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The Trials of Gifted Bilingual Students
Two posts ago I wrote about an Arizona Republic columnist who pitted gifted kids against English language learners in a way that suggested kids couldn't possibly be both. Now I've learned, according to a South Bend Tribune article, that kids who are both face a very interesting, very modern problem. Namely, states have an incentive to claim that anyone who does well in school and is from a family that hasn't been in this country long, is part of their bilingual program. The federal No Child Left Behind law requires states to test their English language learners on English proficiency, and rates states based on passing rates. So even if you've been speaking English fluently for years and are completely mainstreamed, the state will pull you out of class to take the exam so it can include your high score in its average. That's what happened to Maymay Lam and Thuy Nguyen of Riley High School in South Bend. You can read their story here.
Basically, these girls who speak English as well as any of us were pulled out of their advanced classes for hours and forced to take a test that featured oral questions like "Example: Martha went to the store to buy groceries. Question: What did Martha do?" Then the teacher would hold up a picture of a chair and ask "what is this?" and "how do you use it?" Lam refused to take the rest of the test, saying it was insulting. Now the state is saying she doesn't have any choice; they are "forced" to do this through NCLB, even though Lam was born in the United States. Because she speaks Chinese at home, Indiana is trying to rope her in.
I hope Lam prevails in her fight. When I was a high school student in Indiana, I managed to get out of taking a basic 10th grade test that would have required me to miss days of my calculus class simply to be a guinea pig for the new test the state was thinking of using. My family said I would stay home; eventually, my school agreed I didn't have to take it. These families are already a step ahead of the game by calling up the local paper. With any luck, other families will be inspired to fight this time-waster as well.
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This year we have once again bottled, and canned both beers. Bottled stock is on the way to Australia, and we expect to see it start to hit shelves this coming week!
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Perfect Selection Dracula is an album containing rap arrangements of music from early Castlevania games. The arrangements were done by Nazo² Project and the chorus and lyrics were done by Ornell Jones and Joey McCoy. The CD was released on September 5th, 1991 and is very rare.
Track listEdit
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- Mad Forest
- Bloody Tears
- Clockwork
- Flashback
- Demon Seed
- Prelude
- Vampire Killer
- Dwelling of Doom
- Voyager
Additional InformationEdit
- Nazo² Project made also arrangements for Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~.
- Tracks 8, 10: from Castlevania.
- Tracks 3, 9: from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
- Tracks 1, 2, 4~7: from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
- Sound Producer: Nazo² Project
- Guitar: Nazo Nazo Suzuki
- Arrange: Jun Irie
- Manipulator: Hideki Matsutake
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Hi Stephen, I tried out your web-based Derby manager. It seemed to work very well, except that my X server freaked out about drawing those Mac graphics! (took all cpu for quite long every time a new window/frame was created, or when I used the scroll bars) Don't really know what else you could have added, as I'm not using these kind of tools much. On first sight, I did not miss any basic features related to manipulating the contents of the database. I did not see any interface for backing up/restoring the database or letting another user access the database, but maybe I missed it or this kind of functionality might be out of scope. I would recommend users more experienced with management systems to try it out and comment on it! I can see the value of the software in letting users manage their own databases on a server through a web-interface, as I have seen some ISPs offer. regards, -- Kristian Stephen Caine wrote: > Derby Users: > > Our company has created a web-based Derby manager. This is an "preview" > that we are putting up for a short while so Derby users can play with it. > > The Derby manager (QDBM) will be included in our next Qilan release (our > web development product). > > To access QDBM, go to: http://willow.powersrvcs.net:8080/qilan/_q_support/ > > Username: qilan > Password: qdbm > > A single database is running, Portal_Control. It can be accessed with: > > Username: QILAN > Password: MY_PASSWORD > > If you want to see what the web interface (front end) looks like that > uses Portal_Control, go to: > > http://willow.powersrvcs.net:8080/qilan/Login > > The login information can be viewed by holding the cursor over the input > fields (title tags). > > While it is fine to modify Portal_Control, it may become unusable if > certain data is deleted/modified. If this happens, notify > email@example.com to restore the data base. > > We appreciate your comments and suggestions. We expect it will get > broken several times over the next few days :) > > Stephen Caine > CommonGround Softworks, Inc. > www.qilan.com > > Phil McNamara > CommonGround Softworks Inc. > firstname.lastname@example.com > http://www.commongrnd.com
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New poly with asexual wife
I just wrote that subject line and thought to myself, "boy are you screwed!" (no pun intended).
I'm a woman who has been with my wife for over a decade. My wife went through menopause about 5 years ago and lost her sex drive almost completely. I've been patient, she's gone on hormones, but finally we (actually she) decided enough is enough about two weeks ago. After another couple of months to grieve (I'm smart enough to know I'm not dateable right now) that my wife doesn't feel like being sexual with me (or anyone) any more, or rarely, if so, I've made it clear that I'm going to need to see other women. She's not crazy about the idea, but gets that it's necessary, and is good with it as long as I'm discreet. I have no idea how to do that. My standard mode of being is to be very forthright, so 'sneaking around' will feel wrong to me.
The ideal scenario for both of us seems to be for us to stay as primaries and for me to form a secondary relationship with another woman, hopefully someone poly herself. I'm Wiccan, and my religion is very poly-friendly, and I know a couple of poly people casually. I've been considering poly as an option for awhile now, long before my current partner, and even tried it briefly with an earlier partner, but it turned out not to be a fit for her.
Where I'm having problems, beyond the grief, is how or whether to 'come out' when I'm ready to do that. I live in a reasonable sized city, but still, the lesbian community is a small and chatty one, and I don't want to be gossipped about. As well, my wife and I are well known as a couple, and she's quite private. If word gets out I'm dating other women, I fear it will be interesting news. I'm sure she doesn't want everyone to know she lost her libido, for example. I'm not big on being closeted, but I'd like some privacy while I figure out what the hell I'm doing. Because of this, and the fact that a lot of my friends are our mutual friends, I've only told one friend what is going on, and I feel pretty isolated. The friend I told is mono, and I can tell by her face she thinks that the poly thing is a bad idea and I'm just in denial that I'm getting a divorce.
My wife and I are good partners to one another, and have a lot of family and other glue tying us together, but I fear sometimes that going poly is a way of just bargaining with the inevitable, that we're doomed. We are the first lesbian marriage most of our family have ever experienced, and her family are so good to me, that we both feel like we would lose something irreparable if we gave each other up as family. I have a feeling this could work, but not a lot of logic to back it up. Are there any other people out there married to asexual people, who have other partners?
The odd thing is, this all feels like the hand of the Goddess here, if that makes sense, that we're letting go of what has died, but allowing things to be reborn in another form. What I do know, though, is that I don't think I can be monogamous again with someone else even if we do split up.
I know this is kind of a light discussion area, but I didn't have any place I could get out of my head what is going on with people who might potentially understand. I feel so sad and lost.
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Ladies, you may have to snatch him out of the grips of Gabrielle Union, but Dwayne Wade is officially single.
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Kenmore elite (model #79577243600) refrig and the handle has become loose and has pulled off it's post. How do I reattach and tighten?
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The door handle is partially attached. How do I press it back into place?
If my memory serves me correctly, you should see two posts attached to the refrigerator door right now. The handle slips over these posts and if you look closely there is a little hole in the handle where you would insert a allen key wrench to tighten the little screw against the post protruding from the door itself. With the door handle in your hand, properly match up the correct allen wrench to fit the allen screw very snug. Realign the door handle on the protrucing posts and tighten. Once finished, you should have a tight fitting door handle again. Let us know if we can help further.....Eric
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We use NTWare's Uniflow to manage our printers and offer secure print, reporting of stats and least cost printing etc.
I have just Virtualised the server that runs Uniflow and the licence has deacvtivated and gone into demo mode. Its seems that the software generates a SYSTEMID from a single or several parts of hardware. Obviously this has changed during the process and the software is reporting a different SYSTEMID.
I can resolve this by requesting a new licence and all that...but if vMotion kicks in then I might find myself in the same situation. First throughts from Canon Tech Support is vMotion won't make a difference as its the change in server hardware config that changes (like number or type of CPU, RAM etc) that makes the difference so if vMotion kicks in then the hardware config remains the same.
My question to everyone is What of Software Licence Activation Gotcha are there when P2Ving??
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Vmotion wont make any odds so long as the processors are the same on all the servers. The processors are about the only hardware to report properly on the guest OS with all the other hardware generally being reported as virtual so will remain constant. Not sure if the software will lock onto the processor or not and stop working if changed.
Apr 20, 2012 at 5:24 UTC
My question to everyone is What of Software Licence Activation Gotcha are there when P2Ving??
I think you just found it. Anything that takes a system inventory to generate license keys.
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The Church also seemed obsessed about the perceived threat of Protestants, despite the fact that they were a tiny fraction of the population in Italy, which was and remains overwhelmingly Catholic. What was that all about?
The pope only met with Mussolini once in all the years they lived a mile apart in Rome. In that 1932 meeting, the first subject he wanted to discuss was what he described as "the greatest cross" he had to bear. That was the fact that Protestants were trying to spread their influence in Italy. Mussolini tried to argue with him, saying Protestants were a tiny minority--under 1%--but the pope would have none of it. In this, the Church battle against the Protestants, begun in the sixteenth century, was still going strong. One of the requests the pope constantly made of the Fascist authorities was that they confiscate Protestant publications and prevent the Protestants from holding gatherings.
Within this framework, the Jews almost seem to be an afterthought. But the Vatican's historical feelings and policies actually had a lot to do with what ultimately happened to Italy's Jews. Can you talk about this a bit?
While the pope was more concerned about the threat posed by Protestants, the Church in Italy had long been engaged in warning of a Jewish threat. Major Vatican-linked publications played a big role in demonizing the Jews as modern anti-Semitism took shape in Europe in the late nineteenth century. When Pius XI came to St. Peter's throne in 1922 the Vatican was still very much warning good Christians about the Jews. Jews were blamed for practically all the evils of the modern day, in Church eyes, from capitalism to Communism. When Mussolini announced his anti-Semitic campaign in 1938, the Fascists drew heavily on Church materials. In fact, they claimed to be carrying out the wishes of the Church.
Let's look beyond Italy for a moment. In November, 1938, Nazis throughout Germany and Austria orchestrated the razing of thousands of synagogues, Jewish stores, schools, hospitals and homes. Jews were terrorized, arrested and murdered by the scores. 30,000 were herded together and transported to concentration camps. This came to be known as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and it got huge news coverage at the time. The Vatican response was - absolutely zero. In fact, what was niggling the Vatican wasn't what was happening to the Jews: [your book, p. 343] it was the controversy about marriages between Catholics and former Jews who had converted. Not only did the Vatican support Italian anti-racial laws, the circles around Pius XI sought a closer relationship with Hitler. How much did the Vatican's approval and appeasement of Hitler play a factor with the German Catholic clergy who initially strongly and actively opposed him?
This is an extremely controversial subject. Fortunately, there is an excellent book on this subject, The Pope and the Devil, published in 2010. Written by Professor Hubert Wolf, dean of modern Church historians in Germany, and a priest himself, it makes clear what actually happened. One of the major obstacles to Hitler's consolidation of a dictatorship was the Catholic Center Party. Indeed, through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, the German Church supported the Center Party and opposed Hitler and his Nazis. The head of Germany's government in the early 1930s came from the Catholic Center party. But when Hitler was named chancellor of Germany in early 1933, the Vatican decided to try to reach a deal with him and in doing so let the German Church hierarchy know it should abandon its strong anti-Nazi stance. The Center party dissolved within months of this.
I imagine that book has not been well-received by the Catholic establishment. On another topic, your book discusses the suppressed evidence of cardinals' misbehavior involving other men and minor boys. One of these cardinals was a close ally of the pope. Does this have any relevance to more recent history and all the scandals that have rocked the Church?
When the Vatican opens its archives to scholars, it does not make available those papers that deal with sensitive "personnel" matters. But it turns out that because by the late 1920s and through the 1930s Mussolini had a dense network of spies in the Vatican, we have insight into these cases of sexual misbehavior high in the Vatican in this period that we have for no other period of Church history. I focus in particular in my book on the two prelates who literally stood at the side of Pius XI every day, and on the two very different outcomes the trail of pederasty accusations against them had. Certainly both were covered up, and in one case a high prelate close to the pope with a long history of pederasty accusations was made a cardinal.
This book involved years of poring over the abundant and newly available documents. Did you go into your research with any expectations? What kind of surprises did you find along the way?
There were many surprises, both in the newly opened Vatican and Jesuit archives, and in various Italian Fascist regime archives. Let me briefly mention just two. I discovered that within months of Mussolini coming to power he and the pope agreed on a personal intermediary. Pietro Tacchi Venturi, a Jesuit who played this role, met with Mussolini one-on-one over a hundred times over the following years, carrying requests from the pope. Just what the pope wanted Mussolini to use his repressive powers to do was in itself eye opening. But I also discovered that the pope's envoy used his access to try to convince Mussolini that Italy's Jews presented a threat to him and he should take action against them. Another example is the secret agreement that the pope's envoy worked out with Mussolini pledging the pope's silence when the anti-Semitic racial laws were announced in 1938. It is a stupefying document that only now has seen the light of day with the opening of the archives.
Your book was just published a few weeks ago. It's a bit early, but how has The Pope and Mussolini been received so far? I can't imagine the Church hierarchy, or the rank and file, for that matter, will be thrilled with your findings, however scrupulously reached.
The book reviews have been enthusiastic, which has been gratifying. The New Republic, Commentary, and other magazines have run long stories on the book. The New Yorker had a nice blurb, and a long piece is due in the New York Review of Books. The trade press has also been very kind: Publishers' Weekly and Kirkus both gave the book a starred review. I have spoken to about twenty audiences around the country, and the crowds have often been large, and the interest great. I imagine Church reaction will come soon, as the Italian edition of the book was published by Rizzoli in March. Within the Church there are many who recognize the importance of coming to terms with this troubling history and they have greeted my book warmly. On the other hand, the right wing of the Church, for whom Pope Pius XII, the last pre-Vatican II pope, is the great hero, will no doubt heap abuse on the book and on me.
Another of your books is getting renewed attention right now. I'm referring to The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. Would you care to bring our readers up to date on the book and the latest developments?
Variety " broke" the news recently that Steven Spielberg is making a film based on my 1997 book, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. The book tells the story of a small Jewish child seized on orders of the Inquisitor in 1858, in the papal states, based on a rumor that he had been secretly baptized by a Christian servant girl. The episode becomes an international cause célèbre involving the pope directly. The Variety story about the plans for the film contained some errors, and the thousand or so online stories about the film since then have only magnified them. Several years ago now Spielberg read the book and decided he wanted to make a movie out of it. He was at the time in the midst of working with Tony Kushner on the script for Lincoln and he asked Tony to write the screenplay for the Mortara film based on my book. Kushner has been working on the script and I am hoping the film will soon be made. I can't imagine a better combination than Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner for making this film, and of course I am also excited that a Spielberg film will likely lead many more people to read the book.


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Feb 25
// Tianxiao Ma
Figure Name: Velvet BatrassFigure Maker: AlphamaxRetail Price: ¥9,800Available At: HobbyLink Japan | Hobby Search | AmiAmi | Plamoya | Big Bad Toy Store Velvet is a character from Shining Ark, one of many games bearing Tony Taka's character designs. She's leaning toward the ecchi side of things with her skimpy, but undeniably, pirate-oriented outfit. The figure is 1/8-scale but the box is pretty huge. Most of it is empty space, though the package does come with a sizable round base. Assembly is straightforward: just match up the pegs on the base to the treasure chest, set Velvet on top, and attach her foot to its corresponding peg. The top part of the chest does detach, letting you fill it up with whatever. Although I love the softness of Velvet's face and her bright blue eyes, she does have a bit of the Alphamax vacant expression going on. Depending on the viewing angle, she can look neutral, smug, or slightly amused. I think it's all in that tilt of the head. The color cues around her face are very important as Velvet's outfit is not very colorful. The splash of blue and pink are great accents. Velvet is posed so that she's giving you a peek at her butt. Hey, I'm not complaining. For a more casual look, you can display her without the hat. She loses a bit of pirate flair though. For an even more casual look, you can cast off the skirt (which is barely there to begin with). The figure separates at the waist, and the connection is well hidden by her bikini bottom. Without the skirt, her left hand looks a bit awkward. It makes you wonder what she's doing with it... I paid particularly close attention to the fit and finish of this figure as I had never owned anything from Alphamax before. At least with Velvet, there's no cause for concern. The paint job was very clean and I didn't see any problems with the build quality. Due to the design of the skirt, it can get in the way of sitting. Velvet's right hand sometimes won't come down flush with the surface she's resting on. If this happens, her skirt piece is flexible enough to be pushed up the torso, letting her right hand come down. The base adds a lot of flavor to the set. I'm very glad it wasn't a plain circular disc. Its wood finish goes a long way to make this figure stand out, and the treasure chest is just a great prop. My one real complaint about this figure is that Velvet's foot doesn't hold to the base very securely, so there's a possibility of her falling over. I recommend caution while moving her. If you don't like the base, you can always have her sit on something else! This was a tough shot to get because she doesn't balance on figmas very well. There you have it: my first Alphamax figure! Apart from the issue with the foot peg, the build quality is reassuring. Mostly it's the design that appeals to me. Alphamax has a number of scantily clad females but Velvet has a unique look. So if you dig bikini-clad pirate girls, this figure's perfect for you!
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I really like the sexy pirate trope, which seems more prevalent in Japanese properties than in the West. When thinking of pirate figures, Mouretsu Pirates' Marika and Queen's Blade's Liliana spring to mind. Alphamax's Ve...
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Feb 17
// Andres Cerrato
They say that looking at the bride's dress before the wedding is bad luck. You really can't help but a sneak a peek here with Alphamax's Saber Bride. She certainly debuted to a lot of fanfare, but it's been a little while sin...
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Check out some pirate booby in AM Velvet gallery
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Feb 01
// Scarecroodle
Akiba Hobby has released a photo gallery for AlphaMax's recently released Shining Ark Velvet which shows off Velvet's ample treasure chest. Sure, her pirate booty is nice as well but I've been more into pirate boobies. If tha...
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Dec 28
// Scarecroodle
AlphaMax's 1/8 scale Fate/EXTRA CCC Saber Bride is currently available for pre-order. Although I haven't exactly been a fan of the Saber Bride design, I'm seeing the appeal when the zipper is down as seen with the AlphaMax version. It still seems like an unbelievably kooky design but there's some definite fetish fuel going on here. Full info after the jump.
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Nov 12
// Tianxiao Ma
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Sep 20
// Rio McCarthy
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Sep 02
// Andres Cerrato
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Aug 23
// Tianxiao Ma
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Aug 13
// Martin Siggers
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Jul 22
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Jul 12
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Jun 23
// Brian Szabelski
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May 28
// Kristina Pino
Yes, we needed this
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May 24
// Tianxiao Ma
I appreciate original character designs, and Tony Taka is pretty good at creating them. Alpha Max showed two of them in this month's magazine scans. The unpainted one is Iris Harley from the game Valhellio. Judging by the sou...
Alphamax's one-piece Kuroneko is ready for pre-orders
This one definitely isn't cursed
May 20
// Martin Siggers
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I can't believe she is not my sister
May 10
// Jon Wills
With the second season of OreImo on the roll it's no surprise that a lot of new merchandise related to the series is popping up. One such example is AlphaMax's latest figurine of Kirino, everyone's favorite leading lady...
Tony Taka is doing a buttload of Shining swimsuit figures
Apr 26
// Brian Szabelski
Alter, Alpha Max, Kotobukiya and Max Factory each getting characters
The folks at 4Gamer and Hobby Japan recently talked with Tony Taka in an interview, and as part of the piece, revealed Tony's next big project: the Shining series Swimsuit Series Project. The main idea of the project seems to...
Alphamax surprises all with the cutest Miku for Halloween
Appropriately being released this October!
Apr 22
// Kristina Pino
Yet another figure that I hadn't seen before today has been swiftly put up for pre-order by Alphamax, and she's going to be hard to resist. Hatsune Miku sports the most adorable little dress and is decorated with a few lamps,...
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Get it?
Apr 19
// Kristina Pino
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Mar 02
// Jon Wills
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New photos appear of AlphaMax's Golden Darkness
Feb 22
// Jon Wills
I hear you wanted to see just a little bit more. So here you go!
A few days ago our very own Tianxiao Ma brought us a preview of AlphaMax's Golden Darkness. However recently Danny Choo took photographs of a sample figure of her and posted an updated gallery, I wanted to shar...
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The tummy is top tier
Feb 19
// Tianxiao Ma
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Catch Alphamax's Chinatsu before she takes a dip
I apologize for there not being better news than this
Feb 18
// Tianxiao Ma
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Nov 06
// Pedro Cortes
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When I posted the blog that described the Wrigley Field mural mistake, I mentioned that I had been working on a book about Old Comiskey Park. My essay included a description of aviator Charles Lindbergh's visit to Comiskey Park in 1927, and that's why it was so easy for me to notice that the photo on the Waveland Avenue wall was not Wrigley Field. The Cubs have since changed the mural.
The book, Old Comiskey Park: Essays and Memories of the Historic Home of the Chicago White Sox, 1910-1991, has been released and is available through the publisher here. It costs $40, but all royalties go to Chicago White Sox Charities. And if you wait a bit, once it is available on Amazon you may see the price go down. I bought another book in the same McFarland Historic Ballparks series for $25.
And before you post a comment informing me that the Sox played at Comiskey Park only through 1990, not 1991, I must explain that 1991 refers to the year of the ballpark's demolition when it actually ceased to exist.
Why did a Cubs blogger edit a book about Comiskey Park?
This is the most frequently asked question I hear. It deserves a good answer.
In 2009 McFarland had just agreed to publish my first book, Waiting for the Cubs. I had submitted the manuscript on the recommendation of baseball historian Angelo J. Louisa whom I had met in a baseball chat room. Angelo became a good friend with whom I worked on an essay about the death in 1909 of NL President Harry Pulliam. The piece is included in the book Mysteries from Baseball's Past: Investigations of Nine Unsettled Questions, edited by Angelo and David Cicotello.
Very soon after McFarland agreed to publish Waiting for the Cubs, Angelo asked me to consider editing a book about Old Comiskey Park. He and David had edited a book called Forbes Field: Essays and Memories of the Pirates' Historic Ballpark, 1909-1971. Angelo then had the idea to develop an entire series of books about lost ballparks. He and David pitched the idea to the publisher who accepted their proposal. The second book in the series is about Ebbets Field.
Angelo mentioned that he knew I was a Cub fan, but perhaps I might find the project enjoyable and educational. Also, Sox fan historians that had been approached were unavailable at that time. I replied that not all Cub fans hate the Sox. On the contrary, I would maintain that millions of us, or maybe even most of us, like the Sox and sometimes even root for them, just not with the same intensity as we support the Cubs.
For example, Daughter of Admin turned 16 in 2005 on the same day as the Sox victory parade rolled through town celebrating their historic World Series championship. What did she want to do that day? Why, attend the parade, that's what! And she is one of the most intense, loyal Cub fans I know. We stood at Randolph and LaSalle, in the shadow of City Hall, as the double deck buses made their way through the Loop, Sox players and personnel on the top decks with a selection of city big shots including a very happy (one might say "beaming") Mayor Daley.
I also told Angelo that I loved Old Comiskey Park and went often when the Sox played there. I took my three older kids (Daughter of Admin mentioned above was a baby) to the second-to-last game ever played there. We walked around the entire park so the kids would have an indelible memory of one of the best ballparks ever.
I was crushed when they tore it down, convinced it could be renovated and saved.
I would be honored to edit a book about Comiskey Park.
Because I had just completed writing and publishing a book in a bit over a year and a half, I was sure I could edit a collection of essays written by others in less than half that time, and have it in print in time for the 2010 baseball season.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Five years later, it's finally in print.
But what the heck! I indeed learned a lot in the process of compiling the book, and met and interviewed many great baseball people including Roland Hemond, Nancy Faust, and Gene Honda. I talked to Jim Landis and Joe Horlen and a bunch of other ex-Sox on the phone. I had lunch with former Chicago (football) Cardinals owner Stormy Bidwill! Bill Veeck's son Mike wrote the foreword!
So I hope you buy it and enjoy it. It was all for a good cause.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revoking its food additive regulation for use of three long-chain perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in response to a Food Additive Petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Food Safety, the Breast Cancer Fund, the Center for Environmental Health, Clean Water Action, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Children's Environmental Working Group, and Improving Kids' Environment.
Although it appears that manufacturers generally have stopped using these products, FDA's action means that any continued use of the PFCs covered by the regulation is no longer permitted. Any use of these substances would need to be authorized through the Food Contact Notification Process, which would need to address FDA's safety concerns.
The FDA had authorized the use of several long-chain PFCs as grease proofing agents before safety concerns came to light. These authorizations include the food additive regulation for long-chain PFCs authorized prior to 2000 (which is being revoked by this action), and Food Contact Notifications (FCNs) that became effective after 2000.
In 2010, the FDA identified safety concerns through a comprehensive review of the available literature. The FDA then worked with industry to stop distribution of the long-chain PFCs most commonly used in food packaging at that time: those subject to FCNs. By October 1, 2011 these manufacturers had voluntarily stopped distributing these long-chain PFCs.
Upon publication of the final rule, the food additive petition process includes a 30 day period to file objections by any person adversely affected.
You may submit objections starting January 4, 2016.
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Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro Celebrates National Cheesecake Day
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On July 30, National Cheesecake Day, Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro's guests will receive a free slice of its America's Best Cheesecake when they purchase a slice of any delicious style cheesecake of equal or lesser value. Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro will also give guests $10 off the purchase of any whole "America's Best Cheesecake"!
"We incorporated bakeries into our Cheesecake Bistro locations in 2000 and have focused them around our signature cheesecakes," said Al Copeland Jr. Chairman of the Board for Al Copeland Investments. "Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro is proud to be voted Americas Best Cheesecake and on National Cheesecake Day, all five Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro locations will celebrate, for its ninth year, with two great offers and a contest that cheesecake lovers won't want to miss."
Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro was named America's Best Cheesecake in 2005 through a taste test done in various areas of the U.S. with 4 different brands of cheesecake. This taste test proved that Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro is "superior in taste to the other products tested" and that "flavor is of primary importance when selecting cheesecake".
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While Droidscape sounds like your typical simple mobile action game – guide your robot fella to the exit of each room while picking up gems and dodging enemies – it throws a couple of curve balls that set it apart from the crowd.
Firstly, you have to map out your robot's path before it even takes a single step, plotting a route that will take it safely home while maximising your collectibles. When the level actually starts, you can't change this route – all you can do is speed up or slow down the cute little chunk of metal, or throw it into reverse if you get into serious shutzpah.
The on-screen controls are simple and easy to fiddle with, even on the tiny iPhone display, and the developers' second curve ball comes in the form of optional motion controls. This mode can be swapped to at any time, and involves speeding up or slowing down your robot by tilting your head rather than pushing a virtual lever. It's cool that Kyttaro Games has tried something different, and the mode is clearly labelled as 'experimental', but frankly it's so head-smashingly frustrating that we gave up after just a couple of minutes. Plus, it makes you look like a complete plank on the tube.
You get sixty increasingly-tricky levels to storm through (with more promised soon), and each level comes with three achievements that score you on time taken, distance covered and gems collected. These are scored in gold, silver or bronze, so there's plenty of replayability if you're determined to get a perfect score in everything. It's addictive enough to encourage lengthy gaming sessions but can also be picked up for a quick five-minute effort, so we highly recommend it to action puzzle fans.


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Let us know when your receive great advice so we can thank our lawyers and point others with similar questions in the right direction.Got it!
I would like to raise them, They have been living there for approx 22 years. Its a private 3 family, Its not rent controlled/stabolized. Their lease has been up for over 1 year. I am giving them 60 days notice for the rent increase. I am in brooklyn, N.Y. I will provide them with a letter for the rent increase and its explanation in expenses- is there anything else I need to do? Thank you.
Dear Brooklyn Landlord:
If your three family building is properly registered with the City as a multiple dwelling, and the last lease expired, as long as your long term tenant agrees to the rent increase, there is no formal form of notice required.
The tenancy is considered month to month and is governed by the terms and conditions of the last expired lease.
If your tenant turns down your offer will you negotiate or terminate the tenancy and start an eviction proceeding? There is some value in having a stable relationship with the tenant.
The answer provided to you is in the nature of general information. The general proposition being that you should try to avoid a bad outcome if you can.Ask a similar question
Thank you, there really not good tenants. if they turn down the lease offer I would start eviction proceeding 7/1 unless they notify me of plans to move out by 8/1
OK. Not exactly. You do not need to give 60 days for them to decide. But you cannot combine a proposal to raise the rent and a new lease for a specific term, along with a termination notice. You have to choose. You could give them two months to decide, but if they take the time and turn you down, you first must deal with making a proper termination of the tenancy. After that period runs out, and if they do not move, you have to start the court proceeding. Is your multiple dwelling properly registered with the City?
Not unless there's an old lease (from years ago) that prescribed some other method.
I'm just 3 "helpful" answers away from a free toaster-oven! I may be guessing or not licensed in your state. No atty/client relationship exists.Ask a similar question
They are holdover tenants so the old lease applies. Read it to what it says abour increases.
The above answer, and any follow up comments or emails is for informational purposes only and not meant as legal advice.Ask a similar question
in the old lease, there was no mention of increase's max vs minimal amout- I left out any mention of increases for fear of restriction- last raise was 6/1/14 for the amount of $140. I thank you and peter for evertything
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WEST JEFFERSON-Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time.
Just ask Marty Bost, a Crumpler man whose Ford pickup likely kept a three car accident in West Jefferson Friday morning from turning out much worse than it did.
"They say you can be at the wrong place at the wrong time," Bost said. "I think maybe I was at the right place at the right time."
According to North Carolina State Trooper Jason Brown, Parker Shelton, 19, of West Jefferson, turned right off of Ashe Campus Drive in a 2006 Toyota Tacoma onto US-221N in front of Grant Hopkins, 73, of West Jefferson. Hopkins was also traveling north in a 1979 Ford van when he was struck by Shelton.
"The van went up on two wheels and was likely on the way to flipping over when it struck vehicle number three, a Ford pickup driven by (Bost)," Brown said.
Bost, traveling south on US-221, was stopped and waiting to turn left onto Campus Drive, Brown said. The impact with Bost's Ford stopped Hopkins from rolling over and allowed Hopkins to pull off onto the shoulder of the road, Brown said.
"Impacting Bost where he did probably saved Hopkins from rolling over," Brown said.
Impact dents were clearly visible on the upper rear passenger side of Hopkin's van and the driver's side of Bost's truck bed.
"It was laid plum over right here on my bed, laying sideways and (Hopkins) had started to roll," Bost said. "I didn't even know what'd happened until, really, it was over. I felt something push my truck five or six inches to the left and looked in my rear view mirror and watched the van go behind me. But the way it hit me, it threw him back on all four wheels. I hate to think what would've happened if he'd kept going. There were other cars coming behind me and I think he would have rolled right into them."
Brown said Hopkins only suffered very light injuries in the accident. The other two men were uninjured.
Brown confirmed it's been "a while," since he's worked an accident scene as unusual as Friday's, as did West Jefferson Police Chief Jeff Rose, who spent nearly his entire career with the NCHP before taking the top cop job in West Jefferson.
"I can honestly say it's been a long, long time since I've seen anything quite like this," Rose said Friday afternoon.
Brown said Shelton would be cited for failure to yield.
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Umili segnalazioni di eroi e gruppi ora dispersi (non lasciamo che si perda la memoria musicale)....e poi chiacchiere, interviste, idee e proposte musicali "moderne" dell'altrettanto umile Ricky (curatore di questo blog...)!
sabato 11 giugno 2011
The Upper Room "Other People's Problems"
Uno di quei dischi che non mi stanco mai di ascoltare. Primo e unico album per gli Upper Room che sfornano melodie solari e un guitar pop da 10 e lode.
Non c'è una canzone ce non entri subito in testa, non c'è un ritornello che non brilli di luce propria. Insomma, un disco bellissimo a mio avviso! (2006 Sony)
Finding some means of musical expression these days can prove to be a will-o-the-wisp experience.
1979 happened in 1979, though just now far too many whippersnapper guitar bands - and some supposedly trendy labels - seem to believe we must do it all again. Similary, the mid-80s electropop sound has lately been recycled beyond pastiche.
Where next does a band go when setting out to create their very own new sound?
If you are London's The Upper Room, you give a cursory glance to your musical history books and deduce that nobody has really got to grips with 1980s pop MOR since... well, the 1980s.
Could it be that here lies a mine of gems merely awaiting exploitation? If their second single Black And White - Lancaster's finest John Waite's Missing You with blander lyrics - suggests they've settled on this course and are plodding along at 55mph towards their goal. So far, so recycled. What chance a Peter Cetera cover for a B-side?
The faux emotion of the quiet verse/anthemic chorus/quiet verse structure and plodding, humourless lyrics offer little recompense for a musical atmosphere devoid of creativity or individuality.
This is music for people who think Heart FM's programming defines music today, who can't wait for the next Embrace album and who don't eat Asian food because "it's a bit too spicey, know what I mean?". This is music for people who don't know why some musical output is worthwhile and some... isn't.
The band is led by singer-songwriter Alex Miller, whose voice isn't half bad. There's a hint of accent about it, a sop to the "keep it real" brigade. But he needs to understand that the titles of songs create expectation.
One track is called Kill Kill Kill. It plods, plods, plods. Portrait, a title last used for a song by Enya, sounds like an attempt to sound like The Cure that doesn't come close to working.
Leave Me Alone is the very definition of bedwetting, quoting a girl with a lot of sense who said: "Please stop calling me at home, Please stop calling me at home, Though I think you're lovely, baby, Won't you please leave me alone." So goes the chorus refrain before (and after) a guitar wank-out middle-eight.
A scan through the lyrics, included in the overtly glossy album sleeve, reveals just about every word to be formed of one or (sometimes) two syllables. One can't even excuse them with the tags "literate" or "sensitive". Mr Miller is no lyricist.
Ultimately the killer here is this. Throughout the album, of 12 songs, there is no variation, no change in tempo, no suggestion of derring-do, nothing to latch on to and hoist up as a special talent. But, astonishingly, they have a major label deal.
Their music purportedly makes one magazine "weak at the knees".
One assumes such a reaction is natural when throwing one's self to the floor and begging any and all gods for mercy from this album's claustrophobic nothingness. Here is stark evidence that, just because a band was formed in London-by-sea (aka Brighton), it doesn't necessarily follow that it's any good.
But on it plods. "She threw a dart right through my shirt to my heart," Miller sings as a verse opening on Black And White. If Bonfire Of The Vanities were being soundtracked today, this song would surely make the cut.
Unfortunately, he lived to warble more nondescript, bloated, tedious rubbish. Better make it a silver bullet next time, love, and check for a pulse afterwards just in case.
There is no conceivable reason to buy this record. There is every reason not to. Next.
(Michael Hubbard - http://www.musicomh.com/)
- All Over This Town
- Black And White
- Leave Me Alone
- Your Body
- Never Come Back
- Kill Kill Kill
- Portrait
- The Centre
- Once For Me
- Girl
- Combination
- It Began On Radio
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Another project driven by Inspiration.
So is as simple as catch that inspiration, sketch it and then just have righteous arty fun!
This project is all about the definition of a Heart, with the good and the bad and how things of life marks it like a tattoo, a collections of moments mixed with the essence of each person, the pride and the only choice truly yours, is how are u gonna stand against any situation, what kind of man or woman you will be with life, wich is represented by the tattoo machine, with the decisions and actions you hate or love to make or the choices or reasons we love or hate to have.
Hope u enjoy it as much as i did.
Cheers People and Rock the hell out of life.
Thank You!


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You are invited to come and enjoy the peace and quiet of the Texas Hill Country. This charming 1980's house is the perfect spot to relax and be refreshed. Just a short walk to one of the best private river fronts available on the SOUTH FORK OF THE GUADALUPE RIVER, conveniently located just a mile passed The Hunt Store. Massive towering Cypress trees line the grassy river banks. Easy access to jump right in can be had from the concrete dock along the river. Have a family picnic in the large pavilion, or set up card tables and have a family game day. This is an ideal location to host a family reunion or gather with friends. The hill country home is constructed of rock and wood with a metal roof with a carport that doubles as an outdoor living space and the best spot for outdoor grilling. A spacious living area and kitchen offer room to roam, plus the screened porch is great for sleeping and additional dining. Two large bedrooms each have their own baths plus a 1/2 bath convenient to the kitchen and outdoors. Dishes, pots and pans, linens, towels, and some floating toys for the river are included. Nearby restaurants include The Hunt Store, Elaine's Table, and Rio Rancho. Quick access to all of the many summer camps in the Hunt-Ingram area. Come and experience nature in this sought after area in a comfortable and relaxing home.
1. Shared water access is located just a short walk from the home. (200 yds)
2. Canoe available for renter use
3. All linens provided
4. Internet passcode is located underneath the router in the living room.
5. Phone line for renter use
6. Payment options (Only):
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Online E-Check
7. 100% Refund if cancelled more than 30 days prior to check in
8. Average response to any inquiry is within 24 hrs
Please feel free to email me with any other questions. We hope to be able to share our special property with you are yours!
Keywords: Private Get-away, Guadalupe River, Serene Picnic on the grounds, Family gatherings in the Pavilion, Convenient to Camps
Relaxing Walks,
the house was comfortable accept my daughter said the twin beds in her room were very uncomfortable I thought I got a house with another Queen size bed Thank you The riverfront was peaceful and beautiful
Our stay here was VERY comfortable and had all the creature comforts. This place has air conditioning, full kitchen, television, screened in porch, BBQ pit, and floats for the river nearby within walking distance. The pavilion by the river was a perfect place to float, swim, kayak, chill, and fish.
Property was perfect for our family of four. Rental agent was very friendly and flexible. Rental could not have been more perfect. Will definitely look into renting in this area again.
The home is fine and clean but it is NOT riverfront. It is at the back of the property. You can indeed walk to the river but you will walk down a road and by about 6 other closer houses before you get to the river.
Wonderful porch. Loved drinking coffee and listening to the birds. House was very clean and had all we needed. Enjoyed every minute.
We stay 4 days with our 16 year old granddaughter. The property was clean and everything needed for a great getway was available. We enjoyed the river so much. We will return again.
Swimming, Floating, Summer Camps,
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Organised by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), the Programmes National Coordination Office (NCO) and National Contact Point (NCP), this conference examines the opportunities for SMEs in the world's largest research funding programme - FP7 (see this issue's Points of View).
The draft agenda includes a number of top government officials and high profile speakers - including the Head of the Directorate's T.4 unit, Dr Bernd Reichert. Networking opportunities with delegates will be scheduled during the conference.which will be held at the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, Istiklal Street, Taksim.
SMEs will also be able to see how other EU-funded organisations are already benefiting from programme support, learn more about how potential project proposals are evaluated, and attend FP7 training sessions to find out more about writing competitive proposals, financial management and reporting.
- Contact: +90 312 468 53 00/1241
- Useful links: www.tubitak.gov.tr
FP7 Collaboration in Manufacturing
17-18 January, Zurich (Switzerland)
The general aim of this International Partnering Meeting for the Second Call for Proposals in the NMP Programme is to promote trans-national R&D collaboration between industry, SMEs and research organisations active in the field of manufacturing, and in particular to set up FP7 projects.
The two-day event - a series of strategy presentations and partnering workshops - is organised by Euresearch (the Swiss National Contact Point) and Swiss ManuFacture, and being held at the ETH main building in Zurich.
- Contact: Stefan Müller on +41 (0) 31 380 60 08,
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- Useful links: www.euresearch.ch and www.manufuture.ch
31 January - 1 February, Vienna (Austria)
The International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC) is organising an International Congress on Renewable Energy in Vienna. This congress will be a part of ICC's 'Science meets Industry' series, and will mainly focus on technology transfer in renewable energy, biofuels, new plants, wind and solar energy, and sustainable agriculture sectors. It will also examine the response to climate change and climate protection efforts, and analyse new developments and markets.
The ICC Congress is part of an extensive technology exhibition alongside other workshops and meetings. Among others, the event is aimed at scientists, representatives from EU-funded research projects, SMEs, and those from national and international institutions (including the European Commission).
- Contact: Dr Roland Ernest Poms (Secretary General) on +43 1 707 7202 0,
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- Useful links: www.icc.or.at