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Some of the feature will probably pretty hard to put them in.
M0n0wall original intention was to fit as much necessary feature into an 8MB
limit catered for the Soekris box.
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From: Shish [mailto:shish at shish dot is dash a dash geek dot net]
Sent: Sunday, 21 May 2006 9:40 PM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: [m0n0wall] Some feature requests
I just started usin m0n0wall yesterday, everything works just as well as the
custom debian firewall it took me a week to set up, with the exception of a
couple of things I can't see any way to do:
o) Automatic wake-on-lan messages
Because my server needs internet access for a couple of things in the boot
phase, the router / firewall needs to be completely online and running
before it starts, so setting both to wake-on-power doesn't work. A setup
which works great is having the router wake on power, and once it's ready,
sending wake-on-lan packets to all the other boxes. A checkbox next to each
of my WOL bookmarks for "send a packet here when m0n0wall boots" would be
most appreciated
o) OpenVPN
It was there, and now it isn't? What was wrong with it? Is there any way to
get it back?
o) Firewall rule for connections / sec
Running a shell server for some friends, they want to make outgoing
connections; however I don't want to be part of a DDoS attack if an account
gets broken into. Currently I have rules like HTTP gets 60 connections / min
with burst of 200, and IRC gets 1 connection / min with burst of 10 (to
allow just-started clients to connect to all networks, and periodic
reconnction when a connection dies for whatever reason). It's worked well
for normal use (the users don't notice it), and under attack (only about 100
packets were sent before I noticed, compared to the several thousand that
would've been were it not for the filtering)
o) Swap space
I still have a partition marked "Linux Swap" for the debian firewall -- can
m0n0wall be made to use it? (It can be reformatted if necessary).
My firewall box has 32MB RAM, and is too old for upgrades (I don't even know
what type of RAM it uses, the sticks aren't a type I recognise...). m0n0wall
does work fine on 32MB, so long as I only open one page at a time...
o) "Move selected rules before this rule" for the traffic shaper
It's *so* much faster than "move rule up / down one position". I got so fed
up I ended up writing a small shell script to automate the upping and
downing for me :P
o) Bootable floppies
Old hardware again -- the CD drive is a bit dodgy, and the box sometimes
gives up too soon and moves on to booting from the hard drive. Putting GRUB
/ the BSD equivalent on the floppy and setting it to boot the CD would be
more reliable. I know it's not a m0n0wall thing per-se, but a note in the
docs about how to do it would be nice.
And finally, a tiny bug report -- when adding NAT rules, and ticking the
"Auto-add a firewall rule..." box, if there's an error in the user's input,
the box is un-ticked on the "please correct your errors" page.
-- Shish
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PAULA SCHER: Now & Then
For our inaugural SPD@FIT event for 2009, we knew we needed something big enough to keep pace with the other big inaugural events of 2009. Join us on Tuesday, February 10th for an evening with Paula Scher, Partner at Pentagram, for an evening Paula describes in this way:
As a child of the sixties I was always rebellious. It came with the decade. I found that a form of rebelliousness is always present in my best work, and my work suffers when it is widely accepted and it becomes a part of the establishment.… MORE
This talk will show how I have rebelled against Helvetica, expectations of others, and mostly rebelled against myself.

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7 Signs You're Good In Bed
It's something every girl has wondered: am I good in bed? Sure, like kissing, much of it may have to do with compatibility—what might be hot for one guy could be just plain freaky to the next. But no matter what your guy's preferences are, here are the 7 signs to know that you're rocking his socks off:
1. He clenches his hands and feet. A physical sign that a guy is in complete ecstasy is if he's clenching his hands and feet. When you see your guy doing this, take it as a sign he's holding on for dear life, making sure that the encounter doesn't end prematurely. After all, what you're doing to him at the time might be just a little too good.
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Write each four times, setting the cantus firmus in each part in turn.
Write four times, changing the cantus firmus into every part.
To cantus firmus a write second species in one part and fourth in the other.
In other cantatas it is noted that the cantus firmus (the chorale-melody) is in the soprano, or other voice.
One voice retained the cantus firmus, the others were to be set to it in canonic or imitative mode.
To cantus firmus b write two above and two below in the second species.
To cantus firmus b write third species in one part and fifth in the other.
When writing second species in both parts no cantus firmus is used, both parts being original.
To cantus firmus a write one above and one below, with both parts resting at the hold.
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Ancient Astronomers
Before the invention of the telescope, modern mathematics, modern physics, and modern ways of science, ancient civilizations were still able to discover an amazing amount of information about astronomy. All the planets in the solar system except for Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were known to ancients. Ancient Egyptians were able to figure out how long a year was based upon the movements of the sun and the flooding of the Nile River. Greeks were able to estimate the diameter of Earth to within 32 km (20 miles) long before Europeans "knew" the Earth was flat. This page contains this and much more information on ancient astronomy.
Purpose for Astronomy
Like today, there were always those who were interested in just knowing about things for the interest in simply knowing. However, that didn't get ancient civilizations very far, so there had to be a reason for people to study astronomy.
The main one was to try to understand what was going on in order to try to predict what would happen. Often times, ancient astronomers were priests, who were kept alive only as long as they correctly predicted events. Astronomical bodies, such as the sun, moon, and planets, were often seen as gods and goddesses. Predicting planetary positions were a way of predicting the will of the gods, and could then foretell events such as whether or not there would be a good harvest.
Eclipses and comets were two of the most important phenomena to ancient people, for they believed that they were bringers of anything from a plague, defeat or victory in war, or the death of a ruler. Changes in the sky, such as a new star, were also seen as very important predictors of events to come, but were much more rare.
The Akkadians are among the first people credited to have kept astronomical records, and the earliest date from around 2500 B.C. They lived in the northern part of what was later called Babylon. The astronomer-priests that lived later in Babylon were able to use the records of the Akkadians to predict some of the motions of the sun, Earth's moon, and stars.
The Egyptians were one of the first to create an accurate calendar. Unlike most cultures', their calendar was based upon the sun and stars rather than on the moon. This was due to the Nile River. With a calendar, they were able to make accurate estimates of when to plant crops, and when the Nile's annual flooding would occur. Since the first calendars, there have always been seven days in a week, to match the quarter cycles of the Moon, and always twelve months in a year, to match the twelve complete cycles of the Moon per year.
Besides the calendar, Egyptians used astronomy to help build some of the most impressive architecture on Earth: The Pyramids. By using knowledge of the sun and constellations, Egyptians were able to align the pyramids and shafts within the pyramids with the cardinal directions, as well as with star groupings that held spiritual significance.
The Chinese have been observing the sky for several millennia, making them the oldest civilization with a continuous astronomical record. Some of the amazing records that the Chinese hold is the first documented solar eclipse - over 4000 years ago in 2136 B.C. The first recording of any planetary grouping was made by the Chinese in 500 B.C. In the 400's B.C. they made the Book of Silk, the earliest known atlas of comets, and it was discovered in a tomb in 1973.
The Polynesian islanders were among the first people to navigate the oceans, and they used the stars to guide them. The sun marked their day, but very strict records of stars were kept in order to guide them during the night; this practice started around the dawn of the Christian era -- over 2000 years ago.
Often, the way they would keep track of stars was by creating mythologies around them, much as the Greeks did. The Pleiades (an open cluster), Jupiter, and Aldebaran (a bright red star), are central to the founding story of the polynesian culture.
By using fixed locations on the horizon, sailors memorized hundreds of stars and were able to determine their longitude and latitude to a high accuracy. By memorizing the positions, brightness, colors, and time of year that stars were visible, sailors were equipped to navigate at any time during the year.
One of the most important - and infamous - contributions of the Greeks was the geocentric model of the universe. The geocentric model means that the Earth, "geo," is at the center, "centric," of the universe, and that all other bodies move around it with the Earth at a fixed location. This idea was based upon the teachings of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.).
This view held so much sway because of many of the philosophies of the ancient Greeks, including Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. They believed that the circle is the perfect form, and that the simplest model that made sense must be the correct one. Since the heavens were perfect, everything must move upon a circle, and since the simplest model was that the Earth stood still and everything moved around it, then that must also be true. After all, we can't feel the Earth moving, so why should be believe that it does without any extraordinary evidence?
However, evidence against this system was obvious even to the Greeks 2500 years ago. It had to do with the motion of the planets. For periods of time, the planets seem to orbit in an eastward direction across the stars. However, for brief periods of time, they switch and go in a westward direction. This is called retrograde.
The explanation for this now is simple, and is discussed in the Scientific Revolution section. However, back then, philosophers added extra little circles to the orbits of the planets. The planets now orbited on a little circle, whose center orbited on the larger circle that was around the Earth. This circle upon a circle was called an "epicycle," and the larger circle was called a "deferent."
The Greek Aristarchus of Samos (310-230 B.C.) was one of the first to actually present the heliocentric - sun-centered - model of the solar system. However, Aristotle's views were too wide-spread and well-known, and he had too many followers for anyone to listen to an idea that didn't put our egotistical race at the center of the universe.
Around A.D. 140, the Greek astronomer Ptolemy (left) solidified the geocentric model, elaborating and formalizing the view in a manner that closely approximated the movements of the sun and planets. In Ptolemy's model of the universe, Earth was the center sphere, surrounded by eight other spheres, which were, in order, the moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and then the "fixed stars."
Every major civilization had their own type of calendar: China, India, and Rome, just to name a few. Most were based upon the cycle of the moon (about every 27.3 days); many days were skipped from our 365-day year. In Ancient Rome, if the calendar was too far off (judging by the seasons), the Emperor at the time would declare that the next day would be "x" days sooner or later than normal (e.g. if today was July 12, tomorrow might be August 2).
Some calendars based upon the rotation of stars. For example, the Ancient Egyptians used the movements of Sirius (AKA The Dog Star) to tell when the floods of the Nile would come.


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Scarf with a Wide and Handsome Border for a Mantel Drape from Weldon's, Series 6, Volume 2, 1887 by Jane Sowerby
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Pattern Description from Victorian Lace Today: "This splendid border is stunning with either the simple Drop-stitch pattern shone here or the Open diamond insertion from page 91."
Difficulty: Intermediate Lace
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Yarn Weight/Yardage: #2 Fine Weight / 480 yds
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New Martin Tiger??
I just bought my 8 year old twins two Bear Warrior 2's, and now I"m on the hunt for my 6.5 year old. His draw length should be right at 18 inches (He's 48 inches high with a 47 inch wingspan) and I'm trying to keep this inexpensive, until I know they will stick with this. I'm very interested in the Martin Tiger (Draw length 14-24"), but they have it were you shoot the arrow through the middle of the bow (in a type of circular opening) vs. on the side of the bow. Does anybody have any thoughts on that aspect? Will it make it hard for him to graduate to a different, normal bow later?
OK, I"ve tried to post the url link so you all could see the bow I"m asking about, but it keeps getting flagged as spam. Its for sale at shopatron at their internet site.
I need to get this ordered soon for Christmas, so any thoughts you could share would be great!
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An investigation into Chinese cybercrime and the underground economy in comparison with the West
Yip, M (2010) An investigation into Chinese cybercrime and the underground economy in comparison with the West. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society Discussion Meeting 'Web Science: A New Frontier', 29/30th September 2010, London, UK. (Unpublished)
With 420 million Internet users, China has become the world's largest Internet population. Yet, the Internet penetration rate in China is only 31.6%, which means that the Chinese Internet population has the potential to triple in size in the foreseeable future. With cybercrimes transcending national boundaries, the security of the Internet in China is becoming increasingly significant to the global Internet. As in the West, organised cybercrimes are flourishing in China. With a rapidly expanding Internet population, China is fast becoming a giant hub of cybercrime activities. Therefore, it is in the interest of Western cyber-security experts to increase their attention to China's cyber-security.
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Due to the size and materials of the brakes on these vehicles, the brakes start to squeak around the 50 percent wear point. The brake rotor surfaces become uneven, causing a lip to form at the outer edge of the rotor. Because of this, the rotors are usually replaced when the pads are worn (pad life varies depending on driving style and terrain).
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Gold bubble could burst, Economist Intelligence Unit warns
-as miners cash in on high prices
Investors in Guyana's gold industry would do well to take a step back from the prevailing mining frenzy to take a look at informed international assessments of the behaviour of gold prices in the period ahead.
Local miners may have made a killing from the doubling of gold prices, from US$550.00 an ounce early in 2006 to the current price of more than US$1,200.00 an ounce, but a recent assessment of prices by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) suggests that predicting prices in the period ahead can be tricky business.
Not that the predictions for the immediate term prospects for gold prices spell doom and gloom. According to the EIU, the World Gold Council is predicting that global demand will remain robust during 2010 "as a result of accelerating demand from India and China as well as increasing global investment demand driven by continuing uncertainty over public debt and the stuttering (global) economic recovery." Edward George, a senior economist at the EIU, adds that even if gold prices fall by 20% "we do not believe the price can fall below US$800/troy oz. for long, as over half of current gold mining operations are only profitable at a price of at least $US1,000/troy oz. If the price falls below this level they will simply stop producing, reducing supply and ultimately driving prices up again."
According to the EIU report, however, equally expert sources in the international gold industry are exercising more than a hint of caution about future gold prices. The report says that Phillip Gibb, manager of the 600 million pound Jupiter Absolute Return Fund, recently sold out his position in gold. The online trading news service Daily FX says that the current rally in gold could be unsustainable, with the bubble set to burst at the first sign of weakness. The EIU Report quotes Daily FX currency strategist IIlya Spivak as saying that "real gold demand looks decidedly lackluster, with use of the metal for the manufacture of jewelry as well as for industrial and dental purposes clearly tracking lower."
Here in Guyana, a world away from the global trading centres where prices are determined, the focus of investors is on what is—and what has been over the past five years is a steady rise in prices. Last year, increases in price provided a sufficiently strong incentive to push gold production above 300,000 ounces and the resulting returns, even for small scale miners, have spurred a renewed 'gold rush' this year. Recently, Executive Secretary of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Edward Shields told Stabroek Business that the potential profitability of investment in the gold industry had caught the attention of some prominent urban businesses, which, having traditionally stayed out of the gold business, are now showing an interest in mining claims.
So intense has the gold fever become that industry watchers are confidently predicting that gold yield for this year could exceed 400,000 ounces, an amount that will exceed last year's production by almost 100,000 ounces. However, as the EIU report points out, the price of gold "depends solely on demand and supply" and that if large institutional investors pull out "retail investors who bought at the top of the market will be the ones to suffer."
Though gold analysts warn of the possible risk of a decline in gold prices, none appear ready to predict that the demand for gold will subside in the short term. Amplify Trading, a US trading house points to the likely increasing demand for gold as a "safe haven asset" arising out of the likelihood that some nations may not be able to sustain debt repayments in the event of another global economic downturn. "Also, some countries, such as the UK, may be faced with an inflation problem as well as growth concerns, further increasing the inflation-proof investment of gold," Amplify Trading says.
If the vagaries of international gold prices pose no bother to local gold miners at this time, efforts to make the proverbial hay while the price remains high could be stymied by emerging differences between the mining sector and the Government of Guyana as the latter moves to implement new mining regulations designed to protect its US$250m five-year forest protection agreement with Norway. Just last week, a visiting Norwegian consulting team was told by the GGDMA that that the new regulations could threaten the livelihoods of the estimated 250,000 people which the industry supports.
Here in Guyana, difficult economic circumstances coupled with consumer awareness of the higher prices of gold has created significantly increased demand for short-term access to cash, a circumstance which has led to an increase in the number of pawnbrokers, though many of these reportedly offer meager amounts for gold jewelry. It is, the EIU Report says, the same on the international market where pawnbrokers are reportedly cashing in.
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Emma Chizzit and the Queen Anne Killer (Emma Chizzit Mystery)
Not one to spend her golden years rocking and eminiscing, Emma Chizzit is owner and one woman crew of A-1 Salvage, looking for collectibles or hauling junk from old houses. Sure some people get edgy--a woman her age in a battered pickup truckdoing this kind of work-- but you can't please everybody. Hired to clean out an old Queen Anne house belonging to a prominent and scandal-ridden Sacramento family. Emma is delighted to find a hand carved cradle-- until she discovers a mummified baby nearby. Her reward is brake-shrieking car chases, shady and sinister characters, an overeager cop with a crush on her...and a killer with a bloody notion of housecleaning.
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I have always been a huge movie fan and I have a wide taste when it comes to the art of cinema. I try to see as many of the Oscar nominated films as I can before the show so I can make an informed decision about each of the movies. I would say that the Oscar season is something that I am almost as passionate about as the Twins. To help celebrate this weekends Oscars, I challenged myself to combine these two loves.
Below you will find all of the films nominated for Best Picture in this weekends ceremony and a Twins plotline that connects to that film. It was a fun exercise and I hope you enjoy the following.
Lights, camera, action...
Black Swan
Twins Plot: A star player joins the Twins from a foreign country and is given the role of a lifetime in the major leagues. The player has to overcome many barriers and struggles along the way to transition to life in a new country. His team also struggles with which part he should play, the shortstop or the second baseman. These roles could dictate how sane Twins fans are at the end of the season.
The Fighter
Twins Plot: A younger brother is following in the baseball footsteps of his older brother. The only problem is the younger brother has the chance to be a much bigger star than his older brother. The younger brother has been a highly touted prospect and is making his mark on the major league level. The season that he put together the previous year reflects some of the mistakes he saw his brother make during his career. The older brother never reached championship glory but the younger brother has many more seasons to see that dream come true.
Twins Plot: An organization dreams up the perfect team and tries to mold that team to fit the dream that they have. The coach and general manager try to manipulate the system to fit the needs of the organization. A hometown star, some veteran players, and a young pitching staff all form the cornerstones of this dream state. The ultimate goal for the team is a championship, but is this only a dream or can it become reality?
The Kids Are All Right
Twins Plot: A power-hitting veteran is torn between the chance to play closer to home or to move to another market that is further away. Traveling further away would mean a higher salary. But his family is an important part of his life and they will play a large role in deciding the path he will take. In the end the kids are the right choice for this player as he decides to stay closer to home and chase the 600 HR mark.
The King's Speech
Twins Plot: The hometown star has become a king to the fans of the local baseball market. He is a superstar player on a worldwide stage that is seeing himself become a leader. His new leadership role brings a much larger contract along with many endorsements. This soft spoken man must find his voice and lead his team to the promise land.
127 Hours
Twins Plot: The playoff dreams of a franchise seemed to be dashed in the same fashion every season. The hated rivals from the east trap the hometown team between a rock and a hard place. The hometown team seems to have the life sucked out of them in less than 127 hours. Finding a way to survive in this harsh environment is the task that faces a new generation of players.
The Social Network
Twins Plot: Two outfielders use social networking tools to increase their already wide fan bases. Through Tweets and Facebook, these two players keep their fans up-to-date with all of the happenings of a major league player. This instant interaction with fans increases to grow along with the social network of the world.
Toy Story 3
Twins Plot: A coming of age story as a young prospect finds himself thrust into the middle of a pennant race. His overwhelming success is something that fans hope reemerges in his second trip through the major leagues. But a sophomore slump is something that can haunt even the best of players. By avoiding this slump, the young player can bring a child-like happiness to fans everywhere.
True Grit
Twins Plot: A grizzled old gunslinger is asked to help a developing pitching staff to hunt down a title. He is teamed with a star catcher and other talent as they journey through their league in search of victories that bring them closer to their goal. There are many perils along the way as the old veteran shows his true grit.
Winter's Bone
Twins Plot: The cold of winter provided a variety of discomfort in the bone region of this left-handed tosser. The team is left wondering if this player can be a true ace for the staff. With the injury filled past of the pitcher, the organization isn't interested in betting the house on this player at this time. With Target Field as the backdrop, the player needs to find a way to show the organization that he has the mental make-up to be a cornerstone of the franchise.


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Defensive line coach Tim Daoust also took to the road - hitting the Midwest - to see some talented players in both the JUCO class of 2013 and 2014. One has been offered and more may be on the way.
With so many prospects holding offers and plenty more with Syracuse interest at this point, let's sort out each player from each school - as well as the latest information on him.
For a look at the many, many 2013 prospects in detail - go inside the Manley Zoo forum or simply click HERE.
Remember running back Charles Davis? Well, he was visited on Wednesday and had some interesting news to deliver on his status with the Orange. Click HERE to get the scoop on him and what it may mean down the road.


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May 25, 2004
Development Includes Plans For Up To 2,300 Residential Units, 250,000 Square Feet Of Retail Space, a School, Parkland and Other Amenities
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today celebrated the grand opening of Arverne by the Sea, New York's newest oceanfront community in Rockaway, Queens. When completed, Arverne by the Sea will include 2,300 residential units in a mix of one- and two-family homes, mid-rise rental-apartment buildings and condominiums, over 250,000 square feet of retail space, a YMCA, school, transportation center, and ten acres of parkland. Benjamin-Beechwood, LLC, the development team, paid the City $8.3 million for the land and expects to spend another $100 million on infrastructure, community facilities and amenities. Purchase prices for the first 27 homes being celebrated today ranged from $395,000 to $495,000. They were sold through a lottery that gives preference to Queens District 14 residents. Eight buyers currently reside in Queens Community District 14; five, in other parts of Queens; eight, in other boroughs; and six, in the metropolitan area. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) Commissioner Shaun Donovan, Benjamin-Beechwood, LLC, community and business leaders, and buyers of new two-family homes along Shorefront Parkway and Beach 73rd Street joined the Mayor for the ribbon cutting ceremony.
"Today ends 40 years of dashed hopes and deferred dreams for the Arverne community, and it opens a bright new chapter in the future of the Rockaways as we see the first fruits of a successful collaboration among government, the private sector, and the residents of the Rockaways," said Mayor Bloomberg. "These new homes in Arverne, and plans for thousands more, constitute a major element of our Administration's $3 billion housing plan initiative to finance the construction or rehabilitation of 65,000 units of affordable housing in all five boroughs by 2008, which will mean homes for almost 200,000 New Yorkers. We welcome and congratulate the first homebuyers to their new beachfront homes at Arverne by the Sea."
"Today we see the future of Rockaway," said Queens Borough President Helen Marshall. "After a generation of hopes and promises, these homes are proof that the renaissance of the Rockaways has finally begun. It will continue to flourish with thousands of new homes, recreational and retail facilities and a great natural resource - the beloved beaches of Rockaway. Arverne by the Sea provides attractive quality housing with the Atlantic Ocean for a front porch."
As part of the second phase of construction, another 121 two-family homes are already underway. HPD expects to issue a Request for Proposals for the redevelopment of the 47-acre East End section of the Arverne Urban Renewal Area at the end of the year, which will add up to 1,500 units of mixed-income housing and approximately 600,000 square feet of commercial and retail space. An additional 200 housing units are planned for Water's Edge, bringing the total of new City-sponsored homes in the Arverne Urban Renewal Area to up to 4,010.
During the first half of the twentieth century, Rockaway was an affluent beach resort, but through the 1950's the area declined until 308 acres along the shoreline were designated an Urban Renewal Area in 1964 and eventually cleared by city-sponsored demolition. After a number of unsatisfactory attempts to redevelop the acreage, in 1998 HPD, the Queens Borough President and Community Board 14 formed the Arverne Working Committee and produced a "concept plan" that became the basis for a Request for Proposal. Benjamin-Beechwood, LLC, a joint venture between two experienced builder/developers, Benjamin Development Co. and the Beechwood Organization, was designated by HPD in 2000 as the developer through the competitive RFP process.
"This project is about the rebirth of a community with very special natural resources," said The Benjamin Organization President Alvin Benjamin. "For me, it is also a very personal experience as it is a homecoming to a place where I spent summers as a child. We are very proud of the dynamic leadership of Mayor Bloomberg. His vision has been a very important part of the success of this project."
"We also thank the award wining firm of Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn, the master planners and design architects of this beautiful community and HPD for their guidance," said Les Lerner of The Beechwood Organization. "With careful planning and community participation, Arverne by the Sea is now the premier residential housing community in New York City."
"After my husband died, I thought I should make a change and buy something, but I didn't want to leave the community where I'd put down roots," said Community resident, Susan Locke, publisher of the local newspaper, The Wave, who has been renting on the Rockaway Peninsula since 1975. "I looked, but anything affordable needed so much work, and I didn't want to give up my ocean views. Then along came Arverne by the Sea."
Many of the buyers from outside Queens Community Board 14 have spent time on the Rockaways and its waterfront. Wanda Jones Robinson who escorted the Mayor on a tour of her new home, remembers, "My husband and I taught both our sons how to ride their two-wheelers on that boardwalk. We detached the training wheels almost directly across the street from where we'll be living."
For a homeownership kit contact 311 or log on to www.nyc.gov/hpd.
Ed Skyler / Jennifer Falk (212) 788-2958
Carol Abrams (HPD)
(212) 863-5176
Joyce Skarka (Benjamin Development Corp.) (516) 935-5555
Robert Zimmerman (Beechwood Org.) (516) 829-8374
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By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Somewhere between curriculum committees, writing conferences and presentations to principals about computerized blackboards, Bridget Kay Call found a few hours this summer to rise up and fly.
An airplane ride simulating a near-zero-gravity environment was the icing on summer's cake for the high school English, speech and theater teacher from Matewan, W. Va., one of nearly 90 state Teachers of the Year who spent a week here swapping ideas at a special workshop courtesy of Northrop Grumman and other sponsors.
The experience of weightlessness left Call speechless — and able to sympathize with students who struggle to describe the world around them. "The speech teacher is speechless, and that's not quite like me," she says.
Though the flight was unusual — the first just for teachers — the teachers are not. Like most educators these days, they often spend summers working to fulfill new state and federal requirements.
"People think teachers are off for the summer, and they're not," says Kathleen Blake Yancey of the National Council of Teachers of English.
The trend toward better qualifications has intensified with No Child Left Behind, President Bush's education reform law, which demands that all teachers be "highly qualified" in every subject they teach.
A federal review found that not a single state had met the Education Department's spring deadline that every core-subject teacher be qualified in his or her subject.
Only nine states received favorable reviews for filing plans that show how they'll get all teachers qualified by the end of the 2006-'07 school year.
Many districts require summer courses and workshops to get their share of the nation's 3 million teachers up to speed. Teachers these days also study sea turtle habitats in Costa Rica, evolution in the Galapagos, geology in Wyoming, physics at Los Alamos, N.M., and the history of the Wright Brothers in Dayton, Ohio, among others specialties.
While public money is limited, teachers tap into hundreds of public-private partnerships that, in many cases, take them far from home for once-in-a-lifetime training experiences.
"If I don't keep growing, how do I expect my students to?" says Call, 53, her zip-up navy-blue flight suit adorned with a tiny silver pin in the shape of West Virginia.
She and others say young teachers have especially busy summers, with rules that all but force them to earn a master's degree early in their career. A colleague of Call's on the flight, Durand Payton, 33, teaches biology in Moss Point, Miss. He has taught only four years and already is taking four classes at the University of Southern Mississippi to keep his job. "It's been a very busy summer," he says.
Shannon C'de Baca, a veteran science teacher in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a trainer in the federally funded Teacher-to-Teacher workshops every summer, estimates that 60% to 70% of her colleagues take some sort of summer coursework, either to keep certification current or to "learn tricks of the trade" from other teachers.
"We don't have time to talk to other teachers except before school and after school," she says.
Meetings and tutoring sessions intrude on training and discussion among colleagues, which teachers "seem to crave," C'de Baca says.
The government established the Teacher-to-Teacher program in 2004 to serve students who don't always get well-trained instructors.
"Teachers were desperate for high-quality professional development done by their peers," says Carolyn Snowbarger, who directs the program. By the end of this summer, the program will have trained about 10,000 teachers.
"By the time you multiply that out, we will have reached the teachers of a million students," Snowbarger says.
This summer, teachers have traveled to Dayton to learn about the early work of the Wright Brothers; to Billings, Mont., to learn about the history and science of the Lewis and Clark expedition; and to West Orange, N.J., to learn about the work of Thomas Edison.
The program is a relative bargain at $2 million. Teachers or their school districts cover travel, meals and hotel expenses, and many teachers carpool and share hotel rooms to cut costs.
At San Francisco's Exploratorium, a popular hands-on science museum, hundreds of teachers spend four weeks training each summer. Each Friday they take part in an Iron Science Teacher competition to see who can come up with the best lesson using identical supplies. In a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Iron Chef TV series, trainers at the last minute throw in a surprise supply to be incorporated. In 25 years, they have trained about 3,400 teachers and 1,000 teacher trainers.
Though no reliable data exist on how many teachers train or work during the summer, national data show the percentage of teachers earning a master's degree more than doubled from 1961 to 2001, from 23% to 56%.
The No Child Left Behind law is just one of the factors driving the changes. Businesses are demanding better-prepared students, adding to the pressure teachers feel to keep up-to-date on the latest research and developments in their fields.
Yet recent research shows that U.S. teachers spend less time collaborating with their colleagues than teachers elsewhere. In Japan, for instance, teachers spend about one-third fewer hours a day in front of classes but more time brainstorming with colleagues.
On any given day, Japanese teachers are far more likely than U.S. teachers to be in the teachers' lounge, asking one another, "What worked in your classroom today?" says Dennis Bartels, the Exploratorium's executive director.
Though thousands of teachers take advantage of programs such as those at the Exploratorium, the numbers are "infinitesimal compared to the number of teachers we want to be constantly learning and improving our practice," says Dennis Sparks of the National Staff Development Council, a non-profit advocacy group based in Ohio.
Snowbarger agrees. She hopes Congress will raise her budget from $2 million to $3 million to expand her summer workshops next year.
"If we're going to have accountability for students, we're certainly going to have accountability for how we're training our teachers," she says.


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Not Even Chump Change For D.C. Residents In MLB Deal
"The baseball deal is outrageous enough to bring [Joe] Ruffin out of the shadows." A sometimes political advisor, Ruffin is apparently running this campaign on his own, without and support or outside direction. "He says other cities that built stadiums got a big chunk of change from baseball owners and thinks D.C. deserves a similar deal."
"Ruffin is waging a one-man assault against the government's agreement with MLB to build a ballpark in Southeast. Ruffin's Ward 3 address has appeared on two slick mailings to likely voters. He purchased an ad in the Washington Post and bankrolled a poll showing that D.C. voters think baseball owners should kick in more cash for a stadium. Ruffin also crafted a recorded phone message urging residents to tell their councilmembers to vote no on the stadium lease agreement. The message concluded with the tag line, 'Paid for by Joe Ruffin.'"


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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Development of a Limited Scleroderma Cutaneous Activity and Damage Index.
Chung1, Lorinda, Furst5, Daniel E., Maranian3, Paul, Arefiev2, Kait, Zwerner2, Jeffrey, Khanna4, Dinesh, Werth6, Victoria P.
Stanford Univ Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Stanford Univ Medical Center
UCLA Medical School
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
University of California Los Angeles Medical School, Los Angeles, CA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Most clinical trials for skin disease in systemic sclerosis patients have excluded patients with the limited cutaneous subtype (lcSSc) due to the lack of a robust measure of cutaneous disease in these patients. We sought to develop and partially validate a novel cutaneous index for patients with lcSSc.
We developed the Limited Scleroderma Cutaneous Activity and Damage Index (L-SCADI) based on an extensive literature review and input from 11 SSc experts (6 rheumatologists and 5 dermatologists) providing face and content validity. Following a 30 minute training session, 6 physicians (2 rheumatologists and 4 dermatologists) used the L-SCADI to score the severity of skin disease in 12 lcSSc patients. To assess construct validity, physicians completed visual analogue scales (VAS) to score global assessment of cutaneous activity and damage (PGA-a and PGA-d), and patients completed a VAS global assessment of skin disease (PtGA), the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index, the Dermatology Life Quality Index, and the Short-Form-36 (SF-36). Inter-rater reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) in a 2-way random model. After scoring every patient once, each physician scored at least one patient a second time to assess intra-rater reliability.
All 12 patients were female, 83% Caucasian, with mean disease duration from first non-Raynaud's symptom of 11.9±9.6 years (5 with <= 6 years, 7 with > 6 years). Mean time to complete the L-SCADI was 6.9±1.5 min. Mean activity (063), damage (053), and total (0116) scores were 10.7±6.3, 7.0±5.2, and 17.7±9.1, where 0=no disease. L-SCADI activity and damage scores were highly correlated with PGA-a and PGA-d (rho=0.77 (p=0.004) for activity, 0.8 (p=0.002) for damage). L-SCADI activity was moderately correlated with PtGA (rho=0.6, p=0.04), while L-SCADI damage was highly negatively correlated with the SF-36 Physical Component Summary score (rho=-0.92, p=0.0001). The inter-rater reliability for PGA-a and PGA-d was modest (ICC 0.34 and 0.43), while the consistency among raters for the L-SCADI activity, damage, and total scores was moderate (ICC 0.52, 0.58, 0.55). The ICC for L-SCADI total improved to 0.62 after excluding edema. Mean time between repeat assessments was 50.2±34.7 min. Intra-rater reliability for PGA-a was not significant, but was excellent for PGA-d (ICC 0.89). Intra-rater reliability for L-SCADI activity was moderate (ICC 0.57), while the damage and total scores had much higher correlations (ICC 0.86 and 0.69).
The L-SCADI is easy to perform and has reasonable construct validity. Inter- and intra-rater reliability for the L-SCADI activity score is moderate, but better than the PGA-a, with much greater intra-rater agreement for the assessment of disease damage. The variability in physician assessments suggests that more extensive training prior to use of the L-SCADI is essential, and further development of the scale is necessary.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Chung, Lorinda, Furst, Daniel E., Maranian, Paul, Arefiev, Kait, Zwerner, Jeffrey, Khanna, Dinesh, et al; Development of a Limited Scleroderma Cutaneous Activity and Damage Index. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :1213
DOI: 10.1002/art.28979


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I typically don't buy makeup at stores that sell clothes (H&M, Forever 21, etc.), but Topshop is an entirely different story. First off, it's a British brand, and in a weird way, buying anything from them is my way of feeling hip and European. Secondly, there are so few Topshop stores in the US that snagging anything from them still feels like you got your hands on something special. Thirdly, and most importantly, I've been lucky enough to try some of the Topshop makeup line at work, and I was quite impressed. Last weekend, as I was strolling through SoHo, I decided to pick up a couple of lipsticks from Topshop to add to my growing lipstick collection. In this post, I will be discussing Topshop Matte Finish Lipstick in Whimsical ($16 at Topshop stores or topshop.com), which I purchased with my apparently still valid student ID.
From the Topshop website:
"Velvet finish lipstick to smooth, moisturize and nourish lips. Apply for fabulous color and moisturized, matte finish, wear alone or with gloss for a shiny finish."
The lipstick comes in a sturdy metal lipstick container that snaps shut.
Whimsical is a light salmon pink with opaque coverage in one swatch. It has a matte finish.
Ease of Use
This lipstick was tricky to apply evenly, so I suggest you blend the color with your finger after applying. The color also quickly settled into the lines on my lips--a huge no-no! If you have very dry lips and you want to pull-off this color, I highly recommend exfoliating with a lip scrub, because this pale lip color will not do a good job of masking any lip imperfections.
Whimsical felt light and moisturizing on the lips. Unfortunately, it started to fade after just two hours and required touching-up multiple times during the day.
Whimsical is a lovely color that felt comfortable and moisturizing on the lips, but that's where the positives end. The formula settled into the ridges on my lips immediately, and the color was difficult to apply evenly. Add to that, this lipstick started fading after just two hours. It's such a shame since I love the salmon pink color on my skin tone!


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Crooked Road Ramblers and Upland Express to perform at NRCC bluegrass jamboree in January
|New River Community College (NRCC) will feature the music of the Crooked Road Ramblers and Upland Express during its Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club Jamboree on Saturday, January 12. The music will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Edwards Hall, room 117, at NRCC in Dublin.
The Crooked Road Ramblers are from Virginia and North Carolina and play traditional old-time dance music. The members of the band are Kilby Spencer on fiddle, John Perry on guitar, Donald Hill on guitar and vocals and Karen Carr on bass and vocals.
Upland Express began in 1974 as a bluegrass band, but has branched out to play a variety of styles including country and rock. Current band members include Barry Collins on banjo, bass and background vocals; Garry Collins on guitar, bass, lead and background vocals; Barry BJ James on lead and rhythm guitar and bass, and lead and background vocals; and Dara James on harmonica, guitar, keyboard and lead and background vocals.
Corporate sponsors of the jamborees include CVS Pharmacy, Dublin; King's Tire Service, Pulaski; Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.; Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce; Pulaski County Patriot, Pulaski; Shoney's Restaurant, Dublin; Southern Furniture Warehouse, Radford; Trader's Emporium & Estate Jewelry Services, Dublin; Wade's Supermarket, Dublin; and WPSK Radio.
The doors open at 5 p.m. for the show. There is no charge for admission; however, donations will be accepted to help pay travel expenses for the musicians. The jamborees are held the second Saturday of each month through April at NRCC, a Crooked Road affiliated venue.
More information about the NRCC Fiddle, Banjo, and Dance Club is available from Roger Adkins at 674-3600, ext. 4307, and online at http://www.nr.edu/fiddle .
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Anti-Bullying Policy
It is the policy of the University that no student, faculty or staff member should be subjected to bullying or harassing behavior by any other student, faculty or staff member. Furthermore, no person should engage in any act of reprisal or retaliation against a victim, witness or anyone with information about an act of bullying or harassing behavior.
"Bullying or harassing behavior" is defined as any pattern of gestures or written, electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening communication, or any act reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, that takes place on any property owned or controlled by The University of Southern Mississippi, or during any activity in whatever place sponsored by, directed or controlled by The University of Southern Mississippi, and that also fulfills one of the following conditions:
• Places a student, faculty or staff member in actual and reasonable fear of harm to his or her person or damage to his or her property
• Creates or is certain to create a hostile environment by substantially interfering with or impairing a student'seducational performance, opportunities or benefits
"Hostile environment" is defined as the condition wherein the victim subjectively views the conduct as bullying or harassing behavior and the conduct is objectively severe or pervasive enough that a reasonable person would agree it is bullying or harassing behavior.
"Suitable party" is defined as a person with responsibility to prevent bullying or harassing behavior within or during a particular activity, class, building or function. In the case of a student being subjected to bullying or harassing behavior, a suitable party might be an instructor, residence hall staff or a counselor. In the case of a faculty or staff member being subjected to bullying or harassing behavior, a suitable party might be a dean, academic chair or a superior.


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Worcester's preparations have been dealt a blow this week with the news that fly half Matthew Jones and full back Chris Latham will both miss the trip to the capital after suffering injuries.
Director of Rugby Ruddock remains confident his team can make it a hat-trick of top-flight wins but knows his new-look team will face a stern test against a Saracens side that are set to welcome back some star names.
"It would be nice if we could get a win but we expect it to be tough. Saracens have lost their last couple of games and so we expect a pretty severe backlash on their home soil," he said.
"But our goal is to put in a big performance and if we do that and play well then we could get a win. That is our aim but it will take a massive performance and our preparation has got to be right.
"This week has gone to plan, the boys have trained well and the feeling in game after a couple of wins is great. Now we need to use that spirit with good tactics to get a result.
"They have got some internationals back, they have had some big players missing and people that provide great leadership quality," he added.
"It will be tougher for us as we have lost a couple of our more significant players in Matt Jones and Chris Latham this week.
"That tips the scales in their favour and we will go as underdogs, but that suits us and I'm sure the boys will give a very good account of themselves."


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Lyn ran a B&B Inn in Vancouver, Canada for 22 years before buying, and building, Sayulita Suites in 2008. She also organises four Farmer...
Lyn ran a B&B Inn in Vancouver, Canada for 22 years before buying, and building, Sayulita Suites in 2008. She also organises four Farmers' Markets in Vancouver in the summer months while a bi-lingual manager looks after Sayulita Suites.
The property is well located in a quiet, family area with an easy 6 minute walk to the beach and plaza.
Lyn has designed the suites with guest comfort in mind and they are fitted with everything to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Our king/single beds are very comfortable. Our showers provide lots of hot water and we provide free purified drinking water for our guests.
Our two patios have many flowering plants, lounges, tables and chairs for your use.We provide beach towels/chairs and a boogie board for each unit.
We have a large screen TV and movie nights, WIFI, cooking, Spanish and yoga classes on request. We have a large used book and DVD library.
We have a great sense of community with guests returning every year.
We are pet friendly.
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Gallery: Kwanzaa celebration at La Pintoresca Branch Library in Pasadena
PASADENA - Residents from across the city Thursday celebrated Kwanzaa at La Pintoresca Library paying tribute to seven African principles and their importance in the community.
The event was hosted by Pasadena Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
While thought of as a holiday celebrated by blacks, the Kwanzaa celebration at La Pintoresca Library was a multicultural affair with audience members and featured guests of various ethnic and racial backgrounds. The Rose Court even made a brief appearance as part of their whirlwind tour leading up to the New Year's Day Rose Parade.
The multicultural appeal of Kwanzaa may be in the themes that make up the holiday and very spirit of the holiday, said Esther Watkins, the sorority's Kwanzaa chair.
She said Kwanzaa gives people a chance to "define yourself; create for yourself, not allowing other to define you."
Sticking to the theme of Kujichagulia, or self-determination, as a theme, local storyteller Michael McCarty told the audience about William Kamkwamba, an African man who turned into a Ted Talk sensation. Kamkwamba built a water well from scratch and saved his small farming village.
McCarty told the children about Kamkwamba nosing through people's trash to find parts for his windmill.
"There's wasn't Home Depot or `Windmill's-R-Us,"' McCarty said about Kamkwamba's efforts to build the windmill.
For McCarty, the story of Kamkwamba epitomizes what Kwanzaa is trying to teach us.
"If that ain't Kujichagulia, I don't know what is," McCarty said.
Brother Yusef, a local musician, played blues songs for the audience and talked about the importance of the music to black Americans.
"This is the music that allowed us to survive," he said. "It allowed us to express ourselves freely in a culture where we were not free."


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Flames billowed through the clouds of haze,
The iridescent conflagration of fire burned with zealous blaze.
And from the smoldering flames arose,
The work of a generation that glided into the air,
Lighting up the cerulean sky with an ethereal glow.
The silver ship that held the hopes of a nation left the planet covered in blue,
Its inhabitants working frantically as the rocket flew.
For the purpose of this mechanical apparatus's life,
Was to find any planets that could sustain humanity's light,
In the infinite and star illuminated black chasm of night.
In 1969 when history was made,
The industry of Space became our new trade.
From NASA to the ISS to the new inventions created,
It seemed as though the era of space would out do all other ages.
Yet forty-one years later, the future of space is rife with strife,
Full of peril and without hope, its once unthinkable end now in sight.
But there is always hope.
For like a phoenix, the era of space will rise once more,
Heralding in a new Golden Age that will sustain forever more.
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The possibilities are endless,
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SIX homes in Frinton and Kirby Cross have been hit by burglars in the last two weeks.
Over the two-week span houses in Wimborne Gardens, Chapel Lane, Elm Grove and Sycamore Way have all been raided.
And police officers are appealing for residents in the area to report anything suspicious and catch the crooks responsible.
David Gillies, Tendring Crime Prevention Officer said: "Six may not sound like too many but for this area it is a sharp increase on what we might expect to see.
"We want to stop this now before anyone else becomes a victim in this spate."
People can also contact Mr Gillies at Clacton police station by calling 101 for crime prevention advice, or visit Parker's Nursery in Kirby Cross where a garden has been mocked up to model safeguarding equipment and techniques.


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> If this could be implemented in monowall it would help me (and others) alot in fighting spam
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I've only taken two Disney cruises, but I've developed one good habit. Note it is only one. Anyway, it is getting up around 4 AM on the last day to take photos as we roll into port. I woke up extra early and took out both my cameras (the NEX 7 and 6) to collect as many photos as I could. I took a ton! In fact, I blew through an entire card and had to pop in a backup!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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OnMedia: Doing the MPTV shuffle
It used to be simple, Milwaukee Public TV had two channels, 10 and 36.
Then came digital TV and public television outlets boosted the number of channels they offer, providing jazz and classical music along with the PBS programming.
Well, digital TV remains something of a work in progress, and plans are progressing to offer HD programming on Channel 36, in addition to high-definition programming that airs on Channel 10.
That's just one of the reason for a shuffling of MPTV's digital sub-channels that's scheduled to happen on the morning of Sept. 1.
Perhaps the more important reason is continuing problems with Channel 10's reception.
The reasons are complicated, starting with the fact that over-the-air digital channels aren't really the number that pops up on your TV screen. Most are actually UHF channels, but they continue to use the old numbers viewers knew in the analog broadcasting days.
Channel 10 is a relative rarity, it's actually broadcasting on Channel 8, a VHF channel. And one of the things broadcasters have learned since the digital transition last year is that VHF digital channels have some problems.
MPTV general manager Ellis Bromberg says more than 1,000 calls, letters and e-mails have come in since the transition complaining of problems with Channel 10 reception.
"We'll see if this really resolves most of the problems," says Bromberg. If not, the fix could prove expensive.
None of these changes will affect cable viewers, only the minority of TV watchers who depend on an over-the-air antenna.
The shuffle is also designed to make sure over-the-air viewers who can't get Channel 10, can receive Channel 10 programming in a non-HD simulcast as Channel 36.2.
Starting Sept. 1, this will be the over-the-air lineup for Channels 10 and 36:
- 10.2 MPTV World
- 10.3 MPTV V-me
- 10.4 MPTV Weather (upgraded)
- 36.1 MPTV-36 (HD in early 2011)
- 36.2 MPTV-10 (simulcast; not HD)
- 36.3 MPTV Create
- 36.4 MPTV Classical
- 36.5 MPTV Jazz
- 36.6 MPTV Traffic
The HD version of Channel 36 won't start broadcasting until early next year. But the change is being made now to get the channel shuffle out of the way with one shot.
If you don't rescan your digital TV (or converter box), you may not get all the available channels.
I recommend regular rescanning to make sure you're getting everything that's out there.
One other change coming is an upgraded weather channel. Bromberg says MPTV has contracted with Accuweather to provide more weather information on the channel, which currently carries very basic audio and video from the National Weather Service.
Speaking of digital TV: As long as we're talking about digital sub-channels, Channel 6 is using its digital Channel 6.2 next Tuesday to carry its 9 p.m. newscast, while the main channel is airing Fox's MLB All-Star Game.
Channel 6.2, which carries Retro TV's lineup of old television shows, is available on Time Warner Cable's Channel 991 and Charter Cable's Channel 967.
Take that, Jay and NBC: The short-lived Conan O'Brien version of NBC's "Tonight Show" got an Emmy nomination in the best variety, music or comedy series category, along with "The Daily Show," "Real Time with Bill Maher," "Saturday Night Live" and "The Colbert Report." It got nominations in three other categories, as well.
No, Jay Leno's failed prime-time show didn't get an Emmy nomination. HBO's "The Pacific," got 24 nominations, and Fox's "Glee" got 19.
The awards will be given out Aug. 29 on NBC.
The nominees were announced this morning by "Modern Family" co-star Sophie Vergara and "Community" co-star Joel McHale.
On the homefront, Green Bay's own Tony Shalhoub picked up his eighth Emmy nomination as outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for the final season of his "Monk."
Among the other nomination highlights:
- Outstanding comedy series: "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Glee," "Nurse Jackie," "The Office," "30 Rock."
- Outstanding drama series: "Breaking Bad," "Dexter," "The Good Wife," "Lost," "Mad Men," "True Blood."
- Outstanding reality-competition program: "The Amazing Race," "American Idol," "Dancing with the Stars," "Project Runway," "Top Chef."
You can find a complete list of nominees at the Emmy Web site.
And if you didn't catch "The Pacific," here's a look at the most-nominated show in this year's Emmy list:
FUGITIVEMSD | July 9, 2010 at 10:55 p.m. (report)
Umm...here we go again... Conan gets an Emmy nod for an underwatched weird prorgam moved to the Tonight's Show time period...that didn't produce....and Jay gets slammed....tiring...the real Injustice is no noms for Community!!!!
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cuprisin | July 8, 2010 at 1:03 p.m. (report)
Accuweather wouldn't offer two different weather reports. But I'm guessing it's a different package. I do know that the package includes weather graphics which Channels 10 and 36 were already using on-screen during yesterd afternoon's downpour.
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Pete. | July 8, 2010 at 12:46 p.m. (report)
WTMJ is using Accuweather for their 4.2 channel. Would this just be the exact same thing?
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devidia | July 8, 2010 at 12:10 p.m. (report)
Whaddaya mean, no Emmy for Jay Leno's prime time stint?? They wuz robbed!!! There is no God...
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cuprisin | July 8, 2010 at 11:41 a.m. (report)
As far as I know, the various other pay TV options don't carry any of MPTV's sub-channels. So they couldn't be affected by a change in a lineup they don't carry.
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