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Would the Rays Entertain a Possible Man-Dam Reunion for 2012?
Last off season we became intrigued by the possibility that two men could hold the fortunes of the Tampa Bay Rays within their veterans hands. One provided a bit of stability to a offense that sometimes tumble, tumbled and fell upon it's face, the other was a gamble, but not a costly one. Each player had their pros and cons for their addition to this young squad, and each blazed their own path for the season early, one falling from grace while the other was quickly embraced by the Rays Republic.
When Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez emerged for their 2011 Press Conference within the confines of Tropicana Field, the sky seemed the limit for these two aging gladiators of the AL East wars. Both brought a huge chunk of veteran promise towards eradicating and eliminating the offensive woes of this young Rays squad.
The Spring came and went with each providing moments that quickly gathered energy and excitement, with each accomplishment building more confidence within the Rays Republic as to their inclusion on the Rays roster. In the end, it was the stability and leadership of Damon, and the perplexity of "Manny being Manny" that played out their parts and determined each of their roles.
So here we are almost a year later and again both of their free agent names are producing a intriguing hum along the Coconut Telegraph as a potential Rays duo once again. But I have to ask this in advance this time, will the rubber hit the road with either of them in 2012, or could this be a possible "Pat the Bat" moment in waiting?
We all know each player has offensive merits, and their liabilities are well documented, but if the price is comparable to their 2011 salaries, could this be the momentum to include them again in the Rays fold? To what extent do we believe the sincerity of Ramirez, and do we believe Damon's "youthful" 2011 campaign will play out miraculously again, or fall flat on its face. When veterans are brought in there are risk, but do the risks outweigh the stats when winning has to be archived to stay the course or ramp up wins in 2012?
Damon has hinted he would love to again don the Rays Carolina blue unis and stay within his home state for another Rays tour. But even within Damon's statement there is a dark looming cloud that could not only wreck such a reunion, but could deflate it instantly. Even in the enthusiastic language displayed by Damon in his want for a return into the Rays fold, his hint of a possible migration to Houston has to bring up some interesting question marks.
Why would Damon want to glide into Minute Maid Park possibly for the 2012 season when that team will be entering it last tour of duty as a National League franchise. Because of Damon's obvious defensive skill depreciation as a fielder, his optimistic attitude in possibly joining the Houston club at this juncture seems a bit odd. This same oratory would make more sense in the 2012 off season as the Houston club re-evaluates and re-tools for their own migration into the AL West.
Doesn't it seem more apt and par for the course that Damon would return to the Rays for 2012 with a possibly of a small raise in pay and the same attendance incentives. This kind of move would give Damon a chance to start the 2012 season in Tampa Bay, then if the Rays show a talent/ win digression , he could be a solid Trade Deadline addition for the Maestros emerging as an early candidate for their 2013 Designated Hitter slot. You also have to ask yourself if Damon knows a piece of information or move we are not privy to, or if it is just pure conjecture on his part at this moment.
The double talk of Damon eventually showing his cards to both locales would seem moot to some, but the underlying questions is why is Damon showing his cards so early, and why even mention Rays Executive VP of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman's name at all, especially since there is a slim chance of him leaving the Rays and going "home" to Houston. Damon is a smart guy, maybe he is playing the odds in both directions even though it could cost him a bit at the bargaining table in the end.
Then there is Ramirez. A guy who can drive you batty with his bat and dialog as well as his off-the-field distractions. We all know of his transgressions early in the 2011 season, and it is not worth time mentioning it past this sentence. Still, his domestic situation brings about its own red flags, and possibly makes his name quickly disappear from the Rays "Wish List" this off season, even at a huge discount.
Even though Ramirez has paid his supposed penances by removing himself from baseball for the entire 2011 season, will MLB mandate a 50-game sentence still before he can even step upon a MLB diamond. It might be a bit of time before the MLB honchos and the MLBPA sort out his options, eliminating him from the Rays equation by proxy.
I was not upset or even a bit surprised by the announcement of Ramirez's suspension in 2011, but it still cuts deep into the Rays Republic's aching heart when this past April, as the Rays floundered at the bottom of the AL East, Manny had to vacate the clubhouse bringing an unneeded and warranted distraction that could of cost the Rays more than just a dismal April.
Because Ramirez was not lighting up the Rays scoreboard or providing moments of clarity or brilliance at the time of his "reveal", he was able to fade away basically because we let him. But could a Manny return be in the works possibly with Ramirez again giving a bargain basement price so he can again elevate his game and possibly bargaining chip as a trade piece come late July bringing the Rays an addition that could get them again into the October promised land.
I guess the answer all depends on your own opinions as to the ultimate worth of these two players, and if the risk is work the possible rewards, or keeping them out of the hands of divisional foes. These two names might not be heard loudly among the MLB Winter Meeting hallways in Dallas this week, but their presence even outside the comfort level of teams within their division will merit as least a glance in their direction.
So should the Rays even listen to a Manny conversation this off season, or just watch as he aligns himself possibly with the Baltimore Orioles or maybe even the New York Yankees and become a thorn in the Rays rise once again. You almost wish the Rays had the payroll of New York or the Boston Red Sox just so we can take him out of the American League East equation in every aspect. Problem is, if Manny comes back to the AL East in 2012, what penalty will MLB propose, or will he possibly be welcomed back with open arms having stayed away from the game for almost a year.
When Damon and Manny emerged for that Press Conference the room grew suddenly silent. There was an aire of dramatic change of realistic hopes of veterans of this caliber embracing this young team and their quest for another trip deep into the playoffs. Manny had to buy a ticket to see those games, Damon got a front row seat to watch this team mature before his eyes. Both took extremely different paths in 2011, but could a possible 2012 reunion or resolution tour be warranted?


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The small crowd at the 20-seat restaurant all cheered. My wife and I were sitting at a window table in a lovely little French restaurant in the Latin quarter of Paris having dinner when the election results were broadcast.
"You seem happy Monsieur Antoine," I asked the owner, who also served as the maître de and waiter. "Yes, this will bring good changes to our country. More jobs will be created. It will mean more taxes for most people, me included, but it will be better for the country."
President-elect Francois Hollande, a socialist, vowed to move France forward with more spending to create jobs, which in turn would promote better economic growth and more tax money.
Can you imagine somebody thinking about the good of his country as opposed to their own take-home pay like Mr. Antoine did? We all know those French are a little nuts anyway, right? Or are they?
Meanwhile, back home, our own aristocracy passed the Ryan budget in the House, which, if enacted, would further destroy the life of us peasants while giving more to the privileged class to put more filigree on their mansions.
Nowhere in the several articles I read about the French elections were candidates lobbing charges at each other about religion, how they view gay marriage, bashing unions, a women's right to healthcare, or how the laws would be different depending upon which geographic region of France you live in.
Nowhere was there a discussion about a candidate's race, religion, ethnic background, or any other issue that preoccupies the media in this country. Election coverage carried the facts without the crazy rhetoric, lies, swagger, yelling or screaming.
The race was simply about who had a better vision for the country and how they would proceed to carry out that vision. Very refreshing.
The crazy antics that go on here are laughable. We, like France, have our own aristocracy who is willing to put more decoration on their castles rather than give up their fair share of tax dollars to promote a workable society here. They're very willing to put more burdens on the peasants than the peasants can stand. Their attitude is indeed one of "let them eat cake."
We see some rumblings of discontent on our streets in the form of Occupy Wall Streeters, the backlash against anti-union legislation in Wisconsin, and the calls for more regulation on the bankers who play roulette with our money, and then take our houses away when their gambling goes sour.
We see how the Citizens United case allowed the flow of millions of dollars into the coffers of the aristocracy candidates to keep them in power. It's time we wake up and have our own revolution in this country and sweep out our own aristocracy. It's time we bring this country back to where it works for everybody instead of just the privileged few. If we the peasants unite, we can do this. We deserve a country that works for everyone. Let's go create it.
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Thursday 26 August 2010 1:12:13 pm - 5 replies
I have problem with my own payment gateway. I've used eZpayplal extension to help. After commenting and disabling almost everything that was in eZpaypal I have this code, which is still working (I can select Paypal gateway called 'Paypal'). I wrote almost the same code, but it doesn't work. (I can't select my gateway called 'DotPay').
This is rest of Paypal code:
define( "EZ_PAYMENT_GATEWAY_TYPE_PAYPAL", "ezpaypal" ); class eZPaypalGateway extends eZRedirectGateway { function eZPaypalGateway() { $this->logger = eZPaymentLogger::CreateForAdd( "var/log/ambDotPayType.log" ); $this->logger->writeTimedString( 'eZPaypalGateway::eZPaypalGateway()' ); } } eZPaymentGatewayType::registerGateway( EZ_PAYMENT_GATEWAY_TYPE_PAYPAL, "ezpaypalgateway", "Paypal" );
And this is my code:
define( "EZ_PAYMENT_GATEWAY_TYPE", "ezdotpay" ); class eZDotPayGateway extends eZRedirectGateway { function eZDotPayGateway() { $this->logger = eZPaymentLogger::CreateForAdd( "var/log/eZDotPayGateway.log" ); $this->logger->writeTimedString( 'eZDotPayGateway::eZDotPayGateway()' ); } function execute( $process, $event ) { return eZWorkflowType::STATUS_ACCEPTED; } } eZPaymentGatewayType::registerGateway( EZ_PAYMENT_GATEWAY_TYPE, "ezdotpaygateway", "DotPay" );
I refresh autoload with the same result:
./bin/php/ezpgenerateautoloads.php -e -p
What is overlooked?
Thursday 26 August 2010 3:21:55 pm
After several hours of struggling I noticed that the name extension must be the same as the name of the class. It follows that each gateway must be a separate extension.
And even if one file is sufficient:
and class must then be of the same name.
So, now question is: Why have entries in workflow.ini.append.php no influence on it?
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[EventSettings] ExtensionDirectories[]=<my_ext_name> AvailableEventTypes[]=event_<my_ext_name>
Monday 20 September 2010 10:16:04 am
Hey, seeing that almost a month has passed. How did you get on?
I too am looking at the payment gateway system and so far have concluded that the ezauthroize doesnt work. Which is backed up with the following insight.
I can see in your code you were just getting it to return a success, but did you manage to get the middle stage of communicating with paypal or creating a form for the user to fill out their details?
Friday 22 October 2010 2:28:42 am
Well Hello Chris,
I'm sorry but as a new eZ Community member you are sadly miss informed.
Any user who would take the time to read the latest svn trunk
for the ezauthorize extension would see that it is indeed
compatible with eZ Publish 4.x (4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4)
eZ Authorize does work, very well in fact. Use the latest version (from svn)!
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'Romeo and Juliet' Return in Modern Adaptation
In upcoming performances at St. Lawrence University, Charles M. Pepiton, visiting assistant professor of performance and communication arts, does not simply adapt the classic Elizabethan play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, he transforms the audience's preconceived notions of time.
In his adaptation, "Romeo and Juliet Redux," Pepiton begins the play with the death of the impassioned lovers and moves in and out of time to the point that he believes is the true climatic event in the story.
"We're playing with the nature of time," Pepiton said. "The final scene is the first, and we move backward and forward throughout the play until we get to the climax, which is really when Juliet professes her love for Romeo."
The play will be performed four times, beginning at 8 p.m. each night from April 2 to April 5 in the Gulick Theatre located in St. Lawrence's Noble Center. The performances are free and open to the public.
According to Pepiton, the moment Juliet consciously declares her love to Romeo is the moment when she sacrifices herself to bury the strife that has existed for generations between the Capulet and Montague families. The play also visually toys with the notions of time, as characters move from Elizabethan vestments to costumes that look like they came out of the movie "The Matrix."
"We're unpacking the play from our expectations and instead considering time as a Möbius strip with no clear beginning or end," Pepiton said. "Even the costumes are a mix of Renaissance to more modern wear."
Juliet's dress in the beginning of the play was actually made possible by a grant garnered by Juraj Kittler, assistant professor English, who is teaching a history of Italy course and who plans to have a student wear it during an upcoming trip to Venice.
Selina French, supervisor of the costume shop, said the costumes in the play are "a little odd."
"This is not your usual Romeo and Juliet," she said. "We have put shoulder pads on the outside of blazers, or colored the lapels of a jacket. It's enough that people notice but not so strong that it takes people's focus off of the play."
St. Lawrence students acting in the play, many of whom are not performing arts majors, had the opportunity to work closely with three members of Studio Matejka, a dance theater company from Poland that staged a nine-day residency and performed on campus in February. Pepiton worked alongside members of Studio Matejka in Poland last summer, as part of a physical theater residency in association with the Grotowski Institute.
Asked why the play continues to be staged, Pepiton answered, "Because we want to have our hearts broken again."
"We're still learning from this play 400 years later," he said. "It's amazing how moving and relevant this play remains to us today."


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The Happiest Places on Earth
Two Ithaca College couples find their utopias
By David McKay Wilson
Places can captivate our dreams and inspire our lives. Places draw people from near and far. Millions of immigrants were drawn to America by tales of streets paved with gold. Ithaca College economist Elia Kacapyr found that a person's native country may determine how satisfied he or she is with life.
But can a change in location increase one's happiness? Can a change in latitude really effect a change in attitude, as that Jimmy Buffet song goes?
Two IC couples knew that place would play a role in their journey to happiness. One couple found happiness in Orlando, Florida, home of Walt Disney World, while another found it on Cape Cod, at their 40-acre summer camp. Both are living proof that we can create our own utopia, wherever that may be.
Nancy and Dave Rowitt favor the warm weather and the 20th-century community that has grown around the theme parks built by The Walt Disney Company just outside Orlando, Florida. That's where the Rowitts raised their two children, who both work at Walt Disney World Resort as part of the creative team that makes the Orlando area the nation's leading tourist destination.
"It's a magical place," says Nancy Rowitt '74, who plays fife in the Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps at Disney's Epcot theme park. "You just feel happy to walk around. There's always something different to do and see. And you can't beat the weather."
The Rowitts were both raised in the New Jersey suburbs, far from sunny Florida. Dave Rowitt '78 grew up in Clifton while Nancy was just 10 miles away in Wayne.
Nancy had gone to Disneyland as a teenager and loved it. When she was in graduate school at the University of Miami, she took a trip with the marching band to the University of Florida for a football game, and the band made a stop at Walt Disney World.
Dave had also visited Disneyland with his family several times and loved it. His high school band also performed at the Magic Kingdom in the early '70s.
"When we met years later, he accepted my love for the mouse and gladly agreed to move to Orlando," says Nancy. "He enjoys it just as much as I do. We just love going to a park and walking around. It is always so beautiful with all the wonderful flowers and nice weather. There is always something new to see or do. And with four theme parks, we have trouble seeing it all!"
Nancy and Dave actually met briefly in 1973, when Dave and his father came to Ithaca College for a tour, and Nancy led the group of aspiring IC students around campus. Dave applied to Ithaca and was accepted, but he didn't see Nancy again until 1982 when his stepmom set him up on a blind date with her coteacher, who turned out to be that cute Ithaca College tour guide who'd led him around nine years earlier.
Their romance led to marriage a year later, and they soon found a place in Washington Township, another suburban community not far from their roots. Nancy, a music major at Ithaca, taught music in the public schools while Dave, who majored in business, worked at Thomas J. Lipton, supporting sales through the information technology department at the giant tea company.
When their daughter, Lori, was born, Nancy's mother gave the baby a Mickey Mouse plush doll, and she was hooked.
"Her first word was 'Mickey,' not 'Mommy,'" Nancy says. "But I can live with that. Since then her Disney doll collection has grown to more than 700 dolls."
In 1990, they decided to pick up and move to Orlando with Lori and their son, Jason.
"We just thought it would be much less of a rat race than in the New York metropolitan area," Nancy says. "We wanted a slower pace."
They found that slower pace, and a fuller life. Dave worked in information technology for 18 years and retired two years ago, at age 53, after a downsizing left him without a job. With this dramatic change in circumstances, Dave realized that he'd squirreled away enough to enjoy an early retirement. For the past four years, the Rowitts have endowed a class at Ithaca College on personal finance so that future generations of IC students can plan for retirement the same way they did. Dave says he started saving "early and often" since his post-Ithaca days.
"I followed my own advice," says Dave, who gardens, works on his family's genealogy with his second cousin Donna Eskwitt Rosenblum '78, and gets back to New Jersey to watch the New York Giants play in MetLife Stadium where he's a season-ticket holder. "I like it down here [in Florida]. I also like to go to Disney World and enjoy being there. It's a fun, upbeat, happy place."
He's the only one of the four Rowitts who doesn't work there. Lori, now 27, performs in a Disney troupe at shows and parades, including the Christmas Day extravaganza that aired on Disney's ABC network. Jason, now 25, is part of the marketing team at Walt Disney World, and Nancy occasionally substitutes in the Fife & Drum Corps.
Nancy began performing with the corps in 2008 while working part-time for Disney in other roles. For the majority of her 17 years with the company, she has been an educator. She taught a variety of groups including students from school bands who had come to perform, learn a little, and experience the theme park on a school day. She helped students explore the world of physics at Magic Kingdom in a class that incorporated lessons on such topics as gravity and how it propels those thrilling roller coasters. She also led a program called Backstage Magic, a seven-hour, behind-the-scenes tour for adult guests that offers an inside look at the heritage, daily operation, and cast member roles that create the magic throughout Walt Disney Resort.
As a musician with the Fife & Drum Corps, Nancy dons a red coat, beige knickers, white socks, black buckle shoes, and a tri-corner hat. The quartet, with two fifes, a snare drum, and bass drum, along with a flag bearer, marches along Epcot's World Showcase Promenade playing seven 20-minute sets at the American Adventure Pavilion at Epcot. Their repertoire features such patriotic standards as "Yankee Doodle," "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "You're a Grand Old Flag."
"I just love performing," says Nancy. "Our salute to the armed forces set is my favorite. It's moving to hear the audience singing along or to have a veteran just back from Afghanistan tell us he appreciates that we're paying tribute to them."
All things Disney have found a home in the Rowitts' home as well. Mickey Mouse predominates in one bathroom with a Mickey rug, a Mickey mirror, and a cabinet with handles that are Mickey's hands and feet. Over the Rowitts' bed hangs a Disney print from a band concert in the park. Their daughter Lori's room has five shelves brimming with hundreds of Disney dolls.
For their annual Christmas card, the Rowitts pose before a Disney attraction each year to let friends and family know that all is well in the magical land they call home.
Recipients of this year's card found the family smiling in front of Cinderella Castle. Nancy used the image as the background for a more elaborate creation made on foam-core that looked like an iPad. It had make-believe apps for each family member that revealed their passions—Lori dancing in the park, Jason running a marathon, Dave digging into Ancestry.com, and Nancy piping on her fife.
"We always get a Disney picture and start there," says Nancy. "Everyone knows us as the Disney family—and we are."
For the Rowitts, Disney World truly is the happiest place on earth.
"It doesn't matter how old you are," Nancy says. "There is just so much magic here!"
Summer camp holds a special place in the hearts of Will and Sandy Rubenstein '95. Will Rubenstein '94 spent his childhood and teenage summers at Camp Wigwam in western Maine and later served as the camp's assistant director. His camp buddies form his core group of lifelong friends.
Sandy Rubenstein went to sleep-away camp summer after summer at Camp Kweebec in Pennsylvania's Perkiomen Valley. She returned each year to reconnect with friends and experience what surprises the camp director had concocted that year. She later worked there as a counselor.
Since 2004, it has been camp all year round for the Rubensteins. That's when they bought Camp Wingate*Kirkland on 40 acres in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. They built a home there and have gone about the business of creating memorable experiences for 180 youngsters each summer.
"I love that we live in this private oasis in the middle of a neighborhood," says Sandy Rubenstein. "It's down a little dirt road, with a wooden plaque with W*K on it. People don't even know we are here."
With most summer camps, the directors live elsewhere and then relocate in time for the kids to arrive. The Rubensteins, however, dreamed of owning a camp they could settle into for the duration and raise a family. Sandy was pregnant with their daughter Mia when they tendered an offer for Wingate*Kirkland. Mia, 7, now has a sister, Sarah, age 1.
"I didn't want to be at home, finishing up with the kids at school, while Will was opening it up," says Sandy. "I didn't want to live in two communities."
Will and Sandy became friends as student leaders at Ithaca College—Will wrote and edited for the Ithacan while Sandy worked for the Bureau of Concerts. Their love affair ignited one May while volunteering at Senior Week. They became engaged in 1996, and Will was so proud of his wife-to-be that he took her to that summer's annual reunion at Camp Wigwam.
"I was a camper, so I understood," recalls Sandy.
That understanding remained strong as Labor Day weekend neared in 2010. Their second daughter was due any day, and Camp Wigwam was celebrating its 100th anniversary that weekend. Will didn't want to miss the celebration. With Sandy's blessing, he drove to the mountains of western Maine for the festivities. He returned Sunday night with a few hours to spare before driving Sandy to the hospital early the next morning to give birth to Sarah.
"That's how important camp is to me," says Will. "That tells you pretty much all you need to know about Sandy. That's as generous a gift as anyone could receive."
Sandy recalls their initial tour of Wingate*Kirkland in the winter of 2004. It was her first visit to Cape Cod, and it came on a January weekend, in the deep of winter. Four inches of fresh snow carpeted the woods and rimmed Elisha's Pond, the camp's waterfront playground, as gray clouds hung low, portending more bad weather.
"When you walk through a camp in the winter, you have to close your eyes and [imagine hearing] the kids," she says.
"We'd been to other camps, and we didn't get a good feeling—they felt so sterile. But as we tromped around, it just felt right. We knew we could live here."
Seven years later, the Rubensteins continue to develop Wingate*Kirkland, which became a coed camp in 1985 with the merger of the Wingate camp for girls and the Kirkland camp for boys. It's a year-round endeavor for the Rubensteins, who need to recruit their summer staff of about 70, maintain the camp buildings, and drive enrollment for the upcoming sessions.
The camp is part of a New England tradition that dates back to the camping movement's founding in the late 19th century, as educators turned to the outdoors to create character-building experiences. Campers today hone their athletic skills on the playing fields, explore creativity on stage and in the art studio, and get in tune with life in the natural world, away from the electronic gadgets that infuse the lives of today's young people.
"Overnight summer camp fosters lots of personal growth," says Will. "It's not just archery and singing 'Kumbaya'. Kids have to communicate and find common ground with each other. That's even more important today because kids don't communicate face-to-face as much. We are like a laboratory for interpersonal living and interpersonal growth."
Wingate*Kirkland has its own culture, playing down the competition that predominates at some New England summer camps. While the campers engage in sports like soccer and lacrosse that have winners and losers, the camp staff does not pit one group in the camp against the other in summer-long clashes. The aim is for the campers to develop independent minds, caring hearts, and lifelong friendships.
Campers quickly learn the new rules when they arrive in late June. Cell phones are banned at Wingate*Kirkland. If campers show up with a phone, it is taken away upon registration and given back at summer's end. The only calls they can make are at mealtime on three pay phones near the dining hall, which were installed 55 years ago at the camp's founding.
Will and Sandy make it all work by dividing up the tasks. Sandy is in charge of the dining hall, camp maintenance, and summer programming. Will hires staff, recruits new campers, and encourages campers to return. He also organizes alumni events to build a multigenerational network, encouraging former campers to send their kids to Wingate*Kirkland.
Building maintenance has posed significant challenges for the Rubensteins. In the summer of 2007, an infestation of bedbugs had Sandy scrambling for ways to exterminate the bothersome critters without disrupting camp with toxic chemicals.
She discovered a process that uses heat to kill the bugs and their eggs. The success she achieved in getting rid of the bugs at camp spawned her own business, called Pure Heat, which now has crews working throughout New England. (Their conquest of the Wingate*Kirkland bugs was featured on the February 10 episode of the Animal Planet show Infestation.)
"It's a seven-ring circus around here, with two businesses, two dogs, a pig, nine chickens, and two kids, one of whom competes in gymnastics," says Sandy. "But we keep it all going. Today I'm sitting here, looking out on the pond on a beautiful day on Cape Cod. I like it here in our wooded paradise."
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I've been trying to test a series of skillet suppers for quick and easy weeknight meals. It has been slow going because I've overbooked my calendar, but I am slogging my way through the pile of recipes with the intent of of sharing the best of them with you. Hopefully, that will be before school starts. Tonight's recipe is one of a series that I found in a BuzzFeed article that featured stovetop chicken dishes. The recipe is a keeper and I think all but the youngest members of your family will enjoy it. Feel free to substitute thigh meat for the breast meat specified in the recipe and use any type of pasta that you enjoy. I hope you will give this recipe a try. You can have this dish on the table in 30 minutes and it makes a lovely supper. Here is the recipe.
Skillet Chicken with Pasta, Spinach and Garlic Oil...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of BuzzFeed
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6 cloves garlίc, mίnced
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 chίcken breasts, cubed
Salt and pepper
12-oz. farfalle
5-oz fresh baby spίnach
1 tablespoon drίed basίl, or 1/2 cup fresh
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juίce
1 cup parmesan cheese
1) Heat olίve oίl, garlίc, and red pepper ίn a small glass bowl ίn the mίcrowave for about 1 mίnute to blend flavors.
2) Pour about 1 tablespoon of infused oίl ίnto a skίllet. Salt and pepper chίcken and cook ίn oίl over medίum hίgh heat tίll browned and juίces run clear.
3) Cook pasta ίn salted water. Drain well. Return pasta to pan. Add cooked chίcken and all remaίnίng ίngredίents to pasta. Stίr ίn remainder of infused olίve oίl. Toss lίghtly tίll all ίngredίents are well combίned. Serve ίmmedίately. Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
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It's true, managing a growing amount of data has become an inconvenient reality of modern life. We live in a world where technology is becoming more and more integrated into all aspects of our everyday lives. Which means we use an ever-increasing number of online accounts, apps, and services, all of which require usernames and details for us to keep track of. We also need our data in more places than ever – on our computers at home and at work, on our smartphones and tablets.
We know that the stress of remembering passwords and other online account details leads us to follow bad password management practices, such as:
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- Keeping default logins, such as "admin" and "password", enabled on our systems.
Even with bad password management practices, though, we're still forgetting our logins. We're wasting time resetting our passwords, and we're dealing with the inconvenience of constantly trying to keep track of all of our data.
So it's clear things need to change. It's clear that we need strong passwords, and we need unique passwords for each of our accounts. But we need a way to keep track of those passwords, without taxing our brains or adding more stress to our lives. And we need that data to be accessible wherever we are – at home, at work, on our mobile devices. We need a solution that makes all of the above possible.
And that solution is: LastPass. And of course, LastPass users are already aware of how LastPass simplifies your digital life and helps you follow best password management practices while still making it easier to manage all of your data. But there's a whole population of Internet users out there who are still doing things the hard way, who deserve to know that there's an easier, more secure way!
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80-Day Countdown to 13GE – Reject politics of lies and falsehoods of UMNO/BN
Congrats to Anwar for today winning his defamation lawsuit against Utusan Malaysia, the newspaper in Malaysia which is making world history in piling up the most number of lost defamation suits against Pakatan Rakyat personalities.
Lies and falsehoods against Pakatan Rakyat have become the staple diet of Utusan Malaysia, the mouthpiece of UMNO, to the extent that Utusan Malaysia is more a "Lies-Paper" rather than a "News-Paper".
But Utusan Malaysia is not the only "Lies-Paper" in Malaysia although it is the worst example of the stable of UMNO/Barisan Nasional mainstream media (MSM).
With the daily approach of the 13th general elections, UMNO/Barisan Nasional leaders and their propaganda mouthpieces, whether mainstream media or rogue cybertroopers, will be working overtime to pump out lies and falsehoods.
Let all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, territory, age or gender, unite in the forthcoming 13GE to reject the politics of lies, falsehoods and abuses of UMNO/BN.
It is sad that not only the living, but even the dead, have also become casualties of such politics of lies and falsehoods.
One of the most disgusting and disgraceful examples of such politics of lies and falsehood was provided by former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir last week, when he claimed that what he did in Project IC or Project M in the "citizenship-for-votes" scam in Sabah was "lawful" and that Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman "had done worse by giving citizenship to one million unqualified people in peninsula Malaysia" before Merdeka.
Adding insult to injury, Mahathir even asked: "Why is it when he does it, it is not wrong, and when I do it, it's wrong."
I feel sad not only for Tunku, but also for all the UMNO/Alliance leaders of the Merdeka era, as Mahathir had not only smeared the memory and good name of Bapa Malaysia but also all his comrade-in-arms in the Merdeka struggle, including Tun Razak, Tun Ismail, Tun Tan Cheng Lock and Tun Sambanthan.
I feel sadder - not only at the defamation of Tunku, Razak, Ismail, Tan Cheng Lock and Sambanthan by Mahathir, but that after four days, there has not been a single voice from the UMNO/Barisan Nasional government and leadership to defend their memory and good name.
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Our project is a custom search engine based on wordpress. We're taking in RSS feeds from a bunch of deal/bargain sites. All the feeds are stored in our wordpress database. People can then effectively search all of the sites that we're receiving feeds from by using our search. Wordpress will also allow us to customize the output of our search queries.
This design will be for DealsGT.com.
Anyone who's looking for the fastest way to find the most current deals. If a person wants to buy an "lcd tv" or a "flash drive" he just types it into our search box and gets the most current and best available deals.
For this project we need to create 2 page layouts:
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4. catch phrase below search box: "They've found the deals for you. Now search them all at once!"
5. below the catch prase is a list of the top deals sites (with their logos) and the last slot is a link that says "see full list" (one example for this is http://www.freshbargains.net/about). This list can be done in 2 or 3 columns.
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"Smugglers of Death" was published in the June 1, 1939 issue of The Shadow Magazine. They're
smuggling diamonds! Sapphires and rubies! Gems of all sort brought from
overseas. And along with the raw jewels comes death. The Shadow dips his hands
in the pile of wealth and comes up with a murderer.
At the beginning of our story, The Shadow overhears Spike Hegley's phone
conversation with a mysterious master criminal who has ordered henchmen placed
on the speedy cabin cruiser The Flyaway. The Flyaway is a getaway ship for
smugglers, and the unknown villain has plans to thwart the smugglers' plans and
reap the wealth for himself.
Coming in from Europe is the steamship Albania. Aboard is gentlemen adventurer
Michael Waybrock, smuggling in a large amount of illicit gems. His plan is to
bypass customs by jumping ship as it approaches the coastline. The small yacht
The Flyaway will pick him up along with his treasure, and spirit him into the
country to Mariner's Isle off the shore of Long Island Sound. At least, that's
the plan.
But the mysterious mastermind has other plans. His henchmen will take over the
crew of the Flyaway and seize the jewels. Waybrock gets wind of the plans and
tries to find an alternate method of getting the jewels into the country. He
strikes up a shipboard friendship with young Myrna Elvin in the hopes of
convincing her to carry his package through customs. But things go awry.
Waybrock is killed on the ship before he gets a chance to transfer the package
to Myrna. Frenchy Brenn, a name familiar with The Shadow, assisted by the evil
Leona Dubray, shoves a knife through Waybrock's heart and leaves him outside
innocent young Myrna Elvin's stateroom.
Frenchy Brenn jumps overboard with the cache of gems and makes his way to the
Flyaway. He successfully makes his way into the country with the illicit gems
after a wild battle onboard The Flyaway. Another smuggling job successfully
The Shadow must track down the hidden brain behind the smuggling racket. The
Shadow must thwart the killers out to get Myrna Elvin. The Shadow must find who
is recutting the stones so that they can't be traced. The Shadow must stop the
traffic in smuggled gems. Yes, he's going to be a very busy guy!
But The Shadow has plenty of help. Beautiful young Myrna Elvin joins forces with
The Shadow to act as one of his agents. She's a plucky and determined young lady
who does a very competent job. And also assisting are The Shadow's most trusted
agents. Harry Vincent teams up with Myrna Elvin. Moe Shrevnitz again helps with
trailing taxicabs. Hawkeye is on the job, trailing suspects without any telltale
signs. And of course contact man Burbank keeps communication between everyone
running smoothly.
Representing the forces of law and order are Police Commissioner Ralph Weston
and Inspector Joe Cardona. Also joining in this mystery is Vic Marquette,
Federal operative. Smuggling valuable gems into the country is a federal crime,
you know.
The Shadow gets not only to appear in his usual garb of black, but also as
celebrated globetrotter Lamont Cranston. And several times he appears posing as
a Bowrey bum, as well. He does love his disguises.
We learn some interesting things about The Shadow in this story. His ability to
imitate voices is used several times to convince people over the phone that he
is Commissioner Weston. Cardona falls for the trick with assuring reliability.
He can always be counted on to fall for that one when needed.
And The Shadow seems to have a steel plate in his head. When shot by a thug,
"the slug slid along his skull like it had hit a chunk of armor plate!" Could
this have been the relic of some old war wound? Or did he just get lucky...
again? (Why am I getting visions of refrigerator magnets clinging to his
We get to see The Shadow's autogiro briefly in this mystery, as it lands on the
steamship Albania. An alleged "shore to sea" test, it is in reality a way to
sneak The Shadow aboard the ship.
In Cranston's limo, there is a short-wave radio. We've seen that several times
before. In this story, it's claimed that The Shadow's voice passes through a
special mixer that makes it "unintelligible to any listener except the
designated receiver." Pretty cool idea, if you ask me!
We are given a bit more insight into the lockpicks used by The Shadow. In
addition to his set of oddly-shaped picks and tweezer-like instruments, he has a
special skeleton key. Ever wonder how he opens those locks so silently? It's
explained that this special skeleton key delivers drops of oil from its hollow
interior, making his lockwork totally silent.
We also get to see inside the "other" room in The Shadow's sanctum, the
laboratory. There, The Shadow uses a special heat treatment on some zircons
which temporarily clears their color and gives them the luster of true diamonds.
Enough so to fool even experts, so it is claimed. Does such a treatment exists,
or is this just fiction?
We get to see a rare example of a female villain. Most of the women in Walter
Gibson's Shadow stories were innocent. But occasionally he threw in an evil
woman. Leona Dubray is one such woman. On board the Albania, she cold-bloodedly
shoots a steward in the back, killing him.
You figure she ought to be brought to justice by the end of the story. But
Gibson keeps her fate rather vague. When last seen, she is in police custody,
convincing them she knows nothing of the mastermind. They know nothing of the
murder she committed. So does she get away with it? Unfortunately, we are never
It all makes for a rousing fun Shadow mystery.
"The Blackmail King"
was originally published in the November 1, 1941 issue of The Shadow Magazine. In a battle to gain possession of an amazing new invention, Giles Brett is about to fall into a web of blackmail that will tax even The Shadow's amazing abilities!This story was published just shortly before America was to enter into World War II, and there is brief mention in this story of Fifth Column activities. So even though not officially at war, yet, apparently there were subversives at work within the country attempting to weaken the nation which was preparing for war. But the war is really not the focus of this story. Only passing mention is made of the war and the invention which serves as the original reason for blackmail.The MacGuffin in this story is a cold light invention named Infralux. MacGuffin, by the way, is a term popularized by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. It refers to a plot device which serves to give motivation to the characters, but which by itself plays an extremely minor role in the story. And that's Infralux. The invention appears at the beginning of the story and then disappears once it has served its purpose. It serves as motivation for the blackmail and subsequent plot twists, so we don't need to learn much about it. And that's too bad, because it's an intriguing concept.All we know about Infralux is that it is a gelatinous substance that fills a standard appearing light bulb. With an exceedingly small amount of electricity, the bulb will glow the the intensity of a forty-watt bulb. Apparently it is a synthetic substance based on the bioluminescence of the firefly. A character in this story refers to it as "bottled light." And since it produces light without heat, only slight electrical current is needed to create that light. The fluorescent light bulb was developed in the late 1930's, and may have provided author Walter Gibson with inspiration for the idea. Coincidentally enough, General Electric patented a practical fluorescent lamp in 1941, the same year this story was published.The story, itself, it a lot less interesting than the invention which drives it. It begins with an interesting plot twist, but then settles down into a pretty standard Shadow mystery. That's not to say it's a bad story. Nor is it a good story. It's a very respectable Shadow tale, but really nothing inspired.As the story opens, we learn that Giles Brett is developing a new light bulb called Infralux that puts out cold light of enormous brightness with very little power. It was invented by eccentric old Dana Mycroft, who now claims Brett cheated him when he bought the rights for only twenty-five thousand dollars. Brett's not surprised at the spurious claim, because Mycroft is a crazy old coot.He is surprised, however, when he looks up from his desk to see himself. A duplicate of himself stands before him, demanding blackmail money; and this fake Brett has forged enough evidence against him to make it stick! That's the unique plot twist mentioned above. Giles Brett is being blackmailed by himself!The fake Brett shows the real Brett some photographs of Brett seated at a table with a notorious character who was recently indicted for Fifth Column activities. Brett knows that if the F.B.I. should be shown these photographs, he would be placed under suspicion and would undoubtedly lose his government contracts for producing war materials. If the photographs should be made public, he would be ruined.The photographs are phony, of course. It's not actually Brett in those photos. It's his double, the man standing before him demanding money. Back in the 1940s, long before the days of Photoshop, photographs couldn't be easily faked. So it took a man's double to create a bogus picture. And this man is a spitting image of the real Giles Brett.The real Brett is never one to be intimidated. He challenges the phony. In the ensuing fight, the fake Brett is shot and killed. Quick to the uptake, the real Brett decides to disappear and let the fake Brett be found as an apparent suicide. With everyone thinking the real Brett dead, this leaves him free to find the mastermind behind the blackmail attempt.The double, who now lies dead in Brett's office, wasn't the mastermind. Brett knows that crazy old Dana Mycroft, the inventor of Infralux, is behind the scheme. It's his way of getting the money he believes he was cheated out of. So Brett figures if he plays dead, he can track down the elusive inventor. If believed dead, he can't be blackmailed.Brett sends his headstrong young daughter Sandra out of town while he practices his undercover investigations. But although she agrees to leave, she returns to Manhattan soon afterward, in order to begin her own investigations into the identity of her father's blackmailer.To keep tabs on Sandra Brett, The Shadow calls in Margo Lane. And Margo plays an important role in this story. Soon she's mistaken for Sandra Brett and is kidnapped by Mycroft. What follows is an thrill-ride through the underworld as The Shadow speeds to rescue Margo and thwart The Blackmail King.Margo Lane had been introduced to the pulp magazine series only five months earlier. She gets to see plenty of action in this story. She is a strong, capable agent of The Shadow who can sleuth and fight along with the rest of his crew. She's their equal; she even saves The Shadow's life from a deadly bomb. And at the story's end, she grabs up a pistol and takes part in a gun-battle. It isn't often that Margo gets to wield a gun, so it's worthy of note. Yes, the Margo Lane in this story isn't the weak damsel-in-distress that readers often mistake her for.Also in this story are agents Burbank, Harry Vincent and Moe Shrevnitz. Yes, Moe is now referred to as "Shrevvy" which is typical of most stories which feature Margo Lane. Moe gets plenty to do in this tale, as well. Harry is used, but not as much. And Burbank is mentioned several times, but doesn't actually appear. There is no sign of the other agents.As for the law, Inspector Joe Cardona is well used in this adventure. Commissioner Ralph Weston is there, as well. No sign of any other recurring characters on the police force.There's not much to help this story stand out from the rest of the pack. There is one brief visit to the sanctum, which is always nice to see. But it's just a page or so, in which The Shadow picks up some fingerprint files and then leaves. We also get to see the Shadow use his tiny flashlight with green and red lenses. And we are reminded that Moe's taxicab has a top that can be lowered. Something to help crooks from recognizing it, apparently.There are no disguises in this story, except for the Lamont Cranston disguise. But it has been used so often, that there's really nothing remarkable about that. The Shadow appears in his black raiment as well. It might have helped the story if he could have found some reason to don another disguise, but alas he didn't.It's hard to recommend this story when there are so many others that are better. But it's also hard to recommend you avoid it, since there's basically nothing wrong with it. Once you get past the interesting invention of Infralux, and the unique surprise of having a man blackmailed by his double, the story is just uninspired and routine. Margo Lane does get some nice scenes, and perhaps that's enough to justify reading it.You could do worse, you could do better. It's your call.
Olsen was first introduced to The Shadow in the early 1960's, tuning in to
rebroadcasts of his adventures on KEX radio in Portland, Oregon. Several years
later, John was drawn to a hardback book entitled "The Weird Adventures of The
Shadow," containing three Shadow novels reprinted from the old pulp magazines.
The pulp Shadow was a far different character from the beloved radio version, but
the stories drew him in and opened his eyes to a richer version of the hero.
Today, John is retired in Sherwood, Oregon. He has read all 325 of
the old Shadow pulp mysteries and enjoys them so much that, as of this writing,
he is well over half way through reading them all again for a second time.


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This is a post I hoped I wouldn't have to write. After watching for over two weeks as InfoWorld misrepresented the particulars of my resignation as Enterprise Desktop blogger, I feel I've given the publication ample opportunity to come clean and admit they were complicit in the Craig Barth ruse.
Since it's now clear that no such admission is forthcoming, I feel I have no choice but to release the following email exchange which demonstrates, without question, that Infoworld Executive Editor Galen Gruman knew of my ownership of the exo.blog; that he knew I was using it as source material for my InfoWorld blog; and that Gregg Keizer was regularly quoting from the exo.blog and its sole public "representative," Craig Barth. Moreover, it shows that Galen was willing to assist me in promoting the very same exo.blog content, even going so far as offering to use InfoWorld staff writers to create news copy based on my numbers.
And lest he somehow try to escape scrutiny by passing all blame down to his subordinate, I've also included an email from InfoWorld Editor in Chief Eric Knorr (i.e. the guy who "fired" me with much sanctimonious aplomb) which shows that he, too, was clearly aware of my ownership of all sites, content and materials associated with the exo.peformance.network.
Note: Conspiracy theorists, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the prerequisite SMTP header disclosure.
But first, I need to set-up the timeline:
The following exchange took place roughly one week before the infamous ComputerWorld Windows 7 memory article. I was pushing Galen to let me run another story in InfoWorld that would reference the exo.blog data on browser market share, and he replied by pointing out that I had done something similar just a few weeks earlier, with Gregg Keizer quoting from my exo.blog. He also spoke of assigning staff writer Paul Krill to begin quoting from my exo data as part of a new regular news component for InfoWorld.
I responded that I had no problem with him having Paul Krill write up my usage data, but I requested that he approach it the same way that Gregg [Keizer] had in the article Galen had referenced earlier and thus not use my name but instead refer to xpnet.com as a separate entity. I close the paragraph by emphasizing how I was determined to curry favor with every beat writer I could find, including Gregg Keizer, and how there would be no real overlap between the data I publish in my blog (i.e. exo.blog) and what I did for InfoWorld.
A couple of items to note:
- At no time prior to the "scandal" breaking did I, Randall C. Kennedy, publish any research articles through the exo.blog. All articles were published through the generic "Research Staff" account and subsequently fronted to the media by the fictitious Craig Barth.
- Galen Gruman clearly acknowledges my ownership of both the exo.performance.network and the exo.blog, and notes how he saw my data being referenced in ComputerWorld. Yet at no time did I, Randall C. Kennedy, ever represent the exo.blog, xpnet.com or Devil Mountain Software, Inc., to the media outside of InfoWorld, nor was I ever directly quoted as such in any of Gregg Keizer's articles or articles from other authors or publications.
So, in the Gregg Keizer-authored article that he acknowledges reading, Galen would have seen copious references to a "Craig Barth, CTO." And yet he makes no mention of this contradiction. Nor does he take issue with my repeated claims to be the owner of the exo blog and also the person seeking to get Gregg Keizer and others to quote me (in the guise of Craig Barth) and exo.blog's content.
Needless to say, this is damning to InfoWorld. Not only does it show that members of their senior executive staff were aware of the ruse, they were also actively working with me to take advantage of the situation, to the benefit of both parties: Me, by allowing me to quote from the Craig Barth-fronted exo.blog's content in my Enterprise Desktop blog; and InfoWorld, by assigning a staff writer to create original InfoWorld content based on the exo.performance.network's data and conclusions.
Important: I am not seeking absolution here. I accept that what I did crossed the line, no matter how benign my intentions. Rather, what I am doing here is exposing the lie behind InfoWorld's high-handed dismissal of their leading blogger because, as they claim, he "lied to them." On the contrary, InfoWorld was in on the ruse from the earliest stages, and the fact that they looked the other way – and then tried to cover their exposure by hanging me out to dry – speaks volumes about the "ethics" and "integrity" of InfoWorld as a publication and of IDG as a whole.
So, without further ado, here is the email exchange that InfoWorld wishes never took place. The following excerpts were taken directly from the last reply in a series of four emails that passed between Galen Gruman and myself. I've highlighted the most relevant bits in red so that they stand out from the bulk of the email text. I've also re-ordered the original messages and replies so that they proceed, from the top down, in chronological order vs. the normal bottom-up threading applied by Outlook.
Finally, I've added breaks/numbered headers identifying each stage of the conversation. You can see the original, unformatted contents of the email thread by clicking this link.
Note: The SMTP header is included at the bottom of this post showing the date, time and mail delivery path taken by the 2nd Reply From Galen message from which the various thread sections below were excerpted.
1. The Initial email from me:
From: Randall C. Kennedy [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:17 AM
Subject: Story Idea - Browser Trends
Here's a story idea: A look at browser usage trends within enterprises, using the repository data to back-up our analysis/conclusions. Here are a couple of examples that we could build off of:
Could be a good, in depth, research-y type of article, one that pokes holes in assumptions about IE's decline, the nature of intranet web use, etc.
Anyway, let me know if you think this is worth exploring…thanks!
2. Galen's First Reply:
From: email@example.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:51 AM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: Story Idea - Browser Trends
Hey Randy.
You covered the IE aspect last fall in your IW blog, and I saw that CW did a story along these lines based on your exo blog. So I'm not sure there's a further story with that theme.
I'd be more interested in what it takes for IT to move off of IE6. MS is encouraging them to do so, and Google and others are now saying they're dropping IE6 support. Of course, reworking
IE6-dependent internal apps means spending time and money, so IT has an incentive to not do anything for as long as it can avid doing so. Unless there's a forced requirement to shift (I can't imagine companies saying users MUST use IE6 for legacy stuff and Firefox for Google and other providers' services, and I don't believe you can run or even install multiple versions of IE at the same time in Windows). Or maybe the shift away from IE6 is not as hard as IT may fear. What does it take? What could force IT to pull the trigger?
FYI I've asked Paul Krill to come up with a regular news story based on the exo data, much like how Gregg Keizer does the regular stories based on NetApplications data. It makes sense for IW to do the market monitoring stories from a business-oriented data pool, and that would also create news stories that are syndicated that highlight the exo system. I'm not sure if Paul should or can do something as predictable as Gregg always (he always does a Web browser share story and an OS share story), so thoughts welcome on that. Of course, your data is available all the time, so monthly is arbitrary; NetApp releases the data monthly, giving Gregg a predictable but inflexible schedule.
Galen Gruman
Executive Editor, InfoWorld
(415) 978-3204
501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107
3. My Reply to Galen:
From: Randall C. Kennedy [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:44 PM
To: 'email@example.com'
Subject: RE: Story Idea - Browser Trends
I have no problem with Paul Krill or anyone else writing-up my usage data (which took some very clever programming, not to mention some extensive data shaping/massaging, to generate). However, I'd appreciate it if he could follow
Gregg's lead and reference/link to the exo.blog and xpnet.com as the source of the data (i.e "Researcher's from our affiliate, the exo.performance.network, have discovered…etc."). This will help me to further establish xpnet.com as a distinct research brand and to begin to create a parallel distribution mechanism for my original content – one I can monetize through sponsorships, etc. It's important that I raise the public profile of xpnet.com, and that means currying the attention of every beat writer, pundit or analyst I can find, both inside and outside of IDG. So if Gregg, or Paul – or even Ed Bott or Ina Fried – want to quote my stuff, I'm thrilled.
Fortunately, with InfoWorld mired in a "race to the bottom" (as Doug calls it) of the tabloid journalism barrel, there really should be little overlap between the kind of hard, data-driven research I'll be publishing through my own blog and the "push their buttons again" format that seems to best fit InfoWorld's mad grab for page views (quality be damned). Call it synergy. :)
4. Galen's Second Reply:
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:13 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: Story Idea - Browser Trends
That was the idea.
And I take exception to the "race to the bottom" comment. Doug of all people should know that's not true. Otherwise, there would be no Test Center, never mind the massive investment it takes relative to its page views. That's a quality play. And even our populist features are good quality, not throw-away commentary.
You can push buttons based on real issues and concerns -- your Windows 7 efforts in 2008-09 showed that -- not on Glenn Beck-style crap.
If we wanted to go the "race to the bottom" approach, believe me, there'd be no Test Center, no features, and no blogs like yours, mine, McAllister's, Prigge's, Venezia's, Bruzzese's, Grimes', Heller's, Samson's, Rodrigues's, Lewis's, Marshall's, Linthicum's, Tynan-Wood's, Knorr's, Babb's, or Snyder's -- oh, wait, that's 90% of what we publish. Most of the other 10% --
Cringely and Anonymous -- are populist but hardly low-brow. That leaves the weekend slideshows from our sister pubs in the "race to the bottom" category.
Galen Gruman
Executive Editor, InfoWorld.com
(415) 978-3204
501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107
So far, I've demonstrated that Galen Gruman was intimately aware of the nature and structure of Devil Mountain Software, Inc., the exo.blog and my relationship to both. However, he wasn't alone. Editor in Chief Eric Knorr was equally familiar with DMS and all aspects of my research publishing activities outside the IDG fold. Which is why, when he heard of the controversy over the infamous Windows 7 "memory hog" article at CW – an article that quoted Craig Barth extensively and made absolutely zero mention of Randall C. Kennedy – his first reaction was to send me the following email:
From: email@example.com
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 11:43 AM
To: email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com;
Subject: seen this?
Is it war?
All of which begs the question: If Eric was as ignorant of the Craig Barth ruse as he claims to be, why would his first reaction to reading a story about some controversy involving Craig Barth and the exo.performance.network be to contact me?
The answer is simple: Because he knew. Just as Galen Gruman knew. They both were complicit in perpetuating the myth of the Craig Barth persona. And since they represent two-thirds of the senior editorial brain trust at InfoWorld (Doug Dineley was never clued in), this means that, for all intents and purposes, the publication known as InfoWorld was directly supporting my efforts to obscure my relationship to the exo.blog - the very same exo.blog they both keep commenting on in the above email exchanges - by allowing me to put forth a fictitious character as the CTO of DMS.
And here, to address the inevitable conspiracy theorist challenges to the validity of the above email record, is the header info for this particular message. The message was sent as a response to me, Randall C. Kennedy (firstname.lastname@example.com) from Galen Gruman (email@example.com) on February 10th, 2010.
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AfriGeneas Genealogy and History Forum Archive
Re: Death Certificate Question
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Yes Jill.
The church does not have any records before 1950. I have already check the funeral homes in Lancaster County. They do not have a record of him. I do not know who the undertaker was at that time. That is why I need his death certificate. I have tried everything. Comming to AfriGeneas was my last result.
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Artist's (Special) Cocktail
1/3 Whisky. (3/4 oz Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey)
1/3 Sherry. (3/4 oz Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Oloroso Sherry "Don Nuño")
1/6 Lemon Juice. (1/3-1/2 oz lime juice)
1/6 Groseille Syrup. (bar spoon D'Arbo Red Currant Preserves)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
This is the genuine 'Ink of Inspiration' imbibed at the Bal Bullier Paris. The recipe is from the Artists Club, Rue Pigalle, Paris.
Well, I've take quite a lot of liberties for this one. However, with such unspecific ingredients its hard to know where to start. First, the whisky is not specified. Second the type of Sherry is not specified. Third, I realized, when I was looking through the refrigerator, we were out of lemons. Fourth, I could find no Red Currant syrup.
But, the description is so inspiring, I had to give it a try.
The Saz Jr is my go-to rye for mixing, so I started there. Sometimes it is a little too assertive to play well with other ingredients. But there was enough going on here, I thought it might be interesting.
I didn't particularly care for the fino sherry I'd recently tried in my cobbler experiment, so I thought I'd get something a little richer. Didn't want a cream, though. Given the fairly meager local selection of sherry, the Lustau Dry Oloroso seemed like a good choice.
My wife has a cold and she used up all the lemons in her tea. Thank goodness, we still had regular limes. I don't think I could have lived with myself if I had been forced to substitute key limes or calamansi.
Apparently, Groseille syrup is red currant syrup. I can find no trace of it in the modern world. Black currant, yes, Red currant, no. Fortunately, you can still buy red currant preserves. What are preserves, but, thickened fruit syrup?
What's the verdict?
It's quite a tasty cocktail and well worth all that pondering. Everything is there; but, none of the ingredients are fighting. Rye, currants, citrus, and sherry complement each other. Who knew?
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Democrat Markey launches Massachusetts campaign for Senate
Edward Markey will face Stephen Lynch in primary
Democratic Rep. Edward Markey kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate on Saturday with a tour of Massachusetts, telling supporters that he is the best person to succeed John Kerry and help move President Barack Obama's agenda forward.
Though he didn't name his only announced challenger, fellow Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch, Markey highlighted his support of women's reproductive rights and the federal health care overhaul, two issues on which Lynch has a mixed voting record.
"I'm standing up for a woman's right to choose," he said to applause at the YMCA in his hometown of Malden.
Kerry left the Senate to become secretary of state. He was sworn in Friday. Gov. Deval Patrick named William "Mo" Cowan, a former top aide, to fill Kerry's seat until a special election to replace him scheduled for June 25. Markey and Lynch will face off in a primary April 30.
Massachusetts Republicans are scrambling to find a candidate after former U.S. Sen. Brown opted out of the race Friday. Asked about Brown's decision, Markey said it was probably a difficult but correct move for his family. He said he welcomes any Republican to the race who is interested in a real discussion and encouraged any candidate to pledge to limit out-of-state influences.
Markey said he will fight cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and will work to protect Social Security. He said he also wants to fight to keep research money for Massachusetts and boasted of his climate change and gun control efforts.
"I want these weapons off our streets," he said.
From Malden, Markey planned stops in Worcester and Springfield.
Kerry is among those supporting Markey, who also starts the race with a substantial financial advantage, $3.1 million in his campaign account compared with Lynch's $740,000 in the most recent campaign finance reports.
Markey also has the backing of Victoria Kennedy, widow of the late Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, and of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
"What unites us here in Malden and across Massachusetts is the unshakeable belief that no matter where you come from, no matter your circumstances, you can achieve the American Dream," said Markey. "I am running for U.S. Senate to put the American Dream within reach for all residents of Massachusetts."


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Here are a few things that I thought were worth sharing.
Chain Guard Envy: You've all seen hammered fenders, but what's even cooler are the old French fenders which had an embossed crocodile scale pattern. I can't remember the name of the manufacturer or even find a photo at the moment. Can anyone help? I've always wanted a set and still have not found one, but I did find a NOS matching chain guard.
Constructeur Tail Light: In about two weeks we'll have some custom bullet-shaped LED battery lights that mount on a stud behind the seat tube. It's about time!
Porteur Chaincases: We just got more in with the 110mm opening.
On Cars: A letter to the Financial Times from a car designer (via Velorution):
"Absurdity is when a 70kg adult commutes alone in a 1,400kg car, meaning that for every litre of fuel he or she buys to transport him- or herself, another 20 litres is purchased to propel the vehicle. When the vehicle in question is a 3,000kg sports utility vehicle, absurdity becomes an obscenity.UPDATE: Jim found some photos of "Croco" fenders taken by our friend Lesli while she was in Paris. Thanks!
"Even if we can make cars totally emission-free, running on sustainable energy, if their profusion causes constant gridlock they are no longer a means of transport, merely destructive, wasteful and expensive items of vanity.
"Sadly, particularly considering the pathetic return on investment associated with carmaking, the majority show depressingly little inclination to change themselves from being merely manufacturers of cars to being complete providers of mobility."
And Mike sent us some photos of snake skin fenders. Thanks also!


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Tattooed Pizzamaker Appears in Opening Credits of 'Saturday Night Live'
Reaching in to the Slice mailbag, we've got ... a really eagle-eyed pizza nerd out there. ;)
This is probably high on the pizza nerd scale, but I'd love to see if you can confirm this: Go to Hulu and watch the full episode of the Scarlett Johannsen SNL. At exactly 7:34 in the program, our favorite former East Village pizzaiolo's arm/oven makes a special appearance (in the credits). Right?
Wishing I was in San Fran, Isaac G.
------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Isaac,
Yes. That is Mr. Mangieri's arm, hand, and oven. From the days when Una Pizza Napoletana was located in Manhattan's East Village instead of its present location in San Francisco. I did a search for this and it seems like nobody's noticed this before. I certainly hadn't — but then again, NBC doesn't come in that well on our TV, so I rarely watch SNL. Wish I had been.
Thanks for the awesome bit of trivia here, Isaac!
Hasta la pizza, Adam
Update: It's Not Una Pizza
As UnaVia points out — that's not the oven from UPN's East Village days, which can be seen here:
If I were to hazard a new guess, I'd say that it looks like the oven at Pulino's, with the white porcelain subway tiles, and the horizontal iron bands — but looking at this photo in the NYT, even there, you're seeing discrepancies.
Anyway, if it's not Mangieiri or Nate Appleman (and we haven't completely ruled that last one out), well ... what other tattooed pizzamakers are out there?
Update (11/27/2010)
Nate Appleman just emailed: "I would hate to see you guys waste anymore time. It is me."
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Ryan McMaken
Editor, Mises Wire and The Austrian
Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for the Mises Wire and The Austrian, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was the economist for the Colorado Division of Housing from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.