putting another "sale" in Redmond's tally. With its wide range of capabilities and performance, the Alto 3880 is a laptop I would be proud to own and, if Uncle Sam is generous with a tax return, would be glad to purchase.
Screen: 14-inch HD, 1366-by-768 Glossy LED Backlit Display
Processor: Pentium B940, 2 GHz, 2 core, 2 thread
Memory: 4GB DDR-3
Graphics card: Intel Integrated HD Graphics
Hard Drive: 250GB 5,400 RPM (NOTE: Tested with 400GB HD)
Optical Drive: Combo CD/DVD burner
Audio: Speakers above the keyboard for quality sound output
Wireless: 802.11 B/G/N WiFi included and Bluetooth
Reader: 3-in-1 card reader — SD/MMC/MS supported
Camera: 1.3 Megapixel webcam included
Ports: HDMI and VGA monitor ports; Gigabit Ethernet port; ensington lock port; Headphone and microphone jacks; three USB 2.0 ports
Operating System: Your choice from a variety of Linux distros, or no operating system
Battery: Six-cell battery, up to 5 hours
Weight: 4.5 pounds
Price: $599
Coming tomorrow: This . . . is . . . STRATA! A look at the ZaReason Strata 6880.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
One way or another
Originally, I had started a blog item on the newly released, Mideast peace-securing, cancer-curing, saivor-of-all-mankind Head-Up Display from Ubuntu — "head up" what, exactly, is unclear, but not much imagination is needed — in which I promised to try it, but I still wonder aloud about the degree of "innovation" in what appears to be a GUI for the command line, to say nothing of the competing ease between clicking on a menu item versus typing it in a field.
No, I'm going to leave that pinata alone for the moment.
The real news this week is that Cinnamon 1.2, the Linux Mint fork of Gnome 2.x desktop, rolls out and gives an option to those who can't (due to hardware limitations) — or won't (due to the fact they don't like it) — use the latest GNOME 3 version. Linux Mint really nailed it here, but . . . .
I'll get back to that one soon, too.
What causes the bloggus interruptus today is an exchange I had a couple of days ago on a CrunchBang forum — it was completely tongue-in-cheek by both parties — where doing a task had more than one method to fix what a new user wanted to achieve.
In the exchange what was said, in effect (and in jest), is that you can do it the cool, "l33t h4xx0r" way using the command line, or you can use the n00b-oriented, menu-driven program written for the window manager that comes with the program. While poking fun, the subtext here still speaks to a digital caste system where the more experienced are on some sort of higher plane, either real or imagined (and I choose the latter), than the inexperienced.
Naturally, I concur that there is more than one way to a solution: Yes, the command line is the more direct way to get things done. However, not everyone using Linux — even CrunchBang, if the threads on the CrunchBang forum to which I refer are any indication — is that well-versed in using the terminal, and when it comes to tools, some of the menu-driven ones can be a godsend.
The point I'd like to make is that there are folks out there who have made and maintained programs like Obmenu and Obapps in Openbox, to use the example from the forum exchange, that essentially give the keys to those less experienced to change their digital experience without having to traverse the potential landmine the command line can be for new or less-experienced users.
For that reason, when the tools are available I use them, and when asked on a forum about how to do things and I know an option like this exists, I'll make this Plan A in my suggestion. Again, there is more than one solution, and if someone goes to the effort of explaining the commands to use in a terminal, more power to them.
(Let me be clear about one thing, too and point this to the new users: Learning some of the more basic commands — even some simple bash scripting — should be part of a Linux users repertoire, and chances are you'll find it fairly interesting. Or, if you're like me, you'll find it fun. But even if you don't find it fun, it's something you should know, and I would suggest taking the time to look up how the command line works and why.)
Yes, it may be a little less "h4xx0r" to do it from a program, but using these tools gives those who put in the effort a tip of the hat for going the extra mile and providing a method that helps out.
So to those of you who work on developing tools like Obmenu and Obapps — thanks for your efforts and keep up the work that, though anonymous, is vital to the success of distros everywhere.
We now return to writing another blog item, which is already in progress . . . .
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
A perfect 10
I'm going to try to say this in my best movie-preview-guy voice.
More than 100 exhibitors.
More than 130 presentations.
Nearly 2,000 people in attendance.
These factors together are what makes the Southern California Linux Expo SCALE 10X a perfect 10.
With 101 exhibitors, 132 presentations and 1,962 people in attendance over the three-day event (roughly a 9 percent uptick in attendance), SCALE 10X nailed it. I'm going to let Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier take the helm here on this one, since his blog item on the event is outstanding and is something I can't improve on.
But do you think, for a moment, that would stop me from giving some impressions of the show?
Yeah, I'm that guy: OK, so if I thought so many people were that interested, I would have made a bigger deal about it; maybe even holding a press conference or something. But yes, I am now primarily a CrunchBang GNU/Linux user and advocate after ramping down my activities with the Fedora Project (though I did use my pull as a former Fedora Ambassador to help out a Fedoran stuck at the hotel). As I mentioned to just about everyone I saw at the show who asked me about it — that's about 90 percent of the folks I regularly see at shows — there were really two factors involved: a.) I really like CrunchBang a lot since I started using it six months ago, and I think the distro, their lead developer Philip Newborough, and their community have a lot going for them, and b.) under the skillful guidance of Mark Terranova and Scott Williams and other Fedoristas in California, I don't think I'll be missed by the Fedora Project all that much.
There. I'm glad we had this little talk. Now go and try CrunchBang — it's great.
Hey, don't I know you? After years of talking with some people through e-mails and online, I finally got to meet a few in person. Both keynoters — Greg DeKoenigsberg and Selena Deckelmann (both of whom did great jobs on their Saturday and Sunday keynotes respectively) — have seen my e-mails but only saw my face for the first time (and me theirs) over the weekend. And also I made a trivia question of Rick Moen, who made it down to L.A. from our neck of the woods in the Silicon Valley, and whom I met for the first time. In a fashion statement worthy of note, Rick only wore T-shirts of software no longer with us — the Caldera shirt on Friday was a nice touch, Rick!
Filling some big shoes: Yours truly took control of the media side of things for SCALE 10X, since Orv Beach was teaching the Linux Beginners Class this year. I know that Orv consistently puts in yeoman's work on the show every year, but I didn't realize the volume of releases and announcements sent out during the show. I didn't get to the expo floor until late Saturday afternoon at the earliest, and I hope I did the show proud in running all things media. Drafting Jason Riker and LXer's Scott Ruecker (no relation, though names are pronounced the same) to help out was a plus. I've also gained a new appreciation for Twitter and, yes, yours truly now can condense a message down to 140 characters.
Best. Compliment. Ever. So during one lap around on the show floor, seeing if anyone needed anything in the way of publicity and the like, I had one exhibtor, a woman, tell me this: "This is a great show. In fact, I worked AVS and this show is much better than that one." I thought I was more worldly than I am, apparently, becuase I had to ask: "AVS?" "Adult Video Show," she replied. Ah. So noted. On that note, there's nothing that can beat that.
Except maybe SCALE 11X next year.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Taking a moment to gloat
OK, so it's Thursday morning and I still haven't packed for SCALE, the Enterprise guy is going to be here in about a half-hour to pick me up so I can drive the rental car back here to load up, I have one more SCALE 10X press release to send out before hitting the road, and there's a Q-and-A interview also I have to post on the SCALE Web site.
But I'll drop all that for a moment. This is a little more important.
Recently, tech writers risked grave injury jumping on the "Linux Desktop is dead" bandwagon. Armies of writers marched lockstep to the theme that the desktop needs to have a fork stuck in it — it's over, kaput, get it a nice casket. What do we have for our departing contestant?
I told them they were all full of crap.
Meanwhile, this morning Steven J. Vaughan Nichols reports that the Linux desktop might just be growing. It seems a Web research firm called Net Applications produced data showing that Linux's desktop market share has been growing — from 0.97 percent in July 2011 to a record-breaking 1.41 percent as of this month.
OK, guys, now watch your step getting down off that bandwagon.
See you all at SCALE — arriving around 6ish in the white rental car.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
T-minus 96 hours and counting
Those who know me well know that, among other things, I really don't like ice hockey. Oh, I root for the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League because they're the "home team" here, just over the hill in the Silicon Valley (Edit: One thing about hockey I do like is The Green Men at the Vancouver Canucks games — very funny performances outside the visitor's penalty box). But to be honest, it's a sport that makes me grind my teeth. The truth of the matter is that I don't like it because I can't play it.
Skating on ice is hard enough. Canadians, Scandinavians and Russians: I know you all have a gene that allows you to turn pirouettes on the ice straight from the womb, and that's great. But I can't stay perpendicular for very long while on skates on frozen water. Add to this that I'd have to stay perpendicular on the ice and keep a rubber disk in front of me with a stick; difficulty squared. The clincher? Keeping perpendicular on the ice while keeping a rubber disk in front of me with a stick while people are trying to knock me down (which, of course, would anger me to bodily harm on the ice, and I understand that you can't legally hit people with your stick, unfortunately).
"So," you ask, "are we going to get to the point of this blog anytime soon, Larry?"
While I don't like hockey, currently my favorite article of clothing is my SCALE hockey jersey, which is now packed and ready for SCALE 10X. SCALE 10X is being held Friday to Sunday of this week, a mere four days from today, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel.
A little history: At SCALE 9X last year, the powers that be at the show figured there should be some way to identify the staff on the floor of the show — something that would make them stand out. The result: SCALE hockey jerseys, with the name of the staff person across the back. If you were a speaker, a vendor, an exhibitor or anyone else at the show and you needed something, you needed to give a hip check to the person you saw running around with a hockey jersey.
Or you could find me: I'd be the one in the hockey jersey taking five steps and immediately falling down, but I digress.
I'm giving two presentations at SCALE 10X this year — "User Groups 2.1: Noob Morning in America" (a reprise of last years "User Group 2.0" talk) at 10 a.m. Friday in the hotel's beautiful Catalina D room, and "On Beyond Zenwalk" on Saturday at 3 in the hotel's Los Angeles B room. I'm also your host for the CrunchBang GNU/Linux "Birds of a Feather" event on Saturday evening as well.
Just don't ask me to shoot and score.
More on SCALE 10X coming this week in this blog. Watch this space.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
A response to a FOSS skeptic
Don Parris wrote a book a while back called "Penguin in the Pew." The book is an outstanding guide for nonprofits — aimed at churches, but it can apply to any other nonprofit — in the way to use Free/Open Source Software, which Don like to call "libre," but you know it's the same thing.
While the book is due for an update (I say, nudging Don . . .), I also have to confess that I've used the points the book makes to apply to the for-profit business advantages of using FOSS in a business environment. This is important to me in my work at Redwood Digital Research, where a great part of our business is to provide small businesses and home offices with FOSS solutions instead of the closed-source proprietary software they are, for the most part, forced to use.
But I digress. Don wrote a brilliant blog item this morning in crossing verbal swords with a FOSS skeptic. It starts out as follows:
"Someone I know well and admire greatly recently sent me a question about the premise of my book, 'Penguin in the Pew.' His question, I think, reflects the mindset of many who remain outside the realm of the libre software domain. It has taken me some time to get around to answering his question, but I thought I would expand on my response to him here on my blog."
And that he does, in a very complete, civil and concise way. It's definitely worth a read.
Meanwhile, I have two presentations (three if you count the UpSCALE talk I'm doing with my daughter Mimi), a tsunami of press releases and other media work to do for SCALE 10X before next weekend (not to mention studying for the LPI-1 exam), so posts are going to be a little sparse over the next two weeks; unless, of course, they're about SCALE. That could be disappointing to some and a relief to others.
But, as always, watch this space.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)


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How has recent growth been shaping Eugene's neighborhoods? It's hard to know without data, and the city no longer provides reporting of residential building permits issued by year — let alone by type and neighborhood.
"Oregon is a hotbed of auditing," says Michael Eglinski, a performance auditor from Kansas. But Eugene, Oregon's second-largest city, doesn't have a performance auditor. For years, Eugeneans have tried to evaluate whether the city is big enough, and its operations complex enough, to warrant a performance auditor.
She writes about politics, religion, sexuality and gender — all in unreal worlds through the controversial genre of science fiction — and contests the conventional rules of grammar. Ursula K. Le Guin's distinct style has been recognized and awarded for decades, she and will speak from 6:30 to 9 pm Friday, Nov. 8, at UO's EMU Ballroom for the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Center for the Study of Women in Society.
The mood was slightly tense at the North Eugene High School gym last week as parents, teachers, children and college students prepared to meet Nancy Golden, Oregon's new chief education officer for the Oregon Education Investment Board and former superintendent of the Springfield School District.
When her children, aged 8 and 10, expertly dodge questions about their homework during the car ride back from school, Deeja Sol-Moon never hears "mommy." "Mommia — is what we came up with," she says, "to make sure their birth mother's role is respected." Sol-Moon hosts her daughter and son together on alternate weeks in a cozy Skinner Butte-area home, where her art is plastered on every imaginable surface.
Rep. Peter DeFazio says the plan for more than 2 million acres of Oregon's O&C forestlands (named for the Oregon and California Railroad) that he devised with fellow Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader and Republican Rep. Greg Walden solves 30 years of gridlock over logging in Oregon's federal forests. The bill proposes to divide the forestlands between a conservation trust and timber trust.
Overlaying the woodland camouflage pattern on her T-shirt, thin pink lines swirl together into a scene of butterflies hovering over cowering riot police and flames rising in the background. Ariel Howland, a recent graduate of the University of Oregon's Department of Women's and Gender Studies (WGS), has some major beefs with the establishment — patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, racism, ableism, etc.
"I'm concerned that we leave as many species on this planet as possible for the next generation," says longtime forestry professor Brenda McComb, or W.C. McComb — the name under which her academic work was long published.
Curious about how other people live "greener" lives? Need a little inspiration for your next home project, whether spendy or cheap? What about group living? Aging in place? And what the heck is a vertical wind turbine?
Eugene has had many home and garden tours over the years, focusing on solar power or sustainable buildings or pretty homes with beautiful gardens, but the big one that keeps coming back is the BRING Home and Garden Tour. It promises to be even more interesting and diverse this year, and it's all happening this Sunday, Sept. 8.
Thirty miles northeast of Eugene, tucked amid trees and fields like a memory of some simpler time, sits the historic city of Brownsville. This quaint town is made up of roughly 40 streets over 1.34 square miles of land. A few of these roads extend beyond Brownsville's center and out into true Willamette Valley countryside. The commerce that dots Main Street is not exactly bustling, but does not fall short where patronage is concerned. The folks here know one another; they exude a sense of camaraderie, of tolerance, of knowingness that cities far on the horizon sprawl thin and fade with the tides of consumer demand. Those cities' fates lie in the hands of capitalist fluctuations, and they will be remembered as such.
On the surface, the event at Maurie Jacobs Park last week seemed just like any other of the myriad of summer celebrations in Eugene. Dancing, eating and laughing, people socialized and greeted onlookers with a smile. Some perused a variety of booths at the back of the park, while others sang near the stage on the hill. But at Supernatural Fest, according to Mark and Victoria Bowling's website USAforChrist.com, "It is a regular occurrence in Mark and Victoria's meetings to experience the supernatural healing power of God. The lame walk. The deaf hear. The blind see."
Seneca Sustainable Energy, the biomass burning plant, is applying to increase the particulate pollution that it is emitting into the air of west Eugene by 3 tons. The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency is hosting an informational meeting about the requested air quality permit alteration July 17 and asking for public comment. Ironically the agency says that "ultimately, if a facility meets all legal requirements, LRAPA will issue the facility's modified air quality permit." So while the agency will take public comment, the comments won't stop the permit from being approved.
A revolution is brewing in the Whiteaker — again. Not an Anarchist Cookbook, WTO riots kind of revolution, or even a foodie revolution, but an underground art explosion that has found a nucleus at Cornerstone Glass, a glass art studio, gallery and shop. The muse? Functional glass art, or in its most recognizable form, the pipe.
As Eugene School District 4J works to meet a June deadline to comply with a corrective order regarding gifted education issued by the Oregon Department of Education, a second complaint has been filed against the district, according to the parent who filed the complaints and the education department.
It all seemed so easy to businessman Steven Chapman — an avid hunter, he wanted to influence the Oregon Legislature on its hunting bills. The deer and elk herds in Oregon are too small, Chapman said, and wanted to do something about it. It takes millions of dollars in California to influence legislation, according to Chapman, but only thousands in Oregon.
At more than 400 pages, deciphering a city budget can be like trying to decode DNA. That's why Eugene needs an independent auditor to examine it, figure out where and how much money the city could save and make it more sustainable, according to city councilors past and present and a former Eugene budget clerk.
Wikipedia is not a valid source when you're writing academic papers, or newspaper articles, but it is a source of controversy when it comes to women writers. Recently author Amanda Filipacchi was on Wikipedia when she noticed the category "American Novelists" was losing the women that had been listed on it. The women were being moved to a subcategory, "American Women Novelists," as if they were a genre, like crime fiction, not writers on par with men.
Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is no stranger to Oregon. In fact, he once taught a six-week summer course at Portland State University. Gandhi returns to Oregon on Feb. 21, when he will give a talk called, "Lessons from My Grandfather."
Racism is a permanent, entrenched feature of American life. That was the thrust of a course taught by Derrick Bell, one of founders of critical race theory, while Ian Haney-López was a student at Harvard.
Does the Constitution have a curfew? Local activists say free speech doesn't stop at 11 pm, but Lane County has designated the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza as closed to free speech and other activities after hours. In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for the mother of Jesus, and in Eugene there's no room for free speech at the Free Speech Plaza.
Jordan Creek runs through the Mattson family's land at Polyrock Ranch. The creek is located in the out in the open hills of southwest Eugene, in the Coyote Creek sub-basin of the Long Tom Watershed. The creek is symbolic of the Rivers to Ridges (R2R) partnership, a collaboration of public and private entities working together to acquire and manage natural open spaces in and around Eugene.
Greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing: Yearly increases were 2.7 percent in the 1990s, 3.5 percent between 2000 and 2007, and 5.6 percent between 2009 and 2010. But nothing effective is being done to reduce them. There are multiple reasons for that:
The recent tragic Sandy Hook school shooting has called attention not only to gun control, but also to how the U.S. deals with young people who are behaviorally or mentally challenged. One controversial method that some Eugene 4J schools are using to deal with students in its behavioral programs is to put them in seclusion rooms.
The lush and productive Courthouse Garden east of the U.S. Courthouse in Eugene has garnered national attention as an innovative collaboration between the city of Eugene, the University of Oregon, local businesses and the judicial system, but it may get bulldozed and paved over if a local credit union or another private business buys the 1.9 acres of city-owned property.
Developers have tried repeatedly to turn the steep-sloped land into houses. Each application has been defeated, but the developers keep trying. The Nobles have started the Be Noble Foundation in order to save the Beverly property and turn it into a permanent part of Eugene's parks and open spaces.


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After leading 14-0 less than three minutes into the game, the Mount Tahoma Thunderbirds cruised to a 43-14 win over the outmanned Foss Falcons. Mount Tahoma's Tevin Novak took the game's opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, part of a three-TD game for the senior running back.
"The line set it up first, I just saw the hole and took it," Novak said of his return.
After a three-and-out on defense, the Thunderbirds Rondie Pate took the following punt back 62 yards for a score, and Mount Tahoma was off and running.
Foss stayed in the game with a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Marcos Jones on the next drive after a 31-yard completion on 4th-and-8 from Nick Burton to Darius Byrd.
But Mount Tahoma answered quickly, marching down the field on the legs of Pate and fullback Roy Tabios, and Novak capped it with a 5-yard touchdown. Pate then had a 34-yard fumble return for a touchdown on Foss' next drive, and Novak added a 22-yard score early in the second quarter to give Mount Tahoma a commanding 35-7 lead.
Pate added an 18-yard touchdown run in the third quarter as he finished with 42 yards rushing on five carries, and Novak had 58 yards on six carries, while also converting two two-point conversions.
Foss added a touchdown in the fourth quarter on a beatiful lofted 15-yard pass from Burton to Byrd, who finished with three catches for 53 yards.
While the pace was somewhat slow and sloppy in the second half, it was the beginning that set the tone for the game.
"I wasn't really expecting the kick return or punt return right off the bat," said Mount Tahoma head coach Kevin Hanis. "I'll take it, obviously."
Mount Tahoma improves to 2-0 with a big game at Gig Harbor next Thursday, while Foss falls to 1-1 and will face Auburn-Mountainview next Friday.


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At Gangplank Marina, I pay about $600/month, which includes a 40'' slip, utilities, parking, trash and recycling pickup, pumpouts, mail receiving, and a party barge of our very own (seeing as how we can''t grill on the docks). Proximity to the national Mall, 2 Metro stops, a CVS, a Safeway, a liquor store, and an easy trip to work Downtown? Priceless.
Remember you pretty much have to buy a boat at Gangplank that has liveaboard status in order to get a foot in the door. As for what''s for sale, it seems to be a secret as the only broker down there doesn''t like to advertise. You gotta show up and be persistent.
Best of luck
Charlotte on Katmantoo
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Have you lived in NVA before? If so, you know the traffic patterns and their importance. If you work in DC, your best bet is the Gangplank if you can get a response and a slip. It''s expensive as hell, but I think it''s the only live-aboard marina in DC. As you go down the river, you balance cost against a longer commute unless you work even farther south. If you stay on the VA side, Be prepared to get your clock cleaned by the annual tax bill. Reccomend MD, but more jobs are in VA with few crossings that are worth the name. I''m working on the same problem for when I come back to the states next year and buy my next boat. Not sure where I''ll tie up. Maybe I can get a job in Annapolis. Either way, the commute is a huge quality of life issue. Getting from either shore of the bay into town is a major haul. Work nights if you decide to do it.
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I am curious to know how things worked out for you.
I am in a similar situation, looking for marina for livaboard in Wash DC area. I know there are several marinas in DC and also Alexandria VA, also what about Nothern Neck, the VA Chesapeake, or Southern MD? I am new to sailing, this will be my first boat.
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Wooden dummy, for wing chung
I am going to make a wooden dummy, please refer to link below for pictures and measurements
If anyone has ever tempted to make one of these I would love to see your pics or give me any advice !! especially on the following:
I would check the woodworking forum. They are friendly folks and in theory would be able to answer all of those questions and then some!
I do know in order to round out the boards you will need a lathe. for something the size shown there you will need a big lathe.
the dummy is not necessary. you can practice on a post to begin with.
the pegs coming off it are for simulating arms.. for practicing trapping techniques
Having played with the "wooden dummy" - years ago -
The one that I went after (And, it went after me!) -
It had simulated arms and legs - it was on a pivot.
I don't think it was designed for "trapping" -
It was designed to teach you how to "dance", and increase your speed
and reaction times!
By "dance" - I mean light and quick on your feet.
You could hit it - it could hit you back!
I saw somebody deal with it (that had extensive, experience with it) -
Too fast to even conceive of!
(Make it out of Oak)
ive never seen them on a pivot. the fixed ones are for practicing the motion of strikes and blocks which are very fluid and done at the same time.. which is the same motions for wing chun trapping. check youtube there should be clips of bruce lee or jackie chan using a dummy. both originally trained in wing chun
Well -
I dealt with one that was on a pivot.
That's all I know!
Happy Holidays!
By the way - where did the name "Wing Chun" come from?
wing chun is a traditional form of kung fu.. which both those actors original trained in..
Wing Chun is name of the woman who invented the discipline..
Now I have learned this art but never got far enough to the level of getting to use the dummy.
for some reason i was thinking it meant `way of the intercepting fist`but thats actually the meaning of `jeet kune do`which is the form bruce lee or lee jun fan created. his form was actually a amalgamation of all types of martial forms
I come here for DIY advice, but hey, get to play the expert here finally! (More than 25 years in martial arts...)
Curious to know where you practice Wing Chun? I live in Connecticut.
May I suggest that you do not build one out of wood and instead consider making the body out of schedule 80 PVC? If you use PVC, you can do this for $200 in materials where as wood will cost easily $800.
The way they are constructed requires a very large lathe for turning, more than a few very expensive chisels and of course dust collectors. Unless you own a woodworking shop, they are very difficult to build by the average homeowner.
Stores have oak dowels. The utility line poles are treated. You may be bringing in unwanted chemicals/smell into the house.
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So DS learned to use the potty just before he was turned two. There was really minimal effort on me or DH's behalf, he mostly did it on his own. So there wasn't a lot of pressure from us and definately no shaming when he had accidents or anything.
(Details of potty learning: Starting around the time he was 8 or 9 months whenever I was holding him and I had to go pee, I would take him into the bathroom with me and set him on his potty while I used mine. Then over the summer time when he was spending a lot of time running around naked in the hot weather he would either go outside to pee or pee/poo in his potty when me or DH were in the bathroom. So it was a really no pressure kind of thing that he just picked up. When it got cold or when we were out and he was wearing clothes we would just take him to the bathroom and give him lots of chances to pee, so we also had minimal accidents. When he did have an accident, he would be the one more upset about it than DH or I.)
Well a couple of days ago he started peeing in his pants in various places in the house. I have a couple of theories: one being that over the summer, he was doing a lot of peeing outside and now that it has finally gotten cold out, he doesn't want to go outside. The bathroom in our house is in the back of the house while we spend most of the time in the living room and kitchen at the front of the house, so he doesn't seem to want to go there either. I brought a potty out into the front of the house so that he doesn't have to go so far to pee, but he just peed in his pants again. The other theory that I have is that there is something emotional going on. I've heard a lot that these kind of things are emotionally related, but that's mostly been about bed wetting at night. He's had a lot of big changes in his life this year, we moved out of the house he was born in in June and his little brother was just born in October, but honestly it seems like he's adjusted to those things already. This peeing in his pants thing totally feels like it came out of the blue!
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Any ideas? Advice? Do I just wait it out? What worked for you?
thanks folks...
yeah, good point. i think that more reminders will help. DH and I were talking more about this yesterday evening and we actually think he might be wanting to be more like his little brother...today has been better. i'll see how things continue to go... thanks for your thoughts
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Gurung's 'Journalism and Journeys' out
'Journalism and Journeys', a book authored by Nepalnews journalist Anand Gurung, was launched amidst a function in Kathmandu on Friday.
Noted authors Dr Tara Nath Sharma and DB Gurung jointly launched the book, a collection of articles, impressions and travel essays that the author penned as a journalist.
Launching the book, Sharma commented that the writing of the author was splendid and projecting the book as a resource to know about the reality of Nepali society, especially for the foreigners.
"I found the book very interesting as it includes political culture and historical dimensions of the issues," novelist DB commented.
Sharing his book writing experience, author Gurung said that the book was an outcome of his personal observations and experiences from taking part in many public conferences, meetings, work trips, and leisurely wanderings as a journalist.
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Liberalism is optimistic. It is a doctrine of progress and improvement. (Why do you think they call themselves "progressives"?)I can't speak for others who call themselves liberal, but I think my liberalism has generally stemmed from a deep well of pessimism. Just to pluck out three examples...
• I think that over time, an un- or under-regulated market will accrue all or most of the rewards to the people who already have the most resources, generally squeezing workers who actually do much of the wealth creation in that market.
• I think that, without a government to step in and safeguard everybody's rights, majorities will generally stomp on the neck of minorities—be they racial, religious, or sexual minorities.
• I think that when we go to war abroad, lots of people whom we never think about get killed. That it generally costs more and lasts longer than we're promised.
So I favor regulated markets, the rule of law, and a dovish foreign policy. Not because—as conservatives allege—I expect government to create some kind of heaven on earth. I know that's not possible. But I think government can curb our worst tendencies and mitigate their results. I don't expect heaven, but I do think we can—and should—work to stay out of hell.


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Just a month and a half remain in the NFL season, and things just keep getting better. The Giants and Bears are slipping. The Cowboys, Saints and Buccaneers are climbing back into the race. More key injuries are occurring, with Ben Roethlisberger and Rob Gronkowski leaving the Steelers and Patriots respectively, quite possibly for some time. There's still plenty of exciting games to be had, so let's look at what would happen as of Tuesday, November 20:
The Falcons just survived being upset by the floundering Cardinals, but they still pulled out a close win. Atlanta has shown this year that even if they can't achieve blowouts, they'll still do fine as long as someone takes down New Orleans for them.
San Francisco decimated Chicago on Monday Night Football to convincingly take control of the second bye. San Fran may still be missing Alex Smith, but Colin Kaepernick is filling in nicely. Defense was what was keeping Chicago up there, and San Francisco has plenty of defensive talent to go far.
Seattle may have beaten Green Bay back in Week 3, but with the replacement refs gone, Seattle can't rely on another gift-wrapped victory. Green Bay simply has too much offensive firepower to let that happen again, and at Lambeau no less.
Both teams have now lost two in a row. New York is coming off its bye week, but still has many difficult games left on the schedule to exhaust them. Chicago's remaining schedule is much easier, and they still own the superior defense. Without getting better in a hurry, the Giants won't make it far this postseason.
Houston gave up 37 points at home to Jacksonville of all teams, but still pulled off the comeback win. That's a significant hiccup, but with Houston's talent on both sides of the ball, nothing they can't overcome.
Baltimore picked up another win, this time against a Pittsburgh team dealing with a pretty big injury of the own in Ben Roethlisberger. Baltimore is still looking good without their key defenders, and now has a big edge in the AFC North. They're still unbeaten at home as well, which always helps.
Without their franchise quarterback, the Steelers are in trouble. They still have a good defense, but even so, I don't know of anyone who's giving the Steelers (down to their third-string quarterback after Byron Leftwich broke two ribs against Baltimore) any chance to keep up with Tom Brady and the Patriots on offense.
Indianapolis went into New England and gave up 59 points to an elite offense. With Peyton Manning running the show, Denver has an elite offense. Indianapolis has done well this season, but they're not yet ready to defeat the quarterback they let go.
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Exactly 42 years ago (Jan. 2, 1971) Congress stopped the advertising of cigarettes on television, and then in magazines, and then smoking was not permitted on network television shows. All to save lives.
Yet in both film and television, Hollywood continues to use guns to portray brutal, gory violence in our living rooms every minute of every day. Then the Hollywood elite, after they have cashed their ridiculously enormous paychecks, weep and cry and cast about over gun violence in our schools, malls and streets.
To them, the violence these actors portray in their "art" is somehow different. They differentiate between smoking a Marlboro, and "smoking" a cop or any other character. How long do we have to put up with these morons?
Actors, directors, producers, writers, etc., are far more complicit in shooting violence than any gun manufacturer or owner. Perhaps a boycott of violent films and sponsors of TV shows that feature gun violence would go a long way to stop the stupidity of blaming guns for the violence.
Then we all could focus on the real problem: movie and television violence and the glorification of murderers by the liberal idiot media.
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A small group of homeless sex offenders have been directed by a probation officer to establish a camp in a densely wooded area behind a suburban Atlanta office park. The nine sex offenders live in tents surrounding a makeshift fire pit in the trees behind a towering "no trespassing" sign. The men have repeatedly encountered complaints from neighbors whenever they attempt to get a place to live. William Hawkins, who was cited for violating the law which requires sex offenders to register as one in Georgia, said the experience was like being on "Survivor."
Ahmed Holt, manager of the state's sex offender administration calls the camp a "last resort" for homeless offenders who can't find a place to get a room. Homeless shelters are not an option because they usually contain children.
Sorry, this is not a responsible way to handle a complex issue. Certainly, a building could be identified for those who are unable to find any place to live. Living in the park is hardly the best way to handle sex offenders.