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All Smiles visits SISD schools
All Smiles, a group based out of Dallas, was stationed at various Sweetwater schools last week to help bring traveling dental care to Sweetwater ISD students. The company launched their Traveling Miles for Smiles campaign in 2004 in an effort to assist schools, organizations and parents invest in their child's health with on-site dental care. Seeing the great need of a lack in dental care among students, Molly Thomas, SISD Head Nurse stated that the program has been in consideration for some time. The original concept was intended with only the elementary schools in mind, yet Thomas noted that she began to see a need in the high school of students who made their last visit to the dentist around seven or eight years ago. For those who participated, All Smiles did an exam, cleaning, x-rays and fluoride for the students and determined if they needed work done. Those who needed work, saw All Smiles the same week and had their work done on the mobile units.


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This past Wednesday, after finishing up the Democrat pages, I started cleaning out some file folders and the in-and-out baskets on my desk, basically because the stack of stuff was threatening to avalanche over top of my phone and onto the floor. Of course, while going through scribbled notes and sheets I'd printed out over topics that had caught my eye or attention of late, I created another little pile of stuff - Hence, the title of this column.
So, in the spirit of moment, here are just a couple of the tidbits that I re-discovered. I share them with you because in some cases, I really can't remember why I'd singled them out.and that kind of concerns me.
This first item happened to be a "This Day in History" piece for Wednesday
On Aug. 29, 1952, 4'33" ("Four Minutes, Thirty-three Seconds"), a three-movement composition by avant-garde composer John Cage, had its premiere in Woodstock, N.Y., as pianist David Tudor sat at a piano and, for a total of four minutes and 33 seconds, played... nothing. (According to Cage, the "music" consisted of the setting's background noises, including the sounds of the increasingly restive audience.)
Now, here's the stuff that left me wondering why government is so hopelessly deadlocked on about every issue.
The following are actual laws that, as of 2007, were still found on the books in various states. Read a few, and realize that some lawmakers are completely beyond hope for letting these pieces of idiocy remain on the books.
- If you ever find yourself driving at night through rural parts of Pennsylvania, state law requires that if you see a skittish team of horses coming toward you, you must disassemble your car, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bush -unless you want to be in violation of state law.
- In Missouri for example, you can't drive down the highway with an uncaged bear in your car. If you park your pet elephant at a meter in Orlando Florida, be sure to deposit the same amount of change as you would for a regular motor vehicle. And if you stop for a beer in North Dakota, don't expect to get any pretzels with your beverage. It's against the law in that state to serve beer and pretzels at the same time.
But wait, it gets better!
- If you visit Normal, Oklahoma, don't tease a dog by making ugly faces. Such inflammatory behavior is against the law.
- Unmarried women in Florida cannot parachute on Sundays.
- In Memphis, Tennessee, women can't drive a car unless there is a man with a red flag in front of the car warning the other people on the road.
But here's the best one of all
Sadly, our own state is not exempt from the foolishness. The following are all still found in the Code of Iowa.
- One-armed piano players must perform for free.
- Kisses may last for no more than five minutes.
- Ministers must obtain a permit to carry their liquor across state lines.
- Doctors who treat a person with gonorrhea must report this to the local board of health and include the disease's "probable origin".
But wait there are a few cities in our fair state that have some loser laws, too.
In Dubuque, any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and a hitching post in front of the building.
In Fort Madison, the fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
Down in Marshalltown, horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants.
Mount Vernon's city code requires the written permission from the City Council before a person can throw bricks into a highway.
Let's hear it for Democracy!

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Recovered from your New Year's Eve activities yet? This is typically a slow time of year for live music and album releases, but a few things of note are on the horizon.
Start struttin'
If you're a fan of the 1970s, chances are you like the Bee Gees. The British band was a keystone of the disco era, delivering funky dance-floor anthems highlighted by the delicious falsetto vocal harmonies of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. You can relive those songs and those polyester days at "Stayin' Alive: A Tribute to the Bee Gees," a tribute show that will strut into the suburbs this weekend.
8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. Tickets start at $35. Go to metropolisarts.com.
Hit the dance floor
Midwestern party group Wedding Banned delivers rousing, infectious covers of classic '80s and '90s tunes in classic wedding-reception form. Check them out if you need a post-New Year's lift.
10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at Durty Nellie's, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine. $7. Go to durtynellies.com.
To come in 2013
It's time to take a look at the new albums that 2013 will bring. Here, according to Amazon.com and other sources, is a list of some of the anticipated releases for the new year:
• New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi are expected to release their new album, "What About Now," in early 2013.
• Eminem has hinted that he will release a new album this year. It would be the follow-up to his acclaimed 2010 "comeback" album, "Recovery."
• Lady Gaga is preparing a new album titled "ARTPOP" for the spring.
• 50 Cent has his fifth studio album ready for release on Feb. 26.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Coaches and players from both the University of Kentucky and Transylvania University will attend a tip-off dinner on Oct. 30 at Keeneland Entertainment Center in advance of the historic meeting of the teams on Nov. 2.
Tickets are available for the event, billed as "Dinner with the Pioneers and Wildcats." The teams will then meet on the court for the first time in 100 years on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at Rupp Arena in an exhibition game.
Individual seats for the dinner are $150 but tables can also be purchased for prices ranging from $1,200 for seating for 10 to $15,000 for a table that includes the head coaches. All proceeds from the event will go to the Transylvania athletics department.
Contact the Transylania Alumni Office at 233-8275 about reserving a table or buying an individual ticket. A live auction and other events will also be held in conjunction with the event. Check-in and a cash bar begin at 5:45 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6:30 p.m.
The exhibition game with Kentucky follows a pre-season trip to Canada for the Pioneers, set for Oct. 15-17. Transy will take on Calgary, Windsor, and Western Ontario in exhibition contests.
Transy and UK last played on March 3, 1911, in a game won by Kentucky 30-24 on the Wildcats' home court. The first game took place in 1903 when the visiting Pioneers won 42-2. The all-time record between the schools stands at 7-7 after the century-long lapse in the series.
"We are thrilled to play in a game that has drawn so much attention, not only from our students and alumni but also from others across the nation," said Transy head coach Brian Lane. "Our players have thought about this game every day since I gave them the news back in March. We are really looking forward to it."


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- 3/4 cup Marsala wine or 1/2 cup chicken broth, 1/4 cup white grape juice and 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 boneless leg of lamb (2-1/2 pounds), rolled and tied
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pound fresh mushrooms, quartered
- In a small bowl, combine the wine, garlic and oregano; set aside. Rub oil over lamb, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place roast on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; spoon some of wine mixture over roast. Set aside remaining wine mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°), basting occasionally with some of reserved wine mixture. Remove from the oven; cover loosely with foil for 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour pan drippings into a measuring cup; skim fat. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute mushrooms until tender. Add pan dripping and any remaining wine mixture; heat through. Slice lamb and serve with mushroom sauce. Yield: 6 servings.
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I wouldn't even consider it a statement about my decorations. She was probably just trying to be nice and thought she was helping you out. Since she didn't say anything bad about the tree, I wouldn't necessarily assume she was being rude. I can easily see her thinking "hey, missmolly is decorating her first place, maybe she'd like some more ornaments for her tree" without thinking that it might look like a judgment against your decorating.
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Alone with his cell phone
Bradley Cooper was at the French Open today in Paris for the Novak Djokovic match. He appeared to be on his own. Apparently between plays he'd obsessively check his phone. He must know people in LA and NY who get up awfully early then. Or the more understandable explanation, because we've all done it before, we all do it all the time...
When you're alone somewhere, when you're waiting, when you're on line, your phone has become your best friend, hasn't it? Do celebrities do it because they don't want to look like have nothing to do? Or do they do it because they don't want to be approached? I highly doubt those people all wearing the same hat behind him knew who he was. Why are my people incapable of going anywhere without picking their noses?
Some point to this habit, this reliance on the phone when alone, as an example of our social weakness. Why are we so insecure? Why can't we not have company once in a while and not worry about what people might think because we're alone? I'm not sure whether I agree with this. But are people who pull out a book when they're on their own or waiting for someone/thing accused of insecurity too?


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HHS Meets With Lead Federal Departments About the NHAS
September 22, 2010
At the meeting, which Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, and I co-chaired, more than a dozen representatives across the Federal government provided an overview of their current HIV/AIDS activities. One of the primary goals of the meeting was to discuss how to enhance systems and processes necessary for better coordination of HIV/AIDS work across the Federal government. Over the long-term, better coordination among and across departments allows us to support local efforts that will have a positive impact on people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.
This group will meet on a regular basis to share information, raise issues, and develop strategies to achieve the important goals of the NHAS.
View a list of representatives from lead Federal agencies (PDF 36KB) responsible for the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Big Ben Unlikely Hero In Game 3 Win
With the NLDS series tied 1-1 between the Phillies and the Cardinals, Game 3 was going to be big for the winner. The Phillies had not been able to hit Cards starter Jaime Garcia in previous meetings, so for the Phillies, this was not an easy task.
Equally intimidating, Cole Hamels pitched for the Phillies. Over 6 innings, he did not allow a single run. But multiple base runners and deep counts ran Hamels out of the game earlier than the Phillies would have liked.
There was no score by the time Hamels was out of the game, but an unlikely hero emerged in the top of the 7th inning to keep Hamels in-line for the win. Shane Victorino singled to start the inning and later, Carlos Ruiz was intentionally walked to bring up Big Ben Francisco.
Outfielder Francisco was a relative non-factor most of the year after the emergence of John Mayberry Jr. and the acquisition of Hunter Pence. He hit only 6 homers the entire regular season and saw limited at-bats.
But on the one night the Phillies really needed a hero, Big Ben stepped up with a 3-run blast in the 7th. Even better, the bomb came off a pitch from Garcia who suddenly lost some of his command in that inning. Finally, the Phillies hit Garcia and took a 3-0 lead.
The Phillies bullpen made the final 3 inning a real adventure though. Vance Worley gave up a run in the 7th. Then he and Brad Lidge combined to load the bases in the 8th. But Ryan Madson, brought into the game earlier than usual, coaxed a double play ball to end the threat. Madson did give up a run later in the 9th, but still earned the save.
This was a huge win for the Phillies who now need only one more win to erase the Cards and advance to the NLCS. Roy Oswalt will pitch tomorrow night; game time is 6:00pm.
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On this date in...
1940: The final episode of Procter & Gamble radio soap opera MANHATTAN MOTHER aired. Written by Orin Tovrov, the show starred Kaye Brinker as Patricia Locke, who gave up a career to raise her daughter, Dale, in New York.
1967: On DARK SHADOWS, Liz (Joan Bennett) invited Willie to stay at Collinwood under pressure from McGuire.
1968: On ANOTHER WORLD, Lee convinced Ada (Constance Ford) that while Lahoma did love Sam, she too loved him.
1990: On KNOTS LANDING, Greg (William Devane) was upset about Paige's (Nicollette Sheridan) engagement to Tom (Joseph Gian).
1990: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) announced she was marrying Emilio.
1991: On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Paul (Doug Davidson) and Brad (Don Diamont) clashed over Cassandra.
1993: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Bo (Robert Kelker-Kelly) arrived at the Salem Inn just in time to see Billie (Lisa Rinna) and Jack (Matthew Ashford) arrested.
1999: On GUIDING LIGHT, Michelle and Jesse found Danny (Paul Anthony Stewart) at a club with a woman named Pilar that Michelle didn't realize was his sister.
2005: Debralee Scott, who played Cathy Shumway ON MARY HARTMAN MARY HARTMAN, died at age 52.
2007: On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, after Drucilla fell off the cliff, Daniel and Lily held Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) by the legs to help her in saving Sharon (Sharon Case) from falling as well.
2008: Charlton Heston, who appeared on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and played Jason Colby on THE COLBYS, died at age 67.
2012: SCANDAL premiered on ABC.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Roger Davis (ex-Peter, DARK SHADOWS) - 74
Jane Asher (ex-Angel, CROSSROADS) - 67
Krystian Martinek (Ludwig, VERBOTENE LIEBE) - 65
Mitch Pileggi (Harris, DALLAS; ex-Larry, GREY'S ANATOMY; ex-Morrisey, DALLAS) - 61
Shawn Stevens (ex-Oliver, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 55
Tasia Valenza (ex-Dottie, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Suzanne, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 46
Thea Gill (ex-Diana, DANTE'S COVE; ex-Lindsay, QUEER AS FOLK) - 43
Krista Allen (ex-Billie, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 42
Schuyler Yancey (ex-Cameron, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 34
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A brace from Barnsley striker Chris O'Grady sealed all three points for the Terriers, as they clawed their way off the bottom of the Championship with their second win of the season over Tony Mowbray's Middlesbrough.
Prior to the game at Oakwell, Mowbray told the Journal: "Every game is difficult, Barnsley, they've had a difficult start and it's an opportunity for us to put in a positive performance but as we know there are no easy games in this league, every team works hard and we're expecting a tough game from Barnsley.
"We'll be looking for points and we have to make sure we get them this week."
Unfortunately, David Flitcroft's men had other ideas, after establishing an unassailable lead before the half-time break.
The Tykes opened the scoring when ex-Celtic winger Paddy McCourt blistered past the Middlesbrough defence, before caressing the ball into the net. The game was then decided courtesy of a three minute brace from O'Grady who deflected in Jim O'Brien's effort, before being gifted his second when Ben Gibson fouled Marcus Pedersen in the penalty area, which allowed O'Grady to convert from the penalty spot to give the Terriers a comfortable 3-0 lead at half-time.
Albert Adomah grabbed a second-half double to incite panic around Oakwell with just six minutes left to play. Although, Flitcroft's side held on to collect all three points, presenting them with their first home win since August.
However, this defeat leaves Middlesbrough in sixteenth place in the Championship, rendering Mowbray's tenure at the Riverside on a knife's edge. Prior to the international break, Middlesbrough thumped Yeovil Town 4-1 which provided Mowbray with a temporary relief from the media, who had pinpointed him as the next manager for the sack.
Coincidentally, Mowbray has become the victim of his previous success with West Bromwich Albion five years ago. Mowbray guided the Baggies back into the Premier League, after providing the framework towards the spine of their current side and free-flowing passing style.
Mowbray informed the Northern Echo that he simply cannot afford the quality which the Boro faithful are crying out for.
"To buy Morrison for £3million and Brunt for £2million, we haven't done that here. We haven't gone out and been able to get young, high-quality footballers, we've taken Albert from Bristol City, George Friend from relegated Doncaster, Carayol from League One, they're not Morrison from Premier League Middlesbrough. Brunt came from Sheffield Wednesday, but was destined for a higher club," he said.
Consequently, the media hounding Mowbray out of his job, will certainly see the departure of Adomah and Carayol, two players who have shone in the deserted ghost-town which is called the Riverside Stadium.
Attendance figures have been significantly reduced, as the fans refuse to spend their hard earned cash watching sub-standard football. A mere 13,181 were in attendance when Boro beat Yeovil 4-1, whereas a revitalised 27,856 turned up when they were beaten 2-0 in the FA Cup by Chelsea in February.
Nevertheless, Mowbray's men should be given the opportunity to redeem themselves at the Riverside on Friday, when they face Paul Dickov's Doncaster Rovers who sit in seventeenth place after being trounced 4-1 by promotion hopefuls Reading.
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I hope people can help here...
I'm decorating my daughter's room and she wants Spongebob on the walls. I've thought of many different ways to do this, but I thought projecting him and using the image to paint an outline would work best.
I need a cheap projector for this. I know this is a pretty expensive thing to buy and it might be cheaper to hire a professional to paint the thing, but I've often thought of getting a projector anyway and this seems as good an excuse as any.
Problem is budget and payment method. I only have about £130 to spend and it must be by paypal. I can't transfer that to my bank first (I've hit the yearly cap).
What I want: I'm not after something with hi-def and all bells and whistles. I need something reliable that won't explode, blow a bulb or overheat after 5 minutes of usage.
It needs to connect comfortably by that lovely VGA socket I have on my netbook. It need not have a remote, although that'd be nice. I'd far prefer new.
Any ideas? Ta.


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Softball tops Georgia Southern 3-1 .
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Gamecocks start crucial stretch with 3-1 win over Georgia Southern
It was a shaky start for Julie Sarratt and the South Carolina softball team (31-17), but designated player Sarah Mooney steadied the ship with a two-run home run in the third that proved to be the difference in the 3-1 win over Georgia Southern (30-16).
Sarratt allowed an unearned run in the second inning, but shut the door after that, pitching five innings of one run, three-hit ball to pick up her 15th win of the season.
Mooney gave USC an early 1-0 lead in the first inning after she hit a bloop single to right field that scored third basemen Lauren Masters. That followed a walk by Masters and a double off of the wall in left by right fielder Chelsea Hawkins.
Georgia Southern would answer right back in the top of the second, thanks to a little help from the Gamecocks.
After a lead-off single by Morgan Robinson, GSUs Kaitlyn Johnson attempted to sacrifice Robinson over to second. However, Lauren Masters attempted to force Robinson out at second, but was late on the throw and both runners were safe. The Eagles capitalized on the error when catcher AJ Hamilton hit a sacrifice fly to right-center field that brought in the tying run.
It stayed that way until Mooney blasted an 0-2 pitch over the wall in left to put South Carolina on top for good.
Mooney said that when she first came to South Carolina from James Madison she didnt expect to display the power that she has so far, but help from the coaching staff has allowed her to adjust.
Its definitely been an eye-opening experience for sure, Mooney said.
The homer was the 10th of the season for Mooney, allowing her to become one of just four players in school history to reach double-digits in home runs. The school record is 11 and with six regular season games left, Mooney is well within reach.
The Gamecocks will need all the help they can get from Mooney and her teammates. Tuesdays game was USCs second without first basemen Kaylea Snaer, who went down over the weekend series with LSU with a left arm injury and is out indefinitely. Snaer was batting .301 with eight homers and a team-leading 35 RBIs before her injury.
Mooney said that Snaers shoes will be hard to fill, but she is confident she and her teammates can collectively fill the gap.
I have full confidence in our team, one through nine, Mooney said. Were going to miss her for sure on the field, but shes with us in the dugout.
Coach Beverly Smith added that she hopes Snaer will be able to join the team again this season, but it will depend on how her rehab goes. The coach was particularly proud of how Hawkins has handled the move to the third spot in the batting order.
The home run by Mooney appeared to settle Sarratt down. After allowing an unearned run on two hits in her first three innings pitched she allowed just one single in her final two innings.
I think she pitched a really nice game, Smith said. After the run she responded well, threw a good mix and got some fly outs and the defense was able to take care of it for her.
Freshman Nickie Blue closed the door on Georgia Southern with two innings of one-hit ball to pick up her sixth save of the season.
It was the defense that was most pleasing to Smith after she had to shuffle the infield because of the injury to Snaer. Blue induced a lot of ground balls in her two innings pitched and the infielders handled every one of them.
Smith expected the game against Georgia Southern to go down to the wire, pointing out the fact that GSU starting pitcher Sarah Purvis had a 1.94 ERA coming into the game.
She could throw in the SEC, Smith said of Purvis. Shes talented.
Tuesday nights game was the first of four straight nonconference games for the Gamecocks, a stretch that is of utmost importance for Smith.
One of the things the (NCAA) committee looks at for postseason is how did you do in your last ten games, Smith said. Weve talked about that to our team and they want to make sure that were putting ourselves in the best possible position for the postseason.
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MALTA – A day of fun, learning, and enjoyment are in store at the 2014 Gardener's Pathway. University of Illinois Extension DeKalb County Master Gardeners and Kishwaukee College Continuing Education present a one-day collection of workshops for gardeners of all levels of experience.
The event will take place from 7:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Kishwaukee College Conference Center, at Route 38 and Malta Road in Malta. Keynote speaker Melinda Myers will present "Creating a Colorful Garden Filled with Color, Form and Year-Round Interest." Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture experience, has written more than 20 gardening books and is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine.
Following the keynote presentation, attendees can choose from 18 workshops ranging from preserving food safely to body-smart gardening. Other topics include butterflies, roses, new for 2014, gifts from the garden, garden tips and tricks, forcing bulbs and branches, native plants in the home landscape, lasagna gardening, understanding wildlife in the garden, and many more. Myers will also present a breakout session called "Healthful Gardening in Any Available Space."
The workshop fee is $60, which includes a continental breakfast, garden lunch, welcome bag and select handouts. In addition to the workshops, a wide variety of vendors will be present at the Exhibit Hall including Blumen Gardens, DeKalb Area Garden Club, DeKalb County Community Gardens, Farm & Fleet, Heinz Brothers, Redbud Creek Farm, SIDEKICK by Sharon, The Garden Market, Wasco Nursery, Wild Ones of Rock River Valley and more. A variety of Myers' books and DVDs will be available for purchase at a discounted rate. Myers will sign books upon purchase. Only cash or check will be accepted for book purchases.
To register for Gardener's Pathway call 815-825-2086, ext. 2040, or download a registration form from http://web.extension.illinois.edu/bdo. Advance registration is required by Feb. 17. Sessions will be filled in the order registrations are received. Workshops have limited seating space, so be prepared to share your first and second choice of workshops for each session.


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ATLANTA--Georgia State head football coach Trent Miles has begun to assemble his coaching staff with the hiring of four assistant coaches from his former staff at Indiana State to join the Panthers.
Introduced this week as the Panthers' second head football coach, Miles comes to Georgia State after five seasons at Indiana State, where he engineered a dramatic turnaround.
Joining Miles from the ISU staff that led the Sycamores to three straight winning seasons are offensive line coach Harold Etheridge, who will also serve as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, defensive line coach Shannon Jackson, and linebackers coach P.J. Volker.
HAROLD ETHERIDGE, Offensive Line/Assistant Head Coach
Harold Etheridge, a veteran coach with more than two decades of experience, joins Trent Miles' coaching staff at Georgia State as the offensive line coach and assistant head coach.
Etheridge was Miles' offensive coordinator the last two years at Indiana State and his offensive line coach the last three seasons, helping the Sycamores post three consecutive winning seasons for the first time since the 1960s.
"Harold Etheridge is a veteran and an excellent offensive line coach," said Miles. "He stresses fundamentals and technique, and he brings toughness to the offensive line. He makes it fun for his players, but he will get the most out of them. And he is a really good recruiter."
In two seasons as offensive coordinator, Etheridge produced one of the nation's top rushers in running back Shakir Bell. A first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2011, Bell led the nation in rushing with 151.8 yards per game and finished tied for second in voting for the Walter Payton Award as the top player in the FCS. In 2012, Bell is sixth nationally in rushing (134.1 ypg).
Over the last three seasons, Indiana State has had 17 offensive players earn all-conference recognition, including five offensive linemen.
Etheridge joined Miles' ISU staff in 2010 and made an immediate impact in the program's remarkable turnaround. The offensive line blocked for a unit that ranked 14th in the nation in scoring with 31.2 points per game for a school-record 351 points and 17th in total offense at 411.8 yards per game, helping the Sycamores post a 6-5 record for their first winning season since 1996.
Before going to ISU, Etheridge spent the previous two years coaching the offensive line at Washington State (2008-09) and one year in the same role at Northern Illinois (2007).
During a three-year stint as the offensive line coach at North Texas (2004-06), Etheridge produced an offensive line that blocked for the nation's leading rusher in 2004 in Jamario Thomas, who ran for 180.1 yards per game. The Mean Green won the Sun Belt Conference title and earned a berth in the New Orleans Bowl.
Etheridge began his coaching career in the high school ranks, first at Gallup (N.M.) High (1983-86) and then Ballard High in Louisville, Ky. (1987-88).
From there, he moved to a collegiate position at Kentucky, serving as a graduate assistant working with offensive tackles in 1989-90. He worked under GSU founding head coach Bill Curry in his second season at UK.
Etheridge then spent the next nine seasons as the offensive line coach at Illinois State, helping the Redbirds earn a spot in the NCAA FCS playoffs in 1998 before winning the Gateway Conference title and reaching the FCS semifinal game in 1999.
In 2000, he moved with head coach Todd Berry to Army and coached the Black Knights' offensive line for four seasons.
A native of Gallup, N.M., Etheridge was a four-year starting offensive guard for Western New Mexico (1979-82). He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and management from the school in 1982.
Etheridge, who in 2001 published a book entitled "Coaching the Front Liners," and his wife, Jeanne, are the parents of twins, Clayton and Eliza.
JESSE MINTER, Defensive Coordinator
Jesse Minter, the defensive coordinator at Indiana State the last two years, follows Georgia State head coach Trent Miles to be the Panthers' defensive coordinator and secondary coach.
In 2012, Minter constructed a defensive unit that ranked third in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 14.3 points per game, and sixth nationally in total defense at 296.4 yards per game. The Sycamores also rank fifth nationally in pass efficiency defense, 14th in passing yards allowed and 28th in rushing yards allowed.
"Jesse Minter is very intelligent, very aggressive and very energetic," said Miles. "He has a great understanding of the defensive scheme. Even though he's only been a coordinator for a short time, he has been in this system his whole life. And he is an excellent recruiter. He really works at it, he is thorough and detailed, and he relates well to young men."
One of the highlights of the 2012 season was an outstanding performance by the ISU defense in the Sycamore's 17-14 road victory at No. 1-ranked and defending NCAA champion North Dakota State. In that game, cornerback Johnny Towalid scored 14 points for ISU by returning a pair of interceptions for touchdowns.
Over the last two years, 13 Indiana State defensive standouts have earned All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors.
Minter originally joined Miles' defensive staff at Indiana State in 2009 before being elevated to the coordinator position for the 2011 season. He was a key component in the Sycamores' remarkable turnaround under Miles that saw ISU post a winning season in 2010 for the first time since 1996. The program added winning campaigns in 2011 and 2012 to give ISU three consecutive winning seasons for the first time since the 1960s.
Minter went to Indiana State following two years as a graduate assistant at Cincinnati, where he served on Brian Kelly's staff, working with the defensive staff and assisting in coaching the linebackers. The Bearcats won the Big East Conference in 2008 and earned a BCS Bowl berth in the Orange Bowl. The Cincinnati defense led the nation in takeaways in 2007.
Minter spent the 2006 season as a football intern at Notre Dame, when the Irish posted a 10-3 record.
He played college football at the College of Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), which compiled a school-record 30-10 mark during his four years, including back-to-back conference titles and NCAA Division III playoff appearances
A native of Yorktown, Ind., Minter is married to the former Rachelle Wittich. His father is former Cincinnati head football coach Rick Minter.
SHANNON JACKSON, Defensive Line
Shannon Jackson joins the Georgia State football staff of head coach Trent Miles as defensive line coach, the same position he held on Miles' staff at Indiana State the last five years.
In 2012, Jackson, who also served as assistant head coach at ISU, helped coach a defense that ranked third in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 14.3 points per game, and sixth nationally in total defense at 296.4 yards per game. The Sycamores were fifth nationally in pass efficiency defense, 14th in passing yards allowed and 28th in rushing yards allowed.
The highlight of the 2012 season was Indiana State's 17-14 road victory at No. 1-ranked and defending NCAA champion North Dakota State. In that game, the ISU defense scored 14 points.
In 2011, ISU defensive end Ben Obaseki earned first-team All-America honors by the Associated Press as he and his teammate, running back Shakir Bell, became the first Sycamores to earn this honor.
"Shannon Jackson is a players' coach as far as relating to them, but he is hard-nosed and demanding," said Miles. "He is a really good recruiter."
Jackson spent a total of 10 seasons at Indiana State, originally coaching on the Sycamores' staff from 2000-04 before returning to his alma mater in 2008 when Miles took over.
He was a key component in the Sycamores' remarkable turnaround under Miles that saw ISU post a winning season in 2010 for the first time since 1996. The program added winning campaigns in 2011 and 2012 to give ISU three consecutive winnings seasons for the first time since the 1960s.
Before returning to Indiana State, Jackson spent three years coaching the defensive line at Eastern Illinois (2005-07). In 2006, he helped coach a defensive unit that led the nation with 36 turnovers forced.
In the summer of 2003, Jackson worked with the Jacksonville Jaguars' staff through the NFL's Minority Internship Program.
After a standout playing career at Indiana State, Jackson began his coaching career in 2000 as a graduate assistant on the ISU staff, working with tight ends. He moved to a full-time position as a defensive assistant from 2001-03.
In that first stint at ISU, he tutored Kyle Mitchell, who went on to break the school sack record that Jackson himself had set. Jackson also coached Richard Harris, who signed a free agent contract with the Tennessee Titans.
Jackson was a standout defensive lineman for the Sycamores, earning All-America recognition as a senior in 1999.
A native of Fort Wayne, Ind., Jackson earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana State in criminology in 2000. He and his wife, Sumalayo, have a son, Bryson, and a daughter, Brylee.
P.J. VOLKER, Linebackers
P.J. Volker joins Trent Miles' Georgia State football staff as linebackers coach after serving in the same capacity under Miles at Indiana State.
Volker spent the last three years with Miles as linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for the Sycamores, helping ISU post three straight winning seasons.
"P.J. Volker is an up-and-coming coach who is detailed, organized, and full of energy," said Miles. "He was our recruiting coordinator at Indiana State, and his personality just wins you over. He is very technique-oriented in his coaching."
In 2012, Volker helped coach a defensive unit that ranked third in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 14.3 points per game, and sixth nationally in total defense at 296.4 yards per game. One of the highlights for ISU's defense in 2012 was an outstanding performance in the Sycamores' stunning 17-14 upset at No. 1-ranked North Dakota State, in which the defense accounted for 14 points.
Over his three seasons, seven Indiana State linebackers were named to the all-conference team, including three-time selection Aaron Archie, who made over 100 tackles each of the last two seasons.
Volker originally joined Miles' defensive staff at Indiana State in 2010 and took part in bringing about the program's dramatic turnaround. In his first year in Terre Haute, the Sycamores posted a breakout season with a 6-5 record in 2010, their first winning season since 1996.
Volker went to ISU in 2010 from Thomas More College, an NCAA Division III program in Kentucky where he coached the linebackers and served as the program's recruiting coordinator. He began his coaching career as the running backs coach at Thiel College.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Volker was a three-year letterwinner and two-time all-conference selection at the College of Mount St. Joseph (Ohio). He is married to the former Amanda Naseef.


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Various state of the art computers, circumvention software packages, jailbreak USB devices, PS3 consoles as well as hard-drives were seized during the raid. In addition documentation, fake PS2 games and original PS3 games, believed to be employed as master copies, were also seized.
Information is received about a man who in Parktown Jailbreak software loaded on consoles and games sold stolen.
Slashdot at its best.
"This rewrites the PS3's internal veiligheidsprotokols. Stolen games than the PS3's hard drive copied. "
Allers says it is for people who do not take, original games that would pay Jail-break on their consoles loading.
So, "LOL WUT"s all around.
Well, when it said they confiscated $14,000 worth of stuff, you can easily deduce that he was jailbreaking at an industrial scale, not a personal one. And honestly, raids against people doing that sort of thing is pretty justifiable.
And honestly, raids against people doing that sort of thing is pretty justifiable.
If you sell me a game that's supposed to be original from the publisher, you've committed fraud. If you sell me a game that I know is pirated, there shouldn't be anything illegal about that, even though it's immoral. Remember, the government exists to prevent crime, not sin.
Well, you're working off a set of assumptions I didn't make. For instance, I am of the opinion that piracy performed for a profit should be illegal, while piracy on the individual level should at least be decriminalized, if not legalized.
Think of it this way. If you're pirating something, why should you be giving money to somebody else, who has done nothing to produce the work? That makes no sense to me.
Ahhhh, a bit of common sense. It's like a breath of cool, fresh air, in the middle of this hot muggy summer!
"Copyright" law was never meant to enrich anyone. It was only meant to ensure that IF anyone made money off of a story, idea, or whatever, then the guy who thought of it FIRST should get a cut.
Piracy for private use, I'm cool with. Industrial piracy? Burn the bastard.
Now, if he could demonstrate that he had reached an agreement with the authors, and was submitting a percentage of his sales to the
Remember, the government exists to prevent crime, not sin.
I'm a long time pirate. I've pirated probably 100 times the media I've paid for. However, profiteering is where I draw my moral line. It's ambiguous, but whatever. If you can't see how profiting by copying and selling someone else's intellectual property should have legal ramifications, then there's no helping you. You're depraved. You may as well start raping mothers and killing babies. I jest, but only just.
And that's the result studies on music and filesharing also come up with: the ones who pirate the most are also the ones who spend the most money buying it.
Mmmm... profiting from someone else's work is a crime in my eyes. I just wish it would apply to more than just selling material copyrighted by someone else. But I guess, then a lot of wealthy people would be locked behind bars.
Or, they just took every piece of technology in his home whether it was related to this operation or not. Governments seem to like to just steal people's shit these days, call it "evidence gathering" and then never give it back regardless of legal outcome.
True, but do YOU even have $14K in electronics? I don't think I do, unless that ancient Pentium II is a rare collectable model. While it's possible that's the case, it requires an additional set of conditions. Occam's Razor - the simplest explanation is that he was doing it commercially. Later evidence supports that.
Let me calculate mine. Laptop, worth $1200 when I bought it 2 years ago. Wii - $200. Desktop - built from parts, about $600. Spare desktop - salvaged, $100. Most of a desktop - salvaged, $50. Pile of dismantled parts that I'm trying to sell to a metal recycler - $50. 3 TVs, 720p - $400 each. DVD player - $50. DVD/VHS combo player - $50. Old Gamecube - $20. Old GBA SP - $20.
Yeah, that's only up to $3450. That's not everything, exhaustively, but that's the biggest, most expensive ones. The kinds of things you
Yeah but police like to confiscate an ounce of weed and claim it has a street value of a bazillion dollars. So they would probably claim that your electronics are worth at least 10X what they really are worth.
Probably pretty low. Athlon 1200, GeForce 2, 512MB of SDR RAM (1x 256MB, 2x 128MB), and a 120GB hard drive.
In the other one, there's a Pentium II (300mHz, IIRC), and 256MB SDR RAM. No hard drive, although I could put in the 20GB hard drive I salvaged elsewhere...
I certainly don't have any where near $14000 worth of tech. I have a 2004 computer that sits at my parents place, and a 2006 laptop (updated RAM, HD and battery) that I cart around the world with me.
If I had $14000 worth of anything, there is no way I could cart it around the world. I've lived in five countries, and moved about 7 times in the last five years. You want to me to keep carting around thousands of dollars worth of tech? The travel insurance alone would bankrupt me!
Some people could be called ne
Oh, so you're making up high numbers to support your argument. That's not very nerdy. But I guess since you have license to define words that won't be a problem for long.
I do. Between the TV, all the phones (three with a sicker price o $1000 or more), the four laptops, the PC (quite the beast, can record HD OTA, and multiple TB of storage media PC that is also a gaming box, if you list its value as the sum of the retail prices of the parts that make it up, it'd likely be $5k or more) and all the gaming consoles, I'm over $14k. Now I feel like updating my home insurance itemization...
A "nerd" that doesn't have over $14k in electronics isn't, and thus this "news for nerds" site isn't for them...
Must be nice to have that much money, that you don't even realize that some people cannot afford $14k worth of electronics even if they wanted it.
I find it rather sad that you think Slashdot is only for people who have 'enough' money to qualify for your definition of a 'nerd'.
I've got a plotter ($15k) a copier ($14k) in my home office. Does that count?
Depends. Current value or price at the time of purchase?
Given that the police certainly wanted it to sound like they're arresting some bigshot criminal, I'd guess they simply took the price at the time of purchase. And I'm fairly sure that EVERY geek has electronics that come up to about 14k when you consider the dough they had to drop on the table for it. Let's see what we have here...
Server: $6100
Computers: $2200, $2500, $1900
Laptop: $2300
Screens: 3x430=1290
And we're already way beyond $14000. Wi
And honestly, raids against people doing that sort of thing is pretty justifiable.
Justifiable? Well, maybe to you.
How exactly do you justify that?
Ah, such an over sensationalist title and summary again.
It happens whenever a geek is arrested for a white-collar crime. Apparently, the police are supposed to look the other way.
Slashdot at its best.
You shrug this off, yet what we see here is a case where a country's police are corrupt enough to completely turn a blind eye to infringement of traffic laws, are incapable of controlling basic criminal actions (South Africa has the second highest murder rate per capita, and first highest rape rate), and let things get to the extent that car jacking is so common place that insurance of cars is very expensive.
Yet they bust a guy for copyright infringement.
The reality is he just paid them less than the record
turn a blind eye to infringement of traffic laws
For some reason (or maybe because I've lived in Asia, where traffic is chaotic but everyone seems to get by), I think that a guy making huge profit by selling pirated software is a little bit higher on the list than cops spending their time sitting on road.
And even if you don't, these are different police organizations. Every time when someone pirating something gets arrested there's always someone saying that police should have priorities and should spend time on something else. These are not the same po
I use "Police" in the general case. The overall policing of the country should have different priorities. I use it in the same context as the USA should provide less funding to DHS and more funding to local PDs.
Also I'm not sure which Asian country you're referring to but there's different levels of traffic infringement. There's your speeders, and then there's your people who show a complete disregard for what a red light means or which side of the road you should be driving on.
South Africa had double the r
Making profit jailbreaking other people's PS3 is not illegal at all, unless Sony has managed to corrupt laws so much that you're not allowed to modify hardware that you own.
It is indeed very profitable, you just have to find how to do it on the web.
For some reason (or maybe because I've lived in Asia, where traffic is chaotic but everyone seems to get by),
Where "get by" meaning "get killed". Death rates from road accidents are much, much higher in Asia than Europe or US..
You shrug this off, yet what we see here is a case where a country's police are corrupt enough to completely turn a blind eye to infringement of traffic laws, are incapable of controlling basic criminal actions (South Africa has the second highest murder rate per capita, and first highest rape rate), and let things get to the extent that car jacking is so common place that insurance of cars is very expensive.
Actually, insuring cars here is mostly expensive because 3rd party insurance is not mandatory here, so if you're involved in an accident that is not your fault, your insurance company probably won't get its money back... And the hijacking, but that has a much smaller effect than you'd think.
(And additionally, if the police are ignoring traffic infringements, I have yet to see it. The fines can be quite hefty.)
He was a Pakistani man who was copying and selling those copied games and jailbreaking devices.
Slashdot at its best.
Your justification includes the fact that he is Pakistani?
Racism at its worst.
I'll just disregard the less interesting story, and respond to the sensationalist title then.
YOU BUY IT, IT BELONGS TO YOU RIGHT????? Just joking.
Imagine the police raiding this and breaking down the door expecting to seize millions in copyrighted material only to find a sole PS3, a computer or two, some DVDs and flash cards. I'm sure the police would be standing there looking at one another asking "Is this for real?".
That's what happens when private enterprise manipulates lawmakers, the laws, and law enforcement.
No fucking shit. Reading this I thought "Wow, South Africa has cops sufficient to start helping some multi-national who buggers with their fucking game console."
Sounds like South Africa's crime problem is good and cleared up. Maybe if they can arrest someone from 4chan the place will finally be safer than the more tepid warzones of the world...
The police confiscated goods of around R100 000 (14000 USD).
Coppers have to eat you know, China, street thugs don't earn that much.
(probably US$15,000 now with the way the USD is going).
That's SAFACT, Jack!
You know, originally when the printing press came out people were getting in trouble for printing the bible. http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/
In the long run the greedy fucks benefitting from the thought monopoly will have long since laughed all the way to the bank, lived high on the hog, and left a big fat corpse.
They do not CARE about the long term for humanity.
It seems to be heading that way. OTOH, the sneakernet of 2060 may well consist of transmitting every intellectual work that has existed to date (including video form) on something like a USB stick. (Yes I know, we'll probably hit physical limits before then.)
in 50 years we will look back and marvel at the idea that there was a time when information was NOT controlled
Unfortunately, the information that information was previously NOT controlled is controlled.
You can't be mad about what you lost if you don't know you ever had it.
What has theoretical freedom of ideas have to do with a full-scale commercial piracy operation?
What has theoretical freedom of ideas have to do with a full-scale commercial piracy operation?
Nothing whatever.
Which shows how impoverished and fraudulent these cries for "Freedom!" have become.
P2P is the geek's middle class entitlement. Nothing more. The investment in tech and services required makes that plain. The AAA game demands AAA hardware.
Playing the pirated HD video on the 60" screen doesn't make you a hero.
It makes you a thief.
Playing the pirated HD video on the 60" screen doesn't make you a hero.
It makes you a thief.
No, it makes you an infringer of copyright (aka 'pirate'). Please stop confusing infringement of copyright with theft as that is exactly what the copyright holders want you to do.
Watching a video you downloaded for personal use is copyright infringement, but I think selling bootlegs is theft. After all, if you sell bootlegs, you're applying a monetary value and can no longer claim that it has no intrinsic value.
Also, the way I see it, by selling it then you're profiting off the people that would have legally purchased the product (in this specific instance, it tanks the "but they wouldn't have bought it anyway" defence) which means that is actually a lost sale, so you actually are stealing the revenue from that sale. Even if they're being sold for less than the retail price, it means that the person did associate a value with that and the producer actually had an opportunity to sell to that person, which was take
Because if we had the former, we wouldn't have the latter. We'd just have copy shops.
Diplomatic Immunity...
...that the South African police are arresting real criminals instead of the murderers and rapists that are normally oppressed by law-enforcement over there.
Luckily I am on MFW 3.55, which isn't jailbroken, just slightly opened up. (Or so at least they tell me on IRC.) That means I am safe, right?
What the person was doing was illegal and deserves to be punished to the full extent of the law, as they were profiting off other people's work by copying it and then selling it.
However, pirated media *thrives* in a place like South African because luxury goods like imported media is over priced for that economy.
Although certain aspects of South Africa are 3rd world, all the major cities are pretty much first world, as someone presently living in Ireland, and having lived in France, I can tell you that for the middle class South African, their life style isn't radically different, but any luxury item is significantly more expensive relatively speaking.
Salaries are based on the price of living, and in South Africa the price of living is considerably less than places like the the US or UK. To put it in perspective, as per 12 months ago (http://www.oanda.com/currency/big-mac-index), the price of a big mac in USD was $2.70 compared to it costing $3.73 is the US. The cost of living is very much like this, most day to day things cost less, consequently, salaries work the same way, you get paid a bit less in terms of USD, because your money goes further, however, anything luxury, is prices in USD and then converted into the local currency.
So, relatively speaking, for our salaries, we pay a lot more for things like software, music CDs and movies. It's also not just luxury goods, business is also expensive, imagine your copy of Microsoft or Adobe software package always costing ~30% more? Thus it's hardly surprising to see so many people turn to cheaper, but illegal avenues.
Copyright holders annoy me greatly because even though we have this global distribution medium called the internet which should really make borders disappear to all intents and purposes, you still get youtube blocking videos because "this content is not available in your region due to copyright issues" and Netflix can't be used outside the US, however, despite them locking down copyrighted work to regions, they still keep the price of the these works the same in all countries, regardless of economic differences. They then get surprised at the lack of loyalty from their "customers", however, in South African, they're more like "suckers".
"South African Police Service's Commercial Crime Unit"
You just wait, this special task force will EXIST in the USA soon. Right now they are using the Immigrations and Customs department to do this, but they will soon fund a Commercials Crimes Special Task force to enforce and arrest people that violate the rights of the precious corporations...
This is where you see Sony is paying off for information and for police help in this matter.
A police raid of this nature, followed with all the wire taps necessary to get a warrant to bust in, costs way more then just 14,000$, unless there is major copyright issues or murder, there will be no raids of this size on low end criminals....these are reserved for much bigger fish financially speaking.
The fact that they went after such a small potato means Sony was probably footing the bill to get this guy arreste
Thank goodness our comrades in the Soviet South African Republic are protecting us from the terrorists! Hacking the PS3 threatened to cause global economic collapse; and posed a direct, physical danger the the health of all citizens in the republic. I know I, for one, will sleep better tonight.
Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to execute a job? A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.


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Miranda Kerr Back to Work – and Breastfeeding
|Courtesy Miranda Kerr
Breastfeeding seems to be doing wonders for new mom Miranda Kerr — she posted a photo of herself nursing 3-month-old son Flynn while at a shoot for Victoria's Secret on Thursday.
The Australia beauty looked camera-ready while lounging backstage in a silky robe, red stilettos and wavy hair.
"Another day in the office. Back to work for VS. Flynn is with me on set! Lil cutie pie Xxx," Kerr, 28, Tweeted.
The supermodel, who gave birth to her son with Orlando Bloom on January 6, is already back in catwalk shape.
After a surprise return to the runway in March, Kerr was back in beachwear earlier this month, where she showed off her trim and toned figure in a bikini by Have Faith during a photo shoot in Malibu.
What does her husband Bloom think of her post-baby body?
"It's genetics," he said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday. "It's amazing. She looks incredible."
When DeGeneres asked how she got back into shape so quickly, Bloom, 34, responded, "A lot of breastfeeding."
— Alla Byrne


text: This week I am attending my first ever full Fashion Week. A Fashion Week that might, according to newspaper reports, be New Zealand's last – at least while the recession digs its toes in. Yesterday I attended two shows that while wildly diverse reflect two aspects of current activity at Te Papa. My first show… Read more »


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Ugh, Microsoft! Get it right.
Almost as craptacualr [penny-arcade.com] as the reserachers [slashdot.org] from the front page, who unfortunately got fixed in the meantime
That needs qualifying as #1 in the HOME market. There are many more servers running various brands of Unix and Linux out there than there are running IIS or Apache on a Windows box (though not an insignificant ammount).
Servers are naturally harder to get viruses or trojans onto them as they're generally not used to surf the web, and the only applications executed on them should be done by a responsible sysadmin - who should know better.
Windows is targeted as it is the #1 Home and Business OS, and as most pe
The cynic in me wonders iff this wasn't such a visible and highlighted Google highlighted would they bothered to push it sooner or even at all or even to let people know there is a problem. But yes it is good you can hold publicly traded company's feet to the fire by having a few countries denounce your product which is totally unlike OSS!
The cynic in me wonders iff this wasn't such a visible and highlighted Google highlighted would they bothered to push it sooner or even at all or even to let people know there is a problem
Could you repeat that? My gibberish-to-english translator is on smoke break, and I'm nowhere near as fluent as he...
"Has anyone really been as far as decided to use even want to go look more like?"
How much longer would have they sat on them if it wasn't for the bad PR.
Stupid question. Answer is of course "Forever!".
You've got to wonder though if Google is using this to deflect attention from a problem at their end.
well you can't complain, you're getting IE for free
Nothing quite like two national governments recommending against using your product to raise the priority of fixing the problem.
>>Nothing quite like two national governments recommending against using your product to raise the priority of fixing the problem
Nothing like people actually switching browsers in droves because of the warnings to raise the priority of fixing it. Now that they've switched, what are the chances of those lost users switching back?
According to the BBC [bbc.co.uk] they've known about it since September. Back to the bashing as usual...
Microsoft knew about it last September.
Unless the patch was to the Trident libraries, in which case I can understand. Trident is the rendering engine behind MSIE, and is in use by other programs even if MSIE isn't using it.
Better than the alternative, which is to potentially leave software running with a still vulnerable browser, and a user with a false sense of security because they 'just installed the patch.'
Allowing libraries to be modified on disk while in use is a solution to the upgrade problem which is simple, elegant, and terribly, terribly wrong.
Bah, on Linux and *every other OS besides Windows* I can upgrade my websever, test the configuration and restart just the process when I'm ready. I often do the upgrade work a few hours beforehand (when I'm awake) and reboot Apache during a slow period (usually late night).
On Windows you may have to first shutdown the webserver to upgrade, or reboot the entire server, causing a much longer outage than needed.
Or just look at the jar locking hacks Tomcat has to do because you can't replace an in-use jar. I've
Uh! I would love to "upgrade" in-use shared library files so that changes are reflected to loaded instances in every running process! My viruswormtrojan would rule the world!
You could be one of those people who is stuck using XP SP1, so it won't install to begin with.
But, I guess even if they are stuck with XP SP1, they could always just use another browser.
But, some people just love the feel of Internet Explorer 6. But to the best of my knowledge, there aren't any "I heart IE6" t-shirts available, so perhaps those people are few and far between.
Which, most likely means it's a browser exploit, but the problem is much deeper. And why a browser's code has to go that deep? Beyond me.
Wonder if it will take Skype down again [nytimes.com] with it too.
I tested a server and a desktop (Windows 2008 R2, Windows 7) and neither auto-rebooted from the Windows Update.
What are you talking about?
It will force shutdown even if you don't check the box at the end of the installer. How can this be so wrong at so many levels.
You don't get it. Shutting down your computer IS the security fix. If you start it up again, you're back where you started - with Windows and IE.
Why would you walk away from your pc for more than 5 minutes without saving anyhow. Comments like this just make me wanna scream dumbass.
I use Win7 and it installed then said it was done. No reboot or prompt/question to reboot.
nvm. There was a different out of band critical update that didn't require a reboot. This one did need a reboot to take effect, but it didn't force it.
And honestly, so far the chinese have struck me as the competent types.
The several thousand failed attack attempts in my logs would care to disagree.
Actually they haven't removed censorship yet. They would be talking with the Chinese government about a way to provide an uncensored search within the law.
"We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China."
A new approach to China [blogspot.com]
So, we're still on hold as to if they will remove censorship.
The link in the article [publicaddress.net], even on the day it was posted on slashdot, talked about conflicting reports.
Current status @ 07:20 NZT, 02:20 Beijing time, 14-01-10: Still conflicting reports coming out. It could be that Google has already lifted its own censorship measures. Or it could be that the censorship measures are still up, but because of the intense interest generated (and click-thrus) on sensitive subjects, small holes in the wall are being publicised and magnified.
That was probably some over-enthusiasti
Hmm, searching for "Tianamen" in images still gives you pictures of the student in front of the tank. Isn't this supposed to be censored as well?!
Calling China "evil" is childish, naive, narrow-minded, and stupid.
Calling China "evil" is childish, naive, narrow-minded, and stupid.
As long as China is killing people for cheating on their taxes and harvesting their organs, then selling them on the world market, then they are evil. As long as they are imprisoning Christians for their religious beliefs, gang-raping them and sending them to work camps to make plastic gewgaws (like christmas lights) for sale in the US, they are evil. And as long as we buy them, we are also evil.
Why, oh why, have you not logged in? Could it be because you know your ideas are not worth the attachment of a na
"Troll" does not mean "anything with which I disagree". It is trivial to find citations for the examples I give above. Try the China Aid Society first. Or read up on the Chinese Death Vans — they execute ten times more people per capita than the USA that they admit to and actually had vehicles created for the purpose. The condemned enter the vehicle, and they never leave — and their family is not permitted to see the body, which is considered extremely important by nearly all peoples on the plan
Looks pretty un-censored to me. images:tiananmen square [google.cn]
I don't think so.
English version: a few pretty colorful images, one broken bicycle image, 11 tank men.
Chinese version: 1 tank man, one broken bicycle image, 14 pretty pictures.
Looks censored to me, with one tank and one broken bicycle so it doesn't look whitewashed.
That may not be google's doing; presumably the google.cn search is going to be favouring Chinese-language pages, while the google.com/.co.uk search will be favouring English-language ones.
As such, Google may just be reflecting the inherent bias in its source, rather than applying a bias of its own.
Yup. This [redbubble.net] poor bastard was never seen again.
Doesnt really make a difference. The great Firewall of China [wikipedia.org] inspects packets for certain words and spoofs a RST packet to break the connection and blocks that IP for x amount of time. I doubt the Chinese can actually see those results. I wouldnt be surprised if the results were IP based (if china IP then censor).
Generally, the Chinese government does not censor most English contents but almost all Chinese contents.
Uum, you know that you can submit stories for the firehose. If it's interesting (as in this case) it should quickly get voted to the top, and then get put the front page.
I probably shouldn't respond to this but Google did the right thing. Their employees would be jailed and maybe even executed if they refuse to follow chinese law while operating inside the country. It would be extremely foolish of them to disregard Chinese law while still operating inside the country because as I said it could even get some innocent employee killed. If they abandon the Chinese market and then still keep the results censored, then you have a complaint but until they pull out the Chinese gove
AFAIK, Google never announced that they stopped censoring. So claiming that they "backed-down" is disingenuous. They've already made good on their threat by delaying the release of 2 phones pending talks with the government. Feel free to lambast them once they've concluded the talks and yet still censor results.
I hate to say it, but everyone who thinks Google is going to stand up to losing that much profit (and China IS a land of opportunity for corporations) is fooling themselves. Google is not your friend. Google is a MARKETING COMPANY. They do data mining and advertising. I have no clue why everyone has such a glint in their eye when they think about them.
Google only published this attack as a method of negotiating with the Chinese. Nothing more.
Removing IE would save me bandwidth on all the patches and more importantly spare me the forced reboots.
I'd probably find that a lot of rendered local text would stop working without IE such as help pages, but I usually find google more effective than built in help these days any way.
Removing IE is easy, its a wrapper GUI around a browser engine. Delete iexplore.exe, there you deleted IE.
The rendering engine is in a shared DLL thats used by just about everything now days, even if the app doesn't use the renderer directly, the built in help system is HTML based and uses the shared library for its renderer.
Its also used by HTML style dialogs, which are basically dialogs that use HTML to define the layout rather than the old style dialog resources.
This isn't really different from any othe
Troll? I know the parent missed the point of the GP that the operating system should not depend on an html rendering engine of a buggy browser, but is quite far from a troll. He brings up a good point. There are a lot of apps that for right or wrong use the IE rendering engine, including plenty of in house applications.
As far as removing IE goes, iexplorer.exe will get rid of the gui leaving just the engine behind it. However, removing an html rendering engine should not break an operating system. Years ago
Then remove the entries from the start menu and take all the icons off the desktop. Of course this is not practical with XP but will work just fine with vista and 7 as the updates are independent of the default browser. It will work if you control the updates in XP and only enab
Rightly or wrongly, disabling IE for many industries is not an option.
You can use this website to uninstall IE completely: http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download [ubuntu.com]
"Since I never use IE and never intend to" - by davet2001 (1550151) on Thursday January 21, @05:18PM (#30852740)
See my subject-line above, & realize, that SOME apps do not launch by "filetype associations" & FORCE a user into launching IE!
(Those apps should do it by your default browser file association, ala ShellExecute type API calls for instance in the Win32 API, which would INSTEAD summon the default webbrowser associated with webbrowser files like
An example thereof would be one like WinVulnScan:
Now, before I go anywhere pointing out that is "wrong" with it?
So IE has a buffer overrun. This wasn't something on port 135...so how did the Chineese get in.
Did it get in via a viewing of an email inside of Outlook?
Did some stupid user visit a bad site sent thru email?
The end user had to go to a site which then allowed a trojan to get install...is this what happened?
I just remembered I hadn't ran `sudo apt-get upgrade` for a month or two.
Not that there's much danger of me getting hacked, but that's a 100mb download. Just imagine how much crap I'd be downloading if you waited for patch Tuesday!
Am I the only one who thinks the headline on this reads like common media spin? So basically Microsoft has a bug that happened to be used against Google and the headline reads like Google was doing some hacking. This only leaves me wondering how much did the Microsoft PR people paid to get that worded that way.
Ars Technica has all the download links you need
And here they are... [arstechnica.com]
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Interval training - do you do it?Subscribe
I was talking to a trainer at my gym today and she was really emphatic about doing cardio in intervals -- high intensity for a few minutes, then low, then high, then low. She said they've shown that this burns more calories than just going at high intensity alone. I'll have to try this.
Do you do intervals when you work out?Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 4th March 2008
I used to. My trainer told me the same thing.. and I actually lost more weight doing that. I stopped doing it though because now I'm obsessed with Zumba!Flag as inappropriate Posted by Suzanne on 4th March 2008
oooh i am so excited! this is basically what i am doing to try to build up into running... walk, run, walk, run, walk, run, etc... so it's kind of like low and then high intensity alternating!
will be SO EXCITED to lose extra poundage
Suzanne - what's a zumba?Flag as inappropriate Posted by Kate on 4th March 2008
I did this when my elliptical worked but it died about two weeks ago. As soon as it is running again I will be too!Flag as inappropriate Posted by KathyHowe on 4th March 2008
Ooooh, Zumba. I've been meaning to try it but it's Wednesday mornings here. That's Pidge's day off school so we have a tough time getting motivated.
Suzanne, correct me if I'm wrong: Zumba is a latin style dance-based aerobics class. It is supposed to be a lot of fun and very easy. Don't think you can't do it because you have 2 left feet.
I've heard intervals also work with Weight Watchers. There's tons of info on the boards but basically you eat different point values on different days instead of eating the same number of points every day.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Jenns on 4th March 2008
My mom swears by Zumba -- she loves it. I haven't found it at my gym, but considering trying it somewhere else.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 4th March 2008
I have some friends who teach Zumba and they love it.
And I love interval training! I have much more stamina and will work out longer if I change up the pace.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Mandy Nelson - Dandysound on 4th March 2008
Hi All-
I concur with your trainer- we suggest doing interval training in our weight loss programs because it does burn more calories.
It also helps to mix it up after awhile. Once your muscles get conditioned to a certain routine they burn less calories because they are more efficient. By changing your exercise every once in awhile to use new muscle groups you burn more. This works well if you hit a plateau for those working on weight loss.
Plus it is just more fun anyways! I'm all for fun with exercise.
MeriFlag as inappropriate Posted by Meri Raffetto RD, LDN on 5th March 2008
Meri -- since we're on the burning more calories topic, what's your opinion of the old theory that if you work out too hard, you're not burning as much fat? I was used to hearing this and then one of the trainers said forget all that, work out hard, sweat, mix it up, and don't worry about the moderate workout to burn fat stuff.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 5th March 2008
Hey Nataly-
I think their both true. Anaerobic activity does burn calories but less calories than aerobic exercise but has other benefits such as:
- develop stronger muscles
- improve respiratory system
- and greater endurance/less fatigue
I think it also depends entirely on your goals. If you are 30 pounds plus over weight and you haven't been exercising you can do alot of moderate exercise to burn fat. If you are within your ideal body weight range or 5-10 pounds over and you want to appear lean and muscular then you'll want to kick it up a notch like your trainer said. Every person is really different.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Meri Raffetto RD, LDN on 6th March 2008


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He had to arrange with Messrs. Ince and Amberley about his new book.
Some of the frames of chimney glasses and pictures made by Ince and Mayhew are almost identical with those of Chippendale.
Ince Hall stands about a mile from Wigan, on the left-hand of the high road to Bolton.
A young modern author, whatever his new celebrity, felt that to be published by Ince and Amberley hall-marked him as it were.
At a little distance stands a small caf, where lemonade and lokumia may be enjoyed, but no Ince.
Crosby Hall and Ince were pleasant country houses to visit in the days of the old squires.
Ince print is meant primarily to be read, the first law of its being is legibility.
About six years ago, the river Douglas broke into one of the Ince mines, and nearly two hundred people were drowned thereby.
Mr. Ince is not of those men who speak much without saying anything; he says much in a few words.
Ince Castle, a curious brick-built sixteenth-century building, peers from the wooded shores on the way.


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By Sam Mamudi
With the fiscal cliff shenanigans thankfully in the rear view mirror, we're now (sleep)walking towards another man-made crisis, with the enactment of the budget sequester set for March 1 — across-the-board cuts which would see a $1.2 trillion reduction in federal spending over the next 10 years.
The sequester was put in place in August 2011, with Congress hoping the threat of such swingeing cuts would force…well, Congress to sit down and come up with a sane and rational budget.
Fat chance. Instead, we're just weeks away from the cuts. Cue panic? Well, not so far, at least in the defense industry, which seems sanguine in the face of this:
You'd think a looming $55 billion budget cut would have defense contractors in hysterics — but if so you'd be wrong, at least according to today's Washington Post:
In call after call with investors, officials at some of the area's largest contracting firms refused to guess how much it would cost them if Congress allows the "sequester" to kick in on March 1. Even as their lobbyists keep warning how much the cuts would hurt the industry, the executives are projecting confidence that the sequester will not happen…
Their confidence defies the emerging consensus on Capitol Hill that Congress will not find an agreement in time to cancel or delay the cuts. It also threatens to disappoint investors in the event the sequester goes through, and it leaves thousands of Washington area contracting employees to wonder how safe their jobs are.
As Marjorie Censer and Jim Tankersley report, top executives at Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD) and Lockheed Martin (LMT) have in the past week or so all waved away the chances that the sequester will take effect. And as I reported yesterday, Boeing's (BA) 2013 guidance didn't leave much room for the sequester cuts.
It's hard to tell if these executives have their heads in the sand or are just confident that sanity — and their lobbying — in Washington DC will win the day:
The Aerospace Industries Association, the main defense industry lobbying group, has sent loud and constant signals that sequestration would be devastating, including a news release Wednesday. Meanwhile, small manufacturers who supply the larger contractors are beginning to speak out about how sequester cuts would affect their businesses, said Chad Moutray, the chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturers.
Investors may not be so relaxed, however: Northrop's shares are down 4% this week, while Lockheed's and General Dynamics' shares are off about 6%; Boeing's stock is down 1.4%. If the sequester is avoided these losses could be very quickly recouped. But the closer we get to the deadline without a deal the more likely it is that nervy investors will bail out of a sector that, even in the best case, could still be heading for cuts.


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"Why men really feel less guilt than women"
The US papers are looking towards Obama's first State of the Union address tonight but on a lighter note, we take a look at articles on documentaries made by chimps and why men feel less guilt than women.
Bob Herbert writing in the International Herald Tribune asks who is Barack Obama? He points to a "credibility gap" between the US President's rhetoric and his actions. "He has positioned himself all over the map," says Herbert and here are some examples:
Obama is "the anti-Iraq war candidate who escalated the war in Afghanistan."
"He's the opponent of health insurance mandates who made a mandate to buy insurance the centerpiece of his plan. "
"He's the President who stocked his administration with Wall Street insiders and went to the mat for the banks and big corporations…but who is now trying to present himself as a born-again populist."
"More important than the content of Obama's on Wednesday tonight will be whether he means what he says… Americans want to know who their President really is," Herbert concludes.
Other stories in today's international papers:
Los Angeles Times: The BBC is to air the first ever documentary shot entirely by chimps this week. Primatologist Betsy Herrelko spent a year and a half teaching 11 chimps from the Edinburgh zoo how to use a specially-constructed Chimpcam!
The Guardian: "China's pet lovers seek ban on eating dogs"
The Guardian: After yesterday's announcement that the UK is officially out of recession, here are two articles looking at the economy from different angles. "UK economy lies 'on bed of nitroglycerine" and "Escapism almost only success story".
El Watan (Algeria): "Passions are mounting in advance of the match" (Algeria v Egypt – the two countries meet in the semi-final of the African Cup of Nations this Thursday)
Daily Mail: From cheating golfers to MPs on the fiddle: Why men really do feel less guilt than women


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Pork Chops with Citrus Sauce Recipe
I'm constantly on the lookout for ways to "spice up" a standard dish. When I fixed these pork chops for the first time, my husband—who has a hearty appetite for down-home cooking—commented, "You can make this anytime!"
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- 6 boneless pork loin chops (1/2 inch thick)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 medium navel orange
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 12 whole cloves
- 1 cup orange juice
- In a large skillet, brown chops in oil on both sides. Add water, paprika, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer about 35 minutes, turning once.
- Meanwhile, grate peel from the stem end of the orange, then cut six slices from the other end. Set aside. In a saucepan over medium-high, combine 1 tablespoon peel, sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and cloves. Stir in juice. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Add the orange slices; cover and remove from the heat. Serve chops with sauce and orange slices. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Orange Pork Chops in Taste of Home's Down-Home Diabetic Cookbook Annual 1995, p184
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I was fascinated with his "nicotine-stained" fingers -- that's what everyone called them then, even though the chemical is colorless -- as he plucked saltines one by one from the box and crumbled them into the soup. Campbell's Chicken Gumbo, Beef Noodle, or Cream of Anything, made no difference, in they went. "Thickening," he said, and of course Dad was right, because after he stirred it, the mingy housewife shortcut became something a man might want, a solid stew, a filling meal. Yet his stained fingers treated the crackers with a delicacy … [Read more...]
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Among More Than 1300 Museums Offering Free Admission to Military Personnel and Their Families this Summer
On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, Gadsby's Tavern Museum and the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum are proud to salute America's service members by announcing the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 1,300 museums across America, to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2011.
Military personnel and their families will have the opportunity to tour Gadsby's Tavern Museum and the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum in Old Town for free. Blue Star Museums runs from Memorial Day, May 30 through Labor Day, September 5. The free admission program is available to active duty military and their immediate family members (military ID holder and five immediate family members), which includes active duty Reserve and active duty National Guard. More than 1,300 museums in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are taking part in the initiative. To see a full list of participating museums, visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.
Blue Star Families is a national, non-partisan, nonprofit network of military families from all ranks and services including Guard and Reserve, with a mission to support, connect and empower military families. In addition to morale and empowerment programs, Blue Star Families raises awareness of the challenges and strengths of military family life with civilian community and leaders. Membership includes spouses, children, parents, service members, veterans and civilians. For more information, please visit www.BlueStarFam.org.
Gadsby's Tavern Museum consists of two buildings, a ca. 1785 tavern and the 1792 City Hotel, which are named for John Gadsby who operated them from 1796 to 1808. Mr. Gadsby's establishment was a center of political, business, and social life in early Alexandria. The tavern was the setting for dancing assemblies, theatrical and musical performances, and meetings of local organizations. George Washington enjoyed hospitality there and twice attended the annual Birthnight Ball held in his honor. Other prominent patrons included John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Visitors to the historic tavern will learn about the history, architecture, decorative arts, social customs, food, and clothing of a past era.
The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum is noted for its outstanding collection of shop furnishings, apothecary bottles and equipment, and archival materials, many still in their original location. When the Apothecary closed during the Depression in 1933, the doors were simply locked, preserving the contents for history. Over 8,000 objects, including pill rollers, mortars and pestles, drug mills, and hand-blown medicine bottles with gold-leaf labels, were left in place. Medicinal herbs with paper labels remain in their wooden drawers. Large show-globes from the mid-19th century remain in the windows. It also has a spectacular collection of archival materials, including journals, letters and diaries, prescription and formula books, ledgers, orders and invoices. The names of famous customers appear in the documents, including Martha Washington, Nelly Custis and Robert E. Lee.
Gadsby's Tavern Museum is located at 134 North Royal Street and the Apothecary Museum is located at 105-107 South Fairfax Street, both in the heart of Old Town Alexandria. Both are open Sunday and Monday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.gadsbystavern.org or www.apothecarymuseum.org.


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Due to the exceptional quantity of passionate comments yesterday, I am pleased to announce that the Old Picture Embargo has been lifted. Once again you can enjoy your morning fix of Old Pictures. We can now just put this unpleasantness of '12 behind us. Today's picture shows a California Family in the 1880's beside their Adobe Home. It looks like a quiet beautiful area they live in. The picture caption indicated that this was an Indian family.
Each day we bring you one stunning little glimpse of history in the form of a historical photograph. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
An Old Picture Embargo has been issued due to LACK OF COMMENTS. That was a great picture yesterday of a man building an adobe wall, and it got only one comment. Embargo will be lifted when visitors begin posting again!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Adobe House
Today we show one of my favorite Indigenous construction methods . . . Adobe Bricks. Adobe bricks are made from mud and are dried in the sun. This was a popular building style in New Mexico. Often times the Adobe walls are up to two feet thick, and so the houses are very well insulated. If you visit New Mexico today, many of the homes have that Adobe Style, but in fact are standard frame houses covered in stucco, made to look like Adobe Homes. I guess Adobe construction techniques are not suited for today's build-em-fast-and-cheap construction methods.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Tennessee Mountain Family
Indigenous Housing week continues here at OPOD with this picture of a Tennessee Mountain Family in front of their log cabin. Talk about self reliant folks, they have two spinning wheels and all sorts of other things to allow them to provide for themselves. I wonder what the difference is between the big spinning wheel and the small spinning wheel.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Eskimo Igloo
Welcome to Indigenous Housing Week here at OPOD. We will be looking at various ways people have built houses based on locally available materials. What better way to start than with this picture from 1924 of Eskimos building an Igloo. I wish I understood more about how these people could survive in such inhospitable climates. Imagine . . . no firewood, no vegetables. They had very little to work with, but survived quiet nicely.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Gathering Wood
Today's picture shows an Indian Woman gathering wood. The woman is of the Asparoke people, and the picture was taken in 1908. The picture is a scene from Montana.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Indian Family by River
Today we feature a picture of an Indian family camped by a river. The picture was taken in 1905, and the people are part of the Crow tribe.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Winter Camp
This is a picture of a Crow Indian camp in Winter. It was taken in Montana in 1908. All I can say is this is a very dreary scene. Not sure how cold it is, but I bet it is nice and toasty in the Tipi.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Indian Camp
Welcome to Indian Camp week here at OPOD. We start with the wonderful photograph of a camp at the side of the lake. The Indians are not identified, but we know the picture was taken in 1904. The picture is a photochrom print, which was an early technique for making color prints of photographs.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Fairbanks, Alaska
We wrap up Boom Town week with this picture from Fairbanks, Alaska in the early 1900's. Fairbanks was one of the Boom Towns that came out of the Alaskan Gold Rush. It looks pretty darn cold to me.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Virginia City Stage Coach
Today's picture shows a Stage Coach loaded up in front of the Wells Fargo Express company in Virginia City, Nevada. The picture was taken in 1866. Looks like six horses pulling the stage coach. The one sign reads "Plumbing". Wonder what type of plumbing they had in 1866?
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Virginia City
Today we feature a picture of the boom town of Virginia City, Nevada. The town sprung up out of nowhere with the discovery of the Comstock Load, one of the richest mines in the Old West. This picture was taken in 1866, which would have been in the very early days of the town.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Beaumont, Texas
Normally we think of "Boom Towns" developing around Gold or Silver strikes, but you can see in this picture that finding oil will also lead to a boom town. This is a picture from Beaumont, Texas in 1901. The town developed around the famous Spindletop oil field.
Monday, October 15, 2012
San Francisco
Boom Town Week continues with this fine picture of San Francisco, California. The picture was taken in about 1850. It is hard to imagine that San Francisco was ever this sparsely populated. If you click on the picture you can see some interesting detail in the scene.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Silverton, Colorado
Today's picture shows the Boom Town of Silverton, Colorado. Silverton is in Southern Colorado in a beautiful mountain setting. You can take a narrow gauge railroad from Durango to Silverton. It is a magnificent ride.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Summit City
Welcome to Boom Town week here at OPOD. Boom towns have sprung up around many different areas over the course of history. They usually pop up as the result of finding gold, silver, or oil in the area. Boom Towns also came about as the result of government works projects. In this case, Summit City came about as a result of the Shasta Dam project. This picture was taken in 1940
Friday, October 12, 2012
Today's picture shows a stagecoach on the road into Deadwood. The picture was taken in 1889. The cool thing about this picture is the stagecoach looks just like the ones in the Old West movies. In looking at old photographs, it seems like there are many, many different styles of stagecoaches, and they rarely look like the ones in the movies.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Mining Camp
Today's picture shows a couple of prospectors in their mining camp near Deadwood. The picture was taken in 1887. One man is tending a pot on a campfire, while the other one is bringing in a deer he has shot. Also notice in the foreground there is another deer with a rifle leaning on it. I would say these men will eat well this winter.
I have enjoyed this week of pictures, and the discussions on Old West boom towns. I have had the chance to visit Virginia City, Silverton, Durango and several others in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. One place I have always wanted to visit but have never had the chance is Tombstone, Arizona. Has anyone visited there? Is it nicely preserved? I always considered the story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday at the showdown at the OK coral to be the absolute classic of all Western shootouts.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Deadwood Stage
Today's picture shows a great shot of the Deadwood Stage. The picture was taken in 1890. The stage has a full load of passengers.
There has been some great discussion on the topic of old historic towns being turned into gambling towns with casinos. I had mentioned that I visited Virginia City in Nevada, and how sad it was to see the historic mining boom town turned into little more than rows and rows of tawdry slot machines. On the other hand, I had the chance to visit Silverton, Colorado several times. Gaming had not moved in there, and it was a quaint little town that had very well preserved its history. Nice little shops, lots of antiques, and lots of historical things to see.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Downtown Deadwood
Today's picture shows Downtown Deadwood in 1888. There is some sort of parade going on, and you can get a real sense of the hustle and bustle of this mining boom town. Some people commented yesterday that Deadwood today has become a casino town. That is really sad to me. I had visited a mining boom town outside Reno, Nevada. I think the town was Virginia City, and it was the same things. All the historic old hotels and everything had been turned into casinos.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Wells Fargo Gold Wagon
Today's picture shows the Wells Fargo Gold Wagon in Deadwood. This was the armored car of the day. If you click on the picture for an enlarged view, you can see the men are all armed. The wagon was used to transport gold from the Great Homestake Mine. The wagon is carrying $250,000 in gold. At the time, gold was about $20 an ounce, so that would be 12,500 ounces of gold. So in today's dollars, it would be carrying $22,125,000.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Railroad Engineers
Today's picture features a group of Railroad Engineers building a track to Deadwood. This was a particularly challenging area where they had to carve a track bed into the side of the mountain. The picture was taken in 1888.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
I have always been fascinated by the Old West, so this week will be Deadwood Week here at OPOD. We will be looking at the sites of this iconic gold rush town of the late 1800's. Today's picture was taken in 1890, and shows the City Hall of Deadwood.
Friday, October 5, 2012
We wrap up New Mexico week with this picture from Taos, New Mexico, 1940. The picture was taken at their Summer Fiesta, and is shows a band playing music. I love this style of music, but must say I prefer the bands that have a trumpet player.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Kiva Oven
Today's picture shows one of the outdoor Kiva Ovens New Mexico is famous for. These adobe ovens are used to cook bread and other foods. You often see little old ladies selling their bread made in these ovens on the side of the road. I have had it, and the bread is delicious.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Manhattan Project
I am really enjoying New Mexico Week, and I hope you are too. There is so much interesting history there. Normally we think of the very old and rich cultures of the Native Americans and Spanish there. What we sometimes forget is that it is one of the central locations for secret military projects.
The picture above is of Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves looking at ground zero after the first nuclear bomb explosion, which was done at Alamogordo as part of the Manhattan Project.
New Mexico is still home to the Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, and the White Sands missile range.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Winnowing Wheat
Today's picture shows a woman winnowing wheat on the San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico. The wheat is thrown in the air, so the chaff then blows away. The picture was taken in 1905. One of the really neat things about New Mexico is its rich cultural heritage. There is the Native American culture, and the very old Spanish culture going all the way back to Spanish land grants.
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