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News Archives - 2010
2010 alumni awardees
Every year Augsburg honors alumni and friends of the College who have contributed to Augsburg or who have made significant accomplishments since their graduation. This year we honor the following (L to R, top row to bottom row):
First Decade Award
Nicolas Thomley, '06 MBA
Passionate about making a difference in the lives of others, Nicolas Thomley founded Pinnacle Services in 1999 at the age of 19 to provide housing services to people with developmental disabilities. His remarkable energy, creativity, entrepreneurial instinct, and deep-seated desire to serve others have led to his recognition as an industry leader, with his companies serving more than 1,000 disabled individuals and seniors and employing more than 400 people.
With a BA in organizational management and communication from Concordia University and experience in the Marine Corps, Thomley completed Augsburg's MBA program in less than two years. He was also accepted into "The Birthing of Giants," a three-year executive entrepreneurship program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2006 Thomley was recognized by the Minneapolis/Saint Paul Business Journal in "Forty Under 40," the top business leaders under the age of 40.
Morgan Davidsen '00
Morgan Davidsen made a tremendous impact on the Augsburg community as a student, as an athlete, and in the theater. One of the top five goalkeepers in Augsburg soccer history, Davidsen's passion for fostering teamwork helped make him a leader on and off the field. Benjy Kent, who served as Davidsen's coach, praised his ability to support and motivate others to strive for greatness. Davidsen took that same passion to the stage as an actor and student director in the Theatre Arts Department.
Since graduation, Davidsen's Augsburg experiences, as well as his strong Norwegian and Christian roots, have helped him pursue opportunities in the film industry in Los Angeles and in Norway. He has received numerous awards for his film work. He has been recognized at film festivals around the world and has been supported by a grant from the American Scandinavian Society in New York.
Spirit of Augsburg Award
Jack Osberg '62
Jack Osberg has served Augsburg as a teacher, coach, and mentor. As a student, he was captain of the football team and went on to teach biology and coach in area schools after graduation. Forever an Auggie, he returned to campus and served as head coach for 14 seasons (1991–2004). His outstanding technical knowledge of the game, excellent people skills, and love for Augsburg helped him lead the team to an MIAC championship in 1997. They continued to the second round of NCAA playoffs and posted the best record (10-2) in the 84-year history of the football program. Colleagues Frank Haege and Paul Grauer note that Osberg is a leader by example and by word and has uncanny ability to rally those around him. He takes great pride in both his players' academic and athletic achievements and their discovery of vocation, Osberg's servant-leader coaching style has set a high standard for Augsburg coaches.
After retirement as head football coach, Osberg served as the Augsburg A-Club advancement manager until this year. He was inducted into Augsburg's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.
Stephen "Gabe" Gabrielsen '63
Stephen Gabrielsen, known to everyone as "Gabe," transferred to Augsburg from Lutheran Bible Institute because he wanted to stay in Minneapolis. He graduated and returned to teach at Augsburg while still a graduate student, at the invitation of Music Department chair Leland Sateren. Now, after 47 years as a faculty member and College organist, Gabrielsen will retire this year.
Gabrielsen's majors in music and religion became the foundation for his vocation, which found expression in both music and faith. He has played organ in daily chapel for his entire time at Augsburg and was organist for 28 of the 30 Advent Vespers services. But for the hundreds of students he has taught, he will always be remembered for the caring he offered each one in music classes and organ lessons.
Following his graduation from Augsburg, Gabrielsen received his master's and doctoral degrees in music from the University of Minnesota. He is a fellow of the American Guild of Organists and has published organ and choral music. He studied music in Germany as a Lutheran World Federation Scholar and has toured and performed internationally.
Richard Spratt '74
Richard Spratt, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, graduated in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in social work. After earning his MSW degree at the University of Minnesota, he embarked on a distinguished career with Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department. During his 30 years at Hennepin County, he has worked in a variety of programs and special initiatives, which include the African American Adoption Project and The Village—a community-based program in North Minneapolis. He has continued his long relationship with Augsburg College as a community faculty member in the Social Work Department and regularly serves on campus committees, including the Field Advisory Board.
Awarded the Augsburg Steen Award in 1998, he implemented a collaborative project with Minneapolis Public Schools to improve educational programs for children and promote family involvement and postsecondary education. In January 2010, Spratt received Augsburg's Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. Award.
Distinguished Alumni Award
Donald '53 and Beverly (Halling) '55 Oren
Through his innovative leadership, Don Oren transformed Dart Transit from a small family company with a handful of trucks into the nation's 11th-largest truckload carrier in an industry with more than a quarter million companies. Dart has received numerous awards, including a 2009 Family Business Award from Minnesota Business magazine; Best Fleet in the Nation for Owner Operators; and Carrier of the Year from many of their Fortune 500 customers. Don is recognized as an innovator, continually pushing industry standards to serve his customers and committed to improving highway safety.
Bev Oren served Dart for 20 years, primarily as vice president of human resources. In that capacity, she not only had the uncanny ability to select and hire outstanding talent, but also to mentor their carrier advancement. Some of these individuals were Augsburg graduates and are now in leadership positions at the company.
The Orens served on Augsburg's Board of Regents and have created a significant legacy to Augsburg, as their names grace the Oren Gateway Center.
Robert Hanson '68
Robert Hanson graduated with a chemistry major and continued at University of California, Berkeley, where he received his PhD in organic chemistry. He pursued postdoctoral study in medicinal chemistry at the University of Minnesota and in nuclear medicine at Harvard Medical School. Currently he is professor of bioorganic and medicinal chemistry at Northeastern University in Boston and adjunct research scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital. His research in the area of estrogens and their derivatives in cancer research have without question advanced this field. In 2006 he was appointed the Matthews Distinguished University Professor in chemistry and chemical biology.
For several summers, Hanson and his wife, Distinguished Alumna Annette (Hoversten) '68 have hosted Augsburg chemistry professor Sandra Olmsted, enabling her to collaborate in research at Northeastern and to bring back research opportunities for her students.
Jean Taylor '85
Since graduating with a bachelor's degree in business administration and earning an MBA from the Carlson School of Management, Jean Taylor has enjoyed a career of distinguished leadership in the corporate sector, serving until recently as CEO and president of Taylor Corporation, one of the nation's largest private companies. During her tenure, Taylor Corporation evolved from a successful, niche print business to an innovative, global communications, marketing, and interactive solutions provider.
For 12 years, Taylor also provided leadership to Augsburg as a member of the Augsburg Board of Regents. For two of those years, she served as chair of the board, leading the regents through a major capital campaign, Access for Excellence, while simultaneously co-chairing the Campaign Cabinet. Taylor is actively involved at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church and lives in Eagan with her husband, Roger Griffith '84, and their daughters, Emma and Abby.


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20 minutes…30 minutes…45 minutes, 1 hour. I increased the speed, added more tension, raised the incline level, and even began to jog. After an hour and 20 minutes, I finally slowed down, cooled off and suddenly I stopped the machine. I stood there on the treadmill at the gym for several moments, sweating, heart racing and feeling exhausted yet exhilerated at the same time, but then an odd question came to my mind. Why did I choose the treadmill? Because it was cloudy outside and the last time I walked, I ran into a couple of dogs. Iwas on the treadmill because of convenience and fear.
Later in the same week, I decided to chance it and walk through the neighborhood. I found myself once again working hard, sweating and exhilerated. But something was different with the workout that day. With each block I passed, the scenery changed, new people walked by saying hello, and I felt an unusual sense of freedom. The difference in the two workouts helped me realizehow for some, the Christian journey is likebeing on a treadmill. We work,we serve,we do what we can but we really have not gone anywhere. We are moving, but not advancing. We have faith and it is in operation but it is not moving us to the place God would have us to be. We are stuck on a treadmill. Some of us are crying out like George Jetson in that old cartoon when he was stuck on a high speed treadmill, he cried out to his wife, "Jane, stop this crazy thing!"
Both the treadmill and the walk offered exercise and challenged me. But the treadmill did not allow me to experience a freshness in the workout. I know so many Christians who feel stifled, let down or disappointed with life in general. And each of them remind me of that row of people in the gym walking on the treadmill. Marriages are on the treadmill, jobs on the treadmill, church on the treadmill. Same routine, same sweat and frustration and we want to cry out, "God, stop this crazy thing!!!"
Friends, God is not a treadmill type of God. He is a God who wants to take a walk with us. He wants to show us new things, introduce us to new people, give us new experiences. He wants us to experience the freedomin being with Him. It is not always easy walking with God, in fact, the faith walk is usually harder than the treadmill. Why? Because you are not in control of the incline or the decline of the hills, you are not in control of the rain that may suddenly start while you are walking, you are not in control of the dogs that may come after you, but don't let that stop you. A treadmill faith is controlled, routine and monotonous. Walking with Him opens you to the beauty of His creation, the assurance of His protection and the privilege of His presence. Psalm 37:23 says "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and He delights in his way" The great thing about the Lord ordering your steps is that means He is right there with you.
God is in the neighborhood. Anyone want to go walking?

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In the heart of Budapest, the most central European capital, within walking distance to shopping, business and entertainment areas, the new Eurostars Budapest Center enjoys the prime Budapest city location. The Eurostars Budapest Center has its roots in the traditions of the old Roman city of Aquincum, of the ancient Magyar people and the greatness of the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire; and in the innovation of present-day Hungary, a society which has found the way to position itself with mastery in this era of globalisation: nowadays, this country is a top-rating tourist destination, and as a member of the European Union it attracts much business activity.
The Eurostars Budapest Center is a splendid luxury establishment, which was once a huge construction built in the Soviet era. But you will not even be aware of this because the building has undergone a transformation of such calibre that it now radiates innovation, modernity and comfort from every point of the compass. Come and try it for yourself!
A large number of the hotel rooms look out onto the spacious interior patio, which provides a relaxing space where resting from the day's work or from sight-seeing trips around the city.
Parking in the garage in Realtanoda street 10 is not included in the price and costs EUR 15,00 per 24 hours.
The Eurostars Budapest Center is a luxury venue where one can enjoy relaxing treats of sauna and gym. At the Eurostars Budapest Center we will do all we can for you but, please don't ask us to make the Danube blue again!
How to get there
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The fate of health care reform may top the political worries of Democrats at the moment, but the economy could prove the issue that really hurts the party in the 2010 midterm elections.
And there's not necessarily a whole lot they can do about it.
The monthly figures showed the unemployment rate jumping to 9.7 percent in August, up from 9.4 percent in July, and economists widely believe that unemployment will continue to climb to the psychologically significant 10 percent threshold and possibly beyond.
That means month after month of government jobs reports that will give Republicans a ready-made news hook to argue that Democrats have failed to fix the economy.
And with the Congressional Budget Office predicting that unemployment won't peak until hitting 10.4 percent in mid-2010, there could be a lot of bad news days ahead for Democrats.
Pollsters say that the public still isn't blaming President Barack Obama for the sputtering economy, but that people are frustrated that their own situations aren't better.
And Republicans have used each upward tick to strike at the Obama administration's credibility, issuing a new round of reminders that the president and his advisers assured Americans that the passage of the $787 billion stimulus package would cap unemployment at around 8 percent, a number the White House has since conceded was based on an overly optimistic view of the economic situation at the time.
Congress will resolve the health care debate one way or the other in the coming months. But even when economic growth returns, experts say it will be sluggish, increasing the changes that average Americans won't consider the recession over for them.
What's more, hiring tends to lag behind other signs of recovery, and this recession has seen companies making much deeper cuts than in previous downturns. And that means high unemployment is going to be with us for some time.
"Employment is the number one issue when it's front and center the way it is. The discussion about health care is important, but it is still second to jobs, because without a job you can't do anything," said Republican pollster David Winston.
There are signs of economic recovery, and economists generally agree that the unpopular stimulus has blunted the severity of the downturn, along with other policy steps taken by Congress, the administration and the Federal Reserve.
But those facts pale in the face of the political impact of unemployment figures, analysts say.
"There are not that many statistics that have a serious emotional component to them. One of them is the unemployment rate. It's a cloud that hangs over the heads of a lot of people," affecting even those who haven't lost jobs themselves, since they can easily imagine it happening to them, said Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University.
"If there's any metric that you want to be working in your favor going into a congressional election, its unemployment."
Republicans are not wasting the powerful weapon. A flurry of critical statements followed the August jobs report Friday, claiming the administration's policies are killing jobs and hurting the economy.
The Republican National Committee put out a release accusing the administration of "ignoring reality" with its claims the stimulus is working. The National Republican Congressional Committee blasted out a release targeting more than 50 House Democrats for supporting a "destructive economic agenda has done nothing to help the ailing economy" and a stimulus that has yet to create jobs.
"Where are the jobs?" asked Republican Minority Leader John Boehner, invoking the GOP's favorite phrase on the economy. "In light of these numbers, it is more clear than ever that the president and the leaders of his party in Congress need to abandon their plans for a job-killing government takeover of health care and work with Republicans for a more responsible approach to health care reform. The Democrats' bloated 'stimulus' isn't working."
The Obama administration is fighting back, but officials have a tricky line to walk, needing to both acknowledge the continuing problems while also highlighting the good that the stimulus has accomplished.
"Less bad is not good. That's not how President Obama and I measure success," Vice President Joe Biden said Friday. "We're not going to be satisfied ... until we start adding, not losing, thousands of jobs per month."
But he and other administration officials argued that the job losses would be much steeper without the stimulus package. And they stressed the good news that job losses are slowing down.
"Just look at where we started in January. We saw a job loss of 700,000 jobs in January. Today, [the] August report shows that we're down to about 216,000. That's not good enough, but it's . a movement going in the right direction because of what we've begun to do with the stimulus program," Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said in an interview on MSNBC.
"There are a lot of people who kept their jobs, whether it was teachers, law enforcement officers, people working at clinics," she said.
But polls indicate that Democrats have their work cut out for them convincing Americans that the economy, at least for them, is getting better.
A late August poll by CBS News found that a mere 18 percent of Americans believe the economy in their local community has improved, though a third of those surveyed feel the national economy is on the upswing.
Eight in 10 Americans believe the economy is in at least somewhat bad shape, and one-third say it's really bad, according to the poll.
David Cantor, managing director and pollster for the Glover Park Group, has witnessed a related trend in focus groups he's conducted.
"Part of [the administration's problem] is that when people hear stimulus they think AIG bailout, they think auto bailout," said Cantor. "They don't think stuff that's going to change their local economy or their household; they think its money that's gone for other people."
Cantor argues that the stimulus-is-working argument could gain traction as more of the stimulus money goes out the door and people see its effects in their own neighborhoods.
There's certainly plenty of money left: The government has doled out only $66 billion of the package's $288 billion in tax cuts, and just $217.04 billion out of the $499 billion in spending has been obligated. Some of the already-funded construction projects may not be underway yet, either.
But history has shown unemployment numbers to be a powerful tool for the minority party.
One example that should worry Democrats: In the 1982 congressional elections voters punished Republicans — despite President Ronald Reagan's popularity - for double-digit unemployment, and the GOP lost 26 seats in the House.
Baker also points to the 1958 midterm election, when relatively high unemployment sparked a dramatic shift in the makeup of the Senate, with liberal Democrats replacing northern Republicans, ushering in the liberal renaissance that persisted until the mid-1960s.
"You can argue that well, the trend lines are favorable, and you can make the lagging indicator argument until you're blue in the face, but [unemployment] is an arsenal of ammunition for the opposing party," said Baker.
"It's a real test of the persuasive powers of a president."


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Missed me? Good. I missed you, too. All the writing I'd done over the last year and a half about my love for cooking, and my dream to turn this passion into a bill-paying hobby now has come to fruition. The fact I'm here so seldom these days is due to my fully booked schedule. Yoohoo!
Last month I was working closely with my dear friend and a talented vegan chef, Melissa Costello of KarmaChow, on a project that involved cooking three meals a day for a group of 15 people over a period of three weeks. You can imagine our hands were full. However, I returned home with a roster of recipes that will serve as an inspiration to my own meals that I'll then exhibit on these pages for you to enjoy.
Instead of a recipe, however, today I want to introduce you all to an Australian food stylist and a celebrity chef, Donna Hay. OK, some of you may not be that impressed as you and Donna go way back. Good for you! I myself, however, only discovered her last year, and, what can I say, I was head over heals for the Aussie gal and her culinary chops.
There are books, videos, an Australian TV show on food styling, and the magazine I'm a fan of. Only six or seven issues a year, which come to America with an irritating delay. Nonetheless, I am able to snatch each one every two months or so from my local Barnes & Noble. And so can you. I invite you to look through its pages for not only a gold mine of brand new recipes, but also the stylings of the dishes Donna and her team put together. Her signature color, pale blue, transcends across most of the recipes creating a casual, somewhat relaxing, and yet very elegant image. Juxtaposed against that gently humming background are vibrant reds, greens and yellows that make all dishes presented jump out of the pages. Literally! The arrangements on plates are an artistic expression in its own right. Simplicity screams through all Donna's creations. Each element on the plate is exposed while being a coherent part of the entire dish, and yet there's no chaos. Brilliant!
Even Oprah (I can't believe I'm mentioning her visit to Australia once again, as if there wasn't enough talk about it already) knew who to call when in the Aussie Land in order to have a feast of senses of her life…
It's only fair to mention that my attitude towards Oprah is rather bitter-sweet, to put it mildly. Then again, there's nothing wrong with BITTER-SWEET, especially when it comes to such chocolate bites sprinkled over thick slices of French Brie and topped with fresh basil chiffonade, then enclosed within two crispy slices of sourdough bread and melted in a panini maker. Aha! That's a little secret I know from my gal, Giada De Laurentiis, and I'm sure she wouldn't mind me spilling the beans.
And just like that I snuck in a recipe. A little bonus before I get down to sharing more of my own culinary tips and ideas. Check out the Australian cook extraordinaire and try something new today. Let your curiosity be stirred and your taste buds tickled. Always try to use the best, the purest, the freshest ingredients, and the pay off will be ongoing though your lasting satisfaction, infectious happiness, and vitality!


text: The giant South American river turtle is one of the largest freshwater turtles in the world. They are highly aquatic; typically, the females only leave the water to bask and lay 50–150 eggs at communal nesting sites during the dry season. Historically, females gathered together in groups in the tens to hundreds of thousands—a behavior that made them especially vulnerable to human poaching. Did You Know? These turtles rarely leave the water except to lay eggs. Diet In the wild, these turtles eat primarily fallen fruits and seeds. Other items in their diet include vegetation, aquatic invertebrates, and insects. At the Aquarium, South American river turtles are fed sliced fruits, sweet potatoes, nuts, fresh greens, and commercial turtle food. Size Females can have shells longer than 30 inches and weigh up to 200 pounds. Males are considerably smaller, with a shell length of about 19 inches. Hatchlings are about 2 inches long. Range This species lives in the Orinoco and Amazon river systems; the nesting range has been greatly reduced due to over-harvesting of eggs and hatchlings. Restricted to the calm waters of large rivers in the dry season, they may move into swamps, lagoons, and flooded forests where food is plentiful during the high-water season. Population Status Once abundant, populations have declined dramatically as a result of poaching of females, collection of eggs, and habitat loss. This species is listed in Appendix II (threatened in some parts of its range) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and is listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Predators While hatchlings are preyed upon by a number of animals, especially black vultures, the massive size of adults protects them from most predators. Humans are primarily responsible for this species' decline. In the "heyday" of turtle harvesting, an estimated 48 million eggs were taken each year. Back to the Top


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Alcohol charge dooms QB Lalich's rebound
Although tossed out of UVA's football program, Peter Lalich's original infraction–- buying alcohol while underage–- was so low-level and non-violent that he had every reason to think his days as a quarterback would be returning this fall. But the May 7 arrival of Shasta County police to the California lake where the former Virginia starter was allegedly trying to park a houseboat led to a boating-while-intoxicated charge. And that has led Lalich off the Oregon State University squad. OSU coach Mike Riley made the announcement on May 27.
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STSM-they did dismiss him from the team.
It sounds from the article as though Lalich wasn't a standout in practice and another mistake allowed Riley to take away his scholarship and appear to "get tough" in terms of disciplining his players. I wonder what would have happened if Lalich had been starting.
There's no evidence in this story that the kid is an alcoholic.
Another career wasted by John Barleycorn.
Maybe UVA dodged a bullet by cutting this kid. Too bad they didn't act sooner (George H).... I hope this kids parents help him get the help he needs to turn his life around and make better decisions for his future.
As a recovering alcoholic, I know how bewildering the realization that you are an alcoholic can be to a young person. I hope he can get the help he needs to beat it. It is virtually impossible alone. The purely punitive nature of the justice system feeds the alcoholic's sense of victimization, and actually worsens denial and makes recovery more difficult. Hopefully, this will be a bottom that enables him to start on his journey to recovery. I wish him luck.
Alcoholism is a tough disease to kick. I hope this is the beginning of his long road to recovery.
i was watching this kid out of high school, i was estatic when he had his chance to start for UVA, Then he F*D up and lost it all. i think i was more p'd off when Oregon picked him up. what a loser he had everything to be a NFL star. what a shame
Normal drinkers change their behavior to achieve their goals. That's not exactly happening here...
My cousin went to high school with him....he isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed from what I hear.
Kinda sad...i hope he can turn it around and avoid a life of regret and self-loathing.
Parking a houseboat while under the influence? Give me a freakin break. This is a long way from the football field and from the campus. I have a suggestion. Teach the kids and give guidance but stay out of their personal lives unless it directly effects the school or other people.
Hey Hmmm, this guy is the second string QB, and has been battling to start this upcoming season. Coach Mike Riley had no choice but to dismiss him due to Lalich's own mistakes, and would have done so with a starter sharing those same mistakes. Riley has the highest integrity I've seen in college football, and believes in giving players second chances, as they are all young men learning how to be responsible adults. However, getting picked up by OSU was his second chance, and he didn't represent himself well. Make no mistake, this hurts the Beavers, as the likely starter is a RS Sophomore, and the likely backup is a RS Freshman (although he may have been about to beat Lalich out too). They just happen to be good, so it's not a complete disaster. Here is a link to an article about it and a couple other issues OSU has had to deal with this summer (not to be confused with the Oregon Ducks more severe legal issues).
Just another fine UVA student-athlete recruiting decision.
Groh is gone. Starsia should follow.


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My Vox Populi column from the Doe v. Reed line is now up at the ABA Journal:
Those of us dozing in the Doe v. Reed line at half past five on Tuesday morning received a rude awakening from a homeless man ranting at us about the interrelation of President Nixon, G. Gordon Liddy, axe murderers, and Internet privacy.
"Just don't call him Jay Jay–he hates that!" concluded the man, referring to Liddy, as I fumbled for my glasses. By the time I could see anything, however, he was gone.
The trouble with pulling overnights on First Street is that the natural sleep hours invariably fall between three and six in the morning–the primetime arrival hours for most other would-be SCOTUS spectators on blockbuster case days. So while bits of the man's rant seeped into my half-conscious dreamscape, many others stood fresh-faced and wide-awake with this scene as their introduction to life on the Supreme Court Side Walk.
But those of us who had been sitting outside since sundown saw another side of the story.
Read the rest here.


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B'nai B'rith International is dismayed at Yale University's decision to close the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, the first institute of its kind in the United States. The institute's fellowships and presentations and its sponsorship of research and advanced study in anti-Semitic trends are vital to educating the public on the horrific effects of anti-Semitism throughout the world.
B'nai B'rith urges Yale University officials to reconsider their decision to close the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, and affirm its critical role in teaching tolerance and understanding to future generations.
B'nai B'rith International leaders attended the Organization of American States (OAS) 41st General Assembly in San Salvador, El Salvador, to discuss several topics of pressing concern, including new policies to improve regional security, with attending world leaders.
B'nai B'rith Costa Rica President and Vice Chair of District 23 Marcelo Burman and Latin American Affairs Director Eduardo Kohn, along with various civil society representatives, met with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. Burman and Kohn also participated in a dialogue between civil society and the heads of various international delegations. The 35 independent states of the Americas that comprise the OAS, the world's oldest regional organization, convene this annual meeting to work together on political and social issues. Among other issues, the B'nai B'rith representatives discussed the repercussions for the OAS of the new Community of Latin American and Caribbean States to be installed in Caracas next July 6.
"We already know this regional organization will be a serious challenge to the OAS. Policies on important economic, social and political issues will be decided there, which could undermine the OAS agenda," Kohn said.
The assembly also discussed the return to the OAS of Honduras, which was suspended two years ago after the coup against former President Manuel Zelaya; the need for approval of the Convention on Racism; and expanded on the danger of regional terrorism and its links with drug and weapons trafficking. At the opening session of the General Assembly, El Salvador President Mauricio Funes reinforced these sentiments, expressing the need to combat the organized crime which he said "is destroying our democracies." The assembly also addressed concerns about human rights violators such as Venezuela which do not allow the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to monitor the situation on the ground.
"These sessions are essential for the promotion of widespread democracy and human rights across the hemisphere," said B'nai B'rith International President Allan J. Jacobs. "They provide civil society with an efficient forum to present serious issues to world leaders on a broad spectrum of subjects from regional security to foreign policy and much more."
Burman and Kohn discussed the anticipated September vote on Palestinian statehood at the United Nations with Costa Rica Foreign Minister Rene Castro, a subject they also discussed in an important two-hour meeting with the delegation from Israel, which has observer status at the OAS. This meeting included discussions with Dorit Shavit, Latin American director of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Eliav Benjamin, counselor for political affairs of the Israeli Embassy in Washington. B'nai B'rith also had a detailed conversation with Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon about all Latin American nations and their policies. Ayalon is urging countries to not recognize a Palestinian state. For those that already have, he is working to prevent them from voting in favor of a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations.
"This is a key opportunity to work with Latin American nations to help rectify what has become a clear demonstration by the Palestinians that they have decided to do an end run around peace negotiations," said B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin.
In addition to the meetings, Burman and Kohn held an activity with El Salvador's Jewish community in their community hall.
B'nai B'rith International praises the decision of the U.S. government not to participate in the United Nations racism conference known as Durban III, planned for September in conjunction with the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
The session is planned to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism that took place in Durban, South Africa. That conference degenerated into a wildly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel melee that showcased the United Nations at its worst.
"There is simply no reason to commemorate such a vile display as the original Durban conference," B'nai B'rith International President Allan J. Jacobs said. "The United States is making a bold statement that the singling out of Israel will not be tolerated. We hope other nations will also recognize that such anti-Israel behavior has no place at a global venue and will also decline to take part." Canada and Israel had already announced they would not participate.
B'nai B'rith delegates and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) walked out of the original conference and corresponding NGO forums as these quickly came to embody frightening expressions of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments.
In a letter on June 1 to New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the U.S. State Department wrote: "The United States will not participate in the Durban Commemoration. In December, we voted against the resolution establishing this event because the Durban process included ugly displays of intolerance and anti-Semitism, and we did not want to see that commemorated." The letter also noted: "The United States is fully committed to upholding the human rights of all people and to combating racial discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance, and bigotry."
At its recent Board of Governors meeting in New York, B'nai B'rith leaders passed a resolution urging "all United Nations member-states not to participate in the Durban III conference in September." The resolution noted that "throughout the Durban process, the important goal of addressing and combating racism has been hijacked by those who seek to demonize the State of Israel, and any event that is meant to glorify or reaffirm the process or the outcome documents will certainly be doomed to repeat this history."
"In 2009 in Geneva, Durban II—a review of the conclusions of the original conference—included Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a speaker," B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said. "Obviously the United Nations is not capable of considering the very serious topic of racism in a meaningful way. If history is our guide, then this Durban conference will ignore the very real and dangerous issues of racism and intolerance in the world. It's truly a shame that these vital issues get usurped time and again."
B'nai B'rith mobilized the largest multinational Jewish NGO delegations to both the 2001 and 2009 conferences.
Active at the U.N. since it was founded, B'nai B'rith closely monitors events at the world body.
B'nai B'rith Deeply Troubled by Bolivia's hosting of Iranian Official Accused of Planning the Amia Bombing
B'nai B'rith International condemns the invitation of Iranian Minister of Defense Ahmad Vahidi by the Bolivian Defense Ministry. Vahidi has been accused of being one of the officials behind the July 18, 1994, attack on the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building. The devastating bomb attack on the Argentinean Jewish community killed 85 and wounded 300. Since 2007, Vahidi has been on an Interpol wanted list for his connection with the horrendous attack.
"Bolivia's welcoming of an Iranian official accused of planning and executing a terrorist attack against a neighboring country is outrageous," said B'nai B'rith International President Allan J. Jacobs said.
The Bolivian government apologized to the Argentine government and stated that the Defense Ministry was not aware of Vahidi's affiliation with the bombing. Vahidi was asked to leave the country on May 31.
"I find it hard to believe that no one in the Bolivian government or Defense Ministry knew of Vahidi's connection to this terrorist attack," said B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said. "Bolivia's close relationship with Iran, a regime that sponsors terror worldwide, is despicable."
B'nai B'rith, with its deep ties throughout Latin America, has long demanded that those responsible for this attack be brought to justice.
Memphis Teen Winner of Book Writing Contest Announced; Winning Entry Published; Scholarships Awarded
"The Peanut Butter Bee," written and Illustrated by Joel Cox, a junior at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis took top prize in the B'nai B'rith International Diverse Minds Youth Writing Challenge. Cox earned a $5,000 college scholarship and his book was professionally published. The story of a bee who prefers peanut butter to honey, will be distributed to libraries and elementary schools in and around Shelby County.
The contest challenges teens to write and illustrate children's books that explain diversity and tolerance to elementary school-aged children. This education and awareness initiative was created in conjunction with B'nai B'rith programs that promote tolerance and communicate a message of equality. The contest aims to enlighten, inspire and educate America's young people and their families in an effort to destroy prejudices and strengthen the future of our youth.
The winners were announced May 31 at the National Civil Rights Museum.
A panel of judges from B'nai B'rith International, as well as the Memphis worlds of education, the arts and government reviewed the submissions and selected the winners. Taking part in the award ceremony: Peggy Seessel, ArtsMemphis and Karen Woodard, director, Middle & Secondary Education, Shelby County Schools. Beanie Self from Rep. Steve Cohen's office read a proclamation from the congressman. Teachers and principals from five local schools also took part.
Molly Brakha and Shoshana Somer, seniors at Margolin Hebrew Academy earned second place for "World of Color," and took home a $2,000 scholarship.
Third place went to the writer/illustrator team of Eric Ruleman and Brett Wagner, juniors from Germantown High School for their work, "Pedro at the Plate." They received a $1,000 scholarship. This was their second effort—they took second prize last year.
In addition, Dawn Kelso, the teacher who oversaw the creation of "The Peanut Butter Bee" earned a $500 stipend to use for classroom or organizational materials, and Christian Brothers High School also received a $500 grant.
"All of the book entries truly demonstrate that these kids aren't just waiting for the world to change, they are attempting to make it happen," B'nai B'rith International President Allan J. Jacobs said.
"These books exemplify the best hope for positive change that the next generation can bring," B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said. "Tolerance and acceptance have always been at the heart of B'nai B'rith International. The contest entrants took these values and brought them to life."
B'nai B'rith is pleased to work in partnership with The Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc., whose grant funding made possible the launch of the Diverse Minds Youth Writing Challenge in Shelby County.
The contest, which is also held this year in New York, is now in its fifth year. This is the second time the contest was offered in Memphis.
Additional program information can be found at www.bnaibrith.org/diverseminds.
At a recent G8 meeting, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper insisted that the Group of Eight of the world's top economies not endorse pre-1967 lines as a basis for negotiations between Israel and Palestinians.
B'nai B'rith International President Allan J. Jacobs, Honorary President Moishe Smith and Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin sent Harper a letter commending "the unswerving nature of your commitment to both Middle East peace and the security of Israel."
The letter states: "B'nai B'rith International, which is proud of its presence in your country through B'nai B'rith Canada, strongly believes that direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is the only prescription for lasting peace in the Middle East."
The letter continues: "We recall with admiration and appreciation the words of your landmark speech at the Ottawa Conference on Anti-Semitism last year: 'When Israel, the only country in the world whose very existence is under attack—is consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation, I believe we are morally obligated to take a stand.' You further pledged, 'As long as I am Prime Minister, whether it is at the UN or the Francophonie or anywhere else, Canada will take that stand, whatever the cost.'"
The letter concludes by praising Harper as a "voice of moral clarity on an urgent international issue. We welcome your strong leadership in the struggle to defend Israel's security."
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I've read many of author Lawrence Cortesi's books-Such as Pacific Hellfire and The Battle For Manila. Lawrence Cortesi wrote a lot of books about WWII in the Pacific and the battles or campaigns of Army general Douglas MacArthur. One interesting aspect of the author's books is that they read like a novel. He recreates conversations between various officers/personnel.
I've tried numerous times, without success to learn more about author Lawrence Cortesi. All I get when I search is a list of the books he has written. I can not find any biographical info, much less a website. I posted at a message board forum specifically devoted to history and did not get one reply to my post at that message board forum. So, I'm asking for help here. Thanks for listening!


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Customers, employees robbed at gunpoint at Burlington GameStop
Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing a video game store, as well as two store employees and two customers, on Monday night.
The incident happened around 9:15 p.m. at the GameStop at 1449 University Drive in Burlington.
A man armed with a gun entered the store around closing time and demanded money, Burlington police said.
"After ordering all the victims into the rear of the business, the suspect robbed all four victims of various items," Burlington police said. Items stolen included four video game consoles, three wallets, three cell phones and an undetermined amount of money.
The man forced all four people into a back storage room before leaving, police said. No one was hurt.
The suspect was described as a black man in his 20s or 30s with a thin build standing 5'7" to 5'8" tall and having patchy facial hair.
The suspect was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and a red ball cap, police said.
Anyone with information in the incident or possible suspects is asked to call Burlington police at (336) 229-3500 or Alamance County CrimeStoppers at 229-7100.


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Friends and family of Steve Williams gathered last month to remember the man who affected the industry at Cybex International and Technogym.
A celebration of Williams' life was held May 15 at Lake Washington Rowing Club in Seattle, Williams' hometown. Williams died April 13 after struggling with kidney failure and diabetes. He was 62.
In the late 1980s, Williams, who had been in the audio business world, joined Cybex, Medway, MA, as senior vice president of fitness sales and marketing. Cybex was primarily a physical therapy equipment company at the time, says Rick Caro, president of Management Vision.
"Steve Williams was a major visionary in the club industry," Caro says. "Steve was funny, bright, loyal, innovative, intellectually curious and caring. He leaves many friends in the club industry who will miss that belly laugh, his smile and his clever words of humor."
Cybex President and COO Art Hicks added: "Steve Williams was an icon in the industry, known by those people who have been in the health and fitness business a long time. Steve's passing will be felt by many. Cybex wishes his family and friends our deepest sympathy."
Years after his time at Cybex, Williams joined Technogym, Gambettola, Italy. Caro says Williams led Technogym into the North American market with a focus on wellness and high-service facilities.
"Steve played a very big part in bringing Technogym to the United States, and we will forever be grateful for his important contribution to our company," Nerio Alessandri, Technogym's president, said in a statement. "Our thoughts and blessings are with his family."
In 2009, Williams' wife, Linda Gromko, who is a doctor, chronicled Williams' health issues in a book titled "Complications: A Doctor's Love Story." Williams had a kidney transplant two years ago that failed, and just a week before his death, he had surgery for a below-the-knee amputation.
"There's no way to convey the loss we feel, but it's enormous," Gromko wrote on her blog that details Williams' struggles in his final days. "The cost of Steve living the way he was—with significant suffering—was far too high. As much as I loved Steve with all my heart and soul, I couldn't bear to think he was living for me in such agony."
In addition to his wife, Williams leaves behind a son, Tim, and a daughter, Brita.


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KDE 4.3.0 Released: Caizen
KDE 4.3.0 is out, and it is a great release. It is unlikely that any one specific thing will strike the user as the most noticeable improvement; rather, the overall user experience of KDE has improved greatly in KDE 4.3.0. The release's codename, Caizen, is a Japanese philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement throughout all aspects of life. That has been the goal of the KDE team for 4.3.0: polish, polish, polish. The statistics from the bug tracker speak for themselves: 10,000 bugs have been fixed. In addition, close to 63,000 changes were checked in by a little under 700 contributors. That is not to say that the KDE team did not add a large number of new features: 2000 feature requests were implemented in the past 6 months, meaning that any user's pet feature might well be among the improvements KDE 4.3.0 brings.
The changes in KDE 4.3 are largely in three categories: the desktop workspace, the applications, and the development platform.
Of course, those are just a few examples of the changes in KDE 4.3.0. All of the seemingly small changes add up to make a wonderful difference to our users.
The KDE 4.3.0 release will be followed by the usual monthly bugfix and translation updates. The next feature release, KDE 4.4.0, will see the light of day in January 2010. For those among our readers who enjoy microblogging, we have set up an experimental "LifeStream" tracking the "!kde" tag on Identi.ca and Twitter. Check out buzz.kde.org for the stream. Jos Poortvliet, who also wrote the excellent release announcement, has created a screencast (Ogg Theora, HTML 5) that gives an overview of the versatility and coolness of KDE 4.3.0. As always, be sure to check out the release announcement for more details.
kde is opensource. if it
kde is opensource.
In this discussion, aaron has pointed out that you can manually mount devices using the device notifier; in the sidebar of dolphin, and in the side bar of the file::open dialog of kde. You can also change the behavior of the device notifier to make it not opening a filemanager when you click on a device you want to mount.
If all that isn't enough for you, please go ahead and change the software to your pleasings or find someone who can do it for you.
By whatever noticed at Sun, 2009/08/09 - 10:20pm
You may have a point...
... that "Volume" as a label is not all that informative if no label has been set, IMHO. It would be good to make that a bit more informative, if possible. Adding the size could help, just like things like manufacturer etc. if available.
Otherwise, I am amazed that you get much response at all. The way you are "discussing" by constantly trying to bash the people who are working hard to build a system you can use for free is not all that conductive to a productive exchange of ideas. It takes away from any valid point you may have, I think.
By andresomers at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 3:12pm
> Otherwise, I am amazed that you get much response at all. The way you are
I started commenting and reporting bugs about KDE4 even before 4.0 was released. Most of them were closed as wontfix of ignored just because they didn't fit in their vision. After I saw that all the valid complaints (not only mine) are getting completely ignored I started to be sarcastic because I know nothing will be changed.
By vvv at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 4:23pm
so you want to mount without dolphin opening
so you want to mount without dolphin opening
Aaron told you how to do that with the current device notfier.
Why don't you follow his advise?
By whatever noticed at Fri, 2009/08/07 - 12:41am
Caizen tte nani
I believe the correct romanization would be "kaizen". Or is it a witty reversal on the k-pun? ;-)
That said - KDE ha ichiban dayo; ganbatte, minna.
By lucke at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 7:12pm
KDE is making fun of itself a
KDE is making fun of itself a little with the release names. Since we traditionally made everything start with a K, we're doing it backwards sometimes - maybe to restore 'carma' or something :P Check some of the more recent release names for things in the KDE world, you'll find: "The Answer" for 4.2, also a bit of an inside joke.
By Troy Unrau at Tue, 2009/08/04 - 10:04pm
The Answer
Thank you for all the fish :P
By pinheiro at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 12:36pm
I've used it a few times and love it. It seems a bit snappier to me than 4.2
By tubasoldier at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 2:40am
Good job !
Thanks for this release again, may the force be with you in future one.
I'm updating now ...
By Thibault NORMAND at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 7:00am
Great stuff!
If this is like the RCs that I have been using on my machine then it will be a very nice, polished release indeed. Great work and thanks to all contributors!
By Paul Eggleton at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 7:43am
More changes?
I'm running KDE 4.3 since the betas and like it very much.
Unfortunately, while everything was fine up to RC3, the final yesterday broke Nepomuk (on two machines, I had to delete my index and start it again) and, a more serious issue, the NetworkManager applet: I lost my wireless connection and can't bring it up again (just nothing is shown in the menue, although in the settings I can scan for networks). The now rocking plasmoid stopped working, too.
I know, this thread is not for bug reports, nevertheless I want to ask how come that from RC3 to final there were such changes causing problems, I thought there should be nothing else but bug fixing.
Anyone else having these problems? It could be a problem with the opensuse packages, too.
By Cyril Brosch at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 8:47am
Use KDE 4 knetworkmanager for NetworkManager
Use the knetworkmanager client if you are using the plasmoid.
There is however a bug in knetworkmanager that I fixed yesterday with the default config - wireless and cellular interfaces are not shown in the tray icon.
The workaround is easy, open the config, go to Other Settings and drag all the interface types so they are below 'Icon 1'.
By Will Stephenson at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 10:09am
You made my day :-)
"The workaround is easy, open the config, go to Other Settings and drag all the interface types so they are below 'Icon 1'."
That did it, thanks a lot!
And after re-indexing Nepomuk seems to be fine again, too. I just have to take a look at the NowRocking config in order to be happy again. ;-)
By Cyril Brosch at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 10:53am
It also worked for me.. thanks
By José Oramas M. at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 6:50pm
Looks like KDE4 is progressing quite nicely! I'm looking forward to installing it as soon as I have some time...
The screencast is quite nice. One question though: What's the deal with rotating the widgets? There must be some thoughts about where that is useful, I just haven't seen any yet and can't think of any either? As an example, the screencast shows it's possible to rotate the calendar, but I couldn't imagine I would ever want to do that. If I wanted to rotate anything, it would be the whole desktop, not just the calendar widget, so why is the option available on the calendar widget? It will likely only irritate the user because he/she will click on it by mistake.
Well, I could see one thing that could be interesting to rotate and that would be a video player widget - sometimes people turn their camcorder which of course means the video will display wrongly when played on the computer.
By Joergen Ramskov at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 9:00am
rotating image
rotating is also useful for images, though I must admit that I seldom use it myself.
I wouldn't like to see it go away, though. For heavy customization it still looks very nice - maybe I want _my_ desktop to have a folder-view rotated to the left on teh bottom left side, mascerading as some game interface :)
I'd love to see a KDE Starcraft lookalike someday ;)
Overall I've been using KDE4.3 since rc1 and I love it! Also I liked reading the news post. Nice work on getting to the codename :)
Many thanks to all the great KDE developers, documenters, and advocates who made 4.3 possible!
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 11:21am
"What's the deal with rotating the widgets?"
a number of people actually enjoy being able to rotate widgets on their screen, esp ones showing photos or what not. but that wasn't the primary reason i had in mind.
think about a screen that is laying flat on a table or other horizontal surface. position yourself and a couple other people randomly around it. it becomes natural to orient different widgets towards who ever is currently using it.
problem with adding rotation as a feature only for those use cases is that it then never gets tested (or, probably, even written) by anyone because so few people have such hardware today.
then again, i do have an internet tablet. they are likely to grow in usage.
in the meantime, people can make pretty sets of photos on their desktop and plasma is ready for the near future should that include flat-mounted screens. :)
By Aaron Seigo at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 2:21pm
Congratulations !
Dear KDE-team,
By Mark at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 3:58pm
not a bad idea!
Not at all. I did try to make the announcement a bit easier to understand for non-techies, with the introduction to the workspace/app suites/dev platform and such, but it's still technical. If you are willing to 'translate' it for next time into something reasonably easy for newbies, please join [email protected] ;-)
I simply don't have time for that too...
By Jos Poortvliet at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 10:12pm
Release announcement
I am a geek, but for what it's worth, I thought the release announcement was pure genius.
By tangent at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 9:55am
Great Work!!!
Great work and my congratulations to all the people behind KDE. All of you are into something good
By José Oramas M. at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 6:50pm
+1 on that!
4.3 is a beauty! :)
By gwittenburg at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 7:53pm
So true :) It looks great,
So true :) It looks great, performs great and is a pleasure to work with.
By Dennis Martin Herbers at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 12:19am
you are just trolling
It is clear that you don't have any clue about what Aaron was talking about, nor are you interested in solving whatever problem you are experiencing.
By whatever noticed at Wed, 2009/08/05 - 9:00pm
Better default fonts
Congratulations for the release!
I haven't tried it yet, but according to the screenshots and the screencast it looks much cleaner than KDE 4.2. Better spacing in the taskbar, more fine tuned widget theme and no unproportional spacings in the default KWin windecs anymore... I like it! The icons were great from 4.0 on anyway.
Imho the appearance is a very important aspect to gain more users. For the most users it's simply the first impression they get from Linux.
But what's still very ugly are the fonts. Compared to Vista's/Win7's Segoe or OSX's Lucida Grande with their optimization for the font rendering of their OS it looks very dated.
I know, I know... it's a distribution thing, it's patent thing, it's a X.org thing, you have thousands of characters with Unicode... and there are people who hate antialiasing and there are the ones who love ist. It's quite complicated.
But I'd find it cool if the KDE team could come up with own recommended default fonts that look modern and beautiful. And ship it with the default packages. Helvetica, DejaVu, Bitstream Vera etc. look quite dated nowadays. Some nice narrow font like Frutiger or Lucida would look much more modern and would fit the modern look of the Plasma themes and the icons much better.
Unfortunately I don't have anywhere near enough sparetime to do something like that. And I know that good screen fonts take a huge amount of time to create. But at the moment it's a single elements that makes the whole nice desktop look much worse than it deserves. And the fonts are always present, much more present than e.g. icons.
Just look at the screenshots from the announcement. Beautiful icon artwork, a modern turquoise default wallpaper, a nearly borderless widget theme, little shadows everywhere, a very stylish clock... and a font that looks like it's from Windows 95 14 years ago. The KDE appearance deserves much better.
By Stefan Kopic at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 10:42am
Making a free font is something that takes huge huge amount of work and truly expert skis, I use liberation sans from the same company that made the segoe UI fonts and the android fonts, and full hinting one, (the ones you can see in the first screnshot) now depending on what you have in your windows and your personal preferences there are things we can do in Linux and things we can't (patent issues). Personaly I really like liberations sans.
By pinheiro at Thu, 2009/08/06 - 12:06pm
Well, I have gotten rather
Well, I have gotten rather partial to the liberation fonts and use those for everything. I guess it is a matter of personal taste but I do think they look better than the ones you mentioned.
By stumbles at Fri, 2009/08/07 - 10:47am
Re: Fonts
"But what's still very ugly are the fonts. Compared to Vista's/Win7's Segoe or OSX's Lucida Grande with their optimization for the font rendering of their OS it looks very dated."
As hard as it may sound: This is not KDE's problem. All we do is to provide an interface to select fonts.
If the default fonts bother you, ask the distributors.
If the font rendering bothers you, ask the Qt developers.
You have a valid point, though: We should pay attention to the fonts when creating official screenshots and stuff.
By majewsky at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 3:14pm
Holly crap! Has anyone gone
Holly crap! Has anyone gone into System Settings > Paths, and tried changing the Downloads path from /home/someuser to /where/I/want/downloads/to/go ? It moved my whole frickin Home directory. I forget exactly what the warning said before I clicked ok, non the less I was not expecting that to happen. That's just wrong.
By stumbles at Fri, 2009/08/07 - 10:51am
oops :o)
Well, next time you will read the message boxes :o)
But you are right, the module should be aware that some directories just shouldn't be moved.
I could not find the module you are talking about. Can you give more details?
Also, consider filing a bug report.
By whatever noticed at Fri, 2009/08/07 - 12:05pm
AFAIK the System Settings are
AFAIK the System Settings are provided by kdebase-workspace if that is the module your talking about.
By stumbles at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 8:42pm
No, i meant which
No, i meant which module/section in systemsettings allows one to change the documents directory.
I couldn't find it.
By whatever noticed at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 9:22pm
Re: No, i meant which
It's under "Personal information". If you can't find that, either, invoke "kcmshell4 desktoppath" from your console.
By majewsky at Sun, 2009/08/09 - 8:01pm
Thanks, i found it!!
By whatever noticed at Sun, 2009/08/09 - 10:23pm
can only say THANKS
to the whole KDE team: I can only say thanks for this impressive release.
What I find so impressive about this release is that the team has confirmed what their *vision* was. When they started with KDE4.0, arguably a release, they took an incredibly amount of heat from their most loyal people.
Despite this, the team was pragmatic and kept going towards what their goal. And now, with this release, they can loudly say "here people, this is what we meant". I still remember Aaron politely answering to flaming comments about the first plasma version. I find him an example of social skills, how he handled that and kept going with the project. Some people would have given up. Instead, he (and others) accepted constructive criticism, let the trolling slip through, and get going forward.
The release is terrific. The amount of work is tremendous. I want to thank *everyone* who contributed to this, regardless of whether that was the whole Kwin or a single patch.
You guys have all my respect not only for the results that we see now, but also for what you had to go through since the KDE4.0 release.
By batistuta at Fri, 2009/08/07 - 11:14am
The new comments system is actually working
Hi there,
I hereby retract my statements that the comments system is not working. I think the amount of comments would be higher without it, but we are building up and big releases like this one are going to contribute to it.
So not all is lost after all. Some releases more and it will be like it was.
By kayonuk at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 7:23am
Re: The new comments system is actually working
"I hereby retract my statements that the comments system is not working. I think the amount of comments would be higher without it, but we are building up and big releases like this one are going to contribute to it."
BTW I think that the real reason for comment numbers going down is the missing commit digests.
By majewsky at Sat, 2009/08/08 - 3:16pm
There is only one thing to say about this release.
The new "Air" Theme is damm awesome and sexy =)
Hope that KOffice will be ready to use as soon as possible.
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I am help-me , I would make the integration with AD , I noticed that you have been successful and would like a help because I'm not getting ... thank you ...
Will try to help but the best way is to start a thread. Give as mush detail as you can. Did you try my script? https://forum.openmediavault.o…?postID=149928#post149928
Hi Donh! I'm in the same situation with OMV3. I would like now to run you script. As I have understood I have to replace example.com with my domain.local, is this correct? Should I also uncomment lines? This is not clear.... may you help me please? I really need to grant the OMV users by the AD authentication. Thanks a lot.
You should not need to comment or uncomment any lines. Just run the script. It will ask the domain to join and change the needed parts.
Let me know how it goes. If you can try it in a clean install in a vm.
Good luck
Thank you for your reply.
Here is the result, starting from a new VM:
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An energy, transport and social data "research centre" was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne this morning.
Speaking at the annual Google Zeitgeist event, Osborne said that teams at Imperial College London and University College London were working together to create the new centre in collaboration with unnamed tech companies.
It will be based in Shoreditch, squarely in Silicon Roundabout territory.
Osborne also made lots of noises about the "wisdom of the crowd" by claiming that, unlike the previous Labour administration, the Coalition was much more heavily plugged into the interwebs – which, according to the chancellor, means the current government is more accountable to the British public.
"Instead of simply relying on government hierarchies to decide which regulations should be reformed or abolished, we've opened up the process to the wisdom of the crowd," said Osborne.
Aside from a lot of political rhetoric, Osborne did announce that the Treasury had poached a key adviser at the White House, Beth Noveck, who had been running President Barack Obama's "Open Government Initiative" until January this year.
"Beth literally wrote the book – Wiki Government – on how policy-making needs to change in the internet age," said Osborne.
"She's a genuinely world-class recruit, and she'll be working alongside the likes of Martha Lane Fox, Tim Kelsey and Tom Steinberg to harness new technologies to make government more innovative and accountable."
Osborne said the government would push for all public service reforms to be "digital by default", with the assumption that everything can be shifted online, despite the fact that the Coalition openly admits that nine million Britons don't access the internet.
"Officials and ministers have to justify why any aspect needs to be delivered through traditional offline channels," he said.
Osborne added that over 6,000 government datasets were "freely available" to developers to fiddle with.
"Over the next 12 months, we're going to unlock some of the most valuable datasets still locked away in government servers," he said.
"This is the raw data that will enable you, for the first time, to analyse the performance of public services, and of competing providers within those public services."
In October last year, Osborne co-penned a puff piece with Google's then-CEO Eric Schmidt, in which both men said:
"We simply cannot afford to be modern-day Luddites, resisting change in our private or public sectors. Innovation can upset the established order, but it is to be welcomed, not feared."
But on data protection and digital privacy, the Coalition's stance appears less certain.
After admitting that in 2010 hackers made hundreds of attempts to break into the Treasury's computer systems, Osborne – who last year announced a £650m investment programme to help thwart such attacks online – said the government was "determined to get the security question right, so that we can maximise the opportunities that the internet age presents".
Which is a bit like saying it's still searching for correct answers to prevent flaws in the government's cybersecurity plans. ®
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By Tom Withers | Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- After 158 games of highs, lows, losing streaks and walk-off wins, the Cleveland Indians can almost touch the postseason.
October is right in front of them.
"We're in control of our own destiny," designated hitter Jason Giambi said. "That's all you can ask for at this time of year."
Rookie Danny Salazar gave Cleveland a much-needed quality start and Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer as the Indians tightened their grip on one of the AL's two wild-card playoff spots with their 14th straight win over the Chicago White Sox, 7-2 on Wednesday night in their home finale.
Salazar (2-3) struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings for the Indians, who won their final six home games to stay with the wild-card leaders. They'll hit the road for four games in Minnesota with a lead over Texas in the wild-card chase. Cleveland is also one game behind Tampa Bay for the top spot with just four games left.
"We did what we needed to do," manager Terry Francona said. "It's very exciting to go play games that are this meaningful. This is as good as it gets."
Swisher homered in the fifth inning off Dylan Axlerod (4-11) as the Indians finished the season 17-2 against Chicago.
Cleveland hasn't made the playoffs since 2007 but it's closing in on a berth under Francona, who guided Boston to two World Series titles and has helped the Indians to 20 more wins than they had a year ago.
A spray-painted bedsheet in the upper deck of Progressive Field said: "Playoff Bound." The Indians, who already have 20 more wins than last season, have some work to do before that can happen.
They haven't won it all since 1948, but if they can win their next four games in Minnesota, the Indians will give themselves a chance to end the drought.
"We've just got to play baseball, that's all we gotta do," said Giambi, who may have saved Cleveland's season with a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the ninth inning Tuesday night. "We don't have to worry about anybody else beating anybody else. We've just get to go out and play baseball, which is the fun part of the game."
Asivail Garcia homered for the White Sox, 6-19 since Aug. 30. Chicago is just 25-47 against AL Central teams, and were overmatched against the Indians.
"They're better than us this year," Ventura said. "They had our number. They outplayed us. We had leads late, but they seemed to fight and come back. They had a few walk-offs."
Swisher's two-run shot in the fifth gave the Indians a 4-1 lead and allowed 30,942 fans to breathe a little easier following the emotional rollercoaster of Tuesday night, when Giambi's majestic homer bailed out closer Chris Perez, who gave up two homers in the top of the inning.
With the Indians leading 2-1 in the fifth, Brantley, who has been using one of Carlos Santana's bats, doubled with one out and Swisher, who was 0 for 13 against Axelrod, followed with a shot into the Indians' bullpen in center. After rounding the bases, Swisher saluted the crowd by raising his hands and forming an "O'' and "H''.
The Indians packed their travel bags for a four-game series against the Twins not knowing if they'll play again this season after Sunday. They could be coming back to Cleveland for the winter, playing a one-game playoff just to get to into the wild-card game or maybe headed to either Tampa Bay or Texas for one game with the winner advancing to the division series.
"The ball is in our court," said Brantley, who is batting .514 (18-of-35) during a nine-game hitting streak. "As long as we handle what we need to take care of, we'll be just fine. We took care of business at home and now we just have to go on the road and continue to do what we're doing."
Indians ace Justin Masterson, sidelined since Sept. 2 with an oblique injury, pitched the ninth. It's possible the All-Star right-hander could start again this season if the Indians get in the playoffs.
One night after Giambi's breathtaking homer, the Indians had to scrap again to get past a team with 96 losses.
Leading 4-1 in the sixth, Salazar gave up a pair of singles and was replaced by Bryan Shaw. Dayan Viciedo followed with an RBI single, and after the Indians botched a rundown, Shaw was in a jam. But the right-hander struck out Jordan Danks and Marcus Semien.
The Indians got the run back in the sixth on Drew Stubbs' sacrifice fly and went up 7-2 in the seventh on Asdrubal Cabrera's two-run single.
Cleveland took advantage of Chicago miscues to score two unearned runs in the second and take a 2-1 lead.
Lonnie Chisenhall reached on a fielder's choice and moved up on Axelrod's wild pitch with two outs. Drew Stubbs hit a high hopper toward third baseman Semien, who should have handled it but let it bounce off his glove for an error, allowing Chisenhall to score.
Brantley, who has been Cleveland's best hitter in the clutch, followed with an RBI single to center. He entered batting .349 with two outs and runners in scoring position.
The White Sox played their final road game without Paul Konerko, who was kneecap was sore and swollen after fouling a pitch off it Tuesday.
NOTES: Indians CF Michael Bourn didn't start because of a sprained right wrist. Francona wanted to give his leadoff hitter a day of rest and treatment. Bourn pinch-ran for Giambi in the sixth. ... Giambi has two pinch-hit walk-off homers this season, both against the White Sox. He's the first player to hit two pinch-hit walk-offs against the same team in a season since 1968, when Detroit's Gates Brown did it twice against Boston. Giambi was overwhelmed by the standing ovation he got in the second. "Speechless," he said. "To have that opportunity last night, a dream come true." ... White Sox DH Adam Dunn was given the night off, though it appears he's been idle for several weeks. After striking out four times Tuesday, he's batting .115 (12-of-104) in his last 29 games.


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Disney Cruise Line today announced one of the new interactive features aboard the forthcoming Disney Fantasy will be an adventure game starring The Muppets.
Kermit, Miss Piggie, Fozzie, Gonzo and Animal headline a Muppet cast in "The Case of the Stolen Show." The game takes cruisers around the Fantasy looking for clues in more than a dozen pieces of Enchanted Art.
Enchanted Art is artwork actually on LCD screens around the ship that magically come alive as guests stop to look at them.
The "Stolen Show" storyline has the Muppets preparing for a big show, but all sorts of items have gone missing: Kermit's banjo, Fozzie's squirting flower, Gonzo's crash helmet, Animal's drum sticks and the Swedish Chef's cleaver.
Designed for guests 9 and older, the game is a self-paced hunt to find the missing items and discover the culprit. The game features alternate endings and other random events, so you can play it more than once.
The Muppets game is just one of the interactive features that will be on the new Fantasy, many of which are also featured on its sister ship, the Disney Dream.
Enchanted Art is aboard both ships, but the more than 20 pieces aboard the Fantasy will be new including art featuring Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, scenes from "Fantasia" and Walt Disney himself animating Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto.
Fine art fans may appreciated "Pinkie Daisy," a take on the 1794 painting by Thomas Lawrence, "Sarah Barrett Moulton: Pinkie."
Other interactive features aboard the Fantasy include "Animation Magic" at the Animator's Palate restaurant, Living Characters, Magical Portholes, the Magic PlayFloor and the Skyline adults-only bar.
Animation Magic allows diners to draw a character on a special template that is then taken and actually added to an animated storyline at the conclusion of dinner.
Living Characters are a popular feature in which animated characters actually converse with the people watching them. Aboard the Fantasy, as it is on the Dream, kids in the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab can interact with Crush, the sea turtle from "Finding Nemo" and Stitch, the alien from "Lilo & Stitch" as they appear on a 103-inch plasma screen. Crush also does his interactive duties at the Animator's Palate restaurant.
The restaurant itself undergoes a transformation as diners are brought to the ocean floor through the use of more than 100 wall-mounted LCD screens to make the transition. The same technology is used at Skyline to transform the view from the bar to nine "windows to the world" with panoramas to places such as Paris, London, Barcelona, Florence, Athens, Budapest and St. Petersburg.
Another technological feature on board both the Dream and Fantasy is the inside stateroom portholes, which display a real-time video view from outside the ship, but enhanced with the occassional animated visitor doing a "fly-by."
Also on board both vessels is the Magic PlayFloor at the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab. The PlayFloor is 15-foot-square grid with motion detectors that allow the children interacting with the floor to play a variety of games.
The Disney Fantasy, currently under construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany is set for its debut voyage on March 31, 2011. The Fantasy will sail out of Port Canaveral, offering alternating seven-night cruises to the Eastern and Western Caribbean with stops at Castaway Cay, the line's private island in the Bahamas. The 4,000-passenger ship is a sister to the Disney Dream, also based at Port Canaveral, that debuted in January 2010 and will up the Disney Cruise Line fleet to four, with the line's two original vessels, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder.
The Wonder is currently based on the Pacific Coast and the Magic will continue to sail out of Port Canavearl until Fantasy's arrival, when it will migrate to New York.


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The following slug appeared on the front page of a Hartford paper the day after a Face the State debate between Democratic U.S. Representative Chris Murphy and Republican Linda McMahon, both of whom are vying for U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman's soon to be vacant seat: "Another 90 seconds and no answers,'' he [Mr. Murphy] said, "not a single specific cut that Linda McMahon would support, and another example of fealty to a supply-side trickledown economics that just hasn't worked." The statement bears close examination, but Mrs. McMahon did not during the debate force such an examination. In an earlier debate with then Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Mrs. McMahon caused some agita when she asked Mr. Blumenthal to explain how jobs are created. Clearly over his head in deep water, Mr. Blumenthal sputtered an answer that showed he did not at all understand how businesses produce jobs. The embarrassing moment was not fatal to Mr. Blumenthal - he went on to win the race for departing U. S. Senator Chris Dodd's seat - but it did rip a veil from his persona. Like most politicians who promote command economies, Mr. Blumenthal thought at the time - and still believes - that jobs are made by government intervention in the private market place. Mrs. McMahon went on to answer her own question: "Government does not create jobs. It's very simple how your create jobs. An entrepreneur takes a risk. He or she believes that he creates a good or service that is sold for more than it costs to make it. If an entrepreneur thinks he can do that, he creates a job." In her debate with Mr. Murphy, Mrs. McMahon easily might have asked Mr. Murphy to tell the listening audience precisely what he meant by "supply side economics," a term of reproach used by Democrats who have not read any of the essays or books written by George Gilder, the Saint Paul of supply-side theory. Mr. Murphy passionately supports Obamacare, passed by Democrats in Congress who did not read the bill, but it is plain from much of what he has said concerning health care that he would prefer a single payer system, which is to say a health care system run by Washington D.C. bureaucrats and politicians such as himself who prefer command economies. In such a system, health care would "trickle down" from national health care administrators and administrative technicians in the states to doctors and patients. In fact, the single payer insurance system preferred by Mr. Murphy is an extreme form of trickledown economics: Tax money is collected by bureaucrats in Washington and disbursed only to insurance companies that satisfy the rigorous demands of an authoritarian government. The ensuing regulations effectively kill the economic creativity and vitality that is the driving force of capitalistic economies. Mrs. McMahon might have asked Mr. Murphy during their debate why he preferred such an extreme form of trickledown economics. And in defending privately owned insurance companies from a government that seeks to control the means of production through excessive regulation, she easily might have cited the following passage from an essay recently written by Mr. Gilder: "Capitalism is the supreme expression of human creativity and freedom, an economy of mind overcoming the constraints of material power. It is not simply a practical success, a 'worst of all systems except for the rest of them,' a faute de mieux compromise redeemed by charities and regulators and proverbially 'saved by the New Deal.' It is dynamic, a force that pushes human enterprise down spirals of declining costs and greater abundance. The cost of capturing technology is mastery of the underlying science. The means of production of entrepreneurs are not land, labor, or capital but minds and hearts. Enduring are only the contributions of mind and morality. "All progress comes from the creative minority. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods than a flow of ideas, the defining characteristic of which is surprise. Creativity is the foundation of wealth." And that is why command economies frustrate the production of wealth - they force upon creative free markets a cookie cutter regulatory apparatus that benefits only the political promoters of command economies. Mr. Murphy is one of them. Mr. Murphy sustained his points in the debate through sheer bluster and chutzpah. He insisted, for instance, that some points in Mrs. McMahon's economic program were lifted from Washington sources, a point hotly denied by Mrs. McMahon. She is, of course, a Republican, and many of her economic proposals certainly align with those of her party. The same is true of Mr. Murphy, who appears to have borrowed much of his rhetoric from his national party's playbook, including the absurd claim that Mrs. McMahon is waging a "war on women" because she opposes the Democrat's war on Christian doctrine. Of course, in any debate with Mr. Murphy, Mrs. McMahon must be careful to give credit to the architects of a free economy, lest she be accused of lifting ideas from free market proponents much in the way Mr. Murphy has "lifted" a good deal of his command economy notions secondhand from President Barrack Obama's all-purpose made-in-Chicago campaign platform - including the absurd "war on women" meme, the national Democratic platform pro-abortion entente and even the "trickledown economics" rhetorical head fake deployed by Mr. Murphy in his first debate with Mrs. McMahon.
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This A+ list mostly movie actor came back to his hotel room late last week to find his now off again girlfriend slicing his expensive luggage into strips.
Nothing was left except the wheels and base.
Apparently she found out that he shared a video they made a few months ago with some friends.
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