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In the aftermath of its not-so-painful breakup with Ericsson, consumer electronics giant Sony is in the process of trying to reinvent itself and aggressively reenter the smartphone space. It is doing so in style, Sony's NXT generation Xperia devices are some of the best looking Android handsets on the market, but simply getting the design right is not enough in today's highly competitive smartphone market.
The Xperia P is Sony's stab at the mid-range market and it sits between the Xperia S in the high end and the Xperia U in the low end. It's a good looking piece of kit clad in an aluminium shell and powered by a dual-core 1GHz Novathor U8500 chip, courtesy of ST Ericsson. The sleek industrial design and aluminium finish sets it apart from the competition and overall Sony's designers did a pretty good job. Even the packaging tries to be different, it's incredibly thin and flat, reminiscent of a paperback book rather than a run of the mill smartphone package.
The box includes a standard microUSB cable, charger, a couple of NFC tags and headphones. The in-ear type headphones offer decent audio quality, but we really appreciate the fact that Sony bundled three sets of earbuds and a simple plastic clip, which always comes in handy.
The Xperia P is available in silver, black and red, but there's also talk of a pink version. We got the red version, and we are guessing our female readers will appreciate it. Both of them.
While Sony's flagship Xperia S packs a 4.3-inch 720p screen, the mid-range Xperia P features a 4-inch 960x540 display. It uses Sony's WhiteMagic technology, which basically means that every pixel features an additional white subpixel. It might sound like a marketing gimmick, but the extra pixel helps keep power consumption down, while at the same time improving legibility in daylight conditions. The results are pretty good and the screen looks great even in near direct sunlight.
Although it features a 4-inch screen, the Xperia P is not as compact as you might expect. It measures 122 x 59 x 10.5mm and weighs 120g. The boxy design only emphasizes the 10mm girth and despite its bulk it only features a 1350mAh battery. The battery is not user replaceable and there is no microSD slot. Since the phone packs 16GB, many users would appreciate some expansions options. However, Sony opted for an aluminium body that doesn't allow you to access the insides. This also means that the micro SIM slot is located on the side.
The Xperia P is powered by a Novathor U8500 dual-core SoC with Mali-400MP graphics. Sony uses the same chipset on the dirt cheap Xperia U and it sounds somewhat underpowered for a mid-range phone, but it is practically as fast as last year's high-end phones. The phone also has 1GB of RAM, so the spec should be enough for snappy performance, in theory at least. However, Sony ships the Xperia P with Android 2.3, not exactly known for snappy performance. An ICS update should arrive this month though, but it is still disappointing to see a two year old OS on a new mid range phone.
In keeping with tradition, Sony endowed the Xperia P with a pretty nice 8-megapixel camera, along with a front-facing camera. There's also a dedicated camera shutter button, which is welcome touch. Also on board, an old fashioned FM radio, something that we've learned to expect from Sony. HDMI is also a nice touch, as many vendors are ditching HDMI on their phones. The Xperia P also features NFC support and ships with a couple of NFC smart tags.
First Impression
The Xperia P feels like a class act for a mid-range device. Build quality is top notch and it is nice to see what is practically an aluminium unibody in this price bracket. Like the rest of the NXT series, the Xperia P features a transparent navigation band, which houses the antennae and three navigation buttons. It is a pretty clever way of giving the phone a bit personality and in case you don't find too tacky, it is a nice touch.
The 4-inch WhiteMagic screen offers great legibility outdoors and Sony's Bravia engine makes sure colour reproduction is spot on. At 960x540 pixels it delivers 275 pixels per inch, which is not quite on par with Apple's Retina screens or 720p screens used in flagship Android phones. However, it is still great, especially considering that most 4-inch phones feature WVGA screens. Thanks to the additional white subpixel, the screen delivers a whopping 935 nits, making it a truly great screen to use even in bright daylight.
Due to the aluminium shell, there is no way to access the battery and the micro SIM slot is on the left hand side, along with micro USB and micro HDMI ports. Unlike the Xperia S, the Xperia P does not feature protective flaps on the connectors, which is a good thing in our book.
The power button, volume rocker and camera button are located on the right. Unlike most vendors, Sony is still offering a dedicated shutter button on most phones and we believe this is a good call on Sony's part.
On the top you'll find a standard 3.5mm audio jack and there are no connectors on the bottom, which is hardly surprising as the plastic cap on the bottom of the phone is purely decorative.
The 8-megapixel camera, powered by a Sony Exmor sensor with backlight illumination, is neatly centered at the back, along with an LED flash.
The aluminium finish is not as smudge proof as matte plastics, but it is still much better than glossy plastics used on most mid-range phones. However, the bottom cap and a small portion of the top are plastic. There is nothing wrong with these bits, build quality is great and Sony matched the colours well, but in some circumstances they reflect light a bit different than the aluminium back, as you can see in the photos.
Overall, Sony did a great job in the design department and the silver model is particularly attractive, as most vendors are going with white and black colour options nowadays. Fashionistas are free to pick up a red version, while the business casual crowd can go for the understated black version.
User Interface, Software
It is not all smooth sailing for the Xperia P, or the rest of Sony's Xperia line for that matter. The Xperia P still ships with Gingerbread, although it should receive an ICS update by the end of the month. Luckily, Sony did not go overboard with its skin.
The Timescape UI is pretty straightforward and it's not tacky or too demanding. There are some issues, though. The keyboard could have been a bit better, there is a lot of unnecessary bloat, but this is true of practically all Android phones nowadays.
The UI has a more or less standard five-pane layout and it comes with a few clever Sony widgets and folder support, which is not something you usually see on Gingerbread phones.
Pinching out takes you to Overview mode, which places all widgets and shortcuts in a single screen. It is an interesting approach, as most vendors simply display five or seven panes when you pinch to zoom. Although we are not huge fans of Android customizations, we have to admit that some Sony tricks and widgets are quite interesting, namely the music player widget and settings widgets.
However, we really don't see much point it wasting time talking about the UI and browser, as the ICS update is just days away. Sony is mum on potential Jelly Bean updates for current generation Xperias, so we are not sure when the update will land, or whether all phones will get it.
Performance, Camera
Not surprisingly, Sony put its visual expertise to good use and came up with a pretty good camera for the Xperia P. Although it is a mid-range device, the 8-megapixel snapper is capable of delivering some pretty good shots in daylight, but it struggles indoors and in poor lighting. The camera UI can appear a bit too cluttered from time to time, but it also offers a wide range of options. There are plenty of predefined scenes to choose from, along with a myriad of additional settings, two panorama modes, including a 3D sweep panorama and a sweep multiangle mode.
Of course, if you don't want to waste time or just can't be bothered, you can simply squeeze the hardware shutter key straight from the lock screen and snap a quick one. Speaking of speed, although the dedicated shutter key comes in handy, the Xperia P lacks the muscle for fast continuous shooting, but you probably guessed that by looking at the spec.
Image quality is pretty good, although indoor shots tend to suffer from a bit too much noise. Video is another matter. Although the Xperia P supports 1080p video, it is unimpressive. The framerate does not seem to be the issue, but there is just too much compression, resulting in quite a few artifacts. The same issues are present in 720p.
Although the Xperia P can't match the performance of quad-core or Snapdragon S4 based phones, it still packs a decent punch for a mid range device. The numbers aren't spectacular, the Xperia P is roughly on par with LG's old Optimus 2X and in some tests it even comes close the Galaxy Nexus. Graphics performance in some benchmarks is rather disappointing, so if you are into mobile gaming, you should probably look elsewhere.
Overall it's a decent showing for the Xperia P, but it could have been better. For a fashionable mid-range phone it does well, but here's the problem - Sony uses the exact same 1GHz U8500 chip in the dirt cheap Xperia U and Xperia Sola. This basically means that consumers can get similar performance from a €200 or €250 device.
Although the U8500 leaves much to be desired in terms of performance, it seems to be a very power efficient chip. Coupled with the innovative and equally power efficient WhiteMagic display, the U8500 helps the Xperia P get decent battery life out of its 1350mAh power pack. However, battery life is still rather limited and you will be looking for a socket by the end of the day. Luckily, Sony claims that just 10 minutes of charging will provide the phone with enough juice for an hour of talk time.
The Xperia P is a mixed bag and it's really not an ideal phone for everyone. Consumers who insist on a fast processor and huge screen might want to look elsewhere. The Xperia P lacks muscle and battery life is unimpressive, so it's really not going after power users.
However, this does not mean that it's a bad phone, far from it. What it lacks in sheer performance and bench figures, the Xperia P makes up in other departments. Basically if you think that good looks and a top notch camera are more important, then the Xperia P starts to make sense, a lot of sense. It features a great screen tucked away under an aluminium body, 16 gigs of storage and it has what it takes to unnerve the competition.
In this case, beauty is not just skin deep and overall the Xperia P is nice package, although it could have been a lot better with a slighly bigger battery and a higher clocked processor.
It sells for €320 to €350 in Euroland, which sounds like a fair deal if you hate plasticky phones. The only trouble is that the Xperia S can be yours for just a bit more, and so can the Galaxy Nexus.
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Championship: Lloyd Dyer's goal crowns Leicester as champions at Bolton
Leicester clinched the Championship title with sub Lloyd Dyer netting a fabulous winner in a 1-0 victory over Bolton.
Last Updated: 22/04/14 10:39pm
The Foxes, who have maintained their position at the division's summit since before Christmas, were promoted earlier this month and, despite a heavy loss to Brighton, they immediately set their sights on securing silverware.
Second-placed Burnley's win on Easter Monday, which saw the Clarets grab the other automatic promotion spot, meant Nigel Pearson's men needed three points against Wanderers to wrap up the title.
And after dominating large spells of the contest against a team with little to play for, Dyer arrived from the bench to rifle home a fine strike just after the hour.
With Bolton safely tucked in the middle of the division's pack, it gave boss Dougie Freedman a perfect opportunity to experiment with his team.
Teenage defender Hayden White was given a full debut in a five-man defence while the bench was largely filled with players yet to feature for Wanderers' first team. White, 19, was certainly given a tough examination early on as Foxes winger Riyad Mahrez enjoyed oceans of space on the left flank.
Andy King had a shot deflected off target while Anthony Knockaert also fired wide after a one-two sent Mahrez to the byline. The Frenchman then drifted inside and unleashed a swerving shot which Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bodgan just about shovelled wide.
At the other end a wonderful reverse pass from captain Jay Spearing gave Lukas Jutkiewicz the chance to shoot, yet the on-loan forward elected to pull the trigger when off balance and made a mess of the attempt.
For the remainder of the half it continued to be one-way traffic down Leicester's left with David Nugent unable to get great purchase on Mahrez's cross before the visitors' dangerman twice cut inside and skewed efforts off target.
It had seemed a matter of when, rather than if, the league leaders would score and they very nearly got a helping hand when Zat Knight, under no duress, headed inches over his own crossbar.
Freedman had seen enough of Mahrez's marauding runs as he hauled White off for ex-Leicester striker Jermaine Beckford at the break and reverted to a more accustomed back four.
That did not stop the wave of Foxes attacks, though, as Knockaert's rasping drive was pushed behind by Bogdan. Nigel Pearson brought Mahrez off 10 minutes after the interval while Andy King was also sacrificed in a double switch for Dyer and Chris Wood.
Bolton were now built to counter and the energetic Lee Chung-yong scampered away down the left before picking out Jutkiewicz to steer wide of the mark. The 25-year-old would come closer still after running half the length of the pitch and clipping a shot just beyond Kasper Schmeichel's far post.
It would prove to be a particularly costly miss as, just 36 seconds later, Leicester went ahead. Dyer cut in from the left flank and smashed a right-footed drive which soared into the top corner.
The hosts looked to hit back immediately and ex-Leicester striker Beckford had more time than he realised when lashing a half volley into the crowd. On that occasion the ball had fallen kindly for the Wanderers substitute and Jutkiewicz too benefited from some fortune with Schmeichel able to claw his low poke away.
Still Freedman's side looked to strike on the break with Beckford sauntering through only to prod a tame effort at Leicester's Danish stopper.
Freedman introduced debutants Andrew Kellett and Chris Lester to proceedings and aside from a Wood strike which Bogdan kept out, the contest would peter out before the final whistle blew and the champions banners were brought out.

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ExPatriatePen wrote:slappybrown wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:You'll still be able to look forward to wake forest and duke. Perennial national championship contenders.
I suppose WVU's trips to Lawrence, Kansas and Ames, Iowa to see mighty football powers KU and ISU are more impressive.
Who mentioned the Big 12?
I'm just pointing out that it's more than a bit disingenuous to be taking swipes at the Big East for programs like Rutgers and USF when the ACC has even weaker programs at the lower end.
However, if you want to start a ACC v. Big 12 discussion, I'll be your huckleberry.
It was a jape. Because I am a Pitt fan. And you are a WVU fan. And it is fun to make japes.


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Sioux Falls Denies Special Election on Snowgates
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The Sioux Falls City Council has decided against holding a special election next spring on the issue of snowgates in the city.
A resolution to call a special election in May failed 3-5 Tuesday after more than an hour of discussion. The vote tables the issue until the city's general election in 2014.
Snowgates are devices that attach to snowplows and are designed to prevent driveways and intersections from being blocked by mounds of snow pushed up by the plows.
Citizens gathered more than 8,000 signatures on a petition asking the city to consider the devices.
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They're atypical Palo Alto entrepreneurs.
One sells handmade clothing and jewelry that she crochets; another is an independent health-insurance agent who meets clients in Starbucks, the downtown library -- anywhere she can access Wi-Fi. Another is a hair stylist; a fourth wants to run a baseball and softball umpire company. Another sells unusual metal jewelry she solders and crafts in her Palo Alto apartment; a sixth, a former biotech worker, plans to launch a company to help other small businesses and organizations build, publish and host affordable websites.
The City of Palo Alto's first-ever microenterprise program -- which aims to provide Palo Alto entrepreneurs, particularly low-income ones, with the funding, tools and support necessary to kick start small businesses -- awarded its first grants last month.
Through significant federal funding provided to the city's Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG), Palo Alto became a combination investor-incubator for six Palo Alto residents, who received grants ranging from as low as $1,500 to as high as $15,000 as well as mentorship, business education and support.
The Community Development Block Grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is meant to provide cities the means necessary to develop affordable housing and expand opportunities for their lower-income residents.
Palo Alto's program operates on a two-year funding cycle and has five different categories for spending -- public service, administration, housing, public facilities and economic development -- but has historically focused on the housing element, said Palo Alto senior planner Consuelo Hernandez, who spearheaded the pilot Microenterprise Assistance Program (MAP).
Last year, the opportunity finally arose to use $150,000 in CDBG funding to focus on a long-identified priority in Palo Alto: creating economic opportunities for low-income residents and combating the city's ever-widening gap between high- and low-income earners.
Hernandez and other staff in the Planning and Community Environment Department launched the program in December, bringing in residents of Palo Alto Housing Corporation properties and formerly homeless or low-income participants of the Downtown Streets Team work program to gauge their interest. They also solicited the help of various members of the Palo Alto business community to serve on a review committee to select and eventually mentor the final applicants.
"I think the thing that intrigued me (about the program) was I felt like this was a way you could change someone's life forever," said Jon Goldman, a founding partner at Premier Property Management in downtown Palo Alto, who mentored two of the grant recipients.
Twenty-six people submitted pre-applications, with 11 selected as eligible for the funding. Those 11 were asked to submit a formal, more detailed application with a full business plan. The city required that applicants either live or operate a business in Palo Alto. Their income could not exceed 80 percent of the area's median, or $52,500 for a single person.
"It's not a handout," Goldman said. "It's not like, 'OK, let's have a dinner and everyone gets free food.' It's 'How can we change their lives so they can make their own living?'"
Hernandez said that, initially, the city set the goal of helping a single microenterprise but was able to give six grants to six very different applicants.
"Every business that you walk into started somewhere," said Roger Smith, another program mentor and founding president and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank. "Somebody took a chance (and) invested time, effort and money."
He himself remembers when Silicon Valley Bank -- now with billions of dollars in assets and more than 1,500 employees -- was just 11 people unsure if their company would make it or not.
"It's so easy to forget that," he said.
The nascent grant program is expected to grow in the next year. The City Council approved on May 5 an action plan for the roughly $434,000 the city has received this year as part of the CDBG. The plan includes $150,000 for the microenterprise program, money that will supplement the $80,000 left over from this past cycle.
The council's approval was unanimous, though members had some questions and concerns about what exactly the city will be getting for the additional money. Councilman Greg Scharff noted that the city has committed about $70,000 thus far -- $38,200 on direct grants, $27,000 on personnel and $5,400 on supplies and technical assistance -- on a program that benefited six people. He suggested that the city can "spend money a lot better on some of the higher impact things."
Scharff ultimately joined his colleagues in supporting the entire action plan for the grant program, with the provision that the council's Finance Committee will get more information about how the expanded program will work. Planning staff has proposed holding a round-table discussion with the program's partners and participants in June to review and consider how to further develop the program.
Heekyoung Kim, a local hair stylist, received the largest MAP grant: $15,000. She declined to be interviewed for this story, but Goldman, her mentor, was particularly struck by the challenges of making a living as a hairdresser.
"That's a really great job for people. There's a lot of single moms in that job. It has flexible hours and it's something that, once you become established, you can do it forever, and it can lift someone out of poverty forever.
"What I learned is there are people that don't have the wherewithal to get their own (salon) chair. You need a security deposit, first month's rent, all your own equipment. Even when we first received the application from the hairdresser, we were all thinking, 'Why does she need that? You have a pair of scissors, and you can make a living.'"
Hair stylists must also purchase hair products, such as chemicals, and foot the costs of training.
"When someone goes into this salon, and they're paying $40, $50, $100 for a haircut, they don't realize the person cutting their hair isn't making practically anything and is living in poverty," he said.
The grant money will help Kim purchase equipment and pay off a security deposit for her salon chair.
"The concept is taking a skill set she already had and helping her acquire the equipment she needed and the security deposit and all that. Suddenly, her skills become 50 times more valuable to her and her family. That was tremendous to go through that experience and learn how that could work and see the pride and hard work."
Kim also got a new client out of the process. She's now doing Goldman's hair, he said.
Sherice Lane
In November 2010, Sherice Lane became injured at work, tearing tendons in her foot and her meniscus and irreversibly impacting the gait of the right side of her body.
The warm, ebullient mother of three, who lives in the nonprofit Palo Alto Housing Corporation's Tree House Apartments and had been working in early childhood education, said it was a taxing time in her life.
"With this type of injury that I have, or any injury when you can no longer do what you were doing, you begin to get depressed," she said.
But she picked up crocheting, a craft her mother had taught her when she was about 9 years old, making hats and scarves and teaching crochet classes at her apartment complex.
"I was in a lot of pain, and I re-discovered crochet while I was in pain," she said. "It seemed to really help me with the pain and the frustration -- and I was also producing something."
Friends and family who received Lane's creations as gifts urged her to sell what she was making. When a Palo Alto Housing Corporation staff member told her about the city's MAP program, she jumped at the opportunity.
Lane will receive $1,500 from the city. She said she's using the money -- which isn't given in cash form but instead as reimbursements for eligible expenses -- to pay the fees to get her business, Sherice's Kreativ Lane, off the ground.
She'll also be able to purchase an embroidery machine, which she's long lusted after to be able to do more detailed, custom work; a printer; and materials, such as eco-friendly, organic yarns and fiber.
She said she's going to sell clothing, jewelry and crochet art online but would one day love to secure a brick-and-mortar retail space where she could also teach crocheting classes for kids.
"For me, my injury put me in a different class. For this opportunity to come up was huge for me," she said. "I began to be even more excited. I said, 'Oh my god, someone's thinking about me.' You know what I mean?"
Walter Barnes
It's hard to imagine a better candidate to umpire local baseball games than one who attended Palo Alto schools, playing baseball on school fields and in the Baylands; went on to play second baseman for the Chicago Cubs' minor league affiliate; and eventually returned to Palo Alto to coach Little League and at Terman Middle School.
"I've been around sports now for about the last 50 years," Walter Barnes said. "This is where I'm comfortable at."
With a $1,000 grant from the city, he's turning that comfort and passion into a business, hoping to cast a wider net as a freelance umpire and referee. He's currently a subcontractor for the City of Palo Alto, umpiring its recreational adult baseball league. He also refs flag football in Los Altos and hopes to expand into local baseball games, "to at least the high school level," he said.
He's also a participant in the Downtown Streets Team, a nonprofit program that helps homeless and low-income people find employment.
Baseball was a constant for Barnes during his Palo Alto childhood.
"Me and one of my friends, we just played all the time. We didn't have too much time for anything else. And it paid off," he said, referring to his time in the minor leagues.
He was drafted in the 21st round in 1971.
"It was a dream," he said. "I got halfway there."
A Downtown Streets Team caseworker told him about the MAP program; at the time, he was coaching Little League full-time and not umpiring. But coincidentally, he had just heard from a Recreation Department employee about a need for umpires in Palo Alto.
"It fell right into place," he said.
Barnes' mentor, Roger Smith of Silicon Valley Bank, advised him to find out just how big or small that umpire void -- that is, the market -- might be.
Perhaps more helpful than the business-specific advice was Smith's support.
"He was in my corner," Barnes said. "He was pulling for me."
Smith said he was impressed with Barnes' obvious passion for the sport and for business. Barnes plans to use the MAP grant to purchase umpire equipment, such as uniforms -- he needs different colored uniforms for different cities' leagues.
He said criticism of the city using public funds to help support a handful of private businesses is unwarranted, as planting the seed with one person helps grow others' employment opportunities.
"I'll be able to pull in people and put them to work," he said, looking down the road to where he might be able to expand his business. "In that respect, you don't lose. You don't lose. I think that's a major goal behind (the program) -- to grow and employ other people."
Chris Murphy
In true entrepreneurial style, Chris Murphy gets a bit cagey when asked about his business idea, reluctant to reveal the full concept lest someone else steal the big idea that's been gestating since he was an undergraduate.
The most he'll divulge is that it's focused on building, publishing and hosting affordable websites for small businesses and organizations, "with some ad creation and publishing to boot," he said.
But he's confident in his idea, bolstered by interest expressed by local industry leaders, investors and the City of Palo Alto, which awarded him a $9,200 MAP grant.
"The money is a much-needed boost," he said. "I think for all of us it's been a boost -- taking what (we) had and really setting it in motion."
Murphy, who lives at Alma Garden Apartments in Palo Alto with his wife, said he's been tinkering with the idea for the company for years but didn't decide to work on it full-time until he lost his job in the economic downturn.
"I thought, 'You know what? I need to work on something.' I was doing some independent work on the side, but I started to tinker more often on this project. I just needed something to kick start me, I think."
He, like the other recipients, stressed that the most valuable part of the program was not the financial support but the mentorship and education the city provided.
"I learned more about business in the course of about five months than in my entire life," he said.
Richard Bush, a seasoned Valley executive who has founded numerous companies, mentored him.
"You can't assign a monetary value to the immense amount of wisdom and guidance that I've received from Richard. He's achieved his success in life and business, so he's been a really great example to look up to, and that's what I'm aspiring to be one day."
Murphy is still developing his prototype and plans to use the grant money to pay for some additional educational "pick-me-ups" he feels are necessary and "typical logistical and infrastructure needs."
"Tomorrow I'm meeting with an attorney; Thursday I'm meeting with the president of a bank," he said, his face lighting up and his perpetual smile widening further.
He added that he sees the grant as an investment that one day he'll provide returns on.
"Maybe one day I will have reached that pinnacle and I can help someone else."
Robin Angstadt
As a single woman with a limited income and on disability, Robin Angstadt said taking her arts-and-crafts business beyond selling items on online marketplace Etsy.com has proved difficult.
She's never applied for a traditional business loan because of what she called "questionable credit."
"It's common among lower-income (people) to have lower credit. It kind of goes along with it," she said. "I never did (apply for a loan). I was trying to do it on my own, and it was really, really hard."
Angstadt -- short and blond with shocks of pink highlights in her hair -- draws, paints, sculpts and makes all kinds of jewelry. She makes most of it in her Palo Alto Housing Corporation apartment.
"I love to work in a wide variety of media, from gemstones and beads to oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, graphite, linocut, polymer clay, felted wool, yarn, fabric and leather," her Etsy.com profile reads.
Her specialty is "Lord of the Rings" themed items, like an orc bracelet with spikes made with copper and precious stones.
Angstadt holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in art as well as a master's in psychology, both from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She grew up in both Salt Lake City, Utah, and San Carlos and has lived in Palo Alto off and on since the 1980s.
She said that as a jack-of-all-trades artist, she also had trouble focusing the vision for her business.
"I needed help deciding what to concentrate on; I needed a mentor," she said. And -- "I needed some money to get some equipment."
Enter MAP, which eventually connected her with mentor Michael Gross, a Palo Alto resident who has worked as an executive at high-tech companies like National Semiconductor and Applied Materials. The program also provided her with a $4,500 grant.
Most of the money will go toward purchasing equipment, such as a kiln and micro-torch, to make the jewelry she wants to focus on selling. (Up until now, she's been borrowing other people's equipment.) She's also found a garage to rent.
"It's making an enormous difference," she said of the grant money. "It's the difference between success and failure."
Kathy Wu
Kathy Wu is a soft-spoken and reserved independent insurance agent with a history of commitment to her profession.
The China native, who came to the United States in 1984, works with underserved populations who need but have trouble accessing health care, such as seniors or impaired people who have difficulty leaving the house or people with language limitations. Armed with a master's degree in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, she's been in the industry since the mid-1990s and last year became a certified insurance agent under Covered California, the state's new health insurance exchange that operates under the federal government's Affordable Care Act.
Though the certification is helpful -- she filed 50 Covered California applications this year -- new insurance requirements are complicated, time-consuming and costly, she said. As a one-person business, she must acquire considerable knowledge, and the companies she's certified under cannot always pay her on time. She also has a "pretty old" computer and relies on using public Wi-Fi at coffee shops and city libraries when she meets clients.
"She was literally having people be wheelchaired to Starbucks so she could use Wi-Fi," business mentor Jon Goldman said. "So I said, 'Let's figure out what smartphone you need; let's get you a year of subscription for 4G to your computer. You need a tablet? Let's get it.'
"Insurance is a numbers business; you need to get a lot of people. You can't see one client a day and make a living."
Wu will be receiving $7,000 in grant funding from the city. She said she plans to buy a laptop, a cell phone, stationery and business cards as well as rent office space and pay for her insurance license and continuing education.
She said the support she received through the program proved invaluable.
"Of course financially it helped me, and also it's a big encouragement," she said. "It helped me to learn about writing grants and getting resources and getting business ideas."
To make ends meet, Wu also does some online teaching and works as a Mandarin and Cantonese interpreter at local hospitals.
"This is clearly her passion," Goldman said, referring to insurance. "Medical interpreting is a very high-paying job. However, it's a job where they just call you when they need you. She might go make a substantial sum in a day, but she might not work for a month after that.
"You really learn a lot about how society is a little bit ... it's hard," Goldman said. "A lot of people are just trying to improve their situation but can't quite get to that next level. That's what this is all about."


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John Allen is an American football coach. He is currently the Head Coach at Lock Haven University and previously served as Coordinator of Player Personnel & Development at Penn State University. Previously he was the head coach for the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europa.
Allen played college football at James Madison University. A three-year starter at JMU, he was a wide receiver and punt returner for the Dukes, and was a captain his senior season.
Allen's first season in NFL Europa league was in 2003 when he served as wide receivers coach of Thunder. His year with them was Allen's first on the professional coaching level, having previously enjoyed successful jobs at Bucknell University (2002) and Lock Haven University, where he worked for six years, rising to the position of offensive coordinator.


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Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
I dunno. Maybe because I entered Nodame via the live-action drama, somehow Nodame's quirky remarks like "gyabo" seem different from Ueno Juri's brilliant and adorable acting. But I'm in no way dissing Kawasumi Ayako's skills on the anime version.
However, this anime is still true to its original so I'm watching it.
|2007-01-15, 14:04
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
Further to the Tanaka Rie thing, she is listed as "responsible for sound production" in the end credits, and then Magic Capsule is credited right after her for "sound production," as if she was in charge and they did it. The fact that Magic Capsule seems to be a doujin distribution group has me even more confused.
Off-topic: From what I read on Japanese Wikipedia, Tanaka Rie sounds like quite a person. She is quite beautiful, yet her manager says she is like a man. Her motto is apparently: "Never back down, never run away, never give up." Once she was groped on a train, and she grabbed the guy and dragged him off onto the platform, then shouted insults after him as he ran away. If you're interested, her blog is worth looking at. Among other things, she fills it with pics of herself cosplaying. But I didn't find any reference to sound production in a brief scan of the text.
As for Kawasumi Ayako vs. Ueno Juri, I found Ueno's acting too extreme at first, like a sort of burlesque. Kawasumi is striking a more comfortable note for me right from the start. Of course, I came to love Ueno, too. "Adorable" is right.
And as for the nickname "Nodame," I'd like someone who really knows to be more specific than just "of course you know what that means," but I think the idea is right, that people are always telling her "da-me," which means "no," or "bad," or "don't do that," or "fouled up."
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I'm glad Nodame Cantabile is getting lots of love. You know it's a good show when you watch it and at the end think, "that was too short, I wanna see more." I can't wait until next week. It's one of those shows that I'll be impatiently awaiting the follow episodes.
|2007-01-15, 15:56
|Link #84
Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
|2007-01-15, 23:22
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: singapore
Having already seen the live-action drama, I felt confident enough to watch this without subs. Am I glad I did, cause I was thus better able to appreciate the wonderful VA by Kawasumi Ayako. She really breathed life into the character.
Can't wait for Milch to appear..
|2007-01-16, 03:45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Suburban DC
Well in a fit of late night procrastination, I'll comment.
I like the first episode, great jokes and timing there of. I feel strangely drawn to the musical aspects of the story, probably because im attending a college that has a world renowned conservatory maybe. Anyways, all around solid ep and appealing to me, I think i'll stick with this one (I need something light after seeing Children of Men today, yyyeeeesssshhh)
|2007-01-16, 20:28
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Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 32
The first episode did a good job at keeping the style from the manga that made me love it so much - so of course that makes me pretty happy with the series so far, though we shall have to see how this one ends up. There's still plenty more to happen - and how it'll happen is what i'm looking forward to see.
And of course - music = Love!
|2007-01-16, 23:24
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|2007-01-17, 19:43
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 40
While on the topic of translation, I was wondering how you guys will approach the fact that Nodame has her own unique phrases such as "mukya" and "gyabo". Also, Nodame really likes to use her own name in her speech (they have a word for this but I forgot )... how do you plan to translate this? I saw C1Anime's first Nodame episode, and I have no complaint but I am just curious since her speech and unique phrases make her even more special. Thanks for subbing this by the way.
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New Centennial Exploration Exhibit at Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia to Open to the Public on October 18
Exhibit funded in part by $289,000 NEH grant
On Saturday, October 18, Please Touch Museum, the Children's Museum of Philadelphia, will open its newly renovated and expanded museum at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park and unveil its new exhibit, Centennial Exploration, to the public. Centennial Exploration celebrates the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 through the child's-eye view. The Exhibition was the first major World's Fair to be held in the United States and commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Notably, the museum's new location, Memorial Hall, is one of the last remaining structures from the Centennial Exhibition of 1876.
Please Touch Museum received $289,000 in funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) toward the production and installation of the exhibit through the Endowment's Family and Youth Programs in American History grant program, a part of the We the People program. These grants support programming that encourages intergenerational learning about and reflection on significant topics in U.S. history and culture and is tailored to youth and/or family audiences at museums, libraries, historical societies and sites, parks, and other places in the community.
"The Centennial Exploration exhibit at Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia captures an important moment in our nation's history," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. "The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the emergence of the United States as a world leader in technological innovation with the introduction of inventions such as the typewriter and telephone. Now students, families, and citizens will have an opportunity to explore the history surrounding the Fair and Memorial Hall."
Additionally, five other exhibits will be unveiled on October 18 at the public opening of Please Touch Museum: Roadside Attractions; Flight Fantasy; City Capers; River Adventures; and Wonderland—an updated version of the Alice at Please Touch Museum exhibition, which received a $220,460 NEH grant in 1998. For more information about Centennial Exploration and any of the other exhibits at Please Touch Museum, visit www.pleasetouchmuseum.org.
Please Touch Museum® is dedicated to enriching the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play. Recognized locally and nationally as one of the best children's museums, Please Touch is open Mondays-Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $15.00 for adults and children age one and over. Children under one are free. Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall, 4231 Avenue of the Republic, opens to the public on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. For more information, please call 215-581-3181, or visit www.pleasetouchmuseum.org.


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Photo: Matt Amaro, BSU at the Games
Social media is turning out to be a powerful tool in helping young journalists to practice their craft, as a group of 22 students learned when they covered the winter Olympic Games last February. The team, which also included three faculty members and one journalism alumnus who works for the Spokesman-Review, showed up in Sochi from Ball State University with not a single press credential among them. Yet over the course of a week the "BSU at the Games" freelance news agency managed to generate stories and photographs that were read, viewed and shared around the world in outlets that included the Chicago Tribune, CNN, The Huffington Post, the Colorado Springs Gazette and Indiana NBC affiliate WTHR. Here's what worked for them.
In September 2013, instructor Ryan Sparrow brought a group of his students to a national media event in Park City, UT, where they had the opportunity to meet and interview TeamUSA's athletes, giving them a taste of what lay ahead in covering the Olympics. It also allowed them to forge relationships with athletes face-to-face -- connections that they maintained via social media after the event.
The relationships came in handy when the students got to the Games. They couldn't get press credentials for Sochi, but were able to score tickets to events, giving them entry to the Olympic Park and proximity to athletes. While NBC, which broadcast the Games, had a virtual lockdown on much of the media access within the official Olympics venues, social media made athletes "much more accessible," said Sparrow. In some cases, for example, the students would use their social channels to arrange to meet up with athletes outside of official areas.
Connectivity was always a challenge during the Sochi trip. Some of the students had "international" mobile plans for connecting to the Internet, and AT&T let its customers visiting Sochi send text messages for free. Said fifth-year photography student Matt Amaro, "I was not one of those people." His solution was to try to be with someone "who was able to text." However, said Ashley Cox, a junior pursuing a degree in public relations who had an international plan, "Service was spotty."
One of the first things the group did upon arrival was to hunt down Russian SIM cards that would work with small WiFi units Sparrow had brought along. Explained Amaro, "Those helped the people who had iPhones, as we were able to iMessage and use social media on the go." Even then, however, the nine-hour time difference between Sochi and Indiana meant no friends or followers would really see the posts until hours later, tempering the urge to do real-time coverage on the spot.
"I was in charge of posting on social media and if I had a good enough connection, I posted things from the ground in real time; otherwise I waited until we were back at the ship," said Cox. (To get around the appalling hotel conditions in Sochi, the team had scored a set of rooms on a Greek cruise ship.) Even then, "Internet connectivity was scarce, but it was generally OK, because posting from the ship in the evening (6 p.m. to 2 a.m.) was business hours in the U.S." That timing, added Amaro, was when "most people back home would see our posts and respond to them."
Since the crew didn't have tickets to the opening ceremony, @bsuatthegames did live tweeting from outside the Olympic stadium during the event, covering Russian security, visitors' reactions and anything else the students could come up with to add color to their reporting. But the team also relied on peers back home who could tune into TV coverage of the ceremony, to fill in the gaps. (Although the opening ceremony took place at 11 a.m. Indiana time on Friday, February 7, it wasn't shown until later that night.)
After an article in The New York Times and an ABC interview about the "stray dogs of Sochi" went viral, BSU reporter Kourtney Cooper picked up the story and profiled a volunteer group's efforts to rescue stray dogs and cats. That one was published in USA Today College. Reporter Ryan Howe took on the topic of gays in Russia, following President Vladimir Putin's approval of a bill that classified pro-gay statements as crimes. Howe's article and Amaro's photos profiling a drag club in Sochi appeared in The Advocate and have been "liked" on Facebook more than 600 times.
Amaro was one of four photographers to make the overseas trip. He turned out to be a "stickler" when it came to tagging the photographs distributed by BSU at the Games through Instagram and Twitter, including identifying the Olympians or celebrities when those opportunities surfaced. His reasoning: When the subjects would see their pictures online, "they'd like it [and] share it. It just gets around faster."
Many of the stories, photographs and video captured during the Games were posted to BSU at the Games, a WordPress blog that acted as a public repository for some of the work done by the students. That included nine compilations of photos, 39 articles and four videos, as well as work done before the Games. These entries shared observations about food, souvenir opportunities, architecture, the Sochi locals and anything else that inspired the students. That same site acted as a clearinghouse for stateside clients seeking unique Olympics coverage for their sites or pages. It also promoted the news service by providing contact information for its media relations managers, two public relations students who helped the journalists find mainstream homes for their content.
Posting BSU at the Games content to Facebook (1,303 likes), Twitter (1,353 followers), Instagram (375 followers) and Pinterest (16 followers) allowed fans to stay in touch no matter which social site they preferred. All of the content from Pinterest was pulled from Instagram, and much of the material from Twitter and Facebook were shared at both sites. The Instagram feed, said Sparrow, turned out to be the "best social media outlet."
The original idea, recalled Sparrow, was to use the Facebook channel as a "behind-the-scenes look" at what was happening with the Russia group; Twitter was going to be used as a way to promote the team's content. "But the end result was a bit mixed in that way," he mused. "Finding a voice on our social media outlets has probably been one of the biggest challenges we've had, and I don't feel like we've done it quite right yet. When you are both acting as a promoter of your content as well as tweeting about events happening or other news, the voices can be mixed."
Also, Sparrow wishes the group had been able to do more with micro-video app Vine, since media clients had expressed interest in content posted there to help them "beef up what they were trying to do with social media." That just highlights "the need to have a rock-solid social media plan and voice before leaping in," he said.
When their time in Russia was over and everybody was ready to head home, the students and faculty did what came naturally to them by that time: They created a video and posted it to YouTube (and the official news agency blog) to thank people who helped make the trip possible.
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Missouri School Lunch Lady Fired for Giving Free Lunches to Needy Student
Given the time of year, you might think that helping the needy would be encouraged. But that's not what happened when 60-year-old school cafeteria worker Dianne Brame gave free lunches to a student who couldn't afford them. Instead, she was fired.


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Vim::Debug::Manual - Integrate the Perl debugger with Vim
What is VimDebug?
VimDebug integrates the Perl debugger with Vim, allowing developers to visually step through their code, examine variables, set or clear breakpoints, etc.
VimDebug is known to work under Unix/Ubuntu/OSX. It requires Perl 5.FIXME or later and some CPAN modules may need to be installed. It also requires Vim 7.FIXME or later that was built with the +signs and +perl extensions.
How do I install VimDebug?
VimDebug has a Perl component and a Vim component. The Vim component happens to be supplied with the Perl component.
The Perl component, Vim::Debug, can be obtained from CPAN. A simple way to install it is to use cpanminus's
cpanm program. First, install
curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo App::cpanminus
Then, install VimDebug's Perl files:
cpanm Vim::Debug
To install the Vim component, execute the following program, which was installed with the Perl component:
vimdebug-install -d ~/.vim
You may want to replace
~/.vim by some other directory that your Vim recognizes as a runtimepath directory. See Vim's
:help 'runtimepath' for more information.
Finally, launch Vim and install and read the Vim help file, which describes how to use VimDebug:
:helptags ~/.vim/doc
:help VimDebug
Make sure that the directory where that
doc directory resides is in your Vim runtimepath, else Vim won't find its help information even if it manages to build the help index.
Improving VimDebug
VimDebug is on github: https://github.com/kablamo/VimDebug.git
To do development work on VimDebug, clone its git repo and read ./documentation/DEVELOPER.
In principle, the VimDebug code can be extended to handle other debuggers, like the one for Ruby or Python, but that remains to be done.
Please note that this code is in beta.
Eric Johnson <kablamo at iijo dot nospamthanks dot org>
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This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.


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The National Minimum Wage and Living Wage
The minimum wage a worker should get depends on their age and if they're an apprentice.
The National Minimum Wage is the minimum pay per hour almost all workers are entitled to. The National Living Wage is higher than the National Minimum Wage - workers get it if they're over 25.
It does not matter how small an employer is, they still have to pay the correct minimum wage.
Use the minimum wage calculator to check if the correct minimum wage has been paid.
Workers can check if:
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Employers can check if:
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Chris Brown has deleted his account on Twitter.com after becoming embroiled in a foul-mouthed war of words with a comedy writer on Sunday.
Jenny Johnson took aim at Brown over his infamous 2009 fight with then-girlfriend Rihanna, who was left bloody and bruised after their altercation.
Brown had told his followers he looked "old as f—," prompting Johnson to reply, "I know! Being a worthless piece of s— can really age a person."
The furious singer reacted by making an offensive reference to a sex act and branding Johnson a "hoe" but the writer hit back, "It's 'HO' not 'HOE' you ignorant f—."
Brown carried on his explicit rant against Johnson, who posted a link detailing his fight with Rihanna – to which the singer replied, "Just ask Rihanna if she (is) mad??????"
Bringing the war of words to an end, Johnson wrote, "Okay. I'm done. All I got from that exchange with Chris Brown is that he wants to s— and fart on me," while Brown told his fans, "To teambreezy… Know that I'm not upset. Just felt like entertaining the ignorance. These b— (are) crazy."
However, Brown's page then vanished from Twitter and could not be accessed on Monday, sparking speculation the singer has closed his account.


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Mr. Colby wrote:Given the type of league this is, with the extensive farm system and contracts and stuff like that, there should be no limit whatsoever on regular DL spots.
Mr. Colby wrote:There needs to be a definite rulebook in place prior to the start of next season's draft/buyouts/farm signings
Mr. Colby wrote:I've never been in this close of a Roto league... a couple days ago 4 teams were within 6 points.
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When To Consider Water Treatment
Water is mostly taken for granted. Yet, as beneficial as water might be, it can wreak havoc in your home. Rust stains, lime-encrusted appliances, spotted dishes and glassware, corroded plumbing can all be attributed to the power of poor quality water. There are easy solutions to prevent damages caused by poor quality water. Choosing the right company and products to treat your water makes the difference between being able to take your water for granted and tireless water headaches and problems.
When do you need water treatment?
- If you enjoy the highest quality drinking water
- If you have black, brown or orange staining around your faucets, sinks and toilets
- If you have white scaly residue on your fixtures
- If you have foul odors or tastes
- If you have over-dry skin or hair
- If your copper pipes turn green or you get pinhole leaks in your copper plumbing
- If you have bacteria or other contaminants in your water
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xmlstarlet (command line xml tool)
XMLStarlet is a command line XML toolkit that can be used to
transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using
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Keywords: xml,cli,xsl,stylesheet,validation
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Mission Statement
The Office of Facilities Services primary goal is the creation and maintenance of a physical environment conducive to the learning process. Well maintained and quality facilities are vital to the college's mission and help to enrich the college life of our students. The Office of Facilities Services' staff members are committed to providing quality facilities that enhance the educational experience of Barnard College students and contribute to the continued growth of the college community.
Hours of Operation
The Office of Facilities Services is located in Barnard Hall Rm 105 M and is staffed Monday - Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Facilities Services Mechanics are on duty 24 hours - 7 days/week. to monitor our operating equipment and to respond to emergencies.
Emergency Procedures
The Office of Facilities Services considers any event that endangers the life, health, or safety of a person or possible damage to college property as an emergency condition. These conditions may include flood, water pipe breakage, steam leak, electrical short or exposed wiring, rodent infestation, excessive trash accumulations, darkened stairwells, etc. During the normal work week hours ( Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.), a report of an emergency condition should be directed to our office at 4-2041 .
At all other times (Monday - Sunday, 5 p.m - 8 a.m.), reports of an emergency condition should be made to the Campus Security Office at 4-3362. Security will in turn notify the appropriate Facilities Watch Mechanic on duty. The Watch Mechanic is expected to assess the nature of the emergency, the level of response required and notify the appropriate Facilities Unit Manager. The Facilities Unit Manager is responsible for notifying the Director and obtaining authorization for emergency response expenditures (overtime, Supplies, etc.). The Director shall in turn notify senior management (President, Vice Presidents, Provost or Departmental Chair) as deemed necessary.
Request for Service
Request for service(s) should be submitted utilizing the electronic Work Order form located on my.barnard.edu under Student Services tab for students then select Facilities workorder under myhousing and dining on the right. For administrators the workorder form link is under myFacilities and Public Safety on the right. The Work Order Request form should list the requester, department, location and a brief, but clear description of the service being requested. The Work Order should also note any special conditions (i.e. deadline, dangerous materials, limited hours for access, etc.)
Key and Lock Policy
The Office of Facilities Services is charged with the responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the College's key and locking system. A stratified master keying system has been developed to provide security and flexibility in key production and core replacement. A detailed database of all individual door locks and keys issued is maintained. Only college authorized locks or padlocks are permitted to be installed on college doors. No individual or department is permitted to install any separate lock, door hardware or security device on a college door. Installation of lock and/or door hardware may only be performed by the appropriate trade under the auspices of the Office of Facilities Services. It is recognized that unauthorized access into certain spaces, labs or offices may compromise critical research or very expensive or sensitive equipment. In such cases, The Office of Facilities Services will assist the department or office with the installation of a restricted second lock.
New or Additional Keys
Keys may be requested by member s of the Barnard Community utilizing a written or electronic Facilities Work Request signed by the Departmental chair or Administrative head. The Departmental Chair or Administrative Head is the only individual authorized to approve the issuance of a key(s) for an area within their control. Keys will be made by the Facilities Locksmith upon the receipt of a signed and approved Work Request. The Facilities office will notify the staff member requesting a key when the key is available and will require that they sign a signature card acknowledging receipt of the key. College staff members are responsible for all keys issued for their use and must surrender their college issued keys whenever separated from the College's employ.
Lost Keys
The loss of a key, while an inconvenience to an individual, poses a potential theft and safety hazard to the college community. It is requested that in the event of the loss of a key, the department or administrative head immediately notify the Office of Campus Safety. The Office of Facilities Services will in such cases either issue new keys or change the core as needed. A fee for new keys ($5.00) or re - coring ($25.00) a space will be charged.
Access to Occupied Spaces
It is the policy of the College not to provide access to any area without the express consent of the occupants. In the event of an emergency condition, Facilities and /or Campus Safety are authorized to gain access to any college space. The Animal Lab, Library, Food Services, Computer Centers and numerous Science and Research Labs are considered spaces of critical or special concern. In the event of an emergency condition within these or any college areas or space, Facilities and/or Campus Safety reserves the right to enter the affected college space(s). A reasonable attempt shall first be made to inform the Department or Program prior to emergency entry. Following any such emergency entry, a written report will be issued to the areas occupant and appropriate department or administrative head and the Vice President of Administration. College staff members who need access to any room or area during off hours or because of forgotten keys should contact the Security Office.
Energy Management
The Office of Facilities Services is committed to a program of energy conservation. Successful energy conservation requires the cooperation of the entire Barnard College community. You can assist in conserving energy by closing windows and turning off computers at the end of the working day, turning off all lights in unoccupied areas and reporting leaking pipes and faucets to Facilities Services .
In order to maintain a healthy, year round environment, temperatures will be maintained in a range of 68 to 72 degrees during regular operating hours under normal weather conditions. Since our buildings vary in size, design, age, and condition, some variance from target temperatures is to be expected. If temperatures fall out of this range, it should be reported to Facilities Services.
Trash Recycling
The College has implemented a trash recycling program in compliance full with New York City regulations. Recycling containers are located throughout the buildings in corridors and office spaces. Custodial staff collects all recyclable materials for disposal. All members of the Barnard College community is requested to recycle white paper, glass, plastics, computer paper and utilize the appropriate container
Persistent or Unresolved Problems
It is the goal of Office of Facilities Services to discharge its duties in a timely, courteous and professional manner. In some instances, despite our best efforts, a member of the community may be displeased with the service received. Should this occur, the appropriate course of action would be to speak to the Facilities Unit Supervisor and seek a resolution. If no resolution is forthcoming or the problem persists, please document the situation providing as much information as possible and call the Facilities Office at Ext. 4-2041. Ask to speak to a Manager, relating to your concerns.


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Plants of the Chesapeake Bay
In Plants of the Chesapeake Bay, John Hopkins University Press has just published what I consider the most comprehensive and well-illustrated field guide. Lytton John Musselman and David A. Knepper's 217-page book has outstanding color pictures and descriptions of wildflowers, grasses, aquatic vegetation, trees, shrubs and other flora. It also organizes the plants in communities within the Bay region.
The communities include hyper-salinity, maritime, brackish and freshwater habitats. Within these habitats, plants are identified as floating leaf plants, submerged plants, herbaceous plants, grass-like plants, woody vines, trees and shrubs.
In Chapter 1, a map identifies the salinity values throughout the Bay so we can easily see plant communities of interest.
Distance photographs help us identify plant colonies as seen from afar. The many close-up photographs and descriptions enable us to correctly identify each plant. For each species, the authors provide information on habitat and alert us to possible confusions between plants of similar appearance. The text for each species also provides information on wildlife and ecological value and in many instances human value.
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The Storyline... Sacred Heart snapped their three-game losing streak on Saturday with the 74-59 win over Long Island Univerity Brooklyn. With the victory, the Pioneers remain undefeated in conference play this season. The Terriers' story is a tad bit different. St. Francis has yet to win an NEC game this year, and only has one win in its 14 games, againt the Columbia Lions 48-44
The Series...The Pioneers lead the all-time series against the Terriers 19-9 with most of St. Francis (NY)'s wins being before the teams went Division I. The last time Sacred Heart lost to St. Francis (NY) was on Feb. 13, 2010 by one point, 64-63. In the last three meetings, the Pioneers have outscored the Terriers by an average of 22 points.
Scouting the Terriers... St. Francis comes into Monday's game having only won one game this season, beating Columbia 48-44 back in November. Opponents are outscoring the Terriers by an average of 14.7 points. Rookies Jaymee Veney and Jessica Kaufman lead the team in scoring averaging 9.6 and 9.2 points per game respectively. In the three conference games the Terriers have played this year, Veney is averagaing 12.7 ppg. She also leads with 5.5 rebounds per game.
Gabby's Gettin' It Done...Against Long Island Brooklyn on Saturday, Gabrielle Washington put 21 points on the board shooting 70% (7-10) from the field. The rookie is an offensive force having only three games without double-digit points. She is averaging 12.2 points per game and a 45.9 field goal percentage. The guard lit up the scoreboard with a career-high 24 points in the win against Cal Poly on December 11. Because of her hot hands, Washington has been named the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week three times this season, including the first two weeks of the season.


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Additive Functions
I've got internet access again, but I'm busy with a few things today, like assembling my furniture. Luckily, Tim Gowers has a post on "How to use Zorn's lemma". His example is the construction of additive (not linear) functions from to itself.
In practice, as he points out, this is equivalent to defining linear functions (not just additive) from to itself, if we're considering as a vector space over the field of rational numbers! This is a nifty little application within the sort of stuff we've been doing lately, and it really explains how we used Zorn's Lemma when we showed that every vector space has a basis.
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Re: earlier pi nonsense
I don't mean offend your mathematical sensibilities
I'm was asking doesn't something have to be falsifiable to be knowledge? And don't you need some way to measure things to falsify them? I just thought Pi would be that unit. I guess it can be any arbitrary constant. I was just trying to think of something independent of the number system itself which is how I ended up with Pi.
I wasn't trying to make an assertion, but ask a question. But I guess was expecting not just a yes or no, but also some alternative explanation for the basis of knowledge.
I meant it as a thought experiment, sorry if caused too much exacerbation. Even worse than philosophy, I come from economics, where everything is wrong and concept is more important than accuracy.
Again, sorry for the heckling from the peanut gallery I get carried away sometimes.
Comment by Kurt Osis | August 13, 2008 |
I guess that is over my head. The relationship is dependent on the number system? I always thought, you know, if aliens imagined a circle regardless of their number system they would still have pi? if they don't understand circles they're going to have real trouble reading the plaque we put on Pioneer then.
Ok well, i've given up, i've concluded knowledge doesn't exist.
Comment by Kurt Osis | August 13, 2008 |
Kurt's error is based on the thought that Pi is only about circles. Historically, that is how it was found millennia ago, by empirical measurement of round objects in physical space. Then abstracted by Archimedes as the limit of a series of circle approximations as polygons. Then as an abstract mathematical object which emerges from hundreds or thousands of different mathematical processes. His question is not stupid, merely naive, and can be cured by more reading and thought and working out of examples. At the deeper level, it is a philosophical category error to confuse "truth" and "proof" in the empirical world (science, engineering, technology) with "truth" and "Proof" in the axiomatic world. Let alone with "truth" and "proof" in the aesthetic, politico-legal, or revealed/religious magesteria. I do not denigrate naive questions. Great thinkers such as Feynman and EInstein excelled at asking them, and finding novel answers.
Comment by Jonathan Vos Post | August 14, 2008 |
There's one thing I'm not and that's pseudo-mystical. (that is to say, I don't accept other people's nonsense, but accidentally stumble into creating my own nonsense to ignorance) I have one real question. What is knowledge, and when can it be said to exist and not exist.
In math I can far to ignorant to distinguish between cause and effect and coincidence. You point out when I am wrong, but you don't explain how you arrive at your conclusions, so I am forced to accept assertions as fact. But being a very skeptical I am loathe to do so. I would very enjoy to learn how you think and what is wrong with my nonsense. I just wish you would explain it.
"pi is far from independent of the number system. It is what it is exactly because of the way the real number system is structured."
I have no idea what that statement means.
I just started reading "What is Mathematics" http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Elementary-Approach-Ideas-Methods/dp/0195105192
Maybe by the time I get to the end I will understand.
Comment by Kurt Osis | August 15, 2008 |
sorry the typos above, should read:
"…my own nonsense [due] to ignorance…"
"In math I [am] far [too] ignorant…"
"I would very [much] enjoy…"
Comment by Kurt Osis | August 15, 2008 |
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Foley's grieving parents spoke with reporters for more than an hour outside their home, telling reporters their son had wanted to "bear witness to all the suffering."
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Foley, 40, of Rochester, N.H., was taken prisoner in Syria in November 2012 while on assignment for the Global Post, an online news site. Sotloff, a Miami native, has been missing in Syria since August 2013. He wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, Time magazine and other publications.
Amid worldwide revulsion over Foley's execution, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the masked, black-clad Islamic State fighter who killed Foley appeared to be one of up to 400 Britons estimated to have joined the terrorist group.
"We have not identified the individual but it looks increasingly likely that it is a British citizen," Cameron told reporters after breaking from a vacation to return to London to consult with his top aides on the Iraq crisis. "This is deeply shocking. We know that far too many British citizens have traveled to Iraq and traveled to Syria to take part in extremism."
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British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond acknowledged in a BBC interview that the executioner spoke with an English accent, but he said more analysis of the video was required.
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Matthew Schofield contributed to this report from Berlin. McClatchy special correspondent Mousab Alhamadee contributed from Istanbul.


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So I'm working on my enormous Norman family and going back through the whole bunch to find as many marriage records as I can in FamilySearch Record Search's Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 database. Which is a lot of marriage records. I am having flashbacks to a long weekend spent when I first found the Texas Death Certificate database there (talk about a crick in the neck!).
One of the pleasant surprises in the images of these records is that, when the groom was under the age of 21 and/or the bride was under the age of 18, a parent or guardian had to give written permission for the child to get married, and these "permission slips" are often included in the record books. The down side is that they often cover part of all of the marriage documents (Bond for Marriage License, Affidavit, Marriage License, Certificate of Marriage, and Certificate of Record). Still, it's nice to see relatives' handwriting and how they phrased their permission.
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Note on marriage records of Cleo Pennington and Helen Norman:
"Meyers, Ark.
Nov. 7 - 45
To whom it may concern this is to certify that we W.D. Norman and Irene Norman has given our consent for Helen Norman marriage to Cleo Pennington.
Yours truly
W.D. Norman
Irene Norman"
Note on marriage records of Odis Norman and Eula Mae Kinsey
"I agree for my son Odis Norman to get his married
August 20, 1938
Wiley Norman and Gertie Norman"
Note on marriage records of Cecil Tackett and Validee Norman:
Bonnerdale, Ark.
Feb. 1, 1943
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that we, Joe Tackett and Effie Tackett, the parents of Cecil Tackett, do hereby give our consent to the marriage of Cecil Tackett to Validee Norman.
(Mother) Effie Tackett
(Father) Joe Tackett"
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Transcription Tuesday: Arkansas Marriages and "Permission Slips"
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Very neat, but why would they cover the rest of the document? That doesn't seem to make any sense to me. It's wonderful you are finding some many that belong to your family. Happy Hunting! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Lori - it's a great database plus there are tons of Normans and related families, so a lot of these are turning up.ReplyDelete
My mother had to sign for me to be able to marry at 17. All these years later I don't recall what she had to sign. Was there a form or did she simply write a note like these?ReplyDelete
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