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Walls, ceilings and flaws: a book about murals published as a website
The Mural in America by Francis V. Connor, Ph. D. at muralinamerica.com
Beauty en bloc: Anne Truitt finds her form at Matthew Marks
Anne Truitt: Sculpture 1962-2004 at Matthew Marks Gallery
John Griefen: Recent Paintings at Gary Snyder Project Space
The ensemble represents a series of very carefully thought-out painting decisions — yet never do the results look cold or calculated.
Winter White at Tria Gallery
Even in less jovial days of January, whiteness continues to command powerful associations.
Dan Christensen (1942-2007): The Plaid Paintings at Spanierman Modern
Facture is neither painterly nor hard-edged geometric, but in between–straight edges that nonetheless exude life.
Remembering Stanley Boxer: A retrospective, 1946-2000
An exhibition of Boxer's work runs at Spanierman Gallery through February 18
Multireferential Imagery
This essay is an extract from A Memoir of Creativity: abstract painting, politics and the media, 1956-2008 published by iUniverse, 2009. The book unites art theory, politics, journalism and personal memoir. At its heart lies the author's theory of abstract art, that instead of being non-representational, it constitutes a "multireferential" form of representation.
Jack Bush: Works on Paper at the New York Studio School
What most truly characterizes Bush's mature work is a seriousness, even a gravitas that amounts to a truly Olympian detachment.
The Art Critic by Peter Plagens
I've long felt that Peter Plagens and I had a community of interest, as we've both written about art for weekly newsmagazines (he for Newsweek, I for Time, having preceded Robert Hughes in that slot). Imagine my delight when I learned last August that Plagens was publishing his second novel, The Art Critic, in 24 installments on artnet! Twenty-four…
Willard Boepple: Looms at Lori Bookstein Fine Art
The author finds unexpected links between Boepple and the Surrealist phase of Alberto Giacometti


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Tue Nov 13, 2012, 04:42 AM
Bosonic (3,746 posts)
Steven Sinofsky: Windows division head leaves Microsoft
Source: BBC
Steven Sinofsky, the head of Microsoft's Windows division, has left the company with immediate effect.
His departure comes just weeks after Microsoft launched Windows 8, the latest edition of its flagship product, seen as key to the firm's future.
Microsoft did not give any reason for Mr Sinofsky's departure.
The company said Julie Larson-Green would be promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20307574
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Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 04:53 AM
Berlum (7,044 posts)
1. Windows 8 = Supreme Suckage
Response to Berlum (Reply #1)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 07:02 AM
Kolesar (30,999 posts)
2. How so? eom
Response to Berlum (Reply #1)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 09:15 AM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
5. And it's too bad. Microsoft is one of the firewalls against Google. nt
Response to Berlum (Reply #1)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 12:57 PM
Evasporque (2,133 posts)
13. WIndows 8 interface
Response to Berlum (Reply #1)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:58 PM
Occulus (20,590 posts)
15. I was VERY surprised, but I actually like it.
So far, everything works as expected. This was from an upgrade from Windows 7 Pro x64.
Believe me, nobody is as surprised as I am. I tried the developer test and it hosed my entire system drive for me.
It's very clearly designed for tablets, but I can get used to that. It's a different UI for a desktop, but not crippling, at least for me.
I have to say I love the Windows 8 Netflix app (oddly, the Google app seems unfinished to me). It's much less cluttered and far more pleasing to the eye.
Response to Berlum (Reply #1)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 09:43 PM
Xithras (16,191 posts)
20. Windows 8 is actually pretty good.
I generally find that those who whine about it the most are those who use it the least. I was required to load it on one of my laptops for testing at work a number of months ago, and was fully prepared to hate it. Within 30 minutes of installing it, I realized that it's one of the most intuitive versions of Windows ever created. I really like it. In my experience, that opinion is nearly universal among those who have actually spent time working with it. Oh, and I've never seen it crash, even though I started off running it on an old XP-era laptop that didn't have half its drivers for Windows 7, much less 8. Despite that, everything worked, and nothing crashed. When I installed it on newer hardware, it worked even better.
The biggest problem for current Windows users is "relearning" processes that have largely remained unchanged for 15 years. Most people spend a few minutes trying to figure out where the Start button is to launch a program. Once you let the old Windows mindset go and realize that it's a completely new beast, everything starts to click and it makes sense.
IMO, Microsoft's only real mistake was calling it "Windows". 95>98>Me>2000>XP>Vista>7 were successive generations of the same product as it evolved over 15 years. Windows 8 is not, and is as different from Windows 7 as Windows 95 was from Windows 3.1. If Microsoft had any brains, they'd have stuck with the Metro name and consigned Windows to the dustbin of history. Instead, it gets saddled with the baggage of the crap that came before it.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 08:32 AM
CincyDem (2,676 posts)
3. And yet, Balmer survives. Sheesh. n/t
Response to CincyDem (Reply #3)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 09:13 AM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
4. Can you believe it? What does Bill Gates' college roommate have on Microsofties?
He much have photos of someone killing a hobo or something.
No way would a CEO this bad survive so long anywhere else.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 10:22 AM
madrchsod (58,162 posts)
6. getting out while the getting is good?
8 will be another flop.
Response to madrchsod (Reply #6)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 10:26 AM
Randomthought (559 posts)
7. I like 8
it's what 7 should have been. Of course, bashing Microsoft is the thing to do so I guess I won't waste my time.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:24 AM
leveymg (36,418 posts)
8. This has happened before at MS. Remember ME and Vista?
A lot of us wish we didn't.
It's okay, so long as MS continues supporting and developing 7, which will live on for a long time, I'm sure.
Response to leveymg (Reply #8)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:40 AM
AtheistCrusader (31,439 posts)
9. As touch-based interfaces become more ubiquitous.
I think you'll find the touch support in Win 7 severely lacking, compared side by side with 8.
I've converted every device in the house already. I won't go back to 7, even if on the two non-touch devices the metro/desktop transition takes some getting used to.
Response to AtheistCrusader (Reply #9)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 12:16 PM
William Seger (7,389 posts)
10. Touch screens are fine for phones and cameras
... because of their small size and limited functionality, but there is no way in hell I'll ever use a touchscreen at work as a software developer or for my main hobbies of video editing and stereographic photography. My main complaint against MS for a long time is that they act as if they know how everyone "ought" to use their computers, but in fact they seem to have severe tunnel vision.
Response to William Seger (Reply #10)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 12:44 PM
AtheistCrusader (31,439 posts)
11. Markets often move on without individuals.
Have you tried a touch enabled OS interface?
There are some things I do every day that require more screen real estate, and do not really lend themselves to touch, but win 8 supports that as well. And then I get all the improvements around networking, file transfers, memory management, smaller OS kernel, etc.
Based on the hobbies you listed 'you' are not in fact the 'everyone', so your assessment of how a company gauged how 'everyone' ought to use their computers is similarly limited by your tunnel vision. Most people don't use a PC the way you do.
Response to AtheistCrusader (Reply #11)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 12:53 PM
William Seger (7,389 posts)
12. I didn't say I was "everyone"
... or that I think everyone should use a computer the way I do. My complaint was MS's "one size fits all" approach to things, which has never been -- and never will be -- the case with computers.
Response to William Seger (Reply #12)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 01:41 PM
AtheistCrusader (31,439 posts)
14. And that assessment isn't accurate.
I see people using that OS in many different ways.
*I* use it in different ways depending on the physical interface available to me on whatever PC I happen to be using.
Response to William Seger (Reply #12)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 02:10 PM
Occulus (20,590 posts)
16. The Apple OS directly contradicts your opinion, though.
Theirs looks and feels the same across all Apple devices.
If you want true kernel-level customization and capability to install custom user interfaces, *nix has always had that. Not sure about support for touch, though, but you can install it (or Windows, for that matter) to an ARM device, such as the Evo 3D (which I have).
What exactly are you using your computer for that makes Microsoft's interface so unusable for you? Many people perform video editing in Windows (perhaps you've heard of Adobe?) to stunning effect. As for stereographic photography, that's an esoteric hobby, and it's certainly interesting, but I'm not sure how it relates to Windows. Does it not support a particular required driver for your equipment, or something similar?
Not trying to be condescending here, I genuinely want to know. I'm bullheaded about computer issues, and if I think I can help you correct a problem I'll certainly give it a try.
Response to Occulus (Reply #16)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 05:34 PM
William Seger (7,389 posts)
19. Huh?
What we're talking about is how "ubiquitous" touch devices will become. My point was that virtually everything I do on a computer requires the precision of a keyboard and mouse, not stabbing at big colored blocks.
Response to William Seger (Reply #12)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 02:20 PM
ThirdEye (176 posts)
17. Give it a chance
I have my problems with Windows 8, but as a fellow software developer I can confidently state that the start screen is not going to hinder you.
It will require that you click to the desktop after you login, but it really isn't that bad. Plus, the start screen is super fast to appear and allows you to use keyboard shortcuts for extremely fast app and file searching. Of course, if you're like me you'll only need that every once in a while because everything else is on your taskbar. Otherwise, Windows 8 is fast and reliable so far. However, I personally don't like how they completely tossed Aero. They should have at least left the shadow effect behind each open window, like in Mac OS.
I will say, though, the the Windows app store is a completely different subject. Full-screen apps on a full-size desktop are rubbish. I absolutely will never use any Windows RT apps. If I can't run it on the desktop, forget it. My monitor is simply too big.
Response to AtheistCrusader (Reply #11)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 04:54 PM
Atypical Liberal (5,412 posts)
18. Touch is not a desktop application.
Any computing job that requires sitting at a computer all day is not going to benefit from a touch interface.
I still remember 20 years ago or so when touch screens first appeared and were heralded as the "next big thing". Problem was, there were no realistically portable devices that could use them, and they don't work well for desktop jobs.
Because when you are sitting at a desk all day you don't want to have to be holding your hand up in the air all day long.
For desktop work, the keyboard and mouse will reign supreme.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 10:32 PM
are_you_serious_1234 (54 posts)
21. Many people are wary of Microsoft products because of past experiences.
From what I've heard, Windows 8 is not a bad product from either user or development perspectives. This even comes from the staunchest MS player-haters. Unfortunately, people have been legitimately burned by various MS products in the past (e.g. early Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millenium/ME, Early Vista and even Windows 7) and are just leery of another revision. On the other hand, Windows N/T Windows 2000 (Really NT) and Windows XP were decent products. Haven't tried Windows 8 yet so I can't compare.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 11:20 PM
dlwickham (3,191 posts)
22. I need a new laptop and was terrified that I was going to have to settle for a PC
because of the price of most Macs
but I found a good price on a new Mac that is last year's model but still in the box
I hate PCs and I doubt Windows 8 is any different or better than any older Mac operating system

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Been shaving with REN High Glide Cooling Shave Cream for the last couple weeks. It's about time we chat.
Now REN shaving cream is one of the few creams which is intended for a dry face. Kiehl's is another brand which comes to mind when thinking about shaving creams like this. There aren't that many of them. The prevailing philosophy is that you want a good base of water or oil to start with. But REN shaving cream makes it work.
The big advantage of a "dry" shave is that it's quicker and much less messier. You don't end up with water and lather dripping down your chest, and you can skip the step of waiting for the water to heat up before priming your face. The downside, at least for REN, is the gunk factor.
Now I've read a lot of shaving reviews where the reviewer is obsessed with shaving cream gunking up his razor. And for a while I too graded shaving creams on their gunkiness. But then I moved on. Never really bothered me. Until REN High Glide Cooling Shave Cream, which stubbornly refused to remove itself from my five-bladed Gillette Fusion. So I dropped down to four blades and whipped out my Schick Quattro. Still a high gunk factor. So I dropped down the three blades and whipped out my Mach3. Sweet spot achieved! (Which is good news since my two-bladed Gillette Sensor is buried somewhere deep under the sink.)
My recommendation - REN High Glide Cooling Shaving Cream works best with three blades or less. And it works really well. Nice close shave. Occasional nick or cut, but nothing too out of the ordinary.
REN recommends trying High Glide with their Tamanu High Glide Shaving Oil. I didn't have any around, but I did just receive a bottle of Taylor of Old Bond Street Pre-Shave Oil, (which smells awesome!), and that improved the shave a little, but not enough to make me say you have to use an oil base. That said, the Taylor of Old Bond smells like a wonderfully aromatic gin, and the REN High Glide smells vaguely floral, so I felt like I was shaving in some fancy high-class cocktail. Love it!
REN High Glide Cooling Shave Cream is $40 for a 5.1 Ounce/150 ml tube. If you're interested in a dry shave, and you use a three-bladed razor or less, give REN a shot.
It's been almost 2 years since we had some very pleasurable shaves with products from REN. Our friends at Details for Men just sent over a tube of Ren High Glide Cooling Shave Cream, a recent arrival at their online men's grooming product store.
Formulated to soften and lift whiskers it contains Biosaccharides to help reduce inflammation and redness, bisabolo from Calendula to soothe and Peppermint Leaf Oil to cool. In addition, essential trace elements (Magnesium, Copper, Zinc) keep skin energized while Pumpkin Fruit Enzymes help prevent ingrown hair.
I have to say, I'm very glad to see another use for pumpkins besides Halloween and state fairs. I recently saw a truly gigantic pumpkin (among many other truly gigantic pumpkins) win first prize at the Topsfield Fair. What happens to that pumpkin after the fair is over? Does some nice family adopt it and care for it? Now I know. It ends up in shaving cream helping to prevent ingrown hairs. That makes me happy.
Ren High Glide Cooling Shave Cream is $40 for a 5.1 Ounce/150 ml tube. Check back soon for our full review.
For the past couple weeks we've been shaving with products from REN, courtesy of Details for Men. The first thing you'll notice about REN is the cool packaging. Clear plastic cylinders with pump tops - seals the contents inside so they don't oxidize; provides a clean and easy way to get a small amount out. Also, fits easily into a travel bag. Genius. Why can't more products be packaged like this?
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Once again our friends over at Details for Men have sent over some shaving products to try. This time they're products from REN, which I have to admit I had never heard of before. Here's a little quote from REN's website:
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Raleigh-Cary named top housing market to watch this year
Posted February 8, 2012
Updated February 9, 2012
Raleigh, N.C. — Home values in Raleigh and Cary appreciated, on average, more than seven percent last year, putting them at the top of a national list of real estate markets to watch this year, according to a special report released Wednesday.
Inman News reported that real estate in Raleigh and Cary is bouncing back better than any other market in the country, in part due to home values and also because of the high number of affordable homes available in the area.
"We are seeing a great buzz around the office," said ReMax United realtor John Wood. "Our numbers were down, but they are coming back up."
The "affordability rate" of homes in Raleigh and Cary is 73 percent – which means 73 percent of homes are affordable to families making the median household income.
The median home sales price is $224,300, the real estate publication reported. It's the only region on the top ten list that beats the national median home sales price of $169,500.
But Wood said that just because the local housing market topped the list doesn't mean homeowners should expect their home values to shoot up.
"It (is) hard to face sellers and tell them their home is worth less that they paid for it five years ago," Wood said. Raleigh-Cary housing market tops national list
Larger homes, Wood said, might sell better in Raleigh and Cary, but economic experts do not expect a big housing recovery this year.


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A BOOKIES run by a disgraced credit crisis banking boss is telling shop
managers to clean the toilets to save cash.
CORAL chief Andy Hornby — the former head of HALIFAX — is
axing more than 600 cleaners from the bookmaker's chain of high street shops.
Shop staff have been told they will have to do jobs such as hoovering the
carpets and cleaning the loos as part of the shake-up.
A letter was sent out to stunned workers by Richard Lang, Gala Coral's
operations director, last week. He said: "As part of the proposals to change
the way we do our business we are including the cleaning role in shop
colleague duties."
Coral is one of the few high street chains that still employs cleaners rather
than outsourcing the work.
But staff are furious, claiming it's more cost-cutting. One said: "I can't
believe they're getting rid of cleaners. Many have been there ages. And how
can they expect managers to run the shop and clean the loos?
"They're already run into the ground as it is."
Gala Coral is more than £1billion in debt. Earlier this summer it struck a
deal to sell its Grosvenor Casinos arm to Mecca Bingo-owner RANK. And
there is growing speculation that Gala will sell its Gala Bingo halls to
German group GAUSELMANN.
Coral runs 1,650 bookies nationwide. In a statement, it said: "Coral is
undertaking a review of retail business and a number of employees are
Hornby was the boss of HALIFAX BANK OF SCOTLAND which collapsed at the
height of the credit crisis four years ago.
Worker rights swap 'wrong'
ONE of David Cameron's business advisers has blasted the Chancellor's new
share swap scheme. SAINSBURY'S chief exec Justin King said the
Coalition would be better off cutting National Insurance to boost the
George Osborne on Monday revealed plans to let bosses strip new staff of
employment rights in exchange for shares.
But Mr King told the IGD Annual Conference: "What will the population think of
businesses that want to trade employment rights for money? Sainsbury's has
share schemes but does not think it should be linked to rights."
Trade gap hits £9.8bn
AN alarming fall in exports has triggered the second highest trade gap on
Official figures yesterday showed Britain's goods deficit soared to a whopping
£9.8billion in August.
Exports to countries outside the EU fell by more than 7 per cent. And we
sucked in a record level of oil imports.
The grim milestone came as separate figures showed industrial production fell
1.1 per cent over the month. Factory output in July had risen 3.1 per cent.
Nida Ali, economic adviser to the ERNST & YOUNG ITEM CLUB,
insisted: "We are optimistic about the prospects for UK manufacturers and
exporters further out."
Following the news, sterling fell 0.2 per cent against the dollar to its
lowest rate for a month.
Defence giant merger battle
BRITAIN was locked in a battle with Germany last night over the £28billion
merger between BAE SYSTEMS and Airbus-maker EADS.
BAE boss Ian King met with EADS chief Tom Enders for last-ditch talks over
whether a deal could be struck. But sources claimed Germany was still unsure
whether to back the plan, given a call from the UK Government for the French
and German states to limit their stake in a combined company. Both control
Defence minister Philip Hammond has threatened to veto the deal unless they
agree to a cap.
1,000 new gas jobs
BRITISH GAS is enlisting 1,000 apprentices to fit a million smart
meters next year, it was revealed yesterday.
Boss Phil Bentley said 750 would be taken on in the next 12 months to install
the electronic devices.
The meters are designed to enable homeowners to monitor exact gas and
electricity usage — and experts claim they should help Brits cut bills.
Mr Bentley said: "We've got a million smart meters to put on walls next year
and it takes a while to train people up. This apprenticeship programme shows
our commitment to growing the Green Economy."
Mr Bentley also backed Labour chief Ed Miliband's call for private sector
firms to be barred from public sector work unless they employ apprentices.
He said: "I don't normally agree with Ed Miliband, but I do on this."
Union in sue row
THE outsourcing giant CARILLION is threatening to sue a trade union
over a campaign to blacklist it with councils.
Carillion has told GMB it will seek "substantial" damages if it misses out on
local authority work.
The GMB has been writing to councils "highlighting" a race discrimination row
at a Carillion-run hospital in Swindon, Wilts.
Chiefs of the 620,000-strong union claim Asian-origin staff were told to give
watches and cash in exchange for holidays.
The GMB has lodged 100 claims with an employment tribunal.
The two sides are due to have talks at ACAS today.
– ARSENAL FC backer Alisher Usmanov is quids in as Russian mobile giant MEGAFON
floats in the City. It could be valued at £8billion, putting his stake
at £4billion.


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Ashley Pearce King Powell has been dealing with cystic fibrosis all of her life. The disease has brought her to this current place where she needed multiple organ transplants. Those transplants recently came through and Ashley is putting on the fight of her life.
According to cff.org, "Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States, 70,000 worldwide. A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections and obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food."
CFF goes on to explain, "In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, advances in research and medical treatments have further enhanced and extended life for children and adults with CF. Many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30s, 40s and beyond."
Three months ago the journey with CF brought Ashley to be admitted to the hospital with an emergency need for organ transplant. In the end she needed a new heart, lungs, and kidneys. The transplants took place and Ashley is slowing working her way through recovery. Her journey is being recorded by her mother, Lisa Lorenzen, on a Facebook page called "Ashley's Transplant Journey."
The Facebook journey is a collection of ups and downs, happiness and sadness, and the never-ending fear of something going wrong.
"Her prognosis changes often," Lorenzen said. "She has ups and downs and isn't completely out of the woods yet. We will be here for probably six more months."
It is the last three months of watching Ashley's health decline prior to surgery waiting for a donor, staying faithfully by her side, and losing so much in the process that has brought Lorenzen to her knees. But prayers and support from a community and loved ones keeps both of them fighting strong.
The community is coming together like they have so many times for those in need by utilizing the consultant work Lorenzen already does to help provide an income so she may stay by her daughters side and provide the much needed love and support to see her heal. Lorenzen is an Origami Owl consultant and an event has been created on Facebook to purchase items in support of Ashley by providing income so Lorenzen can stay by her side.
"I do not want a hand out and I am not asking for money," Lorenzen said. "This is a way I can work from here and help in Ashley's recovery."
Ashley has a fundraising page through an organization called COTA, Children's Organ Transplant Association.
"I have been her caregiver for all but six months of her life, the last six months before transplant," Lorenzen said. "I had always been her IHSS worker, until the few months before this admission. I lost my IHSS and because I am a family member I do not qualify for any benefits."
When things became more serious, Lorenzen said, "I had to close my home based business, put my home up for rent to avoid foreclosure, and now the bills are just piling up as I live on credit cards."
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Terkel Feb 4, 2013
I found an old photo from Indy and it is most certainly the same guy.
Terkel Feb 4, 2013
OK, hold it.
Antonio Asion, eh? Could he possibly be Tony Asion from El Pueblo a couple years ago, that was demanding free education for illegals? He's resigned from the rabble-rousers, but did say in a 2009 story that he'd been in law enforcement. That may be why I can't find a bio of him on any State websites.
WRAL, what say your investigative reporters?
37 Feb 4, 2013
They're as crooked as a barrel of snakes, believe that.
lsdhome Feb 4, 2013
"Investigatory placement"... Oh God, what the bureaucrats have done to the English language.
Cock a doodle doo Feb 4, 2013
Just an opinion, I think this is one agency that could be eliminated all-together, and allow the RPD to have jurisdiction over the government mall downtown and the parking lots around Raleigh.
It's crazy, one night last summer I call 911 to report some drunk people yelling and fighting in a parking lot, only to get a call back from the dispatcher 30 minutes later that RPD couldn't do anything because it was State Property and they would inform the State Capitol Police.
Paladin2 Feb 4, 2013
Without knowing the facts, comments are meaningless.
RonnieR Feb 4, 2013
What a joke this force is . How many workers get harassed and chased around dix campus ? Enough to give the wife some protection thats how much , I think they even have a station there or near by!
Dix Hill Hospital has its own police force. Most probably moved to Butner when most of the patients did, but there is still a large operation there, so I would guess they left some there.
paultaylorsr100 Feb 4, 2013
You're missing my point. It's not that big of an administrative deal for someone to be put on leave like that.
bill0 Feb 4, 2013
"Being put on administrative leave is about like suing someone"
Actually, it is incredibly rare for any police chief to be put on administrative leave.
itsyoureternalsoul Feb 4, 2013
What is wrong with policing all day and stripping at night?
paultaylorsr100 Feb 4, 2013
Alright!! Stop kickign these guy's down until you know the full story. Makes no sense why WRAL would post this without the "why" this incident even happened. Being put on administrative leave is about like suing someone. Anyone can be put on administrative leave so long as you don't touch their pay. And, anyone can be sued so long as you have the filing fee. So, wait for the "why" this happened.
sunneyone2 Feb 4, 2013
"So as not to compromise this ongoing investigation, nor publicly reveal personnel matters, the department will not provide additional details at this time," Shanahan said.
You're not going to get many more details than this.
It's not unusual for police officers at ANY agency to have "secondary employment", so don't villainize these guys yet.
Relic Feb 4, 2013
The State has pretty much made this agency ineffective almost as if they were looking for a reason to cut them. State buildings have little or no security.
ligonmaterial23 Feb 4, 2013
What a joke this force is . How many workers get harassed and chased around dix campus ? Enough to give the wife some protection thats how much , I think they even have a station there or near by!
justanotherstateworker Feb 4, 2013
They cut Capital Police in half to 30 employees. Mr. Acion is a wonderful, kind, family oriented Chief that cares abuot his staff. I hope everything turns out to be ok. I am a state worker downtown and I have found Capital Police to be very helpful.
Nancy Feb 4, 2013
They had their budget cut in half last year, anyone notice a difference? I don't recall reading how havoc prevailed. But when the budget was cut, there was this little tidbit that I found ...
"We no longer have preventive patrol, with the officer getting out checking property," Hunter said.
At times, he added, there won't be enough officers to cover all the buildings.
Some of the perks that state employees have grown accustomed to - such as women being escorted to their cars at remote lots or parking decks when they work late at night - will be a thing of the past, Hunter said.
Singlemalt Feb 4, 2013
barbstillkickin, they are on paid leave for the investigation to take place. They will then either be fired or cleared and can resume duty. Innocent until proven guilty, novelty concept I guess.
Also, being paid while under investigation is not just in the LEO employment worlds.
bill0 Feb 4, 2013
"They are a farce of a patrol operation anyway. They pulled me and ticketed me once when someone stepped into a cross walk as I was driving by. The person stepped back, so I proceeded to drive. I got a ticket. "
So, by your own admission, you broke the law and failed to yield to a pedestrian trying to use the cross walk. And them giving you ticket for breaking the law means they are a "farce"? The fact that some other drivers are equally discourteous and dangerous doesn't make your actions legal. It is kinda like complaining when getting a ticket for speeding because "everyone does it."
Always160 Feb 4, 2013
Your guesses are completely unfounded. These men are still sworn law enforcement officers and I appreciate them being downtown and protecting us and keeping us safe. And state salaries for these officers are so sad, that they need to work off duty to live at all and support their families. And off-duty work is not paid for by tax payers, it is paid for by the entity needing off-duty officers.
itsmyownopinion Feb 4, 2013
"Why do politicians seem to surround themselves with armed body guards...?"
Because they read comments on WRAL political stories. ;)
Mr. Middle of the Road Feb 4, 2013
I bet the good officers ticketed one of lawyer Shanahan's rich clients.
barbstillkickin Feb 4, 2013
Wow suspended with Pay. Where do I sign up. All they got to do is make a mistake and they get a paid vacation while we the TAX payers pick up the bill. If you get suspended you should not get paid. This is ridiculous. Let them sit at home with no money and then they will be like the rest of us and not make the mistake to start with. I would make mistakes all the timem if I would get a paid vacation. Welcome to North Carolina. State who loves taxes their citizens for this stuff and for all the illegals we want to keep so bad and fight for while they take our jobs. Thinking of moving to another state where they care about their citizens just got to find one.
working for deadbeats Feb 4, 2013
This article explains nothing. Not shocked though.
caniac315 Feb 4, 2013
I thought they got rid of the State Cap police a few years ago due to budget cuts, and the RPD had been forced to take over. They are a farce of a patrol operation anyway. They pulled me and ticketed me once when someone stepped into a cross walk as I was driving by. The person stepped back, so I proceeded to drive. I got a ticket. I work at the DOT building and you wanna know how often I've been chased back onto the sidewalk by speeding cars? Too many to count, and I never saw anyone getting a ticket.
Chatham Rebel Feb 4, 2013
Because they are glorified security guards who think way too much for themselves. Just have to deal with one sometime and see how "professional" they are.
JohnnyVoodoo Feb 4, 2013
Secondary employment huh? Sounds like a few big wheels were getting some private security protection/chauffeuring around town kinda services being rendered at the tax payers expense. But that's just a guess.
lessismore Feb 4, 2013
Why do politicians seem to surround themselves with armed body guards, at tax payers expense? If they feel so threatened they should find another line of work, or pay for their own body guards....
raleigh292 Feb 4, 2013
Where are the details?
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Highwoods Properties Acquires EQT Plaza in Downtown Pittsburgh
Highwoods Properties (NYSE: HIW) today announced that it has acquired EQT Plaza, a 32-story, 616,000 square foot, Class A multi-tenant office building located in the heart of CBD Pittsburgh. Occupancy at EQT Plaza is 92.2% and, with executed leases in hand, will increase to 95.9% by the third quarter of 2013.
The Company's investment is expected to be $99.2 million, which includes $8.0 million of planned building improvements. The property is expected to generate full year 2013 cash and GAAP net operating income of $7.0 million and $8.8 million, respectively. The Company noted that $0.5 million of expensed acquisition costs will be recorded in the fourth quarter. Also, EQT Plaza is on a ground lease with 111 years of remaining term and annual rent of $1.0 million.
Ed Fritsch, president and chief executive officer of Highwoods, stated, "We are thrilled to expand our footprint by 40% in downtown Pittsburgh with the acquisition of another Class A office building. EQT Plaza's proximity to PPG Place, less than three blocks away, will enable us to garner a number of operating synergies and will heighten the Highwoods brand in downtown Pittsburgh. There are also opportunities to 'Highwoodtize' this property, further enhancing its appeal to current and prospective customers."
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Bhubaneswar, Mar 11 (UNI) Former Orissa Gana Parishad (OGP) president Bijaya Mohapatra was today nominated as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)'s Orissa unit with immediate effect.
The OGP and the Orissa unit of the Janata Dal(S) merged with the NCP in October last and Mr Mohapatra was appointed convener of the state unit.
A release, issued by NCP national general secretary A H Rizvi, said NCP president Sharad Pawar had appointed Mr Mohapatra as the new president and asked him to recommend the heads of various frontal organisations of the party in the state.
Mr Mohapatra had also been directed to prepare a list of the office-bearers and members of state executive committee and send the list to the central party office within a week for approval.
Mr Rizvi said the NCP high command was convinced of the existence of a political vacuum in Orissa in which the party could play a major role and emerge as a strong political force to be reckoned with for the development of the state.
The NCP, he further said, could play a role of effective Opposition against the ''misrule'' of the BJD and BJP government in the state.
Mr Rizvi said a massive rally was organised by Mr Mohapatra and his associates in Bhubaneswar, where leaders from different political parties had joined the NCP after assessing the political situation of the state.
The NCP, he said, was of the view that in the coming Assembly and Parliament elections, the people of Orissa would vote the NCP to rule Orissa.
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No Final Fantasy VII Remake – Says Nomura
In the recent issue of Famitsu magazine, there was a large section featuring Final Fantasy VII's Cloud Strife and squashed rumors of a Final Fantasy VII re-make. The magazine shows a glimpse of games that he will be appearing on as a cameo, but Nomura says not to expect a full revival of the beloved classic anytime soon.
With Final Fantasy VII being one of the most highly requested games to be revamped, Nomura's statement will surely disappoint the core fans of the series, and classic gamers in general. With a slew of games slated for 2010 (including FFXIII and Dissidia Final Fantasy), Square Enix certainly has plenty to offer, but as far as revisiting the glory days of FFVII… don't wait around.
On a brighter note, one of the main highlights in this particular issue of Famitsu is how Cloud Strife's life began, and also shows the year he was born and for the rest of the characters. Damn, they really love Cloud Strife!
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all i want is kingdom hearts 3 on the ps3 none of that handheld bullshit thats all i ask forGD Star Rating
That's Probably the stupidest decision square has madeGD Star Rating
I'm proud of Square. I really am. They are more than willing to move on and do other things aside from Final Fantasy VII. I personally think more people would prefer something new and unique rather than a remake of one of the most overrated games of all time. So good for you Square! Keep fighting the good fight and make some really badass games that are 100 (if not 1,000) times better than Final Fantasy VII. It's had it's run, it's been around long enough. Time to go do something else.GD Star Rating
Sorry Hawk but it wasn't the best selling Final Fantasy title of all time for nothing. You and the rest of the haters need to just deal with it. It was the best and most popular of the series for good reason. I take Nomura's comments with a grain of salt only because every year when Square-Enix holds their annual conference in Japan they do a poll asking the fans what game they would like to see a remake of and FFVII always wins hands down. It will happen eventually.GD Star Rating
The decline of Square Enix continues. Final Fantasy XIII will never outsell Final Fantasy VII. Nor has any Final Fantasy since it. I pray to every diety in the universe to condemn these morons to ruin. The remake should have happened a long time ago. And now it supposedly will never happen. Instead FF gets more linear and bubble gumish with lil girls bouncing around and doing narration while whiny little children become emotional pivot points. You're a buncha fools for eating this stuff up.GD Star Rating
"With Final Fantasy VII being one of the most highly requested games to be revamped, Nomura's statement will surely disappoint the core fans of the series, and classic gamers in general. With a slew of games slated for 2010 (including FFXIII and Dissidia Final Fantasy), Square Enix certainly has plenty to offer, but as far as revisiting the glory days of FFVII… don't wait around."
Dude, Dissidia was released more than six months ago.GD Star Rating
Anyone who says the FF series has declined since FF VII obviously doesn't know anything about videogames, FF X was one of the best games ever created, much better than VII. FF games aren't linear, they're simply story – driven. Would you rather play open – world garbage with no story or meaning like Borderlands or Halo? Didn't think so.
Anyway….on to the article, this makes no sense. They have already remade most of the early FF games on the GBA/DS, why can't they remake VII – IX for the PS3? Square must realise that a FF VII remake would be an absolute goldmine for them, i'm sure what Nomura means is "It's not happening in the near – future." rather than "It's not happening at all.".
S – E are pretty busy right now with XIII, Versus XIII, Agito XIII and XIV so maybe once they get all those products finished and shipped they can start to think about remaking VII.GD Star Rating
Did anyone see that dissidia 2010 thing? Its been out since august what ru talking about?GD Star Rating
they can not be that stupid i all most wont ms to buy the rights to ff7.all most all most the would mess it up lolGD Star Rating
Honestly I agree with Hawk there, FFVII is completely overrated.
FFVI ahhh, now that's the game!
Remake me a FFVI and I'll be damn fucking happy. I could care less about emo Cloud, Terra would whoop his ass any day. You can't go wrong with Kefka either, seeing as he actually succeeded in his plans. Sure Sephiroth is still probably the most ultimate badass villian, but Kefka did what he couldn't. Although FFVII will always hold a special place in my heart, VI really was and probably always will be the best in the series IMO.
X is pretty up there too.GD Star Rating
Hawk, I think the fact they still create so many FFVII spin-offs and the fact so many people request the re-make is proof enough that people want it. I don't know where you get the idea that 'more people' would want something new?GD Star Rating
I read this article and had a grin on my face. Personally, I think FFVII is an ok game. Not a great game, and not the 'best game evah', but that's just my own opinion. I'm glad that this has been said, though others here have posted valid points. The fans will still whine and beg for a FFVII remake, but imo, SE has declined with their games. The Last Remnant and Star Ocean The Last Hope are mediocre and dull games, and the Sony Generation of FF games have declined as well. I despise FFX and X-2, and XII was a waste of time.
That's just my own opinion, which is probably different from everyone else's, but you can't please everybody.GD Star Rating
come on guys.. cloud & co. has been in the spot light for almost too long. i think its time for them to finally step aside and pass the torch to the next generation of FF heroes. just like zack passing the buster sword to cloud. seriously i dont want to see a scene where in cloud is passing the buster sword to denzel! man… ff7 trully is the best among all FF titles, thats why the demand for spin-offs, sequels, prequels.. REMAKEs are so sky high. but its really never that easy. this remake could make or destroy the whole ff7 legacy! what if a single scene differs from the original? that would sprout dismay to those loyal to the original ff7.. or something similar to that.
what im saying is.. why would you fix something that isnt broken?
the only way i think for a ff7 remake is if SE is about to get bankcrupt and is needing more money.
PS my english = badGD Star Rating
Why do people want a remake so badly. Why not just play the original, that was good, like rye said 'Why fix something that isn't broken'GD Star Rating


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In my environment, it was decided that we would reboot all PCs once a week. The merits of this are intensely debated on the internet, so this may not be the right route for your organization to take, but it definitely does serve some valid purposes in our opinion.
Like I said, there are many people who see this as unnecessary or detrimental, but others who think it's a great idea. For the most part, we're in the latter camp. In order to set this up, I first created a collection with a Maintenance Window from 10pm Tuesday night until 3am Wednesday morning. It is very important that you have a Maintenance Window configured before you set up these forced reboots, otherwise machines that are already powered off before the users left for the night will reboot themselves when powered back on the next day.
To set up the forced reboot advertisement:
It's important to note that your clients will not reboot at exactly the time you set the advertisement for. For example, if you have it set to run at 10:30pm, but have a Countdown Notification Length of 5 minutes, your machines won't reboot until 10:40pm (advertisement time + Countdown Notification Length + lead time built into the command line). Also important to note: users with administrative privileges can execute a shutdown /a to abort the shutdown, but only after the Countdown Notification has ended.
I've previously discussed how to deploy Java via SCCM 2007. The most common reason for this deployment to fail in our environment is "Internal Error 2753. regutils.dll". It looks like this error is typically caused by having a browser or Java itself running when you try to update it. Here's what we do to resolve it (with JavaRa and JavaMSIFix on network shares, this whole process takes less than a minute per client):
1. Open SCCM Client Center and connect to the PC in question
2. In the Inventory Actions section, select the AddRemove Programs tab and click Get Installed Software.
3. If Java is listed, remote onto their machine and go to java.com in IE. Click Do I have Java?. You should get a message that Java is installed, or maybe one saying your version of Java is out of date. This is good (unless your environment should have the latest version of Java). You're done!
4. If Java is not listed, remote into their machine and close out of all web browsers. Run JavaRA as Admin. Select Remove Older Versions. Once that's complete, you should get a text file logging the progress. Close out of that.
5. Run JavaMSIFix.exe (also as Admin). It's pretty self-explanatory.
6. Go back to the SCCM Client Center, and rerun the appropriate Java advertisement.
7. Check to make sure Java is now correctly installed by pulling up Add/Remove Programs. If it's listed there, you're all set!
Here at the company I work for, we have a number of offices scattered around the world. Computers imaged at each office have to be placed in an OU specific to each office, have an office-specific Local Admin password set, and have the timezone set. Originally, we had a separate Task Sequence for each office, and we'd have to pick the right one. Unfortunately, this also meant that we had at least 5 of each Task Sequence, which made updating software packages pretty tedious, as we'd then have to update them in each TS.
I didn't want to create an HTA to have the local IT guy manually select an office, and I was also averse to having the local IT guy enter specific values in the form of a Task Sequence Variable. Our offices each have well-defined subnets, so I knew there'd have to be a way to have the task sequence automatically apply these regional settings based on the IP address. Here's how to do it (note: these instructions are for SCCM 2007; I'm not sure how they'd need to be modified for SCCM 2012 at this time):
You're all set! If you have any trouble with any part of this, please leave a comment below!
We were experiencing an issue at one of our remote offices where our OSD task sequence would get stuck right before it began installing updates (Windows and Office Updates). This issue seemed to only affect machines that were already in SCCM's database; unknown machines were unaffected. The issue was most prevalent in one specific remote office (affected approximately 60-70% of machines being reimaged), but was documented only sporadically at other offices. For what it's worth, our environment is SCCM 2007 R2 running on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.
My first inclination was that there were just too many updates involved. I built a new Windows image that already included all of the Windows 7 updates that we've deployed to-date (a good practice we've decided we should do every few months anyway, just to cut down on OSD time). Unfortunately, this still did not work.
A bit of Googling yielded promising results: a hotfix available from Microsoft- "Task sequence that installs many updates stops responding on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 client." Perfect! I downloaded the hotfix, and proceeded to install it on the Site Server. Once that's done, it also creates a new package called "KB2509007 – Advanced Client Hotfix – [Site Code]". I had our remote techs try kicking off some OSD at this point, but apparently, I'd jumped the gun.
At this point, what needs to be done is to update your "Microsoft Configuration Manager Client Upgrade 4.0 ALL" package on all your Distribution Points. Also take note of this package's Package ID, as you'll need to add the following to the Installation Properties of your "Setup Windows and Configuration Manager" step in each of your Task Sequences:
PATCH="C:\_SMSTaskSequence\OSD\[Package ID for Client Upgrade 4.0] \i386\hotfix\KB2509007\sccm2007ac-sp2-kb2509007-x86-enu.msp"
Once this is added to your OSD TSs, and the package is updated on your DPs, your Task Sequences should stop hanging during the Installing Updates step!
One would think that since Microsoft created SCCM, it would be really easy to distribute their software using it.
One would be wrong to think that.
Recent updates to Microsoft AdCenter are forcing users to update to the newest version, which is not possible for users in our environment who are not Admins due to the way our GP is configured. I spoke with a number of people at Microsoft, finally getting in touch with a Senior Development Lead for AdCenter who was actually super-helpful. Apparently, the installer used to be available as an MSI, but was changed to only allow per-user installs (so that non-admin users could update the software themselves) after requests from companies that apparently have very different setups than mine. Until the installers can be changed to allow the inclusion of an OPTION of a per-system install, here is my solution:
Let me know if you have any questions!!
When creating packages in SCCM, I strongly prefer to use MSIs over EXEs. They're just way simpler. A few clicks and you've got all the command lines there for you automatically, instead of having to test and re-test or guess at the command line switches for an EXE. One thing that boggles my mind is Microsoft's inability to release MSIs for their own products. Silverlight and AdCenter both saw updates recently, and both were released as EXEs.
Here are some quick steps to take the Silverlight EXE and get a usable MSI from it:
Once installed, future patches can be managed via Software Updates in SCCM.
SCCM has this really annoying habit of not keeping TS logs accessible after completing an OSD task sequence. Unfortunately, this also applies when the TS fails. To combat this problem, I implemented the following solution from Steve Rachui, which moves the TS logs to a network share for proper archiving and ease of access.
To do this, I added a new group to my main task sequence called Log Upload. I selected the "Log Upload" group and went to the Options tab, and added a Task Sequence Variable condition wherein we check whether _SMSTSLastActionSucceeded equals false. If so, it executes the group. I added four steps to this group:
It's important to set this whole group to "Continue on Error," otherwise it will fail if any of the individual steps fail, and report your entire TS execution as a failure. In my first test run, I hadn't set this option, and the TS failed when it wasn't able to delete the not-yet-existing folder on the share in step 2. Note that you'll also want the preceding steps to continue on error as well, otherwise the TS won't even get to this part on failure.
Next time, I'll talk about using a script to send an alert email when a task sequence fails!
SCCM installs software using the local system account. This sometimes presents issues when testing before packaging in SCCM, as there is no straight-forward way to run things as this account. Packaging the software, testing by deploying to a test machine, and waiting for the results can be time-consuming, so here's an alternative method for testing your command-line as the local system account:
1. You should have PsExec on the test machine (for example, my test machine has it located in C:\Program Files (x86)\PsExec.exe). Open an admin command prompt and navigate to the location of your PsExec.
2. Enter psexec -si cmd.exe to open a command prompt as the local system account. To confirm that you're running this command prompt as the system, you can use the command whoami. It should return nt authority\system.
3. You can now use your command line installation to run under the same conditions as SCCM!
For even more betterness, you can create a desktop shortcut with the following target (be sure to sub in a valid admin username):
C:\Windows\System32\runas.exe /user:[domain]\[admin account] "c:\program files (x86)\psexec -si cmd.exe"
This will prompt for the admin account's password, and then launch the system command prompt.
-Derived from Richard Balsley's post, found here
May 12
Here's how I've been able to deploy Java via SCCM 2007 (this method works for both Java 6 and Java 7):
1. Download the version of Java JRE you want to deploy HERE (specifically, the Offline installer; we use x86 even though we have x64 machines).
2. Run the Java EXE.
3. Find the temp folder it unpacked to (probably C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java for whatever user context you ran it under).
4. Take the MSI in that folder, along with Data1.cab. Put BOTH those in your source folder (it will fail if you don't copy Data1.cab as well).
5. Create Package from Definition using that MSI.
6. Deploy! It is very important that when you deploy this to your clients, all browsers are closed and Java is not running, otherwise your deployment may fail. My environment forces all client machines to reboot half an hour into our weekly Maintenance Window, so we always push these updates after that reboot to ensure Java and browsers are not running.
If you have a more efficient method, or any questions, leave a comment!
May 12
Suddenly, I have real things to talk about. I stumbled onto the task of managing SCCM for my company, and have learned a LOT. However, as is often the case in Tech, learning is an ongoing process, and "a lot" is a relative term.
As such, I will be posting tips, tricks, and things I learn here for archiving and linking purposes.
Here are some resources I find very helpful:
MyITForum.com – System Center Products
SCCM Guru Webcast Series
Reddit – /r/SCCM


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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Taking Out the Trash
We three get along really well somehow despite being so different. Not only from each other but maybe more so from the rest of the "normal" world. Something I think we have all learned to embrace over time.
Personally, I've gotten a lot of criticism throughout my life for being "too put together." In Junior High School a girl caught me outside Science class and yelled, "OH, YOU THINK YOU ARE MISS PERFECT, DON'T YOU?!" Then she punched me in the head.
I consoled myself with the thought that it must have been my new hairdo which sent her over the edge. My "I'm Farrah Fawcett-Majors and I'm Worth It!" coiffure was simply too much.
Even within my own (step) family, I've endured the same judgement. Ironic really.
If you know me personally or had read some of my more candid early posts (many of which I've since taken down as my my blog became more "public"), you know that my childhood and life through my first marriage was anything but perfect.
All that said, back to that dinner I was talking about...
Myself, my brother and my sister each had our respective partners with us; married (me), engaged (my brother) and "it's complicated" (my sister). As I reflect on the conversations we all shared that night, I find myself creating possibilities of what each of our guests might have been thinking.
"Wow, and I thought my family was screwed up."
"I can probably make it to the border if I start running now."
"This is why people drink."
Poor souls. Obviously, they really love us. Or something.
Naturally we spent some time reviewing childhood memories. One topic which always seems to come up during these mini-therapy sessions is TRASH.
At our childhood home with mom in Suburbia, USA, we had this cute little shed in the backyard. When we had a full bag of trash in the house, one of us would carry it out and throw it in the shed.
Eventually the shed would be completely filled with trash. Wall to wall; floor to ceiling. Our rotting trash became a critical link in the food chain for several types of living things.
You'd think that when one of us went to throw another Hefty on the pile and saw the other bags moving, it would trigger a red flag to say, "Take the trash to the curb."
For a variety of reasons, that just didn't happen.
By the time we thought there might be a problem, it already seemed too big to handle. We were too tired to deal with it right then or had something else which needed our attention more. It's already a mess so what's one more bag? Let someone else deal with it; I got enough going on.
This would continue until there was simply no possibility of ignoring it. The shed was more than full. New species of insects were crawling around and flying out of the cracks. The neighbors were complaining.
I have many vivid and horrible memories of emptying and cleaning that shed. It was a chore made even more difficult because of the tears which blurred my vision and made me shake so badly I almost couldn't hold the bags.
The silver lining came when the shed was finally clean. I remember once making little curtains and turning it into a playhouse/secret reading spot. I felt proud of the accomplishment and enjoyed the space more because of what went into creating it.
However, the same patterns of action and inaction persisted. We never created a process or a plan for keeping the shed empty. The cycle always started again. It was such a chronic issue over so many years; no wonder my siblings also had nightmares about the shed, the trash and the bugs.
Although the story is pretty embarrassing, I've had many people tell me about problems in their lives which clearly relate to my "Tale of the Trashy Shed."
The mile-high, maggot infested trash might be debt. It might be excess weight, depression, failing marriage or out of control kids. Issues in our community. It could be a lot of things.
Somewhere along the line, we had warning signs. Somehow we at least helped to create our circumstance through action or inaction. We lacked process. We were lazy in some regard. We felt overwhelmed and helpless. We thought by ignoring the situation, it might just go away on its own.
"I'm already so far in debt, what's one more charge on the credit card?"
"I'll start my diet on Monday. Might as well enjoy these Oreos now."
"I don't have time to deal with this right now."
Whatever that mountain of trash happens to be; it doesn't get there overnight and the longer you don't deal with it, the bigger it gets. Until it's just so big, you don't know what to do.
Until it's so out of control that you are forced to deal with it.
Like so many folks, Big D. and I have been going through a pretty trashy financial situation over the past couple of years. Exactly one of those situations I just described with a lot of help from a stinking real estate market.
Again, overshare. Yet I feel like maybe one of the reasons you keep coming back here is because I tell it like it is. Even when it's not pretty. Maybe you can relate? Dunno.
The great news is that this past week, we finally saw the first glimpses of a clean shed floor. Hope. Light at the end of the tunnel. New habits, hard work and following my own strategy (internal/external/support) is all finally paying off. Okay, so a little dumb luck doesn't hurt either.
Where are you at? Do you feel like you're in an episode of Hoarders, living in the light or somewhere in between?
Thanks for visiting,
9 comments:
- Sarah said...
I'm trying to take the garbage out, but it gets too difficult sometimes. I would suggest taking small steps when it gets overwhelming, an advice I wish I would heed.
- July 18, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Amanda @ Serenity Now said...
This was a GREAT post!!!!! :)
- July 18, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- Charlene said...
Thanks Amanda!
Sarah - Small steps are a great idea. The main thing is remembering that the steps are the activities, not the results. So many people focus on trying to get small results a little at a time and wonder why they continue to fail even at that. Small changes in behavior and/or new habits (even small ones) which eventually lead to great success.
- July 19, 2010 at 7:11 AM
- Kim said...
That is a fabulous post. So many people have or have had a trashy shed in their lives. The hope is that they learn from the first time they have to clean it out, not to let it happen again.
- July 19, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Lynn from For Love or Funny said...
Lately, my trashy shed has been my (lack of) exercise habits. Aptly, "small steps" are exactly what I need! (Stopping by from SITS.)
- July 20, 2010 at 6:28 AM
- foxy said...
Wow, I have a LOT of the "trash" you're talking about... debt, diet, exercise... UGH. They're all so hard for me. I've cleaned my shed before, but it's definitely piled back up and now I'm trying to clean it again.
And, yes, I like that you're real. I can relate to some of the things you're going through and coming here makes me feel like I'm not alone. That's why I keep coming back. ;)
- July 20, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Eileen Ludwig said...
Charlene, Very interesting story. Oprah talks a lot how we have warnings before it gets out of hand. She points it out in others. It is obvious to see in others and more difficult to see in ourselves.
My blog post for day 3 http://socialmedia.eileenteaches.com/blog/?p=134
- July 24, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Argentum Vulgaris said...
Great post Charlene, I knew a family a long time ago where the back bedroom was the equivalent of your shed. I cleaned it out for the sake of the kids. But an excellent analogy for the trash we collect in our lives as well.
- July 26, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Laura said...
My trashy shed had to be my marriage. Stayed in it way too long. Of course, I've been separated/divorced since 1998, so now my shed is clean.
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"I just wanted to make it has dramatic as possible," laughed senior Clare Stachel after the game. She had every right to crack a joke, as she added her first goal of the season at a critical moment in the year. Stachel scored an equalizer with only 40 seconds left in regulation, and Nkem Ezurike added another game winning goal as Michigan snuck by the Chippewas of Central Michigan, 2-1, in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. (Video highlights - MGoBlue.com)
This was the first loss for the Chippewas when they scored the first goal this year, as they were 14-0-0 before this game. They also allowed 20 shots to be taken for the first time this season (24 shots), this loss also kept Michigan undefeated against Central Michigan all-time (3-0-1).
The Wolverines will now travel to Penn State to play against the University of Portland in Round 2 on Friday. The Pilots defeated Washington State 6-5 on penalty kicks after a 2-2 draw the night before.
Action started early with the Wolverines applying early pressure with Christina Murillo sending a corner into the box, with it being cleared by the knocked away by goalkeeper Stefanie Turner. The shifty Danielle Rotheram immediately grabbed the rebound and shook her way down the field between Michigan defenders, and fired a shot off target.
Immediately following, MAC Defender of the Year Bailey Brandon launched a throw into the box, and Laura Gosse one-touched it into the back of the net past Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year Haley Kopmeyer. It was Gosse's 5th goal of the year.
On the ensuing kickoff, Ezurike flowed down the field, beat three defenders, but put her shot over the bar.
The theme of the night was Michigan creating chances, but not being able to finish. When asked about the opportunities, CMU coach Neil Stafford was bluntly honest about it.
"When you put pressure on an opponent like that, you get nervy. At the end of the day, sometimes you have those days where they don't go in. We watched Michigan play Illinois, and they have several go off the crossbar, and in close. Sometimes you need to be as lucky as you are good, and tonight, I thought we were both lucky and good, but it wasn't good enough."
In the 23rd minute, Nkem played a ball on the baseline, and Cassie Collins fired a shot off the post. Michigan looked to finally break through six minutes later as Big Ten All-Freshman player Corinne Harris sent in a cross into the box, and senior Emily Jaffe headed the ball off the crossbar.
A scary moment happened nearly in the second half when Michigan midfielder Tori McCombs headed a ball past Central Michigan's Emily Basten. Basten attempted to head the ball back and their heads collided. Both laid on the grass for a moment, with Basten getting up and returning a few minutes later. McCombs was held out by the trainers with fear that she suffered a concussion.
Michigan added an equalizer in the 75th minute and the band began to play, only to hear the ref call the Wolverines offsides.
With less than a minute remaining in regulation, it appeared that the Chippewas were headed to the second round, but Stachel tied the game up to force overtime. Chloe Sosenko sent in a ball from about 40 yards out, and Stachel met it with her head, off the post, and into the back of the net.
"It's a fantastic story," said Michigan coach Greg Ryan after the game. "She's had a stress reaction that we've had to manage all season long. She's had very few minutes, very little practice time. She's never scored a header goal in her life. For her to flip one in the upper 90 was just amazing. It just shows how much she wanted it."
In the first minute of overtime, the game was almost over as it began. The diminutive Toohey caught a volley in the box, and turned and fired it towards MAC Goalkeeper of the Year Turner. Turner made her most impressive of her five saves on the night as she dove to stop it.
Four minutes later however, the game came to a close, as Ezurike took an Emily Jaffe deflection and beat an out-of-position Turner to clinch the win.
After the game, coach Stafford opened with "First off, congratulations to Michigan. They battled hard. My heart goes out to our players, who battled incredibly hard, as well. We have nothing to hang our heads about. It just shows how tough the MAC is, and what a quality program Central Michigan is."
CMU had the most successful senior class in the history of their soccer program (11th in the nation during its current span), and coach Stafford was brimming with pride about them, "They contributed right off the bat. Most freshman come in with the mindset of 'I'm a freshman, I'm a freshman', but the expectation at CMU is that everyone has a major part to play. They did a great job, and christened a new class of freshman. Hopefully they will continue to progress, and I'll look forward to being back in this position soon."
Penn State will host the next round of games in the NCAA tournament with the Pilots of Portland next up for the Wolverines. The Pilots are the No. 4 seed in the tournament and are two-time national champion (2002, 2005). They are led by Amanda Frisbie, who has 12 goals, and 9 assists on the season for 33 points. Michigan has only played Portland once in their history, a 3-0 loss in 1996. The winner of this match would take on the winner of Boston College and Penn State.


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The National Declassification Center, which was created to implement President Obama's 2009 Executive Order forcing the release without review of classified records from 25 years before or earlier. This article reflects their decision that both the still classified or locked records pertaining to President Kennedy's assassination and to the death of Dr. Martin Luther King fall outside the scope of this order and will remain classified, even beyond 2017 and 2028 respectively despite the provisions of the JFK Records Act and the Congressional 50 year rule for the House Select Committee on Assassination files. Some of the records have been marked "NBR – Not Believed Relevant" and therefore beyond any review or release by the deadlines, if ever. The National Declassification Center of the National Archives and Records Administration will hold its third annual Open Forum on August 29, from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at the National Archives Building, 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.. Morley and other researchers will be present to challenge these decisions and to call for full release by 2013. 706 people have already signed an online petition for release of the files and we are seeking 1,200 more names to present to the National Archives. To add your name, visit:
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National Archives: No New JFK Docs
Jefferson Morley, SALON.COM
Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 06:00 PM EDT
Bowing to the CIA, the National Archives says it won't release 1,100 secret assassination documents in 2013
President and Mrs. Kennedy ride through Dallas moments before Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. (Credit: Reuters)
Acquiescing to CIA demands for secrecy, the National Archives announced Wednesday that it will not release 1,171 top-secret Agency documents related to the assassination of President Kennedy in time for the 5oth anniversary of JFK's death in November 2013.
"Is the government holding back crucial JFK documents," asked Russ Baker in a WhoWhatWhy piece that Salon published last month. The answer, unfortunately, is yes. In a letter released this week, Gary Stern, general counsel for the National Archives and Record Administration, said the Archives would not release the records as part of the Obama administration's ongoing declassification campaign. Stern cited CIA claims that "substantial logistical requirements" prevented their disclosure next year.
"This is a deeply disappointing decision that deprives everyone of a fuller understanding of the JFK assassination," said Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, who is writing a book about the impact of JFK's assassination on American politics. "The 50th anniversary of that terrible event is the perfect opportunity to shed more light on the violent removal of a president. This adds to the widely held public suspicion that the government may still be hiding some key facts about President Kennedy's murder."
The records, requested by the nonprofit Assassination Archives and Research Center (AARC), will remain secret until at least 2017, when the 1992 JFK Records Act mandates public release of all assassination files in the government's possession. (Full disclosure: AARC president Jim Lesar is my attorney in a Freedom of Information lawsuit seeking JFK records from the CIA.)
Among those seeking expedited disclosure were Notre Dame Law School professor G. Robert Blakey, who served as chief counsel for Congress' JFK investigation in the late 1970s. In an email he accused the NARA of using "bureaucratic jargon to obfuscate its failure to vindicate the public interest in transparency, a goal touted no less than by the Obama administration. "
"It beggars the imagination to assert that documents (or portions thereof) can only be released in 2017, but not 2013," said independent scholar Max Holland in an email. "I can understand a 100-year argument, in order to protect the identity of confidential sources (say a spy in Castro's Politburo who said he didn't do it); a 100-year rule would protect him or her. But 54 years versus 50? Doesn't make sense … While it is true that JFK assassination is the most declassified event in U.S. history, in some respects NARA has done a poor job of carrying out the letter, spirit and intent of the JFK Act."
The Archives' decision comes as two former CIA officers have gone public with the unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that Cuban leader Fidel Castro had advance knowledge of JFK's assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. In a piece published in the Daily Beast this week, retired CIA officer Glenn Carle claimed that "the Cuban dictator knew of Lee Harvey Oswald's intention to kill President Kennedy." Carle also defended a deceased CIA colleague, David Phillips, from allegations of JFK conspiracy theorists that he connived in JFK's death.
The still-secret CIA records could clarify the issue. The records include more than 600 pages of material on the career of Phillips, the chief of the Agency's anti-Castro operations in 1963. Phillips oversaw the surveillance of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City six weeks before Kennedy was killed. Antonio Veciana, an anti-Castro Cuban who worked for the CIA in the 1960s, told congressional investigators in 1976 that he saw an Agency officer whom he knew as "Maurice Bishop" with Oswald two months before JFK was killed. At the time, the CIA unequivocally denied that Phillips had ever used that name. In the Daily Beast article, Carle, a colleague of Phillips, admitted what the Agency has long denied: that Phillips had used the name "Maurice Bishop."
A CIA spokesman said the Agency declined to comment on Carle's claims.
Phillips, who died in 1988, told conflicting stories about what he knew of Oswald before JFK's murder, but always rejected accusations he was involved in the assassination itself. Phillips may have been sensitive about such allegations because, unbeknownst to JFK investigators, he had been involved in another high-profile political assassination while working for the CIA. In 1999, the nonprofit National Security Archive obtained Agency records revealing that Phillips, as a senior CIA official in 1970, had orchestrated the murder of a Chilean general on behalf of the Nixon White House.
NARA had originally said the 1,171 CIA documents would be reviewed for release. In 2010, assistant archivist Michael Kurtz told a public hearing in Washington that the JFK records would be included in the Obama administration's ongoing declassification campaign.
The idea was popular with the public. As Baker reported, NARA
asked, on its online Open Government Forum, for suggestions from the public about what it could do to create greater transparency. The #1 most popular idea? Get those Kennedy records out—before Nov. 22, 2013, the fiftieth anniversary of the Dallas tragedy.
In his letter to the AARC, Stern said that Kurtz "misspoke." The Archives, he explained, tries "to balance historical impact, public interest, and extent of other government agency involvement [emphasis added] in order to manage government-wide declassification resource constraints as efficiently and effectively as possible."
In this case, the evident public and scholarly interest in JFK disclosure was outweighed by the CIA's desire to keep ancient but still-sensitive records out of public view.
"After five decades it is ridiculous that information is still being withheld from the people whose taxes paid for it," said Sabato.
Ridiculous but true: As the 50th anniversary of the Dallas tragedy approaches, the CIA officials are hiding information about the events that culminated in the death of the liberal president — and the National Archives is helping them get away with it.
Jefferson Morley is a staff writer for Salon in Washington and author of the forthcoming book, Snow-Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835 (Nan Talese/Doubleday).


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Madalynn Doughty became the third North Platte High School girls' soccer player in three years to sign with the University of Nebraska-Kearney on April 14.
Doughty will follow former Lady Bulldogs Breezy Jahnke and Jackie Paloucek in playing for the Lopers. Jahnke signed with UNK in 2012 and Paloucek did the same in 2013.
Doughty said that she is glad that she will have some former teammates to make her feel more comfortable as she moves on to the next level.
"I am excited to play with people I used to play with," she said. "It's going to be a fun experience."
Doughty has had a superlative athletic career at NPHS. She has also starred in volleyball and basketball for the Lady Bulldogs. But the favorite sport for the 5-foot tall Doughty is soccer.
The four-year starter for NPHS said that she is thankful to have the opportunity to play soccer in college.
The womens' soccer program at UNK is only five years old. In 2009, the Lopers began their inaugural season under Coach Mike Munch. A couple of months before the 2012 season however, Munch resigned unexpectedly. John Maessner, a former Major League Soccer player, was named interim coach and he continues to hold the position.
This past fall, UNK went 8-8-2. Doughty said that UNK's status as an upstart program in NCAA Division II really appealed to her.
"It was a new program when (Maessner) came in and he's turning it into something big," she said. "I am excited to go into a new program and help them accomplish big things."
Besides following Jahnke and Paloucek, Doughty is also following the trail set by her two older brothers. Marcus and Mason Doughty both attended UNK and Madalynn said that didn't hurt either.
"All of my brothers have went there so I know the campus," Doughty said. "It's like a family tradition."
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SEATTLE — City leaders expressed shock and disappointment Friday at video that first aired on KIRO 7 Eyewitness News showing two Seattle police officers kicking a man as he lay on the ground. The man was detained during a robbery investigation last month.
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Hello fellow Bangers... Recently on a trip up to Varsity, Nathaniel, Tyler, and myself (Ky), played a few rounds of Around the World. I am talking to the bar this week about setting a league night, possibly on Monday's, for us to play with a larger tournament possibly once a month. This is a fun game to work on your short game on the links. It's a good time to get together, be competitive, have some drinks, and socialize with other fellow chuckers... Stay tuned. Tournament nights would be teams of two or three, and open to all players as to attract people from other areas...