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Picture Neel Kashkari striding to home plate late in the game, shouldering his bat and pointing confidently at the outfield lights.
California's Republican candidate for governor, who is taking on Democrat Jerry Brown in his bid to win an unprecedented fourth term, must swing for the fences in tonight's first — and probably only— debate if he has any chance of closing the incumbent's big lead, state political experts say.
Most polls taken over the summer show Brown leading Kashkari by about 20 points. With less than nine weeks to go before Election Day, and less than five before voting by mail begins, Kashkari still suffers from low recognition — unlike Brown, 76, who has been part of California's political scene for five decades.
"Kashkari needs to make a lot of news and a lot of noise and hope for lots and lots of zingers and … he really needs to pray for an error by Jerry Brown" — something that will be repeated on the nightly news or in campaign ads, said Thad Kousser, a UC San Diego political science professor.
"Anything other than a debacle for Jerry Brown is a victory for Jerry Brown," Kousser said.
Kashkari, a 41-year-old asset manager from Laguna Beach and former U.S. Treasury Department official, had proposed 10 head-to-head events: one debate and one town hall in each of five regions of the state. That's a standard play for a challenger, especially one with a lot less money than the incumbent: Sharing a stage makes them look like equals — and each meeting is another chance to goad the incumbent into a gaffe.
But Brown has agreed to give Kashkari just one bite at the apple.
"The most important thing is first to establish that you are gubernatorial material, which means you have to show some mastery of the issues," said Edmond Costantini, a UC Davis professor emeritus and political expert. "But how do you do that, how do you make a splash, except by saying something outrageous?"
Don't expect Kashkari to pull some new rabbit from the hat, Kousser said. Instead, he will probably will take more potshots at Brown's support of high-speed rail, which he calls Brown's "crazy train," while pressing his case that California is headed in the wrong direction with Brown at the wheel.
"He's been making this point at Rotary lunches and poorly attended events all across the state," Kousser said. "It's not that he's doing a bad job; it's that nobody's paying attention to the job he's doing. And this is his chance to speak directly to the state's voters."
Yet if Kashkari hopes to maintain viability for future elections — perhaps 2018, when Brown would be term-limited out — he might pull his punches, Kousser said. "If he's looking ahead and playing a long-term strategy, he doesn't need to be throwing grenades at a popular governor this year."
Kashkari launched a new Web video Wednesday claiming Brown is in the California Teachers Association's pocket and puts the union's needs ahead of California students, perhaps presaging an avenue of attack in the debate.
Even in California's closest races for governor in recent decades — Pete Wilson over Dianne Feinstein in 1990, and George Deuk- mejian over Tom Bradley in 1982 — the debates were largely unremarkable and didn't noticeably alter the contests' courses.
Brown had $22.4 million banked for the campaign as of June 30 and has raised at least $387,000 in large donations since then. Kashkari had about $198,000 banked at midyear, and has raised at least $692,000 in large donations since.
Kashkari has tried to make up for his low budget by finding creative, cost-free ways to get his name out: lots of talk-radio guest-host gigs, and a well-publicized week spent "undercover" as a homeless person looking for a job in Fresno.
Follow Josh Richman at Twitter.com/Josh_Richman and Jessica Calefati at Twitter.com/Calefati. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.


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When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would seek recognition from the United Nations for a Palestinian state, Israel complained that Abbas should have pursued that objective in face-to-face peace negotiations and warned of grave consequences, threatening to expand settlements or even to "cancel" the peace process altogether. Now that the General Assembly has upgraded the Palestinians' status — from "observer entity" to "nonmember state" — the Israelis are proceeding in a dangerous and self-defeating way.
Part of the price the Palestinians will pay can be measured in dollars and cents. Israel has decided to withhold from the Palestinian Authority more than $100 million in tax revenue collected from West Bank importers using Israeli ports. (The funds instead will be used to repay the Palestinians' debt to Israel's electricity company.)
Israel also announced that it would construct an additional 3,000 units of Jewish housing in the West Bank and the Jerusalem area.
Most ominously, the Israeli government ordered "preliminary zoning and planning work" for thousands of housing units in areas including the "E-1" zone east of Jerusalem. Construction in that area would connect the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim with East Jerusalem, cutting off access between the Palestinian cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem. As U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, it would deal "an almost fatal blow" to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because it would make it extremely difficult to configure a reasonably contiguous Palestinian state. (The Obama administration described the Israeli announcement as "counterproductive," and a State Department spokesman said that construction in E-1 "would be damaging to efforts to achieve a two-state solution.")


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I will keep this brief, as I am tired and want to get to bed, but the obsessive part of me wants to put in my log entry on the same day as the run. But man, what a great day!
It was Val's birthday today, and she hosted a fantastic Fat Ass event at her place. Several of the Trail Monster gang was there, including Ian, Ryan, Danielle, Blaine, Chuck, Kevin, Lily, Al, Linda, Erik, George, Ann, Randy, and others.
Course was a challenge. It consisted of a loop that was slightly over five miles long. It featured rolling hills which weren't too drastic, but the conditions were what made it quite difficult. We ran through snow, ice, big clumps of grass, mud... all of it in a constant state of metamorphosis as the temperatures climbed well into the 40s.
Lily and I ran the full race together, completing six loops in a total time of 5:40:30. I felt great, and was very pleased with the result. Had one good fall from taking a sharp turn on a sheet of ice that still rock solid on the first loop, but just got a few bloody scratches that make for good decoration.
A real treat at the end when Jerry (Val's neighbor) gave us rides in his helicopter. I had never been in one before. Really, really cool!
Ran 30.7 miles @ 10:00/mile pace (pace does not include aid station stops).
Trails, with the full gambit of conditions.
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Wow, I can't believe it is already September of 2012. Labor day has come and gone, school is in session and the SQL Community is still busy. With that, I am trying to be a bit busier within the community.
September is already bringing us some good things. Just this morning I read some excellent news from the people at SQLSkills. They have teamed with Pluralsight to bring even more SQL Server goodness to the community. Paul, Kimberly and crew are providing tons of video training materials through Pluralsight. You can get all the skinny from their announcement on the matter. This is an opportunity you probably should not pass on.
Next up is a little thing called SQL Saturday. The one in particular that I am talking about is happening in Rhode Island. September 15 is the date and all day is the time. This is the 156th installment of this free training event. I have two sessions that I will be presenting. One is on Table Compression and the other is on SSRS for us mere mortal DBAs. You can discover a bit more information about that from the SQL Saturday site, here.
As a part of that SQL Saturday there are a bunch of presentations that I hope to get to. Unfortunately, many are at the same time so seeing them all will be a bit of a problem. I am looking forward to at least chatting with a few other presenters (like Jeff Moden, Grant Fritchey (Twitter), Wayne Sheffield (Twitter), Jack Corbett (Twitter), Mike Walsh (Twitter), Aaron Bertrand (Twitter), Andy Roberts and Mike Corey (Twitter)) while there. Yes, it looks to be a very good cast coming up on September 15th. With such high class presenters as Grant, Aaron and Wayne presenting at the same time as me in the afternoon though, I will probably have an opportunity to catch a session then though 😉 .
Also coming up this month is a special SSIS workshop in Las Vegas by Brian Knight and company. While he is in town, he will be presenting to the Las Vegas User Group called "SQL Server Society of Las Vegas." The date on that is September 18th. Details can be found in meetup, here.
Those events pretty much cover the month of September from coast to coast and practically worldwide (at least virtually). Check them out. I hope to see you at the minimum at one of these events.


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In news that gripped the nation last week, Justin Bieber has been accused of an unspeakable act of animal cruelty. The controversial moment happened in Atlanta, when Bieber was captured on video handing something to a teenage fan. In the grainy clip, Bieber can be heard shouting above the screams of a crowd, saying, "That's all you. You gotta take care of PAC."
PAC, as it turns out, was Justin Bieber's hamster. And in gifting the small rodent to his fan, Bieber angered hamster-lovers worldwide, including the California Hamster Association. The CHA wasted no time in issuing a statement against Bieber's heartless actions, saying it was "extremely likely that this hamster would have been harmed."
Right? For one thing, that hamster could have been immediately stuffed up someone's ass. Luckily for the millions who have been transfixed by this fascinating story, there's been an update on PAC's condition.
Celebuzz caught up with 18-year-old Victoria Blair, the fan who received the hamster from Bieber, and it appears that PAC is being treated well and not at all like a bizarre popstar totem:
He's fine. He sleeps during the day and plays at night — he's acting like a normal hamster. (...) PAC is used to being on the road, and that's exactly what I'm doing. I'm going to do with PAC what Justin would do and try to be a similar environment like Justin did. Justin took him to meet his fans. So I take him to the park and I let people pet him. He goes with me everywhere. He's like my baby.
As for the accusations from the California Hamster Association that Bieber had unknowingly practiced "a form of animal cruelty" since hamsters "often succumb quickly to illness and death" when faced with "sudden environmental change," Blair says Bieber hardly handed over the mouselike creature without any warning. Sure, he may have randomly shoved the hamster through a chain link fence into a hysterical fan's hands, but he also provided a thorough lesson in the animal's care and feeding:
He gave me instructions for how to take care of him. He said, 'He loves his ball' and 'He needs to eat.'
In conclusion, PAC is doing just fine, and I'm sure it's perfectly healthy for young Blair to obsess over a living gift from her favorite star. Meanwhile, the California Hamster Association has clarified that while they do not approve of his choice, Bieber doesn't need to worry about a hamster-group-based attack:
We have no ill will toward Mr. Bieber.
What do you think, was Bieber nuts for pawning off a hamster to a fan? How hilarious is it that there's actually a California Hamster Association? Was it a hamster or a gerbil that was reportedly found in Richard Gere's butt? Can you even believe I just wrote a whole article about Justin Bieber's hamster, because jesus, I sure can't?
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In honor of Women's History Month, we'd like to recognize just a few of the amazing women who have dedicated their lives and careers to the exploration and protection of our precious and fragile blue planet!
Margaret Leinen
As the Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Margaret Leinen is helping to pave the way for future generations of ocean scientists, explorers and environmentalists. Scripps, formally part of UC San Diego, is one of the world's oldest centers for oceanic and atmospheric research. Since it's establishment in 1903, this institution has produced three Nobel Prize winners and three National Medal of Science winners.
Leinen's recent appointment at Scripps is just one of the many accomplishments in an illustrious career dedicated to the ocean. As an award-winning paleo-oceanographer, Leinen is responsible for creating a better understanding of the relationship between ocean sediments and climate.
Wendy Schmidt
In 2013, the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE launched. The goal of this prize is to address a global need for better information about the process of ocean acidification.
A long-time supporter of ocean exploration and research, Schmidt and her husband Eric are founders of the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI). Through combining science with state-of-the-art technology, the SOI hopes to achieve lasting results in ocean research and shares their groundbreaking knowledge with audiences around the world, with the ultimate goal of fostering a deeper understanding of our environment.
Ruth Dixon Turner
Marine biologist Ruth Turner was the world's expert on shipworms, wood-boring bivalves that were responsible for destroying ships.
Throughout her lifetime, Turner published more than 200 scientific articles and became one of Harvard's first tenured female professors. In addition to her contributions to marine academia, Turner worked closely with filmmakers and explorers like Stan Waterman, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Robert Ballard (responsible for discovering the Titanic).
Margaret Murie
Affectionately referred to as the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement," Margaret Murie played a critical role in the passage of the Wilderness Act and the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Beginning in the 1960's Murie, an author, naturalist and conservationist, dedicated her life to lobbying Congress to pass legislation to prevent development on designated wildlife habitats nationwide. As a result of her tireless dedication to preserving millions of acres of Alaskan habitat, Murie was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton in 1998.
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A perfect start to Alaçati as race 1 sees Ross Williams and Sarah Hebert take the early advantage.
A strong morning wind and glorious sunshine gave competitors the perfect opportunity to get tuned up and registered in the beautiful Alaçati bay in preparation for the afternoon of racing ahead. The atmosphere on the beach was fantastic, with a local DJ banging out the tunes and the crowd relaxing on sunbeds.
Race 1 kicked off at 2pm with a 4-gybe downwind slalom course, in 25kts of wind. Most competitors selected sails around the 7.0-8.0 range and boards around 100-110 liters, and the racing was intense from the outset.
Standout performance of the early rounds was local hero Bora Kozanoglu (Starboard/NeilPryde). In the first heat of the day he flew into the lead, holding off Dunkerbeck (Starboard/Severne) for the entire race, winning in front of a cheering home crowd. Having just finished 1st in the Turkish Championships, he is clearly going well and was unlucky to go over the line early in the quarterfinals.
Other local standout was Enes Yžlmazer (JP/NeilPryde) who was sailing well all day. At only 18 years old and already 2 times Youth World Champion, he is clearly one to watch for the future.
First big name to fall was Kevin Pritchard (Starboard/Gaastra/Dakine), who gave it everything, but couldn't quite do enough to make the 4th place slot in the quarters with Sylvain Moussilmani (Starboard/Simmer Style) just taking him on the line. Robby Swift (JP/NeilPryde) also missed out on a semi final place after getting pipped to the post by Andrea Rosati (RRD/NeilPryde).
By the semis the action was roasting. As the crowd watched on, the top 16 battled it out for a place in the final. The highlight of this round was the Dutch showdown between Ben Van Der Steen (Exocet/Simmer Style) and Peter Volwater (F2/MauiSails). Volwater had held the 4th position the whole race, but coming down the final reach, speedster Van Der Steen put the pedal to the metal and cut Volwater off at the finish. Poor Volwater had no choice; either miss the finish line, or slow down and come in behind Van Der Steen.
The loser's final saw Volwater make up for his early error by storming into a powerful lead and taking the victory with relative ease. Cedric Bordes (Tabou/Gaastra), raced brilliantly to finish 2nd and Alberto Menegatti (Starboard/Simmer Style) took 3rd.
Today however, the best was definitely saved until last. The final saw battles throughout as everyone jockeyed for positions before the race had even crossed the line. Angulo (Angulo/Maui Sails) blazed into the lead, with Williams (Tabou/Gaastra) nestling in behind. Albeau (JP/NeilPryde) and Maynard (RRD/NeilPryde) seemed to be so carried away fighting each other that they gave valuable space to the rest of the fleet. Dunkerbeck saw his opportunity and pounced, driving over the top of Maynard and leaving him in his wake and moving into 4th.
Meanwhile at the front of the fleet Angulo looked to have it all sewn up, rounding the final gybe in the lead, with just an easy reach to victory. Williams however had had enough of the follow the leader racing and took a low line down the last reach in a daring move that would pay off massively. Poor Angulo was concentrating so much on those around him that he seemed to miss the Englishmen's run, not spotting the stealth sails until it was too late. Williams crossed the line in first, with Angulo literally a meter behind. Albeau took 3rd whilst Dunkerbeck stayed ahead of Maynard in 4th.
Angulo "I looked around and saw Antoine behind me and thought that was the guy to worry about. I had no idea Ross was there right until the finish line. He had his little black sail, with technora and I didn't look hard enough. It was my mistake. I need to get a bit more experience of being in first and winning races."
Ross "I had a good start with speed and then tucked in behind Josh. On the last reach I just thought, "I go for it" and went low to see if I had the speed to take him. I am not sure he saw me until the line, but anyway I am really happy to be in this position."
In the women's fleet the action was loaded with costly mistakes. Ghibaudo (Tabou/The Loft), who leads the tour coming into Turkey, was forced over the line by Gillgren (Starboard/Severne) and forced to take a 10th place in the final. That should have opened the door for Jaggi (F2/Severne), but it was Sarah Hebert (Starboard/Naish Sails) that burnt into the lead, arriving first at the mark, holding on until the finish line, taking the win and with it the "sailor or the day" award. Alice Arutkin (Starboard/North Sails) put on a solid performance behind her to take 2nd. Jaggi almost appeared to be trying to hard. After making up ground on the leaders she dropped a gybe and let local legend Çagla Kubat (Starboard/North Sails) through into 3rd position. The local crowds were on their feet as the former "miss Turkey" model held off the World Champion. However it wasn't to stay that way and Jaggi made up for her first gybing error by cutting inside at the final mark and moving back into the 3rd spot.
Elimination 2
With only a 5-minute pause the men were back in action for elimination 2, quickly running the first 8 heats to complete the first round. All the usual suspects advanced leaving us with a dramatic start to tomorrow as we move straight into the high-octane quarterfinal action.
Men's Results after 1 Elimination
1 Ross Williams Gaastra, Tabou Boards
2 Josh Angulo Dakine, Angulo, MauiSails
3 Antoine Albeau NeilPryde, JP
4 Björn Dunkerbeck Starboard, Severne Sails
5 Finian Maynard RRD, NeilPryde
6 Ben Van Der Steen Simmer Style, Exocet
7 Micah Buzianis NeilPryde, JP
8 Jimmy Diaz Starboard, North Sails
9 Peter Volwater F2, MauiSails
10 Cedric Bordes Gaastra, Tabou Boards
Women's results after 1 Elimination
1 Sarah Hebert Starboard, Naish Sails
2 Alice Arutkin Starboard, North Sails
3 Karin Jaggi F2, Severne Sails
4 Çagla Kubat Starboard, North Sails
5 Marion Raïsi Naish Sails, Dakine, Exocet


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The Yin and Yang of Open Source Commerce - page 15
The question is not: "Will Linux make it in the SMB/SME market?", but rather "Who will be the successful entrepreneur who takes Linux into this market with a total business solution package that will capture the mind of the a needy and demanding market place that is keen to buy and willing to commit to the company that can deliver the goods?"
The bigger question is: "Do honesty and integrity in business pay dividends? Do customers care?" Too many business managers today compromise in this vital area and act as if unethical behavior, and callousness towards the customer are the most effective means of building a profitable business. I believe that we reap what we sow.
Open Source Software and Linux developers have delivered a technological wonder. The market is more than ready for the next step--that of taking the undeniably phenomenal business solutions that have been developed to the market that wants then in force. The problem does not rest with the technically brilliant people who have brought OSS technologies into being, they have made (and continue to make) their contribution to society. The challenge to create a viable business that can benefit from these great things rests with business entrepreneurs.
A self-perception that Linux is not ready for the SMB market is defeatist. If you believe that a small business can not compete with a large one, or that Linux businesses are too insignificant to compete with Microsoft (or any other large established vendor) this perception is self-fulfilling. It is tantamount to surrender before the battle has begun.
In every market, a new entrant who has a cunning new solution to an old problem will be resisted by existing players who view the encroachment on their turf with vitriol and disgust. The old guard will use every means available to resist change and to eliminate the offense of change. They will buy loyalties from anyone who is willing to surrender ethics and integrity to help stamp out the new kid on the block.
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Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., requested that the Environmental Protection Agency weigh in on an unauthorized oil drilling incident close to the Florida Everglades.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection already has intervened in the situation, which happened south of Lake Trafford in Collier County. According to the state, Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Co. conducted unauthorized activities at its Collier County site, moving ahead with a new extraction procedure even though the state had requested it wait.
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The activities took place in December 2013. The company proposed what the state called an "enhanced extraction procedure that had not previously been used in Florida," one that would involve injecting a dissolving solution at sufficient pressure to help enhance oil production.
When the state caught the company engaged in the activities it had yet to authorize, it said it took immediate action and assessed the maximum civil penalties it could. In a consent order between the state and the company, the Department of Environmental Protection required the company to pay $25,000 and to hire an independent expert to conduct ongoing groundwater monitoring of the area, checking for any damage to the environment or risks to the public.
Nelson, in his letter to the EPA, said the process used was akin to fracking, the controversial procedure in which high-pressure water and chemicals are pumped underground to break up shale rock and release the oil and natural gas inside.
David Blackmon, a spokesman for Dan. A Hughes Co., said in a statement that the procedure used was not fracking – and indeed was similar to what are known as "acid stimulations" that have been commonly used in Florida for over 50 years.
"Compliance with the law is a core operating principle for Dan A. Hughes Company," he said. "Hughes has always operated in compliance with Florida's stringent rules and regulations."
He said the company's well-completion process prevents any fluids from contacting underground water by sealing the well off from the reservoir with multiple layers of steel and concrete. "At no time has the groundwater been in any danger of coming into contact with fluids flowing through the well pipe," he said.
The incident worried nearby residents, who Nelson said found out about the December drilling incident nearly four months after it happened. According to Nelson, the Collier County commissioners are seeking an administrative hearing review with state regulators.
"We cannot tolerate expanded industrial drilling activities that pose a threat to the drinking and surface water so close to the Florida Everglades," Nelson said in his letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. "The recent discovery of a fracking-like incident there raises serious concerns about whether outside wildcatters would soil one of the world's great environmental treasures."
He added that neighbors and families are rightly concerned about having so-called "produced water" from oil and gas wells injected beneath their freshwater aquifer. He is asking the EPA to lend its expertise to the state of Florida and review the groundwater data submitted by Hughes or the Department of Environmental Protection.


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| This is the youth Quartermaster equipment management leadership position for Boy Scout Troops and Varsity Scout Teams.
For the equipment management leadership position for Venturing, see Crew Quartermaster.
For the highest-level rank award in Sea Scouting, see the Quartermaster Award.
|Serving as Quartermaster can apply towards Positions of Responsibility requirements for Star, Life, and Eagle.
The Quartermaster keeps track of troop or team equipment and sees that it is in good working order. He keeps records on patrol/troop or squad/team equipment, makes sure equipment is in good working condition, and issues equipment and makes sure it is returned in good condition.
Reports to
- Assistant Senior Patrol Leader in a Boy Scout troop.
- Team Captain in a Varsity Scout team.
- Keeps records on patrol/troop or squad/team equipment.
- Makes sure equipment is in good working condition.
- Issues equipment and makes sure it is returned in good condition.
- Makes suggestions for new or replacement items.
- Works with the troop committee member responsible for equipment.
- Set a good example.
- Enthusiastically and correctly wears the Scout uniform (all four parts).
- Lives by the Scout Oath and Law.
- Shows Scout spirit
The Quartermaster is the equipment manager youth leader in its unit. Other equipment manager youth leaders are:
- Quartermaster ─ Scouts BSA
- Crew Quartermaster ─ Venturing
- Storekeeper ─ Sea Scouting
See also
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|Varsity Scout portal
Troop Positions of Responsibility
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|Other team leadership:
|Historian • Bugler
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GET GOING. This is an intro to a great outdoor sport! With maps and clues in hand, girls head off on an outdoor nature adventure, discovering boxes and collecting stamped images for their logbook.
Leaders & Adults are expected to help.
When: Saturday, Oct. 30 from noon to 2 p.m.
Program Level: Brownie and Juliettes in grades 2-3
Location: Camp Cedar Hill, 265 Beaver Street, Waltham
Cost; $8 per Scout. Leaders and safety-wise adult volunteers are free.
To register visit the GSEM Web site, and click on programs. Registration & payment can be completed online.


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|The location for this photo appears to be Hughes Aircraft at Culver City. The
Archive's copy is a recent reprint on modern photo paper, unfortunately, but
when I found it at a Burbank antique store, I couldn't pass it up.
Eleven ME-262s were returned to flight status at Lechfeld, Germany and ten were ferried back (one had crashed during a test flight) to the US onboard the British carrier HMS Reaper. This group of ten were split between the US Navy and Army Air Forces, and became (unoffically, of course), America's first jet fighter squadron. A very detailed article about the unit and the men that brought these captured planes home, who collectively became known as "Watson's Whizzers", can be found here.
|While stored at Chino in the early 1960s.
One set of flight tests was aimed at evaluating the ME-262's capabilities against America's top operational fighter, the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. Messerschmitt had designed and assembled the ME-262 as a modular aircraft, so it was easy to change a plane's confirguration. For this series of evaluation flights, the American crew removed 4012's reconnaissance nose and replaced it with an aerodynamically cleaner fighter nose, sealed the gun ports, and gave the plane a new gloss paint job. On 17 May 1946, the plane was ferried to Patterson Field (at the time, the field's management had not yet been merged with nearby Wilbur Wright Field) where the testing was to be based. A total of eight flights were flown, two of which resulted in emergency landings. The engines were proving to be extremely unreliable, and after only 4 hours and 40 minutes of testing - and four engine changes! - the testing was called off in August of that year.
Despite the fact that (at least by modern flight test data acquisition standards) this was hardly enough flight time to gather an abundance of reliable flight test data, the Army concluded that the ME-262 had better accelleration and top speed, while showing about the same climb performance as compared to the P-80. The ME-262 also appeared to have a much higher critical Mach number, meaning that it had much less high-speed drag and better performance in the transonic realm.
After the AAF completed the flight testing, the aircraft was disassembled and shipped to Hughes Aircraft in Culver City for storage. There the plane was reassembled and the engines were ground-run, but the plane wasn't flown. Rumors have persisted over the years (and have been amplified on the internet) that there was a desire on the part of Howard Hughes to fine tune 4012 and enter it in a Thompson Trophy race against the AAF's P-80. The conspiracy-theory type rumors state that this effort was squashed by General Hap Arnold as part of a "cover-up" because he didn't want an old Nazi war machine showing up America's newest weapon.
However, despite the persistence of this story, there appears to be no factual basis for it, and when one looks at the details, the improbability of it all really stands out, even given the well-known animosity between Arnold and Hughes. First and foremost, if anyone could make the ME-262 fly reliably, it was Watson's Whizzers, who had access to plenty of spare parts as well as German expertise; Hughes might have had money, but he had none of this. Even with all those resources, the aspect that stands out most from the plane's testing was the terrible reliability of the Jumo 004 engines, which would have been wholly unsuited for air racing. On top of the practicality issues, the timing of it all just doesn't fit. The stories never really indicate which Thompson Trophy race the plane was to be entered in, but there were only three that were possibilities, the 1946, '47 and '48 races.
In the time leading up to the 1946 race (held from 29 August through 3 September), the plane was still in the hands of the AAF at Patterson, Hughes was in the hospital recovering from the near-fatal crash of the XF-11, and most importantly, Hap Arnold had just retired, and so was out of the picture in regards to any official coverup. By the 1948 races, the new North American F-86, which could fly circles around the P-80 (by then, F-80), had been in development flight test for a year, and so had made any grudge match a moot point; the races that year were dominated by the Navy's FJ Fury, and the P-80 didn't even appear.
That leaves the 1947 races, but Hap Arnold was still out if the picture in retirement, Hughes was neck-deep in preparations for both the H-4 (aka Spruce Goose) first flight...in fact he was so focused on this project that once made the statement that if the H-4 Hercules didn't fly, he'd up and leave the country for good. In addition, Hughes had the task of preparing for and testifying at the contentious hearings of the Senate War Investigating Committee. While 4012 was stored at Hughes' Culver City facility, it was still government property, and thus couldn't just be used for any personal racing whims that an otherwise swamped Hughes might have. So, barring some heretofore unknown hard evidence that Hughes proposed such a project, the story should be regarded as just one more Hughes-related rumor.
After a short time in storage at Hughes, it became clear to the leadership of the new USAF that our own technology was already far ahead of where the Nazis had been a few years earlier, and there was nothing to be gained in further testing of the ME-262. Thus, the aircraft was given to Cal Aero Technical Institute at the Glendale airport, where it was used as a hands-on teaching tool for student aircraft mechanics.
In about 1955, the plane was acquired by Edward Maloney for his Planes of Fame collection, and was partially restored, and statically displayed incorrectly as WkNr 111617 at the Chino museum. In about 2000, ex-Microsoft executive Paul G. Allen purchased the plane for his Flying Heritage Collection, located at Paine Field in Washington. According to some reports, it was shipped to the UK for restoration, but has since returned to the US, where it is reportedly being completed to flying condition, to be powered a pair of original Jumo engines. The aircraft has been registered with the FAA as N94503, with ownership being listed as Vulcan Warbirds, Inc., one of Allen's companies.


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The 30th annual Great Skate Summer Sale is kicking off on August 1 and will continue through to August 10. The sale is available online, at greatskate.com and at our Buffalo, NY store. In addition to phenomenal deals on this year's best equipment, you will have the opportunity to demo hockey's newest releases and take part in a number of exciting giveaways and promotions.
Bauer, CCM, Easton, Reebok and Warrior will each be participating in demo days between August 5 and 9 that will feature each manufacturer's newest sticks and equipment. Players will have the opportunity to demo the newest sticks which will be hitting the market along with trying on each company's newest gear between 10am and 6pm each day that the demos take place.
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The Summer Sale will also feature one of the newest Buffalo Sabres as Buffalo's own Justin Bailey will be on hand from 5pm to 6pm on August 1. You will have a chance to test your shot against Bailey and see how you stack up against an NHL draft pick.
Bailey won't be the only competition Summer Sale guests will have for shooting. Warrior is sponsoring the Warrior Hockey Chara Challenge which will be a fastest shot competition with giveaways that include Warrior merchandise and a Dynasty AX1 stick.
In addition to the Chara Challenge, Warrior will be providing one lucky winner with two tickets to the 2014 Winter Classic at the Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan with $200 spending money and one night's hotel accommodations for the game.
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October 17 - 29, 2017
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
A World's Stage Production from México directed by Jorge A. Vargas
" Highly recommended! An unreachable journey to the North unfolds… in a haunting collage of theater, music, movement, film, projections and rituals. If migrants leave home with hearts full of hope, they end up with this: a storm of sand-filled plastic bags that rain down on the stage like so many parched souls. is a scorching commentary that moves far beyond any of the political cant that attaches itself to this subject."
" Dramatic, fiery, sensitive, urgent, and shrewdly politically pertinent "
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Run Time: 60 minutes (no intermission)
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Independent wrestler LuFisto suffered a stroke last week. LuFisto, age 30, works for SHIMMER and many other companies. She is reportedly doing "OK," and is undergoing further tests. [Credit: Wrestlingobserver.com]
Get well, get well soon, we wish you to get well. I seriously wish LuFisto a safe and speedy recovery.


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P.S. You can as I did body drag your ass a few miles back to the beach on a partially fly-able kite, albeit the next morning my back wishes I hadn't!


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Dec 31 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Monday:
* Guardian Media Group Plc has received expressions of interest for its Auto Trader subsidiary that could lead to a 600 million pounds ($967.68 million) windfall for the struggling newspaper group, the Telegraph reported. ()
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* Taiwan's Chinatrust Commercial Bank is in talks with U.S. investment fund Lone Star Funds and other shareholders of Tokyo Star Bank to take over the Japanese lender for some 50 billion yen ($580.75 million)Japanese media reported on Sunday.
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I came downstairs to read and write this morning with a copy of Professor Derek Leebaert's Cold War history The Fifty-Year Wound in hand. My friend Steve Hayward considers the book "a classic of Cold War historiography" (see Steve's CRB review). I'm taking another look at The Fifty-Year Wound while taking a stab at Professor Leebaert's new history of special operations through the millennia, To Dare & To Conquer, about which more later.
Reading Professor David Gelernter's "No more Vietnams" from the new issue of the Standard, I find Professor Gelernter quoting page 351 of Leebaert's book in connection with what Professor Gelernter deems "Lie #2" (of four) told about the Vietnam war:
The Vietnam war was unwinnable. We had no business sending our men to a war they were bound to lose. The Communist Vietcong launched their first major coordinated offensive in January 1968–the "Tet offensive." "Tet was a military disaster for Hanoi," writes the historian Derek Leebaert. "Intended to destroy South Vietnamese officialdom and spark a popular uprising, Tet ironically had more of an effect in turning South Vietnam's people against the North." But America had been fighting ineffectively. In May 1968, Creighton Abrams replaced William Westmoreland as supreme American commander in Vietnam and U.S. strategy snapped to, immediately. With Abrams in charge, the war "was being won on the ground," writes the historian Lewis Sorley, "even as it was being lost at the peace table and in the U.S. Congress." The British counterinsurgency expert Sir Robert Thompson commented on America's "Christmas bombing" campaign of 1972, which devastated the North: "You had won the war. It was over." American anti-warriors insisted on losing it anyway.
On this particular point — the misreporting of the Tet offensive — I argued in a column for the Standard last year that Iraq indeed resembled Vietnam: "The media quagmire." I think it's a subsidiary point that, if accurate, complements Professor Gelernter's argument. As for the status of our current efforts to defeat the enemy in Iraq, Michael Fumento's article from the new issue is must reading: "Back to Falluja."
UPDATE: Reader Richard Platt writes:
During the Tet offensive of 1968 I was a young lieutenant serving with the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam. The initial assaults by the North were quick and brutal but from a military point of view they were not effective. After the attacks and our counteroffensive it was clear to even a junior officer like myself that the North was beaten and our military had prevailed in every corner of the country. Unfortunately, anti-war naysayers and people like John Kerry, Fonda and the rest of the weak willed "quit and go home crowd" caused a left leaning congress to forge a political loss in Vietnam. No, we didn't lose the war in Vietnam we lost our will in Vietnam. Now we have the same kinds of people in the forms of Kennedy, Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Zinni and his merry band of ex-generals, the same old leftist press, and of course good old Kerry attempting to again destroy the national will. If a cause is worth dying for then it must be finished and to let thousands of our youth die in vain is cowardly, immoral and criminal.
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I agree with your reader, Richard Platt. We had the day off for the Tet holiday, and when the offensive started near our coastal town of Tuy Hoa, we thought it was fireworks being used for the celebration. Our Director of Operations showed up and told those who were drinking to take a nap and the rest to head to their squadrons to brief and fly our F-100s. That week was something else. Lots of troops in contact sorties, lots of targets in and on the periphery of cities. A lot of us couldn't believe that the NVA and VC were being so foolish. They didn't have much support from the civilian community, and they surely got their butts kicked in the confrontation with American and RVN forces. I wrote home that I thought we'd just won the war, only to learn later that we had been undermined at home and in Paris by losers calling themselves Americans.


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The untimely death of New York Times bestselling author E. Lynn Harris makes the release of his final novel, "Mama Dearest," even more bittersweet.
Harris had the courage to write about Black gay men and gained a legion of female fans as a result. Known for bucking the gay stereotypes often depicted in books, movies and TV shows, "Mama Dearest" provides one last glimpse into the imagination of a Black author who chose to be a trailblazer. According to the book's description, it will "take readers on a wild, passion-filled tour of the entertainment world," and "delivers sensual thrills and electric plot twists – with one unforgettable woman of radiant star power, sexual magnetism, and unapologetic ambition at the heart of the action…."
"Superman: Secret Origin" $3.99, DC Comics
Geoff Johns ("Blackest Night," "Adventure Comics") has proven that he is the go-to guy for everything Superman. In fact, many have said that his own comics would have made a better movie than "Superman Returns." "Superman: Secret Origins" is exactly that, the retelling of the Superman story. Bear in mind though that DC is touting this as the "definitive" origin story, which means it's definitive until the next 10-15 years or so when the character needs another updating. Johns manages to blend the Donner films (he was his understudy) and the comic book continuity into a seamless whole. Superman fans won't be disappointed.
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Senators try to deal with trade deadline anxiety
BOSTON — Rookie Robin Lehner is expected to start in goal Tuesday for the Ottawa Senators against the Boston Bruins.
After that, who knows? By the time the Senators return from the current road trip, he could be the club's No. 1 goaltender, No. 2 goaltender or he could be back in Binghamton of the American Hockey League.
Lehner is doing everything he can to focus solely on stopping pucks, trying not to be distracted by trade speculation involving Ben Bishop and the steadily-improving health of Craig Anderson.
"There's nothing I can do about it," said Lehner, who hasn't played since the Senators' 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning March 23. "I can't think about. It's nothing that I can impact. Whatever happens … when something happens, you have to deal with it. It will be interesting."
Bishop is a huge bargaining chip for Senators general manager Bryan Murray in advance of Wednesday's trade deadline, enough to possibly secure a hard-checking, high-scoring winger. Calgary Flames winger Curtis Glencross, who has 14 goals and eight assists in 31 games with the Calgary Flames, has figured in the trade speculation, but the Senators are also looking at other options. Former Senators-killer Jason Pominville could also be in play.
If, however, the Senators choose to deal Bishop now, they're gambling on the successful return of Anderson, who has missed the past six weeks with a sprained ankle. Anderson continues to make progress at practice and he's on the trip, but neither he nor coach Paul MacLean was willing to commit to a possible start in Buffalo Friday or in Florida Sunday.
"I don't want to look too far in the future and pick a date and have to keep pushing it back," Anderson said following Monday's workout in Ottawa. "Right now, I want to make sure (Tuesday's) practice is better than today."
Anderson doesn't want to leave anything to chance when he makes the leap of faith to get back into the net, making sure he's comfortable doing everything and that the ankle can stand up to anything.
"Maybe I'll get Colin Greening to run into me a few times or something," he said, smiling.
While Lehner is trying to put blinders on to all of the above, the veterans in the dressing room recognize that it's next to impossible to block out all the trade talk.
"With the amount of hype and rumours, it is tough on guys," said defenceman Chris Phillips. "Just to throw guys' names out there and they're sitting there, not knowing they were on the block — and they might not be — that makes it tough for a couple of days, a couple of weeks, whatever."
Phillips says there's excellent spirit in the dressing room, much of it resulting from the fact so many of the younger players developed together with the Calder Cup winning Binghamton Senators.
"If they're going to do add anything, you would like to add it without subtracting (an existing player)," he said.
The Senators will meet up with Kaspars Daugavins Tuesday. The winger, who was popular in the dressing room, was claimed off waivers by Boston last week.
"It's not fun," said defenceman Marc Methot. "It's not an easy situation when you don't want to move. You develop a lot of strong relationships with the guys and in the city you're in, but it is a business, part of the game."
Methot acknowledges there will be anxiety for everyone until the deadline passes Wednesday.
"You keep your phone on and I guess you breathe a little easier when the time passes," he said. "We're fortunate in a sense that we're on the road together. There will be a lot of jokes about it."
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The town of Ocean Beach was laid out and named in 1888. For many years residents of the area clamored for a fishing pier. Their cries were answered when, in 1915, a bridge was built across the mouth of Mission Bay by the Bay Shore Railroad Company. It was 1,500 feet long and extended from the north end of Bacon Street in Ocean Beach to the tip of the sand dunes that we know today as Mission Beach. Its main purpose was transportation, and soon a "Toonerville Trolley" was installed to haul people from the "Wonderland" at the foot of Voltaire across the sand dunes -- via the bridge. Anglers, however, also flocked to the bridge, a wooden structure with chest high railings and a sidewalk on each side. Over time, it became known as the "Old Fishing Bridge." There was a baithouse at the end of the bridge which sold crawfish, minnows, clams and mussels but fishing for the most part appeared to be only fair. Reports indicate that a lot of sharks and stingrays were caught and that spearfishermen liked to spear mullet. The largest catch was undoubtedly a 331-pound sea turtle that was speared one day. The enterprising anglers sold it for $9 or just 3 cents a pound. When the bridge was removed in 1951, local anglers once again began to talk of the need for a pier.
The Ocean Beach Pier was the result. The new pier opened on July 2, 1966 and has held up better than most new piers. Nevertheless, sooner or later storms and/or age will do their damage. Several times the pier has been closed by storms and has needed repairs. In 1991 a $1.9 million dollar repair project was completed and then the pier was closed for a couple of winter months in 1998 due to El Nino generated storms and high tides. After the storms subsided and railing were repaired the pier opened once again.
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Ocean Beach was once known as the Haight-Ashbury of San Diego. The community became an attraction for hippies, who eventually became accepted by many local business establishments. The Black headshop opened on Newport Avenue. Soon to follow was an organic food store – the People's Market – on Voltaire Street. Beginning in the early '70s, local development and land interests pressed for the development of Ocean Beach's oceanfront, with plans for tourist-oriented resorts, hotels and a marina outlined in the Ocean Beach Precise Plan. With the passage of a 30-foot (9.1 m) height limit in 1972. From Wikipedia


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2007-08: Wescoe had a successful sophomore season, competing in all eight tournaments for the Bulldogs. His best finish came at the New England Division I Championship, where he finished in second place. Wescoe led the Bulldogs, along with first place finisher Colby Moore, to win the tournament. His low round was a 71 at New Englands and the Macdonald Cup. At the Ivy League Championship he came in 11th with rounds of 72, 79 and 79. Wescoe combined with Thomas McCarthy, Colby Moore, and Joe Hernandez to finish in second as a team at the championship. Wescoe also led Yale at the Lacrosse Homes Invitational with a 26th place finish. He finished the season with a scoring average of 76.73 over 19 rounds. 2006-07: Wescoe had a great freshman season, playing in all 10 tournaments for the Bulldogs with five top-10 finishes. His best finish came at the CCSU Invitational, where he tied for eighth. He finished the year with a round average of 75.6. High School: Wescoe split his high school career between two schools. For his freshman and sophomore years, he played golf at Homestead High School (Mequon, Wis.) and then after moving to La Jolla, Calif., at La Jolla High School. During high school, he made the 2004 Wisconsin High School Golf Association All-Academic Golf Team. He followed that up with a 2004 San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Golf Team spot. Capping it off, he was placed on the 2004-05 Future Collegians World Tour All-Academic Team. Wescoe also was an AP Scholar and made High Honor Roll every semester of high school. Personal: Wescoe is a member of Berkeley College. He is a History of Art major with a strong interest in golf course architecture. His parents both graduated from Kansas University, and went to Columbia for graduate school in law and medicine. Ben has two brothers and a sister. His older brother Max (23) attends Kansas, his younger brother Zak (18) attends UC Santa Cruz and his sister Zoe (16) attends La Jolla High School.


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Pollock-Krasner House
Receives Grant
The Helen and Claus Hoie Charitable Foundation of East Hampton has given the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center a $14,700 grant, which the center will use for educational purposes.
The grant will allow the center to purchase 20 mini digital audio units to offer tours in several languages to visitors to the house and site. The same system is used in museums and historic sites all over the globe.
The center will also use the money for two interactive kiosks with a touch screen that will display paintings by Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner that were created on the Springs property, but are now in major museums and collections. The center expects to have these tools in place by the time it opens again in the spring.
The End of the World
As We Know It?
Neoteric Fine Art is observing the possible apocalypse tomorrow with "Amagansett Armageddon," a show devoted to artists' renderings of the end of the world. Taking its cue from the Mayans, the theme of the show is also a possible rebirth and a new chapter for life here on Earth.
The artists offering their visions of doom or prophesies include Scott Bluedorn, Rossa Williams Cole, Rory Evenson-Phair, Melissa Mapes, Virva Hinnemo, Nika Nesgoda, and Christine Sciulli.
The reception tomorrow is from 7-11 p.m., but in a note of hope, the exhibition will remain on view through Jan. 15.
"The Women"
In Bridgehampton
Peter Marcelle Gallery in Bridgehampton will present "The Women, Part I," the first in a series chosen thematically and dedicated to women artists on the South Fork. This first installation will feature artists who are figurative in their approach to subject matter such as Miriam Dougenis, Cornelia Foss, Gina Gilmour, Sue Ferguson Gussow, Janet Jennings, Jane Johnson, Anna Jurinich, Brooke Laughlin, Elizabeth Malunowicz, Mary McCormick, Michelle Murphy, Louise Peabody, Susan Lazarus Reimen, and Alexandra Strada. The second installation will examine the more abstract female artists among us.
The exhibition will open Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. and remain on view through Jan. 7. The second show will open on Jan. 12.
More East End Stories
The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will hold one more edition of East End Stories on Screen this year, tomorrow at 6 p.m. The presentation will include selections from "14 Americans," a film by Michael Blackwood Productions with six artists associated with the East End — Laurie Anderson, Alice Aycock, Peter Campus, Chuck Close, Dennis Oppenheim, and Dorothea Rockburne.
Andrea Grover, the museum's curator of special projects, has organized the screening. The films will be introduced by Terrie Sultan, the museum's director, and Alicia Longwell, a curator of art and education, among others. Tickets cost $10, $8 for Parrish members.
Spelunking at Harper's
Harper's Books has delved deep into its basement archive for a selection of prints, photographs, posters, and books for the picky aficionado to offer "Harper's Books Bizarre" an evening of music, booze, and sales on Saturday.
From 6 to 9 p.m., D.J. Mister Lama will work the boards with some "sexy vinyl." Shopping, drinks, and snacks will also be available all day.


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Just a quick post to let members of the Capital District know that there is a Gluten-Free Food Festival planned for Tuesday, October 5th from 3 pm to 8 pm at the Great Escape Lodge on Route 9 in Lake George, NY. Admission costs $5 for adults, $2 for seniors and it is free to students 18 years and younger.
The GF Food Festival has been organized by the Glens Falls Regional Celiac Support Group and will feature food samples and information by various vendors, including my favorite local GF baker, Jeanne Daley of Saratoga Gluten-Free Goods (love those baguettes!).
There will also be a presentation by Amy Rota-Poulin, author of "Gluten-Free Cooking with Amy", so it should be a fun and informative time. Hope to see you there!


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Although I'm often scoping people's bikes, I try to control this habit while I'm riding because I need to pay attention to important matters like pothole avoidance (or proper water-bottle replacement technique). Now that I'm getting around at the slow pace provided by my feet, I feel more free to
sniff some butts check out other people's bikes. However, I'm a little reluctant to take a picture unless the owner isn't around. I guess I just don't have the guts that Bike Fancy does. Here are a couple of recent bikes of note that I've found on the streets of Providence:
That's a 100% chrome fixie, no logos. Is it a Bianchi Pista, stripped of all decals? Hard to tell without checking out the serial number underneath the bottom bracket, and I'm not sure if I'm willing to go there. The only clue is the Bianchi saddle. I've seen another fixie regularly parked here – maybe this is the same guy's spring ride?
It's not a bike I would want for myself, but it does look pretty cool. I almost expect it to melt into little droplets and reform in the shape of Robert Patrick.
I found a single speed (or possibly fixie) down by Coffee Exchange the other day with a completely different look:
The hot-pink Velocity Deep-V rims are pretty standard fare, but I certainly don't expect to see an adjustable stem and front basket on a bike like this. I'm not criticizing the owner by any means (I have an adjustable stem on my Cannondale and I'd like to get a front basket for my Raleigh), I'm just saying it certainly is unusual.
3 weeks down, 3-5 weeks to go until I'm back on my own haphazardly curated bike.


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William Peter Crumpacker dies at age 87
William Peter Crumpacker, age 87, passed away peacefully Friday, October 18,
2013, at home, surrounded by loved ones.
The youngest child of Edgar Dean and Gladys Crumpacker, he is survived by
the following: Louise, his wife of 65 years; children Janeen Overman
(Adrian), Peter Crumpacker (Tina), Barbara Crumpacker Niedner (Frederick),
and Patricia "Tish" Sisamis (Jim); sister Patricia "Tata" Johnson (Emil);
sister-in-law, Gray Anderson (Bob); and numerous nieces and nephews. He was
"G.P." to grandchildren Will Overman (Darcy), Margaret Overman (Lance
Smith), Kathryn Hamilton (Randy), Ryan Dillingham, Maegan McManus (Brian),
Devon Crumpacker, Josh Niedner (Jenny Bergquist), Rebekah Niedner, Micah
Niedner, and great grandchildren Joshua and Loraine Overman, Keats Overman-Smith,
Alexander Hamilton, Brigid and Henry McManus, Ryen and Griffin Niedner.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters Murel Kayes and June Kirk,
brother Barton, daughter Donna Dillingham, and son James.
He lived a long, full and rich life with his wife Louise and extended
Born in Gary, Ind., he spent his childhood years in Hammond and Shady Side,
graduated from Chesterton High School, served in the Navy during World War
II, attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and earned both
bachelor's and master's degrees from Indiana University. As Fort Myers, Fla.
snowbirds, he and his wife provided many volunteer hours for the local
He served on the Duneland School Board and was instrumental in the decision
to build Jackson Elementary School.
He was a man of many words, opinions and ideas, and had scores of friends
who exchanged in lively debate and conversation. He was "Pete," "Uncle
Pete," or "W.P." to some and "Bill," or "Uncle Bill," to others. Among his
most noteworthy treasures were his large supportive family; his good, kind
and caring friends; great debating, delicious food, beautiful music and
honest, meaningful relating.
Over the years he and his wife Louise volunteered, reading poetry to
thousands of elementary aged children. He knew the value of a sincere
apology and owning up to one's limitations. He believed that almost any
problem could be made more manageable by "breaking bread" together. He had a
passion for the underdog and worked to advocate for others.
He was proud of his family and the people they had come to be. He will be
missed greatly, remembered fondly, and his spirit will be carried forth in
the numerous recipes and dishes his brood has come to know and love.
He requested that he not have a funeral, so in his memory, please go out and
do what he would do: "pay-it-forward" with good deeds done for seemingly
random strangers and know that we really are all one.
The family will hold a memorial service in his honor sometime in the summer
of 2014 when those near and far can gather. Please share any memories with
his wife Louise, c/o 1402 Cross Creek Road, Valparaiso, IN, 46383. She and
the family will enjoy the snail mail stories and share them, as all remember
and give thanks for a life so earnestly and well-lived.
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Zine Fest Houston 2012 is in the planning stages. We've decided the fall is a better time for outdoor afternoon activities; expect ZFH 2012 to be in October.
Meanwhile, we'll have a table at the Houston Indie Book Fest on April 14th. If you're interested in selling zines at our table, let us know through email or our facebook page. We are still planning on creating a Zine Fest Houston compilation/sampler, and are hoping to secure funding for printing costs.
Keep making your zines and keep being awesome.