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Executive Board Minutes - July 2004July 31, August 1 and 4, 2004
Sacramento, California
Members Present: Jim Nelson, President; Charlie Holbrow, Past President; Dick Peterson, President Elect; Ken Heller, Vice President; Mary Beth Monroe, Secretary; Chuck Robertson, Treasurer; Steve Iona, Chair of Section Representatives; Randy Peterson, Vice Chair of Section Representatives; Deborah Rice, At-Large Member; Chuck Stone, At-Large Member (arriving on August 1); Ruth Chabay, At-Large Member; Karl Mamola, Editor of The Physics Teacher (TPT); Jan Tobochnik, Editor of the American Journal of Physics (AJP); and Bernard V. Khoury, Executive Officer.
Guests: Warren Hein, Jack Hehn, Roxanne Muller, Sina Kniseley, Valerie Evans, Maria Elena Khoury, Carol Heimpel, Jim Stith, Steve Turley, John Layman, Thad Lurie, Bruce Mason, Tom O'Kuma, Leonard Jossem, Andy Gavrin
1. Welcome and Call to Order. Jim Nelson called the meeting to order and welcomed all Board members and guests.
2. Changes to the Agenda. There were no changes or additions to the agenda.
3. Approval of the Minutes. Following a report by members regarding changes to the Minutes, C. Robertson moved that the April 2004 Minutes be approved as corrected. D. Peterson seconded the motion. The motion passed.
4. Report from the Executive Officer. B. Khoury highlighted the following items in his report to the Board.
5. Treasurer's Report.
6. Secretary's Report.
7. Past President's Report. Holbrow serves as a member of the APS insurance committee. He reported that the insurance made available to APS members was good insurance. He said that he had also learned how the APS obtained the money to provide insurance packages to its members. W. Hein suggested that APS consider adding liability added to the insurance package. He will follow up with an email to Holbrow to start this inquiry.
8. Vice President's Report. K. Heller had no report at this time.
9. President Elect's Report.
10. ComPADRE. Bruce Mason, Online Publications Editor and PI for ComPADRE, reported that the proposal requesting additional funding of $3 million over four years had been submitted to the NSF/NSDL during the Spring 2004. No word had been received concerning an award. All initial collections proposed by the project (student collection, quantum collection, introductory astronomy collection, pre college teachers' collection, and informal education collection) are essentially completed. The astronomy editorial board attended a couple of conferences in an effort to better determine how to use this collection. Mason had been talking with leaders of the PTRA and PhysTEC projects to determine how ComPADRE could help new teachers find resource materials in its collections. The basic organization and design of a PER collection has been set.
Robertson asked Mason to explain the meaning of tools referenced in his report to the Board (Board Packet Item III O) regarding the pre teachers' collection. Mason explained that for each standard topic, the collection would have an outline of subtopics and resources such as lesson plans, labs and student activities. Right now the resources are merely referenced. Eventually these tools will be automatically displayed.
Mason added that the project leadership wants online discussions and people are using some of the collections now. The high school collection is not yet available to the public yet but it is in staging. The student section is being heavily used. ComPADRE has about 1800 registered users, including some international users. The site averages 12,000 visits and 30,000 page accesses per week.
During the Summer, a SPS student intern analyzed the student collection and identified what content areas were missing. The student will present a poster during the AAPT meeting. Jack Hehn, AIP Education Director, added that the SPS had two student interns working for ComPADRE during the Summer and the society was pleased with their work. W. Hein commented that the student interns were the subject of a nice article appearing in the APS Forum on Education (Fed) newsletter.
12. President's Report.
13. Board Retreat. The Board retreat is scheduled for June 24 and 25, 2004 with June 23 and 26 designated as travel days. Khoury requested discussion regarding retreat sites. He expressed if the AAPT staff were going to participate in the retreat, College Park would be the most convenient for them. Chabay commented that the Board did not really need the staff presence, adding that should questions arise the staff could be contacted by phone. Tobochnik said that a different location would help put Board members into a different mindset.
Following a short discussion of previous sites suggested by D. Peterson and Monroe, C. Robertson moved that the Board retreat be held at a resort or conference center, not at the ACP or on a college campus. Holbrow seconded the motion. The motion passed. Nelson asked D. Peterson, Khoury and Heller to prepare some possibilities for Board consideration in October. Khoury added that the Board might want to make a decision concerning the retreat site by electronic voting prior to the October meeting of the Board.
14. Dodge Building. The AAPT received a written offer from Campus Outfitters, current tenants of the Dodge Building, to purchase the building for $900 K, the current appraisal value. The tenants have identified a bank that will lend them $810 K or 85% of the appraisal value, whichever is cheaper. Khoury described this as a serious offer although the AAPT had not yet received a firm contract. Once AAPT receives a contract, the association will have a 45 study day period and 30 days to close the deal.
D. Peterson pointed out that AAPT would lose approximately $14,000 each month in rent if the building were sold. In addition some expense will be incurred in renting storage for the AAPT items (primarily inventory products and financial records) currently located in the building. AAPT will not have any tax implications as the building has been depreciated each year. Peterson projected that gross expenses to the AAPT could be $40K - $50K.
Khoury moved, and Holbrow seconded, that the AAPT Executive Board authorize Bernard Khoury, as AAPT Executive Officer, to sell the Dodge Building to 5112 Berwyn Rd, LLC, at a price of $900,000 and to negotiate and sign on behalf of AAPT any and all documents appropriate to affect the sale. The motion passed.
15. Executive Session I. Nelson called the Board into Executive Session I with B. Khoury and W. Hein.
16. Executive Session II. At the close of Executive Session I, Nelson called the meeting in Executive Session II without Khoury or Hein. Following the conclusion of Session II, Nelson adjourned the meeting of the Board until its scheduled meeting on Sunday.
17. Undergraduate Guidelines Booklet. Khoury explained that a revision of the guidelines for undergraduate physics programs had been completed. The AAPT Committee on Professional Concern and the Undergraduate Education Committee will review the document during the Sacramento meeting. If the committees recommend its publication, the AAPT will publish the booklet. (See these Minutes, Item 39.)
Many of the elements appearing in the revision were drawn from the SPIN-UP Report from the National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics (NTFUP). The Task Force is sponsored by the AAPT, the APS and the AIP. The revised undergraduate guidelines booklet is a statement of policy and therefore does not require review by the Publications Committee.
18. Venture Fund. C. Robertson reported that Cinema Classics was now available in DVD format from Ztek. The Fund invested $50K in the preparation of the DVD version of the film collection. The Venture Fund Committee received a letter from Robert Fuller advising members that the books on Bartlett's exponential function studies had been printed and were available for purchase if the AAPT was interested in buying some for resale. Valerie Evans had purchased 26 books and these were on sale in the exhibit area of the AAPT meeting
The committee did not have any action items to present to the Board.
19. NTFUP Regional Workshops. In response to a request from the Board during its April 2004 meeting, NTFUP submitted a revised proposal containing a budget that identified full indirect cost recovery by the AAPT. The purpose of the proposed workshops will be to share what was learned during the SPIN-UP site visits to undergraduate physics departments and to help implement the findings from these visits. The workshop leaders will be NTFUP members. The proposal requests $226 K to conduct four workshops over the next two years.
In response to a question from the Board, Khoury explained that all anticipated line item costs to the AAPT were covered by the proposal. Holbrow asked if the stipend designated for Warren Hein as a project director was adequate. Khoury responded that it was, adding that the AAPT would provide logistical support for the program.
Khoury moved that the AAPT Board approve the submission of the proposal with a budget of $226,708 to NSF seeking funds to support the effort by the National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics to carry out a series of workshops to assist physics departments. Holbrow seconded the motion. The motion passed.
20. Electronic PER Journal. Khoury reported on the progress taken by Bob Beichner and other PER leaders to establish an all-electronic journal as a joint effort between AAPT and APS. The proposed journal, to be titled Physical Review Special Topic – Physics Education Research (PRST-PER), will be modeled after the APS's Physical Review Special Topic – Accelerators and Beams. Beichner reported to Khoury and the Publications Committee that the APS Editor-in-Chief, Marty Blume, was enthusiastic about the publication but had some reservations concerning the business model for the journal. The APS proposed that a page charge for all articles published in the new journal. Beichner recommended a page charge of $100 per page. A grant award from NSF/NSDL to Beichner will provide initial start-up money. Prior to the Summer meeting and after consulting with AAPT officers, Khoury sent a letter to Marty Blume, APS Editor-in-Chief, expressing AAPT support for the publication interests of the PER community and AAPT's concerns regarding the need for a business plan.
Board members expressed several concerns in its discussion of this proposal. Holbrow explained that the proposed publication had two obstacles. One was the lack of a feasible business model. Conclusive conversations between the AAPT and the APS concerning the financial funding for the journal had not occurred. Iona commented that it was odd that the APS had not asked the AAPT to provide some financial involvement for the new effort. Other Board members indicated that they thought such requests would occur toward the end of the NSF funding term for Beichner's grant. One member explained that there was no guarantee that the APS might not withdraw its financial support for the journal at some future point. The second obstacle concerned the 50 articles to be published in the PER journal. It was not clear to Board members that the PER community would submit these many articles.
Tobochnik urged the Board to give this effort a try. Further Board discussion was delayed following the report from Publications and a possible report of the discussion within the PER Committee concerning Beichner's proposal. (See these Minutes, Item 28.)
21. APS Connection. Holbrow included in the Board Packet (Item IIIE) a report of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the APS Forum on Education held in Denver, Colorado, May 3, 2004. Holbrow explained that he found a large overlap of Fed interests and concerns with the AAPT. His report summarized these ideas and presented his suggestions for AAPT activity stemming from the Fed discussion. Holbrow also included in the Packet for possible Board discussion (Item IIIF) a description of the AAPT activities and AAPT's cooperative activities with the APS at the national level through its Forum on Education, the APS Committee on Education, and the APS staff in carrying out the PhysTEC project. He proposed a list of large issues that the APS might want to consider during its Planning Retreat as well as some specific ideas for future cooperation between our two organizations as the society prepares its long range plans for its role in physics education.
Holbrow then solicited agenda items for the informal meeting between the APS Fed Executive Committee and the AAPT Executive Board scheduled for Monday of the Sacramento meeting. These include:
Holbrow pointed out that the APS and AAPT have 3000 joint members. In response to a question from C. Stone concerning the number of college teachers who are AAPT members, Khoury reported that Ken Krane studied the list of physics faculty listed by college departments in the APS Directory and found that 10% were AAPT members. Jim Stith, AIP Physics Resources, reminded Board members that many physics teachers are members of other physics societies but are not members of either AAPT or APS. Nelson proposed that proceeds from the AAPT sale of the Dodge Building could be used to support an AAPT fellow to explore ways to increase cooperation between the APS and the AAPT. (For a report of the meeting between the AAPT Executive Board and the APS Fed Executive Committee, see these Minutes, Item 37.)
22. Jim Stith. Stith, AIP Physics Resources Director, presented a general report concerning the status of activities under his supervision.
In discussion of the report, Nelson asked if there were plans to prepare special DBIS clips for the World Year of Physic 2005. Stith reminded the Board that the clips are syndicated science. The science pieces are used by the stations as news clips presented by their own reporters and therefore the AIP logo is not seen. Stith explained that there are other science and math societies involved in this endeavor: DBIS is not "discoveries and breakthroughs in physics."
23. SPIN-UP/TYC. Tom O'Kuma, Principal Investigator for Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year Colleges, presented a status report for the project, funded in part by the ATE program of the National Science Foundation. Other project directors are Warren Hein and M.B. Monroe. During the course of the project, ten site visits were conducted to determine what made a successful physics program at a two-year college. In addition, a background survey of physics programs at community colleges was prepared and administered by the AIP Statistics Division.
Physics faculty from both two-year college and four-year institutions were recruited as visiting team members. Prior to the site visits, the project held a special training and planning conference in San Antonio, Texas in July 2002. The conference was an intensive four-day effort led by Jack Hehn, with two trial site visits, one to San Antonio College and the other to Coastal Bend College, south of San Antonio.
To date,
With remaining monies SPIN-UP/TYC will conduct approximately five additional site visits targeting campuses with significant populations of African-Americans and/or strong technical programs. These characteristics were not seen in the initial ten site visits. The project will end its funding term January 31, 2005.
24. Sigma Pi Sigma Congress. October 15-16, 2004, Sigma Pi Sigma will hold its 2004 Quadrennial Congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference will be held in conjunction with the APS 4-Corners Section Meeting and the regional meetings of the Society of Physics Students and American Association of Physics Teachers. The Congress will be the primary kick-off event for the World Year of Physics. Following a review of the program activities planned, Nelson reported that Dick Peterson would attend the Congress as the AAPT representative. Peterson's college has a strong Sigma Pi Sigma chapter and he will also be the AAPT President during the WYP. Warren Hein will also attend and report the special activities the AAPT has planned for the 2005 commemoration.
Stith expressed that the Congress was shaping up to be a very exciting conference. Stone emphasized the need to get the program of activities and speakers strongly publicized within the physics community, especially among physics students. Monroe added that at the request of Gary White, SPS Director, she would be attending the Congress as a two-year college liaison.
25. Task Force on National Meetings. During its Spring 2004 meeting, Nelson appointed Steve Iona Chair of a special Task Force on Meetings. Iona was asked to select the other members and was asked that these represent the diversity of the AAPT. The task force was charged with gathering data, presenting options, and making recommendations along the guidelines appearing in the Board April 2004 Minutes (Item 29.) The final report is due in January 2005.
In his interim report to the Board, Iona listed Richard Krantz, Tom O'Kuma, Carol Heimpel, and Dick Peterson as members of the task force. He explained that one or two more members might be added. The committee has collected information concerning ten years of meetings that provide some interesting trends. The task force will survey area chairs and section officers. In addition the members will prepare and administer a web-based survey, similar to the one developed for the Announcer review, to meeting attendees and non-attendees.
Iona added that there had been some general discussion among Board members as to the purpose of the AAPT meetings. However it was not explicit to the charge that the task force should determine the purpose of AAPT meetings. He advised that if the Board wanted more than statistical data, the task force could develop survey questions addressing this area. Iona added that the purpose of meetings might be a good topic for the Board retreat.
In subsequent discussion, the following requests were made. Chabay would like to see the attendance at meetings broken down as to educational levels. Tobochnik would like to learn the number of participants attending both the Winter and the Summer meetings. Robertson asked for information characterizing those who present papers. Heller would like to know, if possible, the number of papers related to grants' dissemination. He also asked the task force to look at different meeting models.
In an impromptu brainstorming activity initiated by Nelson, the Board compiled the following list of purposes for AAPT meetings:
(During the last session of the Board, members reviewed the list and ranked the items according to their top three choices. Nelson will report the results at some later date.)
During the subsequent discussion of the report and request, Tobochnik advised that the point system should not be the only evaluation used to select students. He further commented that the persons awarding the points would need to be unified as to their criteria. Gavrin explained that are about 40 million students in this age range and consequently a regional gauge would need to be set. A Google search of the internet for "physics talent search" will produce a site showing the award of points.
D. Peterson asked about the eligibility of students with dual enrollment in both high school and college. Gavrin explained that students would qualify as long as their names were on high school rolls. R. Peterson asked for a report of the timeframe of the competition. The definition and dissemination of competition rules must be completed by June 30, 2005, corresponding to the end of the school year. The awarding of points will occur during the Summer and Fall 2005.
In response to an inquiry from Hein, Gavrin reported that he had identified a major gifts officer who is working to obtain monetary support for the competition. The APS has provided logistical support, but no money to date. When Heller asked who would sign the certificates, Gavrin explained that he hoped that a Nobel Laureate would sign these. He also planned on having a reception for the 116 winning students with anticipated guests to include Nobel Laureates and a physicist in the U.S. Congress. Stone expressed his support for this event, saying that the competition embodies the worldwide aspect of the WYP commemoration.
D. Peterson moved that the AAPT grant Gavrin permission to use the AAPT name and logo for these activities. Rice seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Nelson clarified that Gavrin will need to keep Khoury apprised of the use of the AAPT name and logo. Iona invited Gavrin to make a report of this competition to the meeting of the Section Representatives.
27. Executive Session I. Nelson called the meeting of the Board into Executive Session I with B. Khoury and W. Hein. Following the close of this session, Nelson adjourned the Board until its next meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
During discussion of the motion, D. Peterson commented that the Board needed to support the editor in this matter but added that he did not feel that a slightly larger journal would hurt the AAPT. Tobochnik expressed that limiting the size of the journal would not hurt the quality of the journal. R. Peterson asked if some of the AJP-PER articles should be moved to the electronic journal. Tobochnik said this would complicate the issue and he did not want to do this. The motion passed with a vote tally of 9 yes, 1 no, and 1 abstain.


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Either hold the party later, when cousin is no longer in the country. Or, invite them by mail (no phone calls) and then be coolly polite and distant when they are in your home. Do not engage at all. Have lots of bean dip ready and be super duper busy with preparations and other family members.I think if you have a family party and don't include them, their contempt will go nuclear. Some might even take their side.
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Perinatal mortality refers to the death of a fetus or neonaete and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate. Variations in the precise definition of the perinatal mortality exist specifically concerning the issue of inclusion or exclusion of early fetal and late neonatal fatalities. Thus the WHO's definition "Deaths occurring during late pregnancy (at 22 completed weeks gestation and over), during childbirth and up to seven completed days of life" is not universally accepted. The perinatal mortality is the sum of the fetal mortality and the neonatal mortality.
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SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-area teacher says she is losing her job for being the victim of domestic violence.
The attorney for Holy Trinity School teacher Carie Charlesworth told The Associated Press on Thursday that she had received a letter notifying her that her 14-year contract would not be renewed because her ex-husband's violent history posed a risk to the school.
The case was first reported by KNSD-TV San Diego (http://bit.ly/11BJZP8).
Attorney Kenneth Hoyt says the second-grade teacher was put on paid leave after a dispute at their home in January and he appeared in the parking lot, prompting the school to go on lockdown.
She recently was notified her pay would cease in August.
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Anyone used Hankook tires?
Posted 24 September 2006 - 10:27 AM
I drive like a granny, so performance isn't as much of a concern as snow and ice traction and road noise. Anyone used these, or any other "budget" snow tires? I know tires aren't something to be cheap on, but I drive to the grocery store once a week and take an occasional road trip to Vermont or DC, so how the tire handles over long stretches of heavily salted and wet road is more important to me than serious snow traction,though that certainly comes in handy when I finally get to Vermont... On a related note, is dropping 5% in sidewall size a major problem? Tirerack has Pirellis in 185/65/14 which I'd jump on in a heartbeat ( I love my current Pirelli allseasons), but I'm worried about other problems beyond a slightly off speedo and a slightly lower ride height.
Posted 24 September 2006 - 01:38 PM
PS- I put Hankook H725 Mileage Plus on this car for summer and am very pleased with these as well. Also approx $250 installed.
Posted 24 September 2006 - 02:27 PM
I only started looking because I got quoted $90/wheel for the Magna Grips installed! Guess I need to find some better tire shops...
Kelly Magna Grip 185/70/14 S. Cheap. Worked great here in S. PA and showed very little wear after one season. They also ride and handle in non-wintry conditions similar to A/S tires. $250 total installed.
PS- I put Hankook H725 Mileage Plus on this car for summer and am very pleased with these as well. Also approx $250 installed.
Posted 25 September 2006 - 10:09 AM
I don't have a lot to compare to but they seem to be noticeably better than all season tires in the mix of snow and slush we get around here.
Posted 25 September 2006 - 04:14 PM
For the last couple of winters we've used an older set of Hankook studdable snow tires, without studs, with good results. Got them used with low miles for under $100 and figured it'd be worth it to try them out.
I don't have a lot to compare to but they seem to be noticeably better than all season tires in the mix of snow and slush we get around here.
Thanks for the input. I went ahead and ordered what may well be the most absurdly named tires ever (the iPike????). http://www.discountt...206&rd=14&ar=70
I'll report back once they're installed. My current all-seasons are a wreck, so I'll have a good month of light dry weather and rain driving to test them out before the slush hits.
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After years of hope, talking, planning and construction, the new Veterans Administration Healthcare Center is set to open in Cape Coral on Dec. 17.
It is a project worthy of the wait.
Once its doors open, the 200,000-square-foot $131.8 million complex will serve an estimated 200,000 veterans throughout Southwest Florida. Previously, they had to make a 300-mile round trip to Bay Pines in St. Petersburg for services not able to be offered at the much smaller VA clinic in Fort Myers.
Numerous services will be expanded at the new facility at 2489 Diplomat Parkway at the intersection of Corbett Road across from Hope Hospice. Those expanded services will include an anticoagulation clinic, audiology, cardiology, compensation and pension exams, dental, dermatology, eye care, fluoroscopy, gastroenterology and endoscopic procedures, home and community care, mental health, neurology, nuclear imaging, nutrition counseling, orthopedics, pharmacy consultation and medication pick up, phlebotomy, podiatry, primary care, prosthetics, rheumatology, social work, spinal cord injury, telephone call center, tobacco cessation, ultrasound, urology, women's care and X-ray, according to the VA.
Not only will area veterans be able to receive more services closer to home, but the community as a whole will benefit as medical facilities spring up around the clinic, creating both better health care access for everyone and jobs as well, city officials have said,
We agree.
And we point out that the facility did not come to fruition without a lot of effort.
Kudos go most notably to Congressman Connie Mack, who was imminently instrumental at the federal level.
Thanks go, too, all the way back to some behind-the-scenes residents who saw the Cape as a viable site for the competitive project back before it was a jot on the drawing board, well before the 30-acre parcel on which the facility sits was purchased in 2006.
Those individuals include former Lee County Commissioner Andy Coy, as well as members of a citizen committee that included Michel and Ed Doherty, and Dolores Bertolini and husband Aldo, a veteran who, unfortunately, died before his dream was realized.
Congressman Mack, R-Fort Myers, served as keynote speaker for the center's groundbreaking, held back in January of 2010
"I'm so pleased that the construction of the new VA outpatient clinic in Cape Coral will soon get under way," Mack said then in a prepared statement. "We never would have made it to this point without the support of the VA, the people of Cape Coral and the Southwest Florida veterans' community."
Thank you to the many, many people at the grassroots, city, county, state, and federal level who made this possible for our service men and women, and for our community.
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My hair cut is basically an "overgrown" inverted bob. The bottom layer is the longest and is the same length all the way around. The back is cut in blended stacked layers mimicking the shortest layer of an a-line bob. I LOVE it because you get the volume of a bob, with the length I love so it's much more versatile.
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Rick Adair, who took a leave of absence in August to deal with personal issues including the impending death of his father, will not be back as Orioles pitching coach despite having a contract that runs through the 2014 season.
In his first public comments since taking the leave of absence, Adair talked about his time with the Orioles, dealing with the death of his father and what might be in store for Adair in 2014 – which would be his 35th year in pro baseball.
What are your thoughts about not returning to the Orioles?
"This is difficult because there are a lot of friendships there and a lot of things over the last few years that have been accomplished. Obviously, you're trying to win a World Series and we didn't get there last year or this year. But seeing the transformation from where we were in 2011 to where we are now, it has been a blast. There are a lot of people responsible for that and I am going to miss that."
Can you address exactly what went into the decision not to return and who, ultimately, made it?
"I'm not getting into any specifics of that, but Buck [Showalter] and I did have two really long conversations. And when it was all said and done, the decision was made that I'm not coming back. Who decided and all that kind of stuff, we don't need to talk about that. But I feel real good about what has been done there, the working relationship with Buck and how that's been, and with the coaching staff. So I am going to miss it. There is no doubt. But it was a decision that was made and I feel good about the decision."
What have the last two months been like, including dealing with the terminal illness and death of your father from cancer?
"An awakening, to say the least. With what I saw him go through and how fast [he deteriorated]. A lot of travel between Baltimore and Alabama -- no flying, just driving -- and going back home. My dad and I had not been close. And so to spend the last four weeks with him and get everything in order, to get things right and spend time with him, I wouldn't trade it for anything -- anything in baseball. It meant that much to me."
What's next for you? Will you sit out a year?
"I don't know. In terms of what happens next year, if I go to spring training with somebody next year that will be 35 spring trainings in a row. And sometimes you have to sit back and think, 'Is my time up in this game?' Or, 'Is it time to take a break or do something different?' I don't know. If someone has interest and it is a good fit, I'd think about it. I believe in fate and things will work out the way they are supposed to."
How would you characterize your time in Baltimore?
"Any time you take a major league job, first of all you know that there is a short shelf life, we've heard Buck say that many times. It could be three years or five years or however you look at it. I've had four opportunities [to be a major league pitching coach] and I feel as good about what's happened in Baltimore as I have anywhere. Any time you go into this type of job, you want to win as a pitching coach. But your biggest priority as a pitching coach is that your pitchers are healthy. I think there was one surgery [Randy Wolf] involving anybody who had significant time with the big league club over three years. And then you look at it, that whenever I leave, whenever that is, is it better than when I got here? I've looked at all three of those things: We won; we were healthy and I think everything about the organization is better than it was when we got there."
With one year left on your contract, do you feel things were left incomplete?
"A little bit, but at the same time, somebody else is going to walk into a great situation. I think, honestly, [what's needed] is another voice type, or different personality, maybe somebody a little more exuberant than I was toward the end. I think it is going to be a good situation for somebody. People can think what they want, but you put your heart and soul into something for almost three years and it [turns out to be] better. So I feel real good about where the Orioles are and the things that have been done there. Trust me. I'll be pulling for those guys."
Is there something in your tenure you take particular pride in?
"I think more than anything is that [the players] all realized that they were part of a club and no matter how they did -- good or bad -- they knew somebody was there behind them. You could really see it with [closer Jim Johnson] this year, with the blown saves he had, especially early in the year. He felt so bad about the 24 other guys, it wasn't about him. So when you see that and you know that, that's what you feel good about. They realize on a given day it takes 25 guys to win a major league ballgame. And they pulled for each other. And you don't find that everywhere."
What will you miss the most?
"I'll miss seeing a guy that people don't know or don't believe in and seeing that guy really do well. There are guys that have ability and at some point in time they are going to put it together. But the guys that are grinders, that come out of nowhere like [Miguel Gonzalez] or even to see what [Chris] Tillman did for us or go back to last year to what [Jim Johnson] has done over two years, over 100 saves. Or Darren O'Day being picked up on waivers and having the two years he had or Brian Matusz being in the big leagues all year this year or Tommy Hunter. You can just go down the list. There were a lot of good things that happened."
Have you kept tabs on your pitchers or the team?
"During the season I would watch games and I would text them. I knew their schedule. You don't want to talk after games because it's late – and I was usually exhausted by then anyway. So I texted them a lot, we exchanged messages."
If you had to predict it now, will you take another job in 2014?
"I'm not looking. I'll put it to you that way. But if something happens, I would talk [to a potential team]. But I'm not going out looking for a job."
Any final thoughts on the situation in Baltimore?
"For me, it was a great experience. I never will forget what it was like last year for the playoffs and how loud [Camden Yards] was. And when we got back from New York, after the fifth game and we got beat, and we pulled up on the bus and 1,000 people were there waiting on you, that's pretty special. So there were a lot of good times, a lot of good memories. It's a good situation. Somebody is going to walk into a great situation. I don't know who it is going to be, but I'll be pulling for him. It's just time for me not to be there."


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Time for war... get the window down if you can, and tap the door snubber pin loose. If you can't move the window, I have used a
1 amp motorcycle trickle charger to carefully power the window motor directly
the window master panel wiring connects behind the driver kick panel, the column wiring is exposed for
some other work - don't pay attention to it
loosen the fender, the two famous bolts behind the
bumper can stay in place
don't panic, my fender was wrinkled last November sliding into a ditch - not doing this
now you can actually get to the door hinge bolts
I'm not too worried about my paint, it was ok to just
set it down gently
awesome overview of mess
pull the grommet off the door frame and feed the wire
bundle through
set it down to work on it
I cut the factory tape off and here is the whole problem, the wires
broke from rubbing on the edge of the door cutout after 19 years
I wasn't expecting the main ground to be broken, the driver window
still worked (after I had replaced the main power wire on top of the
existing bundle)- by grounding out through some other part
of the bundle, but the passenger side didn't work at all. When I
added the new power wire on top of the existing bundle, apparently the
main ground finally gave up and broke,
disconnecting the passenger side - just like flicking the window lock
your passenger circuit has to be complete at this panel otherwise it won't work from either door
repaired bundle with fresh wire and splices
you don't need to cut this grommet, I had already cut
it to run the previous repair , I added a little atv so that it would seal
after I taped it all back up and put it in
re-taped a little too far, had to take some off later - no big
re-connected to make sure it worked before I buttoned it up
same as above
I hung it off the striker and used the outline from the
hinge sealant to get it back in place, it was off about 2-3 mm at the
striker with the bolts snug. I just jockeyed it around until it lined up
and closed correctly - then tightened the bolts fully
In hindsight, it was much easier to pull the fender loose and drop the door than it was to try and fix the wiring in place -
and it didn't take very long either; definitely one of those easier to bite the bullet than try to get around it affairs
hope this helps some other soul save time and frustration
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 02:34 AM
under the carpet in the passenger side foot well there is a bundle of 5 red wires that on my car were corroded to the point that none of the windows worked. i found this out after i pulled the door off took the entire wiring harness out of the door unwrapped and checked every wire. also the location of the relay and control unit is under the pass front seat close to the door jam. so if only one of the windows doesnt work then all of the sudden none of them work i'd check that first.
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Not after the way they held off mighty Ohio State in the West Regional final.
Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and ninth-seeded Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over the Buckeyes on Saturday.
Van Vleet scored 12 points as the Shockers (30-8) followed up last week's win over top-ranked Gonzaga with a nail-biting victory over the second-seeded Buckeyes (29-8), whose 11-game winning streak ended one game short of their second straight Final Four.
Wichita State is just the fifth team seeded ninth or higher to reach the Final Four since seeding began in 1979, but the second in three years following 11th-seeded VCU's improbable run in 2011.
"Last year we were watching all this on television," said Cleanthony Early, who scored 12 points. "Now I'm looking at a hat that says 'Final Four Atlanta' with my team on it. It's crazy. I still can't believe we're here. You try to expect it, but you expect a lot of things that don't happen. This really happened."
Wichita State roared to a 20-point lead with 11 minutes to play after Ohio Stateplayed an awful first half, but LaQuinton Ross scored 15 of his 19 points after halftime, leading a ferocious rally that got the Buckeyes within three points in the final minutes.
But after Tekele Cotton hit a 3-pointer with 2:20 left, VanVleet scored on a shot that bounced all over the rim before dropping. Ron Baker and Cotton hit last-minute free throws to secure the second Final Four trip in Wichita State's history.
The Shockers are also the kings of Kansas, reaching the national semifinals after the powerful Jayhawks and Kansas State both went down.
"We're happy, but I'm still shocked," said Carl Hall, the glasses-wearing big man who scored eight points and led the Shockers' strong defensive effort. "We've got a team full of fighters. I brought them all together near the end and said, 'No matter what happens, I love y'all.' We had to fight so hard. We've got each other's backs, and it's hard to beat a team that's got five guys who work together like us."
Deshaun Thomas scored 21 points after missing nine of his first 12 shots for Ohio State, which made just 24 percent of its first-half shots. Aaron Craft scored nine points on 2-for-12 shooting for the Buckeyes, who dug a hole too deep to escape with their second-half rally.
"The way we shot coming into the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, everything was falling," Thomas said. "Today, it just wasn't our night. Nothing was falling."
But after two weeks of upsets in the wild West bracket, underdog Wichita State seemed an appropriate pick to cut down Staples Center's nets. The Shockers' well-balanced roster managed built that enormous lead with the same consummate team play that they've shown throughout the tournament.
Two sections packed with cheering Shockers fans provided all the encouragement necessary for a team that didn't win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and was thought to be a bubble team for an NCAA berth. Now, Wichita State is the MVC's first Final Four team since Larry Bird led Indiana State to the title game in 1979.
Another giant awaits the Shockers in Atlanta next weekend: They'll face the winner of today's Midwest Regional final between Duke and Louisville.
"We're all new to this, but I think we're ready for this," Early said. "We're going to prepare ourselves, and this game was pretty good preparation. We started at the bottom, and we've been working our way up."
Seven seasons after underdog George Mason crashed the Final Four and underlined college basketball's growing parity, the Shockers are the latest smallish school to get on a big roll in the tournament. Butler made the national championship game in 2010 and 2011, and the Bulldogs were joined by that VCU team in the Final Four two years ago.


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WYCUP Scholarship Deadline Extended!
Deadline Extended to Friday, June 24, 2005
May 16, 2005
Madison, WI – To allow all interested credit union organizations time to submit their nominations, World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WOCCU) has extended its deadline to submit completed application materials for the WOCCU Young Credit Union Professionals (WYCUP) Scholarship Program to Friday, June 24, 2005.
At WOCCU's World Credit Union Conference, five young credit union leader aged 35 years of age and younger from around the globe will receive scholarships to attend the 2005 World Credit Union Conference in Dublin, Ireland. The WYCUP scholarship program seeks young professionals and volunteers who demonstrate a personal commitment and potential to further professional development, along with an ability to influence credit union development in his or her home country.
World Council strongly supports participation in WYCUP from credit union movements around the world and has discounted early-bird conference registration fees for young professionals by US$150. WOCCU encourages both interested young professionals to secure nominations and credit union organizations to consider nominating qualified young professionals.
For nomination forms and further information on judging criteria and the selection process, please visit the WYCUP section of WOCCU's website. Any additional inquiries can be addressed to Bryn Olsen.
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text: jtnc 3,667 Report post Posted April 18, 2013 The crude behavior included urine and feces scattered about the bathroom, toothpaste on the mirror and garbage strewn about the room. Among the garbage was partially eaten food left on one of the beds. The players to whom the room was registered have denied their involvement to NFL team representatives who have questioned them at their respective pro days, according to Foster and other sources close to the situation. Foster said that at least 10 teams called him shortly after the incident was reported to him to do their due diligence on the matter. Foster said a couple more teams have called since, including one team that texted him over the weekend after Pompei's story had been published. Foster said both agents for the respective players called shortly after their players had checked out of the room to give their denials. When Yahoo! Sports contacted two agents who were identified as the athletes' representatives, the agents denied their players were involved. There's a belief that such an embarrassing situation coming up so close to the draft could significantly impact their player's draft status. http://sports.yahoo....-215753040.html From Schefter. A trashed hotel room at Indy scouting combine that Yahoo reported on belonged to Clemson WR DeAndre Hopkins and Rutgers WR Mark Harrison. https://twitter.com/...004113970597888 Y'all still want him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Sandra Nazzaro watched from across the street as thick black smoke poured from St. John the Baptist Albanian Orthodox Church in South Boston Wednesday morning.
Flames burst through the roof, and firefighters struggled to get water on the blaze. But Nazzaro, a parishioner and church administrator, could only watch as fire consumed her longtime church.
"It is just something you never think is going to happen," Nazzaro said as she recalled the family events that took place at the church. "You love it, you take care of it, and then you have to see it go down. Everyone in my family was baptized here. My parents were married from St. John's. It is very close to us, it is part of our life."
The church dates to the early 1800s, and has been an Albanian Orthodox church since the 1930s, church officials said. The interior included a large mural of St. John.
"The altar area is hand-carved wood and gold leaf with hand-painted icons," said the Rev. Arthur Liolin, chancellor of the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese. "It is a very beautiful church. It would touch your heart."
About 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters were called to 410 West Broadway for a report of a fire behind the building.
As soon as crews arrived and found the church ablaze, the fire was elevated to two alarms.
But the smoke kept pouring out as the flames spread. It would eventually escalate to a five-alarm fire.
"Upon arrival, firefighters forced entry into the building," Acting Fire Chief John Hasson said at the scene. "There was heavy fire around the altar, up the walls, and [it] extended into the ceiling and roof areas."
As the fire grew, the faithful arrived from near and far, some coming from as far as Ashland.
By the time the fire was extinguished, about five hours after the initial 911 call, part of the church's roof had collapsed, and the interior was damaged from fire, smoke, and water.
"It looks like it's going to be a total loss," Hasson said.
Total damage is estimated at $1 million, officials said, but the fate of the building will be determined by structural engineers Thursday.
At the height of the fire, flames flickered from the building and smoke billowed into the air, creating a plume that was visible for miles and that at times shrouded streets.
While fire crews were fighting the flames from inside the building, the ceiling started to come down, Hasson said. An immediate evacuation was ordered, and firefighters continued their battle from outside, he said.
At times, getting water onto the fire was difficult, so firefighters let the blaze burn through the roof to allow better access to the flames below.
No one was inside when the fire broke out, and no civilians were injured. Eight firefighters were treated for injuries, according to Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald.
One was hospitalized overnight following a surgery for a serious cut to his leg, he said.
The fire is believed to have originated near the altar and spread, said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Calobrisi.
Liolin said candles would not have been burning at the altar Wednesday morning.
He said they were put out after the liturgy Sunday, which was attended by about 150 people, and since then no one had visited the building, except for perhaps a custodian Monday or Tuesday.
What ignited the blaze is under investigation, but it is not considered suspicious, fire officials said.
As the flames raged, firefighters worked to keep the inferno from spreading to other buildings.
Firefighters cleared an area surrounding the church because of concern that the roof or exterior walls could tumble to the ground below.
On Thursday, a crane will remove part of the roof that engineers deemed unsafe.
Officials said that 10 occupants of two homes behind the church had left on their own and would remain displaced until their building is declared safe for occupancy.
Structural engineers are expected to make that determination Thursday.
The fire, and the possibility of the building being doomed, dealt heart-wrenching blows to the congregation of about 300 people. "It is a lot of family tradition that has gone up in flames," said Anthony Nasson, who has worshipped at St. John's for 60 to 70 years.
Cynthia Vasil Brown, the church's choir director, said the church has close ties to the South Boston and Albanian immigrant communities, and will not be easily replaced.
"I grew up in this church," she said. "This is where I spend my life, so it is very emotional. It's devastating."Colin A. Young can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ColinAYoung.


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Patent Office Chief Believes In Bad Ideas For Reform
from the bad,-bad-ideas dept
The idea that the patent system in the US needs to be reformed is not new. Many people -- on all sides of the debate -- seem to agree that there are some serious problems as the system is set up. However, as we feared when Jon Dudas (who helped push through the DMCA) took over last year, his ideas for patent reform are likely to make the system much worse, not better. His first idea is to convert the US system, which is supposed to award the patent to the first person who invented the idea, to the European system, which gives the patent to the first person to file the idea for a patent. This gives more incentive for more companies to rush through patents and get them filed before anyone else can. His second idea is to make it easier to challenge a patent after it's granted. On the whole, this is better than nothing -- but shouldn't the challenging be done before the patent is granted, so as to avoid the long and costly patent battles involved with fighting bogus patents? One other proposal involves making patents last for an even longer time, which makes almost no sense in this day and age, where the span of time over which it makes sense to exploit a monopoly on an invention seems shorter and shorter.


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I have been a devoted fan of John Irving for decades. He has the rare talent needed to wrap hard issues in literate laughter. In One Person is Vintage Irving. His signature symbols and character types are all present. As in his earlier books, from Garp through Twisted River, Irving continues to address socio/political controversies thoughtfully and fearlessly.
The themes in this book remind us of Robert/Roberta the pro football player defender of Nurse Jenny, of Dr. Larch, the non-practicing homosexual who gave women choices and orphans second chances, of Frannie who learned how to live after gang rape, of Owen who tried to understand his religious parents as he lived out his own dream and even of the twisted multi-generational hatreds in Twisted River. And bears, of course.
It is set in a private boys (originally) school in New England where we are reminded of elderly professors freezing in the snow and of warm, padded wrestling rooms, and a year in Vienna. And while it is fun to encounter the archetypes from his previous books, the social and political questions still remain to be explored and confronted. As he carefully built his arguments for questioning the "status quo" opinions, social norms, natural morals and blind prejudices of earlier generations about prostitution, abortion, sexual orientation, women's rights, racial justice, child abuse, the handicapped etc, he again argues for Questioning and questing and for sympathy. In Irving's words, don't categorize me before you even know me. He asks for tolerance, even for tolerance of the intolerant. To all of this, add Irving's tragicomIc writing genius and his story telling skills and we have another thoughtful provocative John Irving book. It's great!
Usually, Irving's timing is about a decade behind current events: Garp's women's equality, Owen Meany and the Viet Nam war, abortion and the Cider House Rules, but with In One Person he is the ram-rod pounding on the doors for the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) rights movement; he is bringing it all out of the dark corners, laying it on the table, and telling us "Don't look away!" What I've learned from reading Irving is that a decade of reflection, on even the most confrontational polarizing issues, gives us hindsight; it softens the edges. Perhaps Irving decided (at least concerning equality for LGBTQ) "what we need even more than hindsight or foresight is--insight" right now. My question is rather or not we come away from this novel with that insight.
Present in this novel are all of the Irving hallmarks you come to expect after you've read a few of his books: the writer, the older woman, a stay abroad, the wrestler, absent father, even a "bear" of sorts, and of course the sexuality, all embodied by larger than life Dickensonian characters that Irving does so wonderfully. But besides the fact that the men weren't men, the women weren't women, and the bears weren't bears, something was missing for me--the characters weren't believable, they weren't emotionally congruent, the town seemed quietly complicit then unaccepting, the women were empty or bitchy. AND then there is the sex...
I get that the challenge in reading this book is to look beyond our personal predilections, biasses, definitions, to grasp the message that is more important than our own comfort zones. Good at ya Mr. Irving for having the courage to write a thought provoking novel on this important issue...I'm one of your biggest fans and probably responsible for the sale of a couple hundred copies of A Prayer for Owen Meany....BUT...
I was so disappointed by the gratuitous and titallating way Irving treated the sex between the transgender, bisexual, gay people--as if it were just a crude physical act, promiscuous and raunchy, including an olfactory element (that added nothing to the political statement he was making); he discusses the bars, the bears, the bowels, the fists, the trolling, (and the "ballroom" vaginas) but none of the meaningful relationships, the love or committment--it ends up (npi) being nothing less than ugly pornography between vacuous licentious queens. Of course, the violence and hatred that we inflict upon those that don't share our personal predilections is uglier, and Irving almost redeems himself with a powerful and moving reflections of the AIDS epidemic and how the public turned it's back on the victims. (why I gave 3* instead of 2).
In One Person will probably be heralded by many as a beacon for change-a brave and thought provoking novel. It was my least favorite Irving novel; I almost didn't like it, and it is definitely not for anyone that is not comfortable with alternate sexuality presented in a very harsh manner. (I think even some of my LGBT friends will be disheartened by the portrayal.)So, did I come away with the insight intended?--I think so, but not with the eloquence usually offered by John Irving.
"Almost a Wonderful Book"
Oh I so love John Irving's work, I love his books that other people either have never heard of or didn't like. I so wanted to love this one too, but it fell short I thought. This book has it all.... an adorable cross dressing Grandpa(my favorite character), a coming of age good looking main character, a private boys school, a Norwegian who hunts deer on skis, lots of references to Shakespeare, details of many dying a slow painful death from aids, a fatal car accident, a crush on a step-father, an angry mother, an angry aunt, a transgender librarian who has sex with a child, gay bars, a trip to Europe, a missing absent father, a handsome sexy high school bully, gay sex, straight sex, transvestites, bisexuals, heterosexuals, a boy who slept with his mom, a funny story of meeting the love of a lifetime, narrow minded people, forward thinking people, oh and of course wrestlers and it is all set in my beautiful state Vermont. So what's not to like?
Well I'm really not sure and as I write this review. I am finding it hard to articulate what I saw as the problem. I can say that maybe it was too much, too much wanting to make the point. Also I really couldn't wait for the book to end, I was pretty bored though much of the story. I am so disappointed. I think the premise is terrific, I can see how this book could have been wonderful and rich. But it just fell short. Somehow Irving missed the mark this time, it was like he was trying too hard. And I have to mention that I was bothered when the adult had sex (the Bill Clinton kind ) with a child and the focus of outrage was the fact that the adult was transgender, not the child abuse; this went unnoticed.
So Mr. Irving I still love your work and I am so proud you live and work and write about our state, albeit fictional towns, so please give us another A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Fourth Hand, Cider House Rules....just be you... no need to try so hard, let it flow................
"Not his best, but pretty good nonetheless."
As with previous reviews, not for those offended by strong sexuality. Some of the jumping around at points within the narrator's life got confusing--I realize future happenings related to things in the past, but sometimes difficult to place things in a line.
I thought the pace of the story was quick and succinct, and the narration was well done. Of course there are great characters, the hallmark of Irving.
Point of contention with a previous reviewer. A complaint was made about a sexual encounter between a younger and older person (trying not to be a spoiler), and that this "abuse of a minor" was the key issue, rather than gender issues. I would like to point out that the youger person was 18 at the time, but still living with parents. I don't believe this constitutes sexual abuse legally or otherwise.
"Literary Porn"
I'm not a John Irving fan per say, so I do not have the insight into his writing that so many other reviewers commented on. At first I found the novel to be a little extreme, with just too many sexually diverse characters in the same small town, all related or connected in some way. Was there something in the drinking water? The quick introduction of one character after the next all gets sandwiched between Shakespearean plays that did nothing for me. I found it difficult to keep everyone straight (excuse the pun).
The narrator, Billy Abbott is a 70 year old man telling his coming of age story and describing his life and the people who come in, stay for a while, sometimes have sex in all different ways, and then leave. I did not feel an emotional attachment to any of the characters. I found them interesting and enjoyed watching them from afar, but never felt a connection to any of them. Not even Billy. Where's the romance? There was no real, sink your teeth into, love story among any of these people. It was almost like the homosexual, bisexual, transgender, cross-dressing, questioning people of the world are in it for the sex only. I believe Irving was trying to make a point, to teach tolerance, but for me he missed the mark. Love is universal among any sexual preference and perhaps that's how he should have made his connection.
The last third of the book hooked me far more. That's when Billy's friends started dying of aids. That's when the real emotion came across. That feeling that hooks me into a book, that connects me to the characters was absent in most of this novel. Sorry all you John Irving fans, although it was good enough to keep me going, this one fell a little short for me.
John Benjamin Hickey did a superb job with the narration.
"Being human is not strange"
John Irving treats his characters with respect. This is not voyuerism or sniggering in an alley at outrageous behaviour, it is an honest, funny and human treatment of a life that needs to be met on its own terms. I love this author and Mr. Hickey does a great job with the material. This is a great an worthwhile listen.
"Courageous and rivetting"
This is another book that makes me wish that we had a book club for discussion. It's courageous, readable, passionate and it's difficult to put down. And, as always with John Irving, it's easy to read, familiar, intimate even.
If I didn't give it a full 5-star rating, it's because I want the main character to be a straight arrow (pardon the unintended pun), an advocate for those who live non-heterosexual lives, someone who is unimpeachable. But Bill Abbott is a bit self-centered.... Here is a man for whom others have risked and lost a lot to fight for him and he makes no effort to see them again, to seek them out. Even at the bed side of a dying man, he will be the star.
That said, many in his circle of friends and relatives are wonderful. They are the bricks of this powerful story.
"Irving is a cliche of himself in thi s one"
I'm writing this review having set this book down. I did not set it down due to the subject matter, which is heavey on homoeroticism and transgender or LGBT subjects. That wasnt' the problem. I've read many of John Irving's books and enjoyed them condsiderably. His "thing" of self-reference and repetition of characters, places, and themes works for a suite of novels, but here, it just seems tired. He revisits his self-stated practice as a "re-qriter" to a fault, and it just seems self-indulgent, tired, and to be quite frank, boring. Irving is an excellent writer, and his voice is quite clear here. To those who are fans of his turns of phrase, and character creations, they may enjoy this novel. Where this novel lacks is in a dynamic narrative. It is much more or a character study than his other novels, but it seems to ask of the reader to care in the same way about a number of characters across a great breadth of time. I don't care. He didn't make me care. I found his characters uninteresting and the narrative totally flat. booooooooooo.
Irving jumped too quickly into his sage places of both character and setting to deal with a difficult subject. I found his description of the bisexual experience and the description of the historical LGBT to be well researched, but totally disingenusous.
"Over-reach" is an easy descriptor for this and some of Irving's other books. He has some fantastic novels, but is not ifallible. This book is falling heavy upon the success of "The World According to Gap", and "Hotel New Hampshire", and has nothing on them. As an extension of that, while Irving has proven in his bnovels that rewriting and revisiting memesc can work, it just makes him semm lazy and self indulgent in this one.
"Loved it!"
Wow, how could anyone, except a homophobe, not like this book?! In true Irving style, this book just keeps getting better and better as you stick with it. The narration was excellent.
"Irving does it again"
Having read and enjoyed A Prayer for Owen Meany, I'm glad to say that John Ervin has done it again with this title.
The book describes the coming to terms of the main character with his bisexuality in the 1950s and 1960s and follows his life up to close to the present day.
The narrative is told with the character in old age, looking back on his life and the significant events in it.
While his struggle with his sexuality is an important element of the story, there is so much more colour added to the story by Ervin's portrayal of small town life. As in A Prayer for Owen Meany, the book is populated with larger than life characters who we come to know, and in some instances like, over the course of the book.
Ervin's description of the plight of those dying from aids in the 1980s is a particularly touching part of the novel.
It could be argued, that particularly in the first half of the book, the author lays on the introspection a bit too heavy, but this is more than justified by what follows.
It is true that there is a lot of talk of sex in the novel, but surprisingly enough very little actual descriptions of sex.
Even so, if you are put off by either the idea of bisexuality or homosexuality, then you might want to steer clear of this book.
In the end though, what we take from the book is that people are who they are, complete with their own attitudes, abilities, loves, hates and fears. We should never label or categorise people but accept people for who they are.


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Prosecutors are expected Thursday to introduce Bill Cosby's damaging admissions from a lawsuit deposition a dozen years ago to bolster the charges of sexual assault at issue in his criminal trial here.
Cosby, 79, arrived at the courthouse for Day 4 of the trial accompanied by another pair of celebrities, actor/comedians Joe Torry and Lewis Dix. Cosby's wife, Camille, and their four daughters have stayed away so far but he has enlisted friends from his Hollywood career to support him, including former movie co-star Sheila Frazier on Wednesday and Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played his TV daughter on The Cosby Show, on Monday.
The jury is not expected to hear from Cosby at the trial; he has said he won't testify and as a defendant, he does not have to.
The jury has already heard from Cosby's accuser, Andrea Constand, and from her mother, Gianna Constand, and from one other of the dozens of women who have accused Cosby of drugging and/or sexually assaulting them in episodes dating back to the mid-1960s.
Now the prosecution, led by District Attorney Kevin Steele and Kristen Feden, are expected Thursday to use Cosby's own words, given under oath in a deposition in the civil suit Constand filed against him in 2005, to argue that Cosby allegedly followed a criminal pattern in his sexual behavior with women over four decades.
In the deposition, Cosby acknowledged he acquired drugs, including the now-banned sedative quaaludes, to give to women he sought for sex. He also acknowledged he repeatedly engaged in sexual relationships with young women he met as one of the most popular and powerful men in Hollywood.
The deposition had been sealed since the 2006 settlement of the civil suit but parts of it were released by a judge, on a petition from the media, in the summer of 2015 after dozens of women began going public to accuse Cosby of being a serial rapist. Those accusers believe Cosby's words in the deposition back up their accusations.
But none of them have been able to pursue Cosby in criminal court, because of statutes of limitation, except for Constand, 44, a former Temple University basketball official. She says she was drugged and molested by her friend and mentor, Cosby, at his home nearby in 2004; he says their encounter was consensual.
Steele, who campaigned for district attorney in 2015 by promising to pursue Cosby under Pennsylvania's lengthy statute of limitations, cited the unsealed deposition as new evidence for charging Cosby in December 2015 in connection with Constand's accusations, more than a decade after their encounter.
Constand, who testified on the stand for eight hours over two days, stuck to her story that she went to Cosby's home to meet him alone to discuss her career, that Cosby gave her pills he assured her they were harmless, and that she became nearly paralyzed — "frozen" — after she took them. As she lay helpless on his couch, he groped her breasts and vagina and placed her hand on his penis, she testified.
The Cosby defense team, led by Brian McMonagle and Angela Agrusa, tried to raise doubts about discrepancies in details of her story, including the date of the encounter, and pressed her on why she remained in contact with Cosby after the encounter, via dozens of phone calls. Constand dismissed the discrepancies as mistakes of memory (she didn't report the encounter to authorities until a year later) and explained the phone calls as related to her job managing the Temple University basketball team.


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Summary/Annotation -> "Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties--each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious."--Maxine Hong Kingston
The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history--Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan's most mysterious rite--the tea ceremony--became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield.
We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. Aurelia becomes Yukako's closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, The Teahouse Fire is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.
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May 6, 2016, Mining Journal
Theodore Garrett is quoted in this Mining Journal article looking at the landscape of the mining industry for lawyers. According to Garrett, "The industry seems to be poised for a recovery as markets stabilise around the world. Mining projects have a long time horizon, and our clients are in the process of developing a number of important projects."
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It's been a long time coming, but Longmont finally has its own large-scale natural/organic grocer.
Sprouts Farmers Market opened its doors this week in the store formerly occupied by Borders on South Hover Road, and it is expected to address a market gap that has been waiting to be filled for years.
With the exploding popularity of natural and organic products over the last couple of decades, it only made sense that a store like Alfalfa's or Whole Foods would make its way to Longmont, given the city's demographic shift in recent years.
Now, the increasing number of people with Boulder values who have moved to Longmont for various reasons — financial not the least among them — won't have to drive to the People's Republic for their feel-good groceries.
Sure, Longmont has Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, and King Soopers and Safeway have expanded their natural and organic offerings. But the opening of a dedicated natural/ organic grocery store marks a long awaited development for some, and is perhaps another sign that historically conservative, rural Longmont is being swayed by its hippie big sister to the south. (After all, it's Longmont, not Boulder, that is leading the lefty environmental activist charge against hydraulic fracturing in the state.)
But the arrival of Sprouts is the result of a long journey. It took more than three years for Sprouts to find a place to put the store. At one point, a sign saying that the market was "coming soon" was posted at the Twin Peaks Mall, but that deal fell through.
Bill Falconer, Sprouts store manager, says grocery store officials weren't aware at the time of the current plans to raze the current mall and rebuild it in the vein of Twenty Ninth Street in Boulder. Moving into a short-term space and being surrounded by construction didn't sound like a good option for the store, he explained. Among the other sites considered was a location on Main Street.
Sprouts CEO Doug Sanders told BW that the sign placed at Twin Peaks generated a lot of interest and calls from the public inquiring about the timing of the opening, but "it was going to take a while to put all of the pieces together" for the redevelopment of the mall, so Sprouts began to look elsewhere.
As it turned out, one of Sprouts' former competitors, Sunflower Farmers Market, was also angling for the Longmont market and had signed a lease to take over the former Borders space. When the two companies merged last spring, Sprouts officials decided that the Borders location was a much better option than the mall, where questions continued to swirl. (All of the Sunflower stores are being renamed Sprouts as a result of the merger.)
Sprouts officials say they hope they can attract some of the mainstream grocery stores' traffic, but also capture customers who are driving to Boulder to shop at Alfalfa's or Whole Foods. Sprouts also has two locations in Boulder as well as one in Lafayette.
"We feel like they're going to come to us instead of going to Boulder," Falconer says.
"Hopefully we'll save them the trip," adds Sanders.
Sprouts emphasizes high-quality produce at lower prices than their competitors, Falconer says, adding that the store will match any price set by other grocers.
King Soopers spokesperson Kelli McGannon told BW that company officials don't comment on their competition, and declined to say whether the arrival of Sprouts would negatively affect King Soopers' market share in Longmont.
"We know customers have a choice on where they shop," she says. "We work hard every day to earn our customers' business, and new competition doesn't change that. We're still going to have to work hard to earn their business."
"It's beneficial to any community to see businesses supporting healthy eating habits, especially organic products," added Nancy Flynn, director of marketing for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. "Longmont has been an excellent location for us, and we expect that will continue. Our stores remain successful in areas where a variety of options are available. Shoppers will always compare prices, quality and availability and make their selections accordingly."
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It got me thinking about my favorite vernacular architecture in the USA – our barns. As small farmers become scarcer and scarcer, these beautiful structures that dot the rural landscape are falling into ruin as well. If you are interested in helping to preserve America's barns, check out The National Trust for Historic Preservation's Barn Again! effort.
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HP... and many others will need to find new markets or do new things.
1. The actual equipment makers are releasing products themselves. Apple releases its own products. Microsoft is venturing in that realm too. What is left of simply reselling is a very low-margin business.
2. Services is very tricky. Again, the actual product companies are increasingly accessible on their own. Microsoft/Apple... are hosting their own services. As are a myriad of other companies. So there is less room for HP to simply go to customer sites and install such services. I don't want to overemphasize this point. But it is a dangerous trend for companies like HP.
I don't know what HP is going to do. IBM made a good transition to services. It's possible I guess...
But it's going to be a major uphill battle.


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The Siegman International School is a week-long program that exposes students to in-depth learning of lasers and their applications from internationally recognized academic and industry leaders in the field. The scope includes all aspects of lasers and photonics. The Siegman International School on Lasers invites up to 100 graduate students for a week-long program to learn from pioneering laser researchers and experts from leading laser companies, highly-regarded professors and fellow students. Attendees are asked to present their own research, which provides invaluable experience in building exposure for their work.
The school was established in honor of Anthony E. Siegman, 1999 OSA President, founding board member of The OSA Foundation and widely known expert on lasers and optics. This program is co-founded by IPG Photonics and endowed by donors from around the world.


text: Meta Rate My Team PokéBase - Pokémon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat How do you get Keldeo, Meloetta or Genesect? 0 votes 13,796 views I'm dying to find any of these PLEASE HELP black-white genesect keldeo meloetta asked May 28, 2011 by furzie2 edited Jan 14, 2012 by Pokemaster Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 3 Answers 2 votes Best answer They are all event pokemon. You can only get them through Nintendo events, and they will be sent to your game card. Currently, there are no events for these pokemon in the US, but I think there have been some in Japan. You can check the GTS if you want one. You can check on bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net for events. The current ones are all displayed on the front page. answered May 28, 2011 by Linkpower22 You won't be able to check it in GTS, since you are only able to check Pokemon already seen in your Pokedex. commented May 28, 2011 by Sam Sam Sam Sam Please log in or register to add a comment. 2 votes Keldeo's event will start 23 june 2012 and Meloetta's event will start 14 july 2012. Genesect's event is still not scheduled... answered May 15, 2012 by JirachiCelebiMew Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! commented Jun 10, 2012 by Old timer Finally! :D commented Jun 10, 2012 by luv2micky melloetta's event is not scheduled for bw2 commented Jan 13, 2013 by psyduck301 Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Keldeo event!!! Finally the event date is released.For you American players, the retailer store Gamestop is to offer a download of the Pokémon Keldeo from August 27th to October 6th. This offers Keldeo in its Ordinary Form and can be changed to Resolute Form when traded to Pokémon Black 2 & White 2. It can also learn Secret Sword in Black & White when taken to the Moor of Icirrus. Presumably it will be identical to the Japanese event currently running. International dates and details are not known.Awesome!!!For you players in the European, the Keldeo event has been announced. This event will be distributed in the UK in GAME and Gamestation stores from September 1st 2012 to October 11th 2012 for Pokémon Black & White. This comes after the official reveal of Keldeo on August 20th on the official website. Like the US event, it is very likely that the details of this event will match the recent Japanese event which means it'll activate Keldeo's Resolute Form when sent to Black 2 & White 2. It has also been announced for the other areas of Europe over the same time, but specific stores haven't been announced.I will edit this answer when I get the necessary details about meloetta.Genesect event is there for europe and NA.Black 2 & White 2. This event will download Genesect to your Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 games and will run from launch on October 7th to November 12th 2012 giving a month to receive it. It is likely to run at the same time across all English language games answered Aug 11, 2012 by Exca le roi edited Sep 12, 2012 by Exca le roi Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions Keldeo, Genesect, and Meloetta help? How do you get Genesect, Keldeo, and Meloetta in ORAS? Will Keldeo, Meloetta or Genesect ever be availible in the Pokedex 3D? What happens if you hack to put Genesect, Keldeo, and Meloetta in to your game? Keldeo, Meloetta and Genesect? How do you get Genesect in your pokedex? Can you be kicked out of Global Link if you get any of the last 3 Pokemon in Black/White? Why were all the event legendary Pokemon not released in Black/White 1? Useful Meta Posts How to change your username How to add a user avatar Why was my post hidden? The points system Question etiquette Flags vs Downvotes Anime FAQ


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Senior Recognition Banquet Honors Various Accomplishments
April 22, 2010
Karla Devlin of Youngstown was named Outstanding Senior Woman and Thomas Jefferson of was named Outstanding Senior man at Mount Union College's Spring Recognition Banquet.
Welcoming remarks were made by Rachael Watson of Chagrin Falls, who presided over the banquet.
Semifinalists for the Outstanding Senior Woman Award, in addition to Devlin, were Carrie Coon of Norton; Dana Kletke of Solon; Rebecca Sears of Jeromesville; and Rachael Watson of Chagrin Falls.
Joining Jefferson as semifinalists for the Outstanding Man Award were John Doyle of Winona; Jason Morris of Ravenna; and Ronald Powers, II of Akron.
The 1999 graduate of Austintown-Fitch High School, Devlin is a psychology major with a communication studies minor.
Her campus activities include member and past president of Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Sigma Alpha, Alpha Phi Omega, Psychology and Sociology club, Psi Chi, Alpha Lambda Delta and student senate. Devlin has been in the Sophomore Service Honorary, on the Dean's list and a Preview and Orientation Guide.
A physical education major with a double minor in health and multi-age education, Jefferson is a 1999 graduate of the Rayen school.
Jefferson's campus activities include member of the Black Student Union, Association of International Students, Dowling Mentor Program, Alpha Phi Omega and Habitat for Humanity. He was a Resident Assistant and a Preview and Orientation Guide.
Also presented that evening was the Black Student Union Outstanding Senior Award. The recipient was Tiffany Neal of Cleveland. The Outstanding Organization of the Year award was given to the Association of International Students. Incoming Senate President Katie Hopkins announced the Terence S. Taylor Leadership Award to the Outstanding Senator. This award for the Outstanding Organization of the year went to the Association of International Students.
Mount Union College President Jack Ewing made the closing remarks.
Blue Key named 22 sophomores and 13 juniors into the national honorary based on service to others, leadership, citizenship and scholarship. Sophomores include Stephanie Barille of Mayfield Heights; Melissa Behr of New Castle, PA; Megan Collins of Youngstown; Catherine Curran of Canfield; Christen Dobson of Aliquippa, PA; Stephanie Fedock of Marshallville; Monica Goncalves of Massillon; Michelle Griffin of Hartville; Meghan Gurley of Willowick; Mark Heltzel of Cochranton, PA; Joseph Hribar of Lorain; Ryan Krieg of Orwell; Katie Lowe of Aurora; Michelle Marchand of Niles; Jennifer Ortz of Youngstown; Alan Raber of Louisville; Jessica Ragle of Mantua; Amy Rossler of McDonald; Kathryn Seese of Paris; Fumin Yang of the People's Republic of China and Julie Yanik of Masury. Juniors inducted into Blue Key consist of Matthew Antonini of Fombell, PA; Sarah Brown of Mentor; Carol Cox of Louisville; Timothy DeStefano of Carrolltown; Mia Giglio of Gates Mills; Scott Gill of Canton; Gina Grisola of Beaver Falls, PA; Youssef Hamid of Chagrin Falls; Neil Keating of Westlake; Marsha May of Akron; Tiffany Murello of Avon Lake; Beth Rondini of Aurora and Miranda Weller of Massillon.
Sophomore Service Honorary inductees include Lisa Andrews of Atwater; Brent Bauknecht of Bay Village; Leah Beegan of Cambridge; Tracy Bombik of Brooklyn; Elizabeth Bonanno of Canfield; Kelley Bryan of Kensington; John Burkey of Salem; Elizabeth Cavalier of Poland; Jessica Clapper of Canton; Lindsay Clark of Homeworth; Laura Clunk of Alliance; Ashley Crawford of Cambridge; Kristy Croysdale of Youngstown; Sarah Cullison of Toledo; Brian Engelhardt of Massillon; Ashely Finch of Urbana; Vanessa Freiman of Mogadore; Brittany Grinstead of Massillon; Caroline Imboua-Niava of the Ivory Coast; Morgan Jackson of Walworth, NY; Anthony Jones of Youngstown; Pamela Jubara of Uniontown; Ashleigh Lawrence of Struthers; Beau Livengood of Louisville; Lynsey Lyle of Wellsville; Stacy Murphy of Dover; Carrie Nurnberger of Pittsburgh, PA; Noelle Parent of Youngstown; Dara Plate of North Waterford; Sam Ranallo of Solon; Paul Ronevich of Wintersville; Kyle Ross of Silver Lake; Shannon Scott of Paris; Sara Stevens of Gibsonia, PA; Sara Swope of Wadsworth; Rachel Teron of Independence; Amber Wallace of Jewett; Victoria Watts of Canton; Ashley West of Bolivar and Kimberly Wilhelm of North Waterford.
The Alpha Lambda Delta Senior Certificate award recipients include Sarah Adkins of East Liverpool; Emilia Boehm of Alliance; Jennifer Bradley of Alliance; Carrie Butler of Sugarcreek; Roberta Butto of Strongsville; Colleen Cassidy of North Canton; Laura Cetina of Garfield Heights; Melinda Clark of Beloit; Megan Cochran of Louisville; Lisa Crone of Ashland; Roland DeMonte of Dennison; Karla Devlin of Youngstown; Pamela Farnsworth of Hartville; Jennifer Fraser of Alliance; Joscelyn Frederick of Louisville; Jessica Garrod of East Palestine; Bryan Garver of Hilliard; Brian Geib of Orrville; Allison Graf of Poland; Jessica Harding of Massillon; Rebecca Hovanec of Canfield; Cassia Humphreys of Newark; Christopher Hunt of Alliance; Cari Hussar of Canton; Mary James of Massillon; Emily Karcher of Vermilion; Emily King of Eustis, FL; Rachael King of Eustis, FL; Karen Kirkwood of Sagamore Hills; Laura Klingler of Wadsworth; Lauren Kuretz of Hinckley; Chris Lorkowski of Tallmadge; Kimberly Markert of Hartville; Jolene Mason of Beaver Falls, PA; Rachael Mayfield of Atwater; Melissa McCown of Parkersburg, WV; Melanie McMaster of Chardon; Tammy
Doug Oblander, dean of students, announces the outstanding senior man and woman candidates
Mierzwa of Wapakoneta; Ann Marie Montgomery of Alliance; Jennifer Nassal of North Royalton; Megan Novinc of Euclid; Amber Oberly of Wooster; Julie Orris of Seneca, PA; Megan Osborne of Pittsburgh, PA; Andrew Oswald of Creston; Matthew Painting of Orrville; Rebecca Purdum of North Canton; Danyel Savarda of Aurora; Amanda Schaub of Orwell; Salvatore Schiavone of Vienna; Rebecca Sears of Jeromesville; Elizabeth Semancik of North Olmstead; Heather Smith of New Philadelphia; Adrienne Spillar of Avon; Daniel Staniszewski of Washington, PA; Amy Suszczynski of Canfield; Allan Sweet of Akron; Laura Thatcher of Ashley; Jennifer Thurin of Louisville; Meredith Walker of Louisville; Dustin Wallace of Jewett; Elizabeth Wilson of Lancaster and Kendra Yackey of Strasburg.
Students named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges include Rachael Blasiman of East Rochester; Zachary Bolitho of Dennison; Lindsay Brinkmann of Olmsted Falls; John Brutvan of Cleveland; Kristin Daugherty of Berea; Lindsay Dimon of Monroeville, PA; Melissa Erdice of Jamestown, PA; Matthew Ferrel of Massillon; Scot Gill of Canton; Catherine Girscht of Deerfield; Jeffrey Gottke of Mount Vernon; Sarah Gray of Seven Hills; Rachel Hampu of Alliance; Lesley Hollaway of North Canton; Robyn Hossel of Kent; Thomas Jefferson of Youngstown; Kathryn Jones of Leetonia; Brian Keller of Huron, OH; Vy Lam of Twinsburg; Andrew Lattanner of Granger, IN; Christ Lorkowski of Tallmadge; Rachael Mayfield of Atwater; Tammy Mierzwa of Wapakoneta; Tiffany Murello of Avon Lake; Matthew Painting of Orrville; Benjamin Parker of East Canton; Ashley Price of Alliance; Sarah Russ of Sagamore Hills; Kathryn Simchak of Canton; Matthew Sirocky of Brookpark; Carly Swab of Hudson; Jena Valvoda of Hinckly; Jason Weingart of Salem; Colleen Wheeler of Broadview Heights and Nicole Yanik of Masury.
Students awarded National Cabinet of Mount Union Scholarships for the 2003-2004 school year include Tiffany Bics of Columbia Station; Rachael Blasiman of East Rochester; Andrea Coey of Loudonville; Amanda Darrah of Atwater; Lindsay Dimon of Monroeville, Pa; Christen Dodson of Aliquippa, PA; Sarah Gray of Seven Hills; Michelle Griffin of Hartville; Gina Marie Grisola of Beaver Falls, PA; Lesley Hollaway of North Canton; Rebecca Jenkins of Medina; Kathryn Jones of Leetonia; Katherine Kahl of Burghill; Amy Kuceyeski of Tippecanoe; Ashley Lockhart of Canal Fulton; Michelle Marchand of Niles; Rachael Moser of Canton; Michelle Murray of Dover; Courtney Nameth of Valley City; Marissa Ristau of Parma Heights; Jennifer Lee Runtas of Newton Falls; Jessica Schneider of Canton; Danielle Shaub of North Canton; Jillian Smith of Wellsville; Maria Stillitano of Canal Fulton; Gina Thomas of Cleveland; Allison Underation of Norton; Laura Wesolowski of Cleveland; Julie Yanik of Masury; Becky Yurkovich of Valley City; Sarah K. Brown of Dresden; Carly Swab of Hudson; Ashley Wilcoxon of Concord and Nicole Yanik of Masury.


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nartreb wrote:Have you got the original python code available for download? That way I won't have to wait for a Linux port (using a Visual Studio compiler? Ewww... ) Also I can remove the save-my-summitpost-password "feature", make the description box bigger, etc.
(I do like the fact that it auto-saves a lot of stuff, but I take passwords seriously. Saving the password should be optional.)
Haha, I understand your pain on imagining some kind of horrible Linux port from Visual Studio!
Well if I release it as open source I want to do it in an organized way, via a SourceForge project where we can share and validate checkins properly. Talking with some "elvish folk" I hear some worries about the power of this tool, thinking that people will try to overload the site with pornography or something like that. So as we hash all this out I won't go any further with more ways of distributing/porting yet.
Anyway, if I made a unix port I would write it on the Mac using the standard g++ compiler and X-windows...never fear!
Yes, interesting that you mention you don't like the password saving feature. I found it convenient, but then again I'm on a machine where 1) I'm an administrator and 2) nobody within 5 miles of me knows or cares what Summitpost is, so I felt safe. I'd be happy to make it optional.


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Discussion in 'The Bar' started by freds, Feb 5, 2013.
look out.
It will wash all the sins and guns away
This is a shame.
Vagina sock
The Impossible was fantastic
freds is a retards.
Fred is golden
Hi freds.
goo bbc 5 part series
hope Acid is safe
Just kidding freds. You are my nigga.
Rocks are so safe.