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Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionSunriver Condos
Listing Date12/05/18
Year Built1981
Lot Size0.04 Acres (1,742 SqFt)
Property Description
Move right in to this turn-key, spacious two-bedroom, south-facing condo featuring 9-foot ceilings, wood-burning fireplace, sun room, new carpet and paint, new tile floors, and updated appliances and bathrooms. The complex offers covered, assigned parking, swimming pool and on-site management. Located on the Highway 6 bus route to Vail or Avon.
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About EagleVail
Situated between two world-class ski resorts, the community of EagleVail is one of the valley's most prime locations in terms of access. With an 18-hole golf course, par 3 golf course, tennis courts, community pool, hiking and biking trails, sporting fields, a community garden, local restaurants and more, this community has something for everyone. EagleVail serves as a basecamp for families, second-home owners and adventurous thrill-seekers alike. Wave hello to your neighbors on an evening stroll around the golf course, hang out at the community pool or ski home from Beaver Creek — whatever lifestyle you're looking for, EagleVail delivers the perfect setting for it. Real estate in the community includes a healthy mix of condominiums, townhomes, duplexes and single-family homes. In EagleVail, neighbors hang out together at the community garden, driving range, Turkey Trot or the pool. EagleVail is also just a bike ride away from Vail, Avon and Edwards, and multiple county bus stops in the neighborhood provide easy shuttle service to anywhere in the valley. With its commercial and residential zones, adjacent National Forest lands, beautiful green spaces thanks to the golf course and other pocket parks, EagleVail features alpine living without sacrificing any conveniences. It's also a community that offers pricing from entry-level to luxury buyers.
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- 3 cups diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup diced white onion
- 2 medium jalapeños, seeded and minced
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup beer
- 1 1/2 pounds cod, tilapia or similar white fish fillets
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- 1/4 to 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 12 fresh stone-ground corn tortillas
- 3 cups finely shredded cabbage
- 1 -- ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and cut into slices
- 3 limes, cut into wedges
- To prepare salsa fresca, combine all ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- To prepare white sauce, mix ingredients until blended. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- To prepare beer batter, mix flour with salt, oregano, dry mustard, garlic salt and pepper. Using a whisk, stir beer into flour mixture until blended.
- To prepare tacos, rinse fish and pat dry. Cut fillets into twelve 1-by-5-inch pieces. Pour vegetable oil into a deep skillet to a depth of 3 to 4 inches. Heat to 350F.
- Place 1/4 cup flour in shallow bowl. Coat fish with flour. Dip fish into batter and coat all sides. Place several pieces of fish in a single layer in hot oil. Cook about 4 minutes or until batter is crispy and golden brown. Repeat with remaining fish.
- Heat corn tortillas lightly in a skillet until soft and hot.
- To assemble, layer a fish fillet, white sauce, salsa, avocado and cabbage on each tortilla. Top with a squeeze of lime. Fold tortilla over to serve.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A mother will be reunited with her newborn son after losing him twice, first to a kidnapper and then to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him.
Yair Anthony Carillo is no longer in state custody and authorities do not believe parents Maria Gurrolla and Jose Carillo were involved in the abduction, the Department of Children's Services and the Nashville police said Tuesday.
Maria Gurrolla lost custody of Yair and his three siblings after the baby was found safe in Alabama. Two officials familiar with the case, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the state took the children after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell the baby.
Thomas Miller, an attorney appointed to represent the children, told The Associated Press that police informed child welfare officials Tuesday they had "cleared the parents of any wrongdoing."
"The kids will be returned as soon as logistically possible," Miller said.
Gurrolla and Carillo could not immediately be located for comment.
Ala. woman charged
The baby was found Friday, three days after he was abducted during a Sept. 29 knife attack on his mother in her home. Gurrolla was briefly reunited with the infant Saturday before Children's Services put him and his siblings, ages 3, 9 and 11, in foster care for their safety. Department officials have declined to be more specific, citing privacy concerns for the family.
Tammy Renee Silas, 39, of Ardmore, Ala., was charged with kidnapping after authorities said they found the baby at her home about 80 miles south of Nashville.
Silas has not been charged in the attack on Gurrolla, who was stabbed several times and suffered a collapsed lung.
The police statement says "significant unanswered questions remain" in the case, including why Gurrolla and her infant were targeted.
No motive released
Silas, who remained in custody Tuesday, waived an initial hearing and has not yet appeared in court. She has given a statement to investigators, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm, who declined to detail what she said.
Gurrolla told investigators she had never seen the woman who stabbed her. According to the arrest warrant, Gurrolla was targeted while she and a cousin, identified only as "JS," were running errands and visiting a state food assistance office.
A car that police said Silas rented was seen on a surveillance video following Gurrolla before the attack, and the car rental information led police to her home.
Police have not released a motive, but Silas' live-in boyfriend, Martin Rodriguez, told The Associated Press that she said she could not have children and wanted to adopt a child from a relative in Texas who was going to jail.
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Hi TurboTech. I had downloaded TurboCAD Deluxe 19.0 it ran fine for several months then when updating to 19.1 my anti virus "found" a trojan and took out the "TurboCADDeluxe19.msi" file so I can't update, repair, uninstall, or reinstall. I've tried tech and customer support without success and feel I need to do a full manual uninstall and then a full 100% clean install. Can you give me the proceedure for doing this? I can't get past the program still being on the drive as it won't be over written.
Did you by any chance get two serial numbers, sometimes one gets a serial for basic and that has to be put in first, then a second for platinum once basic is working. doesn't always happen, (this time I only got one - last two version I got 2) Failing that, I think you will need to contact IMSI support for a new serial, (or sales may be quicker if you've only just purchased it).https://www.turbocad.com/content/turbocad-windows
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Alan Travis Beimfohr, 67, of Newport Beach, California, passed away peacefully at home on April 17, 2012, surrounded by his devoted wife Linda, his loving children Alison, Nick and Kurt, and his brother Ed.
Alan was born on January 4, 1945 in Ft. Riley, Kansas to Casper VanDyke Beimfohr and Dorothy Hood Beimfohr. He spent his childhood in Michigan, Arizona and Florida. After high school, he was awarded an academic scholarship to Cornell University, where he earned a BS degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering in 1966. Upon graduation, Alan accepted a job from Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Illinois, which subsequently brought him to Southern California. He left Caterpillar to join Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. in 1972 where he worked for seventeen years, attaining the position of Vice President.
In 1988, Alan co-founded Canterbury Capital Services with Garth Flint, Kenneth Kreuger and D. Robinson Cluck, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer. Ten years later, in 1998, Alan co-founded Knightsbridge Asset Management, a portfolio management company, with John Prichard. During the following decade, Knightsbridge grew its assets under management to over $1,000,000,000.
Alan is former President of the Cornell Alumni Association of Southern California. Additionally, Alan served on the Advisory Council to the Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan MFE program. In 2011, the Alan T. and Linda M. Beimfohr Lecture Series was established at Cornell to recognize the importance of religious life at a non-sectarian university. Alan also served on the Investment Committee of the U.C. Irvine Foundation.
Alan and Linda attended St. Matthew's Anglican Catholic Church wherein Alan led the Architectural Committee in designing their church located on 2800 Old Ford Road, Newport Beach.
Alan loved classical music and is former Chairman of the Board of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. Alan was selected by the Philharmonic Board of Directors to receive its highest honor, the Golden Baton Award, for his steadfast leadership during their most challenging times. Both Alan and Linda were enthusiastic supporters of the arts in Orange County and are Esterhazy Patrons.
Alan loved Germany and German stamp collecting. His collection was extensive and one of a kind, and was sold in Stuttgart, Germany in 2011.
Alan leaves behind his wife Linda M. Beimfohr, his three children Alison B. Stanley, Nicholas E. Beimfohr and Kurt E. Beimfohr, his brother and sister-in-law Carl Edward Beimfohr and Rebecca Baca-Beimfohr of Timonium, Maryland , his son-in-law Shawn M. Stanley, daughter-in-law Jill P. Beimfohr, and his five grandchildren Haley (14), Lauren (4), Chloe (4), Trevor (2) and Hudson (1).
Visitation will be held at Pacific View Memorial Park Main Chapel at 3500 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Monday, April 23.
A Requiem Mass will be held at St. Matthew's Church at 2300 Ford Road, Newport Beach at 10:00am on Tuesday, April 24. At approximately 12 noon, a gathering to share reflections about Alan will be held at Pacific View Main Chapel, after the St. Matthew's service, with burial following.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution in honor of Alan T. Beimfohr to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for prostate cancer research. To make a gift, please visit https://www.mdanderson.org/gifts or send it to P.O. Box 4486, Houston, Texas 77210.
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Carson City Public Works
Storm Water & Flood Plain Management Program
Storm Water Management Program
The Carson City Public Works' Storm Water Management Program division focuses on two areas: Floodplain Management and Storm Water Quality.
Floodplain Management
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which works closely with private insurance companies to offer flood insurance. In 1968, Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to help provide a means for property owners to financially protect themselves.
Since standard homeowners' insurance does not cover flooding, it is important to have protection from floods associated with heavy rains, melting snow, or other conditions that impact the City.
The NFIP offers flood insurance to homeowners, renters, and business owners if their community participates in the NFIP. Participating communities agree to adopt and enforce ordinances that meet or exceed FEMA requirements to reduce the risk of flooding.
The National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) is a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed the minimum NFIP requirements.
As a result, flood insurance premium rates are discounted to reflect the reduced flood risk resulting from the community actions meeting the three goals of the CRS: (1) Reduce flood damage to insurable property; (2) Strengthen and support the insurance aspects of the NFIP, and (3) Encourage a comprehensive approach to floodplain management.
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Storm Water Quality
Stormwater runoff is generated when precipitation from rain and snow-melt events flows over land or impervious surfaces and does not percolate into the ground. As the runoff flows over the land or impervious surfaces (paved streets, parking lots, and building rooftops), it accumulates debris, chemicals, sediment or other pollutants that could adversely affect water quality if the runoff is discharged untreated. The primary method to control stormwater discharges is the use of best management practices (BMPs). The quality of the nation's waters are protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Phase I of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) storm water program provided permit coverage to medium and large municipal separated storm sewer systems (MS4s) generally serving population of 100,000 or greater, construction activity disturbing 5 acres of land or greater, and ten additional categories of industrial activity. Phase II of the EPA storm water program expands the Phase I program by requiring additional operators of MS4s in urbanized areas and operators of small construction sites, to implement programs and practices to control polluted storm water runoff.
Carson City has developed, implemented and enforced a storm water management program designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from the MS4 to the maximum extent practicable (MEP), to protect water quality and to satisfy the appropriate water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act.
The Nevada Department of Environmental Protection (NDEP) requirements for a small MS4 General Permit include the six minimum control measures included in the EPA Phase II NPDES program and special conditions for discharges to water quality impaired water. The six measures are Public Education and Outreach, Public Participation and Involvement, Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination, Construction Site Runoff Control, and Post-Construction Runoff Control.
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Electronystagmography is a test that looks at eye movements to see how well two nerves in the brain are working. These nerves are:
Patches called electrodes, are placed above, below, and on each side of your eyes. They may be sticky patches or attached to a headband. Another patch is attached to the forehead.
The health care provider will deliver cold water or air into each ear at separate times. The patches record eye movements that occur when the inner ear and nearby nerves are stimulated by the water or air. When cold water enters the ear, you should have rapid, side-to-side eye movements called nystagmus.
Next, warm water or air is placed into the ear. The eyes should now move rapidly toward the warm water then slowly away.
Patients may also be asked to use their eyes to track objects, such as flashing lights or moving lines.
The test takes about 90 minutes.
No preparation is necessary. Check with your health care provider if you are taking any medications.
There is minimal discomfort. You may find cold water in the ear uncomfortable. Brief dizziness (vertigo) may occur during the test.
The test is used to determine whether a balance or nerve disorder is the cause of dizziness or vertigo.
Your doctor may order this test if you have dizziness or vertigo, impaired hearing, or suspected damage to the inner ear from certain medications.
Distinct involuntary eye movements should occur after the warm or cold water or air is placed into your ears.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Abnormal results may be a sign of damage to the nerve of the inner ear or other parts of the brain that control eye movements.
Any disease or injury that damages the acoustic nerve can cause vertigo. This may include:
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:
Excessive water pressure inside the ear can injure a previously damaged eardrum, but this rarely occurs. The water part of this test should not be done if your eardrum has been perforated recently, because this can lead to an ear infection.
Electronystagmography is a better test than simply watching the eyes after flushing warm or cold water into the ears. It can record movements behind closed eyelids or with the head in a variety of positions.
Griggs RC, Jozefowicz RF, Aminoff MJ. Approach to the patient with neurologic disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier. 2007: chap 418.
Sanders DB, Howard JF Jr. Neuro-otology: laboratory investigations in diagnosis and management of neuro-otological disorders. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 40.
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Every year industry analysts formally put their reputation on the line and make predictions for the next 12 months. This post aims to summarise their views in one place – I recommend you click on the links by each post if you want to read more detail.
And for a bit of fun, why don't you also compare how they did last year on this post
Firms included are: Irregular Enterprise, Gartner, Ovum, CCS Insight, Nucleus Research, HfS, Infotrends, Quocirca, IHS Screen Digest, Forrester
(In my opinion, this list is the most accurate)
- 2011 will be like 2010 only more so.
- Collaboration will be big. Somewhere.
- It will be increasingly cloudy. Especially in Manchester, north west England where they get 300 days of rain a year. Elsewhere, the IT media will be buried in cloudy press releases.
- Industry analysts wont revisit their 2010 predictions without massaging what they said before. Almost nobody will notice except those who keep an eye on quantitative analyses and call bull on the numbers.
- Industry analysts that got more than 10% of their predictions right will crow over their ability to predict the future. Nobody else will care.
- Industry analysts will make bold predictions for 2011 based on their current research agendas. Vendors whose offerings align will sign away millions in wasted 'research.'
- Software will conclusively prove that cows are the biggest contributors to greenhouse gases. The ensuing bovine cull will ensure population starvation on a massive scale thus solving our climate change issues. Those flogging carbon solutions will be put out of business.
- Someone will insert an RSS enabled RFID device into Mark Zuckerberg's rectum so that we all get to know what he really thinks about privacy. As a result, Zuck will have to endure a TSA pat down but will opt to be processed in a private area. That won't prevent any of us from knowing what's going on while enterprise security experts study the resultant data stream with interest.
- Social business consultants will win huge government contracts – to be executed from padded cells over the next 25 years. People like me will be relieved that the madness of social business has been correctly allocated the appropriate resources.
- Social media will suffer a backlash (oops – it's already happened but the social media mavens didn't notice. This is just to keep them up to speed.)
Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2011 and Beyond
- By 2015, a G20 nation's critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by online sabotage.
- By 2015, new revenue generated each year by IT will determine the annual compensation of most new Global 2000 CIOs.
- By 2015, information-smart businesses will increase recognized IT spending per head by 60 per cent.
- By 2015, tools and automation will eliminate 25 per cent of labor hours associated with IT services.
- By 2015, 20 per cent of non-IT Global 500 companies will be cloud service providers.
- By 2014, 90 per cent of organizations will support corporate applications on personal devices.
- By 2013, 80 per cent of businesses will support a workforce using tablets.
- By 2015, 10 per cent of your online "friends" will be nonhuman.
The top ten enterprise IT trends for 2011
Security, cloud services and sustainability will be three of the most important trends in enterprise IT in 2011, according to Ovum.
- Security – Security continues to be high on the IT agenda as the number of threats to businesses increases rapidly.
- Data management – Data management will be a key area due to the sheer volumes now passing through enterprises.
- Business analytics – Business analytics will remain an important tool for organisations that want to differentiate themselves from the competition in 2011
- Mobility – In IT management, the mobility challenge in 2011 will be to embrace the new technology while developing a strategy that maintains a balance between user preference and productivity and corporate security and compliance.
- Data centre transformation – The role of the data centre is witnessing a dramatic shift as the cloud computing era heralds a new dawn in the delivery of IT services in 2011.
- Cloud services – Cloud computing will continue to grow steadily in 2011.
- Collaboration – To cater for changes in work practices, an integrated approach to collaboration is needed which includes social networking and video conferencing.
- Sustainability – New opportunities will continue to emerge in 2011 which allow organisations to work in a more environmentally-friendly way.
- IT financial management – The CIO should talk the language of business and put in place better IT financial management in 2011.
- Context-aware computing – In 2011, CIOs should be looking to instrumentation, metering and wireless technologies to play a significant role in providing the context which can lead to automated business processes and increased productivity.
CCS Insight Predictions for 2011 and Beyond
(full summary can be downloaded here)
- Apple buys TomTom.
- Huawei's Ideos brand will enter the top five manufacturers by 2015.
- Nintendo will launch "DS Mobile", a connected portable gaming device, by 2012.
- 3D becomes a major theme on mobile devices in 2011 but mobile 3D displays flatter to deceive.
- In 2012 Apple unveils the "iScreen", a connected screen for the home.
- Tablets will fail to live up to the hype.
- Facebook buys Skype and launches a calling service within its mobile applications.
- Concern grows over addiction to mobile devices, particularly among the under-25s.
- Operators will focus on speed and quality of service rather than number of gigabytes when marketing mobile data.
- Operators will pay subsidies based on the data efficiency of a software platform, favouring BlackBerry over iOS and Android.
- Chrome OS becomes a "problem child" for Google
- MeeGo's early successes will not come from mobile phones.
Nucleus Research Technology Predictions
- Oracle and IBM are the last ones standing, going head-to-head after enterprise software partners and/or acquisitions.
- Microsoft needs an inspiring visionary or a tactical general. Steve Ballmer should go.
- Smaller vendors with specialized expertise that deliver value to customers continue to thrive.
- Google needs to actually finish products and not just gravitate to the next big thing.
- HP needs to get beyond boardroom scuffles and define itself in the modern software world.
- SAP will shrink as companies now have credible alternatives (Oracle, NetSuite, and others).
- Politicians are out of touch with the realities of IT. The cloud enables white-collar workers to work anywhere, allowing smart companies to seek locales with low taxes and overhead.
- No more social networking nonsense, as organizations move employees away from social sites at work.
- The cloud changes everything – still. Companies large and small are taking advantage of the economic and environmental advantages of developing and computing in the cloud.
- AT&T provides a valuable lesson on how a lack of customer service and inability to address service issues can cause customers to band together through the Internet with a powerful and collective voice
HfS – Horses for Sources Predictions
- The outsourcing industry will see the first Cowboy and Indian mega-merger
- BPO uptake will creep back throughout 2011, as the recovery stutters and buyers pull the trigger on sourcing initiatives, however, many of the deals for the first-time buyer will be small in scope
- IT Outsourcing will have a banner year as market peaks, however growth will tail-off towards year-end as wage-arbitrage begins to become saturated
- Service integration becomes the new fad, replacing innovation as the buzzword of the day
- Service providers will start to break out of vertical silos to help their clients collaborate
- Integrated offerings from service providers with broad capability gain market share. Distinction between BPO and ITO blurs
- Many CIOs will thrive or fail because of Cloud demand from their business function leaders
- Successful advisors shift their business models to be "lighter" or more full featured
- Onshore and nearshore alternatives hit the mainstream
- HfS Research will achieve world-domination
Technology predictions from Zac Butcher
- Continued economic uncertainty; the global economy is the major issue for business in 2011, austerity measures in Europe impacting public sector key account business and confidence in general
- Cloud printing (or a similar term) to become the next big thing in the printing industry – we're going to start moving beyond MPS and the hubbub around MPS – companies will begin to realise that the underlying theme is the mobility of the knowledge worker and that business processes, of which the majority still involve paper somewhere along the line, will need to adapt, evolve and maybe be totally reinvented for the next computing age
- Greater range of iPad competitor products will slowly begin to erode printed pages further – screen reading at the outset and moving more towards video consumption of content longer term
Technology predictions from Clive Longbottom
- The cloud will burst – initial attempts by many companies to adopt cloud will show some of the issues – latency, service levels, lack of predictability will all make organisations wonder if cloud is all it has been built up to be. There will then be a strong drive for an agreed means of standardising technical contracts on the fly and for monitoring and managing performance across private, and to a lesser extent, public clouds. This does not bring cloud down – it just slows it down while the reality sets in and expectations are reset.
- Consolidation continues. The changing nature of IT continues to stress large and small IT vendors, and acquisitions continue for those with deep pockets, mergers for those in trouble, and failure for some. Even large companies can fail (see Novell for this year's big one). The focus will have to be on agility and flexibility – not massive, semi-monolithic applications.
- The IT department struggles. Old-style outsourcing where IT departments found themselves in fear of having their employer change under them, or in possibly losing their job, becomes new-style outsourcing, looking to utilise functions from the cloud. Jobs will just be lost – the cloud takes over the complete function, and the new IT department has to be able to act as the translator between what the business needs and where those functions are best served from. This is not a grease-monkey technical job – it is a business/technical architect job, and many IT people will suffer in the fall out. However, the cloudburst mentioned above will give some succour – when cloud is seen as a failure, the functions will have to be pulled back in again, and the hyper-techie will have their part to play again. Unfortunately, this will be short lived, and many organisations will not have the capability to deal with the "boom and bust" movement from in-house data centre to hybrid cloud and back again in a manner that enables the business to survive.
- Sustainability is back on the agenda. Not because big business wants to save the world – but because governments need to raise money. Green is the new tax – governments will be finding ways to screw as much out of businesses as they possibly can through as many means as possible, and taxing what will be defined as profligate use of energy is a great way of bringing in money. IT will be a focus again – but the clever IT department will move the focus to how IT can help the overall organisation to better manage its overall energy footprint – not just focusing on how the data centre can cut back on its energy use by 5-10%.
- Thin-client computing (by any name) becomes far more mainstream. Any company that does this for cost purposes or for energy saving purposes deserves everything that happens to them. However, to enable a better control and information security environment, to better support mobile workers and to ensure better overall security across a mixed estate of company and personal access devices, centralising the desktop in a data centre will be seen as making more and more sense.
- Consumerisation overtakes the business. Any business now trying to turn back the tide of employees wanting their own devices to be supported will lose. Devices ranging from the enterprise-focused, such as RIM Blackberries, through avowedly consumer focused iPad and the newer Android/PalmOS/Windows 7 slates, tablets and other form factor systems will no longer be centrally sourced by the organisation, but will be expensed by the employee. These systems will have to be accepted and managed by IT – even if "managing" them means just providing a sandboxed environment for the corporate desktop to run in.
- Social networking continues to confuse, bemuse and amuse. Facebook continues its world domination, Twitter fades somewhat as people begin to see its limitations. MySpace probably fades to a greater extent. FourSquare makes some inroads for a while – but is not a long term bet. Organisations continue to struggle in figuring out just exactly how to play the social networking field. Employees continue to place inappropriate comments that hit headlines and embarrass businesses, resulting in knee-jerk reactions that end up in court for dealing with employee grievances.
- The iPhone 5 gets announced on April 1st. It will have a 24MP camera with a 3MP secondary one. It will have a 3D screen, which, using the Retina capability and special glasses, will give the appearance of an IMAX experience while you are sat on the underground. It will make a leap to 6 TB memory – just enough for your average 14 year old to store all their MP3 and JPEG files. It will not be compatible with Flash – or with the Microsoft Kinect controller. Steve Jobs is also rumoured to be talking to telecoms companies about making sure that the iPhone5 will not be able to interoperate with any device on the same network that runs Microsoft Windows Phone 7. According to his Fanboys, this is a necessary step to stop the evil dictatorship of Ballmer from placing the world under the shackles of a closed operating system with little support for external capabilities and with little overall usage due to short battery life. After all, that is Steve's job.
Julien Theys from IHS Screen Digest
- Nokia will have to deliver with MeeGo if it doesn't want to be written off in the smartphone innovation race. Their current strategy will have to translate into financial gains or face a reboot by 2012.
- Android will keep growing and outselling iPhone although the comparison will remain irrelevant (and mildly irritating). Android will speed up the democratisation and commoditisation of a significant share of the smartphone market. Some hardware manufacturers relying too much on Android will suffer from this. Poor quality handsets and fragmentation will hurt the Android brand. Unofficial, unsupported and sub-par Android variants will creep up and there is very little that Google will be able to do about it. Tablets will only make it worse.
- Out of the two Korean giants, Samsung will have a much better 2011 than LG, mobile-wise.
- Growth year for Apple, with emphasis on multi-touch and evolutionary improvements across the board: Apps on Apple TV, CDMA iPhone, iPad 2. 2011 should offer a rather weak competition for iPad. iPod should decline significantly but Apple will keep milking the (mostly unchallenged) cow until its last breath.
- I still do not see the brands 'Playstation' and 'Sony Ericsson' coexist on the upcoming gaming-oriented handset. A new sub-brand would be wiser.
- RIM will have a hard time sustaining their growth rate.
- Mobile payment should be the hot topic in many countries, with many stakeholders likely to move aggressively. One more area in which Nokia had a head start that might ultimately prove useless.
- Big tickets M&A are most likely to involve companies such as Microsoft, Nokia and RIM.
- Skype is a prime acquisition candidate.
- Google and Apple are likely to stick with their current strategy of incremental smaller-scale IP/talent acquisitions.
- Potential let downs: Google TV, Chrome OS and BlackBerry Playbook will all be tough sells.
- Certain let downs: augmented reality, location-based gaming.
James Staten gives his cloud predictions
- And The Empowered Shall Lead Us. In Forrester's new book Empowered, we profile a new type of IT leader, and they don't work for you. They work for the business, not I&O, and are leveraging technologies at the edge of the business to change relationships, improve customer support, design new products, and deliver value in ways you could not have foreseen. And, despite your "better judgment" you need to help them do this. Your frontline employees are the ones who see the change in the market first and are best positioned to guide the business on how to adjust. They can turn — and are turning — to cloud services to make this change happen but don't always know how to leverage it best. This is where you must engage.
- You will build a private cloud, and it will fail. And this is a good thing. Because through this failure you will learn what it really takes to operate a cloud environment. Knowing this, your strategy should be to fail fast and fail quietly. Don't take on a highly visible or wildly ambitious cloud effort. Start small, learn, iterate, and then expand
- Hosted private clouds will outnumber internal clouds 3:1. The top reason empowered employees go to public cloud services is speed. They can gain access to these services in minutes. Private clouds must meet this demand and not once, but consistently. That means standardized procedures executed by automation software, not hero VMware administrators. And most enterprises aren't ready to pass the baton. But service providers will be ready in 2011. This is your fast path to private cloud, so take it.
- Community clouds will arrive, thank to compliance. The biotech field is already heading this direction. Federal government I&O teams are piloting them. And security and compliance will bring them together. Why struggle alone adapting your processes to meet FDA requirements when everyone else in your industry is doing the same? Cmed Technology is onto something here.
- Workstation applications will bring HPC to the masses. Autodesk's Project Cumulus and the ISVs lining up behind GreenButton are showing the way, and they'll do it because it expands — not threatens — their market. Both these companies have figured out how to put a cloud behind applications and in so doing deliver game-changing productivity: the kind of performance that can potentially match traditional grid computing but with nearly no effort by the customer. These moves leverage cloud economics and may disrupt supercomputing.
- Cloud economics gets switched on. Being cheap is good. We all know the basic of cloud economics — pay only for what you use — but the mechanism isn't the lesson; it's just the tool. Cloud economics 101 is matching elastic applications to cloud platforms and moving transient apps in and out so their costs are constantly returning to zero. Cloud economics 201 is designing and optimizing applications to take greatest advantage. Cloud economics 301 is knowing when and which cloud to use for maximum profitability. Look to early efforts such as Amazon Web Services' Spot Instances andEnomaly's SpotCloud to show the way here and the Cloud Price Calculator to help you normalize costs. As cloud segments such as IaaS commoditize, tools that let you play the market will grow in importance.
- The BI gap will widen. If business intelligence to you means a secure data warehouse, you will quickly learn which side of this gap you are on. Cloud technologies such as AWS' Elastic Map Reduce, 1010Data, and BI unification will deliver real-time intelligence and cross-system insights that help businesses skate to where the puck is going and see — and make — the market shift before their competitors.
- Information is power and a new profit center. Not only will cloud computing help leading enterprises gain greater insight from their information, it will help them derive revenue from it too. Services such as Windows Azure DataMarket will help enterprises leverage data sources more easily and become one of those providers themselves. The Associated Press, Dun & Bradstreet, and ESRI are the model. Are you the next great provider? What value data are you keeping locked up in your vault?
- Cloud standards still won't be here — get over it. Despite promising efforts by the DMTF, NIST, and the Cloud Security Alliance, this market will still be too immature for standardization. But that won't mean a lack of progress in 2011. Expect draft specifications and even a possible ratification or two next year, but adoption of the standard will remain years off. Don't let that hold you back from using cloud technologies, though, as most are built on the backs of prior standards efforts. Existing security, Web services, networking, and protocol standards are all in use by clouds. And cloud management tools are doing their best to abstract the difference from cloud to cloud.
- Cloud security will be proven but not by the providers alone. Because cloud security isn't their responsibility —it's shared. The cloud-leading enterprises get this, and we have already seen HIPAA, PCI, and other compliance standards met in the cloud. The cloud providers are certainly doing their part as evidenced by AWS's recent ISO 27001 certification. The best practices for doing this will spread in 2011, but we should all remember that you shouldn't hold off on cloud computing until you solve these high-bar security challenges. Get started with applications that are easier to protect.
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NEW YORK — Just like J.Lo and Ben, the romance is over for Barbie and Ken.
After 43 years as one of the world's prettiest pairs, the perfect plastic couple is breaking up. The couple's "business manager," Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel, said that Barbie and Ken "feel it's time to spend some quality time — apart."
"Like other celebrity couples, their Hollywood romance has come to an end," said Arons, who quickly added that the duo "will remain friends."
Arons denied that there was any truth to rumors that the breakup was linked to the Cali (as in California) Girl Barbie, arriving in stores now. To better reflect her single status, Cali Barbie will wear board shorts and a bikini top, metal hoop earrings, and have a deeper tan.
This new style already has attracted a new admirer, Blaine the Australian boogie boarder.
Barbie — the most popular fashion doll in the world, according to toy maker Mattel — met Ken on the set of a TV commercial in 1961, and they have been inseparable ever since.
Arons hinted Wednesday that the separation may be partially due to Ken's reluctance to getting married. All those bridal Barbie dolls in toy chests around the globe are really just examples of Barbie's wishful thinking, he explained.
Another possible factor is Barbie's career. The doll who was "born" Barbie Millicent Roberts in 1959 has been everything from a rock star to military medic, and she's currently marketed in more than 150 countries. According to Mattel, every second, three Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world.
So where does that leave Ken? Said Arons: "He will head for other waves."
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archives from the styling vault. i've had to keep this lookbook from my bros at for love and lemons under wraps for six thousand years, so i'm stoked i get to at least post a little sneaky peak-y of this baby. i'll be able to post the whole shebang sometime in the next couple months. and thank god cause we just finished shooting the summer shoot on tuesday, and i'm already ready to show that shit! i posted some tiny tidbits here, but i can't wait to unleash the beast! hope everyone had a fat-tastic holiday weekend chunk-ing it in! xx
model//anna iaryn@nymodels, photography//zoey g., makeup//samuel paul, styling//ashley glorioso


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These solid products conform with UK law and are below 0.2% THC and therefore non-psychoactive. They do not produce a high but are rich in cannabinoids so used for a number of therapeutic reasons.


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Saw this lovely item up on eBay.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
1981 - Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's Bulleye
Posted by Jason Shayer at 1:08 PM
Labels: Bullseye, Frank Miller, Klaus Janson
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Nice find.ReplyDelete
I certainly don't want this to sound like a "dis" on Miller. But what most people think of when they think of "Miller" art is really "Miller-Janson" art.
He did some nice work on his own, but it wasn't as "moody" or "noir-ish" as his work with Janson. To paraphrase Bullseye (in DD 181), Miller was good, Miller and Janson were magic.
Agreed 100%, that's exactly why I made sure the title of the post was Miller/Janson.ReplyDelete
- Stephen GurrAugust 20, 2011 at 8:58 AM
This may be true, but this Blog earlier had a post showing Miller's pencils on a DD page and the finished product. They looked pretty darn tight. But I will give Klaus credit. Certainly by the end of the run it was much more his workReplyDelete
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Shake Tables
To test just how earthquake resistant the structures are, you may want to invest in a shake table. You can find these in various science supply catalogs or a quick Internet search will turn up instructions for tables you can build yourself using supplies found at a hardware store.
I built one of those tables (and by that I mean that my husband built one for me using directions I found) and truth be told, it was big and heavy and didn't work as well as I would have liked given the time and effort put into it. My kids were far more into the process than the final testing and it probably would have worked just as well to strap their buildings to a skateboard (or better yet, those carts they use in phys ed, with casters so they can move in all directions) and shake them around that way.
Final Write-Up
I had the students assemble a final write-up for the whole project. Each member of the group was responsible for part of it and it was all compiled into one packet which was submitted to me.
An essay answering the following:
- Describe your group's design idea
- Why did you decide on that design?
- How did your design stand up to the "earthquake"?
- What changes would you make to your design if you were to do this project again?
- What are the challenges of acting as the team's architect?
An essay answering the following:
- Describe the way in which your group members worked together - did you divide up the tasks or share all of them?
- What could be done to improve the way your group worked together, without changing group members?
- What strategies would you recommend to a future foreperson to help them help their group work well together?
An essay answering the following:
- Describe the materials used to build your structure.
- Why did your group choose to use those?
- What materials would you like to have available for this project?
- You built a model. If you were to actually build this structure, what materials would actually be used (instead of Popsicle sticks, hot glue, felt, etc.)?
An essay answering the following:
- Do you think your group spent their money wisely? Explain.
- What could your group have done to save money?
- What are the challenges of acting as the accountant?
- In the "real world", what expenses would a company have besides materials and employee salaries?
- What would happen if you went over-budget in the "real world"?
I've evaluated the project in different ways. Here are some areas you may wish to consider when evaluating your students' work:
--Designing & Building the Model - use of construction methods and materials
--Testing and Improving the Model - was effort made to test and improve the model along the way?
--Final Product Performance - how did it hold up on the shake table?
--Final Write-up - well-organized, interesting, clear
--Working Cooperatively with Classmates
--Promptness and Completeness
Some years I've given students the opportunity to grade their team members and factored that into their grades
I've also asked them to answer the following questions
--Describe the successes and failures of your group's procedure.
--Evaluate your performance in the group effort. What did you do? Should you have done more? Should you have let others do more?
--Evaluate your group memebers' effort. Did they work well together? Did everyone participate? What could be done to make the group work better together (without changing group members)?
pdf Files
Here's the part you've been waiting for patiently for two weeks - the pdf files you can download - I imagine you'll want to change them to meet your needs, but it's a starting point.
Quake & Shake Challenge (this the project information sheets and checks for the accountants to use)
Quake & Shake Account (sheet to use when purchasing materials for the groups)
Earthquake Write-Up (final write-up requirements)
Once again, please let me know if you are familiar with the original version of this activity so I can give proper credit - the bulk of this is not original to me.
Email me or leave a comment with any questions you may have along the way.
And, most of all, have fun with this! It takes a bit of prep work to get it going, but once you've done it, your students will work independently for several days and have a fabulous time doing so.


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GeeXboX is a embedded Linux distribution focused on multimedia and video playback. It is available for regular x86-based and PowerPC-based computers and ARM embedded devices. GeeXboX comes with its own multi-architectures toolchain and cross-compilation engine. It is fully customizable and provides 400+ multimedia packages. It relies on a state-of-the-art embedded Linux system: BusyBox, uClibc/Glibc/eGlibc, and media players such as MPlayer, Xine or Gstreamer. It can be configured to run with or without X Windowing system. Its frontend Media Center application is called Enna
- GeeXboX: the embedded Linux multimedia distribution
- Enna: Enlightenment EFL-based Media Center application
- libplayer: a multimedia A/V abstraction layer API, capable of driving MPlayer, Xine, VLC and GStreamer.
- libvalhalla: a media scanning library to retrieve various metadata such as ID3tags, covers, lyrics, informations on media files and so on.
ARM Supported Hardware
GeeXboX has its own toolchain and can be configured for endless configuration and ARM chips. By default, it generates ARMv7 compatible code, with Cortex-A8 and NEON optimizations.
It currently fully support OMAP3-based boards, including (out-of-the-box):
Support for other OMAP3-based boards might be added by kernel patches and extended configuration.
Support for OMAP4-based boards is expected is a short-coming future.
Featured Optimizations
GeeXboX features multiple software optimizations to get the best our of the available hardware capabilities.
- NEON optimizations: enabled by default through GCC flags and ASM routines in Evas compositing and rendering library, FFmpeg set of software video decoders and X.Org video driver (omapfb).
- Multi-cores optimizations: Only relevant on Cortex-A9 cores. Enabled Evas asynchronous rendering and FFmpeg MPEG-2 and H.264 video decoding.
- C64x DSP: Raw DSP access through GStreamer plugin (WIP) for MPEG-2, VC-1 and H.264 video decoding.
- OpenMAX: Support for video decoding abstraction in GStreamer (WIP) and VLC (WIP).
- OpenGL|ES: Support for OpenGL|ES engine through PowerVR SGX chip in Evas. Due to SGX limited bandwidth and fillrate, h/w graphic rendering is not much faster than s/w rendering but at least completely offload CPU.
Retrieving GeeXboX
Note: The development branch is where the development work takes place and you should use this if you're after to work with the latest cutting edge developments. It is possible trunk can suffer temporary periods of instability while new features are developed and if this is undesirable, it is recommended using one of the release branches. Use ONLY for development purposes.
GeeXbox uses Mercurial as a revision control system, so you will install the mercurial package for your host system. On an Ubuntu-based system this will be done with,
# sudo apt-get install mercurial
Now, the first thing you will do is download the sources from Mercurial GeeXboX repository.
# hg clone http://hg.geexbox.org/geexbox
Building Sources
Next, configure geexbox for omap3 based architecture. Run
$ make menuconfig
and set
General Setup -> Target architecture (arm) -> Target sub-architecture (ARMv7 / Cortex) -> Target platform (OMAP3) -> Target CPU (cortex-a8)
Finally build the distribution with
$ make flat
The result will be in geexbox-flat-devel-*.arm.eglibc directory
Installation on SD Card
First prepare the SD card the following way:
- create one boot FAT32 (type 0B) partition, any size, I took 8MB
- create one rootfs EXT2 partition.
Then copy the uImage file to FAT32 partition
# cp geexbox-flat-devel-*.arm.eglibc/boot/uImage /media/boot
N.B: If running on IGEPv2 board, also copy the boot.ini file, it contains the whole U-Boot set of commands for automatic bootup.
# cp geexbox-flat-devel-*.arm.eglibc/boot/boot.ini /media/boot
Next, edit the geexbox-flat-devel-*.arm.eglibc/etc/video file and enable/disable OpenGL support
Finally, copy the geexbox-flat-devel-*.arm.eglibc contents to EXT2 partition.
# fakeroot cp -dpfa -R geexbox-flat-devel-*.arm.eglibc/* /media/rootfs/
If your board doesn't support automatic boot through boot.ini, you can setup the following U-Boot environment variables.
setenv geexbox-args "console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait init=/linuxrc lang=en keymap=qwerty remote=default_remote receiver=default_receiver hdtv" setenv omap-args "omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-32@60 omapfb.vram=0:8M,1:4M mem=442M" setenv bootargs "${geexbox-args} ${omap-args}"
Adapt the resolution and memory to your given board.
Then boot the distribution from MMC:
fatload mmc 0:1 80100000 uImage bootm 80100000
If you want to contribute to GeeXboX or need some help, you can subscribe to the development list (devel at geexbox.org).


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Jacqueline wrote: > Hi, we just moved into a new condo, and something is wrong with the > air in here. My husband and I are both getting congested, with > itchy/burning eyes and nose. We've had the windows open a lot, but as > they are building a new grocery store across the street from our > window, its very noisy to have them open during the day, so that > limits how many hours we can have them open. We have had them open at > least a few hours every day and after a week whatever it is that is > bothering us still hasn't been flushed out. > > It could be the stain treatment on the new furniture and mattress (I > can smell chemicals on the new furniture), it could be the new paint, > it could be something done to the carpets, it could be the residues of > the cleaning products used by the previous owners, I don't know. But > its bothering us a lot, I wake up every morning feeling sick. :( > > We'd like to get some house plants that meet the following criteria: > 1) Non-toxic to our cats (who will, given their previous behavior, > most certainly chew on them) > 2) Good air cleaners, we'd like to get a variety of plants that clean > a variety of things out, as we don't know what exactly the problem is > 3) Hard to kill (we are not good at keeping delicate house plants > alive) > > Can anyone advise us as to which types of house plants we should look > into? I know about spider plants, what else? Basically, the cats are biologically frustrated by their diet when they go after houseplants. Felines evolved needing "live" food. Ask your veterinarian about this. If you do not get any helpful answers it is time to turn autodidact and study the natural history yourself from credible sources (not from the preponderance of internet quakery). audere scire! > > > Also, any advice on how to keep the cats from molesting them? We're > thinking we're either going to have to hang them from the ceiling or > build plant boxes too high for them to reach. When we had plants > before the cats would knock them over and knock dirt everywhere EVERY > SINGLE DAY! That's one of the main reasons we got rid of our old > plants. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Jacqueline


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Posh was in Dubai with David on Saturday at an AC Milan party upstaging everyone in a gorgeous D&G dress, much more gorgeous than her own dresses, and likely one she'll copy for her own label some time soon, having already pillaged through the designs of Roland Mouret.
Meanwhile British tabloids are gleefully trumpeting the fact that Victoria's one time protégé Cheryl Cole is featured on the cover of the new UK Vogue, an achievement that took years for Posh to accomplish. They were inseparable at the World Cup in 2006, distancing themselves from the other WAGs as Posh mentored another girl band member newly married to a footballer.
Like Mrs Beckham, Mrs Cole was also betrayed by her husband, then numbed the pain by not eating, assisted by some happy habits, is now beloved in England thanks to her role as judge on X factor, and to the Posh-hater's delight is being celebrated as Victoria's replacement.
Cheryl is younger…and she's just as thin. Oh la, it's on.
Monday, January 05, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Take Coke for the Pain
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Have you ever been suddenly stricken and over-awed by a thing that is TOO beautiful? A flower, a picture of the Universe, a book, a painting – something so intricate with colour and detail you almost can't bear to look at it but do you DO look at it, you stare and stare and stare at it, out of time, out of reality, you want to EAT it, gobble it up, stuff yourself with it but you can only take so much, it's like trying to wolf down three bars of the richest, silkiest chocolate, it's TOO rich, you want to eat it all, you NEED to eat it all, but you can't.
I didn't eat my Ariel Washing Machine Tablets, I was just trying to give you an idea of what happened when I took them out of the packet to put in the washing machine this morning – I've never seen them looking so lovely, so perfectly formed, so FINE, with the little blue bits SHINING OUT OF THE WHITE like sapphires in snow – the blue bits glistened when I held one up to the light, mesmerising, like all the love in the world packed into a little tablet-shaped glory, a tiny universe of soap. I don't know how they made something so beautiful out of POWDERS. I didn't put them in the washing machine drawer, I couldn't destroy them, the thought of them breaking into millions of pieces made me cry so I thought 'What to do, what to do, I don't want to be a MINGER,' so I squirted a bit of Fairy Washing Up Liquid in the washing machine drawer instead and added extra Lenor Conditioner (with Febreeze) so my clothes won't smell like plates.


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Central Connecticut softball sophomore Kat Malcolm earned yet another impressive accolade to go along with several others throughout her stellar 2013 season, including Northeast Conference Player of the Year. On Thursday, Malcolm was named to the 2013 NFCA Division I All-Region Second Team for the Great Lakes region.
Malcolm earned the honor among 263 players from 137 different teams across the nation. The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association's 10 regions with first and second teams selected for each region.
The all-region teams were chosen by NFCA member coaches from each respective region, and all of the honorees now become eligible for selection to one of three 2013 NFCA Division I All-American teams. The 2013 Division I NFCA All-America teams will be announced on Wednesday, May 29.
Malcolm has racked up a plethora of awards this season. She was named NEC Player of the Year and Most Improved Player. She was named to the All-NEC First Team, the NEC Tournament team and recently, she was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team.


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When building an Android app, it's important that you always test your app on a real device before releasing it to users. This page describes how to set up your development environment and Android device for testing and debugging over an Android Debug Bridge (ADB) connection.
Set up a device for development
Before you can start debugging on your device, there are a few things you must do:
On the device, open the Settings app, select Developer options, and then enable USB debugging.
Set up your system to detect your device.
- macOS: No additional configuration required.
Ubuntu Linux: Use
apt-get installto install the
adbpackage. This gives you a community-maintained default set of
udevrules for all Android devices.
Make sure that you are in the plugdev group. If you see the following error message, adb did not find you in the plugdev group:
error: insufficient permissions for device: udev requires plugdev group membership
idto see what groups you are in. Use
sudo usermod -aG plugdev $LOGNAMEto add yourself to the plugdev group.
The following example shows how to install the Android adb tools package.
apt-get install adb
Windows: Install a USB driver for ADB. For an installation guide and links to OEM drivers, see the Install OEM USB drivers document.
Chrome OS: No additional configuration required.
Connect to your device
When you are set up and plugged in over USB, you can click Run in Android Studio to build and run your app on the device.
You can also use adb to issue commands, as follows:
- Verify that your device is connected by running the
adb devicescommand from your
android_sdk/platform-tools/directory. If connected, you'll see the device listed.
- Issue any adb command with
-dflag to target your device.
Troubleshoot device connection with the Connection Assistant
The Connection Assistant provides step-by-step instructions to help you set up and use a device over the ADB connection.
To start the assistant, choose Tools > Connection Assistant.
The Connection Assistant provides instructions, in-context controls, and a list of connected devices in a series of pages in the Assistant panel. Use the Next and Previous buttons at the bottom of the Assistant panel to work through the pages as needed:
- Connect your device over USB: The Connection Assistant begins by prompting you to connect your device over USB, and it provides a Rescan USB devices button with which you can start a new scan for connected devices.
- Enable USB debugging: The Connection Assistant then tells you how to enable USB debugging in the on-device developer options.
- Restart the ADB server: Finally, if you still don't see your device on the list of available devices, you can use the Restart ADB server button on the last page of the Connection Assistant. Restarting the ADB server also causes ADB to scan for devices again. If you still don't see your device on the list of available devices, try the troubleshooting steps in the next section of this page.
Resolve USB connection issues
If the Connection Assistant is not detecting your device over USB, you can try the following troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue:
Check that Android Studio can connect to the Android Emulator
To check if the issue is being caused by a connection problem between Android Studio and the Android Emulator, follow these steps:
- Open the AVD Manager.
- Create a new AVD if you don't already have one.
- Run the emulator using your AVD.
- Do one of the following:
- If Android Studio can't connect to the emulator, download the latest SDK Platform Tools and then try again.
- If the emulator starts successfully, check the USB cable.
Check the USB cable
To check if the issue is being caused by a faulty USB cable, follow the steps in this section.
If you have another USB cable:
- Connect the device using the secondary cable.
- Check if the Connection Assistant can now detect the device.
- If the device is not detected, try the primary cable again.
- If the device still isn't detected, assume that the problem is with the device and check if the device is set up for development.
If you don't have another USB cable but you do have another Android device:
- Connect the secondary device to your computer.
If the Connection Assistant can detect the secondary device, assume that the problem is with the primary device and check if the device is set up for development.
If the secondary device is not detected, the problem might be with the USB cable.
Check if the device is set up for development
To check if the issue is being caused by settings on the device, follow these steps:
- Follow the steps in the Set up a device for development section.
- If this does not resolve the problem, contact the device OEM's customer support for help. Tell the customer support representative that the device won't connect to Android Studio using ADB.
RSA security key
When you connect a device running Android 4.2.2 (API level 17) or higher to your computer, the system shows a dialog asking whether to accept an RSA key that allows debugging through this computer. This security mechanism protects user devices because it ensures that USB debugging and other adb commands cannot be executed unless you're able to unlock the device and acknowledge the dialog.


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After continuously giving a beatdown to the Winklevii, Facebook probably figured it could win any legal battle, but the latest lawsuit against parody site Lamebook turned out differently.
The Social Network has settled a trademark tangle with Lamebook, says PaidContent.org, after a Texas federal judge refused Facebook's request to move the suit to California.
The only thing Facebook gets out of the deal is that now Lamebook must have a disclaimer stating the site has no affiliation to the actual Facebook.


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Mark Reynolds hit a grand slam in a big fifth inning and Zach McAllister pitched into the seventh, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 9-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.
Mark Reynolds came to Cleveland with the reputation of being a hitter who packed plenty of power.
Through the first 10 games, he's proving that to be true.
Reynolds' fifth-inning grand slam keyed Cleveland's 9-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.
"He's so strong and when he's swinging the bat like that, it's so pretty to watch," Indians manager Terry Francona said of Reynolds, who leads the team with five homers and 13 RBIs.
Reynolds also came to town with the reputation of often swinging and missing — he has struck out over 200 times in a season three times in his career, after all. He has fanned eight times in 35 at-bats this season but made enough contact off White Sox ace Chris Sale to turn Cleveland's 3-2 lead into a comfortable margin.
"I was looking to put the ball in the air," said Reynolds, who tied a career high with five RBIs. "It wasn't an easy day to get it out of the park, but it's never an easy day here, so far."
Zach McAllister (1-1) pitched into the seventh. The right-hander allowed two unearned runs in the first thanks to Reynolds' throwing error. McAllister gave up three runs in 6 1/3 innings and retired 16 of 17 at one point. He allowed five hits and struck out six.
Reynolds had an RBI single to give Cleveland a 3-2 lead in the third. Nick Swisher and Yan Gomes each hit two-run homers for the Indians.
The loss was Chicago's fifth straight, all on the road. The White Sox are 0-5 away from home for the first time since 1972.
Sale (1-1) gave up Swisher's home run in the first and allowed a career-high eight runs in 4 1/3 innings. The left-hander lost to the Indians for the first time in 15 career appearances, including four starts.
"It was a terrible, terrible day," Sale said. "My team needed a better effort and deserved a better effort. I didn't give it to them."
Following Reynolds' home run, Sale's next hit pitch hit Michael Brantley in the back — one of three hit batters Saturday — prompting plate umpire Ed Hickox to immediately warn both teams. Sale then threw a pitch in the dirt that nearly hit Mike Aviles in the foot. He was removed after Aviles flied out before Gomes homered to center off Duente Heath for his first hit of the season.
Sale said he didn't hit Brantley intentionally.
"That was me being an idiot, honestly," he said. "Going out there and trying to overthrow and blow it by him. It got away and hit him. If you're going to hit a guy you don't do it there. I know enough about the game if I was going to do it intentionally it's not going to be at that time. Not only does that look bad on my part, it looks bad on my team and that's not what we're about and that's not what I'm about."
McAllister hit Alexei Ramirez on the left arm with one out in the seventh, but was not ejected. The right-hander was then removed by Francona.
"I just stayed aggressive," McAllister said. "Any time you're able to get ahead of hitters and throw strikes, you're going to be successful."
Reynolds' errant throw to McAllister on Alex Rios' groundball in the first scored Chicago's first run. Paul Konerko's single made it 2-0.
Swisher hit his first home run with the Indians to tie the game. He doubled with two outs in the third and scored on Reynolds' single. Swisher was 0 for 5 with three strikeouts against Sale entering the game.
Asdrubal Cabrera led off the fifth with a single and took third when Ryan Raburn doubled. After Swisher was hit in the foot by a pitch, Reynolds hit a 1-1 pitch into the home run porch in left field, giving the Indians a 7-2 lead.
Sale was 2-0 with a 2.10 ERA (eight earned runs in 34 1/3 innings) in 16 career appearances against the Indians entering the game.
The White Sox are the only winless team on the road in the majors.
Swisher has hit in 20 consecutive games at Progressive Field, a streak that began in 2008. He tied Michael Young, who now plays with Philadelphia, for the longest hitting streak in ballpark history. Progressive Field opened in 1994.
Alejandro De Aza hit a two-run homer in the seventh off Bryan Shaw.
The Indians played without second baseman Jason Kipnis (sore left elbow) and catcher Carlos Santana (bruised left thumb). Francona expects Kipins to play Sunday. Santana was in the original lineup, but the thumb bothered him during batting practice.
Konerko leads active players with 46 homers and 172 RBIs against the Indians.
NOTES White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper was released from a northern Virginia hospital Saturday where he had been treated for diverticulitis. He became ill Tuesday while the team was in Washington for a series against the Nationals. Cooper will return to Chicago for more tests. ... C Tyler Flowers, who is hitless in his last 21 at-bats, started Saturday after not playing Friday. ... Francona said DH Jason Giambi would probably play Sunday against RHP Jake Peavy. Giambi, who began the season on the disabled list with a strained back, was activated Friday. ... RHP Brett Myers will start for the Indians.


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Oct 28
Monday Night Folk Revival w/ Ben Balmer
Every Monday night we host Ben Balmer for a night of original and spellbinding music. With a cast of some of Austin's most talented musicians, Ben fills the stage with a unique and energetic charisma. Come find a new favorite song and start your week off right.


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There may be a bug in a network device driver.
Some versions of Windows may show the description as "NETIO_INVALID_POOL_CALLER".
This is a fatal Windows error, typically called a Stop message, Bug Check, or more commonly the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). The system is in a forced reboot state. Any unsaved work is likely lost.
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
An invalid pool request has been made to netio managed memory pool (e.g. FSB and MDL).
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x00000126
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further
You may have a defective memory. This is even more likely if it only occurs when the system is cold or hot, but not all the time. Use a memory tester to confirm if it is defective or if you have spare memory, try replacement.
Windows 7 and Vista include a Memory Test program when booting from the Windows Installation DVD. Step-by-step instructions with screen shots are available at Using System Restore on 7/Vista/2008 as part of System Recovery.
Several software products that also provide memory and video diagnostics includes Fix-It Utilities Professional and SystemSuite Professional. Other diagnostic products include Eurosoft's PC Check and Iolo's System Mechanic.
Additional Memory Solutions:
Install the latest Windows software updates. Don't forget to check for non-critical updates too!
To manually get updates, open Internet Explorer (you can't use a non-Microsoft browser for updates).
For IE 8 and later: Click on Safety, then Windows Update. Follow the instructions.
For IE 7 and older: Click on Tools, then Windows Update. Follow the instructions.
Check if you are using the latest hardware drivers, especially the chipset and video drivers. Older drivers are a common contributor to BSoD issues.
You can use a product like Driver Genius or Radar Sync to verify you have the latest drivers and help keep all your drivers up-to-date. If you're comfortable with driver installations, you can individually find and install current drivers.
A some of the most popular driver download sites:
Also see our list of common Fatal Error Solutions.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Health Department says a batch of mosquitoes in Exeter has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, the first finding of the virus in the state this year.
In 2012, there were 13 positive tests for EEE, including nine mosquito batches and four animals.
Symptoms may include high fever, severe headache, stiff neck, and sore throat. There is no treatment for the disease, which can lead to seizures and coma. The health department says symptoms usually occur four to 10 days after being bitten.
Six batches of another mosquito-related disease, the West Nile Virus, have tested positive so far this season.
State Public Health Director Jose Montero said the finding does not change the low risk level in Exeter.
"This is the first identified positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis in New Hampshire this season, but unfortunately it is not unexpected," he said. "These two viruses tend to appear in waves and some years there are more positives than others, so we don't really know what the rest of the season has in store. This is all the more reason why people should take precautions against being bitten by mosquitoes."
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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Program on Alternative Dispute Resolution
2012-13 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution
Error Correction and the Supreme Court's Arbitration Docket
March 28, 2013 | Noon | Saxbe Auditorium
The 2013 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution will be given by Christopher R. Drahozal, an internationally renowned arbitration expert. On March 28, 2013 at noon in Saxbe Auditorium, he will speak on "Error Correction and the Supreme Court's Arbitration Docket."
Supreme Court Justices from William Taft through Stephen Breyer have repeated the maxim (also reflected in the Court's rules) that "[t]he Supreme Court is not a court of error correction." What they mean is that "[t]he function of the Supreme Court is conceived to be, not the remedying of a particular litigant's wrong, but the consideration of cases whose decision involves principles, the application of which are of wide public or governmental interest." Indeed, a common basis for arguing against the Court's grant of certiorari is that the case should not be reviewed because it is "factbound"— i.e., dependent on its particular facts and not likely to result in a decision of widespread import.
When it comes to arbitration law, however, a number of the Court's cases are exactly that — factbound decisions that do little more than correct errors by lower courts. The surprisingly large number of summary reversals in arbitration cases is the clearest illustration. In addition, however, a number of other Supreme Court arbitration cases in recent years have involved highly fact-specific decisions that either might, or in fact did, have little effect beyond their particular facts. And some decisions that did have broader effect were actually – according to subsequent Supreme Court decisions – based on unusual facts and should not have been applied so broadly. Of course, not all arbitration cases have such limited reach. Some, such as AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, have been applied widely by the lower courts. But even Concepcion could have been limited to its facts, and some courts (albeit only a very small minority) have in fact done so.
So what is it about arbitration law and the Federal Arbitration Act that results in error correction and factbound decision-making playing such a significant role in the Court's decisions? Certainly an important factor is ongoing resistance to the Court's arbitration decisions in the lower courts, which explains the summary reversals and some of its merits decisions. But in addition, Professor Drahozal will argue that the generalist legal background of Supreme Court Justices (and their law clerks) leads them to overlook important nuances in the facts of arbitration cases before the Court on certiorari. Arbitration law is by no means unique in this regard, and one caveat to his conclusions on error correction is the need to compare arbitration cases to other types of cases decided by the Court before drawing any conclusions about whether arbitration cases are unusual.
Professor Drahozal will conclude by making several recommendations of simple steps the Court could take to avoid some of its more limited or problematic decisions. Those steps include: (1) avoiding cases arising out of post-dispute arbitration agreements: (2) reviewing state court cases only when the issue presented is one of FAA preemption; and (3) choosing cases with typical arbitration clauses, not atypical ones.
About Christopher R. Drahozal
Christopher R. Drahozal is the John M. Rounds Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the University of Kansas School of Law. He is an Associate Reporter for the Restatement (Third) of the U.S. Law on International Commercial Arbitration, and was the Chair of the Arbitration Task Force of the Searle Civil Justice Institute. He is serving as a Special Advisor to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, assisting with its statutorily-mandated study of arbitration clauses in consumer financial services contracts.
Professor Drahozal has written extensively on the law and economics of arbitration. He has authored a casebook on commercial arbitration published by Lexis Publishing (soon to be in its third edition) and a co-edited a book on empirical research on international commercial arbitration published by Kluwer Law International. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Legal Studies, the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Law and Contemporary Problems, the Vanderbilt Law Review, the Illinois Law Review, and the International Review of Law and Economics, among others. He has made presentations on arbitration law and practice throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Prior to teaching, Professor Drahozal was in private law practice in Washington, D.C., and served as a law clerk for the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, the United States Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
About the Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution
The Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution was established in 1992 as a result of the generosity of the late Stanley Schwartz Jr. (a 1947 Moritz College of Law graduate) and the Schwartz family. Each lecture is published in the interdisciplinary Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, in keeping with Mr. Schwartz's interest in the promotion of scholarly publication in the area of dispute resolution.
Previous Schwartz Lectures
- 2011-12: "Negotiating in the Shadow of Organizations: Doing Well by Doing Good," Deborah M. Kolb, Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership (Emerita) and Distinguished Research Fellow, The Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management
- 2010-11: "The Timing of Truth, Reconciliation and Justice After War," John Braithwaite, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow
- 2009-10: "Making Deliberative Democracy Practical: Public Consultation and Dispute Resolution," James Fishkin, Stanford University
- 2008-09: "Never Say No: The Law, Economics and Psychology of Counteroffers," Ian Ayres, William K. Townsend Professor, Yale Law School
- 2007-08: "Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution," Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT, Vice-Chair for Instruction at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Founder, Consensus Building Institute
- 2006-07: "Good Lawyers Should be Good Psychologists: Insights for Interviewing and Counseling Clients," Jean R. Sternlight, Saltman Professor of Law and Director, Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law
- 2005-06: "Developing the MRI (Mediation Receptivity Index)," Frank E.A. Sander, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard College
- 2004-05: "Mercy, Clemency, and Capital Punishment: Two Accounts," Austin Sarat, Professor of Law at Amherst College
- 2004-05: "Psychological Impediments to Mediation Success: A Theoretical Look at Practical Problems," Russell Korobkin, Professor of Law at UCLA
- 2003-04: "Strategic Mediation," Francis McGovern, Professor of Law at Duke University
- 2002-03: "Gender, Human Rights, and Peace Agreements," Christine Chinkin, Professor of Law at the London School of Economics
- 2001-02: Lecture was delivered by I. William Zartman, Jacob Blaustein Professor of International Organization and Conflict Resolution, and Director of African Studies and Conflict Management Programs at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.


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Director Tim Sullivan has had a busy news day. Not only has he announced that the sequel to his "2001 Maniacs" remake has the new title of "2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams", he has also released three new pictures from the movie. The most important items of note is that Robert Englund has been replaced by Bill Mosely, and Christa Campbell in a milkmaid costume.
In quite possibly the oddest news of the day, The Weather Channel has announced it will be adding movies to its channel lineup. Starting out with a showing of "A Perfect Storm" on Oct. 30th, the lineup shows that it will be a weekly string of weather themed movies. Most notable to us horror fans is Stephen King's "Misery", because of the snow.
From the unexpected and unwanted reboot desk comes word that a script for a new "Crow" movie has been turned in and the studios dig it. Written by Stepehn Norrington who helmed "Blade", the movie is said to not be a remake but a whole new character.
Dread Central has posted a slew of new "Stan Helsing" clips, and I still remain unexcited!


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For four centuries, they have moved and mystified readers. The second annual Shakespeare Festival in Concord, "Much Ado About Shakespeare – A Festive Conference" -- will focus on Shakespeare's sonnets, with public readings and other events marking the 400th anniversary of their publication in 1609.
For four centuries, they have moved and mystified readers.The second annual Shakespeare Festival in Concord, "Much Ado About Shakespeare – A Festive Conference" -- will focus on Shakespeare's sonnets, with public readings and other events marking the 400th anniversary of their publication in 1609. "We invite anybody who has been moved by Shakespeare's sonnets to offer them up as a tribute," said Stuart-Sinclair Weeks of Concord, one of the festival's organizers, and an organizer of cultural events in town. The keynote guest at this year's festival is actor and writer Hank Whittemore, author of "The Monument," a book about the story the sonnets tell – a subject that remains a source of mystery and debate. Whittemore will present a one-man play, "Shake-speare's Treason," which he wrote with director Ted Story. In this play, the sonnets provide the backdrop of a dark tale of murder, mistaken identity and all manner of treachery, tragedy and intrigues. Other festival highlights include interpretive music and dance, and a presentation on some of Shakespeare's greatest female characters. Although strong and memorable, many of them die in or before the final act, and scholars want to understand why. Weeks said he expects the festivities to draw about 300 participants, with some events geared toward families to foster love of Shakespeare from an early age. The festival is a cooperative effort of businesses, cultural institutions and volunteers in town, among them members of the Shakespeare Readers Group that meets to read aloud and explore various Shakespearean plays. The festival works with a budget of about $2,800, along with in-kind donations and services. Like many cultural events, it has felt the weight of the economy, with challenges in raising funds. Weeks said, "The goal is to ask what Shakespeare has to offer our time. He was writing in the mercantile age, and trying to remind the audience of considerations greater than what we could call the bottom line." With the economy striking a discordant note in the present day, Weeks said, "That is why it is all the important to do it. We need a festival like this to honor Shakespeare, and lift our spirits…and remember that there is more than just the bottom line." If you go "Much Ado About Shakespeare – A Festive Conference" When: Friday, July 31 – Sunday, Aug. 2. Where: Events at Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St., Concord, and Masonic Hall, 58 Monument Square, Concord. Cost: All events free. For more information, including a complete schedule of events: Visit www.concordshakespeare.org.
Margaret Smith is Arts and Calendar editor at GateHouse Media New England's Northwest Unit. E-mail her at email@example.com.


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Stags often go to great lengths to attract a female - but it moss have been love for one male who slipped on a grass wig to impress potential mates.
The stag was seem wandering alone for days in Richmond Park before it dived into a lake and came out with a grassy mop resting between its antlers.
After letting out a mating call he emerged from the water to find two females waiting for him.
Unfortunately, he also attracted the attention of another stag, who he had to fight off before strolling away with the two females in tow.
The incident was witnessed by keen photographer Robert Piper, 55, who couldn't believe his eyes as the extraordinary events unfolded.
He told the Daily Mail: 'Sometimes the stags adorn themselves with bracken to impress the females - and it must somehow strike a chord.
'But the head gear can also attract other stags and on occasions will end up with a fight exactly like what happened here.
'This stag did find a female but keeping her was another matter because other stags became jealous and tried to fight him.
'But he fought them off and eventually had two deer following him around.'
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/879771-stag-tries-to-impress-the-ladies-with-grass-wig#ixzz1btEXzLpS
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Become an Active RMU Alum in 2014!
With the new semester upon us and the students back on campus, there's a real buzz in the air and everyone's excited about the months ahead.
Those of us working in the alumni office would like to thank all of you who attended at least one event this year and for demonstrating your Colonial spirit. We would also like to encourage those that couldn't make it to an alumni event in 2013 to try to attend one this year so that you too can experience the rewards of staying connected to RMU.
So far on the calendar we're hosting a reception lounge for Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD alumni) during the Saturday, February 1, basketball game versus Central Connecticut. Another one is our annual Legacy Reception Program on Saturday, February 22, which brings together current legacy students, legacy alumni and their families. (Log in to your Net Community account to RSVP.)
In March the alumni office will be hosting receptions for alumni in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Cleveland around their professional basketball teams. We'll also be in other regional cities like Erie, Harrisburg, and Greensburg throughout the spring months.
Of course, these are but a few of the many events we will be hosting this year. We hope you can make it to at least one event, and we encourage you to reach out and bring another alum to an event as well. After all, the more the merrier!
Continue to check the Alumni web page for details… and I hope to see YOU in 2014!!


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Tagged: Laura Grey
Before There Was RSBS, There Was Free Pudding
That's right. In a galaxy far, far away… before the interns, before the Digests, before I was "always right", there was…
The above picture is one of the remaining relics from that year 2000 sketch production extraordinaire staged at Kalamazoo College that brought its fans FUN, LAUGHS and FREE PUDDING. (Not kidding, we actually served free pudding to all patrons.)
Of course, dear readers galore know what eventually became of my persnickety and oft lugubrious colleague, Mr. Krause and I. Y'know, how we blew up the internets with our unique take on the baseball-politico world and all. But what of that crouching fella in the middle there?
That's Jordan Klepper.
And here is Mr. Klepper, recently, with the lovely Laura Grey.
Mr. Klepper grew up a huge Ryne Sandberg fan, and while living in The Chi, he wore his Cubs hat proudly. But then he moved to New York, and after a couple of Mets games we took in last summer, I couldn't help but notice him salivating all over R.A. Dickey.
Happy Saturday!
PS. The dude with the do-rag is Nick. I have no idea where or what he is doing in the world today but I'm sure he's rockin' it 'cuz he was super cool back in school.
PPS. Yes. Mr. Krause is doing "the double handed shocker".