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(CNN) -- The Disney Channel's "Girl Meets World" will meet its eager audience in June.
The cable network has announced that "Girl Meets World," a spinoff of '90s comedy "Boy Meets World," will have its official debut on June 27 following a four-hour marathon of "Boy Meets World" on June 15.
"Boy Meets World" ran for seven seasons on ABC between 1993 and 2000, and starred Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel. The two actors played Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence, a pair of friends who later become love interests and eventually marry.
The "Girl Meets World" spinoff has Fishel and Savage reprising their characters, except they're no longer the story's main focus. Instead, "Girl Meets World" follows the coming-of-age tale of Cory and Topanga's tween daughter, Riley (Rowan Blanchard). The couple also have a young son, Auggie, played by August Maturo.
The new Disney series is expected to hit many of the same themes as "Boy Meets World." That show followed the mischievous adventures of Cory and his best friend, Shawn (Rider Strong), and "Girl Meets World" pairs Riley with a "bold" best friend of her own, Maya. And also like its predecessor, the central characters start off in middle school, where Cory Matthews works as the girls' history teacher.
While the plot will focus on Riley and her friends, there will be no shortage of "Boy Meets World" characters in the spinoff. Rider Strong, William Daniels (Mr. Feeney), Lee Norris (Minkus) and the actors who played Cory's parents, William Russ and Betsy Randle, are all expected to appear.
For fans who can't hold out until June, Disney's also offering the series premiere via its digital service, Watch Disney Channel, starting May 21 for verified subscribers.
"Girl Meets World" will premiere June 27 at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT before moving to its regular time slot of 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on July 11.


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Egypt isn't what it appears to be in the media...but that's no real surprise, since not much is. I moved here in the late 80's from Toronto, Canada, with my Canadian/Egyptian husband, my son and my daughter. The children adapted quickly and we decided that this country was a good place to live. Now I wouldn't change my home for anything.
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Comments on Comments
One of the latest went on about Americans who were rich enough to "pick up and move to a foreign country". My old format mentioned that our family is Canadian/Egyptian and I think that I have to fix that on the first page. Not that I have anything in particular against the US, but we are Canadian and that isn't American. A minor but important point often missed south of the border. Actually, I live here partly because after my husband's death, I couldn't afford to live in North America. At 55, I'm not exactly prime employment material, especially since I've lived here for the past 16 or so years and I was a fulltime mother for 7 years before that. With my husband traveling so much for his business, we both felt that our kids deserved at least one fulltime parent and I got picked. I didn't mind, since by that time I was in my early 30's and had plenty of job experience under my belt. I had also met my husband while doing a graduate degree in social psychology, so being a mother was essentially having my own lab to work with for 20 years...but it wasn't as horrible as that sounds. I did find my training extremely useful in easing the transition from one culture to another very different one and in observing the life around me. Here, my experience, familiarity with local custom, and language skills are marketable skills. I wouldn't want to go back to Toronto to try to start over. Besides, it's too cold.
But "picking up and moving to a foreign country" is easy if you can arrange...and afford...to be surrounded by your compatriots, their customs, their language. That's like buying a house in a compound in a tourist area, like the Brits in Marbella. There is a compound like this in Egypt for Italians in Sharm el Sheikh, and we happen to own a house there, but the hassles of having to explain that I don't speak Italian and I don't want to pay for something in Euro's for heaven's sake are taking its toll. I have to admit the look on the face of the Egyptian staff when I speak to them in Arabic and they are trying to figure out why my Italian is so weird but understandable is priceless. There is always a moment of total linguistic non-comprehension before they realise that I'm not speaking Italian. We keep the house because it was my husband's favourite getaway and the children use it as a base when they visit, or for my son, who is working here now, his favourite getaway. For myself, the Sharm house is getting to be too organised, too Italian, too European for my taste. I'd rather have tea with my neighbours here.
ermyrukmana asked what hotel or what kind of house I live in. No hotels, thank you. Much too expensive and impersonal. We have plenty of Saudis and Gulf Arabs to fill our hotels during the summer and the tourists the rest of the year. My house is one story, a bedroom with a guest room/library, a bath room and a kitchen. Only one person can fit in the kitchen at a time and two people can fit in the bathroom, but they'd better be well-acquainted. About half the area of the house is taken up by one large room with my desk and computer at one end and some daybed-type sofas at the other end. Most of the time, there are dogs all over the sofas and floor. I have a verandah out front with some palm branch chairs and tables and some of the same up on the roof. No air conditioning although we have been trying for the sake of my daughter and her friends. The temperatures are supposed to go up to 39 C this weekend and I suspect that I will drive them down to Sharm where there is air conditioning in the house. I don't mind the lack of airconditioning as I've gotten used to the heat and I have ceiling fans to keep the air circulating. Real luxury there. But the parrots have room for big flight cages and the still of the night with the palms silhouetted against the Cairo glow more than make up for the lack of space and amenities.
One of the interesting things about the comment from ermyrukmana was that I have no idea what post it was attached to. I get the comments in my email and when I check back to my blog, I have no idea where the comment is posted. I'm sure that there is some very simple way to find out and if any more experienced bloggers can help, I would be most grateful.
18 comments:
- Astrantia said...
You shouldn't feel the need to justify yourself to such a pathetic person, that clearly didn't take the time to read your blog. But for the sake of understanding your life style it was interesting to me and other people.
I do get a sense of, some people feeling bitter towards "Westerners" (which generally get put in the "American" catagory) being in a multi racial realtionship, living aboard etc etc. Not all expats take their "bundles" of money from the West and exploit getting more for their money in other countries. That do not want to intergrate into the local community and culture. Although, yes there are a lot that do. You are not one of those people, clearly and neither I am.
I very much enjoy your blog :-)
- thelma said...
In reply to your request for help on comments...
If you go to your blog page, and click on the word, "Comments" directly below each blog posting...you will be able to find which comments were made to which posting.
Generally the comments have numbers next to them indicating of course how many comments were made regarding that post.
I have been reading your blog nearly every day for the past couple of weeks when I discovered it. (It was listed on the blogger home page of interesting blogs).
Personally, I envy your courage. Carry on MaryAnne, your doing a fine job!
- Shoes said...
To comment on the individual who made the comment about being rich enough to move to another country. Ignore them. I applaud you for being brave enough to move to another country. I know personally I would have been quite scared to leave the familiarity of my own country and move to another one. I find your blog enlightening. Thank you for opening my eyes.
- Aoife said...
I hate anonymous posters... How aggravating. Its like they only have the balls to say something if they can't be held accountable for it.
As for comments, I would suggest using Haloscan for commenting. www.haloscan.com They give you the code and tell you where to put it in your template and help you format what you want it to look like. Most of my bloggin' buddies use haloscan over bloggers comment module...
I love your blog, been reading it for about a week now and its great. You have a great writing style. I would love to live in another country... I just hate leaving family behind here and they aren't so keen on it either.
- gonedoneoverfinished said...
I positively love your blog and enjoy visiting it daily. I find your posts both enlightening and entertaining. I added a stats tracker for my blog, it seems some people like turning in other peoples blog and getting them fired or what have you. The stats tracker tracks the IP address, where they are from, etc. Its been interesting to see who visits. Anyway, keep on blogging and keep your chin held high, I admire you as I am sure many others do.
- rieke said...
hi, warm greeting from Jakarta, visit my blog .. nice blog you have!
- Little Starbucks said...
What most people don't understand about living abroad, especially in an eastern country, one always percieved it as a total loss..no snow, sands get into everything and less than flaterring cable channel..."Westerners" are way too easy to judge, even though they never been there...i've been there and it's the most magical place on earth...no matter where you live, where you're at, the most important thing is to shed our differences and try as hard we can to work on our similiarities...so there goes. Nice blog anyway.
- Larry Nolan said...
I read your blog periodically and find your comments about living in Egypt fascinating. Please keep it up. I live in the middle of the USA and have traveled for business and pleasure to Europe, UK, Hong Kong, and Japan and have always found that while the settings are different and the languages sometimes difficult, people are always the most welcoming when they are treated like .. well, fellow humans. Show them some courtesy and respect and I usually get the same in return.
The occasional pictures are great too.
- Laura said...
I visited Cairo before the 9/11 attack and was in-thought of moving there although plans backfired. I'm American and loved Egypt. I miss it and reading your blog makes me smile, seeing your photos and hearing how you live is wonderful. I sometimes wish I could have moved there and hope I can one day return and visit. I loved how the communities were so loving and warm; very family oriented. I loved the open air smells of spices, and hearing the call for prayer. Your words and fresh and vibrant to read; thank you. :)
- claudia said...
I'm writing you from Puerto Rico,USA, and I love your blog. I'ts like a window into another culture. I don't know if I will ever be able to go to Egipt, but I'm seeing it through your eyes and I love it! You should write a book about your life. People would love it. Keep doing it, and forget about allthe negative things. Even if I'm the only one who reads it ( which I'm obviously not), it's worth it.
- Josephus said...
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- Dino said...
Once again i write a comment on your blog. I feel you give honest and insightful comments on my blog and once again ask for your opinon. I have posted a new question about blogging in the future. I am too an avid fan of your blog and believe it gives a fascinating view of egyptian life for people to read and undrerstand something they are unfirmiliar with. It is important.
The latest question is about blogging as literature and blogging in the future, your opinion would be most appreciated on both of the questions, your blog is a prime example of blogging as literature, you are telling the story of your life and people are reading it and admiring it. Your blog is a piece of literature and definitely deserves to be on the blogs of note list. Thank you once again for your time and trustworthy opinon. No offence was meant by my last question on soceieties views on bloggers, i do not feel that way about bloggers. Many thanks, Dino. http://ydoublog.blogspot.com
p.s. anyone else reading this feel free to help with my research too, all comments are valuble and appreciated.
- That_girl_is_me said...
Hi Maryanne,I was blog hopping n stumbled upon your blog.I must say that your blog is very interesting.Í'm eager to experience Egypt myself.I can only associate pyramids with egypt but not other wonderful things like u've mentioned...I find dat the people are rather hospitable even to different race n religion which i must admit dat i seldom heard of especially frm a middle east country..Sorry if I stereotyped this issue.Btw I am 21 yrs old & from Singapore.Singapore just like Egypt with various race & religion.We live harmoniously.I suppose if I were to migrate there,I would not have a problem adapting yeah.I have to go now.Nice blog btw.
- Mags said...
I have just started reading your writing and am very intrigued and excited to see it! Thanks for your blog.
- Katrina said...
As an American born, Canadian raised, living back in the U.S. for the past two years.....I absolutely understand your desire to be known as Canadian. There is a difference. My birth certificate may say that I am American, but in my heart I am always a Canadian. :)
I have enjoyed reading your blog, just stumbled upon it today.:)
- Patty said...
G'day Maryanne, just found your blog, and enjoy reading about your Egyptian adventures! My neice has married an Eygptian man, and they have moved back out here to Australia, with their two young sons. Ahmed was a diver on the Red Sea, based at Hurghada, and is enjoying life over here now. It's natuarlly a very different way of life for him, and we hope he settles in and enjoys being a new Aussie! Maaate! My Blog is here,( http://pattycamwatchers.blogspot.com/)lots of contributers, all very new to us, (the blind leading the blind) but we have fun and keep bloging.
- The Nightkitchen said...
Hi...enjoyed reading what you wrote...
Wanted to comment on your comments...about being taken for an American (as a Canadian).
I'm Canadian myself (Toronto)...and my wife is American.
I used to get a little ticked at being taken for American (especially on the web)...until I realized that I have just as hard a time telling the (obviously!) differences between a...English or Australian...or New Zealander, for that matter. Or worse...Korean or Vietnamese...or Thai...or Japanese....
Or Kenyan or Somalian.
The point being...that what appears to be incredibly subtle differences with many of these national persuasions...is not at all subtle to them! Same difference......Could we even tell the difference between a Swede and a Finlander? [wink]
Still and all...I get a lot of satisfaction out of defending America...NOT as an American...but as a North American...(big difference to me).
I figure there are two choices (as a typical Canadian).
Either to be eternally insecure in the shadow of "Big Brother"...forever trying to play catch-up......
Or, to just relax, and acknowledge and accept that my cultural specifics and dynamics most closely resemble that which originates south of the border.
Case in point: I'm half Irish (3rd generation) and recently for the first time took a trip to Ireland to supposedly connect with...roots? Well.
I'll tell you...I have had a thousand times more "connection" with real people who seemed to give a damn about who I am and how I think and feel about things...from south of the border...than I ever got in Ireland. I never felt so North American in my life, as when I was there.
All that being said...I'm impressed at your obvious ability to integrate into what is I'm sure something radically different from Canadian culture in your adopted country. Living here...I'm so used to that happening the opposite way - (the whole world migrates to my city.)
By the way...ever read any of Anwar El Sadawi's books?
She's a hoot! Worth the effort. Interesting insights into Egyptian history and social evolution...especially in regards to relatively recent developments concerning
womens' rights, America's involvement in the Middle East, African economics (or lack thereof) etc.
She has led a very interesting life! (still lives in Cairo, I believe.)
just let me laugh when it's funny
and when it's sad, let me cry
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smileschar needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
We're launching a new company shortly that offers teeth whitening for charitable organizations and non-profits.
We're looking for a professional company logo that prominently features our name "Smiles For Charity". We want the logo to have an emphasis on our name, a good bold font. Incorporating a smile, smiling face, showing smiling teeth, may work. Also, traditional signs of giving or charity could be worked in. The text/name is the focus, but we feel like some type of logo or accompanying image is necessary to complete the logo.
- Bold text, authoritative looking
- Black, blue, grey, darker colors
- A small or medium sized image to complement the text
- Teeth or something that conveys "smile"
- Possibly a symbol of charity or giving
- Bright colors
- The traditional "Smiley face" logo, yellow sketch
- Low quality, non-professional looking design
- Crazy or goofy fonts, we are looking to establish trust and authority
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Disclosing as a Current Employee
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- Click Submit Your 2015 Annual Report from the iDisclose home page.
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- New in 2016 ...
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In the 1989 flick Back To The Future: Part II, Marty McFly travels to the far-off year of 2015 and gets roped up in a thrilling Hoverboard chase with a gang of bionic hooligans. But before director Robert Zemeckis could film the scene, the crew practiced their hoverboard stunts in fields and studio lots. Watch as an ersatz Marty flies with the greatest of ease.
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Re: I was wrong about North products!
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:12 am
Ahh, good, I thought that was just me. I had to re epoxy the heel pads down as the glue begun to perish. Also my ntt metal logo is rusting to buggery even though I wash with fresh water after every session. Good to see the 2013 one have removed that.recoprianto wrote:They moved out the hard plastic pieces that I has hitting the arch of my foot on when I landed really hard and I hope they made the heal pads out of a more resilient foam (but only time will tell on this as well) which were my only gripe from last year.


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(by pio dal cin) Settembre 14 2012. Il nuovo Iphone ariva in Italia e in Europa il 28 Settembre. Prezzi e colori :
Apple Inc. unveiled the new iPhone 5 on Wednesday. It will have a taller screen and can work with faster, fourth-generation, or 4G, cellular networks. Here are some details on its availability. COLORS: Black or white. MODELS AND PRICES: 16 gigabytes of storage, $199; 32 GB, $299; 64 GB, $399. These prices assume a two-year service agreement. At each price level, there will be three different models. The differences between them lie in their ability to connect to different "4G LTE" networks around the world. For instance, one model will connect to AT&T's U.S. network and Bell's Canadian one, while another will connect to Sprint's and Verizon's U.S. networks and KDDI's network in Japan. OLDER PHONES: With a two-year contract, the iPhone 4S will now sell for $99 and iPhone 4 will be free. DATES: Advance orders begin Friday. The iPhone 5 will be available a week later, on Sept. 21, in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the U.K. On Sept. 28, the iPhone 5 will be available in 22 more countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.


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Press-dinner proceeds, cat-and-mouse China reporting, testing the testers
1. The White House Correspondents' Dinner: How much for charity?
Two Sundays ago, Tom Brokaw used an appearance on Meet the Press to attack the increasingly over-the-top annual gathering of press, politicians and Hollywood stars and hangers-on known as the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Brokaw called it "an event that separates the press from the people that they're supposed to serve. It is time to re-think it." Incoming correspondents' association president Ed Henry of Fox News quickly tweeted back that the dinner, which featured among other celebs Kim Kardashian, "raises TON of $ for needy kids who might not get into journalism w/out help."
Really? The association's website lists just $78,000 for 15 scholarships in 2012, plus one scholarship whose amount is not listed. Assuming it's about $6,000 (a bit above the average for the other 15 scholarships), that would be $84,000 in scholarships. Plus, there's a $30,000 grant listed for a high school mentoring program. Yet this year's dinner, according to an association board member, sold "nearly" 2,700 seats at $250 each to various media companies. That would raise over $650,000 for the dinner, compared with what, again, looks like $84,000 for scholarships and $30,000 for mentoring. That's a total of $114,000.
Moreover, on the page where the website lists the scholarships, the correspondents' association names 18 donors who are thanked for their "generosity." The donors include Bloomberg, Time Inc and Thomson Reuters, and they seem to have given to the scholarship fund apart from buying dinner tables, or at least the website makes it appear that way. If so, wouldn't these deep pockets have already come up with some or all of that $114,000 "TON of $" before the dinner was even held? That's only a donation of about $6,000 each. Which would mean that the revenue from the dinner had little or nothing to do with the scholarships.
There could be lots of explanations for this, such as the possibility that this year's dinner will pay for an expanded array of scholarships next year. But the numbers suggest that someone ought to look at exactly how much the party actually helps Ed Henry's "needy kids."
2. Dateline China
I've noticed that stories like this one in the New York Times reporting on the dramatic events surrounding the travails of Chen Guangcheng, the dissident blind lawyer, have multiple bylines as well as multiple names listed at the end of the story of Times people who contributed to the article. Which makes me wonder about the ins and outs of reporting and getting stories like this out of China. Who did which reporting among the 10 people credited with working on this story, and how did they do it? With some working from Beijing, others in Washington and one even in Portsmouth, Virginia, how does this all get put together?
More generally, what are the special challenges of getting news like this out? Assuming Chinese security people follow Western journalists, what do the reporters do to give them the slip? How successful are the authorities at monitoring reporters' emails and phone conversations, and what steps do journalists take to evade them? Are communications ever blocked completely? What special measures must the reporters take to protect sources? Is anything ever self-censored out of fear for the journalists' or sources' safety? Do reporters from competing news organizations cooperate more and develop greater camaraderie under these trying conditions, or do they compete even harder?
Major news organizations have done a great job bringing this story (and that of the scandal around the fall of former Chongqing province mayor Bo Xilai and his wife) to the world. Their work seems far faster and more complete than what emerged in the immediate weeks following Tiananmen Square in 1989. Sure, there's been a revolution in digital communications since then, but the police state's own technology apparatus has similarly upped its game. It would be great to see the story behind what is probably the digital age's most compelling cat-and-mouse contest.
3. Testing the testers
This story last week in the Wall Street Journal recounted how a slew of obvious, even hilarious, errors in the questions posed on English and math tests given to students in the third through eighth grades in New York State has "eroded trust in the statewide exams." In one case, a now-infamous passage about a pineapple and a hare intended to test reading comprehension was so nonsensical that Gawker posted it and dared readers to answer the questions about it posed to eighth graders. If you want to see a great story begging to be written, click here and read the passage and the questions about it.
The company that wrote this test is Pearson, which is also a major force in text books, as well as the publisher of the Financial Times and co-owner of the Economist. Who at Pearson wrote this gibberish? (I'm assuming they didn't borrow people from the FT or the Economist.) What's the overall test creation process? One would have thought it would be quite elaborate given that this was part of a $32 million contract Pearson won from New York State to write the tests. What's the profit margin on work like this? How many layers of approval did that reading passage go through? Who in the state school system vetted the tests and missed this and so many other screwups? Can the state get its money back? If not, why not? What did Pearson promise to get the testing contract in the first place?
For an ambitious news organization (I'd love to see it on 60 Minutes), all of this, in all its delicious detail, would be a lead-in to a broad-gauge overview of testing quality and the testing industry. At a time when the linchpin of the education reform movement sweeping the country is the push to use student progress on tests as an ingredient in evaluating teacher effectiveness, the quality of the tests – and their cost – has never been more important.
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Mr. Brokaw was right. The Whitehouse Correspondence Association only gives $99,000 per year for scholarships. The dinner actually loses money according to the public form 990 year in year out. The dinner lost in excess of $40,000 last year alone. Only, additional contributions allow the Association to provide the scholarhsips, not the dinner itself. The dinner is really the only event that Association conducts. Go the FoundationCenter.Org and look up their form 990, they are public information and are required to be so by law.


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I am writing to respectfully disagree with Rep. Warren Van Wyck's assessment of the protests in the Statehouse on Jan. 8.
So, here we are in a nation that had its beginnings with the likes of Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty, and in a state that had its foundations laid by the outlaw Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, and some of us are insulted and concerned that the Statehouse might witness further scenes of "ill-behaved protesters?"
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There is a saying that you can't judge a book by its cover. That's often the case for an act and its title in the Vermont Legislature. So it is with Act No. 31 (H.99), an act relating to equal pay. Equal pay has been a Vermont law since 2002 (and federal law before that) and I support equal pay for equal work. Act 31, however, is primarily about imposing various other mandates on employers and contractors in Vermont. This is the reason that I voted against it.
VERGENNES — Incumbents Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, and Warren Van Wyck, R-Ferrisburgh, on Tuesday prevailed in a competitive four-way race to win the Addison-3 district's two seats and will represent Ferrisburgh, Vergennes, Addison, Panton and Waltham in the Vermont House of Representatives for the next two years.
For voters in the Addison-3 district, please consider this: Sitting Rep. Warren Van Wyck voted against the following bills:
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A long awaited new release of windbg is available.
The greates thing, I observed so far, is the embedded support of SOS which I didn't see in the new features list. There is no direct need to call !CLRStack or !DumpStack as the managed (along with the unmanaged) stack get's listed in the 'Calls' Window ;-)
And I couln't believe - a click on the frame brought me directly to the source code :-) :-) :-)
Only this thing that didn't work is the locals window. Then I get the message:
Integrated managed debugging does not support enumeration of local variables.See http://dbg/managed.htm for more details.
But in microsoft.public.windbg no one (at Microsoft) wanted to comment on this:
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Frank Reiff necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
I'm an Indie Macintosh software developer publishing my own software since 1996.
I'm the author of the popular A Better Finder Rename file renamer, its side-kick A Better Finder Attributes, the MacBreakZ personal ergonomic assistant and more recently "The Big Mean Folder Machine" file collection re-organizer.
My target audience are Macintosh users, in particular creative professionals, so a well executed icon is both essential and certain to be appreciated. This is your opportunity to put your design skills in front of tens of thousands of users on a regular basis.
A Better Finder Attributes is used primarily by creative professionals, focusing on digital photographers, website designers, graphics artists but also including the odd system administrator.
The project is to design a new (hopefully better) icon for version 5 of the established A Better Finder Attributes product.
For more complete information on the product check out its homepage:
* Mac OS X icns file with all standard sizes from 512x512
* Original layered image file preferably in PSD format
Design Brief:
I don't have my heart set on a particular design, part of your work will be to come up with an icon that reflects the product's purpose and capabilities.
The icon has to be palatable to other graphics designers and photographers in particular. It should look polished but not necessarily "serious"; a bit wacky is okay.
The product icon is going to take up a good chunk of web page real-estate, so it needs to look good as a product logo as well as a product icon; keep an eye out for what it's going to look like on the existing pages:
It would be an advantage if it fitted in well with the icon for its companion product "A Better Finder Rename", but this isn't crucial. Both products can have separate identities.
It might be easier to find common ground with the icon for "The Big Mean Folder Machine". It could be fun to keep with its industrial theme and have a "file" machine open for maintenance, with the cogs and wheels showing.


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12 Days of Christmas with Paper Wishes® – Day 9
Welcome to Day 9 of 12 Days of Christmas with Paper Wishes®!
Thanks for joining me today, as I find "hidden" treasures from our Paper Wishes Webisodes. Just in case you missed last week's posts, here's a link to our Weekly Webisode & Gallery Archive – click here.
All the projects featured from the last week – all came from our Weekly Webisode over the years. Soooo much inspiration and not just for the holidays!
In the theme of Gift Giving – Let's see the goodies I found today!
Today's projects come from Bangle Bracelets – Click here to watch
Aired: October 19, 2011
When I first saw these bangles – I was amazed with the work that our designers put into them. They used crystal stickers, smooch inks, metallic inks, embossing inks, Dazzles™, stamps, glaze and the list goes on and on.
You can put just about anything on these bangles and personalized them as well. A great little gift – to make for someone or even yourself! Come check out a couple of my favorites but, I found it very hard to pick just two!
Artful embossed bracelet
By: Susan Cobb
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Turquoise/silver stenciled bangle
By: Ann Bernklau
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'It's as you wish," said Mayor Hans Götze, on a walk through Ahrenshoop, a former fishing village turned artist colony on Fischland, Darss and Zingst, a three-region peninsula on the Baltic Sea in the northeast corner of Germany. He is referring to the beach's bathing-suit optional policy. "It's been that way since the 1940s."
On this late-June day, with the temperature hovering at unseasonably low 16C, it's hard to imagine anyone opting to go sans suit, or even sans sweater.
Germany may not be the first European nation to come to mind when considering a sun holiday, but the white sand beaches of the former East German state of Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania attracted 6.8 million visitors last year - 80% from Germany, the rest mainly from Sweden, Switzerland and Austria. (In 2011, 821 Canadians visited the state.)
From a cliff at the ancient borderline between Vordarss, where Ahrenshoop lies, and Fischland, considered to be the place to see the beach at its best, we watch as waves churn in the tideless Baltic Sea.
Holidaymakers brace themselves against the wind as they traverse the beach with jackets zipped. Walking, cycling, sailing and kite-sailing are favourite pastimes, and I'm told a brisk walk in the salty sea air cleanses your lungs of city grime.
With no tide to wash them away, the Baltic beaches are always wide, white and beautiful, but I am disappointed with the weather. This year, like last, is unusually cool, which explains why the beaches are populated primarily by empty red-and blue-striped German beach chairs, waiting to be put into service.
From May to September, the temperature typically ranges from 25C to 35C, with plenty of sunshine to heat the shallow waters to about 22C by August. (By comparison, Ontario's Sauble Beach on Lake Huron hits an average high of 19C in August.) And with a northern latitude of 54 degrees - think James Bay - the summer days extend from about 4 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Ahrenshoop's beach is hidden from view as I drive alongside the sand dunes - fortunately, the village isn't dependent on sea lovers or the weather. Visitors have come here year round since the Plein Air painters - inspired by the landscape and thatched-roofed fisherman's cottages - settled in the area in the 1880s.
The bohemian, idyllic atmosphere that took root here survived both the Third Reich and the German Democratic Republic. Today, the cottages house art galleries, pottery workshops and boutiques, and an international art school. Among a population of 720, there are more than 20 artists, Mayor Götze and his wife, Susann, among them.
I visit the Art Cottage, or Kustkaten, a traditional-style fisherman's cottage, designed by founding Ahrenshoop artists Paul MuellerKaempff and Theobald Schorn, which opened as an art gallery in July 1909; and the 350-year-old Dornenhaus, or Thorn House, a favourite of the Plein Air painters, where Friedemann Loeber makes and sells traditional Fischland pottery. The house and garden double as a gallery for local artists - an enclosed intimate garden reveals a sculpture of a chubby, naked bald man wedged between the legs of a chubby-hatted woman.
At the Namenlos (translation: Nameless) Café, chef Richard Crohn gives me a taste of the culinary arts. He's chagrined to note his daily menu's soup features Canadian lobster. "It is not because I'm serving dinner to a Canadian, it's because they are the best lobsters I can get," he says, and hence a necessary deviation from organic, local ingredients usually featured.
On nearby Rügen Island, reached via a kilometre long bridge from Stralsund on the mainland, Berliners have been enjoying the beaches since the mid-1800s. Today, Germany's largest island, measuring 974 square-kilometres, has about 1.25 million visitors a year, who come year round to enjoy its diverse landscape of steep cliffs, hilly hinterland with ancient forests and, of course, its white-sand beaches.
Ruled by the Huns, fortified by the Slavs, and fought over by the Danes and Swedes before coming under Prussian rule in 1815, remnants of its storied past remain along the rugged northern coastline at Cape Arkona, including the ramparts of a Slavic temple abandoned in the 12th century; two lighthouses, circa 1827 and 1901, and a radio tower and bunker used during the Second World War.
An early morning visit to Königsstuhl, or Kings Chair, at Jasmund National Park, reveals a spectacular view of chalk cliffs and the stone beaches below. Ancient beech trees tower above - about a quarter of the Jasmund's 2,100 hectares were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List last June.
I end the day at Seehotel Binz-Therme in Binz, easing into one of three natural thermal spa pools. There are plenty of four-and five-star properties on the island, but the Seehotel Binz-Therme is the only one that draws water from depths of 300 to 1,222 metres beneath the hotel. I go straight for the pool from the deepest and oldest layer - said to be similar to floating in the Dead Sea. The salt (15% to 18%) stings my skin and turns it red, but in the morning it feels softer.
A promenade separates the town from the beach. On one side the chalk white seaside resorts beckon with their cafés and restaurants, where modern architecture melds with the traditional spa architecture of the 1880s. But the 5.5 km long beach that curls along Prorer Bay entices me - if only just to stick my toes into the chilly Baltic Sea I have come so far to see.
Travel support provided by the German National Tourist Office.
How to make the most of Germany's beachy side
You can vacation like royalty at the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm. Since its founding in 1793 by Duke Friedrich Franz I, whose doctor advised him to swim in the Baltic Sea to improve his health, the seaside health resort has been favoured by Europe's nobility.
Guests can learn to sail or kite-surf, take horsemanship and show-jumping, or even a sushi-making class. While there is a fine-grained sandy beach, the spa here is the main attraction.
A fishing village in the 1300s, Warnemuende became a vacation spot for Berliners in the 1850s. Its broad, sandy beaches were the inspiration for the hooded German beach chair used across Europe. International sailing and surfing competitions draw visitors to the Alte Strom (Old Channel).
The widest beach on Zingst, Prerow offers lifeguards throughout the summer, but its popularity makes finding parking in the summer difficult, so consider renting bicycles. A cycling trail runs across the peninsula connecting towns and beaches, making it easy to get around this way.
- Sellin's postcard-worthy covered pier and beach, reached via 87 steps down a vertical cliff, draws many a photography buff, but the real beauty of the island's second-largest spa town is the Wilhelmstrasse strolling mile with its historic art deco villas sporting decorated verandas and balconies.
- Prora is most famous for its fivekilometre-long, six-storey concrete and steel building, a relic of the Nazi era.
One of several planned KdF (strength through joy) resorts, intended to house 20,000 citizens for supervised holidays, it was never completed. Mostly vacant, a small part of the massive structure houses an eclectic mix of museums, including one showcasing 70 restored East German motorcycles.
Getting there
Ahrenshoop is 230 km from Hamburg airport and 250 km from Berlin, both served by Lufthansa (lufthansa.com). The trip is a two-to-three-hour drive depending how fast you want to drive on the autobahn. Binz, Rügen Island is 310 km from Hamburg and 315 km from Berlin.
Where to stay
- In Ahrenshoop, Hotel Namenlos & Fishcherwiege hotel-namenlos.de
- In Binz, Seehotel Binz-Therme binz-therme.de
Where to eat
Ahrenshoop's Namenlos Café is a gourmet bargain at 35 euros for three courses. Try the signature marzipan covered Sanddorn Torte for dessert.
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It was a work from home day. A "Piggy Flu Drill" if you will. No pandemic in the office yet, but the higher-ups wanted people to shake the system down en masse for preparedness sake. I'm a fan of preparedness. I'm also a fan of things like flex schedules, telecommute days and other paradigm shifts in the enterprise that can reduce the amount of travel that's required for work. Both of the things I just mentioned have their problems, too. Examples: Not everyone has a distraction-free workspace at home. Not everyone can put in 10-hour-days in the cubicle maze and still take care of the kids.
Lessons learned:
- The coffee RULES at this place!
- I love my mouse and 18-year-old keyboard and wish I had matching ones at work.
- KVM-over-IP does not work well over an RDP Session. Nerd alert!
- Boots can lay in my wife's office chair for nine hours straight.
Toward dusk, I walked to the grocery store (instead of riding, it was beautiful out!)
PSA: September means east/west glare is particularly loathsome at dawn and dusk. Be seen. Be Safe. Maybe modify your route or arrival/departure schedule a bit if you find yourself riding directly into the sun on busy roads.
Fantastic sunset - I can't give it justice.
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|Joseph Huber & Emma Rothmeyer
Joseph Huber was born in 1866 or 1867 in McGregor, Iowa, the fourth child (of 15) of Peter S. and Theresa (Reisinger) Huber. Peter and his family moved to South Dakota to stake their claim on some land, and Joseph remained in Yankton County (likely Utica) until 1930.
Emma Rothmeyer was born 20 Jun 1870 in Elkader, Iowa, the third child (of 6) of Joseph and Christina (Wagner) Rothmeyer.
The couple had a total of 8 children: Clara, Anna (my great grandmother), Ellanora, Martha, Joseph, Mildred, Alice, and Paul. Joseph died, after an 8-month battle against prostate cancer that spread to his intestines, on 19 Oct 1930 around age 63 in Los Angeles, California, where they lived for 2 months. He is buried at Sigel Cemetery in Yankton. Emma moved back to South Dakota, and died on 1 May 1947 at the age of 76 in Yankton, and is also buried at Sigel Cemetery.
This photo really grabbed me when I saw it ... maybe it was the fact that her dress wasn't white, maybe it was that she looked like a deer in headlights ... no idea. In any case, I think it's a pretty cool wedding photo.


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2039 W. North Ave. 773-661-1540
Chefs (and brothers) Mike and Patrick Sheerin left their posts at acclaimed restaurants -- Blackbird and The Signature Room, respectively—to jam out together cooking seasonal, globally influenced American fare at their own restaurant in a unique space that was formerly bathhouse.
1951 W. Dickens Ave. 773-489-6457
It may look like just another house from the outside, but inside, this music-fueled bar can turn into one of the biggest dance parties in the neighborhood. Keep an eye out for DJs hosting the occasional theme night.
1414 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-342-1414
Curb your curry cravings at the neighborhood's only Indian restaurant, which also features harder-to-find Nepalese specialties such as chhoela (tandoor-cooked meats) and momo (steamed dumplings).
The Savoy
1408 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-698-6925
This seafood-centric newcomer touts a focus that sets itself apart from its restaurant and bar neighbors: A raw bar menu and a focus on absinthe, which is served in antique fountains as well as blended into craft cocktails.
Debonair Social Club
1575 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-227-7990
This dance club includes two levels and an elevated dance floor complete with a colored-light back wall to complete the chaotic atmosphere. Want to extend your weekend? Head to the club's notorious Monday night party, Rehab.
1466 N. Ashland Ave. 773-252-1466
At this off-the-beaten-path BYOB restaurant from endlessly inventive chef Michael Carlson, reservations are accepted by phone only and are notoriously hard to snag, but the multi-course adventure that follows is worth the effort.
Evil Olive
1551 W. Division St. 773-235-9100
The intersection of Milwaukee, Division and Ashland is a dream come true for late-night partiers; besides major bus lines, a Blue Line station, taxi stand and late-night bites, there's Evil Olive, open until 5 a.m. on Saturdays. Expect the fog-filled dance floor to be packed with shot-fueled revelers until close.
Storefront Company Restaurant
1941 W. North Ave. 773-661-2609
This neighborhood newcomer serves contemporary seasonal fare cooked by chef Bryan Moscatello, who scored a "Best New Chef" nod from Food & Wine magazine back in 2003 for his cooking in Denver. To really get a taste of what he's capable of, make a reservation for a 5-course meal served at the chef's counter with view of the kitchen.
Folklore Argentine Grill
2100 W. Division St. 773-292-1600
This sexy Argentine eatery specializes in grilled meats: short ribs, skirt steaks, sirloin, you name it, they're grilling it. Mojitos, caipirinhas, pisco sours and other Latin cocktails are on hand to wash everything down.
2246 W. North Ave. 773-384-7655
Swoon-worthy sweets at this cute-as-pie bake shop include pretzel-chocolate chip cookies, raspberry jam scones and pop tarts in seasonal fruit flavors such as blueberry. You can't go wrong ordering anything iced with the addictive chocolate-sour cream frosting.
1558 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-252-1558
This regional Greek restaurant features an exotic dining room with pillow-strewn banquettes, updated gyros made with duck and a pomegranate reduction and a Greek-centric wine list to match.
La Pasadita
1132 N. Ashland Ave. 773-384-6537; 1140 N. AshlandAve. 773-278-2130; 1141 N. Ashland Ave. 773-278-0384
This family-owned taqueria chain speedily doles out late-night tacos stuffed with juicy carne asada or barbacoa and sprinkled with a simple mix of cilantro and onions. As for which one of the three locations on the same Ashland Avenue block is the best, it depends who you ask, but we can say this: 1141 N. location on the east side of the street is the oldest, 1140 N. draws late-night take-out lines, while 1132 N. has the most seating and the largest menu.
The Bedford
1612 W. Division St. 773-235-8800
This subterranean lounge tucked inside a former bank draws crowds for its unusual cocktailing space. You can even sip the night away in the old vault. Ladies, don't miss out on the over-the-top, pink-hued powder room.
Coast Sushi Bar
2045 N. Damen Ave. 773-235-5775
Wicker Park and Bucktown has its fair share of sushi restaurants, but this one remains the long-standing favorite for a BYOB meal. Tote along a bottle of wine, beer or sake to pair with wasabi-pork dumplings or signature maki such as the Smoking Pumpkin with smoked salmon and tempura pumpkin.
Lillie's Q
1856 W. North Ave. 773-772-5500
Slow-cooked meats ranging from pork shoulder to baby back ribs to tri-tip are just waiting to be soaked in housemade sauces at this modern barbecue joint. Moonshine (aka white whiskey) cocktails are on hand to wash everything down.
The Fifty/50
2047 W. Division St. 773-489-5050
This reliable sports bar delivers with three levels of space and big booths for groups, plus a bevy of wings, sliders and burgers piled high with unique toppings ranging from crab cakes to mac 'n' cheese waffles.


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1 1/4 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 cup gooseberries*
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
Preheat oven to 350. Line or grease and flour one 12 well muffin tin. In a large bowl, mix together the oatmeal, egg, oil, milk, and sugar. After it is thoroughly mixed, add in the flour, salt, ginger, and baking soda. Stir to combine. Fold in the gooseberries. Divide evenly amount 12 muffin wells. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the center muffin comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack, serve.
*A lot of gooseberries sold in the US are actually unripe. Ripe gooseberries, which are a lot less tart, are reddish, while the unripened ones are green. I used a mixture of both for this recipe.


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2011-04-06 / Columnists
Pets, Pets, Pets
When the Egyptian cobra escaped at the Bronx Zoo last month, the Reptile House was shut down as the search ensued. New Yorkers were warned to watch their ankles. Twitter fans chronicled her imaginary odyssey around the Big Apple, but all the while, unlike Elvis, the viper never "left the building."
A week later her keepers sniffed her out of hiding with rodent-scented wood shavings that offer an enticing whiff of mouse morsel. Twenty inches long, weighing three ounces, the month-old cobra was truly a needle in a haystack. Now that the danger is over, the Bronx Zoo is sponsoring a naming contest. However, I will not reveal my entry (unless it wins). In the same venomous vein, the recent snake saga is reminiscent of a comical Bronx Zoo encounter that occurred exactly 20 years ago during a "typical" day of teaching elementary school.
Before reading this resurrected "Pets" first published on 4/4/91, keep in mind that two decades ago classrooms did not have outside phone lines or computers. Addresses were not at your Googling finger tips. Also be advised that a fabulous student was the source of the phone numbers described below. She was the kind of kid that teachers would duel colleagues to the death, merely for the privilege of having her younger sisters in their class. All this puts the silliness of the following scenario in perspective. Here's my old column:
It started innocently enough. I inadvertently stumbled on a top secret phone number at the Bronx Zoo when I thought I was calling public relations, and I got chewed out.
I was calling on behalf of my third graders who had written the zoo a letter to find out how the keepers weighed the elephants so the children could compare a current method to the way an ancient Chinese boy in their reading book solved the weighing problem via displacement. We needed an address and hopefully a name for the letter. Our school had no city phone books. A student said her father worked in the Bronx and could get us the address. Instead, she brought in a paper with three information phone numbers.
Calling the city is an ordeal from school. The district switchboard must dial for you. Then you have to wait for it to ring back. This can take some time. I was desperate for an address for the kids, so I waited for call backs that never came, sat through the zoo's info tape several times, and when I was about to give up, tried the last number labeled "public relations".
When it did ring back, a woman answered but didn't identify herself. I asked if I had reached the Bronx Zoo. She blurted: "Yes." She started yelling: "But who are you? How did you get this number? This is the poisonous snake emergency line. Don't you EVER call again."
All this screeching was even before I could have told her I cornered a copperhead. After I briefly explained my mission, the graduate from the DMV Charm School rattled off an address at the speed of light. She said I should address the letter to the education department, re-emphasizing that I should never call back (what if I am bitten?), and promptly hung up.
My distress turned to amusement. How dare she
April 6, 2011, AMITYVILLE RECORD • 13 yell at me! I doubt if she has a tie line with Bronx EMTs or police. I may be the only one who has ever called. As one of my students remarked: "How many calls could she get? It's not like we live in the jungle." I envisioned a dormant cobra-shaped phone, hissing alive in some dusty basement. I probably woke the operator from a venom-induced coma.
So if you want the secret number, contact me. I will gladly hand it over. Yes, I did see last week's Rescue 911 with the guy who survived the bite from his pet cobra, but it serves him right for keeping such an absurd pet. If you ever have the need to call the zoo's cheery Cleopatra, let's hope she has had her daily dose of anti-venom serum. Don't tell her where you got the number; and whatever you do, don't ever call again.
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OK, you twisted my arm; you had to "asp" me. My suggestion in the Bronx Zoo "Name the Cobra Contest" is "Flee-opatra"…If it makes the nominations; please vote for "Flee-opatra" at bronxzoo.com.
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (631-643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: Sorry, there are no poisonous snakes for adoption this week, but there are many wonderful dogs and cats. "Tito" #93947 seems to be a nice family dog. This slim Rottie mix with a ring tail is friendly, and knows all sorts of commands. It even looks like he responds to hand signals. He was turned in by people who were moving. "Tito" did live with kids; as did "Ciggy" #93919, a handsome Chow mix, now homeless because of a divorce.
Female dogs:"Lydia"&"Trixie"fromthePitcollection; "Jennie Craig" # 93966 from the over-sized Pit collection; "Ali" #93828 –brindle pup; "Lexi" #93976-Husky mix.
Cats: "Mikey" in C-3- adorable 5 month old kitty and many others.
• View more Babylon Shelter pet photos on Petfinder NY275 or Facebook- Friends of Babylon Animal Shelter.
• Free "Responsible Dog Owners" class (people are welcome; dogs stay home) on Wed. 4/13 from 6 to 8:30 pm at Town of Islip Safety Office, 100 Carleton Ave. E. Islip. You need not be a Town of Islip resident, but must reserve a spot by calling 631-224-5660 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Thomas J. Hartford, 22, of Snydersville, died early Wednesday morning, Jan. 23, 2013, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Born on July 31, 1990, in East Stroudsburg, he was a lifetime resident of Monroe County and was a 2008 graduate of Pocono Mountain East High School, where he played soccer, tennis and chess. He was in his senior year at University of Pennsylvania, studying cognitive science.
He worked as a lifeguard at Mountain Springs Lake in Reeders and was a teller at Merchants Bank in Mount Bethel.
Tom was a lifetime member of Reeders United Methodist Church, where he was active in the youth group. He also was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Boy Scout Troop 80 in Reeders.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, skiing, reading, music and animals.
Surviving are his mother, Sheryl A. (Felker) Hartford and her partner, Marty Mims, of Mount Bethel; his father, Thomas W. Hartford and his partner, JoLana Krawitz, of Snydersville; two sisters, Dana Landis and her husband, Jeff, of Willingboro, N.J., and Lori Hartford and her husband, Sean McLaughlin, of Mount Pocono; his brother, Gary Hartford of Smyrna, Del.; his niece, Leah McLaughlin; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
There will be viewing hours from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at William H. Clark Funeral Home, 1003 Main St., Stroudsburg. There also will be a viewing from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Reeders United Methodist Church, Route 715, Reeders.
The funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Larry Mark officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial remembrances be made to the youth group of Reeders United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 187, Reeders, PA 18352.
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Thomas J. Hartford
Thomas J. Hartford, 22, of Snydersville, died early Wednesday morning, Jan. 23, 2013, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.


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October 15, 2007
Chess Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov will return to the Wabash College Campus Tuesday, October 30 for a blindfold and simultaneous speed chess games.
Kaidanov, who visited Wabash in 2002 and 2005, became a Grandmaster in 1988. The Russian native lives in Lexington, Kentucky, teaches private chess lessons, competes in national and international tournaments, and gives exhibitions across the country.
Kaidanov will play a blindfold speed game at 7 p.m. in the Baxter Hall Lovell Lecture Hall on Tuesday then move to the Detchon Center International Hall for an 8 p.m. exhibition against 30 opponents.
He will play the blindfold game with five minutes to complete all his moves. Any move, all done from memory, that is illegal results in a forfeit. After he completes the game, he will replay the match from memory and comment.
Kaidnov will then go across campus and play 30 games simultaneously. He will follow that by playing 4 games of timed chess, running from board to board to conserve the time he is allotted to make his moves.
The Berdichev (Ukraine) native started playing chess at age six, learning from his father. He and his family visited the U.S. as tourists in 1990 and eventually settled in Kentucky.
His list of accomplishments is impressive: Boys under-14 Russian Federation Champion, 1972; Master, 1978, International Master, 1987, Grandmaster, 1988; World Open Champion, 1982, US Open Champion, 1990; tied for first in National Open in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999; U.S. team member in 1998 World Chess Olympiad; U.S. team member in World Chess Olympiad, 2000.
Kaidanov's appearance is sponsored by the Wabash College Lecture Committee.


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Teen admits to crime spree, denies animal cruelty
Nineteen-year-old Safi Kachmar of Norwich pleaded guilty today in New London Superior Court to burglarizing three homes and setting fire to a pickup truck in 2011, but balked when a judge asked him to admit he assaulted a homeowner's dog during one of the break-ins.
Kachmar will be sentenced March 13 to up to five years in prison followed by five years probation for first-degree larceny, three counts of third-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit third-degree arson. He admitted to all of the crimes but denied assaulting a 200-pound bull mastiff during a burglary on Thames View Road in Norwich on Sept. 7, 2011. The homeowner, John Wuorio, told Judge Susan B. Handy he had to euthanize his pet after the burglars struck it with a hatchet, dislocating its hip, and sprayed chlorine bleach in its face.
"It was totally wrong," said Wuorio, who left the courtroom before hearing Kachmar's denial of the attack on his dog.
Kachmar and 19-year-old Waylon Verley, who knew a teen-age occupant of the home, stole coins, guns and knives worth more than $40,000 during the burglary, according to the state.
"He denies the dog was injured while he was in the house," said his attorney, Matthew Sorokin.
"Honestly, it wasn't," added Kachmar.
The judge allowed Kachmar to plead guilty to first-degree larceny and third-degree burglary under the Alford Doctrine, which indicates he doesn't agree with the state's allegations but does not want to risk conviction at trial, where he would possibly face a harsher sentence.
Kachmar also pleaded guilty to breaking into a shed at a home on Saunders Hollow Road in Old Lyme in November 2011 and then setting it on fire to conceal evidence of the burglary. He pleaded guilty to breaking into a home on Krug Road in Preston on Nov. 15, 2011 and stealing more than $16,500 worth of electronics and jewelry.
Additionally, he pleaded guilty to concocting Molotov cocktails with Verley and placing them under a pickup truck on George Avenue in Croton on Oct. 7, 2011 after the truck's owner allegedly ripped them off in a marijuana deal.
Verley remains incarcerated while his case is pending. A third teen, Austin Zajac, was allegedly involved in some of the crimes and was given a suspended sentence, according to court records.
Verley told police they were looking for guns because they planned to start robbing banks and armored cars. He said they wanted to make enough money to move out of state and buy a house.
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Ana Oliveira is the president and CEO of The New York Women's Foundation, a nonprofit that pursues economic security and justice for women and girls. For more than 20 years, she has been a staunch defender of human rights, developing programs for vulnerable populations throughout New York City. The first female and Latino executive director of Gay Men's Health Crisis, Oliveira expanded services for women, Latinos, and African-Americans affected by HIV and AIDS. Called "an unsung hero" by Newsweek, Oliveira was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to the New York City Commission on AIDS. In a second mayoral appointment, she helped lead an investigation into the barriers to success faced by young Black and Latino men in New York City. Oliveira received her MA in Anthropology from The New School for Social Research in 1984.
She was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities at The New School's May 2012 commencement ceremony.
Ana Oliveira: I chose The New School because I was looking for an academically advanced environment that was involved in the world as well, and one which engages students as thinking and social practitioners, valuing their own life experiences.
The New School valued the reasons for my interest in returning to school, specifically my search for a critical thinking approach. My early memories are of a terrific group of colleagues from different countries and from the United States, and of being in a stimulating environment where I was connected to NYC and current issues.
AO: My studies at The New School in anthropology — with the perspectives of critical anthropology and feminist anthropology — are a fundamental cornerstone of my thinking. They were a capstone to my prior learning and significantly expanded them. Critical and feminist anthropology approaches provided me with additional tools with which to understand the construction of power by de-bunking cultural superiority of self over "the other," and dismantling rigid gender constructs.
I was particularly influenced by anthropology professors Shirley Lindenbaum and Rayna Rapp, for both their impeccable, pioneering, and inspiring work and their mentoring. The work of Stanley Diamond, poet and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Humanities, was also deeply inspiring.
AO: NYWF is a local, public, and participatory community-rooted foundation which seeks to build economic justice for women and families in NYC. The foundation was created 25 years ago and has invested $32 million in local leaders and organizations who are working toward the same goal.
Our grantees are partners — incredible leaders and creators of solutions to deep problems they and their communities face. Resilience, creativity, and the importance of collective action are just a few of the things we've learned from our grantees. Grantee partners are the authors of the change they want to see. The foundation helps by bringing funds, access, and additional visibility to their work.
AO: By partnering with incredible leaders, we are doing our job and building a New York City that works for all. For example, we partnered with influential labor organizer Ai-jen Poo, now director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, when she was just starting Domestic Workers United in New York City. NYWF was their first foundation funder.
We work to democratize philanthropy. We currently have more than 8,000 supporters, who make gifts ranging from $10 to $1 million, and New Yorkers have an active voice in deciding where our investments go. Our grant-making process is participatory, with 150 volunteers annually reading proposals, conducting site visits, and making recommendations to the Board of Directors for where funding should go.
When we are able to convene other foundations and philanthropists, we showcase the power of funding community organizing and working toward broad-based systemic and policy change. Then we are doing our work and influencing philanthropy to invest in justice.
AO: I hope that New School students continue to take the rigor of academics and social engagement into the world. I hope they speak about the urgent need for academics to be partners to civil society in addressing the most pressing issues we face and in building justice. I also hope that they are vocal about defining success not only by how much graduates earn, but also by how much graduates gain by choosing to make a difference in the world toward equality and social justice.
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Rich grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York. After graduating from Parsons in New York City, he moved to San Francisco, against his father's wishes. He worked in one-year increments as an art director for Rolling Stone magazine; Bozell and Jacobs; McCann Erickson; Foote, Cone & Belding; and Ogilvy and Mather, where he met Jeff Goodby and finally settled down.
At Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, Rich's taste and enthusiasm infuse everything he does. He has set a standard for design that has led the agency to compete against the country's leading design studios. His advertising has won every award in the book, from Gold Pencils to Gold Lions, and, along with his partner Jeff, he's been named Executive of the Decade by Adweek. In 2002, he was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame and, two years later, into The One Club Creative Hall of Fame.
The agency now has more than 700 employees serving a diverse group of clients, including Google, Chevrolet, YouTube, got milk?, NBA, Cisco, and Motorola, to name a few.
Rich is equally passionate about projects away from work, from creating his own art to visually blogging for the Huffington Post. He currently sits on the board of Specialized Bicycles and is an adviser to avant-garde stage director Robert Wilson and his Watermill Library. He served for fifteen years on the board of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and just recently he designed a graphic system celebrating the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th birthday.
Rich lives in Belvedere, California, with his wife, Carla Emil. He has two grown kids, Aaron and Simone, and is a proud grandfather to Maple, Will, and Owen.
He considers himself to be extremely lucky to be able to ride his bike over the Golden Gate Bridge to work each morning.
Rich Silverstein: It was an extremely intimidating experience coming from clean, quiet, white, suburban Westchester in my madras shirt and chinos, into a dirty, noisy art factory with very strange people running around.
RS: Nick Chaparos, my graphic design teacher, taught us not only that "God was in the details" but that he also lived at the Bauhaus. I can still see him ripping up a student's project because it wasn't set in Helvetica and worse, had smudges on the back.
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RS: Graphic design helped me carve out my own identity. You'll probably not realize the true effect of art school until a number of years later. I'm answering this question on the very same drafting table used while attending Parsons in 1970, including every X-Acto blade cut and bloodstain.
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Henk-Jan grew up in the Netherlands and came to The New School for Social Research for graduate studies in 1987 after receiving an MA in Economics from the University of Groningen. Though he had intended to return home after completing his studies, a combination of luck, circumstance, and hard work soon altered his plans.
Following his PhD qualifying exams in 1989, Henk-Jan launched his career at the United Nations and has thrived in the organization ever since. His far-reaching career has taken him from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs to the Office of the Secretary-General and then on to the World Food Programme and the Peacebuilding Support Office.
In 1999, he published his PhD dissertation (Edward Elgar), which focused on explaining price differences between countries. It provided a bridge between the empirical work he was accustomed to in Groningen and the heterodox theoretical insights he gained at The New School.
He has written on such topics as economic adjustment in Africa, socioeconomic causes of violent conflict, stature as a measure of standard of living, and the impact of high price of nutrition. He currently co-chairs an international process to identify indicators that measure peace building.
Henk-Jan lives with his wife and two children in Bedford-Stuyvesant in a brownstone he renovated with them. He is a carpenter at heart as well as a lover of vintage Italian sports cars. He spends his summers with his family in Cape May Point, where he enjoys reading and the abundant native wildlife.
Henk-Jan Brinkman: I had a fairly conventional economics education at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, where I got my MA. I wanted to enroll in a more heterodox graduate program to complement it, and The New School for Social Research offered that.
One of the first things that struck me was the more casual and less hierarchical atmosphere in the faculty. Students called professors by their first names, which was unheard of in the 1980s in the Netherlands. I also liked the close interaction with students in other departments, such as Philosophy and Sociology, which were right down the hall.
New School Alumni: How did The New School shape your worldview?
HB: What I learned at The New School helped me in my career, particularly in providing well-founded alternative policy analysis. Studying with Professor John Eatwell, I explored the whole field of economics, from theory to policy issues. The diverse student body also prepared me well for working at the UN.
New School Alumni: Tell us about your work at the United Nations.
HB: I started working in the Department for Economic and Social Affairs, writing reports an inch wide and a mile deep on economic trends and policies in developing countries. Then I became an adviser to Kofi Annan, the secretary-general, and his deputy Louise Frechette on economic, social, and environmental issues, on which I wrote significant talking points, speeches, and briefing notes. Both positions were miles away from real people.
I then became chief economist at the World Food Programme, which was all about people because of the focus on hunger and malnutrition. Economic analysis followed suit, whether it was a food security assessment in Darfur, an assessment of the impact of the global financial crisis in Ghana or the impact of high food prices on nutrition. I currently work in the Peacebuilding Support Office as Chief of Policy, where my economic background is less pertinent but where my interest in the study of war and peace has come to the fore.
HB: The UN makes a difference in countless ways, from providing food, water, and shelter to people affected by a disaster to supporting health and education services for millions to keeping peace by sending more than 100,000 military and police officers to remote locations. Less visible, but equally critical, are the quiet diplomacy and mediation that keep conflicts from escalating into violence. Setting global norms and standards, ranging from international treaties on human rights to the law of the sea, is less operational but extremely important.
Perhaps most indirect, and more easily derided, is the "talk shop" function. Countries that talk don't fight. Countries that fight need to talk. Only through talk can positions be understood. Only through talk can differences be bridged. Only through talk can agreements be reached to solve global problems. And yes, that can take a long time sometimes — and yet it is worth the effort. For many countries in the world, the UN is one of the few places — if not the only one — where their voice can be heard. I will never forget how the president of the Maldives, in a meeting at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, was able to voice his concern about climate change and unsustainable consumption of fossil fuels in developed countries, which would lead to the disappearance of his country if predictions about rising sea levels would come true. This was probably one of the few opportunities he had to express his views to the leaders of developed countries, which have been the most responsible for climate change.
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