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Why I Still Use Windows
3rd Reason - Specialty Hardware
Sure the open source community is great at developing drivers for a variety of obscure hardware but manufacturer support is definitely appreciated.
You probably all remember Linus Torvalds with his somewhat recent and brief NVIDIA rant. In defense of NVIDIA the company thankfully takes the Linux platform seriously enough albeit with proprietary drivers. NVIDIA is also decent enough about porting new features over to a variety of platforms, open and closed.
Some hardware support has not been quite so fortunate – I draw your attention to dial-up modems.
Thankfully the need for 56K modems has all but evaporated for the most part. If you happen to have a laptop with a 56K modem embedded then pretty much count on not using it under Linux. There has been efforts to create support under Linux and BSD but the battle has been uphill and it never was user friendly.
You could find serial-based modems and more recent USB solutions which are Linux compatible. Still, embedded 56K modems embody the problem with Linux support from hardware manufacturers. At the very least – if you make hardware you should give the community assistance with supporting themselves.
What they can gain:
This one is pretty obvious – you can sell more hardware if you have more potential customers. If you ignore a market they will ignore you. Even if the difference between whatever resources you decide to allocate and your increase revenue is a dollar: that dollar is one which you willingly left on the table. If someone else takes it you only have yourself to blame.
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Nah, Microsoft will reverse direction when the failure becomes obvious. Right now Ballmer and his yesmen are projecting their own reality distortion field inside Microsoft. Microsoft has always been wealthy enough because of Windows and Office to be able to gloss over a lot of bad mistakes and horrible purchases. The Xbox division has been losing money every day since it started, and it only appears to be profitable because of accounting trickery. They've been able to continue messing up with Xbox because their 2 cash cows have kept chugging along. But if they seriously harm the Windows cash cow no amount of accounting wizardry can hide the losses. Ballmer will lose his job and thing will get back to being sane. Not that he cares, his severance package will be the size o a medium city's budget for a year.
I guess that is really the point of my article. I value things that are intrinsically valuable.
I really could not care who provides the platform to make it happen. Windows, BSD, or Linux (I'd even support Apple except that they are a company who is fundamentally formed to provide the exact opposite of what I want -- a highly managed and quickly deprecated to make future decisions easier) -- whichever serves the needs best gets my support.
Microsoft found a way to make a proprietary platform have -- a decent enough amount of the benefits to be acceptable to me.
Unfortunately now even if they turn around they have proven themselves unreliable -- and Linux has a ridiculous amount of benefits. It might already be too late for me if the other players line up.
How long do you think this will take? Will there ever be a time when people will wise up as to what is going on?
So I am not a huge fan of the "split" experience of Windows 8 but what exactly are we losing? You don't have to use the windows store. You can install Steam all you want. You can install Photoshop too. What are we giving up? I am not sure why Notch and Gabe are decrying this concept of store. They don't need to be a part of it.
Microsoft is trying to push the full screen apps. I am not really sure why they think PC people want them, I certainly do not. I have hope that I will get used to it though and somehow, some way I can still be just as productive. Ultimately though, Windows is no more closed, there are just new options for people and over time the ones people want will stick around and the others will fade away.
Correct, Windows 8 is not a bad operating system.
However several design, architectural, and corporate structure choices suggest that Microsoft does NOT want a split Windows design. Everything Windows 7-like about Windows 8 goes through the desktop "App". Cut that out in Windows 9 -- or maybe even a Windows 8 service pack -- and it's only Metro left.
THEN you cannot install Steam. THEN you cannot install Photoshop. THEN you cannot get anything outside of Windows Store and Windows Update -- like Windows RT.
It is looking pretty clear that Microsoft's vision for the future of Windows -- is Windows RT.
If that is their vision -- we either need to snap them out of their daydream or finally give Linux, BSD, or some other open system the chance it deserves. Hell -- the computer revolution should have been based on community-supported platforms from the get-go... it is overdue.
Thanks so much for saying that! Other operating systems should get the recognition that they deserve. That's why I talked so much about it when I was in school. The concept of " you do what you want to do" is very important to me especially when it pertains to compiuters.
Good read !
Its not that win8 is particularly broken or unusable .
But they are headed toward a walled garden and trying to pull an Apple .
They want you to adopt metro apps . Later they slowly cripple non-metro app execution. (like preventing non-metro apps from accessing certain core OS features - already done)
Then , one day BAM! In the best interest of users , they remove legacy app support and disallow side loading !
Give me games and drivers on Linux . I'll be gone in a heartbeat :)
Agree - games on linux would be amazing if it was just easy like windows. Double click and play.
Exactly my thoughts. Hopefully we can either get a soft transition to Linux -- or wake up Microsoft from their dream.
I used win8 Beta early on and it was an absolute DISASTER. I'm on a damn desktop for god's sake, not a tablet. Seriously, it was one of the worst computer experiences, everything takes 10 clicks. I gave up on it and assumed that i must have only used the tablet version - did that get updated?
The early developer Beta was pretty terrible. Release preview and RTM were actually pretty nice -- RTM slightly moreso. RTM has some glitches with desktop icons at least on multiple monitors where the icon just falls off the edge of any monitor but I assume that will be patched. Otherwise -- it's a great OS.
It's the design that scares me.
Wine Is Not an Emulator. It is a compatability platform. Tons of games work great in Wine, because they're being run on native hardware. I get a better framerate for Guild Wars on Arch Linux than I do in any version of Windows that can handle it, because I actually need LESS software to run it in Arch.
Yeah that is what I explained.
(or not-emulation, as in the case of WINE)
I lumped WINE in with the emulators in terms of bringing Windows compatibility to Linux as both WINE as well as emulators will get better in the future. I tried to clearly explain that it was not an emulator per se -- actually by calling it "not-emulation".
Its easier to lump WINE into the same category as Direct-X is for Windows. Both are translation layers. Wine is simpler, but less polished... Direct X is too polished, and has now gotten bloated (and fragmented in some cases) where years ago, it used to be how wine is now, but now is just another software layer slowing command translation
Maybe I'm just a glass half full kind of guy but I think that win8 is not that bad. It boots faster, runs well even on crappy hardware (my old netbook). And it took me less than 10 min to get a working start button and booting directly to desktop. I have tried some metro apps and they are OK, I don't think MS will commit suicide by transitioning everything to metro. I hope that it's only a gimmick to make people buy their tablets and phones.
I would hope so too -- but it looks more plausible than I am comfortable with.
It could be just a gimmick -- but Microsoft usually talks up their gimmicks (there was a quote "we bet the company on Zune!") except this time where they have been ridiculously quiet.
Linux only really needs a slight amount of support to be ready for primetime -- and most of that support can be provided by companies with a financial incentive to support it. Some are actively moving in that direction. Some are still standing still. Hopefully they will help build the best damn lifeboat if Windows as we know it sinks past the point of bailing.
Well if that happens I think we would all embrace Linux, as long as gaming is well supported. We don't need more Apples in tech.
Still, let us make sure as much of what we love as possible is waiting on the other side with open arms.
The problem with Windows 8 is that Windows 7 is perfect, at least to me anyway. Honestly, out of all the things I want to buy or upgrade, Windows 7 is not even on the list. It does everything I need it to do and Win 8, which is nothing more than a touchscreen OS, doesn't tempt me at all. Thanks for making an awesome product (Win 7) and saving me money MS!
I agree, as much as I use Ubuntu I have used Windows 7 quite a bit as well and it has been a pleasant experience. As a result, I am hoping that it ends up being like XP was and is used for many years to come.
My big complaint with Win 7 and Vista was the number of processes that would start with default installation of Windows. I hope Microsoft has fixed it as stopping these processes was a head-ache.
I believe my "I hate Windows 7" thread on PC perspective's forums speaks for Windows 8 doubly, so I have no comment here.
Windows 8 will be the next Vista, everyone is calling it the next Vista 2.0 and I believe them so with that said good luck I just wish I could read one article about windows 8 and not read a dozen negative comments.
P.S You need a new mic man it don't sound all the best but hay just glad to see someone new on the podcast keep up the good work :)
Heh thanks.
When I get some expenses out of the way I intend on getting set up with a Heil mic.Unfortunately what I also need is better internet. I also need a better voice -- but I cannot exactly buy that.
As for the frequency of negative comments surrounding Windows 8 -- I actually like the OS itself even including the lack of start menu and such.
It is just pretty clear that Microsoft sees the future of Windows to be Windows RT. That is unacceptable.
I just paid $1500+ to upgrade to an Intel hex-core, running Win7 Pro.
My last system was a Q9550 with XP64. It got hammered by a virus last summer. I muddled through with an Athlon 630 that I bought back in 2009, running XP32.
I expected to be able to migrate my apps (3D Max, Maya, ZBrush, Solidworks, & supporting Adobe aps).
NO GO. Maya 64 bit migrated, the 3D Max licensing was somehow incompatible with 'XP compatibility mode'.
AND - Max 2013, should I upgrade from 9 ... Max 2013 has abandoned Reactor, a simulation game engine that made Max 9, my previous rev., a lot of FUN to use.
AND - I am using Agent Ransack as a file manager, because the Win7 file manager is, shall we say, sub-optimal. Just do a search for "Win7 file Manager" to see what I'm talking about.
Long story short - I am re-installing XP64 on the Q9550 and using that.
And I installed a dual-boot on the 3930K system, with Ubuntu, and am working overtime to learn Blender & supporting aps. for mixing rendered images with audio, video editing, etc.
Between Microsoft & Autodesk, I have been given a huge incentive to abandon the Windows world for Linux, and to maintain legacy machines running XP64 and XP32 to take advantage of one of the best revisions of 3D Max, 3D Max 9.
I am %100 ready to move to Linux. Win8 signals a controlled environment I believe no self respecting PC user would describe as beneficial in the long (and short) term. Msft wants to take control of the platform and lock it up. Every time you install an app on the desktop, (never mind the disaster that is Metro) it phones home. It's borderline spyware. How is that okay? If I wanted such a thing I would be a mac user. NO THANKS!
The second Steam is on Linux, I am done. Origin (and thus BF3) won't likely be far behind. And where I go, so goes my entire family, as I support them. Microsoft is inherently a monopolistic company which we've all swallowed because it had our games and was good enough. That argument is basically dead now. I am ready for Ubuntu.
Really Fantastic article Scott.
That's my 2 cents.
Thanks for the compliment!
The nice thing about linux is that -- pretty much -- anything compatible for one is compatible with the lot of them. And if it isn't it is so close that the community would have *no* problem working around.
Nice article Scott. I love linux - for my servers. Running Arch on my main server, and CENT on another. As for desktop OS use, it blows. There is so much work that has gone into making the user experience of Windows (and Mac) something an average person can use, we just forget about it. I'm reminded of that every time a family member calls about something not working on their Windows machine. Another option would be great but honestly I'm happy with running Windows and Mac on the machines I have. The last thing I need is another OS to buy all my apps on. I'd need to win the lotto...
Since I first tried using Windows 8 I asked myself why they forced the metro ui for desktop users. Would it be really wrong to just allow users to switch back to the "classic" Win7 style UI? And maybe 1-2 years later just look at the figures which UI style is preferred by desktop users.
The Win8 core seems to be really nice so far but like Scott I fear that this is just the first step to control the user and software. And if they really go the RT route for future Windows versions I'll just stick with Windows 7 for legacy applications and focus more on my linux machines.
As for compatibility on linux systems:
The more people adapt to linux the more companies and developers will try to support it which in return will make linux more and more attractive for users.
Thanks for the nice article Scott. Hopefully we'll see some of the "big players" in the software industry supporting linux in the future as I, too, would really like to see adobe to offer linux versions.


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Decent earnings have been overshadowed by poor showing in Asia, and a weak U.S. durable goods figure.
Halfway through earnings season, we had a raft of generally good reports from UPS , Microsoft, Amazon.
UPS, for example, beat by a penny, helped by international package volume that was up about 6 percent; meanwhile, domestic package volume rose about 2 percent.

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FXH, Inc
We are a small company based out of Tucson, Arizona providing IT services to companies around the world. Our primary markets are Web Hosting, Web Design, Off-Site Backup Services, Dedicated Server & Colocation, On-Site Computer Repair, and IT Consultation. Our focus is on managed products and services in addition to an all-in-one style solution.
We work with small to medium sized companies around the world. We would like our logo to be modern, simple, and classy. We don't want anything overpowering and would like something that can be used in a variety of forms (Print, Web, T-Shirts, etc).
Even though our company has a technical focus, we don't want anything specific relayed in our logo design. Our company is very adaptive our logo shouldn't restrict us to a certain field.
This is a complete redesign of our image. Once we have our brand image, we will use that to design a web site and print materials. We would like to focus on the "FXH, Inc" text, our website http://www.fxhinc.com, as well as an emblem or signifying mark.
We work with a wide variety of clients, but our target market is (but not limited to):
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- Small Companies (<10 Employees)
- Medium Companies (10 - 100 Employees)
The logo and business card should relay a professional look-and-feel.
We are looking for a logo and business card combination. Both the Logo and Business Card should be professional and clean. It shouldn't be too busy and should only relay the important information.
The logo should be modern, simple, and classy. For example, we would like modern and simple fonts to be used; no script fonts, etc. You don't have to restrict yourself to the standard Arial, Times New Roman fonts, but they should be clean and professional looking. The text of the logo can either be "FXH, Inc" or just "FXH"; it would be nice to see both variations. We would also like to see an emblem or signifying mark that can be used separate from the FXH text. Again, we don't want anything technical specific relayed in our logo design.
I've attached some samples of business cards I like. This should give you an idea what I mean by modern, simple, and classy for a business card. Some of the colors I like in particular are Pastel Gray-Blue and Pastel Gray-Green, also the palette I like is http://www.colourlovers.com/palette…2/Hands_On. These aren't hard fast rules, but just some ideas to get you guys started.
Here are the details I would like on the card (feel free to play with the wording):
Company: FXH, Inc
Title: Chief Executive Officer -or- CEO
Name: Ryan M. Gyure
Office Phone: 555-555-5555
Cell Phone: 555-555-5555
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: http://www.fxhinc.com


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Fan Fried Rice Bar is an affordable new Taiwanese counter-spot in Bed-Stuy. The menu is split up into appetizers (the star of the show here looks like the popcorn chicken) and different types of fried rice like a breakfast style, bone-in pork chop, and one with pastrami.
Alley Cat is a new speakeasy bar in the cellar of the Beekman Hotel in FiDi that seems like the lovechild of a Tokyo underground cocktail bar and the backstage of a haunted old theater. They have a bunch of fancy Japanese whiskey, some interesting-sounding $16 cocktails, and a few snacks like fried quail and soy braised short ribs.
This is a casual new ramen spot off the Bedford Avenue L stop in Williamsburg where your soup comes in a cheetah-print bowl. They only have a few seats and focus primarily on ramen, with some starters and a small drinks menu (plum wine, sake, and beer).
We checked out Andante and wrote about it on our Ride-Along Report .
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This is a casual new West Village restaurant serving Middle Eastern comfort food like sandwiches, a leg of lamb, and salmon farro bowls for lunch and dinner, and breakfast all day. It seems slightly diner-y, and also the kind of place to bring a friend for a catch-up meal.
One of the better places to get a big Italian sandwich with house-made mozzarella in Hell's Kitchen has a new location in Greenwich Village on 6th Avenue. This is a good one to know about for lunch in the area, or in case mozzarella seems to be the quickest answer to your problems (hint: it is).
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UpNorth is a new Canadian-themed bar near the Jefferson Avenue L in Bushwick with craft beer and spirits from Canada and ram taxidermy on the walls. They have typical bar food (plus an entire poutine menu), and they'll also be serving brunch and coffee/pastries soon.
By Phil Chardis
UConn Athletic Communications
They are at every practice with the Huskies. They are at every extra shooting session, every one-on-one game, every conditioning drill. The NBA lottery picks … think Donyell Marshall, Ray Allen, Emeka Okafor, Rudy Gay, Andre Drummond . The All-Americans … think Richard Hamilton, Caron Butler, A.J. Price , Kemba Walker , Shabazz Napier .
There they are, high on the wall, looking down and watching. Judging. Inspiring. Encouraging. Sending down a message: "We've been there. We know what you're going through. We know what you can accomplish. Don't settle for less."
And the huge National Championship banners, four of them, constant reminders of the excellence that has been achieved by those who went before.
If you think that the current crop of UConn Huskies don't look up at the walls of the Werth Center, if you think they don't hear the message, if you think they are just shrugging their shoulders and ignoring the responsibility of tradition … well, you would be wrong.
"Of course it means a lot to everybody, and we all feel it," senior-to-be Jalen Adams said. "When you get tired out there and you are getting ready to sub out, and you put your hands on your knees, and then you look up and you see Rip Hamilton, and Ray Allen, and Ben Gordon and all the greats up there, you know you just have to push through it. You want to push yourself more. You want to be part of something that's special."
Admittedly, the last two seasons have not been the kind of special that the Huskies expect and nobody knows that better than the players themselves. Adams, who was part of an American Athletic Conference championship team as a freshman, said there has been a lot of re-commitment since Coach Dan Hurley took over the program three months ago.
"We weren't living up to our own expectations," Adams said. "Obviously, we hear the outside critics and everything, but it all comes down to the men in the mirror and everyone on the team, including myself, we weren't defeating that man in the mirror. Coach Hurley is doing a good job pushing us to step up and take the challenge and be better than we have been."
The Huskies are not looking at UConn's past success as placing the weight of expectations on their collective back, but as inspiration to be embraced.
"Any time you put on anything that says 'UConn,' you feel like you're part of the history here," said redshirt sophomore guard Alterique Gilbert . "I think our main goal is to try to get things back in order. The greats are up there and sure, you feel that pressure, but we have to just try to get better each and every day. It's exciting to know that we're progressing and we're going to get back to where we should be."
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Adapt or die… A harsh choice, I admit, but the reality is there for anyone with eyes that are open to see it. Times will be hard for anyone who imagines that they can get through this decade using a 20th century roadmap. Many other industries have understood this clearly; the world of wine still has to remove its head from the sand.
We all love reading traditionally printed books and newspapers, and many still enjoy listening to a whole album of music by the same musician – and handwriting Christmas cards. But these activities are beginning to look as "quaint" as smoking a pipeful of tobacco and wheeling a baby around in a pram. Last year, the US publisher Random House sold 100,000 copies of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol as electronic "e-books" in the seven days after its release - an impressive 5% of the total sale, considering that "e-readers" like Amazon's Kindle were only launched in 2007, cost over $250 and have no other use.
This year, sees the arrival of Apple's and other electronic "tablets" that can be used as computers and allow users to watch movies as well as read books and newspapers. These new products and their successors will change the way we read words as much as the arrival of the mobile phone changed the way we communicate. Random House is not alone in exploiting the new technology: the giant magazine publisher, Conde Nast is busily redesigning its magazines to make them work in digital form. Meanwhile, Hallmark, the huge US greeting card manufacturer has introduced emailable greetings cards, and major record companies are scrambling to find ways of serving an audience that now prefers to buy its music online, one track at a time.
The European wine industry has historically treated change like the bubonic plague: just consider the ructions over switching from corks to screwcaps and the printing of grape variety names on French wine labels. More often than not, evolution has been imposed by circumstances and competition rather than generated from within.
Setting aside the issue of the changes that might be made to the liquid product (Justin Howard Sneyd of the dynamic UK retail chain Waitrose raised many eyebrows and hackles at the Wine Future conference when he talked about drinks that combine wine with other ingredients), the industry can and must consider other forms of evolution. Among these, packaging is the most obvious. The coffee industry has been transformed by the the Nespresso single-serve "pod" which seeks to bring instant coffee simplicity to the process of preparing an espresso or cappuccino. Makers of dark beers were similarly boosted by the "widget" that facilitates the creation of a creamy head of fine bubbles when poured from a can. The wine industry has much to learn.
Changes in distribution are, however, arguably even more important. 350 years ago, a clever Frenchman called François-Auguste de Pontac opened an inn called the Pontac's Head in London from which he sold his family's Bordeaux. At a stroke, he created the first branded wine (Ho Bryan is the earliest to be referred to by name rather than region) and created a novel form of distribution for it. Today, wine producers across the globe are complaining at the power of the retailers. They should learn from de Pontac – and from Nestle who sell $2bn of Nespresso pods exclusively online, by phone – or through over 120 Nespresso Boutique shops and bars across the globe.
Torres and Antinori – two unusual innovators in the European wine world – have both opened on-trade outlets, but neither is big enough to match Nespresso. But how long will it be before Constellation or a set of like-minded firms collectively addresses the on-trade distribution of its wines?
Within the off trade, this taking-back of power is already beginning to happen… In the UK, where the supermarket stranglehold is at its strongest, Matthew Clarke, which is partly owned by Constellation, has recently begun to offer its on-trade wines directly to retail customers through an online service called thepurveyor.com. The Symington Group (Dows, Grahams port etc) is similarly launching a direct-to-the-public operation alongside JE Fells, its UK wholesaler.
Seth Godin, the American thinker, recently described how the Marx Brothers began as Vaudeville stars in 1910, and shifted to silent, then sound movies and radio before finally appearing on television. They adapted themselves (and their act) to new forms of distribution as they arrived. The choice confronting many wine producers today lies in embracing change and going into the history books as enduring stars like Groucho Marx, or becoming historical footnotes like all those performers who decided that moving pictures were not for them….
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FGCU out hit the Bucs 29-14 on the day as ETSU had only four hits in the shortened first game.
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Chris Sale went the distance for Florida Gulf Coast (30-16, 19-4 A-Sun) in the first game throwing 7.0 scoreless innings and striking out 11 to earn a complete game shutout, while Richie Erath earned the win in game two going 7.0 innings allowing only three runs on five hits while striking out eight.
The Bucs (27-20, 14-9 A-Sun) were led offensively by third baseman Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.) as he was a double short of the cycle in the second game.
Game One Recap:
The Eagles grabbed a 2-0 lead in bottom of the first as Tim Roberson drove a two-run home run over the fence in right.
Austin Gaines increased the FGCU lead to 4-0 in the fourth as he doubled in two runs. Later in the inning, Gaines came around to score on single by Joe Guarnaccia to make the score 5-0 Eagles.
In the seventh,
Game Two Recap:
ETSU took a 1-0 in the first as Andrew Green (
FGCU tied the game at 1-all in the bottom half on a RBI single by Josh Chester. The Eagles went in front 2-1 in the next at bat on a single by Zach Maxfield. Later in the inning, Gaines doubled in two runs to make the score 4-1.
The Bucs cut the FGCU lead to 4-3 in the second after an RBI double by Matthew Scruggs (
In the bottom of the second, Roberson drove a two-run home run over the fence in right for the second straight game to give
Roberson then came around to score in the fourth on a single by Smierciak to make the score 7-3
Guarnaccia added a run in the fifth to give the Eagles an 8-3 lead as he came around to score on an inside the park home run to left.
The Eagles extended their lead to 11-3 in the sixth on a three-run home run by Maxfield.
ETSU grabbed a couple runs in the eighth on a triple by Reeder and a ball hit to first by Kerry Doane (
Reeder added a two-run home run in the ninth to make the final 12-7. The home run was the 16th of the season for Reeder.
The Bucs are back in action tomorrow at 1 p.m. as they close out the series with the Eagles. For more information on ETSU baseball and all other Buccaneer athletic news please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.
Game 1: FGCU 10, ETSU 0 (7 innings)(May 8, 2010 at
ETSU............ 000 000 0 - 0 4 0 (27-19, 14-8 A-Sun)
FGCU............ 200 300 5 - 10 12 0 (29-16, 18-4 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Chas Byrne; Joseph Timp (7); Pete Whittingslow (7)
FGCU - Chris Sale
Win - Chris Sale (8-0) Loss - Chas Byrne (3-6)
HR - FGCU - Tim Roberson (11)
Game 2: FGCU 12, ETSU 7 (May 8, 2010 at
ETSU............ 120 000 022 - 7 10 0 (27-20, 14-9 A-Sun)
FGCU............ 420 113 10x - 12 17 0 (30-16, 19-4 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Ben Booker; Derek Bushey (5); Josh Means (7)
FGCU - Richie Erath; Rob Matthews (8); Jason Forget (8)
Win - Richie Erath (6-2) Loss - Ben Booker (6-1)
HR - ETSU - Bo Reeder (16)
FGCU - Tim Roberson (12); Joe Guarnaccia (1); Zach Maxfield (7)


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In stark contrast with the encouraging results from Partners PrEP—a clinical trial of Viread (tenofovir) and Truvada (tenofovir plus emtricitabine) pre-exposure prophylaxis in mixed-status heterosexual couples—a study focusing specifically on women at risk for HIV infection found no difference in infection rates between those using daily PrEP and those using placebo, according to results presented at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle.
Despite substantial counseling efforts in the study, Lut Van Damme, MD, PhD, of the Setshaba Research Center in Pretoria, South Africa, and her FEM-PrEP trial colleagues reported that inadequate adherence likely undermined the trial's ability to fully assess the effectiveness of Truvada as PrEP in this particular population.
FEM-PrEP originally planned to enroll 4,000 women, before it was discontinued by its sponsor, Family Health International (FHI), in April 2011 because of efficacy concerns. According to Van Damme, 2,120 women residing in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa were randomized to receive either daily Truvada or placebo before the trial was terminated.
Van Damme noted that the women enrolled in FEM-PrEP were considered to be at high risk for HIV infection. Roughly 60 percent of the women were younger than 25; about 12 percent reported having sex for gifts or money with non-primary partners; only half reported condom use; and 70 percent thought they had little or no perceived chance of contracting HIV.
Thirty-three of the 1,024 women in the Truvada group became infected with HIV during the study. Of the 1,032 women in the placebo group, 35 became infected. In other words, 4.7 percent of the Truvada-treated women and 5 percent of the women who received placebo were ultimately infected with the virus.
Van Damme and her colleagues estimated the overall effectiveness of Truvada in FEM-PrEP to be 6 percent, but this reduced risk was not statistically significant—it could have easily occurred by chance.
As for differences in safety, the researchers noted that nausea and vomiting were more frequent in the Truvada group. Mild-to-moderate increases in two liver enzymes (ALT and AST) were also more common in the Truvada group, though only the difference in ALT measurements was statistically significant. No differences in creatinine or phosphorous levels were seen between the two study groups.
Drug-resistance data were available for 35 women in the Truvada group and 40 women in the placebo group. Though no women in the study had HIV with the K65R mutation, which confers resistance to the tenofovir in Truvada (and Viread), three women in the active PrEP group and one woman in the placebo group developed resistance to the emtricitabine (and lamivudine).
Lut Van Damme, MD, PhD, reviews results from FEM-PrEP at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle.
Adherence Shortcomings
Similar to the other major PrEP studies—Partners PrEP as well as the iPrEx study in men who have sex with men and transgender women—rudimentary adherence measurements conducted by the FEM-PrEP researchers failed to hint at anything being remiss. According to Van Damme, 95 percent of the women said they took their pills as recommended in the study and an even greater number said they found the Truvada tablets or matching placebos to be easy to take. Pill counts suggested the adherence rate was 86 percent in the Truvada group and 89 percent in the placebo group.
Measurements of drug levels in study volunteers' blood told a very different story. Though Van Damme and her colleagues were unable to measure drug levels precisely at the time the women were infected, they were able to look at samples collected during the visit before a subset of women were infected and during the visit at the time HIV was diagnosed.
In the women who became infected, roughly a quarter had blood levels of tenofovir at either visit, a finding that suggests most participants weren't using the drug properly.
Results weren't much better among women randomized to the Truvada group who didn't become infected in the study. Roughly a third of these women had adequate levels of tenofovir in their blood during subsequent clinic visits.
FEM-PrEP vs. Partners PrEP
Biomedical prevention experts, including members of the Partners PrEP and FEM-PrEP study teams, are still attempting to make heads or tails of the different outcomes seen in both trials.
During a CROI press conference, held Monday, March 5, at the Washington State Convention Center, Partners PrEP investigator Jared Baeten, MD, noted one key difference: The women in Partners PrEP were in stable relationships and, thus, may have been encouraged by their HIV-positive male partners to adhere to treatment.
Baeten reiterated other major differences, including the facts that women in FEM-PrEP were younger than those enrolled in Partners PrEP and were more likely to have other sexually transmitted infections and that they largely considered themselves not to be at risk for HIV.
But it is adherence, Baeten said, that is the driver of PrEP efficacy and will ultimately need to be a major focus of follow-up studies and demonstration projects going forward.


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The rare instance of a boat colliding with semitrailer shut down southbound Interstate 5 in Wilsonville for more than two hours Tuesday morning.
On Sept. 10, at about 9:45 a.m., a Chevrolet Suburban pulling a trailer loaded with a boat was traveling southbound in the left lane of I-5 near milepost 282 and was passing a commercial semitrailer that was in the lane to its right. For an unknown reason, the vehicle with the boat trailer and the semi collided. When the vehicles came to a stop, they were blocking the freeway and a diesel spill was reported from the commercial truck, according to Oregon State Police.
The truck's driver was transported by ambulance to Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries. No names have been released. One lane was reopened for traffic at approximately 10:40 a.m. All lanes were open by noon. OSP troopers from the Portland and Salem offices were assisted by the Oregon Department of Transportation and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.


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Moroccans voted for a new parliament Friday in Arab Spring-inspired elections that are facing a boycott by democracy campaigners who say the ruling monarchy isn't committed to real change.
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The people in charge of a polling station wait for voters in a school in Rabat, Morocco, on November 25.
A moderate Islamist party and a pro-palace coalition led by the finance minister are competing for the top spot, but a key test for the authorities' legitimacy will be how many voters cast ballots.
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"I've always voted, but this time it is more important," said Dr. Mohammed Ennabli as he lined up to vote in the affluent Agdal neighborhood of Rabat. "Before it was the king who chose, now it is the people who choose."
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Many people, however, scorned a process they say has been going on for decades without any tangible effect on their lives.
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Jerry Rice, an NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver known for his laser-like focus and precision, is turning those attributes to a new sport: golf.
Rice, 47, will make his professional debut this Thursday as part of the 156-player field in the Fresh Express Classic at Stonebrae in Hayward, Calif. He will also serve as host of the event, which operates under the supervision of the PGA.
"This is an opportunity of a lifetime here," Rice said. "You know I'm a competitor. I don't want to go out there and have those players who are playing on the Nationwide Tour think this is a publicity stunt for attention. It's not. ... I have the opportunity to go out and prove to everybody I can play golf."
An avid golfer for over 20 years and a mainstay on the pro-am circut, Rice will be in the running for prize money if he make the 36-hole cut.
"I got addicted to the game. I have so much passion for it," Rice told the Associated Press.
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CENTERVILLE, Mass. – On the heels of its IRA Championship winning season, the Yale men's lightweight crew team has scooped both the Crew of the Year and Coach of the Year awards from the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
In the voting for the award, the Elis' varsity eight picked up five votes – four more than Yale's own freshman eight and Dartmouth's varsity eight, which came in equal second place with one vote apiece.
It was a similar result for head coach Andy Card, who in his 22nd year at the helm of the Bulldogs picked up the IRA Coach of the Year Award. Since taking over as coach, Card has propelled the Bulldogs to five IRA title victories, with this past season's victory the team's first since 2005.
Of course, it was no easy win at this year's IRA competition. A photo finish between the Bulldogs and Ivy League rivals Harvard meant a prolonged wait for both teams as the result was released. The eventual verdict – a .02 second win to Yale – capped off a successful season that also saw the Elis snag third place at the May 15 Eastern Sprints and wins in the Johnson, Joy and Dodge Cups.


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Tourism season gets cracking on soggy holiday weekend
Mystic - With a wind-driven drizzle threatening to send the mercury below 50, Saturday's installment of the merry month of May - the unofficial start of the summer tourism season - bore a striking resemblance to March.
Nowhere was the chill more evident than at Mystic Seaport, where the Mystic Rotary Club's annual Lobster Days event nevertheless catered to scores of hearty souls.
"It's been a challenging day," John Merkel, the club's vice president, said in the early afternoon. "The weatherman's been forecasting relatively bad weather for today, so a lot of people probably made other plans."
Musician Craig Edwards, who'd been booked to entertain a crowd, allowed that the cold was about to impair his banjo-strumming.
"I'm pretty tough, but this is getting near my limit," he said, flexing his fingers.
Though light, the turnout included Jack and Janis Solomon, a parka-clad East Hampton couple who enjoyed crustaceans, corn-on-the-cob and cole slaw. Jack, a Rotarian himself, said they'd won Lobster Days tickets in a silent auction at a recent Rotary conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The event continues from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Monday - under brighter skies, if the forecast holds.
"Sunday will be warmer though still somewhat windy. Morning cloudiness will give way to sun," Andy Mussolini, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com, said. "The big story is noticeable improvement by Monday."
Temperatures should climb into the 60s today and to near 70 Monday.
For the region's tourism operators, the Memorial Day weekend's inauspicious start likely did little to dampen expectations for the summer.
"The prospect for a strong (tourism) season that exceeds last year - which was good - is there," Ed Dombroskas, executive director of the Eastern Regional Tourism District, said last week. "If the weather holds on weekends throughout the summer, we'll do great. Otherwise, it should still be a strong season."
The AAA expected a slight decrease in New Englanders' travel during the holiday weekend - Thursday through Monday - despite lower gasoline prices than a year ago. The association projected that 1.56 million people from the six New England states would travel at least 50 miles from home during the weekend, down 0.7 percent over the same period in 2012.
Nearly 1.42 million New England travelers planned to drive, a 0.1 percent increase over last year, while fewer than 120,000 were expected to fly, an 8.1 percent decline that the association attributed to higher air fares.
Heading into the weekend, the average price of gasoline in the state was $3.79 a gallon, compared to $3.73 a month earlier and $3.96 last Memorial Day weekend, when Connecticut ranked among the five states with the priciest gas in the country.
Sixty-two percent of travelers said gas prices would have no impact on their holiday travel plans, the association reported.
Dombroskas said he didn't expect gas prices to have much effect on the state's tourism business in the weeks ahead, unless they spike substantially.
"Until gas prices push in excess of $4 a gallon, they don't have a big impact on our markets," he said.
Dombroskas said he believes the region is better prepared for the tourism season than it's been in several years.
"There are more things happening," he said. "The infrastructure is in good shape and there's a lot of new programming."
The state's "Still Revolutionary" marketing campaign and the district's own efforts have succeeded in extending the reach of the region's attractions, Dombroskas said.
"We're getting a lot of new people who are interested in eastern Connecticut for the first time, so we've been sending out a lot of information," he said. "And it's not just Westchester (New York). We're hearing from western Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey."
The district has invested heavily in social media.
"We're discovering that more and more people are finding us through Facebook rather than Googling us. ... Significant inquiries are coming from mobile applications, which lend themselves more to social media," Dombroskas said.
One of the region's biggest events this summer promises to be the Seaport's July 21 relaunching of the Charles W. Morgan, the vintage whaling ship that's been undergoing a major overhaul since 2008. Documentary filmmaker Rick Burns will deliver the keynote address, and the U.S. Coast Guard Band will perform at the event, which a number of dignitaries are expected to attend.
"It's been getting a lot of attention. We've been getting a lot of calls about it," Dan McFadden, the Seaport's director of communications, said.
Next weekend, more than 150 uniformed Civil War re-enactors will encamp on the Seaport grounds, carry out infantry drills and artillery demonstrations and march in a dress parade. The Naval Encampment is a one-time event.
Overall, attendance at the Seaport was down slightly last year, although paid visits were about the same as the year before, according to McFadden.
"We hope to build on that," he said.
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The words of the apostle Paul are ominous, fearsome, sobering, encouraging, and strengthening as he says, "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, this he will also reap" (Gal. 6:7). When I was a …Read More


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Boyle Heights traffic was snarled this afternoon near Lorena Street and Whittier Boulevard as motorists and pedestrians maneuvered around a van that burst into flame and spouted thick black smoke. The van caught fire at about noon as it waited to turn into a gas station at the intersection of Lorena and Whittier. The driver was able to get out with only minor injury. The van, however, was a total loss, despite a quick response by L.A. City Fire Department.


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Sometime during the next few weeks, as we continue to add new content to our online archives, GenealogyBank will reach a milestone: we will have 1 billion more records than the total we launched our website with five years ago. Wow, that's a lot of additional genealogy records!
I wanted to see what I could find in GenealogyBank with all this added material—so I chose a family at random and set out on a genealogical research investigation.
Researching the Family of Minnie M. Damon
I picked Minnie M. Damon who married James W. Wright on 31 December 1890 in Keene, New Hampshire. With Christmas still in the air and New Year's Eve approaching, the couple was married by the Rev. C. E. Harrington.
A search in GenealogyBank found their marriage announcement in the New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 7 January 1891, page 8.
This marriage announcement is a great genealogical find. It gives terrific details about the wedding.
And—what about those "white silk slippers" the bride wore, the same ones her mother wore when she got married 38 years before? Does someone in the family still have them?
Hmm…they were married "at the home of the bride's mother." Why no mention of the father? Had he died? Was there a divorce?
Genealogical Research Find 1: George Damon (Minnie's Father)
The next step in our genealogical research is to find out even more about Minnie's dad. Digging deeper into our online archives I found the death notice of the bride's father. He had died just six months earlier.
George Damon was "aged 68 years 8 months and 27 days" when he died on 2 June 1890.
Next we want to subtract those figures from his death date to see when he was born.
George's date of birth works out to 6 September 1821.
There is a handy site for calculating these dates: see TimeandDate.com
Genealogical Research Find 2: Lucy Bowker/Damon (Minnie's Mother)
Digging deeper into our historical newspaper archives I found the marriage record of her parents: George and Lucy (Bowker) Damon.
Their marriage announcement was published in the Weekly Eagle (Brattleboro, Vermont), 20 September 1852, page 3.
Whoa—hold on: their marriage announcement was published in the Weekly Eagle, a Brattleboro, Vermont, newspaper?
But they lived in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. The newspaper even said that they were "all of" Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.
So, why did a Vermont newspaper publish the announcement of their wedding?
Because newspaper editors wanted to sell papers, that's why.
Brattleboro is only 40 miles from Fitzwilliam, and the Weekly Eagle was regularly bought and read by the residents there.
Genealogical Research Find 3: Elijah Bowker (Minnie's Maternal Grandfather)
And here is a newspaper article about Lucy Bowker's father, Captain Elijah Bowker, praising his life of service. It was published in the New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 28 June 1877, page 1.
What else could I find out about the Damon family in my genealogical research?
Branching Out the Damon Family Tree
I decided to do a broader genealogy search by searching on only the surname (Damon) and their hometown (Fitzwilliam).
Both "Damon" and "Fitzwilliam" are uncommon words. It is likely that all Damons from Fitzwilliam are related, but we need to sort them out to make sure.
This broad genealogy search produced a few hundred surname record results.
That is a reasonable amount of genealogy records to sift through, so I started reading through all of them.
Genealogical Research Find 4: Martha Damon (Minnie's Aunt)
One death record in particular caught my eye. It was published in the New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 28 April 1826, page 3.
There in the third paragraph: "In Fitzwilliam, an infant daughter [Martha Damon, 1825-1826] of Mr. Geo. Damon."
This little girl was the aunt of Minnie M. (Damon) Wright—the woman I started my investigation with.
Genealogical Research Find 5: George Damon and Deacon Oliver Damon (Minnie's Paternal Grandfather and Her Paternal Great-Grandfather)
The "Geo. [George] Damon" named in this death notice was Minnie's paternal grandfather [George Damon, 1796-1840] and the "Deacon Oliver Damon" [1758-1837] also named was her paternal great-grandfather.
OK. This newspaper obituary was for a two-year-old infant, and it would be easy to assume that such a notice would have minimal genealogical clues. But, I like to read every document.
As it turns out this obituary gives us lots of critical genealogical information:
"Deacon Oliver Damon and wife have lived in Fitzwilliam 42 years, and this [is] the first instance of mortality that has occurred in his family or among his descendants, (25 in all) during that time. Printers for Massachusetts are requested to notice this death."
As of 1826, there were 25 descendants of the family in that area and none of them had died over the previous 42 years.
Digging deeper into GenealogyBank's online archives I found more details in Deacon Oliver Damon's obituary, published by the New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 9 November 1837, page 3.
He was a Deacon of the Congregational Church, and he fought in the Revolutionary War. Clearly there is more genealogical research that we can do on this family.
Do you remember seeing in these obituaries the phrase "Printers in Mass. are requested to notice this death"? This note from the newspaper's editors gives a strong indication that the Damon family has a family connection to Massachusetts.
So, the next steps in our genealogical investigation are to sort through all of the "Damon" references in and around Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, and extend that search out to Massachusetts.
The only "Damon" I ever heard of is the actor, Matt Damon.
I wonder if Minnie M. (Damon) Wright and Matt Damon are actually related.
Tracing the Damon family tree: to be continued…


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But what troubles General Plastics executive Eric Hahn is that although the company considers only prospective workers who have a high school education, only one in 10 who take the test pass. And that's not just bad luck at a single factory or in a single industry.
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"You could think that even for production, do you really need to know math?" said Jacey Wilkins, a spokeswoman for the Manufacturing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers. "But the truth is, you do, because these jobs are incredibly complex and integrate multiple functions and systems."
Indeed, in working with machinery and making products with precision, "people really do need a basic understanding of math," she said.
But math has been a problem.
The United States ranks below average in math compared with other developed countries and regions participating in the Program for International Student Assessment test.
As the economy begins to perk up and businesses start to hire, a lack of basic knowledge about mathematics could present a problem to people looking for work.
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Educators are aware of what manufacturers like General Plastics face. They're looking for ways to make math relate to the real world so students will grasp why it's necessary and stick with it. Some want to change the way it's taught.
Math learning also will change with the Common Core standards, a state-led effort to set educational standards in math and English for kindergarten through high school. Forty-five states have adopted them.
They'll match with what students need to know for success in college and jobs, said Sam Houston, president and CEO of the North Carolina Science, Math and Technology Education Center in Research Triangle Park near Raleigh, and a veteran North Carolina public school administrator. North Carolina is among the states that have adopted the Common Core.
"In the hands of a trained professional," Houston said, "the Common Core should give everyone a better means to answer the question, 'Why do I need to know this?'"
For manufacturers like Hahn, changes in teaching math can't come soon enough.
"Manpower training for manufacturing is a critical issue right now," he said. "The development of highly skilled workers is essential if we are to produce good products and grow our industry."


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French (Limoges)
Reliquary Chasse Depicting the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket, ca. 1210
Copper alloy (gilt) and champlevé enamel over wood core
7 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (18.1 x 21.1 x 8.3 cm)
Gift of Baroness René de Kerchove, 1952
The martyred English archbishop Thomas Becket was especially venerated in England and France during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, creating a demand for relics and artifacts associated with him. Produced in the renowned enamel workshops of Limoges in southwest France, this reliquary, or chasse, is one of a series of elaborate and vibrantly colored
reliquaries decorated with scenes of Becket's assassination, burial, and other stylized motifs.
The outspoken English archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170, by four knights in the household of King Henry II.1 Miracles attributed to him occurred almost immediately, and in little more than two years Thomas was canonized, on 21 February 1173. The martyr's fame and veneration quickly spread throughout England and France--areas then united under Plantagenet rule--and his death became an especially popular subject for Limoges enamels.
There are about fifty extant Limoges chasses that illustrate the murder of Thomas Becket; most can be dated between 1195 and 1220.2 Probably all of these chests once held relics of the saint. The earliest chasses were produced almost immediately after Becket's death and canonization; a second group of reliquaries was probably made in response to the exhumation and translation of the saint's body in 1220.3 The earlier pieces exhibit pronounced Romanesque stylistic elements, such as slim, agile figures in animated narratives, and a linear stylization of forms. In later examples, these tendencies are coupled with a simplified Gothic influence, showing figures with supple draperies and full rounded faces. The Oberlin chasse was probably made about 1210, and shares many features with other pieces from this later group.
Most of the chasses follow the same basic format as the Oberlin example, with slight variations in design and iconography.4 The murder of the saint at the altar is represented on the principle face, and his entombment (or ascension) on the roof. The gabled side plaques depict apostles or saints, and the back and roof plaques are patterned with simple decorative motifs. The uniformity of motifs (both individually and in combination) has suggested that the chasses may have been inspired by a common model, possibly English.5 Many chasses culminate in a crest at the roof peak, often ornamented with rock crystal or enameled medallions.
The Oberlin chasse depicts Thomas Becket turning from the altar to confront his two assailants: one delivers a fatal sword blow, the other is armed with sword sheath and axe. On the altar are a chalice and a candlestick. In the roof panel, Becket's body is lowered into the tomb by two kneeling figures; an archbishop, holding a crosier, stands to give his blessing. The two floral-arboreal elements flanking the figural group on the roof are rather unusual; in Limoges enamels they are used to indicate that a scene takes place outdoors (which was not the case in Becket's burial), and are found on only one other Becket chasse.6 Two unidentified saints are depicted on the gabled end plaques. The figure on the proper left panel holds a book; the figure on the opposite end holds his right wrist with his left hand, a gesture that symbolized sorrow in the Middle Ages and is commonly found in Crucifixion scenes in the figures of Mary or Saint John.7
The enameled ground of the front plaques is decorated with a random pattern of stylized rosettes and bordered by broad undulating bands. The rear panels of the chasse are decorated with a simple repetitive pattern of quatrefoils, bordered by a band of small crosses on a red enamel ground.
There are close parallels between the Oberlin chasse and similar pieces at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. M. 244.433); the Toledo Museum of Art (inv. 56.74); and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (inv. 1822.222). The Oberlin reliquary is slightly larger than most Becket chasses produced at this time.8
M. E. Wieseman
Limoges, in the province of Aquitaine in southwest France, was a center of goldsmithing and enamelwork from at least the beginning of the twelfth century.9 After mid century, there was a rapid proliferation of enamel workshops throughout the Limousin area dedicated to the newly developed technique of champlevé ("raised ground") enamel. In the champlevé technique, the metal substrate or support, usually copper, is gouged out to form cells into which the powdered glass is poured; heat fuses the molten glass to the substrate. The exposed metal is usually gilded. A new technical variation developed in the Limousin workshops during the last quarter of the twelfth century reversed the traditional enameling procedure, creating objects with enameled grounds and the figures held in reserve and engraved, or formed of relief appliqués. The champlevé technique was used for both religious and secular pieces such as book covers, candlesticks, medallions, chasses and coffers, plaques, small statues and effigies. Although individual hands can sometimes be recognized in groups of enameled objects produced around Limoges, none of the artists are identifiable, and a single craftsman may have worked for more than one workshop.
General References
Boehm, Barbara Drake, Elisabeth Tabouret-Delahaye, et al. Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1996.
Possibly from the Convent de Pont-à-Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
With Henri Daguerre, Paris
Collection Michael Dreicer, New York (1918)
Bequeathed by him to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1921, inv. 22.60.18)
Returned to donor's family (1933)
Collection Baroness René de Kerchove (widow of Michael Dreicer), by whom given in 1952
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 1958. Aspects of Late Medieval Art. 31 October - 22 November. Cat. no. 5.
East Lansing, Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University, 1959. An Exhibition Presented on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University. May. Cat. no. 66.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. The Year 1200. 12 February - 10 May. Cat. no. 164.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Museum of Art, 1985. Songs of Glory: Medieval Art from 900-1500. 22 January - 29 April. Cat. no. 51.
Breck, Joseph. "The Michael Dreicer Collection, Part II: Sculpture and Decorative Arts." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 17 (May 1922), p. 106.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Guide to the Collections. New York, 1931, p. 89.
Parkhurst, Charles. "Preliminary Notes on Three Early Limoges Enamels at Oberlin." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 9, no. 3 (Spring 1952), pp. 96-105.
Hoffmann, Konrad. In The Year 1200. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, p. 158, cat. no. 164.
Caudron, Simone. "Les Châsses de Thomas Becket en émail de Limoges." In Raymonde Foreville, ed., Thomas Becket: Actes du colloque international de Sédires, Paris, 1975, p. 234.
Mickenberg, David. Songs of Glory: Medieval Art from 900-1500. Exh. cat., Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, 1985, pp. 172-74.
Caudron, Simone. "Les châsses reliquaires de Thomas Becket Émaillées à Limoges: leur géographie historique." Bulletin de la Société archéologique et historique du Limousin 121 (1993), pp. 72-73, 76.
Kibler, William W. and Grover A. Zinn, eds. Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York, 1995, pp. xxii, 790.
Caudron, Simone. In Émaux méridionaux: Catalogue international de l'oeuvre de Limoges. Edited by Marie-Madeleine S. Gauthier and Genevive Franois. Vol. 2: L'Ecole de Limoges 1190-1215. Paris, forthcoming.
Technical Data
The eight copper alloy panels are affixed with metal tacks to the faces of a wood (oak?) core or chest. Several tacks are missing and others are modern replacements. The panels are decorated with champlevé enamel; exposed metal surfaces are decorated with incised lines, stippling, and gilding. The heads of six of the seven figures on the front lower and roof panels (excepting that of the body of the saint on the roof panel) are separately cast in relief and fastened to the substrate with studs projecting from the reverse of the appliqués. The lower back panel is hinged at the bottom and fastened with a key-operated lock (apparently original) at top center. The bottom of the chasse, including the feet, is covered by a metal plate that is probably of a later date. The gilding is abraded in many places, and there are some losses to the enamel, especially along the edges of each plaque and across the lower portion of the back panel.
1. On the life and death of the bishop martyr, see David Knowles, Thomas Becket (London, 1970) and Frank Barlow, Thomas Becket (Berkely, 1986). On representations of the saint in art, see Tancred Borenius, The Life of St. Thomas Becket in Art (London, 1932).
2. See Simone Caudron, "Les châsses reliquaires de Thomas Becket émaillées à Limoges: leur géographie historique," Bulletin de la Société archéologique et historique du Limousin 121 (1993), pp. 55-82; and idem, in Marie-Madeleine S. Gauthier and Genevi?ve Fran?ois, eds., ƒmaux méridionaux: Catalogue international de l'oeuvre de Limoges, vol. 2, L'Ecole de Limoges 1190-1215 (Paris, forthcoming), for a survey of extant Becket chasses.
3. Simone Caudron ("Les Châsses de Thomas Becket en émail de Limoges," in Raymonde Foreville, ed., Thomas Becket: Actes du colloque international de Sédires [Paris, 1975], p. 240) and Marie-Madeleine S. Gauthier ("La Meutre dans la cathédrale, thme iconographique médiéval," ibid., p. 253) have suggested that the chasses may relate in some way to fund-raising for a new shrine dedicated to the saint, a project begun in 1185 and completed in 1220.
4. For a more complete description of variations and combinations of motifs, see Charles Parkhurst, "Preliminary Notes on Three Early Limoges Enamels at Oberlin," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 9, no. 3 (Spring 1952), pp. 100-104; and Simone Caudron, "Les Châsses de Thomas Becket en émail de Limoges," in Raymonde Foreville, ed., Thomas Becket: Actes du colloque international de Sédires (Paris, 1975), pp. 233-41.
5. M.-M. S. Gauthier, "La Meutre dans la cathédrale, theme iconographique médiéval," in Raymonde Foreville, ed., Thomas Becket: Actes du colloque international de Sédires (Paris, 1975), p. 254; and Raymonde Foreville, "La Diffusion de la culte de Thomas Becket dans la France de l'ouest avant la fin du XXIIe sicle," Cahiers de civilisation médiévale 19 (1976), pp. 363-64.
6. Simone Caudron, in correspondence dated 26 February 1997 (museum files), notes that the use of this motif occurs in only one other Becket chasse.
7. Simone Caudron, in correspondence dated 26 February 1997 (museum files).
8. Simone Caudron, in correspondence dated 26 February 1997 (museum files), notes that the average width and depth of contemporary Becket chasses are 13-15 cm (about 5-6 in.) and 5-6 cm (about 2-2 3/8 in), respectively.
9. For a survey of the stylistic and technical development of Limoges enamels, see Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, "Beginnings and Evolution of the Oeuvre de Limoges," in Barbara Drake Boehm, Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, et al., Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350 (exh. cat. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995-96), pp. 33-39; and Isabelle Biron, Pete Dandridge, and Mark T. Wypyski, "Techniques and Materials in Limoges Enamels," in ibid., esp. pp. 49-54.


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Each semester we ask our followers to snap and share their photos of Chico State in its seasonal finest. This spring we asked the same, but with a twist: the photo submissions would be in the running to become our next Facebook cover photo. We accepted photos via Facebook, Twitter, and email, and our social media team selected 10 to be featured in an album. Of those, the photo with the most "likes" after one week became the next CSU, Chico Facebook cover photo. Over 600 people "liked" their favorites, but one photo beat them all.
The fan favorite photo, and now our cover photo, was submitted by staff member Shannon McCollum.
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There is a commonly inaccurate perception that there are no programs for doing genealogy on Apple Macintosh computers. As it turns out, the list of available programs is very limited, and there are barely enough offerings to make the Macintosh a viable platform for those doing their family history. But there are at least two or three programs that compete favorably with anything available on the Windows/PC type computers.
The now old Personal Ancestral File (PAF) program, called Family Records, was one of the first extensive programs for the Apple operating system. Unfortunately, the support of the program was discontinued after version 2.3.1 and after some Apple operating system upgrades it ceased to be a viable product. Translated, that means the program would not work on newer computers. There are a few programs available that use either the old PAF format or use the program itself as a basis for the present offering.
The lineup of currently available programs includes a long list of both commercial programs and freeware (that is programs that can be downloaded for free) but unfortunately, most of these programs are either lacking in features or are very difficult to use. For a current review of the available programs, click here. Browsing through the reviews, you will quickly discover that there are only three, or at most four software programs that could be favorably compared to the PC/Windows programs. To contrast these offerings, there are at least ten PC based programs that could be considered useful and functional.
The simple answer about keeping genealogical information on a Macintosh, is yes, you can do it but almost none of the support programs such as those supporting personal histories, advanced charts and printing, research guides and all of the other programs are available for the Apple operating system.
The solution to this problem is possible but not simple. Newer Macintosh computers are extremely fast and have adequate storage and memory to support running both Windows and Apple OS X on the same machine. The program for doing this is called Parallels Desktop. Originally, the program was rather slow and clunky and did not support a great many Windows functions. The present version 5, runs Windows 7 and supports every program I have tried to use with it. The reason I say the solution is not simple is because running two operating systems simultaneously can be very confusing unless you are well versed in both. In other words, it makes no sense to try to run Windows 7 if you have no idea how to operate in a Windows environment. Likewise, running Apple OS X's current edition, Snow Leopard or 10.6.3 without some familiarity with Apple's OS takes some time to learn.
But, if you have the desire to use Apple, running Parallels Desktop is not impossible and is a very elegant and reasonable solution to having the graphics advantages of a Macintosh while still preserving a beachhead in the Windows world of genealogy programs.
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Apple for genealogy
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Thanks! I've been trying to figure out how to open a PAF file my dad sent me for several days now but haven't been able to find a program. I'm looking forward to getting started on our family history.ReplyDelete
Instead of parallels, you can also download and use VMWare. They make their money selling to big companies, so they offer their program free to individuals. You do need a copy of Windows to install, but you also need that with Parallels and Boot Camp.
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A Letter to the Editor in the Feb. 7 Tomahawk Leader
To the Editor:
Nicolet College is holding a referendum on one of the lowest voter turn out primaries. The citizens were given two month's notice of the board's intentions for holding a referendum. The board did not hold one citizen forum prior to deciding on going for a referendum.
Did you know:
1. Nicolet College has the third highest paid administrators of the 16 technical colleges. 19.7 their benefits. (Wisconsin Technical College staff salary analysis 2003-04).
2. When Nicolet College, had the smallest enrollment, in the Wisconsin Technical College System, the board gave the current president a base jump of 37 percent including a 28 percent annual increase in 2000. (Milwaukee Journal March 9, 2002.) The average annual income per capita, in the six counties was $17,882.50 (U.S. Bureau Census 2000). The average annual salary increase for many of these voters was between 0 and 3 percent.
3. The $23.5 million referendum equals $40 million over 15 years (Rhinelander Daily News Jan. 11, 2006).
4. The $16/$100,000 increase in property taxes is a guesstimate (let's face it, property values are increasing rapidly).
With the declining K-12 enrollment and increase in the senior population, how can Nicolet College justify this excessive referendum?
Vote no on Feb. 21 against Nicolet College's referendum. Tell the unelected board:
1. You deserve more information.
2. Consider the citizens ideas. Hold several forums in each county prior to deciding on holding a referendum.
3. Enough is enough – $20 here and $40 there has exceeded the citizens' revenue caps.
If you cannot get out to vote, call your municipal clerk and request an absentee ballot.
Concerned taxpayers,
Ken Angell and Kelly Herman
Vote no Feb. 21
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