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Sepulveda gives Steelers an option on kickoffs
Punter Daniel Sepulveda has been working on kickoffs for years now, and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin finally let him show off what he had.
In front of more than 12,000 fans at Latrobe's Memorial Stadium Friday night, Tomlin called on his punter to kick off during the second special teams period of the night.
Sepulveda kicked off four times during the session, to the liking of Tomlin.
"Sepulveda may provide us with a legitimate option there," Tomlin said.
Kicker Jeff Reed handled the duties earlier in practice, however, since the Steelers have only one kicker in camp, Tomlin relied on Sepulveda to kick the second session.
• Ben Roethlisberger was the last man off the bus heading into Memorial Stadium and received a huge ovation from the overflowing crowd.
• The featured drill of the night was backs on backers, with the highlight being at the end when Tomlin directed rookies Jonathan Dwyer and Thaddeus Gibson to go up against each other four consecutive times.
Gibson won the first two while Dwyer held his own over the final two. Other winners included Sean McHugh and a surprise entrant Ryan Mundy.
• During a red-zone drill, Dennis Dixon failed to complete a pass. He missed on all five of his attempts, including getting intercepted by Joe Burnett.
• Rookie Maurkice Pouncey was the main wedge buster during kickoff drills while Stefan Logan continued to run with the first team kickoff and Burnett second team.
• DB Tuff Harris (shoulder) and DT Sunny Harris (foot) both left practice early with injuries.


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Writers write to be heard, to make a point or out of a need to make something pretty out of words; some do it out of a simple hunger for applause. The best of them write to make sense of the world and the human condition. Wells Tower writes like a man writing for his life.
He's a master of the moment in which bad-tempered, well-intentioned men start out in high hopes of bringing something better or different to their lives and, even when they're fairly forewarned, turn around and shoot themselves in the foot. Some of the elements in Tower's world are beautiful, some ugly, some just weird, and he rushes the reader into the middle of all this with the swift, edgy prose of a writer compelled by his material.
Down on his luck and on the way out of his marriage, Bob Munroe beds down in his uncle's summer cottage in The Brown Coast. Wading out into a tidal pool, ". . . he saw something moving in the blue deeps of the hole — a fish, four pounds at least, and gorgeous, nearly the same dark blue as the water, just sitting there, gently working its bright yellow fins."
When he spits into the water, the fish lunges hungrily and he understands that it is starving. "Then he hocked up a lush wad from the back of his throat and lowered it toward the water on a slow strand. The fish sat rapt and waiting."
He puts it in his uncle's aquarium, collecting more sea life to swim with it, taking grim pleasure in the project while job prospects dwindle and his marriage crumbles. Meanwhile the dysfunctional couple next door are collecting him. Of course it will end badly, but no matter how low he brings his protagonists in the course of drawing their lives, Tower usually leaves them at a complex but redemptive moment.
Warring brothers laugh as one of them bites into tainted meat at the end of Retreat, a gnarly story about sibling rivalry. A father-son relationship gone wrong looks less bleak when the failing old man and his angry son are thrown together in the back seat of a car as the driver of the rolling piece of junk hits a pothole.
Life isn't easy for any of Tower's characters, from the overweight mom with the hefty, abusive child in the first scene of On the Show, a riveting story built around a child molester who prowls the grounds at a carnival. Carney hands and hangers-on fret and strut through a montage of scenes in which everyone's a suspect and nobody can guess who's guilty, but the story isn't built like a murder mystery. It's built more like life, forever threatening to slip out of control and take the reader off to a dark place where she had no intention of going.
Although he draws women very well, in most of these stories they're waiting offstage, or they're cast as supporting players, like the brassy stepmother in Executor of Important Energies, who brought about that miserable father-son reunion. The only female lead is played by Jacey, the clever overweight girl in Wild America. Like so many of the stories, this one turns on rivalry, which with Tower's characters seems to translate as resentful envy. Jacey and her visiting cousin, a would-be dancer, take off with a skeezy older guy when pretty Maya starts flirting with the smart girl's clumsy "boyfriend."
Probably the best story in this first collection is the breathtaking Leopard, a second-person story that drops the reader inside the head of a 12-year-old who hates his chores, hates his life, hates his stepfather.
"Your mother's fingers graze your sternum, and this makes you uncomfortable. A spray of large and painful pimples has recently sprouted there. They throb with humiliated awareness when your mother touches them. This area of your body is a source of worry, in part because, years ago, a babysitter told you that in their teenage years all boys develop a soft spot in their chests, like a baby's fontanel, and that you could kill somebody by punching him . . ."
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If the name Miah Slaczka isn't instantly familiar, at least his track record will be. As the creative director and CEO of independent developer 5th Cell, Miah was the mastermind behind the innovative Nintendo DS hits Drawn to Life and Scribblenauts.
Like many studios, 5th Cell is now starting to focus its talents on making games for iOS devices such as the iPhone, with Scribblenauts successfully finding a new audience via the App Store.
The studio's latest effort has been built from the ground up for iOS devices, and features a distinctly Australian flavour.
I recently chatted to Slaczka about Run Roo Run to find out what inspired the game and also hear about his thoughts on iOS as a gaming platform.
The full interview can be found below.
How long was Run Roo Run in development for, and how big was the team?
About five months, with four core people.
What was the inspiration for the Australian flavoured location and character?
The game's core mechanic is about jumping so it just made sense to use a kangaroo. One of our founders Brett Caird is also from Brisbane.
What has the feedback been for the game so far?
It's been great! People really are enjoying it. I saw a comment the other day where someone said it felt like Nintendo made it, which is a big compliment for us.
Having enjoyed a successful port of Scribblenauts, what did you learn from that experience in building this game from the ground up for the iOS platform?
There's no such thing as a small game, only small teams. All games require massive amounts of effort and passion from the people working it. At first we thought we would be able to do this as a side-project, but we quickly learned that if we wanted it to be good, we needed to have a completely dedicated team.
What are some of the fundamental gameplay aspects that are crucial to the success of game on an iOS device, compared to say a DS game?
The most crucial aspect of game design for a mobile tile is just being able to instantly get in and understand what the game is. People just want to whip out their iPhones and play right then and there; they don't want to go through a 10 minute tutorial to learn what to do.
Run Roo Run seems to contain the ideal "easy to pick up - hard to master" formula, together with that "one more try" style gameplay. How much effort goes into balancing these aspects of the game?
A ton of effort went into ensuring each level felt perfect. We wanted to make sure the main path of the game was enjoyable, while the extreme level were challenging. We spent a ton of time with all sorts of players trying to find the ideal balance for every single level.
The game's arrow indicators are a godsend when trying to nut out some of the tougher levels. Were they always part of the game design?
Actually, our producer, Caleb Arseneaux, suggested it early on in design. It's a great idea and a lot of people have called it out as being very helpful.
The Extreme Levels are often brutally difficult, obviously on purpose. What was the aim in making these optional to the main levels?
We wanted hardcore gamers to have a challenge when playing Run Roo Run without upsetting casual gamers. Those levels are so difficult that not everyone can beat them. By making them separate, it is possible to complete the entire game without having to do them, but not possible to gold-star the entire game.
The App Store has become a daunting arena to launch a new title in and then hope to get noticed in the crowd. What are some of the challenges you face in this regard?
The dearth of quality titles hurts new titles. Most titles aren't very good so it's hard for the consumer to know what they should spend their money on. Even some of the best just get buried in the sheer number of titles launched daily.
What are some iPad games you've personally enjoyed, and why did they appeal to you?
Windosill is amazing. Everyone should try it. I'm also digging Puzzle Juice.
How do you see the future for the iOS devices as serious gaming platforms, and a viable alternative to dedicated portable gaming devices, given they are only going to continue to get more powerful and offer new features?
I think it's up to Nintendo and Sony to offer something the consumer wants in a dedicated portable gaming device. They need to have a hook that can't be available on a phone, otherwise there's no point in having an additional device. But I'm not worried, I think they can pull that off.
At the end of the game's credits, it says that no marsupials were harmed during the making of this game. How can we be so sure?
How could anyone ever harm something as cute as a squishy little cartoon mother kangaroo?
Thanks Miah.
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Metal thieves who steal copper gas pipes are putting lives at risk say police.
They are investigating a spate of theft from across the area, including from a sheltered housing complex in Trowbridge.
The piping was wrenched away from the wall at Charlotte Court in Timbrell Street in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The alarm was raised after an elderly resident said she smelled gas at 6.15am. Officer also received a call 45 minutes later from a resident in Timbrell Street who could smell gas.
Police said there have been six similar thefts across the town.
Inspector Chris Chammings said: "Gas pipe damage could cause leaks into a building and even an unexpected gas explosion. It's extremely dangerous to public safety for someone to commit an offence of this nature.
"The risk of explosion or breathing in gas is huge and one of the incidents was reported to us after the resident could smell gas from a broken pipe coming through their window.
"It is a stupid and dangerous offence and we would ask that anyone who is offered second hand copper piping to buy contacts us as soon as possible."
Paul Steele, assistant neighbourhood caretaker at Charlotte Court, which is owned by Selwood Housing, said: "The pipes have gas running through them, so it's incredibly dangerous.
"It's a crazy and stupid thing to do, but they will do these things. It's a threat to life and it doesn't take much to set gas alight. It could have been a disaster. The problem now is making sure it doesn't happen again."
A Trowbridge fire crew attended the incident at York Buildings in Timbrell Street at 7.05am to make it safe and isolate the gas main, with the gas board also called.
Resident Julian Harris, who was one of the residents affected in Timbrell Street, said: "It was lucky we didn't get killed. I could smell a really strong smell of gas and for the cost of copper it is stupid and dangerous."
Copper gas pipes were also stolen from properties in Semington Road and King Street, Melksham, on Sunday. Witnesses can contact police 101.


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REDLANDS - It wasn't a scare that visiting Pacifica gave Citrus Valley on Thursday.
It was more of a fight, to the finish as it turned out.
Citrus Valley produced a first half goal and it was enough to turn away the scrappy Tritons - a 1-0 win in a CIF-Southern Section Division 6 quarterfinal playoff.
The victory lands Citrus Valley (23-1-1) in the semifinals for the second straight season. The Blackhawks play on Tuesday at San Dimas, a 1-0 winner over Katella. Pacifica, runner-up in the Pacific View League, ends the season at 12-6-6.
"It (hard fought win) shows the heart of this team," Citrus Valley coach Jacob Geverians said. "It shows the mentality of the team. It shows our grittiness."
Pacifica's fast paced attack produced a number of early shots on goal and it made for a compelling match.
"I think we were right there in the fight," Pacifica coach Rachael Carver said. "I think the pressure was on them because of their high scoring games. It was 1-0 and it remained 1-0."
The quarterfinals was the furthest the Tritons had ever reached.
"I think it was two even teams," Carver said. "They had a great cross and a beautiful finish. It could have gone either way. We had a couple chances."
Carver's description of Citrus Valley's goal was accurate. Near the top of the box out by the Blackhawks sideline, freshman midfielder Jordyn De Jongh dished a line drive cross the middle where Loren Landrus tapped it in for the goal.
Pacific had fired off about six shots on goal up to that point.
"They came out hard," Landrus said. "But we expected that. Teams come out hard against us. It has not been easy, but that's good. We don't want the easy games."
Pacifica attempted to maintain its aggression for the remainder of the game, but an adjustment at halftime turned the game around for the Blackhawks.
"With that high pressure, they left 20 yard gaps between the midfield and back line," Geverians said. "I told the girls to dump it and create opportunities. You can't commit like that without leaving something wide open."
The strategy paid off. Citrus Valley, which took four shots on goal in the first half, dominated the second half with 13 shots on goal.
Pacifica grew weary as the Blackhawks continued their charge.
"We are a ball control team," Geverians said. "Once we were able to control the ball and send it to the open space, the game opened up for us."
Geverians, however, appreciated Pacifica's effort.
"My hats off to them because they ran their butts off," Geverians said. "But that style of play takes a toll. They didn't sub anyone in. It showed at the end."
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"Well, it was an ugly night for us to say the least. They were the more aggressive team. They were more attentive to everything. They were quicker to every loose ball, quicker to the offensive backboards. The first half we talked about that we've got to be aggressive and keep them off the boards and two of their first three baskets are on offensive rebounds and they were just quicker to the ball and then the first shot goes in and everything starts looking a lot better. They're averaging five three's a game and I think they made either four or five in the first half.
"[Jonathan] Holmes made some big shots for them in the first half. I think he'd only made three three's all year, but he made two in the first half because we didn't do a good job guarding him. We were backed off of him and we like to guard everybody and we didn't get a hand up. Then you can't have your post players, one have four turnovers, the other have four turnovers in the first 11 or 12 minutes of the game and yet I thought we still had a great chance to win the game.
"We get it to four at one point and throw it inside and don't get a real good shot. A little bit of a soft shot. They were more aggressive at that point and they took it back to eight or nine and we got it back to four again and we had a turnover and they went down and scored on that and I think they scored six in a row at that point. We thought we'd have a chance at the end to win the game. I really did. We started fouling a little bit there at the end and I apologize for not pronouncing his name right, [Ioannis] Papapetrou hadn't been shooting a great percentage, 50-something percent, but he made five out of six when the game was on the line so you have to congratulate him.
"I thought [Javan] Felix did a good job controlling things for them. They outran a running team. We like to say we're a running team but we haven't shown it yet, but they did a better job of pushing the pace and getting us back on our heels. I just think everything that happened during the course of the game they were more aggressive than we were. It just seemed like they got every loose ball. Twice we get rebounds and one time we had two guys get a rebound and they fumble it out of bounds at the shot clock. There was discussion whether it was a shot clock violation or not and then another time we get a rebound and fumble it out of bounds when they didn't even try to get the rebound. They had backed up. It was a bad night for us. That's about all you can say, but congratulate them. Rick [Barnes] does a nice job with his club and they were the more aggressive, the more physical, the more attentive team tonight."
There was such a wide discrepancy in field goal attempts in the first half. How difficult is that to overcome?
"Well it's extremely difficult. They had 15 shots to our five at one point. I think it was at the first T.V. timeout because we had turned the dadgum thing over every time we'd get it. Again, they were just more aggressive, more physical and that's not meant in a negative way by any means. It's just they were more aggressive than we were. We were too timid and then you can't try to dribble the ball between two people and you turn it over that many times early in the game it's going to be hard to come back and yet I'm still dumb enough to think we were going to win the game."
What was the key to the comeback that brought you back to within four?
"Well, you know, it's crazy. We have a dead layup on the fast break and we miss that. We lose the ball out of bounds. We had so many things that it was like a comedy of errors except it wasn't very 'blankity-blank' funny. We still kept trying and kept trying and I thought Reggie [Bullock] played awfully hard. I thought Reggie was the one guy that I would say played so much harder than everybody else and used some intelligence with it. We had some chances. Again, it's 60-56 with a little under eight minutes. We get a turnover at that time and they score and we come down and we don't get a very good shot again and they score again. J.P. [Tokoto] gave us a little bit of a lift rebounding the basketball, but we even missed some free throws. We're putting their guy on the free throw that hasn't shown a great percentage and he makes five out of six and we're not shooting a good percentage ourselves so it was like a snowball going downhill."
You talk about the importance of building confidence in a young team. Are you worried about what this performance might do to this teams confidence?
"Definitely, but it makes no difference. You've still got to play and if you're real confident and your play stinks, you got to understand that to get better and if you're unconfident and your play stinks, it doesn't make any difference if you're confident or not, you've got to start freaking playing better. So far we haven't been able to that. We've played Butler, a very quality opponent. We've played Indiana, a very quality opponent. We've played Texas at Texas, Indiana at Indiana and those are good opponents. We haven't played well any of those three games. The other games that we've won we probably should've won because we were just more gifted. I've got to do a heck of a lot better job and they've got to buy in and we're just doing some of the silliest things out there that I've ever seen."
On starting J.P. Tokoto in the second half:
"He just gave us a little more effort and then the big guys we weren't getting much out of the big guys. It's a privilege to play. It's not anybody's right to play. You've got to earn it."
Between the three losses you have made 11-of-49 three pointers. What is the key to getting that turned around?
"Well, tonight the last three or four weren't very good shots. Against Butler the last three or four weren't very good shots. You've got to shoot a higher percentage to get back in the game. I screamed one time, 'Let's take five extra seconds to get a great one,' and P.J. [Hairston], and this is not just picking on P.J. because there was a lot of guys that missed them, but he's inside and so he dribbles it back out behind the three and then rushed it. You can't do those kind of things, but we thought we had some opportunities and had it around the rim, missed those that could have made it a lot more fun than it was."
Did you feel Julien Lewis and Sheldon McClellan were more aggressive shooting the ball early on based on what you saw on tape?
"I think it was early they were more aggressive in every way and it's amazing what that does for you when the first shot goes in the basket and I think it did. If I'm not mistaken they made their first one and then the second shot they miss, the third shot they miss, the fourth shot they miss and they made the fifth one, but it was all on the same possession, because I really do believe they made the first one, it could've been the first two, but they kept getting offensive rebounds and putting it back in. It think also that spirit that you gain from how hard you're playing is good for you too."


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Subject: Brooklyn Standard Union,June 20,1929-School News
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:24:55 -0400
Brooklyn Standard Union
June 20, 1929
School News
Pupils Have Until Next Tuesday to Obey Edict
Mrs. Evelyn W. ALLAN, principal of the Girls Commercial High School, is
enforcing the rule that all girls graduated from the school must be able to
swim the length of the 75-foot pool in the gymnasium. The penalty is loss of
the privilege of participating in the commencement exercises, which take place
next Wednesday. Instead they will get their diplomas by mail.
The only way to make the girls learn how to swim, said Mrs. ALLAN today,
is to pursue more or less drastic means. Barring a girl from her commencement
will act as a tonic on her to learn how to swim.
Mrs. ALLAN said that the pool will be open all day every day until next
Tuesday, the last opportunity to satisfy the requirement, and those girls who
have not yet traveled the 75-foot tank under their own power still have ample
time in which to master enough of the art of swimming to cover this distance.
Mrs. ALLAN declared that the Girls Commercial High School has occupied its
new building for five years now. All this time the girls have been aware of
the swimming requirement and they have had four years in which to learn, the
pool being available to them during their entire stay at the high school. A
month ago, more than fifty seniors had still failed to swim the length of the
pool. Yesterday this number had dwindled to twenty-nine. Mrs. ALLAN said that
she expected the number to melt away considerably during the next few days.
Mrs. ALLAN said 249 seniors are to be graduated from the school next
Wednesday and of this number, she expects to have only a handful barred from
the commencement exercises because of failure to swim the length of the tank.
Barring this handful. She said, will not only stimulate those barred to
learn how to swim, but will act as a lesson for the seniors to come, who have
thus far been backward in availing themselves of the opportunity offered by
the new, beautiful pool we have here.
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Wright-Patterson forever changed after 9/11
By BARRIE BARBER | Dayton Daily News, Ohio | Published: March 22, 2014
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- When hijackers commandeered jetliners hurtling the planes into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., overseas deployments of Wright-Patterson airmen and civilians grew by the hundreds and base security tightened.
Deployments reached more than 1,039 in 2013, the highest since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and more than double the 407 who deployed in 2001.
"We've focused a lot over the last 10 years on readiness and the process of deployment and streamlining the process of deployment," said Col. Cassie B. Barlow, 88th Air Base Wing commander.
The base also bolstered security, reviewing everything from how close people park near buildings to security forces checking everyone's military or personal ID at the gate, she said.
"It's a new mindset now," said base spokesman Daryl Mayer. "We're not going back to the old way."
The war on terror became an everyday reality throughout the base, with commands at Wright-Patterson sending many to the warfront in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rank-and-file personnel, including civilians, at Air Force Materiel Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson were deployed to the Middle East, said AFMC spokesman Ron Fry.
AFMC, with about 80,000 employees worldwide, is responsible for research and development, testing, evaluation, acquisition and maintenance of Air Force weapon systems and equipment, among other roles.
"At any given time, we had hundreds of AFMC people deployed," Fry said. "We had our people in the fight just like the other commands that have a more traditional warfighting role than we do."
AFMC affiliated labs focused research on wartime demands, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, new sensors and electronics. Maintenance depots at other AFMC bases had a surge of equipment to repair.
Growth for NASIC since 9/11
At the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, the workforce has grown about 50 percent since the 9/11 attacks, according to NASIC chief scientist Gary O'Connell, the top civilian leader of the intelligence gathering and analysis organization at Wright-Patterson.
Much of that growth was in the area of interpreting sensor data, he said. The intelligence agency, which provides data on foreign air, space and cyber threats, has provided critical information to ground troops in Afghanistan, officials said.
"We are in the fight in Afghanistan even though it is not necessarily an air or space battlefield," O'Connell said. "The intelligence value that a NASIC provides is critical..."
The secretive agency has a workforce today of about 3,000 employees, two-thirds of which are government civilian employees.
As the nation marched off to war in past decades, the population at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base grew. O'Connell predicted the NASIC workforce would stay close to where it is the next two years, but had no prediction what would happen if sequestration, or automatic budget cuts, resume in 2016. In the future, more cyber experts will be hired as intelligence analysts retire, he said.
With every war, the base population since World War I has risen and then fallen.
The all-time population high was reached in the midst of the massive war build-up in 1942 when 46,500 people -- more than 16,000 airmen and 29,000 civilian workers -- worked at the Miami Valley base.
More recently, the base population reached a low of 16,953 in 2000. A decade later, in 2011, it had climbed to an estimated post 9/11 high of 27,865 of military, civil service and contractors. The base did not start counting contractors until 2005, according to Mayer, a base spokesman.
"It's been a slow rise all the way up to the high of 27,000," Barlow said.
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And the word on the streets is that residents and schoolchildren are bowled over by the £450,000 makeover.
Among the many major upgrades the building has gone through, there is a colourful children's area, dedicated teen section, a cosy snug with newspapers and magazines, new furniture, a heritage room and flexible meeting spaces for local groups.
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Over my years as an editor with a vintage car magazine and an automotive journalist-at-large, I've had the opportunity to go to many a Concours d'Elegance: Pebble Beach, Amelia Island, Greenwich, the oldest such event in the country, the Hillsdale Concours in Hillsdale, California. Here's one thing I know about them: They all suck. To all the people who put these things on, I understand that a lot of hard work and effort goes into these events, but it's all wasted on me. For my purposes – which was to find some interesting cars, photograph them and get them in the magazine – they worked like a trade show, which was fine as far as that went. But I can't see why anyone would spend three figures to stand around on a hot golf course for entertainment. It's like going to Sam's Club and standing in the parking lot for eight hours. I like looking at cars, but in the unnatural setting of a golf course, it's ridiculous. Here's what's wrong with every concours in the country: The Cars:
That's right. The cars. Specifically the fact that they're hardly ever in motion. In general, most concours have a requirement that the cars have to move under their own power onto the golf course, and most events have now added an optional component the day before where the cars are actually drive on public roads. But it's not the focus of these kind of events.
The primary objective of a concours is for the cars to sit motionless as you listen to some crappy Dixieland band plays the hits of the Jazz Age even your ex-flapper great-grandmother is sick of listening to.
There isn't anything more depressing than seeing a Ford GT40 or a Ferrari GTO parked on somebody's lawn. It's like seeing a fat, bald Oil Can Boyd reduced to sitting in a six-dollar folding chair signing autographs out in front of a Single-A ballpark.
It's just sad.
The Judging:
If there is one thing more depressing than seeing a bunch of former race cars rendered impotent in the grass, it's a bunch of old farts in blue blazers and straw hats crawl around on their hands and knees looking for the one thing that sucks about your car.
I've been a judge at several Concours D'Elegance events, and I'm always shocked that anybody decides to do it a second time.
Instead of just appreciating all the hard work, time and money that went into restoring a car, or simply looking at how beautiful it is, you become an anal-retentive pain in the ass on the order of Howard Hughes, looking for the one flaw in an otherwise perfect automobile.
I say, your wiper blades aren't date-coded and your valve stems aren't properly indexed. DEMERIT!
Good lord, can we stop already?
The People:
I've always thought that car people are fantastic, and that didn't change when I attended some of the most anticipated concours in the country. The problem is that especially at an event like the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the vast majority of the people aren't there to see the cars. They're there to be seen by the people who see the cars.
I think Jay Leno is a pretty cool guy. Regardless of his wealth or influence, he'll call up a guy who's got a car ad in the Weehawken Craigslist if he's interested in buying it.
But the endless line of sycophants that pay hundreds of dollars to get into Pebble Beach for no other reason than to wear some goofy hat and kiss Jay Leno's ass disgusts me.
The Pace:
When I do go to a concours, the only way I find them palatable is to arrive in the pre-dawn hours, set myself up in a strategic location and watch as the cars drive onto the field.
I'll admit that it's a treat to see the sun rise with amazing cars in motion. Amelia Island and Pebble Beach are both generally foggy at that hour, and it's kind of haunting to see these ghosts appear out of the gloom.
I went to Amelia Island several years ago. I had an opportunity to drive onto the field with George and Manny Dragone in some spindly-legged FIAT. I arrived at their rented garage at 5:30 in the morning and we drove to the golf course in the cold, damp morning air. It was fantastic, and I wish we could've just driven by the event and kept right on going up the coast.
By 9:00 a.m., though, the show's over. At Pebble Beach, for example, the crowd that descends on that place makes actually seeing any of the cars – ostensibly the reason everybody goes to these things – nearly impossible.
Yet the day drags on unmercifully. By 11:00, you've seen all the overpriced "artwork," you've paid $17 for a coffee and a stale danish, you've looked at every interesting car on the field and you're still five hours from the end.
The last time I went to Amelia, I photographed enough material for five features in the magazine, talked incessantly to everyone and looked at everything there was to see.
By 1:30, I bought a $25 hamburger at the Ritz-Carlton, drank three beers and fell asleep in an Adirondack chair facing the water.
The Awards Ceremony:
This is the reason that anybody schleps a car to these things. The original Concours d'Elegance was an opportunity for people to see the finest new cars available in a glamorous setting, and hopefully sell some of them.
Today, it's so a restorer can add an award to his trophy case and charge ten times what a qualified body shop does to spray a little lacquer on your fender.
You can't just hand out one kick-ass trophy for the best car and retire to the bar for a beer, though. No, since you want everybody to go home happy, it's like a T-Ball tournament , where everybody's a winner and nobody goes home disappointed. So you end up with razor-thin classes like "Best Brass Era Non-American Shooting Brake Registered in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1911 and 1913".
Did I like anything when I went to these events? One of my favorite pastimes was to check out the parking lot. For example, the vintage car parking area at Concorso Italiano is fantastic, with parking areas for vintage cars divided up by brand. Similarly, the parking area outside of the Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca is way more fun to walk around than the 18th green at Pebble Beach.
Cars are so much more interesting when they're captured in their natural environment. Pass on the concours and hang around outside. You'll save a hundred bucks, and if you happen to run into me, you can buy me a $30 burger for saving you the cash.
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Fabulous Alaska
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Seattle
We arrived early in Seattle from the SF bay area and were greeted by a friend that took us on a tour of the Emerald City and out for breiakfast at this New Orleans style restaurant -- simply delicious.
We mentioned that we were on this 'Chef John Howie' cruise and she was impressed. I had never heard of him before but the TA said we would not be sorry -- well, she wasn't kidding!! More on that later but the special events set up for this rather small group (I would say it was no more than 50 passengers) were phenomenal.
We arrived at the ship and booked the Aqua Class for the first time and so were whisked over to the AQ line with very few passengers waiting to check in. Check in was quick but not so efficient -- they couldn't More get their cameras to work and the clerk seemed to be overwhelmed but ended up getting the job done.
We were not allowed into our cabin as it was only about 12:30. We found some comfy chairs up by the pool and met some nice people also waiting for the room clearance. Norris, the cocktail waiter kept our whistles wet while we were waiting. We weren't hungry as we just had breakfast a couple of hours earlier and by about 2 PM, we were allowed to check into our rooms. We met up with our friends that we were travelling with and grabbed a bite to eat in the buffet. The fire drill was shortly afterwards, ours held in Murano, which had a very strange smell so we chose not to try it later in the cruise.
Stateroom: This was our first time in Aqua Class and there really didn't seem like there was any difference between this class and the Concierge Class that we booked on the Equinox. The cabin was nice, though, just missing the extras that were listed on Celebrity's website. We requested a body pillow (the pillow menu being a perk of the CC and AQ) but our room steward didn't seem to think we were entitled to it. He finally did bring it but only after he checked with his supervisor. It was much like that for the entire cruise. He never properly introduced himself or his assistant -- but we figured it out as we went along. We've had better room stewards in the past but didn't let it ruin our cruise.
The bathroom design is so fabulous on this class, however, the countertop was filthy the entire cruise -- before we got there and when we disembarked. The shower, however, was clean and the shower spigots were pretty awesome.
Celebrity's bedding and pillows are so comfortable and like the rounded corners -- made it feel a bit roomier. I find there is plenty of storage space in these cabins, despite what others have mentioned. I imagine if you are not very tall, the shelves above the bed are not quite as handy.
The balcony was standard and in Aqua Class, you also get a foot stool, but found it was a bit cramped with the chairs and stools ....but it was nice to have the stools for nap time outside, so not really a complaint. It was just a little squished when our friends came up to hang out with us out there. Oh yes, did I mention, we had the most gorgeous, unseasonably warm weather during this cruise so visiting and nap time was definitely outdoors.
The carpet in the room was getting a bit worn and very dusty in the corners. I think that room just needed a deep cleaning. Maybe the room steward was busy with the suite guests right next door, so for us, he was less than stellar.
The location of our room was perfect -- situated just aft of the midship elevators but seeing it was on the port side, a couple of times, I could smell the smokers from the pool deck above. I noticed they opened the windows up there and it wafted down to our room. I am really sensitive to the smell of smoke and just noticed it a few times and it was faint -- so really wouldn't keep me from booking in that location again.
We were nearby the library, which I didn't visit this time around but it would have been convenient if I were to read there.
Dining Venues:
Starting with Café al Bacio -- just fantastic coffee and pastries. Well worth the extra money for really good coffee.
Buffet: I really love the set up for the buffet on Celebrity. My favorites are the sandwich bar (very friendly staff there) the stir fry station (staff couldn't be bothered there but the food is good), the pasta station and the salad bar and Caesar salad station. The food is actually of pretty good quality throughout the buffet area -- I just like those the best.
We never had breakfast or dinner up in the buffet so am just commenting on snack time and lunchtime goodies.
Blu: Wow...this was the biggest surprise and just awesome all the way around. The food ranged from very good to amazingly excellent. The staff -- the BEST!! Laura greeted us warmly every time we went there and did her best to seat us at a suitable table. I don't really mind the table set up that others complain about. I find it makes it easy to either visit with your neighbor but the boundary exists if you don't feel particularly chatty. The waiters and wine steward also were very friendly -- no request they weren't happy to fulfill.
Main Dining Room: We went to the main dining room twice and it just wasn't that special after experiencing Blu so found other ways to visit with our travel mates. The food was ok but the seemed to sit us next to the same screaming kid and family and I just wanted to hurry through the meal to get out of there.
Tuscan Grill: This is an amazing restaurant with the most beautiful view on the entire ship. One of our Chef John Howie events was held in this restaurant and it was amazing (although the service was a bit slow). We were treated to whales playing in the wake towards the end of our special luncheon.
Aqua Spa Café: The food here is always a winner. We wanted to order a glass of wine with our lunch here and were sent somewhere else to purchase it. On the Equinox, they actually got a waiter to do that for us. Not a deal breaker but we were purchasing it so would have expected a bit more of a service aspect.
Mast Grill: probably the best French fries on earth, which is why we only went there once.
Grand Buffet: OMG -- the good was so good, however, They did seem to be running out of some of the food -- kind of rationing it or so it seemed. But, it didn't affect our enjoyment at all. The service was kind of poor though --- were given dirty coffee cups and it took them about 10 minutes to find some clean ones. The dirty dishes were stacked on our table for over 30 minutes and we had to ask somebody to take them away. So maybe they need to address that although it still was still very nice.
Room service: POOR -- we have not been happy with the room service on recent Celebrity cruises and haven't really learned our lesson yet ....well, maybe now. It just isn't worth the wait at all.
We didn't try any of the specialty restaurants so really cannot comment on them.
Persian Gardens / Observation Lounge / Indoor Pool: This is one of the perks of AQ -- I loved it immensely but my husband, not all that impressed. The Persian gardens heated tile chairs ranged from being completely filled to nobody using them. It was nice using them while in port as it wasn't crowded or noisy in there and seemed to really penetrate the tired muscles.
The observation lounge, at the front of the ship, was no heavily used and had tea and water available. The girls working in front there were top notch....so friendly and accommodating. We were in this room during sail away from Ketchikan -- wow! Phenomenal views.
The indoor pool is a must for Alaska, although we had such great weather. Nonetheless, love the beehive chairs and padded loungers. What a relaxing place to spend the day all with a great view from the windows, take a dip or soak in the hot tub. Very relaxing indeed.
Entertainment: The cruise director wasn't really out and about as I am used to seeing but great entertainment was set up the entire cruise. We went to the magic show, which was just ok but the same guy did the hypnotist show and he was hilarious. We went to a couple of production shows, both of which were really good -- missed the Cirque type show, but heard it was great. We don't really attend the shopping talks or demonstrations -- so cannot really speak to those. The newlywed show is always a winner, this was no exception. I love that Celebrity has their shows in venues that actually seat the number of people that are attending. Too many times we've been skunked out of seeing a show because we didn't go an entire hour early...the venues are too small....but not on Celebrity. Love that.
The centrum had the greatest singers -- really got the crowd involved. Everybody seemed to be dancing, singing, just having a good time.
The martini bar is always fun but the freeze of the bar feature wasn't working. Again...not a deal breaker but it is a fun feature when it is working. It didn't seem to have the same allure without it.
Captains parties: These are always fun ...the one for select and elite is just great. They aren't stingy with their most loyal passengers -- NICE!!
The casino didn't seem to have a lot of activities set up but maybe they were just kind of quiet about them. We found the poker machines were not so friendly but did have some luck on the slots. The staff was very friendly and they had plenty of smaller bills on hand.
Chef John Howie experience: So, we booked this without knowing what it was really going to entail. We were quoted four special events for this group, which consisted of about 50 passengers (or so it seemed). We had a hard time finding the first event, which was at sail away up in the observation / sky lounge. There were excellent appetizers and cocktails available....and some really nice people in our group. The chef made himself available for conversations -- very friendly man. What a great way to start off the cruise.
One of the events was a galley demo -- but it wasn't really our thing but no way out. I heard the one for the rest of the passengers was much better. There was also a cooking demonstration by John Howie but we had something else to do so didn't attend.
The best was saved for last, which happened to be on our anniversary. We were treated to a four course luncheon in the Tuscan Grill with wine pairing -- all Washington State wines which were excellent. John Howie has a few top notch restaurants in Seattle (or so we learned) but heard most of them were steak places. I was expecting to have some good bread and salads as I don't eat red meat, but we started off with a seared scallop appetizer -- simply excellent -- paired with a Riesling, once the waiters figured out we were sitting there without any wine, bread or appetizer , that is.
Next, came the salad with either peaches or nectarines and a nice vinegarette which wasn't overpowering at all. Just the right combo ...and this was paired with a lovely Chardonnay. We moved on to the salmon over mashed sweet potatoes ...couldn't figure out the sauce used but it was delicious. This was pared with a Saggi )never heard of that before but it was a red wine that did not steal the thunder from the salmon dish. Then, came the dessert -- a fantastic strawberry shortcake drizzled with a gran marnier (sp?) paired with a dessert wine. The chef went around and visited with every table in the grill at which time we mentioned this had been the first cruise up to Alaska where we hadn't seen whales. No sooner had I said it, the whales made their appearance off the back of the ship....they seemed to be playing in the wake of the ship. What a treat!! This made our trip and our anniversary very special.
That night, we were in Victoria and chose to stay aboard. We went up to the lawn club and enjoyed a special bottle of wine that was given to us for our anniversary. Since we had such a fantastic lunch, we just got some little appetizers from the buffet and enjoyed the sunset from the back of the ship.
Disembarkation: This was handled so nicely with Select and Elite members or maybe it was AQ and Elite members able to use the Tuscan Grill as their disembarkation lounge. They kept us notified but also stated if we weren't in a hurry, we didn't have to disembark until we wanted to....so we stayed for a bit until the crowds died down.
Overall rating: 4.5 out of 5 for this cruise. There were just a couple of service issues but overall, it was such a lovely cruise and the positives far outweighed any slight negatives.
The Chef John Howie experience and the Aqua Class ....namely, Blu, made our cruise so very memorable. We actually booked the Solstice again next year but for a bit longer cruise. Seven days just isn't long enough....but alas, we didn't book the Aqua Class due to the increase in cost.
At least we will be on the ship!!
Post Cruise in Seattle: We stayed at the Sheraton in downtown Seattle. The location was fantastic -- 5 minute walk to Pikes Market, 1.5 blocks from the monorail to the Space Needle / Seattle Center, and just two blocks from the light rail that takes you to the airport. The room was absolutely spotless and quiet. The beds were so comfortable and the room was nicely appointed. We ate at the Chowder place -- advice we got here on cruise critic. It was fabulous. Our travel mates also stayed one night in Seattle but don't really care for downtown so we asked around on good places out of town to eat and ended up at Chinooks at Fisherman's Terminal. This was such a great casual atmosphere, excellent service and fantastic menu. We loved it and would highly recommend it. It was such a warm night that we took a little walk that night after dinner and didn't find it to be dicey at all. All in all, a great trip ....and a great memory!!
PS -- I took over 500 pictures in Alaska so not likely to forget it any time soon Less
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Just thought he may be brought over to help fight against Madara for the sake of their ninja life (preventing the moons eye), and thus in fear of being sealed without granting his blood line by empowering the weaker wood user (lol I forgot the name of that fodder)
Also, anyone think the remaining Zetsu will change teams; now that Hashi is "alive" now ? Even the one ON Obito..? (Thus changing the tide of the battle)
Forgot what else I was meaning too add, I'll keep updated.


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San Francisco In Full Color
The City By The Bay
de James Sale
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Come, traverse with me, through a uniquely colorful pictorial of a city rich in history, culture and background.
San Francisco, is undeniably, one of the most beautiful places in the world. This book attempts to capture glimpses of the city's beauty and its charm. The best way to see "The City" is, of course, to plan your own visit. A walk along Market Street, a quiet moment at Yerba Buena Gardens, or a visit to one of the city's many parks or squares, will let you sample the flavor of this culturally rich city.
I think you will find the images in this book speak for themselves, and I hope it will be a doorway to places and things that can be found in the great city of San Francisco.
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- Fecha de publicación nov. 28, 2007
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After four years out of NBA, Pacers give Damien Wilkins chance to return
Consider this the most unexpected signing of the summer.
The last time we saw Damien Wilkins in the NBA, the 6'6″ wing out of the University of Georgia was finishing his ninth NBA season, averaging 6.4 points per game and shooting 33.3 percent from three. He looked like a guy who was done at the NBA level. Since then he has played in China, Spain, and the D-League.
The Pacers are giving him another crack to make an NBA roster. They have signed 37-year-old Wilkins to a non-guaranteed deal, reports the Indy Star.
The Indiana Pacers agreed to a one-year, non-guaranteed veteran minimum deal for close to $2 million with small forward and shooting guard Damien Wilkins, a league source confirmed to IndyStar.
The Pacers have 14 guys on the roster already, and they have at the wing Victor Oladipo, Lance Stephenson, Rodney Stuckey, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Glenn Robinson III, it will be tough for Wilkins to crack that rotation.
But he'll get his chance, and having a desperate veteran pushing guys in camp never hurts. Maybe he can impress enough in camp that if the Pacers don't want him another team might. It's a foot in the door, and that's all Wilkins can ask at this point.
Watch the Top 10 dunks from the NBA Summer League
Summer League, at its core, is athletic young players in sloppy games.
That leads to massive dunks. Here are the top 10, which John Collins deserving the top spot.
Report: Carmelo Anthony willing to waive $8 million trade kicker for Rockets
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Carmelo Anthony does not want to return to the Knicks. The Knicks want to trade Carmelo Anthony. The Houston Rockets would like to trade for Carmelo Anthony.
So far all that will has not gotten a deal nearly as close to done as has been reported, I was told by sources. There are major hurdles, and the Knicks don't like the offers they've gotten so far, which is why they pulled back (not because of the Scott Perry hiring or some desire to change Anthony's mind). As has been reported before, Anthony is willing to waive his no trade clause for the right team to get the deal done, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN said on The Jump.
"My sources tell me he's willing to waive the trade kicker, which is worth around $8 million, so that makes a little easier for Houston to do a trade."
That's nice. It doesn't solve the core problem with a Rockets' trade.
The Rockets are over the cap so the only way this trade gets done is they send out enough salary to match and create space for Anthony. The Rockets could do that with a combination of Eric Gordon, Clint Capela, Trevor Ariza, and some expiring deals, but that cuts way too deeply into the roster and hurts the Rockets more than it helps. What the Rockets need to do in this trade is move Ryan Anderson, and his three-years, $60 million — except the Knicks don't want that contract on their books (even though Anderson is a good player when healthy). So now the two sides are trying to find a third team that would take on Anderson's contract, but the Rockets are going to have to give up sweeteners — a couple first round picks or a pick and a quality young player — that they don't have to get the deal done. So enter a fourth team to get the sweeteners, but that team will want things back, and quickly the house of cards falls apart.
On top of all that, the Knicks still don't think they're getting enough back in the trade to want to do it. Yet, anyway.
Over on the left coast, there is Portland saying "look at us, look at us!" They would be willing to trade for Anthony, as C.J. McCollum and Damian Lillard have made clear.
One massive problem with that: Anthony has not been interested in waiving his no trade clause for anyone but Cleveland and Houston.
If he changes his mind — and that's a huge, unlikely "if" — maybe a deal could be found. The Blazers already have a top-five payroll in the NBA (may be top two when all is said and done) and that means they have to send out salary as well, someone like Evan Turner and Meyers Leonard (moving Allen Crabbe is the dream, but also highly unlikely). The Knicks could have interest in Turner, the Blazers have picks to throw in, and if a third team picked up Leonard maybe we're close to something. But until Anthony makes it clear he would accept a trade to Portland, something he has yet to do, this is all a moot exercize.
But hey, Anthony will waive his trade kicker. So there's that.
Can Stephen Curry shoot the ball into the sun roof of a car? Did you even need to ask?
Stephen Curry has been getting up buckets the past week, working on his game. Sort of. It's been a bit unconventional.
First, he finished off an alley-oop pass from Tony Romo on the American Century golf course in Lake Tahoe.
Then on Thursday he was filming an Infinity car commercial and had to shoot one into the sun roof from what looks to be 15-20 feet away. He drains it.
Of course he made that, he's basically the Meadowlark Lemon of a new generation, but without the hook shot.


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On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Hugues Belanger wrote:
> I have tcpdump running on the server and I'm not receiving any pptp related
> traffic from m0n0wall. I can telnet demobox.ath.cx 1723 and see that traffic,
> so I'm wondering if it as something to do with GRE ?
The GRE tunnel is only setup after the port 1723 TCP connection... But
again, some PPTP servers may have troubles with NATing GRE tunnels. With
redirection turned on, check the output of
http://m0n0wall-ip/cgi-bin/status.cgi, in the ipnat -l section you should
see two lines like this:
rdr sis1 0.0.0.0/0 port 0 -> 192.168.0.1 port 0 gre
rdr sis1 0.0.0.0/0 port 1723 -> 192.168.0.1 port 1723 tcp
and in ipfstat -hio:
0 pass in quick proto gre from any to 192.168.0.1/32 keep state group 200
0 pass in quick proto tcp from any to 192.168.0.1/32 port = 1723 keep state group 200
If you've got that, then it's most likely not a problem in m0n0wall.
- Manuel


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Sunday, 1 April, 2001, 22:44 GMT 23:44 UK
Blair gambles on election delay
By BBC News Online political correspondent Nick Assinder
Tony Blair is taking a sizeable gamble by deciding to abandon a 3 May general election.
The prime minister is expected to confirm on Monday that local polls will be postponed until June - with the clear implication the national vote will come on the same day.
It will be the first time elections have been cancelled in Britain since the second World War and has already seen the Mr Blair accused of stoking up an atmosphere of national emergency.
But his move will allow him to claim he has put the country before the party by giving himself time to concentrate all his efforts on tackling the foot-and-mouth crisis.
And he clearly hopes it will satisfy rural communities where the foot-and-mouth crisis is at its most severe and where talk of an imminent general election campaign is greeted with dismay.
Cabinet rift
Ministers have denied the decision has caused a serious cabinet rift, although it is well known that the majority of both cabinet members and backbench Labour MPs favoured a 3 May poll.
They believed that postponing the elections would send out the signal that Britain was closed for business - a view the prime minister had previously expressed.
They are happy to accept the prime minister's decision, which all agree was a hugely difficult one.
Opposition leaders are already stepping up the pressure on the prime minister, demanding that he should abandon all thoughts of a general election until the foot-and-mouth crisis has ended - whenever that is.
Delay until autumn?
And, if he is to avoid a potentially disastrous delay until the autumn, this will now be his biggest challenge.
Having decided he cannot run an election campaign at the same time as dealing with the countryside crisis - which he has taken personal control of - he now has only around five or six weeks to get a grip on the outbreak.
Most experts believe the crisis will actually worsen over that period and that will allow the opposition to demand yet another postponement of the general election.
Mr Blair's hope is that, by then, he will at least be able to show that he has put all the necessary measures in place to end the crisis and that the end is in sight.
Meanwhile, the way he made his decision has also raised some eyebrows on the Labour backbenches.
Some are angry that, apparently, the prime minister relied too heavily on the advice of advisers - some even suggesting former minister Peter Mandelson helped swing Mr Blair behind a postponement.
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Rock Star's Cruise Phobias: Ships Upside Down, Bathrooms Not Working
I'm a fan of Matchbox 20's lead singer Rob Thomas. You know his hits: 3:00 AM, Someday, & Smooth with Carlos Santana. Watch She's Gone with Daryl Hall, pretty amazing, best played loud.
So it was weird to watch an interview of Thomas talking about the upcoming Sail the Sea tour aboard a Carnival cruise ship to Nassau during the first part of December.
Its seems that Thomas may have watched too many hours of CNN's endless "poop cruise" coverage or he suffers from PTSD after watching the Poseidon Adventure. Here's what he says to Fuse during an interview promoting his upcoming cruise concert:
"I was pretty scared of luxury liners on vacation. As soon as it left port, I would start having a panic attack."
He adds with a smile on his face:
"You start seeing [news] about ships turning upside down, the bathroom's not working. We're just trying to figure out an escape clause. If something happens, I'm not going to be rude, but screw everyone else on that boat. I'm getting a helicopter, getting out of there and we're going to move on with our lives . . .
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The Evolution of Urban Form
Typology for Planners and Architects
By Brenda Scheer, FAICP
Why are so many of our urban environments so resistant to change? Brenda Case Scheer tackles this question in her comprehensive guide for planners, designers, and students concerned with how cities take shape.
This book provides a fundamental understanding of how physical environments are created, changed, and transformed through ordinary processes over time. Most of the built environment adheres to a few physical patterns, or types, that occur over and over. Planners and architects, consciously and unconsciously, refer to building types as they work through urban design problems and regulations.
Suitable for professional planners, architects, urban designers, and students, The Evolution of Urban Form includes practical examples of how typology is critical to analytical, design, and regulatory situations.
About the Author
Brenda Case Scheer, FAICP, is the dean of the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah. Previously she was an associate professor of urban planning at the University of Cincinnati. Scheer received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Rice University. She was a Research Fellow for the Rice Center for Community Design and Research and a Loeb Fellow in Environmental Studies for the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is a registered architect in Utah and Ohio and is a certified planner by APA's professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners.
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Chapter 1: A Crisis in the Urban Landscape
Chapter 2: The Origins and Theory of Type
Chapter 3: Typological Transformation
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Chapter 6: Typology and the Disordered City
Chapter 7:Type in Design and Practice
Chapter 8: Transformation and Imagination
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"One of the most thoughtful and penetrating critiques of form-based regulations and new urbanism. Scheer provides a fresh perspective on the relation between ideal forms and actual places. Essential reading for all thinking planners and architects."
—Christopher J. Duerksen, Managing Director/Principal, Clarion Associates
"Scheer's investigation of building types in the context of urbanism offers a rigorous introduction for students as well as a strong review for academics and practitioners. She brings the study of typo-morphology up to date by connecting it to the discourse on emergent systems-explaining how building types not only originate but also evolve. The book is especially valuable in that it avoids traditionalist nostalgia and tries to understand the most 'disordered' parts of our American urban fabric in a way that is honest and optimistic about possibilities for change in the contemporary metropolis."
—Marshall Brown, Illinois Institute of Technology
"Building types represent a society's common understanding of what and how to build, and as such are the building blocks of people's everyday experience of cities. This book helps link academic studies of building types with contemporary practice, by providing a clear introduction to the history, theory, and present-day attitudes toward building types. The modern American urban environment is composed of dozens of types--houses, apartment complexes, shopping malls, gas stations, schools, office buildings, multiplex cinemas, fast food restaurants, and many others. Helping to give coherence to this in wide variety of buildings in the urban landscape is the goal of this book, and it succeeds very well. The language is clear, the illustrations well-chosen, and the relationship between history and contemporary ideas is strongly made. The book will be of interest not only to architects and planners but also to students, for whom there are presently few books that provide such a concise introduction to the subject. This book fills an important gap and will become a standard introduction to the subject."
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Williams, a 6-foot-6 forward, is one of Kentucky's top players in the Class of 2016.
Owen County's 2016 SF/PF Carson Williams (@Cwilli2332) just received an offer from Eastern Kentucky University. #EYBL #WeareOC
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Williams is playing for the Kentucky Travelers in the EYBL event in Lexington this weekend. He had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists in a loss this morning.


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|Making Up Ground: NH tracksters improve state standings in first two events
|Bobby "Butch" Burney | News-Telegram Sports Editor
May 14, 2005 - AUSTIN - Kate Hollenshead and Ebbonye Johnson both battled through sickness and injury Friday in the debut races of their multi-event weekend at the UIL State Track and Field Meet.
In doing so, they actually placed higher than their qualifying standards would have suggested.
Hollenshead, a senior who is running in two distance races this weekend, battled through the effects of a lingering cold to place fifth in the 3,200-meter run Friday morning. Johnson, a sophomore who is competing
in the maximum five events, took sixth in the long jump despite a sprained ankle.
Both girls were competing again Saturday along with teammates Katy Williams in the shot put, Sabra Thomas in the 1,600-meter run, Yantis' Esther Fernandez in the 800, and Saltillo's Chloe Roberts in the high
Hollenshead went into the metric two-mile race with the sixth-fastest qualifying time, then placed fifth in the eight-lap race in a time of 12 minutes, 47.42 seconds. It was also on spot better than she placed
last year in the state 800-meter run.
Hollenshead, who was the individual state cross country champion in the fall, ran with the front group of four girls for the first three laps, but didn't have anything in the tank when they started pulling away.
"I felt pretty bad. It was like my legs were pretty dead because I hadn't been able to practice very good this week," she said after getting sick following the school's senior trip last weekend. "I've got all that congestion, and it felt like I was wheezing when I was running."
While her time was off her best mark of the season, she would have had to have ran well under 12 minutes to have won a medal.
"I tried," she said. "I think I came in ranked sixth, and I got fifth, so that's about right.
"I think I may have went out too fast on my first lap, and it pretty much drained most of my energy for the rest of the race."
She ran a 78-second first lap, which was faster than any other lap by at least 10 seconds. She came through the first mile in 5:55, and stayed solidly in fifth for the remainder of the race.
Alexandra Reyna of Ralls won the race in a time of 11:48.66.
"I could tell by the second lap that Kate wasn't running comfortably," said NHHS head track coach Tim Menke. "She ran as well as she could under the circumstances."
Hollenshead will race again today in the 1,600-meter run. She and Thomas, who was fifth in the same race last year as a freshman, are ranked seventh and eighth.
In the long jump, Johnson went into the event with the eighth-best qualifying jump, then placed sixth with a leap of 16 feet, 5 1/4 inches. She actually tied with Brittany Thomas of Wellington, but won the tie-breaker
which is the next-longest jump.
Johnson received treatment for a sprained ankle before the event, but still went out and jumped over 16 feet for the fourth consecutive meet. Even being completely healthy, it's doubtful she would have placed among the
top two as Hamlin's Ashely Malone leaped 18-5 and Hubbard's Tiffany Hawkins went 18-2.
Menke was hopeful the ankle won't give her trouble on Saturday as she competes in the high jump - where she won a silver medal last year as a freshman - along with the 100-meter dash, the 200 and the 400.
Several other area athletes placed at the state meet as well. They included:
Class 4A - Paris junior Tyler Tyndell placed sixth in the boys 3,200 with a time of 10:09.03. Greenville's LaQuinta Ross took fifth in the 200 with a clocking of 24.53, and was third in the triple jump with a distance of 39-3.
Class 3A -Chris Pearson of Mount Vernon was fourth in two races. He ran a time of 9:46.30 in the 3,200, then came back to clock a 4:25.54 in the 1,600. In the girls 3,200 race, Mineola's Meredith Blocker was fourth in 11:28.08. Emory's Leslie White cleared 6-5 to place fourth in the boys high jump. Gilmer's Manuel Johnson was a double winner in the long jump (24-1)
and the triple jump (47-6). Winnsboro's Blake Smedley placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 54-5. Mount Vernon's Tim Monroe came in fifth in the 400 with a clocking of 50.19.
Class 2A - In the pole vault, Harmony's Dana Stribling, a former Como-Pickton student, was fifth with a leap of 13-6. In the 3,200, Quitman's Kevin
Emmert placed sixth with a time of 10:21.02.
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Private, First Class, U. S. Marine Corps. Home address: Fox, Carter County. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Baxter, Parents, Davis. Born July 18, 1923. Enlisted January 8, 1943. Decorations: Order of the Purple Heart; World War II Victory Medal, awarded posthumously. Died May 26, 1945, on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
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