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In the last few months, the controversy regarding the landmarked Manufacturers Trust Company building at 510 Fifth Avenue designed by Gordon Bunshaft for SOM came to relative conclusion both with the settlement of lawsuit between Vornado Realty Trust and the local activist group Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation, and the opening of the new Joe Fresh retail store.
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In the past few months, there has been an extraordinary amount of press on Brutalist architecture, most of which has centered on the controversy of whether or not to demolish Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center. The front-page article in the New York Times on April 7, "Architecture's Ugly Ducklings May Not Get Time to Be Swans," served as a catalyst for an explosion of newspaper, journal, magazine, and blog articles about the building and its Brutalist style, including pages and pages of reader comments.
By Liz Waytkus and Francine Moralles
Endangered historic site lists, as a tool for advocacy, are being announced and promoted by many preservation organizations and architectural advocacy groups across the country. As these lists seem to proliferate, it's interesting to step back and look at their genesis, the inclusion (or perhaps exclusion) of modern sites as a subset, the limits to modern site inclusion (mostly iconic by star architects), and endangered lists overall effectiveness.
World Monuments Fund (WMF) invites nominations for the 2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize, which will be awarded this fall to a design professional or firm in recognition of innovative design solutions that preserved or saved a modern landmark at risk. The biennial prize was established to raise public awareness of the contribution modernism makes to contemporary life, the important place modernism holds in the architectural record, and the influential role that architects and designers play in preserving modern heritage.
Following World War II, the United States and Europe sought to address the dire need for public and affordable housing through new building. The decades after war saw the development of many innovative design, construction and social arrangements. This legacy represents an important part of our collective architectural and cultural heritage but its preservation is plagued by many practical and social issues. By bringing together American and International experts, the Fitch Colloquium seeks to create a dialogue about the preservation of these buildings, which are at the intersection of social, physical, cultural and architectural values.
The Save Prentice Coalition wants you to Show Prentice Some Love this Valentine's Day! Enter the on-line contest to let the world know how much you love Bertrand Goldberg's 1975 Prentice Women's Hospital. Your "valentine" to Prentice can take any form you like: photos, drawings, t-shirt graphics, songs, 60-second videos, haiku, tattoos, and construction paper hearts are all welcome. Entries are due by 5 pm on Monday, February 13th. The top 5 entries will be posted at www.saveprentice.org on Valentine's Day for a public vote.
Join Docomomo US and openhousenewyork for a scavenger hunt across Manhattan and beyond. Spend a day exploring the city and taking photographs in front of examples of modern architecture and design for a chance to win great prizes! Hunt alone or as a team and learn about the historical buildings, spaces and the architects and designers that made major contributions to the cityscape. The hunt starting point and event opening will take place at Room & Board in SoHo at 11:00am. The hunt will conclude at the Spring Natural Kitchen, a new restaurant on the Upper West Side, where hunters can rest and enjoy a complimentary drink and munchies from 5:00-6:30pm.
Docomomo US and World Monuments Fund invite you to a presentation entitled, Materials and Surfaces of the Tugendhat House: Investigation and Preservation of Authenticity.
By DR. IVO HAMMER, conservator, art historian, chairman of the Tugendhat House International Committee.
Registration is now open for the upcoming Hawaii Modernism Symposium. Join Historic Hawai'i Foundation for presentations, discussion and celebration of Hawaii's significant architecture, planning and engineering achievements from the middle of the 20th century. The event entitled: "Hawai'i Modernism: a Symposium on Identification, Evaluation and Preservation of Our Recent Past" will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the East West Center in Honolulu.
New Orleans architect Arthur Q. Davis passed away on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 at Ochsner Baptist Medical Center. A graduate of Tulane University's School of Architecture and a World War II veteran, Davis studied with Walter Gropius and apprenticed in Eero Saarinen's Michigan office.
As interest in architecture of the twentieth century grows, Docomomo US continues to be at the forefront of the modern architecture preservation movement. For almost two decades, Docomomo US has been the resource for the advancement of public understanding of modern architecture and landscape and the promotion of advocacy on its behalf.
On a busy stretch of midtown Manhattan, a somewhat unknown and unloved modern building has quietly been demolished. The Donnell Library (1955), a modest piece of design nestled among the likes of Philip Johnson, Edward Durell Stone and Yoshio Taniguchi, stood on the south side of West 53rd Street and was designed by Edgar I. Williams and Aymar Embury II.
DOCOMOMO Ukraine in association with Kharkov National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, "RodDom" Institute and DOCOMOMO International request papers in association with the International Conference on Ukrainian Architectural Avant-Garde - Studies and Protection, Kharkov, February 1-3, 2012.
The aim of the conference is to concentrate efforts of architects, scientists, cultural community, state and local authorities of the Ukraine on the studies and protection, of the remaining architectural heritage, and of the turbulent twentieth century.
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On Tuesday, November 15th, join Docomomo US/NY Tri-State for an evening with Hicks Stone as he presents his new book, Edward Durell Stone: A Son's Untold Story of a Legendary Architect (Rizzoli). Hicks Stone, Edward Durell Stone's youngest son, himself a practicing architect, documents the breadth of his father's life and career. A unique and at times honest depiction of his father, Hicks presents an authoritative biography of one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century architecture.
Docomomo US/North Texas in partnership with Dallas Architecture Forum will host the award-winning film, The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History on Tuesday, November 8th at the Dallas Center for Architecture.
While the images of the 1972 demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project have become an iconographic visual shorthand for the failure of modern architecture, the reality is much more complex, involving wide-spread failures of our society, government, economy, and culture.
Congratulations to Connie Chau, Andrew Spina, Karen Liu, Nancy Tsai (photographer) of teamcoopers! They were the grand prize winners in the first annual Docomomo US Modern Architecture Scavenger Hunt. Completing ten of the contest items, teamcoopers earned 51 points and visited a number of buildings during Open House New York including Frank Lloyd Wright's 1954 Hoffman Auto Showroom (now Mercedes-Benz Manhattan) on Park Avenue. By winning our grand prize, they have won a personal tour by Docomomo US President Theodore Prudon as well as Docomomo US Moleskine notebooks and other fun prizes. Congratulations teamcoopers!
UPDATE from Docomomo US/MN on the public meeting for Peavey Plaza:
The World Monuments Fund has named three modern properties in the United States to its 2012 World Monuments Watch list. Manufacturers Trust Company Building designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was included on the list as was the Orange County Government Center by Paul Rudolph and Russel Wright's Manitoga in Garrison, New York. Since 1996, the biennial Watch has drawn international attention to cultural-heritage sites in need of assistance, helping to save some of the world's most treasured places. The 2012 Watch includes 67 sites, representing 41 countries and territories.
Architecture buffs get your sneakers on and get ready to discover modern architecture across all five boroughs. Docomomo US is thrilled to launch our first annual Modern Architecture Scavenger Hunt during the Open House New York weekend. Grab your friends and a camera, and photograph yourself in front of modern architecture for a chance to win great prizes.


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I used to think there was nothing better than finding a terrific new book that I�ve never read before. Wrong. Even better than that is finding a terrific new book that I�ve never read before, then discovering that it is the first of a series and two more books in the series are already out and another is being released in four months with more books to follow. That is pure heaven. And one way or another, it has been a great year for fiction series. Here are a few books I�m looking forward to in 2011, after being left on tenterhooks by the last installment in the series . . .
1. Bernard Cornwell�s Saxon Series.
Cornwell is just about my favorite historical fiction author out there, and the Saxon Series is his latest smash hit. Revolving around the reign of Alfred the Great in the days when Vikings were still rampaging all over England, Cornwell focuses not on the devout and humorless Alfred as he tries to put a nation together but on Alfred�s most heroic (and reluctant) ally: Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a Viking-raised warlord with an unstoppable talent for killing on the battlefield, and an equally unstoppable bent for trouble off it. Cornwell�s last installment The Burning Land left Uhtred bereft of the woman he loves but burying his troubles in his favorite hobby � killing enemies. The next Uhtred book should be out sometime this fall.
2. Jim Butcher�s Dresden Files.
I�m usually a lukewarm fan when it comes to urban fantasy, but Jim Butcher got me hook line and sinker. His Dresden Files are expansive, complex, and always funny, a rare quality in fantasy. Harry Dresden is a professional wizard in modern-day Chicago with a gift for pissing off various forces of darkness, and a complete disability to back down from a fight. His �Have staff, will smite� attitude and steady stream of snarky one-liners has carried him through twelve books to date, and the last, Changes, was the most harrowing yet. Harry has lost everything, including his life . . . or has he? The last page of Changes is one long maddening cliffhanger, thankfully to be solved on April 5, 2011 by the next volume in the Dresden Files, titled Ghost Story.
3. Sara Poole�s Poison series.
Sara Poole is a new author I found this year with her novel Poison, a lush and unflinching look at the Italian Renaissance and the always fascinating Borgia family through the eyes of a very unusual heroine. Francesca is the Borgia family�s professional in-house poisoner, a young and deceptively demure-faced girl whose day job is to keep the Borgias alive and their enemies dead. Francesca had me riveted from the first page when she got her job by poisoning her predecessor and then calmly explaining how she did it; a heroine so amoral and yet so centered is a delight. I will be first in line on June 7, 2011 when The Borgia Betrayal is released � the second installment of Francesca�s adventures now that her Borgia master has become Pope.
4. Michael Grant�s Gone series.
Cross Stephen King�s Under The Dome with Lord of the Flies, add a dash of X-Men, and you get Gone: the disturbing tale of what happens to a small California beach town when an impenetrable barrier slams down � but traps only the fourteen-and-under crowd inside. Kids begin to mutate alarming powers and a mysterious darkness is growing, but the most interesting part of the story for me is seeing a shy teenager named Sam grow into hero and leader as his brainy girlfriend tries to re-invent a Constitution that will govern fairly and effectively over the increasingly desperate and violent band of children. The fourth book in the series, Plague, will be release April 5, 2011.
5. George R.R. Martin�s Song of Ice and Fire series.
Is there even the smallest chance that we will see Dance of Dragons this year, given that it is now at least two years overdue? One character has been left hanging from a tree by a noose, another rots in jail, a third is stricken suddenly blind, and others have been MIA since the previous book. Oh well, this massive fantasy series remains my favorite in the fantasy genre, about which I am usually fairly unenthusiastic. Martin keeps his work close to history, and I always have fun finding the War of the Roses in-jokes or the Stuart Kings parallels. Let�s hope we finally see the fifth installment this year.
These are only my top five series. I�ve got a lot of reading to do this year, and I look forward to it. Special thanks to the publishers of Michael Grant and Jim Butcher, who were kind enough to schedule Ghost Story and Plague to be released the same day as my second book, Daughters of Rome. It�s always a bit of a head-scratcher figuring out what to do on the day of your novel�s release. It�s not a movie, so there�s no premiere to attend in a fabulous gown. You can�t start checking your online reviews yet, since most people (even assuming they buy the book on the first day) still need to time to read it. You can�t even go down to your local bookstore just to gaze at your book on the shelf, since most bookstores don�t stock your book the minute it is released unless you are JK Rowling or at least Richelle Mead. Last year when Mistress of Rome was released I wandered around my apartment and bit my nails a lot. This year when Daughters of Rome is released, on Tuesday April 5, 2011, I will be nose deep in the adventures of either Harry Dresden or the scrappy mutant kids of the FAYZ. Thank God for distractions.
And for those of you who were kind enough to tell me you were happily anticipating Daughters of Rome as one of your 2011 reads � well, it�s still three months till publication, but I did get permission to post the first chapter. Read here if you would like a sneak peek!


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Skip to comments.North Andover (MA) High Punishes (sober) Teen For Giving Drunken Pal Ride Home From Party
Posted on 10/14/2013 12:12:38 PM PDT by matt04
Its tough for Eleanor Cox to talk about how heartbroken her daughter Erin is over the punishment she received for doing what she thought was right.
Shes very fragile and Im worried about her. Very worried about her. She didnt do anything wrong, Cox told WBZ-TV on Sunday.
Two weeks ago, Erin received a call from a friend at a party who was too drunk to drive. Erin drove to Boxford after work to pick up her friend. Moments after she arrived, the cops arrived too and busted several kids for underage possession of alcohol.
A North Andover High School honor student, Erin was cleared by police, who agreed she had not been drinking and was not in possession of alcohol. But Andover High told Erin she was in violation of the districts zero tolerance policy against alcohol and drug use. In the middle of her senior year, Erin was demoted from captain of the volleyball team and told she would be suspended from playing for five games.
Neither the school district nor its attorney could be reached for comment Sunday, but the Cox family is hoping theyll listen to the host of supporters whove stood behind Erin.
She didnt do anything wrong. She did what she thought was right, and Im very proud of her, Erins mother said.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...
If you're helping drive underage teens home from a party, you're enabling them to break the law and violate the school policy. As for kids driving home drunk, there's a solution to that. Tell the parents to teach them to obey the law, respect their bodies and not drink. If a kid drives the drunk kid home, that's also helping the drunk kid to hide the activity from his parents. He should be calling his parents for the ride and not recruiting his otherwise innocent, non-participating friend as an enabler. It doesn't sound like the punishment she got was disproportionate.
The student has more common sense than the school administration. This is what happens when all references to God and his commandments are thrown out of our education system. They set up lists of silly rules that are considered to be sacrosanct, and then condemn those kids who believe in the Bible and the ten commandments.
"""Neither the school district nor its attorney could be reached for comment""""
That's the biggest problem with schools these days. They lawyer up right away instead of having the Principal look at the situation, use some common sense and end it right there.
I am sick of "Zero Tolerance" being applied to everything in life so people who are in authority don't have to think or make judgement calls.
Posses a gun, out
Posses a picture of a gun, out.
Eat a pop-tart into the shape of a gun, out.
Underage drinking, out.
Pick up a friend who had been drinking so she doesn't kill herself or someone else while driving drunk, OUT!
The world has gone nuts and school administrators in particular need to be THROWN OUT!
And she should have called the kids' parents if she cared about his well-being, not drive him home herself.
As long as people vote for fools as school board members and give mediocre teachers and administrators tenure, nonsense like this will continue to happen. The only way to hold them accountable is to sue them personally wherever possible.
what part of the police evindence that the child was neither using drugs nor drinking alcohol nor in the POSESSION of SAME do these dweebs not GET?
do they somehow assume that being in PROXIMITY.to..equates to Posession OF?
in that case I owned dozens of collectable automobiles the last time I visited a car show...
It's also helping the kid not kill ME.
As for kids driving home drunk, theres a solution to that. Tell the parents to teach them to obey the law, respect their bodies and not drink.
And, kids always do what their parents say, right?
sounds to me like there is no Grace in your life- would you rather she was there drinking -? for Heavens sake - she PREVENTED someone from driving drunk and possibly hitting YOUR child
In my book - preventing a felony dwi trumps school policy, which btw had nothing to do with school property etc...
children belong to their parents, not the nanny state
stop feeding inti it
>> she should have called the kids parents if she cared about his well-being, not drive him home herself.
Wow. I guess you skipped those teen years altogether.
Born an adult... weaned on a pickle. :-)
What you said.
"Zero Tolerance" = Zero Intelligence. Welcome to Obamerika.
Those two things sound really stupid when put together.
No, it says kids should not drink. Maybe the friend should have called a taxi? These moronic kids/adults throwing this party should probably be charged with something harsh.
tru dat
because God knows how much kids need to get drunk a lot, silly rules like no drunken kids are totally against the ten commandments.
Thou shalt get thy children drunk is in there somewhere??
aiding and abetting a crime is a crime
I can guarantee you I skipped any event where underage kids were drinking alcohol, as every young person should.
No right??
You statist!
So, it's only the stuff you are okay with that counts?
>> I can guarantee you I skipped any event where underage kids were drinking alcohol
I'll vouch for you; I don't ever remember you at any of the events I was at, and I'm *sure* a guy with a halo would have stuck in my memory.
A zero tolerance policy on drugs and alcohol for its students is not the "nanny state," it's setting a proper standard for an institution that someone is going to earn a diploma from. If you either help supply the alcohol or help transport the kids back and forth from the "bender," you're enabling their activity, even if you aren't drinking yourself.
>> its setting a proper standard for an institution that someone is going to earn a diploma from.
You mean "...for an institution from which someone is going to earn a diploma."
Sounds like at your high school they had their ducks in a row on the alcohol thing... grammar, not so much!
A preposition is a word you should NEVER end a sentence with. :-)
If she had called the cops....shed be off scott free?
It is good that young Erin learns early that government, at every level, is capricious, vindictive, and stupid.
Has nothing to do with halos or being perfect. But it's people like you, who imply that a staple of everyone's "teen years" is illegal alcohol use, who are part of the problem. We need more people serving as examples of good behavior, not making excuses for bad behavior or suggesting that it's normal and everyone does it, which isn't true. Many human tragedies would be prevented if kids and adults for that matter did not use illegal substances of any kind.
Yes. Obviously, it would have been far preferable for the enabled drunk kid to have driven head-on into a family on her way home over those narrow, windy Boxford roads.
I agree on "zero tolerance," incidentally. I think the principal should be fired for this.
Is anybody in Massachusetts not an asshole?
"zero tolerance"=zero common sense. It's a dodge protect administrators from having to make judgment calls and possibly having to defend their decisions.
So the school is essentially saying let your drunk friends drive and kill themselves or someone else or get in trouble for helping them. God job.
But if she was driving a transgender or gay friend to a sexual encounter she would be praised for doing the right thing.
That's absolutely the lesson she should learn!
The only one stupid is her parent who is "proud" of her for helping enable and cover up her friend's illegal behavior instead of reporting it to the child's parents. The school's policy is probably that she should not be in attendance at these illegal parties. She was and she didn't need to be.
No one's saying her violation was severe, but her punishment of missing a few sporting events is hardly severe either. She isn't missing any classes or schoolwork or being asked to put in extra time in detention. It's appropriate.
Especially those who are where they are because of "Affirmative Action."
Paging Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, couple of FReepers need a lecture...
Oh, Puhlease!
"And she should have called the kids parents if she cared about his well-being, not drive him home herself."
So the next time instead of calling a friend, maybe he just drives himself home?
Liberals always punish those who do it right, and reward the scumbags.
Probably, but apparently someone had already called
The proper noun is "Masshole."
OK, what you say may be true. What business is it of the school's?
>> not making excuses for bad behavior
I see your point. The young sober HARD WORKING girl who took pity on a classmate (and society) and gave the classmate a ride to prevent a horrible accident was guilty of bad behavior.
She should be punished so damn hard that she'll never even *dream* of doing something stupid like *that* again.
LORD have mercy! In our self-righteous zeal we have lost the ability to find goodness in the midst of evil.
In our zeal to Set The All Important Good Example, we trample the very one who did.
(well, if not we, at least one of us...)
School's right.
That's what she gets for being friends with the wrong kids.
I'm not sure why I suspect you've not yet raised teenaged kids. Even the good kids who don't themselves drink will do as Erin Cox did, and come to the rescue of a fruebd who behaved improperly. News flash: kids, especially teens, behave improperly from time to time. Usually, they outgrow it.
There's no guarantee that would have been the outcome and it's not her responsibility either way. If she's constantly making herself available as a free ride for her friends to drink then she is enabling them, because they know they can use her as an escape route every time. If she said no then the other kid would have had more difficulty getting out of her jam and would have thought twice about getting herself into that situation the next time.
There are maybe seven kids in the country who haven't attended a drinking party at one time or another in their overly protected lives. Kids will be kids and all the nanny state efforts will not stop that.
I gather, then, that you disagree with all those designated-driver PSAs. That you think public policy should be to encourage drunks to get behind the wheel and drive home (or not).
No, maybe he doesn't drink next time at all because he realizes his friends aren't supporting him. Or maybe his parents punish him when they find out and take control of the situation. It's difficult to grasp how you can't see that if a law-abiding friend constantly makes herself available to drive the getaway car how that encourages the illegal behavior.
>> There are maybe seven kids in the country who havent attended a drinking party
...and we're honored to have three or four of 'em right here on this thread! How cool is that?
This is no different than that case in Virginia recently of school administrators suspending some boys who were playing with toy guns on private property. In neither case should the school be involved, period.
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Art in Action at the Woodmark Hotel: Featured Artist Jason Sinclair Astorquia
For those with an interest in local art, experience the Woodmark Hotel's Art in Action exhibit highlighting a variety of sculptures, mixed media and two dimensional works throughout the hotel. As a committed supporter of the Kirkland arts community, the Woodmark has partnered with Ryan James Fine Arts in Kirkland who curates the quarterly feature. With local art displayed throughout guest room corridors, public spaces and our waterfront restaurants, find unique art by Jason Sinclair Astorquia in the lower lobby corridor across from the elevators.
Enjoy a video detailing the process of creating the Oz Series. Featured exclusively in the video, this unique piece entitled Blue/White is on display at the Woodmark and is available for purchase. Contact Ryan James Fine Arts at 425-814-9500 for pricing information.
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Born and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho, Jason Sinclair Astorquia is the son of educators and is descended from bankers, politicians, ranchers, farmers, business people, common people, proud people, matriarchs, Scots, and Basques. Originally trained at Yale University in Applied Mathematics, he found that his professional life that was consumed with business operations never quite fit and was forever pursuing creative endeavors "on the side". Jason has written music, poetry, and screenplays, and attended the Seattle Film Institute in 2003 before beginning to paint a few years later. In 2012 he transitioned to be a full-time working artist, life coach, and inward travel guide. Contributing to several benefit auctions, the proceeds of Jason's work have benefitted Deep Roots, Alki Elementary School, DAWN (Domestic Abuse Women's Network), PAVE (Partnership for Action, Voices for Empowerment), and the Alzheimer's Association.
Biography courtesy of Ryan James Fine Arts
Art in Action showcases several pieces of original works done by a number of local artists and is open to the general public for viewing. While exploring art throughout the hotel, find biographies about the artist adjacent to each work. To learn more about Jason Sinclair Astorquia and Ryan James Fine Arts, visit www.ryanjamesfinearts.com.


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The Fertility Industry: How to be a Smart Shopper
Since the birth of the first surviving septuplets in 1997, the fertility treatment industry has blown up with "an estimated $2 billion or more in annual sales of drugs, devices and other treatments ... with annual growth of 20 percent projected for the industry through the turn of the century," according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. Now, with one in six couples experiencing some sort of fertility challenge, competition is fierce, as some couples will spend tens of thousands of dollars or more in hopes of having a child.
But along with this hope, there are also several potential pitfalls for these consumer couples to be wary of. As with other fast-growing industries, there are those who will take advantage of certain situations in order to make a lot of money. Some doctors might become involved in the fertility business without the proper credentials, and some of those doctors with the right credentials might charge an outrageous amount for the quality of their services. Because the term "infertility specialist" is so broad, almost any OB/GYN can classify him or herself as one if they have treated patients for infertility. Unfortunately, the term is not recognized in the medical field, so no specific credentials are required to use it.
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One of the smartest things you and your partner can do when you're struggling with infertility is to educate yourselves as much as possible on everything related to fertility and infertility treatment. This includes knowing how to choose a physician and clinic that will meet your needs, as well as knowing how to ask all the right questions to ensure you will receive the proper medical care you deserve. For more information on what questions to ask and how to find a good doctor, click here.


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BLM Seeks Public Input on the TransWest Express Transmission Project Draft EIS
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) seek public input on the TransWest Express Transmission Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The public has until Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 to review and comment on the draft EIS. The notice of availability of the document was published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2013, which started the 90-day comment period.
TransWest Express, LLC is proposing the TransWest Express Transmission Project, a 725-mile long extra-high voltage (EHV), direct current (DC) transmission line extending from south-central Wyoming to southern Nevada. The project is intended to provide the transmission infrastructure and capacity necessary to deliver up to approximately 3,000 megawatts of electric power from renewable energy resources in south-central Wyoming to a substation hub in southern Nevada.
The BLM and Western are co-lead federal agencies for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for this project, and are working with cooperating agencies in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Members of the public, government agencies, and Tribes are encouraged to provide comment on the draft EIS during the 90-day public comment period. The BLM and Western will host public meetings in the proposed project area during the public comment period which will be announced at least 15 days prior to the meeting through local news media and the BLM website.
The Draft EIS is available for downloading the BLM's project website at: www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/documents/hdd/transwest.html and Western's project website at: http://go.usa.gov/YCeC. Comments can be submitted to the BLM and Western during the public meetings, by email: email@example.com or by mail to: TransWest Express Project, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 20678, Cheyenne, WY 82003.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of Americas public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2015, the BLM generated $4.1 billion in receipts from activities occurring on public lands.
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Modeling Stress Dependent Elasticity
Application ID: 14441
This example shows how to implement a stress dependent material model. The Young's modulus changes based on the stress value.
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however additional products may be needed to reproduce it. This example may be created and run using components from the following product combinations:
The combination of COMSOL® products required to model your application depends on several factors and may include boundary conditions, material properties, physics interfaces, and part libraries. Particular functionality may be common to several products. To determine the right combination of products for your modeling needs, review the Tabela de Especificações and make use of a free evaluation license. The COMSOL Sales and Support teams are available for answering any questions you may have regarding this.


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Traditional Mexican enchiladas are corn tortillas wrapped around meat or cheese filling, topped with spicy tomato sauce and grated cheese. Instead of tortillas, biscuits hold the chicken-cheese filling in these pot pies.
The green leaves and stems of the coriander plant are known as cilantro. Popular in Asian and Latin American cuisines, cilantro has a distinctive balmy aroma that contrasts nicely with spicy ingredients.
To easily press biscuit dough into circles, spray your work surface with non-stick cooking spray.
A dollop of sour cream on each pot pie provides a cool, creamy contrast.


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In the middle of a thunder storm
In the middle of a thunder storm
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
its pouring it down here right now...
its dull and cloudy here right now..
hot during the day, not too bad out now, but then it's 2:30am
chilly 50-60's here the winds make it cold brrrrrrrrrrrrr.
cloudy right now.
When it seems the magic slipped away...
We find it all again on Christmas Day.
*Seeing isn't believing.Believing is seeing.*
Sunny and a few degrees cooler than it's been
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Now overcast, temps are dropping - now 70F
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
dull and cloudy right now..
Glorious!! It's cool and sunny. A perfect early-autumn day!! The leaves will be changing in the next few weeks!!
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!


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Leafs Nation Podcast Episode 4
February 20 2012 10:23AM
This is the second consecutive Leafs Nation podcast to be completed with the Leafs on a Western Canadian road trip, and so, once again, Danny Gray and I had the pleasure of being joined by another Western writer in Cam Charron, of Nucks Misconduct, Backhand Shelf, the Nation Network, and... did I forget another site? In any case, with Cam around, this podcast has plenty of insight on the Canucks as well as the Leafs.
This time around, I've left out the tunes that normally divide topics of discussion, but we've touched on a number of issues, both Leafs and Canucks-related, but also some other items from around the league.
1. What to expect going into the Leafs-Canucks game (woof - we were a little off, there).
2. Brian Burke sticks with goalies for far too long. Cloutier, Toskala, Gustavsson.
4. More on the trade deadline - Mike Gillis is an awful lot like Brian Burke, isn't he?
5. If the playoffs started today: current playoff matchups between the Leafs - Rangers, and Canucks - Coyotes
6. Which of Seattle or QC will succeed in bringing in an NHL team (i.e. The Phoenix Coyotes)


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I'm quiet and I can cook.
26 year old chill guy originally from Brisbane been in Sydney for 5 years. Work in hospitality, easy to get along with, social not a hermit crab love meeting new people and getting to know them. Respectful of others peoples stuff / space and basically treat others how I would like to be treated y'all :) Looking for the same chill like minded people.
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Fulltime student, working part time. I spend a fair amount of time at home as I don't have defined contact hours but work 2-3 days per week. I am very easy going, relaxed person. I love spending time with people, however definitely need my own space. I love to cook so quite happy to cook for those I live with, I'm probably looking more short term as I really want a place on my own, however given how quickly I need to move looking at all options at this stage.
Hi, I am looking for accommodation in the Sydney area. I would prefer a long term arrangement if possible, but it must be a private, not shared room. Must be close to public transport. I am a community services welfare worker/teacher, a non smoker, and love kids and animals. Working full time, plus weekends so need a quiet space with parking and room for my pup, a cavalier/cocker spaniel cross. He is house trained and loves cats/other friendly dogs. Must have respectful housemates who know how to knock on closed bathroom/bedroom doors. Thanks for reading. Pamela
I'm a interior architect, full time employee. Very friendly, clean, easy going and fun to live with.
I am clean hardworking I just spilt up with my partner and looking for a place
Cheerful, friendly, enthusiastic with a heart to help others. Very sociable as well.
I'm mature, independent & tidy. I pretty much like to keep to my self. I do have a friend lazy Boxer dog who is behaved & social. I'm needing to find a house to share with male or fem of similar age ASAP.
I'm a great cook and love cooking for large groups. I'm helpful and clean. I love reading and writing. I love music (play the clarinet, piano and sing) and I love animals of all shapes and sizes. I love to ride horses and have a thoroughbred mate who lives with my parents. I'm lively and kind of shameless. I have a Bull ArabX who is the best dog in the world. Her name is Molly and she is quiet and super friendly.
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easy to get along with, quiet, helpful, work constantly so not always at home.
I'm friendly and easy going, tidy and respectful. I'm currently living in Wauchope and cant wait to get close to the beach, so ideally I can walk to a beach. Im learning to surf and love any outdoor activities. I'm working full time at the hospital, soon to be doing shift work. I'd like to live with like minded, relaxed and social house mates.
We are a friendly and easy going group looking for a 4th housemate in order to get a larger house and make the rent a little cheaper. We are all uni students with part time jobs and have excellent rental history. We are social but also tidy and respectful. The girls are also pretty good at cooking! (But I'm hopeless) Let us know if you're interested :)
Sharing houses since 1995. Tidy. Light sleep. Love to cook, therefore require due space in fridge and pantry. ;-) Looking for a furnished private bedroom and bathroom in a furnished home in walking distance to Buller and Burrawan Streets. Initially, for a trial of 4-6 weeks. If allowed, occasional out-of-town guest and possibly dog.
Hey! I'm Tara, and I am super excited to find a share house to meet and live with some cool new people! I am flexible and very easy going. I'm really into arts and crafts etc - so I may and can be messy but I clean up after myself and am a tidy clean person. I am very caring to others and looking forward to creating or joining in a small happy family as my movements will not be permanent because I plan on travelling and visiting family. I love my music so I can be loud but don't worry it's not screamo or anything overwhleming, I admire to stay fit, eat clean and healthy very much agrees with me and I can cook quite well - so if you're interested in any of this or a random yummy cook up also interests you then shoot me a message as I'm keen as a bean to check out some houses and meet people as I'm very new to this - moved from Victoria not for work or uni, simply just for an exciting change and experience to get me moving and motivated for travels overseas on the way! Thanks :)
reliable....clean....tidy....do my bit.....relaxed retired old bloke......but still young at heart
I am studying Diploma of Community Services at North Coast Tafe. I volunteer at a Non Government Organisation in Port Macquarie and also volunteer my time with a number of consumer groups. Outside of this I am cooking (I'm a qualified Chef), dog walking (not my own), surfing and jogging. I am very easy going and like to keep to myself but I am sociable when required.
Easy going, open minded, friendly fella looking for the same in some new housemates. Surfing, reading, yoga, mediation, the outdoors, movies, photography are all favorite actives for me. Moving to Port to study at CSU.
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My name is Tanika, I'm 19 years old and I work part time casual at a local coffee shop. I'm looking for a nice and tidy place to live and can definitely afford it. I'm sociable but respectful of people's private space, clean, tidy and definitely will not be throwing parties at my house. I have a 3 year old Labrador cross blue cattle named Marley who is the most beautiful natured dog I have ever met and I'm sure you will agree once meeting him. Feel free to contact me through here or email - Ps. If available my partner george, 26 who works full time as a call centre operator is looking for place to stay as well, so it would be even more convenient for a couple accomodation, we can both afford about $350 a week between us.. but price can be changed depending on the house and of Marley can stay etc..
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Hi i am a disability pensioner and love life i enjoy movies and fine food and love all kinds of music.
I am about to commence a new job in Port Macquarie as an IT project manager on the 30th of January. The contract is a 6 month contract and the 1st three months I will be on a probation period. I am easy going person and considerate of others. I feel I have a very friendly and caring personality. I am neat and tidy and always will do my fare share of work maintaining a neat and tidy house. Most likely I will be returning to the Gold Coast every 2nd weekend to visit my mother in age care as well check on her home.
working and enjoy music with cold beer after work, like surfing working towards putting together band, rock heavy metal
Moving to study
Hi future housemate!!! :) I am a 23 yo female will be coming from the gold coast and will be moving to Port soon permanently as I got offered a full time job at The Base Hospital will be starting First week of april. I know April is still a long way but I will be on a Holiday the entire March therefore I am trying to organise my permanent accommodation before the 24th of February. I dont mind not having a house viewing I just want to secure a place before April. I love the beach, animals, movies, can get along with all age groups and love simple hangouts. I don't smoke and only drink if there's a special occasion. Hoping to hear from you soon and we can organise things. MAHA
I am very outgoing and friendly and am very adaptable. I am also very honest and truthful. I love chilling, listening to music and watching movies and other fun activities.
I am moving to Port Macquarie to study Medical Imaging. I am an easy going sociable person, and take pride in my living space. I always clean up after myself and am considerate of others. Will likely be studying a lot and working part-time; so will keep to myself a fair bit.
Hardly home due to my work. I'm clean, non smoker ,social drinker. I'm a disability support worker. I like watching the big bang theory, police shows on tv when I'm home. I can cook lol. I've had 10 children who are all grown and have given me 14 grandchildren. They are mostly in qld and only get to see them when i go up to qld. I'm quiet but occasionally when I have a weekend off lol I like to go out to the club and listen to bands and relax with a beer.
I've graduated from high school in 2015 and have worked a full year in 2016. I'm working my way towards university and am possibly even considering distance education from port macquarie. I am 19 turning 20 this year, working full time hours in town. I'm very easy going, fun but also respectable of people's space. I enjoy cleaning and you will never find my areas messy, I will enjoy being in other peoples company. Please feel free to contact me!
I'm an easy going guy loves the beach. Working full time studying part time so busy all week but enjoys socialising for a drink weekends


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Nike Air Miler Walk Walking Shoe
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The Nike Women's Air Miler Walk+ 2 walking shoe provides solutions for the fitness walker. An athletic, lightweight, cushioned ride and Nike+ ready.
- Open mesh upper with faux leather trim
- Max Air unit in the heel offers great impact protection
- Full-length Phylon midsole
- Softer density forefoot pad brings added cushioning
- BRS 1000 carbon rubber in the heel for extra durability
- Solid rubber sole gives great traction with
- Imported
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Location: st. louis
August 29, 2012
Nice shoes!
"Ordered these shoes after started having knee problems with old walking shoes. I walk about 2 miles a day on a treadmill. After wearing these shoes for a week, no more knee pain. They corrected however I was walking which made my knees hurt. They fit great and look nice to! I love the way they feel on the treadmill. Worth the money spent and a great brand too!"
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August 20, 2012
Great shoe!
"The fit is good and comfortable."
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Location: Ohio
May 01, 2012
Air Miler Walking Shoe
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March 11, 2012
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Audrey Brooke Naomi Wedge Sandal
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Pull your look together with the Audrey Brooke Naomi. This printed, wedge sandal perfectly pairs with denim or your favorite summer frocks for chic style.
- Printed fabric upper
- Slingback strap with an adjustable buckle
- 1" platform, 4½" raffia wedge heel
- Synthetic sole
- Imported
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Location: Homer Glen, IL
September 13, 2013
Love these!
"I'm not someone who usually wears heels or wedges, but these are very comfortable! They are pretty tall, but the platform in front makes them easier to walk on. The pattern is unique and looks great with almost anything! My feet are a little narrow, so the bunching in front where the toes are doesn't bother me at all (might be different for someone with wide feet).My boyfriend loves these shoes on me and they make my legs look fabulous. I would highly recommend these if you're looking for a new pair of wedges. You can wear these to a formal event or a night out on the town. These shoes are great and for the price you can't beat it!"
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September 07, 2013
nice looking wedge
"Nice looking shoe, and even though the straw look makes them look more casual, the zig zag material dresses them up a bit. Based on other reviews, I ordered up 1/2 size, but probably didn't need to. I do find that one of my big toes feels a bit cramped in the toe-box area, but otherwise the slingback is quite comfortable, and the heel height appears to be no issue (I do wear alot of heels) for me. We will be traveling this fall, and I foresee that these will be my go to sandal for dinners out, etc."
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August 23, 2013
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Location: Rochester NY
August 10, 2013
CUTE Shoes!
"Had seen the shoes in the store but waited to buy... got them through an on line deal and LOVE them!"
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They may be first and second in the Premier League – but Manchester City and Manchester United have also taken the top two spots in a league table of football hooligans.
Figures released by the Home Office show that 148 Reds fans were arrested last season – more than any other club. And 94 Blues suffered the same fate, placing them in second place ahead of Liverpool (87).
However, the number of United supporters arrested has dropped significantly from 276 in the previous season. City's figure is also down compared with 108 last term.
These statistics reflect a national trend. Overall, arrests at football matches are down by almost a quarter.
Policing and criminal justice minister Damian Green has claimed that football-related arrests are now at 'an all-time low'.
A Reds spokesman said: "While any arrest is regrettable, these figures need to be seen in the context of 1.8million people coming through the turnstiles at Old Trafford.
"This is significantly higher than any other league club in this country."
Across England and Wales time-limited banning orders also fell from 3,173 to 2,750.
Cardiff were the worst offenders, with 135 of their followers forbidden from entering football grounds.
They were followed by Chelsea and then the Reds with 98. City lie in 12th place with 47 people banned from matches.
In the Premier League 16 arrests were made for racist or indecent chanting. One of those arrested for that offence was a United fan.
Elsewhere 24 fans of Bolton Wanderers were arrested compared to 23 Wigan Athletic supporters.
A total of 22 Oldham Athletic followers were arrested, followed by Bury (16) and Rochdale (three).
Outside the league five Stockport County fans were held along with two Macclesfield Town supporters.
The figures also show that no England fans were arrested at the summer's European Championships.
This means that no supporters of the national team have been held at either of the last two major international tournaments.
Malcolm Clarke, from the Football Supporters Federation, said: "I think this is a good news story.
"It is very rare that you see any set of statistics fall by 24 per cent in a year – it's an extraordinary reduction.
"Manchester City may be in second place but their numbers of arrests have fallen like everybody else's have."


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The Radicalism of Legal Positivism
Brian Leiter
University of Chicago
Guild Practitioner, 2010
U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 303
"Legal positivism" is often caricatured by its jurisprudential opponents, as well as by lawyers and legal scholars not immediately interested in jurisprudential inquiry. "Positivist" too often functions now as an "epithet" in legal discourse, equated (wrongly) with "formalism," the view that judges must apply the law "as written," regardless of the consequences. Lon Fuller, Ronald Dworkin, and the Critical Legal Studies writers have all contributed in different ways to the sense that "positivism" is either a political conservative or politically sterile position. This essay revisits the actual theory of law developed by positivist philosophers like Bentham, Hart, and Raz, emphasizing why it is, and was, understood by its proponents, to be a radical theory of law, one unfriendly to the status quo and anyone, judge or citizen, who thinks obedience to the law is paramount. To be clear, the leading theorists of legal positivism thought the theory gave the correct account of the nature of law as a social institution; they did not endorse it because of the political conclusions it entailed, and which they supported. Yet these theorists realized that the correct account of the nature of law had radical implications for conventional wisdom about law. We would do well to recapture their wisdom today.
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We talk so much about celebrities' outrageous tattoos that I figured it was worth searching for actors, musicians, and reality stars who have more lasting impressions on their skin. Some are self-inflicted, others thanks to medicine and diseases alike. But you can bet that we remember each and every one.
14 Celebrities with Scars
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|Posted by Dale's Plumbing Service on February 10, 19100 at 00:26:36:
|In response to Re: Hot water heating questions
: I am replacing the heating and AC systems in my walkout rambler (2500 sq.ft located in Minnesota). Previously the basement was unfinished and had limited ductwork (3 supplies and 2 returns). I have been working with a friend who is a local HVAC contractor who concluded that the cost to modify/replace the ductwork and install a new forced air system would be as much as a boiler system. This boiler system would involve using hot water baseboard heating in the basement and a heat exchanger/blower unit for forced air heating of the upper level. The boiler system would also make it much easier to heat a future addition to our house, allow us to have zoned heating of the basement and upper level, allow us to have radiant heating of tiled bathrooms (we had to tear up the floor for plumbing work anyway), and I love hot water heating. He also suggested using a hot water maker for providing hot water heat to the house.
: With that backgroud I have the following questions:
: 1. How good are the hot water makers?, are they worth the cost (several times more expensive than a new water heater)? Since the boiler will have to run all year to supply hot water will the boiler wear out faster, or does the boiler running all the time prevent corrosion/rusting of the boiler?
: 3. If the hot water maker is used, potable hot water would be circulated through the infloor system (part of it is in concrete and part of it is below the upstairs floor). Is it acceptable to have potable water circulating through the infloor pipes (pex).
: 4. Should the piping in the walls for the baseboard heating be pex or copper?
: 5. Any other suggestions for this system?
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Ever wanted to stay the night in a Haunted Hotel? Here is your chance to join the Ghost Hunt Weekends team at the notoriously haunted Thomas House Hotel. Your host, Paranormal Researcher and Author Chad Morin along with the GHW Team will serve as your guides for what could be the most terrifying experience of your life. This event includes your lodging, meals, fully guided tours of the property, ghost hunting training by GHW and a full night of ghost hunting! Moving Beds, Dark Figures, Cold Spots, Disembodied Voices and Feelings of Terror are experienced regularly here. Built in 1890, as a resort spa to the elite, it has been witness to 3 fires, deaths, numerous murders, accidents and even a one time home for a cult. The location also sits atop an underground spring and limestone, is on the intersect of two creeks and a crossroad and also sits on the path of an ancient Indian Trail. This location should keep even the most seasoned ghost hunter on their guard. This event is a one night event, so you can choose either Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday night. A&E Channel's Paranormal State and Syfy Channel's Ghost Hunters investigated this location with several terrifying findings, and Ghost Hunt Weekends hosted Steve Gonsalves and Amy Bruni from Syfy Channel's Ghost Hunters for an event here with similar experiences. This is an event not to be missed, whether you are new to ghost hunting, just curious, looking for a thrilling night or an avid ghost hunter, you will be well cared for by the Ghost Hunt Weekends Team. Your Package Includes: One Night Lodging at the Thomas House Hotel Full Dinner Haunted Thomas House Presentations and Equipment Briefing Fully Guided History & Haunting Tour All Night Ghost Hunt Midnight Snack Buffet Full Breakfast Details at www.ghosthuntweekends.com or 865-604-1141
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Some times it's a book sprint, other times it's a marathon
By Alanc-Oracle on Aug 04, 2013
One of the areas the X.Org Foundation has been working on in recent years is trying to bring new developers on board. Programs like Google Summer of Code and The X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC) help with this somewhat, but we've also been trying to find ways to lower the barrier to entry, both so the students in those programs can learn more and so that other developers have an easier time joining us.
Some of our efforts here have been technological - one of the driving efforts of the conversions from Imake to automake and from CVS to git was to make use of tools developers would already be familiar and productive with from other projects. The Modularization project, which broke up X.Org from one giant tree into over 200 small ones, had the goal of making it possible to fix a bug in a single library or driver without having to download and build many megabytes of software & fonts that were not being changed.
Another area of effort has been around the X.Org documentation, as I've written about before. Several years ago, Bart Massey suggested we try organizing a Book Sprint to write a guide for new X.Org developers, similar to the sprint he'd participated in to write a Google Summer of Code Mentoring Guide and a matching GSoC Student Guide. The Board agreed to let him try organizing one, but finding a time to bring everyone together was challenging.
We finally ended up holding a first session as a virtual gathering over the internet one weekend in March 2012. Bart, Matt Dew, Keith Packard, Stéphane Marchesin, and I used Gobby and Mumble to agree on an outline and write several chapters, along with creating some accompanying diagrams using graphviz dot. Unfortunately, the combination of the work from home setting, in which people kept dropping in and out as their home life intervened, the small number of people, and lack of an experienced organizer made this not as productive as other book sprints have been for other projects.
After the first weekend we had drafts of about 7 chapters and a preface, and outlines of several more. We also had a large chunk of prewritten material on graphics drivers that Stéphane had been working on already to link with. Over the next few months, Bart edited and formatted the chapters we had, while we got a little more written, including recruiting additional authors such as Peter Hutterer.
We then gathered again, this time in person, hosted by Matthias Hopf at the Georg-Simon-Ohm-University in Nürnberg, Germany, over the two days prior to the 2012 X.Org Developer's Conference. We had some additional people join us this time, including Martin Peres, Lucas Stach, Ben Skeggs, and probably more I've forgotten. At this session, Bart, Matt & I worked on polsihing the rough edges on the guide we'd been creating, while the others worked more on the driver guide that Stéphane had started. Bart figured out the tools needed to generate ebook formats of the guide, such as epub, and made a cover and pulled together an overall structure for the guide, and by the end of that sprint, we had something we could read on the Android ebook reader he'd brought with him.
And then, we waited. Bart tried to figure out how to make the setup maintainable and reproducible, and how to make it available to our users, but his day job as a University professor kept taking time away from that. Bart also gave a lightning talk on our book sprint experience at the Write the Docs conference in Portland earlier this year covering what worked and what we learned didn't work in our virtual sprint, and asking for ideas or help on how to go forward.
Meanwhile, the burden of fighting the spammers on the X.Org & FreeDesktop.Org wikis had gotten overwhelming on the current wiki software, so the freedesktop sitewranglers evaluated different solutions, and after looking at how well ikiwiki had been working for the past few years on the XCB wiki decided to move the rest of the FreeDesktop hosted wikis to ikiwiki as well. One major advantage is that it let us use the existing freedesktop authentication infrastructure for wiki accounts instead of having to find different ways to let our users in while keeping the spammers out. Another benefit is that it uses Markdown and git to update the wiki, so we can easily push files in Markdown format to the wiki to publish them now.
In a shocking coincidence, the geeks who wrote the X.Org Developer's Guide also used Markdown & git to author it, so with just a very little conversion to make links work between sections, it was possible to publish the guide to the wiki, where you can find it now:
Stephane is still working on the companion guide to graphics drivers, covering the stack from DRM and KMS in the kernel up to Xorg & Mesa. He posted the PDF of the draft as it was at the end of the March book sprint, but not yet a version with the contributions added from the September followup.
When working on applications higher up the stack, not hacking on the graphics stack itself, we refer developers to the documentation for their toolkits, or to general guides to OpenGL programming, as those are beyond what we can document ourselves in X.Org.
And for other open source projects, if you'd like a chance to have a professionally organized, in person doc sprint for your project, applications are being taken until August 7 for 2-4 projects to hold sprints as part of the Google Summer of Code Doc Camp in October, including travel expenses for up to 5 participants from the sponsors.


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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's respected news weekly Der Spiegel mistakenly published an obituary Sunday for former U.S. president George H.W. Bush, hours after a family spokesman said the 88-year-old was recovering from illness.
Bush was hospitalized in Houston Nov. 23 for treatment of a bronchitis-related cough and moved to intensive care on Dec. 23 after he developed a fever. On Saturday, spokesman Jim McGrath said Bush was moved out of intensive care into a regular hospital room again after his condition improved.
The unfinished obituary appeared on Der Spiegel's website for only a few minutes Sunday before it was spotted by Internet users and removed.
MORE: Bush out of intensive care
In it, the magazine's New York correspondent described Bush as "a colorless politician" whose image only improved when it was compared to the later presidency of his son, George W. Bush.
"All newsrooms prepare obituaries for selected figures," the magazine said on its Twitter feed. "The fact that the one for Bush senior went live was a technical mistake. Sorry!"
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
John's Pawn is open and ready for business on Huntington's Main Street. John and Diane Melo, have opened the new business at 81 North Main in Huntington. The building formerly housed a gym. Their hours are Mon-Fri. from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays.
John was raised in Wellington and they have lived in Lawrence for the past two years. They have 15 grandchildren, many of whom attend Huntington Elementary which is just across the street from the new business. John said, "We pawn items and we also have items for sale. We have jewelry, camcorders, TVs, stereos, sewing machines, cordless drills, antiques, tools, sporting goods and video games. We are waiting for a federal license so we can sell guns. We are interested in everything. Come in and look around."
Diane encourages you to come in and look at the dolls they have. She plans on making more dolls for sale at the store. She makes pillow dolls, wreath dolls and fancy barbie dolls. They also plan on adding craft items at the store. New and used bikes will be arriving soon and they are excited about adding bikes to the inventory. Also microwave ovens will be among the new items arriving.
They specialize in new and slightly used items and encourage you to call 687-5723 for more information.
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So, North has been sighted. Allegedly.
According to US Weekly, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West brought their newborn daughter to Bruce Jenner's Malibu home for a 4th of July party.
As watchers of the family's reality show know, Jenner -- who is married to Kardashian's mom Kim -- has a Malibu bachelor pad in addition to the clan's lavish Calabasas home.
As for North, she left the hospital June 21, after being born a month or so early. Since then, her parents, who are both media savvy (although Kardashian's finessing of the press goes way beyond that) have been silent and stayed off red carpets.
Perhaps an official reveal of the baby is next?
Meanwhile, Beyonce Knowles, who posted a congratulatory message to Kardashian and West after their daughter was born, took her own tot, Blue Ivy, to the playground. Behold the cute photo.
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Alexander and Alestria (Paperback)
A brilliant yet ruthless savage conqueror and poet exhilarated by the world's wonders, Alexander first meets Alestria on the battlefield shocked to discover his adversary is female and mesmerized by her fierce, dazzling loveliness. At last, the legendary king has found his equal in this indomitable Amazon queen who has been taught since childhood to abhor men and repel all invaders. Alestria, in turn, cannot resist Alexander's strength and beauty, and they unite in deeply passionate, intensely problematic love pursuing a remarkable destiny against a vast backdrop of warfare and political turmoil that stretches from Greece to Egypt, and across Persia, deep into the mysterious kingdoms of India.
Acclaimed author Shan Sa brings Alexander the Great to richly imagined new life, entwining his historical legacy with a fantastic love affair set in a time of war between Western and Eastern civilizations.
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"A dramatically imagined tale of a love affair between Alexander the Great and Alestria, queen of the Amazons. . . . Written with the unironic portentousness of an ancient myth, the novel nonetheless has modern and moving insights into such hot-button topics such as violence and gender."
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"Sa, author of Empress (2006), takes a huge historical leap in this entertaining fictional biography of Alexander the Great. . . . Romance, action, and intrigue combine to set the stage for a pageturning romp through alternate history.
"This reimagining of the life of Alexander the Great by the author of Empress would be a good choice for book groups, contrasting well with Stephen Pressfield's The Virtues of War. . . . She writes here as a poet, blending image, action, and character in a rhythmic stream."
-Library Journal
"Told in the extravagant voices of Alexander and Alestria, and of Alestria's confidante Ania. . . . Strewn amid the pageantry and clamour are fascinating details about Alexander's world and the legendary Amazons, who, if they existed at all, might have been his contemporaries—and equals."
-Finch's Quarterly Review Blog
"Imagine a romance between Alexander the great and the queen of the Amazons and you have Alexander and Alestria, by author Shan Sa."
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Posted on 07/17/2010 2:06:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A monster tuna caught off Japan has turned heads at a Tokyo fish market, where the 445 kilogram (981 pound) bluefin -- the biggest caught here since 1986 -- sold for 3.2 million yen (36,700 dollars). Decades of overfishing have seen global tuna stocks crash, pushing some Western nations to call for a trade ban on endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna. (AFP/Jiji Press)
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The hippy whale warriors need to get on this.
I guess it will go on someones wall? Wonder why they cut the tail off?
i wonder how old a fish like that is....
Thats a lot of sushi.
Hey, who's been nibbling on his neck? Where is PETA when you need them?
I guess they don't eat that part.
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'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
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They need to figure out a way to get a breeding program going.
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No wonder it sold for $37/pound. One guy to catch it, and at least 37 guys to stand around and say "Hai, big mofo, Hai!."
saw one that big a few years back bring in $45K, the japanese meet the boat at the dock, measure the fat content then let the bidding begin
That's a lot of Cock and Bull!
1000 lbs of cat food.
Years ago, when I first got married, I went on a Bahamas honeymoon ocean cruise with my new wife. During the morning, a lot of passengers would stand on the aft deck and throw scraps of food to the tuna who would follow the ship as long as they could keep up. One day me and my wife decided to join them. To make a long story short, my wife, who was pretty well lathered up with sunscreen, threw some food out to the tuna- and her wedding ring slipped off and went flying out to sea with the scraps. The ring cost eleven thousand bucks! Needless to say, I was ready to strangle her, but I eventually calmed down and forgave her. Fast forward 16 years later and me and the missus decided to take a second honeymoon down to the Bahamas again. One afternoon, we went to one of those native seafood places on one of the islands for lunch, and my wife ordered a tuna fish sandwich. Well, she takes bite out of the sandwich and all of a sudden you hear this loud crunch. She looks down and suddenly this amazed look crosses her face as she realizes she just bit into- her own finger! Oh brother, I was ready to strangle her again. That was the last straw. We were divorced the next day.
That was a long way to go for a groan!
Tuna just doesn't taste right since they took the dolphin out of it.
why they cut the tail off?
These are hugh fish, a guess here, they cut the tails off so the crew doesn't get ripped up as the catches are reeled in and hauled aboard and processed. a 900 pound fish could do some damage flopping around..
Nice pic too , Thanks! wonder what ya use for bait for these guys? ;-)
The Big Kahuna Tuna!
I was going to ask if Flipper got hurt.
These used to be the rule not the exception.
Now we know why the tuna fishing has been so bad, this one "mutha" has been eating the rest of 'em. Now watch the numbers increase. Finally caught the culprit!
The tail is cut off while the fish is still twitching to bleed it out, the rectum is cored and all of the guts pulled up and out the gill openings, then a saw wire is inserted the length of the spine starting at the head to kill any nerves that would cause the muscles to twitch. Lastly, one fin is cut off and the tuna is laid on that side only. The little blood left in the carcass settles to the side that is down and the meat above is extra white. That is the difference between sushi grade tuna and cat food.
The blood side is sushi, and the white side is cat food?
Learn something new every day... problem is I forget two things everyday. :)
When it comes to halibut the big 300 lb. barn doors taste like crap compared to the smaller ones. I know that can't totally be the case with these tuna or they wouldn't be selling for the prices they are but do the big ones really taste better?
When the tune gets to the market, the buyers insert a hollow sampling tube down into the fish. The most desired meat is the white meat(not really white until cooked, but free of blood)and the blood meat is closest to the floor. To get the $35.00/lb+ prices the tunas(blue)have to be meticulously prepped immediately after catching, and generally have someone to certify the procedure if they are going to the Japanese market.
I have seen fishermen off of North and South Carolina ruin a nice catch of yellow fins by not processing them properly and drop the price from around $5.00/lb to less than $1.00. That was twenty years ago, but I remember then that big blues sold for as high as $35.00/lb with buyers waiting at the docks to ship them in Styrofoam caskets directly to Japan.
No. It is the age of the fish that makes it more appealing to the Japanese. It has more god like spiritual ora to it from the age. I don't know if I said it right, but something like that. I fish bluefin for a living.
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Public Support For Virgin In Canberra Soars Despite Virtual Qantas Monopoly On Taxpayer Travel12/12/2003
Virgin Blue has announced it will increase capacity in and out of Canberra following on-going demand and strong forward bookings for existing flights to Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Melbourne.
From February 2004, the low fare leader will launch extra flights to all three destinations to keep pace with the travel needs of those keen to take advantage of affordable flights and Virgin's friendly service.
The new flights will take the number of daily Canberra flights on peak days to 9 and represents a 27% increase in capacity for the Canberra market.
The enhanced schedule includes:
An increase from 2 direct daily flights to 3 direct flights per day with a new evening departure from Brisbane back to Canberra to allow both business and government travel Guests a full day in the Queensland capital to go about their business. The 8pm departure also allows people to get the most out of their Queensland holidays.
Fares from $99* one-way on the net (Mid-week Mini-Fare available Tues/Weds).
More convenient connections to Cairns, Townsville and Mackay.
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Virgin Blue recently launched a weekly direct flight between Canberra and the Gold Coast that has proven hugely popular with leisure travellers heading north for some surf and sunshine.
Due to strong support, the airline will increase the number of weekly flights from 1 to 3, with the new flights taking off on Monday and Wednesday as well as the existing Saturday flight.
The schedule has been developed to allow travellers to maximise their holiday time with an evening flight in both directions.
Virgin Blue is the only carrier offering direct flights between Canberra and the Gold Coast.
Fares from $99* one-way on the net (Mid-Week Mini-Fare available Tues/Weds).
Direct flights increase from 2 to 3 daily flights to Melbourne with a new early morning flight from Canberra to Melbourne to suit our increasing number of business travellers with a true Melbourne business day. The new schedule offers more connections to Hobart, Perth, Launceston, Sunshine Coast and Adelaide and also is in response to the strong preference of the local market to fly an aircraft that starts the day in Canberra to minimise the delays related to fog at certain times of the year.
More flights on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Virgin Blue will operate 4 daily flights between Canberra & Melbourne to cater for increased demand on these peak days.
Breaking the Qantas Monopoly on Commonwealth Travel
Despite lengthy discussions between Virgin Blue and the Commonwealth Government about breaking the Qantas monopoly on public service travel, an independent report to the Prime Minister's Department has confirmed that public servants have shunned best value for taxpayers' money fares offered by Virgin Blue on major routes, such as Sydney to Melbourne and Sydney to Brisbane. It confirmed that less than one per cent of public service travel is on Virgin Blue. "That is a scandal when Virgin Blue has around 30% of the domestic aviation market, including substantial corporate traffic which should have the same needs and expectations as the Commonwealth, " said David Huttner, Head of Strategy and Communication.
This week's Cabinet decision to make minor changes to the status quo ignores the fact that it continues to protect the perks of 20% of the market requiring business class travel and lounges, at the expense of meeting the requirements of 80% of Commonwealth travel in economy class. "Even though the Government plans to continue to look at this issue, it has just written a further blank cheque for Qantas," said David Huttner.
Because of the failure by government to redress that monopoly, Virgin Blue has decided to suspend one of its two services from Canberra to Sydney each day and re-deploy it to routes supported by people, including Commonwealth employees not on official business, such as Brisbane and Melbourne. If the Commonwealth Gobernment moves to scrap that monopoly, then Virgin Blue will restore that service.
"Despite the Government's failure to address that situation, Virgin Blue has decided to increase its flights to and from Canberra to better meet the needs of the tourism, small business and private sector flyers who are supporting the low fare airline, " he said.
Canberra-Sydney services are now focused on a Canberra originating aircraft every morning with an evening return. The schedule gives ACT residents a full day in Sydney, while the evening return from Sydney offers tourists a quick weekend getaway to the Australian capital, as well as the Snowy Mountains. This also gives the people of Canberra more convenient connections to Brisbane, Alice Springs, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Cairns and Perth.
David Huttner added "It is ironic that the people of Canberra are supporting us so well that we have been able to announce today's additional services, yet the Government seems unable to make use of the same good value. The suggestion that a few public servants have been compelled to try another airline when flying to Sydney, does not cover the fact that when we offered fares as low as $49 the planes did often fill up, yet there was virtually no-one onboard whose ticket was paid for from the public purse. Clearly that demonstrated that something is fundamentally flawed in the way the Government conducts its business"
He continued, " We have made it clear to the government that the minimal reforms thus far do not represent value for taxpayers' money and will not lead to a sustainable market for government travel, be it with us or any other airline. We look forward to the Government introducing substantial reforms to its travel management practices so as to ensure taxpayers get a better deal."
Despite having carrying less than 1% of Commonwealth Government traffic the low fare airline will soon be offering over 25% of the total capacity into the nation's capital.
The additional flights to Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast will mean the airline will now be "over-nighting" two aircraft and two crews in Canberra for the first time, ensuring on-time morning departures throughout the year.
Virgin Blue currently has a fleet of 40 Boeing 737 aircraft flying between 20 destinations nationally. It has recently launched 'Pacific Blue', its New Zealand based sister airline that is due to begin services between Christchurch and Brisbane on 29 January 2004. For Virgin Blue bookings log on to www.virginblue.com.au or call 13 6789.


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PRICE-On May 14, 2009 the Colacito girls and their mother lost their only brother and son, Anthony Dee Colacito, age 43, who passed away peacefully at Castleview Hospital in Price.
He was born Dec. 20, 1965 in Price, Utah to Daniel and Joyce Colby Colacito.
Tony was an member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a lifelong resident of Carbon County and a graduate of Carbon High School. Tony was larger than life to his family, and he always had a smile on his face and love in his heart. He never saw obstacles in life, he just found different ways of getting around them.
When Tony turned 18 he got a job and moved into his own apartment in Price where lived until a couple months ago. Everyone always looked forward to their first car, but for Tony his came a little later in life. His had four wheels, red in color, and it gave him the freedom to go where ever he wanted to.
Family and friends meant everything to him, and his scooter allowed him to travel and visit with everyone. His endeavors may have seemed impossible to many, but for Tony it was just another day and his rewards were the friendships he made along the way.
Tony will be dearly missed by all, and his family would like to thank everyone for their special care and concern they shared with him.
He is survived by his mother, Joyce Colacito, Price; sisters, Angelina (Ricky) Cook, Grand Junction, Colo., Annette (Moses) Vigil, Price, Darlene (Doug) Massman, Price, Virginia Peay, Watford, City, N.D., Dana Christensen, Salt Lake City; nieces and nephews, Frankie and David Gurule, Jeff and Brian Vigil, Justin (Angel) Vigil, Neil (Sabrina) Vigil, Kirk, Jason, Ryan, Hailey, Maddison, and Daniel Christensen, Brad, Ashley and Josh Peay.
Tony was preceded in death by his father, and grandparents.
Funeral service, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 10 a.m., Mitchell Funeral Home.
Family was at Mitchell's Monday evening from 7-8 p.m., and Tuesday one hour prior to services. Friends are welcome at Mitchell Funeral Home daily. Interment, Price City Cemetery, Price. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home.


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Audrey Bernadine Webb, 86, of Jacksonville, Fla., died 4:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at Community Hospice Care in Jacksonville, Fla.
A graveside service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Hopewell Cemetery near McLeansboro.
She was the widow of Joel Webb. She is survived by a son, a daughter, a son-in-law, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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