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Circles : Fifty Roundtrips Through History Technology Science Culture (edition 2000)
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Circles : Fifty Roundtrips Through History Technology Science Culture by James Burke
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James Burke is the king of connections; one of his earlier books even carries that title: Connections. This collection of essays is a lighter tome in some ways but similar in others, that is the connections in each essay. As the title suggests, each essay circles from some incident or anecdote through the connectedness of scientific and technological events to an end where you began. Each chapter performs this neat trick and the author's witty style makes for enjoyable reading. This is a great place to learn about technology if you have little background in the topic. For those with some knowledge and interest this may be lightweight fare, but it is good entertainment nonetheless.
After producing the marvelous and engaging series "Connections", Burke seems to have gone to the well one to many times with "Circles". Burke trys to take his 'Connections' approach to identify complete circles in the connections of history. But rather than taking the connections where they lead, this self-imposed, artificial constraint leads to a combination of wild leaps and tidy little packages that just doesn't ring true. Burke comes out looking like he's just trying too hard, and a reader who's really paying attention will just refuse to follow.
Okay, there are some curious and interesting historical connections identified here, but it's just too hard to follow Burke's route just to glean a few gems.
"Burke returns to the theme of, and repeats anecdotes from, his previous books (The Pinball Effect; The Knowledge Web, LJ 6/15/99), showing by example the interconnectedness and role of serendipity in scientific discovery and progress."
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 074320008X, Hardcover)Unlike Perry Mason, James Burke does not try to assemble watertight (if convoluted) cases. His essays in the history of technology are more like random walks, paeans to serendipity. In The Knowledge Web Burke attempted to duplicate on paper the feeling of inter- and cross-linking trends that you find in history and on the World Wide Web. The essays in Circles are more artificially restricted, topological circles that wrap around. A typical trip goes from the Space Shuttle to Skylab to Werner von Braun to feedback to digestion to lab animals to the Humane Society to sea rescues to charting sea currents to Foucault to astronomical photography to the solar corona to Skylab. Whew!
"There are two reasons why I make such play of the unstructured nature of history, but then, in this book, give it a formal shape," Burke says. "One reason is that otherwise these essays would have mirrored the serendipity I described, just going from anywhere to anywhere.... Choosing to go round in circles, and to end each story where it begins, lets me illustrate perhaps the most intriguing aspect of serendipity at work, which shows itself in the way in which history generates the most extraordinary coincidences." He might have added that trying to guess how Burke proposes to connect all this up makes these tales a game for reader as well as writer, a most educational amusement. --Mary Ellen Curtin
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It's snake season in Israel, apparently, and those slithering menaces are everywhere. And yes, everywhere does include toilets. A 35-year-old man in Northern Israel was just going to the bathroom, minding his own business, when a small snake popped out of the toilet he was sitting on and bit him square on the penis.
Although this is literally the last place a man wants to be bitten by anything, let alone a snake, he can at least be grateful that the snake was not venomous. The man is currently doing very well, but he will most likely have bite marks on the area in question.
Despite having the most traumatic trip to the bathroom, Your Jewish News reports that the man was in generally good spirits and even had a laugh with the paramedics. After all, if you can't laugh about getting bitten on the penis by a snake hiding in your toilet, what can you laugh at?
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Say hello to your new starting point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers.
It required lots of practice, a few key plays off the bench, and a major trade, but I finally made my move into the starting rotation against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The first quarter was rough, but I would eventually regroup and finish with 21 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds in a blowout victory.
The annual pro hoops simulation from publisher 2K Sports returns with NBA 2K12, another strong entry featuring a streamlined My Player mode and continued emphasis on the league's greatest players.
The core addition to NBA 2K12 is the NBA's Greatest mode, which features 15 legends such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain.
Each challenge puts players in the shoes of these stars and their classic teams against another notable opponent. Magic Johnson, for example, and his '91 Lakers battle the '91 Portland Trail Blazers starring Clyde Drexler. Also, Michael Jordan's '92-93 Bulls take on the Charlotte Hornets and their duo of Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson.
Unlike last year's Jordan Challenge, in which players had to meet certain statistical benchmarks as well as win the game, the goal in NBA's Greatest is to simply secure victory. Once completed, both teams are unlocked and available for use in the game's Exhibition mode.
What's nice about NBA's Greatest is players can think less about whether they've scored enough points or grabbed enough rebounds and just enjoy the incredible teams in front of them, such as Lakers' squads led by Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, or the Celtics during the Larry Bird era.
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After players create their character's look, play style and position, they go to the Rookie Showcase to demonstrate their skills. After the game, three teams hold pre-draft interviews which can decide where a rookie is drafted. Once your created player's name is called, their career begins.
Players not only earn skill points through drills, games and other activities, but they get a paycheck every two weeks. This cash can go toward more skill boosting, or toward improving team chemistry and popularity by hosting team dinners or making charitable contributions.
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However, for those players who haven't followed the series, it's a challenging game to get into. It's unfortunate NBA 2K12 doesn't feature more accessible controls to encourage more novice players to lace up and get on the court.
With the NBA mired in a lockout, video game players will find NBA 2K12 easily satisfies their pro basketball fix.
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Mike Snider began covering the video game industry during the Super Nintendo-Sega Genesis clash in 1992. An original pinball wizard, he eventually was seduced by Robotron: 2084 and Tempest. These days he is a fan of action/shooters and lives out his Keith Moon fantasies playing a mean drum kit on music games. More about Mike.
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What the Hell?! Strange Sundance Short Trailer 'Meaning of Robots'
by Ethan Anderton
January 13, 2012
When it comes to our coverage of the Sundance Film Festival, we're pretty much primarily concerned with feature films and documentaries. While the festival also has a spectacular selection of short films, both fictional and documentary, they usually stay off our radar. However, in this case, we're going to make an exception. A friend of mine helped me stumble upon the trailer for this wholly peculiar, but completely fascinating documentary short called Meaning of Robots. At first it seems like a charming look at a man's robot collection, but then it takes a turn that can only be described as "What the f**k?!" Watch it below!
Here's the trailer for Matt Lenski's Meaning of Robots which has some salty NSFW language:
The benevolent Mike Sullivan, age 65, has been shooting an epic stop-motion robot sex film in his apartment for the last 10 years. Obsessed with constructing the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands of them. Honestly, I don't know what to make of this documentary short, but I'm absolutely awestruck with laughter and genuine interest. That's one hell of an extensive collection of erotic robots for what I hope is an awesome robot porn, and I just want to know more about this guy. Sullivan seems like this larger-than-life character that you might find in a comedy, but here he is in real-life. I'm hoping to go out of my way to check out this documentary short, so stay tuned for my hopeful review.
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Now that the first edition of Granados' Songs has sold out, both its editor, Manuel Garcia Morante and its publisher Tritó and the Biblioteca de Catalunya (National LIbrary of Catalonia) have decided to take this opportunity to add some new pieces which have come to light in the last few years, and improve the volume as much as possible. For this reason, this second edition includes nine new songs; unfortunately, however, two of them are incomplete. We hope new sources will appear in the future which will provide us with a fuller picture of Granados as an art song composer. By the other side, both the editor and the publishers agreed to eliminate one of the pieces that formes part of a larger work. This work will hopefully be published in its entirety in the near future. And transposed versions have not been included, since they are available from the publisher in any key upon request.
Finally, we would like to acknowledge the fact that the first edition of these songs was made possible through the support of the Foundation created to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the University of Lleida, the city Granados was born in, as can be read in the prologue written by its president in 1996.
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As a transgender man who identifies as queer, Emmett Ellingson-Ford says adolescence was difficult enough navigating his gender identity, and the fact that high schools focus on heteronormative sex education didn't help. Now, Ellingson-Ford, as president of the student-run Gender & Sexuality Alliance at Lane Community College, is hosting LCC's first-ever Sex Symposium Jan. 23.
The state legislative session begins Feb. 2. Several bills have already been introduced, and House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) confirmed at City Club of Eugene last Friday that education will take top priority. The topic could prove divisive, even in Oregon's Legislature with its Democratic majority.
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The Ducks might have lost some feathers in Dallas this week, but we hear local pizza and other take-out businesses had one of their busiest sales times ever in the hours leading up to the national championship game. One pizza maker we talked to said he was swamped starting at 10 am Monday filling orders for home game-watching parties. As it turns out, comfort food was badly needed, particularly in the second half of the game.
The second annual Harney Coyote Classic is scheduled to kick off Jan. 16, and animal rights groups and conservation organizations are fighting to stop the coyote-killing contest that takes place in Eastern Oregon near Burns. "It's horrific, blatantly slaughtering wildlife for no reason," says Brooks Fahy of Predator Defense. "You don't eat coyotes."
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Potatoes and tomatoes on the same plant? Perhaps Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report said it best by including this wacky concept in his segment: "That's The Craziest F#?king Thing I've Ever Heard."
The plant, named "Ketchup 'N' Fries," can be traced to Log House Plants in Cottage Grove, a wholesale nursery that promotes grafted plants as a natural means to increase productivity and make gardening more accessible to all.
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• The Eugene Police Commission will meet at 5:30 pm Thursday, Jan. 8, at EPD Headquarters, 300 Country Club Road, Kilcullen Community Room. On the agenda is a closed circuit television proposal.
We hear the dramatically lower gas prices are good for local businesses. Transportation costs are down for everything that travels by car or truck, which improves profits now and maybe customers will benefit later. Car sales are up and more people are traveling. The downsides don't get much attention. High fuel prices helped alternative transportation enterprises grow and kept our focus on locally produced goods. Will we see bike businesses and local farmers take a hit, and less support for cycling and pedestrians? We expect urgent care and ER rooms to get more business.
Get ready to grow. Portland is focusing on infill to meet its growing population, but Eugene is looking to expand its city limits in the next few years. The sprawl is likely to happen despite the city's commitment to make Eugene more bike and pedestrian friendly.
Five years of community input and technical analysis have led to Envision Eugene expansion plans that appear to be favored by the city administration and the majority on the council, including Mayor Kitty Piercy.
Late last summer, the images captured of police responding to the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, with red, laser-sighted assault rifles and hulking armored vehicles precipitated a congressional hearing to survey the federal programs that funnel surplus military equipment from the Defense Department to law enforcement departments around the country.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently followed up on the pre-enforcement notices it sent to Jeanne M. Burris and Michael & Rosemary Cress in November for illegal waste-tire storage at property owned by Burris at 29882 Kelso St. in Eugene (see EW 12/11, goo.gl/uGo453). DEQ sent Burris a civil penalty assessment in the amount of $15,041 on Dec. 31, and sent Michael Cress a civil penalty assessment in the amount of $19,755 the same day. Burris is the current owner of the property, while Michael Cress is a prior owner.
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Dani's condition was so bad, Clark says, the mare didn't have a week, let alone more than a month. Clark's rescue took her on.
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none of you niggas actually listened to the lyrics... Video games? That's one sad ass excuse of a song. it sounds like she's trying to stand out. I fuck with the album heavy only because of the production and the melodies.... Because some of the shit she said was straight up ugly. I feel like niggas will just say that's she's awesome for no reason... Or because Kanye tweeted her lol. Carmen was probably the best track on here... Which is really saying something.


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What causes post-polio syndrome?
The cause is unknown. However, the new weakness of post-polio syndrome appears to be related to the degeneration of individual nerve terminals in the motor units that remain after the initial illness. A motor unit is a nerve cell (or neuron) and the muscle fibers it activates. The poliovirus attacks specific neurons in the brainstem and the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. In an effort to compensate for the loss of these neurons, ones that survive sprout new nerve terminals to the orphaned muscle fibers. The result is some recovery of movement and enlarged motor units.
Years of high use of these enlarged motor units adds stress to the neuronal cell body, which then may not be able to maintain the metabolic demands of all the new sprouts, resulting in the slow deterioration of motor units. Restoration of nerve function may occur in some fibers a second time, but eventually nerve terminals malfunction and permanent weakness occurs. This hypothesis is consistent with post-polio syndrome's slow, stepwise, unpredictable course.
Through years of studies, scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and at other institutions have shown that the weakness of post-polio syndrome is a very slowly progressing condition marked by periods of stability followed by new declines in the ability to carry out usual daily activities.
How is post-polio syndrome diagnosed?
Physicians arrive at a diagnosis of post-polio syndrome by completing a comprehensive medical history and neuromuscular examination and by excluding other disorders that could explain the symptoms. Researchers and physicians typically use the following criteria to establish a diagnosis:
Criteria for diagnosis of post-polio syndrome*
- Prior paralytic poliomyelitis with evidence ofmotor neuron loss, as confirmed by history of the acute paralytic illness, signs of residual weakness and atrophy of muscles on neuromuscular examination, and signs of nerve damage on electromyography (EMG). Rarely, persons have subclinical paralytic polio, described as a loss of motor neurons during acute polio but with no obvious deficit. That prior polio now needs to be confirmed with an EMG. Also, a reported history of nonparalytic polio may be inaccurate.
- A period of partial or complete functional recovery after acute paralytic poliomyelitis, followed by an interval (usually 15 years or more) of stable neuromuscular function.
- Gradual onset of progressive and persistent new muscle weakness or abnormal muscle fatigability (decreased endurance), with or without generalized fatigue, muscle atrophy, or muscle and joint pain. Onset may at times follow trauma, surgery, or a period of inactivity, and can appear to be sudden. Less commonly, symptoms attributed to post-polio syndrome include new problems with breathing or swallowing.
- Symptoms that persist for at least a year.
- Exclusion of other neuromuscular, medical, and orthopedic problems as causes of symptoms.
*Modified from: Post-Polio Syndrome: Identifying Best Practices in Diagnosis & Care. March of Dimes, 2001.
Post-polio syndrome may be difficult to diagnose in some people because other medical conditions can complicate the evaluation. Depression, for example, also is associated with fatigue and can be misinterpreted as post-polio syndrome or vice versa. For this reason, some clinicians use less restrictive diagnostic criteria, while others prefer to categorize new problems as the late effects of polio—for example, shoulder osteoarthritis from walking with crutches, a chronic rotator cuff tear leading to pain and disuse weakness, or breathing insufficiency due to progressive scoliosis.
Polio survivors with post-polio syndrome symptoms need to visit a physician trained in neuromuscular disorders to clearly establish potential causes for declining strength and to assess progression of weakness not explained by other health problems.
Physicians may use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), neuroimaging, and electrophysiological studies as tools to investigate the course of decline in muscle strength. Less commonly, they will conduct a muscle biopsy or a spinal fluid analysis. These tests are also important to exclude other, possibly treatable, conditions that mimic post-polio syndrome, but the tests do not identify survivors at greatest risk for new progression of muscle weakness.
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Facebook is adding video to its popular photo-sharing app Instagram, following in the heels of Twitter's growing video-sharing app, Vine.
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said Thursday that users will be able to record and share 15-second clips by tapping a video icon in the app. They can also apply filters to videos to add contrast, make them black and white or of different hues.
"This is the same Instagram we all know and love but it moves," he said at an event at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters.
The app with the new changes is available through the iTunes App Store for iOS devices and the Google Play Store for Android devices. The video feature has not been implemented for all Android handsets, however.
Vine, which launched in January, has 13 million users and lets people create and share six-second video clips. Instagram has 100 million users, up from 20 million when Facebook bought the company more than a year ago. If users like it, Facebook's move could propel mobile video sharing into the mainstream.
To use the video feature, Instagram users can tap on the same camera icon they use to snap photos. A new video camera icon will appear on the right side. Tap it and a screen with a red video button will let you record clips of sunsets, kids running in parks or co-workers staring at their computer screens.
The app will record as long as the user's finger is on the red button or for 15 seconds, whichever comes first. Not unlike Vine, taking your finger off the button will stop the recording, allowing you to shoot the scene from a different angle or record something else altogether. Once you have 15 seconds of footage, you can play it from the beginning and post it on Instagram to share with others.
Given Vine's popularity, "it is perhaps more surprising that Facebook has not introduced video for Instagram sooner," said Eden Zoller, principal consumer analyst at Ovum, a technology research firm. "There is no doubt Twitter will move quickly to up the ante on Vine and this could undercut Facebook's efforts with video on Instagram."


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Well, I made the upgrade to Sendmail 8.6.11 and one of my lists now routinely sends out duplicate mailings. I am not sure what to do about it ... I have checked the .config file, the aliases, and the members of the group, all to no avail. This is a simple list, rinning with no digest or archiving ... just for distribution. By the way, I am running it on Linux (kernel version 1.2.0). Oh well, I'd appreciate any help that you can give me. -- Bob Collie, Assistant Network/Systems Engineer, Telalink Corporation mailto:email@example.com


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By Philip Jankowski
Fort Hood Herald
Perhaps worried about hurting Maj. Nidal Hasan's career, or sometimes thinking he might even be an asset, the FBI chose to ignore what now can be seen as the warning signs that preceded Nov. 5, 2009.
The agency began intercepting emails between the 41-year-old U.S. Army psychiatrist and radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki 11 months before the Fort Hood shooting that left 13 dead and 32 people injured.
In a report made public Thursday, an independent review of the FBI's actions surrounding the mass shooting painted a picture of the challenges faced by the agency's Joint Terrorism Task Force in identifying possible terrorists in the Internet age.
Hasan came under FBI scrutiny during an extensive investigation of al-Awlaki, the American-born Imam who became al-Qaida's public relations expert. The cleric was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in September 2011.
The charismatic cleric's website gained Hasan's attention on Dec. 17, 2008, when he sent his first message to al-Awlaki. Over the next six months, Hasan would send 16 emails to al-Awlaki, who the report states contributed to the radicalization of four homegrown terrorists, including Hasan.
Cataloged communications
FBI agents in San Diego cataloged Hasan's communications and for the most part labeled them as "not a product of interest," according to the report.
Some of the emails are innocuous, with Hasan asking for al-Awlaki's opinion on certain scripture. But Hasan's first email asks for al-Awlaki's opinion of Muslims serving in the Army.
"Some appear to have internal conflicts and have even killed or tried to kill other (U.S.) soldiers in the name of Islam," Hasan wrote.
He referenced Hasan Akbar, the U.S. soldier on death row for killing two soldiers while stationed in Kuwait. "Would you consider someone like Hasan Akbar or other soldiers that have committed such acts with the goal of helping Muslims/Islam (Let's just assume this for now) fighting Jihad and if they did die, would you consider them shaheeds (martyrs)?" he wrote.
That email "tripped the wire," the report states. San Diego agents correctly speculated that Hasan may be a member of the military, but a search of a Defense Department database did not have an entry for Hasan.
Two weeks later, Hasan sent his second email, referencing Iran and Israel. Hasan, who was born in America but is of Palestinian descent, wrote, "I am curious about your opinion in regards to Israel catalyzing unitiy [sic] among all Muslims regardless of specific religious differences."
The email again was marked as "not a product of interest," but the agents continued to look into Hasan. They discovered he was listed as an active-duty soldier stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
A mix-up
But a misinterpretation led the agents to believe Hasan was a communications officer.
The mix-up led the San Diego agent investigating Hasan to fear that Hasan had access to the al-Awlaki investigation. He contacted the Joint Terrorism Task Force's field office in Washington, notifying them of Hasan's existence in their jurisdiction.
The agent determined that although Hasan's communications were not "overtly nefarious, this type of contact … would be of great concern if the writer is actually (Hasan)."
At this point, the San Diego office intended to drop its inquiry into Hasan and let the Washington agents handle any further investigation. Their target was al-Awlaki.
But the Washington office did not assign the lead for nearly two months and an agent did not even read it until five months after the case arrived.
During that time, Hasan sent al-Awlaki 12 emails and received two responses. Some of the messages conveyed an anti-Israel attitude.
"How is it that Israel and the U.S. can get away with so much in the way of mischief that they create on earth but if an Islamic group makes an error, they are ripped apart by the enemies of Islam, some of which call themselves Muslim," Hasan wrote in a Jan. 18, 2009, email.
Al-Awlaki responded Feb. 19, 2009, after Hasan inquired about setting up a $5,000 scholarship to be awarded by al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki politely declined Hasan's offer, later noting that "red tape" would likely bar Hasan from sending any money to him.
Hasan responded the same day, and in a postscript tells al-Awlaki he is single and asks the cleric if he has any recommendations for a wife. Al-Awlaki later responded that he would "keep an eye out for a sister."
'Slim' investigation
When the Washington agent finally looked into Hasan, he only had access to officer evaluation reports that conveyed Hasan in a positive light, not knowing that his local commanders had placed Hasan on probation and remediation.
Files at Walter Reed placed Hasan in the bottom 25 percent of residents at the hospital. He often failed to meet basic job expectations, such as attendance, the report states.
The Washington field office considered bringing in either Hasan or his supervisor for an interview, but concluded that interviewing Hasan would jeopardize the al-Awlaki investigation.
An agent also feared that "an interview would probably be briefed up the Army chain of command; and that this would harm Hasan's career."
They then determined Hasan was not a probable terrorist. Four days later, Hasan sent al-Awlaki an email asking for the cleric's views on suicide bombing.
When the San Diego agent learned Washington had not interviewed Hasan or a commander, he became upset and noted to the task force officer that the investigation seemed rushed or "slim." On June 15, 2009, the San Diego task force officer spoke with his counterpart in Washington and was rebuked.
"This is not San Diego, it's D.C., and (the Washington Field Office) doesn't go out and interview every Muslim guy who visits extremist websites," the Washington agent is quoted as saying. He had determined that Hasan was actually performing research for the Army. "This guy has legitimate work related reasons to be going to these sites and engaging in dialogue."
The following day, Hasan sent his final message to al-Awlaki, in which he references Adam's expulsion from Eden.
Arrival at Fort Hood
One month later, Hasan transferred to Fort Hood to prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan. In October, he learned he would leave for the war-torn country in less than a month.
On Oct. 30, 2009, he sent his brother, Anas Hasan, an email. Hasan told his brother his deployment was imminent and made arrangements giving Anas Hasan power of attorney.
Though he states he was not aware of any psychiatrist in Iraq or Afghanistan being killed, he tells his brother to donate all of his savings to the poor and charity in the case of his death. "It's always good to be prepared."
Ten days later, 13 people were killed at Fort Hood.
The report determines, "This message would raise suspicion only in hindsight. Read in the context of Hasan's impending deployment to Afghanistan, the message appears innocuous and the likely act of a soldier about to be deployed to a combat zone."
Contact Philip Jankowski at firstname.lastname@example.com or (254) 501-7553. Follow him on Twitter at KDHcrime.


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Product Bulletin No. 1631
End-of-Sales Announcement for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway Product Line
This product bulletin announces the end-of-sales date, the end-of-engineering support dates, the end-of-Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support dates, and other key dates related to the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway product line.
This announcement is applicable to all except select customers and partners.
Please refer to Tables 1, 2, 3, and 4, and to the Q&A contained in this bulletin for complete details. If you have further questions, contact your Cisco account executive.
Table 1 Summary of Key End-of-Sales Dates
Table 2 Summary of Key End-of-Support Dates
Table 3 Milestone Date Definitions
Table 4 Cisco MGX 8260 Product Items
Questions and Answers
Q. For customers who are currently deploying or planning to deploy the Cisco MGX 8260, what is the Cisco position and plan to help migrate to a next-generation voice platform?
A. Depending on application and density needed, Cisco offers a range of voice-enabled gateways such as the Cisco MGX 8850 Voice Gateway and Cisco AS5850 Universal Gateway. MGX 8850 Voice Gateways and AS5850 Universal Gateways are high-density, carrier-class gateways, offering unparalleled capacity and high availability. The MGX 8850 and AS5850 are mature products with significant traction in the marketplace. Their feature sets allow Cisco to effectively meet the requirements of the market, today and tomorrow. For more product information, please contact your local Cisco account representatives.
Q. How long will the Cisco MGX 8260 software be open for bug fixes? If an outstanding issue (bug) is identified that still needs to be resolved, what should be expected as far as addressing the issue?
A. Engineering bug fix support, known as Software Engineering Maintenance Support, continues and then expires on the end-of-engineering support date (Table 2).
Q. How long will RMA support on the field-replaceable-unit (FRU) components be available for my system configuration?
A. RMA support continues and then expires on the end-of-RMA (Table 2).
Q. How long will customers be able to obtain Cisco TAC support?
A. Cisco TAC support continues and then expires on the product Obsolete Date (Table 2).
Q. The service support contract for my system has expired. Can I still take full advantage of the milestone dates documented in this bulletin without a service contract? Should I renew my service support contract?
A. It is in your best interest to always have a service contract. Contact your Cisco account executive to initiate a new service support contract. For future reference, please note Cisco recommends renewing all contracts one month prior to expiration.
Service contracts that have expired (without being renewed one month before expiring) and are within 12 months of the product obsolete date are not eligible for renewal.
Without a service support contract, your system is not entitled to Cisco TAC support, RMA support, or engineering support without submitting, in advance, a purchase order for such services (these services are billed on an hourly basis).
Q. What is the latest Cisco MGX 8260 software supported?
A. The latest version of Cisco MGX 8260 software is 8260-SW-010205.


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The name, however, most frequently mentioned on the obelisks is that of Ramses II.
Pictures of it have been preserved on the monuments of Ramses II.
We have already seen that long before the time of Ramses II.
There is a parallel to this in the late popular story where Ramses II.
This portrait, with that of Ramses II and other kings, may still be seen carved in the cliff.
Fragments of a calendar of festivals from the time of Ramses II.
At one time it was the fashion to throw doubt on the alleged conquests of Ramses II.
Merneptah in the fifth year of his reign set up a hymn of victory on a pillar in a temple erected by his father, Ramses II.
The lower portion of it is modern, but the upper half bears the cartouches of Ramses II.
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Mortgage Calculator is a Silverlight application that provides a mortgage calculator that can be embedded into Web sites. It can be used to appraise the amount of equity built within any period and estimate the costs involved, including PMI and taxes. The dynamically updated parameter fields are synchronized with the entry fields' data as one clicks on the adjustment arrows. Multiple adjustable parameters allow for refined results, which are presented as graphs and tables.
Currency Quoter is a tool that converts between currencies and forecasts the future range of that conversion. It is meant primarily for those who sell services in different currencies. It allows you to work out the current value and likely future value of a given amount in a different currency. The program also displays graphs of the corresponding exchange rate over time.
Easy Debugger is a simple class that makes debugging complex sites very simple. The class allows you to clearly and easily output strings, variables, and objects and color code them for easier reading. It also makes it incredibly simple to output strings, variables, or even objects to email for simple troubleshooting or AJAX pages and pages where reload doesn't allow debugging. It saves debug output until the end of the page; groups all outputs from a page together; groups all outputs from specific files together; has easy color coding for advanced troubleshooting; shows line numbers and file names so you don't lose debug items; and has simple helper functions to speed up use. Debugs can be left on while the site is live, with no unwanted interruption. This code has been used on over 100 sites, from simple HTML pages to complex Web applications.
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edtFTPnet/Compact is an FTP library for the .NET Compact Framework. It will run on all mobile devices that support the CF, including PocketPC and Windows CE. It includes support for active and passive transfer modes, SOCKS and HTTP proxies, extensive event monitoring, directory transfers, and transfer resumption. HTTP downloads are also supported.
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The title Caliph, Who Is Arbiter Of All Disputes, refered to one of the two highest ruling positions in the city of Medinaat al-Salaam. [1] The Caliph and his attendants weere known as the Caliphate. [2]
Enforcing the law Edit
The Caliph, Guiding Light of His Excellency, [3] was in charge of enforcing the laws that the Sultan of Medinaat Al-Salaam decreed, and passing judgement on members of the population as to whether or not the law had been broken or upheld. This government system was the legacy of Mekhem, the Little Prophet, to the city. [1] It was formed by three entities, the Qadi, the administrators, and the secretive Assassins that followed Adira and her dynasty. [4]
Qadi Edit
In reality, this task was far too large for one person to perform, so the qadi, or judges, were created to help the Caliph enforce and judge the law. [1]
Administrators Edit
The administrators of the City enforced the laws not related with criminal activities, as taxes, inheritances, or city planning, among others. [4]
Assassins Edit
After the death of the Caliph Hanan Talibah the Assassins had fulfilled their Blood Feud. Part of the sect followed the new Caliph, Adira, which used them as the underhand. They took care of the problems in a silent, quick, and deathly way. [5]
Merchant Houses Edit
The elder houses of Medinaat al-Salaam confronted decisions of the Sultan, and began to hire mercenaries. It risked the start of a rebellion, and to level their power, the Merchant Houses were given the direct access to the Caliph and the Sultan. The first representative of the houses was Dahab Menjari, leader of the House of Menjari. The Houses of Dahab became the third power in the government of the Jewel. [1]
Caliphs of NoteEdit
Hanan Talibah Edit
The first woman that would become the Caliph was born Hanan Talibah, sometime around the 9th century IC. She lost her mother very young, and her father was an aide to the Merchant King of the Houses of Dahab, which meant he spent around nine months a year away from their home at Medinat al-Salaam. She was raised by servants, and grew fearful of death and loneliness.
On the eve of her fifteenth birthday, she rummaged through her father's belongings, recently returned from the Senpet Empire, looking for her gift. Instead, she discovered a copy of the Senpet Book of the Dead. Shortly after, her father died. Because she had no other relatives, the Merchant King took charge of his aide's estate, "adopted" Hanan, and auctioned all of her belongings.
She soon had reasons to hate the King, who treated her as his property and was open about his intention to sell her as a wife, as he had done with Hanan's mother. She secretly learnt the Senpet language from a servant and studied the Book, that she had somehow managed to keep hidden. The Book taught her about the Senpet's cosmology, and many secrets. It also had secondary effects over her: her magical ability increased, and her inner fears became full grown obsessions. Finally, from teaching found in the Book, she created a new magical technique - the Ceremony of the Hidden Heart - that allowed her to make herself immortal, and her enemies into undead thralls: the Khadi. The Merchant King was her first victim.
Her magical power increased and she soon become the most powerful sahir in the city. Somehow, she manipulated the Prince into killing his father, the Sultan. A new Sultan was appointed, on her recommendation, and she became the Caliph, the de facto ruler of Medinat al-Salaam. From that moment on, she governed the city with an iron fist, with her Khadi patrolling the streets. Always fearful of anybody challenging her, she forbade any practitioners of magic into the city, and had shut down or ever burnt to the ground all the libraries. [6]
Adira Edit
Adira was an adopted daughter of the Old Man of the Mountain and devoted to his goal of eliminating the Caliph and restoring him to power. After the death of the Old Man of the Mountain at the hands of his eldest daughter Fatima, [7] Adira continued to seek to fulfill his goal. [8]
With the aid of the Yufet Alliance, Adira stormed the palace of the Caliph during the events surrounding The Awakening and defeated the Caliph. With her death, Adira took her position for her own [9] and cast the Khadi from the city, save San'a. [10]
Puja Edit
Puja was the son of Adira and succeeded his mother in the position of Caliph, clearly continuing the same policies. [citation needed]
Caliphate Dynasties Edit
Early Dynasties Edit
It was not known the name of the dynasties prior to the Immortal Caliph.
Talibah Dynasty Edit
Begun and ended with Hanan Talibah, the Immortal Caliph, who ruled for three centuries.
|Hanan I
|828 - 1132
Senpet Governor Edit
After the Awakening and the death of the Immortal Caliph, the city was governed by Keseth for a time. [11]
|1132 - 1134
Descendants of the Mountain Dynasty Edit
In 1134 [12] Adira, the adopted daughter of the Old Man began her own dynasty. [13]
|1134 - 1155
|Puja I
|1155 - Present
External Links Edit
- The Caliph (LBS - Secrets and Lies)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 93
- ↑ Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 95
- ↑ Crossbow (LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, pp. 85-86
- ↑ Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 86
- ↑ The Rise of the Caliph
- ↑ Fatima's Tale
- ↑ Starter Quotes (The Awakening)
- ↑ The End of Age
- ↑ The Tale of the Robber and the Caliph, Part Four
- ↑ Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 99
- ↑ Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 161
- ↑ Re-Awakening, Part 1, by Lucas Twyman
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Mountain Mining Camp.
Kverett, Wash? Jan. ?.-Toe b?8d) of
Trank Esersky. eigbty-flve years old. ones
a brigadier genera! in the Russian srmv
?n<l s T'nlon sioldier in the I'ivil War,
??-. brought here to-.iay from Silva-rton,
a mininK town in the facade Mountains,
where he lived many year?.
Snow ?lides and deep drifts stopped rail?
road traffic out of Silvertou an?r* four
nia-n ?arrlecl General Keersky's body twen?
ty miles on their backs.
As far as known he ?Aas Without fam?
ily tiea
\rnehcan Red Croes Sands $1,000 to
Constantinople Chapter.
Washington. Jan. 28.-In response to
an appeal from the Constantinople Chap?
ter of the American ited ?Yos? for aid
for suffering non-combatants of the Bal?
kan war. the executive committee of the
so? let y here to-day i-a.ble<l 11,000 all
that was posible beiausr of the deplet?
ed condition of the treaaury. offuers ex?
- ? a
Bill Increasing Amount of Judgment
It May Render Is Void.
Albany. Jan. -I. -The 'aw enacte?! b\
the legislature of 1911 increasing from
$2,000 to 16,000 the amount of Judgment
the City <"*ourt of New York may ren?
fler was declared unconstitutional by the
''ourt of Appeals to-day
The question was raised by the a?ueen
Aeroplane Company a? a reault of a suit,
against It by Ludia LowkowUh to re
0eva?r 11.000 for alleged breach of written
contract of employment. The City Court
made an award of 94,118. The Appellate
Division set aside the verdict, principally
9? the ground that the constitution pro?
hibits th? Legislature from creatint*
.ourt? of inferior lo?al Junsdletlon wlih
gr?-M->r pow?*r than Is possessed by
county coirtB. The Court ot Appeal? I
austair.-ad tbi? conientlon T T".'J
Its Answer to Hearst's "Ulti?
matum" on Subway Situa?
tion to Go to Governor.
Executive Will Be Warned That
Any Nominations Not Recom?
mended by Organization I
Will Be Held Up.
. i'.y Xelss-n Mi to .1 Im MbiuM
?Mbany. Jan. '."?--Governor ?Ulaer'S flirt
lag with Il??arst has angrre?] Murphy- of
Tammany, and ?Um ?DaMsoaatk organ?
ization, which is determined thai Hears!
shall ?sal aothlng he? after ia th? M?tw
Vork fit- Buharay situation, with 01 with?
out Sulz.? s hiu. About th?? Unis it be?
came known her? to-day that tl?- <u>v
ern??r hod ;i long t.-?i.-|,h?,n?' talk with
il'arst lasl night, it hemm?? known Blsej
that Murphy had summoned some of his I
closest upstate allies to a ? onfeivm-e with j
him In SCew teeh <"ity to-night.
At ti.at BanTemnto. ?sa far ss ?an be
i'.un?d hers? th? ergaaisation's plan of
?taasnaaisja --i': be disoussti* snd pertaetod.
and what ?n aHeei win be an answer to
the H?sarsi Blttmatnais Bill i? ?evolved f<>: I
subsequent pi<?s?ritiition to Qovemot ?Sal? I
zer. The ??organization'' tmi not had an' !
rerj' ?troi?- ?r-atlaon thai the ?Got?******?
really Intended to kick .Murphy ..ut In I
favor of Hcar.-i n ,t it d??? n??t Intend
that either llearsl <?r Ihe Governor shall
ne left in th? (?irk about where Murphy
snd the sthei nead.-i of this close cor
poratloa standa
Word to Go to Sulzer. j
Therefore ?' is expactad that word will
h? fient lo the tjoy? mor <t? .. formal coT?\
ni nicstton ??f th? "ergMisetton's" ?ccom
reentlatlons, probablj lo-roorrow:
First, thst if he dsres to nominste
for successor to William R. Willcox.
now chairman of the New York City
Public Service Commission, a man who ?
hss Hearst's recommendation, and not ,
Murphy's, the Senate will refuse to
confirm that appointee.
Second, that no nominee, whether er
not he be Hearst's nominee, will be con- i
firmed if he believes or has announced i
his belief ?a the past in municipal
ownership and operation of subways.
Third, that a man to be recommend?
ed by Murphy for the Willcox place, i
and three men to be agreed on by Mur- i
phy, William H. Fitj-pstrick. of Buffslo:
John H. McCooey. of Brooklyn: Will?
iam H. Kelly, of Syracuse, and Patrick
E. McCabe. of Albany, for places ?n the .
upstate commission, shall be named by ?
the Governor on pain of a break with .
the "organization" if he refuse?.
The phrasins in vvi.u c these Samaads j
are to i?e ceaveyed la 'he co.fiii'i may
he smooth and SiplBBBBtlfl The *,.-e?-,?mi- ?
?<? tlie gist of them.
Ar.other Condition, Too.
There will be another ? or.ditioi. that,
ihe <j?-.v???' ?.?i shall delay appalntiaents
until the itibway ? ??ntta? is ?n N'?--- Torfe j
Bad the WflOUa situation in whl? h the
city of nulTa!?? Snds Itself. .i-Aiiitr t?i tl.?
upstate ? osaa IsstonB - lighting Investigs I
; ion there, h>- straightened 001 'm'.^- he!
?hooses to have the senate bold up his]
Th.?,-?- i.; pothini her? u> shew ?*'?" Mur? ;
phy hai In mind for his ?.andidate in the
New Vork < ?ty commission. The 11 ? - ?
.-; u- situation is much simpler, and there
i-- substaatisi sKi'cinint on the appoint? I
meats there which the "organization",
will stand for. Murphy aii?l the upstate I
mea think ('eoi,,e -M. I'aimei, state chair?
men, ought to have a $i3.?'joo s resi
to console him foi liavii.? baten state
??!.-aiim:?n. They an- a?ling John S. Cot
fist? should ha\e or???, to paoif)' the stdi
IndeSaMdent Dame? racy. The ?third man
unquestiohably win be i?-voe p, iiodson.
a lassy?f ??' Huffalo. who has ? fairly
?????id ?.rd and h ?said t?. ;?e up t?? the
Meantime, th? '?'?v-irov i? .,u??t as unge !
tided an to what he will ?m snd when bt I
wll1 do it, for anv indieation lie Rive?. -,s?
he ?-?;>? last week, iiearsi '? pounding
awav at him in the hope of ?lOpping the
Blgnlng of the contracts.
Governor Sulzer was asked to-day il he
?Tared to say anvthlng about his telephone
talk with tie New York politician editoi
lsst night. H? denied with coniilderaMe
emphasis that he h.??i bald any su? h talk.
Wen't Meet for s Week
Tin Senate Finame Committee, to
win?h any nominations of Publie Service
? 'ommissioners would be referred, lield its
r?gulai Blasting to-day. It will hold j
??notlier regular meeting a w?-?;k from to
day, February 4. and unless an sari .
?make bits It, there will be no special
meeting In the mean time. arhethar or
not the ("osernor changea wliHt seems
to "be hi-, intention now not 1o send an?, i
nominations to the Senate until l'.-bru
ar> 1 or after.
Rjl the time Mr. Sulzer makes nomina
tions and they can be considered in rom
mitte??*- next week, perhaps- the contra? ts
will be signed, if the information here
svbe? with the state of agreement of the
? arlous partie? to these contracts
Tile Governor had iittle information to
?lve about subways ta?day, He said he
hail no appointments to talk of subway
matters with anybody. lie didn't cxp*? t
to see ("Terence J. Shearr., he added, or
anvhodv else of the Heaist forces. If
anybo.lj- came he would have to talk to
the Governor in public in the "big room"
Queens Link to Astoria and Corona
Lines Approved.
?'olonrl T. S. Williams, pre-ident <?f the
P.rooklyn Harid Transit ('?-?mpany. gave
out a letter lat?' yesterday afternoon.
which "-as addraased to William it. Win?
cox. Ii'f'irmlna him that In a test vote
as to the "ile-lrabillty of the conatruct<o?i
of SB ? lcvated railropd" connecting With
the ?Braadway-Wth street sabw?y Um .it
the <^>ucen*b<?ro Hrlil--?- I'laza ami with the
sO-called Astoria ami <-or?>|ia elevate!
lines ltottT \otes were ?ast, of whl?-h
1 :i,.ri?> approved the proposed improve?
ment. The lettet end?.?'! is follows;
In ??very Way precautions were taken
to ?elicit as fall an sxpression of public
opinion as popsibl?-. and we helle?,a- the
tc.sult of th?* count Indicates without any
question that a ?rast majority of the p,.?v
ple of Brooklyn appreciate the RaKaaiSity
and lesiiiiblllty Ol nich a nortl.-und
south rapl?! transit r??ute. You will ?ee
from an Inspection of the literature that
? xpecial nains Were taken In th<- lit
erature to indicate that the proposed Une
was to be of elevated ?-onstriii-tlon.
Port of Spain, Trinidad. -Ian. ?.'?.?Sir
aitoiif?- Riithven i.e Hunte, Qavernai ??f
Trinidad, left to-day on board the Brit?
ish cruiser Sirius to \-/tpact the !'i*"m;i
Canal as
Senators and Assemblymen Meet Representatives of
Farmers and Consumers in Move to Foster Co-oper?
ative Organizations?Rural Banks Urged.
B Tatoaraad ?o Tba Tin)aaa '?
Albany. Jan. M aia l-art of a general]
scheine to produce laglalaUon tending ?te j
redure Ute high cost a?f living, ?Jenntor ?
Boeaeaelt and Ass.mblytn.-in ?Cole, of ? ?r
leans ?County, chairmen Of the committees
en a?rieiiltun- of the tw?. IMUSSS, had j
thair committees in c.nf.trenc- IO?day With
representatives of farmers' ??tu! conauin?
era' associations eoncernlng inenaurea In?
tended t.. ?further co-operative eBorl of
farmers a:*?l producers.
In addition to dlactSSalng all th?* farm
l?gislation already latrodf* ?> -i. the ?eon?
ferreos nave particular attention M ?three
pi oponed bilis which wooM ?Yanooornga the
formation of co-operative < -orporatioiis.
These bills ha v.- the approval Of th-* Ken
York market invcstiu'atli??; ? ?.mmitte..
Th" tii si is to facilit?t" tin.-operative
orghnlsation of ?t?onautuera as srell as
piodiice.-s. The second bas t.? ?1?. with
ll-.c ? le-Hion of agricultural banks of -i |
ro-eperatlee nature similar t..? those la
?Atroparan countries, which deal chiefly
With aKrii-i;lt;irnl i redit.
The third se.-Ks to establish in the De?
partment of AagrlcuKure a bureau of so?
pervlsion ores all co-onerative associa?
tion.?. The commissioner is to recpi\<? a
salary of fAggA, an?l is tu have ?general
charge ?.f the aJevelopeaent of agrleultural
.i|'.*rati*.i* BOdetiea lor tlie bujinc an?!
selling of farm products. He is expected
10 ?ollert and diss?min?t-- Information
win? ll Ill.iy lead to de\-elopmeiit of the
co-operative i ffot t.
itunong tboaae at tins meeting wen- Mis.
Heath, ptealdeni of the Heoaewteea
L-sagne; i*ir-i.i.*!it sisson. of ti.? gtata
Agria ultural bodety; representatives from
the Woeinrn Sou York Frail Drew?
erg Aasodatloa and the Hudson River
linn Orowera' Jlaaonlatlon; ?Sara Tattle,
Of the New Yoik market commission.
?.mi v.iu\ Mastic, of the gtata Orange.
Willcox Tells Queens Chamber
of Commerce Contracts
Will Go Through.
Borough President McAneny
Wins Applause by Prediction
Dual System Plan Will
Soon Be Under Way.
'ii.? ? hsmber ><f Commerce ?>f lbs ?Bor?
?? ??n of Queens holds hsai one rte?
the presem subway controversy, and thai
is the op,, which Chairman Wlllcos, of
th?- ?Public Ssirice ?Commission, expressed
to ?ts awmbers laai ninin in the ?VaMorf
un the occasion of Itf ?'?? ond annual
"Tlleie Isn't a thOUghi <" i??' ?' 9? ,;
lie. "m ail this ..ut? i v t?,. t ?s new. I
den'! hellers there is one ?lu h ?bears tbe
stamp ?,f honesty ??: expresses the real
Interest of the city, it Is ?? brasa n at?
tempi ?it this late ?ia'. I?? '?'? i ? K th?? ?. ?
system -n i.i ?i we have foi two ?sers ?en
deavored to rnak? the Rxed poll
. itj it is nothing bul the sllmiesl si B
? ininst |i";?u?'u? moi? :I ? ????? ? ?i ? ?
attempt? d t?? foist upon ? li rit-."
There a si ?no dhwa ni n ?? spi
which ?stormed from every cornet of ? ??
t... .ii j in app "'?ai of these >s?mtlm<snta it
roke ??'.n ?again when Mr. *?Vlll?*o* In re.
lemur t?? t.'.< dual tyOiun I ?'...???.?? i
? i ventM?- t?i s,iy bars m tins pteeene?
thut th? je iii? s na tret bean - mum? .; a'
bargain as wise!) and p.if., msda ?-.
tins on? with tha??a- two ? osspaales
Objoctions All Old.
IHe !.hi,111.i'. SXpiallMd Witl :i '.??le ,,'
I infinite w?rsrln?fss In his v??i??- thai atrety
petal ralaed by thou? who ?are now In?
siglUai agatoM ihe ??r?.|.o>. ?i ... - -
torn ? ??iiiih? ti bad I?? ? ?passed ?,j???n m
;.-1 tv\<? .his by th? Qovernoi :ii??!
Legiasleture snd bj lha Appellat? i ?.
? ... t!.?- Court ??i Appesk ,11?
?briefly upon ? hal he ? ailed the ta
Igu stion ?,f the band tale." Insisting thai
the i;t> pail int. i?M oi-,\\ 00 Wbsl ? ?is..
the Interbarougli and lbs ?Brooklyn Rs ...
Traaatt invest.-,i n, th,. labwayi and ?i"t
on what the) paid t?> ne\ Ulis ? .ish :??
that the ?price of their bonds ?ii?i ?not con
e?r?l tbe ? ? ?' II'- ? los? ?I m this Wl e
? i iii.i??- ?i?.?i prophes) thai tbs all .?t;??:i
will s?? clear and Um skies -?? brighten,
?and tha* r ? ?? Iti?..; i?i.?t hau hot t?. ?le
fea. : .?? dual ??? ata m, ? I be -?? fsi dis?
a-tpate-] thai ths contract* ?-? ?n i.-t ovar
lo my friend M titan) to rota upon i
can ..?li'.-iv?? of nothing which would
?Bring me gramtn liosw <?: piss sure than
t., sign thorn eenttaets, noi aal* from
the standpoint >?f i>?.?i?-.\i to ?lbs ctty, bul
from ? selflsh standpalni r would like ,o
have ly children end my children's ehll?
dren look ?becli upon tbe consumtnatida
of those ? onf.i' t ?
But anxious as | .m, t,, s?., i\,,,\ ,,,?.
summation. I want to SB] tha? n?. r?..\ver
high or low, ran bring any nolttie-ii
pressure to bear to load m?> Into slsntnc
esatraets which I don't batUeve are la the
Interests of the City. If this thing fails i
it WIO not b<- becsuae those s/ho have
lived with it have not brought their basai
endMVors la bear to bring II t?? peas."
McAneny Is Optimistic.
Mr. A'ltleOS i?ai?l nigh tribute.? to ?'olo
nel Timothy I.. Williams, president of th?
?Braoklyn ?Rapid Transit, ami t.? Borough I
I'resiilent M?-Anenv. With ,,f irbOia o? eu
pied seats at tbs ipsahsrs' iai?ie Mr.
McAneny'i i?roi?i?e. \. ?-??mini ? Utils later
la the srsatng. ?muiided aran m??re apt!?
misti'-. lie said: !
"U hen you Ko ?bach 10 Queens ] o i nia )
tell your IMighhOra that the>- nee?) ha', e
no fear Wbethei twforc or after Feb?
ruary I. th.-se ?i.iitia.ts ?ill be sign, d
The) will be siciiPil for the reason that
tbetr defeat nooM meen l.ia.-k cahunltjr
to tlie ?ity of Near fork, and becauea lb
auch a eatemlt) i?<> nan or men dlrectli
answerable to th- people win dnra t<> ai -
cept responsibility."
I'l-.-sbl? nt William If. William-, Of the
chamber, presided. Botough President
Connoll* "f ?vu.?il-, toM ?the d?nera about
local Improvements fethered b) in- ad?
mlnlstratloe an.i got tiietn proper!) ?stirred
i.p on the aubject of new iaj?id transit
to greet Chairman IVlllcox. aha followed
him, a ?'h a shoul
Mitchel Not There.
Bonn "? tin- others wi??. attended the
dinner were ISdwnrd M. ?Baaaatt, former
?Public Sarvioa Commlaaloaer; Joseph I-*
?Dey, Juatlce fjerral J. Qarrataon, Judge
Robei ' W, lllgble, Judge ?Bui t .1 Hum*
?'!??? ? . I. .? oil Ki???pi>. Moi Kan .1. O'Brien.
i iValter i IVlllli and Tun?.tin U
Woodruff. President John Purroy Mltcbel
I of tbo i!..aid ..i Aldermen Bgnred on the
list ,?! gasata .?s- a asignad, ?sol 10 ? t
apeakers' labte, but t" table Ko I He
J wat conepicuoua by hi** sbaence
Judge lllgble Introduced ?? resolution,
?*. eh ?.i?. ?adopted unanlmonely, ?provid?
ing ti...' ti.?- ebambei send Governor gul?
?/. i- .i telegram ?salting him no! M change
th? personnel of the Publl? gerrtcs Cean?
I ?, of the 1st I?i-ii i? i .ntil :if?ei i tit
?ubwa) contracta have been ?signed to
a SBManai from i ?I in|r
.i!??i t" preven! then fron having
Got Wall Without It.
Th ; idge bit ?ru \? .it, i ..?h h. the
fit l?l ..' -i u- t ?? ell, ? ana .? * oi ?* fron
ainiaiig the d?nera
? *i ..?i .?i.- quiie iighl Mid i'?- Ma) -
..i m- fathei i?'!? '.? ?? ?t m tii? bnri
II?-.?I ? ? .- ; r;
\\ ]?.it .-!!.'?! did it d ?a \ e ..,i the
i .i?; " ' sonebod) aski ?)
>. ??. it ai .-!!? d ao bad tin re ths
tin- plga ? "'i!?i . ..* -?.?!,.! m .-.. hi f.?"?.
iba arrel "t aulphur water and i?- ?-.t ii
...it ii, iba middle ..t the i testa i lot, ?. ten
a? i.- lot "i? the farm as fai awa* from
;!?.? !.. ? - .lid gel Wo could m>t
?land II evei thai fai away, and I think
?> Anally knocked the end ??f the ?barrel
m and got i id ni t ti.. . won n.? in? t?>
make ? w.it.-iins place ... Verona, and
Dial ?? .?.*- tb? ii-sult.
The Mayor lh?en spoke >.r ??Kc^te,.
boro .?mi his boyhood on the farm
:b? i ?? Hi? ?? hoolhouse .?r:.i ! hi m op o
ill. IC
"There wore the nhr|8tl?ee, and ih**
Marra, and the Btitilffs, and the ?Paynes,
end the Parkhurete, and s>> on." he
s,?id. "Probnblj II la ?lue to the Park?
hut? family. If there be an) <?f then
here, thai i should an) that they were
In no waj tei?ite,i t.? RnhM Pnrkhursi -
?Rabbi I'arkliurM. of New York. He
i.? a friend <>f mine."
The speaker.- Introduced by ?Mayor
Onynor arare Tbonsns it ?Proctor, of
I'ti.a, lbs Rev. Anthonj 11. ?Svaaa,
Irving Hh< holler. Kdmiiml Wetinote
justice Isaac ??*. ftiiss? n, ?Clarence U
?at ruth ami ?Lloyd P. Stryker.
Among the gueeta <?f the Boela tj were
Kob.-rl Adamsoti. Hamm-I A. Bcardale)
Judge ''.la. kmar. Qeorga <;. ?Battle
?Charlea it ?'arruth. Justice Deuel,
Abraham Oruber, Ueutenant William
Kennel, ?Stephen Merritt, Jostles ?Cd
\'.;inl i: M'i'all. ?'ob.ml VY. I). Mann.
wiiii.?i? M. A.lo... Morgan .1 O'Brien,
l.lilu, ?Boot, |r . .lohn B. Stan, hflebl
.?uni Patri k a Whitney
We can PROVE
these points in our
card and filing equipment.
It is
The simplest
The most comprehensive
The most adaptable
The most economical
The most durable
? and the FANCY PRICES
have been cut out
Telephone, Franklin 2261.
371 Broadway
ci??. ob moa
People's Institute Meeting at
Cooper Union Demands Re?
peal of the Wagner Law.
i Speakers Hold That the City Is
? Not Safeguarded ? Oppose
Every Act in Scheme
Except the Routes.
A.leettag et the Peeglt 's InsUtutel
In Ceeper Union i:t?-t niKi.t Puhllc iersles
' '..niuifs-ion?-- Mil.? R M.ilthi" and Jol'.n
Purro* Mitchel, PresMenl Of the Hoard ?>f
Al?l?rni? n. ;itt.i.-k.-?l the WtlteOS '.Ian ?*ro.ii
?very angla e\.?ej)t ?MM, ar.?l tha' theirl
bafarera spprovcd. What mei aith thai?'"
:i??i?io\ai was the routes,
tSvery other feature ef the i>r<>i?????? i i
t'.?n.-?. wiii? h are now mule:- i on.sidei ation.
they ?Jes.t?kkI es entirely ajteeafvan? .
tegeoua t.? the ? ay and of han?s*8t enly te\
Hi?- lnterbon?iii;l'. and the group r'f hank
ers abo will huj Um ??on?;-?. .\n?i arlth
?nach ?letaii did they b?? int.? then attack
that th??ii sudience, s typical Ooeoet
L'nlon crowd, with lbs naual BcaUe-rlng of
int??rnit.t?i?. w-re time ;,ti?l ?again n"?1?' ' '
Into a frensy ??f s-pplause
? ?l.e man from tbe flou:, lui '?. ?' I'??''
in it??aident Mit hart's -?pee ih, o?-srad ?
i?- olutlon appointing s sonunl tee lo
headed by Mr. Mit? ?hei. te ?t. en th ?
srati'i ?jury within tirenty?four hours to
demand the Indict nie ni tot malfeasancs
in ofiu-e ,?f .\i;i\..i Qaynor, Controller
Prondergaal and Iba othei metntMra ?of
tri? Bavard ?.r Bot! ms te abo fevoi the
W i.!?ox i?l;an.
Demand Repeal of Wagner Lsw.
This resolution ira? Ignored, bul one
ciilliiig upon ?'.??vern.'i- Sul/.er to BSB t??r
S repeal of tlie \\'a ?? t?< r lau. wlli?h ?PTCS
i?ient Mltabel dee?rrllMd ss ?having roi>i>?-d
th? dtj ?f Its i.??t ?-Hfem.anH ifl what
ha t'tina-ii s ?crisis libe this, and ? oin
rnendlng the Qrtflln Mil, Introduced ?lur
inti the ?afternoon si ?Vlbanj eu? .t?i??i t?-??
Both lbs i-peahere, . ?? aell ai i A pin? j
wall Hodge, who followed them declared
that If the ?-it** could not gal bettoi terms j
t r .?m th. Interborough than 11 offered in
tbe ?presen! Instsnee, ta In lia rompant ?
,i ?tsifi ? of tbe ? Ity to M? and If this
fa?e.i. to noi onl) build the aubara.-*?
*Ai?ii ?it; iH?>ne\. pul lo operate them,
PraaM ".t Mltchel laid thai he u ?- ?
? Ida -.* that If the bond? were <>ff?-r.*<i lo
th.? publia through ?? public ?eric they
?would i" 01 ? i *'ii????-ni ? ?i. f.n sbo?re par.
? ,? ? there'would ? > ?no ?need of past -
mlttlng them to b?? t?? .1 P Moi ga
Cotnpen) fa
?????.' i ?? ? ? Mall ? il? ? I ? ?
died re apture ?rla?UM In Iba ?pra>
?-??, contracts --hi?.!? wouM ?rmii the
?,f. t.? ?T'-.Mpture ' the ??lliWiiVs at the
snd of ier. :.eat.-.. if the) proved diaati
rantageooa, ?was noi werth lbs pepei
?.?a? written m
There ?? ??? wild ebeei si I ?rougnoui ii.
.? ??f CommlsskNiei Maltbia and
l'i.hl.l.-iit Mit? l.e! Ar,?I ?A ?,. n tl'.' lattei '
: i,i.i..-.? a ?resolution Bailing up?sa the
fuabM Hoard o? Estimais t?> ii\? up to
It? in????:?? lion pledge! SI Mit? hel uad
?joi s ss aitopta ?i una i mo
i. ithei 8, M?-if"i'i n? well ?:..???n
? '?oopei ' nlon lnt?*?i ?rupt? ; and ? ?? bai
., -i ii. dlatinctlon ??f ?having been ai
reeted often? na night tl an ?an
otbei mu? m ?Vea t'orh, to ait, f??.. ,
times ?a?? ejected by four ?pollcemei .??
tha re? outset of the mestlng when he
triad to speaJL
Tbe meeting was called to order i?> ,
Ptedi n? k < ' Howe dire? I.' i m r???. ;
;?'? i Institut' Who declared toe mbwa) '
contracta riei-ded revision and rewriting, i
He ?hon Introduced C?oa*mlsslot~>ei Malt?
,, ?
Mi Maltbie k.ii.*?i risjhi la t?> critla Ise
the IVillcos ?plan, He said ?thai II guar?I
antead t?> tbs Inlei>???:?oii??h f??r forty-nine
sera, ?beginning in ioit. its ?operatli-i ss?|
pensas, it? laxas and *?..?'-"?.?'"" ?additions
This hud ?fgure, be Bald, ??.?? lbs Bam?
i? n - ?tatemen! ??i lu average :? ear:/
earn laca, Bui ha ?e.iared |i ?A.,* . m,.
- - . t., the extent ol ??' leaal v.????.. ;,,
m?.ie i lan ti ?", ??
Put? Debt on City. Say* Maltbie.
lie ?aid the Hgures hailudad Um tettjttt
n??: e ihat sho ;l?1 have l?ee?.i
iSlde foi ?lepie? lation an?!
to $;.'i???.tjf?'i ??i
annuall* art
"It I? no ? a
approved " h<
?.niia? i thai nuRhi to
W4 i.t ??n ' Il aalille? a
debi upaa N?sw rorh for two ?genera?
Itoua. Ti?.- itochholders ami haadbahtan ?
of th.? Interborough <i?> not contribute one
C*M1 an?! ?M ?-Ity puts in r".'-?,,''?''> <?f its
own money."
? Haw mu? h did w ill???*; gel : laterruat?
???I a hUSb)??.?ti? ??I one.
?| thinh Mi. Wiii.-ox ?believes rincerai!
end h"i ? ?ti1 m lbs plan be Is support?]
i;?k rcpMed Mr. Maltbie. -l don't wi^.i |
t?? challenge his Bsotlves ?>? tl <?ss ef my)
othei Bssoclataa, for i ballavs Ibej aie'
lU'i .is hon. ?i ?n their Relier ?as i am."
Mi Maltais continuatd i?< ??> that :'u?
ie,,s,?ii ih?- ??t? eouM uni labe advant?age|
of the i-.<-M?i'ir.- ? laus.- |n the ?ontra.-t:.
Was that at the en?l Of lei? ? ??ai ? it arould
have i??t kgMtMt by th? stnhing ?fund
ami a*ouM n"' have ?say money for thai
purpoae, lis ?added thai In IM the cits
would owe tv./K??/^??.
M??i??ov?'i. h? shi?i. tbs ?J'l.d plan, pro?
viding l'or on?- ttthttAJ on Um K?st Side
and auoili'i <?u th?- \\'?-?i Si?le, WOUbl
laie tbe building of .? cams ctlng
subway sven if iba dt* had Um amac*
f?? "te? SPtUrS"* the,il m ten ye.Il? Ami
th. n tM lumia Is wen et dlffatreni ?nasal
he aaM
Controller Not ?n tha Fight.
??resident Mltehel beK.ni bis apee et wlUl
a regret thai rjbntroUer ?Prendsrgnnt tras
not with lilm In this fls-ht as he un? t\* <>
?ears auo. whet? the) brought .ibout MM I
Inii rborouKb's ,<tt*\ 10 build the BUbweya
a ralea tried eat at hi. raanMoB >.f tha
l'ont ri-.ll'-r h name ||.- bus sold out''
f.ut president Mit? l?.-l FJMUghl u.?i
w lu< b . au-ei| a In !? lo .11 !*i* ?u?.| say lli.at
he ?'oiiidn't ? Hjivlnre .? twelve*)aar-eld I
schoolboy that the entire u?.ard <>f i>ti
matc (hairing Mi Mitchell had n>>t bsM
"Lut t'omrotasionai MeltMe baa been an
tha sine ,,f tbi* people?,*1 raanaasd Mi
Mlt'liel, "and that .bsp.tr gvoty form of
Itiilui-ti.e il.at 1 oui?I be brought lo bant on
??m? t?> lbs corporate InMraats of Hen
j Mr. Mil. bal BUM be . ..ubl n? t und?
stHfi.i how the ?Board .?!' ?Sat?nate, arhleh
tir?t rejected Um Interbe ougb'a ? ffer by
a vote of 10 to ?:. noa sto.?.| :?.i Iba Inte: ?
barangh i?> .1 \..te of u t.? .:.
' I ?annot los? ?.Iglu of the fa? t, ' \??
?a. nt 011 "that they ?the lloaro of K?t -
mat'*, ?an-edl. promise?! tb>- .'. - t..i.,'.
to build subwa.s with ?it*. ninn->\. and
that th. i aie obligate) by that prom
I. e to ?hi 1 y it ..ut W.- weit lu on a
platfoim sud on promit,' ? that tar a?.?., .1
toi??tr???.t one system Vf ? il ? i>? ?itii
?ity money aaid control it la UM intet.
Of the people." ?
Mr. Mltchel reiterated several tin
toward the end of his speech that th?
was no need of the city goln? to a p
vate hanker for funds, Baying the <i
Bens would subs? ribo the amount, as t
cltlr.ens of the nation in Cleveland's a
ministration oversubscribed a governmc
bond issue.
"And the city's bonds are as ?mod
the nation's." said Mr. Mltchel.
Controller Shows Aldermen On
$19,143,535 Is Available.
?ontroller I'rendcriiast submlttnl
statement t., the ?Board ?>t Aldermen ?.
terday shoarlag tiiat th.* legal berra at h
capacity of the city on January J. 13:
\>.as ?JM^glMMi The borrowing mai gin.
is ?hown. is avattebti as follov. s:
Por rapid transit purpooca only. .119.14.1."
.'?nions municipal purposes?) in*
cltldlng rank] transit. ti'ti-vUi
Of the amount for rapid transit ptl
poses only, there Is a ?balance .?r (10,515,ii
against which im oontmcts have be
registered, while for vari..us munlctpi
purposes then is ?. balance .;-;.i!n:-j \vhi<
to Ifnbflltiea have beei reglatered ?
*. "..;.'?7.?>i". There is. m addition. llMMii
in ?orpor.-it? -t<?. |< authorization t-> I'll
-leib i.-iici. s and tax?e The groes funde
deM oi the city on January - was M.I8
?.??.nu. ?h.- in t funded debt arlth the Smi
??ig Pund and exempted ittadvbtedneea ?i>
ducted !>? Ing gBTJTiaTM
a leeolution Introdueed l) Aldenna
l "?.Iks was ?idol t.d It rall-d on th?- Pul
lie H.-i-.i'c ????mmissioii to furnish :i n
p..ii ahowlni the number >?f oara and in
time hedulee upon v* ? i i. -1. they are ru
of t|.ti-.-i-t railway eyatema in ti.? fou
borough? of tha elty. The ?recent ovei
crowd?-.! conditions ?>i tii atreetcara an<
the imall numba i ?oerat? ?i. Mdermai
Polks laid lied sroueed ?publia Indigna
m?.i He asserted ?' aras Une fol th
Beard to take eetlon, as ti?. street rail
companiea rere evldentl) net in mi
up t.? their ?franchise sgreemenu.
Prison for Those Convicted Be?
fore Him, Judge Swann Says.
Judge ?wenn in Qeneral Besolona, yea
lerda! served notice ?>n ?lambiera l ;?'
in tin- future he ?would Impose prlaor
sentence* ??ii .?!! coavieted before him. Ai
n>warnltti i- fined John O'Duy and Bleb*
aid !?? -urn. ?i I, who had pleaded I 'nit.* ?i?
common sembler? gfto each and put them
on parole f"- a ?year, promising that if
they aren found in an) gambling tiousi
a 'tiim the !?? \r twelve months ha erould
s.-ii-i tbem i?, i?,, p.-nit. ntlai:? ???? .. yea
The] pn'd the linea .?i?.i promised i? )<*
.. i ....*. ? i -i i "?. ?
" ... b) William
.i. i : > Tiii tha n s.ni i?, i ?ut? .Police
? 'ommfasloner, ! tanlel Ce lin, an ? rted In
the ?ano laii, iraa convicted Leal sreek
In spite ?f tin fa ?! th il most ..f ?
?,-1 -? i.id elln--i i??.!-i. burned
or "loa the polica
? '..??..' Ti ? ? i
London. Jen. '-".? - ii? ??ottnei tlon nith
the ponding aleotion of a chief tai.bi
.m Important statement la furnished by
.? weil known member >.f the Jewish
omraunity here Indicating .? more
hopeful outlook and a proepe? ; that
the throateiia-j cleavage win be averted.
an i
Accurate Work
Prompt, Polite Service
Modewate Charges
Fifth Avenue at 27th
lo.merl.T at 104 Imi '.Ml Ht.
Other Store?
125 WEST 42nd ST. (Nr. B'w.t)
6 0 MADISON AVE. (Cr. 60ih St.)
255 LIVINGSTON ST. Brooklyn*
New York
I onalun 1'iarl?
la <>l?l Henal *-l. .; |,-?ir sirtbe
i y is \e?e>ittarcdt?tJ
\ M'f'r 111 a !-> i Im?? *?lia?e ?a-iul? Watt tin*
at $2.95, were $5.00
It??i-t anil III??, k of ?m>ii,rird leather, ?a
ihr neweaf F.naiUii hurta
Style? Worth Coming Mile? to See
i HIGH SO AQ
Worth $6.00
On Near t iijli?!
lasa?, -v ble
1 ?liant.?
?.i?.I I??
' bi-.-l
Clean-Up of the Sample Shoes
at $1.10, $1.95 and $2.60 pair
Broken Sizes, but Rich Bargain?
Senate Gives Adjutant General
Power Over Employes.
I ISv T. >grap!? 'o Tb<* Tribune. I
Mbany. jan. tL?Denounced a.? a meas*
ura i?. permit i"'? gnbadng la t;.?* at
. i geaeral'a irtstee, the ? "u - ii?i?*i bi i
.?. -..-Milt I'-.a- I'ljiitant general t., appoint
craployea fiom a elvtl ii*t ?m.j dlamiaa hi?
n.... ist ant.? st pleasure ?a?^ ??.-??.vr-i by th?
s.-n.it.- to da; try I ist the turenty??sls rota ?
liee,|fi). At -.ie.ii-.iit the ???'??tar.!?- in. I
be militar] men. snJ can be renMved onh
after court martial ??r trial ?-?ti ?ehnrgea.
?Senator llerrlclL defending tbi ra
? i.iTi?.. --as merely aa audit bureau, im
! .. militai y affair, and tha .. I last ml -
i eral'a iMn-Ja ?were ll?ed. ?lenator ??rifhn
i?, i.... at -.? d i did not spprovi th?
? ?rindpie ?.?? the me?..-me. nn erould ? at?
j tor it u lerstood the O? rernoi an ?
id ? ?: ' ?? aere I wanted It ; ?
anise th? | ?? d
s.-i atoi Brow i ??.-.- las ? ? ? :.?'??
the adjutaafa general'a oflla ? "a
i where may repaae ??.n* political i?ii-Jc !?
i ?b.v-Mior ??i :*? adjutani may ?^'*?, '.:
appoint. "
HimTiiui' gtdssi ama .??:.? ! to?alglii !??
? r .- -t arhnl be ama rMng '?j la i
... t of Un ? tleanl guard.
??if an) bod can't sc?* that." i a
J - ' ? . S ...'...'. ' - .?il?"- i?
laddair." Ind tha; *.?..?* all '??? a*otil?l -?
For those who anticipate Traveling?to the
Riviera? Monte Carlo?Nice ?Cannes?Egypt
?Panama?Cuba?Palm Beach?or any of the
other well known Winter Resorts?we have
prepared the things one will need?
".Sport" Coats of new and fashionable lengths, shades and materials;
Blouse?, trim Suits, smart little Dresses, chiming Mats; also
Gowns and Wraps (or the more formal evening functions ?Dancing.
Cards, etc.
An t'-emblage su.'h ?? i? ?hown nowhere ?*l<e in tins country.
fifth Avenue, 4*ti) * 471b Streets
?OHINA and Glass?an extensive and well chosen
.-election of domestic and imported wares.
I'ive o'clock lea Kettles. 1 able Dish Warmers
electric and alcohol?Chafing Dishes. Coffee Makers,
f-leading Lamps. Candle Sticks, etc.
Cooking L tensils and Moulds ; Cutlery. Lairthen
Refrigerators. Kit.hen and I .aundrv I urniture.
Vacuum Cleaners, Carpet Sweepers. House
cleaning Materials.
Andironr. F enders. Log Boxes. Fire Sets. etc.
Goods delivered free at stations within 100 miles.
45th St. and 6th Ave., N. Y.
ART EXHfBITIONS AND SALES ART
The Art Collection
of the Igte
Col. Henry Thomas Chapman ?fi|
THIS AFTKRNOON st 230?Oriental Pottery and
Porcelain; 14ft pieces, many of the greatest rarity, including
large Mustard Yellow Crackle Vase, an exquisite Peachblow.
and a noble Black Hawthorn.
THIS EVENING at 1:15? Psintings by European and
American Artists?Corot. Hogarth. Troyon. lsabay. Dias,
Rousseau, Daubigny. Courbet, Van Dyck, Mauve. Reynolds.
Turner. DavicB. and other great Masters.
The Anderson Galleries
Madtaoa A ?rasas st roi-Math Itraat, Stew York.
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Maintenance Student Worker
If you have not filled out an employment information form this semester, please do so now.
Please note that qualifications for all on-campus positions are as follows:
- Good interpersonal communication skills and ease in relating to people from varying educational, cultural, and social backgrounds
- Must be self-motivated and possess solid time management and organizational skills
- Ability to maintain confidential student information
- Good level of responsibility, reliability, and punctuality
- Appropriate and professional behavior at all times
- Current enrollment as a GSC student in good standing
- Cumulative GPA of at least 2.0
The position of Maintenance Student Worker also entails the following qualifications:
- Conduct general grounds work
- Mowing
- Weed eating
- Pressure washing
- Snow removal
- Assist in the moving and transport of office equipment, furniture, etc.
- Follow established safety and other use protocols for power tools and equipment
- Assist with special functions or events as needed
- Other support duties as assigned by departmental supervisor


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