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City awards arsenic plant contract
Clearwater Construction of Spokane has won the bid to build Electric CityтАЩs arsenic treatment plant.
That companyтАЩs bid of $1,310,985, was about $15,000 under the second-place bid placed by Halme Construction of Davenport.
The cityтАЩs engineering firm, Gray & Osborne, sifted through 14 bids and recommended to the city council that ClearwaterтАЩs bid be accepted. The council Tuesday night readily agreed.
All 14 bids were within about $200,000 of each other.
The Clearwater bid was over half a million dollars under the engineerтАЩs estimate of $1.87 million for the work, and shows how competitive the bids were.
тАЬWe expected some low bids due to the present business climate,тАЭ Mayor Jerry Sands stated.
The bid opening was last Wednesday, and Clearwater Construction will have 120 days to complete the work after receiving a notice to proceed.
The third lowest bid by Apollo, Inc., of Kennewick, about $30,000 over the low bid.
The project includes construction of a concrete backwash storage tank, installation of two skid-mounted arsenic treatment filter trains, chemical feed systems, associated piping, electrical and telemetry in a new metal building.
The city was caught in a bind when federal permissible thresholds for arsenic standards for water were reduced from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion.
The city regularly measures 13-17 parts of arsenic to a billion parts of water.
The city made an effort to draw an exemption since the overage is so small, but agencies that control water standards said no, and the citizens of Electric City are faced with increased water rates to pay for the plant.
Currently, water users are paying a base of $26 a month for water and this is expected to peak at about $44 a month, Mayor Sands said, with incremental changes in July each year.
The city was given time to put together its arsenic treatment plan and agencies seemed happy as long as the plan was progressing.
The city has a low-interest-rate, 20-year loan from a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to pay for the work, approved for more than $2.5 million in 2010.
Electric City is still negotiating with Grand Coulee on what part it will pay, if anything, for the costof putting in the plant. Grand Coulee uses more than 65 percent of the water that Electric City pumps from its wells.


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We made reservations at Prelude, the restaurant at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University for 6 p.m. Enough of the thousand or so folks at the Pink Martini concert that ended at 6 p.m. had also made reservations, for the room filled up within 10 minutes.
Our party was the first to enter the beautiful dining room — all natural wood and ultra-modern design, like the rest of the Green Music Center and Sanford I. Weill Hall — and the first to order wine and food.
It took an hour for our glasses of wine to arrive. It took an hour and 45 minutes between the time we ordered our entrees and their arrival.
At that point, it didn't matter. Sometimes, the best reaction in the midst of a disaster is to just take a deep breath, relax and have fun. Soon, people at the tables around us were laughing and joking about the situation. And eventually, the food arrived.
Prelude only serves dinner on evenings when there's a performance. The restaurant occupies its own area at one side of the Music Center. Besides sit-down dinners from chef Eric Lee's kitchen, you can order picnic boxes put together by Whole Foods and eat while seated on the lawn at the rear of Weill Hall, with its wide-open view of the hall's interior.
Despite the restaurant's difficulties that night, it is a treasure. It features a full bar where you can have a mixed drink or choose from a hefty list of local Sonoma County wines as you watch and hear the stage performance on closed-circuit TV, and then have dinner inside or out on a patio. On a second visit, the restaurant was not at all swamped the way it was when the Pink Martini crowd made wholesale reservations for dinner after the show.
Dinner started propitiously with Chilled English Pea Soup ($12, 4 stars ), a rich green bowl of liquid sweetness given a ladle of lobster and shaved fennel salad dressed in a preserved lemon vinaigrette. A few droplets of olive oil glinted on its surface. Bacon Tater Tots ($7, 3 stars) were as savory as the soup was herby. Bits of bacon formed into balls with crushed potatoes had been dropped into hot oil until deeply browned with a crunchy surface. They were served in a cute little fry basket lined with paper, and accompanied by a pot of thick blue cheese dip.
Another small plate held eight Grilled White Gulf Shrimp ($11, 2? stars), which had a pleasant grilled smokiness to them, although a butter and olive oil sauce flavored with lemon and garlic rendered them a little too oily.
One of the entrees was a fine filet of Local Salmon ($26, 3 stars) — delicate and flaky, with no oiliness or fishy aroma; just a clean, mild flavor. It came with a summery succotash of corn kernels, chopped snap beans, and halves of sweet cherry tomatoes. The fish was surrounded with a spoonful of tomato vinaigrette and topped with a salsa verde.
Handmade Ricotta Crepes ($18,1 star) were less successful, primarily because of the plate's extended time in the queue, where it had grown cold. The accompanying ratatouille's vinegary juices had filtered down to render the crepes soggy and sour.
But our party brightened up considerably at the excellent dessert, an Almond Berry Tart ($9, 3 stars), with a crumbly, nutty crust, berries at the height of berry season, and a scoop of Three Twins organic vanilla ice cream.

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With a doctor on standby to aid pregnant singer Hillary Scott in case of emergency, country music superstar trio Lady Antebellum had the sold-out crowd at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights on their feet right from the opening strains of "Downtown" on Thursday night.
"How we doin' tonight Michigan," Scott shouted in the opening number.
Thursday's show was one of the trio's last before Scott takes a brief leave from the band as she is expecting to give birth to a daughter in July.
Joe Vicari of Luna-Hillside, the management group that runs Freedom Hill, said the band brought along an OBGYN to care for Scott in the last days of her pregnancy on the road.
Regardless of her noticeable growing stomach, Scott and fellow singers Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood gave stellar performances of all of their hits including a"Run to You," "Lookin' for a Good Time," a stripped-down version of "Need You Now," along with material from their latest album, "Golden," and a couple of classic covers including Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" and the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women."
Scott's pregnancy was a topic in the crowd in the concourse prior to the show.
"Even though she's pregnant, I think she's still going to deliver — and I don't mean the baby," said Kimberly Smith of Clarkston. "She's very good. I am very excited to see the band"
Smith was part of a group of employees from Randolph's Hair Salon in northern Oakland County. Owners Scott and Mary Randolph once a year take their team leaders to a dinner or event as a reward for their efforts at work. This year, the group decided to head to Freedom Hill.
Scott Randolph said he was "very impressed" with the venue's $2 million upgrade of the facility following a 3-year closure.
Gina Morey of Clarkston noted music fans are usually headed out her way in northern Oakland County to attend shows at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Independence Township. On Thursday, they were headed in the opposite direction to Sterling Heights to catch Lady A.
Lady Antebellum was the season's first sellout at Freedom Hill, the third of some 33 concerts at the outdoor venue for this summer. Promoters said about 7,500 people were at the show.
"This is a big night," said venue spokesman Kevin Cassidy. "It's the biggest crowd, it's the biggest video show we've had in here. It's a great night at Freedom Hill.


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The Big Sur coast is a national treasure. Mountains rise from the oceanside to heights of over 5,000 feet within a matter of miles creating a rugged seascape that inspires with spectacular beaches, picturesque rock formations, and paradisaical turquoise water on sunny afternoons. The diversity on land is truly remarkable ranging from lush redwood-filled canyons and coastal oak woodlands to grassy meadows and chaparral. Sometimes the contrast in foliage can be found within a few foot proximity. The day after the Stone Ridge climb to Cone Peak, we toured some favorite spots along the coast:
- Nacimiento-Fergusson Road: the only road across the Santa Lucia Range with stupendous views of the coast
- Jade Cove: a rugged and rocky cove where you might find some jade
- Sand Dollar Beach: a spectacular crescent-shaped beach with white sands set below the cliffs of Pacific Valley bluff with numerous rock formations
- Pacific Valley Bluff: One of the best short hikes in all of Big Sur with 360 degree views and great wildflowers in the spring
- McWay Falls at Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park: Perhaps the most photographed subject in all of Big Sur, the iconic McWay Falls is a special spot
- Pfieffer Beach: a rugged beach with patches of purple sands and impressive rock formations near Big Sur.
There remains many spots I have yet to visit along the coast so I look forward to returning to Big Sur in the future. Below are some of my favorite photos from the tour.


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Pier 69 (mission)/Walkthrough
The following is a walkthrough for Pier 69 in GTA San Andreas.
Now that you have killed Jizzy B., you have to take out the other two heads of the Loco Syndicate, Mike Toreno and T-Bone Mendez. In addition, T-Bone and Toreno will be attending a meeting with the Ballas in Pier 69 and your former Grove Street Families homie-turned-enemy Ryder will be there, so you can take revenge on him too.
When CJ arrives at Pier 69, Cesar Vialpando will be waiting on the roof of a building across the pier. When arriving, Cesar will hand CJ a sniper rifle. Shoot down all of Mendez's guards to allow the Mountain Cloud Boys to take their place. Eventually, T-Bone Mendez and Ryder will arrive with their escorts to the deal, but, in an unexpected turn, Mike Toreno arrives in his black Maverick helicopter and sees the guards' bodies on the roofs, so he flees. Toreno's flight alerts Mendez and Ryder and a huge gun battle erupts between the Ballas, the San Fierro Rifa and the Mountain Cloud Boys.
You will then enter and fight Mendez's goons while defending both Cesar and the Mountain Cloud Boys. Eventually, all the Ballas and Rifa men will be dead. After you kill the Ballas and Rifa, you then have to kill T-Bone Mendez. When shooting him enough a cutscene will appear showing both CJ and Cesar shoot T-Bone, who's corpse then falls into the water.
Ryder then tries to make a getaway, he jumps off the Pier and starts swimming towards a Speeder boat, you must kill him by either swimming towards the boats and giving chase doing a drive-by or use a gun and kill him from the pier, either way works. The mission is passed but Toreno is still on the run.


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Is it "next season" yet?
Good Lord, this guy is on his game so far. Ball is moving. Location is pinpoint.
Rounding third and heading for home...
Can't even come to this site on gameday sheesh
Most Vottomatic Player
the play choo/heisey ran into each if choo called it (unsure if either did) it's heisey fault since choo the cf right?
Seems to me Choo could have fared just as poorly in RF. Yes, he ran a good distance to get to the ball, but the ground he covered wasn't the problem. Not squeezing it in his glove was a problem. My expectations/concerns was him balking at the wall (already one occurrence) or not covering enough ground, which I have not seen as a problem...yet.
Chance for some Choodemption after Latos walk
Is it "next season" yet?
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
choo is gonna struggle with lefties badly so get used to it people before you start complaining
I hate these games where it seems that the Reds have orders to swing at the first pitch. It is usually against control pitchers. Less so that inning.
2-0 going to the bottom of the 3rd.
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While Redszone went down, I drove up the street to Skyline to get me some dinner. On FM 100.3, the topic of discussion is "would you trade a Reds marquee player to free up money to re-sign Choo?"
Piecoro was asked the question and he said he'd trade Jay Bruce to re-sign Choo.
Choo on that Redszone. LOL.
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
Feeling like we're going to need a few innings from Alfredo Simon this afternoon.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Latos is gonna have to throw at least 100 pitches because the bullpen is draaained
All right, let's get some base runners and move 'em around!
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Correcting signs of aging, improving physical appearance, and becoming more appealing by attempting to look like the "idols of the world" was a typical justification for the few who had the surgery. Aesthetic surgical intervention and facial rejuvenation in the past was done more for professional and socio-economic reasons -- putting aside the serious medical and emotional challenges, the most important job for plastic surgeons is to repair trauma, accident and birth defects -- however, this too is changing as demand to improve one's appearance continues to grow.
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There has been much written about the need for collaboration among CMOs and CIOs, but technology writer Michael Krigsman writes that CIOs should also look to partner with CFOs to address a big opportunity for enterprise improvement.
"Although there is lots of discussion about the growth of technology budgets in marketing, finance is an upcoming opportunity forward-thinking CIOs," says Krigsman in his June 22 Enterprise Irregulars blog post entitled: CIO opportunity: Step up and serve the finance department. "The time is now for CIOs to bond tightly with finance to help the CFO solve data problems and adopt a 'digital mindset.'"
When it comes to Chief Financial Officers and their relationship with IT, "it's complicated." That's the general assessment of more than 1,500 finance business professionals in 11 countries, who were interviewed by Redshift Research Ltd., for an Epicor Software research study.
One quarter of finance execs surveyed said their IT systems struggle to give them the info they need. CFOs said visibility of financial information is often less than perfect in many areas; only around half surveyed felt they have "good visibility" of financial information including: overall and business unit performance, product line performance and profitability, sales and labor costs, sales forecasts, raw material costs, and customer profitability; 1 in 10 said they have "poor visibility" in these areas.
Nearly one-third say their finance systems need updating, and 27% say investment in new IT is one of the top issues impacting their department in the next few years.
If unresolved, this issue is only likely to get worse, as the pace and volume of information critical to financial decision making continues to grow exponentially. Twenty-eight percent of CFOs polled cite Big Data as one of the top issues impacting the Finance department in the next two to three years.
Big Data in the office of the CFO is both a tremendous challenge and equally tremendous opportunity, providing the insights necessary to stay one step ahead of the business' needs. Harnessing Big Data powers better planning and forecasting though data-driven budgeting, and rolling forecasts, and helps minimize risk and fraud, and support better financial modelling and variance analysis.
You can never have too much information; the key is being able to get that information quickly and analyze it to support smart, agile decision making. This is why analytics capabilities are so vital. But while the promise of analytics is huge, the reality is that CFOs are challenged via the lack of the right systems, tools and skill sets to make good on this promise. A tighter partnership between the CFO and CIO can help address this, bringing the critical competencies into the finance equation.
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Everyone I know pronounces Troll to rhyme with mole, but I've always pronounced it to rhyme with moll (with the 'o' as in bottle (and i know if you're from west-coast Scotland they're the same sound, but think World-Service and bear with me)).
I've no idea where i got this, and i've been this way as long as i can remember.
How do you pronounce it?
Is it a regional thing?


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More facts (that couldn't fit into "LSProject: The Century of Water")
The issue of water diversions is a very complex topic, and there is so much that we couldn't fit into "LSProject: The Century of Water" that we really wanted to. Here are a few factoids from Peter Annin and Dave Naftzger that didn't make it in:
-The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal is one of the most prominent diversions from the Great Lakes. The Chicago River was reversed in 1900, sending 2.1 billion gallons of water every day down into the Gulf of Mexico through the city of Chicago. As a result, water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron were lowered by two inches.
-Since the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact was adopted, Wisconsin has emerged as the front line in the Great Lakes water diversion debate. There are a number of communities in the Milwaukee metropolitan area that sit right on the watershed rim. A suburb of Milwaukee called New Berlin was the first community to apply for a Great Lakes water diversion under the straddling community exception clause in the Compact, and they were approved. They can now divert water outside the basin, but they have to treat the water to Clean Water Act standards, as well as ensure that it returns to the basin. They also had to have a cutting-edge conservation program and prove that their diversion would not have any adverse environmental impacts (other criteria that need to be met under the Compact). Another suburb of Milwaukee, Waukesha, is located in a county that straddles the basin line, and they recently applied for a diversion under the straddling county exception clause of the Compact. The difference in clauses requires that Waukesha's application needs to be approved by all eight Great Lakes governors. They have not yet been approved, so we will probably be hearing more about the Waukesha diversion in 2013.
-Lake Superiors water levels are actually regulated by two entities: the International Joint Commission and the International Lake Superior Board of Control. The Lake Superior Board of Control meets regularly to discuss how much water should be released from the lake, and the minutes from those meetings can be found online.
-Every five years, when the incremental water use has reached 50 million gallons a day, or at the request of any one of the Great Lakes states, the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact undergoes a cumulative impact assessment. This is a way to look at all the water that is being used across the region and what impact it's having on the lakes. The potential outcomes of these assessments are changes to the decision-making standards or other parts of the Compact. This exercise will be conducted for the first time in 2013, and will form the basis for how these assessments will be done into the future.
-The federal government recently released a report that, for the first time, looks at shipping water from the Missouri River to the Colorado River basin. The report comes from the Bureau of Reclamation and is called the Colorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand Study. It can be viewed online.
-Water has actually been diverted in to Lake Superior. There are two diversions, both in Canada near Lake Nipigon, that send water in to the Lake. These diversions occurred in the 1930s and 1940s to increase hydropower generation at Sault Sainte Marie, and even all the way down to Niagara Falls. As a result, the water levels in Lake Superior are actually artificially higher by about four or five inches.


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Shutterstock Jumps in IPO
Shutterstock Inc. jumped at the open in its public-trading debut, even after shares of the digital-image company fetched a price well above the expected range.
Shares opened at $22.50 on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, up 32 percent from its $17 offer price.
The company sold 4.5 million shares priced at $17 each in a deal that raised $76.5 million. The deal came to market with a price that topped the $13-to-$15 expected range.


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On Call the Midwife Episode #202 at 7 pm Sunday, the Nonnatus community is rocked when the Kelly family's newborn son dies in unexplained circumstances. Cynthia, who had attended the birth, comes under intense scrutiny from the police and the pregnant women of Poplar.
Masterpiece presents Mr. Selfridge, part 2 at 8 pm Sunday. This mini-series is a dramatization of the real-life story of Harry Gordon Selfridge, the flamboyant and visionary American founder of the famous London department store that revolutionized the modern shopping experience. Harry skirts scandal by putting cosmetics at the front of the store. Meanwhile, his private life gets complicated as Ellen Love, Lady Mae and his wife, Rose, make waves.
Defiant Requiem: Voices of Resistance at 9 pm Sunday is a documentary about the concentration camp "Terezin" in the Czech Republic, where a large number of Jewish artists, musicians, poets and writers were incarcerated under the Nazis. In the face of horrific living conditions, starvation, and the threat of deportation to Auschwitz, the inmates of Terezin stood up to their Nazi oppressors and did the unthinkable: they fought back with art and music.
Antiques Roadshow at 7 pm Monday visits Cincinnati and discusses with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service how today's endangered rhinos are affected by the antiques trade.
Market Warriors at 8 pm Monday go Antiquing In Chicago, Il and head to the Randolph Street Market in Chicago, Illinois, where the target assignment is to find something from the 1970s.
Independent Lens at 9 pm on Monday presents The House I Live In. For over 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs are cheaper, purer and more available today than ever before. Filmed in more than 20 states, THE HOUSE I LIVE IN captures heart-wrenching stories at all levels of America's drug war — from the dealer to the grieving mother; the narcotics officer to the senator; and the inmate to the federal judge.
American Masters presents Carol Burnett: A Woman Of Character at 7 pm Tuesday. America in the 1960s and 70s was in turmoil. The civil rights struggle, the war in Vietnam and the sexual revolution defined a nation in conflict. But at 10 o'clock every Saturday night, in dorms and dens, in living rooms and bedrooms across the country, Americans watched "The Carol Burnett Show." For 11 years, the wacky performer yelled like Tarzan and won — and sometimes broke — our hearts with her edgy, always sympathetic, characters. She could fall down a flight of stairs or hold her own in a duet with Julie Andrews. Yet, as with so many brilliant comedians, hers was a difficult childhood. A glimpse of something deeper and darker began to emerge in the dramatic career that followed her TV variety show.
Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter at 8:30 Tuesday examines examines the extraordinary life and career of beloved American humorist Erma Bombeck (1927-1996), whose honest tales of domestic life gave voice to millions of homemakers. Archival photographs, video clips and personal memorabilia trace Bombeck's life, from her childhood during the Great Depression to her work as a women's rights activist.The program is interspersed with uplifting and humorous interviews with Erma's family, friends and colleagues, including a touching on-camera introduction and narration by her neighbor and friend, former talk-show host Phil Donahue.
Frontline presents Syria Behind The Lines at 9 pm Tuesday. In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Olly Lambert lives on both sides of Syria's sectarian frontline, witnessing the devastating effect of a religious feud that, regardless of the outcome of the war, is shaping Syria's future. For generations, the many religions that live in Syria's Orontes River Valley have lived together peacefully. But as the conflict spirals into a contagious and sectarian blood feud, friends and neighbors of different faiths are taking up arms against each other, as Syrian society begins to collapse. And as each side seeks more and more revenge, shells, mortars, and air attacks only escalate the hatred and violence on both sides.
On Story presents The Silence of the Lambs at 10 pm Tuedsday. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ted Tally gives a provocative look at the adaptation and production of the Oscar-winning film THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Tally covers it all: working with director Jonathan Demme, anticipating Jodie Foster's Oscar win, the delicious changed ending for the world's most famous cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, and more.
Arts In Context presents Metal And Rust at 10:30 pm Tuesday. One man's trash can be an artist's treasure, and the works featured are made up of found materials either discarded or assigned for only certain purposes.
Nature presents Clash: Encounters Of Bears And Wolves at 7 pm Wednesday. What happens when two great predators come face to face in Yellowstone? The grizzly and the wolf — they couldn't be more different. Their strategies have taken them to the very top of Yellowstone, and it's no simple matter when they meet. In every encounter, the opposition must be measured, strengths must be tested, and risks must be carefully weighed. Each time, one of them will have a tactical advantage — but which one, and when? What emerges as each remarkable scene unfolds, is the keen awareness that runs through all of Yellowstone. Elk and eagle, coyote and raven, otter and owl, every creature must assess, decide, and act — to fight or to flee? It's all in knowing your own strengths and limitations in the heat of the moment in Yellowstone.
NOVA presents Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening at 8 pm Wednesday. Of all the continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. NOVA's mini-series takes viewers on a rollicking adventure from the birth of the Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. With help from high-energy host and scientist Richard Smith, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids. This is the untold story of the Land Down Under, the one island continent that has got it all.
Truth About Exercise With Michael Mosley at 9 pm Wednesday Michael uses himself as a human guinea pig to discover the truth about exercise.
Arts In Context presents All My Friends Are Vampires at 7:30 pm Thursday, an all-access pass to Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., gives a glimpse at horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from around the world. The festival is held each year in Austin, TX at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on South Lamar.
The Mind of a Chef presents Chef at 8 pm Thursday. David Chang prepares eggs with his chef pals -Wylie Dufresne, Daniel Patterson and Rene Redzepi – and makes his Ko egg.
Live from Lincoln Center presents Josh Groban: All That Echoes at 9 pm Friday. Josh Groban performs hits from his 12-year career, highlighted by exclusive selections from his new album, "All That Echoes."
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook presents On The Air at 10 pm Friday. Decades ago, the Golden Age of Radio fulfilled the idol-making role in the U.S. Feinstein traces the phenomenon with archival clips of Bing Crosby, Cab Calloway, Kate Smith and others. He conducts one of the last interviews with TV and stage star Rose Marie ("Sally Rodgers" on "The Dick Van Dyke Show") and learns about her career as a child radio star. On his own radio program, Feinstein showcases virtuoso classical superstars, including violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk. Finally, he discovers a lost radio program that featured Rosemary Clooney, and through digital magic performs a "new" duet with her.
Central Texas Gardener presents Tropical Edibles at 12 pm and 4 pm Saturday. Find out how to grow tropicals like avocados and allspice. On tour, a San Antonio gardener adds art to beds of flowers, food, and succulents.
Victory Garden presents Cool: Create A Garden That's Cool at 4:30 pm Saturday. Explore a private garden in Beverly Hills with host Jamie Durie and see some fantastic pool-side landscaping. Grow a garden that incorporates cool colors into perennial borders. Pick the best plants for winter interest with gardening correspondent Paul Epsom's favorites. Refresh your day with an appetizing recipe for a cool soup demonstrated by chef Michel Nischan.
Austin City Limits features John Legend & The Roots at 7 pm Saturday. The innovative hip-hop collective backs the Grammy-winning soul singer on a set of 70s soul covers and originals.
Greatest Raid Of World War II at 9 pm Saturday. In this documentary, former member of the Special Boat Service turned politician Lord Ashdown uses his experience to shed light on the challenges faced by the 'Cockleshell Heroes', recreating their incredible journey up the Gironde estuary. He also looks at the how the battle inside Whitehall raged almost as hard as the war against Nazi Germany.


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Each day we bring you one stunning little glimpse of history in the form of a historical photograph. Enjoy!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Round Three
215 comments:
What, no quick answer this time Nate?ReplyDelete
Looks like this one took a little vinegar out of ol' Nate.
Ha! I will expose him for the fraud he is.
Also, Ray has sure gotten quiet too.
I will not let you all continue to make a mockery of me.
No quick answer. I'm not so good with my royalty.ReplyDelete
Where are you?
Since you live under the thumb of royalty, are you not required to study and know all Royalty?
Ha! This contest exposes you all for the small people you are.
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Sir Arnold WilsonReplyDelete
Your feeble effort amuses me. You are wrong.
- POPE GEORGE RINGOJune 20, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Archduke Ferdinand?ReplyDelete
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Evelyn Baring, Lord Cromer (1841-1917)ReplyDelete
Pope George,ReplyDelete
I had such high hopes for you, but your entry dissapoints. You are WRONG!
Don't you have anything better than that! Like Pope George, your entry, once again, is found wanting.
Nate is over quivering in the corner, unable to muster the nerve to even enter this one.
The moustache doesn't look quite right, but is it Franz Josef?ReplyDelete
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 7:34 AM
General GordonReplyDelete
After such a strong performance last week, this week you have faltered. Perhaps you were just a flash in the pan last week. Ha!
Are you just going through the phone book, throwing out names or something? Please.
Can anyone come up with a reasonable entry. Some times I wonder why I even bother with this contest.
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Frederick Lord Lugard of AbingerReplyDelete
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Sir Mark SykesReplyDelete
Ray continues to desperately throw out wild guesses, all of which are wrong.ReplyDelete
Nate continues to cower in the corner in a fetal position.
HA! you all are stumpted.
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 7:45 AM
That's Louis Franchet D'EspereyReplyDelete
Welcome to the contest. You join a long list of LOSING CONTESTANTS this morning.
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Kaiser WilhelmReplyDelete
Your entry is not correct.
HA! This contest is teaching you all a lesson to not toy with the great PJM!
This will be the week I finally win by stumping you all.
Field Marshal George William Frederick Charles HanoverReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Could it be Joseph Joffre?ReplyDelete
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Field Marshal Lord AllenbyReplyDelete
George William Frederick Charles Hanover
Was that one entry or 5 seperate entries . . . wondering if you are submiting batch entries. In any case, your entry(s) are wrong.
Ray you would could not possibly think I would do something as obvious as Allenby. Please.
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Field Marshall Earl RobertsReplyDelete
Put a cowboy hat on him and he looks like a relative of PJM. Maybe he's even someone who knows something about plumbing.....ReplyDelete
This is not who your picture is, but I wish it was because I found this name while searching and thought he had the best name ever: Count Albrecht Konrad Finck von Finckenstein.ReplyDelete
Eventually you will get this by the process of elimination, but not yet. Your latest wild crazy guess is incorrect, yet again.
Welcome to the contest. Perhaps you will muster the strength to actually enter the contest, unlike Nate, who has not had the courage yet to try this one.
You really like the long names, but unfortunately it is not the count.
Nope, I'm not entering the contest this morning, I'm heading out to work. Just wanted to take a peek at how things were going. Keep up the good work everybody....don't let PJM win!ReplyDelete
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM
SIR PERCY SCOTTReplyDelete
I thought you had given up. But no, you had one more wrong guess left in you.
I do respect your effort, wrong as your entries have been. Much better than the coward Nate Mass who has been unable to even muster a try. He is a very evil man.
I'm working on it.ReplyDelete
Tsar Nicolai II of Russia??? :)ReplyDelete
- ray ukJune 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM
John Rushworth JellicoeReplyDelete
I had such high hopes that you would come in and win, but unfortunately your entry is not going to cut it this morning.
Wow, you are going for the record this morning . . . record for most WRONG entries.
My, oh my, wonder if maybe I am going to win this week. Such a shame.
Otto von BismarckReplyDelete
The Courteous Chihuahua,ReplyDelete
I am honored you have decided to join my little game. That being said, your entry will not be a winner this morning.
HA I have defeated you . . . I have defeated you all.
You all are not worthy of this contest. The superior mind is prevailing!
Looks a bit like Lt Henry James RabyReplyDelete
Judi, Judi, Judi . . . your entry has come in very late and very wrong.ReplyDelete
It is clear that none of you have the intilect necessary to be competitive. Only I know the identity of the mystery person.
Poor Nate has been defeated. You all have been defeated.
Good Morning.ReplyDelete
Has anyone guessed: Emperor Francis Joseph I? If not, is it correct?
It was a fast one, I just enter, saw the picture and had to go. Nicolai was not a good choice, just a tease. He never grew old enough to have white hairs :) Some of my neighbours saw to it :)ReplyDelete
So, let me think a little bit
Your taunts have caused me to cast my grocery list and housecleaning aside...ReplyDelete
Erich von Falkenhayn
While I am pleased you have decided to participate, your entry is no better than the other pathetic entries I have gotten this morning.
Was there even an entry in your last post, or just your musing about your earlier incorrect entry.
Yawn, I grow weary of this pointless contest. Why do I even waste my time with it.
The Courteous Chihuahua,ReplyDelete
My little plan is working perfectly.
Your most recent entry was no better than your first.
My last attempt then I shall gracefully admit defeat:ReplyDelete
Paul von Hindenburg
The Courteous Chihuahua,ReplyDelete
Perhaps you should return to your original plan of grocery shopping today, as you are no closer to victory with your latest, feeble attempt at this contest.
Such a shame.
What happened to Ray in the UK. Perhaps he was required to go pay homage to the queen.
Sir Herbert Plumer perhaps?ReplyDelete
Nate, poor simple Nate,ReplyDelete
It took you an hour and a half and that is your best guess.
I mock your desperate and pitiful entry.
You are wrong. I have defeated you.
at 5:00 AM CDT I will be able to declare myself the official winner of the contest.
- DutchieJune 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Is it Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher?ReplyDelete
I am running out of insults due to the large volume in incorrect entries this morning, so I will just say that your entry is not correct.
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein?ReplyDelete
Well, I have to admit I've exhausted all my ideas.ReplyDelete
On the other hand, here are some thoughts. He is at least a general, knighted, of germanic/russian education, formed in a german military school, in an army with a german military tradition.
And I am quite sure he was no king, I saw them all (I guess) :))
Another one bites the dust. Most have dropped out this week. Tomorrow morning I will relish my victory. Oh yes, you will all be reminded for years to come of this day, the day I won.
Is itReplyDelete
Vice-Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge
I would have expected more from you. Your entry is not correct.
Found a page of old Admirals...lolReplyDelete
Is he one of these?
Admiral Lord Charles Scott
Admiral of the Fleet H.R.H. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. Sir Henry Keppel
Captain HRH The Duke of York
Vice-Admiral the Rt.-Hon. Lord Walter Talbot Kerr
Ah, new strategy, we will call it the shotgun strategy. Unfortunately it works no better than the other strategy.
Pardon me, I have to go plan my victory celebration for tomorrow morning.
Oooh! Oooh! I know!ReplyDelete
It's the original Unknown Soldier!
buy yourself a tractor and a buffalo, as a reward.ReplyDelete
:) you're not the only evil one today
Mrs. Nate Maas would like to guess Sir Redvers Buller.ReplyDelete
Funny, but not a winning answer.
Giving up? too bad.
What!?! getting backus from the Mrs. Too bad, but it did not help much.
Perhaps I should have a special breakfast out on the balcony celbrating my monumental victory. I have defeated the entire internet. Yes, I will be the victor.
- DutchieJune 20, 2009 at 10:38 AM
General Ludendorff, the right hand of Hindenburg?ReplyDelete
In my defense, I just got back from the site where I am working, the heat and humidity are terrible, no cloud in the sky and the sun is like a devil, I had no time for a shower because of you.ReplyDelete
So... the best condition to guess a minor figure from before the first world war.
You are still in the game? I thought you had admitted defeat like the others. Oh well, no matter, your response is no better than the others. Yawn.
Hmmm . . . may waffles hashbrowns and an omelet for my victory breakfast.
- DutchieJune 20, 2009 at 10:42 AM
And anothere gueass: Marshall Joffre.ReplyDelete
And, for those who intend to visit Egypt in the near future... stay home. At least during the summer.ReplyDelete
Was their actually an entry in your last post, or just excuses.
I will have a fancy coffee with my glorious breakfast on the balcony in the morning, telling MRS PJM of my deeds of valor in this contest.
I will have strawberries and original maple syrup, sprinkled with some powdered sugar on my waffles in the morning. Oh, yes, you were wrong again.
As you can clearly see, they are just excuses.ReplyDelete
Or, maybe, vanity drove you blind?
Vice - Admiral CaillardReplyDelete
Vice-Admiral Barroso
Oh yes, I will have some fresh peach preserves on the waffles.
Victory celebration is still on, as your most recent entry does not warrant cancellation of my victory breakfast.
My last guessReplyDelete
Cap'n Crunch
I like ice cold milk with my waffles. I will have a big pitcher of chilled milk on the table. Oh yes, victory will be sweet.
- DutchieJune 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Last guess from me as well: Sir French, British commander in Chief.ReplyDelete
I'm (almost) absolutely sure that it has to be a marshall or a general of the WW I era.
PJM, I'm giving up. Enjoy your breakfast tomorrow!
Another one bites the dust.
Sorry to see you leave the game.
Now, to find some fresh flowers for the breakfast table.
King Carol I of RomaniaReplyDelete
Tequila Sheila,ReplyDelete
Did I mention I would be having a breakfast celebration in the morning. Unfortunately your entry has done nothing to make me cancel the festivities.
Hi hip hooray! I am online early enough to watch this unfold.ReplyDelete
Sheila, I know my kings, he is not Carol IReplyDelete
Sorry, forgot to mention I'm RomanianReplyDelete
He reminds me of a Silly String TV commercial from the 1960s where the old boy was explaining his Boer War medals when the Silly String was unleashed.ReplyDelete
c'mon Nate.. we're rootin' for ya!!ReplyDelete
Philippe Petain?ReplyDelete
I am trying to choose some suitable background music for my breakfast celebration. I feel some sort of fanfare would be suitable. Can anyone suggest music appropriate for such a victory?ReplyDelete
Romanian . . . hmmm, I did not know that.
No matter, latest answer still wrong.
Is there any good romanian music I should consider for my victory celebration.
Ride of the ValkiriesReplyDelete
As allies with the Germans in both wars and with a German-style military school, our heroic music is basically copied from them. So, go for Wagner :)ReplyDelete
The alternative is some Sovietic Marches that I hate.
Well gosh...ain't I stupid.ReplyDelete
I'm rolling my eyeballs backwards right now. Just so you know MBad! The eyeballs have rolled all the way back.
I looked up Ride of the Valkiries, and it does not quiet capture the magnitude of my victory. I can think of the fanfare in my mind that I want, but I can not remember the name of it. It is one that was in a boxing movie a long time ago, and they play it when great atheletes enter the arena. Darn, I can not remember the name, and can not hum it for you in text.
Brig. Gen. Robert C. SchenckReplyDelete
Unfortunately, I've got to get along with the day. For those who are still sleuthing, it appears as though he's a member of the Order of the Bath. Some of the other awards are hard to read due to resolution. Have fun.ReplyDelete
Try the StarWars soundtrack, The Empirial March. It is quite powerfulReplyDelete
Now, what is that song I am looking for.
Nate . . . giving up so soon. Too bad. Shuch a shame. The great Nate Mass putting tail between legs and exiting the game. Shame.
my 82 year old german mother guesses: otto von bismarkReplyDelete
Best wishes to your 82 year old mother.
The breakfast celebration, however, is still on.
I looked up Ride of the Valkiries, a good tune, but too sinister. I need something more triumphant. YOu know Mrs. PJM and daughter will be sitting at the table, I turn the music on, and make my entrance.
Told you, look for the Imperial March in StarWars. It is exactly what you want.ReplyDelete
Last guess.ReplyDelete
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Must get busy. Great pictures today PJM!!!
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Louis, Prince of Battenberg?ReplyDelete
Okay, then Mutti's second guess his her grandfather, Opa Roesch...that would be: Herman RoeschReplyDelete
Tequila Shiela,ReplyDelete
Nope, not correct,
Was that an entry, or a suggestion for a fanfare to be played at my victory breakfast in the morning?
Anyway, it is not the person in the picture.
Still not correct.
Admiral Alfred von TirpitzReplyDelete
Georges Clemenceau
Anyone else?
- Ross_from _MaineJune 20, 2009 at 11:40 AM
General Joseph JoffreReplyDelete
OH nooooo Ross is in the game.ReplyDelete
No matter, another losing entry.
General Felipe B. BerriozábalReplyDelete
- Ross_from _MaineJune 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Looks like mine was a duplicate tooReplyDelete
Sorry Dutchie--
- Ross_from _MaineJune 20, 2009 at 11:51 AM
General Sarrail C in C of the French Army in the Near East?ReplyDelete
I realy expected better from you. Still wrong.
Do YOU know who it is....lolReplyDelete
Oh yes, I know who it is. It will be announced early tomorrow morning.
Well, of course it's not my great grandfather! And I see, now that I've had a chance to go through the 832 other comments, that dear Otto had already been guessed. But... you now may have another follower. :o) My mother had fun!ReplyDelete
Admiral George Dewey?ReplyDelete
I think you are the only one who has not given up. Well, your persistance has yet to pay off. Another incorrect entry.
Well, me an my book are taking off for the dinner. Good luck to the persistent ones. I'll see the results later.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM
I think I win the Mystery Song of the day! It is THEME FROM ROCKY.ReplyDelete
That is the only one it could be to celebrate your victory breakfast. I also wonder if this guy you are teasing us with is an actor, dressed up in costume or an opera singer.
No, I think this is the song I was looking for:
I wil make my entry when the brass starts playing. I will take a few steps pause, waive to the family, and then proceed to the table.
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Emperor Franz Joseph 1 of Austria?ReplyDelete
Even if you win in your third attempt to stump your followers, I bet your wife would be more impressed to see the plumber enter your kitchen to the fanfare.ReplyDelete
Ouch! That was cruel.
I will fix the sink, oh yes, I will fix the sink without the plumber.
I'm going to take a stab at guessing King Carol II, although I have little confidence... and, I'm sorry if it's a repeat guess.ReplyDelete
I guess an interesting question would be, does this photo exist anywhere beside your vault?ReplyDelete
Back when I first woke up and was feeling a bit waspish, I was going to guess Field Marshall Tractor, but felt that was mean spirited.
I will follow Nate's line of inquiry and place the name General Right Honourable Henry Brackenbury in contention.
Tina the Terrible,ReplyDelete
Mathan the Madman,
PJM the Victor.
I know, I just realized MBadragan would have guessed King Carol, if it had been anywhere near close.ReplyDelete
Hmmmmm. A simple "Nope". So, I must assume that response was to both the question and the entry. You are the possessor of the sole copy of this photo, so there is no hope for any of us finding something to compare it to. Seems a bit unsportsmanlike.ReplyDelete
Lieutenant General Baronet C M Clarke?
By the way, do you beat your egg whites separately before folding them into your waffle batter? And do you prefer traditional or Belgium waffles?ReplyDelete
Admiral George DeweyReplyDelete
Helmuth von MoltkeReplyDelete
To be honest Mrs. PJM makes the waffles, and I am unsure what technique she uses on eggs. They are good though. I fix breakfast on normal days. I fix scrambled eggs using olive oil, and home cured canadian bacon, tasty, and low fat. Mrs. PJM has orange juice and I have ice water.
Not a corrct entry.
PJM the Victorious.
Welcome to the contest. Your entry is no better than the other horid guesses this morning. If you have not played before, I insult everyone who enters. I do not put the little smily faces on the insults, but participants understand that they are implied.
PJM the Magnificent.
Admiral Charles Johnston Badger?ReplyDelete
May I humbly guess Lord Alexander Russell?ReplyDelete
Could it be Sir Gerald Augustus Lowther?ReplyDelete
- SheilaJune 20, 2009 at 1:00 PM
He sure does look like Russell. *crosses fingers that Jane is right*ReplyDelete
- SouthernBetsJune 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Is it Peter I of Serbia?ReplyDelete
Incorrect. I do like the format. The humbly format was a nice touch, but still an incorrect entry.
Nata . . . back for more eh? Still wrong!
I continue preparations for my victory breakfast. Music is ready, foodstuffs being gathered.
PJM the Victorious.
While I like anything "Southern", I unfortunately can not declare you a winner.
William IV, Grand Duke of LuxembourgReplyDelete
Still wrong.
or Grand Duke William III?ReplyDelete
I grow weary of this contest. People still think they can win, even though it if futile.
No, latest entry not correct.
PJM the Victorious
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 1:27 PM
How about All Hail the Chief" for your entry. The ode to the common man put me to sleep.ReplyDelete
Looks a bit like Captain Kangaroo. Can't find a pic of him in that costume, but I'll hazard it as my first guess.ReplyDelete
Sorry for my delay in responding. I was in the kitchen preparing myself a rich and creamy cafe latte coffee. I make it with heavy whipping cream, so as to avoid carbohydrates. Boy is it good.ReplyDelete
Now, as far as Captain Kangaroo... We have reached a new LOW. Just when you thought you had heard it all. No, it is not Captain Kangaroo. Hear is a Freebie . . . it is not Mr. Green Jeans, and is not Mr. Rogers.
Now, back to my rich and creamy coffee.
Hail to the chief will not work, as it reminds me of a certain political figure that I am not fond of right now.
PJM the Magnificent
Francis-Joseph of Austria-Hungary. Wait, no; Gina guessed that four hours ago.ReplyDelete
How about Grand Admiral Tirpitz of Prussa in his later yearsReplyDelete
Admiral Sir John FisherReplyDelete
I can not insult you because you came to the house one day, and bought me lunch. Also in honor of our father, a truly great American, I will spare you the insult. Your entry deserves an insult, but I will give you a pass for reasons mentioned above. Your entry is not correct.
Only Al gets a pass in this game.
I laugh at your last entry.
Yeah, what was I thinking with the Hail ot the ...... How about the famous "I feel Good" by Ray Charles.ReplyDelete
None of the reasons you gave warrant a pass for me, PJM. If I warrant a dismissive remark, please lay it on me like the others.ReplyDelete
Ok, I'm back from dinner and you're still at it?ReplyDelete
What about Prince Frederick William, last Crown Prince of Prussia?
I know I'm looking in the wrong part of the world, but it's amazing how much that mustache resembles the mustache of General Frederick Appleton Smith.ReplyDelete
Welcome back to the game. It looks like a full tummy did not improve your game any.
John in StLou,
The game is to name the entire person, not just the Mustache. I will cut you a break and say that the entry is wrong.
Actually, a full tummy decreases the blood flow through my brain. But it will be not brain that will bring us victory.ReplyDelete
Aaaaa... actually, I think, by now, nothing will bring us victory :))
What did you have for Supper?
In Texas the meal in the middle of the day is "Dinner", and the evening meal is supper.
So, what did you have for Supper?
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Remus von WoyrschReplyDelete
Well... to satisfy your curiosity, I had what in the menu was called a Stroganoff Steak and in reality is a tasty mixture of Stroganoff, soup, a lot of hot spices, mushrooms and some herbs I could not and was not curious to identify. Washed by a bottle of water (I never drink alcohol when I visit muslim countries, out of courtesy). And followed by a delicious cup of turkish coffee.ReplyDelete
Well, looks like Nate knows his Knights. This guy really is a Knight of the Bath. Problem is that there are hundreds of people knighted in this order. Including the infamous criminal dictator of Romania, Ceausescu.ReplyDelete
Bleacs. As much as I would like to ruin PJM's triumphal breakfast, I will not go this way. Just reading that name there made me sick.
Sounds like a tasty meal. So, your day was not a complete loss, even though you have miserably failed in this contest.
I will be making BBQ shrimp tonight. Big schrimp, with cajun spices, and then wrapped in cheese and canadian bacon. I can hardly wait.
It will be an early victory celebration for my long awaited triumph in this contest.
- SheilaJune 20, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Ike Aronowicz?ReplyDelete
I'm back and trying to link this guy back to this week's topic.
Tequila Shiela,ReplyDelete
Once again, off the mark.
You lost me here PJM. I hate sea-food of any type. And I only rarely eat fish (to my father's despair). I had to eat them for 4 month, day after day, no other choice, in the middle of Central Sahara (a paradox, I know), not even fresh and badly cooked.ReplyDelete
Only looking at shrimps or shells or octopus brings back terrible memories.
By the way, if you visit any arab country, I suggest you find a good restaurant (not fancy, just good), test if with arab food first and if you like that, order some other day any non-arab dish in the menu. I promise it will be delightful. Of course, only if you like some adventure while eating.ReplyDelete
They have a very interesting way of changing just a bit the ingredients and the result is magnific.
I had some spagetti Bolognese (Polonesse in the menu :) ) one of the other days.... mmmmm.... better than in Italy :)
- SheilaJune 20, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Way off the mark. I misread the info, then read further after I had posted. Yikes. I give in. Going back to my "Preparing for Crises in the Schools" book. At least when I have to talk on that subject I'll know what I'm talking about. *L*ReplyDelete
Call a plumber. Mrs. PJM's patience has been tested far too long. Bite the bullet.
Tequila Shiels,ReplyDelete
What is the book about?
"Yor makin' me hongry" (Mr. Lunt/Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, at about minute: 2:12)ReplyDelete
The best song, ever!
...and I'm off to eat and go do something...
He he, another one drops out of the contest.
Odds are looking better and better that I win this week.
Poor Nate, finally defeated.
- SheilaJune 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM
I am trying to restructure our Crisis Response teams for the school. It is one of the many items that I couldn't get to during the school year. The book gives you plans to address not only violent, criminal crisis but weather, suicide, and accidents.ReplyDelete
It's a book designed to be speaking to someone in a bigger school with a lot of outside resources. So I'm pulling it apart and trying to fit the plans toward our smaller school. Then when I put it in front of a committee they won't run out of the room.
Sheila, I was on the PTO's School Safety Committee that recently instigated our school district's update and preparation of a more valid similar plan/book; teacher orientation, in-school drills, table top exercises... The background statistics and material we researched was shuddering! Working with the district and HS administrations was a lesson in politics and frustration that I was thrilled to get beyond.ReplyDelete
- SheilaJune 20, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Yes Tina... it makes you feel like you are running in mud some days. People that have never worked with a school system have no idea how difficult things are. People have no idea how many state regulations run through the nurse's office. That's why I am doing this one on my "free" time.ReplyDelete
- AllicatzJune 20, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Could it be Sir Aston Webb?ReplyDelete
I've been checking your site everyday since February. I enjoy the photos and all the comments. I get up at 3:30 am M-F so can't bring myself to get up early on Saturdays and the game is usually over by the time I check.
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of LiverpoolReplyDelete
As a courtesy I will not insult you since you are new to the contest. You should not expect this courtesy in the future. Your entry is wrong.
Nope, not correct.
- AnonymousJune 20, 2009 at 3:21 PM
William PauletReplyDelete
I do love reading a fellow-Texan's humor! I've just returned to the Great Nation of Texas. My Mississippi bud introduced me to you, so I've just got to take a stab.... Is it King Edward VII? The British Military uniform is nice... I do LOVE a man in uniform!
Prepared for mocking....
I appreciate your kind words, but your entry is not correct. I will not insult you because you had the good sence to return to Texas.
That's TWO new followers I brought you in one day, PJM!ReplyDelete
Thank you for referring two friends. As a result, I will not insult you on your next TWO entries.
Good sense does not put me at the head of the race.... Note to self, need better running boots.ReplyDelete
Sheila, Tina,ReplyDelete
Please do not complain. At least you speak with people that understand the meaning of your words.
Try to think about solving a situation that involves a lot of money having on one side Japanese and German people and on the other side Egyptians. None of them speaks proper English and no other common language. Their vocabulary is limited to regular verbs at infinitive and present tense and some technical nouns.
Any strange inclusion of strange tenses like, God forbid, past tense, or use of adjectives acts like a reset. For some seconds they are unable to communicate.
Actually, that's why I write so much here. I'm tired of 2 words phrases.
Just a wild guess, Porfirio DiazReplyDelete
Dag gone it, you got it.
I am devastated.
I was sure I was going to win this time.
Yep, Diaz, President of Mexico.
I think the uniform threw people off. People immediately assumed a European or Russian royalty.
You are the winner.
I am humiliated, once again.
call it beginner's luck,ReplyDelete
send my huge check to
YOu list your occupation as Bell Ringer.
Could you share details of your profession . . . sounds intriuging.
PJM, thanks for the double "by"... Do they carry over to next week? Just when I thought you had stumped the WORLD!!!! I believe I've looked at every picture of every royal and military dude on the internet! Nobody's nose matched your subject. But I was on the wrong continent!!!!ReplyDelete
Sheila, thank you for protecting of our nation's most precious resource in your free time. God bless ya!
Mbad, you haven't met our HS's principal and former school district's superintendent! Ego issues trump poor language skills, my friend! And at stake is the safety of our children... This all happened one year before a MAJOR national event took place in our town. Egos, grrr.
Anyhoooo, congratulations DAG! you have kept our affable PJM's ego in check for another week!
Hehe, I stood no chance. I am bad at Romanian history, terrible when it comes to European and completely ignorant for the rest of the world.ReplyDelete
And that guy is really dressed like an European high officer.
Congratulations DAG. Well done. Really ruined the last chance for PJM to win.
All courtesy coupons expire midnight tonight. You might go ahead and throw in a few wrong guesses now, since they will be useless next week.
Hehe. Tina, what if you add poor language to ego? And ignorance? And complete lack of any understanding of the technical things involved?ReplyDelete
Sorry, don't get me wrong, I don't want to say your situation is piece of cake. Just wanted to tell you it can be a lot worse. It might give you hope. :)
Okay, two pre-wrong guesses for next week:ReplyDelete
At one time I was a volunteer bell ringer at a historical church here in Boston.
My "friends" began to call me quasi modo. My photo is a picture from the movie starring Charles Laughton as quasi modo.
I have a warped sense of humor, what can I say
Sir Robert Bredon?ReplyDelete
Col. Hugh B. Moore?
Are they all men? I'm just saying...
I'll give you the nod... At least I didn't have to negotiate on foreign prepared meals.
OK, I understand. I was wondering if one could make a living ringing bells. If so, I thought it was something I should check out.
Lesa and Tina,
Thanks for your persistance in the contest.
Yes, DAG got it, it was Diaz, president of Mexico
Thanks to everyone for their congratulations.ReplyDelete
I could not have done it without the all powerful google. Looked at the picture this morning and when I rechecked this afternoon I was shocked nobody guessed it. I was able to match the uniform and the nose.
Sorry PJM


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Q. I live in a brownstone southeast of Boston and we have chased water leaks for the 15 years that I've been here. We have repointed the brick exterior, put on a new roof, completely rebuilt our wood bay. We have hired about a half-dozen contractors over the years and spent close to $100,000 but the leaks continue especially with wind-driven rain.
I know you probably can't address specifics with this information, but my question is: what's the next step short of continuing to redo all we've done? Are there "leak experts," or should an architect schooled in brownstone construction be found (where?) and how does one trace the origin of wind-driven leaks? Replacing our water-damaged interior walls every year is really getting old.
A. Hooboy, that's a big order, but one clue gives me hope: You refer to wind-driven rain as an especial cause. Although a brownstone has a flat roof, check all flashing, which can be a serious cause for leaks around chimneys, vent pipes, and other areas penetrating the roof. Pointing the old bricks is a good idea, but old bricks might still leak, so consider a sealer on the bricks called Chimney Saver, which lets the bricks breathe, as weird as that sounds. Chimney Saver is usually installed by a chimney sweep. Check all gutters to ensure they are correctly installed. Check chimneys, and put on stainless steel caps. Also, check the inside of the walls for moisture. Very often water vapor will force itself through the inner walls and into the cavity, where it condenses into water, undiscovered until it soaks the inside walls.
These are the things that a "leak expert" should look for. As for who is a leak expert, hire a renovation or restoration architect to see if he can find the culprit(s).
Q. We had our basement waterproofed last January by a reputable company. They put in drains around the inside of the basement and a new sump and pump with cover, and so far it's working great. Not a drop of water. We also put in a back-up battery. We got a call from the company last week that wanted to schedule a "cleaning" of our sump pump. They wanted $315 which would extend the manufacturer's warranty on the pump for another year. We have never had to clean our sump and pump in 27 years, and it seemed like a lot of money. It sounds like a scam to me and anyone I've asked has said they never cleaned their pump.
Is this something that a homeowner should be doing? It really sounds like they are just finding a way to get money out of us. Our thoughts are that if we paid $315 a year, after a couple of years we could have someone come in and replace the whole pump for less than the $630 we would have spent and certainly a new pump shouldn't have issues in a year or so.
ROSALYN SEALE, Milford
A. Your thinking is spot on. Sumps and pumps are relatively inexpensive, and rarely break down, so you can take your chances. We all get these offers, usually on big appliances and cars, but most of us just put them in the trash. You should too.Globe Handyman on Call Peter Hotton also appears in the Sunday Real Estate section. He is available 1-6 p.m. Tuesdays to answer questions on house repair. Call 617-929-2930. Hotton (email@example.com) also chats online about house matters 2-3 p.m. Thursdays. Go to www.boston.com


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- Kip Hawley says sharp objects can no longer bring down aircraft
- "Clean up the checkpoint where officers are focusing on bombs and toxins," he says
- "You can commit acts of violence on an aircraft with what is allowed now," he adds
The former head of transportation security said Wednesday he supports a new policy allowing small knives on planes, but said it does not go far enough, and should include instruments such as "battle axes (and) machetes."
Sharp objects can no longer bring down aircraft, former Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley told CNN, and the search for knives interferes with the search for objects that can harm aircraft.
"In retrospect, I should have done the same thing," Hawley said of the rule, which allows passengers to board aircraft with certain small knives, as well as sports equipment such as ice hockey and lacrosse sticks.
"They ought to let everything on that is sharp and pointy. Battle axes, machetes ... bring anything you want that is pointy and sharp because while you may be able to commit an act of violence, you will not be able to take over the plane. It is as simple as that," he said.
"So my position would be, bravo on the 2.6 inch knife. But why not take it all the way and then really clean up the checkpoint where officers are focusing on bombs and toxins, which are things that can destroy an airplane. And it would smooth the process, cost less money, and be better security."
Asked if he was using hyperbole in suggesting that battle axes be allowed on planes, Hawley said he was not.
"I really believe it. What are you going to do when you get on board with a battle ax? And you pull out your battle ax and say I'm taking over the airplane. You may be able to cut one or two people, but pretty soon you would be down in the aisle and the battle ax would be used on you."
And, he pointed out, "You can commit acts of violence on an aircraft with what is allowed now. With a Coke can, a key, a ruler, and some duct tape, you can make a 12-inch razor-sharp sword. And every eighth-grader would be able to do that."
Hawley headed the TSA from mid-2005 until early 2009, during the George W. Bush administration. During his term, the agency loosened restrictions on some items -- such as cigarette lighters, matches and small scissors -- while imposing limits on liquids and gels because of the August 2006 liquid bomb scare.
The TSA's current administrator, John Pistole, was serving as deputy director of the FBI during the 2006 bomb scare, and has also cited the plot as a reason for the emphasis on bombs.
"If undetected, I believe there is a high likelihood the terrorists would have killed hundreds of people that day," Pistole says on the TSA blog. "That's why we limit the amount of liquids you can bring on a plane."
Both Hawley and Pistole have embraced "risk-based security," the concept that the government should use intelligence and best practices to focus on known threats and unknown people. The TSA has expanded its PreCheck program under Pistole, expediting travel for frequent fliers and others who provide information on themselves.
Hawley and other security experts say a number of factors -- including strengthened cockpit doors, better intelligence and motivated passengers -- has changed the security equation on planes, removing avenues once open to terrorists.
Hawley said he is sensitive to concerns by air marshals and flight attendants about the rule changes, noting that they "would be the people upon whom the wounds would be inflicted."
"I do understand and respect their opposition, but from a security strategy point of view this is absolutely the right decision," he said of the knife rule.
"The air marshals and the flight attendants have legitimate concerns, certainly, for their own safety, but the threat of taking over a plane with a small, sharp instrument is zero," Hawley said. "You cannot necessarily prevent violence on an airplane, but that is not the TSA's mission. TSA's mission is to prevent a successful, catastrophic terrorist attack, and you cannot get a successful, catastrophic terrorist attack with a small knife or a Wiffle ball bat."


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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: How would you convince someone to give up an old system? 5
Some of the big issues are:
- The system is very disorganized, there are documents from the late 90's that aren't relevant, but have to be sifted through to find more current stuff.
- Often documents are not where they should be and are difficult to find.
- No one except Bob really knows how the system works, and
- No one really wants to use the system because of the monster it's become.
My concern is if Bob decided to leave the organization no one would be able to maintain the existing system and we would be scrambling to put something new in place. I feel, for what we want to do, Google Docs would be an excellent platform for collaborating and sharing documents. The other board members, except Bob, have agreed with me, but are worried that bringing the issues with the existing system may cause offense and ultimately cause Bob to leave. Other than being overly vested in a system he developed, Bob is an important part of our board and a very valuable member.
We're already having a difficult time finding members to serve on the board so it's very important that we don't lose any existing board members. I'm hoping that I can convince the Bob to start supporting some Google docs objects on the site and try to wean him off his existing system to something a bit more manageable and collaborative that can be passed on to new members and maintained easily.
I don't want this to turn into old dogs and new tricks. I'm not that far behind Bob in years and can appreciate the difficulty of being told it's time to give in to something more modern. I'm wondering how the situation could be approached tactfully so maybe Bob will see how much easier a new system could be for everyone, including him.


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Hi all,
Ive converted a Dell notebook to run Puppy and it is working like a charm really impressed and thats another PC not running Windoze!
Being used to Mint which in common with most distros has an upgrade manager which keeps the OS and the apps up to date with current releases I cant see anything similar for Puppy.
Does anyone know if an upgrade manager exists for Puppy or is it possible to graft on something like Synaptic and configure it to keep my Puppies tail wagging?
MAny thanks!


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By Grace L. Williams
It's been a down day for Cablevision System (CVC) after it reported dismal subscriber losses in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
For its fourth quarter, the cable provider reported earnings of $116.5 million, or 45 cents a share, compared to $60.6 million, or 22 cents a share, a year prior. Revenue in the quarter came in at $1.66 billion. The profit increase was due to a $200 million gain after it settled a lawsuit with Dish Network (DISH).
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters forecast earnings of 8 cents on revenue of $1.7 billion.
Losses due to Hurricane Sandy topped $111 million and included a decline in video subscribers by 50,000. Cablevision also lost 5,000 high speed data subscribers and 10,000 voice subscribers.
Shares were walloped, falling 9% in trading Thursday.
Cablevision is currently engaged in an antitrust lawsuit against rival Viacom (VIAB) alleging that it bundled the lesser-popular channels with the more popular networks.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -- Part of the growing cannabis industry in Colorado includes marijuana edibles. The treats, ranging from lollipops to brownies to truffles, don't look, smell or taste like marijuana. As a result, kids are getting their hands on the products and become exposed to dangerously-high levels of THC.
Jim Schrant, Drug Enforcement Administration Agent, said the products are being marketed towards kids with colorful and bright packaging, which makes it easy for kids to want to try it.
"It makes it a lot more appealing to kids whereas instead of having to take a puff of a joint, they could have a marijuana lollipop or a marijuana-infused chocolate," Schrant said.
The biggest concern is the intensity of marijuana edibles.
"A lot of times the intensity can be three to ten times more powerful than a marijuana cigarette or joint," Schrant said.
Chad Williams, Community Outreach Deputy for Mesa County Sheriff's Office, said it's crucial for parents to keep these edibles out of sight for children.
"It looks like a brownie but they need to be safeguarded like drugs because that's what they are," Williams said. "You're not going to leave prescription medication laying around on a plate on your counter for anyone to eat, so you can't do the same thing with these cookies or brownies."


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CEOs are responsible for setting the strategic vision and driving long-term growth. However, many are compensated based on quarterly and annual goals, which can make keeping the long view in sharp focus challenging. Incremental moves to cut costs, improve efficiency and extend product lines may yield positive metrics. But is this short-term focus on financial results ultimately harming shareholder value by limiting long-term potential?
In this month's Harvard Business Review, the 100 best performing CEOs were scored according to the long-term value they created during their tenure. It comes as no surprise that Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos occupy the first and second positions. What is surprising is that nine of the top 10 and 74 percent of the total set were promoted from within the company. Perhaps there is a greater sense of ownership and entrepreneurial spirit on the inside that is more willing to take short-term risk for longer-term gains?
As we move into 2013, we encourage you to examine the vision for your company. Is it too narrow and rooted in the near term? A vision like this is easier and represents less risk, it sets the bar low. Take a look at yourself too. How do you gauge personal success in your role? This is a hard thing to do if the board measures your performance solely on financial success metrics. As CEO, it is difficult to get authentic feedback from employees who are by nature keenly focused on protecting their job. Here are some questions to self-assess:
• Will the vision I have for the company foster strategies that generate significant growth?
• Can every person in the company clearly link his/her job to the vision?
• Have I hired the talent I need to drive value for this company?
• Is my team executing growth strategies that move the company forward or are they succumbing to the tyranny of the urgent?
• Is too much of my time spent monitoring performance rather than refining strategy?
• Do we have the bandwidth and expertise to uncover new innovations and growth opportunities? How fast can we bring them to market?
• Is my team made up of "yes" men or do I have senior executives that are true strategic advisers?
Regardless of how you answered the questions above, raise the bar and hold yourself to higher standards in 2013. Take on an entrepreneurial mindset and set an aggressive long-term vision. Get rid of the "yes" man mentality and don't deceive yourself solely with short-term metrics. Strong vision and effective strategy drive the financial results everyone wants. Be on the lookout for a culture of resisting change because it represents work that no one has time to complete, and the vision may never manifest. If the vision never manifests you have not really done your job.
Jocelyn Atkinson and Michael Graber run the Southern Growth Studio, a strategic growth firm based in Memphis. Visit www.southerngrowthstudio.com to learn more.


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* UPDATE: Chicago Tribune to investigate fake bylines used by its hyperlocal content provider.
The latest "This American Life" looks at hyperlocal content provider Journatic and interviews Journatic writer-editor Ryan Smith, who reveals that the company uses fake bylines for its Filipino writers — or did, until "TAL" blew the whistle on them.
Smith tells TAL's Sarah Koenig that "when I ended up looking at the names on a lot of the stories [he edited], the names on the stories that were published weren't the ones that I saw had written the stories."
One piece, for example, had the byline of "Ginny Cox," when the story was actually written by Gisele Bautista in the Philippines.
Producer Koenig says: "Looking at the computer system that the company uses to manage its stories, it seems that when Gisele worked on this real esate story, there was a button called SELECT ALIAS, and when she clicked on it, she had a choice: she could either be Ginny Cox, or Glenda Smith.
Journatic and the Chicago Tribune's TribLocal have used other fake bylines for stories written by Filipino writers, including Jimmy Finkel, Carrie Reed, Jay Brownstone and Amy Anderson.
Ira Glass says at the end of the segment: "After [Koenig] asked [Journatic CEO] Brian Timpone about the fake names on certain stories that Journatic publishes, Timpone told her that Journatic decided to eliminate the fake names. Brad Moore of the Chicago Tribune told us that the Trib isn't going to allow them anymore either." (Tribune Co. is a Journatic investor and uses the company to produce its TribLocal weeklies.)
Journatic now credits them to Neighborhood News Service.
"The real Filipinos' names will not appear in the paper," notes Glass.
More from "This American Life" (check to see when it's airing in your market):
SARAH KOENIG: "The engine of this [Journatic] endeavor is data, tons of data that the company mines and sorts and enters into databases — public information and also harder to find records. It works like an assembly line: one person does research, another generates a lead, another writes it. Sometimes a couple of paragraphs might be written by a computer, using an algorithm, and someone else edits it. The goal is to create the largest local news machine ever. In the next few months they want to quadruple their output to produce 100,000 stories a week."
"In all the time [writer-editor Ryan Smith's] worked for Journatic, he's never spoken directly to his supervising editor, who sits in St. Louis. They communicate exclusively thorugh the computer. When Ryan has a question about how to do something, his supervisor sometimes answers by posting a private video on YouTube. That's the only time Ryan's heard the guy's voice. It's all very future."
"Ryan says he learned about the Filipino writers after complaining to his supervisor that the copy he was getting was rife with basic grammar and spelling errors. That's when his editor told him to cut the writer some slack — they weren't native speakers. So Ryan wondered: why do we have these writers at all? His editor wrote back, 'Well, somebody has to summarize the obits for the death briefs and it's cheaper to pay the outsourced writer than have an American writer-editor do it. Unfortunately they're basically paid pennies for these. I have Filipinos asking for better pay on a regular basis. I wish I could do something for them.'"
"An ad Journatic placed seeking Filipino writers offered 35 to 40 cents per story."
KOENIG: When Ryan agreed to this interview, I didn't realize he was going to be quite so frank. Oh my God, Ryan, you are so fired.
SMITH (laughing): I am.
KOENIG: Are you OK with that?
SMITH: Yeah.
KOENIG: When he agreed to do this interview, Ryan figured he'd be fired afterwards. But he says it's worth it if he can do something good for journalism. He says the work he's been doing has been weighing on his conscience.
UPDATE: I asked Journatic CEO Brian Timpone to comment on the show. He writes:
Re: aliases, it is inaccurate.
We used them on Blockshopper.com real estate stories exclusively — never for client assignments — and for five years before we did any work for newspapers. [Journatic owns Blockshopper.]
Several of our clients asked to cross publish a handful of those stories on their hyper local sites– they are popular– and we obliged but neglected to change the bylines. It was an oversight. And now we do.
Fwiw–we originally used aliases on Blockshopper.com to protect our editors, who would get threats from story subjects, particularly lawyers who threatened to sue every time we wrote about a lawyer home sale.
We didnt ignore the complaints– but took them directly and handled them centrally vs through editors. As a small company without the resources to defend ourselves, it was the best policy.
BlockShopper stories are a combination of production by an editor (lead), edited research done offshore, and algorithms, which pull from data we gather to add perspective.
Re: the show generally, the reporter was determined to tell a story about offshore workers and local journalism because she thought it would be startling, and that's what she did.
To that end– the story greatly exaggerates the role of our offshore team members and ignores the work of our us based journalists.
We use offshore resources to gather information– which helps us produce more news and do more journalism, in places where there is often little or none.
NEW ON MONDAY AFTERNOON — "This American Life" producer Sarah Koenig responds:
I just wanted to add my two cents to Brian Timpone's two cents. Two things:
1. My information about the fake bylines was not inaccurate; I was clear in my story that the fake names appeared only on real estate stories, and that the real estate stories were coming into the Journatic work via Blockshopper. I did understand that, and said so in the story.
2. I had access to the Blockshopper database AND to the Journatic database (I can easily prove this; I took a lot of screen shots of the stuff I was looking at). So Brian is incorrect that I was only looking at Blockshopper work. Not at all.
Oh – and a third one, I guess: I certainly didn't ignore the work of the US reporters! Ryan, for instance. The story opens with his work on the student of the week, and ends with his Flossmoor budget story. So I'm not sure what Brian means there.
Anyhow – I don't mean to get into a pissing match with Brian. He's a nice guy, and he was quite gracious to me throughout the course of the story, especially considering the topics I was asking about. It can't have been fun for him, but he never cut me off. So I appreciated that.
I asked Timpone about Ryan Smith. "Wasn't fired," he writes in an email. "If he resigned he hasn't told us yet."
"He was never on staff. Was a freelancer who worked on BlockShopper mostly. The systems he showed Sarah are Blockshopper ones."
UPDATE II: On Saturday night, I asked Smith about his employment status. He wrote in an email:
My status is well, the first thing I heard about my employment status was on your blog. Brian Timpone has never said anything to me at all. I told him through a Journatic editorial director that he was welcome to call me, but he never did. So, no, have heard nothing.
So do you want to return to Journatic? I asked.
It's weird, it didn't occur to me that I'd have an option to come back. I figured once they heard the story and that I gave Sarah access to their databases, etc. I'd be gone. Hearing nothing is eerie. So, I have sort have been prepared not to work there.
* Earlier: Chicago Tribune outsources hyperlocal news to Journatic (JimRomenesko.com)


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Apr 2012 20:58 UTC, submitted by anonymous
The Canonical team has released Ubuntu 12.04 - a new long term support release. The biggest new feature is the HUD, an addition to the traditional application menu system, where you can search for the actions you want to perform instead of having to hunt for them in menus. Unity overall has been improved, and I must say that even though this new release is simply not at all ready for Asus ZenBooks, Unity runs perfectly well on it, and to my own shock and surprise, I'm slowly warming up to it. It's starting to make sense, it looks nice (especially after some custom tweaking), has become a lot more configurable, and it's really, really, really fast.
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Wait for the reviews...
by Jason Bourne on Fri 27th Apr 2012 00:12 UTC
RE: Wait for the reviews...
by Lennie on Fri 27th Apr 2012 11:48 in reply to "Wait for the reviews..."
RE[2]: Wait for the reviews...
by Jason Bourne on Sat 28th Apr 2012 22:09 in reply to "RE: Wait for the reviews..."
No, actually the fallback mode is jerky. It's becoming common place to indicate this mode for "possible unaware" users. However, I am far from dormant concerning the GNOME 3 Fall back mode. I tried Ubby LTS, and I had 2 crashes on me. Ubby 12.04 is, as the "Linux User" online review says: "Precisely what we feared".
What impressed me was Kubuntu, seems to be departing from Canonical philosophies... they put a nicer splash screen and the only issues I've found are related to KDE itself (No, they haven't got rid of that stupid moon when logging out).


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CLEVELAND — High winds spinning off the edge of superstorm Sandy took a vicious swipe at northeast Ohio early Tuesday, uprooting trees, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, closing schools and flooding parts of major commuter arteries that run along Lake Erie.
At least 250,000 homes and businesses in Ohio — the majority in the Cleveland area — were still without power by early afternoon. Scattered outages reached down into central and eastern Ohio, with some in the southern part of the state. Utilities said it could be days before it's fully restored.
Authorities were warning residents of the Cleveland area to stay home if possible because of the danger of downed trees and power lines from the early morning high winds, as well as debris in the road and flooded streets. A low-lying section of Interstate 90 east of downtown was shut down because waves from Lake Erie were washing over it. Howling winds along the lake peeled off part of the siding at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
Hundreds of schools were closed throughout northeast Ohio and the nasty conditions — including the season's first snowfall in some parts of the state — led to late starts at schools in central and eastern Ohio. As in much of the storm-affected areas of the East, thousands of flights were canceled at Ohio airports.
The storm that made landfall in New Jersey on Monday evening with 80 mph sustained winds killed at least 34 in the U.S., cut power to at least 8.2 million homes and businesses from the Carolinas to Ohio, caused scares at two nuclear power plants and stopped the presidential campaign cold.
Republican candidate Mitt Romney planned to go ahead with a scheduled appearance in the Dayton area Tuesday, but his campaign said it would focus on storm relief.
High wind warnings, with gusts of 55-60 mph, were in effect in many areas of Ohio into the afternoon, and a lakeshore flood warning was in effect for Lake Erie until 8 p.m.
In Cleveland, the 10-minute commute for 61-year-old Richard Ferling to his job at a transmission shop took 30 minutes. He got turned around three times by flooded roads blocked with barricades and many traffic signals out.
"I tell you what — it's scary," said Ferling, who arrived at work surprised to find the electricity still on but the red awning across the front of the building ripped to shreds. Around the corner, houses were blacked out by outages and numerous trees were down.
Ed Paradise lost power in his floral shop in Parma, a Cleveland suburb, and was working with a flashlight and candles Tuesday morning. His phone also was out, which he expected would cut into the day's business.
Paradise, who lives south of Canton, said his pre-dawn drive to work on Interstate 77 wasn't bad until he hit the Cleveland area.
"That's the when the car started moving a little bit," he said. "You could feel the wind."
DeWayne Anders, 29, surveying the messy backyard scene after a night of heavy rain and strong winds, said he was grateful Ohio apparently was getting only a glancing blow from the powerful storm.
"I feel bad for the people more East. We're getting the light part of it," Anders said.
Neighborhoods along the Cleveland-Parma corridor of neat bungalows were littered with toppled branches and trees. Firefighters came out to remove a dangling phone line from Anders' backyard, and he came to the rescue of an elderly neighbor whose electric garage door opener lacked power.
Some of the most concentrated storm damage appeared to be in neighborhoods closest to Lake Erie.
Glen Griffin, 39, moving renovation supplies into his newly purchased 100-year-old home on the first residential street from the lake, said the aging roof was damaged beyond repair.
"It's an old house with an old roof, and it's just tearing it apart," Griffin said as a neighbor picked up roof shingles off the street.
Ohio Emergency Management spokeswoman Tamara McBride said state officials were getting in touch with their counterparts in northeast Ohio to see where efforts are needed most. She said 30 Ohio Department of Transportation trucks had been dispatched in central Ohio to clear roads of debris.
FirstEnergy reported more than 169,000 customers without power Tuesday afternoon in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland. Other outages were spread across the lakefront on both sides of the city. American Electric Power-Ohio was reporting scattered outages in the Canton and Columbus areas, as well as in Lawrence County in far southern Ohio.
Sandy lost its hurricane status on Monday and is now considered an extratropical cyclone. It was centered west of Philadelphia Tuesday morning and was expected to move into western New York on Tuesday night.
A string of violent storms swept through Ohio in late June and early July, causing days of misery in the heat for hundreds of thousands of people who lost power.


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