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Illinois' prison chief has changed some security rules for inmates transferred from the high-security Tamms prison when it closes, despite a promise to lawmakers that the exacting standards for managing the state's most dangerous inmates would follow them to their new lock-up.
The day before the first Tamms inmates moved to Pontiac in early August, Corrections Director S.A. "Tony" Godinez jettisoned the policy the agency had said it would use for managing the volatile prisoners, issuing a one-sentence, confidential memo obtained by The Associated Press.
The agency won't release the obsolete plan, but the rules now in place mean fewer officers and fewer chains on inmates when they're out of their cells at their new home, the maximum-security prison at Pontiac, according to interviews and an AP comparison of internal Corrections documents.
Shuttering Tamms also means fewer available cells, so fewer ways to segregate troublemakers. To ensure volatile arrivals from Tamms remain sequestered, current Pontiac inmates in isolation will have to double up.
One fight between formerly segregated Pontiac prisoners on Aug. 24 -- less than a day after landing in the same cell -- only ended after two pepper spray bursts, according to internal reports the AP obtained.
Security concerns at the state's prisons surfaced after Gov. Pat Quinn announced money-saving closures of several facilities, including Tamms. Critics of the plan, including some prison employees and legislators, question how the "worst of the worst" inmates from the state's supermax prison can be safely managed in already packed penitentiaries. Designed for 33,700 inmates, they hold over 49,000.
Quinn, a Democrat, says the 14-year-old Tamms is underutilized and its byzantine security measures too expensive. Human rights advocates have attacked it for an isolation method they call inhumane.
Facing lawmakers last spring, Godinez promised that out-of-cell movement rules at Pontiac would be "identical" to those at Tamms. "The policies and procedures will follow" the inmates, he said.
Asked about that testimony earlier this month, spokeswoman Stacey Solano softened Godinez's pledge and stood by the new rules.
"Not every single process and protocol from Tamms will be completely replicated at Pontiac," Solano said. "Tamms and Pontiac are structurally different. However, the policies the department uses for this population at Pontiac ensure the same level of security."
That surprised Rep. Mike Bost, the Murphysboro Republican who confronted Godinez about post-closure procedures at a legislative hearing.
"I took it literally whenever he said we're going to repeat this same procedure," Bost said.
If not, Bost said it proves the critics' point: The state still needs a prison for extremely violent inmates and the thugs who keep running street gangs on the inside.
Some of the men leaving Tamms for Pontiac, according to internal documents and news reports, will return to the very place where their troubles began.
Robert Boyd was shipped to Tamms in 2003 after he and another Pontiac inmate tunneled through the brick walls of two cells and attempted to kill a third prisoner.
Gregory Rhodes was at Pontiac in January 1997 when he fastened a homemade knife to a broomstick, reached out of his cell and stabbed a guard in the stomach.
After Boyd, cell walls were reinforced with metal, Solano said. Anticipating Tamms transfers, openings on cell doors were covered with a polycarbonate material, she said. Pontiac has more security cameras and was "fortified" in other ways Solano would not detail because of security concerns.
Boyd and Rhodes are among about 135 inmates who haven't moved. A lawsuit over the safety of employees, filed by their union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, halted transfers after 27 inmates were relocated the first week of August.
In the months following Quinn's announcement, Corrections said displaced prisoners could be safely housed at Pontiac under a "step-down" process that gradually allowed ex-Tamms convicts to re-enter the general population at new prisons as they demonstrated good behavior.
Godinez scuttled that process on Aug. 1. With it also went inmate-movement rules for the re-entry participants, according to Pontiac Correctional Sgt. Larry Masching, the prison's AFSCME president.
Administrators at Pontiac instead resurrected regulations that once governed the prison's death row, Masching said. According to Masching and an AP comparison of internal Corrections policies, those rules are less stringent, which the union contends endangers workers, inmates and the public.
For instance, instead of requiring two officers to shackle a Tamms inmate before he leaves his cell, Pontiac rules expect only that two officers "be present on the gallery."
"That (second) officer could be clear down the gallery, not present at the door," Masching said. "That's where guys are going to get hurt."
The rules don't prohibit additional measures -- two officers at the door or the leg irons often required at Tamms -- but Pontiac doesn't have enough staff members to take extra precautions, the union argues. In August, Corrections had 5,100 fewer employees than a decade ago.
Corrections promises that once at Pontiac, the Tamms inmates will be housed alone in cells and locked up nearly all day.
But inmates without discipline issues could go to recreational "yard" at the same time, something never done at Tamms, Solano acknowledged. Masching said up to six former Tamms residents go to yard simultaneously.
Corrections rejected AP's public-records request for a copy of the previous re-entry policy, saying it was still a "confidential document which is not even accessible to IDOC staff without permission."
Solano said the policy was obsolete because it assumed the inmates were ready to begin the process of moving out of round-the-clock segregation, which many are not.
The three-step re-entry policy typically meant a two-phase stay at Pontiac — or a total of six months. Dropping the policy seems to have given officials more flexibility to move people to other prisons in the crowded system.
Solano denied that. But state records show that in the week the policy was dropped, 19 former Tamms inmates who had earlier been sent to Pontiac -- and presumably were re-entry program participants -- moved to Menard or Stateville prisons after as few as 28 days.


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Measure the horizontal rain gutter runs and downspouts and identify the parts you'll need.
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Gutter replacement, which involves installing your own rain gutters can save you substantially over professionally installed gutters, but there are a few pitfalls to watch out for. Inspect the fascia and soffit (Fig. B) for signs of rotted wood, which will need to be replaced before you put up the rain gutters. Many houses have a trim board or crown molding nailed to the fascia just under the shingles. You'll have to either remove this as we did or add a continuous strip of wood under it to create a flat plane for the gutters. In either case, prime and paint bare wood before you hang the gutters.
Fig. A shows an example of a rain gutter system for a typical house. Record the length of the rain gutter runs and mark the downspout locations. Then count up the inside and outside corners and end caps (note whether they are right or left ends). Measure the height of downspouts and add 4 ft. to each for the extension away from the house at the bottom. Each downspout requires three elbows. There are two types of elbows that turn either to the front or side of the downspout. Most installations require only front elbows, but occasionally you may need a side elbow, usually to turn the downspout extension sideways. Here are a few planning tips:
Measure the horizontal rain gutter runs and downspouts and identify the parts you'll need.
Cut the front and back sides with tin snips. Bend the gutter and cut the bottom.
Cut a 2-in. long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section with an inside or outside corner piece. (Cut a 4-in. long notch to overlap and splice together gutter sections.)
Lay a bead of gutter sealant along the corner 1-1/2 in. back from the edge. Hook the front lip of the corner over the notched section of gutter and snap it over the gutter.
Join the gutter to the corner with six rivets in the locations shown. Start by drilling a 1/8-in. hole (for 1/8-in. rivets) at the front of the gutter and installing the first rivet with the rivet gun. Now drill the remaining holes and install the rivets.
It's much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. Photos 1 – 8 show how. Instead of butting parts together and covering the joints with a seam cover as recommended by the manufacturer, lap all seams from 2 to 4 in. Then caulk and rivet them together (Photos 3 – 5). We've shown joining a gutter section to a corner. Use the same process to join two sections of gutter, except overlap the pieces at least 4 in. When you're splicing gutter sections, plan ahead to leave the best-looking factory-cut end on the outside if possible. Also, lap the rain gutters so the inside section is facing downhill to prevent water from being forced out the seam.
Where a gutter ends, cut it to extend about an inch past the end of the fascia board to catch water from the overhanging shingles. Then attach an end cap with rivets and seal the joint from the inside with gutter sealant.
Mark the center of the downspout outlet on the bottom of the gutter. Center the outlet, flange side down, over the mark and trace around the inside. Cut a V-shaped notch with an old chisel as a starting hole for the tin snips. Place two short scraps of 2×4 side by side under the gutter to support it while you chisel the notch.
Cut out the outlet hole with offset tin snips. Red tin snips cut counterclockwise. Green snips cut clockwise. Either one will work. Cut 1/16 in. outside the line.
First measure from the corner of the house to the center of your chosen downspout location. Double-check for obstructions. Transfer this dimension to the gutter and cut in a downspout outlet (Photos 6 – 8). This method takes a few minutes longer than using one of the short gutter sections with a preinstalled outlet, but it eliminates two seams and looks much neater. You can make this cutout with a duckbill tin snips, but a special offset snips like we're using (available from hardware stores and home centers) is much easier for beginners.
When installing gutters, set the proper slope by driving a nail 1/2 in. below the shingles on the high side of the gutter run. Measure and record the distance from the bottom of the fascia board to this nail. Subtract 1/4 in. for every 10 ft. of gutter from this measurement and mark this distance at the low end of the gutter run. Drive a nail at this mark and stretch a chalk line between the two nails. Align a level with the string to check the slope. The bubble should be off-center toward the high side. If it's not, adjust the string until the bubble indicates that you have the proper slope. Finally, snap the string to mark a line on the fascia board.
The number and size of downspouts determine how fast your gutters will empty. Sloping them helps eliminate standing water that can cause corrosion and leak through the seams. Slope each house gutters run down toward the downspout about 1/4 in. for every 10 ft. of gutter. If your fascia boards are level, you can use them as a reference for sloping the gutters. Check this by holding a level against the bottom edge. If they aren't level, adjust the string line until a level aligned with it shows a slight slope (Photo 9). Snap a chalk line to indicate the top of the gutter. Then straighten gutter sections as you screw them to the fascia by aligning the top edge with the chalk line (Photo 10).
Slide gutter flashing under the shingles and secure with 1-in. roofing nails every 2 ft. Lap sections about 2 in.
With gutter replacement, you can prevent water from running behind your gutters by installing a metal gutter apron flashing under the shingles and over the back edge of the gutter (Photo 11). If your home center or hardware store doesn't sell prebent flashing, ask an aluminum siding contractor or local sheet metal fabricator to bend some for you. Ideally the flashing should be slid under both the shingles and the roofing paper or ice and water barrier. If this isn't possible because the ice and water barrier is stuck to the sheathing, or there are too many nails and staples along the edge of the roofing paper, then just slip the flashing under the shingles (Photo 11). If the flashing you're using is too short to reach down over the back edge of the gutter, slip an additional strip of sheet metal flashing under the bent flashing and over the gutters.
With the gutters screwed to the fascia, it's a simple job to install the hidden gutter hangers (Photo 12). Install hangers every 2 ft. to support the gutters and strengthen the front edge. The hangers are designed to slip over the back edge of the gutter, but since we've covered this edge with flashing, just hold them level and drive the screws through the flashing and gutter back into the fascia. The large screws included with the hangers we used are a little tricky to get started, especially through steel gutters and flashing. Spin them at high speed without applying much pressure until the screw tip bites into the metal. Then lean on the drill and drive them into the fascia.
Screw an elbow to the downspout outlet. Hold another elbow against the wall and measure between them. Allow for a 1-1/2 in. overlap at each end. Use a hacksaw to cut this length from the uncrimped end of a downspout tube.
Crimp one end of the short length of downspout with a special sheet metal crimper. With the three blades on the inside of the tube, hold the crimper against the inside corner of the tube and squeeze. Crimp three times across both long edges and twice on the narrow sides. Attach this short section of downspout to the two elbows with two 1/4-in. hex head sheet metal screws into each joint.
Cut strips about 1-1/4 in. wide from the end of a downspout with tin snips. Cut out a U-shaped bracket and snip off the corners. Measure from the corner of the house and mark the locations of each bracket, spacing them about 6 ft. apart. Attach the brackets to the house with stainless steel screws. (Drill a clearance hole through stucco with a masonry bit. Use plastic anchors for brick. Use 1/4-in.-long hex head screws for vinyl siding.) Cut and screw downspout sections to an elbow at the bottom. The bottom of the elbow should be about 6 in. above the ground. Slip this assembled downspout section over the crimped end of the top elbow and secure it with two screws.
Photos 13 – 16 show how to install the downspouts. We're using standard 2 x 3-in. downspouts, but the procedure for oversized 3 x 4-in. ones is the same. Assemble the elbows and downspout tube with the crimped ends facing down to prevent water from leaking out of the joints. Use sheet metal screws rather than rivets so you can disassemble the downspouts to clean them if necessary. Pros prefer prepainted 1/4-in. hex head screws with very sharp points, called "zippers" because they're easy to install. We found these screws in the aluminum siding section of a home center, but a gutter supplier would be another good source.
You can cut downspout tubing with a 32-tooth hacksaw blade, but the pro we talked to uses a circular saw with a standard 24-tooth carbide blade. A power miter box also works great for cutting both gutters and downspouts. Use an old blade, though. Protect yourself from flying bits of metal with goggles, leather gloves, jeans and a long-sleeve shirt.
Each length of gutter and every elbow is squeezed, or crimped, on one end to allow the pieces to fit together, one inside the other. Since 10-ft. lengths of downspout are only crimped on one end, you'll have to crimp one end of any cutoff piece to make it fit inside the next elbow or downspout section. If you only have one or two downspouts to install, you can use a needle-nose pliers to twist crimps into the end. But an inexpensive crimping tool will save you tons of time and frustration (Photo 14).
Finish the gutter job by easier to hang the downspouts. attaching the downspouts to the wall. If you can't find U-shaped brackets, make them from sections of downspout (Photo 15). They look better than the bands that wrap around the outside and make it easier to hang the downspouts.
Clean leaves from your gutters twice a year, or hire a company that specializes in gutter cleaning and maintenance. You'll extend the life of your gutters and eliminate problems like backed-up gutters and plugged downspouts.
Ten-foot lengths of metal gutters, downspouts and accessories are available at home centers, lumberyards and full-service hardware stores. Standard colors are brown and white. Matching inside and outside corners, downspout elbows and accessories are also available. Buy special gutter sealant to seal the seams. It's available in small toothpaste-type tubes or 12-oz. caulk gun tubes.
Using many of the same basic techniques we show in this story, you can install your own "seamless" gutters. Listed under "Gutters" in the Yellow Pages, many seamless gutter companies will come to your house, measure and form continuous lengths of aluminum gutter to fit, and sell you all the installation accessories you'll need. It costs a little more, but you'll be able to choose from dozens of colors and eliminate seams in the gutter runs. You'll also save the hassle of measuring, shopping and hauling the parts home in your VW bug.
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Eight guards at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan have been fired and two more resigned amid a sexual scandal.
All of the ousted guards appeared in photographs that surfaced this week showing guards and supervisors undressed and boozing it up at embassy parties. The 10 men left the country on Friday, the statement said.
The guards were employees of ArmorGroup North America, a private contractor which has been dropped. The embassy also said that a team from the Office of the Inspector General had arrived in the Afghan capital, where it would conduct an investigation.
The scandal surfaced this week when the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington-based independent watchdog group, said that guards were subjected to abuse, threats and hazing by supervisors and that a "Lord of the Flies" environment prevailed at the guard's living quarters.
On Thursday, a State Department spokesman said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was "genuinely offended" by the reports of misconduct.
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This weeks Sepia Saturday inspiration comes from a 1904 photo of Korean women playing a board game. I've raided Great Granny's albums again, and while there are no photos of board games, Granny got up to various other activities with her cousins, the Hardies. These pictures are rather more sedate than previous ones!
Anyone for tennis? This picture was taken on a weekend away at Elmslea in Dundee in May 1928. The little girl looks really grumpy – was there a tantrum brewing up?
Granny, on the left, was keen on golf – this was taken in 1928 at Mount Pleasant. No loud checked trousers or Pringle jumpers for these two lady golfers. She must have been keen on watching golf as well as she took this photo of Bobby Jones (USA) playing in the British Open Golf Championships.
There's no date noted on the back, but a quick internet search shows that Bobby won with a score of 285 at St Andrews in 1928. He also won the British Open Championship in 1926 and 1930.
I don't know what game they are playing here – I can't see any rackets or a ball – but they've rigged up a bit of netting in the garden. Any ideas? I see there's a hat abandoned on the grass and hope it didn't get trampled in the excitement….
Here we have a tennis court and a pile of rackets on the table but it seems that relaxing in deck chairs was preferable. Check out the hats and that parasol!
I'm very pleased to see the young lad cuddling the cat (I'm a Cat Person) and even the cat looks pleased 🙂 I suspect he was a big ginger cat.
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ok, here goes, but first some background so you can understand how it works.
Tennpup2008 [& all earlier teenpup versions] is based on pup214. Prior to that puppy version [ie series 2: p210 - p213] you could keep the save_file in a [sub]dir and puppy would find it. At that time puppy did not have the 'psubdir=' parameter, but you could specify the subdir in your menu.lst file and it worked.
As each successive puppy was developed the search code in the init file [which is in initrd.gz] was changed, mostly for the better, but sometimes with some side effects [probably unintended]. So in the p214 init there were many improvements, & with precisely this side effect, ie that puppy would no longer find its save_file in a subdir. This applies to p214 & p215 [which uses the same p214 base] and [almost - see 2 below] all their derivatives. Then p216 introduced the 'psubdir' parameter where you could again use a subdir, but again with some other side-effects. This was further refined in the successive series 3 and 4, but all with slightly different side effects.
Contrary to what has been suggested in this and other threads, you
keep several versions of puppy on one partition, even if based on the same puppy version. But of course it depends on the version, on what you want and how far you wish to go to achieve this.
In my case on my 1st partition I keep: w98, p214R, p215ce, p216, p217[tmmxxine shard], teenpup2008, expand215, p301, p302, lhp301a4, dingo4, then slitaz & some other minor distros. Then on other partitions pizzapup3.01, muppy07, muppymini 8.03, pupeez1.0, p216ce etc & other distros. All frugal, and it all works.
Now to solve your problem create a subdir [ie two level deep - eg puppy/teen2008] move your teenpup2008 initrd, vmlinuz & save_file there and do the following:
1a - use the initrd.gz from one of the prior versions, ie p210 - p213, edit it with pizzasgood's edit-initrd [search the forum] & change the puppyversioon to 214. If you wish to keep your original initrd.gz in the same subdir as a backup rename the new initrd to, say, initrd213.gz, then use this name in your menu.lst file.
1b - edit the teenp2008 init file in its initrd.gz & change all the search code to that from the p213 init file. Use tkdiff to find the differences between them and see if you can make out which code to change. A bit more involving but you will learn a lot if you succeed. Then name it, say, initrd213-4.gz & use in menu.lst.
2 - use the initrd.gz from p214R [rename to initrd214R.gz if you wish to keep the original teenp2008 file], move all the teenp2008 files [ie including pup_214 & zdrv 214] to the subdir, & rename the pup_214.sfs to pup_214R.sfs. Use the 'SFSFILE=' and 'ZDRV='params in your menu.lst.
Yes, puppy214R is very different, for me the best of the 2 series [basic versions] & my default puppy.
All the above solutions work. I used all three at different times. 1a is easiest, 1b is probably safest, 2 the most convenient [& elegant?].
This post is rather long so enough for now. Re your other issues [renaming save_file etc] later.
If you need more guidance and help with your menu.lst entries ask. And remember, we are all willing to help but whatever you solve yourself adds to your knowledge base.
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Hello stranger,
Firstly, I glad you like TEENpup. As for the colors of the cpu load etc etc, I never thought about what the colors represent? so don't know at this time.
As for adding extra packages to TEENpup 2008 I recommend searching for them in the Debian sarge/etch repository first and use the installed package undeb /unrpm while in terminal to convert these files to work in TEENpup.
As I always recommend, experiment while running live and find out what works and what breaks your system if you have TEENpup installed to your Hard Drive.
If you still want to compile packages yourself, you need to install the sfs file with the needed compiling packages.
I don't have the link to the website but a search of this forum will give you the required link. If you can't find it please reply here and I will try and track it down.
Lastly I don't know if its possible to change the wallpaper between different workspaces / desktops. I have never tried to do that, may be someone else could supply an answer for that one?
Legacy OS 2017 has been released.
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Hi stranger
stranger wrote:
Well, my first post. I'm not native english speaker, so I hope you understand if I write something wrong.
Teenpup2008.... awesome... wonderfull... Fast, simple, efficient. complete, light. I have tried Slackware, Zenwalk, VectorLinux, DCL and wNOP before. Teenpup 2008 is the best I'd tried...
Now my questions:
1. I wish a different wallpaper in each desktop. Is this possible? If it, how?
2. I like programming, mostly in c, html, java, php. I'm thinking install eclipse sdk in Teenpup. How or where I get all libraries to compile and run almost anything whithout problems? Zenwalk is really good for that job.
3. What is the meaning of the colors in cpu load and network interface icons in the taskbar?
Thanks for all. Great job all you do, great forum.
1. you will find a directory named "backgrounds" in your /usr/share or somewhat as that. look in this dir if you find the backgrounds offered by puppy (I can't try it for you: I am using Debian now). then add your new background picture in the directory and upload it using the desktop utility of the system. it is absolute no problem...
2. there are different ways to add software in puppy. a very elegant way is to link a depository file ending in *.sfs, different *.sfs files exist with a development environment for puppy. look in the forum!
the puppy version used for TEENpup, puppy 2.14 is not new. in the past the development of puppy from scratch did also use the OS you did name VectorLinux, version 5.01, a great small linux with good development tools integrated.
The new version of puppy 4. don't need an external development system any more. but I don't know, if it is always full compatible with Slackware 12. packages. You can also find a version 3.01 or an alpha version of Puppy 3.02 here http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/test/ . It is the segment of Puppy with Slackware 12 compatibility.
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Post subject: Thanks for the howto
thanks for your detailed description. I'll give it a try when I have a few afternoons of leisure
Much appreciated!
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Kakenya Ntaiya, a trailblazer for women's education in Kenya and National Geographic Emerging Explorer has been selected as one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2013.
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Born in a small village 250 miles outside of Nairobi, Kekanya was to be married by the age of 12. A rite of passage for all Maasai girls, females can be prepared for marriage as early as 10 by undergoing the gruesome procedure of genital cutting, also know as female circumcision. From this time on, girls are expected to drop out of school and assume the duties of a wife and, very soon after, mother.
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India's manufacturing growth inched up in October from September's 10-month low, supported by a pick-up in new orders and an easing of price pressures, a survey released on Thursday showed.
The HSBC manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), which gauges the business activity of India's factories but not its utilities, nudged up to 52.9 in October from 52.8 in September.
The index has remained above 50, which divides growth and contraction, for over three and a half years.
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The new orders sub-index, an indicator of future output, edged up to 54.9 last month from 54.4 in September, while export orders grew for the second straight month, albeit at a slightly slower pace.
Data released last month showed manufacturing rose 2.9 per cent in August from a year earlier after contracting 0.4 per cent in the previous month. Overall output at factories, mines and utilities rose an annual 2.7 per cent.
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Input and output price indices fell to their lowest levels in more than two years. But Eskesen said this did not necessarily indicate India's inflation, which rose to a 10-month high of 7.8 per cent in September, would cool anytime soon.
Instead, Eskesen said inflation would remain elevated for a while yet, reflecting a Reuters poll which suggested prices will peak in the last three months of 2012 before slowing.
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Renaming the park next to Chicago's historic Water Tower as Jane M. Byrne Plaza in honor of the former mayor was approved today by the City Council.
Aldermen a day earlier set aside other proposed ways to honor Byrne after the former mayor's daughter, Kathy Byrne, said the park idea was backed by her mother and family. The council's Finance Committee endorsed the idea Tuesday.
"It goes back many, many generations that my family was in that area," Kathy Byrne told aldermen. "My great-great-grandfather, who was the first of my forebearers to come to Chicago, lived in that area during the time of the Chicago Fire. And the Water Tower is a survivor, and my mother is a survivor, and Chicago is a survivor."
Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, who proposed finding a way to honor Byrne after a Sun-Times gossip columnist who worked for Byrne decades ago promoted the idea, said today it was a way to not only Byrne, but inspire young women who would strive to live up to Byrne's trailblazing legacy. She was the first and only female mayor of Chicago, or any other major American city, he said.
"I do think that your mother was a trailblazer for the city of Chicago and for the country," Emanuel told Kathy Byrne, who attended today's meeting. 'It's no accident that soon you had an African-American elected and a Jew elected, changing the culture of our city of expectations of what was possible."
Harold Washington, the city's first African-American mayor, was elected in 1983 in a three-way race that included Byrne and Richard M. Daley. Emanuel, who is Jewish, was elected in 2011.
"It's a small token of the city's gratefulness for all the major contributions she made to our city, and enriching it, and making it the great city it is," Emanuel added. "So, on behalf of the entire city, thank you.
Kathy Byrne also said the Water Tower served as inspiration for her mother in tough times, whether they were budget woes or a looming teachers strike.
"During the time that my mom was mayor, and for many years both before and after, she lived right across the street from that park, and she said that whatever the trouble was in the city, whatever the crisis that was brewing, she could look at and see that Water Tower and say, 'You survived the fire, and there was no city left, and you made it.' "
Kathy Byrne also suggested that the Children's Fountain her mother dedicated on Upper Wacker Drive, which was later relocated to Lincoln Park, be moved to the Water Tower park. Aldermen did not make any recommendation on that idea, which was new.
The former mayor was lauded for creating Taste of Chicago and other music festivals, building "L" lines to the city's two airports, promoting local movie filming, envisioning the redevelopment of Navy Pier and the Museum Campus, proclaiming the first Gay Pride Parade Day and banning handguns in Chicago.
But her single term from 1979 to 1983 was not without controversy, most notably labor strife that manifested itself in the form of teachers, CTA and firefighters strikes. She is perhaps best known for moving into the Cabrini Green housing complex for three weeks in 1981 to address violence in the city.
Jane Byrne, 80, had a stroke last year, but "she's been recovering very steadily," said her daughter, who added that her mother was pleased with the honor. "She's thrilled."
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While I am still leaning on the Nobunaga's Ambition website, I had a sudden desire to create a Koei Classics website, modeled after my 5-tigers site of yrs past when I got nostalgic and looked on archive.org
The Koei Classic site would feature games created prior to 2000 (RTK 6 being the last) and would host rtk1-6 (sans 5), Bandit Kings of Ancient China, Genghis Khan 1 &2, 3 Nobunaga's Ambition games and Rise of the Phoenix. I procured manuals for all of the above so would be able to copy them to the site (as well as for download) and also have the games for DL, officer stats where applicable, scenarios, etc.
Nobunaga's Ambition would only have a few sections for the English games (tho would still have basic pages for the 8 or so other language ones), bios for most of the officers, scenarios, etc
Anywho, as always I reached an impasse on which to make. Perhaps both?


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Everything I used to love about Raf
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Heart healthy and heart shaped. Win – win.
Beets. In heart shapes. And in cookie form. Doesn't everyone make cookies like these for their sweethearts?
The first time I made vegan cookies – no eggs, no butter – I was shocked at how good they were. These will shock you, too. More heart healthy than many cookies – and no Red Dye No. 2 – colored naturally with beets!
These vegan delights were inspired by Sweet Beet Cookies from Weelicious, who finds ways to get veggies into her kids foods in such unique and creative ways. Lucky kids!
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco officials are seeking $1.2 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers to cover the unpaid medical costs for Bryan Stow, a San Francisco Giants fan who was brutally beaten in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that in recent filings in federal Bankruptcy Court, San Francisco is seeking reimbursement from the Dodgers for medical bills not covered by Stow's personal medical insurance.
During the March 31, 2011 attack after the season opener between the Dodgers and the Giants, the 43-year-old Stow was beaten so badly that he suffered serious brain injuries.
Stow spent months at a Los Angeles hospital in a medically induced coma before being transferred to San Francisco General Hospital, where he spent five months before being moved to a rehabilitation center.
Attorneys for Stow's family have estimated that his lifetime medical care could cost more than $50 million.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
FBI: 'Credible lead' surfaces in D.B. Cooper case
Associated Press
MONDAY Aug 01, 2011
The FBI says it has a "credible" lead in the D.B. Cooper case involving the 1971 hijacking of a passenger jet over Washington state and the suspect's legendary parachute escape.
The fate and identity of the hijacker dubbed "D.B. Cooper" has remained a mystery in the 40 years since a man jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 flight with $200,000 in ransom.
The recent tip provided to the FBI came from a law enforcement member who directed investigators to a person who might have helpful information on the suspect, FBI spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich told The Seattle Times on Sunday. She called the new information the "most promising lead we have right now," but cautioned that investigators were not on the verge of breaking the case.
"With any lead our first step is to assess how credible it is," Sandalo Dietrich told the Seattle Post Intelligencer on Saturday. "Having this come through another law enforcement (agency), having looked it over when we got it - it seems pretty interesting."
Dietrich says an item belonging to the man was sent to a lab in Quantico, Va., for forensic testing. She did not provide specifics about the item or the man's identity.
Federal investigators have checked more than 1,000 leads since the suspect bailed out on Nov. 24, 1971, over the Pacific Northwest. The man who jumped gave his name as Dan Cooper and claimed shortly after takeoff in Portland, Ore., that he had a bomb, leading the flight crew to land the plane in Seattle, where passengers were exchanged for parachutes and ransom money.
The flight then took off for Mexico with the suspect and flight crew on board before the man parachuted from the plane.
The FBI's recent tip in the case was first reported by The Telegraph newspaper in London.
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Hi guys, i've just downloaded van's editor for ROTK12, would like to help with translating some of the game as i've noticed there's still some parts unfinished.
I'm hoping somebody can help guide me towards which files to translate and how.
Hopefully somebody has come up with a reference as to which "[ ]" refers to which data fields...
I've opened up the first MSG file and the amount of "[ ]" code inside is quite overwhelming


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As my dear, departed Dingo would say…
I'm guarding the bees… again?
Actually I wont say what he says next, I do still have a few well worn if occasionally broken standards.
Ohhh… he's dear because, well he awesome…
and he's departed because he's gone to the dark side…
Just stand here and scream
When Dingo joined us first for battlegrounds, he was a little undergeared, well ok he had no PvP gear.
At the time we were running Arathi Basin over and over, so he was immediately posted as our Stables guard.
While he was getting honor, often his only action was the odd /dance.
If he saw more action that that, at least early on, his incoming call was usually accompanied by a "rezzing now".
Guarding nodes was Guarding the Bees… somehow that makes it better for me, though it did make it worse for him.
Hiding in the bushes
Daraiste is my pocket Disc Priest. She is also relatively new to PvP and BGs, but one of the things she discovered early on was that the enemy love healers, in all the wrong ways.
Her solution is to hide in the bushes. She only likes BGs with bushes and most importantly BGs with bushes where running isn't required (not flag carrying BGs).
I myself am a long time Bee Keeper (unless Dingo is around of course), and I'm always looking for ways to improve my game. So I adopted Dara's technique of hiding in the bushes.
You can't see me!
Which was good to a point, the point where an enemy approached and noticed a Water Elemental "hidden" in the bushes.
Phlanker brought this to my attention while riding into the Farm. Apparently I stood out like a sore thumb, well I didn't, but my elemental was a big red flag, a Hunters Mark taunting the Horde to kill me.
Then I remembered my Elemental's Move To ability.
Well positioned
I now hunker down in a bush and send my elemental either to another bush, or straight to the flag.
Worst case, a cursory scan by the Horde shows them that there are at least 2 people at the node.
Best case they assume I am with my pet and rock in to take me out, while I snipe for another bush.
It's a bonus if someone else is at the node as well (like Dara… lol), because then it looks like the pet belongs to them.
It also allows me to roam a little way from the flag, knowing my pet is staying to defend the node, with a Pet Freeze and a Waterbolt.
Just in case you weren't aware, the best way to have your Elemental in BGs is on Passive, with an Ice Lance macro to initiate it's attack.
Ice Lance & Pet Attack macro
#showtooltip ice lance
/cancelaura Ice Block
/cancelaura Invisibility
/cast [target=mouseover, help] Ice lance; Ice lance; [target=targettarget] Ice lance
It will attack even if you can't (from CC or range) attack. Your command is activated no matter what.
If you are moving, you don't want your elemental to be left behind, so remember to Passive to call it off a target, or Follow to cancel the Move To command.
At the Lumber Mill, I position my Elemental in the bushes at the flag, while I have a sleep next to the big saw blade. My poor elemental is the target of many charges, but it's attacker is then the recipient of a barrage of revenge.
Ninja capping a node? You don't really want your elemental by your side, so send it away a little, preferably in the direction of a possible interrupter. The pet nova won't break your invisibility, so at that point you have an advantage for your ninja cap.
One button summon Elemental & Pet Freeze macro
#showtooltip Summon Water Elemental
/cast [nopet] Summon Water Elemental
/cast !Freeze
Basically, if you are guarding the bees, keep your pet close, but not so close that you become the primary target.
Use it's ranged nova from a position of range to gain the advantage.
Gnomer and Out!


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Do you wish your die cuts had more appeal, were more interesting? Read on for hints and tips to create much more interest with your favorite die cuts.
You Will Need
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- Cut out your favorite die cut using whichever machine you choose.
- This bird was cur on a Slice Elite machine from the SD card Vintage Findings
- Use good quality card, I've used Rymans; Bright White 160 gsm card
- Spray ink over your die cut in a co-ordinating colour
- Stamp text or pattern onto your die cut
- Ink edges to add dimension
- Curve image for more depth using a bone folder
Ink; Tim Holtz Distress in; Weathered Wood, Dusty Concord, Stormy Sky
Stamps; Elusive Images UDLGW0009
You now have a dimensional element perfect for embellishing your chosen project. Great for cards, altered art, art journals, cards etc.
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Living with teenagers can be overwhelming. Overnight, it seems, the children you were once so close to turn into independent strangers with thoughts, tastes, and values all their own. And today's teens are growing up in a popular culture that is meaner, ruder, cruder, more materialistic, more sexualized, and more violent than ever before. What's a parent to do?
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Written in Faber and Mazlish's trademark accessible style, How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk takes you inside their acclaimed workshops where you will hear -- in the words of both parents and teens -- what's on the minds of families today. Packed with suggestions that are easy to implement, and reinforced with stories, line drawings, and "reminder" pages, this indispensable volume will help build a foundation for a healthy relationship that puts the emphasis on rapport rather than reprisals. From age-old concerns about cliques and dating to contemporary worries about binge drinking and cyberbullying, Faber and Mazlish help parents tackle problems before they get out of hand. In their warm, lucid, unpatronizing manner, the authors show families how to be supportive and stay connected during the challenging teenage years....Continua


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Awaken for the Holidays
I cannot believe how fast the holidays are approaching. Time and money seem to be in short supply this year so I have done a few things to help alleviate the stress of planning for gifts and functions. This year I am attending many local Holiday Bazaars for reasonable and thoughtful gifts. This past weekend I attended the Eagles Club Bazzar in Poulsbo and scored a "made in the jar" cookie gift and some really nice Jewelry.
I am wondering what are the best items or products are that you have bought locally or from a artist?
This weekend I will be visiting the House of Awakened Culture that will help me get arts, & crafts, raffles & 50/50, and food galore!
It is from Saturday- Sunday November 20-21st 10am – 4pm in Suquamish. Suquamish is a unique community with little shops, restaurants and the most gorgeous view of Seattle and the surrounding area that you ever did see. It will be a treat for your shopping and scenery senses and a great way to spend the day!
Yours truly will be there both days selling AND buying! If you see me, come say hello. I may even interview you for this blog. It might not make you totally (ok maybe a little) famous AND you can brag the link to all your relatives and friends!
Hope to see all of you there!
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Suquamish, Washington
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Design is everywhere. It can be in the food we eat, the art we buy or the Jewelry we wear. The Designs of the Times Blog is about the people, places and things that help us a enjoy the abundance of creativity all around us. Join us as we showcase the rich designs of our surroundings that make up this great area we call home- Kitsap County! We hope to bring inspiration, joy and creativity to all who read our Blog.
If you would like to be showcased in the Kitsap Sun Designs of the Times Blog please email me here. I would love to hear from you.


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Clifford is one of the PR world's most recognised figures due to his showbiz clients – though he has also represented companies – and willingness to step into the public eye.
However, he and the more professional side of the industry have largely kept their mutual distance over the years.
Clifford's conviction on eight counts of indecent assault on a number of young female victims was today described by Alastair McCapra, the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, as "a sad and shocking case with repercussions for many".
Both the CIPR and the PRCA sought to distance Clifford from the professional world of public relations, with McCapra claiming he has never signed up to professional standards and "no-one in the industry would regard him as a role model".
PRCA director-general Francis Ingham said: "Clifford's work has mainly focused on celebrity publicity – often in the red tops – and this does not compare with the far broader range of strategic skills now offered by the PR industry.
"Nor does his own shocking admission that he has put out facts that he knew to be untrue, which he admitted during a keynote speech at a CIPR conference in 2012."
Ingham and McCapra were divided on the impact of Clifford's conviction on the PR industry.
The former claimed "this story reflects badly on the PR industry" while the latter argued "it would be silly to suggest the reputation of public relations is somehow damaged by this case".
Julian Henry, global head of communication at XIX Entertainment, agreed with McCapra.
Speaking before the verdicts were delivered, Henry said: "I don't think the trial has damaged the industry because Max has always existed in one small corner of the industry."
Henry and another player in showbusiness PR, Mark Borkowski, believe that the tabloid world in which Clifford's business once thrived has changed.
Borkowski said: "The conditions developed by Max Clifford around kiss and tell and managing people's reputations through the tabloid press have changed. There is less of an appetite for that kind of story now as the economics aren't there for the press and the ability to draw out huge fees from papers has gone.
"I never thought how Max operated or built a business was like a PR business – he was part publicist, part journalist dealmaker, part broker who used a nexus of connections to broker the best possible deal for his client and himself."
Henry said: "Newspapers have been much more direct and open about what they're doing in the past few years, and there is less need for a middle man, especially as the value of those pieces has plummeted. All most [newspapers etc] will pay is a cost to set up a story and that is something they will often do themselves – that world Max is in has disappeared or is shrinking as the scale of the market has shrunk."
Clifford himself declined to comment to the media on leaving the court today, though in an interview with PRWeek earlier this month he spoke frankly about the impact on his agency, Max Clifford Associates, and his belief that his staff could keep it going were he convicted.


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When the temperatures start to take a nose dive and it's finally time to dig out the sweaters, I have one thing on my mind (besides keeping warm): soup! Synonymous with warmth and comfort, no wonder it's such a popular dish this time of year.
The best part about soup is that it's so darn easy to make. Seriously. You throw everything into a pot, bring it to a boil, lower it to a simmer, then let it ride for anywhere from 20 minutes to a few hours (depending on what you put in it).
With most soup recipes, especially those that need to simmer for a long period of time, a lid is required during cooking to prevent the liquid from evaporating (or else you'll just have a pot of soggy vegetables). Also, you'll notice that soup is always cooked in a pot or saucepan with high sides instead of in a sauté pan with low sides. Why? The high sides prevent some of the moisture from leaving the pot and evaporating, while pans with low sides are designed to help wick moisture away — which is why they are great for making pan sauces and reductions.
Curried Cauliflower and Apple Soup is a creamy, dreamy dish using currently abundant seasonal produce. Cauliflower is a great base for a pureed soup because, when blended, it acquires a creamed consistency; hence no cream (or the added calorie count) is needed. The Madras curry gives the recipe an Eastern twist and a pop of flavor, but feel free to omit it or change it up with your favorite curry blend.


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The Joseph Tribes.* 1The lot that fell to the Josephites extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho east of the wilderness; then the boundary went up from Jericho to the heights at Bethel.* 2Leaving Bethel for Luz, it crossed the ridge to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 3and descended westward to the border of the Japhletites, to that of the Lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer, and from there to the sea.a
Ephraim. 4Within the heritage of Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of Joseph, 5the dividing line* for the heritage of the Ephraimites by their clans ran from east of Ataroth-addar to Upper Beth-horonb 6and thence to the sea. From Michmethathc on the north, their boundary curved eastward around Taanath-shiloh, and continued east of it to Janoah; 7from there it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and reaching Jericho, it ended at the Jordan. 8From Tappuah the boundary ran westward to the Wadi Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the heritage of the Ephraimites by their clans, 9including the villages that belonged to each city set aside for the Ephraimites within the heritage of the Manassites. 10But they did not dispossess the Canaanites living in Gezer;d they live within Ephraim to the present day, though they have been put to forced labor.
* [16:1–17:18] After the boundaries and cities of Judah, the most important tribe, are given, the land of the next most important group, the two Joseph tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, is described, though it was separated from Judah by the territories of Benjamin (18:11–20) and Dan (19:40–48).
* [16:1–3] This line formed the southern boundary of Ephraim and the northern boundaries of Benjamin and of Dan.
* [16:5] The dividing line: separating Ephraim from Manasseh. Ephraim's northern border (v. 5) is given in an east-to-west direction; its eastern border (vv. 6–7) in a north-to-south direction.
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A Green Prison: The Santa Rita Jail Campus Microgrid. 2012. LBNL-5345E..
"Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Distributed Generation in California's Commercial Buildings." 6th Annual California Climate Change Research Symposium 2009. LBNL-3020E..
"Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Distributed Generation in California's Commerical Buildings." 10th IAEE European Conference, Energy, Policies and Technologies for Sustainable Economies. Hofburg, Vienna, Austria, 2009. LBNL-2693E..
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"Optimal Control of Distributed Energy Resources and Demand Response under Uncertainty." IAEE's Rio 2010 International Conference, June 6-9, 2010. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil : LBNL, 2010. LBNL-3828E..
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"The Stochastic Building Simulation Tool SLBM and its New Energy Forecasting Approach." Fifth Annual California Climate Change Conference, September 8-10, 2008. Sacramento Convention Center, 2008..
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"Thermal Energy Storage for Electricity Peak-demand Mitigation: A Solution in Developing and Developed World Alike." ECEEE 2013 Summer Study 3–8 June 2013, Belambra Les Criques, France 2013. LBNL-6308E..
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Ariel Winter gets to be a Dunphy on TV, but in reality, her family life has been less than picture-perfect.
In a new interview with Teen Vogue, the 15-year-old "Modern Family" star opens up about her tumultuous relationship with her mother, Chrisoula Workman, and how life is much more "normal" now that she's under her older sister Shanelle Workman's temporary guardianship.
"I had body insecurities when I was younger. I still do. Every girl has insecurities--mine were heightened at the time because my mother wasn't supportive," she says. "Now, my sister is always making sure to tell me that I look beautiful."
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Ariel renegotiates "Modern Family" contract, gets $6 million
"I've never had a curfew before," she says. "My life is definitely more normal [living with my sister]--and that'll help me grow up like I'm supposed to," she added. "It's just a different experience for me because I have more of a family life. I'm really happy."
That said, Winter doesn't want her personal life back in the news anytime soon.
"I want to be the kind of actress where, if I'm in the press, I'm in for the right reasons--for my work," she explains. "To be in the press about family drama is kind of embarrassing."