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January 31, 2013
February marks the 60th anniversary of the most serious disaster, at least of a physical nature, in the history of Antioch College: the North Hall Fire. The blaze began on Sunday afternoon, Feb 22nd, 1953, during the winter term with a full house of nearly 100 students living there. Miraculously, no one was injured or worse, a testament to the existence, not to mention the expertise, of the College's student-operated fire department known as "Maples." In case this is new information, for the lion's share of the 20th century the College had its own in-house squad of first responders, undergraduates all, until the mid 1990s when the department was closed.
Twice (and sometimes thrice) a week for much of 2012, Antiochiana hosted one of its more diligent and dedicated researchers in recent times: Antiochian, Maploid (as members of the department are affectionately known), and longtime local firefighter Mikey Chlanda. Six months or so of archival work resulted in the recently published Maples: A History of the Antioch College Fire Department, a testament (there's that word again) to the genuine devotion that firefighters have to their craft in general and Antiochians have to Maples in particular. The book is available directly from the author at his website, mikechlanda.com.
It would be difficult to come up with a finer hour in the history of Maples than its leading role in combatting the North Hall fire, and the first published account of that hour by the campus newspaper is reprinted below. In the world of ever interchangeable titles, at that time the weekly paper was called The Antiochian, while The Record was a mimeographed daily entitled, not surprisingly, The Daily Record.
From The Antiochian EXTRA! Fire issue, 27 Feb 1953:
Fire devastates North Hall in Antioch's worst blaze
by Chuck Pepper [class of 1954]
Antioch's century old North hall was gutted by flames Sunday night in the worst fire in Antioch's 100 year history.
The blaze, which had been eating at the dormitory's attic for over an hour, was discovered at 6:55 by Ruff Read [class of 1956], a member of the Antioch fire squad. He immediately set off the college fire siren and called the Yellow Springs Fire department.
The smoke, which at this time was pouring out from under the roof along the whole length of the dormitory, was spotted at the same time by another group of men students, who ran into the building and alarmed the Antiochian office.
The college fire truck was on the scene within two minutes. The Yellow Springs squad arrived soon after.
All 99 freshman girls living in the dorm's five halls were quickly evacuated. Most had time to grab only a few belongings.
Firemen from the two squads quickly ran a hose up the center stairwell. They were driven away from the attic door by the intense heat, and by the dense, resinous smoke which threatened to clog their filter smoke masks.
Forced to retreat
They then retreated to the top floor of the four-story building and knocked holes in the ceiling into the attic. The firemen shot streams of water through until ordered to leave the building.
Other firefighters meanwhile erected a ladder to the window on the west end of the attic. The window was smashed in an effort to release the trapped smoke. A hose, held at first by Bob Porter of the Yellow Springs squad, was aimed through the hole.
It soon became apparent that the fire was getting away from them. Flames licked through first at the northwest corner of the roof. Minutes later they broke through nearer the center of the roof's northern slope.
Yellow Springs Fire Chief James A. Dalrymple, who had been out of bed only a week following an operation, then ordered the men down. Other fire companies in the area, who had been alerted as soon as it was apparent that the fire was a major one, were asked to come help.
Trucks from Fairborn and Bath twp., Beavercreek, Hustead, Clifton, Beatty, Springfield, and North and South Xenia twp. answered the call. Soon after five pumpers were drawing water from all the five hydrants available.
Beavercreek's truck supplied power for the spotlights firemen trained on the blazing building. Clifton was relieved soon after they arrived and stood by in the Yellow Springs station in case of another fire.
Pond water used
Springfield's pumper was sent to draw water from the fire pond near the village power plant on the edge of Glen Helen. Xenia South's pumper was used as a relay to help overcome friction loss.
Soon after 8 p.m. the fire had swept over the entire length of the attic and was eating downward, Hoses were trained on visible flames from the ground and from ladders erected on both ends and at the sides.
Students and faculty began organizing to save what equipment they could from the lower floors. Most of the valuable equipment from the ground floor offices of WABS, Audio-Visual Aids, AMPAC, and the Antiochian was removed. All the desk chairs in classroom 52 were saved.
Valuable books saved
Many valuable books and papers from the offices of faculty members [Professor of Literature] Nolan Miller, [Professor of French] Herman Schnurer and [Professor of German] Harry Steinhauer were rushed into the main building.
Firemen meanwhile were drawing as much water as the main could carry, but for a while it seemed as if it wouldn't be enough. The Yellow Springs standpipe was quickly emptied and village water pumps were working at capacity.
Firemen manning pumpers had to watch their gauges carefully to prevent trying to pull more water than was possible and thereby drawing a vacuum. The fire pond relay helped alleviate the situation.
The big Springfield truck was pumping water at its capacity, 750 gallons a minute. Firemen at the pond estimated that they lowered the level of the pond by a foot.
Streams of water concentrating on the east and west ends of North hall soon succeeded at checking the downward spread of the fire there. Little damage below the fourth floor on these ends was due to flames.
Shaft housing safe
A concrete lined shaft housing the stairwell and plumbing was virtually undamaged except from falling timbers. The fire worked closest to the ground however, on both sides of this shaft, either because of some inflammable wall that drew the fire down or because water couldn't be shot into those sections as well as elsewhere.
The firemen were exhausted by the grueling work, Two men entered the Fairborn disaster truck to rest and were given oxygen to help them breathe, giving rise to reports that they were overcome by smoke.
Many firefighters, between 15 and 20 according to the disaster truck's estimate, were treated for cuts. Almost all these cases were minor cuts, however, the sort of thing you can expect at any fire, according to Chief Dalrymple.
By 11:30 it became apparent that the fire could be checked with most of the damage confined to the two top floors. Sometime after midnight, only small, isolated blazes remained.
On scene for hours
Most firemen stayed at the scene for several more hours. Fairborn's last truck, manned by a relief crew that took over about midnight, checked in at 4:55 a.m. Both the college and the Yellow Springs trucks pumped continuously until after dawn, 12 straight hours.
Chief Dalrymple left the site from 4:30 to 7 a.m. Though weakened by his confinement, he stayed up most of Monday inspecting the remains with the state fire marshals. He estimates that he was on his feet for 24½ straight hours, not counting the time he took off for a quick nap.
The chief was forced to stay on the job because the assistant chief, Harold Coffman, was in bed with influenza. When he learned of the fire he tried to get out of bed but fell flat on his face, according to Chief Warner.
Wiring may be cause
Chief Dalrymple, who said the blaze probably was caused by faulty electrical wiring, said that the firemen's main problem was created by the tin roof. The roof kept the fire bottled up in the attic instead of letting it burn on up and freezing some of the intense heat and smoke, he said, making it impossible to get to the attic to combat the flames.
A sprinkler system there would have materially reduced the loss, Dalrymple said. The water probably couldn't have extinguished the fire, he indicated, but it would have helped keep the place cooler and would have set off an automatic alarm when the temperature rose above 160 degrees.
[College Business Manager] Mort Rauh reported that he had a signed statement from Al Lapiner, Antioch co-op who was visiting campus, that he had been in the North hall attic at 4 p.m. Sunday but had noticed no indication of fire.
This report seemed to indicate that the fire hadn't begun fairly early in the day, although several groups of North hall girls remember smelling smoke as early as 10 a.m.


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First let me say that I am very new to chicken keeping!
I have 3 pullets who arrived last Sunday, I was completely prepared for them to be nervous about leaving the coop to use the run for the first couple of days. However they seem to prefer the coop to going outside The feeder and water drinker are outside so they have to leave the coop to use them, apart from that they really don't seem interested. I am trying to tempt them outside to scratch - I have put a few treats down and hidden them under straw to encourage foraging, this worked for about 2 minutes!! The thing is I can hear them scratching around in the coop so I don't think its out of boredom and they aren't nervous birds at all.. if anything they are the opposite. I am considering shutting them out of the coop for the rest of the afternoon to try and get them to learn that outside is fun and preferably where they should be during the day but am in 2 minds as it seems cruel.
Part of me is thinking that is they prefer it in there then leave them to it, however for welfare and trying to get them to use natural behaviour I would prefer it if they at least spent more than 2 minutes at a time in the run!
Any advice will be greatly appreciated
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Spivey: Hi vicky!
vicky: hi Spivey!!
alt: I can't keep up with all of the 'new' uploads in my areas of interest.. information overload
Spivey: Share some with me, alt. New uploads where? Footnote, Ancestry, ?
alt: keep checking the lDS pilot site.. for one Spivey.. they're busy adding stuff almost daily and so is ancestry.
vkn: Also spent most of yesterday with family sorting hordes of pictures. We sent a second batch to Scan Cafe. Have either of you used that service?
alt: not me vkn
vicky: I have not vkn
Spivey: I noticed alt. By the way, there is a third site in the works for Family Search. A researcher said that you have to be a member of the LDS church to use it though. Doesn't sound right to me. Hear anything about that?
vkn: Well they do an excellent job. We just got back 1100 pics all scanned to disk and burned to dvd now all family members will have a dvd
alt: pictures .. a couple of cousins have uploaded bunches on the FB accounts... oh that's great vkn
Spivey: I never heard of Scan Cafe vkn. How does it work?
vicky: Is it a pay site vkn?
vkn: Well the pics must be sent in the order you want them done and then sorted in envelopes by year event or whatever and... One must purchase the service vicky
vicky: ok
3rdthawkins: hello alt Spivey vicky and vkn
vicky: 1100 pictures vkn! wow
alt: sounds like a nice service vkn
vkn: howdy 3rd it is a great service spivey
alt: is this a collection of photos gathered from among several family members vkn?
Spivey: I will check it out vkn. Thanks for the information.
vkn: Yes alt my KING family with seven sons and the rest is pictures
alt: that's is wonderful.. so many family members have different 'sets' of pics, it is great to have a collection from several folks
vicky: amen to that Its great that everyone is receptive also
alt: I'm making sure my digital is fully charged for the upcoming Adams reunion... lots of folks are bringing photo albums this year.. or so they say.
vicky: these once every ten yr trickles of a picture here and a picture there is what gets me hello Ingrid How did the reunion turn out Ingrid?
Ingrid_Doweary: This past reunion was fantastic. had a great time.
vicky: good!
alt: wonderful Ingrid_Doweary !!!!
3rdthawkins: well, I would like to tell you all, that my research on Charles and Ella Hawkins is comning along fine. You all know I'm working on understanding my family history in regards to my grfather passing. I have obtained an obit for both Charles and Ella, and learned they both lived and died in South Carolina (Lake City), no divorce, Ella didn't live and die in NY like I thought. Everything's coming along very well
alt: good 3rdthawkins.keep on pushing.
Spivey: Good Ingrid_Doweary. That is great news 3rdthawkins!
Ingrid_Doweary: My 1st cousin organized the 3-day event single handedly, while caring for her sick mother, handling her father funeral arrangements 2-months prior to the reunion and working.
vicky: wow ingrid!
Spivey: Wow. That's some dedication she showed on behalf of family Ingrid_Doweary!
3rdthawkins: thx......now I want to order every record I can of Charles and Ella, now that I understand a little bit about them. Research is tough when you have to dispel lies and your own speculations because of oral history
alt: you have a dynamic cousin Ingrid_Doweary
3rdthawkins: and great for you Ingrid
Ingrid_Doweary: She did a wonderful job. Many family pitched in to help pull it off. Yes she is dynamic.
alt: good you can get to the 'facts' 3rdthawkins
vkn: It all comes together in time 3rd. Hope you are pleased at the rate of progress. Best wishes and congratulations.
3rdthawkins: yep alt
Spivey: Think of it this way, 3rdthawkins, dispelling those rumors leads you to great information.
3rdthawkins: thy vkn, as you and others (especially E.T. use to) say, patience
Ingrid_Doweary: I partnered with another cousin to make 2 genealogy presentations. They were successful and sparked plenty of interest.
3rdthawkins: yes it does Spivey
vicky: ditto to what vkn said 3rd did you use PP Ingrid?
Ingrid_Doweary: Of course we both did.
Spivey: So, your presentation was good Ingrid_Doweary? I am happy that it turned out well for you.
3rdthawkins: I had to get a kick in the pants from another source (person/researcher), I can get a little lazy at times and try to find the easy way out, but I'm glad I'm doing it the hard way. Very rewarding
AYWalton: Good afternoon, all. Hello 3rd, alt, Ingrid, Spivey, Ms. Vicky. Greetings VKN!!!
Ingrid_Doweary: AY, I understand a cousin of mine consulted you on Native American genealogy in Fort Wayne, IN about 5 yrs ago.
AYWalton: Is that right? who was your cousin?
vkn: Alt I note that you will frequently embed the prior message when you give a reply. Is that a feature you and others here would like to see? If so we can configure the text box to do just that. Just give me the word and it will be done. It might take a minute but its possible AYW!!!
Ingrid_Doweary: He was researching the Dawes and Freedman records.
AYWalton: ahhh ok.
Ingrid_Doweary: Jeffery Johnson out of Chicago, IL
AYWalton: I see. I don't remember him, but hope that I was able to assist him.
khathu: hello everyone
alt: I like to 'repeat' some of the key phrases to the question I'm responding to vkn... lots of folks don't take the time to go back and see what you are responding to.
Ingrid_Doweary: Yes you were helpful. He remembered you by name because of your expertise.
vkn: Actually the default is to repeat the prior message
AYWalton: Glad I was able to assist him.
Ingrid_Doweary: Jeff and I are working on a project to collect family history from all of the reunion attendees.
3rdthawkins: great you have help Ingrid.....now only if I can get my grandmother's niece to get back on board and help
alt: that would be good in some case vkn.. not sure it would work for all responses.
Ingrid_Doweary: I hear that, 3rd.
vicky: I thought of you when they announced the upcoming Education Special on CNN Khathu
vkn: Well give it some thought and give me the word
Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Free, how are you?
khathu: it is going vicky
Ingrid_Doweary: I'm good. Attended a productive family reunion.
3rdthawkins: or do you get to speak to your boss?
freeaainnc: got it done 3rd. turns out it was a miscommunication
3rdthawkins: oh ok, great!
alt: okay vkn.. will do on the posted responses
vicky: so the race portion of the issue was resolved free
freeaainnc: yes vicky, it was a misunderstanding. What she was saying is we cannot infer race, but of course if the book/record/document says they were black or "colored" or white, etc., then that is ok to put
vicky: oh ok!
freeaainnc: I still couldn't explain the 1870 census name change satisfactorily (to me), but I left if open so if she wants to know more, she can ask
alt: freeaainnc, the name was changed in 1870.. or was it changed from waht appeared in 1870?
freeaainnc: changed from how it was in 1870. they were Peaks 1880-1930, but Cameron in 1870
vicky: thats where more research is needed. perhaps it had to deal with slave owners if they were not fpoc
freeaainnc: right vicky! oh well, it's done and over with
alt: the name change.. is it for a male head of household, or a female head of household?
freeaainnc: head was always female
vicky: I have read several narratives where folks have changed there name back to the 1st owner after having more than one
alt: is marraige and divorce a possibility?
freeaainnc: not really alt always listed as single
vicky: all kind of variables huh alt
freeaainnc: right vicky
vicky: why do you say not really free
freeaainnc: i mean it's possible, but I don't know
alt: yeah, better to just present the record and let them figure it out
freeaainnc: right alt! :} it's possible vicky, but didn't seem too likely she was always listed as single, no marriage record, no cohabitation record, etc.
alt: that's one of the major problems in trying to help folks.. we get only a quick glimpse of the family from various records, they have more inside information and also probably have information they are not revealing when they ask for help.
freeaainnc: right
3rdthawkins: Can't Stand people who are like that :?
vkn: right alt and it behooves us to follow their lead at a safe distance
alt: wel, the tells us what they know and/or what they 'think' we need to know 3rdthawkins
freeaainnc: and I can't check the actual records in the archives (i could on my own time, but not for work), I am limited to what we have here in the library section - the indexes and abstracts
3rdthawkins: you're right alt
freeaainnc: I had 2 requests to answer today where both of them thought they could get the original records from the library. I guess for some states, the state library does have original records, but not here
alt: I'm into it now with a cousin who's great-grandfather and my great-grandmother were children of the same mother but, two different father's and he wants to argue against the records that they weren't half-siblings.
vkn: All of y'all on *Prodigy back in the day will recall that we would generally give the quester a task to complete and based on that task completion, offer help.
vicky: what relation does he think they are alt
alt: that's always a good tact vkn... full siblings vicky... he doesn't believe the lady had two husbands.. both Adams men,,, one a nephew of the other. I have copies of both marriage records for the lady and copies of the birth records for both of the people in question.
vicky: well remember Gates cousin
Spivey: alt could he perhaps believe their relationship falls within the 'definition' so to speak of full siblings?
alt: could be Spivey... if one thinks that because they had the same mother they are 'full" siblings. yet they had different fathers
3rdthawkins: well, sometimes I want to think that alt, but I guess I have to look at it how it is.......I feel like my brothers are my full siblings, but they are not guess because I grew up with them
Spivey: Sometimes I'm not sure of the definitions people use, alt. There is a common standard for genealogy, I believe, but it could be that he simply believes this without referencing the standard definition. I have met other researchers who give terms different meanings.
alt: I can understand your situation 3rdthawkins
vicky: lots of folks have the "same womb " outlook
freeaainnc: I just found out something slightly off topic I want to share
3rdthawkins: the brother and sister I didn't grow up with feel like half-siblings and I know they are
vkn: Well alt one might need to examine the issue outside the paternal box would you think? Is cousin only looking from the maternal box
3rdthawkins: that's a harsh situation our parents put us in
alt: in my mind .. makes no difference, but you can't deny the fact of two marriages and children by two differnt men .
freeaainnc: just got an alert from the paper. Do y'all remember me talking about Wake County NC school board doing away with busing and basically resegreating the schools here? There have been protests and arrests with the head of the local NAACP and now the school accreditation board is stepping in and reviewing Wake Co schools and possibly take away their accreditation!
3rdthawkins: Of course, when a person was married the spouse died and the person remarried, then, there's nothing you can do about that,
Spivey: Oh, that would be a harsh punishment for the students there, freeaainnc, and they are not the ones responsible.
freeaainnc: that is what I was thinking too! but maybe it would be the kick in the pants the school board needs to go back to how it was
alt: if you were to trace the DNA of the male children by this woman you would have two different paths to follow.
vkn: Free if accred is lost don'f the children lose?
Spivey: It isn't worth it, freeaainnc for the students to suffer any harm. Perhaps the NAACP can put forth a workable solution instead of letting that happen.
alt: and genealogically they come from two completely different paternal lines
3rdthawkins: that's true alt, genealogy wise, you would have to look at it the way it is..........kind of like trying to explain to my (half) brother that we (he and I) are cousins because our grandparents were. He couldn't understand how that would make us cousins
freeaainnc: I hope so Spivey, but now they have barred the NAACP from the grounds of the Wake Co. school board and arrest them if they even step foot onto the grounds - school board is no longer willing to work with them!
3rdthawkins: it was kind of joke, I couldn't get through to him, didn't have a sense of humor with that one
Spivey: 3rdthawkins does he use a relationship chart?
vkn: Please take a glance at the Confederate and children on the Books forum. It seems to be on a slippery slope
3rdthawkins: he doesn't do genealogy Spivey, I was just telling him the news of what I found out I try to keep my siblings from my dad's side up to date on what's going on what news I have found/discovered
alt: I saw that vkn and it is what Bennie has been talking about for 20 years... Neo-conservatism and confederate re-writing of the history of the south.
3rdthawkins: my other brother and my sister was seeing it the way I was, he just didn't see it
Spivey: Well it seems to me the NAACP is acting somewhat irresponsibly by not considering the adverse affects on the students freeaainnc. Not everything is to be sacrificed in a cause, and they would be hurting all students, black and white.
freeaainnc: how has the NAACP been acting irresponsibly?
alt: a reading of the secessionist papers of the confederate states will tell you all you need to know about the cause of the civil War.
Spivey: They caused the issue to erupt freeaainnc, and I have heard you say nothing about their position on the jurisdiction losing its accreditation or trying to prevent that from happening.
alt: pure ans simple SLAVERY!!!!
vkn: Thanx alt. Yall be good and i will see you tonight.
Spivey: About forty schools of thought on that, alt.
freeaainnc: Spivey - that whole thing with the accreditation just (as in this morning) started. They didn't cause the issue to erupt in my mind though, it would have erupted anyway b/c so many residents here are furious the school board basically wants to re-segregate the schools
vicky: I was thinking that eliminating the busing and resegregation would have been the issue IMHO
alt: No school to think about Spivey.. read the secessionist papers.
freeaainnc: right vicky
Spivey: Why do you consider them to be the one with THE answer alt?
alt: these are the papers written by the State governments as to why they left the union and what is to be the law in the confederate lands Spivey... they are 'scholarly' papers for legal papers to secede from the union.
Spivey: That is the issue no doubt vicky. It seems though that it is not really being addressed head on, but politics has reared its ugly head and the school board is now on the hot seat [where it belongs]. Has anyone tried to get their point of view and talk about loss of accreditation and how it will hurt the very public the board is sworn to protect? Okay alt. Then for you that is the answer as to the why of the Civil War.
freeaainnc: Spivey, as I said, the accreditation issue is a brand new issue
Spivey: Okay freeaainnc. Then, the following actions will establish whether indeed the board was trying to institute segregation all over again.
alt: right, the continuance of Slavery.. do you have other 'reasons'?
freeaainnc: true Spivey
Spivey: Nope. I am just acknowledging that other scholarly works have different motivations attributed as to the why alt. The organizers of the Confederacy have their views, but there are other interpretations.
vicky: free what is the name of the paper or the tv station there where you are
alt: I'm not talking 'scholarly' Spivey .. I'm talking the written word as to why we're leaving the Union.
freeaainnc: Raleigh News & Observer
vicky: 'thx
Spivey: Okay alt.
freeaainnc: no problems
alt: i'm outta here y'all laters
vicky: I think I will check in with your paper free from time to time to see the outcome
freeaainnc: ok Vicky
vicky: everything these days are "hot" topics
freeaainnc: yep!
vicky: I meant to ask ingrid_doweary, did you all have a Reunion Book?
freeaainnc: I don't think it was ever the intention of the board to resegregate the schools, they wanted to stop busing (to my knowledge) as a way to save money in this economy
vicky: I can understand that but in their thought processes they should have know the consequences. and debated on what may occur
freeaainnc: agree vicky!
vicky: ok free have a good one
Ingrid_Doweary: Only my Hughes Family Reunion had reunion book. That's something my Cummings, Linton and Doweary Families need to produce.
3rdthawkins: I was early too late
vicky: I would like to have a really nice one done for my Daviss family one of these days...mabe one that is bound
Ingrid_Doweary: My cousin Jeff and I are working on one for the Cummings Family.
Spivey: Me too, vicky, but I don't even know where to start.
vicky: me either Spivey...
Ingrid_Doweary: We'll start with a directory. My spouse's Doweary Family did a family biographical directory. Needs to be updated. Spivey you can start with compiling family group sheets. That is what my Hughes cousin began with.
Spivey: Of course, there is always s c r a pbooking we can do ourselves. I'm just afraid to start that because it might be more difficult especially since I don't know how to use Photoshop or similar programs.
Ingrid_Doweary: Take Vicky.
Spivey: Ut oh, do we have to leave?
Ingrid_Doweary: Yes, my cousin jeff and I plan to follow up with each adult who attend the reunion.
3rdthawkins: :? forgot about that ok, catch you two tonite
Ingrid_Doweary: Tonite, 3rd.
Spivey: I have a few family group sheets done Ingrid. That's a good start. Thanks.
Ingrid_Doweary: It is a massive job, Spivey, but it's a valuable tool.
Spivey: My surviving aunts are in their mid 80s and I would sorely like to present them with something. We don't do family reunions, so they would be glad to see a tree.
Ingrid_Doweary: Perhaps you could do a tree and or provide them a copy of the census record of their immediate family or ancestors.
Spivey: I can give them the group sheets. I have those on their parents.
Ingrid_Doweary: I'll be sending a gift of a NARA genealogy guide as a prize to winners of an activity.
Spivey: I would love to find a software package that has a tree-shaped pattern to fill in, but have not been successful except for one I found for children.
Ingrid_Doweary: I'll be on the lookout for that kind of application.
Spivey: Oh, thanks Ingrid. I have been looking and looking. The thing is, each resource will show you the outline of a tree, but that is not available as such within the program itself. Sigh. Still, more and more resources are coming online, so I will keep trying.
Ingrid_Doweary: I understand that, Spivey.
Spivey: Glad your reunion was a success. Now you have the beginnings of a book for your Dowearys.
Ingrid_Doweary: Yep. Need to recruit some more folks from the Dowearys. I got 2 folks for the Cummings to help.
Spivey: I did try the bookmaking program on Ancestry, but couldn't get it to act right. Every time I tried to change something, it would shift the data all around.
Ingrid_Doweary: Yeah, sounds like you need database software to manage the information. The RootsMagic application, Alt recommended is working for me.
Spivey: I love the program that comes with PAF and I think I will try that today. See what happens. I already print out charts from it and I can include photos in those charts, an especially nice touch since neither aunt has any family photos to speak of. Or so they say!
Ingrid_Doweary: Sounds like progress!
Spivey: Yep. Except I don't have many photos, mostly are of the current generations, only a couple of my aunts' parents and siblings. But, I need to start thinking in terms of what I have is better than nothing and just go ahead and do it. .
Ingrid_Doweary: The cousin who coordinated this last reunion presented a DVD of family photos spanning 50 years or so.
Spivey: Wow!
Ingrid_Doweary: A group of cousins collaborated on the project and helped her develop the final project. She was sweet enough to provide me a copy.
Spivey: Oh great. I am still waiting for my cousin to give me a copy of our grandmother's portrait photo. Been waiting for about 10 years now. .
Ingrid_Doweary: Have you attempted to get copies from any other family members? Maybe their descendants or collateral kinfolk,
Spivey: Yep. Very un-cooperative. Neither side admits to owning any photos at all. In my case, my Mother's box of photos disappeared right after she died, and no one will admit to taking it.
Ingrid_Doweary: That is so sad. I wish you luck. You never know I interviewed about five family members during the reunion. My cousin interviewed at least 3 members
Spivey: We can't even seem to get together a reunion. One side doesn't speak to the other side and they all live in Millen, Georgia. That is sad. So, here I come along from New York City and try to get information and documents and am told I have nothing to do with them [the other side].
Ingrid_Doweary: That's how it is with my immediate family of the Armstrongs and the Scotts. So we celebrate with 1st and distant cousins. My husband's immediate family doesn't have that problem.
Spivey: The breach seems to extend to the later generations as well. I have two cousins who live not far from each other in Florida, and one doesn't welcome visits from the other one. Sheesh! The only one of my dozens of cousins who keeps in touch with all sides is the one who doesn't want to share anything. So, there you go!
Ingrid_Doweary: My father-in-law and his older brother were actively preserving and handing down the family history with attendees at the reunions. I was so impressed with that. Thought it was important to help continue that with their nephews and nieces.
Spivey: It is indeed. Sometime in the future, these children will want to know about their ancestors. As a matter of fact, my grandniece had to do a family tree as a school project.
Ingrid_Doweary: So what kind of impression did Roots and Roots the Next Generation have on these people?
Spivey: Well, I was not impressed with Roots. Seemed to be something missing there, although I think it makes good fiction. I never watched The Next Generation.
Ingrid_Doweary: I see. The last episode portrayed the research journey.
Spivey: I did, though, order copies when it was re-released and gave them to my niece and nephew. I don't know what happened to my copy. Probably left behind when I moved.
Start: 21:02:28
Spivey: Good evening Selma! How are you this evening?
Selma: Good..and you?
Spivey: Fine thanks.
Selma: Sorry trying to read me email..been running around all day So how goes the research?
Spivey: No problem. I am quite happy at the moment. I am discovering some mistakes as I discover new information. That is a positive in my mind.
Selma: Yes it is..
Spivey: Go ahead and read. I'm fine just sitting here thinking. .
Selma: No I am finished...lots of junk mail
Spivey: Oh, even with a filter people learn how to get around being classified as Junk Mail or Spam.
Selma: Good evening Khathu
Spivey: Good evening Khathu!
Khathu: good evening Selma and Spivey
Spivey: Khathu is a small k in the day and a capital K at night. How are you Khathu?
Khathu: is that right i am doing okay
Spivey: You didn't notice that Khathu?
Khathu: no
Selma: Have you been working on the research project for your relative Khathu?
Khathu: i completed it
Spivey: Wow.
Selma: Wow...
Khathu: it was not detailed
Selma: OK
Khathu: just vital records on some family members
Spivey: You must have access to some excellent sources Khathu.
Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Khathu, Spivey, and Selma
Khathu: library of congress, national archives and records, D.A.R. library
Selma: The biggies
Khathu: as well as online databases
Spivey: Well, Ingrid_Doweary, now we know the chat room shuts down at 2P.M. I didn't know it's open at 11A.M. though. Oops, 11:30a.m.
Ingrid_Doweary: Yeah, now we know.
Spivey: I had pillows on my backside this time Ingrid_Doweary. Been wearing them in here ever since the first time we were kicked out!
Ingrid_Doweary: Got your buffers ready this time, eh? :}
Khathu: did anyone listen to the radio program on sunday
Selma: Missed it...on Grandma duty...I think AY listened
Spivey: What radio program Khathu?
Khathu: She also called in
Ingrid_Doweary: No, Khathu. What was the program?
Khathu: in fact she was the first caller it was some radio show that focused on AA genealogy on Sunday out of Chicago
Ingrid_Doweary: Oh wow. I was Amtrak traveling from St. Louis, MO to Chicago, IL
Khathu: Melvin Collier, Terry Ligon, Seventies Soulchild were all featured during the show
Spivey: How wonderful for them.
Ingrid_Doweary: Think it was recorded for playback, Khathu?
Khathu: i am not sure
Selma: Did they get good questions from folks calling in?
Spivey: Khathu do you think it aired here in the Northeast on some local radio stations? Where was it announced?
Khathu: Not really Selma I felt the show was all over the place
Selma: Think Seventies..talked about when she came into the chat...hadn't heard about it before
Khathu: Seventies informed me
Spivey: Good suggestion for the home page of AfriGeneas. Post upcoming events featuring AfriGeneas members.
Ingrid_Doweary: Hear hear, Spivey.
vkn: howdy all
Selma: I see that folks have been posting a lot of Neal info
Spivey: I was telling my niece about AfriGeneas today vkn and said the webmaster lived in Georgia. I couldn't remember where except you said you lived on a mountain. She asked if it's Stone Mountain?
vkn: See the announcement and events forum. Anyone can post
Spivey: Announcements and events forum? I missed that one vkn.
Ingrid_Doweary: Yes, Vkn. I 1st saw it while on a Chicago layover, reading my email.
vkn: No it was Blackjack mountain in Cobb County. I now live off Camp Creek Parkway in Fulton County
Ingrid_Doweary: Got excited because I just left a family reunion presenting that information.
Selma: Folks are always able to post, when there are events coming up
Spivey: Are we talking about the Neal research or the appearances by members of AfriGeneas?
Ingrid_Doweary: Had to calm down to plot out my input.
Spivey: Okay vkn. My niece, my daughter, and now my nephew live in Lithonia.
Ingrid_Doweary: Oh, Vkn my cousin and I gave a shoutout for AfriGeneas in our presentations.
vkn: I recall that your fam is in Dekalb spivey
Spivey: Just the younger generation vkn. The older generation is in Millen, Georgia.
vkn: Yes Selma and all the Neal research is of high interest
Ingrid_Doweary: It certainly is.
vkn: I recall Millen Thankee Ingrid
Selma: I hope she prints it out...so she can sit and read and organize her thoughts and get a research plan.. and fill out a pedigree chart
Ingrid_Doweary: YW, Vkn.
Spivey: When you speak of the announcements and events vkn are you referring to the Neal research?
vkn: I agree Sekma No the Forum board by that name spivey
Spivey: Oh, so people can post their scheduled appearances there vkn?
vkn: Sure
AYWalton: Good evening all.
Ingrid_Doweary: Oh okay!
AYWalton: Hello Ingrid, khathu, Ms. Slema, Spivey, Greetings VKN!
vkn: I hope so also Selma. The 1930 for George Neal in Brevard FL is interesting at least the census page is. On first glance it is a mixed white-black household but a closer look rules that out
Spivey: Okay. Khathu was talking about the radio program that featured Seventies Soulchild, Melvin Collier, etc. I didn't know about the program so was wondering if the Home page of AfriGeneas could feature upcoming events. Now I know to look at that section vkn. Thanks for the heads up. We have our answer Ingrid_Doweary.
Ingrid_Doweary: Okay, Spivey
AYWalton: I only knew about it when Melvin posted it on Facebook the day before. I told him about an hour before the show aired to Tweet it and put it on FB again, so those of us near our computers could tune in. He did and it was good timing.
Spivey: I guess they should be posting that information in the forum vkn mentioned.
vkn: Heyyyyy AYW Very good Spivey. I think 70's first announced in chat
Selma: Things can only be posted on the board Spivey, when we know about them Spivey
AYWalton: I have a little blank box outlined in read that I cannot seem to get rid of.
Spivey: Oh, I thought the members could post their own events Selma. My bad.
AYWalton: any idea what it is that I must have clicked on?
Selma: They can...folks do it all the time,
vkn: hmmmm from what browser AYW
Spivey: Okay Selma.
AYWalton: Ok now it's gone!
vkn: Did box vanish ayw
AYWalton: yes, it's gone.
Ingrid_Doweary: WB AY
vkn: oh okies
AYWalton: I saw it once before. thanks, Ingrid. I am using Google Chrome, VKN.
Ingrid_Doweary: Is that by choice, AY?
vkn: I think Sadonya is on her way to Knoxville as is B.J.
Spivey: Hi RCS!
Ingrid_Doweary: Hey RCS
AYWalton: greetings, RCS!
RCS: good evening
AYWalton: I would loved to have been there, but I am off to Reno on Thursday morning.
Selma: Well Dru will be on our local PBS station on Friday at 9 PM..it will be available at their internet site "A Different View" by Monday
AYWalton: oh that's right! I look forward to seeing her.
Selma: You you got your quarters ready AY
vkn: AYW I also use Chrome but it has a mind of its own. I am using Opera now. It does not freeze as frequently as Safari
AYWalton: I still have my $2.50 I won last time! I don't know about Safari and Opera. Still can't get over seeing slots at the airport!
Ingrid_Doweary: Which airport, AY?
AYWalton: I was amused while doing some research for my presentation, I was looking at the black population of Reno NV in 1910.
vkn: and everywhere in Nevada ayw
Spivey: I have used Opera. It's not a bad little browser.
AYWalton: there were 62 black folks, and two of them were---how shall I say it----working girls! their place of employment was HOP and their occupation was----well I know you can guess. there it was on the census. I would never have thought. A mere 100 years ago today. And none of the black folks were in the city jail. I was fascinated by looking at those records. so I am winding up my Power Point presentations and tomorrow working on handouts, and will be on my way Thursday. I was surprised to find one of the families that I had researched---I actually found the people I was researching on Ancestry with PHOTOS!
Ingrid_Doweary: Good for you AY.
AYWalton: of the very same family I was documenting. One of their descendants had put them up on Ancestry.
Ingrid_Doweary: Exciting, eh?
AYWalton: yes, it was. I never look at data that other folks upload. I was doing a regular search and a photo popped up. the names were correct as were the children, and siblings.
vkn: How about that. Ancestry changes by the second
Selma: Were these folks in REno in 1910...from other states
AYWalton: ok back.
Spivey: Hi 3rdthawkins!
Ingrid_Doweary: Hey 3rd.
vkn: Rcs and 3rd howdy
AYWalton: Selma the family was back in 1910 in Lamar County Alabama. and there they were---Johnsons, no less. and I found 2 additional generations, with photos!.
Ingrid_Doweary: Congratulations, AY
vkn: Did you contact the researcher AYW
3rdthawkins: hello Spivey Ingrid_Doweary AYWalton vkn Selma rcs and Khathu
RCS: good evening
Khathu: Hello 3rd and RCS
AYWalton: yes I contacted the woman who posted the data. Still waiting to hear from her.
3rdthawkins: see you made a discover AY, congratulations
AYWalton: But I have made copies of the photos.
Ingrid_Doweary: Good job, AY!
AYWalton: I shall share with the descendants in Reno with contact information of the researcher who posted it.
3rdthawkins: it is amazing what you will find on Ancestry that others have done, when you start looking
AYWalton: and I am not one who ever looks at the researh that others post---I never want to incorporate other folks data---I want to make sure that I can follow the trail correctly myself. But seeing the photos----I studied her data and it matched mine. So the photos were a plus. And this was the first time that photos of a black family jumped out at me like that---plus several generations.
vkn: remarkable
3rdthawkins: that's cool hello Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: good evening everyone!
Ingrid_Doweary: Hey Seventies!
Selma: Evening seventies...radio star
AYWalton: Something was just on CNN that the HS graduation rate of black males is less than 50%.
RCS: I frequently search ancestry and rootsweb to check for prior research on lines of interest
AYWalton: hey there, SoulChile!
Seventies Soulchild: Selma
AYWalton: heard you on the radio on Sunday! you are really making the rounds!
Seventies Soulchild: I heard you too... you and Terry were great AYWalton
AYWalton: DC presentation, Chicago Radio---what next? Broadway?
Ingrid_Doweary: Sorry i missed it, AY.
AYWalton: I was just a call in guest, SoulChile.
Selma: Yes, I heard that earlier...
Seventies Soulchild: no not yet! I'm still waiting for my dvd of the DC presentation.
AYWalton: How did you come to be a guest on the radio program, SoulChile?
Seventies Soulchild: Sharon asked me.
Selma: about the HS graduation rate
Seventies Soulchild: She lives about an hour from where I'm at.
vkn: Yes Selma, a tragedy
AYWalton: who does, SoulChile?
Seventies Soulchild: Sharon Morgan
AYWalton: I thought she lived in Chicago. She lives in NY?
vkn: That is the old SAM AYW
Seventies Soulchild: Although she is a traveler! No she was there to visit and for the parade, can't recall the name of it right now
AYWalton: yes, the same one, VKN.
Khathu: Hey Seventies
AYWalton: she was a co-host on the program.
Seventies Soulchild: hey Khathu
Khathu: what did you two think about the program?
AYWalton: what was the name of SAM130's old website, VKN?
Khathu: AYWalton and Seventies
Ingrid_Doweary: Bud Billigan Parade, Seventies?
AYWalton: I recall it.
Seventies Soulchild: Yes that's it Ingrid
AYWalton: the talk show, khathu?
Khathu: yes the talk show on sunday
vkn: Not remembering ayw
AYWalton: it went well from the listeners' perspective.
Seventies Soulchild: Well anytime we talk about African-American genealogy its a good thing
AYWalton: 2 hours and they flew by!
Ingrid_Doweary: Seventies, I have never been able to attend that parade, my entire life growing up in Chicago.'
AYWalton: didn't she used to have that comprehensive site with all of those neat links? we out to go to that parade one of these days.
vkn: Not remembering ayw "Our Black Ancestry" maybe?
Seventies Soulchild: wow Ingrid! It looks like great fun though. Saw it on WGN once
AYWalton: trying to remember.
Ingrid_Doweary: Yeah, I saw a glimpse of it on TV years ago.
AYWalton: I thought all the black folks knew the Bud Billiken parade. I heard about it as a child.
Seventies Soulchild: No I just found out about it a few years ago.
Ingrid_Doweary: I knew about it, but never had the opportunity to attend.
Selma: I never heard of it
AYWalton: it is a Chicago thing.
Selma: Was it in JET?...
Seventies Soulchild: Absolutely
AYWalton: but since my mother had cousins who lived in Chicago, and we used to occasionally get the Chicago Defender, I heard about it growing up.
Seventies Soulchild: Selma
Ingrid_Doweary: There have been photos of the parade in Jet in the past.
AYWalton: What was the pen pal column they had?
vkn: I was in the Biliken parade for 2 years 1943-44 representing The PORO school of beauty
AYWalton: oh that's so cute, vkn!
Selma: Jet..the true chronicle of the AA experience in America Were you on a float vkn..
Seventies Soulchild: I used to love the political news section
Ingrid_Doweary: Wow, Vkn! I'm interested in researching that coverage.
AYWalton: I recall Saundra Brown talking about it in the old days of the mailing list.
vkn: Indeed I was and with Joe Louis Barrow
Ingrid_Doweary: So Vkn, ab out how old is the Bud Billiken parade?
Selma: Giving the "royal wave"
vkn: older than I am Ingrid
Ingrid_Doweary: Oh really?
Seventies Soulchild: Speaking of papers AYWalton, my cousin sent me an article about my great-great uncle Benjamin. It gave lots of good information.
vkn: and Ingrid older than 2 gun pete
Seventies Soulchild: http://thefamilygriot.blogspot.com/2010/08/dr-benjamin-emerson-washington.html
AYWalton: that's neat, SoulChile
3rdthawkins: Seventies Soulchild anything new on Scott Washington?
Seventies Soulchild: No, so I'm focusing on the children.
3rdthawkins: oh ok
Selma: Wonderful picture seventies
AYWalton: a nice looking man, SoulChile
Seventies Soulchild: Three left MS for Oklahoma, one for TN, one for AR, two for AL
Ingrid_Doweary: That is so neat, Seventies!
Seventies Soulchild: Thanks Selma.
Selma: Did he go to Meharry?
Seventies Soulchild: Thanks Ingrid
AYWalton: What was the name of the one who went to Arkansas?
Seventies Soulchild: Elijah Washington He and the family ended up in Little Rock, AR Yes Selma a Meharry grad
Ingrid_Doweary: YW.
RCS: good night all
Seventies Soulchild: I also have a photo of the sister Julia. I'm trying to get as much initial information as I can about the children Scott had with his wife
Ingrid_Doweary: That's a good plan.
AYWalton: so SoulChile, Sharon Morgan lives in NY?
Seventies Soulchild: I remember hearing some bits and pieces as a little girl...
Khathu: good night everyone
Seventies Soulchild: Yes
AYWalton: don't know why I thought she was in NY. So does Dr. Adams also live in NY? The show's host?
Seventies Soulchild: No in Chicago. She's the curator of the Dusable Museum. Sharon is out there visiting right now Dr. Adams is the curator
vkn: Sharon did live in Chi for a bit
Seventies Soulchild: oh yes she's from Chicago
AYWalton: ahhh ok.
Ingrid_Doweary: Oh really? Good to know. I did visit the DuSable Museum years ago when my daughters were little. Meaning my parents took the entire family-spouse, children and me in the early 1990s.
Seventies Soulchild: ok
AYWalton: well I had better run, folks. Gotta start packing for NV and work on my handouts to print off tomorrow. Have a great evening. thanks, everyone.
Seventies Soulchild: I have to get going too
Selma: Nite 70's
Seventies Soulchild: ... have a good night all
3rdthawkins: ok, gn Seventies, good seeing you again
Ingrid_Doweary: Nitre 70s.
vkn: Niters to all yall ; be good
Spivey: Good night vkn.
Ingrid_Doweary: Take care, Vkn.
Selma: Nite vkn
Spivey: Good night Seventies Soulchild.
Seventies Soulchild: Please check out my blog. More information is forthcoming
Spivey: For a while there, I thought I was in the LunchBunch chat.
Selma: Time for me to go too... Good nite...
Ingrid_Doweary: Good nite, Selma
Spivey: Well, I guess we have until 11? Or 10:30 at least.
3rdthawkins: trying to enjoy my new found information
Ingrid_Doweary: I guees. You enjoy, 3rd.
Spivey: Oops. Almost 10:30 now. Ingrid, I found a super place for us to continue any discussions. Erin introduced me to it.
Ingrid_Doweary: Sounds good, Spivey. I'll check it out.
Spivey: I am going there now if either of you care to join me. I am trying to find out more about the new Family Search pilot program.
Ingrid_Doweary: I think I'll join you. What do you say, 3rd.
3rdthawkins: I'm there already
Spivey: . Okay. On my way.


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Corporate employees familiar with Dropbox should take extra precautions to avoid becoming a victim of a phishing attack that uses the popular file-sharing service.
Cybercriminals have been sending out emails with malicious links pointing to a ZIP file on Dropbox that contains a screensaver that is actually ransomware similar to one known as CryptoLocker, security vendor PhishMe reported Friday.
[Brown HIV researchers make Dropbox secure with nCrypted Cloud]
The attackers try to trick the recipients into clicking on the link through a variety of ploys, including disguising the email, so that the link appears to point to an invoice or a fax report or message.
If someone receives the email at work, "they may think that they're receiving a fax and it's something they need to look at, which makes them inclined to go ahead and open it," Ronnie Tokazowski, senior researcher at PhishMe, said.
Clicking on the link to the ZIP file and then the screensaver file inside launches the malware that encrypts files on the victim's hard drive. PhishMe estimates that victims have had as many as 20,000 files encrypted. Files typically affected by such ransomware include documents, archive files, executables and JPEGs.
Once executed, the malware launches a page on the victim's default browser, demanding that $500 in Bitcoins be deposited in the criminals' electronic wallet. Failing to do so after a certain amount of time leads to the ransom doubling to $1,000.
Based on an examination of three of the attackers' wallets, the scammers have collected at least $62,000, Tokazowski estimates. The ransom demand and payment transactions are conducted over the Tor anonymity network.
The attack does not exploit a vulnerability on Dropbox. PhishMe had not discussed the phishing campaign with Dropbox, which did not respond to a request for comment.
PhishMe discovered the scam after its own employees received the phishing emails, Tokazowski said. Almost 20 of the company's 50 employees received the messages.
PhishMe does not believe it was directly targeted in the campaign, but was just one of many companies whose employees might have received the emails.
"There's been no evidence that they (the attackers) have been specifically going after us," Tokazowski said.
To avoid becoming a victim, companies should advise employees to be wary of downloading ZIP files and emails like the ones described above that have no recognizable sender.


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Kelly.kramer4 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 112 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
The 567
The 567 Center for Renewal works for the revitalization of urban centers through access to music and the arts, educational and small business assistance, and city beautification.
The Center houses:
- Two music and events venues
- An art gallery
- Multi-purpose rooms for art lessons and music lessons
- summer camps and music camps
- Incubator office space to help develop new downtown businesses
- A live music recording studio
- Conference space
The space is also the meeting place on Sundays for a local church.
The market is diverse. We would like something that appeals to a young, hip crowd looking to enjoy live music, but also sophisticated enough to appeal to businesses who use our conference space and rent our office space.
The center has been in existence for a number of years, but has expanded.
It is located in the downtown of an old southern town.
We would like a simple, classic design. Nothing too trendy. Something with an Urban feel. A little edgy.
I have attached a photo of the 567 during a Sunday gathering of New City Church to give you an idea of the space.
Would love to have art and music incorporated somehow in the logo.
Nothing too cutesy however.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Jorma Kaukonen at Delmark's Riverside Studio in Chicago for Dave Specter's new blues album.
New Book Available Now
CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE … for a slideshow of performers and details about my book celebrating SPACE, the music hall in Evanston, IL during its first 10 years.
Chris Greene Releases New Album at SPACE
The Chris Greene Quartet, CGQ, performs their new album release, "Play SPACE" at SPACE in Evanston, IL.
Dan Chase Plays, Amanda Wolff Sings
Dan Chase plays as Amanda Wolff sings Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady" at Chris Anderson's Jazz Record Art Collective, JRAC, in Chicago.
Muddy, Horns & The Clock
"Muddy, Horns & The Clock" From my town to yours…I am using the public mural designed by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra, the holiday horns hanging over State Street from Macy's, and the original Marshall Field & Co. clock to send out my Happy New Year wishes to all.
Thanks JRAC-A Slideshow
Here is a slideshow that documents some of the 45 performances that Chicago's Chris Anderson organized for his creation, the Jazz Record Art Collective – JRAC – during 2018. The guy never sleeps. Knows his […]
Second Home
…on December 23, there will be a spotlight talk about the building. It brought back the memory of a montage I made of the Michigan Avenue entrance to that building in 2007. Here it is, full of life, a combination of the best of both old and new ideas.
Nighttime L Stop
Nighttime L Stop features an elevated rapid transit train, called an "L", just leaving its regular stop on the way to the end of the line on the north side of Chicago.
Behind The Country Farm Stand
It was almost Fall. Time for sweet corn and ripe tomatoes at this favorite farm stand. Add some potatoes, fresh garlic, a few cucumbers and zucchini, then rush home for the best salad of the season.
Announcing A Gallery Exhibit Reception for 6 Tillis Images
The exhibit includes 6 Harvey Tillis photographs on display and for sale as large archival pigment prints of street photography in Chicago. They are "Broadway Detour", "Family Outing", "Blue Line Bus Stop", "Sons Salute Dad at Blues Fest", "Serenading Sam's Wife" and "Superpawn Chicago".
Not Eye Candy on a Hot Sunny Day (but still beautiful to me)
"Not Eye Candy On A Hot Sunny Day (but still beautiful to me)" by Harvey Tillis. Street photography from the 10th floor of a nearby building.
Outside Jackson Junge Gallery on a Perfect Saturday Afternoon
Inspired by an artist showing in that gallery, Aaron Wooten, whose work I hadn't seen before and a person I don't know, I had to create this image as soon as possible after my visit. If I could paint like him I would have. Instead I populated and altered this scene to express how I felt.
I Shoot What I See
"I Shoot What I See" by Harvey Tillis depicts sections and angles of Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavillion against nearby Chicago architecture. Available now in the SHOP
Everything Old Is New Again
"Everything Old Is New Again" depicts the Michigan Avenue side of The Chicago Cultural Center, formerly the Chicago Public Library. This is a major center of activities including free concerts and art exhibits.
Lunchtime In A Chinatown Alley
Lines and shadows flashed at me as I crossed this alley. I walked past, then walked back. Shame on me for not stopping instantly, not making time to look, enjoy, and delight in this scene. Back at my computer I discovered an unexpected detail. A man sitting quietly in the shade on this brutally hot afternoon, on a break from work, eating lunch.
Sons Pay Tribute To Dad At Blues Fest
Salute to legendary blues man Carey Bell by his son's Lurrie and Steve with help from Dave Specter during the 2018 Chicago Blues Fest. The evening featured tributes to Delmark Records and its artists for 65 years of great jazz and blues music.
Blue Line Bus Stop at Chicago, May, and Ogden
Blue Line Bus Stop at Chicago, May, and Ogden. Take steps down to the subway under this street to go to the airport. Catch a bus going west with the lady holding an umbrella. Transit runs all night long.
Still Life 2018
Still Life 2018. More knowledgeable people than me will have to decide if this is, in fact, a still life, but as far as I'm concerned, it is. So there!
7100 N. Sheridan Road
These are retail shops on the ground floor in an apartment building on a busy street in one of Chicago's neighborhoods. I am always attracted to this kind of architecture and time of day. The image told me to make it black and white so I did.
Xpress Food Mart
This corner grocery store was the only building at an intersection in a far southside, low income suburb. The other three corners were empty lots. No customer traffic outside. Dark inside, yet open for business.
Late Night At The Factory
3:30 AM. The city is finally quiet. No traffic on the street, no planes or trains passing by. Just street lights and reflections to guide my sight as I look around. But someone is still there, working late at the factory next door. Probably not senior management.
Two Office Buildings
The space between these two buildings is what attracted me. If I could convert the colors to BW, make the image more graphic and a little abstract, I could get to where this scene made me feel. See? Pre-visualizing works!
Super Pawn, Chicago
A pawn shop on Fullerton Avenue in Chicago at the end of the day. Shops like this are scattered throughout the city and cater to a wide variety of cultures, ethnic groups, social and income classes. They may often be open until midnight six nights each week plus at least 5 hours on Sunday.
Hot Summer City Night
It was a humid, hot evening as we enjoyed another couple while eating on the patio at one of the best, funkiest Cuban restaurant's I've ever been to, 90 Miles From Cuba, on Armitage. Loud music, noisy people, delicious empanadas, ceviche and a bottle of red. Dusk turned to night. People, cars and kids floated by. So memorable. A special time.
Night Music
"Night Music" Eric Schneider and Matt Ferguson at Andy's Jazz Club for the 9th Annual Chi-Town Jazz Festival Supporting Hunger Relief. I have applied my changing vision and skills to documenting this fundraising event all nine years. 14 different bands donated their talents and 5 different venues donated their rooms all around Chicago. Great music for a worthy cause.
Clark And Oak
Clark And Oak is the location of this building in Chicago. I have passed the intersection hundreds of times and may have noticed parts of it unconsciously. On this day, in this light, at this distance I suddenly became aware of the entire structure. What a beauty! With help from a few software apps I was able to correct the perspective and fine tune areas to present a finished image of my impression of how it looks.
Building Detail With Chairs
"Building Detail With Chairs" is part of a new series, "Around Town."
Singing Mr Soul For Valentine's Day
The Saalik Ziyad Group performs Sam Cooke's 1963 album, "Mr. Soul", at Chris Anderson's Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC) in Chicago.
Party's Over
Party's Over by Harvey Tillis. A night of jazz had ended, everyone gone. Closing time. Use a variety of filters and adjustments to make the image feel the way I felt. Blur the lines between straight photography and a sketch.
"Intersection" is a simple study of lines, space, and meaning set against the open sky. There are times when simple is a nice break from moody, mysterious, dark or busy. That time for me is now.
Corner Newsstand, Florence – 1978
Here is a sample of my street photography before I knew what it was, before I knew I was a practitioner.
Broadway Detour
Night photography is my favorite. Rain makes it even better. Creative options abound. Time to explore when shooting and again when processing.
Between Sets
"Between Sets" – This image was processed using a variety of filters and adjustments to create my version of a scene and style Lautrec might have painted in a Montmartre night club in the 1890s.
Chance Of Snow
"Chance Of Snow" A winter scene in Chicago. Sometimes it takes a while to tease out the look and feel of an image. Musicians might experience this when they see sheet music they want to play, but haven't worked through it enough to make it sound the way they feel it should sound. Same is true with photos I create.
Happy New Year 2018!
Shot on a perfect chilly early winter night. On Lake Michigan while cruising off Navy Pier. Fireworks were a perfect addition. Happy New Year to all.
Waiting. For her ride? For friends meeting here, in front of a music club? For the bus? Just contemplating and regrouping before proceeding with her life? I'll never know.
Client Will Be Right Down
The title of this image is self explanatory. I was there, waiting, looked up, saw this, shot it, and as I checked my exposure settings the elevator doors opened and out popped my client.
Still Life With Drum Set, Painting, and Bricks
OK, this is not a bowl of fruit lit by a candle on a table. So what? I'm calling it a still life. Wikipedia says, "A still life (plural: still lifes) is…
Harwood Tavern
This place is an easy walk from my place. Adventurous food, fine selection of beers, across the street from two other fine restaurants, a bakery, and The California Clipper with different music every night. Can't beat this setup!
Sunkiss Spa
Sunkiss Spa by Harvey Tillis. Street photography on a rainy night in Chicago.
Keith's restaurant in Whiting, IN, is a fantastic find of a place to have lunch or, on weekends, dinner.
Oak Street Exit
Dusk on a rainy Saturday as traffic moves to the city's evening adventures.
Wabash In The Wet
Street photography for sure. On a wet afternoon on Wabash Avenue. Light, lines and a little color. What else does a shooter need?
Grand To Howard Blur
…he sent me a Facebook challenge to produce 3 blurred photos over a 3 day period, bw or color at my discretion. This is the last one I submitted before challenging another photographer.
A Moment In Time
Two people alone together amid the swirl of a busy night in the city.
Eggelston Light
Eggelston Light by Harvey Tillis. This image is an homage to William Eggelston because the light made me think of him.
On The Way To Dinner
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Saturday, 17 July 2010
Gwibber Concept - Part 1
28 comments:
- Gavin said...
I like it a lot! Sleek, and it doesn't look as cluttered as the current gwibber does.
- 17 July 2010 at 19:25
Looks amazing! It certainly fits in with Ubuntu. I find Gwibber somewhat hard to understand, and this certainly is an improvement.
- 17 July 2010 at 19:29
Compact & great!
- 17 July 2010 at 19:36
I like it
- 17 July 2010 at 19:39
- Claude Picot said...
Very nice
- 17 July 2010 at 19:40
too like twetie for mac
- 17 July 2010 at 19:53
- Bob Hazard said...
I like the rounded corners
- 17 July 2010 at 19:53
SWEEEETTT, I might leave tweetdeck for this :)
- 17 July 2010 at 19:53
What Gwibber needs right now is not further UI beautification, but code cleanup. If they keep improving UI, the next version will take more time than the OS itself to start, and will consume more memory than the OS itself (right now, the startup times and memory footprint for Gwibber and OS are nearly equal).
- 17 July 2010 at 19:58
@nekroz. heh, do you really think gwibber devs would overlook that in favor of this beautiful concept? For sure there will be other devs/designers that will offer their help to get this realised.
Anyway, this thing looks like something from a distant future! :-)
- 17 July 2010 at 20:12
- Oli Warner said...
While I like this there are a few points to make about it, gwibber and gtk:
- The rounded pane looks great but AFAIK, the GTK theme engines don't support it. If they did, I would like to see it in all Windows, not just gwibber!
- Before something like this is implemented, devs should focus on making gwibber work. That includes fixing the huge CPU issue on multi-core 64bit installs. The code is getting messy and it's growing faster than it should.
- The left sidebar should scale like the current implementation. I have the slimmest version and it would be nice if the breaks/tabs you've mocked could scale in the real version. That would rely on them being dynamically drawn and, again, I'm not sure how readily GTK will handle that.
That aside, I really like the design... I'm just not sure if it's possible.
- 17 July 2010 at 20:23
- silvio1964 said...
- 17 July 2010 at 21:05
- Jay said...
What font are you using for the titlebars in those mock-ups?
- 17 July 2010 at 22:04
- Luís Reis said...
Cool. I didn't know you could put stuff on the title bar on Linux. How do you do that?(or do you intend to cheat and draw your own title bar?)
- 17 July 2010 at 23:29
That is amazing. o.o I love the tabs, and how neat and shiny it looks. The monochrome tabs go much better with Ubuntu's elegant look than do today's colored ones.
Do Rhythmbox and Evolution next, please!
- 18 July 2010 at 06:17
- Neil J. Patel said...
Thanks guys!
@nekr0z: I think the Gwibber devs are well aware of the current issues and have been working in their spare time to fix them. Hopefully you should see this work soon.
@Oli: Thanks for the comments! Your right Gtk containers don't support rounded corners (has to come from theme engine), but we can easily draw this as a background to a custom container using Cairo (it won't effect performance as it's just solid colours from the gtk-theme).
Again, Gwibber devs are aware of these issues and hopefully you should see the fruits of their labour soon.
And yes, I definitely imagined this working like the current implementation with a minimal-mode (my favourite mode too :).
@Jay: I used "Coconut" initially for this mockup. Ideally it would have been with the UbuntuBeta font, but the hinting on bold isn't right yet and I wanted the different font styles in the application to come out.
@Luis: You can't....yet :) The widget in the titlebar would hopefully be the "Windicator" idea that Mark blogged about a few months ago.
@feathertail: Thanks, these comments have convinced me to do just that :)
- 18 July 2010 at 08:17
- Izo said...
Superb UI design, Neil. I actually can't fault it.
- 18 July 2010 at 13:15
- Baco said...
Excellent, I can not wait to see that look in the next Gwibber version. I also will wait for the changes in both, Rhythmbox and Evolution ;-)
- 18 July 2010 at 18:14
- Raseel said...
Great UI concept. I presume these are just Nichols. But if Gwinnett looked anything even close to these, it would be my microblogging app of choice.
Keep up the awesome work.
Hope my Retweets help
- 18 July 2010 at 20:23
- Hal Wilke said...
Beautiful work. Hopefully this gets some consideration in the future versions of Gwibber.
- 19 July 2010 at 05:36
- votvete said...
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- 21 July 2010 at 16:09
- almozavr said...
This could be a breakthrough!
Don't forget to point that by default keyboard pointer should be at the post message inputbox when activating Gwibber window. Now it's still a problem, 'cause user must not only switch to Gwibber but alse make a click to post a message.
- 21 July 2010 at 16:11
"Stolen a lot of ideas" = "Just copied Tweetie without doing any user research into what Ubuntu users might want or need that Mac users don't". Way to go.
- 22 July 2010 at 18:21
- Neil J. Patel said...
@anon: 'tis true, hence I didn't hide it, though I think Seesmic deserves some credit too.
Regarding doing user testing, if I get to comment on what you do in your spare time, you can comment on what I do in mine :)
- 22 July 2010 at 19:57
- Michael M-S said...
@Neil: Well played with that last comment -- imo you had every right to be less level-headed than that. :)
I absolutely love your mockup. It looks like it would integrate tightly with gtk themes (especially Ambiance), but it also looks very modern and interesting. Kudos!
As others have said, I look forward to seeing some mockups for other Gnome apps.
- 27 July 2010 at 14:29
I hope the monochrome icons are not becoming the latest craze and fill the whole desktop. They are kind of OK on the notification area (or whatever it's called today), but having them all over the desktop would make it too dull in my eyes. They just are not visually consistent with the rest of the desktop. There apparently has to be a new visual fad every now and then, but let's not base the look of the default desktop on one. This kind of extremely simplified monochrome icons are better offered as an alternative icon set.
Otherwise the mock-up looks very nice to me.
- 2 September 2010 at 04:00
It's awesome, I need it now !! :D Really want to try it ;))
- 12 November 2010 at 14:44
- Manon said...
i think it looks AWESOME! :-O good job mate.. matches perfectly with my newly installed theme "A-New-Hope", has the same "tab" look with the same color on the window decorator.. AWESOME!
- 12 November 2010 at 15:06


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It's a well known part of Hong Kong urban lore that an apartment where a violent death took place can often be bought for as much as 10-30 per cent off the market price.
Depending on the type of death -- suicide, natural death or gruesome murder -- the house will become more or less hongza; a Cantonese term that literally translates as "calamity house" but effectively means the house is haunted.
Less well known is that secretive databases that collate hongza addresses are playing on local superstitions to effectively control prices in one of the world's most expensive real estate markets.
The problem with hongza is that it spreads.
Not only will a violent murder affect the price of the apartment where it took place, it will likely slash thousands off neighboring apartments -- and even the whole building.
"Databases don't specify which apartments, data is incomplete: if an apartment has 30 or 40 storeys there's a high probability all will be affected," said Jacklyn Pun Ka-Yan, sales director at Many Wells Property Agent.
Published information might specify the floor, but not the apartment where the death occurred. In some cases, only the building's address appears.
"I think they should make it clear, they should not just state the entire floor as haunted," Patrick Fong, whose flat is listed on the same floor as a hongza apartment, told CNN.
Once a property is listed on a database, however, there's no way out, says Pun. Owners have little recourse in getting their properties removed from hongza lists.
Meanwhile, the more than 5,000 real estate practitioners in the city, according to figures from the Society of Hong Kong Real Estate Agents, are bound to keep tabs on hongza properties following a 2004 court decision making it compulsory for estate agents to report houses with a dark history.
The case found against Centaline Property, one of Hong Kong's best-known real estate agencies, after a buyer pulled out of a transaction in 2001 when he discovered the apartment he planned to buy was hongza.
"If an estate agent acting for a purchaser knows, or ought to have known of the occurrence of a tragic incident in a property, and knew or ought reasonably to have known that this would materially affect the value of the property, that agent would owe a duty to alert its client to that fact," Judge Benjamin Yu said in the judgment which also acknowledged that property values could be reduced 'between 25 to 30%' in the case of a murder or suicide in a flat.
The agency was ordered to pay almost $40,000 as a result of failing to "obtain information in relation to the properties," Judge Yu wrote in his decision.
This information is now supplied by unaccountable databases that have no oversight into how the lists are compiled.
Repeated attempts by CNN to reach the most widely used information website, hk-compass.com, were unsuccessful. The page does not display the names of its managers.
Its contacts are listed behind Web Commerce Communications Limited with phone numbers under a Malaysian country code. WCC supplies an identification service, but does not run the website, one of its employees told CNN in a phone interview.
Website hk-compass.com sells hongza data to realtors for about $42 a year, according to the price list on the site.
"We can only report the case to the authorities, we can't do anything because we don't know who is behind this," said Diamond Shea Hing-wan, President of the Hong Kong Owners' Club.
Meanwhile, Shea says, authorities have shown little enthusiasm for tackling a problem that is costing Hong Kong homeowners millions of dollars.
"We have contacted the Estate Agents Authority, but there's no action," Shea said, adding that he could only urge property owners to contact Shek Lai-him, a Hong Kong lawmaker who represents realtors on Hong Kong's professional constituency government.
Repeated interview requests with Shek were ignored and attempts to speak with the Transport and Housing Department were declined.
|A murder or unnatural death in a Hong Kong apartment can severely affect the re-sale value - downwards
For one disgruntled property owner, who asked to only be identified as Mr Chan due to the stigma associated with owning a cursed home, the solution to the problem is simple.
"I think the government could regulate the website so that the addresses on it are more detailed," he said.
Squarefoot, another hongza database, had 3438 entries in their database, as of October 2012, the company told CNN. In some cases, only street addresses are listed, information that could effectively depreciate the value of whole buildings.
The final number of property owners affected by a hongza listing is impossible to estimate and, with huge fortunes won or lost in one of the region's most volatile property markets, few want to talk about it.
"The government will try not to do something they don't think they can handle right now," said Eddie Hui, Professor at the Department of Building and Real Estate of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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by Paul M. Krawzak
WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a hearing on patent infringement allegations brought against Qualcomm Inc., and several other companies, after a decision by patent regulators cast doubt on the claims.
The delay in the action before the U.S. International Trade Commission appears to be favorable for Qualcomm, since it at least temporarily puts off any possible finding against Qualcomm that could result from the dispute.
Qualcomm, the San Diego-based chipmaker giant, is among six companies that have been accused of infringing on semiconductor chip packaging technology patented by Tessera Technologies Inc., of San Jose, Calif.
Administrative Law Judge Theodore Essex on Tuesday issued a stay, halting the proceedings before the commission, until a review of the patents is completed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The patent office last week issued preliminary determinations that the Tessera patent claims before the ITC lack merit. The patent office is continuing to examine those claims in a process that could take several more months or more than a year.
Essex said in his decision that the patent's office "rejecting all of the claims at issue in this investigation weighs particularly heavy."
Tessera's stock plunged at news of the delay in the hearing. The stock closed at $24.19, down $12.52 or 34.11 percent from the previous close of $36.71. The stock rose to $24.60 in after hours trading.
Nick Rodelli, an analyst for New York based RiskMetrics Group, said the delay in the hearing threatens Tessera's ability to press its patent claims before the patents expire.
"It's a significant setback and I think that's pretty clear from the market reaction today," he said.
Brian Marcucci, vice president of business development and licensing at Tessera, said the company stands behind its claims and intends to appeal Essex's decision to delay the hearing.
"We don't feel a stay is appropriate," he said.
Qualcomm was not immediately available to comment on the decision.
Several analysts said they view the dispute with Tessera as significantly less important for Qualcomm than the San Diego company's patent battles with Nokia and Broadcom Corp.


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•100 block of South Water Street, suspicious person. Handled by patrol.
•800 block of Hillside Drive, criminal mischief complaint. Male, 51, reported mailbox damage over the weekend. Report filed.
•Saunders Settlement Road, vehicle/traffic stop. Female, 23, arrested for aggravated unlicensed operation. Driver released on uniform traffic tickets to Lewiston Town Court; vehicle released to a licensed driver. Report filed.
•500 block of Center Street, hit-run accident follow-up. Suspected vehicle plate number logged and identified. Investigation continuing.
•500 block of Third Street, Niagara Falls, recovered stolen property at a collector's business. Investigation to continue.
•2000 block of Pine Avenue, recovered stolen property at a pawnshop. Investigation to continue.
•600 block of Scovell Drive, open door complaint. Patrol on location and cleared the residence; all secure.
•2800 block of Niagara Street, animal problem/neighbor problem. Male, 48, listed as complainant; call referred to town dog control officer on location.
•4900 block of Callan Drive, check welfare. Young children playing in roadway; mother advised.
•1200 block of Saunders Settlement Road, domestic. Female, 23, listed as complainant and female, 32, listed as person involved. Domestic incident report completed; no charges.
•1300 block of Saunders Settlement Road, animal problem. Male, 62, reported an unknown suspect shot a cat with a BB gun. Cat is OK; report filed.
Tuesday, July 9
•Location not specified, follow-up, recovered stolen property. Statement taken from a female, 52, concerning property recovered at a collector's business on Third Street, Niagara Falls. Report filed.
•4000 block of Dickersonville Road, check welfare. Patrol spoke with a female, 73. Phone problems reported.
•700 block of Cayuga Street, two-vehicle accident. Statements taken from both drivers. Report filed.
•2000 block of Saunders Settlement Road, three-vehicle accident, with injuries. Two males taken to area hospitals, one vehicle towed. Report filed.
•2900 block of Upper Mountain Road, harassment. Statements taken from a male, 24, and a female (no age), listed as complainants. Suspects listed as female, 18, and a male (no age). One arrest made. Investigation to continue.
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Danny Davis believes that he has a legacy to uphold. He has a lot of respect for the snowboarders who shaped shredding and made it what it is today, and he doesn't want to let the old guard down.
"I'd hate for any of those guys to be looking at snowboarding or look at what I'm doing now and be like, 'Oh, it sucks now,' I don't want that," says Davis. And by all indications, he's doing a fine job of keeping snowboarding on the right path. He sites music, friends, and family as some of his biggest influences. He strives to be present during all his pursuits. And his idea of a successful snowboard career doesn't have anything to do with securing lots of loot. For Davis, it's all about having fun with his Frends, enjoying the ride, and building on the legacy laid before him.
Birthdate: 6/22/1988
Hometown: Highland, Michigan
Sponsors: Burton, Analog, Uninc, Mountain Dew, Dragon, Boost Mobile, Nixon, High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Go211.com, Frends.
Who influences you?
Man, I've got a lot of influences. Definitely music. I like to listen to a lot of music while I'm shredding, so those musicians really influence me. There're a lot of rockers I look up to, guys like Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, and Neil Young, too. That music just gets me excited to go shredding. But as far as snowboarders go, all my homeys-Kevin (Pearce), Jack (Mitrani), Mase (Mason Aguirre), and (Scotty) Lagos-are my biggest influence. Also, I've always liked watching Danny Kass, Kyle Clancy, and Lane Knaack ride.
What scares you?
Umm, I get scared that, well … you know, a lot of people hate on certain people in snowboarding and I kind of worry about people hating on me. I don't want people to hate on me. I want people to like what I'm doing and what I'm trying to do. And then there's that part of me that says, 'I don't really care what those people think about what I'm doing,' you know? I just want everyone to be cool with everyone and be stoked on snowboarding.
What's more important-contests or filming?
I think it changes. When I'm at a contest, that's the thing I'm doing and that's the most important thing to do at that time. And when I'm going on filming trips, I work hard and that's what's really important to me then. So I guess I wouldn't say one's more important than the other. I just want to do both.
What's your idea of a successful snowboard career?
I guess it would be liking what you're doing all the time. I think if you can make a living out of snowboarding and like what you're doing all the time and you're getting by and you're happy, whether you making a million dollars or 50-thousand dollars a year, I think that's a good career,
What has snowboarding taught you?
I guess snowboarding's taught me, no matter where I am to always look at the positive side of things, rather than getting bummed on the negative stuff. It's just taught me to be stoked all the time about life and just be happy about what I'm doing.
How has snowboarding changed your life?
Well, I'm not living in Michigan anymore, so it's changed my life a lot in that way. I've met a lot more people-a lot more friends. I've got a lot more friends now. I'm traveling a ton-I wasn't doing that (before), that's for sure. The first time I left the country, besides driving into Canada, was to go to Korea for a snowboard trip. I've gotten to see so much of the world, and so far it's all awesome.
What's the job part of your job?
I would say jet lag is the hardest part of the job. There's a lot of flying involved and it sucks being on a plane sometimes, but that's the worst part about it and that's not really that bad. Also, just making a lot of decisions can be hard. We deal with a lot of cool people and you can't make all the cool people happy, so that's hard 'cause you can't make everyone super stoked.
What's next for you in snowboarding?
Well, I would like to do something with my Frends, my crew, you know-Kev, Mason, Lago, Luke, and Jack-and just keeep riding with those guys, 'cause when we all just cruise together we have a ton of fun and we all learn a lot of tricks, and it's super productive.
I'd also like to film more. I got to go to Alaska last year for two weeks and I had a lot of fun. I'd like to do that again, but go with my homeys and see if we could build some jumps.


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'Animation Hotline' Web Series Turns Voicemails Into Quirky Animated Shorts [VIDEOS]
With smartphones becoming veritable mini-computers and many people opting for texting over actual phone calls these days, voicemail is on its way to becoming a thing of the past.
Artist Dustin Grella, however, still appreciates the medium: his quirky web short series Animation Hotline features stop-motion animated renderings of voicemails he receives. Each short is created on a chalkboard and takes about 12 hours to complete.
The project was born out of an earlier idea, when Grella set up his landline phone to collect stories from New Yorkers. Eventually it evolved into an openly accessible Skype line that anyone could call to leave a message.
Want to leave your own voicemail in the hopes that it will get the animated treatment? You can reach Grella's line by phone at 212-683-2490 or on Skype at the handle animationhotline. In the meantime, watch some of our favorite episodes below:
[via Fast Co Design]


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Yelp Inc. reported a wider third-quarter loss late Tuesday as the business-search-service firm also announced a new sale of stock.
Yelp's YELP, +1.45% shares slid nearly 6% in after-hours trading, with much of the decline coming after the company announced plans to sell an additional $250 million in stock for additional "working capital" for the money-losing online review service.
For the quarter ended Sept 30, Yelp said it lost $2.3 million, or 4 cents a share, on revenue of $61.2 million. During the same period a year ago, Yelp lost $2 million, or 3 cents a share, on sales of $36.3 million.
Sales and marketing, Yelp's biggest expense item, also grew to $34.1 million from $21.3 million in last year's third quarter.
Wall Street analysts had forecast Yelp to lose a penny a share on $59.4 million in revenue.
Yelp said that it continued to see growth in business accounts, which rose 61% from a year ago, to 57,200 accounts. Average monthly unique visitors reached 117 million, up 41% from the third quarter in 2012.
Yelp also said 62% of searches done on the site were made over mobile devices, and that its mobile app was used of an average of 11.2 million devices during the quarter.
For its fourth quarter, Yelp expects revenue between $66 million and $67 million, while analysts had forecast the company's sales at $64.9 million.


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