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Past & Present: Historical Bathrooms
My current obsession is a fascinating blog called Big Old Houses, which opens the doors to amazing old mansions, many in upstate New York — and many containing relics of the past, from original bathrooms and kitchens to century-old cabinets and door knobs. The blog documents the intersection of architecture, social history and interior design through the rooms of old houses.
Not only does it provide a glimpse into how people used to live, but it offers us endless inspiration for how to preserve, renovate and decorate our own homes. Because I am renovating my bathroom right now, I have focused on toilets and sinks and so on. But bathrooms are just a tiny part of the fun, so be sure to check out the site for images of everything from ovens to laundry chutes to stairways.
What is so surprising about peeking into these historical time warps is how many century-old architectural and design trends have reemerged in recent years. I had no idea the sleek console sinks one sees on display at Waterworks had such a place in the history of bathrooms!
Shown above, left to right:
1 This Hudson Valley, NY home, the Payne House, was built in 1910. Many of the bathrooms contain original sinks and bathtubs.
2 Another Hudson Valley Victorian home, this one was built by a nineteenth century German immigrant. This bathroom dates to just before World War I and was added as part of an addition. This home is owned by the author/blogger of Big Old Houses himself, John Foreman, who is an agent with the real estate company Halstead Property and a writer and historian with an avid interest in historic homes, particularly in New York.
3 Another bathroom in the Victorian. What a lovely old sink.
4 Apparently, this toilet in Foreman's home is dreadful at flushing, and the seams in the toilet seat are pretty unsanitary. But it has been left in because it is a century old! Big Old Houses points out that by the late 1870s, indoor plumbing was standard equipment in middle and upper class custom built houses like this one.
5 This is 7 East 95th Street, completed in 1916 for Ernesto Fabbri and his Vanderbilt heiress wife, Edith Shepard. Since 1949 it has been an Episcopal retreat house called the House of the Redeemer. How amazing is the floor tile in this bathroom? And that sink!
Read more: Big Old Houses
(Images: Big Old Houses)


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Express English 3.9.1 released
Express English is a FREE and perfect eBook for teaching English Grammar in Arabic.
Express English
هو كتاب إلكتروني مجاني وكامل لتعليم قواعد اللغة الانجليزية باللغة العربية
Express English Book 3.9.1 has been released
- What's new in Express English 3.9.1?
This new version has been released to fix problems occurring during installation including:
Can be installed on 64-bit systems with no problems.
No conflict with any anti-virus software.
Easier to install.
- What's new in Express English 3.9.0?
Many updates and new info in Chapters 10 and 11.
Many mistakes have been fixed.

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After the coffee. Before deciding what movie not to see this weekend.
The Skinny: I'm going to try to not stuff myself on "Arrested Development" this weekend. Just because Netflix is releasing all the new episodes this weekend doesn't mean I have to sit glued to this computer watching them all at once like a little kid with a bowl of M&M's. Friday's headlines include the box-office preview for the long weekend and the latest on the possible Hulu sale.
Daily Dose: Aereo is not the only new distribution company that broadcasters are trying to shut down. Aereokiller, a knockoff company that also offers broadcast signals via the Internet, is being sued by the networks. On Thursday, Fox, ABC and NBC filed a complaint in federal district court for the District of Columbia accusing Aereokiller of copyright theft. The broadcasters have already had success against Aereokiller in California.
Faster and Louder. "Fast & Furious 6" is expected to smoke "The Hangover III" in the race for the top spot at the box office for this holiday weekend. Industry projections have "Fast & Furious 6" cruising to $100 million while "Hangover III" is expected to pull in around $80 million. The animated movie "Epic" is the only other new major release and it should take in $45 million. Memorial Day weekend box office previews from the Los Angeles Times and Variety.
PHOTOS: Hollywood Backlot moments
Did you get your bid in? A lot of suitors are sniffing around the online video website Hulu. Bids for the company, which is owned by News Corp., Walt Disney Co. and Comcast Corp. came in from Time Warner Cable, DirecTV and Guggenheim Digital Media. The Chernin Co. had already submitted a bid. More on Hulu from the Los Angeles Times and Reuters.
There's always money in the banana stand. Netflix will debut 15 new episodes of the cult sitcom "Arrested Development" this weekend. The show, which ran on Fox for three seasons, from 2003 to 2006, has grown in popularity since then and its loyal audience has been begging for more shows. The entire cast, which includes Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, is back and there are also a lot of big-name guest stars. A preview from USA Today.
New screening rooms aren't cheap. United Talent Agency has retained investment banker Moelis & Co. to explore selling a stake in the agency, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Over the last few years, rival agencies CAA and WME also sold stakes in their businesses. UTA clients include Johnny Depp and "Modern Family" co-creator Steve Levitan.
No rest for the weary. It used to be that summer was a time for TV executives to worry about the fall and for viewers to catch up on the shows they missed during the season. But the days of taking three months off and throwing nothing but reruns on are gone. Besides the usual assortment of cable shows coming on in the summer, the broadcast networks also have some big projects. A preview from the New York Times.
Inside the Los Angeles Times: Betsy Sharkey on "Fast & Furious 6" and Can Tyler Perry take Oprah Winfrey's cable network to the next level?
Follow me on Twitter. It's just the right thing to do. @JBFlint.
ON LOCATION: People and places behind what's onscreen PHOTOS: Biggest box office flops of 2013 PHOTOS: Celebrity production companies
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PHOTOS: Biggest box office flops of 2013
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It is not Demaryius Thomas, the Broncos' No. 1 receiver.
Nor is it Eric Decker, one of the best No. 2 receivers across the land.
"What will happen is you won't be able to say one person's name without saying the other,'' Rod Smith said. "That's when you've played together a long time and achieved.''
Occasionally, Smith will be mentioned as the best receiver in Broncos history. More often when people fondly recall the golden age of Broncos pass catchers, Rod Smith is synonymous with Ed McCaffrey.
In Thomas and Decker, the golden age of Broncos receivers appears to be here again.
"When we first came into the league it was spoken about,'' Decker said about the...


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ByRequest - Mediaserver for Tivos
LS1/HG/HS (PowerPC)
I copied this from here: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/archive/index.php/t-280030.html
Warning: you need some basic linux skills and command line access to your linkstation before you begin. For instructions on command line or telnet access to your linkstation see linkstationwiki.org.
What you need:
1) ppctools or mipstools depending upon your linkstation version from LinkStationwiki.org
2) LibJpeg from: www.jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz at http://ijg.org/files
- do the ususal ./configure; make; make install.
- You must also make install-lib
3) ImageMagick-6.2.5-5.tar.gz from http://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php
- again, do the usual ./configure; make; make install.
4) byRequest tivo HMO server at http://sourceforge.net/projects/byrequest
- edit the Makefile to set DESTDIR to the location where you want the media server installed. I recommend /usr/local/bin
- do make; make install
- copy byRequest.conf to /etc; edit the image: and audio: lines to the locations where you store your files. Note: your shares are subfolders of the /mnt folder. I recommend commenting out the virtual: line as the virtual audio folders (for artist, album and title) run very very slow on the Linkstation.
- start the server with
/usr/local/bin/byRequest /etc/byRequest.conf -preload
- You should set up a script in init.d to start/stop the byRequest daemon and the appropriate symlinks in /rc.d/rc2.d (start) and rc0.d and rc6.d (both stop or kill) in order to start the daemon when the Linkstation restarts.
You'll also need to make it into an executable with the following command: chmod +x /etc/init.d/byRequest
Now you'll need to set up the symlinks:
cd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d ln -s ../init.d/byRequest S93byRequest
cd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d ln -s ../init.d/byRequest K15byRequest
cd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d ln -s ../init.d/byRequest K15byRequest
Just in case the attachment didn't work here's the script:
#!/bin/bash # # byRequest This shell script takes care of starting and stopping # the byRequest TiVo Media Server. PROG=/usr/local/bin/byRequest RETVAL=0 start() { [ -x $PROG ] || exit 0 # Start daemons. echo -n $"Starting byRequest TiVo Media Server: " $PROG /etc/byRequest.conf -preload RETVAL=$? echo return $RETVAL } stop() { echo -n $"Shutting down byRequest TiVo Media Server " /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $PROG RETVAL=$? echo return $RETVAL } # See how we were called. case "$1" in start) start ;; stop) stop ;; restart|reload) stop sleep 1 start RETVAL=$? ;; *) echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 esac exit $RETVAL


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > November 2005 > Poole promoted to director of institutional effectiveness
Poole promoted to director of institutional effectiveness
PLAINVIEW – Penny Poole has seen a lot of changes lately. First, she moved offices from the Nunn Business Building to Gates Hall when her supervisor, Dr. Bobby Hall, was promoted to assistant executive vice president.
Now, Poole is undergoing change again after being named Director of Institutional Effectiveness on Nov. 1. Poole had been working as institutional research analyst for the university under Dr. Hall, and when he was promoted to vice president for academic and graduate services, the directorship came open.
"Mrs. Poole's knowledge base and more than a decade of outstanding service to Wayland combine to make her a natural choice for this position," Hall said. "She has contributed tremendously to Wayland's decision-making process through her research and analysis and has gained a great deal of experience in dealing with the requirements of Wayland's regional accreditor, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. I have no doubt that she will continue her record of success in this position. Wayland is indeed fortunate to have someone of her ability and commitment to advance into this important role."
Poole has worked as an analyst for the past ten years, primarily compiling survey research, course evaluations, and any other data the university needed to make decisions. She also compiled data for all reports to agencies. In her current role, she'll be more involved in the effectiveness side of the work, especially in terms of preparing data and gathering reports from offices for the accreditation reaffirmation from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools planned for 2008.
"I'm excited about being more involved with the reaffirmation process and seeing people more and getting to visit with the university offices," Poole said of her new role.
A native of South Plains, Poole attended Floydada High School and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wayland in 1989. She is currently working toward her Master of Business Administration degree as well.
Poole and her husband, Ricky, have two children, Jessica, 15, and Zachary, 13. The family attends Parkview Baptist Church.


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Body behind NC Boys and Girls club ID'd as missing woman
Body behind NC Boys and Girls club ID'd as missing woman
Authorities in Cumberland County have identified a body found last weekend as that of a Fayetteville woman reported missing in March.
The medical examiner's office in Chapel Hill confirmed the identity of 31-year-old Michelle Lynne Powell. Her body was found covered by trash behind the Boys and Girls Club building last Saturday.
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Tanna said the body was so badly decomposed it had to be sent to the state Medical Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill. Tanna said dental records were used to confirm that it was Powell, adding that the cause of death hasn't been determined.
Tanna said Powell had suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed on the left side of her body.


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LOWELL -- The next headmaster of Lowell High School is a 1968 graduate, former administrator and active alumnus who has laid out a vision and whose enthusiasm for the school is contagious, the superintendent of schools said.
Superintendent of Schools Jean Franco announced Thursday afternoon she chose former City Manager and Mayor Brian Martin, 62, to be the next headmaster of Lowell High School.
"His overwhelming enthusiasm for the position and his love of the school and knowledge of it really is what gave him the upper hand," Franco said.
Public interviews were held Tuesday night for the position. Martin and the other finalist, Saugus High School Principal Joseph Diorio, who is on a paid leave from his duties, were interviewed by Franco, the deputy superintendent and two assistant superintendents.
Martin said he was excited to be chosen.
"I thought I shared my passion for the place on Tuesday. I look forward to a new challenge to work with all the great teachers, administrators, students and families," Martin said.
"My top priority will be to raise the bar so that every student that walks in that building is challenged and inspired by everyone that works there to do the very best they can in career or college preparation," he said.
Martin thanked his boss, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, who he has worked for as a senior adviser and district director for the 36 communities in the district.
He said he and Tsongas would discuss in the next couple of weeks his transition from his duties.
Franco said interviews with both candidates were strong.
Martin's ideas on how to build a team and his ideas to put systems in place for the future of the high school were also strengths, Franco said.
Franco announced her decision to the School Committee and high-school community in an email.
"I firmly believe that Brian Martin is the right person at this time to develop the structures and resources at LHS while still promoting shared leadership, school culture, excellent instruction and improved academic achievement and opportunities for students," Franco wrote.
LHS Headmaster Ed Rozmiarek's contract, which expires June 30, was not renewed by Franco.
Contract details have not been negotiated between Martin and the School Department.
Martin began his career as a teacher at Greater Lowell Technical High School and has held administrative positions at Lowell High School. He has served in elected positions as a city councilor and mayor, which includes being chairman of the School Committee. He also ran the city as city manager for almost five years. He has also worked in the private sector.
David Conway, vice-chair of the School Committee, said Martin was a good choice.
"I think that he is certainly someone I look forward to working with," Conway said in an interview. "He's very committed to the continued success of Lowell High School. As someone that has been an alumni, he's always been very appreciative of what Lowell High School has done for him. He's always talked about how successful Lowell High has been for others as well."
Members Kim Scott and Kristin Ross-Sitcawich agreed.
"I look forward to working with him," said Scott. "I'm glad to have him on the team. I look forward to more of his innovative ideas."
"I am certain that Mr. Martin will serve as a catalyst to move Lowell High School forward in a very positive direction," said Ross-Sitcawich.
Martin was one of the founders of the LHS Distinguished Alumni selection committee and is active in the Lowell High Athletic Hall of Fame.
He applied for the headmaster position three years ago, but did not get an interview as it was unclear if he had the required licensure.
During his interview Tuesday, he outlined his vision for the school and several initiatives he wanted to implement, including a "Center for Excellence" in partnership with institutions like Harvard and Boston universities, a mentoring program for at-risk students and working with the city and UMass Lowell to construct a basketball facility on top of the parking garage across from the high school.
One of the first tasks on Martin's plate will be to hire a director of curriculum and instruction, the number two position at the school. Franco said that position will be posted so that Martin can review the applicants and make the appointment.
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QuarkXPress 7 Passport Review
When consumers are looking online for a product or service, they usually are drawn to the more visually appealing page layouts. But it must be ridiculously hard to create those astonishing page layouts, right? Without sophisticated programs, you might be hard pressed to make your page layouts the way you want them – until now. Quark has just released its all new page layout software called QuarkXPress 7 and we'll be taking an in-depth look into the "Passport" version. The QuarkXPress 7 Passport version is different from the original QuarkXPress 7 because it offers multi-lingual and international publishing of your work, making it easy for anyone wishing to reach a foreign audience.
If you purchase any QuarkXPress 7 version, included will be the Quark XPert Tools Pro and Quark Interactive Designer. We will integrate all of the included upgrade products into this review so that you can get an idea for what the whole package is capable of.
Closer Look:
The QuarkXPress 7 Passport came packaged in a DVD case which has some unique art on the front cover. On the back side, you'll just find the logo and some disclaimers. The bottom of the DVD case was a little bit busted up from shipping but the disc was fine, so it wasn't a big deal.
Inside the case, you'll find the installation disc as well as a big orange card which has your serial number and validation code printed on it. Be sure to read all the information on the card before proceeding.
Now let's get a closer look at the other two products included with QuarkXPress 7 Passport!


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"What? You actually want to work more in bars!? I used to work in bars, and those were some strange years. You must work in a nice bar."
You know, it's funny, when I ran the idea of giving up tech for working in bars past various friends, it was the people who actually worked in bars who tended to be more circumspect.
The people who I work with in Tech were mostly all, "Dude! You could be bartending for a living!? And you're not doing it!? Live the dream, bartenders are cool!"
Whereas, those who currently worked in bars, or had worked in them in the past, were more like, "Well, it would be great for the bartending community and our restaurant if you did work here, but think about how it will work out with your wife and your schedules." Or, "I liked making cocktails, but by the end of the week, I just couldn't deal with the customer service aspect of the job." Or, "It's one thing to work once in a while, like you've been doing, but entirely another to do it for a living. Not so glamorous mopping vomit, clearing clogged toilets, and scouring the graffiti off the mirrors."


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Ideas for Decorating My New Bathroom?
Q: I recently moved into an apartment and need help decorating the bathroom. I am going to school for aesthetics and plan on working from home. I was planning on using my bathroom as my workspace. So the decor has have a relaxing, spa like feel. I have never designed anything before so I am looking for any advice or tips!
Right when you walk in is the glass shower doors and the vanity. The toilet and tub are behind a sliding door. I have to keep everything as is (toilet, flooring, paint color, etc).
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FRITZ!Box 7360 Service - Knowledge Base
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You can use different types of telephony devices, for example telephones, fax devices, answering machines, or PBXs, with the FRITZ!Box. Your line type determines how many devices can be used.
1 DECT devices
The following DECT devices can be registered with the FRITZ!Box at the same time:
- six cordless telephones, for example FRITZ!Fon C5
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- ten switchable sockets, for example FRITZ!DECT 210
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African American Funeral Programs of San Antonio - 1 Matching Results
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- [Funeral Program for Jesse E. Morris, Sr., August 14, 1998]
- Funeral program for Brother Jesse E. Morris, Sr., born May 8, 1924 and died August 9, 1998. The wake service was held August 14, 1998 at the Lewis Funeral Home. The going home service was August 15, 1998 at Shiloh Baptist Church. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Robins Estate in Boling, Texas.


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They swept East Tennessee State 5-0 on pitcher Whitney Kiihnl's fourth no-hitter of the season and won the nightcap 2-1 in eight innings.
The games were also part of "Strike Out Cancer" Night at Draper Diamond Friday night as part of breast cancer awareness.
Linda Anderson, mother of Lipscomb baseball coach Jeff Forehand, threw out the first pitch. She is a breast cancer survivor. The Lady Bisons also wore special pink jerseys. A crowd of more than 200 fans attended.
"That was so exciting for us to have someone that we know and who is close to the Lipscomb family come out here and do this," Ryman said. "Everyone here has been touched by some form of cancer.
"We think tremendously of her and Jeff and her whole family. That capped off a special day."
The Lady Bisons are 22-7, 2-0 in the conference. ETSU slipped to 9-19, 0-2 in the A-Sun.
"You want to take care of the games at home," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. "Right now we feel fortunate to open up at home 2-0."
Kiihnl pitched her fourth no-hitter of the season and came within two outs of her second perfect game.
Kiihnl, 15-2, struck out 10 batters. The only ETSU player to reach base was safe on an infield error in the seventh inning. It was her sixth shutout and seventh complete game of the season. The Lady Bisons have shut down teams 14 times this season.
"It was an outstanding performance again from her," Ryman said. "She is one of those pitchers who has the potential to do that every game."
The Lady Bisons scored four runs in the fourth inning and added another one in the sixth.
In the fourth Christen Campbell walked with one out. Mollie Mitchell singled through the left side moving Campbell to second. Megan Rottler also singled through the left side, bringing in Campbell. Lauren Dortwegt singled to center to plate Mitchell and Rottler. Mackenzie Tucker singled to bring in Dortwegt.
With one out in the sixth Kiihnl was safe on an error by ETSU's pitcher. She went to second on the throw. Kiihnl moved to third on a bunt single by Dortwegt. Kiihnl scored on an error by the catcher.
The Lady Bisons pounded out 11 hits. Dortwegt's double to center in the third was the only extra base hit. Dortwegt led with three hits. Kellie Sirus and Tucker each had two hits.
"Lauren had a great game," Ryman said. "She really showed the type of player she is at the plate. She can swing away. She can bunt. She can slap.
"She can do it all. Anytime a defense has to consider all three of those options it really puts the pressure on them and gives her the advantage."
In game two the Lady Bisons opened with one run in the first off of ETSU pitcher Marissa Hardy. Tucker singled through the left side with one out. Abby Keese doubled to right field, one of her game-leading three hits. Kellie Sirus walked to load the bases. Campbell walked to bring home Tucker.
ETSU tied the game in t he third. Neither team could get anything started offensively until Mitchell hit a two-out single to left to score Courtney Billington.
Campbell, 5-2, held ETSU to three hits. She struck out five and did not walk a batter. Both pitchers threw complete games.
"Ideally, you don't want it to be a close game, but anytime you can win a close one is a confidence builder," Ryman said. "This team knows how to win. That is one thing that separates us from what this team was like a couple of years ago."
The Lady Bisons are back in action Saturday at 2 at Draper Diamond with an Atlantic Sun doubleheader with USC Upstate. The series is billed by the conference as the "A-Sun Series of the Week". The highlight will be USC Upstate's Morgan Childers facing Kiihnl. Both are listed in several categories in the NCAA Division I national rankings.
"It will be two more tough games," Ryman said. "Morgan Childers is a great pitcher. She has established herself as one of the best pitchers in our conference.
"I anticipate it being a pitchers' duel. It may come down to who makes a mistake first or who gets that key clutch hit at the right time."
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


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This chapter may be cited as the "Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970".
(Pub. L. 91–598, § 1(a), Dec. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1636.)
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Short Title of 1978 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–283, § 1, May 21, 1978, 92 Stat. 249, provided that:
"This Act [enacting sections 78fff–1 to 78fff–4 of this title, amending sections 77c, 78c, 78k, and 78ccc to 78lll of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 78k of this title] may be cited as the 'Securities Investor Protection Act Amendments of 1978'."
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Finally thanking women who saved lives in Vietnam
From 8 a.m. until just before dark last Monday, the female veterans told their stories.
"I'd go into the medical closet and cry, cry, cry," one said.
"The men got Purple Hearts. We got broken hearts," another one said.
"The sound. That sound of the helicopter. You heard that sound and you knew more were coming," another woman said.
For more than two decades, America didn't want to hear the stories of nurses and other women who served in Vietnam. They were scorned and disrespected. When they began pushing for a memorial to the women who served, detractors worried that would open the floodgates to even more memorials - such as for scout dogs.
But supporters said the fantastic, perfect Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin - the Wall - was nevertheless incomplete. Former Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, said, during one of the 1988 congressional hearings, that there was a "void."
Larry Sudweeks knows about that.
"Larry had this hole. Like a big old void," said Larry's wife, Loretta Sudweeks, as she pointed to Larry's chest.
The void in Sudweeks's life goes back to his time in Vietnam, where he spent 45 days in the 93rd Evacuation Hospital in Long Binh.
He knew it was the nurses who kept him alive. But once they made him strong enough, he was flown back home, back to family and away from that place of blood and gauze and death. Another broken, dying soldier took his bed before Sudweeks got a chance to thank them or even get their names.
His was a common experience.
"I can't remember your name, but I just wanted to say thanks for saving my life," read one of the notes left on the National Mall on Monday. It was signed, "One of Many."
The rest of America had the same problem: never getting the women's names, never having the time to thank them.
It wasn't until 1993 that the Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated to honor the ones who volunteered to serve, who stayed while others were flown out, who did the comforting but were never comforted.
There was no draft for women. About 11,000 - most of them nurses - raised their hands and went over on their own.
A few hundred of them came to the women's memorial in D.C. on Veterans Day to remember, to talk, to embrace, to share and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their memorial - and two decades of America finally acknowledging their service.
Sudweeks, 66, finally got to say thanks, too.
He lives in California. And he came to the wall a couple of years ago to see the names of his buddies who died, to get that closure.
"But he kept circling that women's memorial; he was drawn to it," Loretta said.
He still didn't know who the women were who saved him.
Meanwhile, Annie Koch Voigt, 68, one of the women who kept him alive those 45 days, wondered about him too. This was many, many years after those dark days of war. After children and grandchildren and other wars.
Voigt had this one picture she took of a wounded soldier on Easter Sunday, when they all wore nurse whites rather than their fatigues. And it haunted her. She remembered his unusual name. She remembered he was nice and courteous. Most men spent just a couple of days at her evacuation hospital, then were flown away. But Sudweeks was there for weeks and in bad condition.
Part of her didn't want to learn his fate. You never knew who made it and who didn't. And, sometimes, it was best not to know.
And part of her didn't want to revisit that time in her life. Like the men, the women who served in Vietnam were often scorned when they returned to America. It was especially bad for women, who were judged as harlots for having served among the men. The television show "MASH" didn't help either. They'd say "Army nurse" and all people heard was "Hot Lips Houlihan."
So many of them folded their uniforms, put away their caps and stayed silent about their service.
Not anymore.
There is a whole new wave of female veterans now, including women who saw combat and were injured or lost friends on the battlefield.
"We talk to the women who are out there now," said 1st. Lt. Brenda Jansons, who came from South Carolina for Veterans Day. She still suffers from PTSD from her time in Vietnam. "And you know what? Their story is our story. Nothing's changed."
That's true in the saddest of ways.
"There's a secondary war," said Jennie Rose, 66, a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
"The sexual assault of women is the secondary war on them. And it's there and it's very, very real" she said, pointing to herself and another female veteran. "We both lived through it."
It was Gen. Colin Powell who first publicly thanked the nurses who saved him.
"General Powell said words we'd never heard before," said Diane Carlson Evans, president and founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation.
Powell dedicated that memorial 20 years ago and returned to the Mall on Monday to remind America what women had done in that war.
"The nurses were the ones who never got respite," he said, and he asked everyone, on this Veterans Day, to give thanks "especially to the women who served silently."
Voigt decided to end her silence. She looked up Sudweeks's unusual name and found his address in California. She mailed him the picture, the details of his wounds and her memories.
"It took me three or four tries to finish reading that card," Sudweeks said. "It was her."
At the memorial, all three of them hugged.
And Sudweeks finally said, "Thank you."
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"Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac launched today with a number of new features and refinements for users looking to run alternative operating systems in virtual environments on their Macs. As summarized on Parallels' site, the update brings enhancements to gaming and graphics, simpler setup and integration, greater manageability and mobility, and better performance. Beyond improvements to the standard Parallels Desktop application for Mac OS X, the company has also released a new, free iOS application, Parallels Mobile, bringing remote access on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to users running the desktop software."
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The best new feature of Parallels 6 is that after many MANY years, I can now turn on the advanced desktop graphic features in Ubuntu! I don't know whether there are finally 3D graphics drivers or what is going on, but this is great.
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One of the toughest things to do when building a new rig is picking out a case. When choosing components, it's important to keep their price in mind, but it is often hard to get a good looking case that isn't too pricy. This is where In Win comes in with its X-Fighter case. Of course there are many other factors when it comes to getting a good case. Not only must a case look good, but it does need to offer some great cooling options as well. This case does not disappoint in either category. It sports a front intake 120mm fan, as well as a 120mm rear output fan. Not only that, but In Win also added its VGA Turbo Cooling system, which sports two 80mm fans to cool your video card(s). On the topic of video cards, how well will certain cards fit in this case? Video cards are getting longer and longer, so hopefully there is room in this case for any card to fit.
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*sniffles* I've lost my camera and haven't been able to post any of the bento I've made :( But I'm still keeping to the challenge regardless so, ^_______^
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I'm so sorry to hear you lost your camera :( It's great you are going to keep up with the challenge though!
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Oh that sucks. Sorry to hear that and hope you're able to find or replace it soon!
Some people have posted descriptions of their bentos if they don't have a camera. May be you could do that - poor substitute for actually having your camera though. I am useless and have a camera, but only today bought a memory stick so am aiming to post more pics. Problem is, the days I haven't got my camera available are the ones I've taken the time to make a fab lunch and the times I have it(such as today) I've made a boring one!
Hope you find your camera soon.
lol. I have found my camera. It was in the backseat of the car for some reason. I will be posting pictures asap
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about MCSM for BI certification. This raised an interesting discussion about the reasons why such a certification does not exists, whether it was really necessary, what it should include, and so on. There was no signs at the moment of the decision Microsoft communicated on Friday evening to existing and candidate MCM/MCSM/MCA community. The email transcript has been reported by Neil Johnson, a Microsoft employee certified as MCSM:Messaging.
You can imagine the community reaction, and I will not repeat the many concepts expressed in many posts and comments I will list below. I disagree with this decision, but I understand the need for Microsoft to shut down the program for economical reasons. I don't like that, and I think it's not a smart move for Microsoft, too – but I would not add other points to those already expressed by many people. My point is about communication and timing.
A few days after the news, I still cannot understand:
I really would like an answer to these open questions, because I cannot even think that the consequences of such a communication plan weren't discussed in advance. But, again, this time I cannot understand why. The obvious alternative was having a soft-landing of the MCM/MCSM/MCA program, for example no new admissions and 6 months for completing certification by open submissions; publishing a roadmap towards new certifications and how existing ones will be automatically remapped on the new ones; public statement and instant update of the web pages for a coordinated communication that would have hurt someone, but would have not destroyed confidence and trust in a much bigger community than the one impacted by this decision. Why this was not possible? I would like to know the answer.
From a PR point of view, I cannot imagine a worst way to communicate the bad news. Sending an email on a Friday night, leaving to bloggers, journalists, analysts, influencers and community in general 4 entire days to discuss, blame and writing bad feelings, without any official answer by Microsoft, will be hard to recover. When on Tuesday morning MS people in Redmond will start reading the thunderstorm of the past three days, they will realize that in many areas of the world outside US the days elapsed were 4, 2 in a regular week-end and 2 whole working days. However, they are lucky that the Microsoft-Nokia deal will get the attention of anyone, so the MCM news is not going to spread too much, but the damage made to community trust will remain.
This is a list of links you can read until now:
As I said, in this moment I'm not concerned about the future of Microsoft certifications, I will judge it when there will be a roadmap and some new announcements. I am concerned about the destruction of trust and loyalty in a large community and ecosystem that helps Microsoft selling its architecture. My perception is that the damages this communication is producing is way beyond the boundary of MCM/MCSM/MCA community. Maybe I have a misperception about this entire topic and I am just worried for a self-referential issue that does not affect the real word.
I really hope I am wrong this time.
I think there is an obvious explanation for the last minute Friday email. It was on someone's list of Things to Get Done in August, and they didn't want a black mark for being late.
Does MS have a monthly accomplishment list? I worked at a company that had quarterly accomplishments. We were to list 3-4 major items, and several minor ones. One quarter, I submitted only a single item: agreement on the change of a product specification from 666MHz to 667MHz with an asterisk. Upper management was not amused and I no longer work for big companies.
1) Does MS not appreciate that SQL Server benefits from a community of experts?
or 2) is it that there is insufficient traction with the program? this would to too bad as I think it would have been a much greater success had it arrived 15 years earlier.
or 3) does MS want to put effort into other areas? PDW? cloud?
Microsoft said they will replace the program in some way, so there will be some other "pinnacle" certfication. I expect to see the new program sooner or later, what I question is the communication and the damages it created. When the new program will be available, then it will be possible to discuss about real goals of Microsoft and opportunities for partners...
A bit like making sure you advise layoffs before Christmas.
Sure, it puts a dampner on the holiday season, but it will probably be better for the individuals concerned that they don't spend quite so much money just before they get the chop!
Think of all the folk who might have otherwise 'wasted' the weekend dreaming, cramming and stressing over their certification only to have their hopes dashed and efforts rendered certless when MS finally did release the news.
Would we really feel much better about it if they waited till the whole world had a couple of upcoming working days to handle it directly? Who benefits from that?
Come on DBAs lets try to stay optimistic about the people who put problems on our plates (or in this case takes them off), they usually have their reasons, even if we don't grasp or appreciate them.
One wonders though if that now means that the existing ones are cancelled, or will they be forever untouchable and unequable in their certified expertise?
Thanks Marco.
Fingers are crossed for the new "pinnacle" certification - if it happens.
I hear you, Marco. I felt particularly sad that the connect item was shut down. So many people expressed their opinion there. Luckily they are not lost, they can be found here: www.bringbackmcm.wordpress.com
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This is not my favourite film in the series, but it's still pretty good. It dragged just a tiny amount at parts but was still entertaining.
I love the series! It captures my attention so easily and it is really good. It is the best movie series I have ever seen.
Edward and Bella got married in this fourth installment of the terribly scripted and extremely over hyped vampire NONSENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i seen almost all the twlight movies i seen this frist one i didn't really like it and all did my friends in high school ever talked about is Twilight everybody liked twilight but me but in 2012 i stared watching twlight the first movie i didn't really like it and i was like how does everybody like this movie i do not like twiilight it is boring than i put a hold on the 2ed twilight movie i watched it i still didn't like it why i don't know than the 3rd movie i put a hold it over the summer this time i watched it i still didn't like it than braking dawn part one i put a hold and i barrowed it i watch it i than liked it just when they make the last movies i like it but now i have to still watch braking dawn part 2 i still have not seen that one but the braking dawn part 1 i really liked it and in my high school library they have all of the twilight books i never knew they have tham till i started working in my school library i wanted to work in my school library since i was in gr.9 but i have not stared working in the library scince gr 12 i always wanted to work in the library scince i was in 6th gr.
OMG i own all the movies except this one!!! i also own the book breaking dawn. it is SO GOOD!!!!!
Breaking Dawn Part 1 is about Bella and Edward finally tying the knot. They get married and head to a surprise honeymoon spot. They realize that Bella is pregnant and head back home to figure out what to do. Quickly Bella is dying and Edward can't get her to agree in getting rid of this "thing" so this nightmare can end. The wolves want to get rid of it, even if that means killing Bella. Of course Jacob can't let that happen so he teams up with the vampires to protect her. This movie has captured the hearts of millions of Twihards. We all love seeing that strong romance between a vampire and a teenage girl. They've gone through so much and we feel like we owe it to them to go along with them for the ride. The love triangle between the main characters is still as strong as ever and that's what makes us feel for the best friend of Bella. I love the Twilight series because they're so captivating. The impossible is possible. Mortals have a fascination with the super natural; I think that's why we have so many books and movies that revolve around them. We all want to be in a relationship like Edward and Bella. Have that "I can't, won't live without you" feeling. We all want to find our other half and this movie shows us what its like when we finally do. The actors in this movie portray the characters very well and I think that's what makes the movie so good. They've learned to capture the essence of each one of them.
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The Twilight series will always have its fans, but I'm not one of them. Pros: 1. it is refreshing (if disconcerting) to see Kristen Stewart's Bella with a smile on her face for a change. 2. The wedding scenes are very pretty. Cons: Really, what sane woman would choose Edward over Jacob? I had to switch the movie off before it really started. Pretty awful.
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Add a Serial port to the MIPS Linkstation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 3 Prerequisites
- 4 Access the Board
- 5 Attach Headers to the Board
- 6 Enable Full Serial Tx/Rx
- 7 The Serial Converter
- 8 Enabling the Serial Console
- 9 Using the Serial Console
- 10 External Links
The console is the text output device for system administration messages. These messages come from the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger. On modern small computers the console is usually the computer's attached monitor and keyboard. The LinkStation, however, doesn't have monitor output; instead, it uses a serial connection for console output. Not only does the serial console provide valuable debugging output, it also allows root access!
Most of the information on this page was originally only speculation, based on roughly deciphered information from a Japanes web page. At the end of 2006 the community bought a bricked LS2 and handed it over to Tampakuro aka Kuroguy for trying out various hardware modifications. While at it, kuroguy also verified the procedure for installing a serial console interface. This page has been updated with the information and photos he provided in Hardware Hacks for the LS2.
- (1)Electronic-grade soldering iron (think really small)
- (1) 0.015", 1 oz solder
- (1) 0.1" series PCB header plug, 4-pin (for the serial port on J1) the 90-degree bend type is nice if you want to attach it on the back of the board
- (1) 0.1" series PCB header plug, 2-pin (for the enabling jumper on J2) 90-degree also nice here, same as above
- (1) jumper for the header on J2 - the kind from an old IDE hdd is ideal
- (1) Serial converter (or build your own - see step 4)
Access the Board
- Disassemble the LinkStation.
- Remove the main circuit board by removing the 4 mounting screws:
- Place the circuit board on a static-free work area:
Attach Headers to the Board
- The console header needs to be attached to the J1 pad, the jumper head to J2.
- Remove the preexisting solder from J1 and/or J2. Some boards have no solder in the holes. If they do, a solder wick or solder syringe are idea for this.
- If you are using angled/90-degree-bend headers, attaching them to the back/outside of the circuit board is ideal.
- Solder carefully and quickly to avoid board damage.
- If you are using the back-of-the-board placement, labeling the pins 1-4 w/ a marker saves you time in when it comes to hooking up your adapter.
J1 Pinout
|Transmit (TX)
|Receive (RX)
|Power (3.3V)*
|Ground (GND)
Enable Full Serial Tx/Rx
To enable write support across the serial port, simply bridge R186.
Install R186 using a 330 ohm resistor. Simply bridging R186 will stop the microcontroller from sending data to the CPU.
The Serial Converter
The serial port signals from the processor are only 3.3V. For proper RS-232 12V signaling, an RS-232 level shifter needs to be added. These are very common in PDA serial cables also, but can be purchased
Build your own LVTTL/RS232 or LVTTL/USB interface
- LVTTL/RS232 - Building a Custom Serial Interface
- LVTTL/USB - Use a Nokia Serial Cable on an ARM9 Linkstation
- LVTTL/USB - Use a cheap phone sync cable with the serial port
Buy your own TTL Level Shifter
- LVTTL/RS232 - MAX232 based from Futurelec - MINIRS2323V
- LVTTL/USB - FTDI chip based cable - TTL-232R-3V3
Usage considerations for the TTL-232R-3V3
A working/tested pinout/wire-color scheme is:
- Solder the 4-pin header to the board. Make sure you don't have shorts.
- You will need to switch wires on the TTL-232R-3V3 cable. Use a sharp object to lift the plastic tabs and carefully pull the wires out. Rearrange them according to the table above (black, empty, orange, yellow, empty, empty) and slide those wires back in. Tape the other wires to make sure they don't short anything.
- When plugging in the cable, make sure black aligns with GND, yellow with TXD, and orange with RXD.
- Connect the USB cable to your computer, start a terminal program with the right settings.
- Turn on the device, you should see output from the bootloader in couple seconds.
Enabling the Serial Console
As the LS2 only has a single serial port which is used by the housekeeping microcontroller, it is necessary to enable the serial console. This is done by jumpering the pins of J2 and disabling the watchdog timer on startup (by pressing the red button and powering it up). It is easiest to install J2 on the back of the board as it will be accessible by removing the cover and not the board from the chassis I used a red jumper so it can be easily located. Another option to removing the cover is to drill a 3/8" hole in the case directly above J2 and make a handle for your jumper from a piece of tape.
Note that the jumper doesn't change the hardware configuration but its state can be read by the CPU using GPIO8 ("0" jumper on, "1" jumper off). The original Linux kernel registers the serial console if the jumper is on.
Make sure that the distro you are booting actually has a some means to offer you a login window through the serial connection. A standard way of doing this would be to make sure that /etc/inittab has some line, perhaps at the end, like this:
T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 57600
Also remember to switch output to the serial port with a bootargs statement such as :
setenv bootargs console=ttyS0 root=/dev/hda1 rw
instead of the netconsole= option.
Using the Serial Console
Of course you need a serial cable to connect to the serial port. Depending on how you wired the plug on the LS, you will need a null modem, too, or a null modem cable.
- Windows
- You may access the serial console using Windows HyperTerminal (included with Windows) or TeraTerm Pro terminal emulator.
- classic Unix
- If you have a classic Unix you should either have tip(1) or cu(1) (or both). They are suitable to set up a serial connection. Linux typically doesn't have these.
- Linux
- If you are on Linux, consider the trusted and tried miniterm terminal emulator. 'minicom' also works nicely.
- Terminal
- If you are the proud owner of a real oldschool terminal, this is your chance to make use of the old dust catcher :-)
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The Lumia 720 is a stylish phone that lands firmly in the middle of Nokia's smartphone lineup. It's not as souped up as the Lumia 920, but it is a nice jump from the entry-level Nokia 520. In producing the affordable Lumia 720, Nokia focused on the camera and the colorful, sleek design.
The Lumia 720 is a looker with the typical boxy and colorful styling of Nokia's Lumia phones. The handset boasts of a 4.3", 800×480, ClearBlack, curved glass display with Nokia's Super Sensitive Touch that lets you use your phone with gloves. Its chassis is sized just right for a smartphone. Internally, the Lumia 720 is powered by a dual-core 1.0 GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. Performance wasn't sluggish, but on paper the specs look weak compared to powerhouses like the Optimus G Pro from LG.
On the back of the phone is a 6.7-megapixel shooter with a Carl Zeiss lens, LED flash, and HD 720p recording at 30 fps. It's not a PureView phone, but the photos from the Zeiss shooter are decent. The front is 90 percent display with on-screen buttons. The phone is thin but there is still room on the sides to house the volume rocker, the power button and a dedicated camera button. A headphone jack graces the top of the device.
Software-wise, the Lumia 720 is powered by Windows Phone 8 and has all the bells and whistles of Microsoft's latest mobile OS. The phone has a nice mix of Nokia-specific software features like Nokia Here Maps and Nokia Music that will appeal to new smartphone owners.
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Should the United States tackle climate change and if so, how? President Obama put forth a bold plan Tuesday night in his State of the Union address, but he'll likely face opposition from skeptics.
President Obama said Tuesday that extreme weather shows the need to fight climate change, calling for oil-funded technology research to "shift our cars and trucks off oil" and for a doubling of energy efficiency in 20 years.
"For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change," Obama said in his fifth State of the Union Address before Congress. "No single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires and floods – all are now more frequent and intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science — and act before it's too late."
Obama said that if Congress doesn't take action, his administration will. He said it will take executive actions to "reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy."
Perhaps most notably, he called for an Energy Security Trust, funded by oil and gas revenues derived from exploration on federal lands and waters, to "drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good." He said If a "non-partisan coalition of CEOs and retired generals and admirals can get behind this idea, then so can we." He challenged Americans to halve their energy use, saying states that find a way to do so will get federal funding to achieve that goal.
Some but not all environmentalists, who have been stepping up pressure on Obama to fight climate change and plan a "Forward on Climate" rally this Sunday in Washington, D.C., welcomed his comments.
"I'm glad to see the president, after the long, odd silence of the campaign, ratcheting up the rhetoric about climate change," said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, an environmental advocacy group. "The test of that rhetoric will be what he does about the purest, simplest test: the Keystone XL pipeline, with its freight of nearly a million barrels a day of the dirtiest oil on Earth."
Obama, who rejected an earlier version of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline last year, is expected in coming months to make a final decision on the private project by Calgary-based TransCanada.
"Tonight, President Obama set the lowest possible bar for action — he did not pledge to stop the carbon-spewing Keystone XL Pipeline nor promise carbon regulations on existing power plants. In fact, he pledged no specific actions at all," said Daniel Souweine, director of Forecast the Facts, an environmental group.
The president faces challenges on Capitol Hill if he attempts to pass any climate-related legislation that goes beyond energy efficiency, which has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
The GOP-led House has many lawmakers who are skeptical of climate change as is Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising political star from Florida who gave the GOP response to Obama's address. Earlier this month at a BuzzFeed event, Rubio said the "climate is always changing" and he's not convinced its change is due to man-made activity: "I know people said there's a significant scientific consensus on that issue," he said, "but I've actually seen reasonable debate on that principle."
On Tuesday, Rubio said the United States should open up more federal lands to oil and gas exploration rather than waste more taxpayer dollars on renewable energy that's not cost-competitive.
Early In his first term, Obama sought congressional passage of a "cap-and-trade" bill that would have set a national limit on heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions but allow companies to buy pollution credits from those below the cap. The House passed it, but the Senate did not.
After that failure, the president turned to the Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to crack down on carbon pollution. The EPA required new cars and light trucks to nearly double their fuel efficiency by 2025 and proposed emission limits on new power plants.
The Obama administration also sought to boost energy efficiency and develop clean energy such as wind and solar. It devoted hundreds of billions of dollars in Recovery Act funds to such technology but several companies, including California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra went bankrupt after accepting federal loan guarantees.


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Pat Stouffer: Proposition B will be tied up in the courts for quite some time. What measures will you take in the meantime to resolve the city's financial problems?
Bob Filner: I would put a cap on six figure pensions … More importantly, we will negotiate a five-year pensionable pay freeze for the city of San Diego regardless of whether Proposition B has been validated by the courts.
Carl DeMaio: Prop. B is not tied up in courts. The unions have filed a number of frivolous lawsuits and they have not succeeded in getting any judge to say that we cannot implement it. In fact, this city council and the mayor have come together and hit the ground running implementing Prop. B since the election … I've built a council coalition to implement the first stage, which is the interim 401(k) and we were also able to build a council coalition of four votes to mandate the five-year pay freeze.
PS: Cities are increasingly judged on quality-of-life assets. Assuming San Diego eventually has some discretionary funds, how will you determine funding for quality of life issues, such as the arts?
CD: As we increase our hotel tax revenues over the next eight years, we will also double the funding for arts, culture and science programs … My position in support of these programs is clear, which is why I authored the Roadmap to Recovery, which balances our budget and puts money back into these important programs.
BF: There are special interests that govern city hall. Mr. DeMaio is a candidate of those special interests — the developers, the builders, the lobbyists. Those are the people who have prevented our neighborhoods from having the quality of life raised. If you want quality of life raised, you have to vote Bob Filner for mayor because I am the only one free from those constraints.
PS: The budget money affects all forward motion in a city like San Diego. The maintenance, repair and upgrading of roads and infrastructure have been under-funded for several years. Will we ever be able to catch up?
BF: If we change who has control of city hall. I don't care if you're a wealthier community like La Jolla or downtown, the special interests have seen you and the property as an asset for their own private profit. They have not looked at your parking, traffic, beach maintenance or post office. There is a reason why we don't have these things, and it's because the budget and priorities are not geared toward neighborhoods.
CD: Our 249-page, comprehensive, step-by-step [Roadmap to Recovery] budget was the first budget offered by a council member that actually balances … We presented a thoughtful and balanced approach to reforming city finances that restores programs and over five years allows us to catch up on our road repairs — $497 million in additional funding without a tax increase dedicated to community and neighborhood infrastructure.
PS: Managed competition now has a role in the city budget. The first four bids were won by existing city departments. If private enterprise runs over budget, the contractor is obligated to eat the deficit. What about the city? How do you propose to protect taxpayers in a managed contract bid?
CD: In 2012, we followed [Prop. C] up with the Fair and Open Competition Measure to go along with managed competition and require that all contracts be posted online. This is important because it puts the voter mandate behind the concept that we should be opening city services up to transparency and competition on a regular basis … In my administration, we are going to require that anyone who wins these bids — whether they are employees or contractors — that they shall enter into a fixed-price, performance-based contract with all the terms being transparently disclosed online for the public to search and see.
BF: When a private bidder can pay low wages, no benefits, can avoid liability that the city has to have, that's where the unfairness comes — when you have outside bidders who can, in fact, not pay a livable wage. I'm going to oppose that kind of competition. I'm not going to say because someone can make a private profit by skimming off easy-to-provide services and pay no wages and assume no liability, we give those people that contract.
PS: Unions have been a popular target for the city's budget problems, yet each of these contracts has been negotiated and approved by the city council and mayor and vetted by the City Attorney's office — all people who benefit from the terms of those contracts. Isn't it a bit disingenuous to blame employees for decisions made by management when the budget goes south?
BF: No question. The employees have given back again and again over the past six years during this pension problem. We have increased their payments, we have increased their health care, we have taken off all the bells and whistles and they have not seen a pay increase.
CD: We should not blame our employees. I'm a businessman and I know that we need to have an environment, a workplace, where our employees feel safe, awarded, supported, which is why one of the most important things we can do is make sure we avoid bankruptcy in our city. That they know their job is secure, and when we make a commitment to them on retirement, that we can actually fulfill that commitment.
PS: Does San Diego need a new football stadium? Where should it be, who should pay for it and why?
CD: I'm open to the idea of a multi-use facility for special events — perhaps combine the sports arena, additional meeting space to bring events in from out of town — but we do not have money in the city's budget to contribute anything to that project. I'm willing to sit at the table and bring people together, I'm willing to look into public-private partnerships, I'm willing to be a convener and get people together behind a plan that works, but I'll never support a plan for the city to build a stadium for a billionaire.
BF: What we have had with our sports teams — and it's because of the monopoly major leagues have over us — is extortion. We have paid a heavy price to keep the teams here, so no more extortion from this man. I love the Chargers. I would like to keep them. I hope we can keep them. I see ways in which the city can benefit, in which the city can have an investment paid back.
PS: How do you see San Diego in five years?
BF: I hope we see a city with a vibrant economy that's building middle class jobs that's based on expansion of our port, that sees a vibrant economy based on alternative energy in our green and blue economy. I hope we have a city where our neighborhoods have reached far more prominence and quality of life issues addressed, and we have a livable, walkable, pedestrian-friendly city, where the arts and culture are not only appreciated, but far more supported, where our educational system is seen as second to none. Where tourists come to not only to see our great weather, but also our great environmental assets and our incredible diversity in different neighborhoods and ethnic groups in the city.
CD: We'll accomplish what I call the three "P"s — pensions, potholes and prosperity. By pensions, I mean the larger fiscal-reform agenda. We have to complete that so that we have financial health that's restored and we get past this pension crisis … We'll use the savings to get back what we lost — our after-school programs, library hours, park and rec, police and fire personnel. We will then pivot to potholes — neighborhood infrastructure that we have neglected for more than a decade … Moving on, we'll go to prosperity. We will create jobs, middle class jobs that will give you enough to send your kids to college or to buy your first house and retire comfortably.
PS: Each of you represents extremes of your party. How will you build consensus in a centrist political arena?
CD: People can try to apply labels, but at the end of the day, what I'm fighting for are the issues that unite, rather than divide. I'm proud of the work that we've done and it's because we've listened, exchanged ideas, brought sides together and then insisted on action, bringing results.
BF: The person who has tried to bring things together — as chairman of a major committee in the United States Congress, deputy mayor of the eighth largest city in the nation, president of the second largest school district in the state — is me. How does that happen? Because I can bring people together and get things done.
Next month at its Oct. 2 meeting, the La Jolla Rotary will host special guests District 1 City Council candidates Sherri Lightner and Ray Ellis.


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From The Director
Building on a Legacy
It is with much enthusiasm and honor that I write this letter as the new Florence Finch Abbott Director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. As my tenure began in the fall, I was fortunate to join the 140th anniversary celebration on November 11, 2016. It was a lively, memorable evening, well attended by students, neighbors, and members of MHC faculty and staff, including Acting President Sonya Stephens and Dean of Faculty Jon Western.
Our showcase was the 140 Unlimited exhibition, a stellar reinstallation of the galleries that features over 140 recent acquisitions and continues this spring. As many of you know, my predecessor John Stomberg tirelessly led the 140 Gifts campaign, an impressive initiative that resulted in over 300 acquisitions made possible through the considerable generosity of our many supporters.
The Museum's distinguished history and expanded collection were celebrated that evening, while our students brought great originality and vitality to the galleries. Our Student Guides led engaging tours while other students shared their own ekphrastic poems inspired by individual works on display. The evening concluded with a splendid roaming concert through the galleries; of special note was the choral finale featuring the work of alumna Linda Conway Correll George ('60).
Indeed, it was a very auspicious start to my tenure here. Although it has been only a few months since I arrived at the College, I must say I already feel at home. The Museum staff and the broader Mount Holyoke College community have been very welcoming, making my transition seamless. While I have curated contemporary art for many years, I most enjoy working with an encyclopedic collection, such as MHCAM's, and creating connections across centuries and cultures. The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum also resonates with my interests, and thus I find our corresponding commitment to both art and material culture meaningful and relevant. Through such distinctive resources and our esteemed Teaching with Art program, MHCAM actively enriches the lives of our students and surrounding community. It is exactly the kind of museum where I want to be.
As we embark on our next chapter, I would like to thank former directors Marianne Doezema and John Stomberg, and former curator Wendy Watson for their significant contributions. We would not be where we are today without their legacy. I would also like to share my gratitude to both past and current members of the Art Museum Advisory Board for their longstanding support and counsel, and in particular to Board Chair Susan Noonan ('82).
And finally, I extend a heartfelt thanks to the talented, committed Museum staff for their tremendous work, and to Ellen Alvord, Weatherbie Curator of Education and Academic Programs, who served as the interim director with boundless energy and aplomb.
I look forward to meeting more of our supportive community, and hope you will introduce yourself whenever you visit MHCAM—it would be an honor to personally welcome you!
Tricia Y. Paik, PhD
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Family Of Henry Rice Shively
Sunday, January 23, 2011
My First Shively Family Genealogy Blog
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This looks fantastic Larry! Good job!ReplyDelete
What a lovely blog! I have spent so much time researching the Shively Family...looking for a maiden name of a Emeline Shively married to L.M. Schively. Mr Shively was born abt. 1824 in PA, I can't find anything for him prior to 1860, I can't even find his 1st name, his 1st child was born in KY and the rest were born in IN. He was not present in the 1870 census, however his wife and children were...I realize this is a lot of work just to find the surname of his wife, but I am so entrenched in the Shively history now, I am intrigued! Do you have any suggestions? I have searched the links that you have posted on your blog, and every tree I can think of (with the various spellings of the name)...it appears that older census records for PA, for Shively, show Head of Household name and simply the amount of children under and over 20, no names...I'm stumped....any suggestions?ReplyDelete
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DescriptionThis is adventure #3 in Scott Adam's text adventure series. It takes place in a nuclear power plant. You must race against time to fulfill your mission or the reactor may be doomed. You use one or two word commands to move around and manipulate objects.
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TitleWhen a certain TV show going by the same name as this game threatened legal action, AI was forced to changed the name, hence the vast array of names seen for this game. Because many boxes had already been printed with the now-illegal name however, rather than just junking them, they rather comically covered up the old name with a horribly ugly gold sticker with the name Secret Mission on it. Apparently this was enough to satisfy the lawyers.
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California Department of Transportation
Date: May 1, 2012
District: Headquarters
Contact: Matt Rocco
Phone: (916) 657-5060
PICO RIVERA - Caltrans, BNSF Railway, and Amtrak today announced the groundbreaking of a $38 million rail project that will add 3.8 additional miles of track to the Los Angeles area, increasing efficiency and rail capacity.
The project is fully-funded by an American Recovery & Reinvestment Act grant from the Federal Railroad Administration and is part of a larger $163 million, 15-mile main line track expansion between the cities of Commerce and Fullerton, known as the Triple Track Project, which lays an additional third track next to two existing lines.
"In a densely populated urban region such as Los Angeles, passenger and freight rail lines often compete for track access," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "This project makes it possible for us to better serve the public by helping to alleviate congestion and improve on-time performance."
Construction of the Triple Track Project is divided into eight segments of main line capital improvements. In addition to improving safety and reducing noise, completion of all 15 miles of the new track will allow for expanded passenger and commuter rail service through the corridor.
"BNSF and Caltrans share a long-term commitment to improve the efficiency of rail transportation in California," said D.J. Mitchell, BNSF Assistant Vice President, Passenger Services. "Investments such as this will help improve rail passenger service, while maintaining consistent and reliable rail freight capabilities within the region."
"Amtrak continues to look forward to the implementation of all track improvements to the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor," said Michael Chandler, Amtrak General Superintendent, Southwest Division. "The Triple Track Project will improve the on-time performance for the Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner® trains operating through the corridor and our passengers are the ones who will benefit the most from these improvements. We would like to thank our partnerships with the BNSF Railway, Orange County Transportation Authority and California Department of Transportation."
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ABC, whose Emmy-winning hit "Lost" brought forth a host of other supernaturally tinged shows this season, is taking the next leap into the sci-fi stratosphere.
The network has ordered an anthology series called "Masters of Science Fiction" that will bring the work of some of the genre's titans -- including, possibly, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov -- to the small screen. The show comes from IDT Entertainment, the company behind Showtime's "Masters of Horror."
ABC has ordered four episodes of the show thus far. Production is scheduled to begin in late spring; it could be on the air by summer or held for fall.
"We're very excited about this anthology," says Quinn Taylor, who oversees movies and miniseries for ABC. "We've been trying to put together this kind of series because it has great potential to become appointment television."
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Michael Tolkin ("The Player," "Deep Impact") has already agreed to write and direct one episode. Bradbury is in discussions to adapt his "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," and the producers are also negotiating for the rights to Asimov's story "The Last Question" and "The Discarded" by Harlan Ellison.
"Masters of Horror," which premiered last fall on Showtime, featured mini-movies by John Carpenter, Mick Garris, Joe Dante, Dario Argento and John Landis. A second season is due in the fall.


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CBS Sports has elected to use a six-day selection for games of November 11, 2006. The following four games are being held: Tennessee at Arkansas, Georgia at Auburn, South Carolina at Florida and Alabama at LSU. CBS will televise one of these four games at 3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. ET), while ESPN will televise one of these four games at 7:45 p.m. ET (6:45 p.m. CT), ESPN2 will televise one of the four games at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT) and Lincoln Financial Sports will televise one of the four games at 12:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. CT). The selections should be made by Sunday afternoon based on the outcome of the Saturday, Nov. 4 games.If I were ranking the games right now, I'd go:
The remaining SEC game on the schedule for Nov. 11 will have Vanderbilt visiting Kentucky at 1 p.m. ET (noon CT).
1. Arkansas at UT (#12 vs. #8)
2. UF vs. SC (Spurrier returns home with the chance to wreck #7 UF's season)
3. UGA at AU (#6 AU hosting a bad UGA team in a great college rivalry game)
4. Bama at LSU (#13 hosting a horrible Bama team)
LSU plays at UT this weekend.
Arkansas plays at South Carolina
UGA plays at UK
By Sunday, it could look more like this:
1. #11 Arkansas at #7 UT
2. #6 Florida playing a 4 loss Gamecock team that still has the Spurrier story
3. #5 Auburn vs. a rebounding 6-3 UGA team
4. #20 LSU hosts a boring 6-3 Bama
1. #25 South Carolina vs. #6 Florida with a great storyline
2. #17 Arkansas at #13 UT
3. #5 Auburn vs. a rebounding 6-3 UGA team
4. #11 LSU hosts boring 6-3 Bama
God bless the Atlanta TV market, our ace in the hole. The wildcard in all of this...LSU doesn't want to play anymore day games. If they throw a fit about playing on LFSports at 11:30 am CST, they'll put the SEC in the position of trying to decide who to screw.
Note from Dawgnoxious: All things considered, I think I'd rather take my chances with a half-asleep AU team at 11:30 CST than a jacked AU team at 7:30.
PWD NOTE: LSU is the host team vs. Bama. I had it listed both ways above.


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Height: 5'2"
Weight (lbs): 102
Measurements: 34B-26-34
Ethnicity/Nationality: Hispanic
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- COEd Magazine Girl of the Week
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- Spicy Magazine cover model
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The Interview
Where are you from? And, are you currently living there? If not, where are you currently living?
I'm from Brooklyn, New York and that's where I'm currently living.
Does your personality match your Zodiac sign? Describe.
I'm a Scorpio and my sign does match my personality. I'm very determined, demanding and energetic - especially when it comes to business. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that I'm sexy.
What would you say are your strengths as a model?
My biggest strength is my willingness to work extremely hard to be successful. I know that I'm not perfect and will never be - but I'm going to do all that I can to get as close to that point. Anyone who wants to be successful has to have the drive to do so and I have that drive.
What is your best beauty secret?
Rest. You have to be sure to get the most amount of rest possible because no one wants to be tired during the day and looking tired is even worse. Be sure to get all the sleep you can each day.
Where can we see you?
You can find me on my Facebook page, my manager's Facebook page and Model Mayhem. Outside of that I've appeared in work with Playboy, Spicy Magazine, Gentlemen's VIP magazine, CO Ed magazine and many websites and publications.
What are your future plans (long term goals)?
My goals are to become a full-fledged personality in the entertainment industry. I want to do such things as event hosting, acting, TV show hosting and anything else that will keep my image and brand in front of the public.
Do you drink? If so, what do you drink? If not, why do you not drink?
My favorite drinks are a Red Bull/Vodka combination or a Cranberry/Vodka.
What is the best present you received? What is the best present you gave?
The best present I have received was a simple date that included a walk, dinner and dancing. That's always the way to get me...something simple. My favorite gift was tickets to a Knicks game. He LOVED it.
Where (restaurants) do you like to eat? What do you order? Why?
Any place that I can get sushi is the best. Healthy and tasty is the way to go.
What do you do on your spare time?
In my spare time I enjoy music, movies and reading; anything that allows me to escape reality from time to time.
How do you keep in such excellent shape? Explain your daily/exercise routine.
Cardio workouts mixed with circuit training. Burning off all the fat that's on your body is your way to go if you want to stay in shape. Then the weight lifting to follow tones everything up.
Are you big on first impressions? What do you first notice on a man?
First impressions are important because they tell a lot about the person. Not everything, but just enough to let me know if I want to continue or not. The first thing that I notice is his smile. If he is comfortable enough to show me the whites then that shows he has the confidence to date me.
What's on your travel itinerary? Are you planning to go to any events in the future and/or vacation with your family, friends or 'significant other'?
I travel back and forth to LA a lot. Other than that I enjoy relaxing at home.
How would you like your boyfriend to propose to you?
Somewhere private, just me and him. It also has to include a simple inside joke between us. Make me laugh and then I'll say yes.
Marriage song? What song would you like played on your wedding night? Why?
Haven't thought that far yet, but something that talks about enduring love.
Any shout-outs or last words?
I want to shout out all of the people that have supported me over the years.
My management team at the R&B Management Group and PASMAG for giving me this opportunity.


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