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I have hessian 4.0.7 running in a Jboss-4.2.3 embedded Tomcat, using Spring (3.0.6) to wire things together.
Everything seems to kind of work but every time when deserializing our own classes hessian prints(...) an error such as:
2011-10-24 19:19:05,931 ERROR [STDERR] 24.10.2011 19:19:05 com.caucho.hessian.io.SerializerFactory getDeserializer WARNUNG: Hessian/Burlap: 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[com.xyz.commons.dataexchange.tasks.ITask, commons-dataexchange2, Version=184.108.40.206, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]' is an unknown class in WebappClassLoader delegate: false repositories: /WEB-INF/classes/ ----------> Parent Classloader: java.net.FactoryURLClassLoader@b63056 : java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: System/Collections/Generic/List`1[[com/vanguard/commons/dataexchange/tasks/ITask, commons-dataexchange2, Version=1/0/0/0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]
Still I'd like to know why this happens and how I can fix this - logs will get quite messy since the Error is written to stderr...
I tried to provide a different ClassLoader for my SerializerFactory, but that did not help either...
Would be great if someone could point me towards a solution.
Cheers, Arndt
PS: The Client-side is C#, using (a slightly debugged) hessian-C#
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It's not available in the latest kernel just yet, but if you just so happen to have gotten your hands on a USB 3.0 device you want to use at full spectrum (you lucky jerk) or want to do this for the sake of geekiness, it's now possible to get USB 3.0 support for Debian and Ubuntu systems. The USB 3.0 subsystem will be integrated into the Linux kernel "soon," but if you've got some time on your hands, instructions have been provided to do it yourself.
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NEWPORT NEWS — The woman in the photograph has a crimson bruise above her left eye. Her dark brown eyes stare back at the camera — defeated. The photo was taken in 2008 after her boyfriend was charged with beating her while she was pregnant. It was two years before he confessed to killing her.
The woman in the photograph is Danielle Knarr.
Knarr (pronounced ka-nar), was found dead shortly after midnight on Feb. 2 at Aqueduct Apartments. She was stabbed 26 times with a hunting knife — her two children were in the next room. She was 25. Her boyfriend Owen Atlee Walker Jr. confessed to killing her, according to police, and is charged in her death.
Two doctors have ruled that Walker, 27, was insane at the time of Knarr's slaying. He sits in Hampton Roads Regional Jail waiting for a judge to render a decision on the insanity evaluations. It's an outcome that's tough to accept for Knarr's family and friends, who say the two had an abusive relationship that spanned nearly four years.
Walker and his attorney declined to be interviewed for this story.
The details of their life together are tracked through court documents, criminal complaints and the accounts of family and friends.
She was drawn to him
"Danielle was the type of person that no matter where she went, she always found a friend," said Nicole Castro, Knarr's best friend.
The two met during their freshman year at Kecoughtan High School. Castro described Knarr as outgoing and "the life of the party."
"I don't remember the exact story of how we met," Castro said. "She was always better than me at telling people that story."
Knarr and her older brother were raised in Hampton by their mother, Carol Mitchell. Her parents divorced when she was a child. Mitchell said Knarr decided she wanted to pursue a career in art animation when she took a class in the 11th grade.
It was a goal she was still working toward when she enrolled in a photography class in 2006 at Thomas Nelson Community College. It was there that she met Walker. The two formed a bond, which some say, was fueled by their love to capture life's moments through the camera's lens.
"They would go places and take random pictures and photo shoots together," Castro said. "They both had an artistic side. She was drawn to him I felt for that reason."
One of their photo shoots was taken at a cemetery, recalled Jihan Gary, one of the couple's classmates.
"They were shooting it like they were having a wedding at a cemetery," said Gary, of Newport News. "They were in some kind of tomb or enclosed space. I think they did that for fun. It was mysterious."
Outside the classroom the two would spend much of their time together. Castro remembers going with Knarr to visit Walker when he worked at Patrick Henry Mall. That particular day Knarr and Walker talked for about three hours between him helping customers.
"She wanted to be there just because he was there," Castro said. "She just wanted to be around him. She thought he was a catch - the greatest thing ever. In the beginning it seemed like they had a lot in common."
Castro says she didn't approve of their relationship because Walker was married. It was a fact that Knarr learned early on, Castro said, but didn't deter her from dating him. By the spring of 2006 Knarr found out she was pregnant. It was news that was bittersweet for Knarr, who didn't want to be a single mother, Castro said. It was during her pregnancy that family and friends first saw tension in their relationship.
"She called me screaming and crying," her brother, Carey Harper, recalled. "I couldn't understand what she was saying and then the phone went dead."
When Carey got home, he saw a hole in his wall and later found a kitchen knife wedged in his bedroom door. The couple had an argument and Knarr locked herself in Harper's bedroom closet. She told her brother that Walker had chased her with a knife. She was eight months pregnant.
"She was looking in my closet for my gun," Harper said. "She was going to shoot him."
When he asked the couple what happened, their stories differed.
Harper said that Knarr told him, "he hits me."
"Owen told me she was trying to hit him and he was blocking," Harper said. "I told him don't lay a hand on my sister. He apologized about the hole in the wall, but denied hitting my sister."
After the incident, Knarr went to live with her mother and stepfather, Ripton Mitchell, in Newport News. By the time Knarr had given birth to her daughter, her mother says Knarr and Walker had mended their relationship. It was an attraction she didn't understand. When Mitchell went to visit Knarr in the hospital, Walker was at her bedside.
Caught in a web
Knarr was stuck in a web of break up and make ups with Walker, friends say. She wanted her kids to know their father, which made it hard for her to walk away for good. When they would separate, Knarr led the life of a single mother, which included working a full-time job and attending college.
"Danielle was definitely lonely," Castro said. "She wanted somebody in her life. She wanted her children to have a mother and a father. I think her loneliness made her continue to be with Owen."
Mitchell says Knarr didn't talk to her much about Walker. It was only when their arguments took a violent turn that she would get a glimpse of their life together. In August of 2008, Mitchell's phone rang.
"Police called me and asked me to pick up the baby," she said.
Knarr and Walker were at the Newport News Sheriff's Office after getting into an early morning fight. She told her mother that Walker hit her when she asked him to check on their crying baby. Knarr was nine months pregnant.
"He kicked her out the bed…" Mitchell said Knarr told her. "She said all she could do was roll herself into a ball.
Walker was arrested and charged with assault and battery, according to court documents. An emergency protective order was issued on Aug. 10, 2008 that read: "Mr. Walker assaulted and battered Ms. Knarr by scratching and punching her several times causing lacerations on her legs, chest, upper body and forehead."
Walker was ordered to complete an anger management program. At her mother's request, Knarr took out a permanent protective order against Walker.
"She wanted to get one," Mitchell said. "She was afraid of him by then."
The protective order was still active on Feb. 2 when Knarr was killed.
Her mother and stepfather said they had a "frank" talk with Knarr about her relationship when the violence continued.
"You can have any man," her stepfather, Ripton Mitchell, told her. "Why do you want this boy? Look at what he has done."
"I told her, 'He's gonna kill you and he's gonna get away with it," her mother said. "It didn't make any difference to her. It's not like people didn't tell her."
A month after the protective order was issued Knarr posted a poem on her MySpace page called, "Ghost."
"She's dead, a ghost girl powerless under his spell. Love has killed her and he's now a monster picking her weaknesses. Laughing as she fell. Twisted in a vortex of painful love. Can't escape too late, she's down. Caught in the web of the spider. This frail fly has had its time."
Deferred escape
In 2009, Knarr went to visit a high school friend in Florida and fell in love all over again. But this time she wasn't in love with a man — she was smitten by the possibility of a new beginning for her children. Castro said Knarr's dream was to move to Florida and eventually work for Pixar.
"She would get excited looking at houses in Florida on the Internet," said co-worker Lynn Bolden. "She was trying to start over with her children. The children were her life."
As family and longtime friends grew tired of hearing about her ups and downs with Walker, Bolden became the person she confided in. She recalls Knarr coming to work with bruises. One day she asked Knarr about her wounds. She told Bolden she had "flipped on a boat."
"I said, "Yea, OK," Bolden says. "As the day went on I looked her straight in the face. 'Danielle you're a liar. You didn't flip."
Bolden said Knarr covered her head and said no.
"Me and Owen got into an argument and he pushed me and I pushed him back and he lost it and he pinned me down," Bolden said, Knarr eventually told her.
Castro worked in the same office as Knarr and Bolden, but by late 2009 most of her conversations with Knarr were about the two children – not Walker. The mention of him had become contentious.
"I got fed up with her because she was constantly taking him back … ," Castro said. "He kept coming in her life and leaving her life."
The day before Knarr's death, Castro found out her friend was back with Walker. The news disappointed Castro, but didn't surprise her.
"She wasn't going to tell me that," Castro said. "I didn't say anything because I didn't want to get in a fight with her about it. At that point I was done with hearing about Owen. I felt like, 'You're allowing this man to do this to you, if you continue to allow it, then what's going to happen?"
The best friends never got a chance to talk. Less than 12 hours later Knarr was dead.
At 1:45 a.m. on Feb. 2, Walker walked into the Newport News Sheriff's Office and approached the secretary at the magistrate's window. He told her he was turning himself in, according to the criminal complaint.
"When she inquired about the charge, Mr. Walker replied he had just killed someone," the complaint states.
Knarr's mother works as a nurse at the Sheriff's Office. She was there that morning, and heard a man had confessed to killing someone. She didn't know it was Walker, but recognized the car he was driving. It was Knarr's gray Lincoln LS.
"I just lost it," she said in an interview the day after Knarr's death.
Walker gave a "full confession" to stabbing Knarr, police said, and he was charged with murder. When police arrived at Knarr's second floor apartment on Aqueduct Drive, she was dead in the hallway. According to the autopsy, she was stabbed 26 times. Authorities say Knarr was dead for about an hour prior to Walker going to the Sheriff's Office. Knarr was stabbed with a Gerber hunting knife that had a 6-inch blade, according to the autopsy report. The knife had been cleaned with bleach and was lying beside the kitchen sink when police arrived, the search warrant states.
"I never thought he would kill her," Castro said. "I never thought he would go that far. Maybe a part of me didn't think that because I thought Danielle would get out."
A different kind of justice
Walker is in custody at Hampton Roads Regional Jail. In recent months, two doctors — one recommended by the defense and the other by the prosecution — told a judge that Walker was insane at the time of Knarr's death. A Circuit Court judge is expected to decide Walker's fate on Aug. 10.
"Nobody can tell me that this boy didn't plan this," Mitchell said. "I don't care what a psychiatrist said. This was planned. What was his motive? She was going to leave him. She was going to Florida."
Crystal Casey, an ex-girlfriend of Walker's, says this is not the man she knew when they dated in 2001.
"He must have just snapped…He didn't mean to do this," Casey said. "He was out of his mind. He left himself for a minute. Judgment should be left up to God."
In 2001 Walker was charged with assault and battery after getting into a fight with Casey, according to court documents. Walker was ordered to anger management and the charge was later dropped.
"This girl was super strong," Carol Mitchell said about her daughter. "She had that drive and determination that she was going to make it. This young man just snuffed out her dreams for nothing and that's very painful."
Mitchell and her husband have custody of Knarr's two children: Gianni, 3, and Giuseppe, 1. Gianni mentions her often. Police say she was awake during her mother's slaying.
"Mommy fell down and hit her head," she told Ripton Mitchell, after Knarr's death. "Her shirt was wet."
"I asked her what color was her mommy's shirt and she said 'red.'" Her comments about her mother come often and without warning, Knarr's parents say. A couple of weeks ago, Gianni was riding in the car and said: "Daddy stabbed mommy."
Knarr's mother says justice might not come through the Newport News court system.
"Man's law is not perfect, but there are a lot of laws," she said. "There is street law and God's law. There may not be an earthly punishment."
Photographs of Knarr are spread throughout her parent's living room. They are nothing like the 2008 photo that showed a battered woman with a crimson bruise above her left eye. One is from her high school graduation. Others are from childhood moments spent with family. But there is one that sits in a new gold-colored frame. In the photo Knarr is standing on a wooden deck wearing a set of white pearls. She's smiling.
The bottom of the frame reads: "Faith is confidence in God when you do not understand."
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NEWPORT NEWS — The woman in the photograph has a crimson bruise above her left eye. Her dark brown eyes stare back at the camera — defeated. The photo was taken in 2008 after her boyfriend was charged with beating her while she was pregnant. It was two years before he confessed to killing her.


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Man does not live by bread alone. Since antiquity the philosophical art of living, the everyday behavior of philosophers, has been considered their true philosophy. While exploring this idea, artist Oliver Jordan discovered his particular admiration for three icons of philosophy from the Mediterranean region: Albert Camus, the prominent poet and philosopher from Tipasa, Diotima, who introduced the concept of the Dionysian to Socrates and the famous poet Sappho. He therefore wanted to dedicate a room to these individuals. His aim was to create a refuge in which the spirit of these great philosophers was expressed—through his images, the composition of color and materials in the room and with the support of texts by the non-fiction author and filmmaker Theo Roos.
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In December 2015, the Office of the Inspector General released a report indicating that Connect for Health Colorado needed some additional eligibility verification procedures, based on a sample conducted in 2014. Although the exchange was effective in determining eligibility for premium subsidies, their eligibility verification was inadequate when enrollees weren't applying for financial assistance. And the OIG report also noted that the exchange needed to obtain OPM or non-employer-sponsored insurance data from the Data Hub before enrolling people in qualified health plans through the exchange. Connect for Health Colorado agreed with OIG's recommendations .
Supporters of universal healthcare in Colorado worked for months to gather signatures in support of ColoradoCare , a universal coverage system that would have gone into effect in 2019 if voters had approved it in the 2016 election. At least 98,492 signatures were necessary in order to get the ColoradoCare proposal on the ballot next fall. On October 22, 2015, the ColoradoCare campaign announced that they had gathered enough signatures ; they were delivered to the Colorado Secretary of State on October 23. Supporters were able to gather far more signatures than necessary, and on November 9, 2015 the Secretary of State confirmed that there were nearly 159,000 valid signatures. As a result, the measure was on the ballot a year later, in November 2016.
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It's almost certain that the legendary wicketkeeperwill don the big gloves for India in England next year - but what happens after that?
After India exited the 2015 World Cup with a semi-final loss to Australia in Sydney, MS Dhoni was asked how he saw his future as an ODI cricketer. After all, he had quit the Test ranks three months earlier, and announced it through a press release issued by the Indian cricket board. "It's up to you guys," he said with a smile. "The media should do a nice research on it, take a few days, and my advice will be whatever you decide, write the complete opposite. That will be the fact."
As with a lot of things he said and continues to say when faced with a microphone, it was a nothing answer. At the time, Dhoni suggested he would take a call on his future in the white-ball formats after the World Twenty20 on home soil in 2016. That was two years ago. With just over a year to go to the 2019 World Cup, it's almost certain that he will don the big gloves for India in England. But what happens after that?
By the time the next World Twenty20 is played in Australia in October-November 2020, Dhoni will be 39 years old. It would have been nearly six years since he quit Tests, meaning that he spends more than half the year away from the national side. But so reluctant have India been to consider a succession plan that no one name springs to mind when one ponders a post-Dhoni future.
Dinesh Karthik, who will be 35 himself in 2020, kept wicket for India in the Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka in March, and helped bring home the cup with the sort of innings Dhoni regularly played in his prime. Karthik, who has taken over the captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders, has enjoyed a fine start to the current IPL season, but his record over the past three seasons – 890 runs at a strike-rate of 133.43 – isn't that of someone who can regularly blitz the opposition.
Dhoni's numbers for Chennai Super Kings – 3125 runs at a strike-rate of 139.75 – remain the gold standard, but the last three IPL seasons have seen a clutch of players apart from Karthik stake reasonable claims. And those contenders are very much in the fray this year as well.
Rishabh Pant was the standout player in India's Under-19 World Cup squad in 2016, but his first two seasons in the IPL were plagued by inconsistency. His 791 runs across three seasons have come at a superb strike-rate of 156.32, but it's only this year that he's managed to string a succession of significant scores together. But that upturn in his own fortunes has been rather overshadowed by Delhi Daredevils' inability to close out games.


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A third Arabic-speaking Guantanamo Bay employee, this one a civilian translator, has been arrested. Early reports indicate that he was arrested at Boston's Logan Airport as he returned from Egypt. Documents and CD roms found in his possession were seized; he denied the documents were his. Which doesn't look good, obviously, for his innocence.
Either security procedures at Guantanamo have been horribly lax, or the military has carried out a clever scheme whereby al Qaeda sympathizers were allowed to infiltrate the camp as translators, etc., so as to obtain information about their contacts. I'm afraid the former explanation is more likely.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tree or Python shrubbery?
Bill Walsh created a coaching tree. Is Bud Black growing a managerial tree? His bench coach Ted Simmons is among the potential managerial candidates that the Florida Marlins are investigating. A former minor league manager, hitting coach Randy Ready interviewed for managerial jobs with the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners and could get a second shot in Seattle.
"Randy definitely has what it takes," Black said. "Given the opportunity, he'd do a great job."
* Field personnel say the pitching in the NL West tends to be better than the pitching in the NL Central, so this week's visit from the Pirates had to please Ryan Ludwick. Tuesday night, Ludwick's first two home runs as a Padre came against Pirates pitchers.
* Tough times for Corey Kluber, the Double-A pitcher that the Padres dealt to acquire Ludwick. In two outings with Cleveland's Double-A club, Kluber is 0-2 with a 10.13 ERA and a .487 batting average allowed. Maybe the realization that he likely won't pitch in San Diego put him into a depressed state of mind.
* Another San Diego pitcher employed by the Indians also is struggling: San Diego State alum Justin Masterson is pouring ice water onto Cleveland' belief that he can become a starting pitcher. Since the Indians acquired him in the Victor Martinez trade, Masterson has started 33 games, and his record is 5-18.
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Masterson hasn't been good as a starter, but the transition from the pen to starting isn't usually a straight line process even when it works (which is rare at best). The Indians record as a whole isn't that much better than that though, it isn't like Masterson has gotten much support. I think the drop in K rate is a larger concern.
Go up a branch from Bill Walsh on the tree and check where he started. He was an assistant to John Ralston, whose coaching tree includes Walsh, Mike White, Dick Vermiel and Jim Mora.ReplyDelete
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By DAVID GREEN
Neree Emmons is an old hand at showing cows, but he's mostly a rookie when it comes to showing roses.
Nevertheless, he won a pair of blue ribbons plus a trophy at the recent American Rose Society exhibition in Toledo.
"A rose show is different than showing cows, in the way they're judged," Neree said.
When dairy cattle are judged, the best specimen is chosen and awarded the top prize. Even if there's only one animal entered in a class, that one will take the honor.
That's not the case with roses. Sometimes there just isn't a winner.
"This was a surprise to me when I started showing roses several years ago at the Fulton County Fair," Neree said. "I was the only entry and I didn't win. I didn't even get third place."
That's because it just wasn't good enough.
Roses are judged against the hypothetical perfect rose. Those that fall short don't make the grade.
"There could be 100 roses in a class and not one is chosen a winner," Neree explained. "Or there could be 25 winners."
Suppose there are 25 blue ribbon winners. Once they're selected, judges start removing the weaker entries one at a time until there's a single rose remaining. That one might get the trophy and it might not. If it's exceptional, judges can honor it with a prize. If it's not, well…better luck next year.
What about in the dairy show ring? No such thing as a perfect cow?
Actually there is, Neree said, but no cow has ever been judged at a perfect 100. The best specimen ever recorded came in at about 97.
Judgment day
Neree said he felt a little like a fish out of water at the competition Sept. 13, or maybe like a farmer in the city.
The Toledo Rose Society served as the host for the show, covering the Ohio and Michigan districts. But since it's a nationally recognized show sponsored by the American Rose Society, growers come from far beyond the Great Lakes area. Neree remembers seeing entries from Ontario, West Virginia, Georgia, California and other states.
When someone transports a rose from California, they buy three airplane seats and the rose, in a special container, sits between the growers. There are special refrigerated units to keep roses fresh, because there's an optimum stage of development for showing.
Neree watched one grower coax a rose into bloom by inserting 15 cotton swabs between petals.
Neree isn't a complete amateur. He brought some swabs along, too, just in case. He's learned a few things by reading the literature, but this was his first foray into the American Rose Society competition.
He entered five of the 45 classes. His Princess Marianna won a blue ribbon in the Modern Shrub class. His Rose de Rescht took a blue ribbon in the Victorian (old garden rose) class. The Rose de Rescht survived the winnowing by the judges until it was the only specimen remaining, and a crystal dish trophy was awarded.
"I really felt good about getting two ribbons and a trophy for a greenhand," Neree said. "It was a lot of fun."
There was one more honor to follow—the award banquet—but Neree didn't make it to that event. He had to get to a dairy meeting.
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About an hour ago I received news from one of my more reputable spies, and he has reported seeing Hugo Weaving here in Wellington this afternoon, shopping at Common Sense Organics, the fruit and vege market in Wakefield Street. Of course he shops organics - he's the lord of the Elves, for goodness sake!
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It's probably a bit too hasty to assume that he's here to be in The Hobbit, but I can't think of any other reason why he would come here right now, just when they're discussing Rivendell scripts. It's certainly not for the weather (it's howling a cold southerly gale out there at the moment).
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Editor's note: John Brooks Henderson had some impressive victories in his life.
But on the few occasions when the Missouri U.S. Senator from Louisiana felt defeat, it usually was part of a much larger clash of ideals or came at the hands of powerful men who helped shape the Show-Me State and America.
Pike County author Brent Engel is writing a play about the Louisiana lawyer to be performed later this year, and is contributing monthly stories about him.
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Henderson's first step into politics could have made the point that every vote counts.
It started on July 10, 1848, when the Virginia-born man who had been admitted to the Missouri bar just a year before formally launched his campaign for state representative.
The Democratic Banner had called for a candidate who was "no timid creature," and the newspaper and the people of the district got one in the 22-year-old Henderson.
The powerful orator with flowing red hair was a "good debater" who was "talented, firm, unwavering" in his views, according to one supportive letter writer.
Henderson stumped in 12 communities. He defeated popular chief rival and future Pike County Sheriff William Penix by just 37 votes.
Henderson's first term was marked by efforts to postpone a salary increase for the governor, recognize Missouri men who had fought in the Mexican War, clear the Des Moines River in far northeastern Missouri and by a successful request for a charter for the City of Louisiana.
But despite his Southern heritage, Henderson was already showing signs of what would later manifest itself in his co-authorship of the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery.
On Jan. 5, 1849, Henderson introduced four resolutions in the Missouri General Assembly. One of them said that "the right to prohibit slavery in any territory belongs exclusively to the people thereof, and can only be exercised by them in forming their constitution for a state government or in their sovereign capacity as an independent state."
In other words, Henderson at the time was a firm defender of states' rights as outlined in the U.S. Constitution, which said that powers not granted to the federal government were left to the states.
The belief put him squarely in the camp of those who touted popular sovereignty – the idea that the government is sustained by the consent of the people – such as the diminutive but forceful Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
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In 1850, Henderson decided to try for a much bigger political prize – Missouri U.S. Congressman in what was then the Second District.
He called the Democrat nomination "unexpected and unsought," but promised to "sacrifice personal considerations" and "act with cheerfulness" in seeking the office.
Henderson's opponent was another Virginia native, Gilchrist Porter, who belonged to the Whig Party at the time but would go on to support candidates on both sides of the political spectrum.
Despite a large Democrat majority in the district, Porter easily defeated Henderson by 1,400 votes, carrying all but four of the 16 counties.
The 1875 edition of the Standard Atlas of Pike County recorded that Porter in 1850 "won golden opinions from friends and opponents," and attributed his victory to the fact that "his popularity was so great and his fitness for the position so universally recognized."
After the election, Henderson went back to his law practice in Louisiana and became a land speculator. He served another term in the Missouri General Assembly from 1856 to 1858, and then decided to seek a Congressional seat again.
Across the Mississippi River in Illinois, a tall, self-taught Republican lawyer from Springfield was locked in a heated 1858 race for a U.S. Senate seat with Douglas, who had Henderson's unflinching support.
Within a few years, however, Henderson and Abraham Lincoln would become close friends. And their work, both separate and together, would forever change the course of American history.
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Douglas defeated Lincoln for the 1858 Senate seat and Henderson lost to Thomas Anderson of Palmyra in his bid for Congress.
But it was far from being the last time voters in Missouri and elsewhere would see the names of Lincoln, Douglas and Henderson on a ballot.
By 1860, questions about slavery dominated political discussion. Henderson was chosen to work on the Democrat Party platform for the upcoming national convention in Charleston, S.C.
Douglas was the front-runner for the Democrat presidential nomination, but the party was split. The debate centered on whether slavery should be extended by law to new territories or whether the people in those areas should decide for themselves.
Back home, Henderson was verbally attacked by people on both sides, but stuck by Douglas. However, over the previous two years he had revised his own beliefs and now argued that questions concerning slavery belonged in Congress and not in state politics. It was one of several modifications to come.
In May 1860, Henderson gave a speech in Bowling Green in defense of his position. After two hours, a resolution was adopted which approved of his stance and endorsed him for Congress.
Great debates
The seven 1858 debates between Lincoln and Douglas have been immortalized.
The 1860 verbal clashes between Henderson and his opponent, Constitutional Unionist James S. Rollins, have not received as much attention, but were just as caustic. Slavery was a major issue.
Between June 29 and Aug. 2, Henderson and Rollins would lock horns at Middle Grove, Paris, Florida, Palmyra, Hannibal, Bowling Green, Louisiana, Paynesville, Flint Hill, Cottleville, St. Charles, New Melle, Marthasville, High Hill, Middletown, Williamsburg, Fulton, Bloomfield, Columbia, Sturgeon and Mexico.
Henderson took ill before a planned debate in New London on July 3, but sent to be read his opening remarks accusing Rollins of having a gift of the gab but little else.
The bitterest confrontation occurred on July 5 in Hannibal. The two men, both of whom owned slaves, went back and forth at each other over the issue.
Henderson harkened back to earlier days and reiterated his non-intervention theory that the states had the sole right to determine the slavery issue. Rollins again proclaimed his opposition to the federal government allowing an extension of slavery.
Henderson campaigned for Douglas even as his own quest continued, speaking at rallies in Springfield and Mexico.
In the election, Rollins squeaked by Henderson with 50.57 percent of the vote, but Lincoln defeated Douglas and two other candidates for the presidency.
On Jan. 17, 1862, Henderson was appointed to fill the Missouri U.S. Senate seat of Trusten Polk, who was expelled because of his support for the Confederacy.
Lincoln invited Henderson to the White House for the first time just a few weeks later, and their friendship, as well as their work together, continued until the president's assassination in 1865.
Henderson freed his slaves and changed his views on the ownership of humans, eventually co-authoring the 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlawing the practice. He went on to play a role in passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments, as well as fighting for women's voting rights and against tax cheats. He died in 1913 in Washington, D.C., and is buried in New York City.
Rollins, who at the time of his debates with Henderson was already famous for helping to establish the University of Missouri, played a significant role in the passage of the 13th Amendment.
Rollins initially voted against the proposal. But two days after Missouri outlawed slavery in January 1865, Rollins took to the floor of Congress and gave a lengthy, persuasive speech in favor of the document drafted by former political rival Henderson. The maneuver helped sway enough votes for passage.
While Rollins admitted that he would keep slavery in place if it meant that the nation would be preserved, he also affirmed his belief in the words of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal."
"I am no longer the owner of a slave, and I thank God for it," Rollins later said. "If the giving up of my slaves without complaint shall be a contribution upon my part to promote the public good, to uphold the Constitution of the United States, to restore peace and preserve this Union, if I had owned a thousand slaves, they would most cheerfully have been given up."
Rollins had been a Whig, but switched to the Democrats in 1864 and supported the failed presidential efforts of former Union Gen. George B. McClellan.
Rollins did not seek re-election himself that year, but returned to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1866. He was then elected to the state senate in 1868. Ten years later, he jumped to the Republican Party.
Rollins was bed-ridden for three months after a train derailment west of St. Louis in 1874. Although he recovered, lasting wounds eventually took their toll and Rollins died in Columbia on Jan. 9, 1888.
In 2007, his descendants created the James S. Rollins Slavery Atonement Endowment for Black Studies at the University of Missouri. It supports research that includes "slavery, race relations, civil rights or African-American culture."
Porter, who practiced law in Bowling Green and Hannibal, was defeated for re-election to Congress in 1852, but returned to Washington for four years starting in 1854. When the Whig Party fell apart, he became a Democrat.
In 1861, Porter was appointed a circuit judge by Lincoln friend and Missouri Gov. Hamilton Gamble. He replaced Judge John T. Redd, a Confederate sympathizer who refused to take a loyalty oath to the Union.
Henderson, Rollins and Porter had been against Missouri seceding, but Rollins and Porter split from their former political rival by disapproving of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Rollins had said it was legally void, and Porter called it "most unfortunate," adding that Lincoln in writing the document had been "manifestly coerced by bad men who are no friends of the Union or the Constitution."
In a Feb. 11, 1863, letter to Henderson, Porter wrote that he preferred gradual emancipation of the slaves. Porter also told his former rival that he hoped black men would be kept from fighting for the Union, saying that integrated units would lead to "a collision between the State & Federal authorities" that left the laws of both "constantly endangered."
Remarkably, though, Porter praised Henderson for his efforts in Washington, saying that the senator's "recent course in Congress" met with his approval.
"You are aware that there has existed between you and myself a general coincidence of opinion as to the cause of the existing troubles &…to the proper mode of correcting them," Porter wrote.
"I am now decidedly of opinion, whatever croakers & fault-finders may aver or surmise to the contrary, that the People of Missouri are heartily tired of this Rebellion (emphasis by the letter-writer); & resolved for the future, to bear true faith & allegiance to the Government of the United States; & to compel others to do so – as far as in them lies," Porter continued.
The letter later was shown to Lincoln.
Porter served as a judge until 1880, and died in Hannibal on Nov. 1, 1894. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery.
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Contrary to popular belief, Metro is not a replacement for the Start Menu. Metro is a replacement for the Explorer Shell. The Explorer Shell itself has been turned into an application. Traditional applications run within this Explorer Shell, and cannot be managed from Metro. In other words, the Explorer Shell has become an application with a multiple document interface, running in Metro.
This, right here, is the main reason why Windows 8 is such a pain to use with a mouse and keyboard. You can't directly switch to a desktop application; you always have to first switch to the Explorer Shell, and then switch to the desktop application you want running within the Explorer Shell. This is a convoluted way of using my computer, especially since Metro itself isn't mouse-friendly to begin with, with finicky hot corners and UI elements that are too volatile.
Consider this. To switch to a Chrome browser tab, you have to: switch to the Explorer Shell in the Metro application switcher (and hope this doesn't go wrong), switch to Chrome in the traditional taskbar, and then switch to the right tab within Chrome. This is insanity. Whenever I go through this in Windows 8, I hear this playing in my head.
It's not a technical issue. Microsoft could easily integrate the two much more efficiently and more fluently if they wanted to. No, the real issue is that Microsoft doesn't want to, because (and here's the pill that's so tough for some to swallow) the Explorer Shell is being deprecated. It's dead. It needs to be cumbersome and unpleasant because Microsoft hopes this will make users demand Metro versions of their favourite applications.
Trying to shoehorn a tablet/smartphone user interface paradigm into a desktop/laptop computer is just as flawed as trying to do it the other way around. Unless Microsoft has some sort of grand plan to reintroduce proper window management into Metro, I don't see how I could ever get any serious form of work done with it.
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Chrysler Group Engineer Receives Prestigious Black Engineer of the Year "Visionary Award"
- Chrysler Group Director of Interior Engineering honored during 27th annual event
- Award recognizes leaders "whose lifetime performance marks a career that affects the careers of many others"
- Chrysler Group continues its nearly two-decades-long support of the BEYA Global Competitiveness Conference
- Seven other Chrysler Group engineers received "Modern Day Technology Leader" awards at the conference
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 12, 2013 /3BL Media /PRNewswire/ - U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine awarded its 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Visionary Award (BEYA) to Larry Williams, Director, Interior Engineering, Chrysler Group LLC. Williams and other 2012 BEYA recipients were honored at the 27th BEYA Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Global Competitiveness Conference and Awards Gala on February 7-9 in Washington D.C.
The BEYA Conference honors outstanding leaders in the STEM fields and provides excellent opportunities for professional development, networking and recruiting. Chrysler Group has been the exclusive sponsor of the BEYA Gala for nearly two decades. Williams is the latest in a long list of BEYA-winning engineers at Chrysler Group.
"Larry is an accomplished engineer and exceptional leader who approaches both life and work with passion using his breadth of experience to create exceptional products while being committed to the development of young, talented engineers in our Company," said Mark M. Chernoby, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Chrysler Group LLC. "Larry's vision, drive and technical expertise has made him a valuable member of the Chrysler Engineering Team and a respected leader across the Company."
Williams was appointed Director of Interior Engineering at Chrysler Group in 2011. In this position, he is responsible for leading and managing all design, development and release of all interior systems and components for Chrysler Group vehicles. He joined Chrysler Corporation as a product development engineer in 1985.
"I owe much of who I am to the strong African-American leaders who met adversity and paved the way for my success," Williams said. "Inspired by these outstanding people and role models, I know that it is both my responsibility and privilege to lead and inspire the next generation. I am very appreciative of this recognition of my career accomplishments."
The magazine also honored Modern Day Technology Leaders (MDTL) at the conference, "bright, high performance, women and men shaping the future of engineering, science, and technology who demonstrate superior technical skills and leadership capability, generally at professional through senior manager levels."
The following Chrysler Group engineers received this prestigious MDTL recognition:
- Mr. Anthony Abner, Business Planner
- Mr. Uchenna Amene, Quality Engineering Manager
- Mr. Mario Holmes, Chassis Project Responsible
- Ms. Trudy Robertson, Program Manager
- Ms. Nakia Simon, Senior Regulatory Engineer
- Ms. Kejuanna Thomas, Business Systems Lead
- Ms.Tracy Wilson, Program Manager
About Chrysler Group's leadership commitment to diversity and inclusion
In 2012, the Detroit Free Press named Chrysler Group as one of the best places to work in the state of Michigan. Chrysler Group has been named one of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" by Working Mother magazine 13 times, and has been recognized six times by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as one of the country's leading corporations supporting diversity and inclusion. In 2012, the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named Chrysler Group Corporation of the Year for its achievements in bringing more minority-owned businesses into its supply chain.
Also in 2012, the editors of LatinaStyle magazine selected Chrysler Group for inclusion on magazine's 2012 list of the 50 best companies for Hispanic women to work in the U.S., which is considered the most important recognition of efforts by corporate America to promote diversity and provide career advancement opportunities for Hispanic women.
In 2011 and 2012, the editors of DiversityInc magazine named Chrysler Group to the magazine's list of "Top 50 Companies for Diversity." This coveted annual benchmark is comprised of companies the magazine's editors believe are diversity-management leaders.
Over the years, a long line of Chrysler Group employees have received important professional recognition from various diversity organizations, including Black Engineer of the Year, Women of Color, HENAAC Great Minds in STEM and others, reflecting the Company's strong commitment to attracting and developing a diverse, talented workforce.
About Chrysler Group LLC
Chrysler Group LLC, formed in 2009 to establish a global strategic alliance with Fiat S.p.A., produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Mopar, SRT and Fiat vehicles and products. With the resources, technology and worldwide distribution network required to compete on a global scale, the alliance builds on Chrysler Group's culture of innovation, first established by Walter P. Chrysler in 1925, and Fiat's complementary technology that dates back to its founding in 1899.
Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich., Chrysler Group's product lineup features some of the world's most recognizable vehicles, including the Chrysler 300 and Town & Country, Jeep Wrangler, all-new Dodge Dart, Ram 1500, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 and Fiat 500. Fiat contributes world-class technology, platforms and powertrains for small- and medium-size cars, allowing Chrysler Group to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles.
For more information, please visit the Chrysler media site at http://www.media.chrysler.com.
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The AVPC will be hosting the 19th Annual Walk for Life / 5K Run on Saturday, April 20. This year's event will be at the center located at the corner of Fourth hand San Juan.
The AVPC will be hosting the 19th Annual Walk for Life / 5K Run on Saturday, April 20. This year's event will be at the center located at the corner of Fourth hand San Juan. The day's schedule is listed below:
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This event is one of the largest fundraisers for the Arkansas Valley Pregnancy Center and also is a great time to get to know the ministry and its services. At this year's event there will be a bouncy house for the kids as well as some fun games and prizes, face painting, and a BBQ with pulled pork sandwiches and hot dogs. An open house is planned to allow the community to view the building and hear about the ministry.
You can participate in this year's event by picking up a pledge sheet and asking friends and family to sponsor you as you "Walk for Life," or by making a donation to the AVPC. If you are not able to get sponsors we would still love to have you join us for the day and participate in the walk or run. This event is for everyone! Call and ask how your kids can get involved and win a T-shirt and some cool prizes.
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Salvete all,
I'm jusy checking my translations of the P&R and SA questions from Chapter 30 with those of the answer key, and there's a discrepancy in the tenses into which some of the verbs are translated. For example,
P&R No. 2- Videbit quanta fuerit vis illorum verborum felicium
The key translates videbit as "He was seeing" whereas I have it in the fut ind act as "He shall see".
P&R No. 8- Iam cognovi cur clara facta vero non sint facillima
The key has cognovi as "I know" while I have "I have known, I knew".
SA No. 12- ...: verus amor nullum novit habere modum
The key reads "true love knows"; I have "true love has known, knew"
I would put the differences down to minor errors in the answer key, but in the latter two sentences, the key's translations seems a better fit. I'm thinking perhaps that the subjunctive has something to do with it, but I can't see how. So any suggestions would be helpful.


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Ashley Tisdale: 'On The Road' After Party
Ashley Tisdale pulls down the visor in her car as she leaves the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood on Saturday night (November 3).
The 27-year-old actress and BFF Samantha Droke stepped out for the after party for On The Road, which premiered at the AFI Fest earlier in the night.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ashley Tisdale
Recently speaking with omg!Yahoo, Ashley dished on her upcoming DCOM, Cloud 9.
"We have a Disney Channel movie we're producing called Cloud 9 right now and a lot of stuff in development," she shared. "Just yesterday morning before going into work, looking at casting tapes on Cloud 9, but it just takes me back to that moment … I remember when I was in that same room auditioning for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody or High School Musical, and it's just really cool to be making other people's dreams come true."
FYI: Ashley is wearing a Boohoo.com Boutique Amelia Biker Jacket.
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Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Pulmonary Medicine)
My research interests are in tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and global health including ethical issues in global health research. Current research is centered in South Africa and involves collaboration with the Jacobs' lab at Einstein, the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute on TB/HIV (K-RITH), and the Centre for AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA).
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is an important global public health concern because of increasing incidence, low cure rates, and high reported mortality. Nowhere has this increased incidence generated more concern than in South Africa where interactions between TB and generaliz ed HIV/AIDS epidemics are causing explosive increases in TB incidence and TB case-fatality rates. The most drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), is increasingly prevalent in South Africa.
Our team has published describing widespread transmission of MDR-TB and XDR-TB among South African health care workers. We have also shown that female gender is an independent risk factor for XDR-TB in South Africa not explained by higher rates of HIV infection or increased previous treatment for TB.
Our team has described clinical treatment outcomes for patients with XDR-TB and HIV co-infection. Ongoing work includes a cohort study of using later generation fluoroquinolones, and clofazamine, a leprosy drug, for XDR-TB treatment.
Working with the Jacobs lab, I am involved in designing clinical studies to use the fluoromycobacteriaphage assay to quantify response to treatment, predict early treatment outcome, and detect worsening of drug-resistance in real-time among XDR-TB patients on treatment.
O'Donnell MR, Chamblee S, Moreland JL, Marsh BJ, Narita M, Johnson LS, von Reyn CF Horsburgh CR. Sustained reduction in tuberculosis incidence following a community-based participatory intervention. Public Health Act. 2012.
Jain P, Hartman TE, Eisenberg N, O'Donnell MR, Kriakov J, Govender K, Makume M, Thaler DS, Hatfull GF, Sturm AW, Larsen MH, Moodley P, and Jacobs WR. ф2GFP10: A high-intensity fluorophage for detection and rapid drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from sputum samples. J Clin Micro. 2012.
O'Donnell MR, Zelnick J, Werner L, Master I, Loveday M, Horsburgh CR, Padayatchi N. Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Women, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):1942-5.
Brust JC, O'Donnell MR, Metcalfe JZ. TB/HIV: An Orphan Disease? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jun 1;183(11):1441-2.
O'Donnell MR., Chamblee S., Moreland J.L., Johnson J., Marsh B.J., Narita M., Johnson L.S., von Reyn C.F. Horsburgh C.R. Racial Disparities in Primary and Reactivation Tuberculosis in a Rural Community in the Southeastern U.S. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010;14(6):733-40. PMID: 20487612
Horsburgh C.R., O'Donnell MR., Chamblee S., Moreland J.L., Johnson J., Marsh B.J., Narita M., Johnson L.S., von Reyn C.F. Revisiting rates of reactivation tuberculosis: a population-based approach. Am J Resp and Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20395560
O'Donnell MR, Jarand J, Loveday M, Padayatchi N, Zelnick J, Werner L, Naidoo K, Master I, Osburn G, Kvasnovsky C, Shean K, Pai M, Van der Walt M, Horsburgh CR, Dheda K. High Incidence of Hospital Admissions with Multidrug Resistant and Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis among South African Health Care Workers. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010 Oct 19;153(8):516-22.PMID: 20956708
Jarand J, Dheda K, Shean K, O'Donnell M, Loveday M, Kvasnovsky C, Van der Walt M, Adams S, O'Grady J, Willcox P and Zumla A. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) among health care workers in South Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2010 Oct;15(10):1179-84.
O'Donnell MR, Saukkonen JJ. Chapter 161: Antimycobacterial Agents. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 18th Edition. McGraw-Hill Professional. 2010. In press.
Walkey AJ, O'Donnell MR, Soylemez-Wiener R. Linezolid versus Glycopeptide Antibiotics for the Treatment of Suspected Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Nosocomial Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Chest. 2010 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Farber HW, Walkey AJ, O'Donnell MR. Ethical issues associated with globalization of placebo-controlled trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension.J Heart Lung Transplant. Correspondence. 2010 Apr 22. [Epub ahead of print]
O'Donnell MR, Padayatchi N, Master I, Osburn G, Horsburgh CR. Improved early results for patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009; 13:855-61. PMCID: 19 555535
Zelnick J, O'Donnell M. The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on hospital nurses in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: nurses' perspectives and implications for health policy. J Pub Health Policy. 2005; 26(2):163-85 PMCID: 16022210
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Man, 22, accused of killing cat with pellet gun
William Stroud arrested Friday
Man, 22, accused of killing cat with pellet gun
William Stroud arrested Friday
PORT ORANGE, Fla. —
A 22-year-old man is facing animal abuse charges for killing a cat with a pellet gun, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
William Stroud was arrested about two weeks after the shooting was reported to the sheriff's office.
According to witnesses, Stroud pulled up in a car outside a house on 6th Street near Orange City, pointed the gun out the window and shot the cat in a driveway.
The cat ran away and never returned home. It was later found dead in a storm drain hundreds of feet from the house.
One of the witnesses recognized Stroud and called deputies.
Stroud was arrested Friday morning and booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach on $3,000 bond.
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Course Details
EDU740 Exploration of Qualitative Research
This course will introduce educational leaders to concepts and strategies in qualitative research in preparation for conducting independent research. Students will discuss future trends, issues, and problems in academic educational systems. Students will critically understand and develop a qualitative research design as it applies to an educational issue. Course topics will include the framing of research questions, identifying data and data sources, and using theory in the design process. 3 Credits


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About Town
Chorus talent show tonight
The Jamestown Community Center is the place to be this evening as the Jamestown Community Chorus presents their 18th Annual Talent Show, "350 Years: Then and Now," at 7:30 p.m.
An outstanding lineup of performers has been selected by Producer Janet Kirk and Assistant Producer Pat Perry, including some longtime Jamestown favorites and some new additions.
Among those who will perform tonight are the Kathy Brownell Follies, Ava White, Emily Anthony on violin, vocalists Megan Leibovitz, Jeannie Spinosa Glier, and Jessica Wilson, pianist Janet Grant, and the Barbershop group "Just 4 Fun." There will be some wonderful surprises, and of course John Biddle is always a major highlight of the show.
Jim Perry is the director this year, with Andrea von Hohenleiten as assistant director. Frank Darigan will serve as Master of Ceremonies and is sure once again to delight the audience and put performers at ease, as only he can.
A crew of chorus members led by Laura Yentsch and Prim Bullock have been selling raffle tickets in recent weeks and winners will be drawn this evening. Raffle tickets are $1 each, 6 for $5 and will be available at the talent show before the drawing. Prizes are $100, $75, and $50 in Chamber Bucks, redeemable at over 30 businesses in Jamestown.
Refreshments and cold drinks will be offered for sale as well, coordinated by Dianne Reilly and her team.
This summertime event is sure to please young and old alike. Tickets are $7 for general admission, and $5 for seniors and children. Buy them at the door tonight, or earlier at the Secret Garden, Jamestown Hardware, or Baker's Pharmacy. Proceeds from the talent show benefit the Jamestown Community Chorus and its programs.
Annual 'fools' event Saturday
The nationally famous 30th Annual Fools' Rules Regatta, sponsored by the Jamestown Yacht Club will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, on the East Ferry Beach in Jamestown. The rain date will be the following day, Sunday, Aug. 19. This year the regatta is part of the 350th celebration of the founding of Jamestown, and the winner of the theme award will be judged by its historical theme. Construction of the unique sailing craft will begin with the firing of the cannon at 9 a.m. Contestants have two hours to build their vessels from non-marine items.
Entrants compete in one of five classes: one to four persons in respective classes, and the Unlimited Class, for five or more sailing fools. The course is downwind, 500-yards.
Entry forms and rules are available at various Jamestown businesses and on the Jamestown Yacht Club's web site: www.jyc. org. For more information, call 423-1492.
Concert features island band
Summer Music in Jamestown ends its 2007 season with an appearance by the island's own Jamestown Community Band on Sunday, Aug. 19.
The concert will be at East Ferry Memorial Square and will begin at 6:30 p.m. The community band's appearance as the official closing act of the annual concert series has become a Jamestown tradition.
The Jamestown Community Band has put together a concert with a theme to celebrate the last 350 years of music. The band will be conducted by Tony Carter.
This concert is sponsored by Conanicut Marine Services, Island Realty and Trattoria Simpatico. Enjoy the last concert of the summer and the end of Jamestown's 350th Celebration Week.
Film premier at library Aug. 23
Independent filmmaker Jay Craven will be at the Jamestown library on Thursday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. to introduce his film, "Disappearances," in its Rhode Island premiere.
Based on the award-winning novel by Howard Frank Mosher, the film is a spellbinding tale of high-stakes whiskey smuggling, a family's mysterious past, and a young boy's rite of passage. Quebec Bill, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered cattle herd at the end of a long winter, resorts to whiskey smuggling, a traditional family occupation. He takes his son, Wild Bill, on an unforgettable journey that will long remain etched in the viewer's mind, through the vast reaches of the Canadian wilderness and into a haunted and elusive past. What they find is the stuff of genuine legend.
The film stars Kris Kristofferson, Genevieve Bujold, and 15- year-old Charlie McDermott in a performance that has garnered much praise.
This free program, for both teens and adults, is sponsored by the Friends of the Jamestown Philomenian Library.
Library science program for kids
Children entering grades 3 through 6 are invited to participate in Pow!Science!'s Spy Science today, Aug. 16, at 3 p.m. at the Jamestown library.
Registration is required for this free, 45-minute program. Visit the library at 26 North Road or call 423-7280 to register.
Participants in Pow!Science!'s Spy Science program must never reveal the secret experiments and tricks of the spy trade they will learn in this exciting exploration of codes and cyphers, chemical analysis and dactylography (fingerprinting).
Pow!Science! recommends that all agents-in-training be in at least third grade for this program because reading and writing skills are required for maximum enjoyment.
This program is part of the Summer Reading Program, "Get a Clue @ Your Library" and is sponsored by the Friends of Jamestown Philomenian Library, the RI Office of Library and Information Services, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, McDonald's Restaurants of Rhode Island and the Citizens Bank Foundation.
Garden club to have summer fete
The Quononoquott Garden Club will meet at St. Matthew's Parish Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, at 11 a.m. President Gloria Westlake will conduct the business meeting as is customary, but there is no scheduled program.
Later in the evening, a "Seaside Sunset Celebration" will take place at the home of club member, Susan Little and her husband, Bruce Turner, beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, call hospitality team leader Suzi Andrews at 423-1460.
Military families' ice cream social
The Jamestown Military Spouses Group will hold a "Welcome to Jamestown" ice cream social on Thursday, Aug. 23, at 1:30 p.m. at 830 East Shore Rd.
New military families, Jamestown families who volunteered to be pen pals for the incoming group, or anyone who wants to meet the newcomers is invited to attend.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Julie at 560-0112, or Adrienne at 560-0145.


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Message to Faculty and Staff on Enrollment
Friday, March 6, 2009
TO: Faculty and Staff
Over the next few weeks, thousands of students seeking admission to San José State's fall 2009 freshmen class will receive news from us on the status of their applications. Many applicants, 10,680 individuals, will receive admission packages along with letters confirming their provisional acceptances. At nearly the same time, 4,400 additional qualified freshmen applicants will learn that we cannot accommodate them this fall, and will be encouraged to seek alternatives.
Turning away prospective students is a tremendously difficult step, one rooted in the financial crisis that has gripped our state, nation and world. I am writing today to update you on how the economic downturn has affected our admissions process and to ask for your help explaining our dilemma to students, parents and others who value and understand the integral role we play in educating Silicon Valley's workforce in support of our regional and state economy.
First, a reminder of how we reached this juncture. In recent years, funding has declined at the same time we experienced a spike in the number of graduating high school seniors. So we have more demand for our services than ever while our resources, principally state general funds, are stagnant -- if not shrinking. These circumstances forced us to choose between compromising educational quality and limiting accessibility.
On November 20, 2008, California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed decided to preserve educational quality by declaring systemwide impaction, essentially capping enrollment. The chancellor asked every campus to adhere to 2007-2008 enrollment targets because the state had failed to provide additional funding since that time. For San José State, this means a nine percent reduction in enrollment, which equates to a headcount of approximately 29,750 in 2009-2010, down from a headcount of approximately 32,750 in 2008-2009.
Under systemwide impaction, each CSU campus has a designated local area, which is Santa Clara County in San José State's case. Local applicants are given preference over other applicants as a means of providing students statewide with access to at least one CSU campus.
Here is the good news. We offered admission to all qualified freshmen applicants attending Santa Clara County high schools. We also offered admission to all qualified freshmen applicants who attended high schools outside Santa Clara County and who applied prior to November 20 when Chancellor Reed declared impaction.
However, we will be unable to accommodate freshmen applicants who attended high school outside Santa Clara County and applied after the chancellor declared impaction. In December, we warned all members of this group of this possibility, and encouraged them to consider alternatives, including CSU East Bay and community colleges.
Here is how impaction will affect other students and applicants:
- Over time, continuing students in good standing should benefit from impaction. Reducing the number of new students on campus will allow us to concentrate our resources on existing students.
- We will admit nearly 4,200 community college transfers. This group includes upper-division transfers from local community colleges and non-local upper-division transfers who applied before November 20.
- We are still working through admissions for non-local upper-division transfers who applied after the chancellor declared impaction.
- Our provost is working with the dean of each college to consider admissions for graduate students and credential candidates.
- We were unable to admit lower-division community college transfers or applicants seeking second bachelor's degrees. We notified all such applicants of this in December, and urged them to seek alternatives.
Our goal is to reach an enrollment number that matches the state funding we receive. This is perhaps the first time in history that state budget cuts have forced us to turn away qualified applicants, and this will cause consternation in our community. Again, I am writing you so that you may better understand why we have taken this unprecedented step.
This process is complicated, and we ask that you share your questions and concerns with Associate Vice President for Public Affairs Larry Carr at 408-924-1166. Please refer individual applicants in need of assistance to Interim Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions Deanna Gonzales at 408-924-2013.
President Jon Whitmore


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Recall back in January 2011, that I profiled the cool tool, FineBuild for SQL Server, which helps you configure and quickly deploy installations of SQL Server. Not only does FineBuild help you install a new SQL Server using the settings and configuration options you desire, it goes a few steps further by ensuring that any additional programs, tools, and utilities are also installed.
Ed Vassie, the creator of FineBuild, has revised and improved the tools since I last wrote about it. Ed has naturally added a number of bug fixes and documentation improvements. Several new features are also included with the v3.0.x release of FineBuild, such as support for clustering on SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 (code-named "Denali"). FineBuild now supports Data Quality Services installation, a feature new with the release of SQL Server 2012.
Be sure to check out the latest release at sqlserverfinebuild.codeplex.com.
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Residenza Muropadri
We are located right in the city centre of Verona, the Arena and the picturesque Piazza delle Erbe can be reached with a short walk.
We have spacious bedrooms with private bathrooms, a lounge room with international books and magazines, a CD player with a choice of classical and operatic music; all of which welcome you after a day in Verona.
One of the bedrooms also has a small balcony looking on to an alley.
Buffet breakfast can be enjoyed at any time in the morning, the minibar with bottles of water and soft drinks is completely free; finally slippers, terry towels and soap will make your stay more comfortable.
In summertime, you can enjoy the cool air of the ceiling fan.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
B&B Facilities & Policies
- Free Breakfast
- Ceiling Fan
- Child Friendly
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Free WiFi
- No Curfew
- Taxes not included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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By BUS:
Monday to saturday: from Porta Nuova Railway Station TAKE BUS 73 and get off in Piazza Isolo; from there walk ahead and turn left into via Carducci; at the bottom of it, turn right into Via Muropadri: the Residenza is at n.8
Sunday, bank holidays and night bus: BUS 91 from Porta Nuova station; get off in via Muropadri
>I by car: get out at VERONA SUD on the Milan-Venice highway; then follow the indications to VERONA CENTRO, Giardini Giusti and Teatro Romano and you will easily find Via Muropadri.
>You can also choose the VERONA EST exit: in this case, after the indications to VERONA CENTRO, you will find yourself in front of PORTA VESCOVO: go through this ancient gate and you will soon find Via Muropardri.
>In Via Paradiso there is a private parking with a limited number of places; yet not far away, in PIAZZA ISOLO, there is a large parking area.
Located Near
the Residenza Muropadri is located right in the town centre in the neighborhood of Veronetta , Just a few steps from the Giusti Gardens and a short walk from the Roman Theatre,
>The Arena and the picturesque Piazza delle Erbe can also be reached with a short walk through Via Carducci and across the Ponte Nuovo.


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sloooowWednesday, January 18, 2012
I am knitting, I promise. However, this hat has put me in a bit of a funk. The yarn is yummy but wearing thin cause row 15 has been knit and reknit a few too many times. Oy. I finally got smart and put markers in between every 24 st pattern repeat. Hoping that will help out my brain.
Charlie reminded me that I used to make a lot more cookies.
Big, chewy and full of flavor.
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hi you! thanks for the cookie recipe link. xo.ReplyDelete
that hat will be gorgeous when done, but i BET it's slow going on size 4 needles!ReplyDelete
that hat will be gorgeous when done, but i BET it's slow going on size 4 needles!ReplyDelete
Yum! Cookies!ReplyDelete
I love the hat. I've made about 20 this winter, but only because they were small-child sized, mostly with bulky yarn. It's been a fun thing to do. I tried a couple of cable patterns of my own, which resulted in some cool texture, but slightly odd patterns...
Thank goodness it was for a 4yo who lives for bright colors and crazy patterns! I finally started one on a size 5 needle, with a sport-weight yarn. Yay for pretty, lacy hats!
Bake that boy more cookies! He'll grow way too fast!
That hat is gorgeous. I've added it to my queue. I'm in the luvinthemommyhood's Warm Up Winter KAL and that hat will be a great knit for that.ReplyDelete
The cookies look great. I made some Lemon Snowdrops cookies today that I stumbled across from Pinterest.
They were delicious and so easy. You should give them a try and the other recipe that led me to these are great too. California Dreamin' Cookies. Just a couple more ideas for your cookie repertoire.
Your hat is beautiful. The cookies look tasty. Had the hide the page from the hubs as I read it.I didn't want him to get any ideas.ReplyDelete
I had a scarf that every time I got to row 17 I had to start over. It's in the stash box now. Thanks for the recipe I love sugar cookies.ReplyDelete
Beautiful hat. I hate when something that should be easy gets me. Good plan to use markers. Oy. I will be making these cookies today for our time at the park. I do always appreciate your weekly or whenever cookie recipes.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/19/2012
OOO, know what you mean! I had started a lace ribbon scarf back in the fall and tried to finish it before Thanksgiving. Somewhere along the line (never figured out where) I had messed up and I ripped back about 7 or 8 times. I picked it up several times, and every time, it kept getting off. I finally threw it in my bag to "cool off" from it. I took it out after the holidays and went back 2 rows and sailed along just perfectly!!! It is now finished! GOSH! REALLY!?ReplyDelete
So good to hear you are back at your knitting! ~Jan
Your cookies look delicious, Leslie! I also love the yarn you're using for your new hat. Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
both your projects look delicious...I really need to pick up my needles and get stitching! Enjoy your days!ReplyDelete
Oh, so delicious.ReplyDelete