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Hardy Heron moves into the Black TowerLast updated Apr 28, 2008 — 20689 views
Last time I wrote about the "Black Tower," I had just installed Vista and Kubuntu 7.10 in a dual-boot setup. When version 8.04 of Kubuntu ("Hardy Heron") hit the Web last week, I wasted no time upgrading to it.
Having been burned numerous times by premature upgrades to half-baked Linux updates, I downloaded the Kubuntu 8.04 Live CD iso and tested it on the Black Tower before launching into an install. All key functions — video, audio, disk access, Internet access, etc — seemed to work as desired, so I proceeded with preparations to build a nest for the Hardy Heron on the Black Tower.
Upgrade preps
I've performed a great many upgrades and switches between Linux distros over the years. To ward off disasters from intentional changes to my OS — as well as from dumb mistakes or system failures during normal operation — I've developed a few habits that have often saved me from lost-data-disaster.
I always create separate root (/) and home (/home) partitions. For one thing, that makes it easy to frequently backup the home partition, in order protect personal settings and data. It also makes it easy to perform periodic "fresh installs" when major OS updates show up (such as Hardy Heron) or on occasions when I'm moved to switch to another distribution.
In this case my plan was to perform a "fresh install" of Kubuntu 8.04, wiping away the entire previous OS (Kubuntu 7.10) while preserving my personal data and preference settings. To prepare for this, I began by performing a full system backup, which backs up my /home partition to the fileserver on my home LAN.
Next, I logged out of KDE (Menu > Log Out) and at KDM's login prompt used Ctl-Alt-F2 to open up a console shell. Once there, I logged in as root (most Kubuntu users would do this by typing "sudo bash" to get a root shell, or by prepending "sudo" to subsequent console commands).
Then, I went into /home and renamed my personal home directory from "rick" to "rick-old." The purpose of this was to keep all my personal settings and data (which were previously located in /home/rick/) in a separate directory so that Kubuntu 8.04 could create a fresh "rick" directory with the new OS version's default settings, unencumbered by any of my own customizations and without trouncing on any of my precious data — always a good idea with a major new OS release.
One last — and very important — step of preparation was to carefully record the system's current hard drive setup (see table below). To gather data, I used both "df" and "fdisk." In fdisk, I used its menu's "p" function to display the primary hard drive's current partitioning information. The drive was partitioned as follows:
|NTFS – type 7
|SWAP – type 82
|EXT3 – type 83
|EXT3 – type 83
Now it was time to proceed with the installation process. While still in the root shell, I inserted the Kubuntu 8.04 Live CD into the Black Tower's optical drive and rebooted by typing "reboot" on the command line.
Installing Kubuntu 8.04
After a couple of minutes the Live CD finished loading and the system booted up into a nearly empty KDE desktop, as pictured below.
Kubuntu 8.04 Live CD desktop with "install" icon
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An icon on the desktop invites users to install the OS permanently on their system's hard drive. I clicked it to begin the process. After responding to a few simple prompts (timezone, language, keyboard), I came to the most critical step: partitioning the system's primary hard drive.
Here, I selected the "manual" option rather than the "guided" alternative, since my plan was to do a fresh install but preserve my /home partition. Accordingly, I used the "edit" options provided in the subsequent prompts and screens to designate…
- /dev/sda1 — no changes: unallocated; no, don't format it!
- /dev/sda2 — edited to: type ext3; labeled /; yes, please format it
- /dev/sda3 — no changes: swap; mounted at swap; yes, please format it
- /defv/sda4 — edited to: type ext3; mounted at /home; no, don't format it!
Once the above were set, I clicked the button to continue with the installation and, following a request for my user name, login password, and a name for the computer, the system began the disk partitioning and software installation process. This took about 20-30 minutes. When the software installation process was complete, the system prompted me to remove the CD and hit the Enter key to reboot.
On reboot, the Black Tower booted up its fresh, new, Hardy Heron OS without any hitches. Its KDE desktop looked like this — before (upper screenshot), and after (lower screenshot) my post-installation makeover:
The Black Tower's desktop following the install (upper image), and following my full configuration (lower image)
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The lower image above shows the Black Tower's desktop following the couple of hours I spent setting KDE the way I like it and adding all my favorite software. Kubuntu's Adept software installation tool (Menu > Add/Remove Programs) provides the easiest way to get most of the software needed.
Here are a few points of interest:
- My favorite apps that aren't installed by default in Kubuntu 8.04 include: firefox, thunderbird, gaim (pidgin), gimp, kscd, bluefish, dillo, kaudiocreator, xine-ui, msttcorefonts, adobereader-enu, and flashplugin-nonfree.
- Sadly, Automatix2, which I've raved about in the past, is no longer available. This didn't cause much of a problem, as most of my favorite applications are now available from the Ubuntu Hardy repositories. Programs that I had to (or chose to) download and install "manually" included: Skype's VoIP/IM tool; Sun's Java plugin; Adobe's flash browser plugin; Opera's version 9.50-beta browser (see comment below), and Real's RealPlayer.
- The latest version of Firefox currently available from Kubuntu 8.04 repositories is beta version 3.0b5. It has a number of nice enhancements that can be noticed in its preferences screens and dialogs, as well as a few improvements to its overall UI (user interface). One problem I noticed is that when multiple tabs are in use, the currently selected tab's "x" (used for closing a tab) does not show up in red as it does on Firefox 2. Version 3 provides a nice. One particularly welcome enhancement is that the first time you use File > Send Link, to email a Web page's URL, the Firefox prompts you to tell it what email program you want it to use to send the link; in my case, that's /usr/bin/thunderbird.
- The latest released version of Opera as of this writing (version 9.27) seems incapable of playing YouTube videos. To remedy this, I instead downloaded and installed a preview of version 9.50 (9.50 Beta 2) from Opera's download area. That one works great!
First impressions
Overall, I've found Kubuntu 8.04 to be a solid, lean Linux desktop with a polished look and feel, backed by well-stocked, reliable software repositories (stocked with around 25,000 packages). All the basics are present, including a KDE 3.5.9 desktop, graphics and multimedia utilities and support, a browsers, email, and messaging clients, games, and the incomparable OpenOffice office software suite. Additionally, the OS features easy software installation and updates thanks to its debian apt-get package architecture and graphical Adept package management front end.
On the other hand, I'm sad to witness the disappearance of Automatix. This free, user-friendly download service provided an optional software installation tool that I think the Ubuntu community — and Linux newcomers in general — could really benefit from. Automatix, as its name implies, automated the downloading and installation of a cleverly-selected assortment of highly useful software packages (multimedia codecs, browser plugins, VoIP messaging, etc.), taking care of various illusive and often frustrating post-download system configuration steps.
Throughout my eight years of experience with Linux, I've consistently found the final 10 percent of the installation process — bits like getting fonts, browser plugins, and multimedia applications installed and configured as desired — to account for 90 percent of the headaches. What I like most about Ubuntu is that it has eliminated most of those post-install headaches. Prior to its demise, Automatix helped fill in the gaps naturally left by Ubuntu; hopefully something similar will come along to pick up the pieces from Automatix, and perhaps take the process even further.
In summary, the Ubuntu-family distributions — including my favorite, Kubuntu — have already become the most popular Linuxes among desktop PC users who are inclined to run Linux. With Hardy Heron's evolutionary enhancements and polish, the continuing march of the Penguins onto the world's desktops will be unstoppable!
[Note: Some of the screenshots above are courtesy of thecodingstudio.com. A full Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Live CD screenshot tour is available here.]


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Here's this week's challenge from Amy at We Tree:
"Play with Google Maps. This is a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your family history. Where your ancestral homestead once stood may now be a warehouse, a parking lot or a field. Perhaps the house is still there. When you input addresses in Google Maps, don't forget to use the Satellite View and Street View options for perspectives that put you were right there where your ancestors once stood. If you've used this tool before, take sometime and play with it again. Push all the buttons, click all the links and devise new ways it can help with your personal genealogy research. If you have a genealogy blog, write about your experiences with Google Maps, or suggest similar easy (and free) tools that have helped in your own research."
I decided to look up the address my paternal grandfather listed on his WWI draft registration card. The address is in Northwest Washington, D.C. By looking at the various views on Google Maps, I was able to determine that he lived near the National Zoo:
And that the location is now nestled between a bank and a Verizon Wireless store:
Google Maps states that a management company (with some pretty negative reviews) currently is housed at the address, but there's a For Rent sign in the window on Street View.
My grandfather was a physician and it's likely that his practice was housed in this building as well, especially since it appears to be a mixed use area. I know that the family used to live on the premises because I have other documents, including a letter written by my father as a teenager, bearing the address.
What I want to know is if some of the photos I have of my dad were taken at this address, including his ever-popular Rick Astley shot, which would have been taken around the time the family lived at this address. Has the neighborhood changed that much or was this photo taken at a different location?
Folks who like this kind of task may get a kick out of the Historical Aerials web site. It's not comprehensive, but you may luck out and be able to see what your ancestral locations looked like from the air decades ago. I was able to find a view of the above street corner from 1963.
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By: Emily Rinalidi
Last month, Michael Kimmelman, the current architectural critic for the New York Times, wrote an article regarding Chicago's landmark battle over Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital entitled, "A Vision to Avoid Demolition for a 70's Pioneer." The vision was Kimmelman's own invention, preservation with a twist. Northwestern University wants to demolish Goldberg's Prentice in order to build a new structure designed to accommodate scientific researchers. Kimmelman's response: "So here is a suggestion: Build a research tower on top of Prentice." (NYT, Oct 15, 2012) He solicited architect Jeanne Gang to draw a mockup of what such a structure might look like, the results being a 31-story tower precariously perching over Goldberg's cloverleaf cantilevered core. Ironically the solution is one very much in vogue in the 1970s a a preservation option for important low-rise structures as evidenced by the hotel behind New York's Villard Houses.
Kimmelman's rallying cry for the preservation of the Prentice Women's hospital is not the first time a New York Times architectural critic advocated for the preservation of a historic structure and it continues a tradition of commenting on design- whether old or new- by critics of the major national newspapers be it the New York Times, the Washington Post, or the Chicago Tribune. However, critiques written or comments made decades ago have a habit of re-appearing in the preservation battles as arguments for a particular disposition whether pro or con. It raises the question as to how much weight such opinions should be given decades later when scholarship, taste and time have long since moved on, have evolved and have often been revised.
The writings of Ada Louise Huxtable, the newspaper's first permanent architectural critic, are a case in point. Her opinions were and are well-respected and she played a central role in campaigning to save New York's Penn Station in 1963. In her article, "How to Kill a City," Huxtable bemoans the city City Planning Commission's decision to demolish Penn Station in favor of building Madison Square Garden, saying "Anything new is categorically preferred to anything old, no matter how shoddy or undistinguished it may be." (NYT, May 5, 1963) She argues for new measures that would ensure that the City Planning Commission would have authority to save these treasured New York City landmarks, giving the old buildings their due deference. Unlike Kimmelman's suggestion, whose vision failed to catch the imagination of the Chicago Landmarks Commission or change the public dialogue. Huxtable's dream came true with the founding of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965.
While Huxtable did advocate for the preservation of New York's historic structures, her foremost role at the New York Times was not as a preservationist, but as a critic. Her job required that she convey her opinions to the reader regarding new and old structures alike. Over her nineteen-year career at the Times (1962 - 1982), Huxtable generated hundreds of articles with hundreds of opinions, most concerning new buildings being built. Today, preservationists are faced with her prodigious legacy as her words and opinions are invoked within current discussions regarding the preservation of Modern architecture.
In 1964, Huxtable authored an article on Edward Durell Stone's Huntington Hartford Museum at Two Columbus Circle in New York. She described the museum as "resembl[ing] a die-cut Venetian palazzo on lollipops," thus engendering the moniker, the lollipop building. (NYT, Feb 25, 1964) Huxtable's article ensured that Stone's unusual columns would become the defining feature of Two Columbus Circle. When the Museum of Arts and Design proposed a drastic re-cladding and renovation, preservation groups like Landmark West!, the Preservation Group of New York State, and the Historic Districts Council rallied to the building's defense and took the comment as a symbol for the preservation battle by actually distributing lollipops during meetings and gatherings. During this preservation battle in the early 2000's, the name lollipop building latched on, permanently branding Stone's work and indirectly led to their preservation, albeit behind glass and barel visible.
Image: Original Two Columbus Circle. Credit: New York Architecture
Nicolai Ouroussoff, architectural critic at the New York Times from 2004 to 2011, wrote in his article "Taming the Beast From 1965" about Stone's Two Columbus Circle. He said that "The entire debate has been reduced to a question of simple taste." (NYT, October 4, 2004) In introducing the architectural critic's critique, which in reference to Stone's work Huxtable wrote almost forty-years prior, the discussion surrounding the preservation of the structure transforms into an argument over aesthetics. An architectural critic's job is to critique the aesthetics of new construction; however, what happens when the building is not a new structure anymore, but a historic one?
Huxtable's words reached far into the future to influence public perception of Stone's work. Yet, she wrote the article when the building was first built; and while, the design of the structure remained the same, Stone's recognition as a modern architect grew, revising the value of the Huntington Hartford Museum in Stone's own career as well as the building's role in the New York cityscape. Huntington Hartford Museum marks an important change in Stone's work, his move away from structured Modernist design. Ouroussoff writes, "For us, it is a reminder that Modernism did not always follow a straight, unbroken path" (NYT, October 4, 2004). Of course, now Two Columbus Circle reminds us of a failed effort to preserve the work of an architectural master.
Image: Redesign of Two Columbus Circle. Credit: Wikipedia.org
On November 1st, the Chicago Landmarks Commission ruled that Northwestern University's need for a new research facility outweighed the historic and architectural value of Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital. But before Chicago handed down its final decision, former New York Times architectural critic now writing for Vanity Fair, Paul Goldberger, weighed in on Chicago's struggle to prevent Northwestern University from demolishing Goldberg's building. Like Stone's Huntington Hartford Museum, Prentice Hospital is a cumulative design in the context of Goldberg's own career. The building is without a doubt an iconic or maybe better a idiosyncratic building, a feat of modern engineering and a landmark in the evolution of hospital design.
Image: Prentice Women's Hospital. Credit: Wikipedia.org
Despite Goldberger's arguments of the aforementioned value of Prentice in Modern architecture, he returns again and again throughout the article to the problem of the building's aesthetics. He claims, "The building isn't conventionally beautiful..." (Vanity Fair, August 14, 2012) Although Prentice cannot claim the legacy of a beauty queen, Goldberger reassures the reader "...but the more you look at it, the more you like it." This appreciation is echoed in Blair Kamin's review of the new hospital building when the calls the old Prentice "a poetic essay in concrete". (Chicago Tribune, October 28, 2007). Should Chicago decision to preserve Prentice Hospital be based on a perception of whether the building is likable or poetic? Should it matter if the building is not conventionally beautiful? Goldberger and Kamin seem to think it does, while simultaneously arguing that it doesn't, illustrating the inherent problem of the architectural critic as preservationist: Can an architectural critic be both a judge of architectural aesthetics and advocate for a design's historic value? How relevant should those critiques be in the determination of the significance of the building years later? In Huxtable's own words in 2008: "My own view on architecture has not changed. It is the current scene that has changed." (NYT, November 7, 2008). That includes preservation efforts.


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There are the usual suspects, of course--Oxbridge, Paris, Tokyo--usually because the competition is so fierce (with Tokyo and other Asian schools making Yale look a bit tepid by comparison). The Gourman Report is (or was) the reference for international comparisons--loose as those necessarily are--for those blue-bloods out there. I've no idea if there's a link, as they are (were) an old-fogey reference, long since overtaken by US News. More to the point, anyone attending any Top 5 law school in the U.S. or any Top 2 law school anywhere else can get a cappuccino with surprising efficacy.Thane.


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When the good people of Logan County passed the 1-cent school
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Disrupting the
school once for several of these projects saves us needed funds
and time.
And most important, the funding plan we
have selected prevents the increase of property taxes.
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These bonds will not raise taxes, but by using our resources
wisely, will prevent tax rates from needing to be raised in
continuing support of our rapidly aging facilities.
The bonds are designed to be paid off in 20 years. While many
schools are in the news recently for issuing bonds to support their
general funding, like payroll, benefits and continuation of programs
and services, CEL is not in that position. We have approved a
balanced budget and have a healthy savings account with a full
year's operation funds on hand.
Yet, we have district residents who have not been a part of this
year-and-a-half-long planning process who think we are being
irresponsible in issuing bonds to pay for this long-overdue work.
Possibility of referendum
A petition is being circulated that would require CEL to put the
sale of the bonds before the voters in a referendum.
Our current board has spent more time working with our families
and community in meetings to explain and communicate our designs and
plans than any other board in our district's history, yet we are
continually criticized for not being transparent. We ask you to
please be informed and seriously consider what you want for our
district if it were your children and grandchildren. Think about
what our district could become if you and your neighbors sign the
petitions requiring a referendum on the bond issue.
As elected officials, taxpayers and citizens of CEL, we all want
the same thing: fiscal responsibility. That is what we are trying to
If you have any questions, you may call the district office or
email me at email@example.com.
[By KENNY GOLDEN, CEL board member]
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I'm creating this thread as a place to post information regarding retail experiences of Sirius as we approach the holiday shopping season.
I will be posting my own findings here after the radio show tonight.
We can list Cities, States, Store names. Experiences with salespeople, product inventories and other relevant retail information.


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In the U.S. alone, 18 million people currently suffer from diabetes. The Center for Disease Control's estimates suggest people born after 2000 have a 1-in-3 chance developing some form of diabetes during their lifetime.
"All the predictions, unfortunately, have been underestimates," notes UVA endocrinologist and physician Jerry Nadler, UVA Health System's chief of endocrinology and metabolism who believes the disease could become "the next world epidemic."
Without changes in lifestyle and new treatment options, he and his medical peers predict more than 350 million people worldwide will become diabetic in the next 25 years.
Despite the gloomy prospects, Nadler and his UVA colleagues are looking on the bright side.
Five years ago, Nadler, 52, was lured from the City of Hope Hospital in Los Angeles to help UVA grow its strong but small endocrinology division into an important player in diabetes care.
The affable and mustachioed researcher claims he "likes challenges." He's good at them, too. Following his recruitment of new physician scientists and major new grant support, U.S. New and World Report ranked the division as one of the nation's top five in 2004.
"Jerry has been very successful at identifying bright young people and attracting them to UVA as well as expanding the programs here," says Eugene Barrett, director of UVA's Diabetes Research Center and former president of the American Diabetes Association.
The bigger challenge for these spirited colleagues, however, lies in exploring new means of preventing and even reversing the onset of diabetes, ideally helping their patients eliminate dependence on daily blood sugar checks and the needling pain of daily insulin injections.
Besides examining lifestyle changes, researchers are studying cell transplants from donated pancreases as well as drugs designed to protect key insulin-producing pancreatic cells from future damage.
The division chief is currently principal investigator of a $9.3 million NIH grant that has endocrinologists and cardiologists at UVA collaborating on why diabetes patients so often end up with heart disease, two leading causes of death. Being the only academic medical center around for miles is a "big plus" for cross-disciplinary research. "By design, Nadler says, "it forces people to work together."
Frequent new reports about obesity, poor diets, and sedentary lifestyles– the biggest triggers for this ever-increasing diseaseplus the somber statistics about diabetes could generate a whopping dose of pessimism.
"There are two ways to look at diabetes," says Barrett. "You can throw up your hands, or understand that because things are getting worse, your job is more important than ever."
Dr. Nadler appears to be taking the latter course.
Jerry NadlerPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO


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Sources: Detroit City Council has no interest in consent agreement
Gov. Snyder to send Detroit leaders consent agreement Tuesday morning
DETROIT – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will hand over a consent agreement on Tuesday to the Detroit mayor and City Council.
Snyder is prepared to send over the agreement in the morning to show Detroit's leaders what the state has planned for the city.
However, sources tell Local 4 that many City Council members have no interest in taking the deal. Some members have seen drafts of a consent agreement but not the final agreement. They say it's a starting point but don't expect Tuesday's delivery to be a done deal.
"It's basically people agreeing. To have the city agree with the state and say here's a path to move forward that we're going to hold people accountable for actually doing," said Snyder.
Snyder was explaining to a crowd at the Detroit Athletic Club exactly what a consent agreement means. He doesn't want the state to take over Detroit. He doesn't want to appoint an emergency financial manager for the city. However, if the consent agreement cannot get off the ground, he will.
This is the least invasive option for Detroit. The other options: An emergency manager or municipal bankruptcy.
Still, City Council members aren't showing support.
"I can tell you just in general terms that I don't think this is going to get much if any traction at all from City Council," said Councilman Ken Cockrel Jr. "I think the approach from the Council will probably be thanks, but not thanks. However, we are willing to continue dialoguing with the state treasurer's office and with the governor."
Here's why: Sources who have seen a draft of the agreement told Local 4 it turns the city over to Mayor Dave Bing who would keep his power and a nine-member financial advisory panel with members chosen by the mayor. The governor, the state treasurer and the City Council would get one pick of who sits on the panel.
In the draft language of the consent agreement no provision is made for Detroit to receive any state cash. Both Mayor Bing and City Council members have said they don't believe any option that doesn't include cash for the city to be a truly workable option.
State Treasurer Andy Dillon told Local 4 if the worst case scenario comes true and Detroit runs out of cash the state will make sure the city makes it through the end of the fiscal year which is June.
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THE PERFECT MATCH by Sezin Kilören
Using Prospair, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) match with talented university students and recents graduates based on their internship goals throughout Europe. The Communication Designer's main interest is to challenge the way the current internship portals work by designing advanced and customisable search engine tools that could help candidates and SMEs reach the most relevant internship and candidate profiles out of a database of tens of thousand of candidates and companies within Europe. By using Prospair, candidates and companies can specify the right companies and people that suit one's internship goals.
Prospair can be seen as a digital internship platform that balances the power in the relationship between candidates and companies. It tries to facilitate value exchange through a more accurate skill and value-based matchmaking system between the two parties.


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September 5, 1954 - December 8, 2012
Holiday, FL - Formerly of Central Valley, NY
Alice Verlezza Herrick, a resident of Holiday, FL and formerly of Central Valley, NY, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Florida Hospital, Tarpon Springs, FL. Alice was 58 years old. Daughter of the late Anthony and Ruth Bailey Verlezza, she was born September 5, 1954 in Cornwall, NY.
She was the co-founder of the former Rainbow Foundation for Brain Tumor Research, Inc. She was a graduate of Monroe-Woodbury High School, Central Valley, NY and Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY. A family statement reads, "Alice was a caring and gentle soul who is greatly missed and eternally loved."
Survivors include her husband, Kevin V. Herrick, at home; several cousins, sisters and brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, and her beloved dog, Hank The Hound. Alice was predeceased by her son, Michael Vincent Herrick.
Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 15 at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 515 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 15 at St. Patrick's Church, 448 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. Interment will follow in St. Thomas Cemetery, Cornwall, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Funeral arrangements made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 845-782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com


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et design perspektiv på repræsentationer af mennesket i Informationsteknologiens metoder og teknikkerNielsen, Janni; Ørngreen, Rikke; Levinsen, Karin; Yssing, Carsten; Clemmensen, Torkil; Nielsen, Lene (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: Thinking Aloud Thinking Aloud is the most commonly used technique used to test users´ interaction with computers. The assumption is that Think Aloud gives access to what goes on in the users´ minds. However, interfaces are multi modal and play heavily on user´s visual perception. Reflecting upon Think Aloud (TA), we ask the question: what happens when users are required to verbalise their visual perceptions and interactions? We argue that TA may have a disruptive effect, suggesting that other techniques be considered. With a theoretical distinction between focal and subsidiary awareness and a focus on the sense making process, we develop a frame for test of user´s visual interaction which rely on the coordination between hand/mouse and eye/cursor. Author Keywords: Think Aloud, visual perception, interaction, test URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6485
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Abstract: Differences in cultural contexts constitute differences in cognition, and research has shown that different cultures may use different cognitive tools for perception and reasoning. The cultural embeddings are significant in relation to HCI, because the cultural context is also embedded in the techniques and the tools that we apply. We lack a framework for discussing what and who we are, when we talk about a person as the user of an ICT system that has to be designed, developed and implemented. As a framework, we suggest a theory of complementary positions that insists on solid accounts from all observer posi-tions in relation to perspective, standpoint and focus. We need to develop com-plementary theories that embed complexity, and we need to reflect critically upon forty years of dominance by rationalistic, empirical understandings of the user as illustrated in the literature and practice within the HCI paradigm in system development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6454
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Ansøgning om støtte fra e-læringspuljenJensen, Anna B.O.; Levinsen, Karin; Nielsen, Janni; Tscherning, C. C.; Yssing, Carsten; Ørngreen, Rikke (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: ABSTRACT Working with usability techniques, with focus on how a given technique enables data capture made us ask the question: What kind of information is it an HCI expert want from the user when conducting a usability test? We answer the question by discussing two techniques both relying on concurrent data. Think Aloud is one of the most frequently used techniques and almost an institution in itself. Eye-tracking is new in usability testing and still at an experimental level in HCI. We reflect critically upon the two obtrusive techniques. We discuss the usability of concurrent data capture, suggesting participatory analysis and retrospective verbalisation as a possible step in usability testing. Keywords Concurrent data, usability test, Think Aloud, Eye-tracking, mind, participatory analysis and retrospective verbalisation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6465
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Stockton, CA
Rayburn Dayton Mehlhaff
June 24, 1918 - March 14, 2013
Dr. Rayburn Dayton Mehlhaff passed away March 14, 2013. Viewing will be held from 12-1 pm with
Funeral Services beginning at
Wednesday, March 27, 2013,
1 pm in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, Hwy 99 & Harney Ln., Lodi. In lieu of flowers, donations appreciated: Lodi Salvation Army 525 W. Lockeford St. Lodi, CA 95240. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is honored to serve the Mehlhaff
Family. Please sign
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ICON Jeep CJ-3B
A Brand Spankin' New CJ-3B
The CJ-3B is alive and well these days now that the boys at Icon 4x4 have created this beautifully handcrafted Jeep. Jonathan Ward, CEO of Icon, wanted to create an affordable replica of the model in kit form, so after long hours of brainstorming with his design team and engineering crew this functional little CJ with a modern suspension and late-model powertrain was born.
The new flatty is not only a looker, but also a lively and agile rig with a functional long-arm suspension and powerful GM Ecotec inline four-cylinder engine. Compared to the old Willys Hurricane engine, the efficient GM 2.4L powerplant has a huge boost in power over the original four-banger's 75 hp. The long-arm suspension gives the utilitarian little Jeep the agility to go just about anywhere. Icon plans to build these for around $70,000 each, but also has plans for a crate Jeep. Check them out at www.icon4x4.com.
Tech Specs Icon Jeep CJ-3B Drivetrain Engine: GM Ecotec inline 4-cylinder Transmission: Aisin-Warner AX15 5-speed manual Transfer Case: NP231 Axles: Dana 44s with 4.10 gears and electric lockers
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In the last match of their high school volleyball careers, Aleta Johnson's Nute High School team beat rival Hannah Olstad's Farmington squad for the 2008 NHIAA Division III state championship.
The following fall the two former foes enrolled at Husson University in Bangor, Maine, and have been volleyball teammates ever since.
Good friends, too.
Their impact on the Eagles NCAA Division III volleyball program has been equally impressive. In the four years Johnson and Olstad have been at Husson, the volleyball team has gone 67-42 overall and advanced to at least the North Atlantic Conference semifinals each year.
Earlier this month, the Eagles earned their first-ever berth to the ECAC Division III tournament, losing at Western New England College in the first round and finished the season with a 16-11 record.
"With Hannah, I actually got a call from her coach, Jenn Kuehl," said Husson coach Pat DeBeck. "She said she had a kid looking at Husson I might be interested in. She mentioned she was a six-foot hitter and I said I'd be down in a heartbeat."
DeBeck's visit happened to fall on a Nute-Farmington grudge match during the 2008 regular season in Farmington.
DeBeck was talking with the Nute coach, Jim Knowles, as well. Knowles mentioned he had a setter who was interested in physical therapy. It went from there.
"I got a middle hitter and a setter from that one match," DeBeck said. "It was a good day for me."
And certainly a great day for Husson.
Johnson and Olstad knew of each other during their high school playing days, but did not personally know each other. Once at Husson, it was comforting for each woman to have someone they knew during those early days. In addition, their parents befriended each other, often traveling together to Bangor for matches.
"We joke all the time," said Johnson, who lives in the same dorm with Olstad and the two attend some classes together. "We're best friends in college, but you wouldn't believe we didn't know each other in high school."
Olstad had an immediate impact as a middle hitter at Husson, playing all four years at that position. She earned All-NAC honors four years straight, the last three as a first-team pick. In 2011 she was Husson's first NAC volleyball player of the year.
There was a senior setter when Johnson came in 2009, so she had to bide her time, getting some action as a 5-foot-4 outside hitter.
"I thought I'd just be shagging balls, but I really liked it," Johnson said. "Being so short, I didn't get a lot of hits."
Late in the season the senior setter got hurt. Johnson stepped in at the position she excelled at while leading Nute to two straight undefeated D-III titles and accumulating over 1,000 assists.
Her final three college years she has been a fixture at setter, earning All-NAC honors as a sophomore (second team) and senior (first team). Johnson closed out her career with a 1,858 assists, as well as 512 digs and 207 service aces.
One of those assists came in the 2012 NAC semifinals against arch-rival Maine Maritime Academy on Nov. 2. It set up Olstad's 1,000th career kill.
The Eagles lost the match, but getting to that milestone (a Husson first) was a big deal for both women.
"Getting my middle hitter to 1,000 is an accomplishment for me as well," said Johnson, who is majoring in occupational therapy. "We did that together."
"It was a great way to end the season," Olstad said. "It took a bit off the loss. It was a good way to go out."
Olstad's final numbers are impressive: 1,012 kills, 400 digs, 302 service aces and 207 blocks. In addition to her many volleyball honors, last week Olstad was named the Clara Swan Award winner as Husson's 2012 female athlete of the year.
One crystal clear memory for both women came against Maine Maritime during the 2012 regular season. The match was tied at two games apiece and the fifth game was deadlocked at 14-all.
Johnson got a bloody nose during the tying point, but refused to come out of the match. A timeout was called and the blood flow temporarily stopped.
"We all kind of freaked out," recalled Olstad, a physical therapy major and two-time team captain. "We called timeout and one-minute later she's back on the floor."
Husson won the game 18-16 and the match 3-2, its only win over MMA in Johnson and Olstad's four years at Husson.
"It was the best moment of my volleyball career," Johnson said. "I stopped (the bleeding) long enough to finish up the game."
Coach DeBeck is quick to praise both for their contributions to the volleyball team's growing success.
"They've both played really significant roles for the program," he said. "Hannah's leadership and confidence blossomed during her junior year. Last year was the year where it all fit. That light-bulb moment was last year for her."
As for Johnson, DeBeck said, "her biggest thing was finding her voice. She's a quiet kid, so we had to make her more into a floor leader. She's the little kid with the big serve. She packs a hard, good serve. She sets well. She came in with Hannah and they have grown up through the program together.
"There's a lot of firsts with these guys," DeBeck said. "They're responsible for building a good base for the future."
"We got to achieve so much the last four years," Olstad added. "I'm sad it's all over."
Mike Whaley is the Sports Editor for Foster's Daily Democrat and the Rochester Times. He can be reached at email@example.com.
Mike Whaley:Husson duo went from foes to friends and teammates
In the last match of their high school volleyball careers, Aleta Johnson's Nute High School team beat rival Hannah Olstad's Farmington squad for the 2008 NHIAA Division III state championship.


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Have Breakfast with Santa from 9-11 a.m. Nov. 23 at Fish Out of Water. Make reservations at 534-5975. Father/Son Football takes place from 1-5 p.m. at Camp WaterColor Field. Cost is $10/player. At 5 p.m., the movie �How the Grinch Stole Christmas� begins in Marina Park. Bring blanket or beach chair for seating.
Alys in Winter Wonderland
Join Santa for cookie decorating and holiday cheer at 10 a.m. Nov. 23 at Fonville Press, 147 N. Charles Street in Alys Beach. Unwrapped children�s gifts will be accepted to donate to a local Angel Tree program. Call 213-5500.
Holiday Movie
Head down to the Seaside Amphitheater for the annual holiday movie, the Christmas classic �Elf,� under the stars at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23. Bring low back chairs and blankets.
Old Time Holiday
Turn on the town and welcome the holidays with caroling, Santa�s arrival and carriage rides at the tree lighting at 6 p.m. Nov. 23 at South Barrett Square in Rosemary Beach. Following the tree lighting, the town center merchants will have refreshments.
Santa Claus Weekend
Bring in the holidays Nov. 23 and 24 at Baytowne Wharf. The Here Comes Santa Claus Weekend includes the annual Village tree lighting, a holiday movie, and, a visit from Santa Claus.
� Nov. 23: A family movie, �Arthur Christmas,� under the stars at 7 p.m.
� Nov. 24: Welcome Santa as he lights the Village Christmas Tree at 6 p.m. followed by the choreographed light show, 12 Nights of Lights, and fireworks over the lagoon.
Turn on the Town
The Merchants of Seaside welcome the holidays with events for the entire family on Nov. 23 and 24. Grab your blankets and head down to the Seaside Amphitheater at 7 p.m. Nov. 23 for a holiday edition of Central Square Cinema featuring a Christmas comedy on the lawn.
The annual South Walton Holiday Parade begins at 4 p.m. Nov. 24 in front of Seagrove Plaza and continues down Scenic Highway 30A with holiday floats. The parade ends in Seaside as Santa arrives. Parade participants should meet at the Seagrove Plaza at Garrett Realty no later than 3:15 p.m. with decorated entries.
The celebration continues with Turn on the Town at 5 p.m. as Santa Claus and the kids sing and light the Christmas tree. Take photos with Santa from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Holiday Lights in Concert
The Holiday Lights in Concert spectacular is back at Silver Sands Premium Outlets from 5-9 p.m. through Jan. 1. This visual presentation features a display of colorful lights synchronized to all-time favorite Christmas songs.
Breakfast with Santa
Bring the kids to Santa�s Workshop from 8-10 a.m. Nov. 24 at Town Hall in Rosemary Beach. Includes a continental, bagged breakfast, a professional color photo with Santa and a special goodie bag from Gigi�s. Tickets are $10 and available at the door.
Holiday Market
Get a jump on holiday shopping from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 24 at booths on Town Center lawns in Rosemary Beach
Pets with Santa
Compassionate Animal Rescue Team and L Jones Photography will hold Christmas Photos of Pets with Santa from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 at Canine Consulting, 3906 U.S. 98 by the Santa Rosa Beach Post Office. A $10 sitting fee will be donated for homeless pets.
Old Florida Holiday Celebration
The Old Florida Holiday & Winter Market will be held from 5-9 p.m. Nov. 24 at Cerulean and Marina Parks. Enjoy carriage rides, bonfire/s�mores, pictures with Santa, tree lighting and holiday treats.
Hometown Christmas
The 23rd annual Hometown Christmas will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 � rain or shine � at the Walton County Fairgrounds on Hwy. 83N. The annual shopping event features activities for children, food, entertainment and hundreds of unique, one-of-a-kind gifts for every taste. For booth space reservations or general information, call 892-7830.
Festival of Trees
More than a dozen decorated Christmas trees will be on public display during the Festival of Trees from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through Dec. 25 at Grand Park in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin. Non-profit organizations vie to win cash prizes for Best of Show and People�s Choice awards during the contest. Vote once a day at the Visitor Services Kiosk at Grand Park. At 2 p.m. Dec. 15, contest winners will be announced with hot chocolate and cookies served.
Santa�s arrival
Don�t miss the arrival of Santa at Silver Sands from 12-2 p.m. Dec. 1. Children are invited to greet Santa as he arrives and join in a fun parade to the courtyard by Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th for refreshments and complimentary photos.
Christmas Tour of Homes
Partners in Progress presents its 2012 Annual Christmas Tour of Homes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 in DeFuniak Springs. The tour features five homes and includes a narrated tour aboard the Lil' Trolley which emphasizes Historic Circle Drive and the area around Lake DeFuniak that served as the campus of the original Florida Chautauqua.
Tickets sold day of tour from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at DeFuniak Springs Visitors Center, 1162 Circle Drive. Adults are $18.75+tax; children under 12 are $7.50+tax; babes in arms, free. Call 892-2448.
Handel�s Messiah
The Choral Society of Pensacola will perform the holiday classic, Handel�s �Messiah at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at St. Paul Catholic Church, 3131 Hyde Park Road in Pensacola, and at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Gulf Shores United Methodist Church, 1900 Gulf Shores Parkway.
Tickets are $20/reserved seating and $15/general admission. Student tickets are available only for the concert at St. Paul Catholic Church and are $5. Tickets will be available at the door one hour prior to performance time for both concerts. To purchase tickets, call 484-1806.
Wednesday Night Concerts
Enjoy a special holiday edition of the Concert Series from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays in December in the Events Plaza at the Village of Baytowne Wharf.
Sounds of the Season
The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation will present their annual Christmas concert, Sounds of the Season, at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Village Baptist Church.
Admission is a donation of an unwrapped child�s toy to be distributed among the participating church�s outreach ministries. A love offering at intermission will benefit the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation�s �All Kinds of Art� program, a children�s educational outreach for the literary, performing and visual arts.
Call 650-2226 or visit www.mattiekellyartsfoundation.org
Singing Christmas Tree
First Baptist Church of Niceville presents the 27th Singing Christmas Tree, �The Hope of Christmas,� at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8 and at 3 p.m. Dec. 9.
Tickets are for a $1 donation per ticket. Tickets may be obtained at the church office or by mail. Please include your 1st and 2nd choice of presentation, ticket money and a self-addressed stamped envelope when ordering by mail at 622 Bayshore Drive, Niceville, FL 32578. Call 678-4621.
Destin Christmas Parade
The City of Destin hosts its 27th Annual Christmas Parade beginning at 10 a.m. Dec. 8 at Downtown Destin Shopping Center at U.S. 98 and Main Street. It will proceed down Harbor Boulevard to Stahlman Avenue. The theme this year is Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Call 654-5184.
Christmas Tour of Homes
The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation and Trustmark Bank present a Christmas Tour of Homes from 8-5 p.m. Dec. 8. Kick off the holiday season with a festive tour of selected, beautifully decorated homes in Destin�s gated community of Kelly Plantation off U.S. 98.
The tour begins at the Kelly Plantation Owners� Clubhouse with light refreshments, Christmas carols sung by the Opus One Choir of Niceville High School and tour map distribution. Patrons can then travel leisurely to enjoy the holiday d�cor showcased in these homes on tour.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the day of the event and can be purchased at www.MattieKellyArtsFoundation.org/tickets.htm or in Destin at Today's Boutique, Kitchenique, Risa's Interiors, McCaskill and Company, Sarah Carolyn; in Fort Walton Beach at PS Gifts; in Niceville at Bayou Books; or at Trustmark Bank branches (Destin, Miramar Beach, Gulf Place and Seagrove Beach). Call 650-2226.
Destin Boat Parade
The 26th Holiday on the Harbor Boat Parade begins between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Festivities will be held that afternoon all along the harbor. The parade can be viewed from docks and restaurants from HarborWalk Village. A fireworks show will light up the sky at the end of the boat parade. Call 837-6611.
Elf Ride
The Fifth Annual South Walton Elf Ride begins at 2 p.m. Dec. 9 as participants bike, walk or skateboard from the Seaside Post Office in Seaside to the S.W.F.D. Watercolor Fire Station.. Adults and children meet at 1:30 p.m. Each family is asked to bring at least one gift to benefit the South Walton Fire District�s Angel Tree.
There will be a bike decorating contest, fire truck tours, Santa and refreshments. Bruno�s Pizza will donate pizza to the participants at the WaterColor Fire Station on CR395. Call 502�0017 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
A Victorian Christmas
A festive night of Victorian holiday traditions with Christmas carols, jolly dancing, decadent desserts, heavenly wassail and a special visit from Father Christmas will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 in the McIlroy Gallery of the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. A Victorian Christmas features the college�s Madrigals Singers, Belle Voci and the NWFSC Dance Ensemble.
Seating is limited. Tickets are $25 each and may be purchased in-person or by phone from the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Box Office at 729-6000. All proceeds go to the NWFSC Fine Arts Scholarship fund. Online ticket sales are not available for this event.
Holiday Lantern Parade
The Third annual Baytowne Holiday Lantern Parade will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 15 with paper lanterns in the shapes of iconic symbols of the holiday season. Individuals and groups are invited to participate by making their own paper lanterns. Sandestin Homeowners will light up their golf carts and join in the fun as they pass by with parade treats. Call 267-8186.
Holiday crafts
The Walton County Extension Office will host a holiday craft event from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Coastal Branch Library in Santa Rosa Beach. Bring the entire family for an afternoon of fun decoration making. RSVP by Dec. 12 at 892-8172.
The Nutcracker
Ballet Conservatory and Destin School of Music and Dance present the annual production of the holiday classic, The Nutcracker, at 7 p.m. Dec. 21 and 2 p.m. Dec. 22 in the South Walton Beach High School Auditorium, 645 Green Trail in Santa Rosa Beach. The program features more than 80 local dancers.
Order tickets early at www.FloridaBalletConservatory.com or call 837-1133. Tickets are $15/reserved seating and $20/cash only at the door.
A Classic Christmas
Bass Pro Shops� Santa�s Wonderland, A Classic Christmas, returns for its fifth year with a more than 3,500-square foot Christmas village full of games, activities and crafts for the whole family through Dec. 24.
With both animated and live elves, nutcrackers, reindeer and more, the village offers an old-time model train area, remote control trucks, a laser arcade, a soft gun range and slot car racing. Activity tables give children opportunity to write a letter to Santa, color and do fun crafts every day of the week � all free.
Santa will be in residence from 3-8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and 12-5 p.m. Sundays.


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Kilian Jornet is well known for his superhuman running and mountaineering achievements. From 100 milers to the vertical kilometer, from World Cup ski-mountaineering races to record ascents of alpine peaks, he blazes a trail wherever he goes.
But the Suunto ambassador has just been recognized for something else – his writing skills. Kilian's book, Run or Die was shortlisted for the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year literary prize in the UK.
"I never expected this – I'm not a writer," says Kilian. "I just wrote the book to share what I feel when I'm running but it's so nice to be recognized."
In Run or Die Kilian describes his record-breaking runs at Lake Tahoe, Western States 100, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, and his record ascent of Kilimanjaro.
It's not the only prize the athlete has scooped. Déjame Vivir, the film of his speed ascents on Mt Blanc and the Matterhorn has just won 'Best Adventure & Exploration Film' at the 2014 Kendal Mountain Festival. The film, which was made by renowned mountain film-maker Sébastien Montaz, follows Kilian during his Summits of My Life project.
"I just had my part in that film but credit goes to all the people like Seb who made a really good job on this film. It's nice, the response of the public when we show the film," he adds. "They are inspired and motivated and that's the most important thing."
Run or Die is available in English, French, Spanish and Catalan. Go to Kilian's website for more details.


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Columbus Crew 2, Montreal Impact 1 | MLS Match Recap
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thanks to a Bernardo Anor brace, the Columbus Crew found their first win in eight games by a 2-1 scoreline against the Montreal Impact on Saturday.
Anor's pair of thunderous strikes were his first goals since the brace he notched in the team's 2014 home opener March 22, and gave the Crew the offensive spark that they have been searching for all season.
The Crew were without their midfield general Wil Trapp, who was suspended, and thanks to a thin forward corps, rookie striker Adam Bedell made his first MLS start up top.
The Impact starters contained few surprises, but goalkeeper Evan Bush replaced Troy Perkins.
As has been their style for most of the season, the Crew dominated possession in the first half but generated very little offense. Despite enjoying time on the ball in the Montreal half, Columbus settled for long shots and failed crosses, and it seemed that their offensive woes would continue.
After a largely impotent first 30 minutes, Impact DP Marco Di Vaio found the chance he needed in the 36th minute thanks to a gift from Crew captain Michael Parkhurst.
Parkhurst's errant back pass allowed Justin Mapp to find an open Di Vaio on the break. The Italian gathered the ball, beat Crew defender Giancarlo Gonzalez and slotted a shot past the diving Steve Clark to open the scoring.
At the half, Columbus seemed defeated as they faced their eighth winless outing in a row. But Anor changed that with authority, striking a wonderful ball to draw the club even in the 56th minute.
Tony Tchani found Anor just outside the box and the Venezuelan connected with a fierce swing of his left foot, throttling the shot past Bush, who never had a chance.
The strike woke up a quiet Crew Stadium sellout crowd, and gave the home side an obvious burst of energy.
But Montreal took the game back to Columbus, throwing players forward and getting consistent chances in the moments following the Anor goal.
The Impact had plenty of opportunities to seize the lead back, but the Crew's stalwart keeper Clark robbed Montreal time and again, keeping his team level and bellowing at them to stay strong.
Clark's motivation worked, and in the 75th minute Anor topped his first goal with his second.
Anor gathered the ball near midfield, turned toward the Montreal goal and glanced upfield. After a couple of careful touches, the lefty unleashed a furious strike with his right foot that bent away from Bush and into the net as the helpless 'keeper dove to his right.
The strike marked the first multi-goal game for the Crew since their 3-2 loss to Toronto six matches ago, highlighting their offensive ineptitude.
The win gives Columbus (5-7-8) a much-needed win, their first in league play since May 24, while the Impact (3-10-5) drop even further behind the rest of the East.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Bernardo Anor
|When he scores, good things happen for the Crew, and two fantastic goals delivered the points to a win-starved home side
|Steve Clark
|Anor will get the headlines, but Clark was really influential in the second half, coming up with three key saves to preserve the win
|Marco Di Vaio
|Is clearly struggling from a lack of quality service, but hit a vintage goal in the first half and worked hard for a second all night


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The trauma of 19 espressos on the Greenpointers Espresso Tour didn't stop us from touring the neighborhood for the best slice of pizza. As a pizzeria, your regular slice is your best and only business card. Get that right, then add your fancy toppings. We identified 12 pizzerias in the 11222 area code that served pizza by the slice. Two were closed on Sunday (Baldo's & L.A. Convenience), which were automatic disqualifications.
The three judges were Brooks, AKA the Pizza Commander (left), Greenpointers' writer Peter (right), and myself. We ordered one slice cut into three pieces and used a scoresheet adapted from American Pizza Championship, which accounted for appearance and taste. Each slice had the potential of scoring 225 points after we added our individual totals.
*** 1st PLACE: VALDIANO ***
Top Score: 166.5
2nd Place: Franklin Pizza (161.5)
3rd Place: Triangolo: (157.5)
Other Awards:
Best Music: Valdiano
Best Service: Vinnie's
Best Bribe: Grandma Rose's (giant plate of zeppoles)
Best Place to Watch Soccer: Italy Pizza
Best Pizza Cat and Pizza Window: Carmine's Original


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Forum Post: Global Power Project: Banking on Influence With Bank of America
Posted 6 years ago on July 18, 2013, 7:14 p.m. EST by LeoYo
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Global Power Project: Banking on Influence With Bank of America
Thursday, 18 July 2013 09:31 By Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy | News Analysis
This July, Bank of America was expecting to report an earnings increase of 32% from last year. The Washington Business Journal declared the bank among the top 10 "most improved brands" of the year. Bank of America is the second-largest bank in the United States following JPMorgan Chase. So why does this bank deserve such an "improved" reputation? Perhaps it's worth looking at a little of the bank's record for some clarity.
During the first year of the global financial crisis, which the big banks helped to create and which they profited enormously from, the government stepped in to bail out Bank of America. They rewarded the bank $20 billion for its massive financial crimes, as well as a special guarantee for nearly $100 billion of potential losses on the balance sheets of Merrill Lynch, which Bank of America acquired during the crisis.
As it turns out, Bank of America and other big banks continue to get "backdoor bailouts" through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which acts as a legal guarantor and protector of the Wall Street chain gang of criminal conglomerates. The bank was recently added to a list, compiled by a corporate watchdog group, of the "dirty dozen" criminal financial institutions for its role deceiving investors, committing mortgage and foreclosure abuses and engaging in municipal bond rigging and illegal payments.
When Matt Taibbi wrote in Rolling Stone that Bank of America was "a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless fraud and criminal conspiracies we'll all be paying for until the end of time," he wasn't exaggerating. The bank foreclosed on tens of thousands of Americans through a "mass perjury" scheme and pushed worthless mortgages on pension funds and unions. As several big banks – including BofA, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup – agreed to pay a $25 billion settlement with the government over "abusive mortgage practices," the Department of Justice granted the banks what amounted to legal immunity "from civil government claims over faulty foreclosures." In January, Bank of America settled to pay $11.6 billion to the government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae in response to a legal battle over "bad loans."
In June of 2013, six former BofA employees and one contractor issued sworn statements in which they accused the bank of lying to homeowners, fraudulently denying loan modifications and paying bonuses to staff who pushed people into foreclosure. One of the whistleblowers commented, "we were told to lie to customers." Employees that pushed ten or more homeowners per month into foreclosure would receive a $500 bonus, and the Bank also "gave employees gift cards to retail stores like Target or Bed Bath and Beyond as rewards for placing accounts into foreclosure."
Further, anyone who "questioned the ethics" of the bank's practices was summarily fired - a policy that led to a lawsuit in which homeowners accused the bank of racketeering "to defraud homeowners who sought modifications and then acted as the kingpin of that [racketeering] enterprise."
Of course, it doesn't end there. Bank of America, along with multiple other big banks, has been accused of laundering money for Mexican drug cartels. The FBI confirmed that BofA was involved in laundering drug money for the Los Zetas drug cartel in Mexico. However, in a twist of fine news for the bank, U.S. government regulators indicated they would not hold the bank responsible for its actions.
Banking on Influence
So how does a massive criminal enterprise engaging in large-scale fraud, racketeering and money laundering get a free pass from the U.S. government? The bank's financial clout in the economy certainly plays a part. But so too do its affiliations with dominant national and international organizations, institutionalizing the bank within the larger global power structures and the elites who run them. Research conducted for the Global Power Project found 28 individuals at Bank of America, including executives and members of board of directors, with institutional affiliations. Four of the individuals who hold leadership positions at BofA are also affiliated with the major foreign-policy think tank in the United States: the Council on Foreign Relations. Three individuals are connected to Morgan Stanley, another major financial institution, while two affiliations exist with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (promoting big business "solutions" to environmental crises), the Business Council, Catalyst, Duke University, Stanford University, and BlackRock.
The following institutions each also hold one individual affiliated with Bank of America: Royal Dutch Shell, DuPont, Deere & Company, the World Wildlife Fund, the President's Export Council, Harvard, the World Economic Forum, Brookings Institution, Sara Lee Corporation, Monsanto, CBS Corporation, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Walt Disney Company, President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, the Rockefeller Foundation, Business Roundtable, Financial Services Forum, PepsiCo, Carlyle Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, Goldman Sachs, the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the International Advisory Board of the National Bank of Kuwait.


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Leather and shoes – key words for a broad field of cultural history and for the German Leather Museum in Offenbach am Main.
The museum, which incorporates the German Shoe Museum, is unique in terms of the items on display. The German Leather Museum reflects how the leather industry has shaped Offenbach from the 19th century to the present day, and is also an important museum for ethnology and European applied arts.
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WHAT IS IT? The Kevlar-reinforced, carbon fiber GPX Pro is Leatt's latest and most advanced neck brace.
CONTACT? (800) 691-3314 or www.leatt-brace.com.
WHAT STANDS OUT? Here's a list of things that stand out with the Leatt GPX Pro neck brace.
(1) Concept. The idea of the Leatt GPX Pro is to limit mobility and prevent serious neck injuries by dispersing an energy load throughout the body upon impact. In the past four years, neck safety has become a hot topic in motocross. More and more riders are wearing neck braces to prevent catastrophic and debilitating neck injuries. Leatt has been at the forefront of the neck brace movement. In recent years, Leatt has introduced several different neck braces to the market. Based on the concept of "Alternative Load Path Technology," these braces have varied in comfort, weight and price. Leatt's goal has been to corner the market by making a neck brace for everyone. However, there are still neck brace holdouts, which is why Leatt introduced the GPX Pro. Made of space-age materials, this lighter-weight brace has tables that sit lower for increased comfort and greater range of motion and offers an updated foam liner.
(2) Construction. What separates the GPX Pro from other models of Leatt neck braces? Aside from price (the GPX Pro retails for $300 more than the GPX Club II and GPX Club Plus, and $410 more than the GPX Adventure II), the Pro chassis is constructed entirely of carbon fiber. As previously mentioned, the brace tables have been lowered, but the device still maintains Leatt's trademarked Alternative Load Path Technology. The spring-loaded aluminum hinges are anodized, and the bright-red coloring draws attention in case of an emergency. The GPX Pro comes with a mounting strap system (if you don't want to wear a chest protector with the brace) and a high-quality carrying case. Very nice.
(3) Fit. Neck-brace wearers raved about the comfort and light weight of the GPX Pro. Several testers mentioned that they forgot they were even wearing a neck brace. At 1.4 pounds, this is the lightest neck brace that we've ever tested. When non-brace wearers rode with the GPX Pro, however, several voiced the same complaints as with past neck-brace systems. The Leatt GPX Pro is still restrictive, but that's the whole point of wearing a neck brace. Testers did appreciate the trick-looking carbon fiber frame and light weight. Leatt includes three different pins for a customized fit, and the thoracic strut can be adjusted with shims. Overall, the Leatt GPX Pro was comfortable enough that it converted a few holdouts over to the ranks of neck-brace wearers.
(4) Liner. The MXA wrecking crew spent the last few months riding with a preproduction version of the GPX Pro. We were happy with the comfort and weight, but the liner was horrible. After several rides, the liner began to separate from the frame. Leatt fixed those issues on the production version. The liner is easy to remove, wash and install. It's not a perfect design, but it's better than the old liner system. Worth noting is that the GPX Pro comes with a black-and-yellow liner. Leatt also sells a BMX version of the exact same brace (called the DBX Pro), which comes with a black-and-white liner. If black and white is more appealing to you, opt for the DBX Pro (again, it is the exact same brace as the GPX Pro).
WHAT'S THE SQUAWK? The GPX Pro is expensive. Then again, it's a high-quality neck-protection device. If you're afraid to shell out big bucks for an expensive helmet, then the GPX Pro probably isn't for you.
This is a five-star product for anyone looking for a top-of-the-line neck brace that's light, comfortable and protective. It's a three-star product for anyone on a budget. Choose wisely.


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Pendant Homes, Inc.; the Sonoma County-based startup launched to create small, high-quality, energy-efficient home ownership opportunities for the workforce, first-time home buyers, and empty nesters; today announces the opening of the for-sale waitlist for Huntley Square at pendanthomes.com
Huntley consists of 10 studio units ranging from 500 to 600 square feet a little over a mile from downtown Sebastopol. "Inside, the units will feel much larger," said Dante Love, Founder of Pendant Homes. "In addition to the tiny house movement, Healthy Buildings, our design-build firm, took cues from France, Japan, and Sweden to maximize every square inch."
"Think vaulted ceilings and an open floor plan. Smaller spaces create the opportunity for higher quality finishes without breaking the bank. That was my biggest takeaway from tiny houses." Love said.
One unique feature of Huntley Square will be its use of the patented "OTechnology." Bob Massaro, CEO of the Healthy Buildings Company and the Co-creator of OTechnology described it as "A revolutionary building system that allows homes to be built faster, stronger, and healthier."
Another feature has garnered attention: Huntley Square plans to give preference to members of the city workforce. "We're going to consider all applicants, but we will try – all things being equal – to help the teachers, police officers, and staff who provide vital services to the city, but have a difficult path to home-ownership here," said Love.
Pendant is opting to open the waitlist now to gauge market interest in the project – having only completed preliminary reviews at both the planning commission and council level – regulatory hurdles remain. That said, the city has been receptive to the project. When discussing Huntley Square earlier this year Mayor Una Glass offered her support saying, "This project speaks directly to what the city has been asking for."
Mayor Glass along with Vice Mayor Patrick Slayter and Planning Commission Vice Chair Paul Fritz recently launched a Housing Subcommittee in Sebastopol to brainstorm, among other things, creative solutions to attract new developments to the city.
City officials aren't the only ones to take note of Huntley Square with "impact investors" looking to shift their portfolios away from fossil fuels and profit-only investments toward greener, triple-bottom line (financial, environmental, social) ventures.
Interested parties can join the waitlist by filling out a short application on pendanthomes.com/huntley-square.
About Pendant Homes, Inc.:
Pendant Homes, Inc. creates small, high-quality, energy-efficient homes and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) or "granny units" in the North Bay. Pendant is based in Santa Rosa, CA and was founded in 2014.
About Healthy Buildings, Inc.:
Healthy Buildings, Inc. is based in Napa, CA and uses 30+ years of experience as a design build firm and its patented O-Technology to complete residential and multi-family developments in California, Oregon, and Washington. Healthy Buildings is currently constructing the most energy efficient multi-family development in the US.
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Hi all,
I'm new here and while not necessarily completely new to java programming, I do have a very limited knowledge database for it. I've dabbled before and I have been dabbling in different languages since I was a kid. I am mostly interested in basic game programming and have written several basic games, worm, tic-tac-toe, pong and super basic rpgish adventure things in python/pygame. I like to take open source code from diff pygame projects and mess with them.
Anywho, I'm here because I have a renewed interest in dabbling back in java.


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Patti Smith: Dream Of Life
OH TO DREAM... Patti Smith: Dream Of Life falls in the realm of documentary, I suppose, but really I'd like to call it a "musical document" for the sake of this writing and my own personal flare for "adjectivery." I never would have "dreamed" I would be into a film about Patti Smith [it's true]. For whatever reason she had never really made a blip on my radar outside of her popularized "G-L-O-R-I-A."
INWARDS & INNARDS Wandering around a room partially full of keepsakes and other remnants we find Patti Smith, a curious soul. She states that this film has been in the works for 10 years and that she will not be leaving this room until the film is completed. What follows is a series of explanations and events exploring her inner workings and outer experiences [family, death, art, friends, politics], all obvious, subtle and having an underlying strange honesty to them that seems clearly unique to her. I was impressed. She talks to us about certain objects in the room as if recreating some kind of "show and tell" experience from childhood. Books, photographs, a guitar Bob Dylan once played, her son's baby clothes, her own childhood dress, Robert Mapplethorpe's ashes, artifacts, all surrounding her as she builds a cluttered memory chamber. She brings more into the room throughout the duration. It touches the semi-sweet sadness inside.Continue Reading