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[Col. 575 bottom]
The Sabbath of Repentence, 1941. At the crack of dawn, all the towns of the Sventsyan area were surrounded by Lithuanians, volunteer bandits. They forced all the Jews out of
[Col. 575 bottom cont'd]
their homes, arranged them in rows and then drove them like cattle, on foot, in the direction of New Sventsyan.
That day happened to be very hot. Long rows of thousands of Jews filled all the streets and roads. The local Lithuanians stood on both sides of the road and laughed at the Jewish martyrs being driven to their deaths.
Three kilometers from New Sventsyan they found the former camps of the Polish Army, which were at that time called Poligon. Eight thousand Jews from the Sventsyan area were brought there. There on a hill stood wooden barracks. All around
[Col. 576 bottom]
stretched the large Baranover Woods. At the foot of the hills, through the meadows the Zhemyane River flowed quietly.
All of the Jews who had been brought there were driven into those barracks. The crowding of those barracks was horrendous. There wasn't even enough room to stand. It was very hot. Everyone was desperate for a bit of water. Food wasn't even mentioned.
All these Jews were in despair: all of them felt that this was their end, their death.
Yom Kippur. Rabbi Kamoykhi from New Sventsyan said kol nidre. Eight thousand Jews, men and women prayed together with him. Soon the whole area echoed with a mighty cry that carried far, far across the woods, fields and villages and I thought that it had to reach heaven.
[Col. 577]
These thousands of people also prayed the next day.
Mi bamayim umi baeysh, mi bakhanika umibaskila[1] Never before in history has that prayer had such immediate application as on that day.
Each person thought to himself: Who knows what strange death they have thought up for us.
Utshuva, utfila utsedaka, maviron et rau hagezeyra.[2] During that horrific week, this was of no avail, and the bestial decree was not annulled.
The hangmen were not at all moved by the wailing of the Jews. Their bestial eyes thirsted for Jewish blood, and a few days later they succeeded [sic].
On the eve of Sukos two high-ranking police officers came to Poligon. They immediately issued an order demanding that all Jews gather in the large area around the barracks.
One German gave a speech. He promised to free all the Jews if they would give him a large contribution.
The Jews didn't understand that they were being duped and immediately selected a committee, which began to gather the money. Jews took off their watches and the rings. In the course of a few hours they had gathered together two large buckets of jewelry and other precious items.
[Col. 577 cont'd]
The German officers and the Lithuanian policemen had gathered together a lot of gold and packed their suitcases full of the valuables and immediately left. The Jews were locked up in the barracks. Only then did they understand how bitterly they had been deceived.
A few days later the Lithuanian police mobilized hundreds of peasants from all of the surrounding villages
[Col. 578]
and told them to bring spades to Poligon in order to dig ditches. By Monday, the second day of Sukos, the graves were done.
Then the Jews were driven out of the barracks and led, in small groups, to the ditches.
When everyone stood by the ditches the machine guns began to shoot, and they continued for two days in a row. Even those who had only been wounded were thrown in to the ditches; the children were tossed into the graves alive. Many children were stabbed with knives.
These human beasts hardly cared whether or not all the Jews were actually dead when they gave the order to cover the ditches with earth.
For hours afterwards the screams of those who had been buried alive eched throughout the whole area. The victims wanted to get out of their grave. For several days afterwards the ground could still be seen heaving.
The fresh hill was still only by the weekend, and the 8,000 martyrs remained quiet for eternity.
This story of Jewish deaths must not remain untold. It must be told to our children in all schools. Especially emphasized must be the fact that in addition to the Germans, the Lithuanians also took part in this act of destruction.
Without the help of the Lithuanians, it would have been a lot harder for the Germans to carry out this cruel decree on the Jewish population.
The martyrs of Poligon demand that the Jewish people take revenge.
[Col. 579-580]
[Col. 579]
Cool days arrived. Autumn began to waft into the ghetto.
A group surrounded the ghetto with barbed wire, which they had been told to remove from the synagogue. Now they worked near the only gate through which people could go in and out under the watchful eyes of a Lithuanian policeman.
Hirshl returned from the other side of the ghetto.
What's going on in the ghetto? he asked the worker.
It's not good. We are separating ourselves from the world.
And why are people gathering there near the synagogue?
Shukhman ordered all the elders of the families to go out. A new decree. They're talking about a contribution of money. It's a triviality.
You're joking, Hirshl called and went into the house. His head was spinning. He sat down on the bed.
What is it? Don't you feel well? his wife, Rivl, called out. See how pale you are? Did something happen?
It's nothing, he mumbled barely moving his lips. How can this be told? He thought. When he went back into the ghetto, he saw two trucks packed with Shaulists (?) They were happily and drunkenly singing. Behind them was a third truck laden with
[Col. 579 cont'd]
barrels, from which came white powder smelling of bleach. At that moment, it knocked him off his feet. They were driving in the direction of New Sventsyan where the camp Poligon was located. Horrific thoughts came to mind.
Rivl brought him a drink of water.
[Col. 580]
Drink and get into bed. You'll feel better.
No, I won't lie down. I'll go see what the commandant has to say.
They'll manage without you. Look, you're as pale as chalk.'
Hirshl, however, did not hear. He couldn't sit in the house at such a time and went out.
At exactly one o'clock, just as he had told Meyer, the Lithuanian commandant actually came to the ghetto accompanied by his policemen. With a smile on his face he responded to everyone's greetings. Then he requested that everyone arrange themselves in rows of three.
I have an announcement for you from the German authorities, he called out as he played with a rolled-up piece of paper in his hand. But before I tell you the announcement, I will call out your names and each one of you should form a row in the same order, [he said] as he pointed to his left.
One after the other those called went out and stood at the indicated place. There were also, however, names of Jews who were not there.
Meyer, the head of the Jews, who stood separately to one side, told the commandant that they were all at work outside the ghetto.
Leyzer Gordon, the commandant called out.
Leyzer was not there and Meyer wanted to say something, but suddenly Pinke ran out and placed himself among those who had been called out.
Now everyone felt that something awful was imminent.
The commandant continued to read the list.
[Col. 581]
Hirshl waited for him to call out the name of someone not present and then he would also go over, but the reading ended.
Who are you? the commandant asked the remaining 15 men, who had not been on the list.
At first all of them were stunned and did not know how to respond. Finally one of them said: From here, from Sventsyan.
You will have to go to the commandant, and he turned to the two policemen and gave them the appropriate order. He took Shukhman with him.
Stomp was impatiently pacing in the prison office. He saw the approaching Jews through the window.
Well, what do you say to my plan? he turned to the commandant coming in. That is all.
His face was beaming with happiness. He hadn't counted on so much.
Come, Stomp tugged at the commandant's sleeve. He also told Meyer, who was standing in the yard, to come along.
Quickly running through the courtyard, he ran into the jail, where the Jews were.
He immediately ordered all the Jews to form pairs near the half-moldy wall of the dark jail corridor, where a little light barely shone through three small, grated windows.
The commandant and the policemen stood to one side. They understood that he, Stomp, not they, were in charge here.
[Col. 581 cont'd]
I have ordered the ghetto to collect a quarter of a million rubles, Stomp [said] turning to the Jews. And I have also taken you, as collateral. You must understand that your fate is dependant only on your fellow Jews. You and your families are in the ghetto illegally, right? This sum is quite a small price, thanks to which you will be able to remain in the ghetto in peace. During the time you are here, I will permit your head-Jew to convey your regards to your families. I am now giving you a half hour to speak freely to him.
All of them threw themselves at Meyer as if he were their savior.
[Col. 582]
Back. Back Stomp called out. Stand individually in the same order as before.
Brothers, I know that a great responsibility has been laid upon the ghetto, Meyer called out bitterly. We will do everything we can to free you.
Everyone envied Meyer. He was free. Nevertheless, they appreciated the fact that there was someone who could convey their regards [to their families].
Everyone individually sent messages calming their families.
Stomp crossed his arms over his chest and looked on with interest. He noticed that three men stood there with their heads bowed and did not send a message.
Don't you have anything to convey to your families? he asked walking over to one of the three.
Hirshl stood, looked the German right in the eyes. He did not move a muscle or a nerve.
Don't you have any family here? Stomp again asked with false tenderness.
The announcement was, after all, for all the eldest of families to step forward.
I came out of curiosity. I just wanted to know what would be said.
So that's it, Stomp was transformed in the blink of an eye. You lied to a German S. S. man, damned Jew? Where is your family?
I don't have any family, Hirsh responded with the same cold-bloodedness as before.
Stomp lifted his hand and with a quick movement let it fall on Hirshl's cheek.
Silence, Jew!
[Col. 582 cont'd]
Hirshl tottered from his place, but he did not fall. He continued to stand and looked the German right in the face.
Stomp was beside himself. His eyes began to roll wildly around in directions, and in the end they stopped on Hirshl's hand, on his finger where he wore his wedding ring.
You dog-like Jew! You want to fool me! He grabbed Hirshl's hand and shook that finger before his eyes.
Hirshl could stand no more. With his other hand, the free one, he pushed the group leader so strongly
[Col. 583 top]
that Stomp fell across the whole width of the corridor. His hat fell off his head onto the floor. His back hit the wall hard and he barely managed to hold onto it with both hands so as not to fall down.
He stood there for a second not knowing what hit him, but he soon recovered, leaned on the wall, quickly took out his revolver and shot.
Hirshl tottered. He grabbed his belly with both hands and bent over he took several steps toward Stomp.
Stomp immediately straightened up, took a few steps to the side and shot twice again.
[Col. 584 top]
Hirshl turned around, opened wide his blue eyes wanting to see just a bit more light of the world through the small barred windows. But he immediately fell on his back near Stomp.
Stomp pushed him several times with his feet and walked away.
The head of the Jews, come with me, Stomp barely managed to howl.
Shukhman followed him with shaking feet.
You will also have the same end if they find out in the ghetto what happened here. Gather together the money. Understand?
And now, damned Jews, march out of here.
Meyer left.
[Cols. 583-584 bottom]
[Col. 583 bottom]
The Germans left our neighborhood in 1918, capitulating on all fronts, and Sventsyan was occupied by the Red Army. This, however, wasn't the end. The power began to go from hand to hand: Bolsheviks, Poles, Lithuanians and Bolsheviks again.
In Sventsyan, the Bolsheviks organized a Revcom (Revolutionary Committee) with the sailor Reznikov at its head. The majority of the Jews were confirmed members. Among others were: the Brumberg brothers, the female teacher Fisher Mendl Kuritski and Fayvl Gertman.
As everywhere, chaos and nervous fear ruled Sventsyan. The slightest thing was enough for someone to threaten someone else with a revolver. The members of Revcom used to receive their wages in kerenkes, the money that was printed for the [short] duration of Kerenski rule. The population didn't trust the worthless money and only wanted the former Russian rubles of Nikolai II with the picture of Yekaterina on it and large numbers. One could still buy something from the peasants for the katerinas. Clearly speculation at that time grew, and along with it
[Col. 584 bottom]
the poverty of the already impoverished population of Sventsyan.
One Friday morning a peasant brought over a wagon of fish. The Jews, male and female, charged the wagon in order to buy fish for the Sabbath. All of a sudden, people began to run [from the direction of] Vilna St. The marketplace was filled with screaming!
Jews. Escape! Hide! Bolshevist patrols arrived from Vilna St. These were the patrols from the infamous Latvian shooters, Lenin's former personal security guards.[3] Along with them came a group of policemen from the Cheka, led by the well-known Bolshevik Yankovsky.
The wild murderous faces of the Latvians did not bode well. The Jews scattered and hid wherever they could. I remember that Boris Brumberg came running to us and hid in the attic, because my father Mendel Kurtsky worked in Revcom.
It turned out that they had a list of bourgeois who were to be arrested. Since in the eyes of the [general] population the Jewish shopkeeper, merchant and speculator were considered to be rich, they did indeed
[Col. 585 top]
then gather all the Jews together: Velvl Brumberg, with his two sons and daughter Dora, Mendl Taytlboym, Elye Shpiz, Khono Vilkamirsky. Of the ChristiansOysmont and Volinsky. Those caught were brought to the small-train station and locked into a train car.
When the train began to move, a feeling of justice awoke in the Lithuanian officer and he threw Brumberg's daughter out of the car. That is how she remained alive. The train was stopped in the village of Morgumishok, about three kilometers from Sventsyan. They took the vulnerable arrestees out of the train car, drove them into a small woods, where the drunken Latvians murdered them.
Sunday morning, a peasant came and told about the murders of the
[Col. 586 top]
Sventsyan residents. It is worthwhile to note that Brumberg's oldest son was an active revolutionary, who belonged to the Bund and collaborated with the Soviet authorities in Sventsyan.
The unnecessary, bestial murders made a deep impression on the whole population of the areas surrounding Sventsyan.
When our region was occupied a second time by the Poles, Yankovsky, the leader of this bloody deed was caught, and he was shot in New Sventsyan.
This is how the bestial mass murder of Svantsyan Jews was committed in Morgumishok in the year 1919.
[Col. 585 bottom]
[Col. 586 bottom]
Students lefts; students came. There was always learning going on at Reb Moyshe Binyomin's kheyder. That is how the year's flew by until Hitler's beasts occupied Sventsyan.
In the ghetto this elderly Jew felt totally lost. He was appreciated and people were always coming to him for advice about something, and he always had good advice to give them, a good compliment, a bit of comfort, a word of consolation.
He even married Jewish children in the ghetto and used to say: May Jewish children save themselves. May they be happy.
It was difficult for him when his wife died in the ghetto. At that time no one was permitted to accompany the bodies
1. From the Yom Kippur service where it discusses the various forms of death that are decided for people on that day Un'saneh tokef: Who by water and who by fire [. . .] who by strangulation and who by stoning. [Trans.] Return
2. Repentance and prayer and charity will avert the evil decree. [Trans.] Return
3. Cheka was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. It was created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917, by Vladimir Lenin. [Wikipedia] Return
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Over the past several days, like the shooting stars from the Draconid meteor shower, members of the new College Football Playoff selection committee have sporadically flashed into public view.
Over the past several days, like the shooting stars from the Draconid meteor shower, members of the new College Football Playoff selection committee have sporadically flashed into public view. First were the names of current athletic directors, one from each of the power conferences. Then came the former players, the former writer, the former diplomat.
Fascinating, yes. But is this progress?
The question is sincere. For years, people have railed against the BCS system, which had a constantly evolving formula for picking two teams to play for the championship of college football. Critics raged against that system on television and radio. Editorials were written, and books denouncing the BCS became best-sellers.
In 2011, the selection of Alabama and LSU, two Southeastern Conference teams, to the BCS title game threatened to send parts of the country into open revolt. (Oklahoma wouldn't have been missed, but open revolt isn't a good look.) People wanted change, and now change has come. But, beyond a nearly universal agreement that four teams is better than two, there is no guarantee that the new process is any better — or even as good — as the old.
First things first: The single most misunderstood aspect of the new committee is that the members need to be "football men" who can "break down film" or analyze which team "passes the look test." That ability isn't needed at all. Being "men" is not important. The minute the committee gets away from the only thing it needs to consider — results on the field — and wanders into the poppy fields of the "look test," the whole purpose is defeated.
The only thing the committee should consider is raw data — how diverse schedules compare, and who did the best against them. A group comprised of administrators, statisticians and engineers — of either gender — could do the job just as well as former quarterbacks and offensive line coaches.
Frankly, I have thought all along that the "star power" nominees — Archie Manning, Condoleezza Rice (again, not because she is female) and so on — were so much window dressing, and that a more serviceable committee could be drawn from the ranks of anonymous engineers and the nation's best collegiate math departments. That is a better safeguard against bias than the arbitrary "predictions" of "experts," no matter how steeped in football background they are.
Wait. Wouldn't that hurt the Southeastern Conference? Doesn't evaluating the SEC, the nation's best league, require some sort of sixth sense about how good the conference "really" is?
Not at all. Look at it this way: Last year, would a four-team playoff chosen by the existing BCS model have included Florida and Oregon, along with Alabama and Notre Dame? There is no way to know for sure, but do I think a committee would have included Florida over Stanford or Kansas State? No. The fact that Stanford and KSU were conference champions while the Gators and Ducks didn't make their conference championship games should not matter, unless the BCS decides to give preference to conference champions in some mathematically qualifiable way. Then, why? Because the Gators would not have done well on the look test.
I have nothing against any potential committee members. They can do the job, just as a lot of other "experts" and average citizens could. But it is important that people not lose sight of what that job is — choosing the team that did the most, not the one that "looks the best."
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Cop's Wrong Firing Lawsuit Leads To Public Release Of Vulgarly-Titled 'Enemies' List
from the non-denial-denials-follow dept
A former campus cop for the University of Oregon (now a court clerk) has sued the school for wrongful termination, something he claims was the result of retaliatory actions by his UOPD (University of Oregon Police Dept.) supervisors. The list of allegations is long and detailed, but much of the friction seems to track back to an (allegedly) oft-discussed "enemies" list maintained by one UOPD officer that (again, allegedly) contained a number of people, ideas and entities that these officers felt should "eat a bowl of dicks."
The names and terms on the list – which range from politicians to famous personas such as Chelsea Handler and even particular crowds such as "mouth breathers" – were put there when UOPD officers disliked them for one reason or another. In the opinion of the officers, those referred to on the list were entitled to "eat a bowl of dicks," according to the lawsuit.That this sort of behavior occurs is no surprise. In the "us vs. them" environment of law enforcement, it's almost expected. But it's rarely admitted to and even more rarely exposed in such a public fashion. Cleavenger alleges that the defendants discussed this list during briefings and many other times during the course of the shift and, most worryingly, that the list contained names of University of Oregon staff and administration.
[James] Cleavenger is a graduate of UO Law and currently works as a clerk at the Eugene federal court. In his lawsuit, he said that the list was assembled during night shifts and that several officers contributed. The list was kept on Officer Eric LeRoy's cell phone and, according to the lawsuit, the list was a constant topic and debated over during work hours.
Rather than the expected denial, the defendants openly admitted (in their filed response to the allegations) the list exists, although they claim it wasn't discussed quite as frequently as Cleavenger alleges and doesn't contain the names of people these officers worked for (and in conjunction with).
[...] admit that there were remarks made about a bowl of dicks list but deny such remarks were made during "many" briefings; and admit the referenced list was and is maintained on Leroy's cell phone. The remaining allegations of paragraph 20 are denied.Despite the defendants stating in a legal filing that the list was referred to as the "bowl of dicks" list, a statement from the chief of the UOPD denied the phone-contained list was referred to by that name.
In response to paragraph 21, Defendants admit the list identified in paragraph 20 contained dozens of entries; admit O.J. Simpson, Oprah Winfrey and Hilary Clinton were and are on this list; admit Plaintiff alleges he does not have a copy of the list; and admit officers will confirm the existence of the list.
"The list was not meant maliciously, it was not labeled with the vulgarity referred to in the court complaint, and was not a collection of 'enemies,'" said UO Police Chief Carolyn McDermed.But it was labeled that way, and the defendants are on record saying so. The allegations in Cleavenger's complaint note that the list was a "work in progress and constantly updated," a detail that caught the eye of the UO Matters blog. It issued a public records request for the "bowl of dicks" list and received its own version, albeit one that now contains redactions.
And, note that the court complaint explains that the "eat a bowl …" list was a work in progress that was frequently updated, debated, and discussed. So why does UO only provide one version, and act as if it's the only one? Here's UO's response to my request for "any public records that list the members of the "Bowl of Dicks" list kept by UOPD employee Eric LeRoy.":There are two names redacted in the UO matters version, both of whom are former Oregon football players.
On FridayJul 11, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Office of Public Records <email@example.com> wrote:
"… The attached list is responsive to your request. It is a list of names that was maintained on a UOPD officer's phone as referenced in a pending litigation.
Thank you for contacting the office with your request."
Every other public records response from UO includes this boiler-plate:
"The office considers these documents to be fully responsive to your request, and will now close your matter. Thank you for contacting the office with your request."
Why did they leave it out this time? Because they've got more lists?
Cliff HarrisApparently, this information wasn't deemed sensitive enough to redact from the UOPD's version of the definitely-not-a-"bowl-of-dicks" list. What's not contained in these documents are Cleavenger's more serious allegations: that University of Oregon staff were included in the extensive compilation.
Alejandro Maldonado
What it does look like is a list of annoyances, running from A-, B- and C-list celebrities (Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Gary Busey) to stuff that generally annoys a large subsection of the public (mouth breathers, fraternities, Comcast, Windows Vista). In fact, for the most part, this is probably one of the least controversial "hate" lists to ever be outed. Osama bin Laden makes the list. So does David Hasselhoff. And Adobe Acrobat.
One of the stranger inclusions is "ORS 352.385," the state statute that provides for the creation and funding of university police departments. Were these campus cops suffering from a bit of self-hatred? Maybe they didn't see themselves as "real" cops and felt that they shouldn't be expected to do much more than hole up in the office and compile a list of eminently hateable entities.
So… tempest in a dickbowl? Possibly, but there are still unanswered questions as to whether the list(s) that have been made public were edited by Officer Eric LeRoy before turning it over to authorities. If these officers were including campus staff on its enemies list, that's definitely a cause for concern, especially if it prompted any sort of harassment under the color of law.
But at this point, there's no indication this was much more than a crude inside joke for UOPD officers, albeit one that apparently consumed a great deal of each workday.
The university has gone on the defensive, however, which indicates there may be something to Cleavenger's allegations.
"A recent story with information about a legal matter involving a former employee of the University of Oregon Police Department focused primarily on the unproven allegations of the former public safety officer and did not provide the university's responses to the courts or the newspaper reporter," said the university.The "blame the press" approach -- one that nearly universally goes terribly but is almost always the first reaction to negative attention. But, considering the following was the initial response, what did the university PD expect?
UO Police Chief Carolyn McDermed declined this week to comment on Cleavenger's firing, saying that the university "does not comment on pending litigation."Now, the press is focusing on the fact that the UOPD not only admitted its officers compiled an enemies list, but that it also attached a vulgar name to said list. The official denial by Chief McDermed says otherwise, but one would think that the legal document filed in response to Cleavenger's allegations is the more trustworthy version. And that version clearly says the list was referred to as the "bowl of dicks" list.
Police officers should know better than anyone else how much evidence a cell phone can store. It's one thing to be obnoxious behind closed doors during long, boring night shifts. It's quite another to (allegedly) hassle an officer out of a job because he disagreed with the contents of a vulgarly-named list and the amount of time being spent keeping such a non-essential item updated.
This list doesn't seem to indicate these officers' attitude towards the general public was less healthy than any other person's. In fact, in its own perverse way, it somewhat humanizes these public servants. I mean, who doesn't hate Vista and Acrobat? But if further versions come to light -- ones that show the police were adding staff or students to this obviously negative list -- then it's likely the surface indicator of something uglier lying underneath.


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DPLM Faculty Profiles — Dr. Dodd
Leslie G. Dodd, MD
Director of Cytopathology
Office: 984-974-9147
Research Interests
My research interests are in the cytopathology and surgical pathology of neoplasms of bone and soft tissue.
Selected Publications
Leiomyosarcoma of the somatic soft tissues. Radkowski CA, Dodd LG, Johnson JL, Harrelson JM, Brigman BE. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2012; 21(2):96-101.
Sarcoma redux: past, present, and future. Dodd LG, Bedrossian CW. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012; 40 Suppl 2:E81-5.
Pathologic complete response of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the lung treated with neoadjuvant Ifosfamide and radiation therapy. Cuneo KC, Riedel RF, Dodd LG, Harpole DH Jr, Kirsch DG. J Clin Oncol. 2012; 30(28):e291-3.
Pseudotear of the peroneus longus tendon on MRI, secondary to a fibrocartilaginous node. Didolkar MM, Malone AL, Nunley JA 2nd, Dodd LG, Helms CA. Skeletal Radiol. 2012; 41(11):1419-25.
Update on Liposarcoma: A review for cytopathologists. Dodd LG. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012; 40(12):1122-31.
Imaging of recurrent intramuscular granulomatous masses induced by depot injection of leuprorelin. Vinson EN, Braga-Baiak A, Dodd LG, Martinez S. Skeletal Radiol. 2012; 41(3):347-52.
Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma fine needle aspiration: a case report. Wickham MQ, Youens KE, Dodd LG. Diagn Cytopathol. 2012; 40 Suppl 2:E144-8.
Case report: lead toxicity associated with an extra-articular retained missile 14 years after injury. Eward WC, Darcey D, Dodd LG, Zura RD. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2011; 20(4):241-6.
Aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis-associated lesion: a clinicopathologic review of an underrecognized cause of prosthetic failure. Watters TS, Cardona DM, Menon KS, Vinson EN, Bolognesi MP, Dodd LG. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010; 134(6):886-93.
Thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE): case report with cytomorphology and review of the literature. Youens KE, Bean SM, Dodd LG, Jones CK. Diagn Cytopathol. 2011; 39(3):204-9.
Pseudotumor with superimposed periprosthetic infection following metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty: a case report. Watters TS, Eward WC, Hallows RK, Dodd LG, Wellman SS, Bolognesi MP. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010; 92(7):1666-9.
Carcinoid tumors of the appendix: are these tumors identifiable prospectively on preoperative CT? Coursey CA, Nelson RC, Moreno RD, Dodd LG, Patel MB, Vaslef S. Am Surg. 2010; 76(3):273-5.
Making the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: do more preoperative CT scans mean fewer negative appendectomies? A 10-year study. Coursey CA, Nelson RC, Patel MB, Cochran C, Dodd LG, Delong DM, Beam CA, Vaslef S. Radiology. 2010; 254(2):460-8.
Fine-needle aspiration of primary osseous lesions: A cost effectiveness study. Layfield LJ, Dodd LG, Hirschowitz S, Crabtree SN. Diagn Cytopathol. 2010; 38(4):239-43.
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If it's realized, they will have a power the likes of which has never been seen before on earth, and money will be the least of their concerns.
if the product works.
Did they fix that? I thought not. Nothing to see here.
You have to be sleeping to have missed free software's 2007 surge and proof of concept. Dell, IBM and Asus all did well with it on "consumer" desktops. If the Asus EEE PC meets sales goals, there will be more EEEs out there than Macs. So far, the EEE has exceeded sales goals handily. You only need a few home runs like that to have GNU/Linux break into double didgit market share, which would also eclipse Vista. Microsoft has launched this firesale to prevent that but it's too little too late. Every ven
There is a demographic factor going on as well. A lot of we formerly reliable Windows zealots are now in our 30s and 40s, and suddenly money that would be spent on graphics cards and Windows upgrades is now getting plowed into our over-priced houses and our children. It's like, I would have stayed up in line to get Vista Ultimate the day it came out, but instead, I bought diapers, soy milk and a thomas the tank engine train set for my son. Having jonesed for some sort of an upgrade to my PC, I went with Ubuntu instead, and its pretty satisfying.
I didn't realize, but this is true for me as well. I don't have the time or patience to deal with MSWindows installations for relatives anymore. Ubuntu may not be ready for my family (or maybe it is), but Mac OSX certainly is.
As a plus, a fresh Ubuntu installation for me is a lot less painless than the last time I installed WinXP.
In an interview, newly minted Windows consumer marketing vice president Brad Brooks said that Microsoft had been testing lower prices over the past few months and was surprised to find that the amount of revenue lost was more than made up for by an increase in the number of PC buyers willing to shell out for an upgrade.
I still thank Microsoft should be paying people to help debug there software. In some ways they are smart getting people to pay to work for them.
True other third parties contribu
Gartner analyst Michael Silver said the move... is puzzling... [He] noted that the market for such upgrades is fairly limited. Those who bought XP in the fourth quarter of 2006 got a coupon for a free Vista upgrade, while most of those who have bought systems since then have gotten Vista. Machines purchased prior to 2006 probably aren't all that attractive as candidates for a Vista upgrade...
While that may apply to Joe Blows who aren't tech savvy, I wouldn't say that it applies to all customers. Those who actually build (assemble) their own computers know the importance of hardware upgrades. I recently acquired my brother's old setup (AMD X2 4200+) with a 7900GTOC, which is a pretty good upgrade from my old CPU/mobo/GPU as well as 3 more gigs of memory, but rather than try out the 64 bit version of Vista (which I was tempted to do) it just didn't seem worth it to me with all the lack of hardware drivers, and software compatibility issues so I just did a fresh install of XP Pro (with fedora 8 on the 1st partition) rather than deal with the headache of trying to fix any issues that would arise.Machines purchased prior to 2006 probably aren't all that attractive as candidates for a Vista upgrade. "I guess at the end of the day anything that makes Vista a little bit more accessible is probably a good thing," he said, but added that a cut in the price computer makers pay would have a far bigger impact, given new PC licenses account for 80 percent of Vista sales. "The whole notion of upgrading PCs has sort of fallen by the wayside."
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Posted 17 September 2012 - 01:30 PM
The eat part makes me think of working under my car with ATF, coolant, and oil dripping in my mouth. The breathe part makes me think about starting it up after said episode and breathing all the smoke of those fluids burning off the exhaust...
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In the 1950's Artvue made some black & white postcards for the HOF Museum's Gift Shop. This is one of the 5-6 varieties of the interior of the museum. This one is the postcard of the new wing of the 2nd floor of the museum at that time. The front of the postcard says "NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME MUSEUM, COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK; SECOND FLOOR-NEW WING". The back says "POST CARD ARTVUE POST CARD CO., 225 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK, N.Y.". It measures approximately 5 7/8" x 3 7/8".


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I was born in November of 1934. Mah jongg is one of my first and fondest memories. Falling asleep at night to the clicking of the tiles and the murmur of the voices of my mother and her friends playing mahj was an extremely comforting event.
First, I helped set up the table for the game. Helping put out the Bridge Mix (candy), nuts, and any other snacks for that game. Even setting up the walls for the first game! Helping to get the coffee cake and coffee ready for serving at the end of the game.
We were always given our own little bowl of refreshments before we went to bed so that we could pretend that we were part of the "company". When I did the same for my children and told them how much I loved listening to the sounds of the game at home, they assured me that they felt the same.
When you talk about Jewish culture, this is one of the many things that has been passed down from generation to generation. I stopped playing mahj and my kids had to make do with the sounds of a Bridge game when they got older. Now my daughter does not play anything at all so I am sorry that my grandchildren will miss out on the comforting bedtime sounds of clicking tiles to send them peacefully off to sleep.
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After five years of building herself into one of the most promising prospects in women's MMA, Colorado bantamweight Cat "Alpha" Zingano has been given the opportunity of a lifetime with her recent signing with the UFC.
"I was really drawn back," said Zingano when the news of her UFC signing became official. "I really wanted to make sure that I heard it from my manager because I was hearing it from the public, from the fans, everywhere, and I was just absolutely astounded. It was some of the best news I've heard in my life.
"It makes me feel like I want to go out there and do my best and be my best and I promise I will. I'm super-excited and I can't wait to get out there and perform and entertain and make everybody happy that they got the opportunity to do this with me."
Zingano feels her addition to the UFC will be an eye-opening experience to fans that are new to her.
"I have in me something that's very special that I think is very different," she said. "I think I bring a different intensity, a different mindset, and all kinds of things to the cage that people haven't experienced before.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to have people know me for who I am and understand what this is all about for me. It's good for me to be put in this kind of position because I'm ready to face life head-on and this kind of pressure is exactly what I need to grow."
The timing of Zingano's signing is such that she feels she's experienced the necessary highs and lows coming off her last win against Raquel Pennington in Invicta FC in October to make the most of her UFC opportunity.
"I think it was exactly what I needed before this big break in my life because now I know what it feels like to go out there and win and still know that I could have done more and still be better and that I'm capable of so much more," said Zingano. "I never want to feel that again. I want to walk out of the cage knowing that I left everything in there and that I did my absolute best."
Zingano's UFC debut is scheduled for April 13 against former Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate in a bout she feels will be one not to miss.
"I think that the fight between me and Miesha is going to be very, very hardcore and I can't imagine it going any other way," said Zingano. "We're both aggressive; we're both high-risk-high-reward fighters and I'm very ecstatic to get in there and get it started. I almost wish I could be a spectator for it."
Should Zingano get past Tate, an eventual match with current UFC champ Ronda Rousey could be around the corner, and while it's not her immediate goal, it is something she's keeping an eye on.
"I look forward to that fight, yes, but to look past any opponent is so dangerous," said Zingano. "Right now I'm focusing on my fight and my life.
"I'm definitely in the here and now and am not looking too far forward as far as opponents, but I am looking at that belt. Whatever it needs, whatever it takes to get to that belt, that's what I'm going to do and that's what I'm going to focus on."
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By Sam Mamudi
The leading stock indexes are all up fractionally in early trades, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index currently seeing a small gain for the week.
Among the early climbers are shares of RadioShack (RSH) after it said that Joseph Magnacca would be its new CEO. Magnacca was formerly president of the Duane Reade drugstore chain before it was bought by Walgreen (WAG).
Up slightly is McDonald's (MCD) despite reporting a 1.9% drop, more than expected, in global same-store sales. However, US sales were up 0.9%, and as Reuters notes, January's figure suffered from comparison to an especially strong 2012 number, which saw a 6.7% rise.
Ratings's agency Moody's (MCO) is down close to 4% after Reuters reported that it too may be targeted by the Justice Department and US states for how it rated mortgage-backed securities in the mid-2000s. McGraw-Hill (MHP), whose Standard & Poor's unit was slapped with a lawsuit this week, has seen its stock lose 26% since the news; Moody's is down about 18%


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Although it doesn't seem like it would take much to outplay Benoit Pouliot right now, Bruins forward Zach Hamill obviously didn't do enough in his two games to earn a permanent roster spot with Boston.
The Bruins today assigned Hamill to their Providence (AHL) farm club.
Hamill was a surprise entry in the Bruins' lineup for their 6-2 win over Buffalo Saturday night, as Pouliot was a healthy scratch and Rich Peverley returned from injury. Hamill skated 14 shifts for 8:46 of ice time and was plus-1. He recorded an assist in his season debut Thursday against Edmonton.
In 10 games this season, Pouliot has scored one goal and is minus-2.
The Bruins are back to 12 forwards and six healthy forwards today with Andrew Ference day-to-day due to a lower-body injury. The team is off today and will return to practice Monday.


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By Julie Montanaro
September 20, 2013
Funeral arrangements have been set for Dexter Douglass.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 21st at 11am at Faith Presbyterian Church. It's located at the corner of North Meridian and John Knox Road.
Bevis Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
By Julie Montanaro
September 17, 2013
Tallahassee, FL -A Tallahassee attorney at the center of not one, but two of the biggest legal battles in U.S. history, has lost his battle with cancer. Dexter Douglass passed away last night at the age of 83.
Bush v. Gore. The presidential recount put Tallahassee in the national - even international - spotlight. Dexter Douglass was right at the center of it all as lead counsel for then Vice President Al Gore.
The man who headed up the Bush legal team says Douglass will always be remembered-- not just for that case-- but a career full of landmark cases.
Barry Richard, Attorney: "I think at the height of his career, Dexter was the go-to person for any major issue-- a public official who was in trouble, redistricting, any major constitutional issue."
Douglass argued many cases before Florida's Supreme Court, from redistricting to school vouchers. He advised governors and presidents.
Douglass was a longtime personal friend of Governor Lawton Chiles and served as his chief legal counsel. The two worked together in the 1990's to sue big tobacco companies-- and win.
Ron Sachs was the governor's Communications Director then.
Sachs: "Because of Dexter's legal advice, Governor Chiles was able to say on the 13 billion dollar settlement-- that it was 'the straw that broke Joe Camel's back' and 'sent the Marlboro man off into the sunset for good.'"
Douglass's assistant says he practiced law at his office on Call Street right up until the end. "He loved being a lawyer," she said.
Funeral arrangements are not yet complete.
By Julie Montanaro
September 17, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - An attorney at the heart of the historic Bush v. Gore election battle has died.
Dexter Douglass represented the Gore campaign in its court battle to win Florida - and thus the presidency - in the 2000 election.
He argued before the Florida Supreme Court on other critical cases including redistricting and school vouchers and worked on Florida's landmark liability suit against tobacco companies.
Douglass was a longtime friend and advisor to former Governor Lawton Chiles and served as his general counsel.
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Item 22 - Go, Grandpa, go!
Go, Grandpa! Go!
"Christmas morning" from the Ladies' Casket, New York: H. Dayton, publisher, 1860.
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This scene, taken from the Ladies' Casket of 1860, shows a happy family enjoying their gifts on Christmas morning. No one is enjoying those gifts more than Grandpa, who is riding a large rocking horse in the living room while his grandchildren cheer him on. All of the new toys are scattered on the floor and mom and dad hide behind an armchair, relishing in this happy family moment. While this book was meant for a lady, it is obvious that a young lady's younger sibling got a hold of this book. A child has taken purple chalk and added their own touch to the girls' Christmas dresses.


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2012 Track and Field
Bluffton at Cedarville
Bluffton competes at Yellow Jacket Invitational
March 31, 2012
By: Jordan Hill, sports information assistant
Men's results I Women's results
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Bluffton men's and women's track and field team proved their toughness as they competed at a chilly Yellow Jacket Invitational, hosted by Cedarville University on March 31, 2012.
Pacing the women on the track was Kayla Mullenhour (Delphos/Jefferson) who took a half second off her previous personal record and ran a new lifetime best of 68.42, placing 5th overall. Mackenzie Mayer (Versailles) also ran a personal best in the 1,500 with a time of 5:58.10.
Senior Megan Neal (Arlington) led the way in field events as she placed 2nd in the hammer (153'10) and 5th in the javelin (88'08).
On the men's side, Andy Chaffee (Clarkston, Mich.) ran a new lifetime best in the steeplechase with a time of 10:25.38 and placed 2nd overall. Ryan Schadewald (Lima/Bath) and Chris Arnold (Fort Wayne, Ind./Canterbury) were an impressive duo in the 5,000 as they both ran new personal records of 16:30.86 and 17:44.40, respectively. Aaron Brown (Mechanicsburg) ran a new personal best in the 800 with a time of 2:08.65 and Jordan Wegner (Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka) improved his 200 time with a new personal best of 28.54.
Leading the men in the field events was Jeff Parker (Bristol, Ind./Northridge) as he placed 3rd in the javelin (149'10), 8th in the shot put (39'5.75) and jumped a personal record of 19'09 in long jump. Additionally, Bryan Heckathorn (Hartville) placed 7th in the shot put (40'07) and Rob Cook (Convoy/Crestview) threw a personal record in the javelin (114'02).
As her team was competing at Cedarville University, Alison Janzen (Whitewater, Kan./Remington) traveled to Hanover College to compete in her first 10,000-meter race. With a time of 40:12.08, Janzen was the 2nd collegiate runner to cross the finish line and placed 6th overall.
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A closer look at the numbers show all Amtrak business lines experienced growth in the first half of FY 2012, as compared to the same period the prior year, including the Northeast Corridor (up 5.2 percent), long-distance trains (up 3.0 percent) and state-supported and other short-distance routes (up 2.7 percent.) This ridership growth continues a long-term trend that has led to eight records in the past nine years, including 30.2 million passengers in FY 2011.
"Amtrak achieving ridership records is important, but it is more critical that the right infrastructure be in place to continue this trend in the years to come and to provide safe, efficient and reliable rail transportation for all current and future passengers," said Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman. "To do this in the Northeast, we must advance our proposed Gateway Program, as it is essential for the future growth and economic development of the entire region."
Boardman explained the Northeast Corridor in particular has seen strong ridership growth in recent years and demand for passenger rail service on this line is expected to significantly increase as population grows, highway and airport congestion worsen and gas prices rise throughout the region. He added that Amtrak is preparing to meet these challenges by beginning work on a comprehensive, long-term plan to improve the NEC and expand high-speed rail service, including through its Gateway Program to build increased tunnel, track and station capacity into the heart of New York City for intercity and commuter trains.


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The Android Invasion
By the end of the second quarter, Google's Android OS had already posted 886 percent year-over-year growth, according to Canalys, and numerous other analyst reports have continued to chart its rise throughout the year.
Android is the fastest growing mobile OS in the world, now seen on a small galaxy of devices, from smartphones to tablets to what-do-you-call-that-things. Here's a visual look at the 10 Android devices leading the charge in this year's Android invasion.


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Skip to comments.A day in the life of President Bush (10/1/06): photos & news
Posted on 10/01/2006 2:32:57 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: With the First Lady involved in events related to the National Book Festival this weekend, the President spent Saturday at Camp David where he enjoys the more challenging mountain bike riding trails. Yesterday, an article by Laura Bush (her preferred way of being addressed) appeared in the Opinion Journal of The Wall Street Journal. In it, the First Lady discusses the books that inspired her to champion literacy. Here's a link to the article, and following is the list of the books that inspired her, in the order she ranks them:
1. "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1963).
2. The "Little House" Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Harper, 1932-43).
3. "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1880).
4. "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott (1868).
5. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain (1884).
In the meantime, President Bush is set to campaign heavily for Republican candidates between now and election day. Tomorrow he beings a three-day swing through Nevada, California, Arizona and Colorado. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said GWB will be on the road almost constantly between now and Election Day. "You're going to see a very active travel schedule. He's going to be all over the country campaigning for Republicans," Snow said at a recent breakfast. "There are a lot of candidates saying, 'Please, please, please, come to my district or come to my state.'"
The First Lady and Vice President Cheney have already been on a heavy campaign schedule. Now, with just over a month left in the mid-term campaign, the President will join them on the campaign trail.
Oct. 2, 2006: President Bush meets with the Prime Minister of Turkey at the White House, Washington, DC.
Oct. 2, The President attends a Heller for Congress Reception at the Mercury Air Center, Reno, Nevada.
Oct. 3, GWB attends a Richard Pombo for Congress Reception at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium, Stockton, California.
Oct. 3, President Bush attends a John Doolittle for Congress Reception at the Serrano Country Club, El Dorado Hills, CA.
Oct. 3, The President attends a Republican National Committee Reception in Los Angeles, CA. (Wish I could go to this, sigh.)
Oct. 4, President Bush attends a Rick Renzi for Congress Reception at the Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Oct. 4, GWB attends a Beauprez for Governor Reception at the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center, Englewood, Colorado.
Oct. 5, The National Constitution Center awards former Presidents George H.W. Bush and [that other former prez] the Liberty Medal for their fundraising work, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Oct. 5, There will be a briefing on No Child Left Behind and the education agenda at the Department of Education in Washington. The President will also visit a school campus in Washington, and make remarks on No Child Left Behind. He President also will meet with the National Commander of the American Legion in the Oval Office.
- Oct. 6, there will be a tour of a Federal Express sorting facility in Washington followed by a roundtable on job growth and the economy. The President will also participate in a photo opportunity with members of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force/Headquarters European Theater of Operations, United States Army Veterans Association in the Oval Office, and he will make remarks at the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in the East Room of the White House.
Nov. 28-29, 2006: President Bush will go to Tallanin, Estonia for meetings with the President and Prime Minister of Estonia and then travel to Riga Latvia for the NATO summit.
Not only does she nip and nag him, but she steals Barney's soccer balls.
But Beezie doesn't know how to moonwalk like Barney does.
I love the Barney pics!
Well...just remember, I'm watching you, bub.
Loads of Barney pics! Love 'em.
NAME: Jamie
LOCATION: Goleta, California
Dear Barney
My 2 German Shepherds wanted me to ask you the following:
How do you do all this amazing stuff when you don't have opposable thumbs?
-- Jamie
Dear Jamie
Thumbs are overrated.
November 12, 2004
Pinging you to the Sunday Dose -- kinda did things a little backwards today. Posted the photos, then pinged.
God bless our President Bush.
He's a GOOD man and I despise his enemies.
I'll happily abide by the Judge's decision. She Rules!
Thanks, Wolfstar. Your Barney captions reminded me that we have only two more years of President Bush. WHile I will miss him dreadfully, I hope he enjoys his retirement in Crawford, and Jenna and Barbara hurry up and get married and give him grandchildren.
Grin...the three of you posted literally within seconds of each other. If one goes by minutes instead of seconds, you all tied for first today.
Hi Cicero. :)
That my fav cartoon beside Saddam one LOLOL
My prayers goes out to Tator
Isn't that a great photo. Cicero, I didn't know Woodward was being honored at the moment that photo was taken. Maybe that explains the slightly ironic expression on GWB's face.
Hi MamaB. I'm good. How are you doing? I haven't been around much because September has been an extraordinarily busy month for me. Octobor will be also, as I am moving. But I think about you often.
I like that photo of Barney with Dubya Dubya want pet Barney Barney looking at him LEAVE ME ALONE Daddy
Lovely picture of a lovely couple....
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Updated: 2014-02-03 10:48:04
(CNN) - All that's missing are the fussy flight attendants and the smell of irradiated food.
Oh, and maybe some nerve-jangling turbulence.
And reassuring pilots.
Twenty-two-year-old San Franciscan Luca Iaconi-Stewart has done what any self-respecting airplane fanatic would do.
He's got his own.
Unlike, say, John Travolta, however, who owns and flies five planes including a Boeing 707-138, Iaconi-Stewart's craft is more befitting his age and status.
It's four feet long.
And made of cardboard.
And he built it himself.
A plane made out of cardboard? Sounds like something that might end up, sadly askew, in the corner of the room the morning after a bored frat boys' night before.
Not this 1:60 scale, painstakingly detailed replica of an Air India Boeing 777 made entirely out of manila folders -- and a little glue -- and currently parked in a mini-hanger somewhere whose location Iaconi-Stewart understandably declines to disclose.
In case it gets hijacked, or whatever the paper-plane equivalent is, and the 10,000 hours he estimates he's devoted to the project over the past five-and-a-half years, off and on, go to waste.
Not to mention squandering enough manila folders -- he reckons around 400 -- to give your average stationery manager apoplexy.
It's hard to believe when you look at the fantastically precise rendering of the twinjet craft -- from the undercarriage tire tread, through the gorgeous undulation of the engine-fan blades and the class-conscious carving of economy, business and first class seats to the chunky font of the airplane livery -- but Iaconi-Stewart is entirely untrained as a model maker, aside from the odd architecture class at school.
It's equally incredible that his Lilliputian creation is made from something as mundane as manila folders.
But that's what he liked about them -- that they're "a really unassuming material [and] readily available," Iaconi-Stewart tells CNN.
Formally untrained he might be, but one qualification he surely does possess is an unusual temerity and focus.
Each economy class seat, for instance, took 20 minutes of cutting, folding, fiddling and gluing -- and those of us who fly economy know there are a lot of seats.
The fold-out wombs of business class devoured up to six hours of Iaconi-Stewart's labor each.
First class "suites" -- hey, there's a reason people shell out for them -- took eight hours a go: an average working day.
Progress on the plane was especially "tricky" in the beginning, Iaconi-Stewart says, because "there were no publicly available [assembly] drawings.
"I spent a lot of time making drawings from pictures.
"Then I got hold of a maintenance manual for people who maintain airplanes.
"It contains plenty of detail, which is useful for specific parts, but you're still having to draw everything from scratch.
"It consumes a lot of time," he says a little wistfully, some of which, you hope, he's also devoting to dating and perhaps even enjoying his new-found freedom to buy a beer.
Iaconi-Stewart's only got the wings to go now -- they'll make the plane 3.5 feet across from tip to tip.
He's hoping to be done by the summer but, given that the engines took almost half a year from planning to completion, this last stage probably won't be a doddle.
Then -- obvious question -- will it fly?
No -- idiot! -- "it's a static model.
"In theory, it could fly if I designed it properly but it'd have to be a lot lighter and with more moving parts."
Another obvious question these days: has he been tackled to the sidewalk by an FBI agent as a suspected evil genius terrorist in training?
"No -- although I do get asked that a lot."
And what next?
A helicopter made out of blancmange?
Well, turns out it wasn't just aviation enthusiasm that made Iaconi-Stewart shrink a plane.
It was "aesthetic choice," he says.
They may sometimes be hell to ride in but we forget that a jetliner is a beautiful, streamlined thing.
"They have nice proportions," the model maker says.
"Choosing a plane was a visual decision for me.
"An impulse."
But it's "not something I would dive back into. Not that I don't enjoy it but it can be isolating at times and frustrating.
"I want to do something more normal."
Find out more about Luca Iaconi-Stewart's Boeing 777 project at his Flickr page and on his YouTube channel.
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Elizabeth Levy, a support aide at Exeter Township Senior High School, has recently been honored with the Lauretta Woodson Recognition Award presented by the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees. The purpose of the annual award is to honor one teacher-educator and one support professional (aide) for doing an outstanding job within a school or district. At a recent PASR dinner, Mrs. Levy received a medallion, certificate, and pin as the support person award recipient. The Lauretta Woodson Award is named in honor of Dr. Lauretta Woodson, a long-standing member of PASR who bequeathed a sum of money to the organization to support public education.
Mrs. Levy has served as an aide in the Exeter Township School District beginning in 1973. She has worked in numerous positions in the district, including as an elementary classroom aide, cafeteria aide, and an aide in secondary learning support and emotional support classes. Regardless of the classroom, Liz has consistently shown the ability to help the neediest of students year after year with her creativity, persistence, patience, and sense of humor. She is extremely self-motivated and will do anything necessary to assist teachers and students. Thomas Henderson, a teacher of special education at Exeter Township Senior High said, "Her work ethic and sense of responsibility are outstanding, and she is always willing to accept new challenges."
The Exeter Township School District is extremely proud of Mrs. Levy and congratulates her as this year's recipient.


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|Method for filtering dust
|Filter cell apparatus
|Gustavsson et al.
|Dust collecting system for coke oven
|Ueno et al.
|Emission control apparatus
|March, 1961
a shed extending along the coke delivery side of said battery of coke ovens having a roof of progressively increasing elevation adjacent the coke delivery side of said ovens, spaced external end walls and an external outer wall,
a longitudinal upright partition within said shed disposed intermediate said outer wall and the delivery side of said battery of coke ovens and dividing said shed into an elongate emission entrapment chamber for containing the gaseous and particulate emissions attendant coke discharge and an expansion chamber extending parallel to and offset laterally from the entrapment chamber,
flow restriction means disposed at the upper end of said elongate emission entrapment chamber for accelerating the velocity of the gaseous emission attendant coke discharge leaving said entrapment chamber so that particulate matter is inhibited from settling in said entrapment chamber and is carried into said expansion chamber where gas velocity is reduced and gravity induced separation of entrained particulates is effected,
said expansion chamber dependently terminating in a sloped wall hopper means for collection separated particulate matter,
means for venting said expansion chamber and for separating nonsettled particulates from said emitted gaseous carrier consisting essentially of filter means and fan means,
said filter means employing fabric filter media and having a plurality of outlets disposed within said expansion chamber and mounted adjacent an external shed wall,
said fan means connected to said filter means for inducing a directed flow of said emitted gaseous carrier from said expansion chamber, through said fabric filter medium and externally of said shed and with an attendant accumulation of emitted particulate matter on the upstream side of said fabric filter medium,
and means for effecting the periodic removal of said accumulated particulate matter from said fabric filter medium and introduction thereof into said hopper means.
This invention relates to the field of air pollution control and, more particularly, to an improved system for controlling the emissions attendant the discharge of coke from coke ovens and for collecting particulate matter associated therewith.
The discharge of coke from a coke oven presents a difficult and offensive air pollution problem. When coke at a temperature of 2,000° F. is suddenly discharged from an oven into the waiting quench car, there is a massive release of heat to the surroundings. This heat release causes an emission in the form of a rapid and voluminous gaseous updraft containing significant amounts of varying sized particulates picked up from the coke. Subsequent fallout of these particulates from the emission scatters solid pollutants over neighboring areas extending a substantial distance from the coke oven battery while the smaller particles may remain suspended in the air for extended periods of time.
Various devices have been proposed in the art for the control of the emissions produced upon the pushing of coke from a coke oven. Most of these devices have included traveling hoods adapted to be positioned over either the coke guide or the quench car. Such a hood has typically been provided with a blower for removal of gases therefrom and a scrubber or other means for separation of the particulates from the gases. The effectiveness of such emission control systems has been limited since the volume of the hood is generally inadequate to contain the rapid gaseous surge which is produced as the oven is discharged. As a consequence, a substantial portion of the gases and particulates tend to escape and pollute the surrounding area. Given the limited volumetric capacity of these traveling hoods, such problems could be overcome only by providing an exceptionally high capacity exhaust system for the hood. This factor, together with the high energy scrubbing system needed to remove the high particulate load in the gases exhausted from the hood, requires a very high order of power consumption, for example, on the order of 2,000-3,000 hp. Such high energy scrubbing systems also tend to create concommitant water pollution problems attendant the disposition of the liquid effluent therefrom. Where such traveling hoods have been designed and adapted to cover areas within which workmen may be stationed, the hood tends to confine and concentrate the noxious gases and, as such, present a serious hazard to the workmen. Because of their size, weight and mechanical complexity and the severe environment in which they are used, traveling hoods are not only expensive to install and operate, but are also subject to potentially serious maintenance problems with attendant downtime and repair expense.
Many of the problems experienced with traveling hoods have been effectively resolved by the improved stationary emission control shed construction disclosed in Patton U.S. Pat. No. 3,972,782. In this system, an arched roof shed extends along the coke delivery side of a coke oven battery. A longitudinal upright partition within the shed serves to divide it into an elongate entrapment chamber adjacent the coke delivery side of the battery for containing the emissions and an elongate expansion chamber extending parallel to and offset laterally from the expansion chamber. The partition also functions as a heat shield having one side thereof facing the coke oven discharge doors and located across the quench car tracks therefrom. The upper end of such partition, in association with the adjacent portion of the arched roof, operates to define a flow restriction for accelerating the upwardly moving gaseous updraft leaving the entrapment chamber to enhance the entrainment of larger size particulates therein and thus inhibit particulate settlement in the entrapment chamber as well as to assure transport of substantially all of the particulates over into the expansion chamber where the gas velocity is markedly reduced and the larger particulates settle out under the influence of gravity. A plurality of hopper assembly modules are incorporated at the bottom of the expansion chamber for collection of the separated particulates and transport thereof from the system.
Although the apparatus described in the aforesaid patent is markedly superior to those previously known or employed, its construction and operation involves the utilization of an elaborate internal gaseous exhaust system that requires a relatively large amount of power to operate as well as a separate auxiliary dust collection system to remove entrained particulates from the exhausted gaseous carrier. Such internal gaseous exhaust system includes a main exhaust duct that runs the full length of the shed and which is suitably varying cross-sectioned configuration to provide substantially constant gas velocity at all points therewithin. The design of such duct, manifold and gas entry ports are directed to attain a pressure drop low enough to assure that the gas flow through the flow restriction be substantially the same along the entire length of the shed, and also to afford a gas velocity within the duct that is high enough to avoid any significant settling of dust particles within the duct as the carrier gas is being vented from the expansion chamber.
This invention may be briefly described as an improved emission control apparatus of the general type disclosed in the aforesaid U.S. Pat. No. 3,972,782 and which, in its broad aspects, includes a simplified expansion chamber construction devoid of duct work and incorporating a plurality of selectively located fabric filter modules disposed therewithin. In its narrower aspects the subject invention includes the provision of an expansion chamber in emission control apparatus of the type herein of concern from which effectively all particulate bearing carrier gases are vented, substantially devoid of particulates, to the atmosphere through internally located fabric filters that are located out of the path of gravity induced fall of heavier particulates so as to effectively limit the loading of the fabric filter media thereof to those smaller sized particulates that would remain entrained in a slowly moving gaseous stream.
In addition to the manifold advantages attendant the improved emission control apparatus of U.S. Pat. No. 3,972,782, further advantages attendant practice of the subject invention are the provision of a unitary emission control structure that affords appreciable floor space economies; the permitted elimination of the externally located auxillary filtering or scrubbing apparatus conventionally required for separation of particulates from the exhaust gas stream before release thereof to the atmosphere; a marked reduction in fan power requirements and attendant installation and operating costs and a permitted simplification of the internally located fabric filter module construction through utilization of the shed wall as a component of the housings therefor.
The primary object of this invention is the provision of improved emission control apparatus for coke oven batteries and like facilities.
Another object of this invention is the provision of an improved venting system for emission control apparatus for coke oven batteries and like facilities.
Other objects and advantages of the subject invention will be apparent from the following portions of this specification and from the appended drawings which disclose, in accord with the mandate of the patent statutes, the best mode currently contemplated by me to carry out the invention.
FIG. 1 is an external oblique view, partially broken away, of emission control apparatus embodying the principles of this invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-section of FIG. 1.
Referring to the drawings, there is shown emission control apparatus for a battery of coke ovens of the general configuration shown in the Patton U.S. Pat. No. 3,972,782. Such apparatus includes an elongate shed 1 installed over quench car track 3 on the coke delivery side of a coke oven battery made up of a plurality of coke ovens 23. The emissions caused by the discharge of coke from a coke oven are adapted to be contained within this shed and, in the instant invention, substantially particulate free gas vented to the atmosphere therefrom. Such shed includes a laterally arched roof 5, a vertical outer wall 7, and vertical end walls 9. The structure is supported by its own steelwork, including side columns 15.
Disposed along one side of the shed, and indicated by the coke oven doors 22, is the discharge side of a coke oven battery. When coke is pushed from an oven 23, as through an opened door 22, it passes through coke guide 25 into a quench car 27 positioned on the track 3. The coke guide 25 is supported on a dock 29 and is moved from oven to oven along a second track 31.
The roof of shed 1 extends over quench car track 3 at a level appreciably above the tops of the ovens 23 forming the battery, and is supported by internal columns 33, lateral beams 35 (which are in turn stabilized by rods 37) and by the aforesaid outer columns 15. An insulated panel 39 closes the gap between the inward dependent edge of roof 5 and the discharge end of the coke oven battery and, in the illustrated embodiment and as will be further explained later cooperates in directing the emission into the flow restrictions zone 48. A longitudinal upright partition 41 located along the line of columns 33 constitutes a divide and separating wall and a heat shield facing the oven discharge doors 22 and located across the quench car track therefrom. Such partition 41 serves to contain the radiant heat released upon pushing of coke from the oven into the quench car 27 and may be either constructed of heat-resistant material or be lined with heat-resistant material on the side thereof facing the oven discharge doors. A preferred material of construction for such partition is corrugated stainless steel. Because of its exposure to hot gases for a short duration at temperatures in the range of 800°-1,000° F., roof 5 is also constructed of a heat-resistant material such as stainless steel.
The longitudinal partition 41 also serves to divide the shed 1 into an elongate entrapment chamber, generally designated 43, extending along and adjacent to the discharge side of the coke battery and into an elongate expansion chamber, generally designated 45, extending parallel to and offset laterally from the entrapment chamber. The emission caused by discharge of coke from an oven 23 is adapted to be contained by the entrapment chamber 43 and the updraft of hot gases and particulates comprising the emission subsequently pass over the partition 41 and into the expansion chamber 45 where the gas velocity is reduced and the relatively heavy particulates gravity separate from the gaseous carrier. Since both the entrapment and expansion chambers extend alongside the entire battery of the coke ovens 23, the emission may also expand longitudinally within the entrapment chamber and pass over to the expansion chamber without escaping to the surrounding atmosphere.
The upper end of the longitudinal partition 41 includes an inwardly directed projection or deflection plate 47. The upper end portion of the insulated panel 39, the adjacent portion of the roof 5 and the projection 47 at the upper end of partition 41 cooperate to define a flow restriction zone 48 in the vicinity of the lower edge of the arched roof 5 in the path of the hot gases moving upwardly from entrapment chamber 43 enroute to the expansion chamber 45. This flow restriction serves effectively as a capture orifice, causing the upwardly moving hot gases leaving the entrapment chamber 43 to be further accelerated to enhance the entrainment of suspended particulates therein and to concommitantly inhibit settling of particulates in the entrapment chamber. Advantageously, the partition 41 is substantially centrally located underneath the vertex of roof 5, and the projection 47 is canted toward the portion of the roof nearest to the coke oven batter, so that the flow restriction is located essentially directly in the upwardly directed portion of the flow path of the emission from entrapment chamber 43 to expansion chamber 45, and to thus increase the effective transverse extent and volume of the expansion chamber 45. Preferably, projection 47 is canted to such an extent that the plane of the throat (narrowest cross-section) of the flow restriction 48 is at an angle of approximately 45° to the vertical. Such location of the flow restriction operates to minimize the fallout of particulates in chamber 43 by causing acceleration of gases in a region relatively close to the zone in which the coke is discharged.
The expansion chamber 45 extends downstream from the flow restriction zone 48. Such chamber is perimetrically defined by the portion of the arched roof 5 downstream of restriction zone 48, a second deflection panel 51 extending rearwardly from and downstream of the restriction zone 48 to direct any separated particulates further into the expansion chamber and toward the hopper section 17; the outerwall 7; an inner wall 11 which may comprise the rear surface of partition 41 but preferably comprises a smooth discrete wall panel 13 and the aforesaid dependent hopper means 17 running substantially the full length of the shed.
The hopper means 17 may be of conventional configuration and is here schematically illustrated as a trough type hopper formed by a pair of longitudinally disposed converging walls 19 and 21 dependent from the lower marginal edges of the outer wall 7 and inner wall panel 13 respectively. The converging walls 19 and 21 terminate in a longitudinal channel 53 of narrow transverse dimension that communicates with a dependent cylindrical channel 55 adapted to contain an auger 57 or other suitable solids displacing device. As will be apparent to those skilled in this art a plurality of hopper modules, each with its own particulate removal mechanism, could be employed in lieu of the illustrated trough type hopper. As illustrated, the bottom of the trough type hopper section 17 and the lower edge of the partition 41 are disposed above the floor or ground level thus permitting an inflow path for ambient air along the full length of the coke battery through the aperture 59, as indicated by the arrow 60.
The expansion chamber 45 is vented through a plurality of selectively positioned fabric filter assemblies, generally designated 61, operatively disposed therewithin. The filter media in such fabric filter assemblies may be of woven or felted character such as that conventionally employed in such type apparatus. As shown, such filter assemblies are disposed in longitudinally spaced relation along the length of the shed 1 as generally indicated by the reference numerals 61a, 61b, 61c etc. in FIG. 1 of the drawings to provide a general uniformity of transverse gas flow within the expansion chamber. Each such filter is located in abutting relation with the outer wall 7 immediately below the arched roof 5 and dependently terminate within the general hopper confines as, for example, adjacent the line of juncture between outer wall 7 and hopper wall 19.
Each of the fabric filter assemblies 61 includes a slanted roof panel 63 to prevent undue particulate accummulation thereon, a perimetric air impervious housing 65, one component of which may conveniently be the outer wall 7 defining a plenum chamber 67 and a skirt or shroud 66 for the fabric filter media. The underside of the plenum chamber 67 is defined by a tube sheet 71 and a plurality of elongate fabric filter socks or tubes 69 are dependently mounted on the tube sheet 71 and extend downwardly therefrom. As shown, the fabric filter socks or tubes 69 are closed at the bottom and are disposed in gaseous communication with the expansion chambr 45 through the open bottom 73 of the housing. Selectively directed gaseous flow from the dependent hopper area of the expansion chamber 45, through the open bottom 73 of the housing, the fabric filter media of the filter socks 69 and into the plenum chamber 67 is induced by individual externally disposed fans 75 powered by electric motors 77 and is vented to the atmosphere through exhaust conduits 79.
Access to the fabric filter assemblies and to the motor powered fans is provided by means of an external catwalk 81 and suitable doors 83 in the outer wall 7.
The fabric filter assemblies 61 are preferably of the so-called pulse jet type wherein removal of the accummulated particulates from the upstream side of the filter fabric is periodically effected by release of a selectively located momentary burst or jet of high energy gaseous fluid in a direction opposite to that of normal filter flow. A preferred fabric filter of this type is the "Mikro-Pulsaire" collector as manufactured and sold by the Mikropul Corporation of Summit, New Jersey and whose operative essentials were disclosed and claimed in Church U.S. Pat. No. Re. 24,954. Fabric filters employing other cleaning techniques such as reverse flow, mechanical shaking or other known expedients may, although not preferred, be employed.
In normal operation of the described structure one or more of the filter assemblies are kept in operation intermediate periods of coke discharge to assure a positive air flow through the shed 1 through maintenance of a slight negative pressure therein. As a result thereof ambient air is continuously drawn into the entrapment chamber 43 through the aperture 59, to not only provide requisite ventilation for the working areas on the discharge side of the battery of coke ovens but also to minimize emission escape through the aperture 59 and to assist in the entrainment of particulates within the entrapment chamber 43 when the emission expands along the length thereof following coke oven discharge.
In the operation of the subject apparatus, the emission generated by the massive release of heat attendant discharge of coke from an oven 23 expands longitudinally within the entrapment chamber 43 and creates a rapid and voluminous gaseous updraft that contains significant amounts of varying sized particulates. Such upwardly moving gases are accelerated by passage through the flow restriction 48 at velocities desirably in excess of 100 feet/min. The smooth internal contour and trussless support of the arch roof 5 affords a streamlined path for the gases and entrained particulates in their passage from the entrapment chamber 43 to the expansion chamber 45, thus further minimizing any tendency toward particle recirculation and fallout within the entrapment chamber 43.
As is apparent, expansion chamber 45 extends downstream from the flow restriction zone 48 and is of substantially greater effective volume than the entrapment chamber 43. In the expansion chamber 45, the gas velocity is markedly reduced due to the combined effect of increased flow cross-section and the cooling of the gases by heat loss. As a result of such reduced gas velocity, the relatively heavier and normally larger sized particulates fall out of the gases along a settling path whose gravity component is in a direction entirely downstream from the entrapment chamber and downward into the hopper section 17. The location of the flow restriction 48 shown in the drawings affords a relatively large volume and long flow path within the expansion chamber as compared to the entrapment chamber, thus assuring that the gas cooling, velocity reduction and particulate settling are practically entirely confined to the expansion chamber 45 rather than the entrapment chamber 43.
All of the particulates that are subject to gravity induced separation are directed by the steeply converging walls 19 and 21 of the trough type hopper 17 into the channel 55 through slot 53 where they are readily removed from the system.
Since the expansion chamber 45 is vented through the fabric filter assemblies 61a, 61b et seq., all of the gases therewithin must pass through the fabric filter media. During such passage effectively all of the remaining particulates entrained or suspended therein will be separated from the carrier gas and will accummulate on the exterior surface of the fabric filter media. As shown in the drawings, the filter assemblies 61 are located so as to minimize, if not avoid, any interference with the settling paths for the heavier particulates and the perimetric housings, in permitting gas entry only through the open bottom 73 of the housing, effectively isolates the filter media from contact with the heavier particulates with attendant diminution of loading thereof and resultant operating economies. Such bottom opening gas entry aperture 73 is also disposed at a locus of effectively minimum gas velocity within the hopper portion of the expansion chamber thus affording maximum opportunity for gravity induced particulate separation as well as for minimum reentrainment of particulates displaced from the filter media during the cleaning cycles, which are also then subject to gravity induced displacement through the open bottom 73 down into hopper section 17.
The self-contained filter vented emission control apparatus as described above provides an advantageous, economic and highly efficient system for controlling the emissions incident to the discharge of coke ovens and like installations. The continuous operation of the filter assemblies 61a et seq. maintains, with markedly reduced power requirements determined by the pressure drop across the tube sheets and hood entry loss, a negative pressure within the emission entrapment zone with access provided through aperture 59 for continuous introduction of ambient air at a linear velocity in the range of 50 to 75 feet/min. Downstream of the flow restriction 48, the gas velocity is markedly reduced for the reasons heretofore pointed out, desirably below about 40 to 50 feet/min. in the area adjacent the top of the hopper section 17 and from which area the gases are vented to the atmosphere through the fabric filter assemblies.


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The purchases will be made with funds in a player's Steam Wallet--now we know why that was added--and players will be able to add any amount they wish to their bankroll. Funds in the Wallet can be used anywhere in Steam to make regular purchases as well.
Item sets with bonuses will also be added for five classes--Soldier, Scout, Pyro, Sniper, and Spy--which will reward collectors and purchasers with additional buffs to their characters.
Players will now be able to trade items, though purchased items will not be tradeable in the short term, and customize others by naming them and changing their color scheme. Players will also be able to gift items to other players.
Community created items, beginning with the Polycount Pack, will also be sold and the creators will see some of the money earned on their item from Valve, though details are still forthcoming on this feature.
There are a lot of rules and policies surrounding the Mann-conomy update, which are all detailed in this FAQ provided by Valve.
Free updates will continue, though microtranscations have officially landed for the game. How do you feel about this update? Let us know in the comments.


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UPDATE: Story on forum.
Tomorrow's brief, today: The League of Women Voters-Eden Area will host a pair of nonpartisan political forums Tuesday night, one for Hayward City Council candidates and the other for contenders in the 15th Congressional District.
For Hayward City Council, nine candidates are vying for four seats that are up in June. Incumbents Barbara Halliday, Olden Henson and Francisco Zermeno are facing challengers Shahla Azimi, Peter Bufete, Ralph Farias Jr., Greg Jones, Fahim Khan and Al Mendall.
It will be followed by candidates in District 15, where incumbent Pete Stark is up against challengers Chris Pareja and Eric Swallwell.
The City Council forum starts at 6:30 p.m., District 15 at 8 p.m. at Hayward City Hall, 777 B St.
Judging from various candidate statements, there's sure to be talk about economic revitalization and bringing businesses to Hayward. Other possible hot topics (and new territory for HayWord commenters as well) include a contested Walmart Neighborhood Market in south Hayward, and the reuse of the former Mervyn's headquarters site as upscale housing. And there's always gang injunctions or even happy hour restrictions/alcohol policy.
Take a gander at political reporter Josh Richman's blog for the latest word on the District 15 race.


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Apple shipped its new iPad on March 16. Predictably, it was a smash hit, as the company said it sold more than 3 million of the devices during the first weekend. Microsoft, meanwhile, is planning its first serious entry into the media tablet market this fall when it will introduce Windows on Arm (WoA) tablets. The question for those who have yet to jump on the Apple bandwagon is whether to opt for the new iPad now, or to wait until Windows 8 tablets are available, most likely starting in October.
A feature-by-feature comparison of the two platforms is tricky, given that new iPad is a real, shipping product, while WoA systems have yet to arrive. (We've left the more conventional, Intel-based Windows 8 tablets out of the equation to keep things, er, apples to Apples.) The performance of Windows 8 tablets will depend greatly on how hardware makers like Nokia, Lenovo, Asus, and others, implement Microsoft's specifications.
Still, there's a lot we already know about Windows 8 and the hardware components on which it will run, so there is some basis for comparison, even if it's a bit speculative at this point. Here's a look at some key features on both new iPad and Windows 8 tablets, and how they compare with each other.
New iPad: Apple's latest tablet starts at $499 for a 16-GB, Wi-Fi only model, and ranges all the way up to $829 for a 64-GB model with Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity.
Windows 8 tablets: This is an unknown at this point, but if Microsoft's strategy around Windows Phone is any indication, expect the company and its partners, particularly Nokia, to be highly aggressive on price. Nokia introduced a solid Windows Phone, the Lumia 710, and it's now free with a contract on T-Mobile. Microsoft has shown it's willing to sacrifice margin for market share in areas where it's lagging. Tablets will be one of them.
Considerations: High prices doomed previous Windows tablets efforts, like HP's $699 Slate 2. But WoA tablets will most likely be sold under the mobile phone model, with manufacturers and carriers subsidizing hardware. So odds are there will be Windows 8 tablets that match or beat the new iPad when it comes to price.
New iPad: No surprises here. New iPad uses the familiar, icon-based iOS 5 home screen. It's also rich with utiltities, like Notification Center, that push content, such as alerts about email and social media messages, to the top of the screen. There's also plenty of one-touch links to services like Twitter, Newsstand, and iMessage.
[ Want to see the guts of the new iPad? Click on New iPad Teardown: Inside Apple's Tablet. ]
Windows 8 tablets: Windows 8 tablets won't look like any other tablet on the market. They'll all feature Microsoft's touch-friendly Metro interface, inherited from Windows Phone 7. The hallmark of Metro is Live Tiles, blocks that provide message notifications and single-click access to preselected apps and services.
Considerations: The choice between iOS's icons or Windows 8 Metro is purely subjective. But one thing is for certain--Metro is not another me-too mobile GUI and users seem to either love it or hate it. That makes the decision to go with a completely new type of interface a high-risk, high-reward move for Microsoft.
New iPad: 9.7-inches is the standard size for all iPads, including new iPad. That's about the sweet spot for most tablets. Some, like the 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, check in a bit larger, while others, like Amazon's Kindle Fire or RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, go for compactness with a 7-inch display.
Windows 8 tablets: Microsoft has geared Windows 8 to support numerous display sizes on tablets, as it expects its ecosystem of hardware partners to produce devices in a range of sizes. It's possible, however, that the initial WoA tablets will veer toward the larger end of the spectrum. A prototype publicly shown by Nvidia appears to be at least 10 inches, and in a blog post this week Microsoft noted that "Common sizes for Windows 8" start at 10.1 inches and range to 12 inches.
Considerations: By emphasizing size over portability, Microsoft appears to want to position WoA tablets as no-compromise devices for media consumption and productivity. But the difference between a 10.1-inch Windows 8 tablet and 9.7-inch iPad is pretty marginal.
New iPad: The most noticeable difference between iPad 2 and new iPad is that the latter has inherited the Retina Display technology from the iPhone. Through a combination of high resolution (2048 pixels by 1536 pixels, at 264 ppi), and technologies like oleophobic coating and in-plane switching, Apple has created a tablet display that is unrivaled.
Windows 8 tablets: Microsoft has said Windows 8 will support multiple display resolutions on tablets, up to and even slightly beyond that of Retina Display. For instance, the company has confirmed that Windows 8 will support a display of at least 2560 pixels by 1440 pixels, at 291 ppi, on a 10.1-inch tablet.
Considerations: Windows 8 may be able to match the new iPad in terms of sheer numbers, but the beauty of Apple products has never been about the stats, it's about how it all comes together. New iPad is no different, and Microsoft and its partners face a tough challenge to produce displays that match the crispness and vibrancy of Retina Display.