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Professor John McKenzie Grant Cowie, known as Ian, who has died aged 81, was a prominent polymer scientist, well respected in the UK and abroad, but also someone who made considerable contributions outside the academic world, working closely with charities such as Spinal Injuries Scotland. Since 1998, he had been Professor Emeritus at Heriot-Watt University.
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He was born in Edinburgh to George and Helen Cowie. He started his education at Moray House School, and then moved to a tiny village school near Portgordon, Banffshire, where he and his mother spent the war years while his father was in the RAF. After the war, the family returned to Edinburgh, and he finished his schooling at The Royal High School.
Although he had been encouraged by his chemistry master not to consider the subject as a career, he ignored this advice and graduated from Edinburgh University in 1955 with a first class honours degree in chemistry. He then continued his studies at Edinburgh, having been appointed to the post of assistant lecturer in 1956, and was awarded a PhD in 1958 for his work on starch and other natural polymers.
That year, 1958, proved extremely eventful. Not only had he completed his PhD and graduated, but in September of the same year he married Ann. The newly-wed couple moved to Canada, as Professor Cowie was awarded a fellowship at the National Research Council. The future looked exciting but just a few weeks after moving to Ottawa, he was the victim of a road traffic accident which left him paraplegic. He spent seven months in Ottawa General Hospital, where he received excellent nursing care. Once he returned to work he found his lab had been adapted to suit his needs and he even had a parking bay with his name on it.
In 1960, he joined the permanent staff of the National Research Council as an associate officer, a post that he held until 1967 when he returned to the UK to assist Professor Manfred Gordon in setting up a Polymer Research Consortium at the University of Essex. This was a pioneering inter-disciplinary group involving physicists, mathematicians and chemists, all with a common interest in polymer science.
However, keen to put something back into the Scottish system, Professor Cowie, in 1969, headed north to take up a senior lectureship at the newly established University of Stirling. There, three years later, he succeeded Professor Ronnie Bell to the chair of chemistry, and was head of the chemistry department from 1974 to 1988.
It was during this time at Stirling that Professor Cowie supervised the first of his many (over 80) postgraduate students and considerably expanded his research interests from polymer solutions to properties of bulk polymers and their blends, including mechanical and long-term behaviour.
In 1988 when the university system was faced with major financial cutbacks which also greatly affected chemistry at Stirling, Professor Cowie successfully moved with his research group to Heriot-Watt University. There he was appointed as foundation professor of chemistry of materials, the post he held until retirement in 1998. He was head of department from 1991 to 1994 and continued to be active in research for many years after retiring, as Professor Emeritus.
He was a prominent and well- known figure among the polymer community, promoting education in this area internally, at Stirling and Heriot-Watt, but also via numerous short polymer courses delivered at academic institutions, industry, as chairman of the RSC MacroGroup and the British High Polymer Forum. He was main editor of the journal Polymer, and served on editorial boards of other journals.
With a research programme in applied areas such as conductivity, liquid crystals and fibre strengthening, he was a consultant for many companies, among which were ICI, Courtaulds, DSM, Akzo and API Foils.
He was prolific in his research output, publishing more than 260 papers together with numerous book chapters, articles for encyclopaedias and books. Among these he is probably best known for his textbook Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials, also translated into German, and now in its third edition.
Not surprisingly, his work was recognised by many honours. He was a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 1986, he was awarded a D.Sc. from Edinburgh University, and in 2001, the RSC MacroGroup medal.
In his retirement lecture, he wrote: "The boy could have done better but … he enjoyed doing what he did." It was a typically modest account, from someone who, despite adverse circumstances, was a highly accomplished academic. To many of his students and postdoctoral research assistants "The Prof" remained an advisor and mentor in their professional careers in industry or academia.
He travelled everywhere, on his own, for business. Obviously, he had adjusted his interests: in his teens he was much into sports but later became an avid reader and enjoyed painting, taking a great interest in perfecting his technique. He belonged to a decreasing band of spinal cord injured who had had little choice but to accept a changed lifestyle, with little state support. He knew, however, how important it was to have professional help available at a time of crisis. Over the years, he dedicated time to this cause, through fundraising but also as chairman of Council of Disability, Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS) and vice-chairman of Disability Scotland. As the convener of the Welfare Committee of SIS, he was keen to improve conditions of newly injured or those with long-term problems and this progressed to a point when a nurse was employed to visit members in their own homes. Back in the 1980s, it was very novel.
In recognition of his distinguished academic career and his personal contribution to the cause of disabled people, he was awarded a D.Sc. from Heriot-Watt in 2005.
Professor Cowie is survived by his wife Ann, his son and daughter, Graeme and Christian, and three grandchildren, Emma, Lauren and Angus.


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I am not sure what it is but Jess really bothers me.
Caitlynn & (ROBERT standing in for Mitchell) I didn't care for this routine either. I think I would rather have seen Mitchell perform this. It seems Robert underdanced on purpose to showcase her. That was nice but I was still underwhelmed. I must remember this is show 1 ad the chemistry and synchronicity isn't there yet. So far, Sasha and Alexander are he only ones who kept my attention.
i dont care how good Robert performs, if he continues to "Wooooo" (which he will), he needs to go.
Also, really looking forward to see how Melanie does!
Add Ryan to the list of dancers who bother me.
Robert had the best intro so far. I was disappointed initially that he beat out the Prof, but now he's kind of growing on me.
Miranda looks like she should be in "Austin Powers."
Robert is channeling Urkel.
Maggie: "While she takes care of the men with the guns, why don't you sit down and I'll make you a nice, hot cup of tea?"
Pan Am stewardesses: prepared for anything!
So far I have not been impressed with any of the dances. Hopefully it picks it up.
Robert & Miranda--OK that was soo cuuuute! That was made to order. His Urkelness made it entertaining...Miranda was trying not to laugh the entire time..she was looking at him like ~~what areeee you doing??~~ Oh my he is embarrassing me! That was memorable because of his wackydoo personality. Nigel is right...point your toes Robert but he is wrong about this is not being a personality contest.
Robert's whoo hoo is wearing thin..however, that was fun to watch and their dance was cute...I agree that so far Sasha/Alexander have been the dance to beat.
Ryan is going to wear thin on most people...she is Mia Michaels' asst....so if she takes her cue from her mentor...sheesh...its gonna be a loooong season

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The City of Tulsa website was hacked on Sept 12 and since then has been unavailable. When the hack was first discovered the City announced that personal information of utility customers was not compromised, though now it seems other personal information was compromised. Today the Tulsa World reported the City of Tulsa is sending letters to individuals whose personal information might be compromised as a result of the hack.
According to the Tulsa World, individuals affected include those that filed a crime report through the Tulsa Police website and those that applied for jobs with the City. Those receiving letters from the City are encouraged to request a credit report and to place fraud alerts on their credit reports. The letters reportedly include links to sites for consumer protection and credit monitoring.
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Bigger lessons learned during Cowboys' win
ARLINGTON, Texas — We always talk about sports teaching lessons. We probably do this, at least a little, to assuage our guilt about how much of an emphasis we place on what in the end are just games.
In light of the types of unfathomable tragedies we seem to face all too often lately — 20 tiny children being gunned down by a mad man, crazy religious zealots flying planes into buildings, or smaller scale tragedies like an NFL player killing the mother of his child then himself — it is fair to ask what possibly can be learned from a football game or the players who played in it.
The answer is a lot, actually.
There is more to be learned from Sunday's 27-24 Cowboys victory than what it does to the playoff scenario, or the NFC East race, or Tony Romo's legacy. There was a lesson in grace, in personal resilience and in faith. And there was no better teacher on the field than Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr.
He happened to have the interception that led to the game-winning field goal in overtime Sunday. It was the second consecutive week he had a big pick to help the Cowboys win. What is instructive is what Carr laid down — sadness and pain — to be able to show up for his life.
Here is a man who played for the Chiefs, been friendly enough with both Jovan Belcher and Kasandra Perkins that he felt he needed to attend her funeral. Belcher is, of course, the player who killed the mother of his child. Perkins was that mother. He walked out of that funeral to a message that his Cowboys teammate Jerry Brown was dead and another teammate, Josh Brent, was in jail charged with intoxication manslaughter in his death.
"When you talk about adversity, I just fall back on my faith," Carr said. "There are always times where you may doubt something, be hopeless, be nervous, jittery, anxious whatever it is. It is true. I'm just going to say it. In those times, I just get down on my knees."
He has been on his knees a lot lately, for Perkins, for Brown and like most of us for those children and teachers in Newtown, Conn. Tragedy has a way of making even the most faithful among us ask, "why God?" The questions that follow are how do we carry on? What do we do when the unthinkable happens?
And what Carr said as he stood by his locker struck me as very wise. He said he does not believe he is owed joy. He believes he is responsible for trying to spread it using the unique gift God gave him — playing the game of football.
"Every day, I get up and have an opportunity to bring something special to the world. Today I had three hours out there on the football field to make people forget what is going on in their lives and give them something to cheer about," Carr said.
Now, maybe you are a baker or a musician, a bus driver or a teacher, or a sports columnist. What I heard Carr saying is the best thing we can do is spread joy in our own way. It is the whole idea of lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness.
"I have so much respect for him," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said about Carr afterward.
He was trying, delicately, to navigate this emerging narrative that the Cowboys were rallying around tragedy. Had they turned Brent's deadly mistake into a solidifying moment? Well, there was Brent on the sideline Sunday, standing with his teammates in street clothes.
There apparently was much debate on the broadcast and at halftime as to whether he belonged there. It is a fair debate. I found myself conflicted as well, until Jones explained how he got there.
"(Jerry Brown's) mother asked all of his teammates, she asked everybody to have Josh's back, to support him," Jones said. "She said Jerry (Brown) would want this, would want them to support him."
That is the lesson in grace I was talking about. It is always amazing to me these people who choose forgiveness when anger is the more understandable emotion. One of the more touching moments of this Newtown tragedy was hearing the father of Emilie Parker, one of the murdered children, saying how he was praying for the family of the shooter.
"I can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you," Robbie Parker said, "and I want you to know that our family and our love and support goes out to you as well."
It is an unfathomable display of love in the face of unfathomable tragedy. It speaks to his faith, his compassion. It also speaks to the very best of us. And there are more Robbie Parkers and Stacey Jacksons (Brown's mom) than there are those who do these unspeakable things. It is those people who provide hope in moments of doubt.
"I am sure she has had some moments where she has been hurt or angry," Cowboys defensive end Marcus Spears said of Brown's mom. "Her faith lies in Christ and, when you do that, things tend to not work out how the world views them."
This undoubtedly will make a lot of people uncomfortable, Spears and Carr talking about faith. There are always those who say such a thing does not belong in sports. They will say talk about football. Talk about Romo being the first quarterback in forever to throw for more than 300 yards against this Steelers defense. Talk about the mistakes that Steelers receiver Antonio Brown made that cost them the game. Talk about how the Cowboys can win the NFC East now. Talk about how Cowboys coach Jason Garrett likely saved his job. Talk about how exceptional Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played until that final interception. Why do you have to bring faith into this? That will be the criticism.
Why, is simple. It is because we say we love sports because of the lessons they teach, lessons in personal resilience, in faith, in grace, in pressing on and in staying together as a team even in the worst of times.
This is just a game. Maybe we shouldn't read too much into it, but maybe we do because we need important allegories in today's world. And maybe I am silly to take what most people look at as a football game and turn it into something more, but that is what makes sports special.
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Paris Hilton's trying to get back into the music scene, and you you've just gotta hear her latest single! Or not. At all.
Though, in my opinion, this sound isn't much different than the stuff Britney was putting out with her album "Circus," which just goes to show you that Paris is about six years behind the times. She also didn't get the memo from Jay-Z that Auto-Tune is dead.
We'd show you the video, but it disappeared from Youtube as fast as it was put up.
That's ok, let all "enjoy" Paris Hilton's "Come Alive" here.
**BONUS!** If you'd like to see how long you can go without punching yourself or those around you, check out a video for the making of her video here!(Eonline) (I think she thinks unicorns are a real thing…)


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The government didn't make me fat, and it can't make me thin. This sad reality is getting lost on an increasing number of local officials.
As the Tax Foundation recently noted, so-called obesity taxes are gaining popularity among cash-strapped state and local governments. This year 14 states proposed new soda taxes, and two states proposed new taxes on candy. Soda prices would have soared by as much as 264%, according to the Tax Foundation.
The problem with these taxes is that they penalize the fat and the thin equally. They also try to reduce a complicated issue like obesity to a simple exercise of picking good foods and avoiding bad foods. Unfortunately, people get fat and stay overweight for many reasons — psychological, physiological and economic — that can't be solved by taxation alone.
The taxation of food also is far more complicated than most consumers realize.
"Chocolate bars that include any kind of flour, for example, generally do not meet the legal definition of candy," according to the Tax Foundation. "In the case of soda, some states exempt beverages with as little as 10% fruit juice, while in Tennessee, Oregon and Texas, drinks must be 100% juice to be exempt."
Blaming Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) for America's bulging waistlines also doesn't make much sense because people are drinking less soda than they have in years past. Per capita consumption of sugary soft drinks peaked in 1998 and by 2009 had dropped 22%, according to the trade publication Beverage Digest and calculations by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Sales of ready-to-eat cereal, also vilified by the so-called food police, are on the decline as well. Other bits of conventional wisdom about food also deserve further examination, such as the role of food marketing in childhood obesity.
A recent NPR report noted that parents eat most of the French fries in a McDonald's Happy Meal and that kids quit eating it once they find the toy. Nonetheless, McDonald's is facing a lawsuit from the Center for Science in the Public Interest that seeks to prohibit the burger chain from including toys in kids' meals. There's even a counterproductive movement to retire Ronald McDonald, a brand that does quite a bit of good through the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
To be clear: I don't dispute that obesity is a public health crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity generates about $147 billion in annualized medical costs. Soft drinks and fast food don't make you thin and can make you fat if consumed in excess.
Of course, if higher taxes resulted in McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) charging $10 for fattening food such as a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, fewer people would eat it. But with fewer customers, McDonald's would be forced to close restaurants, lay off workers and cut back on purchasing supplies. If such a draconian measure ever happened, it would cause huge economic problems. But it still wouldn't make any fat person thinner because the obese would get their caloric kicks from other sources.
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May 26, 2009, 10:10 ET from Smoothie King
Smoothie King, the original nutritional fruit-based smoothie, selected Mercury Werks, a trade area marketing agency for franchise systems, to handle marketing and advertising efforts including strategy, social media, public relations, print media buying, direct mail, promotions and print and in-store point of purchase materials.
"Mercury Werks has impressive credentials in franchise marketing offering proven methods to help grow business and create interest in competitive categories like ours," said
Smoothie King is ranked the 37th fastest growing franchise and the 57th top global franchise in 2009 by Entrepreneur magazine and has added 32 new stores since
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He told RCMP he had weapons and said he would hurt himself if police came into the house.
The situation began early in the morning, and after learning the man had mental health issues, the Emergency Response Team from Prince George was called to help. A few hours after they arrived, at approximately 10:15 p.m., the suspect surrendered peacefully. He is now in police custody pending Crown approval of charges of domestic assault.
"We are always pleased and relieved when situations like this can be resolved peacefully and without injury to either the suspect or the police," says Corporal Jodi Shelkie. "When dealing with people with mental health issues it is important to keep the lines of communication open and remain calm. The police officers who spoke with this male throughout the day did an excellent job."
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Videos and Antique Films of Angkor and Traditional Cambodian Dance
This article links to videos and antique films of Angkor and traditional Cambodian dance presentations. The first two-part video shows contains much rare footage of Cambodian history and the Royal Dancers from the early part of the 20th century.
Part I – Antique video of Angkor Wat and Cambodia (6 minutes)
This opens with Dr. Ang Choulean from the Royal University of Fine Arts talking about traditional Cambodian homes. Next, Prof. Alain Forest of the Universite Paris VII discusses the transition of Cambodians from ancient to modern traditions during the French Colonial era.
While lacking the same natural resources as its neighbor Vietnam, Cambodia had something even more extraordinary and prestigious to share with the modern world; the fabulous cultural legacy of Angkor.
"You were dealing with a set of ruins that could compared with the Temple of Solomon. There was nothing comparable in the world."
Dr. Choulean and other experts discuss the significance of Angkor Wat and Bayon. By 1921, France had begun temple restoration and Christophe Pottier of EFEO elaborates on this work.
Part II – Antique footage of Cambodian dance (6 minutes)
This segment opens with Dr. Choulean commenting that a pilgrimage to Angkor Wat is the lifetime ambition of every Cambodian.
Next, we see rare film of a troupe of Cambodian dancers performing at Angkor Wat. Cambodian dance is far more than entertainment. According to one Cambodian legend, the race descended from the union of a holy man and a celestial dancer, or apsara.
Prof Eileen Blumenthal of Rutgers University expands on this concept by explaining how Cambodian dancers act as a link between humans and the divine.
In what may be the rarest Cambodian dance footage in the world, the film then takes us to Phnom Penh to witness the King's troupe practicing at the Royal Palace. As Prof Blumenthal explains, this is extraordinary because literally no one but the dancers and the King would have normally been priviledged enough to see this rehearsal.
The tradition was nearly destroyed by the Khmer Rouge genocide when 90% of the dancers and teachers were killed. The film then takes us to the studio of one brave teacher who survived, Em Theay, as she describes the techniques she uses to teach dancce in traditional forms.
Next we again travel to the Royal Palace to meet Princess Buppha Devi, King Sihamoni's sister, who was one of the most famous royal dancers in the 1960's. The Princess explains life for dancers in the Royal Palace long ago.
Em Theay explains the unique nature and the style of the dance costumes, which were actually sewn onto the dancers.
Next we see footage of the Cambodian dancers performing in Marseilles France in 1906. The dancers were a sensation and returned to France again, including in 1931 when France built a replica of Angkor Wat for an International Exhibition.


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Senate Passes Padavan's Legislation Prohibiting Horse Slaughtering For Human Consumption
The New York State Senate today passed Senator Frank Padavan's (Queens) legislation that prohibits the slaughter of horses for human consumption. This is the fourth consecutive year the Senate has passed this humane measure with bipartisan support.
The legislation would make it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison, for those who purchase, trade, offer import or export a horse or horse flesh with the intent to slaughter for human consumption. All members of the equine family, including ponies, donkeys, mules and burros are protected from slaughtering for human consumption under this legislation.
"This legislation establishes strong criminal and civil penalties for any individual who brutally slaughters any horse for the purposes of human consumption," Padavan said. "Enactment of this legislation would help ensure that all horses are protected from prolonged suffering and coldhearted treatment. I urge the State Assembly to join my Senate colleagues and I in passing this legislation immediately and show that callous and inhumane treatment of these majestic animals will not be tolerated in our state."
A civil penalty up to $1,000 may be imposed on an individual and $5,000 on a corporation for the first violation in lieu of criminal prosecution. Subsequent violations would be punishable by fines up to $25,000. Any civil penalties collected will be deposited into the state's animal population control fund.
Over the past few years, the number of American horses being slaughtered has increased due concerns over international sources of meat potentially contaminated by mad cow disease. Many horses that are protected under this bill arrive at slaughterhouses and are faced with brutally inhumane conditions.
Padavan's legislation has garnered widespread support from humane and animal protection organizations throughout New York and the nation along with thousands of horse enthusiasts including nationally-recognized celebrities, Bo Derek and Mary Tyler Moore.
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by Karl Utermohlen | October 22, 2013 1:36 pm
Sen. Marco Rubio is proposing a law that would delay the individual mandate under Obamacare due to the technical glitches[1] on the Affordable Care Act website.
Politico reports that Rubio[2] is introducing the legislation because the glitches have made it impossible for some people to sign up for Obamacare and he wants to ensure that these people are not punished later by the IRS. Rubio said that the law "basically delays that requirement until the [Government Accountability] Office has certified that it's been up and running and effectively working for six months consecutive. I think that's a prudent approach given the problems that it's facing by the White House's own admission."
The Senator also slammed the proposed solution for the technical glitches due to the lack of transparency in Obama's plans. He said that we don't know who is going to fix these technical glitches, how they're going to do it or how far these tech experts have gone to fix the Obamacare glitches.[3]
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Young, successful women may enjoy letting their hair down on the weekend and going out in the best hip hop clothes, but a recent PEW Research Center Study has found ladies are more serious about getting ahead than men of a similar age.
According to the study, 66 percent of women interviewed between the ages of 18 and 34 admitted that having a successful, high-paying job is important to them. Just 59 percent of men in the same age group also had this desire. Women also placed getting married and having a family higher up on their priority list over men of the same age.
"They're not backing away from wanting a successful marriage and wanting to be a successful parent," Kim Parker, the associate director of Pew Social and Demographic Trends, told MSNBC. "They're saying they want all of those things."
Women continue to take the initiative in terms of getting ahead both financially and in their personal lives and it may have something to do with the plethora of solid female role models ladies have today.
BET reports VH1 recently aired a special featuring famed celebrity stylist June Ambrose. During the video, Ambrose opens up about how she balances her fabulous career with spending quality time with her family.
"I feel like my career and my personal life have become one because my career is so personal," Ambrose said in the video, according to BET. "I have children so I've learned when to shut down. I've learned then to put the phone down. I cook a meal because I love to cook and creatively it's an outlet and I think those things still allow me to be creative, but it allows me my family time as well."
Ambrose also admits in the video that she is an independent woman and she "never wants to wait on a man." This attitude may not work for all relationships, but it shows young women out there that it is possible to have your cake and eat it too.


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You know that awesome girl-version of Finn? If you want to cosplay as her, then follow these steps!
1Buy the hat. You can't look like Fionna without her awesome hat! The hat basically looks like a white hat that wraps around her head, shows only the front of her face and has bunny ears. If you want to buy one, you can order it online. But if you choose to make the hat, it would be cheaper.
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This fits on the PrintRbot with the Wade's extruder.
This is mounted on top of the laser module which is a snap on piece to the fan mount.
It needs simplification, and a one piece print.
I could see simplifying it by turning the mount around and combining it with the fan mount.
This design has 2 flat surfaces meeting and screw alignment.
There MUST be a laser / resister housing to attach the screws.
This mounts a $10 battery operated engraver from Amazon / Harbor Freight onto the bottom / front of a resister heat casing holding a laser.
The design traps the push button power switch in the 'on' state. The on/off depends on turning the battery compartment door at the end of the engraver.
3mm Filament holds the engraver solidly in place while the whole apparatus has some give because of how it is attached to the extruder head. It can swing about 10 mm off center in most directions, so there is a mild strain relief if it gets hung on something.
This doesn't cut deep, but it does take the top layer off of color laminated paper, or to cut through paper, and it can be used to sign prints.
The laser end cap doesn't fit the laser model, which is just as well, as its not necessary if the model is used instead of a resister housing.
You will want the Z end stop extender. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30590
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LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — Robert Griffin III is in Hawaii, but not for the Pro Bowl.
The Washington Redskins quarterback is taking his mind off a dismal year and putting two tumultuous seasons with Mike Shanahan behind him with a little fun in the sun with his wife Rebecca.
The couple was snapped playing on the warm sandy beach recently and TMZ has the photos.
Griffin was selected to the Pro Bowl in his rookie season, but was unable to play after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery. Maybe this trip is to make up for the missed opportunity.
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The Bologna process has not been an easy travel. All the more
reason for MEP (Member of European Parliament) Luigi Berlinguer to
pride himself in the outcome of the parliamentary debate on his latest report. Speaking on the phone from
Strasburg, the former Italian Minister of Education Berlinguer is
quite pleased with the voting results. "The figures were 572 in
favour, 89 against and 8 abstentions. That is not at all bad if you
consider that the figure of 89 is mainly composed of eurosceptics
who oppose everything anyway."
One of the main critiques that Luigi Berlinguer voiced in his
recent report is the fact that the connection between the Bologna
process and the labour market has major flaws. "It is highly
problematic that we lack one common labour market. Fragmenting that
one labour market, as many European Member States are guilty of, is
a big obstacle for development. It means that a degree obtained in
one university is not necessarily valid in another EU-country."
Doctorate level not recognized
In the Bologna system there are three grades of higher
education: the bachelor, the master and the PhD. "However",
Berlinguer explains "in some countries the doctorate level is not
recognized as a university degree that also has a value for
professional careers, it is just seen as an academic career. It is
therefore imperative that we articulate professional competences in
a transparent manner."
The Berlinguer-report consequently recognizes the importance of
PhD-degrees, including those carried out in collaboration with
enterprises, for a knowledge-based economy and economic growth. "We
applaud the European Commission's commitment to developing a
European Industrial PhD-scheme within the Marie Curie actions."
Joint degrees
By supporting the Berlinguer report, the European Parliament
endorses a larger role for the European Commission in the Bologna
process. Berlinguer: "Before, the European Commission was always a
bit shy when it came to education, but now they have a statutory
role, we would like them to help to move the Bologna process
The EP-report calls on the European Commission to encourage
mutual recognition by eliminating the administrative obstacles and
requests the Commission to develop a system of structured
cooperation in order to deliver 'joint degrees' within clusters of
disciplines, with recognition across the EU.
"We welcome the Commission's proposal to increase significantly
the funds devoted to European education and training programmes,
although we do not yet know how large the budget increase will be",
Berlinguer says.
"Quality assurance is the key", Berlinguer concludes. "If you
want to build up mutual recognition, you will have to build up
mutual confidence." With a stable majority of MEPs behind him, the
basis for that confidence seems to be laid.


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BlackCarat.co.uk is an online store that is dedicated to offering contemporary, quality and affordable wedding rings and occasional jewellery.
December 21, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Every bride and groom wants the most important event in their life to be extra-special. As such, couples scour the world for the best places to express their desire to wed and to hold the actual ceremony. For weddings taking place at a tropical destination, sunglasses such as Ray Ban are in order. In addition, it is not uncommon to hear about stories about stressful and frenzy engagement and wedding preparations from the make-up to the gown and the reception details. When it comes to making that life-changing vow, everything needs to be as flawless as it can be.
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Vision of the Mists Greatsword looks horrible because visual bugged. -.- Please fix it!!!
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Vision of the Mists Greatsword looks horrible because visual bugged. -.- Please fix it!!!
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Note: Thank you to everyone who has submitted art bugs in the past! In order to help keep these issues organized, each month we will be creating a new thread for these so that it does not grow to an unmanageable size. Please do not resubmit bugs if you have already posted about them in a previous art thread as we will have already seen them and added them to our bug database. Thank you!
Please post them in this thread if you come across any sort of bug that fits in the following categories:
- Armor/clothing art issues (textures, placement, clipping…)
- Weapon art issues (textures, placement, effects, clipping…)
- Character model issues (textures, effects…)
General Guidelines:
-Take a screenshot of the issue
-Take a screenshot of your equipment on the Hero Panel (H)
- List your Race, Sex and Class
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- List the names of every piece of armor/clothing/weapon equipped (this includes the level requirement) when you encountered the issue
- If you can, list where you acquired the item (which NPC, what map location, which dungeon, etc…)
Note on clipping issues: While we understand the desire to have all clipping issues resolved, the way our items are designed sometimes causes some small issues that cannot be fixed easily. We're looking for severe clipping (like your shield is impaling you or your daggers are completely hidden by your coat.) Things like hair clipping or minor clipping of weapons into armor are sometimes unavoidable.
Please attach the screenshots to your forum post rather than hosting it elsewhere.
If you have a video of the issue, please upload those to YouTube (unlisted) and link that along with your other bug information here.
For more Bugging Best Practices, see this thread.
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Nursery News
Rylie Ann Marie Ebert, daughter of Amy Messner and Mitchell Ebert, Mapleton, was born at 9:45 p.m., on April 21, 2008, at MeritCare. She weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces and was 22.5 inches long.
Dallas Ryan Schmidt, son of Heather and Shane Schmidt, West Fargo, was born at 7:15 a.m., on April 23, 2008, at MeritCare. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19 inches long.
Ashlyn Ann Swedberg, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca Swedberg, West Fargo, was born at 9:59 a.m., on April 24, 2008, at Innovis Health. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long. She joins a sister, Ava.
Grandparents are Grant and Deb Miller, Glencoe, Minn., and Tim and Marilyn Swedberg, Fergus Falls, Minn. Great-grandparents are Dick and JoAnn Ulrich, Hutchinson, Minn.; Adeline Miller, Glencoe, Minn.; and Eunice Swedberg, Battle Lake, Minn.


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Why Isn't Lionbridge King of the Globalization Jungle?
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its closest competitor in the localization business. It has about 225 employees in the Boston area, split between its world headquarters in Waltham and its operations center in Framingham.
And in an interview last week, Kathleen Bostick, Lionbridge's vice president of global services, detailed the company's technology investments, which are intended to speed big translation projects. The biggest component is a "translation memory" system called Logoport, which matches up texts needing translation—say, a manual for a digital camera—with similar texts that have already been translated—for example, a manual for an older camera from the same manufacturer. "When you've got an update coming, you run it through the translation memory, and it will calculate how many new words there are, how many fuzzy matches, and how much material has already been translated, which saves a tremendous amount of time," says Bostick.
Logoport, together with the specialized glossaries Lionbridge has compiled for translation projects in various industries, is part of a larger platform called Freeway that, according to Bostick, is the industry's only Web-accessible translation services platform. While translation memory and computerized glossaries are common tools in the localization business, Freeway is the only translation system that allows thousands of freelance translators to log on simultaneously from their homes or wherever they happen to be located. Clients can access the system too, uploading projects for translation directly from their own content management systems.
"Nobody else has an online solution," says Bostick. "We just put our one billionth word through Logoport."
Lionbridge needs all that automation to deal with booming demand for localization services. Maturing economies in the Far East, for example, continue to attract Western companies like McKinsey & Company, which recently hired Lionbridge to create a Chinese version of its website. And increasingly, localization goes both ways: UFIDA, China's largest software company, engaged Lionbridge's Beijing office last year to create an English-language version of its enterprise resource planning software.
So, with businesses everywhere needing help expanding into global markets, and with so much manpower at its disposal, why is Lionbridge having so much trouble making money?
"It's not revenues that are the issues at Lionbridge as much as margins," says Sargent, whose firm does market research on companies in localization, translation, and outsourcing management. (Sargent himself was director of marketing communications at Lionbridge from 2001 to 2005.) "Their gross margins stink, and they've never been able to fix the problem."
There are a number of theories about why Lionbridge's margins lag behind those of competitors such as New York-based Translations.com and Maidenhead, UK-based SDL International. One is that the company leases too much expensive office space in cities around the world—and in fact, a recent cost-cutting campaign has led to office closures in New York and Germany.
Lionbridge's net income is also being hammered by the U.S. dollar's slide against the Euro and other foreign currencies, which makes it more expensive to employ people abroad. "The companies that are being hit the hardest are the companies that are Europe-based but selling in the U.S, because all of their costs are in Euros but their sales are in dollars," says Sargent. "Lionbridge is a little better hedged than its European competitors in that respect. But they still … Next Page »
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- September 9, 1924 - October 29, 2011
- Spanish Fork, Utah
of Clayton's Passing
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Dear Jerolyn & Family,
I was so sorry to hear of the passing of your dear father. He was such a great man! I always found it a pleasure when we got the opportunity to visit. He was so proud of you and all of your family, and would love giving me a run down of your activities. He'll truly be missed! You're in my thoughts and prayers.
Sending love and much respect,
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Posted by: Ann Fillmore Ward - Sherman Oaks, CA - Friend Nov 11, 2011
Jeanine, I am sorry for the father's passing. It sounds like he was off doing something fun at the time. Please know of my love for you, Jack and your wonderful family.
Posted by: Cauleen Olson - friend of Jeanine & family Nov 09, 2011
Sorry to hear about you father Buff. Prayers are sent. may he rest in peace. Shar
Posted by: Shar - Spanish Fork, UT - Friend Nov 06, 2011
I remember visiting him and he was always so excited to have us over, he was a very very kind person. My condulances are for the family. Rest in peace.
Posted by: Megan Beckstrom - spanish fork, UT - friend Nov 06, 2011
sorry we could not be there. I had shoulder surgery and have been down, but want you to know how much we loved your Dad. He was always so good to me and my parents. We express our love for your family. What a great man, we will miss his great smile and sweet personality. Love, Arlene
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I will miss Clayton, it was a pleasure to know him at work at Geneva,and at the demo's
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Posted by: Louis Wilkins - Friend Nov 02, 2011
Dear Clayton you will be greatly missed by us all.
Posted by: Sharon Stickney - Spanish Fork, UT - friend Nov 01, 2011
Dear Family, Your dadwas such a wonderful man, never an unkind word. You can be proud to be his children, Our prayers and love are with you. DeNene and Robert Jensen
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Dear Jerolyn, Jeanine, and Jeffrey, I have so many fond memories of your Father, words are failing me as I try to express them. I will never forget him for his kindness and sense of humor. He made a difference in my life.
My love and condolences to you.
Posted by: Betty Pinegar Huff - neighbor & friend Nov 01, 2011
Dear Stickney Family,
We are so sorry for the loss of your beloved father, and grandfather. I remember the very first time that I had the pleasure of meeting your father. He was wearing a purple dress shirt and a multi striped tie with varying shades of purple in it. I thought to myself, "wow that is one hip grandpa!" He reached for my hand and shook it firmly, but with a warm smile. I could tell immediately that this was a person who loved with a Christ-like quality.
Please accept our condolences.
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Shakira was looking more classic girl than she-wolf when she stepped onto the red carpet this evening. Wearing a nude lip and neutral eye makeup and with her hair pulled back into a sleek, curled ponytail, she went for a minimalist, chic look. Are you loving this simple look, or is it not your favorite?
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Bemidji City Council considers moratorium on rental registrations
The city of Bemidji has seen a 40 to 50 percent increase in the number of single-family homes converted to rental units since 2005.
That statistic, along with concerns about the loss of neighborhood character, has led the Bemidji City Council to take its first step toward addressing the number and quality of rental units within the city limits.
City Councilor Kevin Waldhausen said that while he and his family have good relationships with their renting neighbors, his block has experienced an increase in the number of rentals.
"We've really seen the neighborhood change drastically," he said.
The City Council on Monday held the first reading of an ordinance that would put in place a moratorium for up to one year on all new rental registrations for single-family homes converted into rental properties.
The second hearing, which will include a public hearing, is planned for July 20.
The moratorium also would require a third reading in August and would go into effect 30 days after legal publication.
The moratorium could last up to one year, but the council could choose to lift it at any time. "That would give us a year to study it and build partnerships," said Councilor Ron Johnson.
Also presented for consideration was a possible ordinance that would have set a density limit on the number of single-family-homes-turned-rental-units allowed per city block.
That limit would have been 25 percent.
A recent tabulation of single-family-homes-turned-rental-units showed that the number is highest in Ward 1, near the Bemidji State University campus, where blocks often have a percentage higher than 60. In fact, one block has an 80 percent density; 50.4 percent of all single-family homes in Ward 1 are rentals.
In Ward 2, 20.10 percent of all single-family homes are rentals. Ward 3 has a 17.73 percent, Ward 4 has 19.13 percent and Ward 5 has 10.61 percent.
"It's more of an urgency for my (ward)," said Waldhausen, the city's Ward 1 city councilor.
Despite the numbers, the council opted to not pursue a density limit at this time.
Johnson said he favored the moratorium over density limits, because there are other issues facing rental properties, such as parking and enforcing the occupancy limits.
"The moratorium was specifically drafted to put a stop, for the time being, on all rental registration," said City Attorney Al Felix. "It gives you more time to look at all of the policy-related questions."


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Subject: Re: [POLAND] Census Look up
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:19:42 -0400
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I have been looking for a Marcin Sroczynski, who allegedly lived in Pittsburgh, PA in 1900. My interest in him stems from the fact that in 1900 my Great Grandfather, Bartlomeji Zeilinski, arrived in Baltimore and stated that he was going to Pittsburgh to stay with his brother-in-law, Marcin Sroczynski. Right behind B. Zeilinski on the passenger list was a Franc Lesska, who was going to the same address and person, and also listed him as his brother-in-law. I have never been able to find Marcin, but I could find the address in Pittsburgh that was listed for him and forward it too you if you wish. My Great Grandmother, Hedwig Zeilinski, arrived at Ellis Island with my grandmother (3-year-old Stanislawa) in 1901 and stated on the passenger list that she was going to Pittsburgh to join her husband, B. Zeilinski. I have often wondered if Marcin was a real person who allowed some immigrants to use him as a reference, or who provided some services to them, or if he was fictiti!
ous. I have not been able to find him on any census, although there are other Sroczynski's living in Pittsburgh during this period. Can you add any light to any of this?
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Type: Sub-task
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 4.2
Component/s: Schema and Analysis
Each remaining schema component (after field types, fields, dynamic fields, copy fields were added by
SOLR-4503) should be available from the schema REST API: name, version, default query operator, similarity, default search field, and unique key.
It should be possible to get the entire live schema back with a single request, and schema.xml format should be one of the supported response formats.
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- Comments
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The full schema is available via the "/schema" path, e.g. http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1/schema. "?wt=json" and "?wt=xml" produce the expected output formats. SchemaXmlResponseWriter is added to provide output in schema.xml format, available via "?wt=schema.xml". Samples attached.
Also moves schema REST API methods from package org.apache.solr.rest to org.apache.solr.rest.schema, and renames base functionality REST API classes to remove the current schema focus, to prepare for other non-schema REST APIs.
Also changes output path for copyFields and dynamicFields from "copyfields" and "dynamicfields" (all lowercase) to "copyFields" and "dynamicFields", respectively, to mirror all other REST API outputs, which use camel-case.
I think this is ready to go.
Also changes output path for copyFields and dynamicFields from "copyfields" and "dynamicfields" (all lowercase) to "copyFields" and "dynamicFields", respectively, to mirror all other REST API outputs, which use camel-case.
I want to point out a design choice I've made with the REST API URLs: I followed what appears to me to be a pattern in Solr's URLs: all paths elements in lowercase, and query params either in camel-case or dots.separating.words formats.
Robert, I replied to you on the mailing list, and I tried to contact you on #lucene IRC.
You haven't responded in any meaningful way.
So please help me understand what you don't like and how you think it ought to be fixed.
Robert's comment from the mailing list - I'll commit the patch shortly, as I agree about the bugs it fixes - thanks Robert:
Well there are several bugs, resulting from the over-aggressive
normalization combined with normalizing always despite this comment:
// Only normalize factory names
So consider the case someone has
<similarity class="org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.BM25Similarity"/>
which is allowed (it uses the anonymous factory). In this case its
bogusly normalized to "solr.BM25Similarity" which is invalid and won't
be loaded by IndexSchema, since it only looks for solr.xxxx in
I think a patch like the following is a good start, but we should
review the other uses of the same code-dup'ed function in IndexSchema
and ensure there are not similar bugs:
I'm sorry if i came off terse or as a haiku, its not a big deal, I
just want it to work correctly.Index: solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/SimilarityFactory.java =================================================================== --- solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/SimilarityFactory.java (revision 1460952) +++ solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/SimilarityFactory.java (working copy) @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ public abstract Similarity getSimilarity(); - private static String normalizeSPIname(String fullyQualifiedName) { - if (fullyQualifiedName.startsWith("org.apache.lucene.") || fullyQualifiedName.startsWith("org.apache.solr.")) { - return "solr" + fullyQualifiedName.substring(fullyQualifiedName.lastIndexOf('.')); + private static String normalizeName(String fullyQualifiedName) { + if (fullyQualifiedName.startsWith("org.apache.solr.search.similarities.")) { + return "solr" + fullyQualifiedName.substring("org.apache.solr.search.similarities".length()); } return fullyQualifiedName; } @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ className = getSimilarity().getClass().getName(); } else { // Only normalize factory names - className = normalizeSPIname(className); + className = normalizeName(className); } SimpleOrderedMap<Object> props = new SimpleOrderedMap<Object>(); - props.add(CLASS_NAME, normalizeSPIname(className)); + props.add(CLASS_NAME, className); if (null != params) { Iterator<String> iter = params.getParameterNamesIterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) {
Robert's comment from the mailing list - I'll commit the patch shortly, as I agree about the bugs it fixes - thanks Robert: [...]
Patch committed to trunk and branch_4x.
we should review the other uses of the same code-dup'ed function in IndexSchema and ensure there are not similar bugs
The code-dup'ed function is in FieldType, not IndexSchema, and right now it's used to convert fully qualified class names of analyzers, and analysis components, to short name "solr.<SimpleClassName>".
Looking at SolrResourceLoader.findClass(), where analysis component references of the form "solr.<SimpleClassName>" are converted to Class references, I see that this is inappropriate for analyzer classes, since Lucene SPI doesn't cover them. I'll stop shortening analyzer classnames.
I looked up the currently defined analysis factories in trunk, and all of them are under org.apache.lucene.analysis.** and org.apache.solr.analysis.**. Lucene analysis component factories are loaded via SPI, and Solr analysis factories are discovered by iteratively attempting Class.forName() using a fixed set of package prefixes, including "org.apache.solr.analysis.".
I'll change the acceptable prefixes to "org.apache.lucene.analysis." and "org.apache.solr.analysis.".
Since SPI isn't used for Solr factories, I'll change the method name from normalizeSPIname() to getShortName(), since "shortname"/"short name" seems to be what "solr.<SimpleClassName>" instances are called. I would change SimilarityFactory.normalizeName() to getShortName() too, but I see it's only called the one time, so I'll inline it and get rid of the method.
Patch coming shortly.
Oops, last patch didn't cover shortening of names of FieldType subclasses, which live under package org.apache.solr.schema, another member of the package prefix set that SolrResourceLoader.findClass() checks for. Fortunately a couple schema REST API tests caught this problem.
This patch converts the qualification tests in getShortName() to a regex accepting prefixes "org.apache.lucene.analysis.(whatever)", "org.apache.solr.analysis.", and "org.apache.solr.schema."
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(Sports Network) - Michael Cuddyer tries to extend his franchise-record hit streak on Saturday when the Colorado Rockies continue a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field.
Cuddyer extended his remarkable run to 25 games on Friday with a two-run home run to help the Rockies take a 4-1 win.
"Cuddy's so locked in right now, I don't know if you can swing the bat any better than he is right now," Colorado manager Walt Weiss said. "He's doing damage, too, when he gets his hits. He's been huge."
Cuddyer, who has also reached base in a club-record 43 straight games, hit his two-run shot in the third inning while Wilin Rosario followed with a solo shot for the Rockies, who snapped a three-game losing streak..
Jhoulys Chacin (7-3) finished the game giving up three hits with three walks and three strikeouts over eight innings to win his fourth straight start.
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On Saturday Colorado will turn to lefty Jorge De La Rosa, who has won six of his last seven decisions. De La Rosa beat the Washington Nationals on Sunday, as he allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings to run his record to 8-4 with a 3.19 ERA.
De La Rosa beat the Giants earlier in the year and is 8-4 lifetime against them with a 3.74 ERA in 17 games (14 starts).
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Cain, though, has struggled at times this season and enters Saturday's start 5-4 with a 4.54 ERA.
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From: Renia <>
Subject: Re: Armiger means Esquire
Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 09:36:03 +0300
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Last week the city council shot down a six-lane bowling alley on Lower Greenville Avenue next to Good Records, denying zoning for a $1.5 million project there because activists told the council the bowling alley and attached bar would draw hordes of loud drunken outsiders to the neighborhood.
Really? We can't have a bowling alley? Old East Dallas is now opposed to bowling alleys attached to bars because they threaten us with moral ruination? For the life of me, I can't get the lyrics from The Music Man out of my head.
The Music Man was a hit Tony-award-winning Broadway musical by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey in the late 1950s, made into a hit movie in the early '60s and kept alive ever since in countless high school productions. It's about a scam artist who goes to River City, a hick town in Iowa, and convinces the populace they need to buy marching band instruments from him in order to rescue their youths from the corrupting menace of a pool hall.
Avi Adelman
So all last week I'm reading back over the dire warnings about the corrupting effect this six-lane bowling alley is going to have on my part of town, and I can't stop hearing lyrics from The Music Man.
If I close my eyes, I can almost see professional Lower Greenville neighborhood activist Avi Adelman doing the Robert Preston part from the movie.
I imagine a big neighborhood picnic at Tietze Park one hot Saturday afternoon. Avi has mounted a picnic table to catch the attention of a vast crowd. Hundreds of moms and pops push in closer to hear him.
"Well, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge," Avi starts out, "or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of a bowling alley in your community."
Now Avi steps down and dances out front to the ominously building thrum of snare drums in the background. He waves his arms to and fro, weaving the yokels into his spell:
"Ya got trouble, my friends, right here, I say, trouble right here in Old East Dallas! The first big step on the road to the depths of degradation, I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon. Then beer from a bottle!"
A shocked moan goes up from the crowd. Mothers and fathers snatch sons and daughters by the earlobes, eying them accusingly.
"An' the next thing ya know," Avi tells them, "your son is bowlin' for money in a pinch-back suit. And list'nin' to some big out-a-town jasper, hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'!
"Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six lanes in a bowling alley. Lanes that mark the diff'rence between a gentleman and a bum, with a capital B, and that goes with O and that stands for bowling!"
Now we yokels, utterly hypnotized by Avi's sermon, chant it back to him: "Trouble! Oh, we got trouble! Right here in Old East Dallas! With a capital T that rhymes with B and that stands for bowling!
"We've surely got trouble! Right here in Old East Dallas! Right here! Gotta figger out a way to keep the young ones moral after school!"
When I watched some of that city council meeting last week, I could still imagine the crowd whisper-chanting in the background: "Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble."
What the hell? When did Old East Dallas become River City? I thought we were the hip part of town. When did we become a bunch of Bible-beating yokels? I must have slept through that part.
Look, I've known Avi for years, and I respect him for what he does, and I'm not going to start now accusing him of being a scam artist in a 1950s Broadway musical. For that, maybe tune in next week.
Avi and I talked last week after the vote. He and the other activists have an entire conspiracy theory about the bowling alley. They say it's a speakeasy cover story for some gigantic rooftop snake pit that's going to be like a scene from Dante's Inferno. It's an interesting vision. Take some years off me, I might want to go.
What troubles me more is Avi's vision for what he thinks the future of Lower Greenville ought to be. I don't want to get boring, but when he talks about it I start hearing that damned marching band music again.
I asked him last week how he sees the future. He said the street, which is lined by low-rise 1920s brick buildings on 25-by-50-foot lots, is "designed for community retail."
Community retail? I admit, it knocked me back for a second. I had to think. I said, "community retail is a pretty big shift."
"What shift?" Avi said. He said that's what was there before it became a bar zone in the 1990s. "That's the zoning down there," he said, "with mom and pop stores like the original Bluebonnet [an organic grocery store] and the African bookstore."
I said, "You're really looking at the elimination of the so-called entertainment district."
"As a district that's a regional draw, yeah," he said. "That's gotta stop."
Gotta stop? The entertainment district has gotta stop?
See, now I'm back on my scam artist thing. I am not calling Avi or the other people who fought the bowling avenue scam artists. Yet. But this is not at all what they said they were up to when they talked the property-owners up and down Greenville into changing the zoning earlier this year.
That was supposed to be a dodge to get rid of only the really bad bars. Nobody talked about changing the fundamental nature of the neighborhood.
This is a huge paradigm shift, in fact. If we were talking about a real estate transaction — and I recognize that we are not — this would have been what they call a "material disclosure," like lead-based paint.
Last year when the city first started talking about rezoning Lower Greenville, if anybody had whispered the words, eliminate entertainment, none of the property owners would have gone along.
I've written about this before. I don't want to get back into all of that. It's all this super-technical zoning crap. But I do want to talk about two things.
The first is: What community retail? The African bookstore? Yeah, and while we're at it, let's bring back the fix-it shop where you can get new tubes for your Emerson radio and the neighborhood pharmacy where Old Doc Molestorino makes malts for the Scouts at the back counter.
I talked last week to a landlord on Lower Greenville who absolutely would not talk to me for attribution for fear of drawing the wrath of Avi. He said the kind of tenants who will be able to make money on the street, if Avi's roll-up-the-sidewalks vision takes place, will be what he calls "national credit tenants" — Subways and UPS stores — and maybe something like Korean and Chinese restaurants that can make money without booze.
He said the scene will not include The Gap — not enough foot traffic, not enough parking, wrong demographic. He predicted Walmart will move into the old Whole Foods site at the corner of Belmont Avenue and draw even more suburban-style strip-mall marketers to the street.
I don't know about you. I could cry. I don't think Avi and the others are protecting East Dallas. They're destroying it.
Another guy I talked to last week was Jeff Liles, who is the producer/manager now at the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff. Liles goes way back in the Dallas entertainment scene. He's kind of a walking oral history.
He watched the bowling alley thing unfold from afar and was aghast at what he saw. He said Avi's version of history — first it was Doc Molestorino and the malt shop, then it was bad bars drawing drunks from far and wide — is wrong. It skips a very important chapter.
Liles said that in the 1980s the concert scene at the Arcadia Theater and the satellite music scene up and down Lower Greenville created a magic that helped fuel the entire rebirth of Old East Dallas. Lower Greenville was this city's Park Slope, the trendy, revived Brooklyn neighborhood. "It was live music inside the Arcadia Theater that validated the neighborhood in the first place," Liles said.
He talked about the cool little restaurants that were part of the scene. "Like Little Gus'. All the musicians would eat there on Saturday morning," he said. "It felt like a musical community."
He remembered when Oram Street was home to a long list of poets, indie movie-makers, impresarios and musicians including the late Roxie Gordon, the company that produced David Byrne's True Stories, Reverend Horton Heat, Dollar Bill Johnston and Liles himself.
See, I remember that stuff too. East Dallas was unique then. Here's how it used to go: Somebody would move here from Toronto or Miami. They'd drive around Plano first looking for a place to live and decide to kill themselves. Then they'd get to East Dallas and say, "Thank you, Lord, thank you for bringing me home."
This whole vision of Lower Greenville as reverting to some kind of fantasy from the 1920s is so bogus on every imaginable level. What's the fantasy, anyway? Wasn't that when they had Prohibition? And tell me again what the activists are protecting us from now?
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Oh, no. The lyrics are coming back. Not again. Please make it stop.
"Never mind gittin' dandelions pulled or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded. Never mind pumpin' any water till your parents are caught with the cistern empty on a Saturday night.
"One fine night they leave the bowling alley, headin' for the dance at the armory! Libertine men and scarlet women! And ragtime, shameless music that'll grab your son and your daughter in the arms of a jungle animal instinct! Massteria! Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground!"
I think this is the part where we all pay Avi Adelman for the musical instruments and then he catches the next thing smokin' out of town. I mean Robert Preston.


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