text: And sew it goes By Emily McComas January 11, 2014 Story Share Chip Ellis Sonya Armstrong models a dress she has worn every Mother's Day for the past 20 years. The dress was her mother's. Every year, Armstrong uses her sewing skills to adjust it to her size and make it match current trends. Chip Ellis Sonya Armstrong, in her home in Hurricane, models one of the dresses she has made. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- There was a time when almost everyone knew a grandmother or friend's mom or a nice woman in the neighborhood who could sew anything at the drop of a hat. They were experts when it came to making up outfits for Halloween or a school play.Now it seems moms are making more late-night trips to the mall for those last-minute costumes rather than taking a drive to Grandma's to save the day.Or are they? Ask around and soon you'll find many women in West Virginia who are passionate about sewing, eager to tell the practical benefits and emotional satisfaction they get from their craft. Some have been sewing for most of their lives, often starting because of a financial need and then finding they'd rather do nothing else.That's what happened to Kris Moore when she started sewing 24 years ago. Pregnant with her third child, she decided to try sewing as a way to save money and avoid dragging all soon to be five of her kids to the store from their home in Looneyville in Roane County.Her plan didn't go so smoothly at first. "There were times I'd sit there and it was so hard, and I'd just pray, and God would give me wisdom, and I just grew to love it," she said.As her kids grew older she learned to make just about anything -- coats, dress clothes, suits, matching outfits for her and her daughters and formalwear. The outfits looked store-bought, but they were unique, she said.She soon found sewing gave her something she could hold in her hands that she could be proud she made.With all the kids at home, "keeping the house neat was frustrating, but when I made something at the end of the day, I felt productive, I did accomplish something."Five years ago, she directed her passion into a business, selling everything from scarves to handbags to Bible covers and children's clothing on Facebook and Etsy, a website where handmade items are sold. Crochet is a large part of her business now, and she is working to introduce hand sewing and mixed media to the crochet community so that the garments and crochet pieces match."Until I can't do it anymore, I will be doing it," she said. "You become your own designer, and there is great satisfaction in that."To have nice thingsFor Sonya Armstrong, sewing is a way to stay on trend and be "stretched to the limit" in the designs she makes for her clothes."When you sew, you don't have to wait for it to go on sale or out of season. You can make it," said Armstrong, a professor at West Virginia State University.In the past 40 years, she's made everything from lingerie to coats to fashion pieces requested by friends."My friends have stretched me to the limit. They have such faith in me," she said. One of her favorite creations was a Vogue pattern pantsuit two of her friends asked that she make. One of those friends just wore her outfit on a recent trip to Austria. "It's not because I liked it so much, but because it was difficult," she said. She enjoys making prom dresses and evening wear, and every year she's sewed a prom dress either for her daughter Janelle or for one of the seven high school exchange students she's hosted at her house during that time.Long before she had kids to sew for, a teenage Armstrong started sewing because she wanted nice things to wear to social events when she lived and went to school in New York City. She came to West Virginia in 1999. "I wanted to be able to have nice things that I could not afford to buy," she said. "A Singer sewing machine was the first item I purchased to establish a credit on a credit card. I got it before I had a radio, a TV, a car."When she had her daughter, her skill came in handy when she could not afford certain items the child needed. Once, when her daughter was trying out for "The Nutcracker" and needed a special leotard, she just made it instead of buying it.Another way she uses sewing is to remember her mother in a very special way. Each Mother's Day for the past 20 years, she has worn an outfit her mother owned. With her skills, she is able to adjust it the size and make it match current trends."Being able to sew afforded me being able to do that," she said. Generation to generationSherra Bailey is education coordinator for the Jo-Ann Fabric store in Dunbar. She believes people want to sew because it gives them that connection to the past."They can remember somebody in the family doing a handcraft, and that's coming back. They want that generational gap to be met. The more seasoned generation wants to be able to pass something along," she said.Earlier this year, the Dunbar store became the first Jo-Ann's in the state to start offering classes, including quilting, sewing, knitting and crochet.Store manager Courtney Parsons said they received a lot of inquiries about courses before the store started offering them. It was slow in the beginning, but now that people are aware, interest has picked up, she said. Other storeowners offering classes in the area have noticed more interest in sewing as well.Regina Sneed of Sneed's Vacuum and Sewing Center in Charleston said she's seen a younger set of customers, ages 25 to 45, who have never sewn before and want to learn. A majority are new mothers or recent homebuyers who want to know how to make children's clothes and how to sew pillows and curtains to decorate their homes, she said.Julie Wirts, founder of The Dressmaker's Closet, also has seen an increase in inquiries for private and group sewing classes. She plans on bringing back a more diverse set of courses at multiple times a week in the winter and spring to meet the demand.She also has provided private lessons to girls ages 10 to 12 at her store in Charleston for the past three or four years, and also teaches sewing at Charleston Montessori School to 9- and 10-year-olds.Kids are always looking at a computer screen now, Wirts said. Sewing isn't offered much in school anymore; they don't have a lot of hands-on activities. Sewing allows them to work with their hands, she said."They get real satisfaction out of it. It gives them a sense of accomplishment."That's what it's like for Hannah Duffield, 21, who lives in Wirt County. She's been sewing since her mom gave her a pillow to make when she was 5 or 6 years old.Since then, she's sewn Civil War-era costumes for her family and church re-enactments; clothing for herself and her friends; and has started selling fancy hostess aprons, skirts and camera strap covers, among other things, to local shops and on Etsy."It gave me an outlet to use my imagination," she said. "I can watch a movie, see what the characters are wearing, start sketching what I wanted to do, and want to make it."She has a lot of like-minded friends who sew too, and they bounce ideas off each other, but others she knows don't know how to sew and "wish they could, but they never had enough time or their mom didn't sew to teach them," Duffield said. "Really, a lot of people want to sew."From the interest shown among younger generations and older ones as well, it looks like sewing will continue at least for a while.Armstrong's daughter just finished sewing her first two pieces of clothing, and Moore has bought sewing machines for two of her daughters; her third is already asking when she's going to get one.Duffield has the same plans for when she gets her own house and starts having children. She wants to teach her kids how to sew when they're young, and is looking forward to making tablecloths, runners, quilts and curtains to decorate her home. Maybe one day she'll even make a career out of it."If I could sew and make money, that's what I would do. I'd really enjoy that," she said.ResourcesSneed's schedule of sewing classes for winter 2014 will be out in January. Call 304-744-3670 for more information.For information on Jo-Ann Fabric courses, call 304-768-0262.The Dressmaker's Closet offers private lessons and plans to schedule new classes for winter/spring 2014. Call 304-720-1949.Moore's Etsy business is at www.etsy.com/shop/PatternsByKrissy?ref=si_shop and www.facebook.com/groups/KrissysTrunkShow/.Duffield sells her creations at www.etsy.com/shop/designsbyhannahjewel and www.facebook.com/SerenitydesignsByhannahjewel.Reach Emily McComas at 304-348-4882 or email@example.com. 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Category: 1930s girls' names
By Brooke Cussans of Baby Name Pondering
For many name nerds there are two things that are usually pretty high on their want list when choosing names. One is that the name isn't too "trendy" – so that it won't seem too dated in years to come and instantly mark someone as a child of a particular decade. Another is that it's not "too" popular.
In the 1930's, one name that completely broke both of these rules was Shirley, thanks largely to child mega-star Shirley Temple. The name was already very well recognised, positioned at #9 in America, when Shirley Temple's first films were made. The attention this young girl brought to the name gave it such a boost that Nancy of popular blog Nancy's Baby Names points out that Shirley had the second biggest jump (in numbers of girls given the name) ever from 1934 to 1935, which saw it go from #4 to #2 when 42,353 American girls were given the name. That's a lot of Shirleys.


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STATEMENT of BISHOP HUBBARD on RESIGNATION OF POPE BENEDICT XVI
"The announcement came as a surprise to me. But as I thought more about it, I remembered that Pope Benedict had said before that if, in conscience, he ever reached the point where his health would compromise his responsibilities, he would step down. His resignation is the latest in his acts of selfless service on behalf of the Church.
Pope Benedict is a learned and visionary man who has made outstanding contributions to our Church and world during his eight year pontificate.
In his encyclicals, God is Love and Charity in Truth, Pope Benedict affirms the primacy of love in the Christian life and noted that we must give expression to that love not only through our acts of mercy and kindness to others but through acts of social justice advocacy especially on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged.
In a world darkened by discouragement, disillusionment, despair, skepticism, cynicism and moral relativism, in his encyclical Salve Spe, Pope Benedict offers a ray of hope and a message of Church optimism.
Further, Pope Benedict's writings and reflections in his series on Jesus of Nazareth, coupled with his many homilies and allocutions at his weekly papal audience present a practical and insightful spiritual guide to growing in the life of Christian discipleship.
He has been deemed the Green Pope for his efforts to combat global warming and the Peace Pope for his constant plea to solve disputes through diplomacy rather than the violence of war
Like his predecessor Blessed Pope John Paul II, Benedict was a global traveler to Asia, Africa, European nations, and the North American continent.
I pray that in his retirement, Pope Benedict will enjoy the opportunity for more leisure and further scholarly pursuits, which his long life of faithful service to the Church so deserves."


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There are 288 players on our rosters & I don't have the time to go thru everyones roster & add what position each player plays.
So, I'm asking each team owner to post thier own 12 man roster here, in this thread, with the position that NBA.com has listed for each of your players on there players page.
I'll give you an example using my roster.
Jose Slaughter
G Baron Davis
G Manu Ginobili
G T.J. Ford
G Sam Cassell
G-F Tracy McGrady
F Al Thornton
F Ronnie Turiaf
F Amir Johnson
F-C Drew Gooden
C Stromile Swift
C Spencer Hawes
C Patrick O'Bryant
Set your lineups like you want them to be scored. There are a couple different threds on here explaining just how to do that. There is also a FAQ page on Sports.ws that also explains how to set your lineup.
Some player positions have changed on NBA.com so please double check to see if a player you drafted is now eligible to play multiple positions. Much like McGrady as a G/F or Drew Gooden, now listed as a F/C. Multi-positional players can be listed as either a G/F or a F/G. In the case of big men, F/C or C/F. Just depends on how you wish to use them in your lineup.
Please try to have these posted by 6 PM Indianapolis time on Tuesday.
Also, I'm having a little trouble in finding a replacement owner for one of our teams. If you have a suggestion, either contact them, me or both so we can fill the spot quickly.
About half of our league has experience with setting these type lineups so if you have questions, please ask. I have very limited web access at the moment but there are a lot of vets around that will be very glad to help.


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That may be a new building or whatever, but if something like this happened it would be more likely to occur elsewhere in Indiana. This is probably one of the most ridiculous ideas I have ever heard of.
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
To preface what I'm about to say, I think the likelihood that the Pacers would relocate from Indianapolis within the next 10 years is extremely remote.
However, one must consider that the Pacers are a small market team and that they reportedly have lost money in nearly every year of their NBA existence. Note: I do NOT want to argue that point, that has been done enough. I merely accept the statement that has been made by the team and the league.
With that said, I believe that among Pacers fans, relocation is among their biggest long-term fears for their beloved team.
Building on that, I would then state that Pacers fans who would support the idea of any percentage of their beloved teams games being played away from their home arena should have their heads examined. It has to be one of the nuttiest suggestions yet.
Doing so would do nothing but cause uneasiness among the present fans that regularly attend games in Indy.
BREAKING NEWS: A North Central freshman is studying the idea of the Pacers playing 10 games in the North Central gym. Currently writing notes on his iPhone.
ANYONE who thinks this is a great idea is a moron. if Ps&e allow this to happen this would be step one of the pacers leaving Indianapolis.
Besides, just because Kentucky is a great basketball state, doesn't mean the NBA would work out in Louisville.
Come on throw the guy a bone, at least give him one preseason game.
Last edited by Mad-Mad-Mario; 09-26-2012 at 09:56 PM.
This is what you do. The idea of reaching out and building the Pacers brand is not a bad one. Playing regular season "home" games in another state is.
But, play a pre-season game down there? Why the heck not? Didn't they play in Ft. Wayne at some point? Same thing. Doesn't the NFL send pre-season games to LONDON!? The Pacers in Louisville for the pre-season makes a lot more sense than the Jaguars to play in LONDON in the REGULAR SEASON.
Especially as the team is improving and gaining a little bit of attention and popularity. Kentucky people love their cousi... errr...uhmm... basketball, so why not get them into the Pacers? They'd make the trip for a team that plays the right way. Lots of people already do.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
Us? Let Kentucky host games for our team?
They get NOTHING! And they will like it!
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
I could see a preseason game maybe, that's about it.
Louisville wants a pro team. Not to play a preseason game there, but to move there. This is why you don't let the team put one foot in the city. I'd be more than fine with a preseason game anywhere, on the moon for all I care, if it was just to try and get a bigger fanbase for the Pacers. But not if the city wants to steal our team.
Kentucky has two "pro" teams already. Yes, I threw the Cardinals in there, too. Whatcha gonna do about it?
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
I don't think it would be terrible to let them host a preseason game, but that's it. Stir their interest for NBA level basketball with a couple regional teams, say Pacers v Memphis. Louisville is a nice city, but it's not ready for an NBA team and won't be for quite a long time. But if their locals and maybe Cincinnati locals are willing to support the INDIANA Pacers, then more power to them! I think we'd do better to focus on reclaiming W. Lafayette and South Bend fans first though. Though I guess SB is a good 3 hours away.
I think Louisville could support an NBA team. I don't see how their attendance could be much worse than the Pacers' in recent years.
If we are going to play preseason games there, we shouldn't play with other local teams. Otherwise the crowd will be split. Play with teams like the blazers or suns. Then the people will be more likely to connect with us, and we can build the fanbase better.
I'm not even interested in seeing a preseason game played in Louisville. As Heisenberg said, this is a city starved for a pro team and I don't want to give them any reason to believe it could be the Pacers. Let's just keep playing preseason games in college arenas throughout INDIANA. We play in South Bend this year, Assembly Hall a couple years back - we could do a game in West Lafayette, the Hulman Center or even Hinkle. Just hate seeing out of state home games. Getting fans back to the Fieldhouse is a lot like recruiting for a college team - lock down your own in-state borders and then you can start thinking about going beyond that.
Jam Harder.
1 preseason game in Louisville each of the next 10 years, then he will have his 10 Pacers games!
What if by having two home arenas you sell out ALL your games and have a bigger TV market?
Just something to think about. Fans don't get game burn out in one city from having 41 games to attend.
For team profitability would a team consider that in a small market?
Ehh... At least the KFC Yum Center is a good arena, but I don't see this happening anytime soon.
Turner and Young are THE FUTURE!
Don't they already have a couple of pro teams that play in that area? Or did Pitino and Calipari stop coaching?
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U of L isn't happy either. They don't want to share the stadium.
It would be one thing to lose the Pacers to a bigger, more glamorous market but quite another to lose the team to a metro area 2/3 Indy's size and less than two hours away.
After the initial buzz of having a team wears off, why would attendance be any better in Louisville? The Pacers had attendance problems because of all their off the court issues combined with four straight seasons of missing the playoffs. It wouldn't be better in another market, especially a smaller one.
And then of course there is the simple fact that no city has EVER lost a team after building it a state of the art arena with taxpayer funds and then providing it with an eight figure operating subsidy for three years. Indianapolis has done its part to keep the Pacers happy. Time for the Pacers to return the favor and commit to the Circle City for the long haul.


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I've been a little quiet on the blog scene lately but I wanted to check in, just in case anyone is still following me. I'll be honest - I've been a little discouraged that I didn't get many responses to my last several posts - especially the Mysterious Monday ones, so I've kind of just been doing my thing without blogging about it.
I have been following a few new leads on my Green mysteries, and I'm excited that I've finally heard back from the archivist at the Cornell University Library
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/cuhist.html, who seems to have a bit of information on my great-uncle, William L. Greene, who obtained a Masters Degree from there in 1929. I'm hoping to see his records so that I can see how he was spelling his name at that point, since it is he who changed the spelling of the surname Green, to Greene, and thus all of his descendants carry that spelling, which distinguishes his line from all the rest of Anna Green's descendants. Unfortunately, I've been going back and forth with the archivist for several days because they need "proof of death" before they will release his records to me. (He was born in 1901......, but they have him listed as a living alumnae...hmmm). I have sent her the copy of his death certificate 3 times, but she keeps telling me that her email won't receive the document. Now, it's the weekend, so I guess I'm put off til Monday, but I might have to make a trip to a fax machine to get this ball rolling!
Also, on the Hawkins front - I've been having a dialogue with a fellow researcher, which started on the Hawkins board at Ancestry, and has now moved to us exchanging private emails. This was all spurned by my finding of Nathaniel Hawkins' great-grandfather's will, in which he mentions his grandson, Philemon, who was my gg grandfather, Nathaniel's father. I was surprised and excited to learn of the possibility that this Philemon may possibly have been Mulatto himself (although if he was, I don't think it was a well-known fact, and he must not have looked it). However, this other researcher disagrees with my interpretation of the language, and does not think he was. So, we've kind of been debating this, and although I have never read anything that would have indicated this as a possibility, and I know that my new friend is probably right, I can't discount it without proof to the contrary after reading the wording of Philemon Hawkins' will. On the same day that I discovered the will, I also ran across this letter from Philemon (the possible mulatto) to his father John. http://docsouth.unc.edu/unc/unc06-70/unc06-70.html Knowing that he attended UNC makes it even less likely that he was Mulatto, I guess, but still... I need PROOF! One other thought that has occurred to me is that this John could have very well had two sons named Philemon, one being the child of his wife (and the one we all know about - Nathaniel's father), and the other being the child of the slave, Amy.
As I'm typing this, I'm having another ah-ha moment, as I realize another possibility. (Thinking out loud... well, actually on paper...lol.) There has been a Nathaniel Hawkins that I've have run across many times in my research. He was in Warren County, and he was born in 1830, just like my Nathaniel Hawkins. I have held on to his information, and even shoeboxed him in Ancestry. He was married to a Green, but her name was, Patience. The reason I've not followed up on him more, is because he was listed as BLACK. So... now I have to wonder, if my Nathaniel Hawkins' father (Philemon) was half-Black, could this be my gggf???
Anyone who is interested can read the wording in question in the book, In Full Force and Virtue: , if you own the book, or you can read it here. http://books.google.com/books?id=usSoUtSJChgC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q=&f=false It is the last paragraph on page 281. To me, it is clear here that Philemon is stating that his grandson (and namesake) is the son of his son, John and a negro woman named, Amy. The bold print is as it already was in the the reader, so I'm assuming that was done by the author. Also, to me it doesn't sound like he's in denial about this at all, but he is writing young Philemon out of his will and his "legacy" more because of his attempt to deceitfully and underhandedly get some of his grandfather's property.
I'm thinking:
1. Why would the grandson have to underhandedly try to write his way into his grandfather's will if he weren't mulatto, or a child outside of his father's marriage? It's obvious that Philemon was generously bestowing gifts upon his children and grandchildren in the will, and this last paragraph is obviously an addition that was made after the writing of the original will. To me, that means that Phil (the grandson) probably found out that he wasn't in it and did something to try to deceitfully change that.
2. How would Matthew, the slave boy, know so much? Well, again I can argue that there was much talk amongst the slaves (in and out of the quarters). The other researcher thinks that Matthew may have been Phil's child, and if he was, maybe his nephew tried to convince him to go in on the deceitful act, since he wasn't addressed in the will either. But nevertheless, folks talk, and I believe that Philemon was probably bragging or telling of what he'd done amongst his people, and that's how Matthew found out.
3. Philemon states that his grandson would not have "both this legacy and the property described in the said deed". Legacy to me means the family name and rights, which is different from property or wealth, and here Philemon distinguishes between the two. How often do we hear of people taking away the "legacy" from their own (White) children or grandchildren?
Your comments are welcome.
Formerly, "Just Thinking", this blog presents the thoughts and experiences of a family historian working to demystify the past and uncover the stories of an elusive ancestry. NC surnames are YARBOROUGH, GREEN, HAWKINS, DUNSTON, DAVIS, BROWN, ROSS, HILL, BRYANT, and DAVENPORT in Franklin, Warren, Halifax, and Tyrrell Counties. With so much of my family's history shrouded in darkness, is my personal mission to uncover the hidden details of my ancestry and bring them INTO THE LIGHT.
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Local Alumnus Engineers a Trip to Le Mans and a Career in Racing
July 22, 2013—
His cell phone area code is still 906, reflecting his Upper Peninsula roots, but Rob Waara's role as chief engine engineer with the SRT Viper racing team has taken him far afield, including to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
That endurance race meant some incredible hours for the engineers prepping the two Vipers: 24 to 40 hours straight, just like the race. And he's still busy.
"I've had three weekends off since January," says the 2009 mechanical engineering graduate of Michigan Technological University. "For Le Mans, we did calibration, mapping, development for the long shift, durability. We really made it a true simulation: dropping the rpms for shifts on the dyno, watching the engine, just like at the track."
He got to see that track, and they got great results for a two-year old racing team: eighth and ninth place.
Le Mans was unbelievable, Waara says. "There are 250,000 people in this small-town area. It's one of the biggest sporting events on earth. People camp out in fields, carry banners and signs and wear team colors, just like soccer fans."
The 90-year-old race is also one the toughest, as teams of three drivers take four-hour shifts around the 8.5-mile course. It can be raining on one section and sunny on another, so the drivers have no idea what kind of road surface is ahead.
Most of Waara's work there involved tweaking traction control, tires, slipping "with lateral Gs and straight-line Gs [gravitational pull]." The 450 to 500 horsepower engines worked flawlessly, he says.
And they had high-tech engineering to help them. In the pits, thirty monitors kept track of everything via wireless data streaming, so the engine team, all two of them, and others could stay on top of it all.
"Just to finish is an accomplishment," Waara says of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Now he's on the road again, taking the Viper to the races of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). " SRT wanted to reintroduce the 2013 Vipers into production in a big way," he says, "so they chose the ALMS."
That series has Waara traveling at least once per month, with stops in Baltimore, Texas, Connecticut, Toronto, Monterey, Atlanta, Long Beach and more.
"I'm always working, but I love my job," he says. "Roush is an excellent, private company, with a great family feel. It's not over-managed; they give you freedom."
And his Michigan Tech education serves him well, especially what he learned in one class.
"Controls. I use that knowledge all the time," Waara says. "I use it for paddle shift [semi-automatics transmission] and traction control calibration"
Another Tech alumnus helped Waara get his start. Mike Hoffman '80, a Ford Motor Company retiree, brought him in on a co-op, and he eventually helped him get the full-time gig at SRT.
"They look for Tech grads around here," he says. "We have that 'whatever it takes' attitude, and people want that."
And, finally.
"No, I don't get to drive the race cars, but I do get to drive the production Vipers," Waara laughs. "And I've driven the Ford Shelby Mustang with 662 horsepower. It's hard to believe people on the streets can have that much power."
It's not too hard to believe, however, that the guy who cut his teeth at the family service station in Lake Linden is immersed in the super fast and exclusive world of ALMS racing.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


text: Looking back, it's easy to see why the fourth-generation Corvette was heralded as a revolutionary machine. The heavy ladder frame and steel underpinnings of the C3 had given way to a lightweight structure and totally redesigned suspension components. Although meaningful leaps in horsepower were a few years away, the new car's basic cosmetic and mechanical elements would serve the Corvette marque well for the next 13 years. In keeping with the car's groundbreaking image, the C4 era would also witness an assortment of bold, new badge designs.


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Topic: Biopsy results
My husband had three good tissue samples taken from his tumor and the results were suspicious but non-specific. Has anyone ever had a biopsy result like that? I assumed they would have a definitive answer as to the type of tumor. I have toyed with the idea of having his slides sent to John Hopkins but I don't know if it would be any different.I would appreciate any opinions. The Drs. heve been treating him with the assumption that it is a malignant, Klatskin tumor. Thank-you. Mary


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DENVER -- Rockies left-hander Jeff Francis, placed on the disabled list Thursday with a left groin strain, rode a stationary bike and did some throwing Friday in an effort to stay sharp and possibly shorten his time out of action.
Francis sustained the injury in the second inning of Tuesday's 9-4 victory over the Cubs. Despite the pain, Francis held the Cubs to one run on three hits in six innings.
Francis said head athletic trainer Keith Dugger told him it would take 5-7 days for his groin to heal. Between now and then, the plan is to keep his arm in shape.
Francis is 2-3 with a 6.00 ERA. Many of his early-season starts were in snowy or rainy weather.
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Today we're releasing the Fallout 3 version 1.10 update to PC and Xbox 360 in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish territories. Additionally, if you've got a PS3 and are living in one of the aforementioned European territories, the update is coming your way as well.
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That's what she said, right? The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Publisher MumboJumbo has teamed up with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to develop mass-market games based on the NBC series "The Office."
The first "Office" game, which will be out next year, will be a task-management game like "Diner Dash." Players will get to try out roles like Jim Halpert and interact with such other characters as Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer, who is famous on geeksugar for her racy Wired Magazine cover) and of course, the infamous Michael Scott (Steve Carell).
The game will be released as a PC game sold at retail and available as an online digital download. Next year, the plan is to create additional games based on "The Office" license beginning with portable experiences for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.
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I had a CT of my Sinus. The dr who ready the scan had to get a second opinion from the director of neuroradiology. The report findings is as follows: There is irregular thickening of the basal mural aspect of the left maxillary sinus unassociated with mucous membrane thickening, fluid or bony destruction. The findings are minimal and most likely relate to a benign fibro-osseous process such as locialized fibrous dysplasia. Another possibility would be postinflammatory mucoperiostits although the lack of associated musous membrane thickening mitigates somewhat against this diagnosis. Not thought to relate to a dental abnormality. Can you explain what this means.
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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2012-12-19
Listen to podcast version here.
Father Edward McIlmail, LC
Luke 1:5-25
In the days of Herod, King of Judea, there
was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division
of Abijah; his wife was from the daughters of Aaron,
and her name was Elizabeth. Both were righteous in
the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. But they had no child,
because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in
years. Once when he was serving as priest in
his division's turn before God, according to the practice
of the priestly service, he was chosen by lot to
enter the sanctuary of the Lord to burn incense.
Then, when the whole assembly of the people was praying
outside at the hour of the incense offering, the
angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at
the right of the altar of incense. Zechariah was troubled
by what he saw, and fear came upon him.
But the angel said to him, "Do not be
afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife
Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall
name him John. And you will have joy and
gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he
will be great in the sight of the Lord.
He will drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will
be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his
mother's womb, and he will turn many of the
children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will
go before him in the spirit and power of
Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and
the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to
prepare a people fit for the Lord." Then Zechariah
said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For
I am an old man, and my wife is
advanced in years." And the angel said to him in
reply, "I am Gabriel, who stand before God. I
was sent to speak to you and to announce
to you this good news. But now you will be
speechless and unable to talk until the day these
things take place, because you did not believe my
words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time." Meanwhile
the people were waiting for Zechariah and were amazed
that he stayed so long in the sanctuary. But
when he came out, he was unable to speak to
them, and they realized that he had seen a
vision in the sanctuary. He was gesturing to them but
remained mute. Then, when his days of ministry were
completed, he went home. After this time his wife
Elizabeth conceived, and she went into seclusion for five months,
saying, "So has the Lord done for me at
a time when he has seen fit to take
away my disgrace before others."
Introductory Prayer: Grant me the
grace to make the most of this time of anticipation
for your arrival at Christmas, Lord. My faith rests
in you, my hope looks toward spending eternity with
you. Help me grasp the value of time in the
face of eternity.
Petition: Lord, help me
to see the signs that you send into my life.
Seeing, yet Disbelieving: Zechariah had no excuse for doubting. There
he was: in the sanctuary of the Lord, burning
incense ― a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was a privileged
moment, a sacred space. Even an angel appears! If ever
a man should have been prepared for a special
message, it was Zechariah. Yet he doubts. He doesn't
believe. He had followed "all the commandments," yet his
fidelity didn't translate into a living faith at a crucial
moment. Do we fall into the same trap? We
say many prayers, but react with skepticism when God has
a special request. Why is that? Are we trying
to show love when we pray? Or are we
just rattling on?
2. Excuses, Excuses: Zechariah thought his age would
hinder God's plan. He underestimated God's power. Indeed, it
is not God who is limited; rather, we are the
ones who limit God, so to speak. Throughout the
Bible, God called on unlikely people. Moses probably stuttered
(cf. Exodus 4:10). Jeremiah was "too young" (Jeremiah 1:6).
Peter was uneducated (Acts 4:13). Saul of Tarsus hated
Christians (cf. Acts 9:1). All were unlikely prophets or apostles
― yet they let God use them. What's my
excuse for saying no to God? Am I too busy?
Too old? Too young? Too unworthy? Could God be
calling me to do something that I think is
beyond my capability?
3. Plowing Ahead: God goes ahead with his
plan despite Zechariah's lack of faith. The Almighty was
anxious to raise up a fitting herald (St. John the
Baptist) for his Son. So he left Zechariah speechless
for a time. We shouldn't be surprised if God
plows ahead with his own plans in our lives, even
when we resist him. He might do something unusual
in our lives in order to keep his plans advancing.
Could those setbacks really be God's hand at work?
Might he be preparing us for something better?
with Christ: I like to think that I'm less
stubborn than Zechariah, Lord. But sometimes it is hard
to accept your will. I might even feel as if
I have "missed the boat," and that you are
no longer interested in me. Help me reject this
kind of thinking and to have confidence in you.
I will pray a Hail Mary for
the ability to say "yes" to God's plans in my
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Jack-knifed semi cleared from I-70
March 12, 2013
A semi truck that jack-knifed on a wet and slushy Interstate 70 Tuesday morning just west of the Frisco business exit has been cleared from the eastbound lanes, where it was slowing traffic this morning.
It did not initially appear that any other cars were involved in the accident. There has been no report yet as to any injuries resulting from the wreck or what caused the accident.
The truck was facing the opposite direction of traffic at 10:15 a.m. as Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies skirted traffic to the left lane around the accident.
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New York -- Starwood Capital Group LLC, the investment firm headed by real estate developer Barry Sternlicht, has joined the bidding for Saks Inc., according to a report by the New York Post. Starwood Capital invests in retail, office and residential real estate.
The bid by Starwood is worth about $2.5 billion, or $17-$18 per share, according to the report. The amount is roughly equal to a previously existing bid from Canadian retail conglomerate Hudson's Bay, which also owns the Lord & Taylor department store chain.
The New York Post reports a third bidder, most likely a sovereign-wealth fund from the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar, is also in the running to purchase Saks.
Sternlicht may be the preferred bidder of Saks ownership because he would let CEO Steve Sadove retain his position, according to the report. Saks has not commented publicly on the Sternlicht bid.


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January 07, 2013
5 Nonprofit Innovators to Watch in 2013
Tonya Allen, Skillman Foundation
Detroit foundations play a key role in efforts to revitalize the troubled city. Tonya Allen, chief operating officer at the Skillman Foundation, is the architect of the philanthropy's 10-year, $100-million program to engage residents to strengthen six neighborhoods that are home to 30 percent of the city's children. Now Ms. Allen—whom Ben Hecht of Living Cities calls "wicked smart"—has been tapped to be Skillman's next chief executive after Carol Goss retires this year.
Rosanne Haggerty, Community Solutions
Rosanne Haggerty won plaudits—and a MacArthur foundation "genius grant"—as the founder of Common Ground, a nonprofit that combats homelessness in New York and Connecticut by providing permanent housing complexes equipped with counseling, job training, and other services.
Now the leader of Community Solutions, Ms. Haggerty is spearheading the 100,000 Homes Campaign, an effort that brings together national organizations and local communities to house 100,000 homeless individuals and families by July 2014.
Salman Khan, Khan Academy
With its promise of helping students learn at their own pace, the Khan Academy is making waves in the world of education. What started as a way for Salman Khan to tutor his young cousins has grown into a Web site that features more than 3,600 videos and practice exercises in math, science, economics, and other topics.
The organization has won the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, and other donors, and now with a $350,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it is experimenting with ways to apply its approach to medical education.
Photo by Hugh Hamilton
Andrew Zolli, PopTech
Andrew Zolli, executive director of PopTech, believes that to make real headway on society's toughest problems, experts from different fields need to share ideas and work together to develop breakthrough solutions.
In 2013 the nonprofit-innovation group is rolling out its new Impact Fund, which will provide support to get unconventional collaborative efforts off the ground.
Working with the Rockefeller Foundation, PopTech is also starting an annual fellowship program that will bring hand-picked groups of experts to the fund's Bellagio Center for a two-week "immersion residency" focused on a complex problem. This year's topic: "Creating Resilience Through Big Data."
Photo by Heather Phelps-Lipton
Trey McIntyre, Trey McIntyre Project
The relationship the Trey McIntyre Project has built with its hometown of Boise, Idaho, is a model during a time when many arts groups struggle to attract new supporters. The fledgling ballet company first announced its presence in the Western city with spontaneous dance performances in outdoor markets, on college campuses, and at offices around the city. The company makes frequent visits to local schools and hospitals, and the high-profile choreographer invites the public into the studio as he works.
A local bar, in partnership with the charity, created cocktails named for each of the company's dancers. "They've been fearlessly entrepreneurial," says Ben Cameron, who oversees arts grant making at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
More from Outlook 2013: 5 Nonprofit High Points in 2012 | 5 Nonprofit Low Points in 2012 | 5 Things That an Eventful Year Taught Charities | 5 From the Nonprofit World Who Will Influence Public Policy in 2013 | 5 Things That Will Change the Way Nonprofits Work in 2013
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Hair and Makeup | Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Fall 2013
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There's been a return to elegance on the Fall 2013 Haute Couture runways in Paris. While couture season usually means the hair and makeup take a more avant-garde twist, several looks, ranging from the simplistic knots at Versace to the barely-there makeup at Giambattista Valli, allude that designers are taking a more basic approach. However, the shows weren't remiss of a little fun, like the glittered lips at Dior and the spray-painted parts at Maison Anoufa. Click through to see all the beauty looks from Fall 2013 Haute Couture Fashion Week.
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Fister cruises in Seattle against former club
Cabrera powers offense with impressive homer, four RBIs
SEATTLE -- Doug Fister had to move out of town 1 1/2 years ago, but he's still making himself at home at Safeco Field. Now, though, he doesn't have to worry about how to pitch to Miguel Cabrera.
"He's such a special guy, that he can do things most people can't," Fister said after Cabrera's two-run home run put the Tigers up for good in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Mariners.
There are enough hitters in this league who can pick up their starting pitchers with a home run to put them back in front after giving up the lead. Far fewer can do it on a pitch well off the plate, hitting it to near-straightaway center field on a swing that seemed effortless.
"I try to always do my best, man," Cabrera said. "I never take something for granted. I always try to fight out there to get hits to help my team to win games. That's why I always like to battle and I always like to wait for a mistake."
That wasn't exactly a mistake pitch from Aaron Harang, who had a 2-2 count with two outs and a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning.
"We went back and looked at it," Harang said afterward, "and it was 4 or 5 inches off the plate. It should have been a ball. So it proves why he's as good as he is."
It's a good pitch for most hitters. It's a mistake pitch for Cabrera.
"[Justin] Verlander told me it was a good pitch," Cabrera explained, "but I tell him I like that pitch, because it's down and away. If it's down and inside, that's a good pitch for me, but down and away, that's where I like it to be. I can extend my arms. I've got more extension to the ball right there."
The Tigers pretty much beat Harang on two-strike counts, from Austin Jackson working out of an 0-2 hole for a leadoff triple to Cabrera's first-inning RBI single on an 0-2 offering to the Cabrera homer. They added on with two-strike damage as well, including Jackson working out of an 0-2 hole for the first of back-to-back bases-loaded walks in the eighth.
None of those, however, will haunt Harang like Cabrera's second home run of the year. Cabrera was just 2-for-15 lifetime off him going into the game. Cabrera got him for two hits and three RBIs in three at-bats Tuesday.
"It's one of those things," Harang said. "Great hitter. He did a good job and he ended up basically single-handedly beating us."
Once Cabrera gave Fister his lead back, however, it was up to Fister to hold it. The way he recovered from three consecutive fourth-inning hits, retiring nine consecutive batters, he didn't give the M's much of a chance.
By the time Detroit's bullpen came into play, the insurance runs created more room for mistakes for Al Alburquerque and Joaquin Benoit, who had none on their way to perfect eighth and ninth innings.
"That's the kind of team that we are," Fister said. "Those guys, as soon as I gave up a couple runs, they're right back at it and give us the lead again. Picking one another up, I think that's the biggest thing that we've done from the start and I think that's a big focus for us."
By doing so, they won their third game in a row on a nine-game, 10-day West Coast trip, and earned a valuable series-opening victory heading into a Wednesday night matchup with Mariners ace Felix Hernandez.
Fister, meanwhile, continued to put his Spring Training struggles out of mind. The one Tigers starter who seemed hittable coming out of camp moved to 3-0 on the season with his second consecutive dominant outing.
Five days after Fister tossed eight innings of one-run ball to beat Toronto, and a year after he pitched seven shutout innings here in a no-decision in his return, Fister allowed two runs on seven hits over his seven innings with a walk and five strikeouts. The lanky right-hander, traded to Detroit at the 2011 Trade Deadline, has tossed 14 innings with two runs on eight hits at Safeco Field in a Detroit uniform.
The latest gem, too, came on the same night that Cleveland's Ubaldo Jimenez -- the pitcher most closely tied to the Tigers going into that 2011 deadline -- walked seven batters in less than two innings.
The entire trade scenario, and the idea of pitching well to prove a point to Seattle, appears to be a moot point for Fister. He doesn't pitch well to beat the Mariners, he insists. He just wants to win.
"I don't look at it at all," Fister said. "I look at it as I have a job to do, no matter what team it is. That's the focus. I'm a Tiger and that's through and through right now. I don't look at how things have turned out for either side. I feel honored to be a part of this club. We've got some great teammates and that's my main, my only focus."
On Tuesday, he had at least one teammate with another glimpse of greatness.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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N.J. utilities get F on communication after Sandy outages
The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee held a hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday to examine how the state's utility companies responded to Hurricane Sandy.
About 3 million customers in New Jersey lost power because of the storm, and it took almost two weeks to restore their electric service.
The head of New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities was succinct in his evaluation. He gave power companies a grade of F for how they how well they kept customers informed after Hurricane Sandy.
BPU president Bob Hanna says utility company representatives didn't have any information on how long it would take for customers to get their power back or else gave out misinformation.
State Sen. Kevin O'Toole questioned JCP&L President Donald Lynch about the company's performance.
"You're telling me with hindsight 20/20 that JCP&L dedicated enough time, and money, and resource to deal with the storm?" O'Toole said.
"What I'm saying is we can always be better," Lynch responded. "But I am proud of the effort."
Lynch said the 13 days to restore service was quicker than the amount of time it took after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
In some cases the utilities didn't know which customers had their electricity restored.
The installation of smart meters would give them that data, but Ratepayer Advocate Stefanie Brand questions whether the billion dollars it would cost is worth it.
"If we have a billion dollars to spend, I'm not sure that's the best way to spend it," said Brand. "I would rather see it spent on redundancy, on securing substations, and things like that."
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Go Team!Math brain teasers require computations to solve.
The following table represents the attendance at Still's High School football games this month.
Game 1: 456
Game 2: 508
Game 3: 399
Game 4: 550
Game 5: n
If the median attendance for the five games was 456, and no two games had the same attendance, which of the following numbers represents the highest possible attendance for game 5?
400, 455, 457, 478, 549
AnswerThe median of five numbers can be found by putting the numbers in increasing order and picking the middle, or third, number from the list. Putting the four numbers you know in increasing order produces the following list:
399, 456, 508, 550
As the median is 456, it has to be the middle number of the list of five. That being said, the highest possible attendance of the list given, and the answer to this teaser is, 455.
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Even though the calendar reads that it is spring and the high school spring sports schedule is upon us, there has been little change in the weather.
It is closer to winter than spring: cold, windy, wet.
While the extended forecast projects near-normal temperatures and several dry days, the Mountain Valley Conference landscape doesn't figure to change much in 2013.


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So I'm part of a libertarian club at my school. Rand's really popular here. I've been made the "chief promoter" of the association so I'm basically trying to market/promote libertarianism. In particular we're trying to design posters. We're thinking about making them provocative saying things along the lines of "Capitalism is the only economic system which can ensure stability and growth", just something along those lines. Any ideas for
Poster stuff
1. Quotes
2. Captions
3. Images
4. Any other strategies to try to draw people in for discussion? Or any events you think we could hold?
Havana vs. Hong Kong (scroll down a bit on the website): http://www.startingyourownbusinessovernight.com/entrepreneur-definition-01.html
Friedman is supremely quotable. I would recommend that you re-watch the Free to Choose series for ideas... not only does he have great quotes, he was extremely talented at devising arguments to help people see why capitalism is a) not the boogeyman that socialists paint it out to be and b) the only possible basis for prosperity and a just social order.
Frederic Bastiat is also hugely underutilized ... extremely quotable and he has a very elevated style. His stuff could be place in a visual context that communicates "classy". I would particularly direct your attention toward The Law and The State.
Sowell is another very quotable guy. Walter Williams, as well, though he's more conservative than libertarian, so have to be careful with his quotes.
Mencken, Hicks, Carlin, are the greatest satirists to live in the last century, IMO. Despite the fact that they were not "libertarians" per se, they often leaned that way and as consummate wordsmiths, managed to compress entire dissertations' worth of libertarian thought down into a couple sentences.
Also, don't forget to review the Low Content Quote thread, there are some amazingly good quotes in there.
Clayton -
Thanks for the suggestions so far! And yea I've scoured the low content quote thread for every liberty related quote
Keep em comin people! Stuff like this is important!
Some person on twitter who owns all of Thomas Sowell's books quotes him constantly. They are great.
Note: Twitter account not needed to read.
Neodoxy, I highly suggest that you become part of Students for Liberty (if not already). Get your club affiliated and you get HUGE benefits! I joined the SFL chapter at my school a few weeks ago and I learned that they just ship us almost any book we want in large quantities. I went to the Philly regional conference yesterday and it was AWESOME. 200 brilliant libertarian students there. They were extremely smart, and even though the organization is funded by like Cato and some Koch money, most were probably Austrians there.
They also fly you out to DC for free and do leadership training. Please sign up! Also make sure to sign up for the International SFL Conference in February. 2,000 libertarians from the entire world converging on DC for 3 days.
Thanks for the suggestion Wheylous, I'm currently taking a very close look at that.
You have a libertarian club at your school? I'm so jealous! All I had was an economics professor who introduced me to libertarian ideas and helped convert me. My fellow students didn't seem as open to the ideas. I was surrounded by socialists/progressives back then and pretty much still am now in the real world. Hell, most of the time here I have to explain what the term "libertarian" means. How are you guys finding each other!? lol
My school is really big and tends to attract more republicans/independents/don't really care than most other college campuses do. For whatever it's worth, however, we also have a chapter of the ISO on campus :P
Fountainhead: Really? An econ professor converted you? That's unexpectedly awesome. My econ professor made fun of Milton Friedman...
Yeah, it was a really enlightening class. Intro. to political economy. Socialist dominated university, but this professor was either small government conservative or libertarian. In any case, he had us read libertarian thinkers including Friedman, Hayek, Mises, Rothbard, etc. I still have the book handy with exerpts from all those guys and more. :) He even argued from an Anarcho-Capitalist perspective sometimes, not necessarily believing in it, but pretty much saying, here's an interesting theory that you might want to look into.
What book was he using that cites those economists?
if we develop this blog, you can get ur libertarian club to read it.
Its the mises community blog.
I must spread te word.
"Since people are concerned that 'X' will not be provided, 'X' will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.""The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men."
The Libertarian Reader, edited by David Boaz. Good place to start for beginners, imo.
Ok but what are you going to do to promote Austrian Economics?
The founders were rather "Libertarian" and look where that got them.
To me you need to talk a little bit about A.E., "Libertarianism" is too vague a term in my opinion.
Ok but what are you going to do to promote Austrian Economics?
The founders were rather "Libertarian" and look where that got them.
To me you need to talk a little bit about A.E., "Libertarianism" is too vague a term in my opinion.
No, only a handful of the Founders were bona fide libertarians.


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This is an article discussion thread for discussing the SitePoint article, "Search Engine-Friendly URLs"
try out this one for mod rewrite:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?([^/]+)/([^/]+) $1?$2=$3&%1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)$
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?%1 [L]
It recursively iterates over the request and replaces 'field/val/' with 'field = val'. I don't know if it is technically SEO index friendly or not though.
I have tried method 2 a number of times. It works well but the irony is, pages using this method are not indexed by search engines.
Search Engine Friendly? hmmm
I have checked a couple on unimportant sites which have been live for over a year and only the static pages ending with .php are indexed, the dynamic stuff is not.
Also Google Webmaster Tools reports each dynamic page as a 404 error.
And most auto sitmap generating tools also report these pages as errrors and usually fail to include them in their output.
Looks like I'm gonna have to try mod-rewrite.
This article is old but still very relevant. Implementing what I learned in this article has had a profound impact on my websites. To score it a 10 would be to under-rate its value.
Yes, I used it when I converted everything from ASP to PHP. VERY useful. 10/10
IMHO, Chris Beasley missed the best solution (and gets, at best, a 6/10 for his effort).
Sitepoint's Apache forum has MANY good threads on using Apache's mod_rewrite module in the .htaccess file. With this, I've just completed transitioning from a series of $_GET style URLs to Search Engine Optimized pages (i.e., the http://www.domainname.com/article/## displays the /viewfullarticle?id=## script). There were some knotty things to work out but I believe this is far superior to Chris's path_info, Error Pages and ForceType. Anyone interested in SEO should have a read of Chris's article then have a search through the Apache forum for mod_rewrite (online documentation on mod-rewrite is terrible -- that forum has provided the best information I've found).
Prefer mod_rewrite here as well.
Have used this and prefer it, however it appears busted in http 2.0
www.site.com/script involkes the (or even a script with symlinks enabled to script.php but
www.site.com/script/parms doesn't even get envolked anymore ?
Was using <location which maybe should have/be <file
but neither works now.
Any suggestions?
Oh man nothing like being a dope.... Looks like AcceptPathInfo on is the answer.
I've used the Forcetype solution, and have become aware that Web Log tools (e.g., LiveStats) can not report page activity, because none of my URLs end in file extensions.
Any advice?
Good article, and to confirm it's usefulness doing a search for 'article 485' on google will give this article as the first result
None of these methods work for me, the apache "look back" feature doesnt work on three different servers, what am i doing wrong?
email:firstname.lastname@example.com: 165512867 (prefered)AIM: sryuuzaMSN: firstname.lastname@example.com
the only thing missing in this article is what the links should become! as a novice i struggled as the links kept altering. other then that seems to work fine. any one got any tips how to add security to these methods?
Your forgot a big drawback:$GET and $POST will be ignored with redirections!
Why not explain the method of mod_rewrite with apache?
Is there a way to use any one of those methods on a IIS server?
There is Ivan! Called IISRewrite.However you can easily make that (php only) methods with ASP... if that's your case.
Is this even nessesary anymore? Don't most search engines index and follow the whole URL anyway now?
I do agree that the url looks cleaner, but to go through the trouble of reqwritting what i have, am i going to get a noticeable impovement in ranking?
You should notice an improvement in SE rankings but also bear in mind your visitors.It is far easier to type www.mydomain.com/site than www.mydomain.com/site/id=1&template=id...... etc
If the site is designed with ease of navigation in mind, the user won't need to type the URL anyway. Optimally, visitors should be able to get to an in depth article within three clicks from the home page.


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BROWNHELM TOWNSHIP -- Jeremy Simko's sister, Hillary Duran, said her brother had a personality that was larger than life and he always left an impression on people he met.
He was an avid outdoorsman, a hard worker and a person who would make you feel like you have known him forever, Duran said.
"Always one to tell a joke or a story to cheer someone up," she said. "We spent countless hours on the phone and he would make me laugh so hard I had tears in my eyes."
Memories of Simko come to the forefront this time of year as today is the third anniversary of Simko's killing. Three years later, nobody has been arrested or charged in his death.
However, Duran noted, "I am confident in the way the investigation has been handled and that Jeremy will get the justice he deserves soon."
Duran said of her brother, "We love him and miss (him) and there isn't a day that goes by we don't wish this hadn't have happened. I looked to him as a mentor and was always proud of the hard work and dedication he showed in his business."
Duran said she was lucky to learn quite a bit from her brother. He took pride in everything he did and Duran said she looked up to her brother because of that.
It was a chilly morning on Nov. 18, 2009, when Simko, 36, was found fatally shot in the head as he slept in the second-floor bedroom of his home on North Ridge Road in Vermilion.
His wife, Julene Simko, was sleeping on the third floor and said she heard gunshots coming from the second-floor bedroom, her attorney Jack Bradley has said. She assumed her husband was shooting out a bedroom window to scare off coyotes, Bradley has said. Upon entering the second-floor bedroom, Julene Simko said she fired two warning shots after hearing an intruder and she found her husband dead in his bed about 6 a.m. Police have said Julene Simko was known to be the only other person inside the home.
On the morning of the murder, neighbor Craig Hettel has said he was outside between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. He was with his mother, feeding his farm animals when he saw police cruisers rush up to the Simko home. He said he told police he never heard a gunshot.
Hettel, who lives about 300 feet from the Simko house, has said he also did not hear the Simkos' German shepherd dogs barking that morning. According to Hettel, the dogs were always barking, so when the neighborhood was quiet that morning, Hettel found it strange. Neighbors had always wondered why they did not hear gunshots, or why the four German shepherds never made a sound.
The shooting was ruled a homicide days later by then-Lorain County Coroner Dr. Paul Matus.
During the week following the murder, the home was broken into twice, a large sum of cash taken and a gun safe severely damaged, according to police.
Simko's father, Bob Simko, said he did not ever think the investigation would take this long, but he has met with the police many times, as well as with Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will. He said both departments have kept him informed along the way and let the family know that this case is not going to go away until it is solved.
Sgt. Steve Davis of the Vermilion Police Department, said the department is coming close to bringing all of the information to Will. He said he cannot give an exact date, but that it will be soon.
In early October, Vermilion police said they identified the murderer of Simko and concluded the investigation. Vermilion Police Chief Chris Hartung said they would not disclose who did it. Davis has led the investigation since 2009.
Hartung had said his goal was to give Will the results of their investigation by Nov. 1, but Hartung now says that it has been complicated and they want to be sure that it is a thorough report for Will.
Davis said Friday that there has been nothing new to add to what people already know; that it will be sent to Will soon.
"Sometimes little things pop up and we are just trying to get things done," Davis said.
Bob Simko said that all the parties involved have done an excellent and thorough job.
"It just looks to me like they did more than what we thought was going to be done," he said.
He said the family cannot wait to get this all behind them, but of course memories of Jeremy will never go away. Bob Simko said that his son's birthday was in July, and any time it is a birthday or a holiday, the family always remembers Jeremy.
"It's always a hard time," he said. "It's not something you forget about, for sure."
Jeremy Simko was a 1991 graduate of Clearview High School and attended Hocking Technical College in Nelsonville. Duran, has said that Jeremy was like a second father to her and her sister, Melanie Simko. Jeremy owned the Simko Tree Service, which Bob Simko said was very successful.
Bob Simko said that his son was a good guy and was always in a good mood.
"He had issues like any other kid, but I know people who had work done by him and they couldn't say enough things about him," the father said.
Jeremy Simko started out at the Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent, then worked locally at Edwards Tree Service and Landclearing, before starting his own business.
"He liked to fish; he liked to hunt; he liked the outdoors," Bob Simko said. "He had a lot of stories that everyone liked to hear."
Bob Simko lives in Pennsylvania, but his son was born and raised in Lorain. He said he will be coming home for Thanksgiving. Every time he makes a trip home, the police and Will have no problem talking to him about the case. He does not want anyone to think that this case has been forgotten about.
"I think they've done a very good job at it," he said. "They've communicated very well with me."
Prosecutor Will said that once everything is given to him, he will begin taking a look at all of the evidence and information. One of the things that happens in this type of investigation is that many times discovery of evidence needs follow up, which can take an extended period of time, Will said.
Investigators need to do a thorough job for the sake of the family and those affected, he said.
"I think whenever someone loses their life, someone is affected by it, including the general public," Will said.
He said he hopes to be able to bring some closure to the family and all who have been hurting from this.
There is a process, Will said, and he will follow a specific way he wants to deal with the Simko case, which he will not discuss.
"We've kind of already been sentenced because Jeremy is gone forever," Bob Simko has said. "It's time to move forward (with the case)."


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Revel Systems is the undisputed leader in iPad-based POS. Here's how the disruptive company has flourished where others have floundered.
n 2010, Revel Systems' founder and CEO Lisa Falzone sold restaurateur Michael Lappert an iPad-based POS system that hadn't even been created yet. Lappert was looking for an iPhone-based ordering app, which at the time was exactly what Revel sold. But when Falzone and CTO/co-founder Chris Ciabarra visited Lappert's Fish and Chips store on a sales call, they uncovered a bigger opportunity — the POS. Lappert was not at all happy with his POS.
Though Falzone and Ciabarra had been thinking about an iPad-based POS application, they hadn't actually built one yet. But as they discussed Lappert's frustrations and challenges, it became clear that's what he needed. They sold him POS software then and there, sight unseen, on the promise they could build it.
The risk paid off. This is the short story of how Revel Systems, still in start-up mode, profits from its pioneering iPad POS applications.
Demand, Then Go To Market
As Falzone and Ciabarra continued to push Revel's mobile ordering application to restaurants, the Lappert's Fish and Chips scenario inevitably repeated itself. "None of the restaurateurs we were pitching were happy with their existing POS systems," says Falzone. "This was six months after the iPad was released, and it was clear the restaurant POS world was ready for disruption." The company quickly pivoted from iPhone ordering apps to the bigger need — and bigger opportunity — the market presented.
"In retrospect, selling a product that hadn't been created yet was nerve-wracking but smart," says Falzone. "A lot of entrepreneurs spend 12 months building a perfectlyfunctioning, amazing product, and then learn the hard way that there's no market demand. We wanted to make sure there was market demand, so we sold first and built later," she says.
Building, as it turns out, was more difficult than Falzone anticipated. "When we started, it was all about funding engineering and research and development. Finding the right people to do that was our biggest challenge," she says. "When we first started pitching for venture capital, most VC firms didn't even know what POS was."
As Falzone — who comes from a VC background herself — gained success exposing the iPad POS opportunity to investors and securing funding, Revel began to assemble a company. "It took us six months and a lot of luck to put our lead development team together," she says. That development team put together a basic version of the software to start. As new feature requests came in from clients, the team built them into the product set in modular fashion. "While POS is the nucleus, what we've created is a mini, mobile ERP (enterprise resource planning)," says Falzone. Some of the more popular modules Revel sells include inventory control, analytics, and employee scheduling. Its open API (application programming interface) enables partner integration of gift card, loyalty, payment, and reservation applications.
Fast-forward to 2012. By then, POS — particularly mobile POS — was a hot topic in the investment community. Revel Systems was raking in millions in venture capital funding—and it was profitable. It grew so quickly that the company struggled to hire qualified people fast enough to answer its inbound sales volume. In January of that year, Revel received another shot in the arm when it won the "Best iPad Business App of the Year" award at the Macworld/iWorld event. In just two years, Revel Systems had gone from a company whose first sale was admittedly "vaporware," to an award-winning ISV (independent software vendor).
Tablets Really Can Make Money
Falzone says every lead the company has funneled to its sales reps for the past three years has been inbound, and after a demo, those leads almost always close in a sale. She also says that as the company has grown, so has the size of its customers. While many VARs have struggled to make money on mobile POS — paying their traditional operating and sales overhead to pitch low-priced tablets to small shops — Revel has moved upstream and embraced a hybrid revenue model. "We're focused on catering to higher-end chains, franchises, and large-volume single store locations, where we can sell a lot of devices at a higher margin," says Falzone. "When we started the business, we were aware of two competitors in the iPad POS market. Now there are more than a hundred," she says. Revel is one of — if not the — largest, and its solution set is considerably more full-featured than most of its competition. Falzone says that justifies the fact that her company's offering is a bit more expensive than most in the tablet POS market.
Falzone says Revel is in the early stages of offering its iPad POS solution via select resellers in the channel and that the profit opportunities are both up-front and recurring. Revel leverages leasing agencies to make larger rollouts attainable for its customers, and the company isn't averse to backing clients through internal lease deals. Falzone says Revel uses plenty of discretion with customers that don't qualify for external leasing options. "Often times we'll work with them, but we ask for one-third up front for license fees and development work, which is especially important if we're financing the project internally," she says. "If the potential client has bad credit, however, we won't take that risk."
Recurring revenue is generated via a $100.00 per month SaaS (Software as a Service) charge per device, as well as through commission revenue from third-party payment processing, loyalty, and online ordering applications.
Overcoming The Classic Objections To iPad
While they're clearly hungry for change, businesses in Revel's target market — chain stores, franchises, the big national brands — often present a classic objection to an iPad-based POS. "These larger chains are used to working with 100-year-old legacy POS providers like NCR. They often question the iPad's rigidity, whether it's too fragile for the rigors of POS duty, particularly in hospitality," says Falzone. She claims the iPad, which has no holes, vents, or mechanical fans, is more durable than traditional Windows devices. "In harsh hospitality environments, that's important," she says. High-volume restaurant environments typically have to replace their legacy POS touch screens every six months or so, but that's not the case with iPads, she says. "We've never had to replace the glass touch screen on an iPad. It also requires a softer touch than legacy screens, which have to be pounded on to get a response."
Falzone says her company occasionally faces an objection to its SaaS delivery model, which is overcome through demonstration of the software's "complete offline mode." In this mode, when the Internet is down, the entire system continues to operate offline in batch mode. When connectivity is restored, transactions are retrieved without manual intervention. "That peace of mind, combined with the advantages of SaaS — primarily real-time reporting — is often enough to win customers over to cloud-based POS," says Falzone. "Most of these business owners are not happy with their legacy systems running in the back office, so it's not a great struggle to move them past those unfounded objections."
Where Does The POS Go From Here?
Falzone has a fresh perspective on POS hardware and software. She wasn't selling it a mere ten years ago, when a box, a pole display, and a tangle of cords were standard fare at the cash wrap. That gives her a take on the future of the POS that's unencumbered by a legacy mindset. "I think the POS will move ever closer to the end consumer, giving more control to customers via their mobile devices," she says. That transfer of control, she advises, will force transition for the traditional POS reseller. "Ordering applications will be huge, and so will mobile wallets, which are a potential coups for retailers; the consumer's wallet and the retailers' shopping application will live on the very same device," says Falzone.
She says the next-generation POS will play a central role in how mobile payments and mobile loyalty applications work, creating a huge channel opportunity for application integration at the POS. That next-gen POS is one that's cloud-based, real-time, and cross-channel, she says. "It's the convergence of Web 2.0 and brick-and-mortar retailing. We'll see one integrated commerce system for all channels, the control of which will increasingly rest in the hands of the consumer," concludes Falzone.
Revel Systems' embrace of rapid change at the POS is paying off today — the startup was profitable within the first two years after the solution launched and continues to attract investors. While its entrepreneurial approach to POS in the new "age of the consumer" might breed more nerve-wracking moments for Falzone and Ciabarra, the company's all-in approach to meeting market demand with modern technology serves well to remind old-guard VARs not just what they're up against but why they got into this business in the first place.


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