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The holiday was always in May, but he's not sure of the date or even its formal name. Zdeno Chara was just a kid then, a carefree schoolboy, and the atmosphere for the big, serious national holiday every year wasn't anything like the festive and joyous doings of New Year's Eve.
The holiday was all about saluting the flag, paying respect and reverence to communism and order and whatever else the Soviet government dictated for yet another country it had taken hostage. But Dec. 31 was a night to contemplate the future, escape, embrace a new start. Or maybe just hope for the sake of hope in the absence of anything else.
"New Year's Eve was much different,'' said the Bruins captain, breaking out in a huge grin, a kid's grin, as he thought back some 30 years to those celebrations near his home in Trencin, Czechoslovakia. "It wasn't a big, crazy celebration, like [New York] with a huge ball dropping down.
"People were in the town square, and there was music and dancing and, you know, people drinking champagne and just celebrating. Not all crazy, but happy, like just a big party outdoors.''
The children played tag and hide-and-seek, reveled in their tiny acts of tolerated mischief. Born in 1977, slightly less than 10 years after Czechoslovakia was occupied in August 1968 in a blitz of some 500,000 communist troops, Chara was among the scores of kids who tossed tiny firecrackers at the dancers' shoes and played the harmless pranks that were as much a part of New Year's Eve as wine and song.
"Fun,'' said the towering defenseman. "Good memories.''
Chara recalled all of that earlier this month, just after the calendar flipped to 2012, following a routine day-of-game skate during a road trip to New Jersey. It was one of those meandering, lighthearted conversations of no significant intent, sparked by my curiosity and offhanded question to him about whether Slovakia celebrates New Year's as we do here in America.
It was Chara's reminiscing about that other holiday from his childhood, the May celebration framed by communist rule and military might, that came to my mind this past week when Tim Thomas snubbed the club's Stanley Cup celebration at the White House. As all the world learned early Monday evening, the supremely gifted 37-year-old goalie is fed up with all branches of American government.
In 21st century American politics, Thomas's views, as posted on his Facebook, are fairly typical of far right-wing conservatism. It's not a majority view, but it is shared by a sizable, vocal portion of our society, and there is no telling what influence it will have come November when we determine who will occupy the Oval Office.
Thomas said what he said and in so doing distanced himself from many team members, at all levels, which in turn led to Bruins president Cam Neely issuing a statement noting the club's disappointment that he did not attend and that "his views certainly do not reflect those of the Jacobs family or the Bruins' organization.''
Chara made it to the celebration. So did Tomas Kaberle, another son of communist rule, born in March 1978 in Rakovnik, now of the Czech Republic. Kaberle, a disappointment in his short stay with the team last season, left the Bruins over the summer and now plays for the Canadiens.
Amid all the noise Monday, I must admit I laughed out loud when I saw a beaming Kabby the Habby standing in the group shot, attending as an invited guest/secret Montreal operative, while Thomas the conscientious objector was elsewhere in town preparing to release his Bronx cheer.
Chara and Kaberle, both liberated from Soviet rule as kids in 1989, both of whom lived under governmental tyranny that was efficient and frightening and suffocating, celebrated the White House invite with their teammates. Thomas, who grew up poor in Michigan and doggedly worked to fulfill what many of us proudly would call an only-in-America dream, kept his distance.
My Globe duties over the last quarter-century-plus have twice taken me to Prague, Czech Republic, and I dipped a toe into Slovakia, Chara's country of origin, in September 2010 when the Bruins opened their season in Europe. The Soviet rule of the two countries ended in 1989, but it's easy to see the vestiges of communism still lingering in the tired faces and eyes of many of its people.
"The Soviet system required all to be the same,'' said Chara, noting how hard it is for many in his country, especially older Slovaks, to cope with the post-Soviet economics. "Before, no one was rich. No one had power. So for some, it was better in those days, because at least, you know, they had bread on the table.
"Now that stability is gone. I don't think anybody would want to go back, but everything today is so expensive and their pensions are so low, they're trying to live on maybe $400 a month. It's very difficult. Sad.''
The May holiday, recalled Chara, "was the day we recognized that the Soviet Union invaded us.''
Unlike New Year's Eve, he said, all children were made to attend the festivities. There was no horseplay, no tiny firecrackers, no dancing, no singing, no embracing a new start. For those old enough to give the day context, there was no dreaming about a different government, a free society, a new rule, a life of dignity and promise.
The communists governed. The people did as told.
What he remembered of the day, said Chara, was standing in silence with classmates as the Russian tanks rolled by and the soldiers marched in columns with their guns.
"We would all have to line up and watch it,'' said Chara. "It wasn't like it was optional. It was a big deal, and it lasted all day.
"For days before, we all had to practice how to walk, and how we would salute, who to salute, when we would salute.
"Some of us had flags to wave. All this silly stuff. But we did it. We didn't have a choice.''
Thomas reminded us last week that we are a messed-up, shook-up nation, in desperate need of huge doses of common sense and compromise. But when I thought of Chara as a little boy, who grew up to be a man of great size, wealth, dignity, and perspective, I was reminded that none of us born here really, truly knows what it is like to be governed absent of freedom and choice and free will and opportunity. And, above all, absent of hope.
No matter what Thomas said, I don't think we're so far off the rails, headed to ruin or under anyone's thumb. Although, for myriad reasons, we often seem to be making the least of the greatest social experiment in the history of mankind. And we often forget, when we carp about government, we are actually complaining most about ourselves.Kevin Paul Dupont's "On Second Thought'' appears on Page 2 of the Sunday Globe Sports section. He can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeKPD.


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Hi everybody.
I want to stop the help popping up when I press F1 in the terminal emulator, so the program in the terminal gets the keystroke.
I found: this and thought it would work for me, so I created the file and added this line:
(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/terminal-window/contents" "")
But now things became very strange. I could not choose the tabs with Alt+x anymore and suddenly there were many other things in the accels.scm file and it seemed like it gets changed all the time, too.
How is this accels.scm file supposed to work? I couldn't find any documentation for this.
Xfce Version: 4.10
Arch Linux updated today(19.1.2014)
Verified that the same is happening here and had a quick look through the code. It would appear that when you try to override a key accelerator by creating an accels.scm file (and on subsequent use of an accelerator), the system populates the accels.scm file with all supposed values and correctly uncomments and sets your additions as overrides. So far so good.
Unfortunately, the goto-tab-X accelerators are never properly carried over to this file (I believe because they are never properly added to the internal resource file).
- initial load of resource file: http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal … dow.c#n194
- load of accelerator map (note the additional code to add goto-tab accelerators: http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal … app.c#n262
- save of accelerator map: http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal … app.c#n214
I will create a bug report for this. In the meantime, to make the goto-tab accelerators work, for every goto-tab-X line in accels.scm:
; (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/terminal-window/goto-tab-2" "")
...uncomment the line and add the accelerator key combination:
(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/terminal-window/goto-tab-1" "<ALT>1")
(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/terminal-window/goto-tab-2" "<ALT>2")
...and add the ones that are missing:
(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/terminal-window/goto-tab-3" "<ALT>3")
(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/terminal-window/goto-tab-4" "<ALT>4")
Bug report created: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10639
Thanks very much for the fast reply.
I must say, I'm a bit proud to discover a bug ^^
OK, I was too fast marking this as solved.
I've not figured out when, but at a specific action the line with goto-tab-1 gets overwritten and I'm not able to bind this accordingly.
But I can wait until the bug gets fixed. Hopefully this gets fixed too then.
OK, I was too fast marking this as solved.
I've not figured out when, but at a specific action the line with goto-tab-1 gets overwritten and I'm not able to bind this accordingly.
But I can wait until the bug gets fixed. Hopefully this gets fixed too then.
So its overwriting that value. I guess the real solution lies in the bug fix.
As another temporary workaround (how many can there possibly be?), you can try setting the file as immutable (un-writeable) after you make the change so it doesn't get updated by anything/anyone via:
sudo chattr +i ~/.config/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm
If you need to make changes to the file, then simply reverse the command:
sudo chattr -i ~/.config/xfce4/terminal/accels.scm
...(these code snippets assume you have sudo installed, otherwise make the change with root privlidges)
Thanks very much, I will see if it will annoy me so much, that I will do that.
I know that in XFCE's graphical settings somewhere is one that allows you to change things like that. For example, at one point I changed the "menu button" from ALT-F1 to the "Windows" button. I assume that now if I press ALT-F1, it will just see it as that (as it no longer opens the desktop menu). Have you t ried using XFCE's graphical configuration menu to pick a different keypress for the "help" command, perhaps something obscure that you don't expect to otherwise use? With it going on the Internet and pulling up sparse (and possibly outdated?) information, the Help command is not of great utility anyway, lol.
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How to Ask for Help <=== Click on this link
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Things have come full circle for Callahan's Music Hall as the Auburn Hills venue celebrates its fifth anniversary.
On Wednesday night, Nov. 21, The Reefermen will perform at a release party for their new vinyl album "Sunday Morning Smoke." It was five years ago, on Thanksgiving Eve 2007, when James Wailin, Bobby East and the boys performed on Callahan's opening night.
"We weren't even sure if we could do music, because music was not done on that side of town," owner Mike Callahan said. "We hired The Reefermen, and they were a logical choice because they were the best band in the area, and still are. It just morphed from that night."
When Mike and his partner Dan Callahan opened the club in what had been a Ponderosa restaurant in the 1970s, they decided to make music the focal point of the venue. With a huge stage, excellent sightlines, great sound by engineer Peter Jay, and a small-club feel, the 200-seat venue has developed into the best place to hear live blues in Detroit.
See the complete JB Blues blog post by clicking here.


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SOCIAL CIRCLE — More than 300,000 hunters pursue the white-tailed deer in Georgia. As a reminder to hunters, there was a regulation change in the number of available days to take deer of either sex depending on the type of equipment used and the area of the hunt, beginning this month.
During Dec. 1-25, hunters should make special note of the following regulations:
• Archery equipment may be used for either sex statewide.
• Firearms and primitive weapons may be used for deer of either sex in counties with antler restrictions (including Dooly, Hancock, Harris, Macon, Meriwether, Montgomery, Randolph, Talbot and Troup counties) and certain metro-Atlanta counties (including Forsyth north of Highway 20, Fulton south of Highway 92, Gwinnett and Rockdale).
• Archery, shotguns and muzzleloading firearms may be used for deer of either sex in that portion of Forsyth County lying south of Highway 20.
• Hunters using firearms or muzzleloaders in areas not detailed above may take bucks only.
A few factors went into the decision to reduce firearms either-sex days, including the decline in the number of fawns that survive into fall and an increase in doe harvest rates. These factors warranted regulatory changes to reduce the doe harvest.
For more information on this change, go to www.eregulations.com/georgia/hunting/why-fewer-either-sex-days/.
Georgia offers more than 90 state-operated wildlife-management areas for the public's use. State-managed public hunting lands are funded through a combination of state license fees and matching federal funds from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services' Wildlife Restoration Program.
Hunters are allowed a season bag limit of 10 antlerless deer and two antlered deer (one of the two antlered deer must have a minimum of four points, one inch or longer, on one side of the antlers).
Special regulations apply to archery-only counties and extended archery season areas.
Counties in the metro Atlanta area (Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and Rockdale) offer either-sex archery deer hunting Sept. 14-Jan. 31.
To pursue deer in Georgia, a hunter must have a valid hunting license, big-game license and a current deer-harvest record. If hunting on a WMA, a WMA license is required.
Licenses can be purchased online at www.gohuntgeorgia.com/licenses-permits-passes, by phone at 1-800-366-2661 or at a license agent from the online list.
For more information, go to www.gohuntgeorgia.com/hunting.


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Mount Vernon When Wake Coulter and Adam Privette walked on the streets last summer, distributing flyers and business cards and telling strangers about their graphic design business, they saw confusion and hesitance on most people's faces.
"We usually send them our portfolio later to let them see what we've done," 17-year-old Coulter said. "That shows them we're pretty professional."
These two West Potomac High School seniors wearing T-shirts, casual plaid shirts and sneakers started "Creativity Ward" on their own, to provide such services as designing logos, posters, flyers and websites, as well as photo editing and video production. They create a website and a logo — two snakes around a paintbrush — to make the business "official."
"Adam is pretty independent," said his mother, Colleen Privette. "We just provided him a computer. He knows what he needs to do. I'm very impressed with their entrepreneurial skills."
Since then, they've been promoting their brand through Facebook and Twitter accounts. They have worked with at least a dozen clients, coming up with ideas, using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop to design whatever clients need. Whether a poster for a concert, a brochure for an IT company, or a Facebook page for a local restaurant, Coulter and Privette always do multiple rounds of revisions until clients are happy.
"I think we're really good at this," Privette said. "We have a very modern appeal, I think. A lot of graphic designers like to do something in a more of complex way to make things look better. We really take a simpler approach. A lot of stuff we do is clean and smooth."
They charged for $10 an hour when they first started the business. Now they raised that to $15 to $20 per hour for logo, flyer and poster design, $500 flat rate for creating a website. And they usually charge less for their school design projects.
"We can really offer something that nobody else we know of can offer," Privette said. "We can do it in less amount time and pretty affordable."
Coulter and Privette now are able to earn some extra dollars from their business. Privette bought himself a DSLR camera since he enjoys photography; Coulter puts the money he earned to his saving account. "I don't know what I'm saving for," he said. "Maybe for a new computer or a big camera, hopefully something can help accelerate my art graphic stuff."
Coulter and Privette learned graphic design basics at their freshman year and developed a strong interest in graphic design. Coulter works for the school newspaper as the focus editor and graphic designer, designing pages, formatting features and writing articles. Influenced by his father, who was a veteran illustrator at The Washington Post, Coulter liked drawing since he was little.
"Wake is a good drawer," said his father William Coulter. "We drew a lot together. I think he's more talented than I ever was. I'm glad they can find something to help their creativity. They have good taste and good design sense."
Privette obtained hands-on experience by working for Curcio Communications as a design assistant one year ago, where he designed event flyers, created PowerPoint presentations, improved clients' websites and their online presence.
"Adam has been given a breadth of assignments that he has completed efficiently and creatively," sais Gale Curcio, who runs the company. "He is very bright, motivated and brings a fresh look to every task."
Although confident about their creativity and design skills, Privette says the hardest part of the business is to work with people, and they're still working on it. Some clients may not agree on an idea Coulter and Privette come up with; some clients may stop contacting them when the project's going on. But these occasional incidents teach them lessons that not to be learned from school.
"I think it really prepares me for the real world," Privette said. "I've learned a lot about how to communicate with people. I can actually go into a store and have conversation with people without feeling awkward. I would never be able to do it at all before."
As high school seniors, Coulter and Privette now only have time to work on the design business during weekends or evenings after finishing homework. Both of them want to pursue something related to the graphic design business in the future. Privette would like to do business or marketing. "I'm more business oriented," he said. "I work a lot with clients. I think that's what I really fit into."
"I definitely will start my own business in college if Adam and I go to different colleges," Coulter said. "And I want to study studio art — that kind of stuff. I also want to be an illustrator."


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Cable and broadcast networks roll on with convention coverage, as the talking heads pack up and head to Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention . Here's a look at some of the highlights for Tuesday — same last week, cable will be covering all day, the broadcast networks air live at 10 p.m. and PBS starts coverage at 8 p.m.
Speeches Tuesday include Michelle Obama, Jimmy Carter and San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, the keynote speaker.
(And check the full DNC schedule of speakers and events here.)
5 a.m. to 7 a.m.: On CNN, "Early Start" anchor John Berman hosts live from CNN Grill, with co-anchor Zoraida Sambolin in New York.
5:30 a.m. to 6 a.m.: On MSNBC, "Way Too Early With Willie Geist" is hosted from the BlackFinn restaurant
6 a.m. to 9 a.m.: On Fox News Channel, every program of the day is covering the convention, starting with "Fox & Friends."
6 a.m. to 9 p.m.: On MSNBC, "Morning Joe" also broadcasts live from the BlackFinn restaurant
7 a.m.: On CBS, Charlie Rose co-hosts from Charlotte, with Gayle King in New York.
7 a.m.: On NBC, Savannah Guthrie is in Charlotte on "Today" while Matt Lauer co-anchors from New York
7 a.m. to 9 p.m.: On CNN, a special edition of "Starting Point" with Soledad O'Brien.
7 a.m.: On Telemundo, "Un Nuevo Dia" has reports from Charlotte
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.:On Fox News Channel, Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum host "America's Newsroom"
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.: On MSNBC, "Daily Rundown" is hosted by Chuck Todd.
noon to 2 p.m..: On CNN, Suzanne Malveaux anchors live from Charlotte
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.: On MSNBC, "Andrea Mitchell Reports" is anchored by Mitchell from the Time Warner Area
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.: On Bloomberg Television, Trish Regan airs live from Tampa with "Street Smart."
4 p.m.: On CNN, Wolf Blitzer hosts "The Situation Room"
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.: On Fox News Channel, Neil Cavuto helms "Your World."
5 p.m.: On Telemundo, "Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste" updates viewers on news from the convention.
5 p.m. On MSNBC, "Hardball with Chris Matthews" kicks off the evening coverage.
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.:On Fox News Channel, Bret Baier hosts a convention edition of "Special Report"
6:30 p.m.: On Telemundo, José Díaz-Balart anchors live broadcasts from the convention recapping the events of the day.
6:30 p.m.: On CBS, "CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley" broadcasts live from Tampa.
7 p.m. to 1 a.m.: On MSNBC, primetime coverage is hosted by Rachel Maddow with Chris Matthews joined by Ed Schultz, Lawrence O'Donnell, Rev. Al Sharpton, Chris Hayes and campaign strategist Steve Schmidt. Plus, contributions from The Post's Eugene Robinson and Ezra Klein, former RNC chairman Michael Steele and more.
7 p.m.: On CNN, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett and Candy Crowley join Blitzer with John King and the "Magic Wall."
7 p.m. to 11 p.m.: On Current TV, Al Gore hosts the coverage, along with Jennifer Granholm, Eliot Spitzer, Cenk Uygur, Gavin Newsom and more.
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.: On Fox News Channel, Shepard Smith anchors "FOX Report."
7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: On NBC, Brian Williams anchors "NBC Nightly News" from the Time Warner Cable Arena
8-11 p.m.: On PBS, Judy Woodruff and Glenn Ifill co-anchor coverage, which has analysis, interviews and commentary from political reporters Mark Shields and David Brooks to the Pew Research Center's Andy Kohut, who looks at data behind the voters of various parties.
8 p.m. to 11 p.m.: On Fox Business Network, Neil Cavuto hosts live coverage from the convention floor.
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.: On Bloomberg Television, coverage of "The Economy Election" airs.
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.: On Fox News Channel, Sean Hannity talks convention news on "Hannity"
9:30 p.m. On BET, Ed Gordon anchors the channel's night of coverage, along with correspondent Lola Ogunnaike, BET consultant and pollster Cornell Belcher and special contributor T. J. Holmes. Plus, an interview with Michelle Obama.
10 to 11 p.m.: On CBS, Scott Pelley anchors coverage, along with Bob Schieffer and Norah O'Donnell, with reports from other correspondents.
10 p.m. to 11 p.m.: On ABC, Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos anchor coverage, with help from correspondents including Jonathan Karl, Jake Tapper, David Muir, Cecilia Vega and more. Plus, Univision's Maria Elena Salinas contributes reporting.
10 to 11 p.m.: On NBC, Brian Williams leads coverage, with contributions from Tom Brokaw, David Gregory, Chuck Todd, Kelly O'Donnell and more.
10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.: On Fox News Channel, Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly join to anchor "America's Election Headquarters," joined by analysts Brit Hume and Juan Williams, along with contirbutions from Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer and more.
11 p.m.: On Comedy Central, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" broadcasts "Democalypse 2012." Stewart hosts, along with reports from correspondents including Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, Al Madrigal, Aasif Mandvi, John Oliver and Jessica Williams.
11:35 p.m.: On ABC, Terry Moran anchors editions of "Nightline" from Charlotte.
Midnight: On CNN, a special edition of "Piers Morgan Tonight" airs live.
C-SPAN will cover the convention virtually 24 hours a day, with viewer calls and reactions from social media throughout the day. Steve Scully will lead coverage (as he has every year since 1992).


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I was going to mention it before, but finally it has annoyed me too much. This site renders horribly in FF (Windows, Linux, and Mac). The left column is fast, the centre is so-so but the right column is freaking annoying. It is so slow to actually render, and then the middle column adjusts size when it does.
Honestly, I have not tried in any other browser.
Anything that can be done about this?


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So . . . What's WonderCon Anaheim Like? (Part Two)
Each year at our events, we take the time to talk to some of our attendees and ask them how the show is going. At WonderCon 2012 in Anaheim, we once again talked to the people that make the whole show so much fun and ultimately possible: You, the attendees. Here's a second group of observations and thoughts from people who attended the show last year. (Special thanks to Douglas Lathrop for conducting the interviews and snapping the photos . . . click here for our first round of interviews.)
Richard (Long Beach, CA)
Long-time Comic-Con attendee, first-time WonderCon attendee
He's a comics fan
I love comics. In my bag right now I have a Hellboy paperback by Mike Mignola and I have the first Maus book [by Art Spiegelman] that I'm trying to get into. I just heard it's incredible. I've always been told that I have no business liking comics if I'm not reading the classics and that's supposed to be one of them.
What he likes best about WonderCon:
I enjoy mixing in different circles and you have a really great mix of just straight-up nerds, artists, some video game culture stuff going on, and a lot of movie culture. I like that it's all kind of together here in this one space.
Amy (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Attended WonderCon 2011 in San Francisco, back for more in 2012 in Anaheim
What she saw:
I'm a Joss Whedon/Firefly type of big fan and the California Brown Coats had some signing with Jane Espenson [Jane is a guest at WonderCon Anaheim 2013 and is on a ton of panels!], who is one of the writers and Sean Maher who is one of the actors and it was really cool to meet them. And I also went to Felicia Day's "Geek and Sundry" panel with Wil Wheaton and that was really awesome and exciting. [Geek and Sundry also returns in 2013!]
What she likes best about WonderCon:
Being in an area where everyone I talk to likes the things that I like; making new friends and seeing my idols and just having a good time with my friends.
Jason (Orangeville, CA, near Sacramento)
Fifth time at WonderCon; drove down from the Bay Area to attend the show in Anaheim
What he's seen:
A lot of the stuff I've seen are a lot of the cartoon panels. Cartoon Network had some good panels. I walked the floor a ton. We've were into the ballroom yesterday for a bit, saw some good panels, also got to see the new DC animated movie which was really awesome too. [There's a DC Animated Movie premiere this year, too: Superman Unbound on Friday night!]
What he bought:
Too much. I have like $4 in my wallet right now, so we're at the end of the buying spree. A lot of cool artwork and a lot of new graphic novels that we were able to get signed by the creators, which was nice.
Another big comics fan:
I'm really digging the DC New 52, getting into that. Going to get into the new DC Before Watchmen, which I saw the panel on which was really nice. The newer Spider-Man stuff has been really good and I'm excited for the Avengers vs. X-Men book that is coming out. [Remember: this is 2012 he's talking about . . . ancient history!]
What he likes best about WonderCon:
Probably just the people and the fun and rubbing elbows with celebrities and talking to people that created stuff that you read on a weekly basis is probably the best thing.


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Summer is Here! Central Library will close at 6 pm on Thursdays and will be closed Sundays until September. Enjoy!
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Did you know that KPL subscribes to over 70 databases? Our databases provide access to information that goes well beyond the walls of the library; information about most anything is available, from engine repair to health issues and everything in between. You can use the databases in house, but some can even be used at home if you have internet access and a library card.
One of my favorite databases is World Book Online. You may be familiar with the print encyclopedia, but the electronic version offers a multimedia experience that print version can't compete with: interactive maps, primary sources, videos, pathfinders, and even a timeline builder make this database worth checking out. World Book Online has three different versions: Kids, Info Finder, and Reference Center. The Kids version includes encyclopedia articles, science project how-to's, maps, and educational games among many other child-friendly research tools. World Book Info Finder is designed with middle-to-high school aged students in mind; included is a biography center, videos, world newspapers, and current events. Reference Center is for the adult user with computer tutorials, a citation builder, government information, and many other research tools. Take a look at it today; you might be surprised what you can find.
If you would like help navigating our databases, stop in at the reference desk or your neighborhood branch for assistance.
Posted by Caitlin Hoag at 09/02/2009 02:27:52 PM
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Santa Clara Magazine's blog, updated whenever the writing goblin visits the editorial staff of the magazine.
Solar Update: Chromasun gets a boost from the Land Down Under
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010In the Winter 2010 SCM we reported on the new rooftop solar collector that was installed on the Ripple House. As that story noted, the new Micro-Concentrator (MCT) is a first-of-its-kind unit that supplies heating, hot water, and air condition.What would make Chromasun's MCT even better -- the cleantech equivalent of a five-tool, can't-miss outfield prospect? Give it the ability to produce electricity.Indeed, within days of the winter issue of SCM going to press, Chromasun announced it and a few partners had been awarded a $3.2 million applied research grant from the Australian Solar Institute (ASI) to do just that.Chromasun, the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation will use the grant to develop a next-generation unit, the MCT Hybrid HT, capable of delivering high-temperature solar thermal heat and solar electricity.The high temperatures required to cost-effectively deliver solar cooling and industrial process heat (above 150 degrees Celsius) exceed the optimal operating temperature for typical electricity-generating photovoltaic cells. But Chromasun's solution would use "spectral splitting to thermally decouple the photovoltaic cells from the 150 degrees Celsius circulating fluid," according to a statement."This new research and resulting module will be disruptive because it will deliver high-grade heat yet allow the photovoltaic cells to operate at a cooler and more efficient temperature," says CEO Peter Le Lievre.The ASI grant will cover three years of research, with field trials expected in 2012-13.In addition to the Ripple House installation, Chromasun is also building larger showcase projects, says Le Lievre.Test installations are in the works for the East Coast of the United States, Abu Dhabi, Germany, and India. In 2011, Chromasun will make the MCT publicly available through a network of HVAC specialists.Justin GerdesMore information | Posted by Steven Saum | Permalink | Comments (1)
A void unfilled: Alejandro Garcia-Rivera (1951-2010)
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010
Alejandro García-Rivera, faculty member at the Jesuit School of Theology, passed away on Dec. 13 after a long illness.
He inspired many to think freely, inquire uninhibitedly, and believe wholly. Originally from Cuba, his life path took many twists and turns – from a Boeing engineer trained in physics, to Lutheran minister and social activist, to esteemed scholar and author who embraced the Jesuit way of life.
García-Rivera joined the faculty of the Jesuit School of Theology in 1993 as a professor of systematic theology. His scholarship as a theologian bridged the disciplines of science and religion.
"I believe wholeheartedly that we must begin to see the interconnectedness of the world, to grasp its complexity, even if our intellectual traditions have conditioned us to seek a different type of grasping," he said.
He often used the term "interlacing," which he described as the artful weaving of various perspectives across disciplines to gain an insight greater than any of its components. "Everything is interconnected, and I believe God gave me such a broad journey in life so I could see the connections," he said.
García-Rivera was one of the founders of a joint JST-SCU colloquium on science, art, and religion with colleagues from JST, the SCU School of Engineering, and the SCU College of Arts and Sciences.
Earlier this year, García-Rivera received the GTU's highest honor presented to a teacher, the Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award, as well as a President's Special Recognition Award at Santa Clara.
He was also one of the most important voices in the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States. Beloved as a teacher at the JST's Instituto Hispano summer training institute for Hispanic ministry, he dedicated much of his life to supporting marginal communities.
García-Rivera always started a course he taught in Theology and Human Suffering by saying, "It's hard to teach a class where everybody's an expert…because who hasn't suffered?" For García-Rivera, however, suffering wasn't all about gloom, unpleasantness, and pain.
He saw beauty in suffering. Because if you can't see that, he said, "there's just one alternative left … and that's despair."
Here is one of García-Rivera's favorite poems, written by Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
Pied Beauty
Glory be to God for dappled things—
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled, (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose Beauty is past change:
Praise Him.
Photo caption: Alejandro Garcia-Rivera, pictured with his wife Kathy, receives the President's Special Recognition Award from Fr. Michael Engh, president of Santa Clara University.
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Wordless Wednesday: Make Way for the Groom!
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010
An 8,000 pound elephant. One couple. Two memorable weddings. And a city that came to a standstill.
Read all about this showstopping celebration in the winter edition of Santa Clara Magazine.
Mansi Bhatia, University Writer/Editor
Flashback Friday: Victory is ours (1992 edition)
Friday, Dec. 3, 2010
In a special soccer moment 18 years ago, Cameron Rast '92 and Alberto Cruz '94 celebrate their quadruple overtime victory over Stanford -- which advanced the team to the second round of NCAA playoffs. (Photo by Randall C. Fox '93, courtesy The Redwood.)
Cam Rast had another stellar season this year -- racking up his 100th win as coach of the SCU men's soccer team. The team went unbeaten in 13 out of 14 games, and they won the West Coast Conference (WCC) title with a record of 7-1-4 in conference play. Rast was honored with WCC Coach of the Year accolades -- his fourth time, for those keeping count.
As a sophomore at SCU, Rast was part of the unbeatable team that went on the win the NCAA championship. Read that story here.
Liz Carney '11, editorial intern, Santa Clara Magazine
How would you like your eggs?
Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010
On Nov. 30 the U.S. Senate passed the most sweeping food safety legislation since the Great Depression. It'll be interesting to see whether House and Senate bills are reconciled and legislation actually makes it through.
We know from tracking online readership that current headlines will send folks trolling through the SCM archives, so here's a suggestion for the trollers: Last year we kicked off the redesigned Santa Clara Magazine in summer 2009 with an issue on food — including an exploration of food safety in "Saving bounty," which looks at some of the successes and failures in the food safety system.
One of the voices you'll hear there is that of Drew Starbird '84, an expert on food safety and now dean of the Leavey School of Business. (Starbird is also involved in tackling hunger in communities in the Bay Area; another feature in that summer '09 issue offers ideas for solving hunger in our lifetime.)
The legislation that is (or isn't) working its way through Congress does not address, however, the alphabet soup of agencies that remain responsible for ensuring food safety. For our piece on food safety, writer John Deever offered a primer on the agencies and their acronyms and who's in charge of what.
What is missing in our leadership?
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010"What is missing in our leadership?"That was one of the questions posed by Adolf Nicolás, S.J., the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, at the Shaping the Future conference in Mexico City earlier this year. One of the presenters at the conference Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World, and now the president of the Jesuit Commons. In assessing some of the challenges facing the Society, Fr. Nicolás shared a story from the Philippines when he and Lowney both delivered talks in Manila. "After Lowney's brilliant presentation of how good we are in leadership," Fr. Nicolás said, "a Jesuit asked: 'Can you tell us also something about what is missing in our leadership?' Lowney very kindly went around the question. But the Jesuit insisted, 'Tell us what is missing, because we need to know that also, not only what is good.'"Lowney said, 'Well, since you ask, what is missing sometimes in Jesuit leadership are two things. One is a sense of urgency. And second is the ability and the willingness to go through evaluations and measure those evaluations.'"A confirmation of that," Fr. Nicolás said, "is that I receive many proposals for projects in Rome, and very seldom do they come with a budget. Jesuits are very good at thinking. They want to do things. They are very generous. But the challenge is to be realistic and to be able to follow up our work with some form of measurement—which is not mechanical measuring. It's always human and often spiritual fruits that we have to measure."Whether our students are being transformed—this also has to be evaluated. How do they perform later? Not only if they keep praising the Jesuits, but do they collaborate when we get involved with faith and justice? Do they collaborate when some of the issues in which we are involved bring conflict with the government, when this might bring some weakening in the profits they make in the companies?"All that is just one of the asides in Nicolás' talk, featured in the Winter 2010 issue of SCM. An edited version of the speech appears in the print edition, with more available online—including a downloadable PDF that contains the speech, sidebars, and more.
Read more about the Jesuit Commons
Read the full Shaping the Future story
Steven Boyd Saum
Editor, Santa Clara Magazine
Winter SCM Update: Near the summit
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Putting together a 48-page magazine isn't something that happens overnight. As for the actual printing, that's another matter. It in fact can happen pretty much overnight.
Twelve hours on the presses in Portland, Ore. (where we have our lovely SCM printed four times a year: winter, spring, summer, fall) and the ink-onto-paper part of the marvelous project is complete. Then comes the trimming and binding and addressing and getting more than 80,000 copies of the mag in the mail to the alumni and friends of Santa Clara.
There are a few folks who have a hand in every page of SCM. Yours truly is one of them; another is Linda Degastaldi-Ortiz, our creative director, who is just coming up on her fourth anniversary in that capacity. (Before that, she was at San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation.) She had the pleasure of accompanying our designer, Jane Hambleton, on the press check this time around. And they had the pleasure of press checks throughout one long night. Because, of course, presses run pretty much around the clock.
All this means you can expect to see the winter SCM in your mailbox as early as Nov. 30. Keep an eye out for the gorgeous wraparound cover featuring clouds, mountains, sun, and sky — and alumna Megan Delehanty MBA '90 and an intrepid band of mountaineers scaling the highest peak on this planet: blessed Mt. Everest itself.
Steven Boyd Saum
Editor, Santa Clara Magazine
Wordless Wednesday: Connecting two worlds
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010The Cloister doorway on the first floor of St. Joseph's Hall. It opens to the stairway leading to the second floor, reminding those passing through it of St. Joseph's original use as a Jesuit residence.Jon Teel '12, editorial intern, Santa Clara Magazine
Everything Everywhere: A Postcard from Lucknow, India
Monday, Nov. 15, 2010
For the first time in two weeks I am able to comfortably lounge in the backseat of my dad's Honda Civic. Cyclists appear from nowhere, but I don't shriek, "Watch out, you'll hit him!" I do not curse the motorcyclists. I turn a blind eye toward the rickshaws. Cars drive so close alongside ours that I can roll down my window and touch them without having to ever so slightly stretch my arm. None of this makes my heart pound with terror.It's taken awhile, but I have learned how to navigate the streets of my hometown again, though they're not at all the same streets I once plied on my scooter or drove in my mother's car. The Lucknow I knew no longer exists. In eight years, this peaceful Nawabi town has become a metro-wannabe bursting at its seams. It's only a matter of time before it explodes.In the meantime, the "relax, this is India" attitude has rubbed on me. The roads may have come to a standstill, but life goes on. Though perhaps not as expected.Yesterday we were stuck in a traffic jam for an hour, though I weathered the experience without cringing. I made light of the fact that we headed out at 4 p.m. and were back home at 5:30 p.m. without having reached the store we were headed to. The hour and a half in between was spent stuck in a jam on a side road (ironically, we avoided the main thoroughfare for fear of being stuck in a jam), taking a U-turn after three failed attempts, getting stuck in another jam, using an alternate and much longer route to return home (owing to a third traffic jam on the main road), getting stuck in a Saturday bazaar on the street when taking a U-turn again, and lots and lots of high-pitched arguments between drivers and street vendors.On another shopping expedition last evening (yes, we are resilient), I was almost spat on, my posterior was attacked by a cow's snout, and my arm was swatted by another cow's tail. On foot, I had to push my shoulders past fellow pedestrians in an attempt to keep up with my parents -- who, somehow, sashayed effortlessly through the traffic jam, avoiding vehicles, people, and cow dung.While everyone continues to acknowledge, and be aggravated by, the traffic issues, it doesn't stop them from adding to the street chaos. And whether people buy cars out of necessity or as a status symbol, more and more are being added to Lucknow's streets every day.The result: With 10 lakh registered vehicles on the roads (one lakh is equal to 10,000, so that means 1 million cars) and 200 more being added every day; with 300 traffic personnel on the streets instead of the required 6,000; with an average of two vehicles per home in multi-storeyed apartment complexes mushrooming throughout the city; with roads being dug everywhere and street side parking constricting already narrow roads; with cyclists, pedestrians, and animals waltzing willy nilly on the streets; with everyone wanting to squeeze in their foot, hoof, or vehicle into any spot they can, the streets in Lucknow city are sheer anarchy.According to an August 2010 report in India Today: "Compared to the mollusc, our cities have super speed records -- Bangalore's peak traffic speed is 18 kmph, while Delhi's and Mumbai's are 16 kmph. Indian thoroughfares host over 48 modes of transport, with 40 per cent of commercial vehicles plying illegally. Forty-one percent of streets are taken up by parking. Most Indians drive 10 km on an average daily; one in four spending over 90 minutes every day; 32 percent of the country's vehicles move on urban roads. India has 50 million two-wheelers and rising. Despite this, national car sales have grown by 38 percent; 2009–10 was the pinnacle with 1.95 million cars sold. The cheapest car in India is about 12 times the annual per capita income of a citizen, while in the U.S. it is about one-third the average income. Urban India's love affair with the automobile is scandalous: the country's five mega metros have over 40 lakh cars out of a total vehicular population of 10 crore" -- that's 100 million – "its auto market growing by 26 percent last year. India is paralysed by its traffic."
I couldn't agree more. And yet, when the chaotic movement froze and we found ourselves stopped dead on the road, my parents' remained relatively calm. The car's engine was turned off, their necks were craned, they talked about daily hassles like these in subdued tones. As soon as the rickshaw in front moved half a foot, they got excited at the prospect of reaching their destination.
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Wordless Wednesday: Tattoo Woman Returns
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
One of the dazzling pieces in the exhibit now showing at SCU's de Saisset Museum, "Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Your Home: Art and Poetry from Native California." The show opened with an evening of performance and storytelling in early October, and it runs through Dec. 5. Above: Lyn Risling's Asiktavanthúkirar Tu' ípak, Tattoo Woman Returns, 2003, giclee print, 36 x 28 inches.
Lindsey Nguyen '13, editorial intern, SCU Stories
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HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) - The Katy Trail has proven to be extremely popular in Missouri, and another cross-state bike route is under consideration.
The Hannibal Courier-Post (http://bit.ly/WO4IfV ) reports that the Missouri Highway 36 Heritage Alliance is pushing for development of a 260-mile bike route from Hannibal to St. Joseph in northern Missouri.
The Katy Trail uses former railroad right-of-way for a biking and hiking trail from St. Charles to near Kansas City. The new trail would be called the Highway 36 Bicycle Route and would use roadways that run parallel to the four-lane highway.
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I'm not the biggest fan of Keller, but relying on his 2012 as a true indicator of his abilities is a mistake. He was not healthy for about 80% of the season.
I'm interested to see what RBs get in FA this year. Bush has some value, but I can't see a team look to make him their feature back. And Shonn Greene, while not being what we really needed, has some value too. But again, no team is making him their bell cow back. I guess I could see him getting Michael Bush money. And Reggie probably a bit North of there....but not too much more.


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The effectiveness of the future public health system largely depends on the ability of organizations to form strong relationships among all interested parties. The Turning Point initiative served as a catalyst for the development of these partnerships at the state and local levels, bringing together community groups and leaders, elected officials, healthcare providers, hospitals, public and environmental health agencies, other governmental units, academic institutions, philanthropic groups, faith networks, businesses, and others.
Strengthening public health systems requires a thorough examination and strategic redevelopment of the basic ingredients of human, organizational, financial, education, and information resources. While government leadership plays a critical role in all communities, Turning Point partnerships explore approaches that involve sharing the responsibilities associated with providing public health services. In the long run, these partnerships will not only make additional resources available, but will build a much larger and diverse constituency actively engaged in supporting public health. Effective systems development also requires new ways of thinking about the roles, methods, and strategies employed by the various agencies and entities engaged in the pursuit of a healthier nation.
Owing to the governance structure of public health and the large scope of this program, two National Program Offices (NPO) were established. NACCHO focused its attention on local efforts and the University of Washington worked on the state component. The NPOs provided technical support to state and local participants by brokering resources to assist the partnerships in achieving their goals. In addition, the NPOs worked in concert to foster a national learning experience and national commitment to the efforts of Turning Point.


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Senior Med Students Experience Final Pre-M.D. Milestone: Match Day!
- 03-12-2013
- By Jennifer Nachbur
Every March, tens of thousands of senior medical students are at the "mercy" of a private, not-for-profit Washington, D.C.-based corporation called the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP®), home to a highly sophisticated computer algorithm that selects their fate following graduation: where they will serve their residencies as doctors. The occasion that marks this moment – called "the Match" – took place at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and at medical schools across the U.S. and in Canada on Friday, March 15, 2013, at noon. Results from UVM's residency match are available online.
The NRMP® was established more than 60 years ago to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education. UVM College of Medicine student Christopher Cahill, a member of the Class of 2013, shares the history, purpose and impact of the Match in a web article, titled "The Matchmakers."
UVM's Match ceremonies began at 11:30 a.m. in the Health Science Research Facility's Hoehl Gallery. Balloons, a song, screams, laughter and tears filled the air during the hour-long Match Day event. UVM College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education William Jeffries, Ph.D., College of Medicine Dean Frederick C. Morin III, M.D., UVM President Thomas E. Sullivan, J.D., and Lewis First, M.D., professor and chair of pediatrics, provided remarks. Just before noon, Associate Dean for Student Affairs Christa Zehle, M.D., delivered the Match envelopes and introduced the student presenters.
Beginning at exactly noon, envelopes were randomly selected from a bin, and the student names on each of the Match envelopes were announced. Most students chose to come to the stage and share their results publicly, while others learned their results in private.
Below is a glimpse of a few of the 100 UVM medical students who matched on March 15:
· Essex, Vt., native Jeffrey McLaren, has managed to mix lacrosse and medical school for four years. A football and lacrosse player at Wesleyan College, he worked as a medical assistant in orthopaedics at Fletcher Allen and joined the Vermont Voyagers semi-pro box lacrosse team before coming to the UVM College of Medicine. An assistant coach for Burlington High School's boys' lacrosse team since 2010, he says his approach to sports meshes well with his approach to medicine and his specialty choice of anesthesiology. "The operating room has a team atmosphere where it's easy to be a player and a coach," says McLaren, who enjoys the constant analysis required in sports and medicine. He matched to an anesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass.
· A UVM medical laboratory technology major who worked at the Mayo Clinic blood bank before attending medical school, Stell Patadji came to Vermont via UVM's urban partnership with Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx. Though she always had an interest in pathology, she also considered emergency medicine before applying to pathology residencies in Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, New Haven, Conn., and Durham, N.C. The highlight of her medical school career was a rotation at UVM clinical teaching partner St. Mary's Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla., "because of the diversity, challenge, and complexity of the patients we cared for, and working one-on-one with the attending physicians there." Patadji, who credits the UVM/Fletcher Allen pathology faculty for solidifying her specialty choice, matched to a residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
· Stockton, Calif., native and Dartmouth graduate Christopher Cahill did a "couples-match" with his classmate and girlfriend Erica Pasciullo, of Pittsburgh, Pa. He matched to a pediatrics residency at Children's National Medical Center and she in obstetrics/gynecology at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Some of his most memorable medical school moments include helping deliver a baby and touching a beating heart. Cahill, whose father, mother, and two siblings are physicians, says he's ready. "No matter how different a residency hospital, city, or state may be from Vermont, I have a solid foundation of clinical skills and knowledge I can use anywhere."
Five students participated in early Matches through the military Match – one each in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, neurology, and a transitional year (a flexible first year of graduate medical education that allows exposure to many specialties).
On Match Day "Eve," fourth-year medical students at the University of Vermont were welcomed as soon-to-be members of the UVM Medical Alumni Association at the Class of 2013 Dinner. Leaders from their four years of medical school, including Deans Morin, Jeffries and Zehle, as well as Janice Gallant, M.D., associate dean for admissions, William Raszka, M.D., professor of pediatrics and course director, Attacks and Defenses, and Mark Pasanen, M.D.'92, Medical Alumni Association president and associate professor of medicine, spoke at the event, which also introduced the new Class of 2013 Class Agents Shetal Patel, Lizzie Anson, and Idil Aktan.
The event was available via a live videostream and will be available as a video the week of March 18. Members of the Class of 2013 will receive their medical degrees at Commencement on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. in Ira Allen Chapel.


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Rambo Tribble writes "As reported in TPM, the Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement (PDF) with Google that will include the agency monitoring the company's privacy practices for the next 20 years. Whither, Facebook?" Oddly enough, another article details a surge in government requests for user information from Google. In a blog post, the company explained that they wanted to provide more transparency with regard to government requests, and have updated their Government Requests tool to do so.


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A local driver suffered minor injuries in a T-Bone crash at the intersection of State Route 47 and County Road 32 Saturday afternoon around 2:30.
The Logan County Sheriff's Office reports that the traffic signal was not working at the time of the accident.
Deputies report that Brooke Sheeley, 21, of 5531 County Road 91, Bellefontaine, was driving an '04 Jeep Liberty southbound on 32 when she was struck on the driver's side by a westbound '97 Ford pickup operated by Gary Myers, 54, of Arlington.
Sheeley was transported to Mary Rutan Hospital by Bellefontaine Fire and EMS.
Myers, who was not injured, was cited for failure to yield.
The impact caused Sheeley's vehicle to roll onto its side.
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I'm not sure if I have this in the right forum or not. My apologies if it isn't.
I'm a wee bit too cowardly to open up my Gen 1 and 2 Tamagotchi from 96-97. Otherwise I'd probably know the answer to this question. XD;
What batteries did the old tamagotchis use?
I keep hearing that those Tama batteries are quite expensive. Just how expensive are they?
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the old tamagotchis used G13 batteries but if u wanna get replacemetn batteries for it. . . its also know as 357 of soemting liek that. .. hope this helps! i just replaced it recently kinda and it costed like 4.00 for 3 batteries at walgreens. .
Posted 27 August 2004 - 01:26 AM ( #3 )
I think they use two AG13 batteries. Over here they sell for about £1 a battery, although you can get them cheaper if you buy them in multipacks.
Posted 28 August 2004 - 10:10 AM ( #4 )
Thank you both kindly for the answers.
Only $4 at Walgreens? Yipes! And I thought it'd be more expensive. (Not that I'm complaing. hehe. )
Thanks again~
Only $4 at Walgreens? Yipes! And I thought it'd be more expensive. (Not that I'm complaing. hehe. )
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To celebrate the 80th birthday of Jan Morris, one of the greatest travel writers and essayist, Paul Holdengräber will conversationally ramble with the writer through some of the matters that have preoccupied her during a long life. For example:
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About Jan Morris
Jan Morris was born in 1926 to a Welsh father and an English mother, and lived and wrote in the persona of James Morris before completing a change of sexual role in 1972. She gave the world a famous account of this change of identity in her book, Conundrum. After four years in the British Army, and a degree course at Oxford, she spent five years as a foreign correspondent for the London Times, and five years more for the old Manchester Guardian, before leaving journalism for the writing of books. Morris scored a notable scoop in 1953 by accompanying the British expedition which was the first to scale Mount Everest.
She has published some 40 works of history, travel, autobiography and fiction, among them, Manhattan 45, Pleasures of a Tangled Life, Hong Kong, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere, A Writer's House in Wales, The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country, Spain, Oxford, The World: Life & Travel 1950-2000, Pax Britannica Trilogy, The World of Venice, Last Letters from Hav, and Coast to Coast: A Journey Across 1950's America.
She accepted her Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, out of polite respect. She lives in Wales with her lifelong friend Elizabeth, in close touch with their four children and seven grandchildren. Jan Morris has taken a great interest in Welsh culture, becoming a member of the Eisteddfod bardic Orseed.
About Paul Holdengräber
Paul Holdengräber is the Director of Public Programs - now known as "LIVE from the NYPL" - for The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library.
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Brian has been repeatedly attacked by the Iron Sheik over the last several years. Finally, Brian has his say and speaks out against the Sheik. Brian tells some absolutely shocking stories about the Iron Sheik from their WWF days. One story in particular about what happened in a hotel room will sicken you. Brian holds nothing back when it comes to talking about the Iron Sheik.
Brian also goes in depth about this rivalry he has with the Sheik. Brian does not like the Sheik one bit and never has. Brian will tell you why he absolutely hates the Iron Sheik. Brian also talks about where the bitter feelings come from between the two. Did these feelings ever come out in the ring between these two? There is nothing funny about what Brian has to say about the Iron Sheik and their feud is absolutely no Howard Stern joke.
Brian also opens up about being arrested for hitting his son a few months ago. What is his side of the story? Was he given a fair deal by the press? Did politics play a part in the arrest and the news coverage of his incide nt? Before you judge Brian Blair, you owe it to yourself to hear his side of the story.
Brian also has some great stories about some road and backstage incidents from his many years in the wrestling business. Brian has an amazing story about what happened when a fight broke out between Tony Atlas and Paul Orndorff in the car. What did he do as the driver? What happened when one wrestler almost shot another with a gun? Brian gives his take on a story Dan Spivey told us about a Spivey fight with Adrian Adonis in the locker room. If you want fight stories, Brian has them in this Shoot Interview.
Brian also talks about life on the road as a WWF superstar in the Hogan-era. What was Hogan like in the locker room? What is the real story on the partying and drug lifestyle on the road during that time period? How did Brian get caught up in having heat with the office? What promises made to Brian were broke by Vince McMahon? Brian also some great stories about the teams the Killer Bees wrestled and more.
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Former Gov. Garrey Carruthers' 26 percent pay raise as New Mexico State University's business dean is being discussed as NMSU holds public forums on Carruthers and other finalists for president of the southern New Mexico school.
According to the Albuquerque Journal, it's been previously reported that Carruthers received a raise of nearly $43,500 last year.
That increased his salary to just under $210,000 at a time when faculty and staff went without raises.
Carruthers says he didn't request the raise and that the then-president awarded it to compensate him for his varied responsibilities.
Along with heading the business college, Carruthers is vice president for economic development and director of the Domenici Institute.
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Manufacturers and suppliers of landscape architecture products are playing an increasingly large role in the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), helping to plan the EXPO trade show, share research information, and shape the centennial celebration. Supplier donations to the Landscape Architecture Foundation are now in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, with eighteen suppliers and service providers having contributed amounts ranging from $1,000 to more than $250,000.
This increased participation is reflected in the increased appreciation landscape architects are showing for the vital role manufacturers and suppliers of architectural products play.
"It's through their [manufacturers' and suppliers'] efforts that designs are transformed into the places where we live, work, and play," said Pete Kirsch, executive vice president of ASLA.
As the technology curve rises, suppliers are listening to landscape architects' needs and stepping in to help them become more effective and efficient designers, offering assistance such as on-line help, CD-ROMS, and electronic specifications. ESRI's recent donation of $1 million of geographic information software to ASLA is a shining example of this electronic good will.
The communication between suppliers and the Society is a two-way street. For example, ASLA has fine-tuned the EXPO so that suppliers get maximum exposure during the annual meeting.
At past annual meetings, attendance at the EXPO was below average because other events were scheduled concurrently, pulling landscape architects away from the exhibit floor. In response, ASLA consolidated the EXPO from a three-day to a two-day event, and scheduled educational sessions so that they don't conflict with the trade show.
"Our participation as major sponsors in the Portland annual meeting and as an advertiser in Landscape Architecture magazine catapulted us to a higher level of exposure than ever before," says Nancy Buley, marketing and communications director, J. Frank Schmidt and Son.
ASLA is also planning to reintroduce the corporate membership package for suppliers and firms. Some of the expanded benefits under consideration for corporate memberships are opportunities to sponsor educational seminars and events at the annual meeting, to collaborate on articles about new products and technology in Landscape Architecture magazine and Landscape Architecture News Digest, to be listed in the ASLA Member Handbook, and to be recognized at the annual meeting.
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Le Sigh...the delicate dance of the infertile. I am infertile. 3 miscarriages, 2 failed IVF's. I get it. It sucks. Everyone around you having beautiful, bouncing babies. But just because *I* cant have a baby - doesnt mean that everyone else has to DENY that they have one.I think you are very kind to accomodate their "sensitivity". But I would not re-do my whole house to accomodate them.For any event, I would "tidy up" as much as possible. If you can easily pack the stuff away, do. If you cannot, well, they are going to have to deal with it.I think you have been very kind as a hostess...if they feel they cannot stick around because of a "whatever" laying around...well..."I am glad you could join us" works nicely.ps - This does not mean that I didnt secretly go to the bathroom and cry when I heard one mom this weekend "majorly complaining" about pregnancy...) but that is my issue - not the hostess, who was gracious enough to invite me!!!
I think you have already gone overboard in accommodating this couple. Sending your kid out of your house because they find her existence hurtful? It is not something I would have even entertained the thought. I would be worried how long you are going to have to hide her from them - is this going to be something you need to arrange her vanishing every time you want to see them from now on? What about pictures of her, are those too much to handle? Where will this stop? Do a normal tidying, but don't go beyond that.
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UT System and Texas Southmost College finalize property agreements
The University of Texas System and Texas Southmost College have finalized property agreements in anticipation of the separation of the campus that TSC and UT Brownsville have shared for the past 20 years.
The property agreement between UT Brownsville and TSC physically defines both campuses and marks the first time in 20 years that each institution will have its own identity. Under the agreement, which follows a letter of intent signed in July 2013, the institutions exchanged, sold or leased both property and buildings.
UT acquired about 51.5 acres from the joint campus; a long-term ground lease of about 18 acres from the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission; and the University Boulevard Classroom Building, the University Boulevard Library and the Student Union Building. TSC students will continue to have full access to the library.
As part of the transaction, UT conveyed to TSC the former National Guard Armory Building as well as the Science, Engineering and Technology Building, which was constructed on land leased from TSC. TSC also received a payment of just more than $29 million.
Additionally, UT is leasing several TSC buildings to serve as interim teaching and related facilities, while TSC has leased space in UT Brownsville's Life and Health Science Building. The agreement also calls for cooperative use of parking lots and other ancillary agreements.
It is an agreement in which both campuses benefit, said UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D. The two higher education institutions that now adjoin each other along Ringgold Street near the Texas-Mexico border will always share the history, challenges and higher education successes in the lower Rio Grande Valley.
The UT System is in the process of establishing UT Rio Grande Valley, which will combine the assets and resources of UT Brownsville and UT Pan American and establish South Texas' first medical school. UTRGV is expected to open in the fall of 2015, and its medical school is expected to open in 2016.
"I am personally grateful to President Julieta Garcia and President Lily Tercero as we navigated through the details of the property agreement," Cigarroa said. "Furthermore I am personally grateful to President Garcia and UTB's administrative team for providing my office counsel to successfully complete this important transaction. The University of Texas System is committed to a vibrant and growing presence in the Rio Grande Valley, and the close of these negotiations signal the beginning to a promising future for both TSC and the new UT Rio Grande Valley."
Cigarroa went on to say that Garcia demonstrated exemplary leadership and vision during UT Brownsville's 20-year partnership with TSC, and her commitment to serving the students of the Rio Grande Valley has left an indelible mark on the region.
"President Garcia's guidance of the UTB/TSC partnership will leave a lasting legacy," Cigarroa said. "She always puts students first, and I am grateful for her wise counsel over the past two decades and in the years ahead."
TSC and UT Brownsville will continue to collaborate with each other and will offer joint degrees until both institutions receive independent accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
"This is all about the wisdom of the TSC Board of Trustees to enhance opportunity and improve services in the communities we serve," said TSC president Lily F. Tercero. "This is a long-awaited historic event, envisioned and pursued by the TSC Board – and led by Board Chairman Francisco G. Rendon – to bring back TSC as a fully comprehensive community college. Because of the Board's quiet courage and unyielding commitment, Cameron and Willacy Counties are now being served by a much needed, open-door, affordable community college. As importantly, the Board's vision of having a premier community college, and a first-rate university, both on the same campus, is being fulfilled.
"On a personal note," she further stated, "it has been a pleasure to work with Chancellor Cigarroa, Executive Vice Chancellor Pedro Reyes, and the UT System staff, in accomplishing the Trustee's vision. I believe it will always remain a highlight of my professional career, as the president of TSC, to be a part of this remarkable and lasting change, to the benefit of our college, university and all the communities in which we serve."
About The University of Texas System
Educating students, providing care for patients, conducting groundbreaking research and serving the needs of Texans and the nation for more than 130 years, The University of Texas System is one of the largest public university systems in the United States, with nine academic universities, six health institutions and a fall 2012 enrollment of roughly 213,000. The UT System confers more than one-third of the state's undergraduate degrees, educates two-thirds of the state's health care professionals annually and accounts for almost 70 percent of all research funds awarded to public universities in Texas. The UT System has an annual operating budget of $13.9 billion (FY 2013) including $3.1 billion in sponsored programs funded by federal, state, local and private sources. With more than 87,000 employees, the UT System is one of the largest employers in the state.
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Originally established in 1926, Texas Southmost College currently offers the first two years toward a bachelor's degree, along with career and technical education leading to certificates and associate degrees, college preparatory studies to prepare students for college-level work, workforce training, and continuing education. TSC is in the process of terminating a 20-year contractual arrangement with the UT System and became independently operational in the fall of 2013.


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The lightly-raced 7-year-old mare could be considered a Monrovia resident. Since 2006, Society Hostess has competed in but three races other than her three appearances in the Monrovia Handicap.
Infirmities have restricted Society Hostess's activity the last couple of years. After her runner-up effort behind Alexandra Rose in the 2008 Monrovia, the daughter of Seeking the Gold missed winning the Grade I Santa Monica Handicap by a nose before hitting the sidelines. She returned in August to finish sixth in Del Mar's Grade III Rancho Bernardo Handicap. Society Hostess has not raced since, but she came back from freshenings prior to the last two Monrovians.
Jose Valdivia Jr., who has accompanied Society Hostess in her last three starts, will be back aboard the bay mare who has posted an 8-3-2 record in 20 career races for earnings of $424,940.
After winning her racing debut at Santa Anita last March, Lethal Heat won 6 of her 9 starts that included a pair of thirds while earning $426,528 for David Abrams, Madeline Auerbach and Tom Roberts. In addition to the Hollywood Oaks, stakes victories included the Grade III Santa Paula at Santa Anita as well as the Fleet Treat and Real Good Deal at Del Mar.
Since running third in the Grade I Del Mar Oaks on Aug. 16, the bay daughter of Unusual Heat has been given a break by trainer Barry Abrams. "She's a really good horse," he said, "and I wanted to start her fresh at the beginning of the year so I'd have a good horse for the rest of 2009." Added Abrams, who has 40 horses in training, "She's the best horse I have at this point." Alex Solis will ride Lethal Heat for the first time in the Monrovia.
The complete field for the Monrovia Handicap, with jockeys and weights in post position order: Lethal Heat, Alex Solis, 118; Jibboom, Garrett Gomez, 115; La Tee, Joel Rosario, 115; Trouble Maker, Victor Espinoza, 116; Royal Taat, Rafael Bejarano, 114; Porto Marmay, David Flores, 114; Society Hostess, Jose Valdivia Jr., 118; That's Hot, no rider, 115; Contentious, Brice Blanc, 113; Eletro Nuclear, Martin Garcia, 114; Ransom Captive, Mike Smith, 115, and Christiana's Heat, Michael Baze, 113.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (MCT) — On the first day of October, the Illini already were using the wicked word "snowball."
And, no, they weren't talking about winter coming. They were referring to the mistakes that piled up during a 35-7 loss to Penn State on Saturday and that can multiply during a losing streak.
Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase witnessed "the snowball effect" during Illinois' six-game losing streak last season. But he said Monday the Illini have time to prevent a similar slide this season, even though they've lost three of the last four games and play at Wisconsin and Michigan the next two weeks.
"There's still a lot of season left, a lot of great things that can be done," Scheelhaase said. "As far as I could see, after the game and (Sunday) during meetings, guys had the mindset they wanted to do whatever they could do to fix the problem."
Scheelhaase drew optimism from the improvement of his sprained left ankle. He said he saw "the old me coming back to life" while watching film of the Penn State game. That's just in time for a trip to Madison, where the Illini haven't won since 2002.
Howe out: Illinois hasn't been able to stop injuries from spinning out of control, and coach Tim Beckman announced another addition to the list.
Sophomore defensive tackle Jake Howe is out for the season with a broken arm. He had played in all five games this year but didn't record any stats as the backup to junior Akeem Spence.
Beckman didn't provide an update on linebacker Jonathan Brown, who left the Penn State game with a leg injury. Brown has 29 tackles, five tackles for a loss, 11/2 sacks, a pass breakup, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble.
"As the game progressed, you could see he just wasn't Jonathan Brown," Beckman said.
Monheim honored: Middle linebacker Mason Monheim was named Big Ten freshman of the week for his performance against Penn State.
Monheim had a game-high 11 tackles and forced a fumble in his third start in place of injured sophomore Houston Bates. He leads Big Ten freshmen with 28 tackles and has 21/2 tackles for a loss, two forced fumbles and an interception.
"I knew he had the ability to play," Beckman said. "It was just mentally, how quickly can you grow up being an 18-, 19-year-old man coming in and playing Big Ten football? He's definitely made those strides."
Freshman linebacker Mike Svetina also saw time while Brown was out and recorded five tackles.
"They played hard," Beckman said. "I was proud of the way they took the challenge of coming in and playing as true freshmen."
Illinois knows they need to avoid 'snowballing'
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AdFreak is calling this spot for Johnnie Walker whiskey the best ad of the year so far. At six and a half minutes, it's a bit long but well worth viewing. It's shot in a continuous long take, with Scottish actor Robert Carlyle narrating the history of the brand as he walks down a road in the Scottish highlands. The mini movie becomes completely engaging about a minute in, when you realize the director has worked in a clever set of well-timed visual cues at roadside that correspond to Carlyle's walking, talking narrative. Watch it, after the jump.
Robert Carlyle Johnnie Walker 'I Walk' Ad
[via The Awl]