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A 17-year-old male admitted Wednesday he was the first one to punch Steven Utash, hitting him twice in the head.
For that, he was sentenced to juvenile detention.
Courtney Robinson of Detroit in essence pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm in exchange for dismissal of an ethnic intimidation charge in Wayne County Juvenile Court in Detroit, in a deal with prosecutors. He also agreed to testify against any co-defendant if necessary.
He has denied a racial motive for his attack, his attorney, Solomon Radner, said.
�He never told police he did this out of racism,� Solomon said following the hearing. �I found it interesting the only charged with the ethnic intimidation charge is the juvenile.�
Moments before in court, as part of the guilty plea, Radner asked Robinson, �You punched Mr. Utash?�
Robinson, who sat in the witness chair dressed in a grey inmate jumpsuit, replied, �Yes.�
�You tried to injure Mr. Utash?� Radner said.
�Yes,� repeated Robinson, who showed no emotion during the hearing.
Utash, 54, was beaten by an angry mob April 2 after exiting his pickup truck to check on a 10-year-old whom he had struck with his vehicle on Morang, near Cadeiux.
Utash, who suffered head injuries, spent weeks in an induced coma and and was released last month from a Detroit rehabilitation center.
Four adults and one juvenile were charged.
Prior testimony indicated that Robinson, who was 16 at the time, saw the accident as he was walking with at least one fellow student at East English High School, Bruce Wimbush Jr., 18 (17 at the time of the incident), who pleaded in adult court Monday to the same charge reduced from attempted murder. They waved down Utash, and Robinson asked him to exit the truck before punching him, according to Wimbush�s statement Monday.
Radner described what occurred from Robinson�s perspective.
�What happened was he saw a little boy get hit,� Solomon said. �There was a little boy lying in the street bleeding and crying. That uncovered some very deep emotional feelings in my client.
�Unfortunately he did what a lot of 16-year-olds would do and made a very bad decision. He certainly wouldn�t be the first 16-year-old to punch somebody, which is all my client did. He punched him, it was unnecessary, unlawful, it was the wrong thing to do, and then he ran away.
�He didn�t know that several minutes later an angry mob of more people would come and almost kill Mr. Utash. My client was never the one who was stomping on his face, yelling out any of the absurd things � and absolutely did not intend to kill him like some of the defendants may have.�
His client�s extreme remorse has resulted in �sleepless nights,� Radner added.
�After he realized he was party to a very violence attack on Mr. Utash, he was completely beside himself and spent many nights not able to sleep knowing he had a role in very seriously injuring somebody,� he said.
Juvenile Judge Jerome Cavanagh, after accepting Robinson plea to �accept responsibility,� sentenced him to indefinite placement through county Family and Child Services that Solomon compared to �boarding school.� A review hearing was set for Sept. 17.
Robinson also was ordered to serve 50 hours of community service and report any police contact once he is released.
Cameras were not allowed in the courthouse at the hearing.
His parents, Clint and Shirril Robinson, sat at a table with the parties in court and agreed with the plea deal.
The couple, who said they have three other children, all adults, declined direct comment to the media. But they had Radner read a letter in which they expressed sympathy for Utash and remorse for the incident, and addressed the ethnic intimidation allegation.
�First, we are not racists,� they said. �We resented the fact that they initially charged him with a hate crime. We have never taught racism in our home. It is something that we do not tolerate, ever.
�Second, we have always taught our children there are other ways to resolve conflict without violence, and that violence is never the answer.�
They said they are �deeply saddened our child had any part in the attack on Mr. Utash.�
�We continue to pray for Mr. Utash and his family and pray that he makes a full recovery,� they said.
Robinson had been scheduled to face a trial next Monday but made the plea after the first defendant, Wimbush, pleaded Monday.
Some or all of the three remaining defendants may make pleas Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit. Charged with attempted murder, they are Wonzey Saffold, 30; James D. Davis, 24; and Latrez Cummings, 19, all of Detroit. They are scheduled for August trial dates.


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T O P I C R E V I E WBuelAfter recently reading Gene Kranz' brilliant 'Failure Is Not An Option' I am very intrigued to know whatever happened to Paul Johnson, who apparently helped Gene immensely during his first few weeks at Mercury Control.Does anyone have any idea, please?BuelI take it still no one has any idea?Sy LiebergotGene Kranz recently told me: "Paul Johnson worked for WECO... I saw him several years ago but can't remember where."BuelSy, thank you for that. I have recently emailed you, please may I ask if you received this? Thank you in advance.BuelUnfortunately I think I have found that Mr. Johnson passed away in 2004. I hope I am wrong.Sy LiebergotChris Kraft's best recollection: "I believe he is the Paul Johnson who worked with us. Western Electric was a part of the Bell Labs contingent at the Cape. Paul came to the Cape and taught us how to use communicator language. It was during our first simulations there — not sure Kranz was with us yet but at any rate we had not flown a mission when he arrived to teach us how to talk." I believe it's important to remember those early pioneers.Buel quote:Originally posted by Sy Liebergot:I believe it's important to remember those early pioneers. 100% agree! Thank you so much for that. RIP Paul Johnson.
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June 1, 1943 - December 10, 2012
Middletown, NY
Freddy A. Miranda, of Middletown, died on Monday, December 10, 2012, after a long illness at Orange Regional Medical Center. He was 69.
The son of the late Armindo and Roselia Maldonado Miranda, he was born on June 1, 1943 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.
Freddy served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961-65. He married Lillian Ayala in New York City in 1967 and they shared 45 years of marriage together. He worked for OTB in New York City as an HVAC technician. Freddy will be remembered by his family and friends as a caring man who had a good heart. He busied himself doing household projects.
In addition to his devoted wife, Lillian, at home, he is survived by his two sons: Andre and Kenneth Miranda; one brother, Armindo Miranda; one sister, Aida Iris Ocasio and one granddaughter, Arianna Miranda. He was predeceased by one brother, Israel and a sister, Amalia Viruet.
Visitation hours will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc, 130 Highland Avenue, Middletown, NY 10940. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 14, 2012 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 149 Cottage Street, Middletown, NY. Burial with Military honors will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc. www.applebee-mcphillips.com


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As the digital world continues to grow and to play an increasingly central role in how we all learn and form opinions about the world and each other, it is more important than ever to be able to tell good information from the bad, truth from lies, and to ably navigate the grey area of opinion in the middle. These critical digital judgement skills are especially important for young people, who both trust and use the internet more than any other generation, but are not always savvy, critical consumers of online content.
For the past year I've been working with a team of young people, researchers, media professionals and educators on a project called Digital Disruption that responds to this issue. The Digital Disruption website launches today and has a suite of free, cross-curricular tools for educators to teach digital judgement skills in the classroom.
Targeted at the digitally confident - but not necessarily competent - generation of secondary school students, the Digital Disruption tools enable teachers to combine traditional critical thinking skills with 'new' knowledge about how the digital world works to effectively teach digital judgement in schools.
There's a lot of essential and brilliant work being done on e-safety at the moment, but Digital Disruption is important because it brings a new angle to e-safety. It protects young people online by empowering them to question the content they encounter and recognise some of the tools and techniques online that can influence their ideas, attitudes and real life behaviour.
As Demos put it in their recent 'Truth, Lies and the Internet' report, the digital native generation are often confident, but not competent Internet users. One third of young people believe that information generated by search engines must be true and 15 per cent base their opinions of a website on how it looks and feels to use.
Demos' report calls for a greater focus on teaching young people to find and critically evaluate information online in schools. Their survey of UK teachers found that teachers consider the ability to evaluate information on the web as central to young people's understanding of the world - and that teachers are worried about their pupils' digital skills. 99% of teachers surveyed think these critical digital skills are important for their pupils to possess, but they rated their pupils' ability as below average on a range of issues.
The Digital Disruption website and resources have been developed using insight and content generated in workshops with young people across the UK. Content on the site includes animations that break down some of the basic techniques of propaganda used across brand advertising, political content and conspiracy films online, and YouTube films that highlight how easily facts can be manipulated to push contradictory messages. A bogus conspiracy film and a 'reveal' film that deconstructs it show just how easy it is to create a credible yet untruthful film online. A 'Source Check' tool includes a Martin Luther King Jr website that ranks highly in a Google search and states itself to be 'a valuable resource for students and teachers alike' - further investigation reveals this website was created by a white supremacist group.
Demos argue that the internet can be both liberating and asphyxiating for young people, and we've seen first hand in our workshops that this is absolutely the case. Digital Disruption aims to realise the internet's potential to inform, instruct, enlighten and liberate, but it doesn't do this by telling young people what to think; it promotes critical and independent thought through exposing and deconstructing the techniques that can be used to manipulate them.


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Body armor is a pickup in the Grand Theft Auto series that serves primarily to protect the player's health from specific forms of damage, most notably gunfire. In most cases, body armor in the games are illustrated as a protective blue vest.
First introduced in the original Grand Theft Auto, the body armor's primary function is to serve as padding for the player health, in effect extending the player's resilience to damage from gunfire, explosions and fire.
In early top-down GTA games, armors in both GTA 1 (as well as Grand Theft Auto London mission packs) and GTA 2 serve their intended purpose, adding 10 more hitpoints to the player's existing health, but provides no protection to the player when they fall from great heights, are run over by vehicles, or are beaten up by the police and arrested. Armors are most commonly found spawned in specific locations or crates, and, in the case of GTA 2, can also be acquired by crushing specific cars.
GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
Body armor continued to be featured between GTA III and GTA Vice City Stories, undergoing several more evolutions. In all its of its appearances, armor now offer nearly the same amount of hitpoints as the player's full health, doubling the player's resistance to damage. The armor hit points stayed the same until GTA San Andreas where the armor is now a bar instead of hitpoints. In addition, armor can now pad injuries from falls, collisions with vehicles on foot, and even melee attacks; the armor in GTA San Andreas and GTA Vice City Stories is an exception, providing no protection to the player from falls, while the armor in Grand Theft Auto Advance provides no protection to melee attacks.
In addition to spawning in specific locales, body armor can also be purchased at stores that sell weapons, such as Ammu-Nation, as well as entering the police/SWAT Enforcer trucks. Like the player's health, armor hitpoints between GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories (sans GTA Advance) can typically be increased easily via side-missions (such as "Vigilante"), as well as 100% completion of the game.
The appearance of armor pickups has also changed significantly after GTA III. When included in GTA III, the armor pickup assumed the appearance of a shield icon; in games after, however, the pickup is redesigned as a spinning vest, possibly to avoid confusion with the police bribe pickup.
GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars
Armor in GTA IV has been refashioned slightly out of realism. It no longer offers protection to falls, collisions with vehicles on foot, or melee attacks (including hand-to-hand combat and melee weapons), increasing the player's chances of death from these hazards. Armor in GTA Chinatown Wars appears to revert to pre-GTA IV settings.
As expected, armor can be found lying about in specific points of the city (distinguishable by its red glow) as well as underground weapon dealers in GTA IV or AmmuNation.net in GTA Chinatown Wars. NOOSE Enforcers still provide the player some armor, but only gives the player roughly one third of the maximum amount.
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Liberty City – Heist Almighty:
San Andreas – Mandarin Mayhem:
These armours are available after Phone 9-12 are attempted:
San Andreas – Tequila Slammer:
Accessible after Phone 17-20 missions are attempted at North Telephone Hill :
Vice City – Rasta Blasta:
Maps (external links)
Maps of the location of all body armor in:
- GTA Vice City
- GTA San Andreas
- GTA Advance
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- GTA Vice City Stories
- GTA Chinatown Wars


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Twins game, concert, and Aquatennial fireworks make for a busy Saturday night Downtown
The evening of Saturday, July 20, will be busy Downtown, with a Twins game, a concert at Target Center, and Aquatennial events on the river. Because big crowds will be coming Downtown, it's a good idea to know your transportation options and plan ahead, whether you plan to drive, take transit, or bike or walk.
Events on Saturday, July 20
- Twins vs. Indians at Target Field – 6:10 p.m. (gates open at 4 p.m.)
- The Package Tour featuring New Kids On The Block with special guests 98° & Boyz II Men at Target Center – 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
- Aquatennial Fireworks – Live music starts at 6:30 p.m. – Fireworks begin at 10 p.m.
The City, Metro Transit, and many partners are again teaming up to make sure getting to and from events goes as smoothly as it can. As usual, Downtown Improvement District Ambassadors will be out on the streets in their bright green shirts, and they're a great resource for people who have questions while they're out and about Downtown.
New this year – The Interchange is coming!
Visitors to Target Field and Target Center this summer will notice some changes on the 5th Street side of the ballpark, where Hennepin County is constructing the Interchange. Scheduled to open in 2014, the Interchange will serve as a central, multi-modal transportation hub and community gathering space in downtown Minneapolis. For the 2013 Twins season, construction means there will be some minor changes to the way riders will board light rail trains after games, and Metro Transit staff will be on hand to assist customers. The project partners would like to thank folks for their patience while this major improvement is under way.
Getting where you're going
Downtown is an urban setting that provides transportation opportunities to meet everyone's desired experience, whether you want to drive, ride a bus, take a train, or bike or walk.
When visiting Downtown, there are five tips people should remember to minimize delays and maximize their enjoyment of all the activities going on.
- Plan ahead – Visit TwinsBaseball.com/transportationor Targetcenter.com to learn more about all your transportation choices. Visit the Downtown Improvement District's events calendar at www.MinneapolisDID.com to see what events are going on any day.
- Know your parking options – There is parking availability throughout Downtown. If you prefer convenient access to Target Field and Target Center, the adjacent A,B,C, and Hawthorne ramps have plenty of capacity, and the ramps empty smoothly after games, without long waits. If you're parking on the street when coming Downtown, make sure to check the signs to be sure of the time limit and hours of enforcement for your parking space.
- Use transit – Target Field and Target Center are extremely transit –friendly. Both are on the METRO Blue Line (Hiawatha) and many bus lines. Target Field and Target Center are located at the junction of Northstar commuter rail, the METRO Blue Line, and a number of bus lines, at the future site of The Interchange.
- Bicycles are another great way to get to events – Bicyclists are reminded to use headlights and taillights after dark and, if possible, to wear light or reflective clothing.
- Come early/Stay late – The Warehouse District is ready to welcome fans for another summer of baseball, basketball, shows, and excitement. Take part in activities, shopping, dining, and other entertainment before and after games and concerts. Enjoy the extra time to experience all Downtown has to offer, and beat the traffic.
Taking transit to events
The Northstar commuter rail line offers direct service to Target Field from stations in Big Lake, Elk River, Ramsey, Anoka, Coon Rapids and Fridley. For added savings, the Northstar Roundtrip Family Pass offers roundtrip rides for two adults and up to three kids ages 6-17 for $20 or less. Customers can buy round-trip tickets and Northstar Roundtrip Family Passes for Twins games online at metrotransit.org/Northstar. Full train schedules for every game and fare information are available for viewing and printing at metrotransit.org/twins. Additionally, Northstar Link bus service from St. Cloud and Becker is scheduled to connect with trains at Big Lake for every game this season.
The METRO Blue Line (Hiawatha)runs from Bloomington, past Target Center, and directly to Target Field's gates. It serves large Park & Ride facilities at Fort Snelling and 28th Avenue stations which have nearly 2,800 free parking spaces. NEW for the 2013 season – trains serving Twins games will have more cars to give fans a more comfortable ride. The addition of brand-new light-rail cars will provide more capacity and faster boarding after games. All METRO Blue Line trains are scheduled to operate with three cars all weekend.
Direct bus service on Twins Express Route 679 from the County Road 73 Park & Ride in Minnetonka with hundreds of free parking spaces will be offered for every Twins home game again in 2013. Buses start taking fans to the ballpark two hours before each game. Return service begins two hours after first pitch (example: 7:10 p.m. game, buses begin returning to the Park & Ride at 9:10) and continues roughly every half hour until an hour after the game ends.
A number of popular and frequent bus routes stop near Target Field. From the east, Routes 3, 16, 50 and 94 serve Ramp B/5th Street Transit Center adjacent to Target Field and Target Center. Many other frequent routes travel along Hennepin and Nicollet avenues just blocks away.
Online tools and information for instantly planning bus or train trips to Twins games is available at metrotransit.org/twins.
Managing traffic
The City of Minneapolis takes a number of steps to manage traffic during big events Downtown. The volume of pedestrians, bikes, and cars Downtown before and after these events means increased traffic, but there are several ways the City works to improve operations and minimize congestion, including:
Traffic control agents are at many Downtown intersections during peak times before and after the events. Traffic control agents at intersections are key to maintaining traffic flow and improving pedestrian safety when volumes are high.
Special traffic signal timing patterns are used to move high numbers of vehicles during events.
Dynamic messaging signs throughout Downtown provide drivers with real-time information as they move around the area. There are currently more than 70 of these signs Downtown, which are used to direct people to parking, to notify drivers when key parking ramps fill, and to help drivers find their way around.
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Boot loaders
The boot loader is the first piece of software started by the BIOS or UEFI. It is responsible for loading the kernel with the wanted kernel parameters, and initial RAM disk before initiating the boot process. You can use different kinds of bootloaders in Arch, such as GRUB and Syslinux. Some bootloaders only support BIOS or UEFI and some support both.
This page will only contain a short introduction and the most used configurations that users will encounter. For detailed information, please see the corresponding pages of each boot loader.
Both BIOS and UEFI Boot Loaders
See GRUB
/boot and does not require the kernel and initramfs files to be in the UEFISYS partition. Detailed information at GRUB#UEFI_systems_2. For GIT development version try AUR package - grub-gitAUR
See Syslinux
UEFI-only Boot Loaders
Linux Kernel EFISTUB
Follow EFISTUB
Gummiboot is a UEFI Boot Manager (not a boot loader) which provides a menu for EFISTUB kernels. For more info follow Gummiboot.
rEFInd is a UEFI Boot Manager which provides a menu for EFISTUB kernels. It is alternative to Gummiboot. For more info follow rEFInd.
ELILO is the UEFI version of LILO Boot Loader (although it does not share code with BIOS based LILO boot loader). It was originally created for Intel Itanium systems which supported only EFI 1.x (precursor to UEFI 2.x). It is the oldest UEFI bootloader for Linux. Elilo config file
elilo.conf is similar to LILO's config file. ELILO does not support chainloading other EFI applications. and does not provide a menu by default (setting up requires additional configuration as described in
elilo/docs/textmenu_chooser.txt file. Upstream provided compiled binaries are available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/elilo/ and AUR package at elilo-efiAUR.
BIOS-only Boot Loaders
GRUB Legacy
Follow GRUB Legacy
Follow LILO
NeoGRUB provides a means to boot Arch from the Windows Bootloader without installing a bootloader on the Arch itself. It is provided by the EasyBCD tool running on Windows. This is a great option for dual-booting Windows and Arch, especially if you find that Windows has trouble when booted or chainloaded from Syslinux or GRUB.
On some UEFI motherboards like boards with an Intel Z77 chipset, adding entries with
efibootmgr or
bcfg from the EFI Shell will not work because they don't show up on the boot menu list after being added to NVRAM.
This issue is caused because the motherboards can only load Microsoft Windows. To solve this you have to place the
.efi file in the location that Windows uses.
Copy the
bootx64.efi file from the Arch Linux installation medium (
FSO:) to the Microsoft directory your ESP partition on your hard drive (
FS1:). Do this by booting into EFI shell and typing:
FS1: cd EFI mkdir Microsoft cd Microsoft mkdir Boot cp FS0:\EFI\BOOT\bootx64.efi FS1:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
After reboot, any entries added to NVRAM should show up in the boot menu.


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Noctua NF-S12 & NF-R8 Fans: Nocuta is a newcomer to Phoronix, so when they had first asked us to look at a couple fans we were a bit hesitant. In the past year, the only cooling fans we had reviewed were the Sytrin KuFormula SFFD120 and the Enermax Marathon Enlobal Fan, which were both unique products compared to a traditional computer case fan. Ultimately, we decided to accept Noctua's invitation to try out the NF-S12 and NF-R8 fans, and in this review you will find out why.
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Skip to comments.1999, A Graduation to Remember (Evergreen State College - the ones blocking military shipments)
Posted on 11/14/2007 6:27:44 PM PST by doug from upland
A Graduation Day to Remember
by Peter Bohmer
June 20, 1999
"Out of the many here assembled, it is the heart of he or she that I seek who looks at a life of vapid materialism, of capitalist excess, and finds it simply intolerable. It may be 100 of you, or 50, or even ten, or even one of you who makes that choice. I am here to honor and applaud that choice and to warn you that, though the suffering may indeed be great, it is nothing to the joy of doing the right thing."
Mumia Abu-Jamal, at the Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, June 11, 1999
Mumia Abu-Jamal gave a memorable speech, recorded from Pennsylvania death row, to 8000 attendees, including more than 1200 graduating students, at the Evergreen State College graduation on June 11, 1999. During his 13 minute talk, you could have heard a pin drop, as almost everyone listened intently to Mumia's articulate voice. Drawing on the history of racist oppression in this country and the resistance to it, Mumia Abu-Jamal, in his taped address prepared for the graduating students, urged them to live their lives deliberately and join the revolutionary struggle. He pointed out that "race" is a social construct but also a social reality, and that whites had made and could and should make the choice to fight against white supremacy and the evils of capitalism, and for the liberation of all people. At the conclusion of his talk, a large majority of the audience gave him a loud standing ovation that could be heard all the way to his death row cell and hopefully to the U.S. Supreme Court, who will soon decide whether to consider the case. The attention paid by the graduating Evergreen students, their friends and relatives to Mumia's words, the interest in Mumia and the issues he raised, and the solidarity expressed by the applause, was very moving.
The idea of Mumia being the graduation speaker had been put forward in the fall of 1997. Although not initially successful, the idea did not die. In the last year, a group of students, primarily seniors, with support from a small group of faculty, staff and alumni organized to promote Mumia Abu-Jamal as the speaker for the 1999 graduation at the Evergreen State College, a 4000 student state college in Olympia, Washington.
Graduating students have usually had the primary say in selecting the speaker. Since it was announced in March, 1999 that Mumia was going to be a graduation speaker a furious, although ultimately unsuccessful campaign was launched to prevent this from happening.
Friday, June 11th , 1999 was a great day, especially for those who had worked so hard to have Mumia Abu-Jamal's voice be heard. One result of the organizing and outreach to gain support for Mumia speaking, is an increased awareness at Evergreen about the unjust nature of his conviction. By hearing him speak at graduation, there is also a more personal connection to Mumia which will lead to increased efforts to gain a new trial and prevent his execution. The national publicity will also help. At the college and in Olympia, it has led to real discussion about the racism and injustice in all aspects of the criminal justice system: police brutality; inadequate legal representation for most defendants; unjust arrests and imprisonment of political activists (especially people of color); juries that are often not of ones peers; the imprisonment with longer sentences of almost two million people, disproportionately Black, Native American and Latino; and the death penalty. The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, many other police associations and the "law and order" crowd do not only want to execute Mumia, they also are committed to silencing him. On June 11th, they failed. (See my ZNET commentary of May 30, 1999 for background.) Their campaign escalated in early June of this year.
Less than a week before the scheduled graduation, on June 5th and June 6th, Maureen Faulkner, the widow of Daniel Faulkner, the cop whom Mumia was convicted of murdering in the deeply flawed 1982 trial, took out big ads in the local newspaper, the Gannett owned "The Olympian" with the headline, "A Convicted Cop Killer, Speaker at Evergreen State College Commencement?" In the ad, she announced she would be attending the commencement with a picture of her dead husband and asked people to walk out when Mumia's speech began. The pressure to prevent Abu-Jamal from speaking was intense. Editorials in "The Olympian" and other newspapers, repeatedly called him a cop killer; hundreds of letters and emails to the campus demanded he not be allowed to speak; a Washington State legislator demanded the same; and U.S. Congressman Tom DeLay, the Republican House whip from Texas, called for a moment of silence in the U.S. Congress on June 11th at 1 P.M. to protest Mumia's participation in the graduation. DeLay called the college socially irresponsible. Socially irresponsible is something DeLay truly is an expert in. As June 11th approached, anxiety continued to rise. There were rumors that 300 armed cops were coming to support Maureen Faulkner and protest the graduation, that Mumia's speech would be drowned out by bullhorns, and that hundreds would walk out. In response to her ad, an open and respectful letter to her, signed by 20 faculty and staff and distributed two days before graduation, contested Ms. Faulkner's claims of Mumia's guilt, and summarized some of the worldwide support for a new trial.
Maureen Faulkner demanded to address the graduation. The Evergreen college administration, to its credit, did not give her time to speak from the podium. The day before the graduation, the college president, Jane Jervis, in an interview with the New York Times said that Abu-Jamal deserved inclusion because he used his free-speech "to galvanize an international conversation about the death penalty, and the relationship between poverty and the criminal justice system." This was a step forward from earlier attempts to apologize for and minimize Mumia's verbal presence. Partly because of student organizing, the college did not cave in to the concerted and organized attempt to remove him from the college graduation. Students in support of Mumia became increasingly organized, strategic and effective in increasing the number of people involved in the campaign. There was systematic outreach to the mass media, the alternate media and the Internet. They sent out a message far and wide that Evergreen graduates were being honored by having Abu-Jamal speak; that he deserved a new trial, and that he was raising issues of fundamental importance for the future of this country.
For the graduation itself, the symbolism put forward was that Mumia was the canary sent into coal mine shafts to test for lethal gas. If the canary died, the miners knew not to descend into the mine, because it was poisonous. The pamphlet, which was handed out to 6000 people during the graduation stated, "Mumia is the canary in our coal mine. If he dies without a fair trial, we will know that we live in a society that is unsafe for all of us." This well-received pamphlet concluded, "If we don't defend justice for others, who will defend justice for us." Yellow armbands and/or flags with a picture of a canary in a cage were worn by hundreds of graduating seniors and many supporters. It was decided to set a nonconfrontational tone at graduation and not respond to provocation by the police or the right wing who were sure to be there.
The local newspaper, "The Olympian" on the morning of the graduation headlined, "Eyes of the nation are on Evergreen for Abu-Jamal speech." At 1:00 P.M., the graduating students marched to the main square on the campus and took their seats. It was a warm and sunny day, a good omen. After welcoming comments and a speech, by Evergreen faculty member Stephanie Coontz, that strongly encouraged people to listen to each other and bridge differences, President Jane Jervis introduced Mumia Abu-Jamal. She asked people to listen respectively and gave them the option to leave the square for the duration of his speech. Although some faculty and students had predicted mass walkouts, only about 15 graduating students walked out and another 20 to 25 remained but turned their backs in protest of Mumia's speech. Perhaps another 25 stayed away from the entire graduation to object. These three forms of protest together adds up to only 5% of the students receiving their bachelor's or masters degree, a very small percentage of those graduating. Given the pressure exerted on students to protest Mumia by the mass media, by police and by Maureen Faulkner who walked out with her supporters, that the overwhelming majority listened respectfully and attentively speaks well for the Evergreen community A significant number of those who walked out or turned their backs worked in law enforcement or had close relatives working as cops or a similar job.
During this day, the media swarmed around Maureen Faulkner but most students ignored her. There were no disruptions or confrontations at the graduation. Mumia's speech was the center piece of a meaningful day. By 4:30 P.M., each student who was graduating had their name called, received their diploma and left with friends and family.
Not surprising but still somewhat disappointing was the TV and newspaper coverage of the graduation. All of the stories began with the protest against Mumia. Maureen Faulkner and the few students and non-students who protested Mumia' speech were the center of almost all of the accounts. For example, the Associated Press (AP) story was titled "Abu-Jamal Protested at Commencement", and the first half of the story only mentioned those who walked out in protest with all the quotes from this group. There was not one word about support for Mumia. The second half of the AP story included one short quote from a graduating senior who supported Mumia speaking at the graduation, a little bit about his case and two sentences from Abu-Jamal's speech. The protest against him speaking became the main story, and the remarkable story that Mumia Abu-Jamal spoke at a college graduation with overwhelming support from thousands was not reported.
The press in the U.S. proudly calls itself free, and reporters no doubt believe they are objective. It was very revealing to see these reporters and the TV cameras continually seek out for interviews and comments from those who protested Mumia speaking, and ignore or minimize the far larger numbers who supported him. The supporters were far more organized with press packets, and prepared statements from a diverse group of students, alumni and faculty, but this didn't matter. The media did not actually lie in the sense that they changed what Mumia said, or exaggerated the numbers who walked out. Rather the main story ended up being the protest against Mumia, which fit best with the status quo view that there are no political prisoners in this country, that we live in a country where for the most part, racism is a problem of the past, that people who are convicted of crimes or in prison must be guilty, that poor people are to blame for their poverty, and the wealthy and powerful are rewarded for their ability.
It is a viewpoint which is unconsciously accepted by reporters and their editors. They consider it perfectly normal and appropriate for people like Henry Kissinger and Robert Rubin, whose policies have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to be honored college graduation speakers, while they condemn Mumia Abu-Jamal as violent and inappropriate. It led these reporters to look for and focus on the protest against Mumia. This illustrates why media with a different framework is so important. "Democracy Now", hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, played the entirety of Mumia Abu-Jamal's talk, in reporting on the Evergreen graduation on their June 14th radio show.
There was a Mumia benefit, Friday night, June 11th, after the graduation that many local musicians played at. In spite of reports of the media spin, there was a solid feeling of positive accomplishment by those attending the show as people recounted the many discussions they had heard or participated in during the day of students with their parents and relatives about the criminal injustice system and the death penalty. Many parents said they would look into Mumia's case more carefully in the future as well as oppose the locking up of more and more of our population.
The silence about Mumia Abu-Jamal was pierced in Olympia on June 11th, 1999 and the ripples reached much farther. It was a day that those in attendance will always remember and for most, the memories will be about the social significance of what occurred. The struggle continues!
Perhaps Evergreen's most famous graduate.
Ah, rachel, we hardly knew ye. And sure as hell didn't want to know you better!
According to my liberal sister, TESC is considered the white trash of liberal arts colleges.
Why do ALL Liberal Arts teachers look like they idolize Richard Simmons?
This guy is a professor? He writes like a star-crossed high school kid...
What is the Dean's house called?...the Kremlin?
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Who killed Rachel Corrie?
Rachel Corrie, the Olympia, Wash., college student killed trying to protect a Palestinian house — a house, remember, not even a human being — against an Israeli bulldozer, will probably not merit a footnote in history books. That's too bad, because her life and death, the way she has been portrayed in some media, and the reactions of her college are powerful examples of an America with many morally confused individuals.
A Seattle Times columnist described her as a martyr. Her hometown paper, The Olympian, published numerous pictures of a sweet-looking woman from childhood on. It omitted the one photo of Rachel Corrie that USA Today, to its credit, published — Corrie screaming anti-American invective while burning an American flag in Gaza.
Anyone with a heart must extend the deepest condolences to Rachel Corrie's parents. But anyone with a conscience must regard Rachel Corrie's activities with contempt. One hopes that it is not asking too much of people to entertain simultaneously two conflicting emotions — grief for the parents and contempt for the daughter.
Rachel Corrie chose to side with a society that breeds some of the cruelest murderers of innocent people in the world. Rachel Corrie gave her life trying to protect people whose declared aim is to annihilate another country. In the name of saving children's lives, Rachel Corrie chose to defend a society that teaches its young children to blow themselves up and which deliberately targets children for death. And Rachel Corrie went to America's enemies to burn her country's flag.
She was one of the many fools our colleges annually produce. Evergreen State College is reputed to excel in such production. Is anyone aware of a single student or faculty member who repudiated her activities?
We are told repeatedly that Rachel was idealistic — as if that matters. Virtually every person who commits great evil — the Nazi, the Communist, the Islamic terrorist — is idealistic. Idealism is morally neutral. It is good only when directed to good ends. But in young people, idealism is at least as likely to lead to bad as to good because few young people are wise — and idealism without wisdom is very dangerous.
We are told ad nauseam that Rachel Corrie was a "peace activist." So let it be said once and for all that most of these people are moral frauds. Why? Because "peace activists" routinely protest only against peaceful countries. Has there been one Evergreen State or other "peace activist" in Sudan during its Islamic government's slaughter and enslavement of millions of blacks? Are there any "peace activists" in Tibet to protect its unique culture from being eradicated by the Communist Chinese? Did you notice any "peace activists" trying to save the millions of North Koreans dying at the hands of their lunatic government? Of course not. Rachel Corrie and other "peace activists" only target peace-loving Israel and America.
Why do they do so?
Here is one answer.
The world is filled with evil, and young idealists like Rachel Corrie don't like it. Which is lovely. But they don't confront real evil because they know they will get hurt. That's one reason there are no "peace activists" or "human shields" confronting Islamic terror, North Korean totalitarianism, or Chinese Communist despotism.
So, what's an idealist to do if she refuses to confront real evil but wants to feel good about herself? Ironically, confront those who fight real evil. That's why Rachel Corrie and the millions marching to protect Saddam Hussein's Iraq have never uttered a peep against Palestinian terror, Iraqi totalitarianism, or North Korean gulags. Instead, they focus their animosity at the countries that confront these evils — the United States and Israel.
So, Olympia, grieve for Rachel Corrie's parents, but spare us the hagiography. Rachel Corrie died fighting for the International Solidarity Movement, a Palestinian group dedicated, in its own words, to "armed struggle" against Israel. She ended up being a useful idiot for, and one more victim of, Palestinian terror.
I would disagree...my high school students write BETTER than he does! He is a disgrace.
I live in Olympia and it's worse than any of you can imagine...
Check this article about one of their finest.
She saw it firsthand in Soviet Russia. I never doubted her.
I am likely to be living in the area at the end of next year. Maybe together we can give them some grief.
When I graduated from the Univ of Minnesota in May of '03, it was a huge event for me - considering I was about 15 years old than the average graduate.
Our commencement speaker was Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice. Although not as controversial as Mumia, I still grimaced while listening to his speech. I remained seated while many of the mush-filled minds stood up and applauded at the end of his speech.
I told myself "I'll say something to him if I have to shake his hand or accept my diploma from him". Thankfully, it didn't come to that.
But if someone as controversial as Mumia had given the commencement speech at my graduation, you can rest assured I'd have walked out.
I wonder HOW MUCH federal aid we the people give Evergreen College annually...and why are we still doing so?!!!
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I being from a poor family received a merit based scholarship to attend Evergreen and was grateful for any college education, especially that offered more individual attention and freedom. I was an older student though and went into college with two successful businesses behind me and with a clarity that a college education is a benefit professionally.
The radical BS coming out of this school is what ultimately solidified my dedication to conservative ideals and living them. I am a happily married woman today that has taken my husband's name and a great success in all areas of my life. I live everything these people rail against and I have never been happier :-). Life is good.
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As a director and star trying to extend into new territory, Ben Stiller is his own best friend. With wild and crazy films like "Zoolander" and "Tropic Thunder" in his past, Stiller's taken a different turn in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," but, fortunately for all concerned, the Old Ben has decided to come along for the ride.
As a result "Walter Mitty," inspired by the brief 1939 James Thurber short story about a man who lapses into heroic daydreams at the slightest provocation, has a pleasant, curiously off-center quality that reflects the blending of these two sensibilities.
On the one hand, as written by Steven Conrad, "Secret Life" is animated by the traditional idea that, in Stiller's own words, "we all have something inside us waiting to get out, and all it takes is the courage to stop dreaming and start living."
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But whenever things threaten to get too earnest (which they do), the director's alter ego as one of the sharpest comedy minds in the business kicks in. Those instincts for the absurd bring on moments of amusing fantasy that hearken as far back as TV's too smart for the room "The Ben Stiller Show" of the early 1990s.
Because that Thurber story is so slight, turning it into a feature leaves considerable latitude to create back story: Danny Kaye, for instance, was a proofreader with an overbearing mother in the 1947 version, and Stiller and company do their own inventing as well.
A clue to the playfulness to follow, as well as an indication of Stiller's celebrated attention to detail, are found in the Kyle Cooper/Prologue Films opening credits, which artfully place bold-face names on the sides of buildings and other urban sites.
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The city in question is New York, where Walter Mitty is introduced as an especially timid soul, hesitating about whether to send an eHarmony wink to his comely coworker Cheryl (Kristen Wiig.) Later, when Todd Maher (Patton Oswalt), his eHarmony consultant, asks why he's left the "been there, done that" section of his questionnaire blank, Walter admits it's because he hasn't been anywhere or done anything.
Though Walter has confidence issues, "Secret Life" takes pains not to paint him as a complete wimp. For one thing, he has a healthy relationship with his mother (Shirley MacLaine), always a positive sign, and it's revealed later that as a younger man Walter was quite the skateboarder.
That kind of physical exertion, however, seems well behind him in the job he's held for 16 years, as the "negative assets manager" in the photo department of a fictionalized version of Life magazine. Few actors can manage looking as super-serious as Stiller, and his performance is complete down to the pens in his shirt pocket and the precise tie tack he wears.
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Before Walter can even get to work, we see deft examples of the heroic daydreams/fantasies he is prone to, brief but funny situations where, or so his alter ego claims, he lives by the ABCs — "audacious, brave, creative."
Once Walter arrives at the magazine's office, events combine to change everything. First, he learns that Life has been sold to a dot.com entity and that the next issue will be its last in print. Staff will be cut and Ted Hendricks (a wacky Adam Scott), the zealous, obnoxious managing director of transition given to saying things like "I've got a magazine to execute," considers Walter to be especially superfluous.
Also on this day of days, Walter gets a roll of film — yes, film — from old school Sean O'Connell (Sean Penn), the last of Life's great photographers. Walter has always looked after Sean's negatives, so he's especially disturbed to find that one shot on the roll, negative 25 to be precise, is missing in action.
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Making matters worse, Ted hears about negative 25 and decides to make it Life's final cover, sight unseen. Finding Sean and that missing frame becomes Walter's top priority, and that quest has an unexpected benefit: It enables him to collaborate closely with girl of his dreams Cheryl.
Wiig, best known for her lengthy "Saturday Night Live" stint and her starring role in "Bridesmaids," is quietly effective as the low-key Cheryl, who gradually warms to Walter and encourages him to throw caution to the wind and search the world for Sean O'Connell.
That extended expedition takes up the biggest chunk of "Secret Life" and features some fine comic moments, starting with Walter's eccentric adventures in Iceland (Olafur Darri Olafsson is especially funny as an inebriated pilot) and moving on to even more extreme situations.
With Walter's real adventures paralleling his fantasies, opportunities for personal growth abound, and even though this inevitably leads to periodic marking of time, Stiller's sensibility creates a movie that's smarter than you think it will be. Kind of like Walter Mitty himself.
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I use modern Firefox quite heavily on Windows 7 at work, and on Ubuntu 12.04 at home. Older Firefox versions suffered horribly from responsiveness and runaway memory problems, and I switched to Chromium at home to avoid it for quite some time. But I recently switched back to Firefox, and the problems seem to have been completely resolved.
Understand that I still like Chrome, and didn't switch away because it had any serious problems, I just find Firefox now works better for me.
(When I say "quite heavily", I mean that I typically have 30-40 tabs open in 3 browser windows on my home machine, and perhaps 10 in a single window at work.)
All that said, I'm about 3,217x more excited about Ubuntu Touch than FirefoxOS, but I'll definitely give them both a try.


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I didn't find a thread on this so I hope I'm not reposting anything. In my other message board this was really popular, primarily because we could rant about it and such. But that board sadly died Crying or Very sad . So I need some female support!
School starts on Monday (back from Winter Break) and I have it Crying or Very sad . This is really bad for me since my school rarely has bathrooms open. So I was hoping to be able to route out a map of where I could go, and now nothing.
So rant about the crimson tide!


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Last year I wrote a blog called "My Pets Fly" in response to my fellow writers here at PositiveLite.com who wrote about their dogs for "Furry Friends Friday". I wanted to write something but I don't have a dog or a cat. I don't like to "stoop and scoop" the poop nor do I have a desire to clean litter boxes. At my age, stooping isn't an easy task anymore, unless I see money.
When I was first diagnosed with HIV my doctor asked if I had a cat and informed me that there is a parasite in feline feces called toxoplasmosis that can be harmful to people with a compromised immune system. This isn't the only reason I don't have a cat, I don't hate them, I just don't like them.
I have several friends who have cats. Some will let me know they have one but I'm not to worry, it doesn't like new people or doesn't like men. They tell me that it will be hiding under the bed or will stay in another room. But as soon as I'm inside the house the cat will come right up to me, and worse, it rubs up against me. If I sit down on the couch, it will jump up and want to sit in my lap. I pick it up and put it down on the floor and it will jump back up. This will go on for quite a while until the owner puts a stop to it, somehow.
My pets are outside all the time, out amongst nature. I think we're a strange pairing. These pets fly, I'm 58 and have never flown anywhere. But they don't need to be fed, walked or taken care of by me.
Last winter I was able to get out hiking around town alot but this year, it takes a real effort. One day I might head up to the Arboretum at the University, another day I'll just hang out at the river and photograph the birds, ducks, seagulls or geese. They all look the same so I can make believe each one is the same one from the day before.
One in particular is the Hooded Merganser pictured here. For the last three winters there has been one down on the river hanging out with the Mallard ducks, Canada Geese and seagulls that live here year round. Like I said, I can't say if it's the exact same duck from the year before but each October one will show up and I've been snapping photos of him and many of his amusing mannerisms. He can be quite comical at times.
All pets need a name so I have given him the name Marty. Now I'm considering having a talk with my daughter-in-law about writing a story based on him. She wants to write children's stories so maybe this would work.
Marty has become quite the subject for conversation. Daily I am asked what kind of duck he is. Sometimes I meet up with other photographers or just people who come to feed the ducks and when they spot him they are always curious where he came from. I'm becoming very knowledgeable about nature, ducks, and birds. I need a life methinks. It is a way to meet new people, keeps my mind working and hopefully I get a little exercise.
When spring rolls around, several more Hooded Mergansers can be found, males as well as some females. When the males pair up with a female, they aren't as friendly around the other ducks on the river, they keep to themselves and don't come close enough for me to get many good photographs. I haven't seen any baby ones yet, they are usually gone by then. Maybe one year they will stay all year like the Common Mergansers do. I've included a picture of them above as well.
It takes a lot of standing in one place, watching and hoping for a different shot. I nearly froze trying to get the ones I've included here.


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4 cups cooked pasta (about 3 cups before cooking)
8 ounces diced chicken breast
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Chef Paul Prudhomme's Poultry Magic®, in all
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions
2 cups heavy cream
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Cook the pasta according to package directions, drain, and set aside.
Sprinkle the chicken with 1 teaspoon Poultry Magic® and rub it in well.
Melt the butter in a 12-inch skillet over high heat, shaking the skillet once or twice. When the butter sizzles, in about 2 minutes, add the chicken and remaining 1 tablespoon of Poultry Magic®, and cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the onions and cream and bring to a boil. Cook, occasionally whisking gently, until the cream begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Add the pasta, return to a boil, and remove from the heat.
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6:30 p.m. - Fern Forest Nature Center - Coconut Creek
The meeting was called to order by Quentin Morgan, Chair at 6:30 p..m., after which all present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Approval of Minutes
Mr. Morgan asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of June 3, 2009. Jack Mathison made the motion, which was seconded by Howard Nelson and passed unanimously.
The Board has three new members who introduced themselves; Howard Nelson, Michael Smith and Marsha Oster Levy. The existing members present also gave a short introduction for the new members benefit.
Employee of the Month for August 2009
Dimitri Oriol was congratulated as Employee of the Month for August. He was applauded for his accomplishments and work ethics and was awarded a framed certificate of appreciation.
Park Manager's Report
Nikki Hochberg, Naturalist III at Fern Forest Nature Center, welcomed the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PAB). Ms. Hochberg provided the board members with a handout that gave an overview of improvements, renovations, and special events at Fern Forest Nature Center.
Parks and Recreation Division (Parks) Update
Bob Harbin informed the PAB staff's main focus has continued to be the County's budget. At this time Parks are looking at a 16% reduction or $6 million dollars, which equates to about 100 employees. There was a budget workshop on September 1 and two public hearings are scheduled for this month.
Bond Construction Update
Jim Federici provided the PAB with a projects status report handout which is a summary of the bond projects being worked on. The Vista View Park project is a 60 acre expansion of the park and staff is tentatively planning an October/November opening. Building permits for the Carpenter House have been obtained and the City of Hollywood has placed the site on a potential list of historic sites. DB2 consists of four different parks scheduled for renovation work; staff has negotiated the agreement with the contractor at Quiet Waters and this now needs to go to the Board; the Deerfield Island project will make improvements to the boardwalk. DB3 in Tradewinds North consists of utility work and upgrading the roadway system. Stephen Lawson asked about the status of Everglades Holiday Park (EHP). Answer - EHP project is about a year out and will be done through a phased process. Parks staff is scheduled to meet with Ron Bergeron, newly appointed Commissioner to the Florida Fish and Game Commission, in order to discuss a transition plan for Parks to take over the operation of the facility. Stephanie Munson asked how extensive the camp grounds were going to be. Answer - The camping will be replaced with other amenities per the master plan presented to the PAB at an earlier date.
Old Business
Mr. Harbin provided an update regarding the dragon boat club, Blazing Paddles, container at West Lake Park. The club asked for a delegation before the Board August 25, 2009. Blazing Paddles had three speakers and after the Board heard from them, went into recess and the item was not discussed any further. Jack Mathison had a discussion with the club and may be able to work out an alternative location.
New Business
Shelly Turetzky presented the results of the PAB's performance measures of their strategic plan. Ms. Turetzky explained that most Objectives and Goals were met.
Bob Harbin, Sharon Kent, Shelly Turetzky and Jack Mathison met as a committee to discuss goals for the coming year. A draft proposal for performance measures was provided to the members. Howard Nelson asked if companies seeking wetland mitigation projects may be considered a collaborative partner. Bob Harbin stated that Broward County Parks is running out of areas or opportunities for mitigation. There is a schedule of fees for permits after they are issued and these fees are put in the Natural Areas Trust Fund. Staff is in the process of a new volunteer program Volunteers in Parks (VIP) should be up and running around March 2010. Marsha Levy asked if Broward College was utilizing our volunteer program for the student's community service hours. Marsha will provide contact information for a collaborative effort.
Terry Danger moved for the adoption of the performance measures for the next fiscal year. Jack Talabisco seconded and all were in favor.
Bob Harbin discussed the proposed fee schedule for FY2010, Parks fees represent 36% of the Division's operating budget. The main changes to the schedule are; reduce fees at Central Broward Regional Park' (CBRP) Main Event Field by 50% in anticipation of increased usage (more affordable) which would in turn increase revenue and eliminate CBRP's scoreboard fee; increase the lead remediation fee from $.75 to $1 to assist in funding the cleanup and lead reclamation at Markham Park's Target Range; provides authority of the Parks and Recreation Director to approve coupon or discounts up to 50% of their value.
Jack Talabisco moved to approve the FY10 proposed fee changes, Jack Mathison seconded and all were in favor.
Bob Harbin reviewed the new Advisory Board Ordinance.
Bob Harbin announced that he was retiring and will stay until January 2010. Community Services Department started working on a succession plan for an easier transition with the new Director. A consultant was hired and an interview panel reviewed the candidates. Quentin Morgan served on the panel.
Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
Public Forum was opened.
James Miller member of a mountain bike club, National Mountain Bike Patroller and mountain trail volunteer, spoke to the PAB regarding what the trails at Quiet Waters Park means to him. Mr. Miller appealed the PAB to consider and forward a recommendation of other alternatives to closing Quiet Waters Park on Wednesday, in addition to Tuesday closings.
Greg Murk member of a mountain bike club also requested PAB to try and consider alternatives to closing the parks.
Public forum adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Next Meeting
The next meeting is at Long Key Nature Center, October 7, 2009 at 7:30 a.m.


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WALTHAM, Mass.- The Brandeis Men's and Women's fencing teams struggled during the Brandeis Invitational going a combined 0-9 (0-4 for the men and 0-5 for the women). They faced tough competition from Brown (Men 11-16, Women 7-20), North Carolina (M 10-17, W 8-19), St. John's (M 7-20, W 1-26), Yale (M 10-17, W 11-16) and Cornell (W 7-20). Still, there were some good individual performances.
Junior saberist Zoe Messinger (Short Hills, N.J./ Millburn) won seven of the 14 points Brandeis saberists won on the day, including the only point scored by Brandeis against St. John's. Junior Vikki Nunley (Glen Gardner, N.J./ Voorhees) had an impressive performance, winning 8 of her 12 bouts with the foil. Senior Emily Mandel (White Plains, N.Y./ The Masters School) was the top performer for the epee bouts winning three of Brandeis's nine on the day.
Top individual performers on the men's side began with rookie saberist Jess Ochs-Willard (Montclair, N.J./ Montclair) who went 7-2 on the day. Another rookie saberist, Adam Mandel (White Plains, N.Y./ The Masters School), also had a good day going 6-4. Sophomore foil Julian Cardillo (Medford, Mass./ St. Johns Prep) had a strong performance winning 8 of his 12 bouts and senior epee Alex Powell (Upper Montclair, N.J./ Montclair) won four of the epee squad's nine bouts for the day.
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I did a western blot using lysate from cultured primary neurons, the results is very disappointing. As usual, b-actin gave very nice and strong signals, but all my target proteins such as Akt, phosp-Akt, Caspase-3 are either very dim or no signal at all. I increased loading from 30ul to 50ul and got the same disappointing results. I saw some references showing western using primary neurons and seems strong signals. Is there a tricky part about doing western using primary neurons? Anybody has experience on that? I appreciate your input very much!
I cultured primary neurons on 6-well plates and use 150ul lysis buffer per well (My guess is that neurons are much less dense than HEK293 cells so that the protein levels would be lower in lysate), western is done with Cell Signaling antibodies, Li-Cor 2nd antibodies and imaging system.
Submit your paper to J Biol Methods today!
Western difficulty in primary neuron cells.
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 02:40 PM
your issue is mostly due to the very low quantity of protein used. 150 microlitre per well is too much, i would suggest not more than 50 micro litres/well, doing so you could able to load the maximum concentration obtained.
I always had an alternate hypothesis....


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J Guerrero, a sous chef at Prune, is somewhat famous for his family meals. Here, he gives us a recipe for a new take on baked eggs that fully embraces the need for a hands-off breakfast dish, although I would argue for serving this dish as a light lunch or dinner. Easily adaptable, this is one to make a standard. -Helen
Prepping for service means your body is occupied with completing a set list of tasks — rolling out pasta, making an aioli, cooking bacon — but your mind is free to consider what to eat. Family meals are split up among the various services at Prune: the person working lunch makes breakfast, the daytime prep person makes lunch, and the dinner crew makes dinner.
Breakfast is my favorite meal, and I like making this dish -- in which eggs are baked atop layers of ricotta and ham -- because it's easy to put together and goes in the oven for several minutes, giving my body a chance to keep working. Most importantly, it's forgiving and can easily be made vegetarian for those who choose that…lifestyle.
J Guerrero's Baked Eggs with Ricotta and Onions
Serves 6
- extra virgin olive oil
- 2 medium yellow onions, sliced thinly
- 1-2 sprig fresh thyme
- 2 cups coarse breadcrumbs, big enough that they look like croutons
- kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
- 2 cups ricotta
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World War One on RTE
Our country's story told through the lives of those who survived and died.
The 4th of August 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the United Kingdom declaring war on Germany. This declaration of war also marked the entry of Ireland into the bloodiest conflict the world had ever seen. About 210,000 men from Ireland served in the British forces, and about 35,000 of them died.
In this five-part series, we'll be looking at World War One from Ireland's perspective. How the country responded to the outbreak of war, as young men enlisted for a variety of reasons. We'll be telling the stories of those who served on the front lines. And, finding out how the war affected the lives of those who were left behind.
Episode One - Call to Arms
As Europe went to war, what was it really like for Irish people at home and on the front lines?
Guests: Historians, Catriona Pennell, John Horne and John Dennehy (author of Tipperary in a Time of War). Also, military genealogist, Gordon Power.
Defence of the Realm Act
This was passed in the United Kingdom 4 days after war was declared and gave the government wide ranging powers which included huge restrictions.
Germans living in Ireland
With the outbreak of war, Germans, Austrians and Hungarians who lived here were viewed with suspicion and they were regarded as a threat to national security. Ruth Fleischmann's German born grandfather, Aloys, was arrested and detained in an internment camp in Oldcastle, Co. Meath during the war. Her grandmother, a piano teacher in Cork, had to endure anti- German prejudice as Ruth told us.
There was also a Prisoner of War camp at Templemore, Co. Tipperary where the Garda Training barracks is now located. John Dennehy discussed how it impacted on the local community.
U Boat Campaign in Irish Waters
War came to our shores in the form of German U-Boats. This was the first submarine war patrol in history. The most famous ship they torpedoed was in May 1915 when the Lusitania was hit. Fewer than 600 out of 2,000 passengers and crew survived.
The sinking of the mailboat, the RMS Leinster on the 10th of October, 1918 was the worst disaster ever to happen to an Irish-owned shipping company. 501 people died - the highest-ever loss of life in the Irish Sea. Sligo historian, Brian Scanlon recalled the story of a local nurse who was killed that day.
Training the Recruits
In all, 210,000 men from Ireland joined the British army. About a quarter of these had already enlisted in various capacities before 1914. However, most had no previous military experience. So, new recruits were sent for training to prepare them for the rigours of war. Military historian, Tom Burke of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who has researched what was involved and how woefully ill-prepared they were for what was to come, spoke to Colette Kinsella .
The Trenches
The most potent image we have of World War One is the trenches which zig zagged for 475 miles from the North Sea to the Swiss border. They have become a powerful symbol of mud, rats, disease, decay – and death. We heard an excerpt describing the scene from the 1915 diary of Captain Frank Hitchcock of the Leinster Regiment.
War Poets
Iconic images of the First World War have been etched on our consciousness through the legacy of soldier-poets such as Francis Ledgwidge, Thomas Kettle and Dorothy Letts. But do their powerful pen pictures over-simplify or sentimentalise the war?
1916 Rising
Tom Kettle prophesised that the Easter rebels of 1916 'will go down in history as heroes and martyrs; and I will go down, he said, if I go down at all, as a bloody British officer.' At the time, this was not a universal reaction to the outbreak of the Easter Rising – as we heard from veterans.
We addressed questions such as how quickly after the Rising did the wider population become sympathetic to the rebels? How did the Easter Rising change attitudes to enlistment here? How was morale on the Front affected? How were the families of men in the British army regarded after the Rising?
Memorials to the Missing
The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in the Belgium town of Ypres contains the names of more than 54,000 British soldiers whose bodies were never found. It is one of many such memorials across Europe. While traffic constantly passes through its fourteen-and-a-half metre tall archway, it is in fact, a serene place. Louise Denvir spent a balmy summer's day there with David Baxter, as he rediscovered the sheer enormity of missing casualties lost in battle in that municipality.
The vast majority of families here who had a relative killed between 1914 and 1918 would never have got to visit their loved one's grave and 40% of the remains were never recovered. Our guests talked about how these people have been remembered.
Ireland after the Armistice
After the Armistice, men arrived home to a very different place that existed when war was declared in 1914. The country was divided – and even within families, there were political divisions.
In many families after the Free State came into being, their relatives' involvement was never spoken about. In some cases, family stories have been lost to history, because the veterans themselves never talked about their experiences.
Former British soldiers who joined IRA
A month after the Armistice in November 1918, an election took place in Ireland which virtually wiped out the Irish Parliamentary Party. The radical nationalist Sinn Féin party - led by Eamonn De Valera - won a landslide victory. They formed a breakaway government in early 1919 and declared Ireland's autonomy from Britain.
The Irish War of Independence, followed. At least 116 men from Ireland who fought with the British army joined the IRA. One remarkable example of a man who served with both the British and Republican forces was Wexford man Martin Doyle. Orla Rapple told his story. Martin Doyle died in November 1940 and he's buried at Grangegorman Military cemetery in Dublin.
Public Remembrance
We discussed how Ireland's commemoration and memorialisation of the war changed after the Free State came into being. Our guests noted the many positive developments in Anglo-Irish relations in recent years. The most recent being the Queen's visit here and our President's visit to London which is leading us closer to a point where we can jointly remember our war dead?
The History Show would like to acknowledge the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reconciliation Fund.
When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, we were dangerously close to civil war over the polarsing issue of Home Rule. But the outbreak of war in Europe had a remarkably pacifying effect here - as Mark Duncan of Century Ireland tells us in a piece written especially for this programme.
Approx 1 in 5 of the landed gentry never came home from war. Report from Drishane house and discussion with historians, John Horne and Catriona Pennell.
The story of Martin Doyle who awarded a Victoria Cross for his bravery during WW1 and subsequently joined the IRA.
World War One was the beginning of an era of technologically advanced, mass produced weapons such as machine guns, modern artillery and airplanes. These developments were driven by both sides wanting to end the deadlock of trench warfare - as Lorcan Clancy found out.
Soldiers who returned from World War 1 with wounds which would kill them were not counted among the dead of the war if they died after August 1921. We hear Marjorie Quarton's account of her father's experience followed by historian, John Horne
Teenager John Condon became known as the youngest casualty. Orla Rapple visited Waterford his home city. Military genealogist, Gordon Power talked to Myles Dungan about whether John Condon was the youngest soldier to die in WW1.
Historian, Catriona Pennell on how women in Ireland reacted to the outbreak of WW1.
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Our country's story told through the lives of those who survived and died.
Episode One - Call to Arms
As Europe went to war, what was it really like for Irish people at home and on the front lines?
Broadcast from 13:30 to 15:00 on Monday 4 August
Episode 2 -The Front
The reality for the Irish who died on survived fighting on the Western Front.
Broadcast from 10-11am on Sunday 10 August
Episode 3 - The Home Front
How did the war affect people's lives here?
Broadcast from 10-11am on Sunday 17 August
Episode 4 - Songs for a lost generation
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To be broadcast from 10-11am on Sunday 24 August.
Episode 5 - The aftermath
The experience of veterans when they arrived home.
Broadcast from 10-11am on Sunday 31 August.
Anti recruitment in Ireland during WW1.
Episode 2 - The Front
This programme will be broadcast on Sunday 10 August at 10am
World War One began dramatically, with The Germans sweeping through Belgium and France as they drove towards Paris. But for the most part, the conflict was characterised by its lack of movement. There was a stalemate - both sides dug in, producing a long matching line of trenches along the Western Front. Each side attempted to wear the other down in a brutal war of attrition.
The eager thousands who enlisted in 1914 would have had romantic ideas about what war was like. These notions would have been quickly dispelled when they were faced with the mud, blood and general drudgery of life in the trenches. We'll examine what the experience of trench warfare was actually like for these young men.
World War One was fought on many battlefronts in various different theatres of war. The life of a soldier took many forms, and their experiences varied widely from front to front.
We'll be looking at the stories of men from all over Ireland who survived and died on the front lines. What it was like to come face to face with the horror and savagery of war. And, the physical and psychological injuries these men suffered.
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