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WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — November 19, 2013 — Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), today announced that Digital Media Professionals (DMP) has qualified the Questa® functional verification platform for use on its advanced graphics IP that implements DMP's advanced algorithms. DMP also uses the Questa functional verification platform on its portfolio of 3D and 2D graphics system-on-chip (SoC) solutions to meet the diverse needs of customers such as performance, function, gate size and cost.
DMP is recognized as the leading IP supplier in the embedded graphics device market with its high performance algorithm to bring stunning results for both 2D vector and 3D graphics. The company's solutions are widely adopted in mobile, home, amusement, car and many more electronic product application areas.
The Questa functional verification platform was chosen because it provides a full complement of verification capabilities, from planning to testbench implementation and results analysis, all tuned to extract the most value and efficiency from the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), the industry-standard functional verification methodology, which DMP uses for its verification infrastructure.
An example of this tuning is DMP's use of the Questa platform in a specification-driven flow to create correct-by-construction register models automatically for their verification environment. The UVM register package was created to support verification of complex IP and SoCs, which employ large numbers of registers, but modeling the registers for verification by hand is a labor-intensive and error-prone process. Using the Questa platform, DMP engineers can simply import register definitions from a spreadsheet or other specification and instantly create their register verification models, as well as automated tests for the entire register set.
"Customers using our graphics IP are facing intense competition in the market, and are often forced to change the product specification at late stages of the product development cycle," said Eisaku Ohbuchi, director, Core Technology Development, Digital Media Professionals Inc. "By using the Questa register assistant features, we find that our engineers keep up with customers' demand for specification changes in a very flexible manner while maintaining a sharp focus on all the other aspects of verification."
"The qualification of the Questa functional verification platform for DMP's graphics IP will provide significant value to the many silicon suppliers who are our mutual customers," said John Lenyo, vice president and general manager, Design Verification Technology (DVT) Division, Mentor Graphics. "Mentor's functional verification team pioneered much of the work that now defines the UVM, and we continue to invest heavily in tool development and infrastructure to make our users more productive. From advanced debug and visualization of UVM testbenches, to unique stimulus and coverage tools that plug into UVM environments, we are committed to provide our customers with the best platform for functional verification."
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Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in the last fiscal year of nearly $1,090 million. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
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Not long ago, many city residents' feelings about their town had sunk so low that a parade of local leaders eagerly signed up to join a city pride-building campaign that featured their pictures in a flurry of newspaper ads.
DAYTONA BEACH — Not long ago, many city residents' feelings about their town had sunk so low that a parade of local leaders eagerly signed up to join a city pride-building campaign that featured their pictures in a flurry of newspaper ads.
Now, less than three years later, far fewer people need a pep talk to feel good about Daytona Beach.
As 2013 gets ready to begin, investors are planning to build at least two new hotels on the oceanfront. Daytona International Speedway is positioning itself for a huge burst of new development and construction will soon be under way on a new museum that will house the expansive collection of Florida paintings donated by Cici and Hyatt Brown.
The doors are getting ready to open on the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Center, the second of two new community centers built in the past year. And Halifax Health Medical Center is poised to transform 77 acres of vacant forest into a mix of new businesses.
Many residents and city leaders give much of the praise for that lineup to Glenn Ritchey, who ended his six years as mayor last month, and they also give pats on the back to the city commissioners who served under Ritchey, and City Manager Jim Chisholm.
"Anything good that's happening now can be traced directly to Glenn Ritchey," said longtime resident and former Museum of Arts & Sciences executive director Gary Libby. "It would not have happened without Glenn Ritchey."
With a new mayor and two new city commissioners in office now, several local leaders say they're confident the new elected officials will maintain the momentum. And most of the elected officials say they plan to keep the city on the same course.
The coming projects include:
- Daytona International Speedway and International Speedway Corporation have received permission to overhaul the grandstands and undertake a transformation of 663 acres around the track and across the street on the north side of International Speedway Boulevard. In coming decades, the development could add new hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, movie theaters, shops and possibly a casino or two if state law changes to allow them.
- Two oceanfront hotel projects — one at Oakridge Boulevard and A1A, and the other just south of Sun Splash Park. The first, a $100 million complex by Russian hotel developers, would have two towers, 29 stories and 26 stories, with 500 hotel rooms and 105 condos. The second, by a Canadian investment and development company, would add two 20-story condo/hotels with a total of 900 units. Both could break ground next summer if the developers receive the necessary approvals from government officials in coming months.
- The Museum of Arts & Sciences hopes to begin construction by April 1 on the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, which will house the most extensive collection of Florida paintings in the world. The Browns donated the 2,600 oil and watercolor works for the new museum. They also are donating $13 million for design and construction.
- Halifax Health Medical Center has received permission for a planned master development that could include apartments, hotels, restaurants, shops, professional offices and medical buildings on 77.5 acres behind the Kmart on International Speedway Boulevard.
"I'm tremendously excited about many of the opportunities presented to us," said new Zone 1 City Commissioner Carl Lentz, who noted he's also happy the Daytona Cubs signed a new 10-year contract to stay in town.
"I think we're moving in the right direction," said new Mayor Derrick Henry. "We have to continue to be the friendliest city possible. Lots of cities are competing to take away some of the business we have now."
A lot of that competition is for special events, and Henry said he's not going to stifle the huge gatherings of race fans, bikers and Spring Breakers.
"I do not advocate throwing out what we've been for the last 40 or 50 years," said the 43-year-old Henry, a lifelong resident who was sworn in as mayor last month. "I don't believe in seismic shifts unless you have something major to move toward. You don't get rid of events that have brought in a substantial amount of money. Why would we give away our hold on it?"
Henry said the majority of people he talked to on the campaign trail support events such as Bike Week, and he thinks those big tourist parties can co-exist with the improvements and redevelopment that local leaders hope is coming throughout the city.
He said he's not sure if he'll support the push to extend Biketoberfest from four days to 10 days, but he noted he's "comfortable with bike events as they are."
Ritchey agrees that Daytona Beach needs to capitalize on its tourist-based economy.
"I believe the economic benefits we derive from attracting tourists is something other communities would be desirous of having," said Ritchey, co-owner, president and CEO of the Hall/Ritchey Automotive Group in Daytona Beach. "I think the positives (of special events) outweigh the negatives. These events do create an economic engine."
The Speedway's sprawling new development, for example, will mean a larger tax base, and that tax money can be invested in infrastructure to improve the city, he said.
Ritchey said he doesn't think special events are eroding the city's ability to attract new businesses.
"To me, it's about continuing to execute the plan that's in place," he said.
City Commissioner Patrick Henry, the mayor's older brother, said he sees "special events as a way of infusing money into the city for restaurants, hotels and convenience stores. It allows them to make it through the rest of the year."
But Patrick Henry said he feels special events need to be supplemented so the city doesn't totally rely on them.
"We need to bring big manufacturing in," he said.
Local activist Norma Bland is working to bring one special event back to Daytona Beach: Black College Reunion. Bland said there's no reason it shouldn't be allowed to return.
"If we support one special event, we should support them all," she said. "We need to have something to generate money so taxes don't go up."
What most everyone seems to agree on is that more businesses will help the city. Libby said he thinks Henry "realizes if we don't have business development we can't lift up the city."
"I'm hoping the foundation that's been laid by the previous City Commission will give momentum to the economic turnaround and we'll pull out of the local downturn," Libby said. "The seeds planted under Ritchey, the slow strengthening economy and cheap land here will make this part of Florida very attractive and give us huge potential to move forward."
Ritchey said he feels the city is in capable hands now.
"I have all the confidence in the world they'll execute and deliver on the opportunities," Ritchey said. "As a community, we've started to see positive growth again. I'm very excited and enthusiastic about the future of the community."

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For those Morehouse Parish residents who love garage sales, prepare yourself to conveniently shop them all day via many garage sales under one roof, during the 2nd Annual Garage Sale – Flea Market on March 2 at the Morehouse Activity Center (MAC.)
As a way to raise money for maintenance needed at the MAC, the board of directors attempted this event last year, with much success. They hosting another one this year, and hoping to bring in a crowd that's equal to the last.
Board member Ruby Collins is coordinating the event this year. She said 17 vendors have already signed up.
"We had 30 booths last year," she said. "I'm hoping to have that many or more this year."
Board president Jimmy Christmas said that with the large amount of vendors, a large crowd turned out to shop.
"We had at least 300 people come out," Christmas said. "Just about everything you can imagine is sold by vendors. The only thing we don't allow to be sold at these events is animals."
Collins said the items that will be available in the garage sale will range from new to used items and jewelry to tupperware.
"There'll be regular garage sale items, but there will also be antiques, candles, home décor, handmade blankets and Kraftmans will be selling their cookbooks,"she said. "At least 10 of the vendors who signed up this year are repeat vendors from last year. They did so well, they're coming back."
Christmas said one of the reasons this event was successful, it's because the covered arena keeps everyone dry if there were bad weather.
"If there's inclement weather, it won't matter because the arena is covered," he said.
Collins added that instead of driving and shopping all day, it's more convenient having them in one location.
"Rather than travel all over the place, save your gas and come get everything you want in one spot," she said.
The Garage Sale- Flea Market will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 2 at the MAC. Admission is $2 per car, which includes parking.
"We're going to have food vendors this year," Collins said. "This will be great way for churches or youth groups to raise money for their organizations."


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Looking to return to winning ways in the MLS Reserve League, Vancouver Whitecaps FC reserves (1W-1L-1D) travel to The City of Roses to take on Pacific Northwest rivals Portland Timbers reserves (2W-1L-0D) on Sunday afternoon. Kickoff from JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Oregon, is set for 2 p.m. PT.
You can watch Sunday's Reserve League match on a live stream HERE or follow on Twitter @WhitecapsFC
The 'Caps second string will be looking to bounce back from last month's 3-0 home defeat to the Timbers reserves at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC, by earning their first Reserve League result over their Cascadia foes. Portland's second string are 3W-0L-0D all-time versus their Vancouver counterparts since both clubs started playing in the Reserve League last season. Yet, Whitecaps FC's only Reserve League win this season came on the road when they won 2-1 at San Jose Earthquakes reserves on April 8.
Led by assistant coaches Carl Robinson (pictured left) and Paul Ritchie (pictured right), the 'Caps reserves will include members of Vancouver's first-team squad that see limited to no action in Saturday's big MLS clash between these two Cascadia Cup rivals at JELD-WEN Field on Saturday night. Recent Homegrown player signing Caleb Clarke is part of Vancouver's travelling roster, as is Whitecaps FC Residency centre back Daniel Stanese.
The 'Caps reserves have three more home matches during their 2012 Reserve League campaign. Those three remaining home matches will be held at Thunderbird Stadium on the campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC): Tuesday, June 12, against LA Galaxy reserves; Monday, July 23, against Chivas USA reserves; and Monday, September 10, against San Jose Earthquakes reserves. Kickoff for all three matches at Thunderbird Stadium is set for 11 a.m. PT and admission is free of charge.


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The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. – John Kenneth GalbraithThe western embargo against Iran's oil seems to be running into a buzz saw. The success of any embargo will be conditioned on two variables: 1) whether Saudi Arabia can quickly ramp up production to meet European demand, and 2) whether China and Japan will cooperate. Now, after a two-week delay, Iran is making its own chess move by cutting off supplies to French and British oil companies. With a full European embargo now in effect, the final blow will be delivered by Iran itself. AP reports that Asia has given Europe and the U.S. a "polite" bush off, with China going so far as to increase Iranian imports.
It should be pointed out that when Libya shut down production, the Saudis took it as an opportunity to game the market and little else. Forcing higher production also comes with costs, namely it harms the oil fields. Added production would also involve heavy crude, which the market doesn't really want. Furthermore, Saudi production is already near full capacity. Finally, shipping 0.6 Mb/d more per day to Europe will involve passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and that would be a direct affront to Iran and something Saudi Arabia might wish to avoid. One of the many under-reported stories in the West is that the Saudis have already made special arrangements to send 100% of their contracted oil to Japan and China. So it appears that the argument that Saudi Arabia will simply ramp up output to meet European demand is nothing more than cheap talk by spin doctors.
With oil spiking once again and these developments, the timing of the latest story of an LTRO bazooka couldn't be more stunning. Besides shooting itself in the foot, Europe may now be setting up to blow its head off by delivering a new large round of LTRO so that speculators can run amok in the energy markets. Expanding the availability of cheap credit right now in exchange for toxic assets strikes me as the height of folly.
Elsewhere in this geopolitical chess game, the U.S. National Security Advisor showed up in Israel this weekend to make a plea "to let sanctions work" [Washington Post]. With its nuclear program proceeding rapidly and with effective reverse embargoes underway against Europe, Iran surely must be pleased with how the game is playing out. Elsewhere Saturday, two Iranian warships got away with delivering arms for Bashar Assad's crackdown without U.S. or Israeli interference. They docked at Tartus port Saturday alongside a Russian naval flotilla, symbolizing their joint effort to preserve Assad.
On Jan. 20, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu advised the visiting chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey [Debka], that the time for action against Iran was now. This week, the Israeli press (but not in the West) reported Netanyahu as saying that embargoes against Iran weren't working. Debka, which is widely seen as a mouthpiece for Israeli views, has circulated the rhetoric, saying that Netanyahu feels cheated and betrayed by the U.S. [US-Israel Relations in Crisis]'
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Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti is joining Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton's quest to win the Republican nomination for governor, cementing a ticket mostly based on financial need.
Lauretti on Friday confirmed he will seek the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and run with Boughton, who earned the right to wage a primary for the gubernatorial nomination during the GOP nominating convention last weekend.
"We both know what it's like to be a mayor," said Lauretti, who failed to gain his party's nomination for governor or qualify for a primary. "I talked to all of the candidates about this arrangement. It's not any particular preference, although there are a lot of similarities between Boughton and myself. I think it's a good fit for Mark and for us. I hope it bears fruit."
For Boughton, Lauretti is his second running mate this week. Heather Bond Somers earlier in the week opted out of the ticket and decided to seek the nomination for lieutenant governor on her own, handing the Danbury mayor a major financial setback because he was counting on her to help raise the remaining qualifying contributions to receive public campaign financing.
Boughton cited Lauretti's years of experience, success as Shelton's mayor and ability to raise money as reasons for the union.
"Between us, we have 35 years of municipal service," Boughton said. "We are both mayors and know how to fill a pothole. And he has significant fundraising potential."
Lauretti's first task is to obtain 8,190 signatures by June 10 to qualify for the Aug. 12 Republican primary. Boughton and Lauretti have until July 10 to raise, in increments of $100 or less, $250,000 needed to qualify for $1.25 million in public financing for the primary.
If successful, the ticket will face Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Foley and Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, who also garnered enough convention votes to qualify for the gubernatorial primary.
A spokesman for Foley did not respond to an email seeking comment on the new ticket. A call to McKinney was not returned.
State Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo declined comment on the GOP's latest political marriage.
But Boughton supporters were glad to hear he had a plan to stay in the running.
Matt Grimes, the Republican Town Committee chairman in Brookfield, said Lauretti will strengthen Boughton's chances and draw Naugatuck Valley interest to the race.
Grimes said he will vote for Boughton for governor, but still supports GOP nominee Penny Bacchiochi for lieutenant governor.
"I'm a strong supporter of Mayor Boughton and Lauretti has a distinguished record. I think he's a better running mate than Heather," Grimes said. "But I'm still going to vote for Penny. The primary is the only time we get to vote for lieutenant governor."
Boughton said so far he has raised about $170,000 in qualifying contributions and said Lauretti raised about $150,000 for his failed quest for the GOP nomination for governor. Lauretti's contributions, however, must be returned since he's now seeking a different office.
"We are working out a system where we will mail back checks and ask for a new one. Mark has done well fundraising," Boughton said.
None of the GOP gubernatorial hopefuls can match Foley's immense personal wealth, which makes qualifying for public funds crucial to their campaigns. Foley narrowly lost to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy during the 2010 campaign and is virtually tied with Malloy in the most recent polls.


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Laura Ehlers is going to spend her spring teaching life confidence.
And shes going to do it with a racket and tennis balls on the tennis court.
Honestly, tennis has been the one constant in my life that gives me confidence, said Ehlers, the brand new Durango High School girls tennis coach.
Its the constant positive in my life. Even if you lose, theres got to be something positive.
With 40 years of tennis-playing experience under her belt, Ehlers is in a position to know.
Originally from Ohio, Ehlers moved to Durango four years ago, where she now works as a substitute teacher for the school district. Ehlers replaces Reagyn Germer, whose head coaching tenure lasted through one boys season in the fall. The position was vacant up until last month.
Ehlers also has taught a variety of tennis fitness classes, experience she hopes to bring to DHS this season.
The Demons will need it.
Of last years team, only a handful of varsity players remain after graduation attrition.
Its a building year, she said.
But Ehlers has got plenty of blocks to build with: 21 girls in all came out for the team this spring.
Ehlers hopes to have something to share with all of them.
Her goals?
Its really to have fun, Ehlers said.
Fun mixed in with fundamental skills for the new players and new strategies to season play for the experienced ones.
The Demons have struggled so far this season, losing to Steamboat Springs 6-1 on Thursday before a tough Western Slope tournament last weekend.
Both basics and seasonings will be on display Tuesday, when the Demons host Montezuma-Cortez in their home opener at 4 p.m. at DHS.


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It is no small feat to move nearly 8 terabytes of email data to a cloud-based messaging and collaboration system. But try doing it in six months.
Name of Project: Cloud-based Email Service
Office: National Archives and Records Administration
Technology: Google Apps for Government messaging and collaboration software; Exchange My Mail, a provider of BlackBerry hosting services; and ZL Technologies' United Archive, which provides cloud-based message storage and electronic records management.
Time to implementation: Six months
Before: NARA's email was on an aging, 15-year-old client/server system that was expensive to maintain and prevented the agency from aligning records management with emerging technologies such as cloud computing, mobility and social media.
After: The move to the cloud has improved the workforce's collaboration and mobility, giving them a suite of features for email, collaboration, archiving and records management with full search functions and seamless integration with NARA's authentication system.
The National Archives and Records Administration, keeper and preserver of the nation's records, faced such a task when it decided late last year to move nearly 5,000 employees' email to the Google Apps for Government cloud-based messaging and collaboration suite.
"We were running on the same email system for about 15 years, a client/server-based system, and some of our users had email going back to the late 1990s. So just from a cultural standpoint it was a major move for us," said Brian Connor, NARA's technical lead for the project.
Not only did officials face the daunting task of moving massive amounts of data, but the project also involved linking three distinct cloud environments to accommodate NARA's messaging, mobility and records management requirements.
Yet the agency completed the project in six months — "lightning speed for NARA," Connor said — thanks in large part to the introduction of multidisciplinary, "integrated project teams" composed of both NARA and contractor experts. Led by primary contractor Unisys, the teams brought together management and technical expertise ranging from migration to authentication, security and records management so that knowledgeable people were in place as important policy decisions were made during the transition.
Senior management also made sure that employees were prepared for the migration via online training and regular meetings.
Another key step: The teams overcame some of the technical challenges of the migration by setting up a system for dual delivery of email and allowing data to be moved prior to a full-scale user migration. Email was migrated to staffers' new mailboxes in Googles Apps while they were still receiving email in the old system, Connor said.
Security was another hot button, especially since three different clouds were being linked. Google Apps for Government's messaging and collaboration services had to be connected with Exchange My Mail, a provider of BlackBerry hosting services, and ZL Technologies' United Archive, a cloud-based records management system.
To ensure security across these systems, NARA had to conduct a strict review of all of the providers' security plans. The team also had to make sure the ZL Technologies archive had sufficient redundancy and that the agency could retain ownership of data.
NARA officials haven't calculated precisely how much the agency has saved by moving to the cloud yet. Improvements in the employees' collaboration and mobility experiences are easier to measure. Prior to going live with Google Apps in spring 2013, only about 200 employees had remote access to email. Now the entire workforce has that capability via a secure portal.
Since users can access email through their Web browsers, IT administrators do not have to maintain client software on desktops. Employees also have more access agencywide because they can access email from any workstation. Additionally, data can be shared through features such as Google Drive, which lets different people work collaboratively on the same document at the same time, Connor said.
Key members of the team besides Connor included Aaron Woo, project manager; Hannah Bergman, NARA's assistant general counsel; Michael Wash, CIO; and Leo Scanlon, chief information security officer.
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Does integration with Google cloud open NARA up to security vulnerabilities they didn't previously have?
The migration was completed in April 2013, so NARA has now been operating in Google for over 6 months. Things continue to operate very well and arguably even better than they did during the initial breaking in period!
I was on NARA's project team; NARA's Cloud Email solution will comply with Capstone and capture all Senior Officials' emails in the ZL Tech Unified Archive platform that is integrated with NARA's Google Apps for Government solution. The ZL product provides NARA with e-Discovery, Archiving, and Records Management capabilities.
This is going to be interesting to follow. While the article seems to make it sound as if this all went seamlessly (like the City of LA when it moved to Google), here as well, the "proof will be in the pudding".
Let's see where this is 6 months from now, or a year.
And what about Capstone? How will this shift work with the rollout of Capstone for email content that is a record and is generated by/sent to Senior Agency Officials and must be retained permanently?
Amazing to see government agencies step up to the challenge of embracing new technology. Moving to the cloud will have a powerful impact on the way the NARA does business!
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i have a smog system, but its non functional... i pluged the tubes and gutted the pump..incidentally, I added a crossover over the weekend.and it was 100% the correct decision I made... it eliminated the untolerable crackle or raspiness that the system had.... it is still loud, but the best sounding system i've ever heard.... when you get on it, it crackles like it should, but under part throttle and routine driving, it isn't uncontrollable like it was prior to the crossover tube.Aaron


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Well, that was a refreshing break from blogging. Something we all need from time to time. Something we don't need is a break from cycling. And as mentioned previously, I'm very happy that my break from cycling is over. I've been back on the bike for about two and a half weeks, and it feels great. I haven't been on any long rides yet, just to and from work or the store. After just a couple days on the Raleigh, I switched back to my regular day-to-day bike, a 2005 Cannondale flat-bar roadbike (or "performance hybrid" if you prefer). The Raleigh is certainly a distinctive ride, but sometimes I just want to get to work or get home without lugging 40 pounds of steel around. I've had no issues with pain in my collarbone, so everything seems to be going fine. Instead, my ankle has been bothering me, so I've laid off the clipless pedals for a while. Instead, I'm rocking it like a retro-grouch with my Keens.
But enough about me, It's bike month!
What's that? Bike Month was May and I hardly blogged at all? Oh well…. I was all set to mark Bike To Work Week since it was the first full week that I was able to actually ride my bike. Of course, BTWW is not much of a challenge to me, so I decided to participate in BTWW on "expert" level: Bike To Work While Wearing a Tie Week:
I couldn't quite complete the expert level. The temptations of "casual Friday" are to great for me, so I left the tie at home. Still, four days in a row while wearing tie, that's good for something, right?
Besides, it was wicked cold:
The temperatures got a little better for the concentrated glory that is "Bike To Work Day" (The Friday of BTWW). I missed BTWD last year because I was visiting family in Olathe KS, where I joined fellow blogger, commuterDude on his bicycle commute. (This limited-edition collabo resulted in my most epic post ever). Unfortunately, I missed the BTWD festivities this year because I had to be at work at 6:30 AM. I took a coffee break a little after 9:00 AM, and rolled up to the WWI memorial where all of the bike commuters were supposed to gather. Only two bike commuters remained, one holding a sack of mini-bagels. As the last commuter to join the fun, I got the bagels as my reward. GCPVD was there, and captured a few pictures including this one which I believe I have annotated just enough for it to qualify as "fair use."
The orange arrow points to our mayor, Angel Tavares. He is usually driven around in a Hybrid SUV (which was purchased during his predecessor's administration), so it's nice to see him on a bike. I don't know who the woman next to him is (indicated by the yellow arrow), but she is looking the most "cycle chic" out of the collection of commuters that day. I've used a green lightning bolt to indicate a set of Zipp carbon wheels on a carbon road racing bike. Perhaps not the best commuter bike choice, but hey, I guess some people drive to work in a Porsche, so why not ride a racing bike to work? Really, I'm just jealous of his coffee mug that fits in a water bottle cage – I've got to get myself one of those!
Something else I need to get (at the suggestion of reader, V.):
Now that's a bike fit for a contraption captain!
I've heard that one of these has been spotted on the East Bay Bike Path. The first reader to provide pics gets…. um. I don't really have any prizes. How about some of my expert-level gratitude?


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Do you ask your clients why they have a website?
This is exactly what I ask when I talk with a new client. And if he don't have an answer different from "because my competitor does" then I don't spend more time with him. Maybe other webagencies will make the job, not me!


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Advice on the Department of Energy's Cleanup Technology Roadmap: Gaps and Bridges (2009)Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for removing or remediating radioactive waste and other contamination from its former nuclear weapons production sites. The job is expected to cost between about $265 billion and $305 billion over the next 30 years. DOE has stated that the work, which is being conducted by its Office of Environmental Management, is one of the most technically challenging and complex cleanup efforts in the world. The Office of Environmental Management asked the National Academies to convene a committee to assist in preparing a congressionally requested engineering and technology roadmap to support the cleanup effort. The committee's report identifies 13 technology gaps in areas of tank waste retrieval and processing, groundwater and soil remediation, and facility deactivation and decommissioning. Medium- to longer-term research and development (R&D) to bridge these gaps, as described in this report, can enhance the ability to meet cleanup milestones on time and/or on budget. The report recommends that the Office of Environmental Management: (1) improve its roadmap so that it clearly details the role of R&D in the cleanup mission, (2) use the roadmap as a primary tool for engaging in R&D partnerships with other DOE offices and federal agencies, the national laboratories, universities, and the private sector; and for communicating its R&D needs and accomplishments to DOE management and to Congress.


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Plan view map of the multi-scale Pioneer Array in the context of other regional observing elements. A moored array will be centered at the shelf break in the Middle-Atlantic Bight south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. AUVs will sample the frontal region in the vicinity of the moored array, and gliders will resolve mesoscale features on the outer shelf and the slope sea between the shelf break front and the Gulf Stream.


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'Canes hoping to contend
In 2010, the Warwick Vets girls' tennis team fielded a young squad and finished 2-10. Last year, with a veteran lineup, the 'Canes went 10-4 and earned a playoff berth.
As the 2012 season gets going, the 'Canes are somewhere between those two identities. They have veterans at the top, experienced doubles players who are new to singles and a host of players who are completely new to tennis rounding out the ladder.
It'll make for an interesting season. The 'Canes hope it's another positive one.
"We've got a real mix," said head coach Brian Palazzo. "We have the returning players, but we have a lot of new players who are actually new to the sport. So it's going to be a growing process for us. I would say we're going to be in the mix."
Leading the way for the 'Canes is junior Lauren Smith. She burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2010 and went undefeated at No. 3 singles. Last year, she moved up to No. 2 and went undefeated again.
This year, Smith will be playing No. 1 singles. It'll be a bigger challenge, but Palazzo expects more success.
"Lauren Smith hasn't lost a match in two years of varsity play," Palazzo said. "She's a quality player. She takes lessons year round. I've had other coaches say they can't believe her power game. She hits the ball hard. That'll win her a lot of matches and that'll keep her in a lot of matches even if she does run against a player who might be slightly better than her."
Senior Jamie Yates slots in behind Smith in the No. 2 spot. She played well at No. 3 singles a year ago and should give the 'Canes consistent points again this year.
"She's a consistent player," Palazzo said. "She'll get to every ball and she returns everything. She battles. She went to a lot of three-set matches last year."
While Smith and Yates give the 'Canes a strong top two, there isn't another player on the team with significant singles experience. There's potential, but it may take some time.
Seniors Olivia Roy, Tauri Sequeira and Thalia Rivera-Ortiz – all doubles players in the past – are in line to handle the bulk of the No. 3 and No. 4 singles duties.
"They have the experience of playing varsity tennis but never in a singles match," Palazzo said. "It's a learning process for them, playing singles and not having that other player to rely on."
Whoever's not playing singles out of that trio will help out on the doubles ladder. Seniors Joelle Nelson and Jennifer Salerno, who had some doubles success last year, are also back, giving the 'Canes strength at the top.
"With them, I expect consistent play," Palazzo said. "They had a lot of success playing doubles last year. That's going to be a strength for us, those first two doubles teams."
The rest of the doubles ladder is still being hammered out, with all new players competing for time. The group includes Allison Carpenter, Allison Chace, Erin Maloney, Kiah Marcotte, Stephanie Racca and Amanda Reid.
It'll take some time for the doubles teams to jell. With two of the singles players also learning as they go, the 'Canes might hit some bumps in the road. They're 1-1 so far, with a 7-0 win over Hope and a 5-2 loss to Cranston East.
The 'Canes will be hoping to put things together quickly and start building for another solid season.
"Four teams make the playoffs," Palazzo said. "Exeter, Coventry and Scituate are probably in the top three. Then it's probably going to come down to us, Pilgrim and East for the fourth spot. When we play East and we play Pilgrim, those are almost going to be playoff-deciding matches. We have to play well."


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LGC says it will make restitution without more chargesBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 17. 2013 10:18PM
CONCORD - New Hampshire Local Government Center officials maintain they will not charge member communities of its workers' compensation pool to satisfy a $17.1 million state order, despite the discovery of previous legal opinions saying LGC could assess the pool's members to satisfy its obligations.
"That would not be my intention," interim Executive Director George Bald said of charging towns, cities and school districts in its workers' compensation program the $17.1 million that the state Bureau of Securities Regulation has ordered repaid to members of LGC's health insurance program, which is called HealthTrust.
For more than a decade, LGC subsidized its workers' compensation program, which had net losses of as much as $4 million annually since its inception in 2000, with money from its other entities, including its health insurance program.
LGC officials have cited opinions from LGC in-house attorney David Frydman that said member towns and cities are not on the hook because the BSR order specifies that the Property and Liability Trust - the parent organization of the workers' compensation program - repay the money.
Frydman said a state law, RSA 5-b, indemnifies participating communities against "any liability to any third party for the acts or omissions of the pooled risk management program."
However, in early 2007, when LGC was in the process of merging its Workers' Compensation Trust program into its Property and Liability Trust program, then-corporate counsel Mark McCue told LGC that the workers' compensation program's ability to assess members to satisfy costs "would run to the benefit of (Property and Liability Trust) upon completion of the merger. There is no prohibition on the assignment of such assessment right by (Workers Compensation Trust) to (Property and Liability Trust)."
Also, the LGC workers' compensation member agreement says LGC "shall be entitled to assess the applicable Participants of the Workers' Compensation Plan and/or Unemployment Compensation Plan the amounts necessary to indemnify such other Plan, (Property and Liability Trust) or LGC."
David Lang, the president of the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire, who led a decade-long push to force more transparency from LGC, said he believes the apparently conflicting pieces of legal advice are examples of LGC trying to use different laws to justify moves to prop up its money-losing workers' compensation program and prevent municipalities from severing their relationship with the insurance provider.
"They're trying to have it both ways," Lang said of LGC. "They really need to follow the law."
Bald said LGC made numerous mistakes in the past, including subsidizing some of its programs and failing to be transparent.
"I apologize for them," he said. "But we're back on track and doing the right things to provide a good service to communities."
The New Hampshire Union Leader asked Bald to reconcile what seemed to be contradictory legal advice. He provided the Union Leader with a copy of a responding memo written Friday by Frydman, in which the attorney said the two legal opinions do not conflict because McCue's was specific to the merger and Frydman's was specific to the BSR order.
Frydman said that, because Property and Liability Trust, and not specifically workers' compensation, has been ordered to repay the money, RSA 5-b "provides statutory protection to the members against having to pay this liability directly." Lang said he believes another state law is why towns and cities participating in the workers' compensation program should be assessed to repay towns and cities in the health insurance pool.
That law, RSA 281-a, says, "the legislative body shall appropriate sufficient funds to create a financial reserve until all outstanding claims are disposed of. If additional funds are needed to increase the loss fund in any given year, the legislative body shall appropriate such funds as are necessary."
The BSR order was given, in part, because the members of the workers' compensation program do not match the other programs, meaning taxpayers from certain communities were subsidizing taxpayers from other communities. LGC, which has appealed the order to the state Supreme Court, has ceased transferring money from its health insurance program, but continues to subsidize workers' compensation from its property and liability risk pool. Lang said LGC failed to follow the law for years because it did not collect money from workers' compensation members to meet the program's costs.
"The law is clear. The facts are clear," Lang said. "The only thing that isn't clear is why LGC won't do the right thing and pay the money back to HealthTrust members."
In his memo, Frydman said "the provisions of 281-A do not apply to this scenario. As further support for this conclusion, the BSR does not have jurisdiction over the Workers Compensation Program and as such, RSA 281-A does not apply to the Order."
Lang said he believed that there is an underlying reason LGC won't assess the workers' compensation members - that LGC does not want to risk members leaving LGC out of anger at being assessed to satisfy the BSR order.
"At the end of the day, it's not about doing the right thing," he said. "It's about maintaining all the communities under their one roof.
"This is one more time that the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire are saying that the LGC and its attorneys are throwing up a smokescreen," he said.
"This interpretation Mister Lang has is his interpretation," Bald said. "I don't get my legal advice from Mister Lang. It's only his thoughts on this."
The $17.1 million order is in addition to $36 million the state ordered LGC to repay members from the health insurance and property and liability pools from surpluses that the state deemed were in excess of what is allowed. The other programs have cash reserves to cover the orders. The workers' compensation program, which has lost money annually since it was formed in 2000, has no reserves.
LGC officials have said the workers' compensation program could collapse if the BSR order is upheld, but that any existing obligations would be covered under a security guaranty of $11.4 million maintained with the Department of Labor. Bald he has identified some possible avenues for how to meet the obligation without assessing members of the workers' compensation program. He declined to specify them, saying he hasn't yet presented the ideas to the Property and Liability board of directors.


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DesignerJakub Szczęsny
CollaboratorTomasz Gancarczyk
Project CoordinationBarbara Urban, Office of the Representative of the Republic of Poland
ClientOffice of the Representative of the Republic of Poland to the Palestinian National Authority
Text description provided by the architects. Garden of Nations in Ramallah, one of the first modern public spaces in booming Palestinian capital was meant to become a representation space, where art pieces donated by different countries would coexist. The relatively small scale of the park leads to the inevitable effect of visual overcrowding and competition of free-standing sculptures donated by different national representatives.
To minimize the danger of entering into the same logic The Lace is a shadow-maker "glued" to the wall encompassing the park. It allows people to hide from the sun being a sort of tridimensional pocket. The Lace is a steel structure made out of 220 circular modules referring to a decorative Polish folk art motive used for Christmas tree decorations made out straw.
The idea started with a detournement hypothesis: what if, rather than sending the design to a digitally operated factory, a sophisticated structure generated with Rhino and Grasshopper softwares would be instead translated to manual work? Palestinian craftsmanship is one of the best when it comes to stonework and blacksmith's work, while being relatively cheap in comparison with surrounding countries, not to mention Europe. Finally the work on the pergola was overtaken by a team of blacksmiths from Birzeit and finished within eight weeks.


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Mobilewalla: Apps with the lowdown on wildlife
April 01. 2013 9:27PM
Wildlife comes alive all around us in the spring. As the weather becomes warmer, wild animals begin a new life cycle. You can passively watch this pageant unfold in your backyard, or use the following apps to learn more about wild animals, from tiny birds to exotic big cats.
For Apple
Petting Zoo by Christoph Niemann ($1.99): Darling illustrations of wild animals come to life in this humorous interactive app for kids. Tap and swipe animals, from porcupines to sharks, and see them react to your touch. (Mobilewalla Score: 97/100)
Audubon Birds ($14.99)*: Go birding with this comprehensive app, and you will be able to easily identify any bird you see in North America. Audubon Birds also tells you where to look for birds, and includes a journal to record your sightings. (Score: 91/100)
Goodnight Safari (Free): Don't tell your little one to "go to bed." Ask him or her if he or she will help you put the animals in Africa to bed with this charming interactive app. Your child will become sleepy as he or she helps the animals get ready for bed, kisses them goodnight and learns about them. (Score: 83/100)
Big Brain Quiz ANIMALS ($0.99): Learn all about animals with this illustrated quiz. When you are sure you know it all, compete with other quiz players using Game Center. (Score: 70/100)
For Android
Kids Zoo Animal Sounds and Photos (Free): Toddlers can learn the names of common mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and sea animals while viewing photos of them and hearing the unique sounds they make. (Mobilewalla Score: 91/100)
Wonder Zoo - Animal Rescue! (Free)*: In this game, players save animals from danger and then move them to their own zoo. Once at the player's zoo, the players must tend and care for these rare creatures. (Score: 89/100)
Animal Planet (Free): Animal Planet's sole focus is animals. The app gives you access to amazing videos and other educational content about animals. (Score: 86/100)
BirdLog North America ($9.99)*: Serious birders support science and conservation, and log their sightings into Cornell University's eBird website. Birdlog North America allows you to submit sightings to eBird instantly from the field. In March of 2012, 3.1 million birds were reported by eBird users in North America. (Score: 79/100)
Audubon Mammals ($4.99)*: This encyclopedia includes 272 of the wild mammals that populate North America. Easily find and identify mammals you see, and learn all about their habitat, range and behavior. (Score: 78/100)
Apps with an asterisk* denote availability on Apple and Android.
Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine using breakthrough technology to score every app to help consumers navigate the mobile application marketplace. Apps are scored using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, position within category and staff recommendations. For more app intel, go to www.mobilewalla.com. Anindya Datta is a technologist and founder of Mobilewalla.


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Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.
This week's collection includes a woman crying near her burning house after shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk; a young Muslim girl attending an evening prayer marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia; prospective plebes learning how to properly wear their hats during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; and a Savannah, Georgia, man checking out the waves on the north beach of Tybee Island as Hurricane Arthur makes its way up the East Coast.
This gallery contains photos published June 26-July 3, 2014.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
W3C "Web Schemas" group is our new public feedback forum
Our Discussion Group will be moving to the W3C forum, which will use the firstname.lastname@example.com mailing list.
The Schema.org Google Group will not be completely shut down, however we do encourage all discussion of vocabulary, schema and deployment practicalities to move to email@example.com mailing list. These are also linked from the Documents page.
This comes out of a plan for closer collaboration between Schema.org and other related efforts. The Web standards organization W3C has created two related task forces of its Semantic Web Interest Group that are relevant for Schema.org. One is devoted to the technicalities of syntax and other one, "Web Schemas" is for vocabulary discussions. We have decided to adopt this forum as a new home for Schema.org feedback, since it provides a natural connection point to related efforts from other groups and communities.
The W3C group is open to all, and will have a Wiki and issue tracker to help organize feedback; not only for Schema.org but for other Web Schemas who are interested to collaborate. We hope this will give rise to collaborations, mappings and shared modeling styles.
Looking forward to greater opportunities for collaboration.
Looking forward to greater opportunities for collaboration.
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I've announced this on the old mailing list too, with a few more practical details - http://groups.google.com/group/schemaorg-discussion/browse_thread/thread/04652d5de6abe85eReplyDelete
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So now where should we forward any comments & feedback for http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets ?
On the Schema.org Google Group or the new mailing list?
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Report: Merkel sees no new Greek debt writedown
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected talk of a new debt writedown for struggling Greece and insisted the country is making good progress.
Greece received in April last year a first round of debt relief that wiped 100 billion euros ($130 billion) off the sum the government owed to private sector investors, who took heavy losses on bondholdings.
The possibility of granting Greece a second round of debt relief has frequently been floated. But asked in an interview with Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung and five other European newspapers whether there will be a second writedown, Merkel replied: "I don't see it."
"Greece has moved forward thanks to the very reform-oriented Samaras government," Merkel said in the comments published Tuesday. "I assume that debt sustainability will continue to be assured."
Merkel faces national elections in September and is sticking to her hard-nosed approach to Europe's debt crisis, with Germany the biggest contributor to rescue funds but also insistent on spending cuts and economic reforms.
The chancellor also defended Germany's insistence on making potentially time-consuming changes to the European Union's basic treaty to complete the bloc's banking union — a key part of its strategy to combat its financial crisis. Berlin has said, for example, that eventually creating a central authority to wind down failing banks would require treaty changes to have a safe legal basis.
"We will not get by without further treaty changes over the years, even though we should now do everything that can be done without treaty changes," Merkel was quoted as saying. "Otherwise it will take too long for anything to happen at all."
"We are states of law — our actions must be built on the law and on treaties," she said.


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I, Travis Fitzgerald, am excited to be a candidate for fourth district magistrate and I hope I can earn your vote May 20.
I would like to thank Tammy Bishop, Charlie Ellis and Carrol Ellis for their service to help the people of Owen County who are going to doctor appointments or the hospital.
Their Christian love and kindness and prayers are awesome.
They go above and beyond to help others.
I feel so blessed and I'm very thankful to all who are involved in this service. They are always on time and Tammy always calls the night before to remind you!
May we keep them in our prayers and thoughts and may God bless you.
Michel R. Gordon
I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation for Laurel Stivers for Owen County Clerk. I highly recommend Laurel as a candidate to serve as our county clerk.
I just want to start out saying that our family follows all political aspects within Owen County. We have yet, but one, candidate that has cared enough to show up and share his views and outlooks for our county.
This man is Gary Alcorn. I see how he enjoys meeting new individuals and sharing why he should be sheriff of Owen County.
There are numerous signs of different candidates that have been through my residence and I feel that unless I meet and hear their values and outlook for our county, I may just be voting for one candidate, and that is Gary Alcorn.
A federal district court judge has ruled that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Kentucky's Attorney General Jack Conway says he has not yet decided whether to defend Kentucky's constitution by filing an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals of the federal district court judge's ruling.
Preserving the history of Owen County presents challenges especially when elderly people of Owen County pass away and their stories and remembrances are not shared with others.
The Owen County Public Library and the Owen County Historical Society are involved in a joint effort to preserve the history of Owen County communities, the early schools and businesses, and the events that contribute to the traditions that provide a rich legacy for the future.
Currently, we are searching for information and/or pictures of the Canby community.
Greetings from Lexington.
My husband is the truck driver who had the accident on Cedar Creek Road last week in Kay's Branch. One of his co-workers who drives the route frequently, picked up a copy of the News-Herald for us today and told us of the article about his accident.
February, consecrated as Black History Month in the United States by
President Ford's Administration in 1976, is a month we should take the time
to remember the bad, recognize the good, and honor the heroic. There are so
many untold stories of resilient individuals who overcame the atrocities of
enslavement, segregation and the denial of basic human rights, by propelling
themselves and others into successes that would have been unimaginable just a
I, Rick Poe Sr. , hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Owen County Sheriff. I have been a resident of Owen County my entire life. I am married to Lana K. Poe and together we have a daughter, Michaela who is 14. Lana and I have been married 17 years. I also have a son Ricky Jr., 35.
I respectfully ask for your vote my fellow Owen countians.
As a 2014 candidate for Owen County Property Valuation Administrator, I would like to thank the Owen County Visioneers for sponsoring the Meet Your Candidates reception on Feb. 13 at the Owen County Extension Building.
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No, I don't. I don't really care who started your company or what you called it, so long as the product in my hot sweaty hands right now is good.marekmk wrote:I beg to differ, if you are buying a item from me do you not want to know that it was myself selling it of would you prefer that the item belongs to a third or forth party and they are selling it using the decency of my name?
I think the time of trading on one's name has pretty much gone - see my examples of the car makers above ... at best the families might be involved in the company (sucking up the profits) but they don't design and build the product. It's just another brand name


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The Walrus Says
"It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to be working with 'old friends' and 'new faces.' It also gives me a feeling of accomplishment to see some of the young people who started out as timid children now being featured in starring roles," Patty Vandal said about being cast as Cinderella's stepmother in "Into the Woods," her 17th appearance on stage for the Jamestown Community Theatre.
She and Mary Wright founded the JCT in 1990, just after Patty had retired from 30 years of teaching music in the Jamestown school. "It gave me an ideal way to still be involved with music and children. We agreed from the start that it should involve children as well as adults. I don't think that either of us thought it would continue as long as it has."
Patty was music director for 18 productions, missing only two that were staged in the spring when she was in Florida. Her favorite of them all was "Fiddler on the Roof."
She took a hiatus when her husband, Mo, could no longer take part due to illness. Her last play was "Honk."
A year after the passing of her husband she decided to audition for "Into the Woods" and won the role of Cinderella's stepmother. "It's a change not to worry about all the music and just be concerned with my part. I'm enjoying the change of pace," she said.
What about "Into the Woods?" "It's very deep, there's a lot there," she said. As for her character, Patty said the stepmother, who is vain and pompous, keeps pushing her daughters forward. The girls are much like their self-centered stepmother but wind up getting their comeuppance.
"I'm glad I'm doing it," she said.
"Into the Woods" will be presented at the Jamestown Community Center on November 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. and November 11 and 18 at 5 p.m. Tickets are available on the island at Baker's Pharmacy, Conanicut Ship Store and The Secret Garden. In Wickford, you can buy them at Midnight Sun and in Newport at Pleasant Surprise.
It was a day to remember for Dalton Brownell. He was 80 on Oct. 11 and was surprised with a chauffeured Lincoln town car that took him and Ellen to a birthday lunch at the Old Canteen restaurant on Federal Hill in Providence.
The lunch ended with the happy birthday song being sung by the patrons of the restaurant, which included the former mayor, Buddy Cianci.
Carol Weremay e-mailed and Mary Ellen Coleman called to also confirm that Fang was Phyllis Diller's husband in her comedy routines.
A Halloween lyric: I ain't got no body.............
His goal was to raise $5,000 for the "Tomorrow Fund" in honor of Payton Watson who has leukemia. After a somewhat slow start, he ended up with $9,647.
And on Oct. 7, during the 23rd mile of the The Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, PA, Jim Pementell decided it would be his last run.
"It was 66 degrees and 77-percent humidity at the start of the marathon. Over 1,800 runners started and 1,500 finished. My wife, Ann Marie, and grandson, Marc, drove down with me. My son, Jamie, and his wife, Jenn, came up from Philadelphia. Although it didn't feel like I was really having fun on the hill at mile 23, I enjoyed the race and ended up running almost a half hour faster than last year (not that it was a fast time)."
At age 69, it was Jim's 42nd marathon and tenth fund-raiser. During those ten he has taken in over $75,000.
"Most of that was donated by the same people," Jim explained. "Their generosity has been unbelievable and I can't thank everyone enough."
Is it really his last marathon?
"Now that I have had time to think about it, it probably wasn't. I received one donation with a note that only said, "you are nuts," and you know, they might be right.
Thanks again to all of you for the donations, kind notes and support."
And, lotsa kudos to you, Jim.
Keep those Halloween goodies away from Fluffy says Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic in his Pet Tip of the Week.
"With Halloween coming up next Wednesday, we tend to see a few dogs each year that get into their family's stockpile of candy and need treatment to recover from stomach issues. Although small amounts of milk chocolate are not likely to cause anything more than a little loose stool, some dogs manage to eat enough chocolate to really make them sick and may require hospitalization.
"Also, dogs do not tend to open each piece of candy and eating all those wrappers and tinfoil can cause more of a problem than the candy itself. So, if your pets are around this Halloween and if your children are going to be bringing home bags of candy, make sure to keep the candy out of Fluffy's reach before, during, and after the holiday.
If your dog does get into a bag of candy then please contact your veterinarian for further advice and monitor Fluffy closely for vomiting, diarrhea, and anorexia."
Pets get treats for their tricks all year round.
Gloria Conley of Elizabeth City, NC, e-mailed with the lyrics for Bongo, Bongo, Bongo. "Don't know who sang it though. It was a fun song like Mairsy Doats."
Kicking off their annual Scouting for Food drive, members of Boy Scout Troop 1 will be dropping off collection bags to your house this weekend.
They will pick up your food donations next Saturday, Nov. 3.
All collected items go to the food pantry at St. Mark Church.
Flu shot clinics from Blue Cross, sponsored by the Friends of the Jamestown Library, will be held Monday, Oct. 29, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 3 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
If you are not sure whether you should get a flu shot, talk to your physician or call the Rhode Island Department of Health Immunization Hotline at 1-800-555-7858.
If you have medical insurance, please bring your insurance card with you to the clinic.
I don't know whether or not I should be writing about this. I'm OK with it, but I don't want to offend my guests. But if I'm going to write about it, this is the time of year to do it. My guess is that they will never read this, but I know so little about them I can't be sure of it.
It all started a little over a year ago. I was sound asleep alone in my bedroom when I sensed a presence. When I opened my eyes there were two women in colonial dress sitting on top of a dresser watching me. To their left stood a man in wilderness clothes. He was rough and dangerous looking and it scared the bejesus out of me. I sat up and shouted to them to "get out of here, go away," which they did.
A couple of nights later, it happened again. This time there was a mixture of period dress. Again, they stared at me as if studying a species they had never seen before. There were smiles and they were communicating with each other but I heard nothing.
As the months went by they showed up from time to time. Some alone, some in groups and all behaving in the same way. Dogs visited and put their paws up on the bed. When I reached for them they would just vanish.
By now I was quite comfortable with what was happening. The only time I felt threatened was when a very thin man with hatred on his ugly face and dressed in what looked like red velvet 17th century clothing lunged at me with his arm and a long finger extended as if accusing me of something horrid.
Whenever I reached the point of touching one of the visitors he or she would disappear in a flourish of disturbed air. Keep in mind, they are all strangers, people I have never seen before.
My guests haven't been back in over a month. Sometimes when I'm sitting in my living room I'll catch a movement out of the corner of my eye. But I don't think this has anything to do with my nocturnal visitors, and I'm overdue for an eye exam anyway. But, I don't know.
I am wondering though if they might be back Wednesday.
Probably not, that's amateur night and my guests are the real thing.
Have a happy and safe Halloween! WOOOOOOOO!
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All right people, it's not often that I come right out and solicit advice from the internet. I've found that the internet does JUST FINE without a solicitation! But this time I am getting a leeetle nervous and it turns out I'd like as many thoughts, ideas and opinions as possible. The question is: how do two adults and two small children fall asleep in one hotel room? HMM?
As I'm sure you remember, Jack and Molly sharing a room was a RESOUNDING failure. I mean, we failed that experiment in every single way possible. Naps! Bedtime! Middle of the night wakeups! Ungodly morning hours! It was miserable, all right? Sure, I thought it was going to be sweet and super cute to have my darling angels bonding in one room but let's just say that moving to a house with three bedrooms was the best idea we've ever had. EVER.
So you see why I'm a smidge nervous about the HOTEL situation.
It shouldn't be THAT bad. Our hotel room is actually a one-bedroom suite with a kitchenette. Jack will be sleeping on the sofa bed and we've requested a crib for Molly. AND! My in-laws are tagging along (THANK GOD) and have their own suite. So we have OPTIONS. But all the different scenarios are sort of overwhelming me at this point. FOR EXAMPLE:
1. Jack has become rather annoyingly anti-nap. What will this mean?! I'm guessing we'll put Molly down in the bedroom and do we even TRY to get Jack to sleep? If we do try, where will we go? Because we can't be in the same room! Maybe we won't try, but there's a three-hour time difference and we'll be out in the sun and walking around and I'm sure this kid will need a nap at SOME point.
2. How do we put them to bed? Do we keep them up until they crash? Do we even attempt a bedtime routine on vacation?
3. WHERE do we put them to bed? If we put Molly down in the bedroom and Jack in the "living room", again, where do WE go? Do we try putting them to bed in the same room and moving one of them when it's time for the grown ups to go to bed? Should I kick my in-laws out of THEIR room?
When we went to Disneyland last year our suite (I believe in suites!) was more like two separate hotel rooms. They went to bed at the same time in the same room and this MOSTLY worked out, but we had a whole room to ourselves and they were still sharing a room at home so they were used to it. Now? Not so much!
Easier going people than myself would not be sweating this, but that's no fun for a blog post. I AM SWEATING. I know it will be okay. I know whatever happens, we'll survive. But if you've been in this situation, if you've done it before, it'd be REALLY helpful to have a few tips or tricks. A game plan! A strategy! And if that strategy is something like, "Put kids to bed in hotel room, head to hotel bar until closing" I AM IN!


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Robert Fawcett, Abstract Artist
Despite Fawcett's lack of formal education, his house became a center of cultural activity. Fawcett had a strong interest in music and became friends with world famous musicians including Toscanini and Heifetz, who visited his home. He also kept company with a wide variety of artists, such as the famous English sculptor Jacob Eptsein, and embraced the latest modern art.
Original drawings by the abstract sculptor Henry Moore and the modernist painter Graham Sutherland hung on his walls.
Fawcett believed this intellectually fertile environment was important to his development as an artist. He claimed that the greatest influence on his illustrations came not from visual arts but from opera. he also asserted that illustration was "more closely akin to theatre" than to gallery painting...
... because the primary function of the illustrator is to intrigue the viewer, "whether to intrigue the reader into starting a story..."
"... or intrigue the lady into a first-hand look at the garment."
He related music to the abstract designs that were the foundation of his "realistic" pictures.
As Fawcett finalized [his pictures], he went over the whole work again to make sure its design, composition and abstract qualities held together. "At any stage I am likely to pick up anything handy - some colored crayons, an old paint palette - and crudely rub in colour, articulating and highlighting this, setting the black."
As he worked on an illustration, realistic details inevitably came into focus...
... but Fawcett always stressed that "the longer the idea can be considered in the abstract, the better."
The new Robert Fawcett book is available now from Auad Publishing.
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Does the book say how he worked? He used colored inks right? Did he use a nib for his line work?
Here are a few of my personal observations regarding Robert Fawcett's illustrative work, from my own in depth study of his magnificent artwork.ReplyDelete
1. First and foremost the word work after the word art, artwork, is just that. So put the effort in and someday you yourself, will have a work of art.
2. Abstract units seen as shapes.
3. Look for hooks on the line and along side of the line.
4. Catch the flow of the circles in motion.
5. Negative space is a shape.
6. Quick placement by use of darks - they act as beats to a rhythm.
7. Shapes play off of other shapes.
8. There is character in shapes - yes shapes do talk.
9. Step directionals throughout - see the darks first.
10. Accent darks act as measurements -watch the blacks.
11. Story, draw back from it, draw to where it's told.
12. It's not so much where she's looking, but how she's looking, and the intent she's looking with, as she looks in the direction she's looking. Her look in itself is part of the story.
13. See lines through on the basis of shapes - see the invisible sight lines in every picture - x-ray like.
14. Notice how the small blacks, pull and balance the larger blacks.
15. Orderly shapes and diagonals out of chaos - Strip it down to the bare essentials.
16. A stepped approach = rhythm - look for echoes.
17. Key center point - invisible perspective point - radiation points.
18. Pictures are doorways to the soul.
19. A complicated pose reduced to a quick notation = speed of result.
20. Talking points that tell the story like a picture puzzle.
That's more than enough to get you thinking when you next view a Robert Fawcett work of art. The more you look into what he's done with his presentations the more you will appreciate why he's called 'the illustrator's illustrator.'
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but you overwhelmed me with your enthusiasm for yesterday's Bordeaux chateaux watercolors.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Artist's Journal Workshop
but you overwhelmed me with your enthusiasm for yesterday's Bordeaux chateaux watercolors.
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I love that book:) I recently spoke of it..It's a favorite of mine..You have showcased it beautifully..I love your work.ReplyDelete
Kate did a fabulous job on this book. It's definitely a fave. I could look through artists' sketchbooks all day long.ReplyDelete
I will definitely have to see about getting a copy of this wonderful book when I can. Thanks for this Art Journal post, Carol. Loved the photo of the watercolor equipment, the little paint boxes. (My twitter moniker is yvettes paint box. Coincidentally.) :)ReplyDelete
Your blog is such a special treat.
I got this a couple of weeks ago and read it cover to cover and started my own finally! I had even emailed Cathy a question on Flickr and she graciously emailed me back right away. I'm blown away by all the amazing and inspiring artists featured in the book and I'm lovin' your Venice watercolors! *sigh*ReplyDelete
Merci for the book plug!! And that collection of journals!!! How do you say "drool" en francais?ReplyDelete
Cathy is a sweetheart and a great teacher!
I'm not surprised to hear that she responded
She's very hands on and sharing.
Her books are terrific! I started doing watercolors with one of her books.
Jeanette I know how to say 'lick the windows' -leche-vitrine.
c'est toute :(
Carol, it was grand to sense all the fresh air and inspiration from your Maine posts. Clearly cool summer days and nights in Maine are so different from days and night in Paris or Venice or other parts of the visually delicious world, but I can see how you "draw" from each location.ReplyDelete
Each place has beauty and spirit all its own.
You've made smile with your discovery of those hidden chateaux watercolors. I love them.
May I tell you again that I find your posts very inspiring? xo
Fun to see all the journals, and the whole idea of doing them. I've been keeping journals and drawing in them since 1974. Now almost finished book # 52. They are now a record of the major part of my life, written and illustrated.ReplyDelete
Gonna' leave them with the Smithsonian, whether they want them or NOT! (hee-hee)
You will also discover how to use your journal to celebrate any occasion or milestone, work through a problem or creative block, plan future works, sketch from life and experiment with new materials or techniques.ReplyDelete
"Rick Tulka, who has nothing to do in Paris but hang out all day, everyday in Cafe Le Select clandestinely sketching."ReplyDelete
Yeah, well.............
If I had any, ANY painting or sketching or drawing talent at all, I would so do this. (I once did a portrait of my mom and gave it to her...and she looked at it and said, "Oh look! A monkey!" Yeah.)ReplyDelete
I'm more of a wordy journaler, words, words, words. Arrows and bullet points and scrolly frames around the important ones. Stuff tucked in and stapled in and taped in.
BUT...if there was someone who could TEACH me to do a little watercolor MAYBE I could branch out a little bit? Giving lessons? That would be SO FUN!!!!
Une agréable promenade dans votre blog... Gros bisousReplyDelete
Beautiful Art and good job!ReplyDelete


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GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Chinese automaker BYD Co. may be hoping that Si Rui (pronounced suh-ray), the name for its new midsize sedan, translates into turnaround. The ailing company, which counts billionaire Warren Buffett as an investor, is banking on the new model to help spur a revival in sales.
The car, which made its debut at the Guangzhou auto show this week in southern China, is a follow up to the bestselling F3. That model was hugely popular with buyers in China partly thanks to now-discontinued government subsidies.
But the company's incoherent business strategy means it was an isolated success. BYD, which also makes rechargeable batteries and mobile phone handsets, was aggressive with its expansion into electric cars as Beijing announced the goal of making China a global power in electric car manufacturing. But the bet failed to pay off because of a lack of buyer interest and technological hurdles.
BYD and other Chinese carmakers have also been squeezed by growing numbers of foreign brands entering China's fast-growing auto market, the world's biggest. BYD is hoping the Si Rui can help the company stand out against numerous other direct competitors in the hugely competitive smaller midsize slice of the market, which ranges from Geely's Emgrand line to the Volkswagen Santana and Citroen Elysee.
Here's more about the 2013 Si Rui:
PRICE: BYD has not yet released the sticker price for the Si Rui, which won't go on sale until next year. Analysts guess it will be somewhere around the 70,000 yuan ($11,200) level. That's about the same as the 630 sedan by Chevrolet's only-in-China brand Baojun.
POWER: A turbocharged 1.5 liter four-cylinder all-aluminum engine that pumps out 151 horsepower is the sole choice. BYD did not provide fuel consumption data but boasts that combined with the six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, Si Rui "makes use of every drop of fuel." A six-speed manual gearbox is also available.
EXTERIOR: Chinese automakers are still catching up to their foreign rivals when it comes to design and judging from the Si Rui's looks, that's still the case. While it's sleeker and more modern than the F3, with angular headlights and sculpted lines, the Si Rui is still highly reminiscent of a Honda Accord or Toyota Corolla.
INTERIOR: Visitors to the Guangzhou auto show were unfortunately not allowed to look inside the one Si Rui model on display. But potential buyers will be comparing the quality of the dashboard, fabrics and fit and finish with foreign brands. Chinese carmakers have had a tough time raising their quality game and a close look at other BYD models on display showed they were, as the Chinese say, just "mama-huhu," or so-so, with plasticky door handles and inconsistent gaps between door and body.
TECH: A few high-tech touches will make the Si Rui appeal to gadget freaks. Drivers will be able to see in the dark thanks to a night vision system, which will display an enhanced view of the road ahead to the driver through a heads-up display on the dashboard. The dash also features a 10.2 inch touchscreen to control navigation, parking and entertainment systems. A 500 gigabyte hard drive can hold 1,000 movies and 100,000 songs.
NAME: Si Rui is a made-up word in Chinese. Its closest meaning would be "perceptive."
WHY IT MATTERS: BYD's third-quarter profit plunged 94 percent to 4.6 million yuan as the number of cars sold fell 18 percent year-on-year to 77,000. Clearly, having a hit in China's car market, which saw sales of 18.5 million vehicles last year, would be a huge help to BYD and investor Buffett, who spent $232 million on a 10 percent stake in 2008. The wisdom of that investment, which was based on the attractiveness of BYD's battery technology, now looks a bit doubtful.
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To celebrate 20 years of red soles, Christian Louboutin launched a special edition 20th anniversary collection. As you can imagine coming from someone like Louboutin, this collection is over-the-top and statement worthy. However, some of the styles are even a little too much for me!
You be the judge…
Rose Du Desert leather knee sandals
Seems like something Rihanna would try and pull off…and would ultimately fail.
Pigalove patent-leather ballet flats
Seems like something Alexa Chung would try and pull off…and would succeed.
These are actually pretty awesome. No complaints. Unfortunately I'm assuming a Kardashian already owns them…
Isolde 160 patent-leather sandals
I call these the Momsen. You know why.
Armadillo Bride 120 leather pumps
No armadillos were harmed in the making of these shoes. They're kinda like Beetlejuice gone upscale, no?
If these were in black I'd be ALL OVER them.
Highness 160 Platform Peep Toe Heels
Beyonce can wear these while performing on stage, at a basketball game, or even running errands with baby Blue. These look like they'd be her "everyday shoe."
If you could have just one pair from this 20th anniversary collection, which one would it be?


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MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say a tropical depression is moving over the central Atlantic far from land.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Sunday that the depression has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and could become a tropical storm later in the day.
The storm is about 1,000 miles (1,605 kilometers) east-southeast of Bermuda and is moving northeast at 9 mph (15 kph). Forecasters say there are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.